Chess Game 7

Name: Chess Game 7
ISBN: 9787516214466

Chang ShuxinChina Democracy and Legal System Publishing House · ChinaJan 2026

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Word count: 266K words
Chapters: 11
ISBN: 9787516214466

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Summary

The protagonist, Shuai Lang, is the son of Shuai Shicai, a railway police squad leader and an expert in catching pickpockets and con artists. Having grown up with his father on trains, he developed an unusually sharp sensitivity to scams through constant exposure. Shuai Lang's upbringing was rough: his father was busy at work and neglected the family, his mother could not bear it and left them, and his father started a new family, creating a rift between Shuai Lang and his father. After graduating from university, Shuai Lang decided to make it on his own. By chance he met a master con artist and was drawn into various conflicts. Shuai Lang cleverly handled every situation, ultimately saw through one scam after another and worked with the police to bring the criminals to justice.

Editor's review

As the seventh installment of the Duiyi series, this book continues Chang Shuxin's signature street-level suspense style, interweaving anti-pickpocketing and anti-scam themes with a family-ethics thread. The novel's greatest strength lies in the layered design of its scams: the author does not rush to reveal the truth but lets readers grope forward alongside Shuai Lang amid asymmetric information. Each revelation delivers both intellectual pleasure and a glimpse of human weakness. The tentative estrangement between Shuai Lang and his father, Shuai Shicai, adds emotional depth to the genre narrative—a child who grew up on trains is highly alert to strangers' lies yet never quite manages his relationship with his closest kin, and this contrast makes the character convincing. It suits segmented reading during commutes or before bed; the episodic scams and the main suspense alternate, so reading fatigue rarely sets in. For readers who prefer social-school mystery and are curious about how scams work, the book strikes a good balance between entertainment and real-world reflection.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Genre-fiction readers who enjoy street-level suspense and anti-fraud themes
Readers curious about scam design and psychological gamesmanship
Longtime Chang Shuxin readers following the main arc of the Duiyi series
General readers who want to learn common scam tactics through fiction

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer literary fiction or serious social-school mystery
Readers impatient with emotional threads such as family conflict and father-son estrangement

Reading tips

Read in series order; learn the background of Shuai Lang's relationship with his father before starting this volume
After each scam section, pause and recall the key flaw to test your own observation
Pay attention to scenes of interaction between Shuai Lang and his father, and note how the emotional line echoes the case line

About the publisher

China Democracy and Legal System Publishing House China · Founded in 1989

China Democracy and Legal System Publishing House focuses on professional legal publishing. Its output covers working materials for state organs of power, compilations of laws and regulations, legal popularization readers for the public, law textbooks and documentation on people's congress work, with law, politics and social sciences as common categories. Representative titles in the catalog include the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Ecological Environment Code of the People's Republic of China, alongside practice- and research-oriented works such as Legislators Explaining the Law: Li Yuan's Reports on Legal Interpretation and On Record Review and Constitutional Review. Its authors include Li Yuan, Qin Qianhong, the General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and editorial teams. The press emphasizes accuracy in legal texts and the organization of practical people's congress materials, while also serving public legal education.

版权信息
第一章欲予先求无中生有
第二章风云四起火中取栗
第三章不分老少皆有同好
第四章钱壮人胆胆大妄为
第五章上阵父子兵
第六章不惊荣辱谓之何苦
第七章解铃还需系铃人
第八章斯人已盖棺案仍无定论
第九章事出有因必有其果
第十章进退两难悔之已晚

FAQ

Can I read the seventh volume without having read the earlier ones?

Yes, but there is a certain barrier. This volume continues the family conflict between Shuai Lang and his father, Shuai Shicai, and the main thread that begins when he meets the master con artist, so jumping straight in may leave you with little sense of how the relationships have changed. It is best to at least learn Shuai Lang's background from the earlier books; the reading experience will be smoother.

Are the scams in the book fictional or drawn from reality?

Based on the available material, the novel revolves around Shuai Lang seeing through scams and working with the police to bring criminals to justice, and it is a genre work. The author folds common anti-pickpocketing and anti-scam techniques into the plot design; readers can gain some fraud awareness from it, but should not treat the plot as real cases to compare directly.

Is this suitable for teenagers?

It depends on age. The novel involves scams, crime, and family breakdown, and the plot is fairly complex. Readers of high-school age and above who are interested in suspense can read it; for younger readers, parents should look through it first before deciding.

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About the author

Chang Shuxin Author · China · 1975

Chang Shuxin, whose real name is Chang Shuxin, was born in 1975 in Qinshui, Shanxi. A Chinese online literature writer, he was among the first group of "online writers" at the Shanxi Online Literature Academy, and readers often call him "Lao Chang." He has long focused on police, crime, and criminal investigation fiction, skillfully unfolding deduction and reversals within realistic case structures, giving his suspense narratives a sense of social observation. His representative works include Yu Zui, Black Pot, The Game, and Business Sea Espionage. Yu Zui sold over a million copies, and its eponymous web series became a phenomenal hit in 2016, leading many to regard him as one of the representative authors of online criminal investigation fiction. His works are usually classified as suspense and social fiction; fourteen titles are included in the collection, and series such as the Anti-Fraud Case series and The Game series continue to show his interest in scams, games of strategy, and the gray areas of human nature.