Thirty days until the Asian Games countdown, and Metro Line 3 is about to open.
No one knows that the concrete strength reports are all forged, with a murder case lurking behind them.
After graduating from graduate school, I joined the Testing Center, thinking I'd landed a secure job. On my very first day, I caught the bosses dividing up the spoils. Zhong Ji, a seventy-year-old engineer, reported the fraud under his real name. The next day, he was threatened and intimidated, then fired when his contract expired. As he left, he held the test reports as if they were his last will and testament.
Yang Jie, the woman I loved, attached herself to the boss. An Zhi Ran, who had braved the earthquake ruins with me, was someone I once saw as my salvation. But the person trying to silence me was none other than her father, Liao Changqing.
A worker was murdered, and the people at the top rushed to suppress the news. The victim's younger brother demanded justice. Three days later, his legs were broken and he was dumped at a construction site.
I quit and stood shoulder to shoulder with Zhong Ji. Before long, I received death threats.
The day Gan Sen fled with a fortune, torrential rain poured over South China. A new boss took office, and everything carried on as usual.
Everyone thought the dust had settled.
They forgot that I was still alive.
The original report they thought they'd destroyed is in my hands.
Who's next?
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.