On the Qingming Festival nine years ago, eight-year-old Xu Muan lost his twin brother Xu Muke in the mountains and forests of his hometown. From then on, his world fell apart - his mother fell into depression and paranoia, his father became cold and distant, his sister chose to run away from the family, and Xu Mu'an was trapped in endless guilt and self-blame, numbing himself with scars and drugs.
Nine years later, Xu Muke miraculously returned, but he was already a young man covered in pain and with blurred memory. His return tore apart the family's apparent peace and revealed the cruel truth behind his disappearance. The only light that Xu Mu'an grasped in despair was his good friend Gu Chenyang - but this secret love eventually became the last straw that crushed him.
When the old nightmare comes again, can Xu Muan find redemption in his broken self? When everyone was watching Xu Muke's return, who really saw him?
Purpose: "Searching for oneself in the ruins of love: a desperate inquiry about trauma, dependence and the meaning of life." Through the story of a young man swallowed by the shadow of his family, it reveals the chain reaction of trauma in the original family, explores the mental dilemma in unequal emotional relationships, and criticizes society's indifference to mental health. The tragic ending forces readers to reflect: when a person is never truly "seen", how can traces of his existence remain in the world?