Xu Wen died once. Only before his death did he realize that a facade could never hold up. Carrying ten years' worth of painful lessons from his previous life, he opens his eyes in September 2007, with ten million in demolition compensation sitting in his account. This time, he decides: no pretending, no worrying about appearances, just keeping track of the numbers. But the more honest he is, the more everyone around him reads into everything. His goofy rich-kid roommate is convinced he's the crown prince of the capital, his scheming roommate analyzes three layers of hidden meaning in every straightforward thing he says, and even old foxes from the business world come to "inspect the goods." Using the information and processing power he earned through blood and tears in his previous life, Xu Wen treats every wild interpretation as a question he already knows the answer to, passing every test with uncanny precision. But the real trouble is only just beginning: there are gaps in his memory, someone else has been reborn, and the person adding "extra drama" to everyone's lives seems to have known him for a long time. When Xu Wen finally tears open a corner of the script, he sees the chessboard, and another version of himself upon it.
Evil first person