Under the Skin Season 2 Episode 22 Recap, Plot

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Shen Yi believed that Zhou Shanshan was pregnant with Cao Jian's child. Du Cheng didn't understand why Shen Yi thought this. Shen Yi explained that Cao Jian was a person with a strong worship of reproduction, and his dressing style did not resemble that of a young person, indicating that Cao Jian did not want to acknowledge his age. Subsequently, they went to find Zhou Shanshan again.

This time, Zhou Shanshan confessed that Cao Xiaodong was a heavy gambler, and Liu Yao had always helped Cao Xiaodong manage the club and even used her own money to cover his debts. Cao Jian was extremely dissatisfied with this matter and had many outbursts. The police summoned Cao Jian to the sub-bureau. Facing Du Cheng's questions, Cao Jian denied killing Liu Yao and revealed that Cao Xiaodong suffered from azoospermia.

Considering that Liu Yao was already over fifty and could not have more children, and the Cao family could not end its lineage, Liu Yao and Cao Jian came up with a plan: to have a child using Cao Jian's genes. Nominally, this child would be Cao Xiaodong's, and Cao Jian and Liu Yao would be the child's grandparents. Cao Xiaodong could not accept this, feeling it was a humiliation to him.

If this was the reason Cao Xiaodong killed his biological mother Liu Yao, Cao Jian could only accept it. Du Cheng confirmed with Cao Jian again if he had just accused Cao Xiaodong of killing Liu Yao. Cao Jian confirmed. Freud, drawing from the ancient Greek myth of Oedipus Rex, created a concept called the Oedipus complex. He believed that a boy's love for his mother and hatred for his father is an instinct.

Shen Yi believed that Cao Xiaodong had an Oedipus complex. Liu Yao herself came from a wealthy family. As Cao Jian's power grew stronger, Liu Yao intentionally reinforced the subconscious idea in Cao Xiaodong that he could replace his father and reclaim the family property. When this desire was accumulated to its limit, Cao Xiaodong's male self-esteem was completely destroyed, and he learned that the mastermind behind this matter was his mother Liu Yao.

Thus, the deep mother-son affection turned into hatred for matricide. The house had already been screened, but no evidence of Cao Xiaodong killing was found. Shen Yi noticed that the painting on the wall and the paint chips dropped below were inconsistent. Du Cheng took the painting away, and there were indeed traces on the wall where the painting had been replaced. After the case occurred, the house had been sealed, so that painting had not been moved out.

Shen Yi and Du Cheng found that painting and took it back to the police station for testing, discovering Liu Yao's blood and Cao Xiaodong's fingerprints on it. Cao Xiaodong was beating Zhou Shanshan, trying to strangle her and also kill the child in her belly. Du Cheng and Jiang Feng arrived in time with people to stop him. Zhou Shanshan and her unborn child were unharmed.

With conclusive evidence, Cao Xiaodong confessed truthfully that he also paid Ji Jun to hit Zhou Shanshan. That day, Cao Xiaodong drank too much. Liu Yao even advised him that dignity comes with money and that he should first accept the child in Zhou Shanshan's belly. Cao Xiaodong was excessively drunk and mistook Liu Yao for Cao Xiaodong, stabbing Liu Yao with a knife.

Only before she died did Liu Yao confess that having Zhou Shanshan conceive Cao Jian's child was a plan she and Cao Jian had made. Liu Yao wanted her son Cao Xiaodong to use her husband Cao Jian's child as leverage to take her to the United States. After all, Zhou Shanshan's child was also Cao Xiaodong's half-brother. After this case, Shen Yi's resolve to study complex human nature became even stronger.

Therefore, he and Du Cheng applied to visit some inmates serving heavy sentences, but Du Cheng disagreed. Shen Yi went to see Fang Kaiyi. Fang Kaiyi advised him to consider changing professions, but Shen Yi felt he could categorize criminal personalities and prevent more crimes from happening. Su Youliang's fiancée Lin Xiaoyin reported that the deceased died unnaturally and stopped the crematorium from cremating the body. According to the forensic examination, Su Youliang's cause of death was sexual sudden death.

According to the feedback from 120, upon arriving at the scene, Su Youliang was naked and had no breathing. A large amount of aphrodisiacs was found at the scene, suggesting that the deceased had engaged in multiple intense sexual acts before death. Therefore, Su Youliang's cause of death was inferred to be acute myocardial infarction caused by sexual sudden death. He Rongyue discovered that Su Youliang's physical function was very poor, with all his organs abnormally deteriorated.

Coupled with Su Youliang having no history of underlying diseases, He Rongyue conducted further toxicological tests on the deceased and unexpectedly found a low concentration of thallium, not enough to be fatal. He Rongyue inferred that Su Youliang's real cause of death was acute myocardial infarction caused by taking aphrodisiacs and engaging in intense sexual activity while under thallium poisoning.

Allegedly, Su Youliang's girlfriend, An Luran, is the director of Hua'an Medical Center and is on a flight returning from a business trip abroad. Li Han has already contacted the airport police station for assistance.

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