Guan feels there are some things
that are dubious about the case.
Two things strike me as odd.
The first one is the monocular scope found in Dong Qian's car.
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The telescope is made from carbonized rubber.
It's the best medium for prints,
but none were found.
Of course, it's possible Dong Qian cleaned it after each use.
But that would be odd.
Second, when Detective Zhou and I first interviewed him,
he had many bottles of Lafite on his wine rack.
The oldest and most expensive bottle has gone missing with him.
The autopsy report indicates
no traces of red wine in his stomach, esophagus, or mouth.
An almost-300,000-dollar bottle of wine simply disappeared.
It doesn't make sense.
Do you have any theories about these two points
or can you suggest a direction for our investigation?
A rare wine like this probably only circulates among a few collectors?
Right. We should check and monitor the high-end wine market
for recent activity involving anyone
selling a bottle of 1961 Lafite.
You're saying that Dong Qian isn't
the only case here?
I suspect that the case isn't just about Dong Qian and the victims.
There may be someone else.
I'm not sure if it's related to Dong Qian's case, though.
As Captain Zhou mentioned,
there may be more victims who are alive.
It's possible one of them did this.
You mean Dong Qian could have been killed by
one of his victims for revenge?
Zhao, what are your findings from the scene
where Dong Qian hanged himself?
No. Our findings are consistent with characteristics of a suicide by hanging.
The amount of rocks beneath his feet
were the perfect height
for him to climb up and tie a noose to hang himself.
Footprint collection was difficult at the scene.
So, we don't have any evidence anyone else was present.
All right.
Let's continue investigating along these lines.
Verify the identities of all the victims ASAP.
Take Guan's suggestion and look into the high-end red wine market.
Explore all avenues and solve this case quickly.
Hey, Zhou.
Stay with him.
Mr. Guan, what are you looking at?
Both the autopsy report and crime scene exam confirm suicide.
How?
Didn't they say...
The conclusion had been established based on evidence?
On what basis did we conclude he killed himself?
I'm sure it was speculation based on what's logical.
-Do we have a tow rope? -Yes.
Go get it.
Okay.
Mr. Guan.
There are no safety measures.
Should I get more people?
It's fine. My hands are supporting my neck.
It's safe.
When I can't take it, I'll pull out. Okay?
What if you can't pull out?
Ideally, you'd run over, grab my legs, and lift me up. Understand?
Alternatively, you can call for help, then come and grab my legs.
But I probably won't live.
-And the last option? -The last?
Record the process on your phone,
call the team over,
and show them how I risked my life to compare this with
Dong Qian's suicide, okay?
You immediately chose the worst option?
Don't grab my legs yet!
I haven't started.
Listen.
The experiment starts now.
What did Gao Ya'nan say?
Struggled from asphyxia.
Right, for how long?
One to five minutes.
What?
Quick! Time it!
How long has it been?
It's nearly time.
-I'll get you down. -Not downwards!
You're good.
Want to kill me?
The rocks are in a similar pattern as those from the scene.
Wait.
I'll deal with you after I catch my breath.
Mr. Guan, I...
What are you doing now, Mr. Guan?
Your phone.
Take a look.
The first mark is from when I hanged myself.
The next one is from Dong Qian.
So, Dong Qian didn't commit suicide?
There's no perfect plan. Something always gets overlooked.
Mr. Guan.
Hurry up.
Salesmen's training at auto shops is so poor nowadays.
A call could've solved this, now you need a new battery.
Does Zhou Xun reimburse?
Get in.
Got my stuff?
All here.
Drink up.
The CD?
Here it is.
No best-of compilation?
It's the latest.
Mr. Guan, you...
Sharing a room with me must keep you from sleeping well.
You must be tired. Take a break. Relax.
Don't you know how to relax?
That's it.
The battery's dead?
How?
Surge protection.
Most mid-range to high-end cars have this kind of low-voltage surge protection.
When the power is on without the engine running
and the computer detects the battery level
is below a preset percentage, it will shut off the entire power supply.
The driver will never be caught in a situation
where the car won't start.
The battery in his car was completely dead.
So, that situation...
That situation would have never happened.
He's gone in.
We'll wait outside.
Vice Captain Liu.
Take a break.
Don't worry. This number is secure for now.
I don't know. I can't get away.
It's not clear who's behind it, but Liu Changyong is hounding me.
Can you help me?
Sorry to keep you waiting.
It's all right.
-Do you have it? -Yes.
Captain Zhou, here are all of An Ting's records in the military.
You can read them, but you can't make copies.
-Please understand. -Of course.
