The Versatile Bodyguard

The Versatile Bodyguard is an urban web novel by Wan Yu Qianqiu, serialized on Chuangshi Zhongwen from May 2013. The book runs about 2.15 million characters in more than 770 chapters and concludes with the chapter "Perfection." The story follows Zhang Yi, a youth from Sichuan: originally a scion of a wealthy family fallen on hard times, after returning to the city he takes a "part-time bodyguard" job, shielding a rich young lady from trouble, running errands, and putting up appearances—he only wants to be an ordinary bodyguard with meat to eat, money to spend, and an unremarkable life. Yet a long-laid conspiracy pushes him into endless power struggles—the elite circles of the capital, capital battles in the business world, open and covert strife among underworld forces, and even clashes with transnational organizations and the martial arts world press upon him layer by layer through his bodyguard duties. With inner-family martial arts and a sharp, quick tongue, Zhang Yi navigates between spoiled rich youths and street thugs, and leaves behind many laughable and exasperating episodes among socialites and elegant beauties. The novel's main line is the protagonist's growth from "a small bodyguard killing time" into a figure who can shoulder responsibility and lay plans, linking family grudges, intelligence shadow warfare, business territory, and martial arts confrontation across multiple threads; the ending lands on the "perfection" of the protagonist reuniting with everyone after completing his ultimate mission. The work describes itself as "not a power-fantasy, not a harem," taking an urban adventure route that combines hot blood and banter.