Ye Ze is an unremarkable crematorium gatekeeper, manager, security guard, and... In short, the three of them manage everything at this little run-down crematorium: Ye Ze, the new guy Xu Zai, and Lao Tan, the oldest employee.
But Ye Ze is different. Apart from being an unremarkable gatekeeper, he also has a hidden identity: a soul guide. In this new era, with its new ways of doing things, ghosts who refuse to let go or have unfinished business often cause a lot of trouble in the underworld after death. So the underworld has kept up with the times and opened up the profession of soul guide.
Ye Ze collects tear crystals formed from the grief and reluctance of the ghosts' loved ones, giving the ghosts time or helping them fulfill their final wishes. How much he collects depends entirely on how much time the ghosts want, what they want to do, or what help they need. That's also why Ye Ze is willing to stay at this crematorium. It's hard to believe how many people die unwilling to let go in this peaceful era...
Fathers who leave behind wives and children after an unexpected death, young people who leave their lovers behind because of illness, people who regret taking their own lives, or unfortunate people who die violent deaths: there are many every day. Ye Ze simply provides time and help according to the payment. Originally, he could have coasted through life as a ghost, steady and carefree.
Unfortunately, things don't always go as planned. Ye Ze never expected it. Sure, he'd spent time in juvenile detention, but he turned into a law-abiding citizen afterward, didn't he? Why does a human police officer have to make trouble for him? Is he from the Pacific Ocean? Does he have to stick his nose into everything?
Theme: What should you do when you lose your beloved? The one who can't let go is you, the living, not him, the dead. But you're the one who has to go on living, not him. How you live is a question only you can answer.
