Every answer pulls you closer to a truth that was always waiting underneath. The show knows exactly which threads to cut and which to leave fraying, turning a missing person into a door that opens onto Cheng Xiaoshi's entire history. By the time you realize his parents were part of this from the beginning, the investigation has already stopped being about solving the case and started being about surviving what the case reveals about him.

With the Li Tianchen affair settled, Time Photo Studio enjoys a calm that is only skin deep. When word spreads that Xia Fei has vanished, everyone is pulled back toward a turning point. Vein comes back, Qiao Ling discovers powers of her own, and Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang slowly piece together what lies behind the Bahati fire, a case that appears tangled up with Cheng Xiaoshi's parents, Cheng Weimin and Shao Yuanyuan. As they dig further, Liu Xiao of a secretive organization sets his plans in motion, while Jae, a police officer from Yingdu, makes the search for answers even harder. The season is a supernatural mystery thriller told over 24 episodes.