After years of hard work, Fang Ming finally became a doctoral advisor in the Criminalistics Department at the Police University. She began writing Criminal Victimology, a book she had been preparing for a long time.
But when she woke up, she had transmigrated a full century into the past, to the Shanghai International Settlement in 1924.
In this era, there was no surveillance, forensic medicine, lie detection, trace evidence analysis, audio and video technology, or physical and chemical testing...
But there was the media.
Under the banner of public oversight, she began steering the police toward solving cases.
[Newspaper Illustrator * Doctoral Advisor in Criminalistics]
A little scene:
Chen Gusun rushed out of the chaotic, blood-soaked crime scene and stood in the sunlight, gasping for breath.
Fang Ming lit a cigarette and handed it to him, then asked in an unhurried voice:
Do you know why I never use a camera, and always call you over instead?
Chen Gusun had calmed down. He asked, Why?
You can convey things I can't feel from looking at photos, and help me judge the culprit's emotions and needs.
In other words, you have empathy, and I don't.
Chen Gusun was even more confused. Why don't you?
Fang Ming had meant to say: Because I transmigrated here.
Or: Only a pure heart like yours is unlikely to be corrupted by perversion and evil. People who have seen too much of the world and suffered trauma are, instead, far more resistant to it.
But looking at Chen Gusun's wide, innocent, blinking eyes, all she could say was, Maybe it's because I look down on all of you in terms of information and intelligence.
Chen Gusun quickly seized on the key point: All of us? Which us?
[Please note]
1. A Republican-era mystery, with case-of-the-week stories and a female lead who transmigrates.
2. The hotels featured are all real historical buildings, and are still open today.
3. The main storyline features fictional cases or cases inspired by real crimes. Details are provided in the author's notes at the end of each volume.
Theme: Achieving justice
