I Actually Got a Happy Ending with My Volatile Archrival

〖Crime investigation + Male-male romance + Two equally matched leads + Younger man/older man + Episodic stories + Humorous and funny〗 Zhou Wangye, captain of the Nanshan Criminal Investigation Team, comes from a distinguished family and is famous at the bureau as a “powder keg.” There are three things he hates most in life: his family, rules, and partners. His motto is: Go it alone. I don’t need anyone’s help. That is, until Xia Zhi, a deputy captain from Northeast China, is parachuted into the municipal bureau. Xia Zhi is exactly what his name suggests, as if Heaven sent him specifically to deal with Zhou. A thirty-year-old bachelor who speaks with a strong Northeastern accent and is always packing sweet-and-sour pork from the cafeteria, he solves cases with “old-fashioned methods.” At their very first meeting, he even dares to stroll right past Captain Zhou. The two go from “You’re suspended” to “We’re working overtime together,” and from “Stay out of my way” to “Stay behind me,” solving one bizarre case after another: Severed fingers on a rainy night, the mystery of a shadow in an empty coffin, a locked-room livestream case... Every case points to the same secret: the kidnapping twenty years ago that inspired Zhou Wangye to become a police officer. When all the clues finally come to light, Zhou Wangye realizes that Xia Zhi is not only his partner, but also a light in the darkness of his past. They solve cases together: one recklessly tests the limits of the rules, while the other uses the simplest, most direct approach to understand people. They stay up late together: one guzzles black coffee, while the other brews goji berry tea. They go from disliking each other to becoming the person each trusts most to have their back. Until Xia Zhi discovers Zhou Wangye trembling alone in the office late at night; until Zhou Wangye discovers that Xia Zhi always saves half a thermos of hot water for him. Captain Zhou realizes belatedly: Oh no, I don’t think I want him to get lost anymore. Deputy Captain Xia suddenly understands: Oh no, I think he’s got me all...