Thirty-year-old Jiang Xiaoyu dies on the last subway home after yet another 996 workday.
When he opens his eyes again, he is standing by the sea in front of an old family home, suitcase in hand. His grandfather is gone, leaving behind a leaky brick house, half a basket of wilted seaweed, and an old fishing rod polished smooth with use.
“Running away?” His childhood friend Lin Hao strolls over, chewing on a fried dough stick, and shoves the rod into his arms. “Before your grandpa passed, he said you were supposed to inherit it.”
Jiang Xiaoyu fails to catch it.
As he squats by the doorway eating instant noodles, the old jade pendant on the fishing rod suddenly grows hot.
[Gift of the Sea: Ancestral Spirit System] activated
