The night was as dark as ink that couldn't be dissolved, and even the wind on the rooftop had stopped.

After everything settled down and the noise subsided, there was a suffocating silence, as if all the turmoil had been swallowed up by the thick darkness.

Only boundless darkness remained on the rooftop, plunging the city behind it into a deathly silence.

Finally, only a faint breathing sound could be heard in the darkness, but it was so faint that it seemed like a hallucination.

I don't know how much time passed, but then a sharp siren pierced the night sky, and the red and blue flashing lights of the police car flashed wildly in the darkness. Several blinding beams of light pierced through the heavy night, tearing a hole in the dark sky, and everything on the rooftop was laid bare before my eyes— 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

It was a scene of carnage, bloodstains, and unidentified corpses lying on the ground.

The leader, shining a bright light, searched the surroundings and finally heard a faint cry for help from a corner.

Instantly, everyone's gaze, along with the flashlights in their hands, turned towards the shadows.

Where the light and shadow converged, the sole survivor finally appeared before everyone's eyes.

—He was a thin man wearing a hospital gown.

The man clutched his abdomen, but blood continued to seep out, staining his clothes and hands. Most of his medium-length hair was stuck to his face, obscuring his expression, but his faded and cracked lips were proof of his weakness. When the bright lights shone on him, he could only droop his head helplessly, as if he had exhausted all his strength and could no longer support his body...

The camera slowly rises, gradually shifting to an overhead view, and higher still, clearly showing the situation on the rooftop. Some medical staff rush towards the blood-covered man, while others approach the body on the ground. Finally, the increasingly loud voices in the background are reports from the walkie-talkie:

"Report to command center: The rooftop is under control. The target suspect, Zhu Feng, has been located and confirmed to be the sole survivor. An unidentified male body has also been found. Requesting forensic and investigation teams to proceed..."

"Reporting to command center..."

...

The final outcome of this battle was obvious: Zhu Feng was the one who survived.

No, to be more accurate, it's his body.

As for the soul currently inside this body, who is it?

Nobody knows.

However, after that, "Zhu Feng" submitted a large amount of evidence and clues from Mao Yi's ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) home, successfully clearing himself of suspicion.

His life seemed to have returned to normal, no different from before, and the story ended happily.

—But it seems that earth-shattering changes have already taken place.

Inside the elevator, the man lowered his eyes and slowly adjusted his tie.

The colleague who came in clearly harbored some apprehension and wariness towards him, and almost immediately stood at the furthest point from him as soon as he entered the elevator.

If someone looks closely, they'll realize he's the same sarcastic colleague who previously criticized Zhu Feng's tie for being outdated.

The elevator slowly ascended, but the atmosphere between the two was extremely awkward.

In this awkward atmosphere, the colleague forced a smile and said, "Your tie looks great today! Did your wife help you choose it?"

The man glanced back at him, paused for a moment, and replied, "We're already divorced."

"Oh? Uh, haha, I see, then I'm sorry..."

The colleague laughed even more awkwardly and immediately fell silent, wishing he could jump off the elevator right away.

Fortunately, the elevator finally arrived at that moment.

"please."

The man turned to the side, gesturing for the other person to get off first.

Even though the departure order was the same as before, this time the colleague seemed somewhat flattered: "Thank you, thank you."

It wasn't that he was being disrespectful; he simply didn't dare stay with this guy any longer. So, he thanked him and hurriedly left the elevator...

-

But the changes in men are not limited to this.

Viewers could clearly feel that his work and life had undergone tremendous changes.

The movie ends in the middle of the night.

The man, now back home, walked through the somewhat empty and no longer warm living room, and once again stood on the balcony, lighting a cigarette.

After recovering well in the hospital, he cut his hair and shaved his beard, and now his eyebrows and eyes are no different from Zhu Feng at the beginning of the story.

But the lingering sorrow in his eyes was gone; instead, they had turned an even darker black, deep and dangerous, making it impossible to fathom his thoughts.

So who was the last person to survive?

Perhaps only the soul within this body knows.

...

Perhaps because the original movie didn't have any post-credits scenes, the movie "Mistaken Identity" also doesn't have any post-credits scenes at the end. Once the screen goes black, the story is truly over.

The director didn't add anything superfluous, such as an Easter egg at the end explaining who the last survivor was. Tiger Brother predicts that this final ending will definitely spark a lot of discussion.

Because the plot of this domestic version is quite different from the ending of the original version that Tiger Brother watched.

To put it bluntly, the original script, "A Murder by Switching Positions," was also used to promote that popular idol. The idol was the absolute protagonist in the story. So in the Korean version, the person who survived in the end was indeed Zhu Feng, but he was the Zhu Feng who remained in the killer's body forever.

In other words, in the Korean version of the story, the assassin died inside Zhu Feng's body, and Zhu Feng completely replaced the assassin, officially taking over everything the assassin had...

After all, the story initially took place in South Korea—behind Mao Yi stood a huge chaebol family, and Zhu Feng obtained Mao Yi's body and replaced everything about Mao Yi, which in effect meant obtaining the chaebol's capital, possessing money and power, and basically being able to do whatever he wanted in that country.

Therefore, the original version's ending is a relatively satisfying, feel-good ending.

However, such a plot would definitely need to be modified for the Chinese market, and the plot cannot simply follow a single, irreversible path.

Therefore, the body that survived was changed to the original body of the protagonist, Zhu Feng.

Because of this huge change in character and plot, the subsequent ending took a completely different path from the original. The "wealthy family" that should have been in power in the end became a "big tiger" and was brought down by this case. The powerful family that Mao Yi could rely on was overthrown in the end, and everything he had became a mirage.

Whether the person who caused this earth-shattering change was Zhu Feng, who presented evidence to prove his innocence, or Mao Yi, who sacrificed his own family for self-preservation, remains unknown.

This ending deviates from the Korean version's setting and is more in line with the domestic situation. Although it still has the suspicion of a forced happy ending and whitewashing Zhu Feng, overall it is still acceptable and better than expected, with the logic barely coherent.

Even Xiao He, who was sitting in the front row, was somewhat surprised by the final outcome.

Because the ending of this version is different from the ending of "Making a Mistake" that he saw back then.

Note: "Mistaken Identity" is the Chinese version of the script, while "A Murder by Role Reversal" is the Korean version.

The original ending of "Mistaken Identity" leaned more towards a happy ending, with Zhu Feng surviving.

But after experiencing all these things, he made peace with his life, got along well with his colleagues, and cleared up his misunderstandings with his wife, and the two reconciled—the soul swap made his life better.

But the current ending, Xiao He thinks, is a new ending that Director Zhan pieced together from the bad movies he acted in.

This "Zhu Feng," whose identity is uncertain, did not get along well with his colleagues. However, because of the previous case, his colleagues went from disdain to fear, and the two sides reached a strange peace in the company. Even the newly appointed leader showed him friendliness, which made "Zhu Feng's" career go more smoothly.

In terms of his personal life, "Zhu Feng" chose to let go of his unfaithful wife and did not pursue her further. Instead of a melodramatic misunderstanding and reconciliation, the ending was more open-ended.

This ending, in fact, breaks away from the empty rhetoric and becomes more realistic.

Xiao He quite liked this ending.

But who will ultimately be the winner?

Looking at the man smoking on the balcony, Xiao He guessed that he probably already knew the answer.