Burdened by the Abyss

This novel takes a comprehensive look at an ordinary urban entrepreneur's descent into darkness. It traces his path from a naive idealist, step by step swept along by desire, from being deceived and forced into scamming others to actively studying scams, exploiting human weaknesses, and even coldly harming his victims. Alongside this, his collapsing romance, fractured family, and falling-out with his brothers serve as bloody warnings to young people today: there are no shortcuts in life, and every dream of making quick money is really an overpriced ticket to hell. The novel breaks away from the one-dimensional victim archetype and reshapes its protagonist as a conflicted, two-faced villain. Lin Wei is not simply a tragic victim of fraud; deep down, he is inherently selfish, opportunistic, and sly.