Xiaqing Stories

MTL -FOR ONLINE PURPOSE- A live human sculpture appears at a city art exhibition, causing a national uproar. The case is heinous and complex, prompting international criminal investigator Xu Changying to return to his homeland to collaborate with local police after an eight-year absence. The moment he sets foot on the familiar yet long-unseen soil, memories of old faces and past events come flooding back. Xu Changying thought his heart had turned to stone, but the sight of that familiar yet distant face leaves him uncontrollably shaken and bewildered. In the dissection room, the man removes his mask and greets him as if meeting for the first time: "Hello, I'm Xia Qing." Over the past eight years, Xu Changying has become the only beta agent in the AGB organization, traveling to countless corners of the world. He can no longer recall whether it was in Colombia, North Africa, or a remote town in Southeast Asia, but during a brief respite from a mission, the beta agent caught a glimpse of that cold and dignified face on an old, blurry television screen-Xia Qing, the heir to a top-tier domestic biotech group, an exceptionally gifted alpha, and a globally renowned life scientist who led his team to overcome another major academic hurdle. The indifferent face on the old screen overlapped with the memory of a young man whose eyes always held a warm smile. Xu Changying looked away, flicked away his cigarette butt, and walked into the dust left by the recent gunfight. Reunited once more, he is an international investigator, and he is the consulting expert, brought together again by a bizarre case. Xu Changying gazes with a smile at that almost unchanged yet unfamiliar face-a result of retrograde amnesia-and extends his hand: "Nice to meet you. I'm Xu Changying."