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[The Wanted Detective]

[Episode 21]

What happened?

Tong Shuang and Coroner Feng

went to look for clues about Old Bug,

while I was preparing food for Beiming,

and then I fainted.

I've checked in on her.

She was drugged unconscious.

Sorry,

I should have been more cautious.

It's okay. It's not your fault.

If I find out who did this,

I'll skin them alive.

Could Zhuge Kongyun be behind this?

I was with him the whole time.

He didn't have the chance

or any reason to do this.

Then who did it?

It could only be Old Bug.

Beiming suspected that Huang Wuchang

was kidnapped by someone using poison.

I just asked Zhuge Kongyun

to verify it,

and he was indeed drugged unconscious.

And Old Bug escaped

from Dingfeng Pavilion.

I've thought it through,

and he's the most suspicious.

You're awake.

Wasn't Old Bug

working on the antidote?

Why would he catch Beiming?

Old Bug's words can't be trusted.

Even if he doesn't kill him,

there's still a madman, Huang Wuchang.

If he wants to get back at us...

Calm down.

If they wanted

to end Beiming's life,

they could've killed him here.

Xueman, could you

go ask the Elite Constabulary Unit

or the Secret Investigation Unit

for reinforcements

to help us?

The Secret Investigation Unit

is already looking for Old Bug.

That's great!

The more people searching,

the higher the chance of finding him.

Wait, no.

If Old Bug was the one who caught Beiming,

when the Unit finds Old Bug,

wouldn't Beiming be exposed?

We're running out of time.

Exposed or not,

Beiming can't

hold out that long.

The only solution now

is to find Old Bug

before the Unit does,

rescue Beiming,

and then try to force

Old Bug to detoxify Beiming.

Xueman,

you're our pillar of strength now.

You can't give up easily.

We need to keep finding solutions.

What's the progress

on the Yesha case?

What did you two,

father and son, promise me?

Tell me

your plan.

I didn't do my job well,

failed to crack the Yesha case as promised,

and betrayed your trust.

I deserve death for this failure.

Shut up.

Zhuge Kongyun, I want to hear from you.

The key criminal, Huang Wuchang,

escaped from my custody.

I deserve death for this failure.

I don't want to hear your death wishes!

If you want to die, do it back at your unit!

I want the case solved and Yesha arrested!

I want the truth!

Your Majesty,

I have found clues

about Huang Wuchang's abduction.

It's related to a wandering physician

from Poison Valley

named Old Bug.

This person is also linked to Yesha.

Your Majesty,

please grant me three more days.

I promise I will capture

Old Bug and Huang Wuchang

within three days.

If I fail, I accept immediate execution!

Your pressure points have been sealed.

Stop struggling.

If you wanted to detoxify me,

there was no need to go to such lengths

to bring me here.

Who said I brought you here

to cure you?

Can't I just kill you?

Seems like you lied

to Feng Qingzhuo quite a bit that day.

Yesha told you to do so, huh?

What else do you know?

Only someone using poison could've

kidnapped Huang Wuchang

from the Secret Investigation Unit

without hurting anyone there.

And in this world,

no one else

can wield poison with such mastery

as you.

You told Feng Qingzhuo before

that Yesha hired you,

and that was all.

But you risked

exposing yourself

to take Huang Wuchang away,

which proves your relationship with Yesha

is far from ordinary.

Go on.

Huang Wuchang is just

a madman who knows nothing about medicine.

As important as the red crystal is,

how could Yesha possibly entrust it

to a madman for safekeeping?

I guess

Huang Wuchang is merely an executor.

And you

are the true mastermind

behind the Yellow Heaven cult.

But the Yin-Yang Book is

way too important to you.

For the Book,

you were willing to leak clues about the red crystal,

which led to Huang Wuchang's capture

in Weizhou.

If Yesha hears about it,

he will surely vent his anger on you.

By then, your life

might be in danger.

Therefore, to make amends,

you rescued Huang Wuchang.

You never fail to impress, Xiao Beiming.

You've been Yesha's subordinate the whole time.

What exactly did he order you to do?

You're about to die anyway,

so what's the point

of knowing this?

You have the upper hand,

and I'm at your mercy.

You're right. It's pointless.

But there's

one thing that still confuses me.

Back at Dingfeng Pavilion,

you could have killed me.

Why did you bother

bringing me all the way here?

Could it be

that I'm still useful to you in some way?

I will kill you for sure.

But before you die,

I do have other business to attend to.

What do you mean?

Turns out you don't know enough

about me yet.

In my years in the martial world,

I've always held onto loyalty and faith.

Since I promised to cure you,

I must keep my word.

Most importantly,

the poison in your body

was created by my Senior Wushuang,

that old wretch.

