“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the water floods the sandbank; a fish carries a talisman, and a ghost boards the boat.” This was the sentence my grandfather wrote in red ink on the last page of the family genealogy before he disappeared. My name is Chen Jiu, and my grandfather is Chen Tian. He’s been missing for more than three years. I’ve been searching for him the whole time, but I still haven’t found a single clue. Along the way, I’ve encountered all kinds of bizarre and inexplicable events. I keep getting closer to the truth, yet I can never quite reach it.
