Ink Name

During the Qingming Festival to worship ancestors, Shen Motong discovered that her grandmother's name "Shen Linwan" was covered in genealogy ink. As a doctor of sociology, she is determined to uncover this past that has been deliberately forgotten by her family. Starting from an old photo with the title "Lin Wan, self-titled in 1946" on the back, she followed the white rose badge left by her uncle before his death and the brass key collected by her mother, and stepped into the dusty memories of Shanghai Paramount in the 1940s. When the label of "Dancing Girl White Rose" was torn off, the truth emerged: grandmother Shen Linwan was not a stain on the family, but a brave woman who redeemed herself for love, stuck to her true name, and would rather die than surrender. Faced with her uncle's obstruction in the name of "family dignity," Shen Motong chose to side by side with her mother and open the dust-sealed wooden box in the cellar of the old house, letting the three words "Shen Linwan" come to light again. Eventually, she founded the "Memorial for the Unknown" in the attic of her bookstore, giving every forgotten name a chance to be remembered.