Lin Bei is twenty-six, makes a living delivering food, has 400 yuan in his bank account, and is seven days late on rent. His girlfriend of three years dumps him over a bowl of stone-cold malatang, then turns around and throws herself into the arms of a rich heir.
On the rainy night he gets dumped, something calling itself the “Underdog Comeback System” binds itself to Lin Bei. Its first mission: go to a bar and slap his ex and her new boyfriend in the face.
Temporarily granted the skill of a “luxury goods appraisal master” by the System, he spots a flaw in the movement of the rich heir’s 600,000-yuan watch and exposes his ex’s 72,000-yuan Chanel bag as a fake. Overnight, the useless delivery guy becomes a top-tier antiques appraiser.
But the System’s arrival uncovers an even bigger secret: his father has hidden his identity for twenty years, and his grandfather was once the leading figure in the capital’s antiques world. A batch of counterfeit antiques worth 200 million yuan left the family ruined. A treasured jade cicada from the Han dynasty brings to light the mystery of a national treasure, a blood feud between families, and a mysterious organization secretly tracking him.
From 30,000 yuan in debt to holding thousand-year-old artifacts in his hands, from delivery guy to a central figure in the antiques world. Face-slapping is only the beginning. The real comeback is a reckoning twenty years in the making.
You think I’m just a useless delivery guy? Sorry, the treasures I’ve appraised are worth more than all the meals you’ve ever eaten.
