The well water in the Hua family's old house suddenly smelled of rust. Aunt Li's chickens in the east end and Uncle Zhang's sheep in the north died mysteriously one after another, with strangulation marks on their necks. Rumors of "Night Maniacs" quietly spread in the village. Three women, Hua Yue, Tan Jiao and Song Qin, noticed something unusual and followed clues such as blue cloth fragments in the pine forest on the western slope, copper bells from the old mill, and clay pots from the wilderness kilns. The suspicion gradually focused on Xiao Dabao, a seemingly honest villager. Xiao Dabao's abnormal reactions continue to deepen the suspicion, and the "Xiu" character handkerchief on the deserted grave on the west slope and the bell fragments floating in the old well in the west of the village imply that Lin Xiu, a woman who fled and disappeared three years ago, may not be dead. With the disappearance of Xiao Dabao's son Xiaobao, the silver pieces and bloody hair hidden in the woodshed, and the mysterious rumors of the "coal boss" surfaced, the plot ushered in multiple twists.
