[Hardcore forensic deduction + an opposite-pair male duo solving cases + thrilling standalone cases + a high-stakes main plot]
In the old district of Cangjiang City, a man is found hanged inside a locked apartment. There are no signs of a struggle, no outsiders appear on the security footage, and his suicide note is intact. Everyone concludes that it is an open-and-shut case of suicide.
Lin Yan has only just joined the Forensic Center. After one glance at the body, he declares with absolute certainty, “This wasn’t suicide. It was murder.”
Trained in his family’s traditional autopsy techniques and proficient in modern forensic science, he believes that “the dead can speak, and evidence decides life and death.” From the faintest wound and the most inconspicuous piece of evidence, he can tear away the disguise of a perfect crime and reveal the truth behind a murder.
Chen Ye is a passionate, quick-witted leader of the criminal investigation team who seems unreliable at first glance. Yet somehow, he and the calm, taciturn forensic examiner with mild social anxiety become the perfect partners.
One determines the cause of death through autopsies; the other tracks down the real culprit through investigation. One is utterly composed, the other all fire and impulse. One can uncover ironclad evidence from a corpse; the other can find clues in the bustle of everyday life.
A seemingly accidental fall from a building, a flawless locked-room murder, a baffling string of killings, and an old injustice buried for years…
One seemingly unsolvable mystery after another is cracked by the two working together.
As their investigations deepen, a vast web of darkness slowly spreads across Cangjiang City, turning the whole city into a chessboard.
The highly intelligent mastermind who calls himself “the Paper Folder” lurks in the shadows, using human lives as pawns in an ultimate battle with Lin Yan over truth and justice.
“Redress wrongs and curb violence. Only evidence is unassailable.”
I'm Lin Yan. I speak for the dead.
