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[Under the Skin Ⅱ]

[Episode 12]

Here's the unglazed ceramic piece you fired.

It has gone through procedures like

shaping, drying, and trimming.

Before entering the electric kiln,

there's an underglaze painting step.

So,

now it's time to paint.

Yes.

Paint any pattern you like.

Paint whatever you want.

Are you left-handed?

Not really.

When I paint with my right hand,

I tend to rely on techniques.

The ones they made all looked

so interesting.

I want to draw something fun too.

These three

represent the three of you?

If you say so,

I guess.

You've always been protected by them.

Reuniting again

must symbolize

a perfect ending.

But to me,

their protection

is a kind of pressure.

Back then,

we relied on each other.

But after serving

such a long prison sentence,

we've all changed.

They are no longer

the same as they were before.

When I see them,

they feel so unfamiliar.

Especially Huang Tao.

He liked me back then.

After getting out,

he wanted to develop a relationship with me.

I hadn't seen him for seven years.

How could there be any feelings?

I've always seen him as a brother.

But he never understood

how I felt.

Whenever we meet,

he tries to be nice to me.

To be honest,

I'm a bit scared.

You're too tense mentally.

But I have a method

that can help you relax a bit.

Do you want to try it?

What method?

Just use clay.

Mold anything you like.

It can be a person,

a house,

or a plant.

Anything you can think of

is fine.

But you can't make

just another vase or bowl.

Give it a try.

This is me.

This is the person who hurt me.

This is my home.

Good.

Now,

knead these three things

forcefully together.

Imagine it's all your

negative emotions.

Use force.

Good.

Now imagine that

all your negative emotions

and pain

are concentrated

in this clay.

Squeeze harder.

Even harder.

Good.

Open your palm.

Do you see it?

All your negative emotions

are as weak as this piece of clay.

Now,

throw it away.

Don't you feel better?

Kind of, yeah.

I wonder what Mr. Shen

has been up to lately.

It feels like I haven't seen him in ages.

Is something going on?

Captain Cheng.

Captain Cheng.

Why are we here?

To buy something.

Are you looking to buy a gift for a friend?

What kind of person is your friend?

I can give you some

recommendations.

It's alright.

I'll just have a look around myself.

Okay.

It's so expensive.

This mouse is quite cute.

Look at its angry expression.

And it's entirely hand-carved.

I like this one.

Alright.

This fan is quite artistic too.

Put it down.

Ms. Fangfang,

I'm here to pick up my cup.

Okay.

Follow me.

It didn't fail this time.

It looks good too.

I should post it on my social media.

Ms. Fangfang,

the advice you gave me last time

was really good.

Without you,

I couldn't have gotten rid of

that cheating scumbag who kept bothering me.

Now it's all good.

I finally dumped him.

You were right.

Dealing with such a terrible person

really requires some harsh measures.

If it's not harsh, he won't learn his lesson.

Didn't I send him

that picture you found for me?

The one that was censored.

He really thought

I had burned his cat to death.

He sent me messages all night,

apologizing and breaking up.

Later,

when I returned the cat to him,

he was so scared that he didn't dare to stay

near me for even a second.

It really cracked me up.

He finally got what he deserved.

Ms. Fangfang,

thank you so much for your help.

Bye.

Bye.

Who are you drawing?

You.

I drew you.

It's different from

how you draw yourself.

I wish

I looked like

how you've drawn me.

I'm trapped.

I don't know what to do.

Can you help me?

Can you talk to Huang Tao?

There's no one around me

who knows about my past.

There's no one I can talk to.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

I can help you.

I said I can help you.

Really?

Then can you

go with me to Huang Tao's store?

Sure.

Perfect timing.

I've just finished drawing.

[Public Security]

[Police]

[Automatic parking assistance]

[Release the steering wheel and the brake pedal]

[Backing up. Stay alert.]

[Police]

Let's meet here.

[Real Space Mystery LARP Venue]

What's he planning?

You can go back first.

