Episode 4
Thanks for the ride.
Dr Lu?
Dr Lu
Take a seat.
I knew you would come.
But I didn't think you would be so early.
Were you the one following me yesterday?
Yes. Why did you follow me?
I was curious.
Curious?
Yes.
I do not remember you
but you knew what happened so clearly.
That made me curious.
Did you kill Xu JieQing?
After your mother died
I was the one who
raised you.
How could you look at me like that?
You want me to beat you?
How dare you bite me?
I'll kill you right here!
Yes.
But you're not the person I want to find.
Who do you want to find?
That's unimportant.
All you need to know is that
I killed Xu Lu.
Why did you kill her?
Because she's a bit troublesome.
In what way did she trouble you?
I think you're a bit troublesome too, now.
You haven't told me
why did you kill Xu Lu. I hate her.
But Xu JieQing has died for so many years
and you all lead peaceful lives.
Why do you suddenly hate her?
I didn't suddenly hate her.
I've hated her for twelve years.
In 2001, she used my compassion
to kill her stepfather
and turned me into a murderer.
What about her?
She shamelessly became a celebrity,
living under the spotlight.
But for all these years nobody found out that
Xu JieQing has died.
You also live a fine life.
This is unreasonable.
You know best that it's reasonable.
You know very well
how love can cause murder.
Am I right?
You were in love with the man
who died in your arms.
But you were also holding a gun.
This is not related to what we were saying.
All these times, you're not looking for
your memories
but a reason to explain your crime.
A story to comfort yourself.
Like me.
You're doing what I've been doing
for the past twelve years.
No.
We're not the same.
No.
Our only difference is that
I admit what I did.
I'm stronger than you are.
Don't move!
You loved
the man who died in your arms.
But you were holding a gun.
Gu Jing, are you alright?
ZiCheng
you can go back first. I'll settle her down first.
I called AZi.
I'll drive you home first.
Before I came,
what did he say to you?
Can you tell me?
What did that bastard do to you?
How can I help you if you won't tell?
Do you know you were in danger?
Why did you act alone?
I'm sorry.
I was too mad.
I'll drive you home now.
You're not looking for
your memories.
You are looking for a reason to explain your crime.
A story to comfort yourself.
Like me.
You're doing what I've been doing
for twelve years.
Gu Jing
Are you alright?
Gu Jing!
What happened to Gu Jing?
I've never seen her like this.
I want to know too.
What's with her?
I have to
go back to the police station.
Please help me look after her and don't let her run around.
Rest assured.
Call me or send me
a WeChat message if anything happens.
I have to go.
Is this yours?
Yes.
Speak up.
I killed Xu Lu.
You don't need to ask me anything. Just print the statement of confession
and I'll sign it.
Do you think we run a restaurant?
Do you think all you need to do is check the bill
and sign your name?
By turning yourself in you have to do more than
saying that you killed Xu Lu.
You have to tell me your motive, the weapon you used
and the time of the murder.
What's the matter?
You don't want to confess anymore?
In 2001
on the 1st of July
my mom signed me up
for a provincial drawing competition summer camp.
I met Xu Lu there.
After a few rounds of competition
we became friends.
You're so talented!
Your face...
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean it.
Why are you lagging behind?
I'll help you take your things.
You can also give me this.
We'll arrive at the dormitory soon.
Let's go!
I only found out later
why she was so cold and isolative.
Because of her stepfather.
Let go of me!
Walk faster.
Let go of me!
Director!
Stop screaming! You're an illegitimate girl.
You prefer staying at the orphanage
than going home?
Yes!
How dare you defy me!
Your mother married me
and now you're my daughter
so you must listen to me.
Come!
Help, director! Director!
Let's go!
Help!
In 2001 on the 14th of July
In Xu Lu's father's factory
I killed her father.
We hastily put some stuff on his body
in the factory.
We locked the door of the factory
and took away the key.
It's alright.
It'll be alright.
Later I gave her a bracelet
from my mother.
It's the only souvenir
of our deal to keep the secret.
From then on
I have never contacted her again.
We were like strangers.
But after 12 years
why did you murder Xu Lu?
Because she's like
paint on my hands that cannot be washed away.
She annoys me.
I stayed overseas for ten years to study.
I only found out after I came back to China
that she removed all her scars
and became Amanda.
I can see her
everywhere on the streets.
But she forgot.
She completely forgot that it was I who gave her
her beautiful life.
She has never thought of how I felt.
She used this kind of way
to remind me
not to forget
that I am a murderer.
I thought of a thousand ways to find her
and contact her.
She has never thought that
I will appear again.
