Three years ago, Chen Mo was the sharpest “blade” in the Dragon Kingdom. Whenever he went on a mission, his enemies bought themselves insurance first. Then he went to prison: framed and locked up, his girlfriend married someone else, and he didn’t even have a dog waiting to welcome him home.
Three years later, he’s released with barely enough money for two bus tickets. Waiting for him are two things: his critically ill mother, whose hospital bills have reached 150,000 yuan, and his old enemy Zhao Hailong, who shows up at the hospital with Chen’s ex-wife in his arms to “visit.” Life hands him a knife, and he takes it in stride.
Think he’s going to beg for sympathy? No. He pulls out a battered badge given to him by a prison mate and makes a call: “Get me a helicopter.” Three minutes later, alarms ring across the city, and everyone looks up at the sky.
From then on, Binhai City has a new legend: the man in the old jacket, crouching outside the hospital and chewing on a steamed bun, is the “blade” who once kept an entire organization awake at night. No one who owes him will get away; anyone who lays a hand on his mother will have graveyard grass growing over them before long.
In a nutshell: others return as kings, but he comes back carrying the blame. He may have taken the fall, but he never lost his blade.
It's pretty good so far, looking forward to the follow-up.