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Who started the fire?
It's... It's a body!
His knees are almost up to his chest.
The fire can't be the cause of that.
The victim could have been restrained before his death.
The handles of a suitcase?
After the unsub killed the victim
he was transported here in a suitcase.
This isn't the primary crime scene.
We have the cause of death.
His aorta ruptured.
One stab to the heart.
[Medical Examiner Dr. Qin] [Episode 13]
What is this?
This should be the name of a brand.
There's a card.
It says Feng Business P...
Feng Business P...
Could this be Yinfeng Business Mall's VIP card?
It seems like one.
This brand has a store
on the fifth or sixth floor of Yinfeng Business Mall
I have to call Baby to ask her about it.
Since the VIP card was in the suitcase
it was probably put there when the suitcase was purchased.
Could it be that the suitcase wasn't bought that long ago?
I agree with you.
Xiao Jiang, send me the information on Yinfeng Business Mall's VIP clients.
As for the corpse
what else have you discovered?
The victim's aortic arch is ruptured.
After it was stabbed by a sharp object
he died from exsanguination.
The stomach is empty. That's less clue to identify the body.
He didn't even eat on the day of a festival.
How tragic.
Qin and I examined the pelvis.
According to the results the victim was about 30 years old.
[30 years old]
What matters the most now is identifying the victim.
After you left, I sent in my men to search the crime scene again.
There weren't any other clues about the victim's identity.
How so?
This VIP card could belong to the victim.
Why can't the card be the unsub's?
The unsub prepared a suitcase for his plan.
Or after he killed the victim
he went home to get a suitcase for the corpse.
First of all
if you're the unsub and you're planning to kill someone
you have to get a suitcase to pack the corpse in.
Would you apply for a VIP card when you buy the suitcase?
Second, when the victim was found, his corpse was curled up.
This means that he was packed into the suitcase soon after he died.
Before rigor mortis set in.
You mean to say that if rigor mortis had already set in
the corpse would have been too stiff to pack into the suitcase?
What's more, the skin under the victim's arm is intact.
The corpse would have to be fresh.
It couldn't have been preserved for long before being burned.
I got it. The time between killing the victim, packing him into the suitcase
and burning him must have been very short. Right?
Exactly.
By the way...
We found this fabric in the victim's armpit.
There are two layers.
They stuck together because of the heat.
Look.
It's mulberry silk in the inner layer.
This means the victim pays attention to his appearance.
However, it's strange that the outer layer is very rough.
It's also very cheap.
It's a kind of white fabric.
Yesterday, the temperature rose during the day.
Who would wear two layers of clothes during Indian summer?
Therefore, I deduce that the outer layer of fabric
is probably a uniform of a certain profession.
It seems like...
A doctor's white coat.
If the victim was a doctor
and he died in his doctor's coat
this means that he was still at his place of work when he was killed.
It's more difficult to kill someone in a big hospital.
He could work in a clinic. [Doctor]
Good. I'll investigate all the registered private clinics in the city
and look for male doctors around 30 years old who are missing.
Look.
Yinfeng Business Mall's VIP client information.
Captain Lin.
The victim is Li Ke Hua.
He resigned from the provincial hospital at the age of 27
and opened up this clinic.
His clinic runs well and he's also on the VIP client list.
The clinic was still open yesterday morning.
However, when someone came for an appointment at 2 p.m.
the clinic was already closed.
It was Mid-Autumn Festival yesterday so they thought Dr. Li went home.
It wasn't until six o'clock this morning
when the police were investigating this area
that they broke in to find something amiss in the clinic.
Besides from disinfectant solution
there's also the bone-setting liquor.
There's one thing I can't understand.
This place isn't close to that deserted sports field.
Why would the unsub burn the victim in a place 10 km from here?
We can't be sure of the reason for choosing that dump site.
Judging from the distance... 10 km...
It means that the unsub has a vehicle.
The unsub knows the dump site very well.
Usually, no one would go there at night.
It indicates that the unsub could be a local resident.
The unsub dumped the corpse so far away
to conceal the victim's identity.
Why make such an effort to conceal the corpse?
It could be that the unsub is somehow related to the victim.
It could have been an acquaintance.
If the unsub were a stranger the body could have just been left here.
That would be even easier to cover up.
Blood spills are mainly on the chair, the table, and the floor nearby.
The victim was likely stabbed when he was seated in his chair.
The blood spatter is all over the place.
It means that he struggled aggressively before he died.
Look!
There's a blank spot with dust.
A rectangular object was taken away.
Could that have been the suitcase?
The measurements match the suitcase we saw at the retail store.
