After Binding to a Case-Solving System, I Made a Name for Myself in the Capital's Elite Circles

[Currently serializing: Stockpiling Supplies, Farming and Building in the Apocalypse [Double Rebirth]], apocalypse + Lovecraftian horror, updating daily! Please add it to your collection~

Yun Xiyao transmigrated.

The good news: She became the beloved Princess Changning.

The bad news: She'd been poisoned with a slow-acting toxin and had 20 minutes to live.

Yun Xiyao: "...?"

This was bad. The difficulty was set to Hell Mode from the start.

Thankfully, there was still hope. She was bound to the "Detective Training System."

System: "If you want to extend your life, solve cases diligently!"

And so, the baffling cases before her began to look different:

Chibi burnt corpse (pointing accusingly): I was killed by this person!

Crime scene investigation (a dialogue box pops up): There's a hidden room here!

Murderer (a red arrow appears above their head): Heh, bet you didn't expect that! I'm the killer!

At first, everyone in the capital thought Yun Xiyao was making a fool of herself.

The veteran coroner waited for her to go weak at the knees at the sight of a corpse. The officials at the Court of Judicial Review expected her to fail to solve a case and come begging for help. Her siblings waited for her to work herself to death so they could compete for the emperor's favor.

But the face-slapping always came out of nowhere.

The veteran coroner, who'd come to watch the fun, stared in shock as Yun Xiyao examined a burnt corpse without batting an eye.

The proud officials at the Court of Judicial Review stood dumbfounded as Yun Xiyao explained the case in meticulous detail.

Her scheming siblings gaped as Yun Xiyao dashed around, growing healthier by the day, solving one strange case after another, and winning ever greater favor from the emperor.

Everyone: Hiss, our faces really hurt!

Yun Xiyao never expected that the guard by her side, who looked just like her childhood friend, would turn out to be the emperor of a neighboring kingdom. She was even more surprised that the first thing he did after reclaiming his throne was ask for her hand in marriage.

Horrified, she fled in the middle of the night, only to be cornered.

"Your Highness, don't think about going to him," Rong Lang said with a gentle smile as he closed in step by step. "I'll go mad."

[Sweet-faced, scheming, theatrical, and secretly a real big shot: Neighboring Kingdom's Prince VS A Motivational Little Sunshine Princess, terrified to death but pretending to be brave]

Reader's Guide:

1. An unconventional mystery-solving story with a lighthearted tone.

2. 1v1, both leads are pure, happy ending.

3. The entire story takes place in an imaginary setting! Imaginary! Imaginary! It isn't based on any historical dynasty!

4. This is the author's first novel. Some parts of the free chapters weren't handled very well, but I really think the later writing is better than the earlier writing~ (At least, it gets smoother and more fun as it goes!) Trust me, everyone!

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Currently serializing: Stockpiling Supplies, Farming and Building in the Apocalypse [Double Rebirth], apocalypse + Lovecraftian horror, updating daily =w= Please add it to your collection~

Blurb:

When the apocalypse came and civilization collapsed, everyone else was chased by zombies, their guts spilling out. Gu Shi, however, seemed completely out of place in her leisure.

While the survivors starved until they were skin and bones, Gu Shi and her family ate chips and watched movies in their safe house, harvested organic vegetables, and feasted on meat and fish.

While the survivors' sanity plummeted and they shrieked as zombies chased them, Gu Shi wielded flames in her left hand and gale-force winds in her right, leading her friends and family in a counterattack that sent the zombies squealing.

She even had time to flirt with her white moonlight, who had a distinctly domestic, husband-like charm, right there on the battlefield.

The survivors crumpled in despair: ...We must be doing this apocalypse wrong!

Gu Shi said casually: No, it's because I loaded a save and restarted the world (^_-)

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In her previous life, Gu Shi was no different from everyone else. She braved wind and rain, grew stronger through beatings, and fought her way to the top of humanity through the zombies' scattered flesh and blood, becoming the leader of the base, the "Windfire Wheel."

A textbook case of a powerful but tragic protagonist.

Then she made the mistake every woman in the world makes, and one careless moment sent her right back to square one.

But how could a protagonist like her give up so easily?

So she returned to the days before the apocalypse with her powers intact.

Before the apocalypse, there was plenty to eat and drink, and everything was orderly. Having endured the apocalypse, Gu Shi's eyes lit up: "!!!"

Treasure! Treasure scattered everywhere!

Clean water, a necessity in the apocalypse, the source of life. Stockpile, stockpile, stockpile!

Rice, flour, cooking oil, instant food, snacks, necessities. Stockpile, stockpile, stockpile!

First-aid medicines, for emergencies, essential to staying alive. Stockpile, stockpile, stockpile!

Although a little complication came up during the process: her nemesis from her previous life turned out to be her first love, whom she'd dumped, and the white moonlight she couldn't forget.

But who says a nemesis from a previous life can't become a partner in this one?

Gu Shi declared solemnly and swore she absolutely hadn't agreed just because of that face.

…But, honestly, her white moonlight really was her type =w=

Ahem. Anyway, stockpiling supplies with her white moonlight was a lot of fun.

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The apocalypse destroyed the old civilization, and supernatural powers gave rise to new forces. The balance of power in the world was reshuffled.

Some believed in the will of the gods and worshipped an indescribable terror. Their twisted bodies split into ruined fragments, unleashing sinister organs that devoured people.

Others rallied ordinary people, hated those with supernatural powers, proclaimed that the old days should reign forever, and sought to restore the old order of equality.

Of course, the most powerful factions were the bases established by people with supernatural abilities.

"Hey, hey, have you heard? No. 187 Qingyuan Road is a powerful safe house!"

"How safe?"

"The leaders, the Windfire Wheel and the Absolute Lord, are the most powerful superhumans in the world. They have an outrageous amount of supplies, and they even hold group dinners every few days. Can you believe they have enough water for everyone? I hear the Thunder God supplies their electricity, Water Dragon Chant provides their water, Shennong has planted a vegetable garden in the backyard, and Shuyi teaches the kids!"

"Wow, it's paradise on earth!"

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For the record, I only wanted to enjoy a quiet retirement in the apocalypse at first., Gu Shi, scratching her head.

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[Stunning, scheming white moonlight VS a warrior with maxed-out combat ability]

Put another way:

[Calculating, possessive, peacock-proud househusband VS a woman who comes crawling back after dumping him]

Theme: Uphold righteousness and clear the names of the wronged