Episode 3
Come in.
Have a seat.
What's wrong?
It's like this:
You found Xu JieQing's
body
and I plan to set up a special group
for this case.
So make a list of
the relevant evidence
and material.
Since Gu Jing is related to the case
she will also join the special group.
You and ZiCheng should concentrate
on Xu Lu's case.
How can that be?
Xu JieQing is a very important clue to us.
This is not related to who
found the clues.
There are two victims.
They're two irrelevant cases.
How can it be irrelevant?
Look.
Xu JieQing is
Xu Lu's stepfather, right?
According to what Gu Jing saw at the time
there should be another person
at the scene.
That person must be
the person who killed Xu JieQing!
Where's the proof?
Do you have evidence that
these cases are related?
What's the link between the person who killed Xu JieQing
and your current case?
I just
began the investigation!
I know you're in charge of the case now
and you want to crack it quickly.
But you can't blindly run after
any random clue
or any random person you find.
You will easily waste time.
But...
Don't argue with me.
Convince me with evidence.
Okay.
I'll give you the evidence you need.
But you have to give me time.
Right now I am not going to give
Xu JieQing's case to somebody else.
Fine.
How about this?
I'll ask you a question.
Xu Lu, as a celebrity, after her death,
who was the beneficiary
of the property she left?
Xu Lu is an orphan.
She's also single.
She also doesn't have a will.
There is just no point
in investigating these!
Her current
agency's boss is applying to the court
to obtain Xu Lu's property
as indemnity. Do you know that?
What?
I want Amanda's houses
to pay the breach penalty
of Amanda's endorsements.
I've already submitted all the files to the court.
This is none of the police's business. She's passed away already.
Isn't it too much
to make a fuss on her breach penalty?
The contracts don't say that
she cannot pass away. Yes.
The contract doesn't say
she cannot die.
But why don't you look it up
online first? Do you know how they talk about Amanda now?
They've made thousands of jokes to laugh about her.
All the advertisers are going after me.
I didn't do anything wrong!
On the day of the murder
you called Xu Lu.
The call lasted for three seconds.
Judging by the time of the call
she should be
on the plane.
You know that she is on the plane
but you still called her.
This proves that you knew
she didn't board the flight. Right?
Are you suspecting me?
Didn't I already provide you
with my alibi?
What a waste of time!
Please cooperate with us.
I just want you to
explain why you called her and
you knew that she didn't board the flight
but after the murder
you still didn't tell us
about this?
I had something to tell her.
But after I called her
she picked up but she didn't say anything.
She didn't say anything?
Yes. She didn't say anything.
Later I remembered that
she was going overseas that day
and she probably
forgot to turn off her phone on the plane.
The plane should be ten thousand metres in the sky.
It is impossible for her phone to have a signal.
Officers, what's the point of you
ravelling with me?
Please,
I was having dinner
and drinking with my friends till midnight that day.
Call them yourselves if you don't believe me.
Then did you hear anything?
I just heard some rumbling.
Rumbling?
What does it sound like?
Some machinery?
How do I know?
You're wasting time on me.
If you have time why don't you investigate Amanda's playboy?
Her playboy?
It's so hard to imagine that
a supermodel as pretty as Xu Lu
would spend
so much to keep her boyfriend.
She withdrew a hundred thousand cash a month.
This is not a small amount.
What do you think
her boyfriend looks like?
Imagine if she's your girlfriend
and she pays you so much a month...
Stop dreaming!
Then what do you think is going on?
This is not simply about
a boyfriend or a playboy.
How do you know?
I have a hunch.
I've checked
Xu Lu's phone records. Apart from a few numbers
from her company that often contact her,
there's nobody else.
If she
has a boyfriend
and pays him so much each month
would she not call him everyday
and check on him?
Do you think it's possible?
You can't be sure. What if they often see each other?
Then it'd make sense.
They often see each other?
Mom I've really arrived
at the restaurant you told me
and I'm already in the room you booked.
Okay.
I'll send you a picture.
Can you transfer me
my pocket money?
I'll transfer it to you later.
Thanks, mom! Bye!
What's wrong?
You're leaving now?
You...
I...
Have you caught amnesia?
Have you really forgotten me?
You can't be
Auntie Zhang's former colleague's former classmate's
neighbour's son, right?
Maybe.
My name is Ke.
No.
Why aren't you surprised
to see me?
You can't have known
that it was me, right?
Sort of.
