Su Lan, queen of the underworld, is richer than a nation and an expert in “persuasion by force” and “binding people through shared interests.” Her life motto is: There’s nothing that can’t be solved with threats or temptation.
One day, she wakes up as Su San, the most timid foot soldier in an ancient border army. She starts with a broken bowl, and has to scavenge for all her gear. Faced with withheld pay, bullying fellow soldiers, and superiors who treat her like an insect, Su Lan smiles.
You want to play by the law of the jungle? I’m the ancestor of this trade!
And so the military camp undergoes a dramatic transformation:
While others train, she introduces “performance reviews” and “team building.”
While others fight, she develops “border logistics” and “battlefield futures.”
While others compete for credit, she already has ironclad proof of her superior’s corruption and has completed a “management buyout.”
She recruits underlings, builds a gang, and lays down the rules. From a lowly foot soldier everyone could bully, she forces her way into becoming the camp’s “underworld boss.” Even the stern, icy young general goes from looking down on her to becoming a regular visitor who knocks on her tent late at night. “Su San, your methods... may not be honorable, but they’re brilliant.”
Then, in a bloody battle, she is gravely wounded saving him, and the cloth binding her chest is soaked through with blood...
When the secret that she is a woman is suddenly exposed, the whole world is in an uproar. Under the gaze of the crowd, Su Lan casts off her disguise, her red robes fluttering in the wind. “Women can fight for a place in this world, too. My rules are the rules!”
See how a top-notch female rogue takes the wildest path, stirs up the world, and writes an unconventional legend.
