The Secret Inside the Antique

Lin Mo, an apprentice at an antique shop who can't even afford rent, unexpectedly gains the "Remnant Image Eye." As long as he stares at an old object for three seconds, he can see everything that has ever happened to it. From then on, while everyone else at the antique market looks at glaze and maker's marks, he squats in front of the stalls to watch the stories unfold:

With his eyes, Lin Mo finds countless hidden treasures in the chaotic antique market, turning what others see as scrap metal into priceless treasures. But this also draws him into countless old mysteries. Someone comes to him for help with a jade pendant passed down through three generations, haunted by a wronged spirit who refuses to be reincarnated. A newly excavated bronze cauldron in a museum sounds war drums from the Shang and Zhou dynasties in the middle of the night. A national treasure missing for decades is even recovered from an overseas black market, thanks to clues in the remnant image of an old object. As he sees more and more stories, he realizes his eyes did not come from nowhere. His ancestor was once the most famous "Collector of Stories," and the lingering obsessions hidden in every old object are waiting for a descendant to bring them to a close.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.