Li Ning-er
Start telling the truth
It’s not all too late
What should we do now?
You head back first
Check Sheng-yin’s location using her cell phone
OK
I’ll go look for Sheng-yin
Brother Zhong
I’ll come with you
Let’s go
You’re pretty ruthless aren’t you?
What should I do?
What should I do now?
Don’t be scared
I’ll protect you
Then where should we go now?
Home
Home?
Chiao-er, what actually happened?
Why won’t you tell me?
You’ll know when we get home
You can get out of the car now
Chiao-er
What are you doing?
-What are you doing? vShe’s so noisy
I just wanted her to keep quiet
-Chiao-er -Just wanted her to be quiet
Chiao-er
Quiet
Ning-er
Later you have to do like before
Pretend to be your sister
When you see mom
You have to say, you are Chiao-er
Do you understand?
I don’t want to
I’m begging you
Pretend to be your sister
Because your mom’s really sick
And doesn’t know that your sister’s gone
So sometimes you need to pretend you’re your sister to comfort her
So she can get better
Do you understand?
Also
You can’t tell anyone about this
Got it?
Why?
Because if someone finds out that your sister is gone,
Mommy will probably have to go away too
And you’ll never see mommy again
So you can’t tell anyone
Understand?
I understand
I won’t tell anyone
Good, this is a secret between you and I
Go to mommy now
Why are you crying mommy?
Ning-er
I’m Chiao-er
Chiao-er?
Mommy thought that you were gone
Mommy was so worried
Mommy, Chiao-er will never go away
Don’t worry
You’re here now
As long as you’re here
Li Ning-er
Originally it was only to protect mom
But who would’ve thought that you started to get confused
About who you really were
It’s because you’re so weak
That’s why dad kept using you
So I had to step up and help you
Help me
They’re my family
Why did you kill them?
Not me
Then who?
You
It wasn’t me
You killed them
It was you
It wasn’t me
It was you
-It wasn’t me -You killed them yourself
-Not me -It's you
Not me
What are you laughing at?
Why don’t you hurry up and change back to Ning-er’s clothes?
Your mom’s looking for her
I just suddenly realized that
Coming home every day and having to pretend to be two people
Change into two different sets of clothes
Is too weird
I’m doing this for our family
For your mother
You just don’t have the guts to tell her Li Chiao-er’s dead
Isn’t this just a secret between you and I?
Didn’t you promise me already?
That’s okay
Kid’s don’t understand just talk to them
Don’t be so mean to them
You head downstairs first
Isn’t it midnight now?
Why are you wearing an apron?
I’m cooking something for you to eat
I already ate
Be polite when you talk to your mother
I’m not polite enough?
It’s fine
Chiao-er, are you not feeling well?
How about if mom takes you to see the doctor?
What kind of look is that?
You’re the one that needs to see a doctor
You’re the one that needs a doctor
-You need a doctor too -You, shut-up!
Li Chiao-er’s dead
You drowned her when she was 9 months old
Shut-up!
I’d rather not have had you in this lifetime
I didn’t kill her
I didn’t
It wasn’t me
It’s okay
-It wasn’t me -Let’s go downstairs
It wasn’t me
I didn’t
Not me
Yes
It was me
And also you
Because I’m your other self
You’re too scared to admit it
Yet, you’ll never ever be able to get rid of me
So I will always be with you
And we can do many things together
Many many
Things that you’re too scared to do on your own
Sheng-yin’s car
Why is the door open?
Head upstairs first
Sheng-yin
Why are you here?
Put down the knife first
Let’s just talk this out okay
I killed people
They’re all dead
My dad
My mom
And also my sister are all dead
And I’m the one that killed my parents
How can I continue living?
Just calm down
You know what?
If you died
You’re mom and dad will not be able to leave peacefully
Live
Living is the only chance
Okay
But
But, I don’t know who I really am
Am I Li Chiao-er
or Li Ning-er
No matter who you are, you are yourself
They’re all part of you
Right
All a part of me
Wait
Brother Zhong
Call for an ambulance
Hurry
We saved her
But don’t know if she’ll ever wake up
Maybe she doesn’t want to wake up
With all that happened to her family
And being the one who killed her parents
How can she face herself when she wakes up?
I’m going to head back first
Sheng-yin
I’m sorry
There’s something I wanted to ask you
How did you know where to find Li Chiao-er’s ashes?
That
There was baby crying
Coming from the floor of their house
That’s where the ashes were
Baby crying?
