【Blurb】
After losing her job due to illness, artist Jiang Baiye opened a small shop where she paints portraits for customers.
The shop is simply furnished but not shabby, and it has one strange rule: anyone who wants a portrait must first tell a story about themselves.
Jiang Baiye’s paintbrush began acting on its own:
A lively middle school girl became a long-eared elf on the canvas.
A cool, aloof young man lost his human form and became a mountain castle.
An ordinary father and daughter turned into a big and a little crow?
To everyone’s surprise, the customers all said that Jiang Baiye had painted their true selves.
The middle schooler loved nature and wanted to become an elf to protect the forest animals.
The young man longed to live in a little castle in the mountains, away from the noise of the world, and become a hermit.
The little girl, who depended on her father, hoped to grow up soon and repay all he had done for her...
Jiang Baiye listened to her customers’ stories and dreams, offering them comfort and encouragement through her art.
As she helped them untangle their hearts, the little shop also began to thrive and undergo wondrous changes.
The corner shop became a gentle haven in the middle of a bustling city.
Every ambitious young person, wounded young adult, and middle-aged person with a story to tell wanted to have her paint a “portrait of their dreams” and hold a conversation with their own heart.
Gradually, Jiang Baiye discovered that the truly strange thing about the shop wasn’t just her “uncontrollable” paintbrush.
It seemed to house a soul from nearly a hundred years ago. Its lingering obsession had lain buried in the passage of time, and only awakened again when Jiang Baiye arrived.
【Reader’s guide】
The main story follows Jiang Baiye running her shop, while the subplots tell stories from many years ago. A gentle, heartwarming story with a guaranteed happy ending.
No romance, just friendship and no ambiguous relationships.
Includes the personal stories of the shop’s customers, along with some elements of running and developing the shop.
A touch of fantasy and a slight golden finger in the form of the shop, but no explicitly shown supernatural abilities.
Currently updating five chapters a week: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. If it goes premium, it will update daily. Any other breaks will be announced.
Theme: The many possibilities in life.
