[The Way We Were]
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[The Way We Were]
The Way We Were Episode 47
Then, can I ask . . .
why she suddenly stopped keeping in touch with me?
You will understand later.
Shu Che, time will reveal everything
Let Xiao Qing be for now.
This would be best for you.
I'm very worried about her.
She's even more worried about you.
Worried about me? Does she know about my circumstances?
Whether or not she knows,
she is very concerned about you.
Auntie, can you give Xiao Qing a message from me?
Ok, go ahead.
Please, tell Xiao Qing that
that no matter what happens,
regardless of whatever reasons she has
I will always be waiting for, waiting for her to come back.
Okay. I will tell her.
May I contact you again?
Yes.
Thank you, Auntie.
Good-bye.
[China's Armed Police]
Hello, may I see your identification please?
[Special Permit]
Thanks.
[China's Armed Police]
Mom!
Here's some stuff I brought for you.
I miss your cooking and food so much.
Hungry for my food, eh?
Here. Then, you have eat everything I brought today.
Call it a celebration.
Celebrating what?
Today, your father secretly told me
they found the mole on their investigation team. They've already arrested him.
So I can triumphantly go home now, right?
You can't.
Before the interrogation and court's decision, any sort of dangerous things could happen.
You need to stay here so you can be protected. That's the safest thing.
Mom, you have no idea. While I'm here, I can't even tell what time it is.
Every day, I go downstairs for a walk; 2 guards are always following me.
It's no different from being a criminal.
Every day, time passes so slowly. A day seems like it take many days to pass.
Do you know that while I was in the US, I so want to divide every minute into half!
A day passed in a flash. In a minute, a week already passed.
Oh, right. Today, Shu Che called our house.
How did he know our home number?
He got it from Peking Law School.
He came back to China?
So, he - he already knows what's happened to his family?
But it appears he doesn't have any idea why you left
What did he say?
He just kept asking why you disappeared and won't contact him.
What did you tell him?
What could I say?
I just told him that time would reveal everything.
and that later, you would give him an explanation.
He asked me to give you a message.
What?
He said, no matter what reason,
no matter what happens,
he will always be waiting for you.
He doesn't know anything yet.
He doesn't know that in the destruction of his family
the sort of role I played.
He doesn't know that the next time we meet,
what sort of situation we'll be in.
Qing'er. He will understand sooner or later
that you didn't intend to deceive him.
You didn't want it to be like this either.
There's so much I wish he didn't know.
I wish time could stop
so that he'd never know anything.
Times passed very, very slowly
But it didn't heed my wishes for it to stop entirely.
But it did stop Shu Che, Miao Ying, and my studies abroad.
The 3 of us existed in a tight cocoon.
Waiting for the same day to come.
[Half a year later]
Why are you here?
Dad.
Qing'er, I needed to come talk with you.
This is a serious issue.
What issue?
Sit down and tell us.
Today, Cheng Wei's special assistant, Wang Ruo Nan,
confessed something to us that we didn't know before.
It could mean that even more crimes were committed.
According to his confession,
Cheng Wei once set up
an American-registered venture capitalist company.
He invested 3 million American dollars in Shu Che's company, Field Technologies.
Later, he suggested to an American partner company
to give Shu Che's company a contract.
In addition, he was paid an amount way above market value,
allowing Shu Che to earn an enormous profit.
Cheng Wei used this
investment tactic to disguise
his bribe to Shu Wang.
Turning Shu Che's company a platform to turnover
the bribes he paid.
Qing'er, you once was the legal consultant of Field Technology.
All the company's contracts went through you.
You also will know about the company's books, revenues, and expenditures.
How much do you know about these?
You know all about it?
You clearly know that I was investigating this case.
You clearly know that the procuratorate
is gathering evidence about Cheng Wei and Shu Wang's collusion and bribery.
But you kept such important evidence of crimes to yourself.
You're afraid Shu Che will be dragged into this, right?
