Episode 2 recap: Shi Luo falsely claimed illness to investigate the case.
Jiang Guang Ming and Shi Luo returned to the crime scene's kitchen to investigate, and then went to the nearby market, where they found a dog very similar to the victim's. Gu Ji Ming remembered accidentally encountering Shi Luo at a book store where he was participating in a reading sharing session, and also a question Shi Luo had asked him at a previous seminar.
Seeing that Shi Luo was still researching the novel, the team members reminded him to listen to Jiang Guang Ming, since she was an ace detective before. Shi Luo felt somewhat indignant and decided to go find evidence. The father disapproved of Su Zhen Zhen and Gu Ji Ming's marriage, believing his daughter had only known Gu Ji Ming for a year and didn't really understand him.
Upstairs, Gu Ji Ming heard the father-daughter conversation. A year ago, on June 26, 2018, Gu Ji Ming had met Su Zhen Zhen's father at a business dinner, and shamelessly introduced himself and his novel to the father, who promised to recommend a publisher if the novel was good. Gu Ji Ming was overjoyed. But when he returned from the restroom, everyone had left, and the novel was almost thrown away as trash.
Shi Luo used illness as an excuse to take two days off to investigate in Fanghai. Jiang Guang Ming called him, reminding him to stay hydrated and rest, and did not detect Shi Luo's lie. Later, Jiang Guang Ming and Xiao Qiang went to the crime scene to look for the dog leash, but couldn't find it. However, they found many photos of the victim Zhang Qing and the dog.
One photo had the background of a pet store, so they followed this lead and found that the victim Zhang Qing often rescued stray dogs, and bought most of her pet supplies, including the dog leash, from this pet store. Jiang Guang Ming bought the same type of dog leash back to the team, and forensic tests indicated this type of leash was likely the murder weapon.
Jiang Guang Ming let the other two continue to sort out Zhang Qing's social relationships, while she was responsible for finding the little dog. Gu Ji Ming went back to his alma mater to give a speech, the location of which was in Fanghai City, and Shi Luo specially rushed to Fanghai City to attend. During the Q&A session, Shi Luo asked a few questions, but Gu Ji Ming denied that he had been to Qinjiang, stating that this crime-themed novel was entirely fictional.
Shi Luo gave up, called Liu Qiang, and asked him to help check Gu Ji Ming's travel records. When Liu Qiang was checking the records, he was discovered by Jiang Guang Ming, and as soon as he was asked, he knew that it was Shi Luo who had asked him to check Gu Ji Ming's information. Liu Qiang said that there were no records of Gu Ji Ming traveling to Qinjiang, including any airline flight records.
The day of the incident last year was Dragon Boat Festival, and there was a thunderstorm in Qinjiang City, causing all flights to be canceled. Jiang Guang Ming became suspicious, as her husband had claimed to have taken a flight to come back and see her when she was injured on the Dragon Boat Festival last year. Coupled with her husband's strange WeChat step count, Jiang Guang Ming became suspicious and waited for her husband to come home from work to ask him about it.
Her husband became irritable due to her questioning him in a criminal interrogation-like manner. Later, Jiang Guang Ming went to her mother's place for a meal, and her mother immediately noticed that her daughter and son-in-law had argued, automatically assuming it was the daughter's fault. But Jiang Guang Ming told her that her husband was cheating.
Liu Qiang told Shi Luo the investigation results and said that Jiang Guang Ming already knew that Shi Luo had gone to Qinjiang to investigate Gu Ji Ming, so Shi Luo should go back and explain it to Jiang Guang Ming himself. Shi Luo went to the magazine where Gu Ji Ming used to work to investigate, but since he had no official reason, he could only pretend to be a journalist to understand Gu Ji Ming's situation.
Jiang Guang Ming went to the seafood market to find the dog, and found a similar-looking dog, but upon chasing it, she realized it was not the victim's dog. Her husband's affair with a woman named Chen Weiwei had been going on for nearly a year before it was discovered, and Jiang Guang Ming was irritable and unwilling to accept her husband's apology. She took over Xiao Zhang's shift, not wanting to go home.
Gu Ji Ming looked at the fish in his home, and suddenly remembered Shi Luo's questions today. He also recalled that he might have seen Shi Luo at a sharing session before, and at the time, he seemed to be a police officer.
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