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- 51 Criminal Police Case Files: Strange and Baffling Crimes 刑警奇案：那些诡异离奇的案件 I'm a police detective, Wei Tie, responsible for investigating and solving all kinds of horrifying, brutal, bizarre, and strange criminal cases. This story contains no political or official corruption, no pornography or crime syndicates, and no ghosts or gods. The cases, characters, and events are entirely fictional! 85Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 52 A Veterinarian Becomes a Great Detective: Starting with a Million 兽医变神探，开局百万 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Detective Boyfriend: Forensic Doctor Jiang, Take Your Knife 神探男友：江法医，拿好你的刀 She is a legendary magician with miraculous hands. Her delicate fingers can probe wounds and measure body temperature, and her technique rivals that of a top-tier star surgeon. She can dissect a body and put it back together without leaving a single flaw. He is a world-class genius who has solved countless cases. Reserved and arrogant, he has an extraordinary memory and never forgets anything he sees. When two extraordinary people meet, will they clash or find kindred spirits in each other? One 89Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 54 Special Criminal Investigation Unit 刑侦特案大队 The cherished heiress of a trillion-yuan conglomerate refuses to sit back and enjoy her wealth. Instead, she turns around and joins the police force. Everyone in her circle waits for her to find the work too hard and give up. But to their surprise, she follows every clue, captures vicious criminals, and cracks major cases one after another. No matter how much family wealth she has, nothing beats the thrill of catching criminals with her own hands! The sequel to The Female Detective Cracks Cases, 182Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 55 Detective: The Perfect Partners 侦探：最佳拍档 She had dreamed of becoming a police officer since childhood. After earning her master’s degree, she joined the criminal investigation squad as she had always hoped. From the Qing-dressed beauty case to a serial murder case and, later, countless other mysteries, Chen Bailu quickly grew into her role, working side by side with Captain Zhang Tao and getting along well with her colleagues. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Officer Lu, Let’s Date 陆警官，谈个恋爱 [Criminal Psychology Expert VS Gentle Police Officer + Mutual Redemption] On the day Lin Qing and Liang Mu registered their marriage, she saw her boyfriend holding a model in his arms and patiently coaxing her. She calmly severed their ties. Officer Lu always appeared when she was at her most desperate. With her boyfriend's betrayal and her parents' urgent pressure to get married, Lin Qing acted on impulse and asked Lu Chu, a man she'd only met a few times, “Officer Lu, would you date me with ma 172Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 57 From Cocoon to Butterfly: A Rookie Policewoman's Uphill Journey 破茧成蝶：呱呱女警逆风之路 [This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.] The story follows Leng Xuanyan as she soars against the wind, showing that anything is possible. Born with a cleft palate and an imperfect voice, Leng Xuanyan is a shy girl who endures discrimination throughout her childhood. She grows up to become a police officer serving the community and solving one bizarre case after another. No one imagined that something everyone thought impossible could be —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Detective Wu, Miss Ma Has Stolen Your Case Again 伍探长，马小姐又把案子抢走了 [Strong Female Lead] [Republic-Era Mystery and Crime Solving] [Main Plotline] “Among all the tangled lines, only one points to the right path.”, Ma Gerui. The heiress to Taihe Shipping, studying in France, receives devastating news and returns home to find nothing but the charred ruins of her family estate and a mountain of debt. To repay it, Ma Gerui accepts an invitation to stay at a famous painter’s home and becomes his exclusive nude model. But she soon gets caught up in a baffling disappear 5Reads—Score214d adds
- 59 Dreamcatcher: What Dreams Are For 捕梦人：梦之所用 Why do some people wake up just when their dreams reach a crucial moment? Where do our dreams go? Xu Qiuli was born into a happy family, but when she was young, her older sister suddenly disappeared. Later, while searching for her sister, her parents died in an accident. Orphaned, she was taken in by relatives. As an adult, she came into possession of a bronze family heirloom passed down from her mother. When she visited the place where her parents had met with disaster to pay her respects, a se —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 The Red Lantern 红色灯笼 [Mystery solving + episodic cases + wild imagination + romance + plot twists] Ever since Yue Xin was six, two bright red lanterns have always hung along the corridors of her family home. Whenever those dream lanterns appear, they float in midair, seeming lonely and desolate... 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Domino Kill Formation (Humanity Lost and Psychological Redemption) 多米诺杀阵（人性迷失&心理救赎） Yan Ting, a police officer in the Major Crimes Unit, gets help from criminal psychology expert Lu Yu to solve a series of honeymoon murders. But the killer soon becomes the victim of another murder. Next, a sense of duty brings the Oracle Killer onto the scene, targeting only people with moral failings. Yuan Qingzhou, an expert from the provincial Criminal Psychology Research Center, comes in to assist. With an outstanding criminal psychology report, she identifies the suspect and brings them do —Reads6.7Score114d adds
