"The Disappearing Child" unveils a chilling tapestry of interconnected mysteries. On a solemn winter solstice morning, Yang Yuan's nine-year-old son vanishes without a trace from a stairwell. Police investigations reveal he had snuck into a neighbor's residence just before his disappearance, yet the suspicious neighbor possesses an impenetrable alibi, almost as if remotely orchestrating a complex escape room.
Concurrently, Yuan Wu confronts a desperate situation after his father's sudden death from drinking. To secure a crucial pension, Yuan Wu secretly hides the body, but soon faces terrifying illusions of reality and inadvertently uncovers another profound mystery.
Months earlier, Lin Chu Ping, a single white-collar worker, awakens in her home to the horrifying discovery of being violated in her sleep. With no memory of the culprit, her only clue is a peculiar ether handkerchief left on her windowsill.
These seemingly disparate individuals, separated by time and circumstance, begin to overlap as their journeys for answers intertwine, revealing a dark web of secrets connecting their seemingly unrelated plights.
Other names: 消失的孩子, 海葵, Hai Ku, Xiao Shi De Hai Zi, Sea Anemone