A mining disaster buried for thirty years, like a curse of fate, swept brothers Shen Mingyuan and Shen Minghai into a whirlpool of love, hate, and tangled destinies. One stayed true to his principles, proceeding cautiously as he vowed to uncover the truth and root out evil. The other plunged into the abyss for revenge, becoming a ruthless power broker while secretly protecting those he cared about. Amid the rise and fall of their official careers, tangled love and hate, the corruption of human nature, and the struggle for redemption, they went from being the brothers who trusted each other most to becoming sworn enemies. The fuse that set it all off was Shen Mingyuan's supposedly impartial yet coldhearted enforcement of the law when he first entered government, along with a love twisted by an unexpected pregnancy. It was only when an anti-crime campaign swept through Jiangzhou that every buried secret was finally torn into the open.
