Mingxia Is Tainted

Rekindled love / instinctive attraction / faux siblings / seven-year age gap Reporter × police officer; Jiang Yu has a genetic defect that makes touching unrelated people feel like torture. Ming Xia is the only exception. He raises her until she turns eighteen. Their mutual secret crush becomes an open romance. Ming Xia grew up dependent on others, quiet and sensible. The most daring thing she ever did was secretly date her brother for two years. Then she dumped him. Five years later, they meet again at a crime scene. He mocks her with a stubborn tongue, then uses the investigation as an excuse to keep her firmly under his watch. When the truth comes out, Jiang Yu finally learns how much his girl suffered because of him. The man who never flinched amid a hail of bullets has bloodshot eyes. His hand holding the knife is as steady as when he holds a gun. The blade pierces his chest, and every word lands with force: “Take my life in return, but I’m claiming her.” Afterward, all Jiang Yu can think about is Ming Xia, all he can talk about is Ming Xia, and the one he cuddles close and teases at night is still Ming Xia. Everyone at the station fears him. Fierce, proud, and a man whose word is law. Until someone catches the lofty Chief Jiang kneeling before Ming Xia, humbly coaxing her to call him “Brother.” The only time Jiang Yu ever lost control was when he saw Ming Xia at a crime scene in the middle of a thunderstorm. The little crescent moon he had lost five years ago, etched into his very genes, had finally returned to his night sky.