The cheongsam in the old alley is stained by the rain of the Republic of China, half a century of unspoken words are locked in the old piano, the No. 1 Scholar's pen is trapped in fame, the shipwreck compass is still looking for the direction home... Centuries-old utensils all have "spirituals", good spirits keep warm, and cruel spirits swallow up memories.
Shen Yichen is the mirror keeper who accepts thousands of memories. He has seen the joys and sorrows of all things, but he cannot kill or have obsessions. His soul has been drifting in the regrets of others for hundreds of years. Lu Duanwang is the blade holder who cuts off all delusions. He can cut off cause and effect, but he cannot empathize or be moved. The blood and fire of his childhood sealed all tenderness in him.
They are the twin souls of the ancient mirror and the ancient sword. Their natural magnetic fields are incompatible, but only by working side by side can the chaotic and violent spirits be suppressed.
He was used to seeing regrets in the world, but he only felt sorry for his loneliness full of hostility; he had overcome countless obsessions, but he was the only one who broke his guard and had soft thoughts towards him.
"The rules say we can't break the rules."
"Then I will defy fate for you."
When someone deliberately cultivates evil spirits and wants to erase all memories in the world and reset the world, two people who have been trapped by fate for thousands of years will eventually break the ban for each other.
The intention: to see the regrets of the world through the spirit of things, and to write about two souls bound by fate, in the midst of confrontation and symbiosis, breaking the rules for each other and the tenderness and courage of two-way redemption. It explores the weight of memory and obsession, and also talks about the heartbeat of "Besides the rules, there are still exceptions".