Under The Skin — Under The Skin
New to the Beijiang Branch’s Criminal Investigation Detachment is Shen Yichu, an artist brought in as a specialized consultant – a mock portraitist. Assigned to work alongside Captain Du Cheng on a complex case, their partnership quickly becomes charged with unspoken history; Du Cheng's playful jabs suggest a tangled past between them. As they delve deeper into the investigation, forced proximity and intense collaboration ratchet up the tension, pushing their unresolved conflict to a breaking point. Expect a gripping narrative propelled by rapid-fire sketches, perplexing clues, and a relentless pursuit of truth that slowly unearths long-buried secrets.
Seven years had passed since Shen Yi’s paintings had inadvertently embroiled him in a disastrous police investigation. Now, he joined the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Beijiang Branch as their new portrait artist. However, Captain Du…
The death of the plastic surgeon, caused by cyanide poisoning, thrusts Du Cheng into a desperate search for five missing tapes belonging to his patients. To connect these tapes with medical records, however, Shen Yi must painstakingly recon…
With the plastic surgeon's murder resolved, the team receives a new assignment: an investigation into the discovery of a skeleton on a school field. Separately, Du Cheng remains troubled, a persistent unease clouding his thoughts about Shen…
The Bureau’s investigation into the peculiar classroom skull persists. With the handover of a high school diary, left behind by Ren Xiaoxuan’s daughter, the team must now decipher its contents, seeking out those closest to her with urgency.
The diary and the painting likely contain the answer to Ren Xiaoxuan's fate. With Du Cheng's encounter with an old acquaintance of the artist, further facets of Shen Yi's history begin to surface.
A dormant case has been reopened, centered on a suspect who maintains she was pressured into the crime by an associate. Attempts to depict this alleged accomplice through portraiture have yielded strikingly disparate results, each artist ca…
Following her escape from her boyfriend's kidnapping attempt, the team discovers a troubling lack of information. No one matching his description exists within the police database. Consequently, Shen Yi is tasked with rendering the boyfrien…
Du Cheng sought Shen Yi's help in the matter of a child's disappearance, yet the latter's conduct only deepened Du Cheng's reservations.
As the team investigates the recent jewelry store heist, Shen Yi seeks out Du Cheng's help in reclaiming lost memories.
The investigation persists, tracking the jewelry store robber and exploring a curious link to a vanished individual. To advance the case, Shen Yi must utilize a child's portrait in an attempt to identify the biological father.
Seven years prior, a police officer met a similar fate to Li Yifei's, and the team now races to locate the woman who links these disparate incidents. Simultaneously, they are tasked with a new murder: a wife claiming to have acted in self-d…
With each new piece of evidence accumulating against the woman accused of murdering her husband, she maintains the act was one of self-preservation. Yet, Shen Yi suspects a deeper deception remains.
Working alongside a different unit, Shen Yi pursues a difficult rape case. Separately, Du Cheng’s visit to the Beijiang Branch in search of Shen Yi leads him to an encounter with Shen Yi’s mentor.
At the behest of his seniors, Shen Yi is tasked with organizing a collaborative art exhibition in remembrance of their departed teacher. Simultaneously, Du Cheng’s inquiries into forgeries of Shen Yi's earlier works lead him down a path tha…
Du Cheng's sister unexpectedly attends Shen Yi's lecture, offering him a glimpse into the past of her brother and his family. Soon after, Du Cheng finds himself on a blind date – an experience that evolves into something unexpectedly profou…
A bomb, delivered by courier, has been found at a metal processing facility, and the team is now investigating. Within days, further explosions are reported, demanding the full mobilization of all available resources to unravel the case wit…
While the bombing investigation reaches a fraught conclusion with a tense hostage situation, a woman named He Hong re-emerges, bringing with her dire repercussions.
The inquiry into Ms. M and her prior associations progresses, yet emerging evidence suggests a considerably graver matter for the investigative team.
With Captain Lu assuming command of the investigation into M's death, Shen Yi is left to painstakingly piece together the truth of the events and identify those responsible.
Du Cheng and his team worked against the clock, striving to assemble the evidence needed to substantiate their claims. Meanwhile, Shen Yi's strategy propelled the situation toward a more open and visible conflict.
