Rainy Night Old House

Theme: Realistic suspense, old house mystery, serial disappearances, human thriller, multiple reversals, case within case Core plot: In order to investigate the mysterious disappearance of his sister for three years, the male protagonist breaks into a century-old haunted house and gradually uncovers the ultimate dark truth of "generations of murders in the old house, cover-up by the whole village, crimes committed by acquaintances, and hypocrisy among all members" Word count plan: 200,000 words (divided into four volumes, progressive, with a closed ending without loopholes) -Volume 1: The Haunted House on a Rainy Night (40,000 words) Entering the old house for the first time, strange things happen frequently, and initially solving puzzles -Volume 2: The mysterious shadow in the mountain village (60,000 words) involves the whole village's secrets and old cases break out one after another -Volume 3: Ten Years of Injustice (60,000 words) The mastermind behind the scenes emerges, acquaintances betray, and multiple reversals -Volume 4: The truth about Huai Di (40,000 words), ultimate reveal, arrest of all members, redemption and sadness in the ending