Episode 1 recap: The best-selling novel has doubts.
On June 18, 2018, the Dragon Boat Festival, heavy rain poured down, with lightning and thunder. Around 1 a.m. on the 19th, the victim Zhang Qing died in her home in the urban village. The suspect Li Fei was arrested and later prosecuted by the Procuratorate on charges of robbery and rape. Li Fei only admitted to robbery and rape, refusing to acknowledge that he killed Zhang Qing, and requested the police to conduct further investigation.
A year later, the case was re-investigated. The bureau chief called the household registration police officer Jiang Guang Ming to a meeting and planned to assign this important case to her. The new employee Shi Luo was seen reading a novel in the office by the bureau chief, who then asked him to write a reflection and did not approve his request to volunteer to investigate this case during the meeting.
At the same time, Gu Ji Ming's new book "Black Rain" became a bestseller, making him a famous and popular author. He held a sharing session at a bookstore, where he publicly introduced his girlfriend Su Zhen Zhen, who was a disabled person in a wheelchair, suspicious by nature, and had a strong desire for control, but she loved Gu Ji Ming very much.
After work during the day, Gu Ji Ming had to meet with people from the publishing house for a drink in the evening, but Su Zhen Zhen did not go. However, she asked her assistant Xiao Wang to follow Gu Ji Ming. As soon as Gu Ji Ming left the hotel room, Su Zhen Zhen called Xiao Wang and found out that Gu Ji Ming had not told her about the drink gathering.
Su Zhen Zhen was immediately alarmed and asked Xiao Wang to rush to the hotel and check if the female host from today's event had also gone to the drink gathering. When Xiao Wang arrived at the private room, he found that there was no one there. Su Zhen Zhen was shocked and wanted to get the female host's contact information, but Gu Ji Ming suddenly appeared behind her, saying that he had canceled the drink gathering as soon as he left.
To put Su Zhen Zhen at ease, he took out a ring and proposed to Su Zhen Zhen. Su Zhen Zhen was surprised and shocked, and put on the ring and accepted his proposal. Jiang Guang Ming told her husband about the change in her job, transferring back to the criminal investigation team to work on a case. Although her husband was not satisfied that she acted without consulting him first, he ultimately accepted it, with only one request - that Jiang Guang Ming be careful while working on the case.
The new member, Shi Luo, couldn't understand why such an important case was given to a household registration policeman. Strong Brother said that Jiang Guang Ming used to be the ace of the criminal investigation team. A year ago, Jiang Guang Ming was injured while arresting a criminal, which is why she was transferred to the police station as a household registration policeman.
Even so, Shi Luo was doubtful of Jiang Guang Ming's ability to handle the case well. But afterwards, when Jiang Guang Ming took Shi Luo to interrogate Li Fei, Shi Luo said nothing and obediently went with her. Li Fei answered all of Jiang Guang Ming's questions, and his statement did not appear to be abnormal so far.
On the way back, Jiang Guang Ming asked for Shi Luo's opinion. Shi Luo believed that Li Fei was lying, because when recalling, he looked up to the right, which is a sign of lying, while looking up to the left is a sign of recollection. But Jiang Guang Ming felt that Li Fei was not lying, however, the detail about the victim's small dog that he mentioned did not appear at the crime scene, which was a direction worth further investigation.
Shi Luo attended a book sharing session and shared his recent reading of "Black Rain". As he read, he suddenly realized that the description of the environment at the beginning of "Black Rain" was very similar to the area around the victim Zhang Qing's home, especially the green iron gate and the rainy blackout night. Shi Luo shared his discovery with Jiang Guang Ming and the other team members, suspecting that Gu Ji Ming might have been present at the crime scene at the time, and even that he could be the perpetrator. However, this was just a guess, and Jiang Guang Ming and the team did not pursue this direction.
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