Can you give me a serious reply
I’m serious
After they removed the bullet from my head
I noticed I can hear and see ghosts and spirits
To be practical
When the brain undergoes a severe trauma
It often causes auditory and visual hallucinations
If you need a doctor, I can recommend one for you
Why are you being like this?
I’m just telling you the truth
I don’t believe in parapsychology
Because I’ve never seen them with my own eyes
How about this
If you happen to see ghosts or spirits in the future,
Help me by asking them how they died
Then my work would be so much easier
Do you talk to everyone like this?
Like you’re better than they are
Or just me?
I’m not directing this at you
This is how I talk
So, something wrong with the way I talk?
Or do you have difficulty expressing your emotions?
It’s distances yourself from everyone
Distance?
If there’s distance
Then it’s much easier to clearly see what’s going on
Fine
Thank you, this time
I’ll treat you to rice noodle soup sometime
It’s okay, it was nothing
I was just trying to express my emotions of gratitude
Don’t read too much into it
Who are you looking for?
Kid
Come, sit
Sit
How did you know to come look for me here?
Saw a business card all of a sudden
And then?
Your family is in the funeral business right?
You know from just that
I gave this to you, you forgot?
Little brother
Do you know what this place is?
This is my house
Your house?
What do you do here?
Funeral services
You’re not scared?
No
All those dead people are my dad’s friends
Auntie, why do you ask so many questions?
I have a granddaughter about your age
She comes to play here a lot
So I came to take a look to see what this place does
What do you do?
Me?
I’m a fortune teller
What’s a fortune teller?
Fortune tellers
tell people’s fortunes
Know what people will do in the future
Know what kind of person they will become
Then, what am I going to do in the future?
That’s a secret
I can’t tell you now
But I really want to know
Really?
Fine
Then when you grow up
If you there is anything wrong
You can find me, here
Don’t forget
Don’t tell your dad
Bye bye
(Xia Lin-mei 025968024)
(No.13, Lane 190, Section 1, Dihua Street)
I remember
Auntie, you haven’t changed a bit
In our line of work, you don’t change much
What’s on your mind today?
Lately, I’m not sure if I’m possessed or not
It’s not hallucinations because it’s happened more than once
It seems like I
Seems like
I see
Are you seeing ghosts?
Exactly, that’s what I feel I’m seeing
So am I possessed?
Is my horoscope misaligned, or
Ok, let me take a look
Did you see a doctor first?
Yes
Your life has been like
A frog climbing a slippery slope, never getting anywhere
Like a salty fish being turned over
A life of solitude
Wait
I’ve heard this before
Can you interpret this?
What I mean to say is
Everything that you have done in the past
Will affect your current situation
And everything you do now
Will affect your future
This, I already know all this
Do all of you fortune tellers
Use the same scripts to fool people?
If that’s the case,
Then no need to waste time
A-hai
How do you know my name?
What you see with your eyes
May not be what they seem to see
They come to seek you out because they must have their reasons
Listen to what they have to say
Also, the injury to your head
Don’t keep taking medication. Just get more rest and you’ll be okay
Taking too much medication is not good for the body
What are you screaming?!
Why did you appear all of a sudden?
It’s so late, why aren’t you going home?
What are you doing here?
The internet teaches a lot of ways to see ghosts
I’m just trying them out to see if they work
Give me a break
If you want to try, why don’t you go home to try
Instead of looking like a fool standing there
Here, at the funeral service
It’s creepier here
Hurry up and go home
Fine
So
How many ways did you try?
Did it really work?
There are so many different ways on the web
I have yet
To see one
Let me know if you see my dad
If I see uncle Gao
Do you want me to tell him anything?
Nothing important to say
Nothing to say? Why tell me to let you know?
Such a pain
If you don’t have anything to do then just go home early
Mom was just looking for you
Did you know?
I know
Then why didn’t you come?
You killed mom
Do you know that?
Mom’s already dead
Why did you come so late?
You killed mom
Do you know that?
A-hai
My dad says they have a lot of coffin’s at their house
Then there must be a lot of zombies there too
I heard that they also have a lot of
ghosts walking around in their house too
What are you guys doing?
A-hai
Your bonus
Slow down
We’re celebrating but why drink like your drowning your sorrows
Have you considered opening up a detective agency?
We can solve more cases together
Make more money
What about the funeral service?
Didn’t you say, you didn’t want to keep it?
