Dongguan, 1998: Days Gone By

When Yang Xu woke up, he had transmigrated from 2026 to Dongguan in 1998.

The coal boss who had forced him to down an entire bottle of XO at the KTV was gone. In his place were a ceiling fan creaking overhead, a Motorola pager on the bedside table, and a sharp-featured face in the mirror, so handsome it left even him stunned.

Six foot one, with an eight-pack. He could drink, fight, and turn heads.

He went from being a spineless waiter forced to drink by customers to the top waiter at the Dihao Nightclub in Houjie.

Dongguan in 1998 was full of gold, and full of danger. Yang Xu started at the Dihao Nightclub and, step by step, brought Houjie under his heel, then Dongcheng, then Huangjiang. He witnessed the darkest deals and the purest loyalty. Only when his best brother took a bullet for him did he truly understand: in this underworld, staying alive is never a one-man affair.