[The story isn’t based on real events.]
Six players are involved.
There are detective, suspects and the murderer.
The murderer is among the suspects.
Only the murderer can tell lies.
Only after the murderer is identified can others declare victory.
There are detective rewards.
Each player is given one gold bar.
If the murderer wins, he gets all the gold bars.
If he is caught,
those who have right choice can keep the bar.
If detective has right choices in two votes,
he’ll have an extra bar.
Players who have wrong choice should return the gold bar.
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[19:00, Dec. 21, MG60]
[Lifa Palace Ballroom, M City]
[The Burned Rose]
Help. Come here. Someone died.
Help.
Why is here so noisy?
Something happened.
I was disrupted when putting on make up.
Who should I blame if my show tonight was affected?
Can you be responsible for that?
Someone died.
Oh my God.
Help.
What happened?
Help. [Hold on]
Why is here so noisy?
Who’s she?
Why did she die when you both were here?
[What happened?]
We put out the fire.
Are you drunk?
No, I was choked.
What? Is she...
Isn’t she Miss Rose? She has a mask.
[Rose?]
I’ve been working here for so long
but I see this for the first time.
I have an excellent brother
who is learning to be a detective.
I’ll call him here.
Bro, here. Time to work.
[What?]
[Who’s his brother?] Pu, see. This is where my brother works.
Splendid.
My brother is coming.
The Lifa Palace Ballroom.
Yes, it’s owned by someone from the south.
Hello. Welcome.
His friend is with him.
[Pu Yixing, the assistant, is from Nanjing University]
My brother is so handsome.
What happened?
Since this’s your first time here,
let me tell you something scary about the ballroom.
[something scary]
The ballroom may sound like a hair salon.
[be serious] Actually, here is a famous recreational place.
Here, we call the most popular female singer Miss Rose.
[not care about it]
We call the most popular male singer Mr. Diamond.
Every night, the male singer who performs to fill the gap...
What? I don’t perform to fill the gap.
I’m the most popular one.
[so shining]
He’s the first performer
and then the most popular singer Miss Rose.
But, Miss Rose just came here a week ago.
There is a scary curse called Rose Curse here.
The most popular female singer here will be burned dead.
[so scary]
That’s because her show catches on quickly like fire.
And finally she’ll be burned by fire.
Jasmine, luckily, you’re not that popular.
She’s not the first one dead from this.
She must be affected by the curse,
[really?]
So how unlucky I am to be here today.
I came here for my brother’s show.
[Someone’s coughing.]
Why’s there a girl? [Who’s she?]
I didn’t see her just now because of heavy smoke.
Hi.
Hi, aren’t you Miss Rose?
[Rose?]
I’m not Miss Rose.
But she looks identical with her.
[identical with Miss Rose?]
Yes, exactly the same. What’s your name?
I am Tan.
[She’s strange.]
What’s this?
[What?]
A word which means “regret”. So strange.
Why do you look identical with Miss Rose?
I didn’t know that.
[Why is this?]
Sorry, I just work here.
I didn’t dare to look at Miss Rose.
I didn’t know how she looked like.
[He didn’t look at her?]
Are you sure she looks identical with Rose?
Yes.
[He and Jasmine confirmed that.]
Now is 19:30, Dec. 21, MG60.
The most popular female singer
was burned dead during her show.
According to the witnesses,
she wasn’t burned by others.
We saw her singing and then the fire.
You witnessed that?
We both were here.
He finished singing and still didn’t leave.
[strict]
It took long for them to put out the fire.
Yes, for 20 minutes.
We didn’t know how the fire started.
Yes.
Stop.
But we’re sure this is not an accident
or something caused by curse.
You five are the suspects.
Next, let’s come to our alibi statement.
OK.
[alibi statement]
First, my brother.
What? He’s your bro.
You seem not that familiar with each other.
We’re siblings,
but his family name is Wang and mine He.
[any stories?]
I am the most talented man in this ballroom.
I am the product from feathers of angels.
And God kissed my head.
Yes, it was banged by door.
[You’re envious.]
[He’s pretentious.]
I wrote my famous songs like...
Gardenias Blossom.
It’s also called Fast Moving.
[What?]
When you’re kind of at a loss,
you can move like this.
It’s also called Skating.
When you’re kind of at a loss,
you can move like this.
[Stop]
I wrote I Want to Be in Your Shopping List and
I Have A Date with Shopping. [My songs are “expensive”.]
But what’s more important
is that after I came here, all liked me.
That’s before I made my debut.
My name is...
Cooperation He?
No, I never cooperate with others.
I only rely on myself.
So my name is He Zuo. (meaning pretentious)
Because he comes from the group No Zuo No Die.
[always pretentious]
This is my brother. Wang Zuo.
Next, Diamond Qiao.
I must introduce myself formally.
See, here is splendid,
so I wear such shining clothes.
Wanna know who I am?
[too ridiculous to see him]
I am Diamond.
I thought I was the most shining one here.
But I’m dwarfed by him.
[No, I am the most shining.]
I am Diamond Qiao.
Only the best male singer here can be called Mr. Diamond. [not care]
Yes. People are like, “Look, Diamond.”
[more pretentious than He]
Is here any curse of burning targeted male singers?
No, but we may soon have one after he came here.
Why is here a new Mr. Diamond?
What about the old one?
Because he and you both flopped.
She’s waiting for popularity.
[calm down]
What a pity. I just finished the rehearsal.
But the audience didn’t see my show,
so I think it’s time...
He’s starting his show. My God.
[Here is his show.]
Let’s record this beautiful moment.
Sing with me.
I didn’t expect this.
Diamonds are so shiny,
like stars in the sky.
We can’t reach stars,
but we still have invaluable diamonds.
Good.
This is perfect, but I didn’t present it.
We’re so lucky.
Next, Jasmine Ou.
Give it back to me.
I like three kinds of flowers in the world most.
Do you know what they are?
The flower like dog tails?
Have Money Flowers?
Spend Money
Randomly Flowers?
Yes, and jasmines.
I am the singer here Jasmine Ou.
I am Diamond Qiao.
I am Jasmine Ou.
[Great]
That’s enough.
Too much for us.
Again, I’m the singer Jasmine Ou.
I am the next Miss Rose.
When did you come here?
About 2 years ago.
When you came here,
had the victim already become Miss Rose?
Yes. She’d been Miss Rose since then.
She just came here a week ago.
No, she came here a week ago.
[not consistent?]
[What’s the truth?]
Next, you.
I work here for heavy work.
Yes.
Yes, I carried in all the pillars on the stage.
I work here, cleaning and decorating the stage.
Yes, he is like a cleaner.
[a cleaner]
So at 19:00 every night,
I am the first one to watch the show.
At around 19:00,
no audience is here yet and singers are rehearsing.
I’ll point out something they need to improve. [sure?]
[so pretentious] Do they listen to you?
No, I just think but don’t say it out.
I don’t dare to point it out in front them.
[I think so.]
I do know the Rose Curse here.
So every Miss Rose will be burned dead by others?
It’s said it’s because
when the founder was looking for a singer,
he said,
“I want some whose show will catch on quickly like fire.”
[again. So annoying]
So all Miss Roses finally we’re burned dead by fire.
Who knows this curse here?
I don’t know. I didn’t hear it before.
I never heard about the curse.
[Only Sa knows that?]
Next, Tan, who looks identical with Miss Rose.
I get whatever I want in life.
We introduced ourselves seated here.
Why’re you introducing and moving?
This is my stage.
“Please walk on the pedestrian crossing.”
I am very busy and very beautiful.
So I’m called Mrs.Tan.
And I think you should know my husband
because he is a songwriter here.
[He is her husband?]
[I didn’t know this.]
His name is Hao Zuo. (meaning pretentious)
Hao Zuo.
[Who is he?]
Do you know him?
No.
I was waiting for him.
You were waiting for the songwriter?
Yes, but he didn’t appear.
I am the only one who writes songs.
I am He Zuo.
No. I was waiting for Hao Zuo,
who is the famous songwriter here.
Have you been lying to me for so many years?
Have you been hiding your identity?
[What’s the truth?]
OK. Let’s leave the question alone for a while.
Why do you look identical with Miss Rose?
I have no idea.
It’s strange.
[Why?]
Now, talk about why you did today. Brother, you first.
Today, I was at my studio composing songs.
I hoped to compose more good songs.
At 19:20, a heavy smoke came into my studio.
And it was getting noisy outside.
I didn’t know what happened.
When I rushed to the stage, I saw Sa and Qiao.
And Miss Rose was lying there, burned dead.
I didn’t meet her today.
[really?]
OK, next Qiao.
I was eating at the canteen from 18:00 to 18:30.
And I was preparing for the rehearsal at 19:00.
Before 19:00, I saw Sa cleaning the stage
and then I came up there.
After about 5 minutes, I finished the rehearsal and left.
Where was Miss Rose at that time?
She was backstage.
Did you see her?
No.
[No?]
After that, she came to the stage and began her show.
Where were you then?
I was watching her.
In front of the stage.
I witnessed what was happening in front of me.
And we rushed to the stage, trying to put out the fire.
Sa and I were both there.
So you know what each other did after 19:00?
Yes.
I came to the stage from the front stairs
and Rose from the backstage area.
Did she look strange when coming out?
No.
OK, next Jasmine Ou.
At 17:00, I came to the public makeup room.
Because I’m still not that popular,
I can’t have my own makeup room yet.
At 18:50, I went out for refreshing
and saw Rose walking to the stage.
I thought she was going for rehearsal.
Did she look strange?
No.
When I was putting on makeup,
the smoke was so heavy
that I couldn’t see myself in the mirror.
I was angry because I hated being disrupted.
I know why you have smoky eyes today.
[so annoying]
So you came to the stage with my brother?
She was before me.
Yes, I met him halfway.
Next, Sa.
Before 19:00, I was cleaning the stage.
At 19:00, the rehearsal began.
And Diamond Qiao came there and sang... [never mind]
“Diamonds are so shiny.”
[What’s wrong with you?]
Luckily, he sang it for just 5 minutes, so we survived.
Next, Miss Rose came out.
She came out at 19:05, right?
Yes.
After she came out, she danced.
She’s hot.
So she’s so hot that she burned herself?
Yes.
Did you meet her before 19:00?
No.
[No?]
Next, Tan.
I came here yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon?
Yes.
So you were waiting for Hao Zuo from yesterday afternoon?
Yes, he asked me to wait for him in the VIP room,
because he suddenly had a show at the ballroom next here.
The ballroom next here?
Yes. He asked me to wait for him.
But I was waiting for him until now.
So what did you do when waiting for him?
I was eating snacks and suddenly smoke rose.
You remained in the VIP room till today?
Yes.
She didn’t go out.
Didn’t you see Miss Rose burned by fire?
I knew that.
But the smoke was heavy, so I asked, “What happened?”
And I was choked by the smoke.
[really?]
You all told what you did.
Someone must have lied.
Let’s begin to gather evidence.
[Lifa Palace Ballroom
is the most famous recreational place in M City.]
[Clients come here for dancing and singing.]
