Mysterious mu*der cases happen around the city, all revolving around sand.

I personally think this case's ending is rather incomplete, and it acts more as an introduction to our protagonist and shows some snippets to the ML and MC's backstory. You can see how the MC's personality is unwavering, determined and calm, no matter what situation he's in.

A skinny teen robs buses, only asking for candy and nothing else. A school's bus suddenly disappeared, where did the teacher and students on the bus go?

This Arc was starting go father deep into the storyline. I think there are a few things that might have been difficult to actually think of, like how the thief actually wanted to bring attention to a case from five years ago, but this case was really good, and the words Lin Chen said to the thief was really moving. We also start to see more of the ML's personality.

Three bodies were found, and a death live broadcast started happening in the University.

This case was kinda pulling on my heart, and I thought about it the whole day. There is su*cide and more sensitive topics mentioned in this case, so please be cautious before reading this. This case was also really heavy, with Lin Chen going deep into morales and all, but Lin Chen actually realising his crush on the ML really balanced the heaviness out.

I was born in the sky, grew up in the scorching sun, and soared in the wind, never gone. Dearest girl, please don't cry for me.

-Song Shengsheng

This is perhaps the heaviest Arc out of all the cases. I left this case for the last to read since its really highly regarded in the Chinese community, and even if I'm just thinking about it, my tears are threatening to fall.

I don't really feel like making a summary on this case, and my hands are trembling just from thinking about it. There are mentions of r*pe and su*cide. Like the case from before, please be careful before reading this.

Song Shengsheng, unlike his name that means sound, has never spoken a word in this arc, but he has the most beautiful and toughest soul in the world. You can read just from the description of his actions how much he loves the world. This is a really sorrowful case, and if you ask a reader of this novel, I'm sure they'll answer you that this the best and most memorable Arc of the novel

People start going crazy from a medicine. It may have something to do with a shady pharmaceutical company?

This case started with Lin Chen and the ML starting to get lovey dovey, got broken up, then reunited again. So it starts with a relationship plot. Then the case starts after that, and it immediately gets heavy. Also mentions of Terrorist attacks.

It is absurd to divide people in to good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

- Oscar Wilde

This Arc links all of the cases from before together and also reveals Lin Chen's past. It talks a lot about moral dilemmas (the famous railroad question, for example) , and whether "right or wrong" actually does exist. It also delves deep into society, and human beliefs. This case really leads to some deep thinking about your morales.

The ML seems to be a control freak? Yet he does respect Lin Chen's decisions. And even if he wants to lock Lin Chen up, he doesn't. Is that good or is that bad? I don't know, but I think it's nice the ML does not impose his own ideas on Lin Chen without respecting him. A thing I didn't like was they kinda had s*x while Lin Chen was crazy (this is a really brief description). Although it's deleted in the actual version because (it's sex), it still makes me really uncomfortable. Well I'm pretty sure you won't read the s*x, since it's a deleted scene.

He said: "Among these screams, there is a voice that belongs to Song Shengsheng. Li Jingtian mixed Song Shengsheng's screams into his own songs and put them on the world."

I cried so hard I ended up with headaches and all cause my nose was blocked and I was technically gasping for air. As I was reading from arc 1 to technically the middle of arc 4, all I thought of is how disgusting the world actually is and also how I am learning new things. But when I saw that sentence "Among these screams, there is a voice that belongs to Song Shengsheng. Li Jingtian mixed Song Shengsheng's screams into his own songs and put them on the world.", I felt so disgusted and extremely heartbroken. Goosebumps appeared all over my arms because of how horrible I felt when reading that sentence and realising what jt actually meant in the novel. Truly nauseating 😭

At that point of time, all I wanted for Song Shengsheng was rather contradictory. I wanted him to live a peaceful life from now on but I also hoped that he died so that he is free from all this pain and suffering from the world. But as I read on and learn more about his character, how he is strong and full with hope that he can one day recover and be better, all I wanted was for him to get what he wants. To be well, happy, free from pain, and surrounded by happiness. But what did the author bring me? Just knives knives and more knives. Song Shengsheng dont deserve to end in this way! (Tho I hvnt read the part aft he died because I really needed this short break to calm myself down) While resting and crying, all im wondering right niw is if the author will be kind enough to give me a Song Shengsheng in an alt world or something where he gets his happy ending because I am DEVASTATED 😭😭😭 my dear baby Song dont deserve this cruelty...

