I am in charge of this case.
My name is Tang YiXiu.
This is my co-worker Gu Jing.
Hello.
Hello, hello. About your daughter
we feel very sorry.
But to assist the investigation
we must ask you some questions.
We hope you will cooperate with us.
Okay.
May I ask when did your daughter
went missing?
Three days ago.
Three days ago, I called her
for a number of times
but the call never got through.
I went to find her at her place.
She wasn't there.
Did this kind of event happen before?
Never.
After you found out your daughter was missing
why didn't you call the police?
After all
she's an adult.
When can I
bring my daughter back?
Do I have to wait until
the case is solved?
No.
After the forensics finish the autopsy
you can take her.
May I ask
if your daughter
undergo a heart surgery before?
Yes.
I conducted the surgery for her myself.
I myself
am a cardiac surgeon.
Let's begin.
Okay. The victim is Xiao Xue.
She's 21 years old.
She's a private English teacher.
We suspect that she was killed
one week ago 3 km into
the cross-country marathon competition.
The cause of death
was a blunt object hitting her head.
Have you investigated
the victim's family?
I have investigated.
The victim's parents divorced a long time ago.
15 years ago, her mother immigrated overseas.
She stays in the country with her father but they don't live together.
The victim's father Xiao MingYuan
is a cardiac surgeon.
Xiao Gu
Do you have anything to add?
During the interview
I have some questions.
Xiao MingYuan couldn't contact
her daughter for three days
and he couldn't find her at her home.
But he didn't call the police.
But I think that doesn't mean anything.
Think
after all, the victim
is 21 years old. She's not a child.
Her parents shouldn't feel strange
if she lost contact for just a few days.
But after Xiao MingYuan
saw his daughter Xiao Xue's
body, he didn't raise any questions.
He didn't even ask
what killed his daughter.
He only requested to take back the body.
Since the murder happened
I think his calmness
is certainly abnormal.
Xiao Gu raised a great question.
Write it down.
When we solve cases
we rely on facts and evidence.
Xiao Gu
only suspecting is not enough. We have to get hold of
reliable proof
to solve the case.
Do you have any other clues?
Then let's begin from the marathon.
Visit places, investigate, and confirm everything.
YiXiu
Take charge of this case.
Yes
Gu Jing, ZiCheng, the two of you,
cooperate with him.
Okay.
Go work on the case ASAP.
Gu Jing, wait.
Although as your co-worker
I don't want to hurt your enthusiasm
objectively
I completely do not understand
the direction you're suspecting.
ZiCheng Do you think Xiao MingYuan
was abnormal today?
I really don't feel anything.
See?
After you see more you'll realize
the victims' relatives
have varying reactions.
Therefore, this isn't strange at all.
Maybe.
I'm sorry.
There was an impromptu meeting. I came late.
It's alright.
You don't come often?
My daughter is grown up.
As her father
it's not too convenient to come often.
The door is opened.
This looks like
there was a robbery.
When girls are messy
they could be messier than the boys' dormitory.
Apologies.
She has always been
very messy. I'll tidy up.
Don't move
anything on the scene.
Thank you.
Are all of these her friends?
Probably.
Do you know if your daughter
had been in a relationship lately?
I didn't hear her say so.
We found out that
your daughter has a car.
Do you know where she parked it?
About that...
I'm very sorry.
Me and Xiao Xue
rarely meet.
When we meet
she either comes to my place
or we meet outside.
As a father, I...
am too incompetent.
I know too little
about my daughter.
Don't be like that.
Don't blame yourself.
A lot of parents don't know
where their children's cars are.
ZiCheng, can you come?
Look this up.
See if this is Xiao Xue's workplace.
If you need assistance. we will try our bests to cooperate.
Okay. You don't need to accompany me out.
Thank you.
We are also very sad
that this kind of thing happened.
If there are any updates
please tell us.
Okay.
We have to leave.
This company is really comfortable.
They don't need to go to work and be on time.
They just need to sit in front of their computers at home
and they can teach lessons and make money.
Judging by the situation
in Xiao Xue's house
Xiao Xue likes
freedom and flexibility.
This job
really suits her personality.
She was free
but the two of us are in trouble.
