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  1. Public Bookmark 26

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    Zhao Yunlan shouldn't have stopped to talk to the paramedics - that was his first thought when he rounded the corner. The second, spoken aloud, was, "Professor Shen. Why is it you again?"

    (a.k.a. the one where Zhao Yunlan finds Shen Wei in a highly suspicious place even earlier than episode 3/4)

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    02 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 30

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    In the early morning sun, the SID’s brick façade glows like a volcano. There’s already a snaking queue outside, people singly and in couples—one woman with a baby, two teenagers with a sleepy child.

    Dai Jiaying joins the queue’s tail, and others soon come up behind until, logically, they’re the tail, and she’s right in the snake’s belly. She banishes the thought, shoves her doubts and misgivings away; she’s here now. She tilts her face into the sunlight and prepares to wait.

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    02 May 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    At the top of a flight of stairs, a figure was slipping around a corner. In the last moment before she disappeared from his line of sight, Shen Wei recognised her: it was An Bai's friend, Cao Dandan.

    Power swirled in his palm. He could catch her, easily -

    He hesitated. Clenched his hand into a fist. He couldn't.

    Whether or not she was innocent this time, Shen Wei had no faith in a fair investigation, much less a fair trial. Not in Dixing. Not any more.

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    30 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 13

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    Shen Wei senses Zhao Yunlan’s inhale before he hears his sigh, before he feels Zhao Yunlan move, and Shen Wei silently shifts his leg away as Zhao Yunlan stretches forward to pick up another case file. If Zhao Yunlan looks over at him, Shen Wei keeps his gaze trained on the file in his hands and doesn’t see it.

    “Cause of death records,” Zhao Yunlan says as he flips the case file open, the same way he’d said acid composition notes for the last one, and trident wound autopsies for the one before that. Shen Wei hears him tuck his lollipop into his cheek, the click of it against his teeth. “It’s from ten years ago, I’m surprised it was allowed to lapse. My old man would’ve still been in charge then.”

    Or: A week after Shen Wei restores Zhao Yunlan's eyesight, the SID uncovers a new lead to an old case.

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    29 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 19

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    It's a stupid idea, but applying to a Dixingren university means Zhao Yunlan can say goodbye to any plans Zhao Xinci had for his future. And that has to be worth it, right? He really doesn't want to follow in his father's footsteps.

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    28 Apr 2026