Update - SSS is way to kind. In a way he stays true to his character but I would rather him be selfish for once in his life. But as what the translator had 'analysed', it does make sense for him to behave in that manner. For that, I respect him alot. To stay true to himself and remain good after all those shits that happened to him is not an easy feat. Anyways, I think my dear Lin Chen needs a long break and therapy as soon as possible because he already saw 3 ppl die infront of him and 1 dying partially because of him. Not that I feel that way but more like Lin Chen himself feels that he was one of the factors that resulted in SSS's death. Damn im mentally tired cuz of this arc 🥹🫠

Now that I think about it (moving on to the Dana Region arc), im actually glad that SSS killed himself before the fan meet. Otherwise can you imagine him watching the fans that he love so much get burned alive with him in the fanmeet venue? Im glad that he at least escaped from that misery... at least he died feeling that he managed to save his fans :")

basically if you persist till the end of the Dana arc you will be sprinkled with dog food. So cute so sweet im so satisfied :3 Anyways im glad that they are still the same after they get together but I really didnt expect our ML Xing CongLian to be this 'clingy'? Like super sweet mouthed, always wanting to be with Lin Chen and stuff like that hahahaha. Super cute tho, like reverse charm :")

And not forgetting our precious gem Wang Chao, a literal gem:

Xiao Ming's mother recalled, "We arrived at the park at 9:30 in the morning and left around 5:00." She patted her son's head and said, "He likes to stand under the roller coaster and watch the tracks, but he refuses to ride it."

"Talented children are like that." Wang Chao sighed. "When I was young, I liked to watch the tracks of the roller coaster. I thought the curvature was particularly beautiful."

This fella is as thick skinned as his dad!

a trial and a half to get through. It feels like the author is assuming that we already care about the characters when they haven't even given us the opportunity to be attached to those characters.

One way to solve this was to get a narrator that you could feel a bit for, not necessarily the MC or ML, but someone you could feel confused with by the MC and/or ML since their settings were supposed to be mysterious.

Redeeming quality: case was thought provoking and MC's backstory was interesting. I just wish that the author didn't pour out a lot of major hints immediately and instead sprinkled some inklings and subtle hints.

A lot better than Arc 1. Thankfully, or I might have just dropped this. Case is just as thought provoking and this one got me invested thanks to the current case's supporting characters. I'm kinda warming up to MC and ML so long as I try to forget the first arc.

The story suddenly had a lot more feelings and dynamics. I'm not sure if it's from the translation? Or if it's just that the author got better at writing in dialogues, feelings, nuances, and interactions.

Arc 2 already started setting up some foreshadowing, but Arc 3 really confirmed that this is going to be bigger than just individual cases.

Started out real interesting.

I'm invested! This is my favourite case so far, and the MC, ML, and the supporting characters have all grown on me. Half of the time, I wanted to read faster than I already can just so that I could read what happens next.

Uuuuu I CRIED. THIS HURTS SO MUCH. I SWEAR THIS ARC WAS TAILOR-MADE TO MAKE PEOPLE CRY. AND IM READING IT IN MTL. THE PREVIOUS ARCS WERE BUILDING IT UP TO THIS AND I LOVE IT

It really is getting better and better, this one was just as devastating as the previous arc and is even more of a page-turner since—spoiler alert—Lin Chen and Xing Conglian were separated and are both in a life and death situation.

Arc 1 smol bean returns! So cute. So fluffy. It's cool to see the author bring back previous characters, in general, this novel has good continuity and things from previous arcs are brought to the following arcs.

QAQ I love MC and ML UUUUUUUUU WHY MUST YOU HURT ME SO THOUGH! THIS IS ab*se AFTER ab*se

Probably due to MTL, but the ending left me both confused and unfulfilled. Extras were a bit of a meh. I still liked it though.