Posted to Jiangnan Prefecture, I Beat Fate with Strategy

In his previous life, Chu Tiankuo was ruthlessly crushed by the powerful local Shen family, forced to become a live-in son-in-law, and ultimately drowned in the mire of power, dying as their fall guy.

Reborn at the border in the deadly predicament that will decide his fate, he refuses to hold back any longer!

His superior wants him to die taking the blame? He turns the tables with a decisive strike, personally leading his team to wipe out an armed drug-trafficking gang and earn an extraordinary first-class merit award, then pins the blame squarely on the corrupt official!

Upon his triumphant return, the Shen family condescendingly offers him a marriage alliance as charity. Chu Tiankuo tears up the engagement in front of everyone: “I'm done being your scapegoat!”

He knows there's no chance of winning by struggling in the mire, so he uses his first-class merit award to secure admission to the country's top university for a doctorate and makes connections with central government officials, ready to reshuffle the board from a higher vantage point!

Ten years later, the Shen family's business empire collapses, and they beg the government to bail them out.

By then, a government plane from the central authorities has landed in Jiangnanzhou. In his thirties, Chu Tiankuo arrives with a show of force as Huaguo's youngest [Deputy Governor], holding the power to shape the economic fate of the entire province!

Watching his once-arrogant enemies tremble, Chu Tiankuo sneers:

“This time, I'm not just going to beat fate by half a move. I'm taking every one of you out!”