When media person Lin Yan was researching "Old Jinmen Curiosities", he found in the reference room the Jinmen Business Chronicle of the Republic of China, which contained the words "Fuyuan Pawns Reap Shou Yuan" with dark red seams. Soon, his wrist was wrapped with a red rope of dark red ice silk, which could not be pulled away and left a mark after being pulled.
In order to check the red rope, Lin Yan obtained the account book of the Republic of China with a hot red rope knot. There was a record of "extending life in exchange for things" in ink mixed with red, and there was a signature with the word "Yan". Old photos that fell out of the account book showed that the accountant "Lin Ayan" was her grandfather's nickname. She also recalled that her grandfather mentioned that the pawn shop was "dirty" before his death and wore a red string in his later years, which made her suspicious.
Lin Yan visited the old site of Fuyuan Pawnshop at night, and encountered a pawnshop that appeared out of thin air and an innocent shadow - the person who had been defrauded of his longevity by fake silver ingots. At the critical moment, the yellow charms and notes hidden in the account books revealed the truth: Grandpa was greedy for money and helped the shopkeeper Shen Wanshan change the longevity account, causing the death of three people. The red string is the mark of the old debt.
Lin Yan burned the talisman to escape his soul, but the wronged soul gave him a silver ingot with his grandfather's name engraved on it, and he heard the curse "It's your turn to pay it back in the next life." After she donated the account books and silver ingots, even though the red string disappeared, she still dreamed about strange scenes in the pawnshop every night, and was haunted by the voice of "I will be the shopkeeper in the next life", confirming the sinister cycle of debts of "one life owes you, and three lives will pay you back".
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.