On a stormy night, a tragic decision shatters a family forever—one that will haunt young Ding Ran for the rest of his life. Years later, he has left his past behind to become a psychology professor, but fate refuses to let him stay in the shadows.

When a brutal campus murder baffles the police with its eerie precision, seasoned detective Wu Hao turns to Ding Ran for his unique insights into the criminal mind. What starts as a simple homicide case soon spirals into a twisted game of psychological warfare, where every clue leads to deeper secrets, and every suspect hides a darker truth.

As the body count rises and the killer's pattern grows more intricate, Ding Ran finds himself entangled in a web of deception, revenge, and long-buried trauma. But as the investigation closes in, an unsettling question emerges—who is truly hunting whom?

In this chilling tale of crime and conscience, past and present collide, forcing a reluctant genius to confront the one mystery he fears the most: his own demons.