Taboo Counter

At 5:45 in the morning, the pawn shop reset on time. Lu Ren is the only living person here and the only prisoner. He forgot the past and only remembered to abide by the thirteen curses written in classical Chinese - the "Employee Code". What is traded here is not antique calligraphy and painting, but the deepest secrets of people's hearts. Some people pawned their "conscience" in exchange for a smooth career; some people pawned their "pain" just to no longer suffer. Until that day, Lu Ren heard the sound of fingernails scratching from the "forbidden cabinet" locked by iron chains. And the man who claimed to be from the Bureau of Folklore Affairs brought a top-secret file on the "Other Shore Project". "Lu Ren, take this job. This is the only way to figure out 'that thing'." Looking at his message on the photo, Lu Ren realized: in this business, from the moment he stepped into the pawn shop, the bargaining chip was himself.