He wears the same smiling, cunning mask with everyone. He has used many people, but he has also truly loved someone.
Cheng Xiaoqing grew up by the water. When war breaks out, he flees with the older brother who is all he has, seeking a living in the foreign concessions.
His brother is framed and brutally murdered. Cheng Xiaoqing swallows his anger and stays by the side of the new gang leader who framed him, determined to uncover the truth.
He is willing to give up everything for revenge.
What he doesn’t know is that everyone around him is eyeing him with desire, and each of them is hiding thoughts they would rather keep secret.
The young master of a shipping consortium loves him devotedly. His childhood friend, an information broker, is pathologically obsessed with him. The new gang leader and his brother each have their own agenda, while rival gangs see him as a thorn in their side. A poor young White Russian man thinks of him constantly…
Some people mean him harm, while others would risk everything for him.
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Please note before reading:
1. The story borrows its setting from Shanghai during the 1940 isolated-island period. Everything else is fictional, and no characters are based on real people.
2. The protagonist is a heartthrob, but the ending is one-on-one. The main pairing is a beautiful, strong, tragic, flirtatious, outwardly cold but inwardly warm bottom × an innocent, sincere, mixed-race sunshine top.
3. The story focuses more on the plot, but also includes several romantic storylines. The main love interest appears later.
Theme: Better to shatter than to bend; live in the face of death
