In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, amidst the ruins, young Du Ziyu accidentally killed someone. When he was in a desperate situation, he met Huo Leifei, whose origin was a mystery.
She stood on the ruins strewn with corpses, witnessed his sins with extreme calmness, destroyed all the evidence for him with her own hands, and pulled him up from the edge of the abyss. Since then, the two people, full of secrets, went south together and took root in the turbulent Huaqiangbei of Shenzhen.
This was a decade of rapid development. From copycat digital business to high imitation luxury goods, from the first-generation Taobao e-commerce to the live broadcast traffic trend, Huo Leifei stepped up step by step on the dividends of the times. With extreme self-discipline and cold-bloodedness, she accurately grasped every opportunity for class jump, and step by step transformed from an unknown refugee to the helm of a listed company with capital.
And Squid is willing to be her shadow hiding in the shadows. A pair of hands full of secrets smoothed away all the dirt, dealt with all the troubles, and shouldered all the sins for her. He is not a lover, not a subordinate, but a prisoner bound by the illusion of tenderness and voluntarily sacrificing himself, sinking year by year in guilt and dependence.
The old detective Chen Jingye has been dormant for several years, chasing this man and woman who coexist in light and darkness. He penetrated the bustling and glitzy Shenzhen, peeled off the layers of disguise, and got a glimpse of this unprovoked evil that spanned ten years.
No one knows Huo Leifei's true origin, and no one has reckoned with the blood debt stained on her hands. In the prosperous neon era, some people stand in the clouds and reach the top of the glory, while others are buried in the dark night and turned into dust.
The so-called "lost in the floating city at night" does not mean "lost in the dark night". It means that you are willing to rush to the false light and end up buried in the abyss, with no way to escape for the rest of your life.