I was thinking
when was it that I started to hate the funeral service
and when was it that I started do distance myself from my dad
It was about the time that my mom started getting sick
My dad was working all day
Never saw him
Even when my mom was later hospitalized
I was the only one there to take care of her
Where was he?
That’s your dad, he’s like that
He only thought about making money to take care of the family
He didn’t care about anything else
Even if he really did care about you
He would just keep it to himself and never say it aloud
I thought you could see ghosts?
Have you ever seen your dad?
Never
Don’t drink so fast
It might be better that you didn’t see him
I’ve heard people say
That when a family member passes away,
If relatives can’t see them, it means the family member is resting in peace
Carefree
If it weren’t for you, your dad
Would probably still be in the mob
It was because you were born
Your dad told me that
He wanted to find a stable job
Take care of his family and raise you
His only choice was to open up a funeral service
He didn’t know how to do anything else
You had a good father
Dad, what is this?
It’s the finger of a person that died drowning
What is drowning?
That’s when you are submersed in water
The body will decompose
I cut off the skin with the fingerprint from the finger
then use it like a chop to validate his death
Why do you put it in our fridge
And not at the police station?
Nowhere else to put it
Put it here
It’ll stay fresher longer
Here
Disgusting
One
Two
Three
Four
Retarded
Why are you folding so many?
Folding more can become closer to the family
Closer to the family, this should be done by their family
Why are you folding it?
So I can sell them
Brother Hai, stop eating
Fold!
No
Why bother making this petty cash?
What’s wrong with you?
Actually, this is for another funeral service company
I need to fold 108 pieces for them by today
I want to strengthen our relationship with them
So that they would sacrifice some cases and give them to us
Or else, we can’t even pay our utility bills
Are we that poor?
You haven’t noticed?
After you came back
We’ve never turned on our sign outside
Because I’m afraid it uses too much electricity
I turned off the main switch
So that’s what you’ve been worried about
I’m telling you
It’s just a funeral service company
This is nothing
I just haven’t started making calls. As soon as I start calling
Business will be so good,
Do you know that you’ll be buried with work
You’ll be so unlucky
Because you’ll be so busy
You know
When can I start being so busy?
I’ll take you out in a bit to show you what I mean
So you’re going to stay and help me?
I’m feeling good today, I’ll help you fold some of these
Here
You’re folding them the wrong way
I know, just practicing
That’s right, Brother Hai
Why didn’t I ever think of
Coming to the hospital
Let me tell you, waiting at the office for a call is a waste of time
Have you ever heard that
being face is face is the sincerest form of flattery?
Wherever the customer is, that’s where we need to be
Let them see our sincerity
Then the business will naturally come to us
YES
Brother Hai
Do you feel that the two of us
Are becoming more and more in sync?
If we can keep this momentum
We’ll soon become a reputable company
Of course
-Duo Duo,what are you guys doing here? -Brother Xiao Dong-gua
How are things lately?
Today, my boss brought me down here
to develop new customers
Wherever the customer is, that’s where we are
Let them see how professional we are
So what you’re saying is
No families called you
But you came down to the hospital to develop new customers?
Being active
The hospital morgue usually already has a
funeral service that they have contracted
So coming here unexpectedly like this
May cause them to feel a bit uncomfortable
What kind of contract?
This hospital’s your territory?
No
I’m here because I was contacted by a family here
I came to help them
That’s not possible
My dad used to bring me here when I was a kid all the time
Before it was okay, now it’s not?
After uncle Gao passed
A lot of people in the management were also replaced
so the way things used to be where
There seemed to be monopolized by one person
I’ll just go ask them
Brother Hai
The flower folding case I told you about was referred by Xiao Dong-gua
So let’s be polite
I’m sorry
It’s okay
If there are some opportunities
I’ll try to refer some part-time work to you guys
-No need -Thanks
You don’t think we’re good enough?
I just came back to take over the company
We’ll see each other again soon
Let’s go
I’m sorry
Brother Hai
Their company has helped us for a while now
You can’t talk to them like that
He looked at us like we were beggars
You really want to beg them for crumbs?
No need for them to sacrifice their cases for us
The customers in the past
Haven’t referred any new cases to us?
A while ago there were still people calling to inquire
Once they heard that
Uncle Gao passed away
They all said they’d think about it
And probably went with another company
I used to handle all the customers that uncle Gao brought in
and never new that getting business was so hard
Didn’t I tell you to look for a job
Why don’t you look?
