[Two male leads + modern romance + possessive top + criminal investigation]
Main couple: Wen Yichen and Yan Gan
Side couple: Shao Yu and Wen Qingliu
"You're a withered skeleton in a barren grave, and I would still cling to your rotting body. We'll be together, even if we're mired in mud. I want this."
When Yan Gan brought Wen Yichen home, he had no idea what would happen next. He'd always been righteous to a fault, trusting only what he saw with his own eyes.
"Rose, rose, grow as much as you like.
Grow thorns. Don't let anyone define your beauty."
Wen Yichen needs Yan Gan.
Because Yan Gan needs Wen Yichen too.
They depend on each other; neither can do without the other.
Wen Yichen needs Yan Gan's unconditional love.
Yan Gan needs Wen Yichen to believe unconditionally in the love he gives him.
They were made for each other, weren't they?
Even as a child, Yan Gan dreamed of being a hero.
He wanted to save the world and protect the people he cared about.
But the world doesn't need so many heroes. Those who walk on the edge of a blade have a hard enough time as it is.
Yan Gan refuses to accept that fate. He's warmhearted and brave. He only has to show up, and he can take on the most complicated cases and charge into the narrowest alleys.
But he never expected that one day the roses he'd planted would surround the whole fence and turn on him...