[The Way We Were]
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[The Way We Were]
[Episode 45]
- Hello. - Are you alright?
It's nothing.
I just suddenly find that car strange.
It doesn't look like an Uber, so I got worried about you.
Remember to text me once you've reached the airport.
Text me once you're boarding. Text me again before turning your phone off for take off.
When you landed, text me immediately.
Or else, my heart will keep hanging.
I got it.
- Have a safe trip. - Bye-bye.
Xiao Qing, Division Chief He gave orders that after fetching you,
you must turn off your phone and have no more contact with anyone.
Thanks.
This is your room. Just look for me if you need anything.
- Thanks. - Take care now.
- Shu Che? - Hi, Monica.
Has XIao Qing contacted you since this morning?
No. She didn't come home last night. I called her to ask about it.
She said that she's with you. That was the last time we talked.
What's wrong?
She left my house this morning to go to the airport. She said that she has a classmate in LA who wants to meet up with her.
After leaving, I've lost any contact with her. Her phone has been turned off.
I've calculated it. There is enough time to travel back and forth from LA already.
It's impossible that she hasn't reached LA yet. I am worried that something bad might have happened to her.
What flight did she take?
After receiving the call, she already left within 30 minutes. She didn't tell me the flight details.
Then...what should we do?
- I'll just think of other ways. Thanks. - Okay.
Frank has already checked all the flights going to LA today.
There are no record of Xiao Qing's buying a ticket or boarding them.
Which means that she never boarded any flight to LA.
Her phone is still off.
Do you have the number of her home in China?
Call and ask about her whereabouts.
I don't have her number in Yanzhou.
Do you have it?
Why will I have it?
Professor Anderson.
He surely has the contact information of Xiao Qing's father.
I've thought about that.
Professor Anderson indeed gave me a number.
But I couldn't get through it. It's also been powered off.
We then are out of ideas.
Tonight, let's just try waiting first.
If there are still no news about Xiao Qing tomorrow,
let's call the police.
This time, I'm sure that they'll honor our report.
Unlike Chen Ran's running away from home last time, the police didn't even bother to intervene.
Could it be that...
...Xiao Qing encountered some problems and doesn't want to tell us?
She wanted to be alone for now?
She's currently hiding somewhere and doesn't want us to find her.
That's possible.
I do hope that it is just like what you said. At the very least, we know that she's safe.
Don't touch my stuff!
Sorry.
I shouldn't have spoken to you like that.
No matter what happens in the future,
even if you doubt everything,
don't doubt that I love you.
I might have several reasons
for being unable to appear in our marriage registration.
But it surely won't be because I didn't love you enough.
You didn't do anything wrong.
What's wrong is reality.
It kept disappointing you.
Division Chief He, welcome.
Hello. Secretary Luo, right?
So sorry. I want to see my daughter right away. Where is she?
This way please.
Don't worry. I've made all the arrangements. Your daughter is very safe.
- She's in there. - Oh, here?
Dad.
Qing'er, are you alright?
It's my fault... Look.
My negligence has caused you to be in such danger. So sorry, Qing'er.
Sorry.
Because the embassy is very concerned about the death of a Chinese immigrant, they immediately contacted her family
and inquired about the details of her death.
The police said that at the crime scene,
they didn't find any evidence that this is a murder case.
Liu Caiqi's personal bodyguard Andy provided a testimony saying that he was on leave on the day of the murder.
He didn't go to Liu Caiqi's place to work.
The more he didn't receive any call for help from Liu Caiqi.
Also, Liu Caiqi's personal doctor provided evidence
that she has been diagnosed with depression for quite some time and that she's been taking a huge number of medicines lately.
She once showed severe desperation and suicidal thoughts. A more important evidence is
that the police took hold of all the surveillance footage of Liu Caiqi's house. After checking them,
they've confirmed that no one went to her house on the day of the crime.
No one went to her house?
That's right. They've confirmed that no one went to her house.
Based on the footage, 30 minutes before Liu Caiqi died,
she went into the bathroom and never came out.
The initial conclusion of the police
is that it's not murder?
They think that presently, there are no evidence showing that Liu Caiqi died of murder.
They think that it's more possible to be suicide or accidental drowning.
For example, because of medications, she lost the ability to move.
[WeChat]
[Why is your phone always off? Where are you now? You've left for 4 hours, without any news at all.]
[I've lost contact with you for 8 hours now... Xiao Qing, I'm drowning in fear... How come you're not in any flight record?]
[Did you not go to LA?]
[Xiao Qing, were you lying to me? Did you leave without saying a word? Why? Why? Why?]
[Do you have anything that you couldn't tell me? Where are you??? Are you alright?]
[As long as you're safe, even if you abandon me like this, I'm fine with it. I'm willing to use anything in exchange for a reply from you.]
I got in.
Sorry, the phone you're calling is powered off.
Please try later.
What's wrong?
