[Episode 9]
What do you want to buy?
Film negatives, all of them.
Did you get crazy in prison?
The fire...
burnt everything up...
except me.
You're lying.
The photos were burnt.
The police found some negatives.
Sooner or later, they'll find them all.
Aren't you afraid?
I'm afraid of my wife and child.
Why should I be afraid?
Aren't you afraid?
Lin Xu Zhi.
I really don't understand.
Why would you commit a crime...
in order to save Mu Lian Sheng?
Aren't you afraid of being jailed?
If I didn't take her away,
she may be in danger.
I know she might have been abused.
I sympathize her.
I could even ask for help from the woman's federation...
and the society.
But this can't be a reason for you to fake an explosion...
and kidnap Mu Lian Sheng.
How can you prove that...
I was the one who faked the explosion?
I've met the police of Dalian.
Both Mu Jing and Shang Wu had alibi.
Who else could it be?
Before the true criminal is found,
I will keep being her mother.
Lin Xu Zhi.
Listen to me.
If I tell you that...
I'm going to do something that doesn't look good,
but the final result will be good,
what would you do?
Would you kill Hitler when he was a child?
Go back in time to kill Hitler.
Hitler?
Of course, I will kill him.
So you'll kill a baby?
Forget about it. I will not.
But he's Hitler.
Won't you kill Hitler?
He's Hitler.
Lin Xu Zhi, what do you mean?
What I mean is...
I don't want to answer your question.
[Office of the Deputy Director]
Dad.
Don't you know...
your identity?
You left your post.
Dad.
Listen to me.
Unorganized and indiscipline.
Get back to Dalian.
Report yourself.
I'm telling you,
you have 12 hours.
If you aren't here, you'll be punished accordingly.
Officer Guo Junior, why are you here?
Tian Fang, let's stop the acting.
What did you do yesterday?
You have answered neither my call nor message.
Did you find the fake Tian Fang?
Do you have coffee at home?
Exactly because I didn't find her,
I didn't dare calling you.
I don't have time.
Can you show me all...
the evidence? We'll look together.
Do you have sugar?
I'm on diet. There's no sugar.
What do you mean by you don't have time?
If I don't get back,
my father will fire me.
Who's your father?
Old Guo?
Commissioner Guo Jian Ming.
Your father is your superior?
Why will your father fire you?
Do you have sugar?
Do you have sugar for cooking?
I'm alone. I don't cook.
Are you investigating without your father's permission?
You're always alone...
without partner.
I just want to prove to him that I'm right.
I'm normal.
What's going on?
Your father thinks you're abnormal?
You're the abnormal one.
We have to draw her blood,
and then take an X-ray check.
Does she have medical insurance?
We came in a rush with nothing along.
Is it on your own expense?
Yes.
Doctor, can you bring her fever down quickly?
Is she allergy to anything?
Not that I realize.
Mum, what is allergy?
She just moved in with me,
so I have no idea.
Sorry.
It's okay.
Go for a checkup.
Makes sure she drinks a lot at home.
Okay.
Guo Zhi, where are you? I have something urgent.
Mr. Tian, what's going on?
I'm in hospital.
Who's sick?
Xiao Ou.
Aunty, where's mum?
I'm better now. Let's go home.
She's collecting the test result.
Xiao Ou.
Tell me.
Weren't you living with your mum?
I...
I'm an orphan.
Mum saved me.
I'm sorry.
I'll never ask again.
Mr. Tian.
Is it serious? What did the doctor say?
She's better now.
Xiao Ou told me that she's an orphan.
My Big Sister saved her.
She's so pitiful.
Where's your Big Sister?
Did you know about this?
No wonder you're behaving odd with Big Sister.
I know of it.
But you should ask your Big Sister yourself.
Okay. Please stay with her.
I'm going to the washroom.
Ma'am.
You can't just count on painkiller.
Where's your family?
You have to be in hospital.
Sorry, doctor.
That's it.
Ma'am.
When some patients have hope,
they could even extend...
their lives from 3 months to half a year,
from half a year to a year.
Most importantly, you have to be hopeful.
What kind of hope do I have at this age?
Thank you, doctor. Goodbye.
Ma'am.
Your aunty went to the toilet. She'll be back soon.
You said you're an orphan.
Do you remember your mother?
Do you know her?
I don't know her.
She's called Mu Jing.
Her daughter is called Mu Lian Sheng.
