[Legendary champion of taking a beating, an assertive pursuer who breaks into his love interest's home × one bold move earns a lifetime of being pursued, a recipient with exceptional profiling skills]
[One-on-one, both leads are each other's first and only. Includes pregnancy and childbirth, as well as solving cases while pregnant.]
Xie Xiao is an alpha and a criminal police officer. With 150 complaints in one year, an average of one every two days, he has earned the title of top troublemaker at the Yanan City Public Security Bureau.
His written apologies pile up higher than his commendations. He has spent eight years at the bureau thanks to his willingness to risk his life and his fighting skills. When his mentor retires, he leaves him a parting gift: informant Chu Yan.
Chu Yan is an omega who makes a living helping the police keep watch and gather information. He has psychogenic aphasia.
The first time Xie Xiao meets Chu Yan, rain is pouring outside. Chu Yan is huddled in the basement where he has been living long-term, shivering with a high fever as he listens to the rain.
Xie Xiao decides he's a hassle and turns to leave.
But this frail omega seems to have latched on to him, turning up at crime scenes again and again to bring him all sorts of inside information.
Soon Xie Xiao realizes that Chu Yan may be mute, but his senses are sharp. His information is always accurate.
So accurate it's unbelievable, as if he were the killer himself.
Xie Xiao grows curious about the past of this undercover police informant, and the psychological trauma that took away his ability to speak.
Using the excuse of caring for a sick person, Xie Xiao moves Chu Yan into his home so he can investigate him in secret.
But Chu Yan brings malice lurking in the shadows and danger at every turn. Xie Xiao's bachelor apartment is blown to rubble, and Chu Yan is gravely injured and near death. Amid the flames and thick smoke, Xie Xiao actually hears Chu Yan's voice.
He speaks again, calling Xie Xiao by name.
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Words are the least trustworthy things in the world.
Chu Yan once caused someone's death with a single sentence. Since then, death has followed him like a shadow. He hides among the crowd, unable to let anyone get too close.
He'll get them killed.
Xie Xiao is the exception. He isn't afraid of dying, and he isn't afraid of Chu Yan.
He loves Chu Yan.
First, Xie Xiao gives Chu Yan the life of an ordinary person. Then he gives him a temporary mark, a home where he can take shelter when it rains, and finally, the ability to speak that he had lost long ago.
When Chu Yan relearns how to speak, his first sentence is, “Xie Xiao, I like you.”
He wants to run after saying it, but it's already too late.
Because Xie Xiao also gives him a child who shares his blood.
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1. Heavy on romance, light on crime-solving! Pregnancy and childbirth included, pregnancy and childbirth! A self-indulgent labor of love, just right for readers who enjoy pregnancy-themed case-solving!
2. All people and place names are fictional. Some cases may be based on real ones, and any sources of inspiration will be noted at the end of the chapter.
Theme: Love is the cure for all malice.