We cannot find any of her relationships
in her personal life.
We found her workplace
but there isn't even
a colleague who works with her.
But also because of
a workplace environment as flexible as this
when she
disappeared for
an entire week her company didn't find out.
Her relatives don't know her.
Her colleagues don't know her. It seems that our last hope
is in the
marathon group.
Say, in this society nowadays
if you are single
the thing that knows you best is your mobile phone.
But Xiao Xue's mobile phone
cannot be found.
Don't even mention her phone.
Her car also disappeared.
These group chats
are created and managed
by our co-workers.
To be brutally honest
it's just to improve our company's
reputation and influence
with activities in real life.
It's been four years.
The routes and the programme are very mature.
Xiao Xue, who you mentioned, I have looked her up.
She's in the freshman group.
Freshman group?
What does freshman group means?
It's like this:
in order to organize and manage things conveniently
we divided all our users
into three groups
according to their time of entry.
Right now, each group has one to two hundred participants.
The freshman group
was established latest.
That means that
they are our newest users.
This means they're not familiar with each other.
Indeed. The freshman group was only established for half a year
so apart from a few
very active users the other users
don't know each other
very well.
After all,
it is an internet platform
with over a hundred people.
Nobody wants to talk about personal things.
So, when you hold competitions,
do you not count the number of participants?
Of course we count.
Our competitions are held
according to international cross-country
standards.
From start to end there are volunteers, stops,
emergency rescuers and directions.
There is everything.
Therefore
when the police told us
one of our users had an accident
I was extremely shocked.
Because of this
our company had held a special plenary meeting.
Look
this is the chat record
of the freshman group that day. This is Xiao Xue.
She didn't finish the competition that day.
She said she wasn't in shape
so she went home early.
I also asked our workers
in charge of counting our participants.
They
also checked the record
of the car park at the campsite.
Xiao Xue's car
was driven away
before we left. That's why
we don't know at all
that Xiao Xue was killed on the way.
What? The car was driven away?
These are the statistics
from all the staff that day
and the results at respective resting points.
There's also a large amount of photos
and the information about the participants.
We've prepared everything.
It's all in this USB.
After she passed the 6th resting point
there is no record of Xiao Xue anymore.
Look over there.
That's the sixth resting point.
Did you see the
crossroad next to it?
That's the road leading
to the path. It's 2000 metres apart.
The record time of Xiao Xue
at the 6th point
was 2:37.
But the message sent
from Xiao Xue's mobile phone
about her dropping out
was sent at 3:03.
The path that Xiao Xue got killed on
is actually a closer path
to the 7th station.
Originally, each resting point on the race track
are 5 km apart.
But if you go on the small path from the crossroad
you should be less than 4 km
from the 7th point.
There are 26 minutes
between 2:37 and 3:03.
Considering Xiao Xue's past records
her average speed
was 5 minutes and 40 seconds per km.
Then for this road less than 4 km long
she should
just need 23 minutes. So at 3:03
Xiao Xue should already went past the 7th checkpoint.
That's why we can determine that
that message was not sent
by Xiao Xue with her mobile phone.
The murderer used Xiao Xue's phone to send it to confuse us.
Since her car was driven away from the crime scene
we can determine this is a case of homicide
that is very well-planned.
It wasn't impromptu.
Xiao Gu is improving very quickly.
Xiao Gu
what you just said is very good.
It's very professional.
Thank you, Captain Zhang. What's next?
Next, we decided to
investigate from the runner
with records closest to Xiao Xue's.
We have made an appointment
with Wang Ning
who was right behind her at the 6th checkpoint.
This is the runner
behind Xiao Xue
at the 6th checkpoint.
Number 024, Wang Ning.
The group owner has told us
about Xiao Xue.
After the people in the group found out
we all felt quite upset.
Say, how did this happen?
I was thinking, can you
give us the contacts
of Xiao Xue's relatives?
We want to go to
join her funeral. We need to ask
the relatives first. Right.
We also need to know what they think
right?
Wang Ning
you ran behind Xiao Xue.
Did you see anything?
Every word you say now
is very important
to our solving the case.
I hope you can cooperate.
Actually, I saw her ran to the wrong road.
