After ten years of grueling study, on the eve of his exams, his fiancée, Liu Ruyan, publicly breaks off their engagement at the busiest restaurant in the county seat! County Deputy Magistrate Liu Chengzhi and the county magistrate’s son, Wang Hao, fan the flames beside her, hurling insults and humiliating Chen Fan at every turn. They call him “a penniless scholar who’ll never amount to anything,” then viciously smash their engagement token on the ground. Chen Fan suppresses his murderous rage, picks up the token, and swears with icy eyes: “I’ll repay today’s humiliation a hundredfold!”
