Clash at the City's Edge

Lu Qi has lain low for three years, bearing a reputation as a good-for-nothing in everyone's eyes while guarding the shattered industrial legacy his father left behind—fending off his relatives' creeping encroachment on one side, and fighting to reclaim everything that is rightfully his amid the chaos of capital on the other. At an accidental confrontation during a business banquet, he runs into Shen Manzhen, a sharp and decisive capital operator. Their positions are opposed, their interests entangled, and their very first meeting is tense and hostile. She sees him as a down-and-out son of a fallen family; he sees through the shackles she carries beneath her polished exterior. On the battlefield of business they undercut each other, while in reality they are again and again forced to be bound together. Calculation and sincerity intertwine, and suspicion and stirrings of the heart pull back and forth. When old grudges from years past surface and family conspiracies are peeled back layer by layer, Lu Qi must not only reclaim his industry but also, amid the tangled chessboard of the city, join forces with Shen Manzhen to stand against all the opponents hidden in the shadows. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Clash at the City's Edge — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