Runaway Gentleness of a Gangland Bloodhound

My name is Shen Luo. By a twist of fate, I became the personal caretaker to Yuna, granddaughter of the boss of the yakuza clan Tsurumi-gumi. My partner, Qin Lie, is the clan’s most terrifying mad dog—his strikes merciless, his appetite for smoke and drink unchecked, a sprawling tattoo coiled across his left chest. To me, he has only ever offered rough commands and contemptuous rings of smoke. Two months ago, in a kidnapping case, he rescued Yuna single-handedly, but he also dragged an unchecked ferocity back into our everyday lives. Tonight, as clan members wreck one after another of the boss’s beloved antiques, Qin Lie’s rage scorches the air thick with an approaching storm—yet the moment a shard cuts my arm, those violence-soaked hands betray a restraint so fractured it feels like tearing, for the very first time.