[Country of Lanya - Hua City Police Station] [00:29 AM (12:30)]
[Hua City Police Department]
[Comfortable: RELAX]
♪ Happy birthday to you!
Surprise!
Whose birthday is it?
Yours!
- Isn't it tomorrow? - It's already past midnight.
Make a wish.
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That's enough. Come on, we're all hungry. Hurry.
How about... take the call first.
See if it's anything important; if it isn't, transfer it.
Okay.
Hello? Hua City Criminal Investigation.
Got it.
At the Pear Garden someone fell off a building. The corpse vanished.
♫ Between the city lights ♫
♫ The night is deeper than blood ♫
♫ Blurred years ♫
♫ Pretending to be pure ♫
♫ No hugging, no praying, no smiling ♫
♫ Did not grow up as self-pity ♫
♫ This night sky ♫
♫ Falling ♫
♫ This night sky ♫
♫ My choice is not worth who is sentimental ♫
[Original Sin]
[Episode 17]
Supervisor Lu, the crime scene is inside.
- You move the car. - All right.
- Where's Old Shi? - On his way.
Boss, the body's gone. Do we need to call him?
Yes, I need him.
Did you see what happened?
Then why were you here?
I came to eat.
Today, I had to wait a lot.
- Where's Old Gao? - I'll give him a call.
No need to call him. Let him go back to the station.
Doesn't he have to examine the evidence? Here's an item. Make him go back and examine it.
Okay.
Did you hear anything suspicious?
- What's the situation? - Supervisor Lu.
This is the noodle cart's boss. He called the police.
Did you see someone fall down?
I didn't see it,
my wife saw it.
Where's the lady?
She's a little shocked,
so she's resting in the shop.
I'm sorry. Can we talk to her for a moment?
- All right. - Thank you.
Fine, there's nothing to see here. Go.
- Old Shi. - Where's Lu Li?
What did he call me here for? There's no body here.
It's past 2:00 a.m. now.
For once I didn't have insomnia tonight.
Senior wanted you to come and check.
Whether it is a murder or a suicide.
Do you have a lighter?
We don't.
- You don't sell lighters in this shop? - We're out.
Can you check for me if you have any in stock? Or even the one you used here is fine.
Brother Zhen, you're here.
- Did you find the body? - Not yet.
The scene is just a pool of blood. Old Shi just got mad.
What a weird thing to happen.
Where's Lu Li?
Senior is questioning someone at the rice noodle shop.
I'll go look for him in a moment.
There's still one here.
Thank you. How much?
- ¥2. - I have it here, Brother Zhen.
Who are these people? Look.
Hey, wake up.
Wha..?
We're from Hua City's Criminal Investigation Bureau.
I'm here to clarify the situation with you. Stand up.
Did you see someone fall from the building?
What? Fell down? I didn't.
- You were here all along? - Yeah.
Then didn't you see it?
There was someone drunk over there before,
laying down on his belly.
His mate helped him into a car.
What car?
Four wheels.
Do you remember the color or the plate number of the car?
I tell you. If I were to buy a car, no matter what, it's got to be black.
Bought a red one. They all called me a poof.
Take this sissy back to the precinct
and sober him up. When he's lucid, keep questioning him.
Okay. Let's go. Come back to the precinct with me.
- Let's go. - Wha-- Who's a sissy?
I said I was sleeping all along,
I didn't see anyone falling down.
How would I know where the body went?
I'm asking your wife. Can you please not interrupt?
She's scared out of her wits.
When the body fell down, she was this close.
If it wasn't because she went to get change from ¥10,
she would've been almost crushed.
Madam, was it a man or a woman?
Madam? Was it a man or a woman?
A man.
Boss lady?
- The bill. - Oh, fine.
- Hey, boss lady! - Yes?
Where are my noodles?
- Hurry up! - Yeah! Yeah, I'm coming.
- Sorry, do you have change? - No.
- I'll go look for change. - Okay.
Hey, is my take-away ready or not?
Oh, just a moment. Please wait. It won't take a minute.
Oh my. You're so drunk again.
Looking for change!
I'm looking for change.
Sister, just a moment.
