Vol. 1Volume 1

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Chapters 1–50 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Tracker and the Factory

Pei Qingyu returned to work despite his damaged heart and helped Xun Yin uncover Lin Zhou’s drug-trafficking connections and confront Zhuo Wumian. While recovering at Xun Yin’s home, Pei Qingyu joined a new investigation into a poisoned family, which led them to the missing Song Sheng at a factory, where she ambushed them with chloroform.

  • Pei Qingyu returned to the Special Cases Unit and helped Xun Yin investigate Lin Zhou’s shooting, but his heart condition repeatedly forced Xun Yin to support and rescue him.
  • Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin traced Lin Zhou’s suspicious restaurant visits and hidden tracker to Shi Qian, who trapped Pei Qingyu in a burning kitchen before police arrested him for drug trafficking.
  • Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin used the tracker and a staged shooting mechanism to uncover Lin Zhou’s murder, then pursued Zhuo Wumian to the river, where Zhuo escaped after disclosing his drug dealings with Lin Zhou.
  • After Pei Qingyu woke in the hospital, Pei Qingyan agreed to help investigate Zhuo Wumian, and half a month later Pei Qingyu moved into Xun Yin’s home to recuperate.
  • Pei Qingyu joined Xun Yin’s investigation of a poisoned household, where they found three dead people and a surviving Song Xiao, while Pei Qingyu’s own symptoms worsened.
  • Song Xiao told Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin that Zhang Zhao had abused Song Sheng and described how the family had been poisoned, but she did not know where her sister had gone.
  • Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin learned that Song Sheng had been missing from her factory for two days and suspected she had returned to hide Zhang Zhao’s theft of mercury vapor.
  • Xun Yin and Pei Qingyu tracked Song Sheng to a building at the factory, where someone threw chloroform at them, and Pei Qingyu tackled Xun Yin before warning that Song Sheng remained inside to ambush them.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Roulette and the Banquet

Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin uncovered Zhuo Wumian’s lethal underground gambling game and survived its roulette trials, but Pei Qingyu suffered a life-threatening heart injury. As he returned to the Special Case Team, Zhou Yang linked Zhu Qi to a new lead, and the team prepared to investigate the Zhu family’s banquet.

  • Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin exposed that Song Sheng had taken the blame for Song Xiao’s killing of Zhang Zhao, while the stolen syringes led them to a hidden gambling hall.
  • Xun Yin found Pei Qingyu among masked players, and the two fought through Zhuo Wumian’s lethal games to retrieve the syringes.
  • Pei Qingyu endured an electric shock to save Xun Yin and recover the syringes, then collapsed as Zhuo Wumian offered Xun Yin a wager about loving Pei Qingyu.
  • Xun Yin carried Pei Qingyu to medical care, where doctors revived him after cardiac arrest and operated on his damaged heart.
  • While Pei Qingyu recovered, Song Ranran identified Zhuo Wumian as the source of the listening devices, and Pei Qingyan reported that one of the underground bar’s dead men was famous.
  • Pei Qingyu returned to the Special Case Team and questioned Zhou Yang, who connected Zhuo Wumian’s photo to someone from his godfather’s office and identified Zhu Qi as a possible lead.
  • Pei Qingyu and Xun Yin prepared for an operation at the Zhu family’s banquet celebrating Zhu Qi’s company going public, with Wang Yu and Song Ranran providing remote support.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read