Ten years after the Bai family was wiped out, she is the sole survivor hiding in the mire, and the most money-hungry female coroner in the capital.
With a silver knife, she examines bones; with a cold eye, she identifies the true culprit. She squats beside corpses, gnawing on cold buns, and every shred of evidence she picks out with her fingertips is a blade pointed at the truth!
She had planned to save money and build up her strength so she could reopen the case alone. Instead, she caught the attention of Chief Minister Mu, a man so obsessed with cleanliness that he filters the air three times over.
When he first sees her, he recoils from the stench of corpses clinging to her and says coldly, “Drag her out and clean her up.”
The next time they meet, he sees her dissecting a corpse to identify poison, and his gaze shifts. “She's one of mine. Who dares lay a hand on her?”
Later, he holds up the red umbrella that belongs only to her, shielding her from every storm in the world as he draws her into his arms. “Bai Jiuli, I'll avenge you. And I'll protect you.”
The spontaneous Golden Rain case, the Marionette on a Thread case, the Bones Boiled in a Bronze Cauldron case…
More than a dozen bizarre cases are linked together, with shadows of a nine-pointed star everywhere. She uses bones as evidence and her knife as a pen, carving through layer after layer of fog. He uses power as a shield and strategy as a blade, protecting her as she advances step by step.
But no one knows that this cool, chaste Chief Minister has long since given his heart to the girl who reeks of corpses.
He hates that her hands have touched the dead, yet gladly lets her wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
He can't stand seeing her close to anyone else, yet is willing to break every rule in his obsession with cleanliness for her.
He plots his way through every game under heaven, only to give her a world where the truth can finally come to light.
“Chief Minister, there's an extra charge for examining a body.”
“That's fine. The entire Chief Minister's residence, including me, is yours.”
It looks so good! 😳