Xu Chengyu, hailed in the modern world as the "Mind-Reading Detective" and the pride of the police force, transmigrates into... the body of a "murderer"?!
Facing the "victim's" powerful, influential "fiance," Xu Chengyu looks up and says:
"She was never your fiancee."
The man seated above her merely lifts his eyes. "Oh? And how do you know?"
"Because," Xu Chengyu says with a faint smile, "I heard your thoughts."
Prince Rui, Xiao Jingchi, rode into battle on the frontier at fourteen, leading his cavalry to reclaim lost territory. At eighteen, he took charge of the Justice Bureau and solved one long-unsolved case after another. Wherever his embroidered uniform appeared, even the mansions of ministers and generals fell silent with fear.
Until one day, a murder case implicated his "fiancee."
"A life for a life. My fiancee was killed by you, so your life will be the price."
Xu Chengyu neither flinched nor looked away from those eyes no one dared meet. "A life for a life is only fair. But if I was framed from beginning to end, how will you make it up to me?"
Xiao Jingchi offered her riches and a life of luxury, but within a few months, he regretted it.
...I miscalculated, he thought. I should have said, "How about I give you myself?"
1. The victim in the opening is not the male lead's fiancee and has no romantic connection to him whatsoever. He doesn't know her. See the original story for details.
2. The dynasty is entirely fictional, so don't expect historical accuracy.
3. Primarily a mystery and detective story, both leads have no prior relationships, happy ending.
4. I won't abandon this story. I'm revising it, and will start another one first, The Corpse Is Solving the Case.
Theme: Even in dark times, we must pursue truth and justice.