[In such a vibrant place, what secret is hidden?]
[Miss Rose was burned during her show.]
[the layout of the ballroom]
First round of evidence gathering.
Players are divided into two groups.
Each group is given 10 minutes
and each player can take up to 10 photos.
[First group] Let’s grab our equipment.
The phone has new look.
A special version for the New Year.
It has bright colors and special designs.
Happy New Year.
May our evidence gathering go smoothly.
Tan, here.
[What?] Sit there and I’ll draw it.
Be careful.
Where are you going?
Lifa Palace Ballroom.
Got it.
[great]
Let’s go there.
You’re making extra money.
See, Diamond there.
Look at him.
Here we are.
Be careful.
How much?
You don’t have to pay.
We’re close friends.
No. We’re not close.
[I’m married.] I’ll go.
[a waste of energy]
[first round]
I’ll go to the scene. Who wants to join me?
Me.
OK.
It’s so strange. [She’s burned?]
Did she wear a mask?
Yes. [She’s seriously burned.]
Blood here.
[examining carefully]
Is there something in her ears?
No, just rose
shaped earrings.
It says, “exclusive for Miss Rose.”
Turn her over.
Her dress’s back part was seriously burned. [especially the lower part]
But the upper part was almost intact.
Her shoes were burned.
Yes. [totally]
So the fire started from the ground.
[How did it start?]
Let’s go elsewhere.
[Diamond’s makeup room.]
“Things I can’t lose.” What’s this?
He’s so pretentious.
Wow.
Why does he like diamonds so much
and he can’t lose them? [Why he has so many?]
[surprised?]
[What happened?]
What happened?
I thought another one died.
[I don’t want to die.]
[a empty shoe box: exclusive shoes for Diamond]
Only one pair.
[What did she find?]
Why did he collect so many posters of himself?
[continue]
The Little Match Boy
[a leaflet]
Sanmao Qiao can’t have enough food and clothes.
[What’s this?] This can’t be disclosed to others.
How can I see this?
He has so many things here.
[Qiao’s dialogue with a person]
“Dear Qiao, although many have questions,
what you did may not be discovered by others.”
[What did Qiao do?]
[the public makeup room]
[an unimportant song list]
“Next Miss Rose”
[the song list for tonight’s show?]
A death certificate?
I found a death certificate of Ou’s mother.
Her mom died?
Yes.
She died on March 1, MG50.
That’s 10 years ago.
Yes.
[Miss Rose’s makeup room]
[books]
“When playing the game, you’re so energetic.
I hope you’ll be as energetic and confident in the stage.”
[still at the scene]
Why is here no show? Where are people?
[Who’s speaking?]
I’m coming. No one welcomes me? [Wu’s coming.]
[Why did he come here?] A new player.
What’re you doing?
What happened?
Someone died?
Yes.
I don’t want to get involved. I’ll leave.
[leaving so fast]
Hey.
[He’s strange.]
Do you know him?
He said he’s Wu.
I didn’t know him before. [Sa’s an old worker here.]
Qiao.
Did you know that guy?
Wu... I know him. [hesitating]
[some secrets?]
[He’s room]
[love music]
Did you find anything yet here?
I found the song.
[He’s photo with Wu]
He also knows that guy.
[They know each other?]
[the source of fire]
A pocket watch.
[Whose photo?]
Two stalls here.
[What’s this?]
[Yellow Powder]
After rubbed against Grey Powder,
it’ll cause fire that can’t be put out at once.
The ashes will form rose shapes.
[rose?]
Have you noticed this?
Yellow Powder.
What?
Yellow Powder.
We did find something shaped like rose in the ground.
See. The ashes will form rose shapes.
We need to find Grey Powder
because Yellow Powder works with it.
[Where is it?]
[Sa DJ]
[I’ll go elsewhere.]
[Me too.]
[Three minutes left]
[something?]
I found something.
[a burned box under the sofa of the VIP room]
A burned box.
[A microphone inscribed with “regret”]
I must open this.
It’s heavy.
That has all my belongings.
[What’s the password?]
“Regret.”
There we go. [the password: hui]
A death certificate [of Hao Zuo’s son.]
The son of Tan and Hao Zuo died.
Your son died?
It’s a tragedy.
Did he commit suicide or was he killed by others?
[silent]
[portraits]
This game is like a jigsaw.
[It’s you.]
What’s this? A letter from Neighbor D.
[an anonymous letter]
“I saw the one you mentioned
in the Lifa Palace Ballroom recently.”
Tan, are you looking for someone?
Didn’t she say she was looking for her husband Hao Zuo?
[Who is she looking for?]
[A newspaper:
Tan abandoned her singing career for marriage.]
[Tan used to be the singer here?]
You were the singer here?
Yes, but it was long ago.
See.
What’s this? Grey Powder?
Yes.
[Grey Powder hidden among flower pots.]
Yellow Powder,
earrings exclusive for Miss Rose, and a note.
[pieces of a letter]
Countdown begins.
Let me restore it.
“Dear the unimportant friend,
the Lifa Palace Ballroom...
The letters in three days...I have...
[What secrets are there in the letter?]
Time’s up. Please leave.
[the second group]
Let’s grab our equipment.
It has new color. So beautiful.
The color has changed. Guess this is whose phone.
I got it. This is mine.
Let me see this.
You got yours.
We tried once and got our own phone.
[tacit agreement]
Let’s go to the scene.
[the stage] Shouldn’t we check things around?
This is a...
A chicken.
Chicken?
Whose bag?
A letter.
[the letter in Sa’s bag]
“To Sa”
“I’ve checked the one you said. He did that. He’s poor.”
[What was Sa investigating?]
Sa’s profile.
He’s 24. He’s from QHB Street of M city.
What’s that?
The profile of Sa in his bag.
He is also form there?
So?
See, QHB Street.
Anything to do with you?
Because I’m also from there. [both from the same place]
Really?
Yes.
The criminal record.
He was sent to juvenile detention center
for 3 years because of theft.
He stole things.
He turned tanned gradually. Why? See.
He was pale, a little tanned, and totally tanned.
It is because of the hard work.
[worked too hard]
[the gate]
Yellow Powder.
“After rubbed aganist Grey Powder,
it’ll cause fire that can’t be put out.”
Grey Powder.
[The public makeup room]
“I am a puzzle.”
The same trick.
Password?
[password again]
“Jasmine Ou”
[wrong]
What’s the password?
Jasmine Ou.
[the photo taken at her show]
“Regret”
Why does she have the same word in the wrist?
I’ll try to enter that as the password.
[correct]
[so smart] [great]
[Don’t be too proud.]
[a burned box]
[Who’s that woman?]
[a letter to Ou]
[He found something incredible.]
[A report:
We found it wasn’t an accident but made by someone.]
What’s in this box?
[Ouch]
[secretly]
So annoying.
[naive]
They’re all naive.
A little dove. Something is hidden here.
[A portrait: This guy is Wu. He’s poor.]
[Ou was investigating Wu?]
What does it mean?
[the VIP room]
This is Tan’s VIP room.
There is a box.
[not mind his manner]
This box is burned.
[a microphone inscribed with “regret”] “regret.”
Isn’t this the same with the character in Tan’s wrist?
“regret”
It’s the same. [What secrets does she have?]
[What’s this?]
It’s well hidden. Whose case?
Assistant, could you please open it for me?
OK. [responsive]
The password is formed by English letters.
Can we find any clues here?
Isn’t this the same with the character in Tan’s wrist?
Assistant, try to enter hui (meaning “regret” in Chinese).
[correct] I opened it.
Is it correct?
Yes. [excellent]
You’re great.
[so great]
It has Sa’s things. What’s this?
[Sa’s toolkit] So strange.
Why did he use this to wrap all these?
Let me unwrap this.
[The game “I am a puzzle” is so popular. It’s interesting.]
[the news about the Rose Curse]
Many Miss Roses have been killed before?
Why do I have no idea? [A Miss Rose serial murder exists?]
[Things can even be hidden here.]
[a death certificate]
Didi Jia died in March, MG50.
Didi Jia. Who’s his brother?
[Who’s Didi Jia?]
[Diamond’s makeup room] I’ll search Qiao’s room.
This looks like a lipstick,
but it has a letter inside.
It’s well hidden.
[the letter]
“I remember clearly what you want me to forget.
If you want to let it go, give me what I want.
I don’t want to be poor.”
The letter is from WY.
[What?]
Is it you?
No. [suspicious]
“Things I can’t lose.”
This is the hip
hop style.
[Stop it.]
[5 minutes left]
Bro, come here to see this.
What?
I almost ignored it but I think it’s important. [What?]
What?
Look at this.
What’s this?
Her shoes.
Some powder is on her shoes.
[powder?]
See, powder here.
Her shoes rubbed against the carpet.
I think someone threw some Grey Powder on the carpet,
and some Yellow Powder on her shoes.
Both rubbed against each other and caused fire.
Yes. “Rub, rub against the smooth floor.”
[Get serious.]
But before she came out,
Diamond Qiao was singing here.
Yes. [Qiao had been there.]
He may not have Yellow Powder on his shoes.
But someone spread some Yellow Powder on Rose’s shoes.
So only one kind of Powder can’t cause fire?
Yes.
The ones who had come to the stage are...
Is this Miss Rose’s makeup room?
Yes.
Check if there is Yellow Powder on her other shoes.
Other shoes don’t have that.
Her exclusive shoes were taken away.
That pair should be the one on her feet.
Yes.
So someone planned this.
Why did he want to kill her?
[Why was Miss Rose killed?]
[He’s room]
This is cool.
I’ll try it.
[so heavy]
[This is how he plays it.]
You can play every instrument.
[flattering him]
I learned it in primary school. [be modest]
This harmonica is stuck.
Lift it.
A bid discovery.
[great] It’s well hidden.
[a letter to He by a prison guard]
“I found he was sentenced to prison
due to arson 10 years ago.”
It’s MG50.
Yes.
[Who’s “he” in the letter?]
[Miss Rose’s makeup room]
There is...
What?
A box.
Is the password still “hui?”
Maybe.
[a poster]
We’ll no longer see each other.
No longer see whom?
Who’s he?
[Who’s the person?]
Who are you?
[Who’s the person in the photo?]
Countdown begins.
Ten, nine, eight. [the death certificate of Didi Jia]
Seven, six, five, four,
[Why is He so surprised?] -three, two, one.
Time’s up. Please leave.
[so considerate] Thank you.
Let’s go.
Go.
[The faucet is frozen.]
[the first discussion after the evidence gathering]
First, the victim looks identical with Tan.
But they didn’t see each other before.
[have unknown relationship]
My brother He saw Miss Rose before
and worked with her.
Sa didn’t see Miss Rose before
but worked with her.
Ou worked with Miss Rose and saw her before.
Qiao didn’t see Miss Rose but they worked together.
These are their relationships with Miss Rose.
According to our evidence,
someone called WY is involved.
Who’s he?
Does he have anything to do with the case?
Now, let me call the suspects here.
Let’s begin our discussion.
It’s said every Miss Rose will be burned dead.
