Restorer Lin Yu has hands that can hear cultural relics “cry.” When a Republic-era lacquer box began to seep beads of blood in his studio, his new colleague Shen Qingge was staring blankly at a family genealogy. Her mismatched eyes, one golden and one brown, were identical to those of the woman whose blood had stained the box a century ago. A waning moon appeared in broad daylight, and the countdown to the “three moons in the sky” omen began. Auction house chief Shu Lixun appeared wearing a crescent-moon earring engraved with runes, and Lin Yu realized this was more than a restoration job: they were unraveling a sacrifice that had continued for three generations. Shen Qingge’s name had long since been written on the final page of the sacrificial register. When the third key surfaced at the bottom of the well in the old mansion, Lin Yu had to choose: complete the restoration, or shatter with his own hands the cursed object that had trapped two generations of women from the Shen family.