Welcome, everyone,

to the "Heir in the Flames"

crime-solving scene.

Now, let's turn to the first page.

I booked this game.

I asked for Huang Tao as the dungeon master.

Huang Tao is hosting another session

and can't come over for now.

But don't worry,

I've hosted this script

many times before.

I only want Huang Tao.

Just a moment.

The rain was pouring down.

Thunder and lightning were crashing.

Everyone was thinking

about Miss Laila who had just died.

Was it because she regained her memory

and remembered

the culprit from that fire years ago

[Heir in the Flames]

that she was tragically killed?

If that were the case,

the murderer

must be among us.

You are the murderer,

Huang Tao.

I can't be the murderer.

Stop playing dumb.

You are the one who

set fire to the internet cafe eight years ago.

A person who committed

such a heinous crime without realizing it,

feeling no guilt at all.

I set up this gathering today

to let everyone see clearly

[Heir in the Flames]

what a murderer who treats

others' lives as a game

looks like.

This part isn't in the script.

Is this some new gameplay?

I'm not joking!

Look at the news in the group chat.

My brother was burned to death

in that fire.

My dad and mom

cry their eyes out every day.

So I can't accept it.

I can't accept that the murderer

is still living like nothing happened!

Huang Tao.

Look,

what's going on here?

Do you know how much damage

these rumors are causing

[Beijiang LARP Players Group]

to our store's reputation?

The DM is actually

an ex-convict murderer?

Who did he kill?

Haven't you heard about that case

from a few years ago?

He set fire to an internet cafe

and burned many people to death.

Shouldn't he have been sentenced to death?

He was a minor, so it was difficult to sentence him.

So he served a few years in prison and got out.

Can we still come to this store

to play games in the future?

This store

really dares to hire anyone.

He's a murderer.

You can't employ murderers!

Dear customer,

please calm down.

I just found out about this situation as well.

Fire him right now.

If you continue to employ

this murderer,

I'll make everyone

give your store bad reviews

until you're forced to close down.

Huang Tao,

I've always thought you were

quite an honest young man.

You... you...

It's not easy for me to run a store.

Please try to understand my position.

You'd better leave.

Go!

Why aren't you leaving yet?

Get out!

Get out!

What are you doing?

Go!

Why aren't you leaving yet?

What's going on here?

You're a murderer too!

What are you victims' families doing?

Why won't you let this go?

In their eyes,

we are inferior.

We must be maggots that can't see the light,

rotting in the corners.

They'd be happy if we turned to ashes.

Don't film him.

Film me.

My heart

and the hearts of the victims' families

feel the same ache.

I know the taste of this suffering.

For so many years,

I haven't had a good night's sleep.

Every day in my dreams,

I can see that accident.

Every day,

I tell myself

to have a grateful heart.

In a couple of days,

it will be their death anniversary.

The three of us

will hold an apology meeting

for all the families.

I will kowtow

until they tell me to stop.

I can promise the families

to fulfill all their demands.

I'll work down to the bone

and spare no effort.

Why did you call me here?

Enough.

Stop it. That's enough.

Is this alright?

Alright, alright. Stop filming, everyone.

Put your phones away.

Everyone, please disperse.

On what grounds?

Who are you?

[Police]

Everyone, please disperse.

Go home and get some rest first.

You can always find another job.

What are you here for?

Mr. Shen is here to help us.

No one can help us.

Let's go.

Why did you go see Ruan Fangfang again?

Before you arrived,

she noticed there were so many phones

pointing at her.

It actually made her more eager to perform.

She's playing the role of a weak person,

but she's using this act of vulnerability

to create trouble,

stir up others' emotions,

and guide the development of events.

So she is actually

a complete manipulator.

She has the ability to manipulate others

into doing her bidding

and extricating herself from trouble,

even when it involves crime.

But Ruan Fangfang looks

so gentle and weak.

Yes.

It's precisely because she appears

so gentle and weak

that she's particularly deceptive.