I was thinking if there was a serial killer
targeting each Miss Rose. [serial murders?]
First, you.
Me?
Yes, Sa.
Finally, I’m the first one.
[He’s so happy.]
I am Sa, the worker. But don’t call me Worker.
It’s a boring introduction.
Ou, it’s been two years. Can you still ignore me？
Sorry, I added this part myself.
We found the Yellow Powder at the stall.
It says, “After rubbed against Grey Powder, it’ll cause fire.”
Did you find Grey Powder?
Yes, it’s hidden among the flower pots.
The stall...
It has only 2 bottles of Yellow Powder.
No, it still has Grey Powder.
[The stall has two kinds of Powder.]
We can find them both in the stall.
Yes, all can buy them both there.
[great]
It says the two kinds of Powder don’t require fire
but just rubbing.
So here are two possibilities.
First, when she was dancing, static occurred,
making the Powder work.
Or, the Powder was spread across the carpet.
Yes, we found it.
Wang found lots of Powder on her shoes.
Yes.
But, before she came out,
he was dancing on the stage.
Why didn’t the fire occur then?
Because his shoes didn’t have another kind of Powder.
Only one kind of Powder on the carpet?
Yes.
The carpet had Grey Powder
and her shoes had Yellow Powder.
Reasonable. It means two kinds of Powder were...
You spread the Grey Powder when cleaning up.
And her shoes with Yellow Powder rubbed against the carpet.
Sorry,
[objection] I didn’t spread Grey Powder.
So you spread Yellow Powder.
No, washing powder.
I wanted to make the carpet clean.
[Be serious.]
We found a piece of blue cloth
hidden among the flower pots.
There is some powder on the cloth.
[a piece of blue cloth?]
We found a bottle of Yellow Powder
and a bottle of Grey Powder.
A little was left in the bottles.
[Both have been used?]
We also found some letter pieces.
Did you figure it out? –No, we lacked one piece.
It must have contents
that someone ripping the letter wanted to hide.
But I have basic assumptions based on the pieces we found.
“Lifa Palace Ballroom has a special place.
From 23:00 to 23:30 every night, I...”
Please notice the time slot.
What will happen in the special place here?
“Please go to this 360 degree...
[360 degree?]
It can be a 360 degree balcony or a sightseeing place
because it mentioned watching stars in the end.
And “Please come. Here is well known.”
It’s like a special invitation.
[invitation?]
[Where did she watch stars?]
“The postman will collect it 3 days later.”
A mailbox at the gate is locked.
I think someone had taken this letter
before the postman collected it.
So the letter wasn’t sent out.
[Who took the letter and kept it in the blue cloth?]
It doesn’t matter to whom the letter was written,
but the content is important.
A secret must have been disclosed in the letter.
Yes.
You can think why there was an earring exclusive
for Miss Rose in the cloth.
It is the same as that the victim was wearing.
[the same?]
I can't tell that if it is forged or...
Did she wear two earrings or one?
Two.
But there was still an earring in the cloth.
In total, there were three.
[Why was there an extra earring?]
What did the murderer use it for?
[for what purpose?]
When we were gathering evidence,
a guy called Wu walked in.
Didn’t you meet him?
No.
What did he say?
He said,
“What’re you doing? What happened?”
Someone died?
Yes.
We are gathering evidence.
I don’t want to get involved. I’ll leave.
Then he left.
[He just left quickly?]
He left but I took a photo
of the street after he left.
[just a photo of the street?]
I was waiting for surprise.
You can imagine he’s standing here. [OK]
Alright.
And imagine he’s speaking to me.
He left so quickly that I couldn’t take a photo of him.
I think the guy is key to the case.
Because we found a letter about him.
His identity is curious.
[Who’s this Wu?]
Finally I would like to take a guess.
Maybe it’s not true…
But I think Miss Rose is still alive.
And she’s right over here.
[She’s still alive?]
Mrs.Tan was the one who died.
[What are the relations between Tan and Miss Rose?]
Tan and Miss Rose look just the same.
I also found it weird.
It’s likely that he murder burned the victim’s body
so as to confuse others.
[What’s Tan’s secrets?]
[Sa’s findings]
It’s your turn, Tan.
I went to Qiao’s room.
I found a leaflet in his room.
It tells the story of this poor little boy with only three hairs.
Only three hairs?
[My miserable past]
He didn’t have enough food or clothing.
He’s bullied and laughed at by others.
So basically Qiao had a very miserable childhood.
I suffered from malnutrition then.
That’s why I had only three hairs.
[What a poor boy.]
How did you become so successful now?
[That’s curious]
There’s a mark on the leaflet.
Can you tell us what’s covered by this mark?
Something I don’t want to recall.
Qiao has some stuff
with “I cannot lose them” written on it.
including the gold necklace wore by the detective now.
Wearing gold necklace and watches,
he even has three BBQs every day.
Why can’t you lose them?
I used to a poor and pathetic boy.
So when I finally managed to
made my career and won some fame…
I don’t want to lose these.
I wrote those words in my room…
I must seize my wealth…
I cannot stand him…
I don’t want to listen to him…
I cannot stand his words,
because I am also a pathetic man now.
Also I found this dialogue in Qiao’s room.
“Dear Qiao, people have been talking about that accident.
I am afraid they might find out the truth…”
“Don’t worry.
They’ll never know that was man-made accidents.
Those who don’t deserve standing on the stage
must disappear.”
[Don’t deserve?]
[What did Qiao do?]
No one would find out it was a man-made…
So “burned naturally”…
Exactly.
I believed this has something to do with that curse.
[The Rose Curse]
“Those who don’t deserve standing on the stage must disappear”
He refers to women here.
So this refers to those “Miss Rose”s.
–More than one Miss Rose.
[You are suspicious.]
He might not be the murder this time,
but he’s related to the previous cases.
But you’re new here, right?
Actually I’ve been working in this ballroom
since MG51.
You’ve been here for 9 years!
The woman I talked to was someone I loved.
I owed my success to her.
She taught me how to sing.
[That was Qiao’s teacher?]
Was she once Miss Rose in this ballroom?
I’m not sure.
Have you ever seen her?
–Yes, but she wears a veil.
[A veiled woman?]
She has been teaching you for 9 years?
Yes, I encountered her.
I was just a dogsbody at first. Just like Sa.
I am your senior.
You mean a veiled woman will soon appear
and teach me singing?
[That’s not gonna happen.]
What do you mean by
“Those who don’t deserve standing
on the stage must disappear.”?
My teacher has such a beautiful voice,
but she’s never…
She’s never got the chance to perform on the stage?
[Qiao’s teacher could never give a performance?]
I think her face’s got burned.
Maybe she was once a Miss Rose,
and she also suffered a fire on the stage which hurt her face.
Or maybe she just had her face injured in some accident.
So she had to wear a veil to teach you.
[Was Qiao’s teacher once a Miss Rose?]
Okay, since you have all found out,
I would now tell you what I have done before.
I was responsible for the previous murders
of those “Miss Rose”s.
[Qiao killed the previous “Miss Rose”s!]
That three “Miss Rose”s in the year of 57, 58, and 59
were unqualified at all.
Can you tell us how did you kill them?
I used Gray and Yellow Powders.
[Same tools as in this case?]
We’ve talked about the Rose Curse
and the serial killer.
Now Qiao is identified as the serial killer in previous cases.
Right? –Yes, I am.
Then there are two possibilities in this case…
First, it’s Qiao that killed this Miss Rose again.
Just a hypothesis.
Okay.
Second, someone else followed his patterns.
Maybe the murderer hates this Miss Rose,
so he copied the pattern of the serial killer and killed her.
[Is it possible?]
I had a last question for you.
Do you think the Miss Rose died today
deserve standing on the stage?
I think… she’s qualified for that.
Only one Miss Ross got killed each year.
In MG57, 58 and 59, one Miss Rose died each year.
It’s MG60 now. –Yes.
And this Miss Rose has been here for 2 years.
Yes.
[This Miss Rose has been here for 2 years?]
No, she just arrived here a week ago.
I know that. I work here.
Yes. –I know that.
When was the Miss Rose replaced?
I didn’t know that…
She’s been here for 2 years since I came here.
I agree.
–I don’t know there were so many Miss Rose before.
[When did this Miss Rose begin working here?]
[A week ago? 2 years ago?]
[What’s going on?]
I searched Qiao’s closet.
That’s where I kept my performance suits…
Sit down, please.
[That’s embarrassing.]
There’s a note on the shoe box, reading
“Shoes exclusive to Mr. Diamond.
One pair only.”
He’s now wearing this pair of shoes.
There’s also a similar note in Miss Rose’s room.
“Shoes exclusive to Miss Rose.
One pair only.”
[Their shoes are well
prepared before the show.]
So this is a rule in this ballroom.
And the murderer took advantage of it.
He won’t make a mistake here.
Miss Rose has many pairs of shoes.
But she only wears that pair of shoes
when giving performance.
The murderer knows this rule very much.
So he can make sure the powders would mix together.
–That makes sense.
[The murderer is aware of this rule.]
But it also said those shoes would
be cleaned by the costume designer.
So she wears clean clothes and shoes every day.
Yes, these shoes and clothes are cleaned every day.
So the murderer put those Yellow Powders
on her shoes today.
So I want to know if I can search him.
You want to search him here and now?
[That’s enough.]
I mean his clothes and shoes.
–I think it’s okay.
Okay, Tan.
Lie down here, please.
[Do you mean it?]
Lie down on the table.
Come and search me.
Oh, you mean it.
This image is weird.
Are these powders?
Yes, these are. –Exactly!
Gray Powders!
Oh, it occurred to me that
I’ve just cleaned the stage
before Qiao went on the stage.
So he was the one
who put the Yellow Powder under Rose’s shoes
and then brought the Gray Powder to the stage.
[Is it true?]
Did you, Qiao?
I didn’t. Somebody copied my patterns
and killed the victim.
So who do you suspect most, Tan?
I found many evidences in his room.
I think he’s the most suspicious now.
[Is Qiao the murderer?]
[Tan’s findings]
So Qiao is the most suspicious one now.
It’s your turn, then.
–Okay.
I found a photo in He’s room.
Can you tell me who’s this guy?
Sa knows this person.
Is he Master Wu?
Yes, he is Wu.
[He knows Wu.]
So this “WY” refers to Wu?
–Yes, Exactly.
Can you tell us the relations between you and him?
I encountered Wu 3 days ago in the Ballroom.
He knew that I am the top composer here,
so he asked if he could take a photo with me.
I said okay.
I found this watch in your room.
There’s a vague outline of a person on it.
Is this Wu’s image?
I found that burned watch years ago.
I’ve been looking for its owner since then.
I was shocked when I noticed
Wu’s wearing that same watch.
Sa has the same watch, too.
[Sa and He have the same watches?]
This is a once
burned iron box
under the sofa in Tan’s VIP guest room.
Inside the box there was a golden microphone
with a Chinese character “hui”(meaning regretful) craved on it.
This helped me decode another box.
Also I found this important message.
Tan used to be a Miss Rose in this Ballroom.