- 62 Alice at Midnight 午夜零点的爱丽丝 Jiang Xueting, a girl with the ability to see the future in her dreams, meets Gu Ye, an author of mystery novels. With each other’s help, they solve a serial murder case and set out to save people destined to die. But how could the future possibly be changed so easily? The pressure of failing to save even one person nearly breaks them. Just as they fall into severe depression, Jiang Xueting sees the deaths of herself and Gu Ye... —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 63 Ma Long Investigates: The Three O'Clock Mystery 马龙探案之三点的迷案 Revision in progress, The format will be changed to one translation per sentence, with one Chinese sentence followed by one English sentence. Extensive English reading material, suitable for readers with a vocabulary of 3,000 words, and written according to the logic of how to say things in English. Contents Volume One: The Three O'Clock Mystery @ Chapter 1 Volume Two: The Missing Corpse @ Chapter 34 Volume Three: The Wrong Murder Case @ Chapter 68 Volume Four: The Right Murder Case A suspens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 The Frontline Forensic Files 一线法医密档 The sweet and charming forensic doctor Lu Lu has held a grudge against detective Mo Lin ever since a misunderstanding following her brother's accidental death years ago. The two join forces to solve cases, yet an uncrossable emotional divide always remains between them. A corpse is blown out of an abandoned school building; a mysterious doctor has married and lost three wives; an evil man murders his wife and dismembers her. The truth behind it all is waiting for them to uncover... 137Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 65 Never-Ending Plum Blossoms 梅完梅了 Years ago, the powerful businesswoman Dong Zhenzhu was brutally murdered in her home. Mei Changqing, who had only just joined the police force, accidentally caught a glimpse of the culprit's back during an emergency assignment, but an unexpected mishap let the killer slip away. In the end, the police closed the case as a suicide. Years later, after weathering all kinds of hardships, Mei Changqing is no longer the inexperienced young officer he once was. He has become a middle-aged man with a bee 2Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 66 The First-Rank Coroner’s Wild Ride 一品仵作狂妃 Modern forensic pathologist Yan Feixue unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an unloved young lady of a noble marquis's household. The moment she opens her eyes, she is framed for murder and nearly loses her life. She has no choice but to use the professional skills she honed in her previous life to clear her name and save her own skin. But her peerless autopsy skills catch the attention of a certain cold and aloof Lord Beiming. He pins her against the wall and declares domineeringly, “Wom 77Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 67 That Nutcase 内个神经病 Almost everyone leads an ordinary, unremarkable life, unless a dazzling lunatic shows up in the middle of it. “Behind every murder lies the dark side of human nature.” A story of wits and courage between a lunatic detective and Miss Pepper. 73Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 68 Double Shadows 双重阴影 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Officer Ji, Hit the Deck 季警官，请卧倒 As an ordinary forensic pathologist, Jiang Wan never imagined that one day she would perform an autopsy on her first love, or that she would be accused of his murder. How many buried secrets were lost in the past she'd gradually forgotten? And whose heart is clouded by the regret that can never be undone? 54Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 70 Please Remain Silent 请保持沉默 She is a criminal investigator with the criminal investigation squad and an expert in military combat. He is the public security department’s chief crime consultant. A bizarre case involving a dismembered body arranged with flowers brings them together. What sparks will fly when traditional criminal investigation meets psychological profiling? The arrogant professor is a perfectionist, a Virgo, and a foodie. She takes him around the city to sample its best food, while he shows her the wonders of 12Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 71 The Case of the Eroding Color 色蚀谜案 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Court of Causality: Fatal Percentage 因果律庭：致命百分比 I’m Alan Wexler, a former causality investigator and now a down-at-the-heels detective. My daily routine is watching people at the “Court of Causality” argue themselves hoarse over trivial nonsense. For example, when