Subtitles by DramaFever
[Dr. Qin] [Episode 1]
[Public Security Bureau of Longfan City]
[Guest House Motel]
What is it...
Oh, that's too much...
Try it.
You won't taste it yourself but you sell it as cooking oil?
People like him should be shot, right?
Yes! He has no morals!
- No morals at all! - This is for hotels.
You won't have it if you don't waste money.
You consider this justice? Take him away!
What... what is this exactly?
A big chicken claw?
Is this... a human hand?
No way?
In “Combating Four Illegal Dens and Pests”
vendors of gutter oil were arrested in food courts in the city center.
Residents are now deeply worried.
Food safety is a main concern again.
Listen up! We're going to capture Zhao San tonight.
Stay alert.
It's a residential area.
He has killed at least three people.
We aren't sure if other suspects are around so we must be swift and accurate.
- Yes, Captain Lin! - Search carefully.
Stay cautious.
- Get going! - Yes...
Hello?
Baby?
I was interrogating the bad guys.
I couldn't answer your call.
Don't get angry.
Hello?
- Baby? - Who's your baby?
Commissioner.
There's a case at the food court.
Deputy Mayor is supervising this case.
Listen up, Lin Tao. Stay focus.
Yes!
[Lin Tao calling...]
Qin Ming speaking.
The police discovered a food waste truck while on patrol.
It was loaded with gutter oil.
- How many victims? - It's unconfirmed.
Unconfirmed?
We were to carry out “Combating Four Illegal Dens and Pests.”
You need a forensic investigator to examine gutter oil?
Get going.
Let us through. The forensic investigator is here.
A forensic investigator to examine gutter oil?
- Tell us more. - Stop shoving that mic into his mouth.
Stop staring at it.
This is Forensic Division's Chief Qin.
Hello, Division Chief Qin. I've heard a lot about you.
Who knew that you're so young?
What about the crime scene?
We were discussing if that is a human hand or a chicken claw.
Why did you contact us before you figure it out?
Why bother having forensic investigators if everyone can figure it out?
Look.
- Is that where the nails peeled off? - Zoom in on that.
If this is a human hand it seems too thin and small.
If it's a chicken claw it's a bit too big.
If it's a woman's hand, it could contract to this size when deep-fried.
Contracture?
Deep-fried.
You mean that the victim was killed then cooked?
Captain Lin.
It seems neither of us will get any sleep tonight.
If these are really deep-fried fingers would it be too hard to examine?
How about a DNA examination?
We only have 48 hours.
Why would you spend six hours waiting for a DNA test?
That is small and difficult to pin down.
Isn't it hard to perform separation of soft tissues?
This is indeed a human finger.
You can figure that out?
It's forensic anthropology.
Phalanges.
These are a type of bones in humans that are more unique and distinct.
During human evolution
the body of the phalanges became shorter and the joints longer.
The fingers are then more flexible.
Judging by its shape this is a typical human phalange.
It's confirmed as a human hand. Summon our men here.
We have to inspect all the food debris in the containers.
- Yes. - I need another forensic investigator.
He or she must be able to differentiate food debris from human remains.
Where is that newbie?
He'll be here tomorrow morning.
Tell him to come here right away. He must be here in 20 minutes.
These fingers were deep-fried.
The soft tissues are severely dehydrated.
That was why the hand contracted so badly and looks so small.
This is such a clean cut.
It could have been chopped off by a kitchen cleaver.
If it was chopped off by a cleaver
whoever cut up the corpse must be very strong.
That's how you look after your kid? It was dangerous!
I'm sorry! Sorry about that!
Do you know where your family is?
Can you tell me your name?
- I don't know. - All right then.
Get up.
Where did you collect the food waste?
Here.
Summon our men to investigate the vendors of the food court.
Yes, Captain Lin.
- Comrade. - Hello.
This child is lost. Please look for his parents.
- Sure, leave him to me. - Be good.
Do what the uncle says.
Your contact information!
Longfan City's Criminal Investigations Team!
Li Da Bao of Forensic Division. Thanks!
Excuse me!
Let me through.
Excuse me, let me through.
Miss, don't sneak onto the crime scene.
I'm with the police! I'm a forensic investigator.
It's urgent!
Miss.
It's a crime scene. Don't come in.
I'm looking for Chief Qin.
Who are you?
