Also known as The Old Days of Hong Kong: Red Makeup and the White Paper Fan
[All-seeing transmigrated female strategist × ruthless, taciturn, cold-faced boss] [Two powerhouse leads focused on building their careers] [From crime to legitimate business + heartwarming healing] [Genius schemes × absolute force]
When she opens her eyes, Ruan Qing, a modern heiress with a high IQ and a chronic illness, has transmigrated to Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong in 1984, alone amid the chaos. At a glance, she chooses a young gangster whom everyone looks down on, but who is deeply loyal and righteous.
This man is taciturn and hard-fisted, the sharpest blade in his gang, and the finest jade in her eyes, just waiting to be shaped.
Others laugh at her for placing her bet on the wrong man. She raises her white paper fan and smiles. “This game? I saw the ending from the start.”
From then on, he carves a path through blood while she moves the pieces behind the scenes.
She uses her business savvy from the future to help him seize territory, launder money, and transition into legitimate business. He protects her with unwavering loyalty and force, becoming her most dependable ally.
“Ninth Brother, this move is called making money by riding the wave.”
“Okay.”
“Ninth Brother, next we'll go legit.”
“Your call.”
Amid the violent upheavals of the underworld, they go from using each other to saving each other, from strangers in the criminal world to lifelong companions.
She is his brains, and he is her fists.
She calculates every move in the world for him, and he shields her from every attack, seen and unseen.
This is the heartwarming story of a brilliant female strategist who shakes up Hong Kong with her schemes and helps a cold-faced boss leave the darkness of the underworld for the light of business. It's also a nostalgic portrait of an era in which blades fade from view and warmth gradually emerges.
The blades and swords will eventually fade, but the years they spent side by side will remain the warmest light in Hong Kong's night sky.
