From Jiang Qing's perspective, the male protagonist, Jing Sheng, became a red-clothed ghost with a pale face and a sinister smile. He could always appear from various places in the room, scaring Jiang Qing so much that she couldn't sleep at night and went insane.

Jiang Qing, who had been tormented for so long, finally lost his temper and tried to kill Jing Sheng. However, every time he made a move, he accidentally killed someone else, which led to the series of events that followed.

Therefore, the person Jiang Qing truly wanted to kill was Jing Sheng. If it weren't for various unforeseen circumstances, the one who died on stage would have been Jing Sheng, the one who died in the sea of ​​fire would have been Jing Sheng, and the one who died from the agony of being pierced by peach wood would have been Jing Sheng.

As the mystery unfolds, it turns out that the murderer Jing Sheng has been searching for is actually himself.

Jiang Qing took out a small knife covered in black dog blood from her pocket and rushed towards Jing Sheng.

Jing Sheng snapped out of his initial shock upon hearing the news and looked at his former friend rushing towards him, his eyes filled with unconcealed sorrow.

Just then, the scene shifted, and a person suddenly sat up in bed.

Snow-white sheets, snow-white blankets, this is... a hospital.

But the person who woke up in bed was Jiang Qing.

"You're awake? How are you feeling?" A man in a white coat walked over.

He had long, light gray hair, loosely tied back with a rope, and wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on his nose. The lenses reflected a white light as he moved, and a silver chain was attached to the left side of the glasses, swaying slightly with his movements.

Jiang Qing covered her head, her eyes still looking somewhat confused.

Receiving no answer, the man in the white coat remained unperturbed. He simply looked intently at Jiang Qing and asked, "Did you succeed?"

Jiang Qing then looked at the man in the white coat and slowly nodded.

"That's good." The man in the white coat smiled. "Congratulations. From now on, you will no longer be bothered by him. You will no longer imagine what he looks like, nor will you see him constantly bothering you."

After saying that, the man in the white coat snapped his fingers near Jiang Qing's ear.

"Thank you, Dr. Du." Jiang Qing nodded.

"Have some water. You've killed him with your own hands. His image will no longer appear in your mind or dreams. You can rest peacefully and have a good dream." Du Xiao handed her a glass of warm water.

Jiang Qing nodded, took the water glass, and took a small sip.

"Then you should rest here for now. I won't bother you any longer," Du Xiao said, turning and leaving.

After the door closed, Jiang Qing stared intently at it for a long while before taking a mirror from the bedside table.

Looking at the mirror, the corners of his mouth slowly turned upwards.

In fact, in Yin Chengjue's script, Jiang Qing's eyes were supposed to change when she looked at the door that Du Xiao closed, to highlight the eeriness of Jiang Qing's current state. Unfortunately, Ming Qian's acting skills were not up to par, and she could only portray a blank stare.

Director Mo cut him out countless times for this scene, but he still couldn't get it right, so he had to reluctantly use this scene instead.

When it came to the part where Jiang Qing looked in the mirror, he was supposed to show a "triumphant" expression, but no matter how Ming Qian manipulated his facial expressions, he could only either stare wide-eyed and open his mouth, or smile with his lips pursed, showing his teeth, or smiling askew. He simply couldn't convey that chilling feeling.

Unfortunately, Director Mo had no choice but to reshoot one of Rong Yu's expressions and then have the post-production team superimpose Rong Yu's expression onto Ming Qian's face, so that the audience would realize that Jiang Qing at this moment was not actually Jiang Qing.

Yin Chengjue's script didn't need to rely on post-production to solve the problem. As long as the actors could express their emotions well, the audience could guess the mystery themselves, leaving a chilling suspense. However, Ming Qian's acting skills were not good. Without post-production support, the audience couldn't see the suspense at all. If they couldn't see it, it wouldn't be interesting. So, they had to abandon the suspense and present it in a straightforward way.

It must be said that Mingqian's shortcomings in acting were completely exposed in this movie.

In this close-up, Mingqian's stiff smile is softened, while Rongyu's triumphant smile is revealed, making the audience realize something—the current Jiang Qing is no longer Jiang Qing, but Jing Sheng.

In other words, it was not Jing Sheng who was killed in their duel, but Jiang Qing!

With the plot reaching this point, many people will realize one thing—

It turns out that everything that happened before was just Jiang Qing's hallucination!

Ten years ago, at that graduation party, two people got drunk and were crossing the street when a car came speeding towards them. The male protagonist, Jing Sheng, pushed his friend Jiang Qing away. Jiang Qing survived, but the male protagonist, Jing Sheng, died.

