My Sister Is the Mafia Queen
The Warlord's Heir
Cao Yang, a fugitive wanted for murder, fled overseas to escape the manhunt. By a twist of fate, he learned he was a descendant of Cao Ying, a warlord from the Republic of China era. He then traveled to Nanluo to seek refuge with his fourth great-uncle Cao Tailin, who held overwhelming military power in the turbulent nation.
With his extraordinary combat prowess and ruthless tactics, Cao Yang quickly established a firm foothold in lawless Nanluo. Along the way, he became entangled with Dracula, the heiress to America's top-tier financial consortium. He grew into her most indispensable ally in her bitter struggle against family rivals, and their relationship blossomed into love amid the tangled web of interests. Eventually, Dracula conceived his child.
Disaster struck when the King of Nanluo died suddenly and unexpectedly, throwing the royal family into a brutal power struggle for the throne. Prince Xin colluded with American forces to launch a rebellion, and Cao Tailin succumbed to illness while leading the counterinsurgency campaign. With Nanluo descending into total chaos, the desperate Prince Nanda turned to Cao Yang for help.
Cao Yang consolidated the Cao family's remaining troops and his own private militia, joining forces with covertly backed Chinese elements. Together, they defeated Prince Xin's army and the American Blackwater mercenaries fighting alongside him, installing Nanda as the new King of Nanluo.
Yet Nanda betrayed Cao Yang's trust the moment he ascended the throne. Secretly aligning himself with Chinese authorities, he plotted to eliminate Cao Yang. But Cao Yang had long anticipated this treachery. He turned the tables on Nanda, using the king's own assassination scheme against him. In his place, he crowned Princess Nancy-who shared a profound bond and mutual affection with him-as Nanluo's first queen. Cao Yang himself assumed the post of Prime Minister, becoming the de facto ruler of the nation.