The Nanchuan City Lost Property Management Center has a non-public rule: items whose registration date is earlier than the time they were lost will be sealed and may not be returned.
On the first day of the night shift, Ji Heng, the new item source appraiser, discovered a dripping black umbrella in the A174 cabinet. The system shows that it will be registered in seven days; at this moment, the owner of the umbrella, He Rui, is still working in the bus dispatch room.
In the surveillance camera, Ji Heng stood alone in front of the cabinet. In reality, a man with no name or profile picked up the umbrella for him.
"Not seven days," he said. "She only has six days left."
The man Zhou Su was familiar with all the lost items that arrived in advance, but could not be confirmed by access control, scheduling and cameras. Twelve years ago, he had disappeared from city records along with an entire neighborhood.
In order to find the missing person, Ji Heng began to collect proof of existence for this non-existent person. But the more complete his record, the closer the next lost item delivered in advance will be to him.
Purpose: When it cannot be completely recorded, multiple witnesses are still used to protect a person's existence and right to choose.