Do you know where is Mu Lian Sheng?
She...
She was killed in a fire.
I see.
So,
how did the house go on fire?
Who set the fire?
The police will find the truth...
and catch the bad guy soon.
What about this?
I'll take you to the police and clear this up,
okay?
I'm going to the toilet.
I'll go with you.
No, I'm a girl.
You can't come with me.
Where's Xiao Ou?
She went to the toilet. Didn't you see her?
I didn't see her when I came out.
Xiao Ou.
What's going on?
Granny Hui, I'm afraid.
Why are you alone?
Where's your mum?
Let's split up to find her.
Big Sister, let's call the police.
No way.
Look over there.
Xiao Ou.
Hello.
Xu Zhi?
Xiao Ou is with me now.
Okay.
Xiao Ou. Good girl.
You have to sleep for a while.
Have a good rest, so you will recover soon.
Granny Hui.
You knew about it, right?
Xiao Ou.
Granny Hui is on your side.
Because I believe in your mother.
You believe in...
a liar as well?
Yes.
I believe in a liar as well.
So we're on the same side.
Granny Hui.
You will not tell the police, right?
Xiao Ou.
Let me ask you.
Do you like your mother?
At which place is she to you?
She's your mother.
Of course, you like her the most.
Don't worry. Have a sleep.
I will not tell the police.
Mr. Tian, I want to let you know,
Xiao Ou is found.
Here.
Have a drink.
Thank you.
Xiao Ou is actually called...
Mu Lian Sheng.
I met her in Dalian.
When I saw her,
she has wound all over her body.
Her mother's boyfriend seemed to be...
abusing her.
You saved her.
I'm not sure...
if I've really saved her.
Why did you take her away then?
I'm always a person...
who's keeping a distance from the world.
But when I saw...
her with wound all over her in Dalian,
I felt uneasy.
I don't know what she'll face in the future,
if I don't take her away.
But all these whiles, I...
I'm committing crime.
You're protecting her.
Am I really protecting her?
But she...
she can't go to school.
Today at the hospital...
She can't live a normal life...
like other children.
That's right.
Such life is...
not good for a child.
You two are counting on each other.
However,
in the future,
if you face a lot of troubles,
will you give up on this child?
Never.
I'll never be like my biological mother.
I've been together with Xiao Ou every day.
I see little changes in her every day.
When she smiles at me,
talks to me,
comforts me,
I have a sense of...
accomplishment...
as a mother.
I really want to be her mother.
But what should I do?
If you want to complete your sense of accomplishment...
and be a good mother,
are you willing to split up with Xiao Ou temporarily?
If you're willing,
I think I have a way...
to help you two to stay together.
What way?
We'll make Xiao Ou become...
a real abandoned child.
So you can adopt her.
Big Sister.
This noodles you cooked...
look quite bad.
No.
It's quite yummy.
It's tasty.
What kind of taste is that?
The taste of mum
Big Sister.
How does it feel to be a mother?
I...
I think everyone feels differently...
when they become a mother.
I think I'm just...
solving the problem as it comes.
Just look before you leap.
Count on yourself.
I'm counting on others.
Now there's one who's going to count on me.
How would I know if my decision...
is right?
You wouldn't know.
You'll know after you've done it.
Xiao Ou.
Sleep with me tonight, okay?
Let me experience...
the feeling of being a mother.
Mum.
I'm done.
It was yummy.
I don't want to sleep with you, aunty.
I only have one mother.
Who is becoming your mother?
I just want to try it out.
Stand right there.
Don't run.
Stand right there.
Do you know more about this person?
I'm willing to pay.
Any amount is okay.
Why is he around here?
I still remember his eyes.
Lin Xu Zhi.
You can't blame Mu Lian Sheng's misfortune...
on your recklessness.
I followed Mu Lian Sheng to her house...
and provoked Shang Wu.
How can I think that...
what happened to Mu Lian Sheng...
is irrelevant to me?
Xiao Guo said,
the microwave explosion in Shang Wu's house...
did look man-made.
But both Shang Wu and Mu Jing...
have a clear alibi.
Only when we find Mu Lian Sheng,
we can find out the truth.
Lian Sheng told me,
she heard something when she was in the wardrobe.
That was before I went there.
This can't prove that it was Shang Wu.
Lin Xu Zhi.
You have to first prove you're innocent.
As for the true criminal,
I believe the police will find him.
The most important thing to me now...
is not to lose her.