I'm Li Da Bao from Trace Evidence division.
Isn't Da Bao a guy?
That's Zhao Da Bao. He transferred.
I'm Li Da Bao.
Let her in.
Thanks.
Qin Ming!
This is the newbie.
Chief Qin, I'm the newly relocated Li Da Bao.
Tardiness annoys me more than anything.
It's fine if you don't perform well.
Those are your own limitations.
If you're late it's an issue of attitude.
I... I'm sorry.
- But I... - Don't bother explaining.
How can you be a forensic investigator with this attitude?
Didn't you say it's a guy?
I also thought it's a guy.
But this is a young lady.
This woman can't do the job today.
Mr. Qin Ming.
I'd like to know what men can do that women can't.
Guys, give me a strainer.
Thanks.
Why isn't there anything in this container?
Search carefully. There should be something in it.
Tardy Newbie, you can take a break if you aren't up for it.
Or you can go home.
Thanks.
But no thanks.
Women really aren't cut out for this.
Qin Ming does have a point.
The remains were found mostly in containers number one and number 13.
They aren't scattered.
Remains are found in the food court with so many onlookers.
If we don't solve this case within 48 hours, people will panic.
Daylight is in two hours.
Within two hours, the forensic division will produce a DNA chart
and the preliminary facial reconstruction.
Sure! Same old rules then.
You take the dead and I question the living.
Supervisor Zheng.
Chief Qin.
What is this case? Why is it so urgent?
These are all deep-fried.
Could you reconstruct it?
Deep-fried?
It won't be easy.
- I'll give it a go. - Be quick.
Who is this? I've never seen her before.
The tardy newbie.
Miss Zhao, nice to meet you.
I'm the new forensic investigator Li Da Bao.
You're such a pretty young lady.
Brace yourself for hardship if you're working with him.
Listen up.
What is this smell on you?
It should be the stench of trash cans and gutter oil.
Grab a shower at home and get changed.
It's fine.
Tardy Newbie.
- Are you coming in? - Yes.
Go on. Quickly.
- Go on. - Goodbye, Supervisor Zheng.
Goodbye.
Where's my protective lab coat?
- Take it yourself. - Where is it?
[Qin Ming]
What should we do now?
I'm going to peel off the deep-fried soft tissues.
I'll try to separate epidermis and dermis cell tissues that aren't damaged.
Sure.
What are you doing?
Categorize each bit of remains to distinguish the body part
according to the thickness and arrangement of its muscle fiber.
Move it back.
Sure.
[Public Security Bureau of Longfan City]
[Criminal Investigations Team]
[Autopsy Room]
Chief Qin.
The bits of remains we have now are from the hips and limbs.
The torso is still missing.
Send this to the DNA Department to run the tests.
Just speak your mind.
I'd like to say that the murderer chopped the corpse up in tiny pieces
because the deep fryer might not be big
or that the place where the remains can be abandoned isn't big enough.
- For example, the sewers? - Yes.
[Attitude, Knowledge, Operational ability, Logic and reasoning]
We'll retrieve more remains later.
We already scooped those bins clean.
There can't be more remains.
Smell this.
Shit?
It's feces.
I thought it was accidental
But then I realize that there's feces on all of them.
These remains are all found in container number one and number 13.
The container I dug through smelled.
However, there weren't any feces in it so I didn't find any remains.
There are two ways to produce gutter oil.
The first is from food waste and trash from restaurants.
The second is from waste oil floating in the sewer drains.
Do you get it?
I got it.
It's to say that the police intercepted the food waste truck at the food court.
But it doesn't mean that all food waste was collected there.
The containers with the remains could be
filled with waste disposal from the sewers.
That means the vendor selling gutter oil lied.
It's really just recycled oil from food waste. It's not gutter oil.
How could there be feces in food waste?
Do you think I'm dumb?
I'm warning you. Don't lie to me.
If this is a just a gutter oil case
it's just retribution for your immoral deeds.
In Criminal Investigations Team it's homicide! Get it?
I'll give you one last chance.
Where on earth did you get that waste?
It's from the sewers in the east of Lihua Neighborhood behind the food court.
Asshole.
It really is just recycled oil from food waste, not gutter oil!
I'll go first.
- What are you doing? - Get me my kit.
Dumped the remains in the sewers.
That's really perverse.
Be careful.
Let's get started.
Have you found anything?
