Thunderclap Heart Method

The love and hatred entangling four people: Jiang Shuer, a bewildered girl from Crime City; Gou Qiucun, a poor boy from the Wasted Lands; Texia, a great villain from the forbidden abyss; and Xu Jiuzhi, an ambitious schemer hidden behind the scenes.

The story takes place in a place known as “Crime City.” At the time, Jiang Shuer was still a little darling of a child.

Crime City was always considered an unholy place, and its people were treated as fodder for the noble houses. The nobles imposed taxes and extracted wealth and profit from places like Crime City without the slightest restraint.

There were nine people in the Jiang household, and their monthly tax came to about nineteen yangzhu, equivalent to 900 jin of rice. Note: The Jiang family had once possessed as much as thirty yangzhu, so by the nobles' calculations they owed them six thousand yangzhu. They had to hand one person over to the Diao Zhu Office to be made into grain fodder.

When Jiang Shuer came of age, she decided to leave Crime City, abandoning the yangzhu and dark hairpin that the city's condemned residents were required to wear. Men wore gray ones. There were three ways to leave Crime City: become grain fodder, become a courtesan, or escape by changing one's appearance.

The Sacred Words say: All beings are born equal, yet differ in reason and power because of their five senses and seven emotions.