After their confessions were rejected, they regretted it for the rest of their lives.

Sunlight streamed directly into the police station corridor.

Even with his eyes squinted, Zuoqiu Hangyu felt uncomfortable under the glaring sunlight.

Even with my eyes completely closed, I would experience slight hallucinations amidst the white light.

It was as if the face of that person from just now was gradually overlapping with the face of the detective in my memory.

It was as if she had returned to a year ago, to the time when she was still an intern.

During her visits, when she directly faces the eyes of real criminals, she has an intuitive reaction.

Getting closer to the truth excites Zuoqiu Hangyu.

However, unnecessary associations arising from intuition can irritate a young girl.

It's like a wound that has just scabbed over being torn open again.

"The dead cannot be brought back to life."

Zuoqiu Hangyu leaned against the wall, impatiently pounding his chest.

Just like her high school student physique, the soft curves used for cushioning weren't grand.

The soft, white palms pounded against his chest, the impact reaching straight to his agitated heart.

A strand of hair slid down Zuoqiu Hangyu's soft cheek.

She took her phone out of the inside pocket of her trench coat; it showed messages from a few days ago.

"Chief Sheriff Deng": [Little Fish, it's been a whole year, you should have adjusted by now. My cheerful daughter won't stay depressed forever!]

[The Metropolitan Police Department has a cushy job managing case files; you could look into it sometime and see if it suits you. Just gradually get your life back on track.]

"..."

Exiting the chat page, she gently swiped the screen to access her contact list.

My gaze lingered on the name that had already turned gray.

This adorably ugly heron avatar has remained at the top of the girl's contact list to this day.

Her slender fingertips hovered over the top for a long time, but she ultimately lacked the courage to tap.

Otherwise, looking at past chat logs will remind me of what happened before.

Zuoqiu Hangyu remained silent with her eyes slightly closed, her slender fingers pressing against her brow, her moist lips opening and closing with each deep breath.

That simple exchange of glances unexpectedly brought back memories of that time...

As a result, her somatization symptoms recurred, but fortunately they were not as severe as they were six months ago.

"They look so alike..."

To actually have such a hallucination...

"I knew it, how could anyone possibly get out of this? Haha..."

Zuoqiu Hangyu gently shook his head.

Her lips curved upwards, revealing a relieved yet helpless smile.

In her daze, she suddenly heard an excited voice.

"Hey, Senior Sister Xiaoyu~"

"...Huh?"

Before Zuoqiu Hangyu could straighten up, he was suddenly enveloped by a soft body.

A girl in a police uniform rushed up and gave her a big bear hug.

There is a certain difference in their body types.

It gives people the illusion of an adult older sister affectionately embracing her younger sister who is still in puberty.

However, the two are actually only a little over a year apart in age.

It was only because Zuoqiu Hangyu was petite and slender, while the other person was tall and voluptuous, that this illusion was created.

"whispering sound..."

Those two sinful, unattainable things were so brazenly and unabashedly thrust into Zuoqiu Hangyu's face like a collapsing mountain.

"Little Fish, why are you making that face...?"

Zuoqiu Hangyu, his face darkening, said, "Deng Yun... you have three seconds to let go of me."

"I couldn't resist when I saw the cute senior, sorry~"

The policewoman, known as "Deng Yun," took two steps back, clasped her hands together, and gave a sheepish smile to her senior, who was two years younger than her.

"I haven't seen you since graduation. I heard yesterday that you're coming to work here, Hangyu. I've been waiting for you."

Zuoqiu Hangyu's eyes glanced at a certain part of the other person's body; the uniform looked rather bulky in certain places on the 1.7-meter-tall, voluptuous figure.

"Tsk..."

Deng Yun was a year younger than her in school and worked at the police station after graduation.

At the same time, her parents were also colleagues of her husband, and the two families often visited each other, so they were naturally quite familiar with each other.

But Zuoqiu Hangyu wasn't in the mood for small talk.

Immediately, she looked into the other person's eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then said:

"I'm just here to take a look."

"Okay, I was busy handling a case just now. The suspect is a very handsome young man. I watched him for a long time and couldn't come to find you right away. Uncle Ming asked me to take care of you..."

"Is it related to... that man who just left the police station?"

"Yes, he is the deceased's brother. He was summoned because of some unusual behavior."

"Suspect..."

Upon hearing this, Zuoqiu Hangyu was taken aback, then inexplicably intrigued, and frowned as he asked in return:

"You suspect a family member committed the crime?"

"Senior guessed right, but the suspicion has been temporarily ruled out. After all, the evidence of homicide is not sufficient, while the evidence of sudden death is conclusive. Based solely on her brother's abnormal behavior, it is not enough to classify the case as homicide."

"...What's his name?"

"The Cicada in Summer".

"...oh."

Looking at Zuoqiu Hangyu, who was deep in thought with his head down,

A complex emotion flickered in Deng Yun's eyes, but she quickly tilted her head and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"If it's convenient, may I take a look at the file?"

.......

In places as far away from the police station as possible,

Xia Weichan didn't know why he had run into Zuoqiu Hangyu; he only remembered that the other man's father worked at the General Police Department.

The police station he went to was far from where the girl's father worked...

Look up and close your eyes.

Two years ago, when Xia Weichan first arrived in this world, she hadn't yet been bound to this nurturing and confession system.

He was simply given the initial identity of a detective.

Having just arrived and possessing no experience, even his detective skills were completely blank.

Fortunately, the world is at a similar level to 2015.

As a "future person" with over a decade of information advantage, Xia Weichan earned her initial capital in her first playthrough through risky investments such as sports betting and stock trading.

It was only later, months later, that it was bound to the system.

As a time traveler who gained a cheat ability, he was undoubtedly extremely excited at that time.

Just like those dating simulation games, get ready to put your skills to use and personally raise a beautiful girl, and then enter into a happy life.

But once the initial excitement wore off, they discovered how flawed the system was.

That most alluring, healthy, centenarian physique also requires a girl with [extremely high] aptitude to be paired with.

However, there are four levels of qualifications.

Objects that can be bound with minimal restrictions are those that meet the system's minimum requirements and are rated as "Normal".

Then, moving up the ranks are "Good" and "Excellent," with "Extremely High" being the final category.

As for Xia Weichan at the very beginning, let alone having extremely high aptitude, it would be considered good if even one of the dozen or so girls could have a "bindable" panel.

He wasted more than ten days before finally encountering someone with "excellent qualities," a girl named Deng Yun.

After another two weeks of getting along, just as he was preparing to make do with the system's death countdown,

Finally, we encountered the Zuoqiu Hangyu.

This young woman comes from a high-ranking official's family and possesses exceptional talent.

Looking at that luxurious panel,

This made Xia Weichan abandon her ambiguous relationship with her target without hesitation and choose to tie herself to Zuoqiu Hangyu.