So she immediately changed
her travelling plans
to see me.
I followed my plan
and killed her.
YiXiu Can you come out for a moment?
ZiCheng
Look at this.
Not much people have discovered this.
I already told the website to
close this webpage.
When was this released?
It was posted last night
at five minutes past seven.
That is before we caught him.
Don't you find it strange?
He's already prepared to confess.
Why does he need to prepare this letter for nothing?
Also look here,
what he wrote.
This is a letter of confession.
Why does he keep talking about Xu Lu?
Is he whitewashing her?
I think so too.
Now, everybody
is talking about Amanda.
He repetitively mentioned and used
her name
so the letter can be easily found online.
Lu YingBo can't be the murderer. I am his alibi
on the night of the murder.
Gu Jing has also said that
she can prove that
Lu YingBo wasn't free to commit the crime
It seems that
Lu YingBo's confession is problematic.
It feels like he's hiding something.
You love
the man who died in your arms.
But you were also holding a gun.
You know very well how love causes murder.
Am I right?
Did you kill
Xu JieQing? Yes.
But you're not the person I want to find.
The good news is that the wound fits.
The fountain pen is likely the weapon.
I prefer to have the bad news first.
The bad news is that
sadly
the pen you're holding is not the weapon.
It is not the weapon.
What?
The nib of this fountain pen
is in perfect condition.
I cannot discover
any blood or
skin tissues on it.
It's impossible
for there to be no residual tissues
under the microscope
for this type of steel. Because it is not
hard enough.
You're like asking Stephen Hawking to recite the multiplier table
when you asked me to test this pen.
Not this one?
Then...
Xu Lu and Lu YingBo won the competition together.
If the prize is a fountain pen
then if it's not this one
then...
It's Xu Lu's! There are countless fountain pens in the world.
Even if it was custom-made
there will be more than two
similar nibs.
But he didn't come to confess it.
He already came to confess?
That's strange.
Is this yours?
Yes.
Speak up.
I killed Xu Lu.
You don't need to ask me anything.
Just print out the statement of confession
and I'll sign it. He didn't know at all
why we showed him the fountain pen.
What?
Lu YingBo's reaction towards the fountain pen
was very vague
during the interrogation.
Are you saying that...
Although Xu Lu's death
has been widely
reported
none of those reports
mentioned the details of the murder.
So maybe Lu YingBo
doesn't even know that
the fountain pen is the weapon.
He told us a story
mainly about how he killed Xu JieQing in 2001
and his current motive to kill Xu Lu.
From the very first page
he could be completely irrelevant to Xu Lu's case.
But that's impossible.
Why else would he do that to Gu Jing?
Also
we never investigated him
for Xu JieQing's murder.
He didn't need to admit that.
Hey
She insisted going out. Do you think I can stop her?
I don't know where did she go.
It's fine.
Stop scolding me.
Go and find her!
I get it.
I can never stop worrying about her.
I'm going out for a while
and I'll be back very soon.
So for Lu YingBo...
Wang BoSheng and Lu XiaoOu
has a lot to ask him
about Xu JieQing's case.
Go listen to them.
I have to go.
Hey?
What are you doing?
Didn't I ask you to
rest at home?
Where did you go?
I'm at the HuaHan Hotel.
Wait for me there.
Don't go anywhere else.
I'm coming to get you.
Give me ten minutes.
No, I'll be there in five.
Gu Jing
please explain to me
what you're trying to do.
Or else I'm going to report you
for obstructing my duty!
I didn't know you like randomly reporting people.
I also didn't know
you like to disobey people so often.
Take a seat.
Do you want to stand there and talk?
Can you see that gym?
Don't tell me that
you came all the way
to look at the gym.
This is where Xu Lu works out.
She works out here
every Wednesday
Friday and Sunday
from 8 pm to 10 pm.
How did you know?
How I found out about her is unimportant.
The important thing is about this place.
Your current seat is where
Lu YingBo sits every Wednesday,
Friday and Sunday
from 8 pm to 10 pm.
Lu YingBo pays in cash
everytime he comes.
He never makes reservations.
Therefore, none of the attendants here
know his real name.
He never drinks
and only orders a cup of soda water.
This leaves a deep impression.
So he's spying on Xu Lu?
Lu YingBo's clinic
is approximately one hour's drive
from here.
He comes here three times a week
and only orders
a cup of soda water that costs $50.
Do you think this is
just spying?
I think
compared to spying and being spied
they're more like dating.
So to conclude
Xu Lu and Lu YingBo
are accomplices in first place.
They deleted all their contacts
to hide each other.
They used this secretive way to...
To love each other.
