Shen Jingci is a righteous police officer, calm and decisive, wielding the law as his blade. He infiltrates the darkest depths of the city alone, pursuing the truth behind a string of murders and illicit deals between money and power.
Lu Chenyuan is a ruthless and inscrutable business tycoon who commands hidden currents and operates in the gray area between black and white. No one dares to guess what cards he holds.
One is the light, the other the abyss.
Born to stand opposed, they are bound together by the same conspiracy.
Bait leads into bait, and killing moves close in at every turn. Framed and set up, besieged at the docks, manipulated from behind the scenes, the two go from clashing at every turn to instinctively protecting each other in life-or-death moments. He takes a lethal bullet for him, and he tears away layer after layer of disguise for him. They have never needed to work at getting along, yet they understand each other perfectly.
The boundary between black and white collapses, and the identities of cop and suspect begin to waver.
Trust and suspicion intertwine, restraint collides with desire, and reason and emotion are locked in a tug-of-war.
As the game deepens, Shen Jingci finally realizes that Lu Chenyuan was never the ultimate villain. For years, he has patiently laid his plans, using himself as bait, all to uproot the entire rotten web of vested interests.
Two equally formidable men face off, both enemies and friends.
Light and abyss stand side by side, while law and loyalty cannot both be upheld.
One holds fast to the limits of justice; the other steps into a dark game of strategy.
When every disguise falls away and the true dead end arrives,
they are each other's only way out, and the most dangerous desire either has ever known.
In this game, they wager their lives and make their hearts the pieces. Neither can retreat.
Theme: Love knows no gender
It's too young to call me brother, and it's too old to call me uncle. What should you call me? ~