The corpse was chopped up so finely.
How long will it take us to find all the pieces?
- Why don't we get more men down here? - Don't bother.
We're just looking for the pelvic bones.
The pelvis is formed by sacrum and a pair of hip bones.
Those three bones are the hardest bones in our body.
It's almost impossible to chop the pelvis up very finely.
What's more, the pelvis is a valuable indicator in forensic science.
Victor Hugo once said that the sewers are the conscience of a city.
Whatever that is ugly, despicable, and useless
in a civilized society would be dumped into the sewers.
Do I have to record every word he says?
It's best to jot it down.
Does he talk a lot?
No.
Good to know.
What is it?
A rat...
It's all right now.
I'm actually quite... bold.
Rats are the only thing I'm afraid of.
That's not all?
You have quite the guts, young lady.
Why don't I call you Buddy Bao or Master Bao?
Sure, whatever.
A rat!
Let's go this way?
Figure out how to open that gate first.
But my nose tells me that the stench from decaying flesh comes from here.
It's stuck because of the rust.
It really is over here.
Comrades! It is over here.
It is on this side.
Where are they?
Goodness! There are so many rats!
The pelvic bone!
You sniffed your way here?
I did.
Your nose works such wonders?
Why not?
Is this a male or female victim?
Judging from the shape and weight this should be a female pelvis.
Look.
The femur and tibia (leg) bones.
But aren't these a bit too long for a woman?
This woman would have to have super long legs.
Your legs might be too short.
My legs are short.
Write that down and sue him.
Your nose is quite good.
Apart from bigger nostrils this is my real nasal height.
It'd be better if the tip of my nose is sharper.
I'm referring to your sense of smell.
I was born with it since I was a child.
Does such a good sense of smell affect your life?
What could it possibly affect?
I have to block my nose in the toilet or I'd pass out.
That's not because of your sense of smell.
That's a matter of your digestive system?
Highly developed sense of smell.
Human police dog.
Not bad.
Since you have such a good nose
could you tell me what Chief Qin did last night?
I don't dare to sniff him.
He doesn't smell much like a human anyway.
[Public Security Bureau of Longfan City Criminal Investigation Branch]
Done.
All the bones are in the right order now.
However...
Tell me your analysis.
I've already calculated it.
The femur bone on the right is 47.4 centimeters.
If we calculate the victim's height according to the femur's length
of a 21 to 30-year-old female
Y equals 643.62.
Add it to 230 X and then add or subtract by 34.87.
This woman should be about 1.75 meters.
Did I get it wrong?
The formula is right.
But don't you find something strange?
It is indeed very strange.
This woman's legs are too long.
It isn't that my legs are too short.
Or that she simply had a great figure?
Give Lin Tao that information first or else the police have nothing to work on.
Judging from decomposition
the time of death wasn't more than a week ago.
The pelvis is heavy and the velocity of flow in the sewer isn't fast
so the corpse couldn't have been dumped far from the sewer.
Get him to search near where we found the remains.
See if there's any missing person who fits the description.
Sure!
What am I in charge of?
- Get out. - Sure.
Why?
Your breathing distracts me.
Come back in an hour.
There are only 28 hours left to solve the mystery case
that must be cracked in 48 hours.
There are just those few clues.
We don't even know who the victim is.
Do I breathe very heavily? Have I disturbed you?
A bit.
That's what Qin Ming is like.
Just get used to it.
Captain Lin.
As you instructed, we looked into all missing persons in Lihua Neighborhood.
Not to including missing persons there aren't 1.75 meters woman at all.
Could the victim be from another city?
We checked and there isn't any either.
However, there is a 25-year-old woman called Lian Qian Qian.
She would chat and snack with the old ladies
in the neighborhood every afternoon.
However, no one saw her in the past two weeks.
A housewife?
What does her husband do?
He's the manager of food and beverage department in International Grand Hotel.
Food and beverage?
Deep-fried... Could this be somehow related to the case?
Her husband quit his job two weeks ago.
His whereabouts are now unknown.
How tall is this Lian Qian Qian?
She's about 1.6 meters.
That's a big gap.
Some bones are still missing and we can't calculate precisely
but according to forensic science
she can't only be 1.6 meters with such a long femur bone.
There's no point in asking. You've made no progress.
That's because we got it all wrong.
Subtitles by DramaFever