Reading Memories

Chen Yuan’s life followed a routine precise to the minute: he woke at the same time every morning, every object was placed with millimeter accuracy, and everything had adhered to the same order for five years. Until one morning, the routine began to go wrong. His cup was two centimeters out of place, the coffee machine’s settings had been altered, and the familiar cityscape was completely askew. In his orderly world, these tiny anomalies were cracks hinting at a far deeper collapse.

At the center of those cracks was a black notebook that had appeared out of nowhere. It meticulously recorded the stalking and surveillance of strangers, along with plans for crimes. The handwriting was unmistakably Chen Yuan’s, but he had no memory of any of it. When the notebook’s account of an emergency exit in the library proved accurate, Chen Yuan was forced to face a horrifying truth: in some dark corner of his personality lurked another “self,” a calm, meticulous, and utterly unfamiliar infiltrator.

Today, the notebook was marked “Operation Day.” To unravel the mystery of his lost memories, Chen Yuan must break the order he has upheld for years and step into a dark world carefully laid out by his other self. Can he pursue the truth without becoming an accomplice? As the one who watches begins to pry into his own memories, a shocking conspiracy hidden behind the routines of everyday life is slowly coming to light…