That was 10 years ago.
[Tan was Miss Rose 10 years ago?]
She was the top singer back then.
“Lifa Palace Ballroom just announced that its top singer Rose Tan
decided to give up her career and settle down with a man.
It’s said that she’s married to a composer named Zuo Hao.”
[What happened?]
So does this “hui” have something to do with your story?
A decade ago I was only 20.
And I was the top singer in this ballroom.
You could never have imagined how popular I was.
But then on March 1st, MG50,
my husband Zuo Hao…
he was then the top composer.
He proposed to me.
I was hesitating.
Because if I said yes,
maybe I would have to give up my career.
He didn’t want me to make money by giving performances.
He’s quite conservative.
I hesitated for a while,
but finally I made the choice.
I married him, and left this sector.
We then had our baby.
And my family became the only focus of my life.
I felt lost gradually.
I was reduced to an ordinary housewife.
Sometimes I could not help but imagining
what it would be if I had not chosen to marry him.
Perhaps I would still be a popular singer, a Miss Rose.
[Tan felt regretful for her choice.]
I came to watch the shows here from now and then.
And I felt upset when listening to them.
I did feel regretful.
So I wrote that “hui”.
[I see.]
There’s a death certificate of Tan’s son.
He died five days ago.
In this December?
–Yes, on Dec. 16th.
How did he die?
He died in a fire accident five days ago.
Where? –At our house.
According to their neighbors,
this is how the fire setter looked like.
They described his facial features.
This fire setter looked like this Master Wu.
[They share a high degree of similarity]
So you believe Wu was the murderer of your son?
And you came here to find him, right?
[Tan’s neighbor told her Wu was in the ballroom.]
[Tan came here for Wu?]
Who do you suspect?
Tan has the same appearance as the victim Miss Rose.
I don’t know their relations.
Now the evidence I found were nearly all about her.
So I think she’s the most suspicious.
[Qiao’s findings]
Ou, it’s your turn.
There’s a note in Qiao’s room.
“I knew about your dirty secrets.
Give me what I want and I will keep my mouth shut.
I am tired of living such a life.”
The signature is WY, meaning Wu.
Well, I knew Wu long time ago…
We did some bad things together.
I met him three days ago.
[He also met Wu three days ago.]
He was jealous of my conditions,
so he threatened to expose my past.
Did you give him money?
–No.
I also found many evidences about Sa.
Please be honest and answer my questions.
Why are you so serious with me?
I should “be honest” while they just need to “share”?
–Be honest.
Yes, because this matters a lot.
Why were you tanned so much during the past three years?
What?
Let me see it.
–You did get tanned a lot. Your life…
Yes, my work was wearing.
In MG56, you were a painter here.
I am a little painter…
And then you were selling newspapers…
I am a little newspaper seller…
And then you were an ordinary worker here.
I am a little driver…
I am busy transporting goods…
Stop!
You were sent to the juvenile detention center
in MG50 after committing theft.
What did you steal?
He stole women’s heart.
Exactly, I won so many girls’ heart since I was young.
[I had enough of that.]
Also, I am the one who set all the fires.
You did? –Really?
I set fire on girls’ heart…
He’s so annoying…I am leaving here!
I am going to the toilet.
–Seriously…Hey guys…
What did you steal?
–Some valuables.
Why did you do that?
–I was trying to save someone’s life.
Who?
–My brother.
–Your brother?
–Yes.
Your brother is called Didi Jia, right?
I found this death certificate of him in your tool box.
Action!
[Sa’s miserable story]
10 years ago there was an accident at my house.
My brother was heavily injured then,
and died at last.
He left us.
[Sa’s brother died of an accident.]
Was that a fire accident?
–Exactly.
[Another fire accident?]
A fire took place at my house in a February night, MG50.
My mom died in that fire.
My brother was heavily injured.
I could not afford his treatment.
So I made that mistake,
which I have been regretting doing…
I stole some valuables from someone’s house.
[Sa regrets committing theft.]
So you are not alone in writing that “hui”,
Because I also have it in my right elbow.
Show me your elbow, please.
This is your left arm…
Okay, something wrong with my arms.
I was sentenced to the detention center for 3 years
and I could not take care of my brother.
He finally died in the hospital.
So this is the greatest regret of my life.
Detective, I also found this burned watch
in Sa’s tool box.
Was it ever burned?
–Yes, just the same as yours.
But I knew that there is only two of this watch.
One is yours and another is in Wu’s?
–Exactly.
I didn’t know about Sa’s watch.
[Why was there a third burned watch?]
How did you get it
After I was released,
I returned to the veins of our house,
where I found this burned watch.
We did not have this watch.
When did you return there?
–In MG53.
I didn’t know why it was there.
And this watch had a young man’s image on it.
I didn’t know who he was at first.
But one day when I was working here,
I accidentally left a stain on a man’s suit
when moving my tool box.
He said I have to pay for his new suit.
I was going to beat him
when people around persuaded me not to.
They said he was Master Wu.
When? –On Dec. 19th, two days ago.
But he looked so familiar to me.
Finally I figured out…
this Master Wu was the young man on that watch.
I also found this note in Sa’s backpack.
“Hey, man. I’ve checked the background
of that guy you talked about.
He did carry out that accident.
He’s now having a hard time.”
That was in Sa’s backpack.
–Who are you talking about?
–Wu.
[Why are their stories all related to Master Wu?]
Sa, why did you wrap your tools with newspaper?
We have too many newspapers in my house.
I was a newspaper seller.
I have too many of them.
There’s a piece of news…
I will read it for you.
The Rose Curse in Lifa Palace Ballroom
is actually a series of murders.
The murderer used two types of powder
to get the singer burned.
[Sa knows about the murderer’s pattern?]
Did you read this piece of news?
–I didn’t read the newspaper.
But it appears that you knew about the powders…
No, I just used the newspapers to wrap my tools,
and the besom.
Yes…
I knew nothing about that piece of news.
Didn’t you read it?
–No, it’s not in my favor to lie to you on this.
I also found the same newspaper in Tan’s suitcase.
So you may also have read the news.
–I didn’t.
I was wearing a dusk mask when you guys saw me, right?
I got a cold.
I used the newspaper to wrap my medicine.
Okay, based on the evidences I found,
Qiao and Sa are both suspicious.
But it’s also possible that someone else
copied the murder’s pattern.
It seemed that none of us was targeting at Miss Rose.
But we all have something we regret about.
And they all have something to do with Master Wu.
I will wait for the following analysis.
Thank you.
First of all, I felt sorry for the detective.
Because this case is really complicated.
It terrifies me to listen to your analysis and then
compare them to the evidence I found.
My story has not yet been exposed.
I can only tell you now this is a difficult case.
It’s also intriguing.
I would like to share some evidences about Ou.
We found a death certificate of her mom.
Ou’s mom died on March 1st, MG50.
Ou’s been wearing gloves today.
But a photo on the wall reveals that
she also has a “hui” in her arm.
Right over her arm.
[Music]
I found a locked box in her room.
What are you doing?
The passcode was neither her name nor Miss Rose.
Instead, it was this “hui”.
Inside the box there was a burned music box with a photo.
A photo of Ou and her mother.
So Ou’s mom also died from a fire accident.
I was then living with my mom 10 years ago.
I was always dreaming about standing on the stage.
My mom taught me to be independent.
She told me to be the top female singer so that I can
stand on stage in the spotlight.
She loved me very much.
One day when I returned home,
I found she was in the fire.
I ever heard her coughing
but I could not save her.
I was too young and weak. Only 10 year old.
I was helpless and I kept asking for help.
But no one came to the rescue.
And then the house crashed.
I was too afraid and hopeless.
I ran away.
I am still feeling guilty for that.
Maybe it would have been a different ending
if I did not leave her alone in the fire.
[Her mom’s death was Ou’s life long regret]
Ou also paid for a detective agency
to carry out an investigation.
“Miss Ou: The truth has not yet been found out.
But it’s highly likely that
someone was behind this accident.”
We also found this note in Ou’s makeup room.
“Miss Ou, this is the man we found.
He’s called Wu. And he’s having a hard time.”
So Ou is now looking into her mom’s death.
Master Wu is suspicious.
So I think Ou is trying to take revenge on Wu.
Sa has similar reasons.
Miss Rose may not be the target of the murderer.
I also want to talk about
why Tan and Miss Rose look almost the same.
I found a magazine in Miss Rose’s room.
“Miss Rose seems to have zero affairs with any men.
Is she too picky or too workaholic?
Won’t she feel lonely sometimes?”
Miss Rose also has a line.
“I did feel lonely standing on stage at times.
I wish the one I love is in the audience and watching me.”
I assume this line sounds familiar to Tan.
I then found this photo in Miss Rose’s room.
A photo of a young man with “We’ll never meet again” on it.
Is this your husband Zuo Hao?
Yes, he is.
[Why did Miss Rose keep Zuo Hao’s photo?]
But the photo is in Miss Rose’s room.
Can I see her photo?
Did I lose my memory?
Maybe she has multiple personalities.
–That’s freaking me out.
[What’s going wrong?]
When did she start to wear that veil?
–Two years since I met her.
She only wears veils when she’s on the stage.
–Yes.
For two years?
–Yes.
I think after sharing our evidences
we need to pay attention to two things.
First, why does this victim have little relation with each of us?
Second, what’s the role of Master Wu in our stories?
Also, our experiences are all relevant to fire accidents.
[Why they all suffered fire accidents?]
Who do you suspect, then?
Tan. She could not explain
why she looks the same as Miss Rose.
So I think she’s the most suspicious so far.
[He’s findings]
I will first deal with the evidences about my “brother”, He.
I found a letter in your room.
“Dear He,… The man was jailed 10 years ago for arson.
Now he’s been released and lived a poor life.
No victims were found in that case
so it was closed quickly.
I hope this story can inspire you to write a song.
I’ve already thought of a title for it ‘Behind the Walls’.”
“Behind the iron door and small windows…”
See I’m already working on the song.
[What the hell?]
Please tell us about this investigation.
It all started from an accident at my house.
In late February, MG50,
my house suffered a huge fire.
The fire and smoke waked me up,
and I started to drag my mom
and my brother out of the house.
But suddenly I was hit by a ceiling joist
and fell unconscious.
When I got back to my feet on Mar. 1st,
I was told that my mom has passed away,
and my brother was heavily injured.
I found that watch five years ago.
I have always been curious about it.
And finally I met Wu and found he has a same watch.
I then began to check his background.
The prison guard told me
about Wu’s being jailed for setting a fire.
So I believe he is related to that accident in my house.
I think Wu had committed arson more than once.
But he was held responsible for only one of them.
He must be responsible for that accident at my house.
And mine too.
So it’s now clear that you all resent this Master Wu,
and you are all seeking to take revenge on him.
Right?
–Exactly.
–Yes.
Wu is your target today, but it was Miss Rose who died. Why?
[What’s the relation between Wu and this case?]
I’m also thinking…
since all of you want to take revenge on Wu,
maybe he will be the next victim.
[Will Wu be killed?]
This is an IOU under He’s bed.