But I'm not sure if
you saw my photos too.
Goodbye!
I don't want to see you again.
The body is already skeletonized.
It's very difficult to check upon it.
The only thing I can be sure of is that
is an injury caused by a blunt object at the hindbrain.
That should be the cause of death.
The exact weapon
cannot be confirmed.
Can the weapon be a rebar?
A rebar?
It's possible.
But I can only be sure
after comparative tests.
I have a question.
Can a child approximately twelve years old
kill a strong man
in one blow?
If it's a child
the blow will not be strong enough.
It's not enough to
cause death in one go. But if it caused intracranial bleeding
and the man received no treatment in time
then the chance of death is very high.
Okay.
Let's assume the weapon is a rebar
but this is still irrelevant
with Xu Lu's case.
Look. They are two cases with different weapons.
They're also a long time apart.
We will find a link
between the cases for sure.
These are the evidence for case 413.
Aren't you injured?
Why are you still on duty?
The injury is not in my way.
You can't rest until
we all know you're strong.
Sign here.
Oh, yes.
We found the weapon for Xu JieQing's case.
It's exactly like you said.
It was really a rebar?
Aren't you an eye witness?
Why are you so shocked?
I only remember some scattered
images after all.
The most important thing now
is to find
the connection between the cases of
Xu JieQing and Xu Lu.
Or else we will have to give away
this case.
Captain Zhang has already given Xu JieQing's case
to FuSheng and Xiao Ou.
He told me to help them.
You said yes?
I have no reason
to not obey my seniors.
You...
Oh, yes.
If you
killed my relative in front of me
what do you think I'd do?
Call the police.
Even if you were little
or if you were scared
after all these years you should
still remember very clearly.
But Xu Lu didn't call the police.
She simply went back to the orphanage
and pretended that
nothing happened
until she was in high school.
Judging by the time Xu JieQing got killed
and disappeared
this girl is really scary.
I think there are two possibilities.
Firstly
Xu Lu and the murderer
made a deal.
Their relationship is not only the offender
and the victim's relative.
They are accomplices. Secondly
Xu Lu was threatened
to keep this a secret.
When she grew up she realized that
her stepfather's death is related to her
not seeking for help or doing anything.
That's why she kept it a secret.
She withdraws a hundred thousand a month. If she is hiding
a secret
or having something unspeakable, what do you think?
This finally makes sense! The two of them
normally sees each other
or contacts each other
and this person continuously
threatens Xu Lu.
Threatening Xu Lu?
Thank you for reminding me!
Thank you!
What was I saying? Yes, thank you.
Your shirt is wrinkled.
You're finally home.
Okay, sit down.
How's it going?
I discovered something significant.
Who do you think I just met? Who?
Ke JiaMing.
Ke JiaMing?
My mom arranged me to go on
a blind date with Ke JiaMing.
And he knew it beforehand!
I'm not sure if
you have seen my photos before.
Until I went to your home last time
with Tang YiXiu
I didn't know
you don't know that
I am the person your family arranged for you
to go on a blind date with.
You knew it at the time?
And you still lectured me?
I have to be impartial.
I didn't want to.
What do you mean by "oh"?
This guy is so strange!
He's basically mental!
Although I don't know him much
I still think this guy is mentally stable.
No, he's abnormal.
If it wasn't for
this month's pocket money
I wouldn't even have gone.
You went to meet him
because he would give you your pocket money?
What are you thinking?
My mom is threatening me with
this month's pocket money
so I have to go to the blind date.
But more seriously
I just looked up
Amanda's video
source and time.
I found that somebody
changed the numbers.
Changed?
I forgot that you live in the last century.
But I'll teach you for free.
There's an occupation nowadays
called web strategist. They professionally create news online
and cause buzzes.
They do things from planning to carrying out the plan.
Not only celebrities
like Amanda even normal people like you and me
can also technically
be made famous
overnight. Is it this simple?
It's not exactly simple.
That's why I said
"technically".
But Amanda has always
been a celebritiy
and the headlines these days
it should be easy
to create gossip about her.
But you said that she's a celebrity and headliner.
There need not be any controlling.
Look at this video!
The video is blurry and noisy.
And it was recorded
a month ago. But it was only released
after the news of her having plastic surgery
being a sugar baby
and being in debt
et cetera.
It became the hot topic online
in just more than ten hours.
With so many
adverse reports about her
and the addition of this explosive video
overnight, Amanda
went from a killed celebritiy
to a
crazy woman everybody despises.
