Chronic Lingchi

In 1949 Beiping, a deadly coincidence—a starving girl stealing a pastry box rigged with explosives meant for a peace negotiator—unleashes a cascade of tragedies. Decades later, the son of the real victims stages an intricate revenge, where tiny, unpredictable accidents drag strangers and foes into an irreversible blood feud. Justice delayed becomes a chronic lingchi, slicing away at the will of the living until nothing is left but scars.