Eyes of Old Things

Lin Mo, a migrant worker, worked hard in an advertising company after graduation. He stayed up late and worked overtime all year round, but his meager salary could not even afford the rising rent. When he was desperate, he opened the old camphor wood box left by his grandfather, and unexpectedly awakened his supernatural power: by touching old objects with his fingertips, he could see fragments of the object's past, and read its age, condition and reference market price. The old items in the box that were considered junk all have hidden values. One of them, a Duan inkstone from the Qing Dynasty, is estimated to be as high as 38,000 yuan. In order to collect rent, Lin Mo took his old things to the secondhand morning market to set up a stall. Relying on his special ability, he successfully sold many old objects and solved his urgent need. Zhou Qingshan, an antique connoisseur, took a fancy to the Fang Duan Inkstone and tried to find it by raising the price several times. Lin Mo knew the true value of the artifact and did not sell it at a low price. While wandering around the market, Lin Mo discovered that supernatural powers could also be used to detect counterfeit goods. Among the mixed stalls, a Shoushan stone seal with a incomplete button and no one cared about it showed an astonishing market price of 120,000 yuan after he touched it. With a pair of eyes that can see through the years of old things, the young people at the bottom step into the antique circle where authenticity is difficult to distinguish, and they are about to start a new life. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.