The Duty Officer

Nie Ming, a top graduate in Criminal Investigation, envisioned a dynamic career on the city's homicide squad. Instead, reality delivers a sharp blow: an assignment to a rural police station that threatens to extinguish his youthful ambition. Refusing to yield to despair, Nie Ming transforms the muddy township roads into the launchpad for his extraordinary career. Starting with what appears to be a routine neighborhood dispute, he uncovers a web of unusual and sinister clues, pulling him step-by-step into a vortex far more complex than he ever imagined. As the fog clears, he realizes he is battling not just cunning criminals, but unfathomable human nature and a deeply entrenched web of power. How will Nie Ming navigate the treacherous path from the rural backwaters back to the grand stage where he truly belongs?