Qinghe Notes

Thirty years of ups and downs, one game of chess decides a life.

It took Chen Qing ten years to rise from a junior clerk at a county petition office to a key investigator in a provincial discipline inspection department.

Over those ten years, he investigated multiple major cases and ultimately uncovered a shocking secret hidden for a decade. Every time he broke through a deadlock, it wasn’t because of connections or influence, but because of a computer, a stack of files, and the resolve to investigate to the very end.

Some called him an “oddity”; others, a “lone hero.” He had only this to say: in this game of chess, there are no permanent winners or losers. Whoever you are, you must be able to face your own conscience.

A workplace novel so true it will leave you breathless, taking you deep into the heart of the power struggle.