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Chinese Novel, Translated
When elite applied mathematics graduate Shen Xiaolu discovers her cousin Su Xiaoyu has died by suicide, she inherits a crushing burden: a mountain of predatory beauty loans signed under her name. At NanYan Technology, an industrial software firm, her attempt to expose systemic corruption backfires when corrupt executives frame her for corporate espionage and blacklist her from the industry. Abandoned by her pragmatic college boyfriend, Lu Yifan, Xiaolu is stripped of all conventional options.
Facing ruin, Xiaolu adopts the alias "Bingbing" and enters the elite Cloud Peak Club to pay off the debt. There, she forms a survival pact with two fellow hostesses: Lan Yiqing, who is desperately funding her sister's dialysis, and Han Siying, an art graduate longing to study in Paris. After Yiqing's sister passes away due to exorbitant medical costs, the trio decides to break free from the underworld. Pooling their savings, they lease an abandoned factory courtyard in Xiangtang town and build Lingyan Tea House, blending classical Huizhou architecture with raw industrial heritage.
Lingyan Tea House quickly becomes a discreet sanctuary for political and financial elites, introducing Xiaolu to state asset director Bu Yuan and influential private capital. When NanYan Technology faces insolvency after key state clients halt payments, Xiaolu deploys mathematical modeling to expose the company's financial fraud, orchestrating a hostile restructuring alongside state-backed investors. Her former tormentors meet their downfall-corrupt vice president Hou Yibo is arrested while smuggling assets, CEO Zhao Wuming is ousted, and colluding state executive Li Chenliang is placed under disciplinary detention.
As the newly restructured NanYan Technology goes public with soaring valuation, Xiaolu attains vast wealth but finds herself hollowed out by revenge.