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stops by the convenience store owned by Zhuang, who is secretly in love with Li Qin and likely jealous of
Baoshan. Zhuang then observes Baoshan walking off in the direction that Huan was seen to be going when she had walked by a few minutes before. The next morning, Li Qin discovers that Baoshan has been accused of killing Huan, who had disappeared overnight, and burning her body. In front of other villagers, Baoshan asks Li Qin to provide him with an alibi for the time of the supposed murder. Li Qin refuses and goes home. Later, Li Qin is informed that the identity card of her husband Chen Zili had been found on the burnt body and that the corpse is his. Baoshan is released. Zhuang, who had caused the villagers to suspect Baoshan for killing Huan, arranges the funeral of Chen Zili, to curry favor with Li Qin. On his way back to the village after buying goods for the funeral, Zhuang is waved down by a man by the roadside. He is shocked to see that it is Chen Zili, alive and well. Zhuang gives Zili a lift and Zili promptly falls asleep in the van. Zhuang picks up a rock to smash Zili’s head in but doesn’t go through with it eventually. Zili wakes up and goes off into the bushes to relieve himself. Zili’s phone rings, and he answers but accidentally drops it. Startled, he loses his footing and plunges off the steep cliff where he had been relieving himself, apparently to his death.
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girlfriend, Huang Huan, that she is pregnant during their clandestine meeting in the forest. They are overheard by the village ne’er-do-well, Bai Hu, who tries to blackmail
Zongyao. In the ensuing scuffle between the two men, Bai Hu falls and dies. Zongyao and Huan cover the body with dry branches and flee together to the nearest city. Zongyao frantically searches for a commendation medal he had stolen from his father before he left home that evening, worried that he may have dropped the medal near Bai Hu’s body. The next day, Huan discovers that she is bleeding which implies that she has miscarried, although she keeps this a secret from Zongyao. The two discuss what to do and the next day, Zongyao decides to return to the village and give himself up. Before reaching the village, Zongyao comes across a funeral procession and is told by one of the mourners that Bai Hu has died, his body burnt beyond recognition, after falling asleep drunk in the forest and setting his surroundings on fire with his cigarette butt.
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his son has fled, Weiguo drags the body to another spot closer to the village and burns it. The next morning, Weiguo pretends to find the charred body by accident, after he and another villager spot the smoke. The villagers first assume it is Huan and later that it is Chen Zili. Deeply remorseful, Weiguo calls Chen Zili to prove that he is still alive, which results in the phone call that causes Zili’s fall from the cliff. The police find Zili’s body and contacts Li Qin, who goes to identify his body and collect his ashes. Zhuang drives Li Qin in his van and Li Qin discovers Zili’s walking cane, which had been left behind in the van. Li Qin takes the cane and rejects Zhuang’s romantic intentions. Li Qin leaves the coffin containing Bai Hu’s body with Weiguo, asking him to locate the unknown deceased’s kin.
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steals Zili’s wallet which also contained Zili’s identity card. Bai Hu then makes his way to the village, reaching it at night, where he comes across
Zongyao and Huan, resulting in his own death. The loan sharks come to the village the next morning to collect the debt and, unable to find Bai Hu, threaten to burn down the house of Bai Guoqing, Bai Hu’s elder brother.
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