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Jian Xin GuichengXiaoxiang Academy2015

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Word count
409K words
Chapters
5

Tags

Featured Fiction Mystery and Suspense Urban RomanceCase FilesSuspectStunt PerformerComing of AgeDetective FictionFirst PersonWeb NovelLonely Boy

Summary

Zhuo Zihang, withdrawn because his parents were long busy, meets three roommates—Liu Han, Zhang Yang, and Bai Jingyao—in his college dormitory. On the day Bai Jingyao moves into a luxury apartment, a girl falls to her death from the room he occupies; Bai Jingyao falls into a coma and becomes the prime suspect. Zhuo Zihang, drawing on his love of detective novels, steps in to investigate, then meets the arrogant detective Lanshan; the two influence and change each other, successively solving unit cases including the falling case, the murder of a drama club stunt actor, and the amnesiac girl case at Baiyun Villa. Through detecting, Zhuo Zihang also comes to know himself, growing from a lonely youth into a man who can stand on his own.

Editor's review

A first-person urban detective story whose cases follow the honkaku mystery route; devices like the ice-pick murder and the misleading time of death show ingenuity, and the daily life of the four dorm mates adds lightness. Suited to readers who like light mystery and character growth. Weaknesses: the deduction details lean on self-narration, the pacing is slow, the romantic line is inserted awkwardly, and compared with strong mystery works the suspense tension is limited.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the unit cases in order; after each case, pause to review the clues
  2. Pay attention to the protagonist's inner monologue—the growth line is more compelling than the cases themselves
  3. Readers strict about deduction logic can record clues and deduce alongside the protagonist

About the publisher

Xiaoxiang Academy

Xiaoxiang Academy is a book publisher whose main line is online-literature publishing; publicly available information is limited, and its founding year and country/region have not been confirmed. Its catalogue contains 11,338 titles, with common categories concentrated in premium fiction, women's fiction, quality web fiction, girls' fiction, time-travel and alternate-world stories, and ancient romance, indicating a selection aimed at female readers and weighted toward romance and time-travel themes. Representative titles include Shanli Renjia, the Quick Transmigration System series, Shoufu Jiaoniang, Muchuan Xiangwan, This Is Not A Song of Ice and Fire, The Houfu Miss's Entertainment Career, and Mr. Long, Please Take Care of Me for the Rest of Your Life, covering quick transmigration, ancient romance, alternate-world time travel, and modern romance. Representative authors include Zhu Li Qingcha, Yun Sansan, Pian Fangfang, Si Jin, Xiang You, Tanjian Tingchan, Han Jiangxue, and Linghu Qianxue, with a author base made up mainly of web-fiction writers. Its publishing profile can be summarized as relying on original web fiction, focusing on female-oriented romance and time-travel/alternate-world narratives, and covering popular subgenres such as light sweet romance and system-based quick transmigration.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Zhuo Zihang
  2. Chapter 2 The Falling Accident
  3. Chapter 3 Visiting Bai Jingyao
  4. Chapter 4 Qin Xue's Testimony
  5. Chapter 5 First Meeting with Lanshan

FAQ

Is this book BL? No, the main text is an urban detective coming-of-age story, and the protagonist has a romantic line.
Is the deduction difficult? It's light mystery; clues are mostly given in dialogue and investigation, moderately difficult.
Is the book completed? Yes, over two hundred chapters.

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About the author

Jian Xin Guicheng Author

Jian Xin Guicheng is one of the authors on Chinese online literature platforms. Public information about the author is limited, and only one work is currently on record: the mystery novel Zhi Zhi Zhuo Jian. The book is classified under premium fiction and mystery and deduction, indicating that the author's writing leans toward detective storytelling and the building of suspense. Judging from its subject matter, the work uses case investigation as its thread and emphasizes plot momentum and logical development, which echoes the tension and pursuit suggested by the pen name's imagery of an arrow's heart and a return journey. Since the author has not disclosed nationality, dates of birth and death, or writing experience, no reliable account of their life is available, and readers can assess the style mainly through the text of Zhi Zhi Zhuo Jian itself. Based on the available categories and bibliographic information, Jian Xin Guicheng is a newcomer who has entered readers' view with a single mystery work, and future writing deserves attention.