Flowers at Daybreak [Criminal Investigation]

A thirty-year-old cold case, pursued by three generations of detectives from the Xialin City Police Bureau.

The crime scene details are exactly the same after all these years. Is it a copycat, or has the killer returned?

The Major Crimes Unit faces all kinds of murders and bizarre motives. Behind reality, the human heart is impossible to fathom.

Romance-brain blurb:

A new officer has transferred to the Xialin City Criminal Investigation Division. Rumor has it he's Captain Qiao's junior from the same school.

But the moment Gu Xingnan arrives, he gets an automatic promotion: “Captain Qiao, don't overwork yourself. Your junior's here to help.”

A procedural crime-solving story with standalone cases. Some cases are partly adapted from real cases (notes will be included in the story, and the cases won't be copied outright).

Captain Qiao, who only shows his feelings through his actions X Deputy Captain Gu, a junior who can read faces, minds, and the room, and is thoroughly doted on

Sweet, sweet, sweet. Mutual pining between the two fellow students