Tian Lei is poised to inherit the city's largest criminal syndicate - if his rivals don't kill him first. But his position is jeopardized when he enters a forbidden affair with Dr. Zheng Peng, a principled young surgical intern. As a brutal gang war erupts, Tian Lei is forced to pull Peng into the crossfire, marking him with the perilous status of Executive Protected Asset. ​To secure his empire and protect his only anchor, Tian Lei forces the doctor to trade his Hippocratic Oath for a new role: the syndicate's secret surgeon and spy. This is the story of how a killer claims his throne, anchoring an unbreakable, lethal bond in the shadows of deceit.