Zhang Hanyu, an intern in the General Office of the Jiangnan Municipal Government, was treated like he wasn’t even there on his first day. But one late night of overtime, he unexpectedly awakened the ability to read minds.
In a place where everyone wears a mask and never says everything they mean, what does it mean to see straight into people’s hearts? He pinpoints what the section chief really wants in a report, deftly defuses a petition crisis among residents facing demolition, uncovers the embezzlement of compensation funds at a dinner gathering, and turns the tide during a rigorous inspection by the provincial disciplinary team.
From an invisible nobody at everyone’s beck and call to a promising talent in the section chief’s eyes, Zhang Hanyu owes his success not to luck, but to the informational edge his mind-reading ability gives him. Yet he also sees that behind every smile lies an ulterior motive, and behind every promotion, a struggle over interests. The abyss of power awaits him up ahead.
