Recaps

Su Qiao told Li Jingtai that she had added the mole by her eye when she was seventeen, leaving him shaken by the possibility that he had mistaken He Meishu for the little girl he remembered. He began to wonder whether He Meishu had been the girl all along and whether his past actions had been wrong.

• Li Jingtai asked Su Qiao whether she was related to Officer He, and she explained that her parents had died and that she believed their resemblance was coincidental.
• Li Jingtai fixated on Su Qiao's mole and said it would help him find her, but she challenged him about whether he would recognize her without it.
• Su Qiao revealed that she had the mole added at a cosmetic hospital when she was seventeen.
• Li Jingtai gripped Su Qiao's shoulders, then staggered back when she confirmed the mole was not natural.
• Li Jingtai wondered whether He Meishu had added a mole and whether he had mistaken her for the little girl from his past.

Li Jingtai panicked after realizing Su Qiao might not be the person he had mistaken her for and feared she would leave him if she learned what he had done. He resolved to hide the truth, while remembering that he had planted the poster connected to the first murder scene to target her.

• Li Jingtai hurried upstairs, leaving Su Qiao to make her own breakfast.
• Li Jingtai searched his memories for proof that Su Qiao was the girl from his past, then realized their moles did not match.
• Li Jingtai tried to turn on his computer to investigate but accidentally knocked it down and smashed it in frustration.
• Li Jingtai feared Su Qiao would hate him and leave if she discovered his mistake and his actions.
• Li Jingtai decided he would never admit the truth and remembered that he had left the poster at the first murder scene to target Su Qiao.
• Li Jingtai slapped himself twice, regretting what he had done.

After Li Jingtai broke a computer and hurt himself in frustration, Su Qiao reassured him and helped him calm down. His feelings for her changed, and he decided to take better care of his appearance.

• Li Jingtai slapped himself over the broken computer until Su Qiao came in and asked why he was hitting himself.
• Li Jingtai said the computer held unpublished novels and a script, and Su Qiao promised to recover the files and buy him a replacement if needed.
• Su Qiao helped Li Jingtai stand, told him to ice his reddened cheeks, and urged him to come to her when he had trouble.
• Li Jingtai saw Su Qiao in a new light and followed her downstairs for breakfast.
• Li Jingtai asked Su Qiao to give him one of the Chinese herbal facial masks she had made.

Su Qiao turned Li Jingtai’s suggestion that they practice martial arts into a punishing workout, repeatedly throwing and striking him while he begged to stop. Li Jingtai was left sprawled on the lawn as Su Qiao ordered him to continue.

• Li Jingtai asked Su Qiao whether he should get beauty treatments or cosmetic surgery, and she advised him to improve his habits instead.
• Li Jingtai proposed practicing martial arts with Su Qiao after breakfast.
• Su Qiao repeatedly threw and struck Li Jingtai during their training until he collapsed on the lawn.
• Li Jingtai asked for a rest, but Su Qiao criticized his physique and told him to continue.

Su Qiao finished training Li Jingtai, who was battered and begged her to stop. After a creepy caller contacted Su Qiao, Li Jingtai traced the number and discovered it belonged to An Yixi, leaving him ready to retaliate.

• Su Qiao ended the day's training, but told Li Jingtai they would continue tomorrow.
• Li Jingtai complained that he could not endure being her sparring partner and limped back inside with her.
• Su Qiao answered an unfamiliar caller who said he had been watching her, then hung up after telling him he had the wrong number.
• Li Jingtai took Su Qiao's phone, memorized the number, and traced it on a tablet.
• Li Jingtai identified the caller as An Yixi and resolved to send him to his death.

He Meishu and Min Xingyu investigated the suspect’s abandoned car, but found no immediate clues. Later, He Meishu questioned her brother about his recent absence and relaxed after seeing records and photos showing he had been at the seaside.