So before Shang Wu is caught,
I'll not expose Mu Lian Sheng's whereabouts.
Why are you so stubborn?
What you're doing is distracting the police.
It wouldn't help catching Shang Wu.
That's why I need your help.
How can I help you?
Those who can do such things aren't human,
they're beasts.
We all know that she's Mu Lian Sheng.
But her face was covered.
This can't work as evidence.
So I hope you can help me.
I can find a way...
to let Xiao Guo know about this.
But, Lin Xu Zhi,
can you promise me that...
you'll not flee with Mu Lian Sheng again?
Okay.
[Xiao Ou's wish list]
I think I have a way...
that can help you two to stay together.
What way?
We'll make Xiao Ou become...
a real abandoned child.
So you can adopt her.
Why would you commit a crime...
in order to save Mu Lian Sheng?
Aren't you afraid of being jailed?
Xiao Ou.
Granny is back.
Look at the bag I bought you.
Xu Zhi.
Where's Xiao Ou?
Xu Zhi.
Where's Xiao Ou?
Xu Zhi.
I've sent her to the welfare home.
Am I a rotter, like the person...
who abandoned me back then?
Xu Zhi.
You have to think thoroughly before making decision about the kid.
Don't make yourself regret.
My ex-husband...
wanted a son.
He asked me to abandon you.
Because of our family, I was in doubt.
Why didn't you abandon me?
There's fate between...
mother and daughter, not choice.
Have you ever felt regret?
All these years,
I have been a burden to you.
It would be a lie...
if I say no.
Every time I see you,
I think,
can I be the mother of this child?
I've been asking myself this.
The staff in Welfare Home even scared me,
saying that this child liked to run away,
she neither looked at people,
nor did she talk a lot.
She shut herself in.
When did you start thinking you're my mother?
Since the day you came,
you always ran away.
You always went to the same place.
Do you remember?
Fun park.
All the pocket money I gave you,
you used it to buy tickets of fun park...
Then I thought,
that was your need.
So I accompanied you.
There was once,
when you saw the Ferris wheel, you started screaming.
We started running.
I asked you as we ran,
what clothes your mother was wearing.
What kind of feature she had.
I fell down.
That was the first time you looked me in my eyes.
When I arrived home,
I thought you were upset.
Because you left immediately.
Then I found out,
you went to buy plasters for me.
Xu Zhi.
From then on,
I told myself,
I'm your only mother...
in this world.
I don't care who's the mother...
in your heart.
Do you understand?
Yi Zhi.
Listen to me.
My mother wants to cut ties with me.
You're the only one I have now.
I don't actually...
know what I did wrong.
I just want to be with you.
I didn't expect to have so much trouble.
Yi Zhi.
Can you not chase me away?
I'm not chasing you away.
You flinched.
My life has always been prearranged.
In which hospital I was born,
which milk powder I consumed,
which school I went,
which piano teacher,
where to work,
I've been accepting all these silently.
Until I met you.
I finally have...
the courage to strive for freedom.
I thought I could at least...
choose which girl to marry.
I thought...
You have been too lucky.
I'm afraid this time...
you'll not be so lucky.
Yi Zhi, I'll surely marry you.
It's just not now.
Can you trust me?
What about the child?
Does his birth require your mother's agreement?
I'll try my best to persuade my mother.
I get it now.
She just wants us to break up.
She doesn't even want the child.
What about you?
Do you want your child?
I don't know.
I really don't know.
You can't...
force me to be the bad guy.
Bad guy?
You've made your choice.
I'll be the bad guy then.
Lin Yi Zhi.
That's not what I mean.
Go.
What's going on?
Argued with Guo Dong?
Mum.
What's marriage?
Don't be afraid.
I'm right here.
[Tong Le Welfare Home]
Mum.
Good girl.
Why are you upset?
Aren't you happy to be with...
your new friends?
Granny Song.
Why can't I have my mum...
and friends at the same time?
Xiao Ou.
It'll be better.
Listen to me.
Everything will be better.
Be good.
Here, get up.
Who am I
To be so miserable
Dashing all the time
But missing out on someone
I want to hug you
And protect you from harm
I want to see you
When you grow up
I want to
Sing for you
Until love no longer
Leaves you
Every inferiority has
Heard its confession
Everything can still make it
With compassion
I want to hug you
And protect you from harm
I want to see you
When you grow up
I want to
Sing for you
Until love no longer
Leaves you