Major Crimes: Chasing the Killer Behind the Veil

On a rainy night in Shangjing, the third female victim in a series of murders is dumped in a flower bed in the city center. A piece of evidence from a decade-old case has been placed on her chest, leaving every officer at the scene stunned. The protagonist, Lin Zhengfeng, is a veteran detective who has just been transferred back to the major crimes unit. Ten years ago, his mentor led the investigation into that old case, only to die in a mysterious fall. The case was forcibly sealed, and Lin Zhengfeng was banished to a remote police station. The victim's identity leads to a cross-city human trafficking ring. Its protector is Gao Tianci, a newly ascendant Shangjing powerbroker who was behind the decision to seal the case all those years ago. Lin Zhengfeng faces obstruction at every turn. His teammates are bribed to anonymously report him for misconduct, and his daughter is kidnapped and threatened. His fiancée, Su Qingyao, is a prosecutor who stands by him and secretly helps him gather evidence of the powerful figures' crimes. Following the route used to dump the bodies, Lin Zhengfeng tracks the ring to a smuggling den at a border port. He storms the den alone, rescues the kidnapped girls, and obtains the ring's core ledger. Braving pressure from within the system, he joins forces with the discipline inspection commission to bring down the ring's protector and wipe out Gao Tianci's organization. In the end, he proves that Gao Tianci murdered people to cover up evidence all those years ago, clears his mentor and the victims of their wrongful deaths, and becomes the major crimes unit captain. He and Su Qingyao marry.