When he dragged this object away
could he have left his shoeprints behind?
The condition of this floor is too poor.
The shoeprints are of no use.
This suit was recently ironed.
It means that the victim had plans after work.
He could have been going on a date.
[International Fitness Club]
A gym membership card?
Why would the door mat be here?
Judging from the dust on it
it should have been under the desk.
It was moved here.
Look at this pair of shoes.
These could be Li Ke Hua's shoes.
It's no wonder that we didn't find any burned remains of shoes.
The victim was indeed barefoot.
There's bone-setting liquor.
Half of it was used.
The victim could have had hurt his leg.
He took his shoes off to apply the liquor.
He was resting his feet on the mat.
The mat was under the chair.
He was attacked, and when he struggled, he kicked the mat over here.
There seem to be some particles on the mat. They're yellow and black.
The unsub could have also stepped on this mat.
This mat is very rough.
If the unsub's shoes rubbed against it
he might have left contact evidence.
- Collect this. - Yes.
We'll also examine that trash can.
Is there a problem?
The lid is opened.
Come on.
Not everyone pays attention to details or has OCD, all right?
There's a blood-stained gauze in the trash can.
There's more gauze on the table.
But none of the medical tools seemed to have been touched.
Medical waste can sometimes be contagious.
All doctors would have the occupational habit
of closing the trash can after each use.
This doctor has the habit of keeping a work journal.
Judging from his records
there was only one patient yesterday.
He only wrote down "reduce inflammation."
He didn't have the time to write down the details.
That's even weirder.
The blood on this gauze is very fresh.
Yet the wound was small.
There are two reasons for patients to get bandaged at a clinic.
One is to reapply medication to an old wound.
If that's the case, it isn't blood that seeps from the wound.
It's just bloody fluid.
It's a dark yellowish fluid.
The other possibility is that the patient just got hurt
and needed to be bandaged right away.
But a wound that needed immediate dressing wouldn't be so slight.
Judging by the quantity of blood on this gauze
the unsub's wound didn't require any bandaging.
There's only one gauze in the bin and the lid is wide open.
Does this mean
that he was attacked immediately after he threw away the gauze?
It means that the unsub pretended to have his wound dressed
so that he could attack the victim when he least expected it?
The unsub was hurt but it was just a small wound.
He choose to make his move on Mid-Autumn's Festival
when most hospitals and clinics are closed.
That would at least spare him from drawing any attention.
It seems that we have determined the nature of the crime.
This was a well-planned homicide.
What is written on this?
Is it his handwriting on this piece of pink paper?
Judging from the strength and spacing
it's the same handwriting.
It's just that he paid more attention when writing the pink one.
"Yearning, yet to meet."
"Lovestruck, yet to last."
"Fondness drew us together."
"Words we shared, distress we bear."
Here come your three regular dishes.
Don't wolf down the food.
The poem was so terribly written. Were those lyrics?
I don't think so.
I think that he wrote it.
It could be an acrostic poem?
He concealed his lover's name in it.
It sounded so miserable. I don't think it was meant for his wife.
You're right.
Li Ke Hua wasn't married and he'd always been single.
Look at this line.
"Your smile, never have I seen."
Could the woman he loved have died from cancer?
Shut off your K-drama mode.
If it wasn't that...
Was it unreciprocated love?
Look.
"You couldn’t come to me."
"Neither could I be sure of tomorrow."
"It’s all in the hands of destiny."
In the hands of destiny? We're not in the ancient times.
This must be a love triangle.
He fell in love with someone's girlfriend
and he happened to know the boyfriend.
When it comes to love, anything's possible.
I can't control the power surging in my brain.
Let's finish dinner.
Well...
Whenever we discuss relationships
why does our great Dr. Qin always react like a mascot?
A mascot?
Have you ever seen such a bleak-faced mascot?
You're right.
Love is full of life.
It's not for corpses.
Let's eat.
You're now eating the corpse of a fish.
I don't care.
[10 km between the first crime scene and the dump site. Gauze]
We're running a test on the gauze.
Let's see if there are any clues in the DNA results.
- Xiao Hei. - Yes.
The physical and chemical tests are back.
There was an oxidizing agent in the ashes.
It's gasoline.
Have you tracked its source?
I've sent my men to retrieve surveillance videos at gas stations.
We'll note down any suspicious customers or staff.
But you mustn't forget that the unsub has a vehicle.
He could also get gasoline from his car.
In order to prevent gasoline from being stolen
the fuel pipes in cars are now curved.
It would be hard for him to do that.
Trucks, however, are equipped with gas tanks
so it could have come from a truck.
