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Ancient women, wishes fulfilled, the Book of Life and Death, cultural relic restorer, entering dreams, urban romance, healing, warmth, redemption
Lin Zhengying, a 29-year-old cultural relic restorer, unexpectedly comes into possession of a book called the Book of Life and Death. Each night, the name of an ancient woman appears in it: Lin Daiyu, Du Shiniang, Li Xiangjun... She burns incense and enters their dreams, listening to their unfulfilled wishes and helping them reunite with their beloveds and deliver keepsakes. For every wish she fulfills, she receives a relic, but loses a year of her life.
By day, the relics are sold through the studio she runs with A Qiang, a food delivery worker. The money is allocated by priority to savings, property, and retirement funds, while everything left over goes to children in need. Every one hundred thousand yuan buys back a year of life. A Qiang, the man his former girlfriend A Ying entrusted to her, turns these legends into a novel, writing one chapter a day in sync with her dreams.
Forty-two women, forty-two stories. Each cycle spans three chapters: entering a dream to listen, fulfilling a last wish, and waking up to a date. Across forty-three dates, the relationship quietly blossoms at the end of every three-chapter cycle, from their first meeting and holding hands to a proposal and a church wedding. After they marry, they set off on their honeymoon, traveling all across the country. At every scenic stop, another woman's wish is fulfilled.
On their final night, A Qiang placed a manuscript of 420,000 characters in her hands. The title page read: "For Sister Lin, and for those who have waited so long."
Under the perfect moonlight, they held each other for a lifetime.