This is an image produced by collective
sharing and promoting.
You sound reasonable.
Most importantly
the person who discovered all of these
is no other than
me, Xia MingZi!
Ain't I amazing?
You're amazing.
I'm so amazing!
Although I've been here once before
I still feel like
supermodels' homes are so special.
This time we swap.
You take charge of the living room.
I'll search the bathrooms and bedrooms.
Let's see if we find
anything interesting.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, aunt. I'm not an aunt!
It's you!
What are you doing here?
I...
You also found here from the I.P. address?
There isn't even a takeaway menu here.
Does she really live here?
This is really strange.
Of course it's strange.
It feels like she has OCD.
But this really fits her profile.
She lives carefully and she won't disclose anything to anyone.
She is hiding a secret.
She really is careful.
We are really out of luck,
now we have no evidence at all.
Let's continue looking.
Water?
Why is this wet?
Isn't that normal?
It's a washbasin.
Xu Lu has passed away
for so many days.
The washbasin can't still be wet.
Somebody must have came.
Oh, right!
You came here because of the log-in details?
I'm trying to find out
who is defaming Amanda secretly.
About that...
I did it out of my own interest.
It is completely irrelevant to
Gu Jing
and your case.
I'm looking for the web strategist,
not the murderer. Okay?
You don't need to
dress up like this.
What's wrong with this?
You're also wearing glasses. What's wrong with my glasses?
They're ugly.
She logged in again!
There's really nobody.
Can you adjust it to earlier?
We're sorry to bother you.
ZiCheng
Can you ask the guard
to show you
the CCTV at the door?
There's nobody.
I don't have any clues either.
Let's do this.
Excuse me
May I ask where's the washroom?
It's...
My stomach hurts. Where's the bathroom?
I feel so painful.
Are you alright?
I'm dying. I'm not alright. I can't take it.
I'll show you the way. There's no such need.
I'll bring my wife.
Okay, husband.
Who's there?
Police.
Be honest.
What do you want?
Where did you get all these things?
I...
Husband
Who did you send the pictures to?
I'm not your husband.
I didn't send it to anyone.
You can keep it a secret.
I really didn't send it to anyone.
Oh, yes.
Does this count as
helping a police officer with his duty?
Your actions
could actually be considered as... Just tell me I helped you!
I don't want to learn about anything else.
What are you laughing at?
Really
If I hadn't have somebody else in mind
our blind date could have worked.
If you like somebody else
why did you go on a blind date?
I like somebody else
doesn't mean
she likes me back.
So it's just a crush. That's why
I can't reject my parents
when they insist.
I have to go back to the police station.
See you soon.
I don't want to see you again.
Also
don't let me catch you
investigating anything
related to this case again.
I'm not investigating.
I've told you ten thousand times.
I'm just using public information
on the internet and my own skills
and logical thinking talent to do non-profit activities.
Before you became an internet expert
you really learnt some things about the law.
Of course!
Don't underestimate me!
I'm leaving first.
Bye!
Apart from taking some souvenirs
I didn't do anything else.
You have went into Xu Lu's house so many times.
Is it just to steal
those miscellaneous things?
I didn't steal.
I didn't take anything valuable.
It's still thievery even if it's not valuable.
Get it?
I know it's wrong.
I just can't control myself.
Everytime I finish once
I want to do it again.
How long have you been doing this?
It's been two years.
When did you begin?
Wait.
According to your knowledge of Xu Lu
in her daily life
does she have any
fixed contacts?
I don't mean her working partners.
No.
At least, I don't know that she has.
Then before the incident
when you went to her home
have you ever discovered
anything abnormal?
Abnormal...
She's always been different
from other girls.
Although she's a model
she doesn't like buying clothes.
She seldom owns girly things.
I have to think carefully
to find any souvenirs.
It must have been exhausting. Of course!
It takes a lot of skill!
Be serious!
When I went to her house last month
I found out that she hadn't turn off her computer.
So I looked at her computer.
Let me tell you I saw so much that time!
But when I checked
her browsing history
I found out that she was searching for
very strange things.
What do you mean?
Speak up!
They were about poison,
killing people,
toxic
and their symptoms.
There were a lot of these.
JiaMing, JiaMing
I'm not going to help you anymore.
These are not useless.
Please help me.
Go find someone else.
I'm not the only one good at
technology in this department.
But for recovering data
you are the best
in the police force.
