I Solve Cases with Heartbeats, He Paints by Stealing Hearts

[Mystery + fantasy + redemption] + [Two formidable opponents → love and hate]

Folk-customs scholar Gu Xinguang encounters one bizarre case after another: a bride at her wedding can no longer see pure white, while a race car driver can no longer recognize champion’s gold... Every victim is connected to the mysterious artistic genius Shen Zhihui.

His paintings are so dazzling they take your breath away, yet even amid their most vivid colors, he always leaves one cold, empty patch.

He is pale and gloomy, but his gaze when he looks at her burns with greed. “Dr. Gu, you’re the most vivid color I’ve ever seen.”

To solve the case, she approaches him of her own accord, only to be dragged into an even deeper mystery:

“Color thief,” “Guardian of the Heart’s Light,” and a forbidden gallery that seals away countless emotions...

He warns her coldly, “If you get close to me, you’ll lose every color.”

But she takes his hand and presses a spectrometer against his heart. “Then let’s see which is faster: your theft, or my heartbeat, analyzing you.”

When the mastermind finally appears, seeking to take her “most beloved color” and complete an eternal masterpiece...

Shen Zhihui breaks his chains and shields her with his body. “I once stole every shade in the world. Now, I only wish to paint the whole mortal world for you alone.”