Liu Xiaoliang thus became the only survivor of the Missing Persons Case.
Everyone else had vanished, yet he alone survived—and worse, he had forgotten everything...
Not only Public Security, but also colleagues from the Mining Area, the families of the missing, and town officials had all sought him out, hoping to learn something from him. But he could not say a thing, and they could only leave disappointed.
Liu Xiaoliang developed insomnia. Lying in bed, he desperately tried to recall what had happened that day, but his memories remained completely blank.
After returning to the mine, he seemed to sense that the way others looked at him had changed. Their gazes carried faint sympathy, along with a trace of suspicion.
As the survivor, perhaps he deserved sympathy, but he did not want it.
He also felt that he should not be suspected. He had clearly done nothing; he had merely happened to survive.
But had he truly done nothing? Liu Xiaoliang asked himself that question countless times.
Unable to bear his colleagues' strange looks any longer, he chose to leave Tonggu Mine and start a small business in town.
Later, his business grew larger and larger, and he left Tonggu for another province...
Many times, his children wanted to take him back to Tonggu for a visit, but he always refused.
He did not want to see that mine again.
Whenever he saw that mine, he would think of his colleagues from the Demolition Team.
He knew he should not feel guilty. He knew it was not his responsibility, yet he could not shake his inexplicable guilt.
In his dreams, those nineteen colleagues seemed to question him. "Why were you the only one who survived?"
He would wake with a start, clutching his head, still unable to remember anything. In