Hidden World

Qin Yang is an old case data restorer at the Linjiang Municipal Archives. He is responsible for sorting out old demolition files, restoring blurry photos, and checking missing and death records. One rainy night, he found a photo of a dining table in the archives of the machinery factory's courtyard. In the photo, a family of three is eating around the table. But under the dining table, there was a child with a blue face squatting. According to the records, there are only three members in this family. The child has no birth record, no household registration, and no death certificate. Behind the photo, a line of words slowly seeped out: When eating, don't count the people under the table. From that day on, Qin Yang discovered that there were many hidden compartments in the city that should not be opened. The shoe box under the hospital bed contains the shoes that the deceased could not wear; a stop on the last bus contains people who have been missing for many years; messages that have been withdrawn from the family group are re-sent by the deceased in the middle of the night; the second underground floor of the archives that does not exist is lit up every night. Ghosts don't appear out of thin air. The ghost is the reality that was hidden by people and finally found its way back.