Head two thousand li west to reach Ulanqab.
Yang Jianjun takes the knife from the trunk and tells Yang Ximei before he leaves: Wait for me to come home, and I'll avenge you.
Twelve years ago, a murder took place in Tongguan Village. A little girl left the village on a rainy night. When she was found again, she was a bloated corpse floating on the Xicheng River.
The girl had been brutally killed, stabbed eighteen times. A forensic examination revealed that she had been subjected to inhuman abuse while alive. The killer vanished into the vast, rainy night, leaving the Yang family in pieces.
Their father hanged himself. Their mother fell gravely ill. Their second son, Jianping, was consumed by grief, while their eldest, Jianjun, wept endlessly.
After years of swallowing their grief and lying low, the Yang family finally found a lead: the killer had fled to Shenzhen, then traveled north, eventually settling in Ulanqab. He had married and had children, and was living a happy life.
The flames of revenge roar to life once more. This time, Jianjun will grind the man to dust.
May he never be reborn.
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The first time Qi Lianshan saw Yang Jianjun, he thought there was nothing special about the man.
Ordinary looks, an ordinary personality. Even the way he smoked was just like the Shaanbei migrant workers around Siziwang Banner, rough and uncouth.
Only after learning about the man's past and coming to know his darkness and sorrow did Qi Lianshan realize that, for him, companionship mattered more than healing.
He suddenly wanted to help him, even if all he could do was accompany him on this journey to avenge his family.
Later, Qi Lianshan came to believe that another way to write "I love you" was:
"Let me be your blade."
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Wielding the law as a blade to cut through the wickedness of the world.
Construction worker x criminal defense lawyer. An ordinary man's road to revenge. A sequel set in the same world as Ulaanbaatar.
Some wording in the blurb may be tweaked, but the premise won't change.
Theme: Punish evil and promote good; what goes around comes around.
