Yang Xin-yi

Blue Eyes

In a candlelit room, time stands still, faces glow with joy tinged by melancholy. In the blue haze of youth, love and regret entwine. As the fire fades, so does clarity... What remains of us when memory blurs into longing?

The Fool

Chou meets Mo because they are both used to speaking to the fish in a discarded basin after school. They recite poems from their textbooks and nurture their love until Mo goes abroad. As time passes, the once-secret bridge pier turns into a marshland, while Chou remains faithfully waiting in the same place. When Mo finally returns, Chou sadly discovers Mo has forgotten him. Therefore, Chou has no choice but to view Mo as an illusion because it is the only way he can keep chasing after her and live on.

Intimate Encounter

Two years post heart transplant, Ah Xun remains unable to shake off the gloom cast over his renewed life. First, there is a house fire; then, an unprecedented pandemic breaks out. Retreating to his grandfather’s home, Ah Xun finds himself persistently haunted by a string of unfortunate events. He is faced with an ex lover’s return, an encounter with the mixed-race sibling neighbours, the harrowing news of his mother’s cancer, his sister’s nervous breakdown, a friend’s drug issues, and now, the news of his grandfather testing positive for the new disease.

Drumming in the Ears

A woman is disturbed by a high-pitched noise while others around her remain oblivious. As she desperately tries to locate the sound source, she finds herself on the verge of madness. Is the noise real or is it just a reflection of her unbearable life?

Three Red Light

In order to find the missing father, the main character of the story,Chiang Chen, came to the "Can house" where washed away the memory in the famine generations. He met Ni An who came to defrauded the consolation money of the Can house. In the process of mutual benefit, they also discovered here is an unknown conspiracy under the beautiful tricks.

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