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The Empty Hourglass: Criminal Investigation
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Romance
Mystery
Crime
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Synopsis
At eight years old, Hai Shu ran along the banks of the old factory river, proudly telling a little boy that she would become an international superstar.
At the tail end of summer, she reluctantly said goodbye to him again and again along the way. Yet it wasn’t until he walked her all the way to her doorstep that they truly said, “Goodbye.”
She thought they would reunite soon. But on the day she left the old factory, the wings of misfortune stirred up a storm—dragging them, along with those they had forgotten, into its depths…
At twenty-eight, before being transferred to serve as captain of the First Criminal Investigation Unit in Huiyong City, Hai Shu attended a confidential informant’s wedding. Unexpectedly, on the very day of the wedding, a tragedy tore open the wounds of the small town, and horrifying secrets began to spill endlessly from within.
Amid the haze of suspicion, Hai Shu’s gaze once again meets those familiar eyes.
“You didn’t become an international superstar?”
“…And you didn’t become the Monkey King either?”
Notes:
-This is a romance-oriented crime investigation novel, featuring both episodic cases and an overarching plot.
-Protagonist: Hai Shu (female lead)
-Female lead: Criminal Investigation Captain × Male lead: Special Operations agent
-Set in a fictional city; all police characters are righteous
At the tail end of summer, she reluctantly said goodbye to him again and again along the way. Yet it wasn’t until he walked her all the way to her doorstep that they truly said, “Goodbye.”
She thought they would reunite soon. But on the day she left the old factory, the wings of misfortune stirred up a storm—dragging them, along with those they had forgotten, into its depths…
At twenty-eight, before being transferred to serve as captain of the First Criminal Investigation Unit in Huiyong City, Hai Shu attended a confidential informant’s wedding. Unexpectedly, on the very day of the wedding, a tragedy tore open the wounds of the small town, and horrifying secrets began to spill endlessly from within.
Amid the haze of suspicion, Hai Shu’s gaze once again meets those familiar eyes.
“You didn’t become an international superstar?”
“…And you didn’t become the Monkey King either?”
Notes:
-This is a romance-oriented crime investigation novel, featuring both episodic cases and an overarching plot.
-Protagonist: Hai Shu (female lead)
-Female lead: Criminal Investigation Captain × Male lead: Special Operations agent
-Set in a fictional city; all police characters are righteous
Chapters
1
Chapter 1
March 21, 2026
2
Chapter 2
March 21, 2026
3
Chapter 3
March 21, 2026
4
Chapter 4
March 21, 2026
5
Chapter 5
March 24, 2026
6
Chapter 6
March 28, 2026
7
Chapter 7
March 31, 2026
8
Chapter 8
April 4, 2026
9
Chapter 9
April 7, 2026
10
Chapter 10
April 11, 2026
11
Chapter 11
April 14, 2026
12
Chapter 12
April 18, 2026
13
Chapter 13
April 21, 2026
14
Chapter 14
April 25, 2026
15
Chapter 15
April 28, 2026
16
Chapter 16
May 2, 2026
17
Chapter 17
May 5, 2026
18
Chapter 18
May 9, 2026
19
Chapter 19
May 12, 2026
20
Chapter 20
May 16, 2026
21
Chapter 21
May 19, 2026
22
Chapter 22
May 23, 2026
23
Chapter 23
May 26, 2026
24
Chapter 24
May 30, 2026
25
Chapter 25
June 2, 2026
26
Chapter 26
June 6, 2026
27
Chapter 27
June 9, 2026
28
Chapter 28
June 13, 2026
29
Chapter 29
June 16, 2026
30
Chapter 30
June 20, 2026
31
Chapter 31
June 23, 2026
32
Chapter 32
June 27, 2026
33
Chapter 33
June 30, 2026
34
Chapter 34
July 4, 2026
35
Chapter 35
July 7, 2026
36
Chapter 36
July 11, 2026
37
Chapter 37
July 14, 2026
38
Chapter 38
July 18, 2026
39
Chapter 39
July 21, 2026
40
Chapter 40
July 25, 2026
41
Chapter 41
July 28, 2026
42
Chapter 42
August 1, 2026
43
Chapter 43
August 4, 2026
44
Chapter 44
August 8, 2026
45
Chapter 45
August 11, 2026
46
Chapter 46
47
Chapter 47
48
Chapter 48
49
Chapter 49
50
Chapter 50
51
Chapter 51
52
Chapter 52
53
Chapter 53
54
Chapter 54
55
Chapter 55
56
Chapter 56
57
Chapter 57
58
Chapter 58
59
Chapter 59
60
Chapter 60
61
Chapter 61
62
Chapter 62
63
Chapter 63
64
Chapter 64
65
Chapter 65
66
Chapter 66
67
Chapter 67
68
Chapter 68
69
Chapter 69
70
Chapter 70
71
Chapter 71
72
Chapter 72
73
Chapter 73
74
Chapter 74
75
Chapter 75
76
Chapter 76
77
Chapter 77
78
Chapter 78
79
Chapter 79
80
Chapter 80
81
Chapter 81
82
Chapter 82
83
Chapter 83
84
Chapter 84
85
Chapter 85
86
Chapter 86
87
Chapter 87
88
Chapter 88
89
Chapter 89
90
Chapter 90
91
Chapter 91
92
Chapter 92
93
Chapter 93
94
Chapter 94
95
Chapter 95
96
Chapter 96
97
Chapter 97
98
Chapter 98
99
Chapter 99
100
Chapter 100
101
Chapter 101
102
Chapter 102
103
Chapter 103
104
Chapter 104
105
Chapter 105
106
Chapter 106
107
Chapter 107
108
Chapter 108
109
Chapter 109
110
Chapter 110
111
Chapter 111
112
Chapter 112
113
Chapter 113
114
Chapter 114
115
Chapter 115
116
Chapter 116
117
Chapter 117
118
Chapter 118
119
Chapter 119
120
Chapter 120
121
Chapter 121
122
Chapter 122
123
Chapter 123
124
Chapter 124
125
Chapter 125
126
Chapter 126
127
Chapter 127
128
Chapter 128
129
Chapter 129
130
Chapter 130
131
Chapter 131
132
Chapter 132
133
Chapter 133
134
Chapter 134
135
Chapter 135
136
Chapter 136
137
Chapter 137
138
Chapter 138
139
Chapter 139
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