“I will undertake the most exhausting jobs in the factory
so as to pay the advance salary of 100 RMB. Jia.”
Jia?
You have the same surname as me?
YOU have the same surname with me.
Are you brothers?
How old are you?
24. –Me, too.
My brother is 18. –My brother is also 18.
My brother is alive.
My brother died.
Where is your brother?
–Right over here.
I see…
Tan, after you got back to your feet,
your husband said your son had died in the fire, right?
My story was just the same as Sa’s.
You were struck by a ceiling joist?
–Yes.
When I was trying to rescue my mom and my brother,
a ceiling joist fell down…
and hit us.
[What’s going on here?]
I’ll go on.
When I became conscious in the morning of Mar. 1st,
I was told that my brother was badly injured.
If I couldn’t afford the treatment,
he would soon die.
–Exactly.
I had no way but to steal things.
I happened to pass a street called “Beautiful World Street”
Fancy houses stood in both sides of it.
I saw the door of one of the house was half open.
Some luxury watches were put on a table inside the house.
Maybe they were just normal watches for that household.
But for me…
It equals to my brother’s life.
[Their stories are just the same!]
But I hesitated for a long time.
I think there must be a second way to save my brother’s life.
So I returned to the factory where I worked,
I kneeled down in front of the boss
and begged him to give me an advance of my salary.
That’s why I had that YOU in my room.
But why are you called “Jia”?
Our surname is Jia.
No, yours is He.
No, our surname is Jia.
Did you notice that little handprint?
I was only 14 at that time.
But I promised to undertake all the hard work there,
in return for an advance on my salary.
That’s how I paid your treatment.
I spent years paying those debts.
Later we were adopted by our parents.
I followed dad’s surname “He”,
while you followed mom’s “Wang”.
[I see.]
But after that fire, you forgot all of our past.
I didn’t tell you, either.
That’s why you believe
we both grew up in our current family.
But that’s not the truth.
What’s scary is that
My story is basically the same as Sa’s at first.
But then divergence emerged in those major moments.
The same is true to Tan and Miss Rose.
10 years ago, they faced the same choice.
Tan gave up her career for love
while Miss Rose chose the opposite.
So now you become someone’s wife,
and she died as a singer.
[They all experienced a major life choice.]
Oh my god!
That’s terrifying!
[What’s going on?]
Detective, please pay attention to some points in next round.
First, this Miss Rose just began working here a week ago.
I didn’t notice what she looked like.
I began working here since MG51.
But I’ve never met her.
And there’s that veiled teacher of Qiao.
Who is she?
I had no idea, either.
[Who’s that veiled woman?]
Sa, Is there any other Miss Rose during these two years?
Yes.
Where are they?
[Why was that?]
Detective, please make your first choice.
–Come on!
This case is complicated.
Their stories are complex, one after another.
It’s weird. [Who will be the first choice?]
Qiao is the most suspicious now.
Only the murderer can tell lies, so maybe…
he just made up the whole story.
–Yes.
He had a letter saying “those who don’t deserve…”
I think maybe he’s concealing something from us.
Maybe one of the previous “Miss Rose”s was his girlfriend.
She didn’t have to chance to become the top singer here.
So Qiao murdered other “Miss Rose”s for her.
As for Tan,
she said she didn’t read that newspaper in her room.
But maybe she’s lying.
Maybe she knew the pattern of previous murders.
She could copy that pattern.
Just follow your heart and choose.
I had no idea at all.
Okay, Let’s go.
[Qiao won the first vote.]
Let’s go.
Now let’s go for the next search!
His voice cracked. Hahaha.
[The second search]
“Rose...is the most beautiful flower…
and the most delicate…
it blooms in Summer…
the most delicate flower…”
Oh my god!
–Her voice sounds familiar!
There’s a woman singing there.
[Who is she?]
“Rose is my favorite…”
Oh, that’s so horrifying.
–Yes.
“Rose is my favorite…”
I am the murderer.
Qiao is innocent!
Please stop this investigation.
No, she’s not the murderer!
Catch her.
Believe me, she’s not.
[What’s going on here?]
Believe me, she’s not.
Why?
–She just came here and said she was the murderer?
“Qiao is innocent…”
I saved mom’s life in that fire,
but my face was injured.
They don’t deserve standing on the stage. Ou.”
My mom was caught by the fire,
but I couldn’t save her.
I was always dreaming about standing on the stage.
So you are Qiao’s veiled teacher, Ou!
I told you she must got injured on her face.
You saved your mom.
Because you made the choice.
Two distinct choices led to two versions of your life.
[That woman was another Ou?]
[Unbelievable!]
So that woman is me?
Another version of you.
She’s my teacher and also the one I loved.
–Yes.
So that woman and Ou were like Sa and He.
She got her face burned.
Did you know that?
No, I didn’t.
She’s been wearing the veil.
I never saw her face.
She’s not the murderer.
She didn’t know…
how the previous “Miss Rose”s died.
She thought this one was also killed by you.
Because they died in the same way.
–Yes.
She thought I was the murderer in this case,
so she tried to help me.
But she’s not. She didn’t kill anybody.
[Really?]
Actually I don’t quite understand
why you “share one identity”.
But I think maybe you two were originally one person,
but that major choice in your lives
led to two different versions of you.
Let me make some analysis now.
So Sa and I represent the results of two choices in one story.
I didn’t steal the watch, but he did.
Ou and the veiled woman were from another story.
She saved her mom, but you didn’t.
–Yes.
What about you?
Are you from the same story with Wu?
No. –Maybe he’s another Master Wu.
–No, I am not.
[Is Qiao another Master Wu?]
Let’s check his room.
Look at this!
[What?]
A house… on fire!
A snowman?
Are you the one wearing the hat?
No, that is Master Wu.
You followed him and set fires?
He helped me to live a better life.
I was eager to get rid of poverty and hunger.
He brought me into a new life.
But he forced me to do something I didn’t want to.
On March 1st, he asked me to set a fire.
Which year? –MG50.
So he fired your house.
–You are the one who killed my mom.
He said there’s a little girl
and her mom living happily in that house.
That’s unfair.
She owns much more than you.
–Yes.
Wu said if I killed her mom,
the girl would have to live the same life as me.
So Master Wu is morbid. He himself is not happy.
He wanted to destroy all the happy families in the world.
I had to follow his order.
But then on Dec. 31st, MG50,
he asked me to do the same thing.
That accident didn’t kill anybody, but he was caught.
That’s how he was jailed.
–Yes, but I escaped.
So maybe you are another version of the original Master Wu.
You are the innocent self of him.
No, I am not. Wu was purely a bad guy.
He’s the one behind those accidents.
Also there were a boy and a man in this painting,
so Wu and Qiao could not be the same person.
This is something I want to conceal about my past.
Wu and I are not the same person.
See if we can find out more evidences.
[News: It’s now 22:00 on Dec. 21st, MG60.
A rare meteor shower occurred in M City early this morning.
Many watchers of this view got ill due to the cold weather.
Luckily, the snow has stopped.
It’s now back to 15℃.
Please be careful of this temperature change
and keep yourself warm…”
Temperature change? Snow?
Meteor shower?
Some people got ill due to the cold weather.
–They got a cold.
[What does this piece of news point at?]
Did you guys hear that?
Water drops?
[What happened?]
Hey, come here!
I found this bucket full of ice in the first search.
Now, the temperature rises.
It begins dripping.
It means it’s thawing.
Unscrew and open it.
Oh my god! Blood!
Red. [Creepy]
It’s blood.
[Why blood in the tap water?]
I assume there is a corpse there.
Go up and check it.
Over there.
Be careful.
Corpse up there.
–Don’t be frightened.
–Be careful.
Did you see?
Master Wu.
OMG.
It’s the clothes.
You freak me out.
Nothing here.
[Enough of you]
[A household best platform for sightseeing in M city]
Lifa Palace has what kind of?
It’s such a household.
This is the household best platform
for sightseeing in M city.
It’s also the place that rose.
The thing Rose mentioned in the note.
I think soon we will find the missing part of the note.
[What’s the relationship between Miss Rose’s letter and Master Wu’s death?]
Oh, gosh. It’s like drain the blood by locking him up.
The blood is dripping out there.
So..
So creepy.
A knife behind him.
[Clue: A knife stabbed behind Master Wu]
[Fruit knife in Lifa Palace]
A watch.
The watch’s time is 22:00 sharp.
[Clue: Master wears a watch]
Check the deceased’s identity.
His mandarin jacket.
Yeah, check his pocket.
Yes…I got it.
You got the note right?
Well, have a look.
Meet me abandoned cistern of the attic at 23:00 tonight
I will get you rid of abjection,
I only need you 10 minutes. [Clue: The note in Master Wu]
It’s written by Miss Rose.
Let me.
[Miss Rose wrote this to Master Wu?]
It’s not Miss Rose’s handwriting.
Yes, it’s not.
[Different handwriting]
[Who wrote it to Master Wu?]
[Who killed Master Wu?]
Wanna see the note again.
Meet me abandoned cistern of the attic at 23:00 tonight
I will get you rid of abjection,
I only need you 10 minutes.
It’s 23:00, how could he die here at 22:00.
Maybe it’s not..
Yes.
He arrived here earlier.
Not 23:00, now it’s only past 22:00.
[Why did Master Wu die before 23:00?]
Who’s in here?
The cistern is for Lifa Palace’s daily use.
Do not contaminate it. [Clue: The announcement of cistern in Lifa Palace]
How can it not be contaminated
when it’s got blood on it?
What’s the use of the water?
The water is for daily use.
Daily use.
It’s got all the blood in the daily use water of Lifa Palace.
[What’s the meaning of it?]
Perhaps it shows it happened just now.
Otherwise it will be detected by people after a long hour.
Cos people are using the water.
Perhaps he just wanted people to find this.
He knows there is a thunderstorm rain.
And the frozen. The temperature gets low.
It begins dripping when the temperature rises.
There must be someone who will find it.
[Why did the murderer put the corpse here?]
Go on searching and find more clues.
Let’s have a brainstorm.
The notes shows someone asked him for a rendezvous, right?
Yes.
The first one, the second is.
The rendezvous time is 23:00, but he died here at 22:00.
The third, the cistern is for the daily use of Lifa Palace.
It mustn’t be contaminated.
But now a corpse here.
I think the murderer should be no staff.
Or who hates Lifa Palace.
Correct.
He must bear some grudge with Lifa Palace.
Hatred.
[The murderer bears some grudge with Lifa Palace?]
Not hate Lifa Palace, definitely not hate Lifa Palace.
We didn’t think of this point.
The cistern is for daily use of Lifa Palace,
don’t contaminate it.
What’s the underlying information?
How should we…
I wanna run with it.
Run with it.
Ok, you get on.
We are kinda playing Shanghai Beach.
Lyrics.
Miss, where are you going?
Lyrics.
Detective, mind your behavior.
Mind my behavior.
[I just run away with my feelings]
[Get down to business] Well, the original place.
Go on searching.
Where is the paper?
Can it be the original place?
[Where is the paper that has been torn apart?]
