The Jade God

The story opens in an old oak-paneled house where two experienced inventory clerks methodically record antiques while a keenly observant maid and her employer sense deeper secrets. A small, enigmatic jade figurine and the arrival of a mysterious eastern peddler unsettle domestic calm, stirring greed, obsession, and conflicting loyalties. Supernatural suggestion and human motive intertwine as revelations about the house and its past emerge, leading to deceit, a desperate escape, a night of tragedy, a startling confession, and a final act of sacrifice that resolves the strain between love, guilt, and the power attributed to the idol.