Ten years ago, a shadowy account tied to a plot of land in the eastern part of Central Ring City was hastily filed away, and seven people with secrets of their own walked away.
Ten years later, a risk-control alarm blares. The old game begins again, forcing former colleagues to sit down at the same negotiating table.
A lawyer, an archive clerk, a vengeful figure lying low, a witness to the truth, a technical adviser with a map of the funds, a ruthless capitalist, and an undercover assistant.
Four seats against three: not a line between right and wrong, just a temporary balance of power.
Tao Zhirang holds the key to the map of the funds. Ning Sui keeps her trump-card evidence hidden. Li Chengyu cautiously guards his only weakness. Rong Ye smiles with a knife behind his back as he quietly reaps the rewards. Xu Yuan agonizes as she moves between her assignment and her family. Jian Qing doggedly demands the justice that came too late. Zheng Bainian desperately tries to preserve everyone's dignity.
The figures in the accounts can be altered, and evidence can be sealed away, but the desires in people's hearts cannot be hidden.
Yesterday's brothers turn against each other in the blink of an eye.
The books may be balanced.
The human heart never can be.
