Lin Xun was once the youngest creative director in the industry, brimming with talent and destined for success.
Then he refused to fake data for an internet celebrity.
Overnight, he became public enemy number one. Accusations of sexual harassment, plagiarism, and kickbacks flooded the internet. His former company terminated his contract, his girlfriend left him, and his parents were harassed until they were afraid to leave the house. The glory he once enjoyed turned into a blade that left him battered and broken.
Three months later, he was a delivery rider, tormented every day by impatient customers, bad reviews, and mockery.
“Loser.”
“Scum of society.”
“Why don’t you just die?”
On the brink of an emotional breakdown, a cold voice rang out in his mind:
[Traffic Insight System Activated. Host, do you want to see the truth?]
Lin Xun opened his eyes, and the world had changed.
He could see the traffic numbers above every video, the follower profiles behind every account, the personality tags of every internet user, and the buildup behind every public-opinion storm.
At last, he understood: traffic never lies. The people manipulating it do.
From helping Old Qin’s late-night barbecue stall go viral overnight to masterminding Zibo’s citywide barbecue marketing campaign; from exposing the truth behind a fraudulent AI product to a final showdown with a fake-traffic empire, Lin Xun steadily takes back everything that belongs to him.
Those who once trampled him will one day look up at his back.
“My name is Lin Xun. Xun, as in searching high and low.”
“From now on, traffic answers to me.”