But trucks now run on diesel.
What about a motorcycle?
Motorcycles and electric bicycles...
It does seem like it would be easy to get gas from two-wheeled vehicles.
Such a big suitcase...
It wouldn't be impossible to secure it to the back of a motorcycle.
[Motorcycle]
Dump site.
DNA. [Gauze]
He's hurt.
Means of transport. [Motorcycle]
We should be getting closer to finding the unsub.
We got it.
Do you remember that gym card?
I went to the fitness center and questioned the instructor.
He said that Li Ke Hua hasn't shown up since he sprained his ankle.
However, when he was there, he met a woman.
He laughed and chatted with her.
They seemed to be more than friends.
That woman's husband is the chairman of a construction company.
His name is Wu Li Xue.
Wu Li Xue?
- It would seem that... - Right.
The case is progressing toward the most stereotypical storyline.
Li Ke Hua fell in love with a married woman.
The lonely wife of a rich man sought affection
and attention from a pretty boy.
What is the woman's name?
Ruan Fang.
The graceful (Fang) grass looks up lovingly to the moon.
The moon shines dotingly on Grace (Fang) Garden.
It really was an acrostic poem.
There is indeed the word "Fang" in his poem.
Could the unsub be the husband of this cheating wife?
The cuckold Wu Li Xue wanted to seek revenge.
We can't be sure of that yet.
We'll have to find the evidence to prove their affair first.
The affair was consensual. What evidence is needed?
You'll know just by looking into her eyes.
That's my opinion.
It doesn't represent Longfan City Police Department.
The lady running on the treadmill is Ms. Ruan.
Ms. Ruan, excuse me.
Nice to meet you, Ms. Ruan.
We're police officers. Please cooperate with our investigation.
I thought you were concerned that I might get too tired from jogging.
No?
Tell me about your relationship with Li Ke Hua.
That young man?
We don't have a relationship.
Did you meet in the gym?
I meet a lot of people here in this gym every day.
Your home is nine kilometers away from this gym.
Why would you choose to work out in this gym?
The instructors here are very professional.
It's probably because it's closer to Li Ke Hua's place?
Officer, you overthink.
I'm just his friend.
After our workout, we just meet up for meals or have a cup of tea.
I don't have feelings for him.
What about him?
He's probably interested in me.
But I've already rejected him.
Why did you reject him?
He asks too much of me.
We're both women. I'm sure that you understand.
When was the last time you saw him?
I forget.
It was quite some time ago.
Why did you stop seeing him?
He crossed the line.
How so?
It was fine if he only wanted to be friends with me.
But evidently, he wanted more.
What did he want from you?
What is it that you want to know?
You and Li Ke Hua surely must be more than just friends.
According to what we know
the hotel room that Li Ke Hua often booked isn't far from here.
So?
So, Captain Lin, shouldn't we get the surveillance videos from the hotel?
[Interrogation Room]
Wu Li Xue is Ruan Fang's husband.
He's 35 years old.
After graduating from an elite university
he inherited his father's business.
He's now the chairman of our city's renown Starmoon Construction Corporation.
Half a month ago
Starmoon Construction Corporation acquired the most expensive land
in Longfan City with the highest price in the recent five years.
No. 1, Chiyan Road.
He's currently working on developing this land.
Before he was asked here for the investigation
he was at the board meeting for this project.
Open your mouth.
According to our investigation he has no criminal record.
His record has always been clean.
Officer.
How long do I have to wait here?
We'll inform you right away once the DNA results are back.
Please wait patiently.
Captain Lin.
Wu Li Xue told us that he was in a meeting at the time of the crime.
According to our investigation
everyone who attended the meeting could be his alibi.
Let's wait for the DNA results.
The DNA test will take a while, but...
Wu Li Xue had an alibi that day.
As for Ruan Fang, she went shopping.
These are her receipts.
We found two substances on the mat.
The test results show that the yellow particles are bird feed
and the black ones are coal residue.
Honeycomb briquette.
Does Wu Li Xue have a bird?
Apart from that canary, Ruan Fang
he doesn't have a bird.
We got it wrong.
Got it wrong?
That's weird...
The victim, Li Ke Hua, didn't have a bird
and he didn't use honeycomb briquettes.
So the unsub should have bird feed and coal residue.
However, neither of them exist in Wu Li Xue's life.
The DNA results are back.
Wu Li Xue's DNA and the DNA on the gauze don't match.
- Xiao Su. - Present!
- Release him. - Yes.
If it isn't Wu Li Xue...
Who else could it be?
Do you think that Ruan Fang could be the unsub?
