I Can See the Red Batch

Shen Du's ancestors were "soul callers" - specializing in calling the souls back from the intersection of Huangquan for those who lost their souls due to fright. In his generation, his family business has been ruined and his ability to call souls has become a joke. Three years ago, seven members of the Shen family died overnight, leaving only him and his unconscious sister. Officially, it was an accident. Shen Du didn't believe it, but he had no money and no evidence. Even the ability to keep his sister alive had to be earned by keeping vigil, tying paper, and doing odd jobs every month. It wasn't until he picked up the mourner from the Qian family in Huaishi Town that the moment he entered the mourning hall, a line of red letters invisible to others appeared out of thin air on the wall: "The first rule of the wake: after midnight, no matter who calls you outside the door, do not answer." Only then did he realize that the "words" he had seen since childhood were not dazzling. Those are the rules, the appearance of taboos, and the line drawn with life between the living and the dead in this world. Those who can be seen can live; those who cannot be seen all died in the coffin last night. The funeral of the Qian family was a set-up from the beginning - exactly the same set-up as that night three years ago.