A young female teacher died in the trunk of an underground garage. Her body was neatly arranged, with a series of strange numbers engraved on her wrist: 0719.
After detective Qin Zheng and forensic doctor Lu Zhao intervened in the investigation, they soon discovered that this was no ordinary murder case. The second deceased appeared immediately. New numbers, similar techniques, and deliberately forged scenes began to point the case towards an old campus case that was hastily suppressed three years ago.
As the investigation deepens, a psychological institution called "Qingning Center", a mysterious list, a "man in a poncho" who always appears in testimonies, and a girl Su Xiao who is always on the verge of collapse gradually surface. All clues point to the same terrible truth——
Some people have tried to manipulate the memory of victims, tamper with testimonies, reshape narratives, and even use living people as "samples" and "tools" to use a set of sophisticated and cold methods to decide who should be silent, who should be forgotten, and who should be placed in their arranged positions forever.
When the truth was revealed layer by layer, Qin Zheng was no longer tracking the murderer of the serial murders, but a whole set of dark systems hidden under the system, professional discourse and the old order.
This is a suspenseful criminal investigation novel about memory, manipulation, trauma and truth.
The most terrifying thing here is not that someone kills someone,
But there are people who can make victims gradually forget why they are in pain.
Purpose: Everyone should have the right to interpret their own memories, pain and truth, and should not be rearranged by any system, power or others.