Big Brother, I Can't Live Without You

[Metaphysical crime investigation | Two male leads | Transmigrate into a book | Metaphysics consultant × criminal investigation team leader | Both are each other's only partner, 1v1]

Pei Jiuyou, known in the martial world as Brother Jiu, is the heir to the prominent Shen family, a leading family of metaphysics. At twenty-six, he has always believed most in destiny. Well versed in fate and skilled in divination, he secretly assists the police with cases as a metaphysics consultant, but adheres strictly to the principle of “divine, but never interfere.” He even calculates auspicious times before leaving home, afraid of defying fate.

But he unexpectedly transmigrates into a satisfying metaphysical crime novel, becoming a cannon-fodder character with the same name. He is destined to die taking a calamity meant for the male lead, struck down by the very fate he believes in, and meet a gruesome end in a string of murder cases.

The male lead in the book, Wen Ji, is the head of a major crimes investigation team. Born under a fate marked by calamity, he brings misfortune to family and friends, yet refuses to believe in fate. Through sheer grit, he cracks countless bizarre cases and scoffs at metaphysics. When they first meet, he laughs at Pei Jiuyou for trapping himself in a cage of his own making. But Pei Jiuyou uses divination to save him from a deadly trap at a crime scene.

When the culprit behind the string of murders lays a deadly trap, and “Heaven's will” demands that Pei Jiuyou give his life to protect Wen Ji, the man who has believed in fate his whole life must take control of his own for the first time. He grips Wen Ji's hand. “No one gets to take your life except me!”