9, 38, 52, 69
80, 83
103, 193, 193
103 and 193, that's months in between
Three months, what does that mean?
It doesn't mean anything
Except that something is wrong
Something must have gone wrong in these three months
221, 243, 256, 281
all the way up to 1460...
Up to last month, it would have been exactly 1460 days
I have all the numbers in my head
The date of every letter... what pattern lies in this?
Forget it, I've entertained evey possibility
A total of 54 letters in the past four years
No clue whatsoever
No city, address, or telephone number,
no ways of reaching him
All I have are these letters
He writes about waking up late, being constipated
Watching a game all night
How he can smell the food from the restaurant next door
That's all. Not a clue of where he is
But he's out there somewhere
Know what l'd really like to do?
I'd really like to drag him out
Scream at him why don't you just die?
This is what I'd really like to do
I'd really like to do this
Why don't you stop reading the letters?
I've tried
How about moving away?
I won't
I need to curse him out loud
Still the same city
Nothing has changed in four years
He is still hiding some place where l can't see
This city... or that...
I have once told him,
if my parents disapprove our relationship I'll stop eating
And wait for him
I didn't think I'd still wait for him when he disappeared
But the truth is, I've been waiting for four years
Ten bugs
It's called the''Microelectrode Guided...
Stereo tactic Deep Brain Surgey''
They use stereo tactic technology
To locates the nerve in your brain...
that attaches you to heroin
Then apply microelectrode treatment
Boom... it's gone
I was quite muddle-headed around that time
After they destroyed 'the reward center' in my brain
they needed to let it recuperate...
before planting new nerves
As a result, I became vey forgetful
My head was quite messed up...
for awhile.
Then I got better and no longer relied on narcotics
l felt brand new
l told them l was fully recovered,
but they wouldn't believe me
They still granted child custody to him
What a bunch of pricks!
Eh, what does he do?
281, 28l, 302, 302
Tell me, what do these numbers mean?
They all have 2 in them
OK. They all have 2. You know this guy?
Take another look
Forget it
After they took away my baby, I have been cying for long time
Then I thought
I've got to seek help.
Or I'd never survive on my own
I didn't intend to tell you this
I wanted to talk about something else
I've never told anyone about it
I mean, what's the use of talking about it?
True.
Nineteen
Got any singles?
Got two
It's nineteen
I don't have any singles either
One bug Iess, is that OK?
One bug Iess
Fine, wait for me then
Got change for a twenty?
No, no
Ok
Got change for a twenty?
No Changes
Did you fuck up your head or something?
Over here. Hey, this way!
What about the change?
That cunning bitch! We take this for our change
I'm getting off after the bridge, can you drive?
Ok
You're here
It's me
Huo-Gui
I'm Shui-Tian
There's no bottom to a lake
As there's no edge to a shore
What?
Its water remains neither wet nor dy to itself
As its ripples never conjure the feeling of solitude
These ripples surround rocks that are neither too big nor too small
Whispering softly to their vey own whispers
Just whispers...
What? Say that again?
Ahhhh
Somebody jumped off the bridge
Feifei, Feifei
Hey!
What should we do? What do we do now?
He should give us the tickets
Why did he jump?
He fucking jumped?
Did he see a cop?
There was a cop?
I need to find a toilet...
Stop right there, you little bastard
You looking for a toilet?
You backing out on me,
You bastard dare to back out on me
Discount tickets for sale Ambient
Did you see the car driver?
It was just happened, he was here.
Something dropped from above then he ran away.
How did the guy fall?
I don't know, it all happened in a blink
Wait...
That, that guy
That guy?
Short hair
Feifei, come with me
You Okay?
You were driving... here they come
Does it hurt?
Your car?
You the driver?
I'll need to see your driver license and car registration
Tell me what happened first
Can we do this later?
Sure
What's going on?
I don't have a license, you go back and wait for me
Remember what l told you?
Got it
I do exactly as you say
So what's next?
Get a cab
Taxi, hey, taxi...
Get in. l owe you one bug anyway,
where to?
Never mind
Seriously?
Take this
My mother used to make me take it when I had a stomach ache
Cheap and works like charm, take two tablets water
It's all right, l'm OK
Take it
I'm really fine
Just take it for god's sake!
Thank you
Where to?
We need to get to 40 Lake East Road
Lake East Road, I have to turn around then
What kind of place is it?
