Chen Yanzhou is a detective from the provincial capital who came to Qingshi Town to investigate the disappearance case.
There is an old custom of "night marriage" in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. On a night when the moon is hidden, the coffin is delivered in red clothes, which is very strange.
He did not believe in ghosts and gods, but he saw paper figures walking at night, faceless people in wells, and river lights causing trouble.
The widow Bai Wantang stayed in the deserted garden and burned incense to welcome her late husband. She was too beautiful to be alive.
As the files were flipped, the memory cracked - he seemed to have been here before.
Every step is closer to the truth and closer to danger.
It turns out that the night marriage is the game, the dark matchmaker is the calamity, and he is the soul-returner who breaks the curse.
Join hands with Bai Wantang to uncover the serial mysteries behind centuries-old folk customs.
The boundary between life and death is never clear here.