I'll just read.
What about the Type 54 pistols?
An Ting was responsible for transporting those guns.
The lists are in the report.
-Captain Zhou. -Yes.
I heard that An Ting got into some trouble in Jingang.
Yes.
He resisted arrest.
While holding a gun.
So, he...
I shot him.
You're sure he wasn't alone?
We went back and took another look
at the scene and his car yesterday.
We can't confirm whether Dong Qian killed himself,
but someone else definitely fabricated the evidence
of his apparent suicide at the scene.
Also, the missing bottle of Lafite,
the dire state of his finances,
and the depletion of his car's battery
are all reasons behind our speculation.
Was it Dong Qian's...
accomplice or enemy?
Hard to say.
This person's identity, the role they played in the case are unclear.
My gut says he killed Dong Qian.
How heavy was he?
Between 140 and 150 kilos?
Yes. Why?
Did you think about how someone could hang a body of that weight
up on a tree?
Perhaps he secured the rope to the tree,
then hoisted him up?
Just hoisted him up?
Ever heard of the term "dead weight"?
Forget 140 kilos. Try hoisting someone your weight up a tree.
Those are just details.
If you're sure someone else did it,
go ahead and investigate.
-Captain Zhou. -Yeah?
Please come.
I'll head over now.
Captain Guan, Coroner Gao would like to discuss something she discovered
-during the autopsy. -Let's go.
Be meticulous.
Where's Guan?
He was summoned by Coroner Gao for new findings.
Okay. Come.
Let me ask you.
You didn't leave Guan's side over the past two days?
No. We were together.
Even at night?
I mean, did you sleep in the same room at night?
You know...
Did he contact anyone unusual?
No.
Captain Zhou, why don't you trust Mr. Guan?
He's been focused on the case since we got here.
From the start, he's the only one that persisted in looking beyond
what I, or any other investigator, would have missed
or given up on.
If it wasn't for his perseverance,
we wouldn't have found these leads.
Meaning?
I don't know if Mr. Guan is the best detective.
But as far as I've seen, he's the most dedicated.
Can our whole team
focus on the goal of solving cases and...
put aside interests, suspicions?
I know you selected me from the academy.
I'm grateful.
I respect you.
But I just want to learn to be a good detective
and not a spy monitoring Mr. Guan's actions
or a pawn used to control my dad.
Captain Zhou, I'm not going to do it anymore.
Let's go.
Guan, you're just in time.
Fingerprints from both of you are...
needed to be matched against prints found at the scene.
For elimination.
Here.
Aren't our prints on file?
They're back in Jingang.
This is easier. Come on.
Quick.
Spread them apart. That's right.
Quick.
All done.
Let's meet in the meeting room later.
I think I've figured the case out.
Sure.
Zhao Qian.
Yes, Captain Zhou.
Check these.
All right.
Mr. Guan, I'm sorry.
For earlier and before. It's because...
I'm just a consultant.
Zhou Xun is your superior.
A detective must follow the orders of their commanding officer,
as long as it doesn't interfere with caseworks.
Have you always known--
I've always wanted to tell you. You don't have to apologize.
Mr. Guan.
That night...
you asked which version of you I prefer.
I want you to know.
My favorite version of you
is when you are investigating a case.
I'll get the car.
Zhou's partial print was on the table.
None were Guan's.
Dong Qian might have cleaned them.
They match our records?
Yes. Both were fine.
But...
why compare them?
No reason. Just to be sure.
Why didn't you tell me?
I just follow orders.
There are many leads, but nothing concrete.
-Close the door. -Get more men...
Get to the bottom of it.
Guan's here.
What I'm about to share
is supported by some form of evidence
but is mostly based on speculation.
The goal is to give you a big picture of the situation.
I'll provide some directions.
We will need your support for this part.
Of course. Guan and I agreed.
Regardless of the Ministry's decision regarding jurisdiction,
we'll leave as soon as the investigation ends.
-Thanks for your support. -Indeed.
We're like family.
Based on the leads and evidence to date,
Dong Qian assaulted and possibly murdered five victims in this case.
This theory is correct.
But there must be someone else.
We believe that Dong Qian's killer is his accomplice.
Regardless of which murder this person participated in,
I'm certain he killed Dong Qian.
Zhou and I conducted an experiment last night.
The car's battery should not have been dead.
Explanation?
My guess is,
the night we spoke to Dong Qian,
the killer drove another car to the location
and lured Dong Qian there on the pretense that
his car wouldn't start and he needed help.
His plan was to kill Dong Qian.
