A Life for a Life (2025)

Other name: Born by Fate , Jie Ming Er Sheng , Sui Yue Zhui Xun , 歲月追尋 , 岁月追寻 ,

Description

In the 1980s, the top student of the police academy, Du Xiang Dong, was assigned against his wishes to a detention center. Two suspects escaped from the jail; one died, and the other got away. Du Xiang Dong blamed himself and impulsively resigned. For the next twenty years, he found himself in a battle of wits with the escaped suspect, Xu Wen Geng. Both followed their own ways of life, engaging in a strategic duel amidst the tides of the times.
(Source: Chinese = Douban || Translation = Baebaexin at MDL)
~~ Adapted from the novel "Jie Ming Er Sheng" (借命而生) by Shi Yi Feng (石一枫).

Country: Chinese

Status: ongoing

Released: 2025

Genre: Crime Mystery Thriller