[2013] [5 years ago]
I, Wu Wenxuan, hereby vow,
in sickness or in health, for richer or poorer,
in this life, I'll only love you, Lu Li, alone.
Good! Next, we'll invite our Mr. Zhang, the Chief, to say a few words on stage.
Thank you.
Chief Zhang!
Everybody knows, Lu Li
came into the police department at my summons.
I've always considered him like a son.
Today, he's finally getting married.
In my heart, I'm happier than anyone else. Isn't that right?
People! Don't you guys want to see them kiss?
Don't you want to see?
Lu Ziming!
Take your candy.
- What candy? - Happiness candy. (Note: typical treat of weddings)
[Together Forever]
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♫ 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 22]
Do we still need to examine her?
No need.
Okay. Then I'm going home to my daughter.
I have to take a shower as soon as possible.
You go home, too.
[Laboratory]
Will anyone else die? Will anyone else die?
Does this case have anything to do with your ex-wife? Answer me!
Don't mind me. I'll solve it by myself.
What's the matter with you?
Which case are you looking for?
Year 2012, more or less.
Which month?
Which month is the end of term examinations?
June-July. Look for June-July.
June, July... Which month do you want?
Look to see if there's one that's called "Wu Wenxuan."
Wu Wenxuan...
M.E. Team Supervisor Gao came tonight for that case, too.
What? Supervisor Gao has the file?
No. How come you're all asking about her?
Supervisor Lu took the file two days ago.
Got it.
[Hua City Police Record of Interrogation]
[Name: Wu Wenxuan - Date: June 14, 2012] [Officer in charge: Lu Li]
[Q: What time did you get home today?] [A: I left school at 5:00. I'm not sure at what time I got home.]
How old are you?
21.
What time did you get home?
I left the school at 5:00.
I got home... I'm not sure what time it was.
As soon as I came in, I saw...
I saw they'd been killed.
Then I called the police.
You called the police at 5:43, but the phone number isn't yours. Whose is it?
It's Aunt Zhao's. She lives opposite me. I borrowed her phone to call the police.
And your phone?
I don't have money to buy a phone.
You didn't get your family to buy you one?
[Deponent: Wu Wenxuan] [Officer in charge: Lu Li]
Yes?
Your medicine.
I don't want it. I'm not sleeping yet.
I'll have it before bed.
Go to sleep, hurry.
Are your legs better?
Nothing serious. I can still walk.
When you have time, go see him.
I'll go with you.
He says he's ashamed to see you.
But I think he would like to.
It's so late and you still haven't gone home.
Just because I want to have a drink with you.
Right, I've been here so long and we've never drunk together.
Come on. Looking for a drink with me is a lie, you must have something to ask.
Nothing. I just want to have a drink with you.
Here.
You're suspecting Lu Li, too.
When did you start suspecting him?
I... long ago. Must be about 5 or 6 years.
You know, the Damansara couple?
A major criminal couple in 2011 and 2012.
Countrywide, they must have done over 10 hits.
In our Hua City, they did 2 or 3.
I went to all the scenes.
Their crime scenes
had two characteristics:
the first one was the pig's foot buckle. Ever heard of it?
A method for binding pigs.
The two hands are tied together.
Following that, they would start searching for valuable things.
What was it to them? They'd look for a big bag and put everything inside.
Take note. Take note. The second point is
even more brilliant.
Killing a person without pulling out a knife.
- Do you know about the SOC double-edged combat knife from America? - I do.
Take that knife and stab it into your chest just like that.
Don't pull it out.
After it was done, they'd change to a new knife to kill the next person.
I don't even know how many knives they owned.
But when you are stabbed with this knife, even if you didn't die at the scene,
you wouldn't be able to last long at all.
How many months have you been in the Crime Investigation Bureau?
Have you heard my jokes before?
- I heard about them. - Then tell me.
- What do they talk about behind my back? - I've totally forgotten about it.
It's all right. We are just having drinks. Tell me.
They said there was once a homicide case.
The criminal did not finish eating
his last meal.
When Old Gao from the Evidence Department arrived at the crime scene,
he carefully bagged the dishes and brought them back.
After testing these items for three days and two nights,
he came to a very important conclusion.
Twice-cooked pork slices should not contain carrots.
This is not exaggerated at all.
That is Wu Wenxuan's case.
This was what I wrote in the report.
Why should a dish of twice-cooked pork slices contain carrots?
And there were not many, only two slices! There wasn't any in the other dishes.
This did not conform to reason.
Then, what should be put into twice-cooked pork slices?
Potato, green pepper, onion.
After that, I wrote a report.
Then, everyone in the station told me I was really funny.
When I thought about it, I felt I was quite funny, too.
But this matter really did not conform to reason.
So, I kept thinking about it.
Until when the Damansara couple were shot dead,
I was still thinking about this matter.
Finally, one day, I understood it!
I wanted to apply for this case to be re-opened.
But then, something else happened.