a piece of cheese goes missing, they’ll blame the boss, a robot, a dog, even the constants of the universe! Then I get dragged into Alex’s death case, and all five unlucky nodes insist they’re innocent. Fine, looks like I’ll have to step in again and find the one truly guilty “cause 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Cold Case: Criminal Investigation Unit Nine 悬案：刑侦九组 The criminal investigation squad of Xingchan City Public Security Bureau takes on a tricky murder involving a car. Five rookie officers are unexpectedly chosen by the bureau chief to become undercover agents in Unit Nine. Besides handling some of the most heinous cases, they must also uncover a terrifying secret within the bureau. Leaving their roles as detectives behind, they work undercover to reveal the mystery surrounding Unit Nine... Why have three officers been missing for so long? What sc 37Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 74 She Walks Beside the Dark of Night 她与暗夜同行 She's a Chinese professor devoted to educating young minds: cool, sharp-tongued, and single for a thousand years. He's a man who walks the edge of crime, a wealthy bachelor, and a lifelong loner. One day, he cornered her outside the school gates. “Professor Cheng, how would you like to get married and rid the world of a menace?” She said nothing, but a crack appeared in her frozen heart. From then on, her life was like opening Pandora's box. Sweetness and thrills wove together into a bizarre, da 160Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 75 Forensic Pathologist's Rule: Spoil My Husband Tonight, No Overtime 法医守则：今晚宠夫不加班 After someone catches the cool, aloof forensic doctor Shi Xia breaking up with her partner, she realizes that a certain oversized puppy seems to have latched onto her... 300Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 76 Captain Lu, Wait for Me in the Sunshine 陆队长，请在阳光下等我 All-around, swoon-worthy captain of criminal investigations vs. sweet and sharp, highly intelligent policewoman Two years ago, she was murdered in a long-planned attack, a knife through her throat. For two years, her soul stayed by his side, watching him grieve and cry, helpless to do anything. Now she has returned, reborn in another body. Smiling, she reaches out to him. “Hello, Captain Lu!” The two join forces to solve cases and hunt down criminals. As they gradually crack a string of old and 18Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 77 Perfume Atelier No. 7 七号调香馆 Legend has it that there is a perfumery in this world that makes a living selling fragrances to help people weave their dreams. Nan Zhu, the owner of the shop, is investigated by criminal police captain Yan Yi after becoming entangled in a bizarre string of murders. A novel that keeps offering clues, a mysterious and unknown force, and grudges dating back a thousand years are all brought to light through a series of strange cases... Open the perfumery’s case files, and among the contracts of eve 74Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 78 Once the Dark Moonlight 曾经黑月光 A serial murder case spanning several provinces brings He Zhiqiu, now a PhD in criminal psychology, face to face again with Qi Yu, a former university classmate and current police squad leader. He Zhiqiu says, “Long time no see,” while Qi Yu turns and walks away without a trace of expression. An excited friend asks, “You two seem to have a history. Could you be the white moonlight of Qi Yu, the shining star of the police force?” He Zhiqiu exhales a puff of smoke, thinks for a moment, then repli 350Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 79 Rosebone 玫瑰骨 Lu Xiaosuo is a survivor. A survivor suspected of being the killer. Blood on the roses, severed limbs in the rose garden, and a pair of eyes beneath the thorns that will never close She saw the murderer shot dead with her own eyes, yet discovered that someone else might be the real culprit… That man has dragged her into a storm of bloodshed once more. And yet she can’t bring herself to hate him. She says, “Lu Xiaosuo, bloom again. Find your heart among the bloodstained roses.” 26Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 80 The Gray Border 灰色边界 A: Adjudication R: Revenge L: Law Enforcer There are no perfectly just verdicts in this world. Only by walking the line at the edge of the law can one execute true demons. No one wants to walk a tightrope, especially when the abyss below is deep enough to swallow everything. A and L should never move along the same straight line, but only where their paths cross can the sins of the heart be cleansed. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 A Case of Love with Miss Yu 和鱼小姐谈情说案 Passionate, upright female CEO VS devoted, brilliant Professor Jiang Miss Yu wants nothing to do with crime, not one bit. But what can she do when bad luck is written in the stars? A friend gets married at her newly opened hotel, and the groom goes missing. A string of murders takes place in the city, and the killer turns out to be one of her employees? She finally manages to take some time off and go on a trip, only to find that a partner who is both mentor and friend may have died by suicide. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Allen's Story: Hyperthymesia 艾伦的故事—超忆症 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 A Comeback in Officialdom 官场之逆袭 A young female teacher is brutally murdered in the wilderness, and Su Fan, who is about to graduate, becomes a prime suspect. For five years, Su Fan refuses to confess and keeps appealing his case, until the real criminal is finally caught and Su Fan is cleared of all charges. On the night before his release, Su Fan is reborn. The memories of those five years offer little help in shaping his future after being reborn. His only chance to change things lies in the period before the crime. Follow a 4.6kReads8.8Score39014d adds
