After ten years of ups and downs in Jinghai, an old fish stall on Factory Street became Huang Yao’s last refuge. Burdened by her family’s crimes and worn down by school bullying and society’s prejudice, she dropped out early and became trapped in the life of the streets, carrying a wound deep in her heart that would never heal. An Xin, once the embodiment of justice and now a bureau chief, came to visit. His heartless reply, delivered in the name of the law, shattered Huang Yao’s last hope.
Memories surged back: in high school, she had been maliciously cornered, verbally humiliated, and doused with cold water. Driven to fight back, she was then threatened at every turn by her classmates. Desperate to escape the bullying, Huang Yao crossed the line. In the dead of night, she used a hacker virus to break into the education system and steal the college entrance exam papers, tearing through every boundary herself.
One step into darkness, and there was no turning back. That youthful act of revenge and compromise marked the beginning of her descent. The once patient and lonely girl left the light behind. She made her way to Kowloon, Hong Kong, struggling and lying low in the shadows until her weakness fell away and she became a ruthless underworld overlord. At the boundary between black and white, she began a fated life steeped in secrets and sin.
