Episode 23 recap: Feng Nian is the real culprit behind the scenes.
Jiang Li told Shen Xiuning that he had discovered clues to the Water Ghost case. Based on the mud stuck on Feng Nian's shoes, it indicated that he had been to the crime scene. Shen Xiuning found Feng Nian and listened to the evidence he presented. Feng Nian admitted that he was responsible for everything. He resentfully said that since they believed in the Water Ghost, he used the name of the Water Ghost to kill them and avenge his parents.
Jiang Li went to find Shen Xiuning to share the clues she had found. Based on the mud stuck on Feng Nian's shoes, it seemed that Feng Nian had been to the crime scene. When she climbed into Shen Xiuning's room, she saw him having a nightmare. So she gently touched his head and assured him that she would help him get rid of the nightmares. Shen Xiuning found Jiang Li's clues very reasonable. In order to find more evidence, they returned to the village chief's house and found a journal that detailed the freezing death of Feng Nian's parents twelve years ago while they were diving for pearls in the water.
After obtaining this evidence, Shen Xiuning, Li Canglang, and others went to find Feng Nian. They saw Feng Nian still sitting in a wheelchair. Jiang Li told him to stop pretending, and at first, Feng Nian vehemently denied it. But when Jiang Li presented the evidence, Feng Nian admitted that he was responsible for everything. Shen Xiuning couldn't understand why he would kill the village chief. Feng Nian resentfully explained that twelve years ago, it was the village chief who colluded with the high-ranking official and forced his parents to dive for pearls in the freezing winter, resulting in the death of many villagers. To cover up their actions, they fabricated the story of the Water Ghost. That's why he used the name of the Water Ghost to kill them and avenge his parents.
At this point, Feng Nian revealed another piece of information to Shen Xiuning. Back then, the high-ranking official and the village chief had planned to sacrifice Shen Xiuning. After being thrown into the river, his parents drowned while trying to save him.
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