The Supernatural Convenience Store: Twenty Years of Catching Killers

[Click the author's profile to read the new ongoing novel] The Murder Suspect, but With Amnesia [Crime Investigation]

Also known as: I Have Special Crime-Solving Skills / The Years I Lived with the Captain of the Criminal Investigation Team / My Boyfriend Wants to Arrest Me Again Today

1

Nan Chai is a patient with severe amnesia. One day, she wakes up and discovers bloody clothes and a murder weapon hidden in her closet. Did she... kill someone?

Since she can't remember the previous day, she opens her diary:

--Hide everything. Don't call the police.

It seems someone next door has died. Onlookers are chattering noisily, when suddenly, footsteps stop outside Nan Chai's door.

The police are knocking.

2

Nan Chai gets caught up in a murder case and tries to clear herself of suspicion, but somehow... no one looks more like the murderer than she does.

- A suspect disguises herself as an old woman and sneaks into a market.

Nan Chai: "The fourth person from the right in the left-hand row. The dismembered murder weapon is hidden inside the fish."

- A crime scene completely destroyed by fire

Nan Chai steps inside and reconstructs the placement of every object and the entire course of the crime with 100% accuracy. Even the murderer couldn't do it that well.

- Facing a murderer skilled in foreign martial arts and rock climbing

Nan Chai precisely reproduces the murderer's fighting moves, then uses the very knot the murderer used to kill the victim to tie them up.

--Severe amnesia. The patient remembers only the current day and cannot form social relationships, but when stimulated by fear or danger, develops extraordinary powers of observation and mimicry.

Because she seeks out dark experiences, she's also known as a "psychological genius criminal."

All the villains are stunned: "An accomplice we've never even met?!"

Random passerby: You still say you're not a bad person? You're a sociopath! Someone arrest her!

The police are practically glowing: Don't listen to them. She's our lucky charm!

3 (Bonus)

Cen Ni is the youngest deputy captain of the criminal investigation unit in Songtan City. Sharp-eyed, keen-nosed, skilled in combat and investigation, he's been hailed as a hound that can follow a trail for a thousand miles just to sink its teeth into the suspect one last time.

He was the first to sniff out the darkness in Nan Chai.

The third time he corners Nan Chai at an investigation site, he smiles without a hint of warmth, like a hunting dog closing in on a fox. "Miss Nan, when are you planning to come with me?"

Nan Chai is baffled. A page in her diary is out of order, and Cen Ni's hand-drawn portrait happens to be placed beside some advertisements she casually saved: "human model / boyfriend for a day / cleaning and housekeeping."

The note beside it, "Don't talk to him," has only its last four words left.

"Talk to him."

She looks confused. "Huh?"

Novel blurb:

1

After the invasion of Earth by strange phenomena, chaos erupts and everyone falls into panic and despair. Every kind of evidence points to the existence of ghosts, and unsolved cases crop up everywhere, but no living person has ever actually seen a ghost. That is, until--

A woman sends a letter to the police, saying she's already dead and her body is hidden in the freezer at the school where her husband teaches.

A corpse undergoing organ donation surgery suddenly sits up during the transplant and points a stiff index finger at the doctor holding its heart.

Netizens: I don't believe it! These are all fake news!

Then, in full view of everyone, a desiccated corpse walks into the police station. It places a withered hand on the desk, and a voice comes from its chest, riddled with blunt-force injuries:

"I want to report a murder. I was killed five years ago. I've brought the evidence with me. It's me."

Netizens: What's going on?!

Someone in the know reveals: Have you heard of Boss Tu, who takes on ghost clients and handles their business?

2

In an overlooked corner, a convenience store connecting the realms of the living and the dead quietly opens its doors.

The owner is Tu Lanxun, a living woman with a delicate appearance who is always smiling.

But the regular ghost customers know that if they want her to help them seek justice, buy goods, or send things, they must first learn three rules.

One: Boss Tu loves money more than life and never allows credit.

Two: Boss Tu is a coward. If you want her to enter a haunted house, a dangerous place, or a crime scene, you'll have to pay extra.

Three: Never think of causing trouble or trying to cozy up to her. Boss Tu has someone above her... no, someone below her!

Right then, a fierce ghost with a shattered eyeball and a pale, sinister face walks into the convenience store. He's stunningly handsome, but he advances toward the counter step by step, his body overflowing with sinister energy. He must have devoured countless living souls; even a glance at him would terrify a ghost to death.

The ghosts: This is bad! Which big shot has Boss Tu managed to offend?

They watch as the fierce ghost steps behind the counter, first tucking in the blanket of Tu Lanxun, who's lying there playing games. Then he leisurely opens a frozen sausage, rolls up his sleeves, and turns to arrange the stock, looking every bit the virtuous, devoted husband.

An old regular ghost: There, that's the husband from the third rule, Boss Tu's man.

The ghosts: ?

Theme: Even in death, the truth will echo