Criminal investigation + two male protagonists + two heroes + unit story + humor
Nanshan Interpol Captain Zhou Wangye, with a distinguished background and perverse temperament, is a well-known "powder keg" in the bureau. He has three things that bother him the most in his life: family, rules, and partners.
The motto of life is: go alone and don't need help from others. Until the city bureau parachuted in Xia Zhi, a deputy captain from the northeast.
Xia Zhi, as his name suggests, seems to be sent by God to treat him. A thirty-year-old single man from the Northeast who speaks with a rough tongue and always packs pot-roasted meat in the canteen. He relies on "local methods" to solve crimes. He dared to sneak under Captain Zhou's nose when they first met.
The two of them solved a bunch of weird cases from "You've been suspended" to "Work overtime together tonight", from "Don't get in the way" to "Stand behind me":
A broken finger on a rainy night, a mysterious shadow in an empty coffin, a live broadcast case in a secret room...
Each case points to the same secret: the kidnapping case twenty years ago that made Zhou Manye decide to join the police. When all the clues surfaced, Zhou Manye discovered that Xia Zhi was not only his partner, but also the light in his dark past.
They solve cases together, one is testing the edges of the rules crazily, and the other is cracking people's hearts with the simplest straight shots.
They stayed up late together, one drinking black coffee and the other making wolfberry tea.
They went from looking down on each other to becoming each other's most trusted backers.
Until Xia Zhi discovered that Zhou Wanye was shivering alone in the office late at night; until Zhou Wanye discovered that Xia Zhi's thermos cup always had half of the hot water left for him.
Captain Zhou realized in hindsight: It's over, I don't seem to want him to get out.
Captain Xia suddenly realized: It's bad, I seem to have been tricked by him...
Concept: This is a story connected by cases and wrapped in laughter, telling how two completely different souls turned from "dead rivals" to "life and death partners." It wants to tell readers: The sharpest blade may need the gentlest scabbard; and the loneliest soul will eventually encounter the fire that can ignite him. Although the story involves kidnapping, conspiracy and the dark side of human nature, its undertone is bright. What it ultimately wants to convey is: even if you have been locked in darkness, you can still choose to move towards the light; even if you have seen too much evil, you can still believe in goodness; even if the world tries to make you cold, you can still retain warmth.