I told you I sent out my resumes already
But no one asked me in for an interview
And
This is my first job
I don’t want to have to quit
Because the company closed down
Also, I have so much more that I want to do that I haven’t done yet
What is there to do?
For example
Before when my high school classmate had her baby
A bunch of us went to see her
When everyone was holding the baby and playing with it
Some of them said
That because I’m in this type of work
The baby should be kept away from me
I felt kind of
There are still people today
Who don’t really understand our line of work
If we can really do our work better
And make it more cool
Maybe people will have a different impression of us
If not, Brother Hai
You can go find another job first
I’ll just do some work for the other companies
to get by
Things still need to be taken care of
Now, I’m the person that is
temporarily responsible for the company
As long as I’m here
You won’t starve
My other job won’t start that quick
Brother Hai
Cheers
I’m sorry. Another bottle
My boss is treating
Cheers
Here
Are you Mr. Huang Wei-lun?
Miss Sheng
How are you? And you?
Let me start with a self intro
I accept cases whether it’s for public events
Or if you just need a place for your own paintings
-I can -I’m sorry
Actually, I asked you here today
Was not to discuss design work
Do you know Sheng Wei-fen?
You are?
I’m her older sister My name is Sheng-yin
Sister Sheng-yin
How are you? I often hear Xiao-fen mention you
Have you spoken to her lately?
Not recently
It’s like this
I’ve been looking for her for a while
But when I call her
She doesn’t answer my calls
In some of her stuff
I came across your business card
So I thought I’d call you
and maybe you would know where she is
Lately, I’m the same as you
When I call her or leave a message
She doesn’t reply
Can’t find her
But I’m guessing
She’s got a new boyfriend
She’s probably just with her new boyfriend
Her personality’s like that
I can never find her every time she gets a new boyfriend
Do you know her new boyfriend?
I heard her mention him a couple of times
I think he’s called
Hao-fang
But just heard her mention it
Are you close with her?
Xiao-fen?
We’ve known each other since junior high school
Even though after graduating
We’ve not really kept in touch
But a while ago
We happened to meet up again
And started to keep in touch
Huang Wei-lun
It really is you?
Why are you here?
Do you remember who I am?
Sheng Wei-fen
Of course I remember
Why did you disappear for so long?
Where did you go?
No where
You know that I’m not really outgoing
When you left all of a sudden
You left me with no one
For me to confide in
You of all people know that
You were my only friend
No way
I’ve seen you post a lot of photos going out with other people
You’ve been following my posts?
Not really
Just work
Those are just acquaintances
I see
Do you remember this place?
Of course
It was our favorite place we would come to after school
When we skipped classes
Right, I skipped classes
You came after school
That better?
Are you going to disappear again?
Not sure
-I’ll try not to -There’s no trying not to
Give me your phone
Hurry up
This is my phone number
If you have need anything in the future
You can find me anytime
Are you hungry yet?
Let’s go get something to eat
-I’m not hungry -Come on, let’s go
Go eat, let’s go
I’m really sorry
Asking you to come to meet with me today
If Xiao-fen gets in touch with you
Please let her know I’m trying to reach her
Please ask her to call me
-I’m really sorry about today -It’s okay
Then let me get the bill today
Thank you
I’m going to go
OK Bye bye
By the way, Sister Sheng-yin
If in the future
If you need any design work
You can contact me
I’ll give you a discount
My studio number and address
are on my business card
You can come by my place anytime
-Thanks -Bye bye
(Mom is calling)
Dad
Were you happy with today’s proceedings?
If you were
Please give us a yes sign with the divination blocks
Unsure
Dad, if you’re not happy with anything
Please give us a sign
-Give them to me -What are you doing?
Let me
Dad
Do you feel that
Older brother hasn’t been a dutiful son?
You don’t want to give us a yes divination block
See, you got an unsure reply too
Dad
Could it be
Because little brother took all of your money
-So you’re not happy? -What are you saying?
-What am I saying? -Who took dad’s money?
It was you. How can you say it wasn’t?
Dad gave it to me himself
How can you say that at a time like this?
What money? Are you saying
Uncle. Look
Fine, calm down
Here, give it to me
Uncle
Mr. Lin
Just now, both of your dutiful sons
were worried about letting you go peacefully
But no need to worry
I will take care and make sure all of your affairs in order
Hope that when you are in heaven
You will bless them
Yes divination block
Uncle, thank you
Here, let me talk to you
Uncle