A place to buy plane tickets
It's cheap flying these days
It's only two blocks away
I'll take you there
Wait a minute, we need to go to Mapu first
Mapu? That's far
I have a relative there doing water heating business
I don't have enough money
He's got money for me
Fine, I'll take you there
You take over from here
Ok
I heard two peasants fled the scene up there
Factoy workers, I think
Take a look at this, we found this on him
''Dying is like flying''
''lt's much easier than living''
''The seasons fly through the fingers of time''
''Leaving behind it, hours of hesitation''
The guy's a depressed poet
Calm down
Fuck! Fucking shit!
What now? What do we do now?
It's pretty clear...
what happened.
You won't be able to drive your car for awhile
If you're worried about your... is it girlfriend?
If you're worried about her, maybe you ought to go back first?
We've got your phone number
Come to our precinct tomorrow
And we'll figure something out, OK?
Got a bump there
Huh
You all right?
I am fine
You can go home first
Stop! Stop
What's your name?
My name is Shui-Tian
Shui-Tian. That's a nice name
First time in the city?
Here for a job?
I'm here looking for Xiao Xiang
Who's that?
My girlfriend
Where is she?
I have no clue
How could that be?
Her mother wanted her to be a hooker
She wouldn't do it, so she ran away
I heard she's come to the city
But she didn't tell me, so I'm not sure
Why did her mother wanted her to be a hooker?
Many girls in her class were doing it
Served the guys working the mines
One day her mother brought home a man
He was also a miner
Her mother said to her
''You didn't pass the entrance exam''
''So no more school for you anyway''
''Your classmates are making money by the hundreds''
And she told Xiao Xiang to sleep with the man
Xiao Xiang raised bloody hell and ran away
i've been to this town a couple times
Couldn't find her
Someone told me she came to the city
Her mother demanded ten thousand bucks from me
I give her the money...
and she'll leave me and Xiao Xiang alone
I have the money now
All I need is to find her quick
Feeling better?
Much better
What's your Xiao Xiang like?
She's a tough cookie
One time she told off the town chief's son
You call that tough?
She should've told off the town chief,
the village chief, and all those bastards
What's the use of telling off the son?
You upset?
No
Then tell me, is your Xiao Xiang pretty?
She was the prettiest in town
She's simply different from eveyone else
Unlike the rest of the county bumpkins
What was she like then?
One time I said to her
Let's go to the city together
She then said to me: I've had the same thought
Another time
She went into town to play slot machines
She didn't tell me, so I was a bit upset
She came back so excited
Boy that thing is super fun!
As soon as I heard that, I wasn't upset anymore
I think I know your Xiao Xiang
Huh?
I'm serious
There's this girl working in the restaurant close to where I live
A table manager, quite pretty
She always talked with her hands like this
Please enjoy your food
This soup is super good
This spicy tofu dish is also superb.
You wanna try?
Oh c'mon,
what's your problem making me wait so long?
Was she like this?
Take me to her, please... I need to find her now
Get a hold of yourself
So I tried talking senses into them
But it's useless.
Let me tell you, it was impossible
Some eight or nine of them came
And we got into a brawl
How could I possibly fight so many by myself?
Not possible
So I pinned one of them down...
and beat the shit out of him
I punched him once, twice, three, four, five times
I gave him a good dozen of punches
That motherfucker got scared shitless
I dragged that piece of shit towards the doorway
All the way to the gate
Boy, he was bleeding like hell
I knocked him over with one shove
Don't move
What are you doing? What are you doing?
What the hell are you doing?
You little bastard
What are you doing?
Bastard
Stop running, you little piece of shit
My belt, where's my belt?
You don't want the money, is that it?
I do, I do
Do your fucking shit
Have you lost your fucking mind?
You want that money? Then go find some dough for the plane tickets
Our contact's dead
He jumped, we're on our own now
If we don't make it to Guangzhou today
Who's gonna give us the money? Huh?
If we don't make it today...
we're done for
We might as well forget about the money. You still in or not?
Yes!
Do your fucking shit, little bastard
You listen to me well you little motherfucker
If you don't get a little sense in that brain of yours
I'll finish you off with my own hands
Get over here! Get over here!
Take this, make her give some money
Just get enough for two plane tickets
I won't give her a hard time as long as she gives us the money
Doesn't that make us robbers?
