An unidentified woman’s corpse, dressed in a wedding gown, is pulled from beneath a bridge.
But no one in the county reports anyone missing or comes to identify her. The only young woman to marry, Miss Xue, has long since settled into her husband’s home.
The villagers say a water ghost is haunting the river.
With the case at a dead end, it is handed to the county’s youngest female coroner.
The only person investigating alongside her is Constable Situ.
He has a hint of wickedness in his smile and is always at her heels, following her by day and by night. He hardly seems like a good man.
A woman’s corpse, a pile of body parts, a dry well: piece by piece, they reveal a major case buried beneath the snow five years ago.
Grievances lie beneath the snow, and the souls cannot return.
By the time she reaches the end of the investigation, she realizes that she, too, is dead.
She turns back to look for Situ Xun.
But he is gone.
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Dead female coroner VS lone, steadfast constable
2026.06.27
Theme: Freedom alone should always remain in our hearts.