• He Meishu told Min Xingyu that the suspect’s voice sounded strange, and Min Xingyu suggested a voice changer had altered it.
• Min Xingyu learned that the suspect had escaped, and he and He Meishu went to inspect the abandoned car.
• A Zhi reported that the car belonged to Gao Daxiong and that no fingerprints or other clues had been found.
• Min Xingyu ordered the team to investigate Gao Daxiong and the surrounding area, noting that the murderer might have known him or lived nearby.
• He Meishu asked her brother where he had been, and he said he had spent two days at the seaside.
• He Meishu checked her brother’s phone records and seaside photos, then relaxed after confirming his account.

After her rise in popularity, Su Qiao continued training and spent more time with Li Jingtai, but the two came upon another suspected murder scene. He Meishu investigated the victim, Kim Ji-woo, while Su Qiao secretly planted a tiny device nearby.

• He Meishu warned a man repairing a car to take precautions against his allergies and stay indoors while she returned to the station to investigate a portrait and a recording pen.
• Su Qiao resumed training, gained print advertisements through Sister Wu, and was picked up and dropped off by Li Jingtai every day.
• Su Qiao and Li Jingtai found police and onlookers gathered outside an old residential compound, where a body was being carried out.
• Su Qiao secretly dropped a tiny black object into the grass, then put on her earphones and pretended to scroll on her phone.
• A Zhi noted that a camera was missing from a tripod by the window and that someone had likely used the spot to watch outside.
• He Meishu learned that Kim Ji-woo had lived alone for years after beating his wife until she left him.

Min Xingyu and the team determined that Kim Ji-woo and Zhou Keqin’s deaths were separate from the Serial Murder Case, while Su Qiao chose not to get involved. After Li Jingtai cooked her seafood, Su Qiao helped him home when he got drunk, but he pulled her onto the bed beside him.

• The forensic pathologist estimated that Kim Ji-woo had been dead for at least six days, and Min Xingyu identified Zhou Keqin in a photograph taken before his death.
• A Zhi suggested Zhou Keqin had killed Kim Tae-seung to recover something Kim Ji-woo had photographed, then had been silenced himself.
• The forensic pathologist concluded that Kim Ji-woo had been killed by a blow to the back of the head and staged to resemble a Serial Murder Case victim.
• Min Xingyu ruled that the Serial Murder Case and the two recent cases had different killers.
• Su Qiao listened to the investigation, decided the cases had nothing to do with the killer she sought, and left with Li Jingtai.
• After Li Jingtai cooked seafood and got drunk, Su Qiao supported him upstairs, but he pulled her down onto the bed beside him.

Su Qiao tried to sober up the drunk Li Jingtai and stop him from doing something dangerous, but he ignored her and clumsily threw himself at her. She ordered him to bed, and he finally settled down with a pillow.

• Li Jingtai clung to Su Qiao while drunk and muttered that he had to deal with something dangerous.
• Su Qiao splashed cold water on Li Jingtai and told him to stop whatever he was planning.
• Li Jingtai failed to understand Su Qiao and lunged at her, knocking her to the floor.
• Su Qiao threatened to beat Li Jingtai unless he lay down, and he scrambled onto the bed with a pillow.

Su Qiao noticed Li Jingtai was hiding something, while he privately recalled his guilt and vowed to protect her. Later, Su Qiao discovered that another murder had occurred and that a police officer had been killed trying to intervene.

• Su Qiao gave Li Jingtai a blanket, then left when he refused to tell her his secret.
• Li Jingtai reflected on the wrongs he had done to Su Qiao and vowed to make anyone who threatened her disappear.
• Su Qiao came home early on Saturday, but Li Jingtai returned late, claiming he had gone for a walk and fed stray animals.
• Li Jingtai secretly examined a bruise on his abdomen and cursed after recalling that a knife had fallen during a confrontation.
• Su Qiao read that He Shangyuan, a former high school classmate of Zhou Keqin, had been murdered, and that a police officer had also been killed at the scene.

Su Qiao investigated the serial murder case while Li Jingtai urged her to stay home until the killer was caught. At the police station, the Major Crimes Unit realized missing photos might explain why He Shangyuan was killed.

