This is not only a masterpiece of anti-corruption, but also a journey of the soul. From the thunderous beginnings of "Echoes of Tempering" to the stars in "The Beads Are Not Cold"; from the late-night party emblem in Li Wei's notes, to the broken copper wire brushed by Old Liu's fingertips; to Chen Yuan's words standing at a new starting point - "Let's set this new abacus together!" What we write has never been the same! It is a novel, but a love letter to this era: to those who choose their conscience between red-headed documents and the tears of the people, to those who guard the rules in silence and insist on dialing beads in the ordinary, to every ordinary person under the 3.2 Million lights who believe that "the account can be settled." We are using the pen as the blade to cut through the fabric of the system; using the heart as the scale to weigh the weight of power; using emotion as the fire, we are forging abacuses that will not rust.
