Episode 10 recap: The Situation Explained by Yang Si.
Years ago, Yang Si resorted to robbery to afford treatment for his child's illness. He was caught by the police, and he pleaded with them not to let his son see him. Yang Xue Song appeared, and the police, upon seeing him, urged him to study hard and listen to his mother. Currently, the entire city is searching for this woman.
With nowhere else to go, the woman arrived at Assistant Wang Ping's house. Upon seeing the woman, Assistant Wang Ping remarked that he hadn't even cleaned up his own mess, so how could she have gotten out. The woman offered to clean up the mess, and Assistant Wang Ping agreed to help her leave. He stated that as long as he wanted to get someone out, nobody would fail to leave.
Forensic doctor Yuan and his apprentice were dissecting a body there. Yuan, being advanced in age, was feeling a bit tired. His apprentice suggested that he take a rest while the apprentice continued working. Yuan mentioned that he would be retiring next year and seemed somewhat off. Guan Yu came over to question Yang Si again, stating that they had already figured out that Yang Xue Song had no connection to the case. Guan Yu told him that if he had anything to hide, now was the time to speak up. Yang Si was extremely shocked.
Yang Si asked Guan Yu what evidence there was to support this and expressed concern that he might be deceived. Guan Yu stated that the evidence couldn't be shown to him but assured him that Yang Xue Song was indeed innocent of murder. Yang Si became very emotional upon hearing this. Yang Sen finally confessed everything. Before the incident, he had an argument with Yang Xue Song. He heard that Yang Xue Song had a conflict with Feng Gen and decided to resolve the issue himself. He had been tracking Feng Gen and ended up at the Guandi Temple where he encountered Wang Ping, who had a cellphone with him.
Wang Ping stammered and urged Yang Si to go back and stop worrying about these matters. Yang Si became anxious upon hearing this and demanded to know what was going on. Wang Ping explained that he had tried to advise Yang Xue Song against committing a foolish murder but couldn't convince him. Now he had already sent Yang Xue Song away.
Yang Si asked about Hongqiao Group and how to get there. Wang Ping explained that the matter had been handled by Hongqiao Group, leaving behind their traces and the medal of an outstanding employee from that year. Yang Si expressed his own failure as a father and admitted that he had no other choice but to bear the blame for Yang Xue Song.
Guan Yu gathered everyone together to explain the current situation. It was confirmed that Yang Si and Yang Xue Song had no connection to the incident and had been manipulated. The fact that they were searching for Yang Xue Song's phone indicated that there must be some secret behind it. They needed to find Yang Xue Song's phone and locate the woman.
Ma Xiao Jing had hidden in her hometown, but Assistant Wang Ping still managed to find her. Assistant Wang Ping kidnapped Ma Xiao Jing's mother and child. The police found the hotel where the woman was staying and discovered many pine branches inside. Zhou Qi and the others received the information and rushed to the location with pine trees. However, there was an explosion in the cabin as soon as they arrived. Fortunately, no one was injured.
Upon their return, they informed Guan Yu that the cabin had exploded even before they arrived, suggesting that someone wanted to destroy the evidence. Assistant Wang Ping had sent the woman away, claiming that someone would meet her ahead. He instructed the woman to get out of the car and walk there herself. However, as soon as the woman exited the car, it drove straight into her, putting her in the trunk.
Two men witnessed this incident and thought the car was nice, so they attempted to steal it. However, the woman, who was not yet dead, killed them. The woman was also frustrated, as she hadn't expected Assistant Wang Ping to betray her.
The genre is good, and the overall plot is decent, but the details are really terrible. Can't the writers have more knowledge about their profession? One moment they say that Lanheluo is underdeveloped, and the next they can locate someone using cell phone signals.
In 2005, cell phone signals could only be traced when the phone was turned on without making any calls. Then, when analyzing Yang Xue Song's whereabouts, they immediately ruled out leaving the city.
Firstly, in 2005, only major cities like Shanghai had police checking IDs at train stations, and even then, it was random.
Secondly, several hours had passed between the crime and the report, so how could they be so sure that the person hadn't left the city? Moreover, there were multiple mentions of people falling into holes and drowning while fishing, as if it happens all the time.
Then, a retired soldier who was a reconnaissance soldier claims to have seen a water ghost after falling into the river. He spent decades in criminal investigations as a detective, but didn't he consider the possibility that it could be someone else who fell into that hole, even if it had nothing to do with the case?
I won't go into other issues, but I really hope that our domestic movies and TV shows in China can be more rigorous in all aspects.
This series is one of the few recent TV dramas that closely resembles reality, particularly in a certain northern region. After watching this series, it brought back memories of some events in that northern region in the early 1980s.
Back then, the "grand spectacle" depicted on television wasn't as grand, but it was already in its embryonic stage.
I remember a scene like this, where a group of teenagers, around seventeen or eighteen years old, would rob people of their coats and even injure others in what they usually referred to as "robbing the road" instead of "robbery." When their fathers were brought to the police station, they would often say, "Comrade police officer, why did you bring the kids to the station?
They were just fooling around. Normally, they get along well. My child is well-behaved and honest. It's just a minor incident. Look, my child's hand got scratched by him, but my child didn't say anything.
Comrade police officer, this is such a trivial matter, you don't need to worry about it.
We can handle it ourselves between the two families. Don't worry, we are on good terms. When a police officer from the southern region present at the scene asked, "So, the two families already know each other?
The father hurriedly replied, "Well, yes, we got to know each other through this incident.
From now on, we will be on good terms... Oh, by the way, please greet Officer Liu for us." The child was just being mischievous. He wanted to try on different clothes but didn't really mean to keep them. I have also wanted to wear your police uniform for a change, just for fun.
Haha, it's not a big deal. When I get home, I'll have my child dust off the coat and return it. The injury on my child's hand is not a big problem. We will go to the hospital ourselves to have a look. It won't be a bother...
By the way, your mother's brother is our neighbor, haha. We are practically one big family...
The two things that bother me the most here are: first, Yang Lijia, even if you had to hit your master to repay a favor, you could have done it more gently, there was no need to be so ruthless.
And the other thing is, why did the materialistic girl jump off the building? I never quite understood that point about the materialistic girl... She said she wanted to escape from that family, but her parents seemed to treat her well.
She said she loved Xue Song, but then she turned around and pursued Feng Gen and Yan Hong Qiao.
In theory, this materialistic girl shouldn't have given off that innocent, helpless vibe.
She should have had a money-oriented personality, right? But that wasn't portrayed at all. It still feels like a young female student who commits suicide for love...
I really don't understand why he would take the blame. Yang Xue Song's mother told him everything before she passed away, and it was his father who desperately saved him. Wang Ping doesn't owe him anything, and as for the house thing, the two of them already had a plan to make money together and could soon buy their own house.
What kind of logic is this? He's willing to take on such a big crime.
If, and only if, Yang Xue Song's mother hadn't told him before her death, and he mistakenly believed that Wang Ping had saved his life, then I could reluctantly accept it.
The portrayal of the life and family of the protagonist from the public security is too harsh and tragic. In fact, the living conditions, equipment, and technology in the public security sector have undergone earth-shattering changes compared to over 20 years ago.
It would be great to show more of the new era's appearance and not just focus on suspense with gloomy and bitter 90s aesthetics. It doesn't align with reality and has long caused aesthetic fatigue.