Okay. Cheng Wei isn't talking. Shu Wang isn't talking. You and Shu Che also aren't talking.
If it weren't because Wang Ruo Nan is eager to earn some merit
and come clean to us, then using such a particular method to commit such a huge crime
What a novel method to use for bribery!
It would have been covered up.
Xiao Qing, you're a lawyer too.
In the future, you plan to work in the law.
Facts serve the interest of law; they're the law's foundation.
They will become an article of faith for you.
To cover up such a matter
is no different than siding with the criminals.
Don't jump to conclusions.
Why did Qing'er have to know everything? She's a lawyer, not a financial expert.
Since you said it's a novel method of bribery,
since they used the company's financial dealings to disguise their bribery,
using the contracts and accounting,
so their would be no flaws in their legal reasoning.
They did all this trickery and seduction under the table.
How was Qing'er supposed to know?
I know she knows.
Qing'er, as matters stand now, you can't hide the slightest thing from me. anymore.
The law requires that every citizen with knowledge must give evidence.
You must formally answer the questions of the Protectorate.
Handover any information that in your position
that you personally handled or knew about in Shu Che's company's contracts and finances.
You're really going to treat your own daughter as a suspect to be interrogated?
You . . .
You also need to tell me
how far your relationship with She Che has gone.
This is very important.
That will decide your position in this case.
Because if the evidence is irrefutable,
Even if Shu Che isn't found legally responsible
he participated in this crime:
He's a link in the chain of Cheng Wei bribing Shu Wang.
You want to know the truth.
I know all of it.
And it is exactly because I know
that's why I am 100% certain that Shu Che didn't do the slightest thing against the law.
And that's the reason that, in my heart, I felt comfortable not telling you all this.
Didn't Shu Che accept Cheng Wei's 3 million dollar investment?
Didn't he accept
Wei Ye Group's partner company's work contract, earning an enormous profit?
The investment contract and the upgrade for the OA system
Both of these contracts, I personally handled.
Wasn't that breaking the law?
No, it wasn't. Because Shu Che returned the 3 million dollar investment
and the 1,7 million dollars profit from the Hualong contract
to these 2 companies, not one penny less.
Because of Shu Che's refusal,
Chen Wei's plan to bribe in another way didn't get realized.
This can all be checked out.
In Field Technology's accounts, this will all be clearly evident, you'll know that what I am saying is true.
Are you saying, Shu Che returned all that money?
Hard to believe, right?
No one would believe it.
Even the people Shu Che worked with - none of them could understand his behavior.
Because, in everyone's eyes, this money was fair.
The thing they most couldn't understand was
that Shu Che, in order to prevent Cheng Wei from using his company for bribery,
and despite everyone's opposition to this, he temporarily stopped all the work at Field Technologies.Moreover,
Moreover, he stopped the promotion and research and development of the analysis product he'd spent so much time on.
Look, such a decent child.Moreover, he didn't mind halting the market promotion of the DNS product he'd spent so much time researching and developing.
Please investigate all of his team members.
They will tell you that what Shu Che did was unimaginable to them.
Let Annie tell you that she couldn't figure it out, but she had carry out Shu Che's instructions.
That is to return those two huge amount of money back to the accounts of the investor and to Hualong.
It caused the account of Field Technology Ltd. to become zero overnight, and even at a negative amount. Being unable to pay for the salary of its employees.
I went through all this with Shu Che.
From knowing about the collusion of power and business profit of his father
to the uneasiness and guilt he felt with the money that he had easily obtained,
till when he returned to China to find out what exactly happened from his father.
Every step that he took, I saw it clearly.
Other than me, he didn't tell anyone about this.
He couldn't stop the bonds forming in the elder generation because of profit.
He couldn't do anything about the relationship rules between them.
But at least, he did according to what he said.
If we can't change the world, at least, we can't be changed.
Excellent.
Qing'er, you are now the most important witness to Shu Wang's
case of accepting bribes.