Stupid fuck, how else are we gonna get the money?
Get over there, talk to her nicely
All we want is two thousand bugs, you hear?
Tell her that, and if she won't do it
I'll go give her a scare
Go
Take this! Take this
Go!
Belt
You've got two thousand bucks?
We only need two thousand
I only made a few tens today
He's already taken them all
We need to buy plane tickets
Give us two thousand and we'll let you go
I'll go home and get it
I'll take you with me to get it
As long as you let me go,
the two thousand is yours
You mean it?
Of course!
She's agreed
Really?
Yes
Where's the money?
She says she'll take us home to get it
What did you tell her?
I said we need to buy plane tickets
You dumb fuck!
What did you tell her that for?
She's going to tell...
the police evemhing!
You dumb fuck.
You'll be caught before you board the plane
Help!
Somebody, help!
Help!
Uh
Little piece of shit
Tell her we are going...
with her to get the money
We will sell the car for the money instead
What about her?
What do you think?
What about Xiao Xiang?
Xiao Xiang... Xiao Xiang...
Fuck your fucking Xiao Xiang
You don't even know where your tomorrow is...
and you're still thinking about Xiao Xiang?
You reckon she's still waiting for you?
9O
Move the car, drive
That guy your boyfriend?
The one in the magazine
Trust me. You can never rely on men
You should just dump the loser
Where's my magazine?
It got lost
Get it back, you get it back for me
You go get it....
back for me
Let go of your hand
You go and get my magazine back
What are you doing?
Ahhhh
Ouch!
Wanna ty again?
Believe it or not, I'll cut off your hand
Just drive
Go that way
Turn here
There's a gas station up ahead
Gotta get some gas or else the car won't move
We going?
Go
Dare to try again? Try then! You little piece of shit
You think I like doing this kind of thing?
I need thirty thousand to get out of the lawsuit
Without the money, I can't go home
l've been out for three years now
Haven't been home in three years, you get what I'm saying?
Fifty bugs of gas
Where you going?
I need to pay
Let him come get it
Fine
Ahhhh
What's wrong?
It's OK, not a problem
What's wrong?
It's OK
Money
Mmm
Sorry
Stop the car
I said stop the car
Watch her
Is it really her?
The girl you mentioned, is it really Xiao Xiang?
I don't know
Tell her to wait for me
OK
You can go
He's coming
Swear you won't report on us
I won't
Hey
Hey, stop the car
Hey
Ahh
Darn
Hello, yes, yes
She's moved back with her mother now
I've met the guy she's been cheating me with
Even shook hands with him once
At first she denied, tried to bluff it out
She didn't admit 'til I told her
I was gonna kill him
Is that him?
You wanna know how he died?
What's this?
Heroine
Where did you find these?
Dug them out from his anus
Sorry
It's OK
By the time we caught up with him he was already dead
The bags dissolved inside him
It's extremely dangerous to cary
The stuff inside one's body for more than 24 hours,
The autopsy shows that...
this wasn't the case
He probably took some pills on the road
The chemical elements dissolved the bags
Which then took his life
I gave him the pills
He said he had a stomach ache
So I gave him a pain killer
What about the other guy?
Still alive, we gave him some laxative
He dumped it all out, total of 18 bags
He wants to see you
Who?
The younger one, name is Shui-Tian
We've interrogated him twice but the guy wouldn't say a thing
He said he would only speak once he's seen you. Know why that is?
No idea
I don't want to see him
What's the matter?
I don't want to be reminded of the whole thing
I understand, but you've got to meet him
Why don't you go home and calm down a bit
We'll make arrangements tomorrow
Fang Wen
Fang Wen!
Come over here, sit
Li Mi, you sit here
Press this button behind you if anything goes wrong
Did you see her?
Did you see Xiao Xiang?
Where's the magazine?
It's lost. You didn't see Xiao Xiang?
Where did you lose it?
Did you see Xiao Xiang or not?
I'm asking you where you lost it?
You lied to me
I didn't lie to you
I reported to the police back at the gas station
How would I have known you'd let me go later?
I had no idea before then
You let me down
I had your word to find Xiao Xiang when I let you go
We had an agreement
Will you help me find her?
Just tell her, her mother has already said yes
I'll go see her as soon as I got out of here
Will you tell her that?
Please, please
Alright
I don't want to lie to you
You did spare my life
I have no idea where your Xiao Xiang is
I wouldn't know how to find her
I made up that girl...