Coming, coming.
Did... Did Little C say when he's coming back?
Last night, he called from Singapore and said he rented a place there.
He's probably... not coming back for a while.
Then... you and Brother-in-Law are going to be too busy.
Look for another helper.
If I look for help with my own business
and when I'm sleeping with your Brother-in-law,
the help sweeps away all the money? What should I do then?
That's right.
My noodles! I can't talk anymore. Bye-bye!
Take it easy!
You're so drunk! Go home and sleep!
It's torn.
Try and remember.
Was he a customer who'd eaten at your shop?
For the time being, don't leave the shop. We'll come back for more questions.
Of course, we won't leave. I've kept this shop open for twelve years.
I don't even close for the new year.
Twelve years?
We've been doing it for twelve years.
Right, after our marriage we moved to Hua City.
Twelve years!
We don't even have a bed to sleep on.
Just a doghouse.
We even have to take turns to sleep; day and night.
I'm not doing it anymore. Do it yourself.
I don't want to touch this noodle soup ever again.
Are you blaming me for being a failure?
I don't blame you. It's me. I don't want to do it anymore.
Hey! Hey!
Hey!
You're here.
- Have you eaten? - No.
How did it go?
She says she saw that it was a man.
Black clothes, short pants.
Any other information?
I'll go to the monitor room. When you're done, come looking for me.
We'll split up.
How many elevators does this block have?
Just this one.
The whole building only has this one?
Officer,
we here are not like the Cherry Garden across the road.
This is Pear Garden.
Don't you see what kind of people lives here?
We can't even collect the management fees.
In a vertical line, it should be this unit.
But there are ten floors; over ten households per floor.
So we start on the 10th floor.
He wouldn't have gone down from here.
That's right.
If he'd fallen from here,
he'd have left prints.
But with so much dirt,
there's nothing except your handprints.
It can't be here.
What do we do now?
Let's go down first.
What are you looking for?
I don't know.
This way: check the playback for this elevator and
see who came down in the interval
from last night at 12:00 until now. Thank you.
Fast forward at double speed.
Officer, so what are you looking for?
If we play back any more, we'll get to yesterday.
Play further back.
How's it going?
Since midnight, until you two came in just now,
through the whole time, there was nobody
else taking this elevator;
except you two.
So I'm wondering,
how did the killer push the guy
down from the higher floor,
and then go downstairs from above
taking the corpse away so quickly?
Maybe the killer went down the stairs?
Check the stairs surveillance.
Officer, we're very poor here.
How could the stairways have cameras?
Then what do we do now?
Let's go back first.
Thank you for your cooperation.
If I need anything, I'll come looking for you. Okay?
Thank you.
Drink. Keep drinking.
I really can't drink anymore.
Let me state first: this is not illegal detention.
It's pretty good that I asked you two to come in,
and I'm even helping you sober up.
This Redbull is ¥7 a can;
the full table here cost me ¥200.
Hurry up and drink that can.
Officer, he's drunker than I am.
He didn't even take a sip.
He hasn't even opened his eyes since he sat there.
How do you expect him to drink?
But... he saw it, too.
He saw it more clearly than me.
No way. Will die.
Who will die?
Drink this.
He never encountered such a circumstance.
What are you poking him for? Speak! Who will die?
Senior.
- They're awake? - Awake.
I'm just... nervous.
What's going on?
One drank Redbull all night and just sobered up.
The other just opened his eyes, saying that someone died.
I'll take over.
Senior, if there's nothing else, I'll get some sleep.
Your phone.
Who died?
D-Died?
I meant... if-if I drink more, I'll die.
Are you awake or not?
Come on, tell me: what car,
what color, took the man away?
I really forgot.
It looks like you aren't awake yet.
I'm awake.
I'm really awake.
Fine. If you're awake, then tell me.
What car, what color, took the man away?
Last night, I passed out.
I forgot everything.
Why did I call him out for drinks?
Where's Old Gao?
His phone was unreachable.
Now, it's just 6:00 a.m.
You want to call him so early.
His shift is not starting for another two hours.
Don't you think Senior has been overly energetic lately?
