A Chess Game of Rising and Falling

Only after the disaster had passed did Lin Yan come to his senses behind the high walls.

In his previous life, his family's business was slowly devoured from within by relatives and business partners, while his father suffered an unjust business-related accusation. Blinded by rage, he abandoned the rules and sought swift revenge. Instead, he fell into his enemies' trap, leaving the family business in ruins and himself covered in wounds.

When he woke again, he had returned to the night before the tragedy was set in stone.

Armed with the limited opportunity of a [Fragment of the Era Rewind], he could access only publicly available archived records and had no way to foresee the future. Every use exacted a toll on his mind. There would be no sudden windfall, no supernatural power capable of crushing all opposition. All he could rely on were clues, reason, and strategy.

His uncle plotted in secret, his business partner watched from the sidelines, and the capital lurking behind the scenes eyed them hungrily. A vast net to hunt down private enterprises slowly tightened around them.

Lin Yan suppressed the fury in his heart and refused to charge headlong into a fight. Instead, he went undercover and entered the game. Moving between business dealings and paperwork, he gathered suspicious details, split the alliances, and pieced together a chain of evidence.

He would not avenge personal grievances with brute force. He would break the deadlock through the rules.

Amid the shifting fortunes of the business world's grand game, he would protect his family, clear his father's name, fight the greed of capital, and repair the flaws in the system. Though the road ahead was long and stormy, he would find like-minded companions to walk it by his side. Once he uncovered the truth, he wanted more than a single victory or defeat. He wanted lasting security that would keep the tragedy from ever happening again.