The Long Watch (2026 Chinese Drama) - Season 1 (Episode 19 Added)

Set against major national‑security cases spanning more than two decades, the story begins in the late 1990s with a massive classified‑data leak that rocks cross‑strait relations and masks a covert tug‑of‑war between foreign intelligence networks and China’s state security apparatus . Rookie agent Chun Xiao (Peng Yuchang) is paired with seasoned operative Ma Qi (Wang Kai) in the National Security Bureau; together they foil plots and grow from novices into hardened defenders of state secrets. Their 21‑year battle of wits pits them against Lin Kanshan (Ou Hao), code‑named “North Wind,” a former insider who becomes a key adversary, while Jin Lan (Zhou Yiran) serves as another new force in the bureau whose path intertwines with the others . As the new century reshapes power balances, the four characters’ fates diverge: some remain steadfast on the hidden front, while others are pulled into political whirlpools, testing loyalty, ideology, and human nature.