Hello, Miss Qiao

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★About This Story★

The first time Qiao Wan met Xie Yunting, he was a death-row inmate in shackles, suffering from a severe gunshot wound, and she was the doctor treating him.

An intern nurse was trying to stop Xie Yunting's bleeding, but her hands shook throughout the procedure. When Xie Yunting frowned repeatedly, Qiao Wan took the forceps from her...

She treated the wound without changing her expression, even though the patient might be a murderer with countless lives on his hands.

When she noticed Xie Yunting watching her, she said, "Tell me if it hurts."

Xie Yunting merely looked at her and read the name on her badge aloud.

"Qiao Wan?"

Qiao Wan raised her eyes in acknowledgment.

Maybe Qiao Wan could never have imagined then that a few years later, the death-row inmate she thought would be sentenced to death would become her legal spouse.

Qiao Wan couldn't understand how Xie Yunting, a straight as an arrow man who never complained during five years undercover, had turned into this around her.

"Honey, I want you to pat my head."

For instance, the moment he woke up, he'd wrap his arms around her waist like a golden retriever begging its owner for a pet. Qiao Wan wished she could record him like that and show all his comrades.

She wanted them all to see what Captain Xie, who never smiled, was really like in private.

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Xie Yunting's love for Qiao Wan was an accident. Before he even knew the young woman, his heart had already fallen for her.

When his five years undercover ended, everyone treated him like a criminal. Only Qiao Wan asked if he was in pain.

Qiao Wan never cared about her clothes or appearance, and she was stubborn. Nothing about her was particularly eye-catching, yet he could always pick her out of a crowd at a glance.

The second time they met, Qiao Wan was taken hostage by criminals, and he offered to trade places with her. Afterward, Qiao Wan stared at him for a long time, so long that he began to worry she'd be bothered by his past as an undercover agent.

But perhaps she noticed his unease and made a joke.

She said, "Can a criminal become an officer?"

Xie Yunting smiled. "I got in through a special appointment. Nice to meet you, Miss Qiao."

My heart tells me I should know you.

| One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only partners

| Emergency physician × elite special forces soldier

| In my opinion, there isn't anything in particular to watch out for. Both characters are portrayed positively.

| The author isn't a doctor and has never served in the military. All professional knowledge in the story was learned from books and the internet. Professionals, please go easy on me.

| This is a fictional setting focused mainly on the couple. Neither lead does anything illegal.

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Every day, when Qin Yao opens her eyes, she's dissecting Duan Ming'an.

The first time she met Duan Ming'an was at an author meet-and-greet. He signed a book for her, and all she thought was how beautiful his handwriting was.

Who could have guessed that the next time she saw him, Duan Ming'an would be dead, and she'd be the forensic pathologist assigned to dissect him?

Duan Ming'an died at home. The police initially concluded it was suicide.

But after the results came in, Qin Yao began waking up in the past every day, meeting Duan Ming'an at different points in time.

She returned to the author meet-and-greet, but this time, after signing her book, Duan Ming'an suddenly leaned closer.

He said, "Forensic Pathologist Qin, you'll save me, won't you?"

In an instant... Qin Yao understood. Duan Ming'an was experiencing the time loop with her.

She and Duan Ming'an grew closer and closer. She dissected him countless times, and just when she was about to give up, he moved closer to her.

"A Yao, when you were dissecting me, did you notice my kidneys were in bad shape?"

His joke gave Qin Yao the strength to keep going. She didn't want Duan Ming'an to die.

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After Duan Ming'an died, there was a period of time when he could only watch Qin Yao dissect him from head to toe.

He and Qin Yao entered the time loop together.

He'd liked Qin Yao for a long time, but unfortunately, she didn't know.

Qin Yao had read every work Duan Ming'an had written, never realizing that she was the heroine in all those stories.

Using the time loop as an excuse, Duan Ming'an gradually made his way toward her. Unfortunately, Qin Yao only had eyes for the cases.

Thankfully, they really did get together not long after, and Duan Ming'an's favorite thing was to whisper in Qin Yao's ear.

"Honey, after dissecting me so many times, what did you most want to do?"

