The Nineties Beat Cop Who Keeps Cracking Major Cases

My upcoming book, There Are Always Talking Clues at Crime Scenes in 1990s Hong Kong, is on my profile!

This story: After an accident, Ye Yunqing was reborn on the day her family was murdered in her previous life.

She thought her only task was to protect her mother and the other women in her family, and make sure they never appeared in a crime report again.

But on the day she was reborn, she discovered she could randomly hear warnings about crimes or see crime scenes.

With this supernatural ability, Ye Yunqing solved major cases again and again at Hongxing Police Station, the smallest precinct in the city.

At first, many people laughed at her. She was just a low-ranking beat cop, they said. Surely all she could do was deal with family squabbles and other trivial matters every day.

But Xiao, the dedicated young police officer who worked hard to protect the public and uphold justice, paid no attention. She faithfully investigated the minor cases others considered insignificant, devoting herself to teasing apart every clue.

No one expected that some of those little cases would spiral out of control, with seemingly trivial incidents turning into one major case after another!

Later, Ye Yunqing, now a legendary detective known throughout the country, was being interviewed. One moment she was smiling at the camera as she gave her remarks. The next, her eyes suddenly sharpened as she shouted toward someone off camera, “Stop!”

Reader notes:

1. The story is entirely fictional. Reference materials come from online sources and professional books.

2. The heroine puts her work first.

3. Everyday family matters are woven into the investigations, with family relationships and a touch of an ensemble cast.

Upcoming book: There Are Always Talking Clues at Crime Scenes in 1990s Hong Kong

After an accident, Xie Chaoxi became a newly hired police officer in 1990s Hong Kong.

She only hoped to earn enough to support herself. She never expected that, on her very first day at work, she would hear objects at crime scenes chatting with one another.

“That handsome guy who came in yesterday was really good-looking.”

“So what if he was handsome? He secretly killed someone, then splattered blood and brains all over me. Disgusting.”

“…”

At first, Xie Chaoxi thought she was hallucinating. Once she confirmed she hadn’t misheard, she turned around and knocked on the door of a nearby acting school for aspiring stars.

“Bring me your best-looking male student.”

The man, who had thought he was about to make his debut and gotten away with everything, immediately panicked when Xie Chaoxi described how he had committed the crime.

The other officers, who had been waiting to see her make a fool of herself, saw the fingerprint match and went: ???

Who said this new cop was just a well-connected slacker, a pretty face drawing a salary without doing any work?

Ignoring the criticism around her, Xie Chaoxi listened carefully to the objects talking at each crime scene.

She pieced together one baffling crime scene after another, leaving the perpetrators nowhere to hide.

Later, after being promoted to inspector, Xie Chaoxi was giving a live interview on television. Halfway through the program, she suddenly stood and signaled to the bodyguards.

“Take down the first person in the fourth row on the right! He’s the real culprit in the TV station’s staged-suicide case!”

The criminal had returned to the scene to provoke Xie Chaoxi, the famous detective: ???

Theme: Justice will ultimately triumph over darkness