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The Butler's Last Service

Words: 3847 · Source Novel:: The Pharmacist's Cage

In 1939, waiter Zhan Changlin executes a daring poisoning at the Japanese Consulate, then flees into the city's underbelly. Betrayed by a comrade, he is captured not by the Kempeitai, but by the men of a wealthy Chinese collaborator, Song Huaisheng. Song offers a devil's bargain: vanish into a false identity as Song's son-in-law, acquiring wealth and status, or be delivered to the occupiers for execution. Facing death, Zhan signs the marriage contract, his soul whispering the first down payment.