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Midnight Recipient
Short Fiction午夜收件人
Jin Nan
Delivery boy Li Xiang received a strange order, and the destination was No. 37 Clock Lane - a "Time Express Station" that did not exist on the map. The clocks here run backwards, and the price of receiving is stolen memory and time. My grandfather disappeared here in 1998, and my father disappeared in 2008 while tracing the truth. The same scars on the wrists of three generations have become the mark of a 25-year cycle. Li Xiang stepped into the alley holding his grandfather's brass key, and was involved in a mystery that spanned time and space: Lin Xiaoman in school uniform always waved in the mirror, and page 73 of her "Old Stories in the South of the City" contained a password to break the situation; the diary of former stationmaster Chen Mo revealed the curse of "the recipient will eventually become a prisoner"; seven watch movement fragments were scattered in the alley, and together they were the key to the door of time. From silver watches in shoe repair shops to finger bones in orthopedic clinics, Li Xiang meets countless souls trapped in time. On a full moon night, the watch movement forms a complete circle, and the door of time opens. He finally understood that the so-called cycle is hope built with love and memory. In the end, he took all his bonds with him and headed towards a future where "everyone can go home."
Delivery boy Li Xiang received a strange order, and the destination was No. 37 Clock Lane - a "Time Express Station" that did not exist on the map. The clocks here run backwards, and the price of receiving is stolen memory and time. My grandfather disappeared here in 1998, and my father disappeared in 2008 while tracing the truth. The same scars on the wrists of three generations have become the mark of a 25-year cycle. Li Xiang stepped into the alley holding his grandfather's brass key, and was involved in a mystery that spanned time and space: Lin Xiaoman in school uniform always waved in the mirror, and page 73 of her "Old Stories in the South of the City" contained a password to break the situation; the diary of former stationmaster Chen Mo revealed the curse of "the recipient will eventually become a prisoner"; seven watch movement fragments were scattered in the alley, and together they were the key to the door of time. From silver watches in shoe repair shops to finger bones in orthopedic clinics, Li Xiang meets countless souls trapped in time. On a full moon night, the watch movement forms a complete circle, and the door of time opens. He finally understood that the so-called cycle is hope built with love and memory. In the end, he took all his bonds with him and headed towards a future where "everyone can go home."