What If You Were Given a Hundred Million?

[Billionaire goes broke + road-trip fiction + philosophical awakening] + [Urban adventures + System missions + a cross-section of humanity]

Northeastern tough guy Li Tiezhu is so broke his pockets are cleaner than his face. After life has put him through the wringer time and again, he unexpectedly receives a hundred million yuan from the fun-loving immortal Wenquxing. He goes from being so poor he can’t afford an eighteen-yuan bowl of beef noodles to becoming “Mr. Li,” surrounded by luxury cars and beautiful women. But amid the glitz and decadence, he loses himself completely. When the bubble of wealth bursts, the immortal’s mission arrives: drive a beat-up truck across the country, experience all walks of life, and write A Record of Observing Humanity for his amusement. And so begins a journey of “atonement,” from the clouds down into the mud, then gazing up at the stars from the depths. Accompanied by loneliness, he sees the world through the eyes of an outsider behind the wheel. He swallows life’s cruel absurdities with Beijing’s fermented bean juice, finds the will to fight fate in Changsha’s chili peppers, and learns to reconcile speed with stillness over Guangzhou’s morning tea... In the end, he discovers that true wealth isn’t the number in your bank account. It’s knowing exactly where home is, even after seeing all the splendor and enduring every hardship.