In 2026, the rainy season in Hangzhou came half a month earlier than in previous years. Thin raindrops stuck to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the "Yeting" headquarters like crushed silver foil, blurring the neon lights of Qianjiang New City outside the window. Shen Lin was sitting behind the ebony desk that was handmade in Italy. The blood jade dragon pendant on his fingertips was warmed by his body temperature. The dragon scale patterns carved on the jade pendant glowed with a dark red halo under the warm yellow light, as if a living thing was breathing inside.
