From Counselor to the Provincial Party Compound

Li Zixuan, a master’s student in traditional Chinese medicine at Donghan University, was in the prime of his youth, with picturesque features and an air of refinement in every gesture. He should have been using his medical skills to help the world, but just as he was about to graduate, he took a job as a counselor in the School of Computer Science, beginning an unexpected and legendary journey. From entering the workforce to making his way into the provincial Party committee compound, he experienced tangled relationships and undercurrents of political scheming. Yet he was no ordinary person. He possessed a calm, perceptive mind. He treated his colleagues and students with compassion, using his wisdom to solve one seemingly impossible problem after another. When faced with open and covert rivalries among colleagues, he yielded in order to advance, resolving conflicts with sincerity and wisdom and earning everyone’s respect...