- 84 Where the Heart Finds Peace 何处心安 The facts of a crime are not what is frightening. What is frightening is the humanity behind it. Ling Anan, a Cambridge University PhD in criminology, remained in China after an accident and set out to analyze baffling crimes. How can a killer's life be read from a crime scene? How can criminal profiling help the police find the culprit? After becoming entangled in a world of crime, how will Ling Anan save himself? 172Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 85 Murder in the Dark 暗夜谜案 A father paralyzed from the waist down receives a ransom call from a kidnapper. In the video, his daughter is bound and crying, “Dad, save me!” Having already lost his wife in a car accident, the father transfers three million yuan to the specified account without hesitation, just as the kidnapper demands. But three days after he pays the ransom, his daughter still hasn’t come home. In desperation, he has no choice but to call the police. The police discover that the supposed kidnapping involves 141Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 86 A Female Forensic Doctor’s Dream Return to the Crime Scene 女法医之梦回凶案现场 When Ji Bai was eight, he became trapped in an endless dream loop. Whenever there was a victim, Ji Bai would dream of the crime scene... To investigate a notorious murder case from more than a decade ago, Ji Bai chose to become a forensic pathologist. As he pursued justice, he would also uncover the truth behind the case. 19Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 87 The Uncrowned Crime 无冕之罪 [Crime Investigation + Mystery + Romance] Evil escapes justice, and a massacre carried out in the name of righteousness sends an entire city into a frenzy. A serial killer who styles himself the God of Justice, and a twisted doctor who believes murder can cure the city. Everyone in this city is a killer. Eight years ago, the Maze Murders shocked City B. The case was hastily closed after the killer took his own life, but it left a thorn in everyone’s heart. Eight years later, the same methods and 21Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 88 At the Crime Scene, This Beautiful Girl Can See Ghosts 凶案现场，我这个美少女能看见鬼 Shen Yaoyao is a socially anxious college student who, by a twist of fate, ends up at the city’s most mysterious “Special Investigations Bureau.” The bureau is packed with top talents from every field: a cold-blooded team leader known as a god of death, a top-tier star of the hacking world, and a forensic pathologist who can read lies like a human lie detector. Nobody has any faith in the soft-spoken Shen Yaoyao, until… Murder victim in the dismemberment case: Officer, the killer is my ex-boyfri 3.1kReads6.6Score52614d adds
- 89 My Wooden Detective 我的木头神探 While visiting Mount Tai, online novelist Luo Jia discovers a woman's body in an old well. To her surprise, the corpse belongs to Qi Haiying, her college nemesis. The case also brings her together with Lei Mu, a taciturn, brilliant detective from the police station. She falls in love with him at first sight, just as one bizarre incident after another begins to unfold and her life is put in danger. For the sake of her life and future happiness, Luo Jia decides she must cling to the detective's si 46Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 90 The Seven Ghosts 七鬼 [Dual heroines in a criminal investigation + two sharp minds + twists + no romance] A fearless team leader with extraordinary combat skills, known as “the one who makes ghosts tremble.” The mastermind behind the drug lord’s operation remains at large, growing stronger all the while. She has never stopped investigating the truth about what happened back then. A woman’s corpse found at the Beiyang County landfill becomes the fuse. Before 48 hours have passed, several longtime gatekeepers at a saus 11Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 91 Sweet Romance in the Countryside: The Marquis's Heir and His Country Girl 农门甜宠：侯府世子的小农妃 [Ancient-Era Farming + Building a Fortune + Food + Sweet Romance + Mystery + Deduction] Ning Haoya transmigrates to an ancient village. Her father cherishes her and her younger brother is devoted to her. Though they have barely enough to live on, they are happy together. But a natural disaster shatters their hopes overnight. To give her family a better life and get away from her awful relatives, Ning Haoya