Paper figures can communicate with others by dotting their eyes, which is the biggest taboo in the paper-making business.
When she was eighteen years old, Shen Ye's grandfather, a papermaker, died suddenly in his shop. Before he died, his grandfather left his last words: "The shop can be closed, but the craftsmanship cannot be discontinued." Shen Ye didn't understand the weight of these words until the woman named Su Wan knocked on the door of the paper shop late at night.
There was no shadow behind her.
Su Wan wants to buy a "paper figurine that can replace her life" - make it look like her and prevent a catastrophe for her. This is a job that is strictly prohibited by the industry regulations, but the reward is grandpa's funeral expenses, and an irresistible secret: Grandpa's death is related to the curse planted by the ancestors of the Shen family three hundred years ago.
With the appearance of Zhao Qingshan, an abandoned member of the Maoshan sect, cases of missing brides occurred one after another in the town. Only then did Shen Ye discover that the craft of paper-making was far more than just making a living - "Color-making craftsman, tie ghost paper, tie ghost paper to worship Yin and Yang." The paper-making craftsman is the ferryman connecting the living and the dead, and he himself is the only antidote to this curse for three hundred years.
A battle between yin and yang about father's love, fate and protection unfolds quietly in the dark night.
