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In a city shrouded by secrets, the past begins to stirlike a break in the clouds.

Three years ago, a drug raid in Gongzhou went catastrophically wrong. The explosion killed the entire task force and buried the case under blood and rubble, leaving every lead incinerated, every witness dead.

Now in Jianning, Senior SergeantYan Xieinvestigates a chilling new case: a young man found frozen to death in an industrial freezer. What shouldve been routine quickly brings more questions to the surfaceespecially when a composed, soft-spoken man named Lu Chengjiang inserts himself into the investigation. Interactions with the mysterious Mr Lu sets off alarm bells. Something doesnt add up. He is too calm under pressure, too precise in his insightsand far too familiar.

As Yan digs deeper, he uncovers a forgotten case file from Gongzhou.

The name on the report?Jiang Ting.

The photo? Unmistakable.

The man who supposedly died three years ago is very much alive.

But why did he disappear? What is he hiding? And what really happened three years ago?

A gripping detective mystery about the past you cant outrunand the truth that wont stay buried.

Author- Huai Shang

Translator- Veah

Illustrator- Wan Shou Ci, Bing Xiao

Designer- kk