Jiang Qing felt guilty and bore the blame from Jing Sheng's family alone. Over time, his guilt shifted and turned into resentment.

Moreover, due to the long-term stress, he developed mental hallucinations, always imagining that he saw Jing Sheng appear in front of him, interfering with his life, haunting him relentlessly.

So Jiang Qing sought out psychologist Du Xiao, who guided him to kill the hallucination caused by long-term stress in his mind, but instead, he was "killed" by the hallucination.

This explanation may sound a bit fantastical, but you can imagine that Jiang Qing has created a Jing Sheng in his mind, and this "Jing Sheng" perfectly replicates the image of the former Jing Sheng, just like a real person.

He will participate in talent shows, act in movies, and attend other people's weddings.

His every smile, every gesture, seemed to come alive.

Jiang Qing lived in this illusion for a long time, and unknowingly, he had already imprinted Jing Sheng's thinking habits, behavior habits, social habits, and other aspects into his mind.

In short, he is fully free to simulate another Jingsheng.

And it was this "Jing Sheng" that he had memorized in his mind that killed Jiang Qing.

So when he woke up again, because his subconscious believed that "Jiang Qing" was dead and that "Jing Sheng" was the one who survived, his brain would automatically switch him to the behavior pattern of "Jing Sheng".

Therefore, at this moment, he is no longer "Jiang Qing".

The human brain is a magical thing; it can erase your existence without you even noticing.

Does human consciousness determine the brain, or does the brain determine human consciousness?

The brain is an integral part of a person, but even now, how many people can fully develop their brains?

Therefore, it's not wrong to say that the brain controls people.

Therefore, it seems that there is no problem with the illusion created by consciousness being able to erase the original body that originally existed in this body.

At this point, "Ghost Trail" is nearing its end.

But even in those final few minutes, there was still a plot twist!

After looking in the mirror, "Jiang Qing" quickly felt sleepy and then fell asleep.

Just then, Du Xiao pushed the door open and walked in.

His footsteps were very light, like a ghost, as he approached the bedside.

A silvery-white light reflected off the lens.

Du Xiao gazed intently at the sleeping "Jiang Qing," then pulled her hand out of the pocket of her white coat.

In his hand, he held a gleaming scalpel.

Du Xiao, expressionless, pointed the scalpel at "Jiang Qing's" heart. The moment the scalpel fell, the scene shifted again!

A person suddenly sat up in bed!

Snow-white sheets, snow-white blankets.

The person who was panting heavily had become Du Xiao!

Du Xiao took deep breaths for a long time, and when her throat felt dry, she swallowed hard.

His gaze swept around the room, and finally he looked down at the scalpel he was holding.

He fell asleep holding this scalpel.

Before going to sleep, he gave himself a suggestion—whenever he saw the scalpel in his hand, he should remember to kill Jiang Qing.

The camera followed Du Xiao's movements.

He took out his phone and opened an encrypted file.

If you click on an image in the encrypted file, you'll see that it's a photograph of a newspaper article.

Judging from the timeline, it was a newspaper from ten years ago, and the content of the newspaper was about a car accident.

That's right, it was the car accident that caused Jing Sheng's death.

News reports indicated that the car that hit the pedestrian fled the scene. Because the car had no license plate and the incident occurred on a side road without surveillance cameras, the police were unable to capture the driver and the car's escape route.

Based solely on eyewitness testimonies, the description of the car's color, model, and type was provided.

Why would Du Xiao keep this report?

Just as viewers were pondering this question, they saw Du Xiao on screen press and hold the photo with her fingertip and select delete.

After deleting this image, the next secretly saved image will automatically pop up.

That was a family photo.

A family photo that looks very warm and sweet.

A woman was holding a child who looked no more than four or five years old. Behind the woman, Du Xiao, who was clearly younger and more inexperienced than he was now, was holding her.

The family of three laughed happily.

However, sharp-eyed viewers will soon notice that there is a very crucial piece of information hidden in this family photo.

Behind the smiling family of three, a car was parked.

The color and model of that car were exactly the same as the car described by the eyewitness in the deleted report!

In other words, this Du Xiao is the same driver who hit Jing Sheng and fled the scene immediately!

Du Xiao looked at the family photo with tender eyes.

This is his most precious family photo, and also his most devastating piece of evidence.

He had already quickly disposed of and destroyed the car and other related evidence afterward, but he couldn't bear to delete this family photo no matter what.