The Lie-Flat Female Coroner Cracks a Major Case

[Female coroner + emperor’s illegitimate son + solving cases + fiercely protective]

A scream shattered the quiet of dawn.

“Someone’s dead…”

A woman stumbled and crawled toward the doorway.

Behind her was a blood-soaked severed head, its twisted face turned toward her front door.

“Time to work. Wake up!”

The coroner, Fang Yuan, knocked on his daughter’s door.

Fang Xiaoqi sat up in bed. “Coming!”

Fang Xiaoqi was an orphan with no memory, adopted by Fang Yuan, a coroner who had no children of his own. She had been assisting him ever since.

Fang Xiaoqi had another one of those strange dreams. It showed a strange place, nothing like the world she lived in now.

She rubbed her eyes, got up, and washed up.

Dressing as a man, she followed Fang Yuan to the crime scene.

When they arrived, Fang Xiaoqi froze at the sight of the man standing ahead.

Seven days earlier, that man had been lying covered in blood outside the funeral hall. While rescuing him, she had accidentally seen every inch of him. She had even kicked the bruises on his body herself. She wondered if he held a grudge.

The man froze when he saw Fang Xiaoqi, too. This slight young man looked so familiar…