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Yes, I believe with the "one more person" they meant Zhu Qingyue. It was her hospital bed that they showed, I just wished they showed her reuniting with the team, too...

Episode 18

Qi Sizhe reacting to Chen Chuchuan’s death…The flashbacks and all. $h*t happened but at the end of the day, they had been friends for a pretty long time. It’s interesting that it was ok for him to perform the autopsy.

I liked the emotions that were shown during the episodes by all of the actors, really, especially during lao Wan’s funeral.

And now, I can’t help feeling a little lost - based on the previous scenes, I was under the impression that Yu Fei knew Qi Sizhe before she decided to be a forensic pathologist and he partially encouraged her to become one. Now, it seems like they met only when she began to attend classes, and he actually knew Han Feng first, somehow? Or maybe I just misunderstood the scenes.


Episode 19

Zhu Qingyue has a pretty good aim if she was able to shoot that motorbike from such a distance lol And then, they can’t hit the guy from much shorter distance lol

Oh you better have her recover from this! We’ve lost enough people as it is! But, they really did her dirty by that, basically taking her away from the case and getting her injured. She should have been right there, chasing everyone with the others.


Episode 20

Qi Sizhe, why are you going everywhere on your own?! What if the teacher reacted differently, and decided to attack you or something?

At least you had the others know what you are doing later. That said, shouldn’t they keep a bigger distance from his car? It’s not suspicious at all that they start moving as soon as Qi Sizhe’s car starts moving… And did they seriously put the tracker in his watch? It’s so obvious they’re going to check if he has anything that they can track him by…

Also, Qi Sizhe, come on… It’s like, #1 obvious thing - if they let you see their faces and all that, they have no intention on letting you go alive. I still suspect the teacher at this point. I don’t buy the story he gave Qi Sizhe, and he’s presenting himself as a victim while he’s also the perfect person to get what they need from Qi Sizhe.

On to the last episode, but figured I’ll get these thoughts out before as I imagine I may have a lot more to say after the final ep.

No problem! I'm 6 hours ahead of you, so it'll be 9am for you when I get around to the episodes, so I'll let you know :)

I'll be watching after work, so - unless life throws something at me that I need to take care of first - I'll get to watching in about 6 hours :) So I know nothing yet :)

Yeah, that's exactly why I was confused because that's just not how things work and even I know that. But it's good to know it wasn't just me losing my mind :)

Do you mean a scene with Chen Chuchuan? I was a bit confused about where he was actually stabbed because at first, I thought his leg but then he started to choke blood, so I figured perhaps I just saw incorrectly, and then he was stumbling out of the car as if it had been his leg. Or do you mean something else? Because that's what caught my attention but I may as well have been super confused about that scene and missed something different (I'm not a scientist in any way and biology/chemistry have always been my absolute worst subjects at school so I'm likely to buy anything they say and show lol).

I agree. So far, I've mostly seen Luo Yunxi in costume dramas and this is definitely a very different role compared to them but I really like his performance here. All of the actors, really, do a very good job.

And I agree, it can at times be painful to watch when someone isn't able to perform emotions well. It's a skill (or talent) for sure, I would actually make a terrible actress and wouldn't be able to do that, and it's actually something that has spoilt my enjoyment of some of the dramas, at least to an extent. That said, my experience (mostly with western shows but also those in my country etc) is that I tend to root for doomed couples if I root for any in the first place. A friend used to laugh at me that if I end up rooting for any couple, it's 100% certain that one of them is dying at the end of the season. So perhaps it's a good thing when I don't root for any couples hahaha.

Well, he didn't deliberately intend to kill either of the two, that for sure. He is not a black and white character but his actions, his attitude just doesn't make me feel sorry. I looked at the actor's filmography and apparently, the only thing he acted in that I watched is FoF... I have completely not made the connection lol

And to be honest, I really like the dynamics as it is. Group of friends, family by choice in a way. I'm quite happy that there's no romance between the characters and I wouldn't change it. They go from not knowing each other all that well at the start of the series, to the dynamics that we have now and I wouldn't change it :)

Same. I just hope I'm able to squeeze all the episodes in tomorrow, or I'm going to be super sad.

When it comes to Chen Chuchuan... If his 'guilt' ended with what happened to that girl fourteen (or however many it was) years earlier, I'd probably feel sorry for him too. He genuinely tried to help, made a mistake, although it doesn't really justify the way the other girl and him hid what really happened. But beyond that - he kind of brought things upon himself.

We're only on episode 17, so still 4 to go. I think I saw someone mention that they're dropping express tomorrow, so probably best to ask then :)

Goodbye Chen Chuchuan, you will not be missed. Lao Wan, though... T__T

It's interesting that we kind of got an episode that feels almost slow and not very eventful compared to some of the previous ones when we are so close to the end. I'm not complaining, I enjoyed the episode and it was nice to see some scenes from Zhu Qingyue's past, find out more about her connection to lao Wan, and even to see her react to what happened the way she did. To show a more personal side of her but in a very well delivered way. Also, have to say, that cat pillow she got from him is so cute! I just hope she doesn't end up doing something stupid.

That said, now all three of our leads have lost someone because of the drug case, which hopefully makes them all the more united to solve the case. And I already can't wait, even if I will sure miss this drama.

