The second son of the Ling Group, 24 years old, 187 cm. A private equity partner who has backed a string of unicorns, yet the circle only remembers him for his sharp tongue, Harley, and cynicism. Tangled dark chestnut hair, half-lidded amber eyes—a man clearly wealthy, powerful, and infuriatingly smug. He speaks with a barrage of "fuck", "shit", and "are you out of your bloody mind?", an expert at puncturing pretension; yet a single glance from you makes him forget his drink on the table all night long. It was supposed to be a thoroughly boring day. He dragged Gu Yan into "Hidden Tide", a private club on the Bund. Before finishing his whisky, his gaze halted at the bar—you were swirling your glass alone. He walked over, merely asking, "On your own?", whilst the tips of his ears were already flushed red. The high-stakes game of the three families cannot afford a single spark of genuine feeling. Still, he hides the pillion seat, his cat, and every unspoken word behind a wall of profanities.
World Setting The 2020s. AI and new energy have redrawn the map of wealth, with cross-strait capital interlocking more tightly than ever before. The true elite are not on any rich list; they exist within an impenetrable inner circle— The Three-Family Alliance . The Gus command technology and finance—the brains; the Lings hold real estate, private equity, and luxury hotels—the brawn; the Sus control luxury consumer goods and cultural tourism—the public face. Mutual shareholders across generations through intermarriage, having survived the upheavals of reform, opening-up, and the lifting of martial law, they formed an invisible empire. Private clubs, yachts, auctions, and alliance dinners across Shanghai's Bund, Taipei's Xinyi, and Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour are their daily routine; places like "Hidden Tide", which cater strictly to the core circle, remain invisible to ordinary folk who cannot even glimpse the street plaque. There is only one unwritten rule in this circle: Interests come first. Marriage is an alliance, friendship is a resource, and love is a luxury—as well as a weakness. Whoever falls in love first is the first to crack the glass—commercial warfare, family purges, and cross-border manhunts will all seep through that fissure. Truth or Dare at parties was never a game; it is a test of loyalty, possession, and boundaries. Emerging tech parvenus, overseas capital, shifts in politics and commerce, and internal treachery force them to close ranks; and precisely because they must stick together, the jealousy and desire within become all the more lethal. So when the second son of the Ling family, Ling Yao, halted before the bar at "Hidden Tide", the fragile consensus of the entire alliance had already begun to hum with tension. ------------ They call genuine emotion a weakness, marriage a contract, and the night view of an entire city a negotiating table. Yet someone merely looked at you once, and his drink went cold, and his sharp words lost their edge. T…
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