His Gentle Eyes [Reborn]

*Bonus chapters and setting notes are in the afterwords of Chapters 60, 68, and 86. Please add the suspense and crime-investigation story set in the same series, “The Madman's Love Game,” to your reading list. The new angst-and-revenge story, “Shattered Mirror, Never Mended,” is now updating. If you like delicious angst, don't miss it \(≧▽≦)/ *Added on 2022.5.1: This novel differs from pirated reposts and copied versions. If you're reading a pirated copy, please don't ask in the comments why the plot doesn't flow from one scene to the next. Original writing is hard work. Thanks for supporting the official version (bows). [Blurb] [Blind (pretending) flirtatious bottom vs. celibate (for real) police officer top] Ying Wan was an unwanted little blind boy, taken in at the mouth of an alley by Yu Baiqing, who was eight years older than him. As an adult, Ying Wan became a blind bartender, while Yu Baiqing graduated from police academy and joined the Fancheng Criminal Investigation Unit. Seven years later, a major transnational crime case broke out in Fancheng. With nowhere left to turn, the criminal gang took Ying Wan hostage and demanded that Yu Baiqing, head of the criminal investigation unit, call off the operation. Ying Wan couldn't see. All he could hear was the sound of a bullet being chambered. That day, the kidnappers pulled the trigger in front of Yu Baiqing. - When Ying Wan woke again, he discovered that he could see. He was back on the day he'd been taken hostage. With his sight restored, Ying Wan immediately recognized the handsome, upright police officer in the crowd. That was his ge, Yu Baiqing, who had raised him for more than ten years. Yu Baiqing's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Ying Wan in the kidnapper's grasp. Sweat mixed with tears as it ran down his cheeks. “Captain Yu, if you've got the guts, shoot me!” The criminal shouted arrogantly at Yu Baiqing in the distance. “Would you dare trade thousands of lives for your little brother?” Given a second chance at life, Ying Wan watched Yu Baiqing raise his gun and aim once more at the kidnapper's heart. “…I'm sorry, Xiao Wan.” He saw Yu Baiqing mouth the words: “I love you.” - Yu Baiqing had always believed that the little blind boy would never know, even in death, that he'd loved him for many years. “Children are afraid of the dark, and that is understandable. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” -Plato [Reading Guide] -Suspense and mystery, Hong Kong-style police procedural, but set in a fictional world overall. -Two powerful men, both experts in secret identities, putting on a show for each other. Watch them act their way into an awards ceremony (lights cigarette.jpg). -Both the top's and bottom's points of view appear, with more from the bottom's perspective. They are not related by blood; they call each other ge and di only because of their age difference. -One-on-one romance, happy ending. The plot is tense, but the romance is very sweet!! Enjoy without worry~ -One last reminder: I write for my own enjoyment, and all settings are unrelated to real life. Please don't draw real-world parallels or nitpick the details. These are difficult times, so please spare the author, dear readers. I beg you. - [Upcoming novel] “The Madman's Love Game” [SCIB Senior Crime Investigator vs. Chinese-descent business and finance magnate] [Sweet yet depressed black-lotus unhinged bottom vs. ruthless, deranged magnate top] Ed receives orders from his superiors to pose as a young student with a chaotic personal life, deliberately approach Chapman Tu, the current head of the wealthy Tu family, and gather all the evidence of his involvement in major criminal offenses. At their first meeting, Ed stages a collision in the street. After successfully getting hit by Tu Lin's car, he grabs onto the rear passenger window. The young man casually wipes the blood running down his forehead and beams. “As compensation, pretend to be my partner? My ex is about to catch up with me.” Tu Lin, whose face has remained expressionless, slowly raises his eyes. Later, they reach an agreement. Ed will pretend to be Tu Lin's boyfriend to fend off the business marriage arranged by his elders, while Tu Lin will help Ed escape the mountain of romantic debts he's racked up. But the next time they meet, Ed has been tied up and thrown into a river, and Tu Lin and his bodyguards happen to pass by. Drenched from head to toe, the young man lights up the instant he sees Tu Lin and points at him. “My man is here. You're all dead!” Tu Lin: “…” At their third meeting, then their fourth… every “chance encounter” ends with Tu Lin playing the hero and rescuing the beauty. Until the day Tu Lin decides to propose to the young man. Holding out a carefully chosen engagement ring, Tu Lin looks down at the faithless little liar before him and asks, “Is there anything you want to say?” Ed smiles. “My darling, what are you worried about?” He's always been good at sweet-talking. The moment Tu Lin opens the box, he finds himself surrounded by dozens of fully armed agents. With a click, Ed cuffs him himself and pulls out his ID. “Allow me to introduce myself formally: Ed, Senior Organized Crime Investigator with SCIB.” The young man says with a bright smile, “Mr. Chapman, you're under arrest.” - Ed is prepared for Tu Lin to shoot him, but can only watch as Tu Lin calmly takes his hand. Ed: ? Tu Lin slides the ring onto Ed's ring finger. At that moment, Ed doesn't feel Tu Lin's love. Instead, he thinks he's just unleashed a demon with his own hands. #HeWasSupposedToHurtMeButHeProposedInstead# [Reading Guide] - [Bold and highlighted] The couple work together to solve cases. They're crazy, but they obey the law and commit no crimes. The romance only begins after the bottom confirms that the top is innocent and not the culprit. - Fictional setting and country. Apart from the modern era, everything else is completely made up. - The bottom is a brown-haired, green-eyed puppy-like guy; the top has half Eastern ancestry. - One-on-one romance, happy ending, sweet (for real). - More details may be added later \(≧▽≦)/ Theme: Fight organized crime and evil. Justice will prevail.