We need to find out the paper now.
It can’t be hidden in the flowers!
I got it.
[The letter that has been torn apart]
The paper.
Hurry, put them together.
Here… Hurry.
[Clue: The letter that Miss Rose was going to be delivered]
The attic of Lifa Palace, I love here most.
I like to see the stars here.
If available, you should come and enjoy
the panorama of the sightseeing platform,
so household place.
The postman will come for the letter in 3 days.
I am so impatient to see you are here with me
to enjoy the starry night sky.
From your friend Miss Rose.
19th. Now it’s 21th.
3 days later, it’s today.
He took advantage of the information?
Accordingly, it should be collected on 21th.
Yes.
It means it will be collected today.
It’s Dec.19.
Collect the letter in 3 days.
What does it mean?
[What’s the relationship between the letter and the case?]
Postman will collect the letter in 3 days.
Panorama. A household.
Water for daily use of Lifa Palace.
It’s all blood.
Why did he die 22:00?
Master Wu.
I will get you rid of abjection.
Why can’t I get any clue?
So tough.
[What’s the catch within all the clues?]
23:00 to 23:30 every night.
Where is the note?
Who took it down?
The note is there.
His rendezvous is at 23:00.
23:00.
Then I think the thing should be like this.
Miss Rose letter would be delivered out in 3 days.
Someone intercepted it and got it from the mailbox.
And destroyed it.
[The murderer destroyed Miss Rose’s letter?] And he forged a letter.
And he gave it to the victim.
[The murderer sent the forged letter to Master Wu?]
What the reason of his sending it to the victim?
The rendezvous time is 23:00.
It means the victim and Miss Rose can meet each other?
Right.
Cos Miss Rose would be there at 23:00.
And he had a deal with Master Wu at 23:00.
So he meant they could meet each other.
I think the one who tore apart the letter is
the same one who forged this.
You said it right.
He knows Miss Rose would be there 23:00 to 23:30.
So he told Master Wu there 23:00.
He wanna Miss Rose be the scapegoat.
He wanna kill Master Wu by taking advantage of Miss Rose?
[The murderer scapegoated Miss Rose for killing Master Wu?]
At 19:30, Miss Rose was burnt to death during performance.
Grey powder, yellow powder.
23:00, how could he die here at 22:00?
No, the one who tore this should be the one
who killed Miss Rose.
Cos he used the yellow powder and grey powder.
So if he was determined to kill her and
knew she would die at around 19:00,
How can he scapegoat her?
[The murderer didn’t want to scapegoat Miss Rose?]
Cos Master Wu was here when we were searching.
He showed up.
We couldn’t use Miss Rose’s hand to kill Master Wu.
Cos we know she must die after 19:00.
So, all of us know we couldn’t scapegoat Miss Rose.
[Miss Rose would never be the scapegoat for Master Wu’s death?]
What’s this?
I don’t know.
Anything particular?
I don’t know.
No comment.
I have no idea.
No comment, huh.
If you are the murderer,
this could give you away.
Why doesn’t he have this one?
No idea.
He has two.
It’s earrings.
No, it’s brooch.
[What is it?]
I think now we should know, except me,
who will kill people with powder?
[Who else know about the method of Miss Rose curse?]
It’s Miss Rose’s room.
[The Miss Rose’s dressing room]
I found something.
One and the only pair.
[Clue: Miss Rose’s earring box]
Earring, right?
Yes.
Let me have a look, open it.
Nothing in it.
Open it, anything in it? [Clue: An empty earring box]
One and the only pair. Yeah.
But there are 3 earrings.
[Why 3 earrings?]
Cos two roses.
Right?
So Mrs.Tan you should claim this sachet.
Which one?
This one. –Right.
The grey powder and yellow powder in a blue cloth.
What’s this? I have no idea.
Cos it contains one and the only pair of earrings.
So do you have the earrings?
I used to have.
The one who acted Miss Rose definitely have them.
Hers are in her ears.
Then this must be yours.
So, she has only one pair of earrings.
So the additional earring must belong to you.
But only the current Rose can possess them.
I don’t have them.
[Tan doesn’t have rose earrings?]
[Is it true?]
This Rose is here for only one week.
Why is your Rose here for only one week?
Our rose is for 2 years.
My rose is here for a week.
[Why is there a glitch in their times?]
No, I don’t think you lied.
I didn’t die.
I just think you and He are the same person.
But you choose separate ways.
In your parallel timespace,
your rose is here for 1 week.
But in our parallel timespace,
our rose is here for 2 years.
Do you think my point is valid?
[Two parallel timespaces?]
So it involves in two timespaces…
Yes.
But now we are in the same timespace.
Doesn’t it mean the two timespaces crossed?
[If there are two timespaces, why would they cross?] No idea,
I just venture a guess.
When is meteor shower?
2:00 a.m.
4 hours to go.
[Baffled]
This is the night news of M city.
Time is 23:00 Dec.21, 1960 of MG.
Today at 2:00 to 6:00 a.m.
I find a big problem.
It says today at 2:00 to 6:00 a.m.
It’s past.
Yes, past.
[Meteor shower is over]
Now I think you hear it correct.
Tonight at 23:00, meet at abandoned cistern in the attic.
Wait.. it says abandoned cistern.
But the cistern is supplying the water.
Yes.
Lifa Palace?
The abandoned cistern means it has been contaminated.
[Can it be…]
So it means the cistern was abandoned
when someone wrote the note.
Also means that note and the paper
are not of the same timespace.
So the assumption that we are
in a crossed timespace is valid, right?
It’s overlapped.
So all the things and matters can run for different ways.
Yes.
The abandoned cistern and the cistern in use.
It’s abandoned out of repair.
Yes.
But it’s written perfectly clear
that it’s the cistern for Lifa Palace.
So they are in different spaces.
[The two timespaces overlapped]
If the timespaces overlapped,
that’s to say, we can meet and talk together
We can touch.
Because of meteor.
Yes, we can’t see each other
if we are in the different timespace.
Gosh.
[The five people meet one another for a overlapped timespace]
Today 2:00 to 6:00 a.m.
Teiker meteor shower.
The barrel is frozen.
23:00. Why did he die here at 22:00?
Detective, I wanna say something.
The paper may be written on 20th.
[Not written today?]
Tonight 23:00.
Perhaps it’s 23:00 on 20th.
[Does the time on the paper refer to yesterday?]
Yes, it can’t be excluded.
What’s your take?
Cos the dawn is the period between 20th and 21th.
Evening in 20th to dawn in 21th.
The meteor shower, it’s over.
Yeah, like 23:00 on 20th.
He killed him and 2 hours later, meteor shower appears.
The temperature gets low.
So it makes sense when I found the barrel
was frozen during my first search.
Yes.
The water is frozen, so no one would hear the clack.
Correct.
So that person should know meteor shower
comes with the temperature drop.
So he killed him in the cistern,.
So he took advantage of the natural phenomena.
After it unfroze today,
we found the deceased after we heard the clacks.
If it’s true, that will explain the time.
So Master Wu died for 24 hours.
give or take.
24 hours, give or take.
[Master died for no less than 24 hours]
So let’s interrogate one-on-one.
Brother, you first come.
Ok, my young brother.
[Dectecive’s one-on-one interrogation]
Dectective has the rights to interrogate the unsubs one-on-one.
I have another speculation,
I don’t know if I should tell you.
I think I should keep it inside first.
You can tell me, nothing serious.
[Attachment] All ears.
None of us has a motive to kill Miss Rose, right?
Yes.
Do you remember
when Miss Rose went for the meteor shower?
23:00.
When did Master Wu go for it according to plan?
23:00.
Is there any possibility that the murderer
meant to kill Master Wu rather than Miss Rose.
But Miss Rose bumped into it.
So he killed Miss Rose.
Another possibility.
The murderer has motives to kill the two people.
[The murderer meant to kill two people?]
Who?
Qiao.
Cos Qiao has the motive to kill all the Roses.
[Rose curse]
Yes. –he also has the motive to kill Master Wu.
Sorting it out.
He met Master Wu a couple days ago
and Master Wu blackmailed him.
Affirmatively, Master Wu would hurt him.
I just suspect Master Wu,
but I have no solid proof.
I have only a pocket watch.
And a turnkey’s letter that he pointed out
that Master Wu was an incendiary.
[Who would it be?]
Who you wanna see?
Invite.. Ou in.
Ok.
Thank you for your patience.
Thank you.
Dear friends, do you find only Diamond’s
and Rose’s rooms have fruit.
So who will need fruit knife?
Oh, we’ve almost forgotten it.
Only the two rooms have fruits.
Diamond, do you use fruit knife usually?
No.
He won’t tell you if he uses.
In fact I don’t use it.
Hear.
Which cistern did Master Wu die in?
Master died in…
The new cistern.
Right?
And the one who invited him to go to which cistern?
The old cistern.
So the one who invited him should be in our timespace.
Or another timespace?
Another timespace.
[The murderer is from another timespace?]
He didn’t know it’s in use when he wrote the paper.
So only the one who knows the cistern
was abandoned has the motive.
[The one who knows about the abandoned cistern is more suspicious?]
Should be from this timespace.
I think it’s space not the time.
Why it’s not the matter of time?
Cos we are the same age, in the..
Eh, it’s kinda one thing leads to two different ways
because of different choices.
Actually they are of the same time. [This way or that way, that is a question]
[The two timespaces are simultaneous]
So our two possibilities parallel here.
And we meet here now.
[The two timespaces are overlapped]
That’s it.
[Really?]
If the time is the same, ok.
Then it’s an overlapped timespace.
And the abandoned cistern. [Which space has the abandoned cistern?]
In which space?
Has nothing to do with the old one or new one.
Yes.
It’s in which space?
Which space has the abandoned cistern?
Correct.
Go on searching.
[Miss Rose’s dressing room]
[What’s in it?]
[Clue: the letter in Miss Rose’s room]
I found.
In Miss Rose’s drawer.
Letter of sick leave.
Dear boss,
I have a diarrhea today,
I am afraid I can’t go for work tomorrow.
I am so sorry for that.
From a Janitor.
You wrote it.
[Bewildered]
Dec.20, yesterday.
I didn’t ask for leave.
[Sa Janitor didn’t ask for leave?]
You must be mistaken.
Dear boss, I have a diarrhea today, [Clue: Miss Rose’s letter in the dressing room]
I am afraid I can’t show up for my premier in Lifa Palace.
I am so sorry.
From a newer Diamond Sun, Dec.20, 06 of MG.
[Who is Sun?
Diamond Sun.
Sun.. –Sun.
It’s not me.
Whoever knows Suner, for god’s sake?
[I am Diamond Sun]
It’s Dec.20, 1960 of MG.
It’s yesterday.
I can’t make it for my premier tomorrow..
So you are not from this timespace.
[Sa and Qiao are not from the timespace]
You are not from our timespace.
I, Ou are of the same timespace.
Cos we saw her before.
Miss Rose and she here for 2 years,
but you didn’t know her before.
This Rose she is here for 1 week.
No, only one Rose for all 2 years.