I can't wait anymore. I'll call the police.
Qing'er, let me talk with you about something.
Sit down.
Qing'er, can you describe to me
the situation in Liu Caiqi's house when you went to get those documents that day?
Don't miss out on any details.
Since I entered her house until leaving,
I only stayed for less than 5 minutes.
We didn't interact that much. She looked at my passport.
She asked me if I knew Shu Che.
How did you answer?
I said I don't.
Next, she asked me
how I plan to store those items, if they will be kept safe.
She reiterated that the ones inside the file envelope are original copies.
She asked me to hand them to you unharmed.
And then, I left.
Before I went out the door,
I asked her if she's taking those anti-depressants.
She said yes, because she has depression.
After changing a few medications, her symptoms have improved.
I then asked her if she's safe to be living there alone.
She said that she has hired a 24-hour bodyguard.
On that time that I came there, she deliberately had him leave for a while.
After saying that, I then left her house.
At that moment that you had contact with er,
did you notice anything strange with her mood?
None. She's very normal.
Oh, right.
I saw a gun on her coffee table that time and that scared me.
She even comforted me not to be afraid.
She's just cleaning it. It's not loaded.
She told me not to worry. Just that.
Then, does she look like someone who will commit suicide
an hour after you left?
I totally didn't see any signs that she might commit suicide.
Has the embassy contacted the US police?
They think that she committed suicide?
The California Police
didn't find any evidences that she was murdered.
The conclusion they made in their initial investigation is that she might have died from suicide
or accidental drowning.
Oh, I remember.
Her house is full of surveillance cameras.
You remembered it correctly. The police got hold of all the surveillance footage in her house.
What did the videos show then?
The videos supported further that it's impossible that she was murdered.
Because that whole day, no one entered or exited her house.
That's wrong. I went to her home. I should have been in those videos.
That's right. But the videos didn't show you.
The cameras...are defective?
No.
Liu Caiqi's surveillance cameras are working very well.
Even the time when she entered the bathroom and didn't come out
is compatible with the time of her death obtained from her autopsy.
But there's just no me?
The record of me going to her house and getting those documents were all gone?
There's no record.
Then it surely is fake.
Those are footage that was tampered with.
That is very possible.
Then, the real footage...
...who has them?
If the footage now are all fake,
then the motive of the person who took away the real tapes
is to hide the truth in those videos.
In this truth,
other than you going to the her house, there is also the truth on how she died.
If this reverse speculation is true...
Then, Liu Caiqi was murdered.
Who wants to kill her?
Looks like our investigation
isn't as secretive as I thought.
When I go back, I must screen who the spy is.
Qing'er, have you seen Chen Wei?
- I did. - Does he know you?
He probably does.
What about Vice Mayor Shu Wang, you've also seen him?
I also did.
But we only met briefly. He probably doesn't have a deep impression of me.
Qing'er,
because of professional and legal restrictions, I have never talked about work with you.
But this time, because of my negligence,
or more accurately, because I was left with no choice,
I have dragged you into this case too.
Right now, I can only be frank and honest with you
that the investigation on bribery activities betweeen Chen Wei and Shu Wang
has reached a critical moment.
It's very possible that they have obtained leaked information from the Anti-Corruption Bureau
and has started taking actions to eliminate witnesses.
They are already in a life-or-death attitude.
Those real surveillance videos might have
reached their hands. If they recognize you,
learn about your relationship with me,
learn about your connection with this case,
you then will become
the second witness they want to eliminate after Liu Caiqi.
Because only you can prove
the legality of those evidences that Liu Caiqi provided.
And only you can prove
that those current surveillance footage of Liu Caiqi's home are tampered with.
That there is another truth regarding Liu Caiqi's death.
Hence, right now, you are in a very dangerous situation.
I can't commit the same oversight that I did on Liu Caiqi,
because our enemy is more powerful and remarkably smarter
than we initially imagined.
Qing'er, starting now, you mustn't leave my side for even a step.
Return to China with me tomorrow. When we go back, you also can't live in our house.
You must live under 24-hour custody.
Until when?
Until the criminal has been arrested and the trial is over.
When they have received their rightful punishment.
Until nothing can endanger your life anymore.
What about my schooling, assignments, and work?
We have no other choice. You have to temporarily stop them. If needed, people from our judicial system will intervene
to explain things to your school and law firm.
- Are we leaving by tomorrow? - Yes.
Then...can I be allowed to return to the school first to file a leave and say goodbye
to Professor Anderson before we leave?
Qing'er, are you planning to see Shu Che one last time?
I know that I shouldn't.
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Division Chief He.
I've already arranged for your flight tomorrow and the ride to the airport.
Okay. Okay. Thank you, Secretary Luo.
It's nothing.
Division He, there is still one more thing. The San Francisco Police contacted our embassy
that a student named Shu Che has filed a police report
saying that his girlfriend, a foreign student name Xiao Qing,
has went missing yesterday.
