Like Kaye and Phat, the two male leads of Under the Skin (Shen Yi & Du Cheng) bond over a murder case involving Shen Yi's art. Shen Yi is a painter whose portrait was used to murder a police officer. Later out of guilt, Shen Yi joins the police force as a sketch artist and work alongside hot tempered detective Du Cheng to find the culprit. Both dramas are centered around art, police bureau, artists and murder mysteries. Shen Yi and Du Cheng like Kaye and Phat, slowly get to know and trust each other as they solve more cases with Du Cheng's bravery & leadership and Shen Yi's observative and sketching qualities. Under the Skin is a well crafted thriller that involves a police sketch artist deconstructing and reconstructing the layers of chaos, rationality, and darkness under the human skin as well as his shared past with a police detective.
