Yicheng City Criminal Police Brigade.
The moment Qin Churan pushed open the office door, the entire room fell deathly silent.
Li Xiang, who had been bent over a report, jerked his head up, and his pen clattered to the floor. Beside him, Anxin sprayed a mouthful of water onto her computer screen and broke into a violent coughing fit.
"A... a ghost!" A new police officer sprang out of his chair in fright.
Everyone stared fixedly at Qin Churan's face as though they had seen a ghost.
That face... it was smooth as jade. Where was even the slightest trace of disfigurement?
Her left eye was bright and lively, gleaming whenever she glanced around. She looked even more strikingly formidable than before her injury.
Was this really Captain Qin, who had been lying in the ICU a month ago?
"C-Captain Qin?" Li Xiang ventured, his voice trembling.
"What? You don't recognize me after just a month?" Qin Churan's lips curled into a familiar smile with a hint of roguishness.
"Holy shit! She's alive!"
The office erupted.
Xiao Wu was the first to rush over. The policewoman clung to Qin Churan like a koala, running both hands over her face as she babbled, "Oh my God! Did you go to South Korea for some top-of-the-line skin replacement surgery? This recovery is unbelievable!"
Torn between laughter and exasperation, Qin Churan pushed her head away. "What skin replacement surgery? I spent the whole month recovering in Chen Family Village."
"Chen Family Village?!"
That name landed like a bomb, silencing the office again.
Who among them hadn't seen that supposedly miraculous place on their phone? Cancer patients making miraculous recoveries, divine water, miracle pills...
They had dismissed it as internet hype, though they hadn't been entirely sure.
But now a living, breathing "miracle" stood