The Villain Awakens: A Game of Chess in the City

When Lin Ye wakes up, he discovers he has become a doomed villain in an urban novel, the kind who is destined to die horribly in the street three days later. As the spoiled young master everyone in the original story despises, he decisively tears up the script. On the surface, he keeps playing the useless outcast of the Lin family, but behind the scenes, he lays out a grand scheme to defy fate.

He snatches the protagonist Chu He’s opportunities with precision, deftly escapes one deadly trap after another, and handles the probing of the gentle heiress Su Muqing with ease. By the time Chen Mo, leader of a mysterious organization, stops looking down on him and starts treating him as a worthy rival, Lin Ye has already leapt off the chessboard.

In this urban shadow war where heroes vie for supremacy, everyone thinks they’re the one moving the pieces. Lin Ye smiles as he makes his move. This game’s rules should be rewritten by the one who flips the table.