1978: Trouble Starts at the Tofu Shop When I Catch an Affair

[Era | Rise from Nothing | Revenge | Not Reborn | No System | No Golden Finger, Read at Your Own Discretion!]

A 1.98-million-character, completed, pseudo-documentary novel set in a bygone era.

On the Little New Year’s Eve of the lunar calendar in 1978, the protagonist accidentally catches Huang Liansheng and Miao Cuie, the village women’s director, having an affair in the tofu workshop. From then on, the two relentlessly suppress and take revenge on him.

As one loved one after another goes mad or dies because they were caught up in his troubles, the protagonist finally reaches his breaking point and turns the boning knife used to butcher livestock against his enemies.

While on the run, he meets a group of down-and-out brothers who share his plight. Together, they navigate the gray areas of commerce, making a living by risking their lives.

After paying the price of a shattered romance and brothers left maimed, he eventually grows into a ruthless kingpin capable of shaking up the underworld order of an entire region.

If you’re tired of feel-good stories where opportunities fall from the sky and characters are unrealistically made into gods, this grounded tale of life in the underworld, depicting the struggles of ordinary people and their feuds, is well worth a read.