A Perfect Match

Name: A Perfect Match
ISBN: 9787514383591

SunnessModern Press · ChinaMar 2026

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Word count: 298K words
Chapters: 69
ISBN: 9787514383591

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Summary

If a handsome, upright, daring, and skilled criminal investigator with superb cooking lived next door, you would pounce without hesitation!

If a kind, sharp, eloquent, and case-solving goddess lawyer lived next door, you would devour her without hesitation!

Qiao Yin and Xiao Yang had been neighbors for nearly four years, with little contact and never a spark.

Yet a drunken night and several unsolved cases bound the two busiest people tightly together.

When a foodie meets a cooking man, a chatterbox meets a taciturn one, and a lawyer partners with a criminal investigator.

In repeated clashes between truth and fog, life and death, they go from水火不容 to pursuing criminals side by side, from neighbors to lovers.

Their identities seem incompatible, yet their bazi match perfectly—they are a match made in heaven!

Editor's review

This book braids a romance thread and a suspense thread into one: on one side, a detective and a lawyer clash and collaborate amid the fog of a case; on the other, two neighbors with sharply contrasting personalities go from ignoring each other to entrusting themselves to one another. Its readability comes from pace—a drunken mishap, the unfolding of a cold case, the collision of identities—all giving the relationship changes concrete momentum rather than idle sweetness. The character setup also serves the narrative: physical skill and cooking, eloquence and sharpness, are both everyday charm and complementary abilities in solving the case. It suits readers who want something brisk but not bland after work; following the case or following the relationship both provide a sense of progression. One caveat: it leans toward genre urban suspense romance, so there is no need to demand the tight closed loop of serious mystery—focusing on character interaction and emotional turns will read more smoothly.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy urban romance blended with suspense
Readers drawn to neighbors-to-lovers and odd-couple partnerships
Those looking for brisk, case-driven light reading
Readers interested in the detective-lawyer dual-profession pairing

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting pure honkaku mystery and rigorous logical deduction
Readers who prefer literary fiction or slow-paced introspection
Those sensitive to a high romance proportion with cases serving emotional development

Reading tips

Read along the case timeline first, noting the turning points in the relationship after each clash.
Mark the drunken incident, the cold case, and daily interactions separately to see the emotional pacing more clearly.
When reading the professional-partner sections, note how their complementary abilities affect the case and the building of trust.
For lighter reading, treat it like a after-work serial and skip chapter-by-chapter deduction notes.

About the publisher

Modern Press China · Founded in 1982

Founded in 1982, Modern Press is a Chinese publisher that serves general readers across a diverse range of subjects. Judging from its catalog, its publishing focuses on classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, psychological research and application, popular science, and modern poetry, along with history, biography, and children's books. The Book of Songs, the illustrated vernacular edition of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, The Complete Poems of Dai Wangshu, and Buddhism in the Vegetable Roots reflect efforts to make traditional culture and poetry accessible; works by Carl Gustav Jung such as The Development of Personality and Understanding Your Psychological Type, together with titles from the Ivy International Education Alliance, show sustained attention to psychology and educational reading; and Stephen Hawking's works and the illustrated two-volume Brief History of Everything and A Brief History of Time indicate a commitment to popular science. Its authors include figures such as Qu Wanli, Xu Ke, Dai Wangshu, and Jung, and its publishing emphasizes retelling classics and accessible, illustrated presentation. Because public information is limited, this summary is based only on the titles in our catalog.

版权信息
Chapter 01
Chapter 02
Chapter 03
Chapter 04
Chapter 05
Chapter 06
Chapter 07
Chapter 08
Chapter 09
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63大结局
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番外二
番外三
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番外五

FAQ

Is this a pure mystery novel or primarily a romance?

From the material, it uses a detective-lawyer partnership pursuing a culprit as its thread while devoting substantial space to the transformation of the neighbors' relationship; it is a suspense-romance hybrid. The case provides momentum, the emotional line provides character adhesion, and there is no need to judge it by the standards of pure mystery with a tight closed loop.

Can I read it directly without having read the author's other works?

Yes. The characters and story establish their starting point fully in the synopsis: four years as neighbors, little contact, bound together by a drunken incident and a cold case. Nothing indicates reliance on prior works, so direct reading poses no obstacle.

Is it better for binge reading or slow reading?

Both work. The case and relationship develop continuously, suiting sustained reading for emotional momentum; with fragmented time, reading by case segments or relationship turning points also keeps pace without losing the main line.

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About the author

Sunness Author

Sunness is a writer of modern romance whose publicly available information is limited. Only one work by this author is currently included in the collection, the representative title A Perfect Match (Tiansheng Yidui). Based on what is known, the author's writing centers on the common category of modern romance, with subject matter close to the emotional lives of contemporary urban men and women. The title A Perfect Match also suggests that the work revolves around fate and pairing between characters. Because basic details such as dates of birth and death, nationality, and English name cannot be confirmed, little can be said about the author's life or writing career. For an author with only a single work in the collection so far, readers may take A Perfect Match as a starting point for understanding this author's writing, sensing from the story how emotional threads and character relationships are handled. Other information about the author remains to be supplemented by public sources.