A Part-Time Female Constable's Retirement Journal

[I'm truly sorry. I tried several times to pick this story back up, but since it's a mystery, every chapter has clues planted for later, and there are so many characters. I really shouldn't have been writing two stories at once. I used to love this story, but I was hospitalized with pancreatitis and just couldn't keep updating. After leaving it untouched for four months, even though I reread Chapters 1 through 39 several times, I still couldn't remember the original logic. No matter how I tried to write it, it felt wrong.

Watching the days pass one by one made me unbearably anxious, but I still couldn't remember, so all I can do is apply to unlock the story. I'm truly sorry. Anyone who bought VIP chapters can leave a comment on Chapter 39, and I'll send you a red-envelope refund.

It just goes to show that no one knows whether an accident or tomorrow will come first. I'll learn from this and never write two stories at once again. The feeling of racking your brain and still being unable to write is terrifying.

From now on, no matter what happens, I'll finish one story before moving on to another. Once again, my sincere apologies to everyone who bought this story!

Gu Mingyu cleared the trials in an infinite-flow world and transmigrated into the Tang Dynasty as a young female constable in Chang'an County.

Her predecessor had been specially admitted to the county office because her father had given his life in service to the imperial court.

Timid and foolish, she only knew how to keep her head down and work. She had practically been bullied into becoming the kitchen's fire-tender.

When Gu Mingyu arrived, the house was bare, she owed a hundred taels, and she had a sickly younger brother to support. Her predecessor had fallen to her death while gathering herbs for him in the mountains.

Gu Mingyu couldn't have been more pleased with her situation.

No more struggling between life and death day and night. All she had to do was clock in every day, squat in the kitchen, and sneak a taste of the good food while watching everyone else run themselves ragged over cases, frazzled and overwhelmed. Who understands the joy of staying dry while everyone else gets drenched?

Things were even more comfortable at home: pet the dog, grow some flowers, secretly catch a few criminals to feed her golden finger, and raise her little brother. Perfect!

This was the retirement life she wouldn't even have dared to dream of... It would be even better if that dog of a Pei in Chang'an County didn't keep trying every trick in the book to expose her identity!

Pei Zheng, heir to the Duke of Lu, had to leave the Imperial Guard after being gravely wounded. With nothing left to live for, he was strong-armed by his imperial uncle, the Emperor, into becoming the magistrate of Chang'an County.

On taking office, he faced several thorny cases to solve, including a string of murders that had shocked Chang'an and a poisoning at a noble family's country estate.

Outside the office, he also had to endure the mockery of former colleagues and the ridicule of influential relatives and friends... The whole point was that no matter how much he thought about it, dying seemed like the more pleasant option.

But before he could decide which way of dying would hurt less and spare his family, the criminals from several cases were dumped at the Chang'an County yamen along with the evidence against them.

Pei Zheng sat bolt upright on his deathbed.

Wait, he could still be saved!

If he could find this brilliant detective, encourage... no, support them, and have them solve a few more cases, he could lie flat and enjoy a peaceful retirement in Chang'an County. Maybe life wasn't so bad after all!

Theme: Learn to love yourself!