Under the Skin Episode 8 Recap
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Du Cheng took two phones and began recreating the kidnapper's route. Ultimately, he found that as long as the kidnapper preset the time to send text messages and the time to turn the phones on and off, it could be seamlessly connected, and the entire process could be completed by just one person. Du Cheng told Shen Yi about his discovery, while Shen Yi was silently looking at the portraits of Wen Jing and Brother Duan.
Du Cheng comforted Shen Yi, saying it's difficult to paint the bone beneath the skin, so it's normal if he couldn't paint it. Shen Yi suddenly realized the problem. He then drew the bone structure of Wen Jing and Brother Duan on the glass, and their bone structures were surprisingly identical.
After comparing the handwriting and the bone structures, Du Cheng and Shen Yi finally understood that Wen Jing and Brother Duan were the same person, and this person was Chen Mingfeng, who had brought food to the small house by the sea. In front of the evidence, Chen Mingfeng had nothing to argue. He told Du Cheng and Shen Yi his story. Chen Mingfeng, who had excellent scores in the college entrance examination, was unable to attend university.
A few years later, he opened a graphic design shop. Chen Yanfei came to the shop to make copies of his graduation certificate and ID card. Chen Mingfeng discovered that Chen Yanfei had replaced his college entrance examination results with the help of Principal Hua. The huge disparity in life was unbearable for Chen Mingfeng, so he began to plan how to approach Hua Muyao.
Chen Mingfeng used konjac and pig trotters to make a skin-like mask, which is why he could only meet Hua Muyao at night. Chen Mingfeng actually didn't want to hurt Hua Muyao; he only wanted to get the three million ransom as compensation from Principal Hua and Chen Yanfei. Hua Muyao went to the police station to see Chen Mingfeng.
She refused to admit that Chen Mingfeng was Wen Jing, because in her mind, Wen Jing was a gentle and refined white knight. Seven years ago, after Shen Yi drew a portrait of Captain Lei Lei Yifei for a mysterious woman wearing sunglasses, he was pushed into the river. The drowning caused him to forget many things, including the face of the mysterious woman.
After Shen Yi was pushed into the water by Cao Dong, the figure of the mysterious woman surprisingly appeared in his mind. In order to get close to the mysterious woman again, Shen Yi tried to drown himself in a bathtub to experience that feeling, but the result was not ideal. Shen Yi came to Xin Ning Psychological Clinic.
After being hypnotized, Shen Yi seemed to be back at the Beijiang Yacht Club building seven years ago, but he still couldn't see the face of the mysterious woman. Dr. Gong, the psychologist, said that the drowning seven years ago caused retrograde amnesia for Shen Yi, and his recent near-drowning stimulated some memory fragments deep in his mind, but it is difficult to fully restore the memory unless in some abnormal state.
Several child abduction cases occurred in the jurisdiction of the Jiangbei Branch. Director Zhang asked Du Cheng to take over. Du Cheng went to Shen Yi's office to find him but discovered the business card for Xin Ning Psychological Clinic. Du Cheng asked Dr. Gong about Shen Yi's condition. Dr. Gong spoke about the impact of the Lei Yifei case on Shen Yi.
Du Cheng knew that besides himself, Shen Yi also wanted to find the murderer who killed Lei Yifei. Shen Yi was drawing portraits for the child abduction cases in the office. Du Cheng stared at him intently, recalling the past. Seven years ago, after the Lei Yifei murder case, the rebellious Shen Yi demonstrated his ability to draw an old person from the age of three in front of Du Cheng.
The emotional Du Cheng asked Shen Yi to draw the face of the mysterious woman. Shen Yi, unable to draw, was pushed to the brink. Du Cheng accused Shen Yi, saying that the portrait he drew for the mysterious woman had killed a good police officer who was dedicated to the people. Upon learning the truth, Shen Yi's eyes turned red. He anxiously tried to draw something, but after putting the pen down, he still couldn't draw it.
When Du Cheng left the interrogation room, he said sternly that Shen Yi's paintings could kill people, so he was not worthy of picking up a paintbrush again. Shen Yi went to the river bank alone, wanting to jump into the water to experience the abnormal state of drowning. He wanted to regain his memory and draw the portrait of the mysterious woman.
Du Cheng, who had followed him all the way, stepped forward to stop him and comforted Shen Yi. Shen Yi poured out the details of the portrait from that year and the drowning incident.