Xu Lu became Amanda
probably to let
Lu YingBo see her anytime.
How did you find this place?
One time Lu YingBo's staff left her key in the clinic.
Lu YingBo told her to come here to get the key.
You went to question her?
I'm his patient. This doesn't count as questioning.
It seems like we have to question Lu YingBo again.
I'll drive you home.
I want to take part in questioning.
I just don't understand
what happened between you and Lu YingBo.
You care about this case so much.
What's your stance?
I want to know the truth. My stance is what's true.
Let me ask you again.
What did you use to kill Xu Lu?
Where is it now?
There's no point in keeping it a secret.
Who are you trying to protect?
I'm not protecting anybody.
I have short-term amnesia
but I certainly killed Xu Lu.
But I've forgotten the details.
You can get a psychologist to give me a diagnosis.
You yourself are a psychologist
pretending to be a patient.
You know that perfectly well. Why force us to be your audience?
What else can I say?
Okay, then, let me ask you.
Be honest with me.
We checked your bank account.
It made me very surprised.
Can I ask you
where did all the money
go each month?
This is a personal question.
It is irrelevant to the case.
Fine.
Let me ask you again:
do you remember during the last interview
which happened because of your phone
you were with me
but your bank card
was logging in
in HoiLing?
It seems that
this is starting to get relevant.
You have a lot of similarities with Xu Lu.
You're both single, you both live alone,
and you both hate socializing.
Although a lot of people are like this
the two of you
are different from the others
because of this:
the two of you
both has a questionable
and large sum of expense each month.
Do you know how much money Xu Lu
withdraws each month?
A hundred thousand.
Three years ago it was fifty thousand.
If I'm not mistaken
three years ago Xu Lu
was not very famous.
Fifty thousand should be all of her income.
Let me ask you now:
where did
the large sum of money
go?
He's improved.
He breakthrough really quickly.
Captain Zhang
Can I go in?
I think Lu YingBo will
slip more easily if I'm present.
Didn't I ask you to watch outside?
Captain Zhang let me come in.
Love doesn't cause murder.
That is my answer.
You're pretending to be strong.
The second day after Xu Lu was murdered
you went to Xu JieQing's old home.
That's why you cancelled my appointment.
I just wanted to confirm
if I made any mistakes.
But on the day of the murder
you never left your clinic at all.
You came in the afternoon that day.
You don't know what happened next. What happened next doesn't matter.
Because the time of Xu Lu's death
was the time of my appointment
that's why I
am your alibi.
You're wrong.
I clearly
and certainly remember that
after you left that day I drove my car
to see her.
You didn't.
I remember the time very clearly. As long as it happened
before me
I will remember it.
My memory is never wrong.
Then when did I
kill Xu JieQing?
You have super memory
but you can't even remember what made you pass out three years ago.
Is your memory trust-worthy?
My memory helped us
find Xu JieQing's body in the factory.
It's just a coincidence!
What I can be sure is that
you are not an eye witness at that time.
We're talking about you right now.
So can you be sure that
there is a witness who is not me?
That witness is the person blackmailing you and Xu Lu.
You are his accomplice if you don't turn him in.
This is strange.
The person blackmailing you for all these years...
Don't you hate him?
It seems that
not only are you a failure of a doctor
you are also a failure of a man.
We know that you have been following Xu Lu
but
you never did anything.
Do you think you can end the story
simply by saying you killed her
and writing a letter
that sounds like a tabloid newspaper?
You're being funny.
The moment you killed
Xu JieQing
you should first think
what is the best protection
for Xu Lu.
You made her just like you,
trapped in fear for twelve long years.
Blackmailed and threatened.
And in the end
discarded in the countryside.
This is all you gave her.
These are what you gave her.
You think it's love but
it's just cowardly.
Enough!
What do you know?
You don't know anything!
Sit down!
Yes.
I don't know much. But I know
if Xu Lu
is looking at you right now
she wouldn't want
the person who she loved all her life
not admit
even after her death
he loves her.
Now the person she protected
is just her
accomplice.
Gu Jing
Don't provoke him.
Xu Lu is your
deepest secret.
You couldn't escape from that
so you wanted to sway me. You wanted to use my suspicion
so I would believe you killed her. But that didn't work.
If you want to end the pain
the only way is
to be honest.
You told me that yourself.
Be honest. Trust others. Tell other people.
Or did you forget?
How are you doing?
I miss you.
I want to sit closer to you.
Even if I only have one chance.
Let's leave.
Leave this country.
I would give these up.
Would you come?
Another country
but still in the dark.
I want
to live under the sun.
Like other couples.