What?
She was right behind number 33.
Number 33 ran into the crossroad.
So she followed into it.
Didn't we bring everyone
to the site before the competition?
How did they run wrong? Number 33?
Can you contact him?
We can.
Number 33 is an active user.
He's called Zhou Yong.
Zhou Yong...
This time, he was 2nd-runner-up.
It's just because
he used a shortcut.
That is a shortcut?
According to the map
that road is 1.2 km shorter
than the racetrack.
Why didn't you report to us
if you knew it was a shortcut?
If this is true
his results should be cancelled.
We all know
this competition is for entertainment.
There is not a house or a car for the winner.
Why would I report somebody?
Furthermore I also don't know
this would happen.
I thought it wasn't necessary.
Were Zhou Yong and Xiao Xue
close to each other?
They were close. They ran one after the other.
They were quite close.
Do they know each other?
Normally in the group chat
we all interact
at the same time.
We also send red packets.
Xiao Xue doesn't really talk
in the group chat.
But I don't know
if they contact each other privately.
I think they know each other.
You saw them interact?
The night before the competition
when we had dinner together at the meeting point
I saw them chat
quite closely.
Is that true?
Maybe I was busy
taking care of other things
so I didn't really notice.
A lot of people saw them.
Everyone at our table
saw them.
You can ask the other people.
They will know for sure.
Zhou Yong.
32 years old. Jobless. He was jailed before
because of fraud.
He was released just 3 months ago.
His information.
He just came out of prison
and he joined a marathon.
How positive and bright.
Maybe he wants to look for
some opportunities
so he actively
participated in some groups.
This Zhou Yong had a wife and children.
After he went into prison
his wife divorced with him
and chased him out of the family
with his children. Therefore, even if we know
his address now
it is still useless.
Let me tell you. The local police
should know more about
people like him compared to us.
ZiCheng
I think you should try to
contact the
local police there.
Remember
Don't alert him.
Okay.
I'll go now.
Your father is very angry at you.
But you sound like you don't feel sorry.
Yes, I'm sorry.
Next time if you and dad
introduce me to
such unreliable jobs
I will wait until they
give me the contract
and say I'm not signing it.
Then I won't damage
me and my father's reputation
and I have freedom with choosing my job.
Do you think this works?
You naughty girl.
When we wanted you to go dating
you made an excuse and ignored it. Now when we help you find a job
you have this attitude.
From now on
me and your father
will not care about you anymore.
Here's to inform you
I've stopped your bank card.
From now on
pay your own bills.
No, mom, hey!
She cut my economic income...
What are you thinking of?
I'm thinking how long does it take
to bury a person.
The pit is so big.
Even a strong man will need ten to twenty minutes.
If he also has to fill it in...
Are you worried that there is not enough time?
There are 26 minutes.
It's enough for him to simply commit the crime.
But if we add preparation time
and the time it takes to bury the body
the time is too little.
But if the pit was
dug earlier...
Don't forget.
The pair of hiking couples
who discovered the body passes by that place
everyday. If you want to dig a pit
to hide a person beforehand
without being discovered
you will need luck.
I'm sorry.
I was late leaving my job.
Order anything you like.
I'll treat you today.
Treat it as
a thank you gift
for linking me and ShanShan.
You made it with her so quickly?
But if you want to
thank me for this
I'll eat as much as I can. Be prepared to be bankrupt.
I have to eat one day's amount.
No, two days. What do you mean?
What's going on with you?
My mom stopped my bank account.
You've already graduated from university. You really should live independently
and pay your own bills.
Look at me, Gu Jing and Tang YiXiu.
The three of us
all spend our own money.
How can I compare to you three?
I just graduated.
Do you have
any better jobs
you can recommend to me?
I hope it can be
less demanding
with quicker income and closer to my home.
Stop there.
Do you think that's possible?
Don't be addicted to the internet
and the ACG world. It's most important to find a practical job.
Just like ShanShan
she works very hard.
She goes overseas
for eight to nine times a month. She's like a trapeze acrobat.
She flies around the clock.
But she said
young people should work very hard.
Her dream is to
become a flight attendant anyway.
I get it.
Stop drooling. Your slaver is on the table.
