All Things Have a Voice: The Crime of Lingering Warmth

In this urban jungle of steel and concrete, everything retains the lingering warmth of emotion. Su Bai, an antique restorer, bears a curse he was born with: he can hear the “emotional echoes” left behind on objects. Powerful love and hatred, joy and sorrow, fear: they surround him like an endless din, imprisoning him on an island of his own. All he has ever wanted is a quiet corner of the world. But a string of bizarre deaths tears his peaceful life apart. Beside every victim is a handcrafted object infused with unthinkable malice, like a token from hell. Wenren Jing, an agent of the mysterious Silent Tuning Bureau, seeks him out. Not only can she understand Su Bai's world, she can also “weave” and “soothe” these frenzied emotional echoes. She tells him the killer is a forbidden being capable of “purifying” emotions and turning them into weapons. The ability Su Bai has always considered a curse is, in fact, the only key to uncovering the truth. Determined to stop passively enduring the world's clamor and prevent further tragedies, Su Bai must learn to master his gift. Together with Wenren Jing, he ventures into a maze built from emotions, listens to the silent objects' laments, and hunts the criminal who makes human hearts his sacrificial offering.