Lu Li and Wu Wenxuan got married.
I couldn't re-open the case.
Then, according to what you said, why can't twice-cooked pork slices contain carrots?
Because this dish had been switched.
There were other foods on the plate.
Stir-fried carrots with pork or even bok choy, anything.
Those were thrown out.
Except for two slices of carrot left on the plate.
Then replaced with another dish called twice-cooked pork.
Keep stirring it.
That is why the twice-cooked pork contained carrot slices.
Then why did the killer need to switch out the foods?
I know. Poison.
That means before killing people, the killer used poison to make them unconscious first.
After the people were killed, the foods were replaced with non-poisoned ones.
Is that the situation?
That is why.
When the Damansara couple were executed,
I feel that this case was not committed by the Damansara couple.
I wanted to reopen the case.
That is also why after Lu Li and We Wenxuan got married,
I couldn't reopen it.
I can only choose to remain silent.
You suspect that the killer is Wu Wenxuan, correct?
I didn't say anything.
I am from the Evidence Department.
All these years, I've done over a hundred experiments.
Written over hundreds of reports.
But everyone thinks
that I, Old Gao, didn't do anything.
That I didn't do anything.
Old Gao didn't do anything.
Thanks for your beer.
How many people came?
Everyone came in separate waves.
The burial ceremony is 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon.
All of her students are nurses.
If they all came at once,
many of Hua City's hospitals would be understaffed.
Supervisor Lu.
How are your classmates?
Hello, Senior. The classmates are fine.
They want me to ask you when the murderer will be found?
I will do it as soon as possible.
I'll be going now then.
This was the dorm I used to stay in.
You slept in that bed.
Wu Wenxuan is my best friend.
Not "one of" either, the best is really the best.
She doesn't normally live in the dorm, but because we are such best friends.
I helped Principal Lin fetch hot water for one month, then she was allowed to move in here.
How often does she go home?
Basically she never goes home, not even for winter or summer breaks.
She can even stay by herself in the dorm for the Chinese Lunar holiday.
Even if she does go home, she will come back the same day.
She doesn't stay overnight at home.
On the day of the incident, why did she go home?
I remember now.
That afternoon her mom came to the dorm to look for her.
Said that her dad missed her and wants her to go home,
but she had a test in the afternoon.
So she said she'd go home after the test.
When did the test end?
5:00 p.m.
Did Wu Wenxuan give in her test early?
We don't dare to do that.
If you give in the test early, before you can even leave the front entrance of the school,
the principal will use the loud speaker to yell at you to go back.
When were her parents and brother killed?
No comment.
It's a good thing there was a test.
Or else, if she had gone home early, her little life would be gone.
Did Wu Wenxuan hand in her exam early?
I definitely do not allow students to hand in their exam early.
May I see her report card.
[Nursing Class, Wu Wenxuan]
[Wu Wenxuan, 91]
Principal Lin, please let Wu Wenxuan know
that this matter has ended.
The murderers of her parents and brother, the Damansara couple, were executed yesterday at East Island.
Everything has ended.
This matter is not so simple.
Where is the examination paper?
I burned it.
Where is the ash?
I threw it in the toilet and flushed it.
Chi Zhen is watching you. Don't meet with him.
Also, don't go out alone; make sure someone is with you.
You should stop bothering with me.
What are you saying?
I said don't bother with me anymore.
Don't meet with Chi Zhen.
Don't go out alone.
[Deeply missing principal Lin Leehua]
Respected classmates.
Today, with heavy hearts,
we say our goodbyes to our most beloved Principal Lin.
We want to thank her for her earnest teachings.
Please, let us give her a deep bow.
[Health practitioners know no boundary and create own style. The students nurtured are all over the world.]
[Hua City University of Medication Examination]
I train nurses.
Angels in white.
I'm not here to train criminals.
I've invested my whole life here.
I'm not here to send my students to jail.
I've thought long and hard.
When you're in this condition, what should I do?
There's only one thought that can persuade me.
Go out there and become a good person.
Do kind things.
Things more meaningful than spending the rest of your life in prison.
Let's agree to this, okay?
I'll hold onto this exam for now.
I will always watch over you.
I believe you'll improve.
And that you won't go as far as...
that I need pull out this exam again
and turn it over to the police.
♫ Jade-green pastures reaching the sky
♫ Evening breeze sways the willows on the sound of flutes
♫ The sun sets on the mountain, beyond the hills
♫ End of the world, rim of the sea
♫ Half of our friends are scattered
♫ A pot of think wine fills the heart with joy
♫ Holding at bay tonight's dream's chill
[Hua City, Peace Residential Community]
This way, please.
Sir, you have great taste.
Many people here want to buy this unit.
The amenities here are very accessible.
Please enter.
Thank you.
The two bedrooms beyond this living room both face north.
So- We haven't cleaned this area much.
Later, I'll plan for someone to help you clean.
When you visit later, it'll definitely have a homey feeling.
