Resumen del episodio 19 de The Truth
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Forensics experts examining the remains of the victim, suspected to be Ding Youcai, discover that the fatal injury was a sharp-force puncture to the skull. The shape and spacing of the wounds are consistent with a push dagger, and the angle of the attack suggests the killer was positioned higher than the victim. Numerous punctate marks on top of the head indicate that the perpetrator lacked sufficient strength, requiring multiple strikes to penetrate the bone.
While the absence of a phone or cash among the victim's clothes initially hints at a carjacking, the police learn that the car Ding Youcai drove actually belonged to a taxi company and was returned after he supposedly resigned. Leng Qiming and Ye Qian travel to Ding Youcai’s registered hometown to dig deeper into his past. Along the way, Leng Qiming asks Ye Qian if his connections can help secure a new Alzheimer’s medication from abroad for his ailing father.
Upon arriving at the village, they find that everyone remembers "Baldy Ding," a man known for being lazy and squandering his family’s inheritance on gambling. Villagers recall that his parents once exhausted their savings to get him a wife. While that first marriage was volatile, his wife was a resilient woman who cared for her in-laws until their deaths before eventually moving to the city with their son, Ding Yu, so he could attend a better school.
The investigation reveals that Ding Youcai had been bitter about his son being registered under his wife's urban hukou, feeling it was a blow to his pride. He left to find work twenty years ago and rarely held a steady job. After his first wife died of cancer when Ding Yu was in middle school, Ding Youcai eventually remarried a much younger woman named Yu Meigui.
The couple held a wedding banquet in the village about a decade ago, though it was unclear if they ever officially registered the marriage. Forensic evidence from the burial site adds a layer of complexity; traces of burnt tin foil from paper ingots suggest the killer might have felt a sense of guilt or remorse, performing a ritual to provide for the victim in the afterlife.
Ye Qian shifts the focus to Ding Yu, who now works as a ride-hailing driver. Meanwhile, the police visit Fang Qihang, a travel agent who formerly ran a matchmaking agency specializing in cross-border marriages. Fang was an old friend of Ding Youcai from their days as taxi drivers, frequently gambling together while listening to Teresa Teng’s music. Fang notes that Ding Yu began driving taxis as a minor, often passing for an adult due to his mature appearance.
Crucial evidence emerges showing that Ding Yu was the one who returned his father's taxi and processed the resignation using his father's ID, claiming the elder Ding had already returned to the countryside. When Leng Qiming and Ye Qian confront Ding Yu at his home, the young father is found caring for his son, Xixi. Under questioning, Ding Yu admits to burying the body but denies committing the murder.
He claims that three years ago, he received a text from his father’s phone telling him to pick him up at a specific location. When he arrived, he found his father already dead in the car. Because of their historically tense relationship—fueled by his father's past treatment of his mother—Ding Yu feared the police would immediately label him the prime suspect.
In a moment of panic and misplaced duty, he decided to bury his father near their ancestral village to honor the old man's wish of returning to his roots. Ding Yu leads the officers to his father's old phone, which has a cracked screen and has long since been disconnected. He explains that he buried the body at night using a shovel he always kept in the trunk for driving on rough suburban roads.
He even left a rare, limited-edition Teresa Teng CD in the grave, a tribute to the music his parents once enjoyed together. Regarding his stepmother, Yu Meigui, Ding Yu claims they were never close and that she vanished immediately after his father's death. He points the police back to Fang Qihang, mentioning that the two were quite close and often hosted gatherings for foreign brides at Fang’s place of business.
As the CID team investigates Yu Meigui, they find that her name was likely an alias and that she has no record of leaving the country. Her visa renewals had been handled by Fang Qihang even after Ding Youcai died. When the police arrive at Fang’s agency, they find him besieged by a group of angry clients. These men claim Fang is a swindler whose "imported" brides invariably run away shortly after arriving in China.
While Fang desperately tries to dismiss the accusations as simple business disputes, the police step in to take him into custody. Meanwhile, the forensics team prepares to meticulously examine Ding Youcai’s old taxi, hoping to find traces of blood or other evidence hidden deep within the fabric of the seats.