Of course,
to avoid suspicion,
the killer likely drained the car battery.
When Dong Qian arrived,
they talked about how to move the car around and tow it away.
However, Dong Qian was found
hanging by a tow rope.
The evidence supports death by hanging.
Because he was strangled by the tow rope.
I'm not sure if this was the killer's initial plan.
The moment of opportunity is usually fleeting.
When it presented itself,
he took it.
The deed was done,
but it complicated everything.
He couldn't tow the car alone.
But then he realized
car batteries are usually standardized.
He switched the battery from Dong Qian's car with his.
However, his clever plan
had a fatal flaw.
He didn't realize that
the A4L model car Dong Qian drove
had surge protection.
This dead battery was
the inconsistent piece of evidence we couldn't ignore.
No fingerprints were found on the monocular scope
in Dong Qian's car.
It was very likely
left there on purpose.
He had it focused on the location
where the bodies were dumped
so that they would be found without delay.
How did he set up the suicide scene?
Once we determined Dong Qian was murdered,
it wasn't difficult to understand
how the crime scene was set up by the killer.
The killer was careless and left a clue at the scene.
The marks on the tree left by the rope.
But, Guan, I asked you earlier.
Even I couldn't easily lift
and hoist a 100-kilo man up a tree.
This is a dead man, right? He can't cooperate--
It's not hard.
It's simple mechanical physics.
How?
A pulley.
In the tree, the killer set up a pulley.
He used it to raise the body,
then removed the pulley afterward.
If we go back to the scene,
we should easily find marks left by the pulley.
Captain Guan,
though your theories are bold,
they make sense.
You think the killer is Dong Qian's accomplice because...
From the location of his car
and the monocular scope purposely left in the car
focused on the exact location of the bodies...
to how easy it was to spot Dong Qian's hanging corpse from the dump site,
the objective was to show Dong Qian was responsible for
the murders and killed himself out of guilt.
Coroner Gao gave me an update on her findings.
She found that the fourth victim was strangled from behind
and his neck was dislocated from left to right.
How do we normally headlock someone?
Headlock?
Normally...
Here.
It's like this.
This way.
Based on your demonstration,
neck dislocation would be from right to left
in order to match the direction of the force.
I got it.
That means the fourth victim was killed by a lefty.
But Dong Qian was right-handed.
From this, we can assume the killer is
Dong Qian's accomplice.
How do we move forward?
Zhou, check if the fax has been sent.
Sure.
Come in.
Here's the data you requested.
Liu, what happened?
Everything's normal.
But Ye is probably aware that he's under surveillance.
He's roaming around aimlessly.
He changed his cell number.
But we don't have it yet.
Okay, I'm about done here.
Let's talk when I get back.
Wait.
The tech team retrieved the call logs of Ye Fangzhou's phone.
Based on what I see,
other than some miscellaneous calls,
there are two disconnected numbers.
I'm guessing those two numbers cannot be traced.
Right, they're not registered under real names.
He's playing hide-and-seek with us.
Keep this information confidential.
Ye used to be one of us. Don't arouse his suspicions.
How confidential should I keep this?
Besides you and me...
What? Guan Hongfeng?
Yes.
If Ye Fangzhou and the Guans are not in cahoots,
Guan solving this case will help us.
If they are,
we might be able to get Guan Hongfeng.
He's here?
Did anyone see you?
Don't worry. I wasn't followed.
They couldn't even corner me in Jingang.
They're unfamiliar with the town, just like me.
But I heard the man wanted for the 213 familicide case
would have been caught last night
if not for Han Bin's help?
Zhou Xun and the teams are tracking down the killer.
-They have no time for me. -They know who did it?
We almost blew it.
Zhou told me, in fact.
Did you miss this detail?
It's him?
Hello, property management?
No, I repair pipes.
A check with Shenyang police
confirmed that Dong Qian had records of
sexual assault of several young men at the plant.
He was the victim in the most serious case.
His name is Feng Kun, 27.
He was on duty when the leak occurred there.
We suspect that Dong Qian got something on him
and blackmailed him into becoming his accomplice.
You sure it was him?
You found the clue.
The car Feng Kun drove to the mountains was property management's Volkswagen.
We located the car
and found the battery from Dong Qian's car in it.
Aren't all batteries standardized?
Dong Qian's car is two years old,
with the original Audi battery.
You're saying he's been helping Dong Qian with the murders?
Yes.
It's very likely he was also responsible for disposing of the bodies.
Your visit alarmed them.
It's likely Feng Kun used the excuse
of discussing how to relocate
the bodies somewhere else to lure Dong Qian to the location.
