The Memory Collector

People can deposit memories they no longer wish to keep, or have someone else collect a sealed-away fragment of the past on their behalf. Chen Yan takes on this unusual job and sees far too many lives cast aside. Some deposit unforgettable romances, some collect memories of loved ones long gone, and some want to erase the past mistakes they made. Memories can be deposited, transferred, and forgotten, but they never truly disappear. He stores other people’s joys and sorrows, witnessing countless regrets and obsessions, until he gradually discovers a tremendous secret about himself hidden among the fragments passing through his hands. As other people’s memories keep intruding on his life and deposited stories begin to wreak havoc on reality, he finally understands: collecting other people’s memories means eventually facing the past of his own that he cannot let go.