Under the Skin Episode 1 Recap
> Under the Skin Recap
Du Cheng, captain of the criminal police team at Beijiang Branch, is a young veteran police officer. He is usually serious and responsible when handling cases. Recently, Du Cheng has been investigating a case involving a male body in a duffel bag. To make Bureau Chief Zhang believe his theory, he even immersed himself in a bathtub to conduct an experiment. Police officer Jiang Feng reported to Du Cheng that the police station had received a report.
A female deceased person was discovered in Linglong Apartment. Other than a missing mobile phone, nothing else was found at the scene. A delivery man claimed to have seen the killer. Du Cheng took the delivery man to check the surveillance video in the elevator. Finally, they investigated and found that the killer had entered a residential building. Portrait artist Shen Yi has deep expertise in painting.
His analysis of people, from their inner self to their appearance, is very accurate. Shen Yi, who works as a teacher at the police academy, was giving a lecture. At this moment, Bureau Chief Zhang from the Beijiang Branch called to ask Shen Yi for help with a portrait. Shen Yi drew the killer's appearance based on the delivery man's description, but the delivery man felt it wasn't completely alike.
Shen Yi meticulously asked the delivery man about the angle from which he observed the killer, and finally, he drew the killer's frontal portrait. Bureau Chief Zhang asked Du Cheng to wait for the portrait downstairs at the residential building, but Du Cheng didn't believe the portrait would help him at all. Du Cheng instructed the police officers to investigate separately. At this moment, the killer noticed something unusual and was preparing to leave.
The killer disguised himself as a disabled person, attempting to slip through, but was instantly seen through by Du Cheng, who struck up a conversation. The killer fled desperately, and Du Cheng chased after him, not even caring when he was hit by a car. The killer fled into a dead end, and Du Cheng subdued him. Bureau Chief Zhang of the Beijiang Branch is a capable female police officer. She has a straightforward personality and values talent highly.
The case was solved. Bureau Chief Zhang called Shen Yi to inform him that he could come to work at the Beijiang Branch. Preliminary examiner Old Yan is experienced. He quickly learned that the killer was hired to murder the deceased. Based on the mobile phone communication information recovered by the technical team, Du Cheng identified the real mastermind behind the contract killing. Before he even finished his meal, he took the police officers to make the arrest.
Seven years ago, Shen Yi's portrait skills were already well-known. A woman wearing sunglasses came to him for a portrait. Based on a childhood photo, Shen Yi successfully drew the appearance of the man in the photo thirty-five years later. This man was Captain Lei Yifei of the Beijiang Branch Criminal Police Team at that time. The killer found Lei Yifei with the portrait and murdered him.
When Du Cheng, as Lei Yifei's apprentice, rushed to the body disposal scene, he was overwhelmed with grief. The portrait left at the scene led Du Cheng to find Shen Yi. He wanted Shen Yi to draw the woman's appearance, but Shen Yi just couldn't draw it. The case remains unsolved to this day. This not only leaves Du Cheng unable to let go but also continues to trouble Shen Yi. Shen Yi reported to the police station.
Bureau Chief Zhang assigned him Captain Lei's former office. Upon learning this, Du Cheng went to argue with Bureau Chief Zhang. Bureau Chief Zhang hoped that Du Cheng could let go of his resentment. Du Cheng took off his work ID and requested a transfer out of the Beijiang Branch. Another homicide occurred within the jurisdiction. Du Cheng had no choice but to put aside his reservations and continue investigating the case.
Bureau Chief Zhang asked him to take Shen Yi to the scene, but Du Cheng didn't wait for Shen Yi before leaving. Liang Yi, the owner and doctor of the plastic surgery hospital, died on the fifth floor of the hospital. The person who reported the case was his secretary. According to the secretary, the first to fourth floors of the building are the plastic surgery hospital, and the fifth floor is Liang Yi's private space.
There is only one elevator in the building, and no one has permission to take the elevator to the fifth floor except for herself and Liang Yi. The forensic doctor inferred Liang Yi's time of death based on the autopsy, and the cause of death was cyanide poisoning. Based on the building's structure, Shen Yi realized that the space on the fifth floor was incorrect.
Ultimately, Shen Yi found a hidden room through a painting, and a large number of indecent videos were stored in the hidden room. To protect guests' privacy, the plastic surgery hospital did not install video surveillance. Police officers found footage of a female entering and leaving the plastic surgery hospital within Liang Yi's time of death from the video recorded by the camera outside the building. Unfortunately, this woman was too heavily wrapped up, and her appearance was completely unclear.
Shen Yi wanted to use this footage to create a portrait. Shen Yi asked female police officer Li Han to be his model. Du Cheng felt that he was wasting time. Shen Yi asked Du Cheng if he could use the office if he succeeded in drawing the portrait. Du Cheng neither confirmed nor denied.
