Raising a Black Lotus at a Crime Scene

While everyone else wore gold and silver, she transmigrated into a beggar. Ning Yuanyi, heir to a medical clinic, was suddenly transformed, rescued the sickly Pei Qianli, and solved a case along the way.

The great villain, the Cangyun Clan, had resurfaced?

Ning Yuanyi: No thanks! Healing people and making a name for herself in the jianghu were what mattered. And so, she left without a backward glance.

Years later, the young heir happened upon a disheveled "little Hu beauty" who had escaped her kidnappers, and took her in for the time being.

Pei Qianli didn't recognize her. "A Hu?"

Ning Yuanyi kept a straight face. "No."

A bizarre "Blood-Red Wedding Dress Case" surfaced at an inn. The once-sickly young heir, now ruthless in his methods, offered Ning Yuanyi a chance to work with him again.

"This case is dangerous. You're the only one who can help."

Beneath the silken skirts lay songs of sorrow and blood. A Buddhist temple had vanished without a trace, and the terrifying "Buddha Blood Pearls" it enshrined concealed deadly dangers. The Cangyun Clan was hiding a shocking conspiracy. Then, during a crisis in one investigation, Ning Yuanyi used the same medical skills as before and accidentally exposed her secret identity.

Only then did Pei Qianli realize that his savior had been right in front of him all along. As he watched Ning Yuanyi speaking intently, he lowered his eyes, momentarily lost in thought, and felt a strange new emotion well up inside him.

Until... the Pei residence was drenched in blood overnight.

The refined and distant young heir awoke amnesiac amid a mountain of corpses, the last trace of warmth in his eyes extinguished for good.

Ning Yuanyi hauled Pei Qianli out of a pile of bodies, only to discover that he was no innocent little white flower. He was a thoroughly rotten black-hearted lotus! The profound martial arts she'd glimpsed when they first met were no longer concealed, and in the midst of his cold killing intent, he even used the Cangyun Clan's secret arts.

Her suspicions grew, and she had no choice but to investigate the case while trying to steer him toward the path of righteousness.

Later, Pei Qianli, whose identity remained a mystery, gradually regained his memories and remembered that he was the young lord of the Cangyun Clan.

Ning Yuanyi, internally: Oh, no! He's looking at me strangely. Did he remember something he shouldn't? If I'm going to run, now's the time...

The corrupted man-eating lotus gently crushed the latch she'd just managed to reach, his eyes full of obsession.

"Three times, Ning Yuanyi. You've abandoned me and disappeared without a word three whole times."

He leaned down, his icy fingertips locking around her wrist, his voice tender and dangerous.

"This time, I'll have to keep you locked up for thirty years, so you'll learn your lesson."

Reading Guide

1. A female lead who is both an exceptional doctor and coroner x a beautiful, strong, tragic young heir who falls to darkness

2. Eerie case-solving episodes, two strong leads working together to crack each case

3. The male lead genuinely turns into a dark, unhinged obsessive later on. Some cases have horror elements. Guaranteed happy ending

Theme: Fight for justice