No, the Rose is here for only one week.
Three died in the years of 57, 58, 59 consecutively.
I am here in Lifa Palace for 2 years.
Only one rose.
I concur.
Your Rose is really different from ours.
I know what she looks like.
So the present me is me in another timespace.
The real me asked the leave.
[Janitor and Diamond are absent in space A]
So there must be two timespaces.
We know for sure.
[Affirmative]
So we two are not form the space.
[Sa and Qiao are from another timespace?]
That year you made another choice and went for another space.
Go to another space.
Ou is in the mine space.
Cos in your timespace there is a masked girl,
whose face was burnt for her mother.
It’s Ou.
You are from a different timespace.
[Sa and Qiao are in timespace B]
We are in this timespace.
And you?
[Which timespace does Tan belong to?]
Why are our letters of sick
leave in Miss Rose’s drawer?
[What’s secrets Miss Rose got?]
Why?
Hello Detective.
I have discussed with Pu.
The storyline is like its 10 years ago.
You all are one and the only person.
Here is a crossroad
Then you diverted. [In MG50] [Timespace B] [Timespace A]
So we got two parallel timespace.
Two timespaces are simultaneous.
Simultaneous, yes.
And He and Sa are Doppelgangers.
One belongs to two different timespaces.
You and He can recognize the same people.
So you and He are in the same timespace.
And here is another thing.
These 2 years, you and He have known no crimes?
Yes. No crimes.
And you are sure Miss Rose in your timespace exists for 2 years?
Yeah..
So one of the deceased today is Miss Rose.
You know her, so you can recognize the deceased is her?
Yes. Miss Rose.
Yeah, we guessed right,
there is no Rose Curse in their timespace.
Qiao killed people in that timespace.
So they know nothing about 58 and 59.
No crimes in 2years.
Right.
This timespace has no curse.
We were so bewildered when they said about 58 and 59.
Yes, they know nothing about it.
Qiao’s girlfriend is your doppelganger.
You are the teacher, you are that person.
The girl that taught him how to sing is my doppelganger?
You didn’t save your mother. [The same identity in different timespaces]
So you have your beautiful face.
She saved the mother, so she is hideous.
She wears a mask.
She is in another world.
The mask is also in another world.
Yes.
I think the most important conclusion is
people in your timespace have no idea about the curse.
No curse.
You can’t copy the thing with which Qiao killed people.
[Ou didn’t know the murder method of Rose Curse?]
You suspect anyone?
Actually you and He are not so suspicious.
[Ou’s and He suspicion levels]
The next one, Sa.
[Miss Rose’s dressing room]
[A new finding]
Unbelievable
It’s so obvious but you didn’t find it.
So obvious, so huge.
Now I think it could explain all.
[Clue: Newspaper in Miss Rose’s dressing room]
For career and love, she…[The title]
For career and love, she chose career.
Not only has she bought the Lifa Palace ballroom.
but also has changed officially her name into Miss Rose.
[Mrs.Tan is Miss Rose]
But Hao Zuo swore never go back M city.
So Hao Zuo left for good.
In that timeline, Hao Zuo didn’t come back again.
In your story, Hao Zuo married you.
And also had a baby which died 5 days ago.
In this story, she chose career.
So she missed the guy that is your husband.
[Hao Zuo left M city after a failed courtship]
So she is in our timespace.
Yes.
That one is the boss.
So the letters are in the boss’ hand.
Miss Rose is the boss.
[Miss Rose is Lifa Palace’s boss in timespace A]
So magnificent.
I will take these.
Brilliant.
I found something.
At last.
Two letters of sick leave in the deceased Miss Rose.
Miss Rose didn't open it
That's why she didn't know that
Janitor Sa and Diamond Qiao are actually in another timespace.
[Sa and Qiao are in timespace B.]
Actually so far all the clues point to two timespaces.
Actually the new clues are separating the barracks.
I mean these clues tell us which timespace we belong to.
We draw it.
I made a sketch, watch this.
We this in 50, it’s the turning point.
And the timespace crossed.
Ou and He they worked together for years.
So they are in the same timespace
with the deceased Miss Rose.
Yes, the letters of sick leave can bear the
witness for Qiao and I from another timespace.
Tan is in our timspace is beacause of this.
The boss changed her name into Miss Rose.
And swore never go back to M city.
But Tan didn’t know.
She said she was waiting Hao Zuo.
So it demonstrates Tan is in this timespace.
She didn’t know what happened in this timespace.
That explains all.
All is clear out.
It proves all we think.
But can exclude one timeline.
The timeline on the right side.
Yes, they didn’t know about the curse.
[He and Ou are excluded?]
So among the three people,
I only found one tendentious proof.
Only Diamond’s and Rose’s room have fruits.
So that fruit knife.
So just now I was wondering where the fruit knife’s from.
[The fruit knife is from which room?]
Have a seat.
Come, make analysis.
Can you state your analysis first?
What’s your take?
I think from the whole case,
The murderer must know Rose Curse.
Only the ones who know the Red Curse can take advantage of it.
Yes, that makes two of us.
Right?
The ones who know the Red Curse must be from our timespace.
So far you, Tan and Sa know the Rose Curse.
Yes.
I have to admit I used to have the similar crime experience.
But I didn’t do it this time.
Can I think this way?
Cos I know today you never meant to kill anyone.
And you didn’t know you would.
But someone fiddled with your shoes.
[Soemone fiddled with his shoes?]
The murderer applied the past method and killed people.
Right.
Actually you have no idea about it.
You are just being taken advantage of.
Who is concealed in dark in Lifa Palace?
Tan.
I think Tan and Sa they are both suspicious.
Tan stayed there for 24 hours.
Now I can say you are he knife.
The murderer killed Miss Rose
by taking advantage of you the knife, right?
I think it must be like this.
I am the knife.
[Kill people with another person’s knife?]
I can tell you explicitly that I didn’t lie.
From 18:00 to 18:30, I was in canteen.
When I came back, the clothes were there.
Then I put on it.
I arrived at scene at 19:00.
And Sa finished his show and I stepped on the stage.
So you put on the clothes from 18:30 to 19:00.
Yes, I wanna know who put the clothes there.
[Who prepared the shoes with grey powder for Qiao?]
Pu, I think now we need to figure out
from 18:00 to 18:30 who could touch you costume.
Who touched my costume and what he did,
It’s very crucial.
And throughout this period Tan is in Lifa Palace.
[Tan’s suspicion level]
The murderer is from the timespace with abandoned cistern.
Yes, definitely.
But the cistern is new in this timespace.
Touche.
So this timespace is not the murderer’s timespace.
Yes.
Now we are condensed in the one timespace.
It’s your timespace.
You come to our timespace?
Correct.
So your environment is the benchmark.
But I wanna know where Master Wu’s from.
Here? Or our timespace?
Master Wu in our searching is here.
Master Wu is here.
No one comes out to see me?
In our world he didn’t die and showed up.
In your world he is dead.
He died in the abandoned cistern.
But now it developed into our timespace.
Overlapped.
The dead Master Wu is from your timespace.
[Master Wu from timspace B?]
How can you be sure Master Wu is from our timespace?
Cos meteor shower happens after that.
When you killed him at 23:00,
the timespaces didn’t overlap.
Meteor shower happens at 2:00.
But if the timespaces didn’t overlap,
the murderer must be from your timespace.
We couldn’t come here.
Killed people in your timespace and then the corpse is here.
Is that so?
Yes.
Cos the deceased was invited to the abandoned cistern, right?
So we from the original timespace to this timspace.
Correct.
So he died in that timespace.
So he died in the abandoned cistern.
The corpse is here after the timespaces overlapped.
Right, you are here too.
[The corpse in timespace B gets in timespace A after meteor shower]
Where were you last night?
Last night, I was here the summer palace.
When did you come here?
In the afternoon.
Afternoon till this morning?
Yes.
Tan, afternoon, so you stayed here for over 24 hours?
So you are here throughout the time.
So you have no alibi.
Yes.
[Tan is here throughout the whole time]
When did you have a cold?
After the fire hazard, I had a poor immunity.
[Tan had a cold after the fire?]
I had a cold in the hospital.
Around 4 days ago?
Kinda this period, after I woke up
My husband told me the baby was dead.
Then I was very unwell.
After you had a cold, did you take any medicine?
In the box, the herbs.
The herbs.
The hospital gave me hat.
Why Sa has the herbs paper?
I am so curious.
Now perhaps you know the Red Curse.
Cos you have the herbs paper.
It makes sense.
And Sa also has the paper.
Sa knows it perhaps, right?
And the three people on the left side all know it.
You all know it for the reason I don’t know.
Sa and I are very likely to see the words on it.
But I didn’t see it. [Tan didn’t see the newspaper?]
Cos my husband prepared all the sweaters.
He arranged me to come here and wait him here.
[Is it true?]
[The second group deduction]
I have an idea.
For detective’s convenience and audience’s comprehension,
I suggest Qiao and Ou switch your places.
So the two spaces are so obvious.
Who are you?
[What sound?]
[Another mysterious man]
Seize him.
No, I am a postman.
Oh, he is the postman.
You can just leave it to us.
Doesn’t matter. You should let me finish.
Don’t take it away. [Cautious]
Let’s watch him how to deliver it.
Deliver it after you read it.
[That’s it?]
So funny…
Thank you.
[M city anecdote]
[To: Diagon Alley Newspaper]
Meteor shower, a romantic and mysterious astronomical phenomena,
is so fascinating.
But what you don’t know is
the most mysterious meteor shower are these two kinds.
When Xiji Meteor shower falls,
Meteor shower.
people who are unresolved about their important decisions
will go to different ways according to their choices.
They will develop on their own in different worlds.
In history, Xiji Meteor befell on MG city for once.
It’s on Mar.1, 50 of MG.
It’s on that day.
When Teike Meteor shower goes across the sky
People or things with purple crystal will go to
the place in the parallel timespace accordingly.
Purple crystal.
[Tan wears purple crystal]
You two.
[Sa wears purple crystal]
Purple crystal.
[Qiao wears purple crystal]
Let’s go check if the deceased got the purple crystal.
I will go..
Does he have?
Yes.
Here is a purple crystal.
Really.
[The victim][Qiao] [Sa][Tan][Timespace]
We think.
March.1, 50.
Here diverts two lines.
First He and Ou are in this timespace.
Yes.
Miss Rose is your boss.
So you three are in this timespace.
Another one.
It’s Master Wu during our searching.
[Master Wu is in the timepace A]
I have one speculation.
The deceased Master Wu has purple crystal.
Yes.
And these guys they all have purple crystals.
So you entered this timespace
when the Meteor shower crossed the sky.
Here is one speculation.
Miss Rose is murdered, it’s a manslaughter.
[A manslaughter?]
It’s killing the witness.
My speculation is like.
We suppose the murderer is A.
A had a rendezvous at 23:00 on the roof with Master Wu.
He killed Master Wu.
Miss Rose happened to be there and witnessed it.
Miss Rose in your timespace happened to
witness the crime when she went there as usual.
Imagine if you are the murderer
What would you do when you were spotted?