Right?
Can you just help me
recover Xu Lu's
computer's browser's
history? I will help you next time.
Please help me.
No, I don't care.
Please help me.
What does she want?
That's the thief we caught earlier.
Why is he with Xu Lu's assistant? Xu Lu's assistant?
It's her!
She's the one who sent out videos and comments
defaming Xu Lu.
This girl?
You saw a boy
killed Xu JieQing.
Yes. I saw that.
You brought someone to find the body?
I brought Tang YiXiu
and Wang ZiCheng to the factory.
Do you know that boy?
What is it? Do you feel unwell?
No.
Did I talk about something
related to the case?
No, you didn't.
If you don't believe me
you can check the CCTV
or cancel your medical records.
It's fine.
No, I don't mean that.
Sit here.
I'll get you some water.
Thank you.
You should be tired today.
Shall we end here?
Why do I feel that
today's hypnotherapy
is different from before?
Our theme today was
guilt.
Guilt? Yes.
In your subconscious
there is a strong sense of guilt.
After treating you
I believe that
you forgot what happened three years ago that caused your coma
and your
psychogenic amnesia
because of something deep in your conscious.
Deep in my conscious?
Yes.
You have a very natural
sense of self-negation.
It makes you feel guilty,
powerless and self-blaming. You might even feel angry.
That's why you want to hide.
That person appearing again and again in your dreams
and that person who died in your arms:
why does your brain
refuse to remember him?
I suspect that
he's your lover.
My lover?
Love
can cause murder.
What do you mean?
Nothing. About that...
Maybe from now on
I cannot help you anymore.
Goodbye, Miss Gu.
What are you doing?
Why are you so afraid to see me?
Are you following me?
I'm not following you.
I just saw you.
This is just a coincidence.
Isn't that obvious?
Have you had dinner?
I was busy all day
and I hadn't have dinner.
But here you are.
Let's go eat something.
Come on.
I also have something to tell you.
Try their hamburger.
Isn't it delicious?
That's the attitude.
How's your case going?
It's a long story. Zeng Yong
hooked up with Xu Lu's assistant
to get closer to
Xu Lu.
After spending some time with
the assistant,
he found out that
she knew less of
Xu Lu's life than he did.
So he ditched the assistant.
The assistant
realized that she was used
and she blamed
Xu Lu for that.
So she took some videos
of Xu Lu
to defame her.
In my opinion, this assistant
was so nervous
at the police station
when we talked to her
because she felt guilty.
But to conclude, Zeng Yong
and the defamation
are all not quite relevant
to the case.
Oh, yes.
How's the investigation going about Xu JieQing?
Wang BoSheng interviewed me
but he never contacted me again.
I think that
the person who killed Xu JieQing
should be somebody near Xu Lu.
At first I thought it was Zeng Yong.
But later I found out
he's not quite related
to any of these two cases.
So I think that
the murderer
is hiding very well.
Even Zeng Yong
who knows Xu Lu so well
didn't notice him.
So I want to say that if
the murderer saw you
you bringing us
to find Xu JieQing's body...
You're afraid that he'll hurt me too?
I think that before we catch him
it's better for you to be careful.
Did you tell anyone else about this?
Actually, Zeng Yong
provided us some information
for our case.
He said that Xu Lu
had looked up some information
about poisoning.
I think that
Xu Lu
is fed up with being controlled
and wanted to take action,
so she was murdered.
That is also why although so many years
has passed,
the motive still exists.
My detective instincts tell me
I am correct.
Oh, yes.
Don't you have amnesia?
Why did you get AZi to
find Xu Lu's
old pictures?
This is my guess
although I'm not sure:
so maybe you
can remember your old memories but you don't know who
the people in your memories
are. Right?
You can say so.
Then how can you be so sure that
your memories are related to Xu Lu?
Because I saw the bracelet
the one
in the evidence room.
The boy who hit Xu JieQing
with a rebar
was wearing that bracelet. Oh, I see.
So that bracelet
didn't belong to Xu Lu!
I've always thought that it didn't look like her belongings.
I guess that it was related to the murderer.
Could it be a keepsake representing a promise?
A promise?
What promise?
A promise to not talk about this.
Or maybe
they were in love.
What are you trying to say?
Love
can cause murder.
Do you think
love can cause murder?
Are you ill?
What are you saying?
I don't understand.
You saw a little boy
killed Xu JieQing.
Yes, I saw it.
