Northern China, 2004. When miner Zhang Baomin returns to his home, a small and isolated mining village, his wife tells him that their son has mysteriously disappeared while shepherding his small flock.
Cui Ye is an ordinary Go teacher whose life spirals into chaos after an accidental entanglement in a crime. As he gradually descends into illegality, his police officer brother, Cui Wei, relentlessly pursues him.
A veterinarian vanishes from a pig farm, possibly linked to an evil ghost killer who terrorized the area 20 years ago. As new victims emerge, a police officer investigates the farm family's suspicious behavior, uncovering darker secrets.
