The Star-Catching Bureau: A Book of Years Gone By

Rose petals devour, and the dead are carried on foot. Qiao Jian, a corpse collector, accepts Qin Qi’s commission to investigate the death of a model in the Rose Petal Devourings and gets close to the suspect, Xiao Yan. The two men, Qin Qi and Xiao Yan, both seem to have fallen for Qiao Jian, and they grow jealous of each other over her. Just as Qiao Jian thinks the two men are sweet, simple fools, everything suddenly takes a turn! The men aren’t by her side for her sake, but for the child she adopted, Xiao Wu! When Xiao Wu mysteriously disappears, the three join forces to investigate, and Qiao Jian finally learns the truth the two men have been hiding. One book spans the years, one seed grants eternal life.