No. 17 Worry-Relief Alley

In every corner of every city, a light shines late at night for those with nowhere to put their troubled hearts.

After his business failed and he was buried in debt, Murong Feng fled to the seaside town of Zhancheng at the lowest point of his life. With nowhere else to turn, he opened a little shop called the Worry-Relief Adult Store at No. 17 Chaoyin Lane.

But the shop has a strange rule: "Buy an item, and leave a story behind." "It belongs to you only if I think you truly need it."

From then on, the shop became a confessional for city dwellers in the dead of night.

- A polished office worker buys the same item every month, and only on her seventh visit does she speak of the loneliness in her marriage that she cannot bring herself to admit.

- A 60-year-old sailor picks out an item with trembling hands, hoping at last to confess his feelings to his dance partner, who has been widowed for years.

- A livestreaming influencer smiles sweetly for the camera, but after wiping off her makeup late at night, confides her anxiety and exhaustion at being treated like an object.

- A single mother paces outside the shop ten times before finally coming in to ask, "Am I still allowed to love?"

- A silent middle-aged man shows up at the same time every month. He never speaks, and buys only the most basic items. His story is written in his eyes.

This is no ordinary shop. It is a safe haven. Here, the vulnerability, loneliness, longing, and tenderness hidden beneath the routines of daily life can all find a place without shame.

Meanwhile, the sharp-tongued but kindhearted Murong Feng goes from clashing with Lin Wei, a bold and capable electric scooter salesperson, to understanding her. Along with a group of neighbors, each with their own quirks, they create the warm, everyday bustle of life beneath the eaves of Chaoyin Lane.

None of them are perfect. Murong Feng carries the shadow of failure and builds a wall around himself with his "rules";