After his grandfather died, Shen Mo returned to the old street theater troupe to collect his belongings, but found a yellowed note at the bottom of the shadow puppet box:
"At 12 o'clock at midnight, perform "Farewell My Concubine" in front of the moonlight, otherwise, what you see will come to you."
He didn't take it seriously.
Until the clock struck midnight, gongs and drums rang on the empty stage, and a pale thing lay in the crack of the door and smiled at him.
The neighbor told him: "Your grandfather has been guarding that thing for decades. You can only live if you sing "Farewell My Concubine" back."
In order to survive, Shen Mo touched the old shadow puppet and saw the life and death contract that his grandfather made with the "shadow" when he was young.
Shadow puppets are not only a play, but also a charm to ward off evil. From that day on, Shen Mo took over the theater troupe, and also took over the "old rules" of this small town for nearly a hundred years——
Don't answer after dark.
When you hear opera singing, you must play the gong.
This is a game with the "shadows". If they lose, their lives will be theirs.
