Reborn as Li Hongqi: This Time, Every Cold Case

The hard bunk in the police dorm dug painfully into Li Hongqi's lower back. He stared at the ceiling, where the paint was peeling, as his Adam's apple bobbed sharply. He had heard the police siren he knew best from his previous life.

"Ding! Cold Case Resolution System activated. Current main quest: stop the Golden Cup theft." As the mechanical voice exploded in his temples, he was clutching the trainee badge of the anti-pickpocket squad. A scar from a knife wielded by the Buddha's men still marked the back of his neck.

In his previous life, he was a young detective silenced after the Golden Cup was stolen right under his nose. The disappearance of Fang Hui became the final straw that broke him. In this life, the System panel's "Criminal Investigation Insight: 10" prompt was still flashing. Standing before the display case that was about to be robbed, his fingertips had already found the tiny suction cup hidden in the glass sealant.

Amid the crowds at the train station, he deliberately eased his grip as he caught a pickpocket. The man was an informant planted by the Buddha. Beneath the interrogation room's harsh fluorescent lights, he leafed through the old case file on Fang Hui's disappearance. On the back of a photograph, stained by tea, an image finally came into view...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.