Introduction to the novel
In the seventeenth year of the Republic of China, Shanghai was in troubled times and turbulent.
Chen Qinglin is just an ordinary coolie worker at Shiliupu Wharf. He has a cheerful and smooth temperament and smiles when he sees everyone. He relies on his strength and cleverness to make a living, and is only accompanied by his best friend Fatty Wang. He seems to be a philistine and slick, but on the inside he is upright and kind, guarding the bottom line and conscience of the low-level people.
One early morning, a body was found floating by the river. The deceased was a strange scholar whom Chen Qinglin had met by chance in a tailor shop and had helped him cover up. That man was poor, low-key, gentle and kind, but in fact he was a patriotic traffic officer who was assassinated by Japanese spies for protecting his comrades and delivering intelligence.
While investigating the scene, Chen Qinglin saw through the mystery of the murder, quietly hid the key information, and protected Zhongliang like a little guy. And his life path also deviated from the original track...