I told you about
I mean, so many girls talk like that these days
How would l know which one of them is Xiao Xiang?
That's a lie
No, it's not
You're lying to me
Only Xiao Xiang could talk...
like that no one else
I let you go, and now he's dead
My money's gone. You can't lie to me!
You made a promise, you can't lie to me
Sit! Sit...
Who is Xiao Xiang?
What is this all about?
He released me
And I promised to find his girlfriend
But the girl I told him about was just someone I made up
How would I know if she's Xiao Xiang or not?
Where's that girl at?
What girl?
The girl you told him about
This can't be possible
Know where she is?
What's the deal with this photo album?
lt's private
No private matters where l'm concerned
My boyfriend has disappeared
I put his photos in my car to show people
I've been searching for four years and still haven't found him
All his photos are clipped to that magazine
They have lost the magazine
What else would you like to know?
Wanna know who l slept with in the past four years?
No one
I'm sorry
Are we here?
We've passed it
My wife cheated on me
Are all of your staff here?
Yes, my joint is small,
only a few staff
Tell him we've found Xiao Xiang
This is the address and phone number
He won't get to call
Get in the car
I don't harbor any bad intentions
This is merely a means to get him to talk
Fair means or foul
As long as it gets you what you want
You ever thought about the future?
What if he asked to see Xiao Xiang one day?
What would I tell him?
You think the guy has a future?
He carried more than 500 grams of narcotics in his body
Know what that means?
Plus, if all means were feasible
We'd have gotten him to talk already. Who needs you?
Sorry, haven't been in my own skin lately
I'm not tying to force you to do anything, this is for his own good
He'll come off better if he's able to provide valuable leads
Know what I mean?
Sometimes deception can be charity
I've been lied to for four years
I don't see anything charitable about it
I don't fucking see it, either
I found her, she really is Xiao Xiang
This is her address and phone number
I told her you've been looking for her
And that you will go see her vey soon
Did you tell her how we met?
Uh
I told her you took my taxi
Did you tell her I've been tying to find her?
What did you tell her?
Does she want to see me now?
What do you want to know?
Start from the vey beginning. Leave nothing out
I met Huo-Gui...
in Marpu
I was looking for work, wanted to make some money
He told me I could make ten thousand bugs
Ten thousand,
I'd never seen so much money in my life
I wanted to make that money, so I followed him
As soon as I got out of the car
I was blindfolded and taken to a deserted house
There I took in l8 bags
Then I was dragged out to the street
They told us to get ourselves to the city
Someone will give us plane tickets to fly to Guangzhou
And once we get to Guangzhou, all we'd have to do is take a dump
And the money is ours
To tell you the truth, I got quite scared at the time
But Huo-Gui said everything would be fine
Who would've thought that when we got to the city
The guy would jump
Hold it there. Who did you say jumped?
The guy who was supposed to give us the plane tickets
Where?
On the bridge, he crashed onto a car
That's when we dropped the magazine
I had no idea what was going on
The driver picked up the magazine and started to come after us
What driver?
The driver whose car the guy crashed on
- It him... -OK?
Enough, l'll see you out now
You can come pick up the forms next week
And bring them to your insurance company
Fang Wen, when did you get back?
You've been back awhile now, haven't you?
You've been hiding from me all this time?
Who is she?
Hey, wait a minute...
What's going on here?
It's got nothing to do with you
What?
Sorry,
I think this lady has mistaken me for someone else
Fang Wen
Miss, you're confused
Confused?
I'd recognize you even if you got skinned
You're with her now?
Why didn't you tell me sooner?
Why did you write me all those letters if you're with her?
Why?
Tell me! Say it!
Let go! Let go! Let go!
Watch it, I can cuff you up right now
I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to lose it, I'm fine now
Hey, what's his name?
My name is Ma Bing
That's his name all right
Hear that?
Where's the magazine?
I have it
Why didn't you say anything earlier?
No one asked me
You done here? Let them go if you're done
You can move the car
Thanks
You follow me
Hey, wait
Wait here a minute
Hey, bring me the file on this case later,
I want to take a look
Hey...
How can you be sure...
he's the guy you been looking for?
Wouldn't you recognize your own wife?
Hey...
Have you gone mad or something?
I've been looking for him for four years
Have you tried looking for someone this long?