Is your goddess ShanShan
really that good?
A few days ago I saw
you interact with her on Weibo.
So I casually
looked at her Weibo.
I feel a bit strange. Me and ShanShan's Weibo
are encrypted.
How can you see it?
After I left your home last time
you never logged out of my Weibo. Correct?
Xia MingZi
You spied on my Weibo?
I just casually
glanced at it.
I don't mean any harm.
Furthermore
you asked me to
help you get the girl.
If I don't know what your goddess likes
how can I help you?
Also when I was reading her Weibo
I really felt strange.
I wouldn't have scrolled through it for hours, otherwise.
You don't need to help me get her anymore.
ShanShan is very kind.
She's also very pure.
She's not like what you imagine.
Also
your parents are right.
You really should find a serious job.
You like to
search about other people all the time.
You also search about
your friends.
Also
it is not good to
exaggerate everything you hear.
You have to stop it.
I was just caring about you
and you blame me about it.
Why do you have to mention it now?
Yes I am lazy.
I only care about the internet.
It serves me right to be scolded by my parents
and looked down by my friends.
You don't need to treat me. Goodbye.
You're really leaving?
Don't you not have money?
The local police said
Zhou Yong hadn't gone back for two days.
He ran away?
What's going on?
Gu Jing
I have no other choice.
What's wrong?
My parents said my paper passed
so I should grow up
so they stopped my bank account.
Your parents are not wrong.
But why did they do so suddenly?
Because...
They introduced me
to a job
so I went to the interview today.
I had a temper
and I argued with the company.
As a result they stopped my bank account.
So the stuff you bought...
I should pay my rent.
But I also have to eat.
The only thing I can think of
that is cheap and full
are these instant noodles.
I just passed by the supermarket and there was a sale
so I bought one whole month's meal.
Don't worry.
I will not go after your rent.
You don't have to eat instant noodles everyday.
Gu Jing
Did I say anything wrong?
No
Gu Jing, say
Am I useless?
Today Ke JiaMing said
I only know how to search for things online
I only know about gossips and
secrets.
JiaMing
was just joking with you.
You are a very outstanding
search expert. When you competed with him
you didn't lose too. Right?
Sit down.
You have such skills
How can he say you're useless?
But I really can't use it.
I just rely on luck
and cleverness.
Also
even if I'm a great internet expert
I'm still useless. How can I compare with you guys
who crack cases
and solve problems?
No matter what I say
I still have no value. I didn't know
you have troubles.
Right?
Of course.
I only realized now that
how lucky I was.
I'm lucky that
I have parents who
let me do whatever I want.
I'm lucky that
relying on cleverness
I managed to go to school and pass exams.
But I never grew up.
I never worked hard.
Thinking of it carefully
I went all the way
just because of luck.
But now I am
suddenly unlucky.
Do you understand this feeling?
I wish I was like you.
You're intelligent and calm.
You can do anything you want.
You wanted to be a police
and you did it immediately.
After you became a police
you immediately solved a case.
If you think
I'm really amazing
then I think
you are useful. I can't be wrong.
You have to work hard
and don't let me down.
Okay?
Let's not have
instant noodles tonight.
I'll cook for you.
I'll go change first.
It's not that hard to cook
if you read the recipe.
Is it done?
I'm starving.
It'll be done very soon!
Here
You're really good at talking about this
but really bad at
really doing it.
How can I eat this?
Never mind.
I'll just eat instant noodles.
Is it that bad?
I'll order takeaway.
We can't find Zhou Yong.
This is his roommate.
If you want to know
how Zhou Yong is doing,
you can ask him first.
Hello
When did Zhou Yong
leave home?
Where did he go?
Do you know what's he going to do?
About that...
He didn't come back since the day before yesterday.
I don't know about the rest.
Does he have a
habit of doing sports normally?
For example, running marathons.
You're talking about Zhou Yong?
Normally
he just likes smoking and drinking.
He won't even go for a walk
after dinner.
Don't even mention running.
What did he do?
Why are you police looking for him?
Nothing, he's just assisting our investigation.
Can you contact Zhou Yong now?
I can try.
He turned off his phone.
If you can contact him
I hope that you can tell us in time. Okay.
