Nineties Cold Cases: I Dream of Crime Scenes

Jiang Rui got into the police academy but was diagnosed with a terminal illness before she could attend. Before long, she was critically ill and died.

The woman who should have died in a hospital bed opened her eyes again to find herself in a novel set in the 1990s, as a cannon-fodder fake heiress who shared her name.

On the night she transmigrated, she dreamed of a human head. The next day, she dreamed that the same head was in a cooking pot...

It wasn't until a dismemberment case came to light that Jiang Rui realized she had dreamed of the crime scene!

The Nancheng dismemberment case, a serial dismemberment case, a body buried in a vegetable cellar...

Other people's dreams are full of banknotes. Her dreams are full of people... or rather, pieces of people.

In an era without surveillance cameras or DNA databases, when solving cases depended entirely on canvassing and interviews,

Jiang Rui used clues from her dreams and her meticulous reasoning to pierce through layers of confusion and help the police solve one bizarre case after another.

From then on, the Lishi Criminal Investigation Team gained an expert at solving cases. She became famous throughout the entire public security system and the subject of eager coverage by media outlets of every kind.

The criminals were even more baffled. "I left no clues at all. How did you still find me?"

Jiang Rui: "Because I can see you. Don't commit crimes. If you do, you'll get caught."

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When Lu Wenyuan first met Jiang Rui, he took her for a spoiled rich girl stirring up trouble and taking revenge for personal reasons. He warned her, "Ma'am, I'm reminding you that making a false emergency report and disrupting police work can get you detained for fifteen days and fined."

After witnessing Jiang Rui solve difficult cases with pinpoint accuracy again and again, his opinion completely changed. Full of regret but utterly convinced, he declared, "A top-tier criminal investigation talent like her should have been recruited onto the team. Failing to do that is a dereliction of duty on my part as captain!"

Later, Captain Lu, always so calm and stern, completely overturned his old self. He even learned to make the first move, deploying his charms in public: "Don't just focus on the case. Look at me, too."

Jiang Rui: "..."

P.S. All cases in this story are fictional. All names and events in the story have no connection to real life.

Theme: Obey the law, love your country, and be dedicated to your work.