Shen Yichu joins the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Beijiang Branch as a mock portraitist and is paired with Captain Du Cheng to work on a case. Du Cheng’s initial provocations hint at a complicated past between them. As the story unfolds, their close cooperation intensifies the tension, bringing their conflict to a peak. The fast-paced plot, rapid portrait sketches, and puzzling clues gradually reveal hidden truths and untold stories.
Episode 1
Episode 1
Mar 6, 2022
Seven years after his paintings landed him in the middle of a police case gone wrong, Shen Yi joins the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Beijiang Branch as the new portrait artist. But Captain Du Cheng is less than welcoming to the new transfer.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Mar 6, 2022
When a plastic surgeon dies of cyanide poisoning, Du Cheng must find the five plastic surgery clients whose hidden tapes are missing. But to make a match to medical records, Shen Yi must restore the faces from the videos to the way they looked before surgery.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Mar 6, 2022
After wrapping up the plastic surgeon’s murder, the team is called to investigate the discovery of a skeleton in a school field. Meanwhile, Du Cheng is puzzled and suspicious about why Shen Yi disappeared from the art world seven years ago and now has become a policeman.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Mar 6, 2022
The Bureau continues to investigate the mysterious classroom skull. When Ren Xiaoxuan's mother hands over a high school diary that her daughter had left at home, they must use the clues in the diary to find those close to her as soon as possible.
Episode 5
Episode 5
Mar 7, 2022
The diary and a painting may hold the truth to what happened to Ren Xiaoxuan. More secrets of Shen Yi’s past come to light as Du Cheng meets an old friend of the artist.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Mar 7, 2022
An old case is revived involving a suspect claiming she was coerced by an accomplice to commit the crime. Several portraitists have tried to draw the accomplice, but each has resulted in a vastly different picture.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Mar 8, 2022
After an heiress escapes a kidnapping by her boyfriend, the team discovers that no one by his name can be found in the police system to match his description. Shen Yi is asked to draw the boyfriend in order to track down the kidnappers.
Episode 8
Episode 8
Mar 8, 2022
Du Cheng requires Shen Yi’s assistance to solve the abduction of a child, but Shen Yi’s behavior continues to make him suspicious.
Episode 9
Episode 9
Mar 9, 2022
Shen Yi asks Du Cheng for assistance recovering his memories, while the team works to solve the robbery of a jewelry store.
Episode 10
Episode 10
Mar 9, 2022
The team continues to hunt down the jewelry store robber and the unusual connection to a missing man. To help solve the case, Shen Yi must use a child’s portrait to draw the biological father.
Episode 11
Episode 11
Mar 14, 2022
A police officer is killed in a similar manner to Li Yifei seven years ago, the team must try to find the missing woman who connects all the cases. The team is also assigned a second murder case, involving a wife who claims to have killed her husband in self-defence.
Episode 12
Episode 12
Mar 14, 2022
As the evidence continues to mount against the wife who murders her husband, she insists It was out of self-defence. But Shen Yi thinks she might still be lying.
Episode 13
Episode 13
Mar 15, 2022
Shen Yi works with another police team to solve a rape case. Meanwhile, Du Cheng meets Shen Yi’s mentor when he visits the Beijiang Branch to see Shen Yi…
Episode 14
Episode 14
Mar 15, 2022
Shen Yi’s senior requests that he hold a joint art exhibition to commemorate their teacher, while Du Cheng investigates forgeries of Shen Yi’s old paintings, leading to Shen Yi confronting a scammer.
Episode 15
Episode 15
Mar 16, 2022
Du Cheng’s sister crashes Shen Yi’s lecture, giving him some interesting history about Du Cheng and his family. Du Cheng goes on a blind date for the first time, but turns into something a little bit more.
Episode 16
Episode 16
Mar 16, 2022
The team investigates a bomb delivered by courier to a metal processing facility. As several more explosions are reported in the following days, all teams must be mobilized to solve the case as soon as possible.
Episode 17
Episode 17
Mar 21, 2022
As the bombing case resolves with a tense hostage standoff, the woman known as He Hong resurfaces with terrible consequences.
Episode 18
Episode 18
Mar 21, 2022
The investigation into the woman M, and her previous case connections, continues. But the evidence begins to point towards a situation far more serious for the team.
Episode 19
Episode 19
Mar 22, 2022
As Captain Lu takes over the investigation of M’s death, Shen Yi must unravel the truth behind what actually happened and who is behind everything.
Episode 20
Episode 20
Mar 22, 2022
Du Cheng and the team race against time to gather the evidence to prove their case, while Shen Yi’s plan leads to a more public confrontation.