I will report to my seniors
Zhou Yong's situation.
He's still on paraole.
If we cannot find him we have to organize to look for him.
If we find him at that time
we will alert you. Great, thank you.
After Zhou Yong left prison
what does he do for a living?
Does he have a workplace?
He knows something about fixing electronics.
After he was released he kept on looking for a job.
Fix electronics?
This Zhou Yong is most suspicious.
He has a criminal record and has disappeared now.
I think during this period we should find more
evidence about Zhou Yong.
We can surely solve the case!
Gu Jing
Do you suspect Zhou Yong too?
I think judging
by his living condition
it is very suspicious of him
to join such a competition.
Also, Wang Ning's testimony
is certainly unfavourable to him.
But I can't think of
his motive.
The fraud he committed earlier
did not happen in this city.
He just got released.
In such a short time
how did he had such a murderous conflict
with Xiao Xue? On this point, I agree
with what you say.
How can such a
malignant murder
happen between
two irrelevant people
in just
three month's time?
What we're looking for
is not as simple as
evidence. We need to find
a reason for his hatred.
What can cause
such a murderous event?
This is very simple.
During this period
Xiao Xue and Zhou Yong
could have easily get into a conflict.
Irresponsible people like him
can do such things.
If Xiao Xue did something first
and Zhou Yong was taking revenge
I've actually thought of this before.
But Xiao Xue obviously knows
Zhou Yong is in that running group
so she should avoid him instead.
Zhou Yong is not the only abnormal person.
You don't come often?
My daughter is grown-up.
Are all of these her friends?
Probably.
Your daughter has a car.
Do you know where it's parked?
Her car?
About that...
As a father, I
am really irresponsible.
When can I bring my daughter back?
Do I have to wait until
the case is solved?
Also Xiao MingYuan
Xiao MingYuan?
The most suspicious person
is obviously Zhou Yong.
Why are you focusing on Xiao MingYuan?
Did you see it
or are you a fortune teller?
I find you quite strange sometimes.
ZiCheng Gu Jing is just
analyzing the case.
That was too much.
I am also analyzing.
Zhou Yong is surely
more suspicious
than Xiao MingYuan.
To be honest
I cannot agree with Gu Jing's idea.
You're not investigating a parolee at large
but you're suspecting the victim's father! Isn't that out of the world?
No, since we're all
just analyzing
we can't let go of
any possibility.
I think Gu Jing is quite reasonable.
She filled up
our blind spot.
Why do you act like
you ate gunpowder?
I don't mean anything else.
I'm really just talking about what she said.
We're all co-workers
in the same team. She can suspect Xiao MingYuan
and I can suspect Zhou Yong.
But we need to look at everything.
ZiCheng
Are you done with it?
Investigating is looking into everything.
I'm not wrong.
Sorry
maybe what I just said
was too absolute.
You don't need to apologize.
I don't think you have a problem.
We finally found him.
He's in the reception room now.
Officer Tang
I've brought Zhou Yong to you.
We found him at somebody else's home. He was playing cards
with a bunch of youngsters these few days.
He won't leave until he wins
and they played non-stop for three days.
They didn't sleep
or cared about their lives.
Just now
he slept all the way here.
Let's go in and see.
Wake up!
If you want to sleep
answer our questions and go home and sleep.
Who are these people?
We want to learn about some things.
I didn't do anything.
I was just playing with my friends.
It's just so little money
it's not gambling. Nobody's asking you about that.
Sit up. Do you know how to listen to other people?
Do you know this person?
I know her. We run together.
Are you close to her?
I just saw her once. Stop pretending.
How can you run like that?
What am I like?
Why can't I go running?
Is it illegal for me to go running?
Talk properly, don't pick fights.
He's the one picking fights with me.
Yes. I did something unlawful.
But I went to prison
and I admitted it. Right? What did I do that
you dare talk to me like that?
Say it again if you dare.
ZiCheng
Go out for a while.
He...
I know.
Step aside first.
Let me ask you:
When did you join
SuLing Cross-Country's freshman group?
Not long ago.
No, what's wrong?
Can't I join the society again?
You can.
But Xiao Xue
got killed in the competition.