I previously used clay

to secretly conduct

a House-Tree-Person test on her.

The tree she molded

had sharp branches,

representing aggressiveness.

The house had no doors or windows,

indicating extremely strong psychological defenses.

So I suspect

she's likely to have

antisocial personality disorder.

But she hasn't done anything.

Before we have concrete

evidence of her crimes,

we can't determine

that she will definitely commit a crime.

You asked the police for help?

Then what am I to you?

I thought you said

that we were all we had.

[Fangfang]

Remember?

I'm doing this to protect us.

And is it working?

Our way of survival

is to stay together.

No one can escape it.

We'll

pay off our debts together.

Once we've paid them,

we'll be free.

Thanks.

Wait a moment.

Captain Cheng.

Please check if this

report is good to go.

Li Han.

You've had a long day.

Have some of this

to replenish your energy.

Thank you.

Is Mr. Shen here?

He hasn't returned from class yet.

What's the matter?

I helped Mr. Shen

look into Ruan Fangfang's background.

I found that from elementary to high school,

on average, she stayed at each school

for no more than a year.

Moreover,

the teachers' impressions of her

were quite memorable.

Was she often bullied since childhood?

Was she forced to transfer schools?

No, she was forced to drop out.

Why?

The teachers said

she often stirred up trouble

among her classmates,

claiming others bullied her.

She even slandered her teachers.

Many times,

it escalated to the school leaders.

Upon investigation,

they were all lies she made up herself.

But she insisted

that the school was unfair to her

and bullied her.

She even threatened to jump off the building.

So, many schools

persuaded her to leave.

What about her parents?

Don't they care?

Her father

seems to have some mental illness.

Her mother can't control her at all

and is even a bit afraid of her.

But Ruan Fangfang

seems quite normal, doesn't she?

She looks soft and delicate.

Doesn't seem like it.

Could she have turned over a new leaf?

What's the date today?

The 14th.

Today is the anniversary of the victims

of the Haispeed Internet Cafe arson case.

Ruan Fangfang mentioned before

that she wanted to hold

an apology meeting for the families today.

Li Han,

go ask those families

if this is true.

Okay.

Jiang Feng,

go and check again

on the recent activities

of Hao Ziqiang and Huang Tao.

Why are we checking on those two again?

Hopefully, I'm just overthinking.

In Western art history,

many master artists

depicted the

same subjects

in different styles.

These oil paintings

are all depicting the same person.

Salome.

Salome was the stepdaughter

of King Herod in this story.

King Herod greatly admired Salome.

However, Salome

fell in love with Saint John.

Saint John was

wise

and noble.

He rejected Salome's advances.

So,

when King Herod

said to Salome at the banquet,

"If only

you would dance for me,

I will give you anything you ask,"

Salome unexpectedly replied,

"I want the head of Saint John."

I know this story.

But the version I heard

is different.

Indeed,

this story

has changed a lot

over time.

In the original version,

the main character of the story

was supposed to be Salome's mother,

Herodias.

She used

her innocent daughter,

Salome,

to kill Saint John.

But gradually,

the story was adapted into

a version people preferred to hear.

The role of Herodias

was gradually downplayed,

while Salome's image

became increasingly prominent.

She transformed from

a manipulated innocent girl

into

a dark witch who actively

killed Saint John.

This is the Salome

depicted by the American painter,

Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Unlike classical oil paintings

of the same theme,

Tanner no longer focused on

presenting the narrative

and portraying characters,

and instead used color

to convey emotions

and suggest the truth.

We can see that

Salome's face in the painting

is hidden in the shadows,

while the arm in the lower left corner

suggests the death of Saint John.

The painter wanted to express

Salome's fear

and confusion.

Indeed,

we can also

deeply feel

her inner unease.

Against the deep blue background,

her luminous,

exposed body

appears like

a manipulated innocent soul,

used by the evil forces behind the scenes.

So, Mr. Shen,

isn't this

a more

realistic version of Salome?

I think

he at least depicted

Salome's fear.