Not only you must you prove the legality of how Liu Caiqi provided her evidences,
you also must prove at the same time that Chen Wei tried to bribe through another means using Shu Che's company.
What's more important, it's that,
you must prove She Che's innocence.
Qing'er, you the hand that will determine the success or failure of this case.
[Anti-Corruption and Bribery Bureau]
This is Field Technology's bank account for the past two years.
It clearly showed all the company's income and expenses. Please verify it.
I confirm that there's no problem with this.
Can you tell us why you returned US$3 million to the investor?
And also, why you returned US$1,7 million to Hua Long in North America?
Because I suspected that
this venture capital is connected to Cheng Wei.
It's also possible that the backer was him.
Although it was just a speculation
and I also didn't had enough concrete evidence,
As for Hua Long's transaction,
they didn't conceal anything and told me that it was a big present from Weiye.
Based on your company's account, there is no problem with the chronological record of this money.
Why did you choose to decline it?
Because I was very clear on what it was.
I could only listen to my conscience.
One last question. Does your father know about this?
Shu Che. What we are asking is, does your father really know about this?
If this is the case, what was his attitude?
He didn't know.
- Are you sure? - I'm sure.
This is the statement of what was discussed between us. Please sign to ensure there are no mistakes.
If there are no amendments, please sign here.
You can leave now.
Thank you for your cooperation in this investigation.
Thank you. Thank you.
Shu Che was interrogated by the police.
His statement is the same as yours.
Through the accounts of Field Technology
and also the investigation results of the company's employees
we've also confirmed them to be true.
Except for one thing.
- What is it? - Shu Che said
Shu Wang didn't know anything about it.
He wanted to protect his father and try his best to lessen his punishment?
Will Shu Che still be held responsible for anything?
Although he returned the bribe, all these truths
will still be included in the evidence for the lawsuit
against Chen Wei for bribery.
When will the court session start?
Very soon.
Qing'er, as the witness for the public prosecutor,
you need to show up in court at least twice.
Twice?
The first time is when the prosecution presents the evidence provided by Liu Caiqi,
you must appear in the court to prove its authenticity.
Prove that they went through your hands
and came from the deceased Liu Caiqi.
I know this. What about the second showing?
In your second time in court, you'll be asked to narrate the contracts that passed through you and your understanding of the financial situation of the company
while you were the legal adviser of Field Technology.
Regarding the situation at Field Technology, didn't you already investigated it fully?
Furthermore, you already have Annie and Peng Yi's testimonies.
Why must I testify in court?
Because, other than you, no one can verify that Shu Che was lying that his father wasn't aware of it.
You want me to expose his lies right there in the court?
This point will affect the final sentencing of Shu Wang.
Dad! You are asking me to use the secret that Shu Che only shared to me,
the trust and reliance he had on me,
our love as a counter testimony against him?
As a legal weapon to sentence his father?!
How do you expect me to face him in court? How do you expect me to face him in the future?
If I do according to what you say,
everything between us will be destroyed.
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Everyone, please keep quiet and rise.
May the chief judge and the other judges enter and take their seats.
Please take your seats.
The Criminal Trial Court 1 of the Intermediate People's Court of Yanzhou City
towards the lawsuit filed by the People's Procuratorate of Yanzhou City
against the defendant Shu Wang for accepting bribery
is now starting its public hearing.
The accused, Shu Wang, is in court.
The inquiry will begin now.
Public Prosecutors, please read your opening statements.
Okay.
The accuser, Shu Wang, during his term as the Vice Mayor of Yanzhou,
from year 2001 to 2014, made use of his position
and accepted requests for help from President Cheng Wei of Weiye Group
to obtain benefits.
During the process that Weiye Group obtained the subway project of the city
and bid for the manufacturing of the subway cars,
he illegally accepted the money and real estates that Chen Wei bribed him,
all amounting to ¥ 56,240,000.
The amount is extremely huge.
This act has violated the 385th and 386th articles of
the laws of the people's republic.