• Li Jingtai asked Su Qiao if she had hacked into the police database, and she said she was tracking the serial murder cases because her abductors were likely involved.
• Li Jingtai asked Su Qiao to stay home and avoid ordering takeout until the murderer was caught, and she agreed to ask Sister Wu for a few days off.
• The Major Crimes Unit debated whether He Shangyuan had killed Zhou Keqin, noting that the killer had escaped after murdering He Shangyuan.
• The investigators realized Kim Ji-woo's camera, negatives, and photos had disappeared and wondered whether the missing photos were connected to He Shangyuan's murder.

The police connected Kim Ji-woo’s missing photographs to He Shangyuan and Zhou Keqin’s conflict, but the investigation took a grim turn when Min Xingyu arrested Li Jingtai as a suspect. After Li Jingtai was taken away, Su Qiao searched their home and found a hidden basement containing a photograph pinned to a blackboard.

• The investigators concluded that Kim Ji-woo’s missing photographs might reveal what happened between He Shangyuan and Zhou Keqin and help identify He Shangyuan’s killer.
• The team mourned A Zhi, who had been lost at the crime scene, while Min Xingyu smoked and brooded over the case.
• Min Xingyu arrived at Su Qiao’s home and arrested Li Jingtai on suspicion of involvement in a series of murders.
• Li Jingtai told Su Qiao to stay home and followed the police, while privately recalling his failed pursuit of a man who threatened her.
• Su Qiao searched the house for information about Li Jingtai and discovered a hidden basement behind the kitchen refrigerator.
• Su Qiao entered the basement and saw a small black-and-white photograph pinned to a blackboard.

Su Qiao investigated the childhood photograph and old newspaper in Li Jingtai’s underground room, uncovering the real reason behind his actions. She concluded that Li Jingtai had mistaken the original body for He Meishu and that his revenge stemmed from a brutal murder disguised as a suicide.

• Su Qiao recognized that the girl in Li Jingtai’s photograph was probably He Meishu, not the original body.
• Su Qiao found a sixteen-year-old newspaper report about a mother who allegedly killed her daughter and then herself.
• Su Qiao searched the Police Station’s database and discovered that the mother and daughter had actually been raped and murdered, then silenced.
• Su Qiao connected the neighbors’ suspicious accidents to Li Jingtai’s revenge against those who had failed to help the victims.
• Su Qiao realized Li Jingtai had mistaken the original body for He Meishu because of their similar looks, hairstyles, neighborhood, and moles, and lamented that the original body had died unjustly.

Su Qiao investigated the murdered freight company owner and the mother and daughter, but could not determine their connection to Li Jingtai or the old perpetrator. Before heading to the Police Station, she destroyed the evidence in the Underground Room and erased Li Jingtai’s digital traces, uncovering how a stolen photograph had been used to threaten Zhou Keqin.

• Su Qiao investigated yesterday’s victim and found no evidence that the freight company owner had the power or background of the perpetrator from sixteen years ago.
• Su Qiao discovered that the murdered mother and daughter were Chinese, but found no relatives or clues explaining their connection to Li Jingtai.
• Su Qiao burned the documents in the Underground Room and made sure she left nothing behind.
• Su Qiao erased traces from Li Jingtai’s computer and phone, including his searches, hacks, messages, and altered winning numbers.
• Su Qiao found that Kim Ji-woo, a Peeping Tom, had possessed the little girl’s photograph, which was then used in Kim Ji-woo’s name to threaten and extort Zhou Keqin.

Su Qiao pieced together how a photograph from sixteen years earlier led to Kim Ji-woo’s and Zhou Keqin’s deaths, and began investigating the powerful person connected to the crimes. She identified An Yixi as a possible mastermind but was left wondering why he had killed He Shangyuan.

• Su Qiao realized that Zhou Keqin and He Shangyuan had disguised their victims as serial murder victims after a photo from sixteen years earlier caused their deaths.
• Su Qiao recognized that she might also be targeted and resolved to train regularly while investigating the person watching her.
• Su Qiao searched the men’s high school records and identified An Yixi, whom she had encountered outside a fashion show, in their class photo.
• Su Qiao discovered that An Yixi was President An’s son and had seen a psychologist as a teenager.
• Su Qiao suspected that An Yixi had killed He Shangyuan but could not determine what motive he had.

