Gu Xiaoman was a longtime local official who spent his whole life living by the principle of “serving the people.” Yet on the very day he retired, just as he was finally ready to lie flat, he was tossed into a world where everyone had a “distinct personality” and melodramatic conflicts erupted at every turn. At first, he planned to sit back, watch the show, enjoy the gossip, and then lie flat for good. But the DNA buried deep in his bones kept stirring for no apparent reason, and he couldn’t help getting involved. Too timid to risk being found out, he stayed behind the scenes, only to be pushed onto an immortal cultivation path where lying flat was never an option.
