Burning Ashes in the Dead of Night [Criminal Investigation]

● Sister novel "Summer's Derailment": If you like this novel's secondary couple, come on in!

Current blurb:

[Crime-solving genius younger man x mature doctor older woman]

Over the past decade, several murders have occurred in Jifeng City. The victims all died in the same way, with a plum-blossom brand burned into their wrists.

Captain Jiang Jingzhao saw through the killer's plan and saved a victim, only to die in a car accident the next day.

The victim was hospitalized after suffering a mental breakdown, the only eyewitness was silenced forever, and the plum blossoms suddenly disappeared.

More than a decade later, two female corpses turned up in Jifeng, identical to the victims from back then.

Then, on a day of heavy snow, the suspect was arrested. It turned out to be a twenty-year-old boy...

What is the truth, and who has been pulling the strings?

Bodies dumped in a river, illegal livestreams, remote surveillance, emotional manipulation...

Their fates are all in the hands of strangers. In a world where entertainment is everything and capital calls the shots, everyone is caught up in the game.

Reading guide:

1. The older woman is six years older. She had a first love, but they never dated. The man has a secret crush on her.

2. This is a fictional mystery. Some details may differ from reality.

3. Plot-driven, with no major conflict in the romance, no love rivals, and no misunderstandings.

4. Every character has their strengths and weaknesses; no one is perfect. A relationship mind map is available on Weibo.

"Summer's Derailment" is complete. Lan Xin x Jiang Ziping

[Resilient, playful policewoman x straightforward, muscular police captain]

When she was ten, human traffickers abducted her and took her to an abandoned warehouse in the mountains.

Everyone thought she was dead. Then, a month later, the battered, limping girl appeared at the end of the road.

Later, her grandfather died. Her family all tried to stop her from becoming a police officer, but only she knew that the villain from back then had been following her all along.

If she stayed in Cangyuan, her family would be dragged into it.

And if she lived an ordinary life, she wouldn't be able to protect herself.

In her first year of high school, Lan Xin met Jiang Ziping for the first time. A bad man was following her, and she got away by making use of the absent-minded boy.

Later, she went to Jifeng, never expecting that the man would become her examiner. He had grown much more mature over the years and had clearly forgotten her.

"I want everyone to know you got here through your own ability, not because we met once."

"It's been a long time. Welcome aboard."

My ongoing novel "Enchanted by Spring" is looking for readers! Please add it to your collection!

Push and pull to the limit / rekindled love / fake lovers

The bar was dimly lit. The man tapped his glass against the woman's and glanced down at the ring on her finger.

"Are you seeing someone?"

The woman instinctively drew her hand back. The words "I just wear it for fun" stuck in her throat, and what came out instead was, "Yes. Thanks to you, for letting me go back then."

She couldn't say exactly how this "forbidden" relationship had begun. She only knew that after she'd lain in his arms countless times, the man had asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you sure you don't need to go back and keep your boyfriend company?"

Theme: Justice will prevail over evil.