This is a true story, a romantic tale of realism, and yet nothing more than a work of fiction. Gu Shengmao, the literary world’s foremost hack, isn’t writing feel-good wish fulfillment. Instead, he uses his pen like a knife to slowly peel back the human nature of the metropolis: justice? Evil? Love?
In 2007, 18-year-old Li Junjie, a young man from rural northern Jiangsu, was forced by circumstances to come alone to the glitzy streets of Shanghai, where he began a career as a male model. To his surprise, he found true love with Shen Zhiyi and experienced the beauty of crossing age and class boundaries! Meanwhile, his childhood friend and fellow villager Wang Lei, once an innocent, naive boy, was manipulated and deceived by his Shanghai godmother. Toyed with by countless wealthy, middle-aged and elderly women, he eventually turned dark and became Shanghai’s most notorious nightlife kingpin. Then he began his revenge…