And the real manipulator,

Herodias,

cleverly hid

her evil deeds

behind the tragedy.

This is just like many antisocial

criminals.

He cunningly cloaks himself

in a layer of

seemingly innocent disguise.

The bottle is ready.

You can come and get it later.

[Pottery workshop]

Don't touch it yet.

It's hot.

I didn't expect

it to turn out like this.

All beginners go through this process.

Try making something else next time.

It'll get better each time.

Your color choice

is indeed very unique.

It's unexpected.

The Gates of Hell.

Why did you make these?

I'm not just capable of making

cute and adorable things.

I like it.

There's no other reason.

You put them here

so that you could

admire them repeatedly.

You're reminiscing about that fire.

And these

are all your trophies.

Whether I reminisce or not

is no longer important.

This piece is finished.

That's all there is to it.

You locked the door of the internet cafe.

You're here to investigate me,

aren't you?

But

I didn't do anything.

Oh, right.

I'm going to the apology meeting now.

Mr. Shen,

are you coming?

Be a witness for me.

Alright.

I'll compensate you.

Sorry.

The number you have dialed

is temporarily unavailable.

Please try again later.

Why isn't Shen Yi answering the phone?

Captain Cheng,

I've found information on Huang Tao

and Hao Ziqiang's movements.

They've purchased a large amount of hydrogen.

Hydrogen?

Something bad might be happening.

Contact the victims' families.

See if they're at home.

Understood.

The situation is urgent.

I'm going to find Director Zhang.

Stay on standby.

Director Zhang.

Du Cheng.

Learn to knock.

It's an emergency.

We found that the arsonists,

Huang Tao and Hao Ziqiang,

have purchased a large amount of hydrogen.

I suspect that what Ruan Fangfang said about

the family apology meeting is just a cover.

In fact, they are planning to carry out revenge.

If the hydrogen explodes,

the consequences would be unimaginable.

I'll allocate the forces now.

You should deploy immediately.

We must stop them

before they

take action.

Understood.

Tell everyone to be careful.

Understood.

Where did he go?

He's not answering his phones either.

Captain Cheng.

I've contacted the family members separately,

but couldn't reach any of them.

And none of them are at home.

For those with cars, check their license plates first.

If that doesn't work, go to the information center

and search the streets.

Have you seen Shen Yi?

I think he had classes today.

Captain Cheng

I found this internet cafe address

in the arson case files.

Do you think they might have gone there?

Let's go check it out.

[Haispeed Internet cafe]

After all these years!

I'll never forgive you!

You murderer!

This isn't over today.

We can't let them off so easily.

It's been so many years.

This is truly unjust.

Uncle,

are you wearing your prayer beads today?

What is she trying to do?

What's she doing?

[Beijiang Branch, Beijiang City Public Security Bureau]

All

one hundred and eight of them.

Uncle.

Eight years ago,

right here,

I was falsely accused by the Internet cafe owner

of stealing money.

They forcibly searched me,

stripped off my clothes,

forced me to eat cigarette butts, made me crawl like a dog,

and slapped my face.

Huang Tao and I were threatened

that if we didn't pay back the money,

we would be forced to drop out of school.

Huang Tao was preparing for art school at that time.

To him,

it was a matter of utmost importance.

At that time,

we didn't dare tell our families.

We didn't know what to do.

I know that nothing I say

will bring back

those nineteen lives.

I gathered everyone here today

to offer my life

to you.

Please, vent your anger as you wish.

Come on.

What's wrong?

Are you afraid?

Fine,

I'll do it myself.

Don't do this.

Please, don't do this.

Let go of me.

Let go.

This has nothing to do with you.

Don't do this.

Don't stop me.

Let go!

Stop acting!

Stop the act! Let her do it herself!

Hurry up and do it!

Do it!

Do it!

Give my child back!

Don't come any closer!

Stay back!

These are filled with hydrogen.

Come on,

let's die together. Come on!

Come on, let's all die together!