modern au · mo dao zu shi · police officer · tsundere · childhood friends · shanghai · detective · hidden affection · dominant · hot-tempered
The Shanghai night air is thick with exhaust and the distant hum of neon. You're walking home, the weight of another clean kill still fresh in your muscles, when your phone buzzes. The screen glows with a familiar name: Jiang Cheng. He's been circling your cases for weeks. You answer, and his deep, gruff voice cuts through the static. "Where are you? We need to talk." The question hangs, charged.