The Gray Zone

A mystery within a mystery, a case within a case

Two partners solve cases and trade barbs

Host: “Describe yourself in four short phrases.”

Qiu Jin: “Off-the-charts strength, genius-level brains, born lucky, handsome!”

Ning Xiu: “Male, twenty-eight years old, 180 centimeters tall, PhD in psychology.”

Host: “Describe each other in four short phrases.”

Qiu Jin: “Bad-tempered, stubborn, unlucky... and pretty good-looking.”

Ning Xiu: “Paranoid tendencies, latent hypomania, elevated steroid hormones, highly extroverted.”

Host: “Do you like each other... as partners?”

Ning Xiu: “No.”

Qiu Jin: “What kind of joke is that? Like him? As if!”

As Qiu Jin blushed to the tips of his ears, he stopped knitting a sweater for Ning Xiu...

Qiu Jin: A tough, dependable, naturally lucky police captain with off-the-charts strength and plenty of swagger x Ning Xiu: A brilliant psychology PhD who's cold on the outside, warm on the inside, a little arrogant, and always unlucky

Theme: The bickering day-to-day life of a police captain and a psychology PhD as they team up to solve all sorts of baffling cases