To be honest, I also suspect it may very much be the case that these are young people. I used to write fanfiction a lot and most of those, who were writing romance-focused stories tended to be very young people, and it's not that hard to spot a difference between someone who is young and someone who is in their 30-40s when it comes to writing.

And yes, romance can ruin things at times if it's not interesting. My personal biggest dislike is a forced love triangle but sometimes, it just doesn't work because it's told in a bad way, or the actors just don't have chemistry and things feel forced, etc. And in situations like this, it really would have worked better without it.

Oh trust me, I'm with you on that. There's nothing that amuses me more than seeing comments under some dramas where people whine that there are no kisses or something, as if that determined the quality of the drama in any kind of way. I don't mind romance, but I prefer for it to be part of a bigger story rather than the sole focus and even then, if it's well-written and well-acted, the characters don't even have to so much as hug for me to be sold on it, while sometimes we see all the kisses and what not, which feel forced and don't sell me on it at all.

It's a shame really that this seems to be the sole focus and sole factor for a big part of the audience. Unless they completely ruin the ending, which I hope not, this drama is aiming towards being the first one that might receive a 10 from me. I can't find anything to complain about - the story is great, the characters are interesting, everything is connected in a fun way, it keeps you on your toes all the time, etc etc. And even then, you can see people asking if it has romance... Everyone has their preferences, and it's their right obviously, but come on...

For me, it depends. Most of the time, I don't make a fuss if I come across spoilers but I don't really go out of my way to find them. If I'm really, really curious about something I might but those are very rare situations.

I have no idea how it's doing in China but I do hope it's doing well, too. I may only have come here because Luo Yunxi is in it but I'm really loving everything about it. I used to love crime series and it's been such a long time since I enjoyed one as much as I am enjoying this one. And yeah, even if you think you know things, you are still taken by surprise by the developments at times. But it has no romance, no kisses, etc. which is probably why the traffic here is so slow. It's a shame, really.

I haven't seen any other trailers beyond what they show after episodes, I usually try to avoid seeing too much spoilers. And I haven't seen the latest episode, they come out at a very early morning time here and while I'm definitely loving this drama, I'm not quite willing to go so far as to wake up at 5 just to watch an episode before work lol So unfortunately, work first, drama later :)

And yes, it would be very sad for the ML if almost everyone around him turned out to be a bad guy in one way or another but it wouldn't be the first time drama goes for a motive like that (Feng Suige comes to mind lol). I guess we will see soon, there's only a few episodes left so yeah, it is natural that things do have to start coming together and all :)

100% agreed it has to be someone we've met, which is why my mind jumped to the teacher if it's not Chen Chuchuan.

I mean, I imagine it may not be so much to scare other cops as kind of stall them, I suppose. Like, if they kill a cop that got too close to discovering something, whatever he discovered dies with him at least for a while, so it buys them more time before someone else catches on to the same things. That's what I always assumed the motive had to be because, like you say, it's not like they're going to just scare other cops away and have them go 'Yeah, you know what, let's drop it'.

Yeah... So far, there's nothing that we've been shown and no character that has been introduced to that didn't have any role to play, so I think the teacher is still going to come back somehow. Although I may also be 100% overthinking it since it's so easy lol

The trailer makes me think Wan is likely dead but who knows, wouldn't be the first time the trailer ends up being a bit deceiving :)

Yeah. It would be a fun twist, and not something that a lot of titles go for, but I also think it's unlikely. Not even because it's a c-drama but so far, the way the plot is unraveling isn't really going in the direction that could support that. But the fact that so many people connected to Qi Sizhe are involved in something makes one wonder - what if he is too :)

Wow, things are really starting to get intense.

Well, I'm pretty sure Qi Sizhe is not going to be friends with Chen Chuchuan anymore. I've said it long ago that the guy is suspicious but I didn't expect that he'd actually turn out to be a killer in one of the cases, rather than just someone connected to (or even the mastermind) behind the drug case.

Now, a part of me is wondering if perhaps, he's not actually a middle man, especially with the phone call he made in the episode. Now, I'm starting to suspect that it may be connected to the teacher that we had seen him and Qi Sizhe visit at one point.

We've never seen the teacher's wife, did we? I think he mentioned that she was away or something, I can't recall right now but the way Chen Chuchuan was speaking to Qi Sizhe made it seem like there was a deeper, personal purpose behind it. Chen Chuchuan doesn't seem to have anyone close like that but if they are all close to the teacher, he could potentially be willing to help. That would also offer more reason for why we had seen the teacher and found out that the three were close with the guy.

Just a theory and speculations, obviously. It would be super fun if it was to turn out that Qi Sizhe was somehow connected to it all, too (since so many people around him seem to be) but that feels rather unlikely. If anything, it feels like he is a perfect person to stay close to in order to keep an eye on the investigation and where it is.

Also, that trailer... I think we may be getting a bit more background for Zhu Qingyue, which I think is going to be fun but... Poor Detective Wan. I mean, I pretty much expected someone to jump out and attack him while he was arresting the guy at the hospital but I didn't expect them to go quite so far. Definitely waiting for tomorrow's episode!

I actually thought that, too at one point! It would be the ultimate twist - Qi Sizhe is actually the one behind the original diamond case but the car accident made him lose his memory about that. I'm pretty sure it's very unlikely but fun to speculate on :)