Sixteen years ago, a raging fire that lit up half the sky over Yanjing sent a group of carefree children straight to the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Determined to uncover the truth behind her best friend’s family’s deaths and fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a superhero, Qiao Ran joined the Narcotics Division without hesitation.
Knife wounds, burns, and bullet scars, even the Grim Reaper closing in step by step, were nothing compared to the despair of watching one comrade after another die before her eyes.
Five years ago, at just twenty-six, Qiao Ran became the youngest deputy division chief in the province’s history and took command of Operation Chasing Light. In a remote border town halfway up a mountain in central Yunnan, flames dyed half the sky red, and the task force sent in as reinforcements was wiped out to the last person.
The Grim Reaper’s scythe was already at Qiao Ran’s neck, yet she somehow dragged herself back from the dead.
The comrades who had once been alive and well became cold stone memorials. Her superior’s doubts, the resentment of her comrades’ families, and the self-reproach she kept locked deep inside wrapped Qiao Ran up like a cocoon.
Ignoring her captain’s pleas to stay, Qiao Ran transferred to a subordinate unit and became the highest-ranking deputy squad leader in the history of Yanjing’s Criminal Investigation Division. With an iron fist, an iron will, and a heart of stone, she tore off the label of “mascot” and emerged as the notorious Black Impermanence of Yanjing.
An explosion across from the hotel, a girl fleeing the entrance in a panic, and Professor Lu moving right into her home as if he owned it. After washing her face, Qiao Ran tamped down the crush she hadn’t felt in eight hundred years and muttered, “Your best friend’s sister is off-limits.”
Even a battle-hardened Deputy Captain Qiao couldn’t withstand this shameless woman climbing into her bed of her own accord...
Well, what’s done is done. She didn’t mind becoming her best friend’s sister-in-law. Worst case, they could each call things as they saw them: the girl could call her Mom, and she’d call the girl Big Brother.
Lu Qiu'an, the youngest professor at the University of Political Science and Law, had barely returned from abroad when the Law School sent her to the Municipal Public Security Bureau with a single document.
Not enough researchers. No research funding for now.
Professor Lu, who had more money than she knew what to do with, didn’t mind her harsh new working conditions one bit. She was already rubbing her hands together, eager to try her cousin’s close friend for herself.
When she woke up, things didn’t seem quite as simple as she’d imagined.
Why was I the one with a sore waist? Did I get the script backward?
Lu Qiu'an, shackled in chains, stared at Qiao Ran’s back with bloodshot eyes.
“You clearly promised me you’d never leave me.”
Woken from a nightmare, Qiao Ran looked at her lover sleeping beside her.
“Darling, I want to build a wall and lock you by my side.”
I’ve told many lies, but my love for you is real. Though I came to you with a plan, I love you. Though I’m crazy, I love you.
People are accustomed to draping their personal suffering in a tragic veil, as if that could justify any despicable crime in the world.
“Death and revenge are like an ouroboros, never ending, never at rest.”
“A broken soul isn’t worthy of my white camellia.” Lu Qiu'an kept falling. “If only you loved me for my beautiful face alone... I’ll give you a grand romance with no ending.”
“Farewell, my love.”
[Before You Read]
This is a modern urban crime-investigation novel. It is not based on real people, and must not be used as a stand-in for anyone.
Happy ending! Happy ending! Happy ending! This is important, so I’m saying it three times.
Several side couples. Read with caution if that bothers you.
Crime investigation, plot-driven, a touch of ensemble cast, and a little angst.
The whole main cast are good people!!!
Theme: Even when the road ahead is full of thorns, we will keep moving forward side by side.
Do it some more!!! (I am so cruel...)
I want to see Qiuqiu's body being tortured so hard
The woman Luo was talking about might be Mr. Lu's hairless boy who looked similar to her. When she appeared on the scene, I felt like a dark character with more black and less white. After all, when she was a guest later, she would carry it with her and use the kind of deodorant used by the anti-drug team to hide her traces. My guess is right, it's okay to be a little bit right 🥺
She's back, she's finally back 🙏 🙏
I want to see the little sweet cake and Qingmei IF line after they are raised [cat head]
Do you want to watch Battle Damage Qiuqiu🥺
Ah ah ah ah ah how is Qiuqiu?
I was so scared that I took another look to see if it was he. If I was greedy, I should have stocked up on a few chapters. I was frustrated [Loading]
You won't let Lu catch you [show your hands]
It's beautiful, I love it, I really want to watch it.