A massacre that wiped out an entire family became a cold case due to the limitations of the technology at the time and a lack of evidence. The sole survivor disappeared without a trace a year later.
For years, Gu Yi, captain of the city bureau's criminal investigation unit, searched for every possible clue, but made no progress.
Then, seven years later, several criminal cases occurred in Jiangzhou. Gu Yi unexpectedly discovered that a Jiangzhou University student named Ji Chenxu kept showing up at the crime scenes.
Was it coincidence, or was he an accomplice?
As they investigated the cases together, Gu Yi gradually uncovered the secrets Ji Chenxu had been hiding.
The case from seven years ago also resurfaced.
At the city bureau's mobilization meeting, Gu Yi took the stage to give a speech as a representative. Someone in the audience asked Ji Chenxu:
"When fate pushes someone to the edge of the abyss, should they jump without hesitation, or hold fast to who they are?"
Ji Chenxu looked at the man onstage.
"I struggled out of a filthy swamp, carrying hatred and ambition deep in my bones. I honed myself into a sharp blade, exposing a truth long buried in sleep. I fell into an endless, uncertain void, yet still never lost control.
Only because, deep in a vast and surging nightmare, a single firefly had been shining all along."
[Beautiful, strong, tragic, calculating, morally ambiguous younger top x meddlesome, narcissistic, straightforward older bottom]
Reading guide:
1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, two strong leads, with an age gap.
2. The city and cases are fictional and have no real-life counterparts. Please don't overanalyze them.
3. All worldbuilding serves the plot.
Blurb written June 11, 2023, screenshot saved.
Theme: The ones to blame are those who create the darkness
