Wen Nian, an antique restorer, was sucked into the scene of the 1927 Jinling Fire while repairing a rhinoceros paint toolbox left behind by his grandfather. She saw with her own eyes the man in a long coat stuffing his pocket watch into the blackened beam - his birth date was clearly engraved on the cover.
From then on, she fell into a strange cycle: every time she repaired an antique with obsession, it would trigger the "time and space revolving door" 72 hours before the original owner's death. When the silver-embedded dressing box of a lady from the Republic of China was repaired, the reflection in the mirror turned into her face, and there was half a yellowed marriage certificate hidden in the secret room. The groom's name was Fu Jiuli, the president of the auction house who always came to make things difficult for her.
What's even more frightening is that my grandfather's notes record seven forbidden repair materials, and each use will shorten your life by three years. Among the cultural relics sent by Fu Jiuli to be photographed, the origins of six pieces of materials completely coincide with the route of her death in a car accident when she was young and her miraculously resurrected.