The police then tracked the surveillance cameras
and discovered that after Xiao Qing left Shu Che's house,
she rode a car and came here.
Hence, through our external channels, they inquired about Xiao Qing's whereabouts.
How should we answer them?
Just right too. Coordinate with the US police
and say that Xiao Qing's personal safety has been endangered.
She will be returning to China with me tomorrow.
Ask them if they can provide some security assistance.
Okay. I'll go coordinate it now.
But about the police report...
Ask the US police that they must keep secret
the whereabouts of Xiao Qing.
Don't reveal it to anyone.
Okay. Division Chief He, rest early.
Okay.
Qing'er,
before we go to the airport tomorrow, I'll accompany you to Stender.
Eat something. You haven't eaten all day.
Thank you.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
- Take care. - Okay. You too.
Chris, have you still heard nothing from Xiao Qing?
I've called the police yesterday.
Chris!
Fifteen minutes ago, I got a message about Xiao Qing.
What message?
She asked the school for a leave without saying how long.
What? Did she call you? Where is she?
She didn't call me.
You saw her in person. She came to school.
Didn't she?
Fifteen minutes ago, she was just here.
Stop the car.
How about you go down and say a few words with him?
Let's go.
She stayed for less than 5 minutes
and then...she hurried out.
I'm not sure where she came from or where she was going.
She just came here to make a request for a long leave.
What for?
She didn't say very much.
She just emphasized that...
...she had no choice but to quit temporarily
and told me that there will be a written statement
and an application for suspension sent to the school.
Is there anything else?
No, that's all.
Is she alright?
She seems fine.
Thank you, Professor.
Chris,
at least we know that she's safe.
Reject? Why?
We confirmed that the lady you're looking for is not missing. That's why.
How did you find out?
Do you know where she is?
At this moment, we know that she's not missing.
Her location, whereabouts, that is private information.
Why? I called police and I'm her boyfriend.
Just wait.
When the time is right,
when it's convenient for her, she'll reach out to you.
Convenient for her?
What do you mean?
Right now, that's all that I can say. I'm sorry.
Thanks.
Two days ago, Ning Ming and Chen Ran accompanied me to the police to file a report.
Today, the police told me that they can't file a case.
They even said that they are sure that Xiao Qing isn't missing.
As for where she has gone to,
they said that they can't tell me.
This is so strange.
What really has happened?
It's been quite some time...
...since a fog seemed to be surrounding Xiao Qing.
Later, the fog grew bigger and has completely engulfed her.
I then couldn't see her clearly anymore.
When did that kind of feeling started?
Probably...
...when her father came to the US not long ago.
Her father came to the US?
I also just knew about it when we coincidentally bumped into each other in school.
He came and went so hurriedly.
Since his father left,
Xiao Qing became different.
How did it go? Is Shu Che feeling better?
Why do you think Xiao Qing did all these?
Shu Che couldn't even guess it. The more we couldn't.
This counts as the strangest thing I've encountered in my life.
Let me ask you.
If one day,
I also will leave without saying anything like Xiao Qing did, what will you do?
Me? I'm fine with it. I know in my heart
that I will just casually put down everything, travel for miles,
climb mountains and cross rivers, and start the program of finding you.
I left without saying anything exactly to let you not find me.
If I really completely disappear, what will you do?
Then...
Then I'll just treat these days that I'm with you
as a good dream.
Rely on reminiscing on this wonderful dream
to support me until I find you.
Immediately investigate a person for me.
Xiao Qing.
That person who rode the same plane as Miao Ying to the US.
Right, her.
Everything about her. The more detailed, the better.
Especially her family, social relationships,
the identity of her parents.
Even if you have to dig deep, you must find all of it. The faster, the better, Hurry!
This is a life-or-death situation.
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♫ Love and hate's margin ♫
♫ Gathering and dispersing ♫
♫ Asking why do you care ♫
♫ Until now, I'm still longing ♫
♫ And I'll still go back to you ♫
♫ I rely on you ♫
♫ Separated but the heart comes back ♫
♫ Remember this love, we understand ♫
♫ That this is just love ♫
♫ Whenever I feel hurt ♫
♫ Do not leave and go far away ♫
♫ How long and how far does it take to heal? ♫
♫ Why don't you just return to the place you fell in love? ♫
♫ Did not say goodbye and silently left ♫
♫ The room is cold and no longer has the warm sun ♫
♫ How much I want to keep the time of you and me ♫
♫ Never forgetting and longing for the love to come back ♫
♫ Love and hate's margin ♫
♫ Gathering and dispersing ♫
♫ Asking why do you care ♫
♫ Until now, I'm still longing ♫
♫ And I'll still go back to you ♫
♫ I rely on you ♫
♫ Separated but the heart comes back ♫
♫ Remember this love, we understand ♫
♫ That this is just love ♫