So for a house, we must look at its layout.
And this is the orientation of the house.
Also, have you married?
Soon.
I see, soon to be married. Then after marriage, you'll have children.
Then children grow up and go to university.
I'll take you to see the terrace; its position.
In here, please.
This way, here. See, that's a very famous school.
The most famous primary school, then middle school, and high school.
In this neighborhood, we also have a distinguished high school.
- Okay. - It's fine.
This house hasn't changed hands in a long time, huh?
That's because the owner doesn't want to sell.
We've been doing a lot of work lately and now we can sell it...
It's because somebody died, isn't it?
You're an intermediary.
If the client asks you whether anybody died in the house, you have the duty to tell them.
I'll ask you again. Did anyone die in the house?
Somebody died and you offered it to us?
We can't live here!
Which house never had a person die in it?
Old age and illness... it's not the house's fault.
Three people died in one day, is that old age and illness?
You're really good.
Fine. If we need anything, we'll call you.
Go, go.
How was my acting?
What act?
Didn't I tell you that you just had to stay next to me? Acting.
I haven't acted enough.
What were you acting as?
I acted as your wife.
The two of us came to see a house, getting ready for our marriage.
Didn't you see the look I gave him when he told me about the schools?
What look?
Just the kind...
of a woman who hasn't yet married a man,
but is already looking forward to spending a lifetime with him. That look.
You acted well.
Auntie.
Have you always been living opposite here?
Yes. Who are you?
Hua City Criminal Investigation.
I have some questions about the homicide case of the Wu family.
Wasn't that case solved?
It's been years.
There are some new developments, so I came to understand better.
Sorry, I have no time. I have to go buy some things.
Wait! Auntie, your shoes look very nice.
- Really? - Very nice!
I want to buy a pair for my mother, too.
Are you going to the supermarket? Let's go together!
Wenxuan grew up under my watch.
She almost became my daughter.
Why would she become your daughter? Wasn't she her parents' daughter?
Maybe you wanted to take her as a goddaughter?
It seems you still don't know much about this case.
- What do you mean? - Auntie Zhao?
Use this! It's better.
My mother always uses this.
- Does she? - Really.
That way, it seems, there are still lots of things to buy.
How about you go that way?
Listen, I still have things to buy, I'll be going.
Then we also have things to buy.
What are you doing?
Auntie, for sure, I only just started on this case,
so there are some details I'd like to verify with you.
Why would her parents give their child to you?
Wenxuan wasn't their biological daughter.
She was adopted.
Back then they couldn't have children.
She was just this small.
They brought her home when she wasn't even one year old.
Let me tell you. At the time, they even celebrated with drinks.
Everyone came from up and downstairs.
We drank their wine and for several years we kept their secret.
We wouldn't let Wenxuan know.
But guess what?
When Wenxuan was six, they got a child of their own.
It was that boy.
And just at that time, they actually came and asked me
whether I'd take Wenxuan in.
Guess what I said?
I said, of course, I can't! Wenxuan was already six, she knew them as her parents.
Leave alone me adopting her,
even just for me to tell her that she was adopted,
it wouldn't have been right.
Don't you think? How do you want me to say it?
As soon as they had their biological child, they wanted to get rid of the adopted one?
What kind of parents are these?
Thinking about it now.
If I'd had adopted her back then as my own daughter,
Wenxuan would not have had so much pain.
What pain?
- I'm done talking. - At the time, you were on the scene. Weren't you?
What did you hear? What did you see?
At the time, it was you who called the police. Right?
Listen. I told all the details to Lu Li.
There's no need to ask me again. Okay?
- I'm going. - Auntie! Auntie!
How did it go? What did you get?
Wow, you bought all this?
[Entrance]
¥188.
Thank you.
Aren't you even saying hello to each other?
Let's go.
I've made my decision.
In a bit, I'm going back to Macau.
What's the hurry? Didn't you say there was something you had to finish?
I think I can't finish it.
Will you come back?
I won't.
- Hello? - Brother Zhen,
a body was found at the supermarket.
I'm sending you the location.
I'll go immediately.
Is it Auntie Zhao?
I don't know yet.
Whether it is or not, let me know.
Okay.
Must you go?
Not necessarily.
[Entrance]
[Police]
Hurry up!
Hello? Who's speaking?
Is this Officer Chi?
I just went to the archive and found that your file is back.
Was it Wu Wenxuan's case file?
Yes. Supervisor Lu brought it back early this morning.
So, do you still need it now?
I do. Put it on my desk.
For this, we still need you signature.
I'm coming back right away.
No need to take more pictures.
[Hua City Police] [Record of Interrogation]
[Personal profile: Wu Bin]
[Personal profile: Shi Yun]
[Officer in charge: Lu Li]
[Personal profile: Wu Wenxuan]
I'm here to confess.
I killed someone.
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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. ♫
♫ Not even this unbelievable cruelty can stop my steps. ♫
♫ 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? ♫