Secrets Rotting in Winter

Two university students in the 1990s resolutely give up job opportunities in the big city and, carrying their dreams with them, head to an unfamiliar place to take part in poverty alleviation work.

But six months later, they are like strangers. One is deeply beloved, while the other has gone to prison for a crime. What led two young people once brimming with ideals down such different paths?

Six years later, a suicide case brings the past back to the surface. Was it an accident, or revenge? In the cold, bleak winter of 1999, on the eve of the new millennium, will anyone uncover the secrets buried deep beneath the surface?