Do you know that?
Killed?
Yes.
She was murdered.
This is not related to me.
Somebody said
the two of you
ran onto the same path.
Who... Who said that? Don't be nervous.
We're just
trying to know about what happened.
Yes
I cheated.
When I looked at the racetrack
I found an old path.
It is shorter
and nearer than the official track.
So, at the...
the 6th checkpoint
I saw nobody around me
so I ran into it.
There was nobody around?
Yes.
How can I cheat
if somebody is around?
If somebody found out
and I get disqualified
wouldn't I have ran for nothing?
I ran for the prize money
of the top three places.
For the prize money? Yes
even the 2nd runner up has three thousand dollars.
If it wasn't for the prize money
I wouldn't join
these competitions.
I don't
have any other talent but I can run.
How can those young people
from the city
compare to people
who grew up in the mountains?
Officer
This is really not related to me.
I just really want the prize money.
The money I won have been lost
after gambling these few days.
Now you're saying that
it's related to a murder
I am really unfortunate.
No, officer
you have to give me justice
Give me...
Calm down
Tell us everything clearly
and we can find out what's going on.
Right
Somebody can prove I was alone.
I have a witness.
ZiCheng
Go have lunch first. I have to talk to him.
ZiCheng
What's up with you?
Team Leader Tang
If you don't want
me to join in this investigation
I can go to another team.
Are you not satisfied with my attitude just now?
Do you want me to apologize too?
No.
What kind of people is Zhou Yong?
He's just a rogue.
If you give him a chance would he forgive you?
He would do everything
to make you emotional
and have a conflict with him.
If you leave because of this
I won't stop you. Not exactly.
I just think that...
Are you still not over
what Gu Jing said yesterday?
It's not about that too.
I can't understand you.
Why are you so abnormal all of a sudden?
I think that
you and Gu Jing
work quite well together.
You two can do the investigation.
Both of you don't agree with me
anyway.
No
Why are you acting
like a woman?
Are you
jealous?
What could I be jealous about? I...
I just think that...
Never mind. I'm not good at talking.
I can't explain it clearly.
I just feel like
I'm not part of this team.
How is Mao Xiao Man's sister?
What do you mean?
What "what do you mean"?
Are you thinking that
I got rejected
so I treat you guys... What do you think?
ZiCheng
I'm not going with you. You guys go find the forester
Zhou Yong mentioned.
I'll go find Xiao Xue's car.
It's more efficient if we spit up.
Don't you think Zhou Yong is very suspicious?
Exactly because I suspect him
I need to find more evidence.
If he can tell us
about the forester himself
he's not afriad of our investigation.
I don't want to be guided by him. ZiCheng
I think we need to talk.
We can talk.
After we find her car.
Why don't you tell ZiCheng
apart from finding
the forester
we also need to verify Wang Ning's words?
With his extreme attitude like that
forget it.
Also, he said he's going to find her car
I think he's right too.
Maybe he can
find some clues.
Let's go. It's getting late.
It's dangerous at night. Let's go.
Yes
There was a man
running on the path.
Do you remember what he looked like?
I'm not sure about that.
He just ran by me.
Please look
if it is this man.
I really don't remember
what does he look like.
But I remember the number
on his back.
It should be
number 33.
Then do you remember
what time it was?
A little bit past 2:30.
2:40.
It's like this:
I have to
patrol this forest every day.
After I finish lunch
I set out at 12 o'clock sharp
and come back at 4 o'clock.
Then have you seen this girl?
Like that man she was wearing a gym vest.
Yes
There was a girl.
She was in front of number 33.
In front of him?
Are you sure?
It's like this: they were
running to the south from the north.
I was walking in the opposite direction.
I saw this girl first
and then I saw number 33.
Were they close to each other?
They weren't close. They were quite far from each other.
How could this be?
Then please look at this person.
Do you know him? He should be...
Number 24.
Yes.
On the path
I just saw two people.
For this man
I haven't seen him.
Actually, I saw her ran onto the wrong track.
She was right behind number 33.
Number 33 ran into the crossroad
and she followed.
But when I arrived
at the main road
I saw a man
slightly older
arguing with someone at the checkpoint.
Maybe it's him.