[Both leads have only ever loved each other + Reunion after a long separation + Mending a broken relationship + Angsty push and pull + Absolute trust + Mutual secret crush and healing + Sweet romance + Seven-year age gap]
Steady, brilliant criminal investigation consultant who knows how to speak his mind VS resilient, warmhearted chief forensic pathologist
Side couple: Flirtatious, stingy on the surface but deeply devoted, powerhouse criminal investigation team leader VS childhood sweetheart and first love who died young
(Romance + cases; mostly romance, about 6.5:3.5)
Jiang Beizhi grew up in an orphanage, relying on her older brother and sister. At twenty, she met the man who made her heart skip a beat.
He was Meng Lingchen, the captain of her brother Jiang Huai's squad, and his sworn brother, a man he'd shared life and death with.
She had a crush on him back in school. Once they started working, things turned ambiguous. At twenty-eight, she finally got her handsome man.
But barely a year later, he broke up with her out of the blue. Five days after that, Meng Lingchen died in a hostage crisis. The kidnappers detonated a bomb, leaving no remains.
Three years later, Meng Lingchen came back from the dead, dropped into the squad as a consultant, and brought along a beautiful partner he'd faced life and death with.
He cornered her in the forensic lab.
“Beizhi, let me explain.”
“Captain Meng, there's nothing to explain. And call me Dr. Jiang.”
“Beizhi, I was wrong. Please don't give up on me. Give me another chance.”
“Meng Lingchen, even if you had no choice, my sister said I don't have to forgive you unless I want to. Keep bothering me, and I'll get Jiang Huai to beat you up!”
Meng Lingchen's lips curled into a smile. He stepped closer, narrowing the distance between them.
“Why bother your brother? Wouldn't it be better if Dr. Jiang hit me herself? Dr. Jiang's slaps are sweet.”
