short series

The Deserted Village

share time: 2025-12-30 06:09:13

Lin Xiaoman returns to the deserted village she hasn’t visited in ten years after her grandmother’s death, only to find all her childhood playmates missing—only a few elderly villagers remain, tight-lipped about the past. While sorting through her grandmother’s belongings, she finds a diary filled with warnings: “Never touch the red door.” Late at night, she hears her childhood sweetheart Ah Shu’s nursery rhyme coming from behind the door. When she pushes it open, she doesn’t see Ah Shu—instead, she finds “another version of her grandmother” hidden in the wall. The truth unravels: twenty years ago, village officials covered up a landslide warning to build a reservoir. Her grandmother risked her life to save several children, but was labeled a “disaster bringer” by the villagers. Those “missing playmates”? They’re the descendants of the surviving children her grandmother protected with her entire life...

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