Mind Reader of the 90s

[Coming soon: the crime novel The Beast Whisperer of the Nineties and the farming novel Island Life on Stream. Please add them to your reading list!]

In 1991, Zhao Xiangwan was admitted to Hunan Provincial Police University.

A knock on the door in the dead of night pulled her into a family drama.

Meimei, an eleven-year-old adopted girl, had lost her little sister.

Her mother was on the verge of collapse. "Tell me! Where did you leave Baobao?"

Meimei sobbed pitifully. "I didn't do it on purpose. I don't remember."

Everyone tried to reassure her mother. "Meimei's still just a child. Don't pressure her."

But Zhao Xiangwan saw through it. "She's lying."

After helping find the missing child, people praised her. "You saw through the lie by reading microexpressions? That's incredible!"

Only Zhao Xiangwan knew she had the power to read minds.

By disguising her mind-reading ability as microexpression and behavioral science, Zhao Xiangwan tackles one major criminal case after another: the headless female corpse case, the school poisoning case, the person hidden in a suitcase case...

A member of the major crimes unit: "Wow! She solved two major cases in one day."

The criminal investigation team captain: "Even the craftiest criminals can't escape her eyes."

A genius artist: "I'm her personal forensic sketch artist."

The richest person in Hunan: "She's my lifesaver."

The Ji Group, whose businesses span the globe: "She's the one who really runs our family."

China's leading criminal investigation expert, a mind-reading detective, the bane of unsolved cases... Faced with endless praise, Zhao Xiangwan keeps her gaze calm and smiles without a word.

Good is rewarded, and evil is punished.

With mind-reading on my side, no evildoer can escape. I'll see that good people get justice.

◎ Episodic crime drama. The female lead's background is mainly covered in chapters 6, 7, 11, 28, and 29. Feel free to skip them if that's not your thing.

◎ The male lead is Ji Zhao, a forensic sketch artist.

*=== Coming Soon: The Beast Whisperer of the Nineties [Crime Investigation] ===*

In 1995, Xia Mufan graduates from police academy and is assigned to the Anning Road Police Station as a young policewoman.

The station is as peaceful as its name suggests, and the officers are so idle their bones are practically rusting.

Her first call in July is to help a wealthy woman find her missing poodle.

Her coworkers excitedly head out together. "Finally, a chance to strengthen police-community relations!"

Xia Mufan gives a whistle, and the little poodle comes running back on its own.

Seeing the disappointment on her coworkers' faces, Xia Mufan, who has been able to hear animals' thoughts since childhood, points to a blue trash can nearby. "There's something over there."

Something in pieces, soaked in blood.

From then on, Anning Road Police Station is anything but peaceful.

*=== Coming Soon: Island Life on Stream ===*

As university graduation season arrives, Sang Zhi, a little tree spirit, awakens to her spiritual powers, packs her bags, and returns to the island where she grew up.

The sea breeze is salty, the multigrain porridge Grandma makes is thick and hearty, the herbs Grandpa dries smell fragrant, the yellow dog Wangcai circles her wagging its tail, and the myna in the cage under the rafters recites poetry to her every day.

"The sun sets beyond the mountains, the Yellow River flows into, into, into..."

The myna, who can never finish a single poem, perches on Sang Zhi's shoulder watching short videos and squawks along: "Stream, stream, stream..."

Sang Zhi starts streaming.

On the first day, a few curious viewers enter her "Island Wellness" livestream.

"What kind of wellness? Goji berries steeped in chrysanthemum tea?"

"What's the island angle? Is this streamer a scammer?"

In less than a month, the livestream's audience tops ten thousand, and everyone is howling at the screen.

"Sob... I want grandparents like these too."

"Ahhh... Why can I watch the streamer sitting in a rocking chair in the sea breeze for half an hour?"

"I've been getting up and going to bed early along with the streamer every day. I'm no longer dizzy, my vision's clear, and my back and legs don't hurt."

Six months later, faces like immortals start showing up on the livestream from time to time.

Shen Xingchen, a superstar who has suffered from anorexia for years: "Grandma's seafood rice is delicious."

Liu Yanjun, a champion Go player who often suffers from insomnia due to stress: "The sweetest dreams are here."

Ouyang Hao, the richest man in the country, who had made a will and planned to travel to Switzerland for assisted dying: "It's good to be alive."

Gu Yingcheng, a young scientist suffering from a serious illness: "I can give another eighty years to my country!"

The whole internet is in an uproar. "What kind of island is this? I want to go too!"

Theme: Good is rewarded, and evil is punished