The Burning River(2020)

The Burning River is a Chinese crime series that unfolds in a small Xinan town where two baffling cases collide. A seasoned female police captain and an ambitious young detective team up to untangle the mystery. What begins as a straightforward investigation—rooted in a late-night rideshare gone wrong—spirals into something far more complex. As evidence accumulates, the cases interweave in unexpected ways, revealing secrets that bind the town's past, present, and future together. The detectives race to identify the real culprit while uncovering layers of deception that threaten to upend everything they thought they knew. Tension mounts as personal stakes and institutional pressure converge, pushing the investigation toward a reckoning neither officer anticipated.