At midnight, as the convenience store's roller shutter comes down, Lin Mo sees blood seeping from the cola on the shelf. Rule One of the Store Clerk Handbook: Don't touch the refrigerators after midnight. “They” are restocking.
Seven people marked with the number “7” are trapped in a cage woven from rules. From an old ferry crossing on the River of Oblivion to a bloodstained cloth shop, from a sanatorium that devours memories to a theater hiding secrets in its film reels, the tickets record obsessions, and the account books hold debts three hundred years old.
Survival has never been about following the rules. When the rules turn against them, they finally understand: what they must tear away is the disguise of “fate.”
And the convenience store clock still stops at midnight, waiting for the next person to walk through the door.
