Officialdom: It Began When Every City Leader Owed Me a Favor

After a woman swindled him out of all his family’s wealth, Chen Chao spent more than a decade with his heart sealed off. Then he returned to the year he had just graduated. Given a second life, he wanted to become a civil servant and do something truly remarkable. They say the world of officialdom is like walking on thin ice. From the start, he saved an academic from the Huake Academy of Sciences who was supposed to die, becoming his savior. In the original timeline, the entire city’s leadership team was dismissed. This time, every city leader owed him a favor. Plans had changed. With such a perfect start, why not climb a little higher?