Twins on the Water

The 28-year-old design director Chen Qing returned to Linshui Village, an ancient southern water village with vague memories due to the death of his grandfather Chen Shouyi. This "isolated island" surrounded by a river hides centuries-old secrets: the "soul-locking cloth" on the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, the "corpse-raising river eye" under the ancestral hall to suppress grievances, and the "living" paper figures in the paper shop, all revolve around a bloody rule, sacrificing a "river girl" every ten years to protect the village from flooding. Chen Qing originally did not believe in ghosts and gods, but he encountered strange things one after another after the funeral: the paper mannequin had the shadow of his childhood on his face, Uncle Liu died tragically among the paper men, and a cry that sounded like "sister" came from the river. As her grandfather's diary and sacrifice ledger were discovered, she finally learned the truth: She had a twin sister, Chen Yue, who was personally sacrificed to the "River God" (actually a vengeful spirit) by her grandfather when she was 5 years old. Now, Chen Yue's red-clothed vengeful spirit has returned to take revenge, targeting everyone who participated in the sacrifice. When the river water surged and the paper man became a spirit, Chen Qing stood in front of his sister's skeleton and realized that the silver bracelet left by his grandfather was not a protection, but a shackle to let her "live for her sister". In the end, the resentful spirit rested for a while, but half a year later, Chen Qing became pregnant with twin daughters. Her sister's whisper in her dream, "This time we will live together," indicated that the curse in Linshui Village would never end.