(The full version, specially recommended and tailored for Tomato’s main platform, balances satisfying thrills with heartfelt warmth)
Lin Yan inherits his grandmother’s Old Alley Curio Shop, tucked deep in an old lane, along with a pair of yin-yang eyes that let him see the dead.
The shop opens only during the hour of the Pig, and everything it takes in is an old object burdened by an unresolved attachment:
A treadle sewing machine runs by itself night after night. It belonged to a lonely old man who never finished sewing pajamas for his grandson.
A faded opera costume sings beneath the full moon. It belongs to a famous Republican-era performer who spent half her life waiting for the chance to take the stage.
A shattered-screen phone keeps dialing the same number. It belonged to a deliveryman who died suddenly before he could offer his birthday wishes…
Born with the gift of purifying attachments, he can dissolve them with a touch and send the dead peacefully into reincarnation.
Lu Chen, a flippant underworld official, has his back. Jiang Wanyue, a mysterious college student, arrives with a case. Together, the three help souls move on and uncover the truth behind one regret after another.
Then evil spirits emerge from the Turbid Abyss, their foul thoughts sweeping across the whole city, and a past sealed away for a thousand years comes to light.
It turns out he is the reincarnation of the Lamp of Pure Thoughts, sought by the Three Realms for a thousand years. He has never been guarding just an old shop, but the warmth of human life and a promise that transcends life and death.
Good and evil are repaid in kind, and every attachment can be resolved.
When the hour of the Pig comes and the lantern glows, all who are destined to find us are welcome.
---“I Inherited a Yin-Yang Curio Shop and Guide the Dead to Peace with Pure Thoughts”
Deep in an old lane stands a curio shop open late at night, specializing in old objects haunted by the attachments of the dead.
Its owner, Lin Yan, was born with yin-yang eyes. With a touch, he can resolve the regrets of the world.
Accompanied by an underworld officer and a heavenly inspector, the three resolve attachments, destroy foul spirits, and unravel mysteries.
Little do they know that he himself is the Lamp of Pure Thoughts, coveted by the Three Realms for a thousand years…