Do you know that boy?
On a more serious tone
tomorrow I'll get a
painter.
Tell him
how did the murderer
look like
so he can draw a painting of him.
I've already drew him.
What's this?
I drew it.
No
What do you think you're drawing?
A portray.
You should draw the head
and the face, get it? So it can help us find him,
get it?
I did draw his face.
It has to be bigger and more detailed!
There is a face.
What's this?
He looks so dull.
In my memory, he looks like this. Do you think he looks like me?
Tomorrow after work
wait for me at the police station.
Don't leave alone.
There's no need.
I can manage myself. You're a witness.
I have to protect you by the rules.
I think if he wants to come for me, he'd already have.
Stop it.
Who's there?
Okay.
I've called the nearby stations
and asked them to investigate
CCTV's nearby to see
if there is anyone suspicious.
They'll respond soon.
Maybe we're just too sensitive.
No.
I think we have to be careful.
About that...
Can I use your bathroom? It's over there.
Thank you.
Er...
Should you put away your things first? What?
Those...
I'm sorry.
Speed up!
I'm sorry.
Is AZi coming home?
She's not staying here tonight.
You should drink some water.
Oh, right,
water.
Are you this thirsty?
I'll get you more water.
No, no, no.
I'm not thirsty.
Really?
Really.
That...
Xu Lu...
You go first.
I wanted to say that
Xu Lu's bracelet
is the link between
the two cases.
Can we push the timeline
backwards
back to the time
when Xu JieQing disappeared
and see if there are any clues?
You can try to think
if there are any things worth noticing.
No.
She was wearing
a dark blue dress.
Apart from that scene
I've forgotten everything.
That makes sense.
It's been such a long time.
What about this?
I'll visit that orphanage tomorrow
and visit the old director.
He came home for dinner
after he was released from jail.
That was the last time I saw him.
Which year was it?
2001.
This was won by Xu Lu
at a drawing competition when she was little.
The drawing competition!
Do you remember the picture
we saw at the orphanage?
The clothes she was wearing
was the same
as the ones during the accident.
That photo was taken approximately
when Xu JieQing disappeared.
How about this?
I'll go to the orphanage
and ask about the drawing competition.
Hey
You've found it?
Look over here.
Our cameras only
managed to capture this.
His face cannot be captured
because of the angle.
How unlucky.
We can't tell
which way he went.
He was standing
at the edge of the camera.
It's too difficult to tell
where did he go.
At least we captured his feet.
I'll take a picture.
Okay.
How about this?
I'll get our people
to patrol this area more.
If anything happens
Officer Gu can contact us anytime.
Okay.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Maybe just a bit tired.
I'll drive you home. No, thanks.
You're doing it again.
I can get someone from our team
to drive Officer Gu home.
We know the way.
Do you have an appointment today, Miss Gu? Is Dr Lu here?
Dr Lu is busy today
so he cancelled all appointments.
Did he say why?
He didn't.
Are you looking for him?
It's like this:
Yesterday he asked me to bring something to his home.
But I accidentally
lost his address.
Oh, well, why don't you call
and ask him?
Why did you need to come all the way?
Oh, yes, I forgot about that.
Since you're here
I'll find it for you. Earlier, he registered it
in the hospital's contacts.
Perfect, thank you.
It's fine.
Here are the details of the competition.
This is the list of participants.
This is the judging panel.
Xu Lu? Lu YingBo?
This...
There was an exception that year.
There were two winners.
One was Xu Lu.
The other was called Lu YingBo.
The prize was a fountain pen?
Yes. A fountain pen.
Judging by the edge
of the wound,
she was stabbed by something sharp.
Did the prize winners take a picture together?
Yes.
What a coincidence.
This makes sense now.
Go check Lu YingBo's address.
Hey
Gu Jing Guess what we found at the orphanage?
You'll never guess.
Where are you?
I'm outside. Outside?
You're being followed.
Why aren't you staying in the police station?
We're almost at the Clove Garden.
I'll talk to you later. I have something to do now.
Bye.
Clove Garden?
Isn't that where Lu YingBo lives? Lu YingBo!
Let's go to the Clove Garden.
Thank you.
Dr Lu
Have a seat.
I knew you would come.
But you're earlier than I thought.
Did you follow me yesterday?
Yes.
Why did you follow me?
I was curious.
Curious?
Yes.
You are not in my memory
but you know what happened.
That made me curious.
You killed Xu JieQing, right?