Duan Ming'an knew Qin Yao felt sorry for him. Whenever he brought up the past, she usually gave him kisses and cuddles, but this time he didn't get what he wanted.

A photo from northern Myanmar appeared in front of Duan Ming'an.

Qin Yao smiled sweetly. "A kidney goes for 600,000."

Fine...

Duan Ming'an knew he couldn't bring up the time loop again. His forensic-pathologist wife knew better than anyone where to hit him so it wouldn't kill him, but would hurt the most.

One time loop.

Duan Ming'an was trying to get closer to Qin Yao, while Qin Yao was trying to keep him alive.

Reading Guide:

Female forensic pathologist × male corpse

One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only partners. The male lead has a gloomy, ghostly vibe, but the heroine gradually turns him into a cheerful, sunny ray of sunshine.

The heroine stays clear-headed throughout. Whenever she realizes the male lead is slacking off in the time loop, she gives him a harsh talking-to, then beats him up!

My friend's novel, Falling for Spring Beneath the Parasol Tree

Tang Zhi thought her secret crush was destined to be an ethereal cloud, a secret locked away in a hidden drawer that would never see the light of day again.

Until she saw Zhou Shiheng again at the freshman mixer basketball game.

That cloud seemed to drift back into view without a sound.

Halfway through the game, Tang Zhi noticed that Zhou Shiheng had scraped his knee. She raced back to her dorm to look for iodine, but when she returned to the court, there was no one there.

The bottle of iodine rolled away and stopped right by someone's feet. Then she heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice ask, "Excuse me, could I borrow your iodine?"

Tang Zhi calmly hid her inner panic, picked up the iodine, shoved it into Zhou Shiheng's hand, and ran away.

Back in her room, she cried her eyes out. It was only natural that Zhou Shiheng didn't remember her.

That's how unrequited love works.

She turned around and sent a flurry of messages to her online bestie, but the messages stayed on read with no reply.

"Hey, Guobaorou, why aren't you saying anything?"

"Do you think I'm stupid too? qwq"

After a long while, the other person finally replied:

"Tang Zhi, you're adorable."

Tang Zhi had met her online bestie in her senior year of high school. She'd meant to share study materials with a classmate but accidentally sent them to Guobaorou, whose avatar looked the same.

Over time, Tang Zhi assumed Guobaorou was a gay guy with a good sense of boundaries.

Don't ask why. Tang Zhi just had a feeling.

But she never asked, so Guobaorou never had a chance to explain, and somehow they became online besties.

Until one day in the future, Zhou Shiheng held up his phone and demanded an explanation. "You'd better tell me why you saved my contact as Guobaorou Who Likes Handsome Guys."

Oh, so she'd mistaken the guy she had a crush on for her online bestie who liked men!

It was no secret among Zhou Shiheng's close friends that he liked Tang Zhi. The thing he heard most often was:

"Aheng, if you don't confess soon, you'll be an old man. Your goddess won't like an old man."

He only smiled and said nothing.

He'd only met Tang Zhi a handful of times. He was afraid a sudden confession would scare her.

He'd actually tried to get closer to her, but the timing never worked out, and Tang Zhi always ran whenever she saw him. He couldn't help it.

Until one day, Little Zhi, whom he'd quietly followed for half a year, messaged him first. It was only study materials, but he was so excited he couldn't sleep and did a hundred push-ups in the middle of the night.

Their reunion at university wasn't an accident. Zhou Shiheng had chosen the same university as Tang Zhi. When he saw her hurry away at the basketball game, he waited in a corner for her to come back.

He realized he might not be the only one with a crush anymore.

After that, Zhou Shiheng tried to get closer to Tang Zhi, openly and in secret, but she always managed to evade him.

Tang Zhi was like a rabbit, always finding a hundred ways to slip away from him.

At night, she'd hide under the covers and whine to her online bestie.

"Enough, Tang Zhi. I said enough."

"Are you sick of me too? qwq"

[Ping... Video call]

[Connected]

"Ah!"

"Tang Zhi, get downstairs. You're in for a scolding."

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