On the night when he was five years old, Shen Zhiyao witnessed the tragic death of his entire family and never spoke again. At the age of twenty, she drew the murderer's face from memory, and the police scorned her until detective Gu Linzhou recognized a sealed scar in the drawing. She didn't speak, but every stroke was a testimony; he didn't believe in memory, but he reopened the dusty files for her. Forensic doctor Lin Tang's lies, gallery owner Lu Zhao's collection, archivist Qin Huai's confession, blogger Su Wu's disguise, the layers of truth are slowly unfolding with her brush - and the next face painted may be the person who ordered the extermination of the family.
