Lantern Lighting [Narcotics Enforcement]

A seemingly aloof but secretly devoted male lead who goes mad for love × a seemingly unhinged but truly courageous female lead who gives her life for her ideals

(One-on-one, both leads are each other's only partners, both are police officers, both strong, both beautiful and tragically fated. Two little bitter melons, rekindled love after a breakup, childhood sweethearts and each other's one and only.)

Blurb One

Lin Xi, former deputy captain of the Fourth Narcotics Squad of Yuncang City, fell to her death from the twenty-seventh floor.

Her body shattered into pieces, reduced to bloody pulp. Her life and soul were extinguished.

Her ex-boyfriend Ji Ting'an, who had already gone their separate ways, knelt in the heavy snow, unable to piece together a complete body. He broke down on the spot, screaming and sobbing.

After dying, Ji Ting'an opened his eyes again and returned to one hundred days before his beloved's tragic death.

Having turned back time, how can he break this seemingly unavoidable deadlock?

Yet, as he carefully laid his plans, he gradually uncovered the bloody truth beneath the web of conspiracy from his "past life."

Blurb Two

Lin Xi had someone she decided to protect when she was very young. As a child, she wouldn't let anyone bully him. When they grew up, she didn't want to drag him down with her, so she cut ties with him decisively, her heart as firm as stone.

Her bones were blades, her body a knife. The road was a bottomless abyss, every step a dead end. She didn't dare look back.

When they met again, a colleague asked her, as she faced Ji Ting'an, "You know him?"

She raised her eyelids slightly and gave a lazy smile, utterly unconcerned. "We had a thing."

As if it had been nothing more than a fleeting affair, dismissed with a few casual words, fit for a joke.

But no one knew of the young boy and girl who had supported each other through the mire and grown up together. No one knew of the love she had kept silent about, never able to speak aloud. No one knew about the wedding ring buried in an unmarked grave, the ring she claimed she had thrown away long ago.

Xi means light, the break of dawn.

Reader's guide:

1. This is a modern alternate universe. Please don't nitpick the details. There are many original elements, and there are no real-life counterparts. I made it all up. It's a romance in the guise of a crime investigation and anti-drug story.

2. I'm not a professional, but I'll do my best to research. Feel free to point out any obvious factual errors.

3. The female lead gets a lot of characterization, with a focus on highlighting her personality and charm. (That's how all my romances are.)

4. The story is told from both leads' perspectives. You could call it a pseudo-rekindled romance, since they never really broke up, haha.

5. This isn't a wish-fulfillment story. Neither lead has a golden finger, and there is a bit of angst.

Lastly, the author is super sweet. Come support me! I'm Feng Xingzhou on Weibo and Jinjiang. Come chat with me! (*^▽^*)

Blurb dated 2023.7.19

Theme: Treasure life and stay away from drugs