I am detective Lin Yan. When I was handling a series of murders, all the irrefutable evidence pointed to my beloved lover, Su Wan.
In order to protect her from guilt, I risked everything, broke into a memory pawn shop that only existed in legends on a rainy night, and reluctantly pawned the most precious memory of our first encounter in this life, in exchange for all the incriminating evidence disappearing out of thin air.
The wish came true and she was innocent, but I have forever forgotten the starting point of our love.
I thought the storm was over, but after further investigation, I was shocked to find that all the deceased had entered the same memory pawn shop before their death. The transaction between death and memory has long been tightly bound.
In order to find out the real murderer and find the lost love, I took a desperate risk and broke into an Inception-style nested dream:
In the shallow level of consciousness, the souls of the dead are asking for their lives, and they are shocked at every step;
In the middle dream, the pawned fragments of first sight emerge, and love is faintly awakened;
Deep consciousness, the ultimate secret of the pawn shop, Su Wan's true identity, and the face of the serial murderer are all revealed.
I have pawned my memory to protect you. Only when you enter your dream will you realize that you and I have long been symbiotic with this weird pawn shop, bound by life and death.
Memories can be taken away, but love never dies.
Purpose: This article uses the memory pawn shop as a fantasy carrier, and explores the deep propositions of love and sacrifice, memory and human nature by using the criminal policeman's first encounter with the memory in exchange for his lover's innocence: although memories can be pawned, stolen and tampered with, the love and conscience rooted in the soul cannot be deprived; even if you are trapped in a puzzle of consciousness and the truth is confusing, you can eventually break through the illusion and find yourself and your original intention by adhering to justice and protecting your loved ones. At the same time, we reflect on the cold rules of "equivalent exchange", criticize the hypocrisy of using desire as bait to plunder the precious things of human nature, and finally point out that the truly precious thing is never the memory itself, but the unwillingness to give up each other's obsession and courage.