Burning Body

Blurb: Just a moment ago, he had been standing in the rain-soaked upstairs room at Lan Kwai Fong, pointing a gun at his senior, A Qiang, trying to turn back the person who was plunging into darkness. The next moment, a bullet pierced his chest. He fell in a filthy alley where wastewater ran in streams, his breath swallowed by the gunshots of a gang war. Ning Shen, from the twenty-first century, took the opportunity to be reborn as Lin Shen, an undercover agent in the police force. Using the cover identity of a security guard, Ning Shen infiltrated the undercover operation at Hongsheng Capital, waiting for a chance to gather evidence and uproot this dark force. Yu Chongli, the boss of Hongsheng Capital, looked cool and aloof behind his fine gold-rimmed glasses. On the surface, he expanded his infrastructure empire and worked the social scene. In secret, he controlled half the underworld of Dongtang through Shunlian. He was notorious in the criminal world as a smiling tiger. All Ning Shen knew of Yu Chongli was the eight characters in his file: "cultured, ruthless, obsessive, domineering." He hadn't expected that underneath that fair, refined exterior lay a warped, pathological possessiveness. Yu Chongli treated him with a degree of care that crossed the line. He insisted on keeping Ning Shen by his side anywhere life or death was at stake. He remembered every little detail, even things Ning Shen himself hadn't noticed: that he liked his water half-warm in the morning, that he liked to eat candy while driving, and that he always walked on the inside of the sidewalk. At first, Ning Shen thought it was just a powerful man's way of winning people over. He secretly laughed at Yu Chongli for letting his guard down around a new security guard, which made it easier for him to investigate in secret. But more and more things didn't add up. [Reader's Guide] 1. Daily updates, either at 9 p.m. or 3 a.m. Theme: Freedom, equality, and justice