We can't even find a body, what's the fuss for?
I guess he took it hard with the case of the four IT guys.
Brother Zhen,
do you think that if you solve two more cases you'll make captain?
It doesn't matter whether it's a captain or not.
We are a team!
We are talking about honor. Don't say such things.
That's noble. So noble.
What time is it?
- 6:00 a.m. - I have to run and see my mother.
Senior, if it's all right, I'll go home, too.
Are you leaving?
You go first.
Go back and rest.
You go first. I'll stay a little longer.
For any matter, wait till Old Gao gets here.
You can go.
Then you hurry home.
What happened to my mother?
Your mother needs a coronary bypass operation.
We can't do it here; we need to take her to the hospital.
What's this?
Actually, the lady's condition is very serious.
Two days ago when she was still conscious,
she heard how expensive the surgery costs were.
She refused to be hospitalized for the treatment.
Such an important thing, and you you're telling me?
Were you waiting until she died before you were going to tell me?
It was the old lady who wouldn't let me tell you.
How much does the operation cost?
All things considered, more or less between ¥300,000 and ¥500,000.
Must it be paid upfront?
I'm a doctor. I take care of the surgery.
For the rest, I can't say. When you pay the fees,
the hospital notifies me and I'll operate.
We'll do it tomorrow, okay? Go get ready.
Tomorrow, I'll bring the money to your hospital. Take care of my mother.
No need to try, the phone number is here.
You should give me your password,
so I don't have to wait all night for you.
Supervisor Lu, this is the equipment of the Material Evidence team.
Your hands shouldn't reach that far, should they?
Where are the others?
They worked until 6:00 a.m. They went home to rest.
You didn't sleep either?
Right. I was waiting for you.
Last night, you should have come back to the office.
Last night, I started out as soon as I received the notice.
But then I was halfway through when I got a call. They told me, "There's no corpse, don't come here."
So I went back home.
If I had to spend the whole night here just to guard this little thing,
you may not even have given it to me.
Is he the victim?
I don't know.
Look at his personal information.
Wu Zhenyi, from Hua City.
How come this... this information is incomplete. There's only a home address.
Emergency Contact: Zhao Chunling.
It sounds like a woman's name,
but the relationship should be special.
Can we check Zhao Chunling's personal information?
It will take all morning to check for personal information.
Isn't this Zhao Chunling's address?
Take a trip there.
Supervisor Lu,
I'm back.
Where's everyone? On holiday?
They'll be back as soon as they wake up.
[Code of Conduct]
[Zouk]
Brother, move faster, will you?
There are still prints there!
Wipe quickly!
Clean the glasses better, okay?
If customers complain one more time, I'll cut your wages.
Brother Liang, why do you have such a big temper these days?
Brother Zhen! Brother Zhen! How've you been doing?
I missed you, Bro.
How did it become "Brother Zhen"?
Wasn't it always "Director Chi"?
Sure. Now we need to call him "Director Liang."
Director Liang! The fabric of this suit costs more than yours.
Not at all... It's all thanks to Brother Zhen taking me by the hand since the beginning.
Otherwise, how would Brother Tong notice a small guy like me?
Rubbish.
Lend me ¥300,000 quickly.
The old lady is in line for surgery. It's urgent.
V300,000?
¥200,000 is fine, too.
Brother Zhen, you know, this place here
in the last few months hasn't been making much. Otherwise...
I know the club's situation better than you.
It never lost money.
Moving ¥200,000 in the account was never a problem.
- Point is... - Ten days and I'll fill in this hole for you.
Point is, if Brother Tong knows of it...
Don't let him know and that's it. No?
Quick, give me the money.
Hurry.
This way: you tell Brother Tong.
If he agrees, I'll take the money straight away. Okay?
[Brother Tong]
Don't look at me like that.
I'm only Liang. I can't make this decision, really.
You still know your name.
[Imperial]
How about we go ask at the nightclub?
Forget it. If Liang's like this,
I can't imagine how they'll humiliate me there.
Do you know why? Because he doesn't have your skills.
Not as smart yet he climbs faster than you
Because you're too soft-hearted.
