[Urban Fantasy, One Female Lead, No System, Coming-of-Age, The First 20 Chapters Lay the Groundwork]
Down-on-his-luck gambler Tang Ran is drowning in debt after trying to save his mother. Forced to sign a contract with Lin Yuwei, Jiangcheng’s most mysterious woman, he takes on the identity of “Zhou Mo” and infiltrates a world of antique intrigue. As he maneuvers among old-school collectors, mysterious buyers, and the cold-blooded rival known as “Viper,” he walks a tightrope between false and true identities, uncovering an even more mysterious story behind a bronze artifact from the Warring States period called “Qing Fu.”
