A once-famous composer is struggling with writer's block, so heads for a remote, picturesque town and checks into the titular establishment, where strange things begin to occur. One day when surfing the internet, he comes across an old town named "Huang Cun", which has picturesque scene of golden flowers and bamboo forest, as well as a a local inn aptly named "The Deserted Inn" with the legend of a beauty called "Rouge". In an attempt to take his mind off his problems and seek inpiration to write the next hit song he sorely needs, he sets out for a journet to "The deserted inn". Upon checking into the inn, MENG Fan encounters a series of strange events - He is having nightmares that push him to the verge of a nervous breakdown, until he unveils the hidden past of the innkeeper.