Qiao Man lived for twenty-two years and used seven names, but none of them really belonged to her.
In Dasheng, only when your name is naturalized can you truly live. A stateless person cannot buy property, travel far, or file a lawsuit, and he or she cannot even have a name after death. In order to save enough 500 taels to buy a clean identity, Qiao Man made a living by forging household registrations for others, until she was arrested and imprisoned due to an impersonation lawsuit, and met Xie Tingzhou, a man who would be forgotten by the world every morning.
She completed his name in the black market supplementary book. The next day, everyone in the world forgot about him, only she remembered.
So, one wanted to have a real name, and the other wanted to find his existence, and they set foot in the capital together. From widows having no right to file a complaint, to the deceased still paying taxes, to entire villages being wiped off the register, each absurd case gradually led to a multi-state conspiracy to lose their citizenship.
But Qiao Man soon discovered that the old case that destroyed his hometown and took away his sister and 3,126 names had an inseparable relationship with Xie Tingzhou.
She is the only person in the world who remembers him, but he may be related to her deepest pain.
When the roster can determine who is qualified to be remembered by the world, what Qiao Man wants to fight for is not only his own name, but also all the lives that are forced to live under names.
Are they still willing to let it work?
