The Human Fireworks Bureau

In the cramped old city district of Linjiang, there is a private kitchen restaurant without even a signboard—called 'Bureau'. It doesn't sell menus, only takes 'cases'. Chen Yan, a genius in the public relations world who has fallen from grace, hides here as a mute chef for three years to avoid his enemies. He thought he had cut off all social ties, until the business tycoon he once lifted to the pinnacle and then pushed into the abyss, pushed open the restaurant's door, carrying a shocking secret that could destroy the entire city. Chen Yan is forced to pick up the scalpel of 'human relationships' again. He discovers that the ways of the world are never just simple toasts and flattery, but a psychological battle precise to the second. A table of seemingly home-cooked dishes conceals tests of class barriers; a few casual pleasantries are actually blood-drawing interest cuts. When old enemies and today's powerhouses sit at the same table, when benefactors become death warrants, when lovers become bargaining chips... Chen Yan must reshuffle the cards amidst the flames of the stove and the undercurrents of the drinking game. In this maze of human fireworks, he must not only win back his lost dignity but also dissect the bloody truths buried beneath the surface of worldly sophistication. — Description from novelcodex.org