[Two male leads and one female lead, a tangled mix of pairings + unusual cases + masterful strategizing]
Jing Zhe, a rookie detective with a brilliant mind, is dismissed after a death that appears to be an accident. He willingly becomes a hidden asset for the police chief and forms an unofficial investigation team with Xiao Ke, a mysterious young woman entangled in several abnormal cases whose identity is shrouded in mystery, and Huo Hua, a fearless student of traditional Chinese culture who has been his classmate for more than a decade. Starting with eleven apparent accidents and two major murder cases, they gradually approach the dark secrets behind Dongming City, a place where spring seems to last all year.
(Possible content warnings: none of the main characters are sexually inexperienced; the secondary couples include BL and GL; this is not a traditional novel aimed at female or male readers; the prose is average.)
Prologue · He Says
I walked out of the building that had been my workplace for five years, carrying a cardboard box. People passing by stared at me. A few familiar faces gave me contemptuous smiles.
There was nothing to be ashamed of. Even without anything on my head, I was more noble than all those people wearing police caps.
I knew exactly what great deeds I was about to accomplish.
