*A totally straightforward woman × a lovesick guy who craves affection*
Lin Zhaozhao is determined to become a mystery novelist, but unexpectedly transmigrates into the role of a female official in the Bureau of Records.
She handles palace maid files and records their salaries, yet still dreams of becoming a bestselling mystery writer.
One day, an accident leaves Lin Zhaozhao locked inside the library, where she overhears the secret behind the palace maids' disappearances and discovers that one or two maids vanish every month.
The missing maids continue to receive their salaries. She doesn't know that this is considered dereliction of duty and, in serious cases, could cost her head. With her life on the line, she has no choice but to investigate in secret.
Lin Zhaozhao discovers that palace maid Ling Yue is Shen Changyuan's younger sister and one of the missing maids. Shen Changyuan, a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, is also secretly investigating the disappearances.
She arranges to meet Shen Changyuan in the library at the Hai hour, hoping to join forces and solve the case. But Shen Changyuan's willingness to form an alliance is uncertain, and he grows suspicious of Lin Zhaozhao.
They agree to question Mei Qin, a friend of Shen Changyuan's younger sister, at noon the next day.
But the following morning, they hear that Mei Qin…
Theme: You should always have a dream. You never know, it might come true.
