At 3:03 in the morning, in the middle of the ruins of the demolition area of the old city of Jiangcheng, a light was quietly turned on in an alley that should not have existed. It's called Guiren Lane.
Thirty-one years ago, 69 households in this alley died in a "gas explosion" overnight. The case has been officially closed and the alley has been bulldozed. But it will come back once every month at 3:03 a. M. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, and only for an hour.
Chen Shi, 22 years old, is a graduate student in trace science at the Public Security University. He is the first in his four-year undergraduate major. He has participated in the on-site investigation of three serious cases as a student. He is calm and restrained, and does not believe any unnecessary words. Tonight, he followed the old map left behind by his grandma before her death and found this place, because the man who died in the alley thirty-one years ago was his grandpa whom he had never met.
The faded wooden sign at the entrance of the alley reads "Instructions for Pedestrians."
1. When you see a red lantern, count to the seventh one before looking up. 2. If someone calls you by your nickname, don't look back. He knows more than just that. 3. The paper figures in the spiritualist shop are selling for 3.6 Yuan tonight. Please bring change. 4. The noodle shop at the end of the alley is always open, so never go in to eat noodles.
Chen Shi noticed that the lower right corner of the wooden sign said "nine items in total", but only eight items were listed.
The line that has been painted out hides the real way of life in Guiren Lane.