Su Qiao had sorted out the case and found the culprit, while Li Jingtai was interrogated over his presence near the crime scene. The interrogation ended without proving his guilt, and he continued to insist he had been searching for his missing dog.

• The narrator considered whether An Yixi or a psychopathic serial killer had killed He Shangyuan, and wondered if the murder was connected to Li Jingtai.
• Su Qiao found the culprit, while Li Jingtai was taken in for questioning by Min Xingyu and He Meishu.
• He Meishu and Min Xingyu challenged Li Jingtai about his presence at the scene and his dark clothing.
• Li Jingtai said he had followed clues about missing dogs and dead animals, and denied knowing a murder would happen.
• Min Xingyu and He Meishu suspended the interrogation and left the Interrogation Room.

The Major Crimes Unit debated whether Li Jingtai knew the killer or was the killer, while Min Xingyu described the masked figure he had seen at the parking lot. After piecing together the situation, Su Qiao went to the police station to visit Li Jingtai and began using her phone in the monitored room.

• Min Xingyu asked the Major Crimes Unit members what they thought of Li Jingtai, and they suspected he knew the killer, had been framed, or was the killer himself.
• Min Xingyu said he had only seen the masked killer from behind after A Zhi was found with his throat slit.
• He Meishu questioned Min Xingyu's account because she remembered him entering the parking lot before A Zhi.
• The officers noted that Li Jingtai's dark clothing could be ordinary during the flu outbreak, but his presence at the scene remained suspicious and the murder weapon was missing.
• Su Qiao went to the police station to visit Li Jingtai and began fiddling with her phone under surveillance.

Su Qiao confronted Li Jingtai at the Police Station about his hidden identity and the events of sixteen years ago. After she learned An Yixi was behind them, she left, while new evidence about Li Jingtai’s case reached Captain Min Xingyu.

• Su Qiao visited Li Jingtai at the Police Station and demanded to know why he had deliberately approached her.
• Li Jingtai refused to explain himself, but Su Qiao asked who was behind what happened sixteen years ago.
• Su Qiao named An Yixi as the mastermind, and Li Jingtai sprang up and urgently asked what she planned to do.
• Su Qiao said she would get Li Jingtai out, pulled free of his grasp, and left before officers noticed the surveillance footage had failed.
• A middle-aged officer hurried into Min Xingyu’s office with documents and told him there had been new progress in Li Jingtai’s situation.

Min Xingyu investigated the people linked to Li Jingtai and the old case, while public pressure over Li Jingtai’s arrest weighed on him. He Meishu took the drunken captain home as Su Qiao continued driving around under police surveillance.

• Min Xingyu suspected Kim Ji-woo had photographed something connected to the mother and daughter’s deaths and ordered further investigation into Zhou Keqin and He Shangyuan’s high-school acquaintances.
• He Meishu spotted Min Xingyu drunk by his car and helped him into her vehicle.
• Min Xingyu said Li Jingtai’s fans had been calling the Police Station and posting online, while the higher-ups pressured police to solve the case quickly.
• He Meishu reassured Min Xingyu that Ah Shu was watching Su Qiao and offered to take him home because he could not drive.
• Su Qiao drove around aimlessly before returning home, confusing the officer following her.

After Min Xingyu drunkenly struggled with guilt, He Meishu comforted him and advised him to make amends. The next morning, they agreed to be together, though Min Xingyu worried about what he had said the night before.

• He Meishu told a distressed, drunk Min Xingyu to seek forgiveness and do what he could to make amends.
• Min Xingyu clung to He Meishu and admitted that he felt awful, and she soothed him until he fell asleep.
• He Meishu made breakfast for Min Xingyu the next morning and said the previous night had been her own affair.
• Min Xingyu insisted he had a responsibility and asked He Meishu to be with him.
• He Meishu agreed that she wanted to be with Min Xingyu, who then awkwardly asked whether he had said anything the night before.

