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I run a rundown grocery shop in an old alley. I don't repair appliances, only broken heirlooms.

Each repair costs someone a memory.

Aunt Zhang forgot the cake recipe she shared with her husband. Grandma Li can no longer remember how to wrap the zongzi she's made all her life. The cherished memories of the old alley are being eaten away, little by little.

The demolition crew's excavator has reached the mouth of the alley, while unscrupulous businesses hiding behind the guise of intangible cultural heritage are stirring up trouble. They don't want the land, they want the soul of the old alley!

Clutching the copper bell my father left behind, I look at the osmanthus-scented handkerchief Su Wan offers me.

“This alley won't be demolished, and I'll protect its soul!”