Before I met you, my world was nothing but black-and-white numbers and cold bullets. After meeting you, even the road of exile carries the warm scent of tomato spaghetti bolognese.
She is Maple Ye, the sharpest “Mandala” in Xiji District — a ruthless mafia queen who clawed her way out of a hellish training camp. He is Ikay Lu, a calculating group CFO and financial genius who even calculates marginal costs for discounted steaks.
A long-planned betrayal binds these two parallel lives tightly together. Hunted by Yoo-chun Park, they are forced to flee and cling to every last thread of survival…
💥 Contrasting, heart-pounding escapeBy day, she is his protector, a blade that shatters conspiracies with bullets.By night, he is her mind, frying her a medium-rare “revenge steak”.Watch this icy mob boss rediscover simple, warm humanity amid the rambling of her money-obsessed accountant.
📊 Unconventional financial warfareWho says the mafia can only fight with violence?Using Ikay Lu’s financial genius, they hack hidden accounts, dominate currency bets, and ruin their enemies completely.Here, financial statements are lethal weapons.
🕸️ Fate’s shackles and cycles“Who could have guessed that the girl fighting for her life in the mud would one day become the ‘King’s’ daughter-in-law?”Delve into Ikay Lu’s mysterious origins and uncover the tenderness and tragedy hidden beneath the cold mask of King, the mafia this struggle for power, there is no absolute justice — only solace in the embrace of those who understand each other.
🎬 Cinematic audiovisual experienceFull Chinese voice acting and exquisite anime-style character art.From the cold lights of a sky-high restaurant to the piercing gaze of the “Eagle Eye” painting in the main hall, immerse yourself in the brutal underworlds of Xiji and Changnan.
Xiji District is a dog-eat-dog underworld, rife with social chaos, corrupt officials and countless criminal gangs...Nicknamed “Tuna”, Yoo-chun Park attempts to seize the empire of Maple Ye, known as “Mandala”, through an acquisition plan. He covets not only her power and wealth, but far more.Your story begins here: a humble accountant stumbles into the mafia underworld, trapped in a “banquet of cooperation” that is, in truth, a plot for total annexation.
Ikay Lu
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Mandala Group and the biological son of King, the mafia godfather. He possesses an exceptionally sharp financial instinct, capable of turning dry financial statements into lethal weapons in strategic games. He once struggled to escape his blood-soaked family, yet was forced back into the vortex of power after his father’s death. A supreme rationalist, Ikay calculates even the premium on a bottle of mineral water. But beneath his cold logical exterior lies a heart that yearns for ordinary warmth. To him, Maple Ye is not an asset to protect, but the only bet worth risking everything on in his gray life.
Maple Ye
The infamous “Mandala” of Xiji District. Born and raised in the brutal training camp founded by King, she is the sharpest blade of the old era. On the surface, she is an aloof and glamorous bar owner wandering through neon lights; in secret, she controls the lifeline of Xiji’s underground logistics. Decisive and ruthless, she still upholds a nearly obsessive sense of morality amid extreme violence. To her, the arrival of Ikay Lu is the first touch of warm, earthly color in her bullet-ridden, black-and-white life.
Nina
Maple Ye’s most trusted right-hand woman and a top-tier cleaner feared throughout Xiji. She fought her way out of the hellish Xiji Training Camp alongside Maple, sharing a bond so deep that she would take a bullet for her. Unlike Maple’s striking cold beauty, Nina moves like a silent shadow — stealthy, fierce, and fiercely loyal. By day, she is a quiet bartender; in battle, she becomes a killing machine that eliminates enemies in an instant. To her, Maple is more than a boss — she is the only family in this cruel, dog-eat-dog world.
Yoo-chun Park
An ambitious arms magnate and cruel lord of emerging forces in Xiji. He fought his way up from the bottom, scoffs at the “elegant order” established by King, and believes in absolute violent expansion. Cunning and vicious, he is driven by extreme class arrogance — desperate to launder his bloodstained wealth while enjoying the thrill of crushing those above him. To seize the financial core of the Mandala Group, he sets up ruthless traps, aiming to control both Maple’s power and Ikay’s genius. To him, everyone is a disposable chip with a price tag.
Justice Su
Top captain of the Changnan Criminal Investigation Detachment, an outsider who walks the line between light and darkness. He was once King’s most troublesome foe, with beast-like intuition and coldly logical detective skills. Justice Su does not blindly trust in perfect legal justice; he believes in a rough law of the jungle — willing to test the limits of the rules to take down real evil. He shares a silent understanding with Ikay Lu after numerous confrontations and holds complicated feelings toward this misguided genius. To him, order is nothing but a bottom line he forcibly defends amid bloodshed, with his rusted service pistol.
CreditsDirector & Producer: Nuoshuai NailuoPlanning: Meng MengScreenwriter: Clownfish D dian RUI Design: Kuusou KyokusenTheme Song: Turning Point / Tenkanten by OtakaraPromotion Art: Guan YixuanVoice Actors: Happy Watermelon, Miss Xiduo, Sleepy Seal, I Love Eating ShrimpArtist: Shi Yue Ni Ming Xin