You should not be in the mobster circle at all.
Are you finished? Give me that.
What do you need the money for?
My mother needs the money to save her life.
She needs surgery.
How about... I've saved some money lately.
I'll give it all to you.
Enough.
Go.
Then you go to the hospital. I'll go to a loan company.
What would you go to a loan company for?
I'll ask for money. You fear humiliation.
I don't.
Brother, you know!
Over a million! Right!
A little sports car for just over a million, I...
I usually drive carefully.
Normally, I wouldn't part with it.
If not for an urgent need, I wouldn't do it.
Is that okay?
¥500,000. ¥500,000 and it's yours.
Is that okay? I'll send someone to drive it to your place today.
It's Brother Tong's car. I can't buy it from you.
Hello?
¥300,000. Is ¥300,000 okay?
About the rest, we'll talk afterward.
You can give it to me by installments.
I don't need that. It's fine.
I really have an emergency.
However you put it, we're friends. Help-
Ms. Zhao Chunling!
Must we go to all this trouble?
Just let me look at the body.
Even if he was burned to ash, I'd recognize him.
This time the situation is a bit out of the ordinary.
You divorced him over ten years ago.
Why was your name written as an emergency contact?
He had an old mother;
she passed a few years ago.
You always have to fill in a name as an emergency contact, don't you?
What kind of person was Wu Zhenyi?
How do you want me to describe him?
Say why you divorced him.
I don't want to speak ill of him.
But he was a scoundrel.
He was a scoundrel who'd incite people's hatred.
Every word was a lie.
Can you imagine? I was with him for two years,
then I was married to him for three years before I found out
that nothing he'd told me was true.
What do you mean by "nothing he told you was true"?
From his educational background, work,
parents, family... everything was fake.
It is hard to comprehend.
He even told me his father was a professor
and his mother was a teacher.
Before we got married, I visited his home over ten times.
I called them "Uncle" and "Auntie."
Even on the wedding day, his parents came.
But three years after I'd married him,
I finally found out that those weren't his true parents.
They were actors he'd paid to lie.
Later, the old lady wanted to raise the price
and he actually organized a funeral
for his dead mother.
This is just a small part of it.
In this life, he didn't speak one word of truth.
Did he deceive only you,
or would he scam anyone?
He said he'd only lied to me
because he loved me. But it wasn't true.
Come here! Come look at these birds!
They're pretty and cute! They're also great as pets.
Hey, friend! Friend!
I said "look," I didn't say "touch."
So what if I touch them?
If this bird dies of fright because you touched it,
what do we do?
I took the cage. I didn't touch it at all! How do you...
If you touch it, it gets scared. If it's scared, it could die.
This costs a lot of money. Would you buy it?
- How much? Say it. - ¥20,000.
- ¥20,000? - ¥20,000?
Can you buy it?
Give me the money. The money.
Let's go.
Sorry. Sorry. Come here.
Come look, come look!
¥20,000. Not one short. Count them.
Today, I'll crush it before your eyes.
Are you crazy? ¥20,000!
We live for that one breathe.
If I don't take this breath, I'll suffocate to death.
You really want to crush it?
If I don't crush this bird in front of this guy today,
my name is not Wu Zhenyi anymore.
Okay, okay!
No problem, no problem!
Take this bird home and raise it; no need to crush it.
This bird can feel.
I spent ¥20,000 to buy this thing,
precisely to smash it in front of you.
You take the money. The bird is mine.
What I do to it is my own decision.
I want it! I want it!
- Auntie, I'll give it to you for 15,000. Okay? - Fine.
I'll sell it to her, not to you.
Take it. The money. Keep it.
I'll go get it.
Enough.
I'll go to the bank and collect the money.
- Auntie, let's go. - Fine.
Let's go.
Here are ¥15,000.
Here's yours.
Thank you, Big Brother.
Remember: next time you have to be more precise.
Just don't give it away.
- All right. - All of these were lies.
I think he even fooled himself.
After you divorced, where did he live?
In the beginning, he went back to the mountain village for a few years.
Later, his mother passed.
I heard he came back to Hua City.
But I'm not sure where he lived.
