Breaking the Tide

An old case from five years ago set off a chain reaction, changing many lives and continuing to shape countless fates to this day.

Trust and betrayal, blood ties and honor, love and self-interest: tangled together, impossible to choose between.

The rising tide brings a beating heart; the ebbing tide brings betrayal.

Messy romantic drama / the late-stage White Moonlight returns from the dead / neither lead is sexually inexperienced

A poor soul whose father is dead, mother doesn't care, and wife is gone VS a tool whose father is dead, mother lets him fend for himself, and who would give his life without hesitation

Meticulous, ruthless, handsome police officer X aloof, detached scholar who torments himself

Seven-year age gap

Happy ending.

Note: This story contains a tiny amount of fantasy elements. There are no real-life inspirations behind it. Everything is made up by the author, so please don't take it too seriously.

Theme: Just writing for fun. Feel free to read it however you like.