I can't find him now, he's gone
You go and find him for me, go find him
I'll kill you...
if you don't find him
-You come with me - No
-Come -No
Come
Just a moment
This isn't his handwriting
Handwriting Authentication
Fang Wen,
I don't want anything from you
I know it's you
You don't have to be with me
But just tell me it's you
Just tell me, l won't stalk you
Please just tell me it's you
Fang Wen
Day 83 ''I'm planning on going back, Li Mi''
''I'll never become what they expect of me''
''I'll just have to settle for being ordinay, l'm so useless''
''Do you think I'm useless? ''
Day 22_ ''I'm about to go back, Li Mi''
''I think I am a better man now''
''I could even picture the supermarket we'll own in the future''
''Can you forgive me? ''
Day 430 ''I am a changed man, Li Mi''
''Perhaps I've become the kind of man your parents wanted me to be''
''Who knows? ''
''Yesterday I saw our hometown on N''
''And I suddenly burst out in tears''
''Are you still waiting for me, Li Mi? ''
Day l08 ''I want to tell you something, Li Mi''
''My wish almost came true''
''This morning I went to the airport and bought the ticket''
''At that moment, I could no longer resist my feelings''
''Suddenly I wanted to go back''
''I bought the ticket, went through the security check,
even reached the boarding gate''
''But in the end I came back out''
''Got a half refund for the ticket''
''Do you know how much I wanted to go back? ''
Fine, I'll tell you this, l am Fang Wen
But I'm with someone else now
I don't want you anymore
I've said it, can you leave me alone now?
I'm sorry
l apologize...
if I've mistaken you for someone else
You want to know what this is all about, don't you?
I don't know any Fang Wen. All I know is that you're Ma Bing
I'm going back to the shop
If you don't feel like coming around anymore, don't come
They lied to me
The handwriting authentication was a 70% match
From that moment on
The cop never took his eyes off him
They did a thorough check on Ma Bing's background
And found evemhing counterFeited
His ID, driver's license, even his name
He's a man who doesn't exist
Shui-Tian mentioned during interrogation
The man who was supposed to meet up with them
Would be sporting a pair of shades
They got into Ma Bing's room somehow
And eventually found what they were looking for
Huo-Gui Shui-Tian
Hai-Guang Jiang-Ming
All was vey simple
But I didn't know this at the time
Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!
Cheers! Cheers...
At last Fang Wen is now wiped out from my life
Oh, right, his name is Ma Bing now
Wait a minute. Wait Wait for me
September 4th
Qi
The new errand won't show
You screwed up once, you think they'd still trust you?
Wondering how I know evemhing?
I'm the one who keeps an eye on you
I see
They have me purchase wholesale clothing from Guangzhou as a cover
The clothes are then brought to your shop
They give me a good commission
All this is just a part of the arrangement
Yes
Hai-Guang
I did some calculation back in the shop
Your commission comes out to be about eighty thousand bugs
I gave it to that girl, are you fine with that?
The money is clean
Tell me, doesn't it hurt when you see her pain?
Forget it
The moment she recognized you, you could no longer hide
Don't you realize it?
They're taking you out
On my way here, i kept thinking
lf i told you about it and ran away with you
Would i be able to rely on you?
You are still in love with her
Feifei
Do me a favour, if you run into her again
Don't tell her what really happened
Not a word
lf I hadn't met her
I would've fallen for you
Ahhhhh
-All set? -Yup
OK
The tape
Li Mi
I finally did it
Go and buy yourself a supermarket
Maybe I'll come back to you vey soon
Or maybe I won't ever come back,
I have no idea
In case I don't make it back
This money is for you
No matter what happens
Please don't wory about me, really
There's always a price to pay for evemhing, right?
So I don't regret anything
In case I really don't make it back
Just read the letters I wrote you
When you miss me
A total of 54 letters
That's all for now
We fell in love in high school
Been together ever since
We were both lousy students, neither of us got into college
His two greatest passion?
Fantasy novels? And loving me
We were both mediocre people, nobody paid much attention to us
We were both vey depressed
The day we found out we didn't get into college
We didn't meet up that day
After receiving the news
He went to a swimming pool
And spent the whole afternoon there
Under the piercing sun, he cried for the first time
After that, he began his life as a taxi driver
Later on, he told me
Having me in his life...
...was the best thing that ever happened to him