Sha Si

Forty-year-old Li Qiuer calls himself a "middle-aged loser" who likes art and philosophy. He lives a tense but ordinary life in Beijing by writing scattered manuscripts and collecting art. His wife, Yu Xi, is a college design teacher with an orderly life. In his eyes, this twenty-year relationship was frank and transparent - until that summer, when he accompanied his wife to teach in a small town called "Shasi". Shasi Town seems to have been forgotten by time, and the streets remain in the 1980s and 1990s: faded Hong Kong-style signboards, empty video halls, and old-fashioned street lamps that are always half-lit. While taking a walk in the evening, Yu Xi suddenly said in an understatement: "Actually, I have 27 million." This sentence was like a bullet, shattering Li Qiuer's entire understanding of marriage and self. He was surprised and confused, thinking it was just concealment and betrayal, but he didn't know that this was just the beginning of another world. That night, Yu Xi took him to the terrace of the dilapidated building in the west of the town - a secret gathering place disguised as a "rustic nightclub". The neon light passed by, and she walked past him wearing an extremely unfamiliar, sexy and cold dance outfit. Then, a sudden massacre broke out on the terrace: the crowd drew guns and killed each other, and blood splashed on the lights. Yu Xi showed a completely different side in the chaos: two guns in hand, calm and ruthless skills, and careful ear protection all the way. With Shasi Town completely out of control, bus drivers, clinic doctors, stall couples, hotel receptionists, elementary school physical education teachers... Seemingly ordinary townspeople reveal their true identities one after another - they are all top killers lurking here, each representing different forces, and they revolve around a hidden gambling game: the selection of successors secretly initiated by the "world's largest mercenary organization". Only then did Li Qiuer learn that his father, who "died" five years ago, had not really left the world. He was the mastermind behind this bloody game; and Yu Xi was a top killer who had been trained since he was a teenager and was sent to protect him. Every street, every corner, and every "chance encounter" in Shasi Town is as unpredictable as the 19-way Go game. After layers of truth were revealed, Li Qiuer was forced to make a choice between "his father's world", "the truth about his wife" and "living as an ordinary person": he was both the bait and the bargaining chip, and the executor of the final decision. After the town was washed by blood and fire, Li Qiu'er walked towards an unknown Taoist temple in the grief of losing his relatives - there, he would close his last door and let "Li Qiu'er" disappear forever in that summer in Shasi. Purpose: When family love and violence intertwine, ordinary people are forced to face the cruel reality