When the ancient book restorer's fingertips touch the temperature of capital, is it the salvation of civilization or the beginning of its downfall?
He Chuyue is the fourth generation descendant of a declining ancient book restoration family in Macau. He has a pair of hands that can "hear" the breathing of cultural relics, but cannot support the shaky family auction house.
Shen Yu is the youngest helmsman in Beijing's capital circle. He has a pair of hands that can change everything, and he never shows mercy on his acquisition list.
At a Hong Kong auction, a fragment of the Southern Song Dynasty's only copy of "Shantang Si Kao" that was destroyed by fire, insects, and water was revealed.
He Chuyue bet all her wealth to keep it alive, but Shen Yu paid three times the sky-high price for it when she raised the sign for the last time.
The whole city was in an uproar - a big boss in Beijing actually spent tens of millions of dollars on a pile of "rags of paper"?
Rumors spread:
"Small businesses in Hong Kong and Macao have great tricks to climb high."
"Mr. Shen has been demoted. That woman is not cultivating books, but cultivating Gu."
No one knows that outside the restoration room late at night, the always calm and dignified man once knelt on the cold floor tiles and roared hoarsely at the closed door:
"Didn't the teacher who taught you the prosthetics teach you?"
"The prerequisite for the reunion of a broken mirror is that the fragments refuse to let go of each other."
[Reading Tips]
◆Double Strong｜Extreme Pull｜Marriage First, Love Later (Contract Marriage)｜A Tale of Two Cities (Hong Kong and Macao × Beijing)
◆ Professional line: details of real ancient book restoration + auction house capital game
◆Emotional line: From being each other's chips to each other's armor, two lonely souls "repair" each other
◆ Full group portrait: deputy CP (cynical art collector × talented restoration apprentice) contrasting growth, family game, industry situation
