Chen Chenning, an elite claims adjuster at an insurance company, was fired on the same day his father died in an accident. His life folded from the comfortable A-side to the brutal B-side. With his family fallen on hard times, Chen Chenning has two things to deal with: staying alive and finding the truth. Ground down by reality, he works as a lackey at an appraisal firm, a personal trainer, a barbecue shop hand, a transport crew foreman, an overage student studying abroad, and eventually a logistics industry kingpin. His story unfolds along a timeline: as a young man, Chen Chenning was playful and quick to smile. When danger lurked in the shadows, he was a general with his bow drawn.
Yang Bale, unemployed upon graduating from a music academy, plays piano in bars and teaches music at an early-learning center. She's a young-parent whisperer and a delicate flower in the workplace. She doesn't grow without going dark. A slightly chubby girl, Bale doesn't wear her love of money on her face; she keeps her sharp edge hidden. Workplace flirtation, cutthroat competition, and true love: for money and desire, Yang Bale tells Chen Chenning, “You're pretty good-looking. Your eyes are like a puppy's.”
Those targeted by capital can become kings. When it targets two people at once, they go mad in their pursuit of the crown. In the adult world, they make each other stronger and fight as equals. Who says a woman weighing over a hundred can't be beautiful? Chenning realizes with a start that the person he kissed as a boy was you. For love of you, what does it matter if I become your subject? The business battlefield is littered with bones. The queen has been gone for years. As blood rains down in the business wars and beauties of every kind come for her, Chenning will slay dragons and demons to protect you.
The one who was cherished won the war. The loser won her.
