Dumped by his girlfriend in front of everyone, humiliated by his boss in public, and saddled with mounting debts while his adoptive father lies critically ill...
Ye Chen thought this was the worst day of his life.
Then he touched an ancient jade pendant, and an against-all-odds System quietly awakened deep in his mind.
An Eye of Appraisal that sees through people; business instincts that pinpoint the perfect move; a talent for spotting value that makes bargain hunting unbeatable.
In three days, he landed the biggest contract of the year for his company and pinned his humiliating boss down with irrefutable evidence in front of everyone.
In three months, he moved out of the urban village and into the city proper, and paid every last cent of his adoptive father's surgery costs.
In one year, his assets grew from nothing to over a billion. Those who once trampled him began looking up at his back.
But that was only the beginning.
When the Qin family's financial empire tried to block his path, he made them lose three billion in a single quarter.
When Tiansheng Group called in regulators to pressure him, he sent evidence of its illegal activities to even higher authorities.
When five major conglomerates joined forces to crush him, he dismantled them one by one, acquiring them and reaping the rewards along the way.
Then the leader of the mysterious organization that had been trying to kill him removed his mask...
The face beneath it belonged to someone he had never met, yet somehow knew intimately.
His father.
The System said, “Welcome back, Chosen One.”
Ye Chen replied, “I never needed you.”
This is the story of an ordinary man whom everyone once trampled underfoot, using his intelligence, courage, and refusal to give up to tear down class barriers and climb to the top of the city.
Packed with satisfying reversals, carefully planted clues, tearjerking father-son bonds, and a powerful couple whose romance is both sweet and bittersweet.
