Shadows Emerge/影子出没

A detective novel filled with elements of social hot topics-bullying, secret filming, loan-sharking, serial killings, staged kidnappings, and unrequited love-who, in the end, is the true villain?

充满社会热点元素的推理小说--霸凌、偷拍、高利贷、连环杀人、伪装绑架、暗恋，究竟谁才是真正的恶人？

Liu Chun, a left-behind rural child in the fourth grade, witnesses a robbery late one night. Soon after, he becomes the target of bullying by the robbery gang and is forced to serve as their tool for committing crimes. Over a decade later, Liu Chun grows up and moves to the city to work. Members of the former robbery gang, released from prison one after another, also arrive in the city and re-enter his life. The bullying continues, and Liu Chun is once again coerced into becoming an accomplice.

Wang Haipeng, an elderly police officer with some history connected to Liu Chun, investigates this series of events and discovers an eerie phenomenon. Despite Liu Chun being the undeniable victim, the gang members who bully him begin to die one after another. Police investigations confirm that Liu Chun had no involvement in their deaths. Moreover, when Liu Chun finds himself trapped in emotional or life crises, he even manages to use the gang members to escape danger. Is this mere coincidence, or has Liu Chun been playing the fool while meticulously orchestrating these events all along?

四年级的乡村留守儿童刘春，深夜目睹了一起抢劫事件，随后，便成为抢劫团伙的霸凌对象，并被迫沦他们犯罪的工具人。十多年后，长大成人的刘春去城市打工，当年抢劫团伙成员出狱后也陆续来到城市，再次介入他生活中去。霸凌仍在继续，刘春再次被迫成为帮凶。和刘春颇有些渊源的老警察王海鹏，在调查这一系列事件时，发现了极诡异的现象，明明刘春是绝对的弱者，但欺凌他的犯罪团伙成员却相继死去，警方的调查也能证明这些人的死亡与刘春无关。而且，当刘春自己的情感和生活陷入困境时，甚至能够利用犯罪团伙成员摆脱危机。究竟是巧合，还是刘春扮猪吃老虎，精心谋划了这些事？