This is a realistic suspenseful criminal investigation novel based on archive restoration. The protagonist Chen Mo is a temporary file restorer in the Municipal Archives. He is born with the ability to sense the strong emotions and memory fragments left on the paper. He can restore the damaged files and trace back the truth that has been tampered with and buried. The story progresses in a structure of unit cases + main lines. Behind every file to be restored is an unjust case that has been dusted away and a forgotten life; and the main line throughout is the innocence of the protagonist's father - Chen Jingshan, a criminal investigation trace expert who was disgraced and mysteriously disappeared due to a mistake in the identification of evidence in the "7.14 Serial Murders" ten years ago. The novel is based on reality throughout, with strong suspense and empathy. It refuses to float golden fingers. It uses the most delicate restoration details and the most shocking truth reversal to create an original story with both depth and excitement.
