That Lamp Has Been Shining for Twenty Years

When he was eight years old, He Yan's father "drunk and slipped" and died in the river. The official conclusion was that it was an accident, and the entire alley dared not mention it for twenty years. Twenty years later, He Yan, who was kicked out of a large factory, returned to Tongluo Alley, which was about to be demolished, and found out that his father's death was something everyone in the alley kept silent. Half of an old account led to a debt from thirty years ago; an old man who spilled the beans was sent to the hospital that night; a female reporter who approached him filled her notebook with floor plans of the old street. Whether to demolish or not to demolish is the fate of Laojie; whether to check or not to check is the fate of He Yan. He wants both. From a grocery store to the "old street flavor" that feeds half an alley; from being unfamiliar with his father to understanding a man's silence. The lamp at the entrance of the alley illuminates the truth and the world.