works tirelessly, keeping her head down and giving it her all. At last, she carves out a p —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Exonerator 解罪师 Genius mathematician Lin Mo is drawn into a carefully orchestrated series of murders, and all the evidence points to him. The killer marks the corpses with mathematical symbols, uses a total lunar eclipse to create the perfect alibi, and even turns the truth behind the fire at the “Angel Orphanage” ten years ago into a bloody code of revenge. To prove his innocence, Lin Mo joins forces with police captain Shen Yuqing to investigate. Each corpse is a “puzzle piece,” and every victim was connect —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Secret Case Unit 1: The Hunter 秘案组1：狩猎者 The Secret Cases Unit is a mysterious organization jointly established by the public security authorities and civilians. No one has ever heard of its existence. Its main responsibility is handling "secret cases." Behind these cases are often vicious criminals, geniuses with extraordinary intelligence, or even forces beyond ordinary understanding. The unit's members are the best of the best: criminal investigation experts, psychologists, computer hackers, and even people with supernatural abilit 360Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 94 Longing to the Bone: A Forensic Examiner’s Case Notes 入骨相思：女法医勘查手记 A corpse showing signs of bloat is discovered inside an arcade machine. Every suspect has an alibi, so who is the killer? On New Year’s Eve, a family of three is murdered at their reunion dinner, their eyes gouged out. What deep-seated hatred lies behind this massacre? Several young women are found dead in the wilderness in the dead of winter. Before their deaths, they all wore the same vintage coat. Could a ghost in the coat have stolen these flower-like lives? A “black umbrella curse” suddenly —Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 95 Assassin: Zero 暗杀者：零 Become an assassin, and you will live forever in the darkness. Erase all emotion: no love or desire, no joy or sorrow. Become a shadow and disappear into the night sky. “Set in a fictional world, an original fantasy. Do not conflate it with reality.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 Cultivating Immortality Is No Match for Battling Weirdos 修仙不如斗奇葩 After transmigrating into the world of immortal cultivation, Lu Mingzhao wants only to stay alive and quietly pursue longevity. Unfortunately, everyone in his sect is a “drama queen”: his senior brother writes a blood letter for love, his second senior sister chases someone down with a blade over a romantic debt, his third martial uncle and the Demon Venerable accuse each other of being hopeless romantics, and his sect leader master elopes in the middle of the night, leaving a mess behind... Fac —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 The Letter 字母 A university campus should be full of youthful energy and an inviting place to be, but its peace was shattered that day. A body in the restroom marked the beginning of this deadly contest. A ghost armed with a blade leaves one student after another as a restless spirit. Every crime scene is shrouded in an unspeakable eeriness... What happened on that rainy night? The past does not fade with the wind. It stays buried in people's hearts forever. Human nature is evil from the start... Dark currents 141Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 98 Crime Investigation Notes 刑侦笔记 Twenty years ago, a series of bizarre murders involving shadowy figures shocked the entire city of S. Twenty years later, the descendants of the victims meet by chance. After solving a series of mysterious cases together, the male and female leads form a deep bond and join forces to pursue their shared goal: solving the Shadow Case. The wilderness villa streamer case, the parrot’s accusation of murder, the fortune-teller who used deception to kill… The shadow has appeared again. What is the thin 142Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 99 Always on My Mind 悬悬在念 (A suspenseful romance) Three years ago, the “9/12 Horrifying Livestream Case” took place in Jincheng. The criminal gang had numerous members. They dressed up the young women they had abducted as “streamers” and forced them to eat rats and endure abuse on camera. If someone offered enough money, they could even buy the women and take them home... The police force’s most in-sync couple: Bu Qingyan, a criminal investigation team captain skilled in analyzing criminal psychology and trace evidence, 128Reads7.2Score1714d adds
- 100 Solving Cases Is My Specialty 破案，我很有技巧的 [Criminal investigation and deduction + ensemble cast + twists + murder-mystery games become reality + high-IQ battles of wits + the hero is a bit of a background character] Also known as: “I’ve watched 1,000 episodes of Conan, so solving cases should be a piece of cake” Lu Zhaoyao, a seasoned murder-mystery game player, joins the city’s criminal investigation squad after graduating. After five years of working hard to maintain her ice-cold beauty image, she finally becomes deputy captain of Cri 27Reads8.1Score—14d adds