Who's here for Wu Zhenyi?
Here.
- This is the result of your tests. - Thank you for your work.
[...completely based on JHH, the DNA paternity test. Wu Ming is Wu Zhenyi's biological son.]
You're awake.
When did you wake up?
I've watched you counting the money for a while. It isn't enough for the surgery, is it?
It is enough. I'm just missing a little bit. A friend is bringing me the rest soon.
I just... before...
I just dreamed of your sister.
I thought I'd died.
She stood by that door, waiting for me.
But when I went to her,
she kept shaking her head. She didn't want to see me.
She said she hated me.
How can that be? She loved you so much.
Why would she hate you?
She certainly hates me.
Because I wouldn't let her go to school in Austria.
I forced her to get married.
I wouldn't let her keep studying the piano.
Your sister's been dead for over twenty years.
I hope I have time to wait for that man
to apologize to me.
I've survived all kinds of hardships and done all kinds of work,
and in spite of all,
I raised you into adulthood,
and now, you've also become a great lawyer.
After the sorrow, we have happiness.
It was all worth it.
You've never told me these things.
What's there to say? It's all in the past.
Seeing you like this makes my heart ache.
I'll make him apologize.
I will for sure.
The patient in room 206, Li Huijuan; can you operate on her first?
I'll make up for the rest of the money.
Sir, you're still missing ¥300,000.
Yes, that's what I was saying.
You do the surgery first,
I'll pay the balance money within three days.
Sir, this is hospital regulations.
I can't make such a decision.
I know you feel the urgency,
but there's no body,
nor evidence. How can we open a case?
Look here:
this man's name is Wu Zhenyi.
His ex-wife's name is Zhao Chunling, and he also had a son,
Wu Ming; we completed a paternity test.
This is very likely murder.
I understand all of it.
But proof?
If you find the body, I'll open your case immediately.
Go. I feel the urgency even more than you.
[Deputy Director's Office]
Senior! Senior! It's not midnight yet.
Let's celebrate Miaoling's birthday first.
- Come. - Come!
Let's relax a moment. Let me say it first.
Today, no matter who's calling, we don't pick up the phone.
First, let's have Miaoling blow out the candle,
then we cut the cake and eat it,
and then we'll work. Okay?
- So, here I go. - Go, don't wait!
I'm here.
When did you get here? I waited a long time; you didn't come.
It's nothing. It's nothing. I'll get it.
Hello?
Do we finish celebrating or do we go work the case now?
The body that fell from the building yesterday
may have reappeared.
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♫ Like not knowing what to do when faced with the vicissitude of being imprisoned ♫
♫ As if those yet-unknown possibilities had also already been discovered, ♫
♫ Hands in my pockets, I face the fierce winds, passing by the road you walked. ♫
♫ Trying to hide my apathetic face, in this incomprehensible world ♫
♫ All my smiles have already been earnestly rehearsed, again and again ♫
♫ I went through innumerable justifications to try to package up my brokenness ♫
♫ And even actively admitted I’ll never be able to come to terms with my own cowardice ♫
♫ Putting on a show in some corner with no regard for my own safety, ♫
♫ Fresh blood ♫
♫ Is burning dry fallen leaves ♫
♫ Forgive me for not making the same mistakes ♫
♫ Illuminating these glittering lights ♫
♫ The road ahead will always be this winding ♫
♫ The instant that the flames consume us, just who will it be ♫
♫ That’s by my side? ♫
♫ Trying to hide my apathetic face, in this incomprehensible world ♫
♫ All my smiles have already been earnestly rehearsed, again and again ♫
♫ I went through innumerable justifications to try to package up my brokenness ♫
♫ And even actively admitted I’ll never be able to come to terms with my own cowardice ♫
♫ Putting on a show in some corner with no regard for my own safety, ♫
♫ Fresh blood ♫
♫ Is burning dry fallen leaves ♫
♫ Forgive me for not making the same mistakes ♫
♫ Illuminating these glittering lights ♫
♫ The road ahead will always be this winding ♫
♫ The instant that the flames consume us, just who will it be ♫
♫ That’s by my side? ♫