Couples...
Or even man and wife.
We could.
Yes, we could.
Let's leave
when I finish my current project.
More news has been discovered about
supermodel Amanda.
According to credible sources
supermodel Amanda
did not have any savings.
People are guessing that Amanda
has secret habits.
Other news including her plastic surgery
having a secret boyfriend
and being drunk in a night club
has also been found.
At noon today
her model agency
chairman Peter
accepted the media's interviews.
On the recent defamation
about Amanda
he declared that
regarding Amanda's personal life
which the public is concerned about he did not have a clear answer.
It could almost be interpreted that
he is defaulting to
the public's guesses.
Here are the clips of
Peter's interview.
It's too late.
Coffee.
Thank you.
You performed very well.
Judging by Lu YingBo's reaction
I shouldn't be wrong.
Like us he wants to know who is the real murderer too.
He even began investigating before us.
But it seems that he doesn't want to share
his findings
and his reason of confession.
But why won't he tell us?
There's no use for him
to procrastinate our investigation.
What if there's really some use?
What use could there be?
By delaying us
isn't he helping the murderer?
He can escape!
You're not the person I want to find.
Who do you want to find?
I'll check our files again.
Can I go with you?
Do you think I can stop you?
Xu Lu's body
was discovered here.
Judging by normal circumstances
she was thrown in from upstream.
But after calculating Xu Lu's weight
and the speed of the current
that place should be full of reed
or muddy paths.
Therefore the crime scene
has still not been found. So the biggest question is
how did Xu Lu
appear there.
This place is really close
to her old home.
If there was
an eye witness in 2001
it should be somebody near.
Xu Lu was going to find him. She's looking for
the eye witness in 2001.
This person
should be blackmailing her and Lu YingBo.
That person is also
the murderer of Xu Lu.
Did you say that somebody logged in
Lu YingBo's bank account?
Yes.
He left a record
at a automatic vending machine in Hai Ling.
We're checking the CCTV now.
Since it's interprovincial
it may take some time.
This is also quite strange. At that time
Lu YingBo should be right here
but his money
was withdrawn over there.
Isn't this abnormal?
Their cards were used by someone else.
He's a mentally-ill
tramp.
He's been mental since he was little.
Do you remember
when we were talking to
Xu JieQing's relatives
there was a strange man?
I wanted to go and
question him.
Is it him?
Isn't that man
mental?
How old and how tall is he?
Approximately 30.
His height is probably 1.8 metres.
1.8 metres...
Do you think he can complete the crime?
I think he can. He looks quite strong.
Oh!
How can that tramp be so strong?
We were concentrating on
Xu JieQing at the time.
We completely overlooked him.
This is not the time for evaluation.
I have a feeling that
this is the critical time for this case.
ZiCheng, look him up.
Wang Shuo, aged 26.
Comes from XiYuan Village.
Single and jobless.
Address:
XiYuan Village, Lane 3, Number 26.
His only relative is his grandfather,
who had passed away.
There are often big sums
of money transferred to his bank account.
This does not fit his income.
This could be the car he used to deliver Xu Lu's body.
What did you hear?
Some rumbling.
No wonder Peter said
he heard rumbling on the phone. The murderer probably accidentally
touched Xu Lu's phone.
Let's go.
Officer Tang, the house is empty.
Ask the villagers
at the entrance of the village about this.
Okay.
Let's search around.
There's nothing here.
Do you see anything?
No.
YiXiu
Look
This is probably Xu Lu's watch.
YiXiu
I talked to the villagers Last night Wang Shuo
was still in the village.
He probably just left
and he couldn't go far.
Let's separate and search.
Let's go!
Hello, sir,
can you show me your identity card?
Okay, thank you.
Report!
A car rushed past the check point.
Stop the car, Wang Shuo!
Come out!
I surrender! Don't shoot me!
Cooperate!
I thought that you would drive here.
Thank you for being cooperative.
Explain these.
I didn't know I could earn money from this.
Until five years ago.
Then how did you know later?
Because she got famous.
On the internet
I saw her photos after her plastic surgery.
Then I thought
this is a good chance for me.
Nobody can forget her ugly scars.
A good chance?
No way.
You got a good chance
and look where you are now.
If she didn't resist
why would I do that?
It's all her fault!
I don't know
how she found me.
Maybe it was last time
when I made a mistake when taking the money.
It's just some money.
Did she have to?
She wanted to kill me.
I had to choice.
I used a tricycle
to deliver her
to the reeds near the river.
You should know
what happened next.
What do you mean by we should know?
Tell me
the entire story.
Why do you have the weapon that killed Xu JieQing?