With the crime of bribery, we are going after his legal responsibilities.
Defendant,
do you have any objection with the crimes being accused to you?
No.
Now, may the two sides present your evidences.
Public Prosecutors, please submit your first evidence.
The Public Prosecutors will submit the first evidence.
The Public Prosecutors will submit the second evidence.
[Informant: Liu Caiqi]
The Public Prosecutors will submit the third evidence.
Now we'll start with the cross-examination of witnesses.
The court is calling for the prosecutor's witness,
Xiao Jing, please take the stand.
The witness must tell the truth.
If you deliberately make any false testimony or hide anything,
you must bear legal responsibilities. Do you understand?
Yes, I do.
The Public Prosecutors may begin the inquiry now.
Xiao Jing, do you know the witness, Liu Cai Qi?
I do but we have only met once.
The evidences that the witness Liu Caiqi provided
became the most important basis for the lawsuits filed by the prosecution. The first batch will prove the presence of monetary bribery.
The second batch of evidences will prove that the defendant accepted real estates as bribes.
As Cheng Wei's Special Assistant and also Shu Wang's lover,
her numerous identity guaranteed the authenticity of her testimony.
but it's extremely unfortunate that
on 27 November 2014,
she died in an accident in the States.
She is unable to testify as a witness.
To prove that the evidences provided by Liu Caiqi is authentic,
the Public Prosecutors have invited another witness, Xiao Qing, to take the stand and narrate
how she got invited by Liu Caiqi to her home
an hour before she died and how she gave the current witness,
Xiao Qing, all the evidences that the prosecution
submitted to the court today.
At 3 pm on 27 November 2014,
I went to Liu Caiqi's villa in a rich neighborhood of San Francisco
as previously agreed.
Please take a seat.
I have copies of the electronic files inside the hard drive.
I also have photocopies of the paper documents.
but all the original documents are in this folder.
On the second day after leaving Liu Cai Qi's home,
I saw a media report about her death.
Yesterday evening, a body was found...
Immediately, I was placed into protective measures.
I left San Francisco and returned home till today's court session.
I solemnly swear that
I have submitted to the judicial authority intact the documents
that Liu Caiqi personally handed me on the day that she died.
Don't touch my stuff!
Do the Defense Attorneys have any questions for the witness?
[Defense Attorneys]
I would like to ask the witness, Xiao Qing.
Your identity is just a college student in San Francisco
studying a masters degree.
Why were you at Liu Cai Qi's home
to get the important evidences that she was supposed to submit to the judicial authorities?
How come you have the connection and ways
of handing these evidences
to the serious crime investigators who are handling this case?
[Witness]
Because...
I complied with the request of the investigating officer to obtain the evidence from Liu Qi Cai on their behalf.
He didn't tell me what it was in advance.
Why the did the investigating officer delegate this to you?
Because at that time, he couldn't make it to San Francisco.
But out of wanting to protect the evidence, he and Liu Caiqi came to an agreement
and left the evidence under my care for the time being.
Why did the investigating officer trust you
and delegated such an important task to you?
What is your relationship with him?
The investigating officer...
is my father.
Such an important evidence
got passed on between a father and daughter like they are just playing house.
Shouldn't the authenticity of these evidences
be questioned?
He is my father.
You are Uncle Xiao?
Shu Che, how are you?
Uncle Xiao.
What is your profession?
I'm with the Government, a civil servant.
Witness, you may leave the stand.
Your father...
how is he doing?
He is fine.
It's not much difference from the past.
Before they announce the sentence in court,
I want to get better then.
I want to go to the hearing too.
It's better that you don't go.
What you need to do now,
it's to take care of yourself and recover well. Don't let anything affect you.
Don't worry. I'm here.
Okay, I will listen to you.
How are you doing? Are you okay?
I...I'm fine.
Don't worry.
Mom, you...
- Okay. - I'm fine.
I'm fine.
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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 ♫