Su Qiao pieced together how Zhou Keqin and He Shangyuan were involved in the old crime and how An Yixi killed He Shangyuan. As Min Xingyu continued questioning Li Jingtai, Su Qiao concluded that An Yixi was the only known perpetrator from that incident still at large.

• He Meishu told Min Xingyu that Li Jingtai seemed suspicious and that the recent cases were putting pressure on him to catch the killer.
• Min Xingyu interrogated Li Jingtai again, but Li refused to answer and demanded to be released.
• Min Xingyu stopped another officer from striking Li Jingtai and warned him to behave properly.
• Su Qiao reviewed the evidence linking Zhou Keqin to blackmailing He Shangyuan with photos of the original crime scene.
• Su Qiao recalled that He Shangyuan killed Zhou Keqin and that An Yixi later killed He Shangyuan, then reasoned that An Yixi was the only one of the three known perpetrators still at large.

Su Qiao confronted Li Jingtai after he was released from the Police Station, revealing that she knew his real identity was Gu Qinghan and had already erased evidence connected to him. She stayed in his home and warned him not to make another reckless move.

• Su Qiao used modified Nano Drones to monitor places An Yixi visited and placed some of her devices at the Police Station.
• Li Jingtai was released for lack of evidence and returned home to find Su Qiao waiting for him.
• Su Qiao refused to leave and threatened Li Jingtai with a feather duster until he sat down and listened.
• Su Qiao asked whether he was Li Jingtai or Gu Qinghan and said she had uncovered his identity through clues from the murdered mother and daughter.
• Su Qiao told Li Jingtai she had destroyed the items in his basement and erased traces of information sent from his devices, then warned him not to act recklessly again.

Su Qiao confronted Li Jingtai about the tricks he had used against her, including steering thugs toward her and connecting her poster to a murder. Li Jingtai admitted her deductions impressed him, then dropped his timid act and declared that she made him more obsessed with her.

• Su Qiao demanded that Li Jingtai explain what had happened before and confess his other schemes.
• Li Jingtai said he had realized Su Qiao saw through his tricks after learning about her drug resistance and hacking skills.
• Su Qiao accused Li Jingtai of hinting to four thugs about her situation and watching when they tried to rob her.
• Su Qiao suspected Li Jingtai had placed her poster with the murderer through his visits to feed stray animals, and reasoned that the killer had a connection to someone who tortured small animals.
• Li Jingtai praised Su Qiao's intelligence, sat beside her, and revealed a confident, possessive side before saying she made him increasingly obsessed with her.

Su Qiao pressed Li Jingtai about the kidnapper she believed was the real Serial Murder Case culprit. Li Jingtai admitted he did not know the culprit’s identity but promised to find him and protect her.

• Su Qiao reasoned that He Shangyuan, An Yixi, and Kim Ji-woo were responsible for separate crimes, while her kidnapper was the true Serial Murder Case culprit.
• Su Qiao blamed Li Jingtai for indirectly drawing the Perverted Killer’s attention to her and angrily rejected his affectionate advances.
• Li Jingtai said he had gone to the crime scene to find the culprit and end the matter, then promised not to let anyone hurt Su Qiao again.
• Su Qiao was surprised that Li Jingtai did not know who the culprit was.

Li Jingtai explained how he linked a man who stole and abused his puppies and kittens to a ten-year-old murder case, and Su Qiao realized he had tried to use the suspected killer against her. He begged her not to leave and offered her a whip, but she questioned why he owned it.

• Li Jingtai said he had seen a man drug and take his puppies and kittens, then found abused animals’ bodies and suspected the man was the serial killer from ten years earlier.
• Su Qiao inferred that Li Jingtai had hoped to use the killer to get rid of people, including her.
• Li Jingtai clung to Su Qiao’s legs, admitted he had drugged and frightened her and incited hooligans against her, and begged her to punish him without leaving.
• Li Jingtai released Su Qiao and handed her a small leather whip from the coffee table’s storage compartment.
• Su Qiao asked what the whip was for, and Li Jingtai said he had bought it out of curiosity after seeing it while writing a novel.