In order to not be implicated for the murders,
he made it appear like Dong Qian committed suicide out of guilt.
Then he led us to the bodies.
Not only that. He was under Dong Qian's slave-like control.
In addition to being coerced into committing murder
and disposing of the bodies,
he had to support Dong Qian's lifestyle.
He supported Dong Qian?
Didn't you and Zhou notice his finances are off?
It's the same with Feng Kun.
Feng still lives in the company dormitory
and has no savings.
He even went on the run with nothing.
Maybe it's this kind of life that pushed him over the edge.
Your visit with Zhou
was the straw that broke the camel's back.
He ran?
With all the police activity at Dong Qian's home,
he probably knew the truth would come out eventually so he fled.
Shouldn't you help them catch him?
Liu Yin, can you give us a minute?
Sure.
Let's switch now.
It's not nighttime yet.
It was your persistence...
that resulted in the discovery of the truth in this case.
You followed up every lead on your own
without any help from me.
You should be the one
to make the final arrest.
All right.
Do you have any idea where he is?
It's all on the phone.
Follow the leads. You should be close.
One other thing.
What did you say to Zhou that night in Nanshan?
You should leave with her when the case is closed.
You should be the Mr. Guan
to respond to her recent confession.
Fortunately, you told me about the license plate.
He stared at that car for a long time.
Sit.
You found me fast.
Young man,
these days, tickets for trains, flights, or even buses
require identification for a purchase.
You don't have many options. A motorcycle isn't hard to locate.
You forgot one thing.
We were monitoring the phone at your house.
You called home.
The call was made from a public phone near a gas station.
Only one hotel nearby doesn't require identification for a reservation.
This one.
This road leads to Shenyang?
You're originally from Shenyang. It's instinct that you would head home.
Dong Qian didn't take the wine with him.
You took it after you killed him?
It's a good wine. Worth about 300,000 dollars.
Two hundred thousand six years ago.
I'm guessing he purchased
this bottle with your compensation from the plant, yes?
The leak...
at the factory...
I locked the doors when the alarm went off.
But...
he saw me.
But did you know that if you had not locked those doors,
even more people would have died?
I checked the report.
The two victims had already succumbed to the chemicals.
They would not have survived.
It wasn't your fault.
But he said I was the reason they died.
He even...
Had you support him.
And the murders.
Right?
Good wine.
1961.
A cut above the rest.
It's a shame about the glasses.
Here.
♪ This vast sea of people ♪
♪ Waves without wind ♪
♪ The turbulent undercurrent runs deep ♪
♪ As one falls, another soon rises ♪
♪ This perfect weather Of spring and fall ♪
♪ Have you been well? ♪
♪ The lonesome moon ♪
♪ Sails through wind and waves ♪
♪ Who has tears in his heart? ♪
♪ Struggling between right and wrong ♪
♪ Pretending none of it matters ♪
♪ Atone for love ♪
♪ Who has no regret in their youth ♪
♪ Cheers to bravery ♪
♪ Riding the cloud against the wind ♪
♪ Light scattered darkness ♪
♪ The night heading into day ♪
♪ Will there be an end ♪
♪ Starlight fades ♪
♪ Imminently ♪
♪ Gloriously ♪
♪ Despite the consequences ♪
♪ Who will compromise ♪
♪ Who will say goodbye ♪
♪ This vast sea of people ♪
♪ Waves without wind ♪
♪ The turbulent undercurrent runs deep ♪
♪ As one falls, another soon rises ♪
♪ This perfect weather Of spring and fall ♪
♪ Have you been well? ♪
♪ The lonesome moon ♪
♪ Sails through wind and waves ♪
♪ Who has tears in his heart? ♪
♪ Struggling between right and wrong ♪
♪ Pretending none of it matters ♪
♪ Atone for love ♪
♪ Who has no regret in their youth ♪
♪ Cheers to bravery ♪
♪ Riding the cloud against the wind ♪
♪ Light scattered darkness ♪
♪ The night heading into day ♪
♪ Will there be an end ♪
♪ Starlight fades ♪
♪ Imminently ♪
♪ Gloriously ♪
♪ Despite the consequences ♪
♪ Who will compromise ♪
♪ Who will say goodbye ♪
♪ The night heading into day ♪
♪ Will there be an end ♪
♪ Starlight fades ♪
♪ Imminently ♪
♪ Gloriously ♪
♪ Despite the consequences ♪
♪ Who will compromise ♪
♪ Who will say goodbye ♪
Subtitle translation by: Sarah Kwek