[Modern Antiques Appraisal + Archaeological Expeditions + Tomb Raiding and Counterattacks + False Identity]
My name is Chu Pingyan. Over eighteen years, I went from a poor kid whose parents were hounded to death by loan sharks, to a tomb-raiding apprentice who fought his way through the antiques trade, and then to an archaeology professor at the pinnacle of academia who had faked his death to escape. Every step I took was paved with blood and lies.
I faked my death to clear my name, then infiltrated the archaeological world under a false identity. I wanted to uncover the truth behind the massacre of my former employer's family ten years ago, reclaim the mysterious treasure they coveted, and expose the powerful figure lurking in the shadows.
But before the memories of the delivery room had faded, I saw a bronze box bearing my former employer's seal in my father-in-law's study: the priceless treasure I'd spent ten years searching for, the one that had cost the entire family their lives.
On one side was my former employer's family, who had treated me like one of their own. On the other was my current wife, heavily pregnant. One side held my dark past as a tomb raider; the other, my bright present as an archaeologist.
The mastermind behind it all turned out to be the person I trusted most. What they called justice was nothing but a mask for the human heart.
The Luoyang shovel I picked up just to make a living would, in the end, have to be turned against my own people.
The thrill of coming up and then going down to the tomb