You would kill the witness right?
[The murderer killed Red Roe in timespace B for whitewash]
Miss Rose ran out of terror.
And she lost her earrings and the letters.
That explains why an earring
is in the grey and yellow powders.
This earring doesn’t belong to our boss Miss Rose in this timespace.
Our boss Miss Rose she has the complete pair of earrings. -She wears them.
So the earring in another timespace
was brought to this timespace.
Cos he wears the purple crystal.
And he came to this timespace with the Meteor shower.
He wanna kill Miss Rose, he never saw Miss Rose.
He killed the Miss Rose in this timespace.
Touche.
He mistakenly killed Miss Rose in this timespace.
Unknowingly, the dead one is …
Actually he doesn’t know she is our boss.
Now we can exclude people in this timespace.
Now we think Qiao Tan and Sa are suspicious.
When did you come here?
Cos I saw Master Wu yesterday.
I planned to kill him after show. [Qiao planned to kill him after the show?]
When would the show end?
At 23:00.
But he was gone when I was looking for at 23:00.
Cos he went to the roof.
Right.
My timeline is this.
Yesterday I thought since Master was here at the ballroom,
I would have the opportunity to kill him.
But he sat around the customers. [Sa was looking for an opportunity?]
So I couldn’t have an opportunity to approach him.
Till 23:00, it’s the closing time
I wanna follow him and kill him.
To my surprise, I was blocked by a crowd at the door.
All of a sudden, he was out of my sight.
Me, too.
That time so many people there, the tourists.
I saw him that time, but had no chance.
I couldn’t kill him in front of so many people.
After the show I wanna follow him and kill him.
But so many people there.
And another thing you all forgot it.
How did Master Wu die there?
The fruit knife.
Stabbed by the fruit knife.
Yes.
Who has the fruit knife here?
Diamond and Rose.
But the Janitor would be everywhere.
No, I can only enter the public area.
But I can’t go into their dressing rooms.
[Didn’t get into?]
It’s getting clear.
Not me, it must be one of them.
I can exclude one for you.
Jesus, his desire for survival
In that timespace, the murderer must be
the one who was so impatient to kill.
Who is the most impatient?
Qiao.
Cos it’s written on earrings that Exclusive for Rose.
Yes..
So the murderer knows that he needs to kill Miss Rose.
Cos Miss Rose saw his crime.
Yes.
So it could exclude me.
Why?
Only the one who knows Rose Curse
can use it to kill people, right?
You know it best…
Yes, I won’t leave the powder on my shoes, right?
[Is it true?]
I won’t let others find out my evidence, understand?
But I think one of Tan’s suspicious parts is
She experienced most miserable thing in this timespace.
Bereaved of her son.
Correct, bereaved of her son.
Tan, what’s your take?
Obviously, the murderer is one of us.
We all have a Y-track on Mar.3, 50.
We all have regrets and choices.
Qiao,
he doesn’t have regrets.
Also, he has the character regret.
See it
[Why Qiao didn’t make another choice?]
And no one knows his bad deeds.
I am not sure if he did this time.
I beg to differ.
Today is his big day. His good prospects.
I think it makes no sense that he killed someone
So impatient, in such a big day.
Back then how Master Wu threatened you?
He said your life now is good.
I know this.
[Clue: Master Wu wrote Qiao a note] Don’t forget what you did.
He means incendiarism.
And then? How did he threaten you?
If you still don’t give me the thing I want..
If I don’t give him, he will tell the thing to others.
So in his story, only he knows perfectly
Cos Master Wu was a little sorehead
and he was a little better off.
Master Wu thought maybe they should get even.
Only he knows Master Wu wanna change his sorehead.
Think it over, what’s meaning in the note.
[Clue: the note Master Wu received] I can help you out of the sorehead.
How can we induce him to the roof
when we have no idea what he needs?
[Only Qiao can induce Master Wu to the roof?]
It’s absolutely clear.
Someone could help Master’s plight out
and induce him to the roof.
They could be related.
Who can induce him upwards with the reason?
[Qiao’s suspicion level]
Who can get his pain point?
And induce him to the roof?
I disagree.
Cos you need to avenge your family.
[Sa’s and Tan’s motives were both avenge for family]
He was only threatened. [Qiao’s motive: being threatened]
If Master Wu unveils his information,
then he would be doom?
No, Master Wu just wants money rather than life.
Want money.
In fact, you know it right?
We know.
But we don’t know it’s his pain point.
Didn’t you feel a little strange
when you met Master Wu during the searching?
I did.
I shouted stop.
The murderer would find it strangest.
Cos he killed Master Wu.
What the hell!
A nice twist. [You win]
Why do you think it’s peculiar? [Drama king]
Who are you?
The murderer would think it’s strange
when he met Master Wu.
Actually we didn’t see it.
Except you three.
You three are the key
whether we can vote right or wrong.
At least you can rule yourself out.
No problem.
Ok, that’s all, we can vote now.
Good luck.
[Individual vote]
Such a brilliant story.
At last we can target on three people from anther timespace.
Tan Qiao and Sa.
They all know he is a sorehead.
They all know about
the grey and yellow powders are flammable.
They all have their own motives.
Despite we have only 3 suspects, it’s still a bit hard.
I will vote you.
Mrs. Tan, you killed yourself.
Open sesame.
Except me, it’s an either-or.
Tan and Sa.
I think today the murderer should be …
I still insist Sa and I have the character Regret.
We are a team.
But Sa doesn’t have one.
Perchance this time he needs to make the choice.
Open.
I come across another idea.
In the end he invited that man to the roof
and killed him.
There was Meteor shower at that time,
so it would be very cold.
And Mrs. Tan wore a mask next day, she had a cold.
Can it be that she catches a cold that night?
I think I should follow my intuition.
Hope I am right.
Today I need to vote, I think if it’s me.
From the criminal psychology,
I will make a choice between Qiao and Tan.
[Who would it be?]
I will vote.
This one.
I suspect Qiao all the time.
Cos Qiao is so familiar with his modus operandi.
So he could handle it as easy as pie.
To kill Rose.
But Qiao self claimed
Someone imitated his modus operandi to frame him up.
[The murderer will copy Qiao’s modus operandi?]
Today I will act out of normal behavior.
They always call me beacon.
When my eyes shine towards Diamond Qiao.
I wanna be a beacon for myself.
I hope I could be the beacon for myself
and I hope I am right.
[Finished]
[Truth]
Have a…
Right choice.
Bad omen.
It can bring you a bright future.
Please be like him when the young make choices.
[Example]
[Black sheep] Don’t follow my steps.
I wanna tell you today, I ate so many walnuts.
Brain food, right?
Brain food.
More than my sunflower seed?
So annoying.
Please announce it.
Who’s the Murderer S4 case 8 The Flaming Rose
Who killed Miss Rose?
Why are you staring at me?
Now declare the results.
Now it the safe player with 0 vote.
We are the same.
You go forward, I must follow you.
No, I and Ou.
[Correct]
You should stand back.
I 0 ote, definitely.
I am very confident.
The safe player
He Zuo,
Jasmine Ou.
Would be Sa? [and me?]
No.
No…
Go back.
Go.
Janitor Sa.
See?
Only you two.
The remaining players Qiao and Tan
One got 2 votes.
2:5.
Who got more vote?
Now I declare the player who got 5 votes is
Mrs. Tan.
I hope I am right.
Hope I am a beacon for myself today and I am right.
I have absolutely no idea.
Go.
Please cage Mrs. Tan in.
This is the iron cage.
[I am innocent]
In the end I meant to vote Qiao.
Then on second thought,
I should shine for myself for once.
Maybe it’s wrong..
If today we are wrong, I know a fact.
That is a beacon can only shine for others not itself.
Would Mrs.Tan be the murderer who killed Miss Rose?
Singing.
[Nervous]
hanging Wia.
Now I declare, your inspection
Please..
Succeeds.
[The murderer is Mrs. Tan]
Succeeds.
Great.
One key evidence you have missed is..
[Missed?]
In the parterre, stained with yellow handkerchief.
[Clue: the handkerchief stained with yellow powder]
It’s thrown by the murderer
after she cleaned her hands with it.
Blue handkerchief.
Besides Mrs. Tan’s VIP seat.
Also has her grey powder.
[Alas]
But today even if we caught the murderer
But as Diamond Qiao I think
I need a retrospection and a confession.
All he did is natrure- abhorrent.
Cos he did so many evil things. [Anyone who violates the law will be punished]
All his evil deeds led his lover’s disfigure.
Yep, On Mar.1, 50.
He burnt your house.
And he ruined the face of the one he loves most.
I wanna say something.
We made the mistake at the early age.
I am 14 years old.
You. -10 years old.
So it’s why in our country
there is one exclusive law system for the teenagers.
Just because teenagers are different from adults.
Adults make such mistake perfectly knowingly.
But the kid is undergoing a key stage
of establishing world view and value.
So today’s topic is also letting them know
how to make a right choice
and judgment in the initial stage.
And we all have regrets.
They are branded in our hearts.
In the world we have no regret medicine.
So think carefully before you act.
Don’t do the silly things.
Right, Mrs. Tan played very well despite she has a high vote.
Actually we are all so nervous waiting for the results, right?
Yes. –applause for her.
By the way the detective, my young brother is awesome.
He is here just for the second time. [Brilliant]
At last.
So well.
Great.
Thank you, assistant Pu.
Great.
Pu.
Pu helped us a lot.
Thank you…
We two can go back fishing… [So serious]
[Ranking list]
You know why I can vote right?
Why?
Cos usually I like playing Woshimi app.
Detective interactive games.
Hope you will join us and it will help you a lot.
[You win]
For your brain.
Sponsors.
I am Jasmine Ou.
Wait.
At last I the assistant have a say.
Took me a surprise. -I have some news.
Come, to the middle…
Pu.
[Sponsors]
Thank you.
Full of sweat after you finished it.
Thank him.
broadcasting accent.
We hope all the people can make happy and right choices.
Yes.
Hope you can go the right way
when you make the choices bravely.
Byebye see you next week.
See you next week.
Good bye, TTT.
Go.. I killed myself.
Singing.
[Case 8 Succeeds]
[Making choice is an inevitable process in life.]
In our life, we need to make many many choices.
You must have many ideas before you make the choice.
I will make pro and con lists.
Figure out what you really need.
Think for the worst and best turnouts.
Should answer for it once you set your mind.
Not all the roads are wrong.
[Choice is hard to tell the right from wrong]
Don’t regret after you make the choice.
Since you make the choice you should make it to the end.
No matter what happens in the end after you make the choice.
Whether it’s right or wrong, there must be a turnout.
[Future needs the resilience and endeavor after the choice]
What you choose is not the moment but the future.
The future is impossible to confirm.
The best predict is your choice at the moment.
Once you make the choice, you need to accept it.
Try to improve the choice.
From the right value or way to make the choice.
Have a firm and brave heart.
Choose what you believe and follow your heart.
Follow your choice, that’s my attitude.
[Stay authentic accumulate valor]
[Render each step of life into the best choice]
[Next episode]