Meeting in the Depths of a Crime Scene

A cool-headed, restrained criminal profiler × a steadfast, decisive serious-crimes detective. Criminal profiler Su Wan fell into a dark abyss at a young age. A string of ritualistic murders binds her to Lu Zheng, a detective who trusts physical evidence but not psychological profiling. She analyzes the killer's obsessions and desires left at the crime scenes, piecing together a psychological profile; He follows traces and clues, hunting down hidden evil. A case involving a mannequin in a shop window, a campus revenge killing, a sacrificial ritual in an abandoned house... A series of linked crimes erupts one after another. Behind the murders lie cases buried for years, as well as the psychological nightmares haunting them both. Together, they hunt killers on the edge of the abyss, searching for truth amid shattered humanity. Each becomes the other's cure. Trauma is both Su Wan's gift for analyzing evil and the shackle that has imprisoned her for years. When the profiler faces the demon who created her nightmares, her old wounds are torn open again and again. Standing beside her, Lu Zheng says steadily, “You don't have to carry all the darkness alone. I'll help you settle every old score.” Two formidable leads in a criminal investigation | Criminal psychology and profiling | Suspenseful manhunt | Mutual salvation