Lee Zheng

Lee Zheng is a Jiujiang police inspector and Team 1 leader who repeatedly handles cases uncovered by Chen Ge. He never gains supernatural power, but his procedural discipline, field courage, and growing trust in an unconventional informant make him a durable bridge between crimes caused by human beings and dangers the police cannot publicly explain.

Biography

Team 1 leader

Lee Zheng enters the Fang Hwa Apartments operation as the large, muscular leader of Team 1. When a cursed message compromises officers searching the building, he divides personnel to secure the corridor, responds immediately to injuries, and continues toward endangered teammates. He already recognizes Chen from an earlier interrogation, but treats him as a civilian within Captain Yan's command structure rather than giving him unrestricted access to the operation. (Chapters 274–281)

Later cases bring Lee into closer contact with Chen's improbable warnings. During the investigation around Gao Ruxue and Han Bao'er, he works under Captain Yan, acts on information that sounds impossible, and is briefly influenced by child ghosts. Recovering without abandoning the investigation establishes a recurring pattern: Lee may be skeptical of Chen's explanation, but he does not ignore a lead merely because it arrives in an unusual form. (Chapters 366–392)

Police liaison and Li Wan City survivor

As Doctor Gao's network and the underground morgue come under investigation, Lee shares only information he can responsibly disclose, checks suspects, and asks Chen to speak with Gao Ruxue. Their cooperation remains procedural rather than casual. Lee values Chen's results, yet reminds him to recognize legal boundaries and refuses to let familiarity replace interviews, records, or official responsibility for vulnerable witnesses. (Chapters 401–421)

The Eastern Jiujiang cases deepen that working relationship. Lee records Chen's account of the child-abduction ring, accompanies Captain Yan to question Ma Fu, orders address checks, and interviews Jia Ming about Jiang Long's death. He follows physical leads even when their context is implausible, correlating names, locations, testimony, and old case records rather than asking the supernatural claim itself to carry legal weight. (Chapters 505–515, 594–599)

When Jia Ming escapes, Lee pursues him onto Route 104 and handcuffs their wrists together so the suspect cannot flee. Both are pulled behind Li Wan City's door, where curses leave Lee unconscious and allow the shadow to use his appearance as a disguise. The threatening actions performed by that imitation are not Lee's. His own restraint keeps Jia Ming attached long enough to prevent the suspect from simply abandoning him, and Chen eventually carries Lee back to the police. (Chapters 621–623, 653–680)

Police ally amid impossible cases

After recovering, Lee resumes his role as Chen's principal police contact. He responds when Chang Gu is found at the mental hospital, treats the unconscious-student connection as a major case, and questions Chen for nearly an hour rather than accepting a familiar story without scrutiny. In private, he warns Chen against using an officer's name and explains that a strong sense of justice does not excuse unlawful methods. (Chapters 907–908)

At Jiang Yuan Apartments, Lee follows Chen's tip to a body hidden in a freezer, secures the scene, traces the suspect, and challenges Chen for conducting dangerous investigations alone. Similar reports lead the police toward Fang Yu, Jiang Ming, Jia Ming, and other buried crimes. Lee's trust becomes practical rather than blind: he acts quickly because Chen's leads repeatedly prove correct, while continuing to demand statements, preserve evidence, and keep the cases inside lawful procedure. (Chapters 978–1070, 1111–1153)

By the final return from Xin Hai, Lee is still part of the official network surrounding Chen. Messages from him and the police response to the reappearance of Chen's parents show that their partnership has outlasted the individual investigations. Lee never receives a public supernatural explanation or a formal power change; his development is the accumulation of professional trust without surrendering the caution that makes that trust useful. (Chapters 1150, 1210)

Appearance and personality

Lee Zheng is a large, muscular adult whose size and booming voice suit his position as a field-team leader. Long investigations often leave him visibly tired, with bloodshot eyes and the guarded posture of an officer expecting a situation to deteriorate. He carries standard police equipment and presents himself directly, without the theatrical intimidation that accompanies many of Chen's encounters. (Chapters 274–281, 594–599, 907–908)

He is procedural, skeptical, protective, and pragmatic. Lee can accept that Chen has noticed something important without accepting every explanation offered for it. He is willing to risk himself to restrain Jia Ming, yet equally willing to reprimand Chen for impersonating an official or entering a crime scene alone. Concern appears beneath his impatience: he recognizes Chen's exhaustion, drives him home, and repeatedly urges him to rely on the police. (Chapters 505–515, 621–680, 907–979)

Skills and supernatural abilities

Criminal investigation

Lee conducts interviews, compares testimony with old records, identifies inconsistencies, correlates names and addresses, and organizes evidence into cases that can survive official scrutiny. He listens closely to tone and physical reactions during questioning, but does not treat intuition as a substitute for verification. This discipline lets him turn Chen's unconventional discoveries into searches, arrests, reopened files, and protection for victims. (Chapters 401–421, 505–515, 594–599, 978–1070)

Field command and restraint

As Team 1 leader, Lee assigns officers, secures corridors, coordinates responses, protects injured personnel, and pursues suspects in dangerous conditions. His decision to cuff himself to Jia Ming prevents an escape at immediate personal risk. He has no innate supernatural ability, does not understand door-world rules, and remains vulnerable to possession, curses, and attacks that ordinary police training cannot anticipate. (Chapters 274–281, 366–392, 621–680)

Procedural judgment

Lee balances trust in an informant with the duties of an investigator. He shares limited case information when cooperation can protect people, insists on full questioning after an incident, warns against misuse of police authority, and preserves the distinction between a credible lead and admissible proof. His methods are slower than Chen's direct encounters with spirits, but they create consequences in the living world that a supernatural confrontation alone cannot provide. (Chapters 401–421, 505–515, 907–979)

Relationships

• Chen Ge: A recurring informant, source of correct but unsettling leads, and friend whom Lee often treats like a reckless junior colleague. Lee trusts his results while challenging his methods, and Chen remembers Lee's help strongly enough to risk himself during the Li Wan rescue. (Chapters 274–281, 401–421, 505–680, 907–1153)
• Captain Yan: Lee's superior and the commander under whom he handles Jiujiang's major cases. Lee follows his orders, reports through the team structure, and shares his confidence that Chen's information deserves serious attention. (Chapters 274–281, 366–421, 505–515, 680)
• Jia Ming: A suspect whose stories connect several Eastern Jiujiang crimes. Lee interviews him, pursues him after his escape, and cuffs them together, only to be dragged behind Li Wan City's door and incapacitated by the shadow's curse. (Chapters 594–599, 621–680)
• Gao Ruxue: A vulnerable witness whom Lee and the police protect after Doctor Gao disappears. He asks Chen to speak with her because their established connection may reveal information without worsening her condition. (Chapters 419–421)

Items

• Handcuffs: Lee cuffs his own wrist to Jia Ming's to prevent the fleeing suspect from escaping. The connection persists behind Li Wan City's door and keeps Jia Ming from leaving the unconscious officer behind without first finding the key. (Chapters 621–623, 653–677)
• Police sidearm and communications equipment: Standard tools of his field role, including a holstered gun, phone, and team radio. They support pursuit and coordination but offer little protection against possession or curse-based attacks. (Chapters 274–281, 621–623, 670)