The sky is like a leak, and the rain is pouring down. A car crawled hard on a road with extremely low visibility, its dim headlights tearing through the heavy rain curtain in vain. The driver's nerves were tense, knowing that if he was not careful on this ghostly rainy night, he would be doomed. On the side of the road, a young figure who was soaked and acting suspicious suddenly appeared, stubbornly raising his thumb to stop the car. As if by mistake, the driver stepped on the brakes.
The clammy cold air instantly filled the car. The hitchhiker was silent and strange, with empty eyes and nervous uneasiness in his movements. He claimed to be going "north" and responded indifferently or even resisted the driver's greetings and probing. The small space was filled with suffocating depression, and only the sound of rain and the noise of the radio filled the dead silence. However, a sudden emergency interruption sounded like thunder: a mentally ill patient with a high tendency to violence and a history of serious injuries had just escaped from the hospice!
The hitchhiker cut off the news almost violently, leaving only the harsh current and weak music, and coldly declared: "I am not the murderer." The uneasiness escalated into fear. The driver forced himself to calm down and changed the subject and asked about the other person's occupation. The hitchhiker calls himself a "genius writer with an unappreciated talent" and is writing a novel about a "serial killer" - a declaration that seems horrifying in the current situation.
The driver hurriedly restarted the radio station to seek comfort, but a more fatal interruption followed: the fugitive named Li Kui stripped off his uniform after attacking the medical staff. The key to disguise his identity was a dark gray suit and striped tie! The driver's blood froze instantly, and his eyes were fixed on the closed-up hitchhiker beside him. The strange gaze the other party had previously paid to his tie flashed through his mind...
The hitchhiker opened his eyes suddenly. There was no trace of sleepiness in his eyes anymore, only cold madness and scrutiny. His snake-like voice pierced the solid air: "You just said... What's your name?"
Extreme fear gripped the driver. He slowly turned his head, and the muscles on his face twisted into a stiff and clear smile: "My name is Li Kui."
The hitchhiker's face turned pale instantly! At the same time, the bright light of the large truck coming in the opposite direction was like a judgment, instantly illuminating the carriage - and clearly illuminating the sharp blade in Li Rui's hand that was holding a bone-chilling cold light and pointed directly at the driver's throat! In a deadlock on a rainy night, under the blade, who is the prey and who is the hunter? The truth was frozen into final despair in the cold light of the sword.
Purpose: Under isolation and high pressure, identity disguise and suspicion will quickly disintegrate trust, pushing people to the edge of mutual destruction, revealing the unfathomable fragility and danger beneath the surface of human nature. Through a highly tense confined space narrative, this novel explores the fragility of identity, the collapse mechanism of trust, and the dark side of human nature exposed in extreme circumstances, creating a deep and disturbing sense of suspense and torture of human nature.