When I questioned her, she kept avoiding my questions.
Yet it still can't hide the fact that she committed adultery with Li Ke Hua.
That young man?
We're not in a relationship.
Let's presume that...
The victim wanted to make his intimate relationship with Ruan Fang public.
Ruan Fang was worried that it would pose a threat to her luxurious lifestyle.
He crossed the line.
It was fine if he only wanted to be friends
but it was obvious that he wanted much more.
So she had no choice but to kill Li Ke Hua.
Ruan Fang is indeed materialistic.
But that can't be seen as evidence to prove her guilty of murder.
It's just that I don't understand
what other motive there is for burning Li Ke Hua's body
besides relationship issues.
Could it have been for money?
Then why would he need to burn the body?
Why don't we review the crime scene again?
Sure.
[Ke Hua Clinic]
Why did the unsub kill him?
It wasn't for love or money.
There's one other possibility.
The unsub killed for something in this clinic.
But Li Ke Hua didn't have any complicated social relations.
Could it be...
This is strange.
The medications in other cabinets are all neatly displayed.
Only this shelf is a mess.
Li Ke Hua couldn't have done it.
If the medications aren't placed as labeled
wouldn't it have been difficult to look for medications in his own clinic?
The unsub could have messed it up when he was looking for a certain drug.
Let's put them back in the right place.
Sure.
Methadone hydrochloride?
Methadone hydrochloride.
Opioid Receptor Agonists.
The effects are similar to morphine.
It can sedate, reduce pain, dilate your pupils, and can cause asphyxiation.
Many drug addicts use this when they can't get their drug of choice.
A drug addict planned a murder because of drug withdrawal?
Drug addiction is really scary.
But, if the unsub is a drug addict
he would have a criminal record.
Let's start investigating drug addicts.
We can focus on the contact evidence.
Let's investigate people near the crime scenes.
They must meet four conditions.
Pet bird.
Use honeycomb briquettes.
Mildly injured.
Drug addict.
Then we'll match them to the DNA from the gauze and that will narrow it down.
Drug addict...
[Criminal Investigation Team]
Captain Lin, here's the information you asked for.
Qin Ming.
We noticed that methadone hydrochloride was stolen from Li Ke Hua's clinic.
The nature of the crime could be property invasion.
We're starting to run through drug addicts now.
Okay.
[Forensics Division]
[Best Group Award of Longfan City Public Security Bureau]
The case is solved.
Little lass.
Get me a glass of water.
Hurry up.
Go on.
You...
Hand in the forensic report quickly.
Do you hear me?
You...
Please have some tea.
The case is closed?
Forensic investigators, you've worked hard.
Leave the rest to me.
You're very efficient.
Of course.
We have our own ways of solving the case
despite such a huge scale investigation.
What method is that?
Do I get to explain stuff now?
Listen.
Crime mapping.
When the same suspect commits more than four crimes, it's a serial crime.
Draw circles around the crime scenes
and the center point
should be where the suspect lives.
You're right.
Before we started the investigation, we made a rough estimation.
We looked up a few clinics that were robbed of methadone hydrochloride.
Then we drew a range of where the suspect might be.
Then we filtered the suspects according to the clues you provided.
Let's get back to work.
I have to copy that again.
I'm so busy!
Then...
I... I'll go and arrest the criminal.
Definitely... It definitely made him feel terribly hurt!
My family home was right here in this village.
I was born and raised in this village.
Captain Lin, this is the place.
- Get ready! - Yes!
Quickly.
Captain Lin.
The house is empty.
He escaped so quickly.
- Search carefully! - Yes!
Search over there!
Is that Chen Biao's motorcycle?
Yes, Captain Lin.
We looked him up. Chen Biao committed a hit and run a couple of years ago.
He fled and got a few extra years for it.
That motorcycle is his.
Captain Lin, I found something.
I found this blood-stained gauze on his bed.
And this knife.
Gauze...
Bird feed.
Honeycomb briquettes.
This seems to be our guy for sure.
Bag this.
This should match our profile.
He's a drug addict and penniless.
He pretended to get his wound redressed to steal methadone.
He then killed Li Ke Hua when he wasn't looking.
He used the suitcase in the clinic to move the body.
Then he transported the body to the dump site with his motorcycle
and burned it with gasoline.
Once the DNA results are back we'll issue a warrant.
Yes!
[Forensics Division]
This is really weird.
How could Chen Biao just disappear for no reason?
The warrant and request for arrest have been out for three days.
There's no sign of him leaving the province.
Our police force is so powerful.
But we just can't find this man.
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