If I can't detoxify you,

wouldn't that be telling everyone

that I've lost to him?

So no matter what,

I must cure you.

Makes sense.

You were right just now.

You destroyed Yellow Heaven

and snatched the red crystal.

Yesha indeed took it out on me.

Saving Huang Wuchang

is nowhere near enough.

I

need to use your life

to save my own.

I get it.

Cure me first

and kill me then.

You can keep both your faith

and your reputation.

You will neither offend Yesha

nor lose your life.

It's quite a perfect solution.

So, have you figured out

how to cure me?

I do have some ideas.

However,

back at your place,

I couldn't give

full play to my techniques

in case your companions would see

and fight me to the death.

Are you going to tie someone else up?

Are you from the Elite Constabulary Unit?

I have something for you.

Where did you get this cloth?

Well...

Tell me

who gave you this cloth.

It was an old man with long hair

who brought a sick young man with him.

He gave me this

and told me to find

a lady in a constable's uniform.

Where is that young man now?

Can you take me to him?

Okay.

Come on.

It's right there.

Are you sure it's here?

Yes.

Here, go buy yourself some candied haws.

Thank you, miss.

Go.

[Mortal World's Pure Land]

Beiming!

Beiming.

Shame on you!

Last time you knocked me out,

while this time I knocked you out.

A blow for a blow.

Fair enough, isn't it?

What are you doing?

I'm detoxifying

your lover.

You should say thank you to me.

Beiming!

Xueman!

Do whatever you want with me,

but let her go!

Old Bug.

Old Bu...

Sir,

please let her go.

Old Bug,

I'm warning you.

If you dare

to do anything to Beiming,

I swear I will kill you!

Come at me.

She's innocent.

If you let her go,

-I will never try to escape. -Old Bug, I told you...

Enough, you two!

Do you even realize your situation?

I'm asked to free

both you and her.

Hey! I'm the kidnapper!

Why should I take orders from you?

Just cut the crap.

Neither of you

is getting away.

What exactly do you want?

Haven't you been wondering

how I'm going to remove

that poison from your body?

Your Junior Xueman is your antidote.

What do you mean?

Blood-exchange therapy.

Have you ever heard of it?

I'll exchange your junior's clean blood

with the poisoned blood in your body.

Whether I can defeat that old wretch

depends on your junior now.

Don't think about tongue-biting suicide.

I've made it pretty clear.

You can only die after your poison is removed.

Don't try to ruin my plan!

What exactly are you trying to do?

What a pair of star-crossed lovers.

But it's okay.

Neither of you will survive today.

At least you won't be lonely on your way to the underworld.

Wait!

What do you want again?

You'll have to wait for your turn.

One at a time. Be patient.

Using blood-exchange therapy to detoxify,

do you really think

you can defeat your senior this way?

What do you mean by that?

If you replace my senior's blood with mine,

will he still be the same person he used to be?

Will he count as a man or a woman?

His poisoned blood might be gone,

but the poison itself will still be there.

You're only deceiving yourself!

When you meet the Unstoppable Old Man in the underworld,

he will only mock you,

jeering at your incompetence

-and your dirty tricks! -Nonsense!

As long as Xiao Beiming is still alive,

it doesn't matter how I do it!

Then go ahead!

Use that therapy,

and you'll never

be able to defeat your senior.

Impossible!

No way!

No way I couldn't

defeat that old wretch!

I will definitely beat him!

I will definitely beat

that old wretch!

Beiming is missing,

and so is Constable Zhong.

I don't know you.

Be quiet!

Who are you?

I told you to be quiet!

Did you hear me?

-Who are you? -Go.

-I won't go with you. -Tong Shuang!

Stop there.

S-Stand still.

What are you doing?

Someone saw Constable Zhong

going with this child

to the western suburbs.

I'll ask you one more time.

Where is that lady?

I don't know.

You don't know?

Stop fooling me!

Tong Shuang,

you're scaring him.

Kid, tell me

if you've seen a lady

with a small golden hammer.

Tell me everything

you know,

okay?

Tell me.

Have you seen her?

Tell me!

Say something!

Alright, alright.

I've asked numerous times.

Relax.

Let's ignore him.

So boy,

what's your name?

My name is Shitou.

Good boy.

Are you hungry, Shitou?

Wait here.

I'll get you something delicious.

Sir.

Here.

Thanks.

Take this.

Eat up.

Thanks to this girl,

I've come up with a method

that I've never tried before.

However,

it is quite risky.

And for you,

the chances of survival are slim.

But I've thought it through.

Even if detoxification fails,

and you die, it doesn't matter!

I'll transfer the poison from your body

to your Junior Xueman

and keep working on a cure.

Anyway,

I will never admit defeat.

Since you think I must die,

at least let me know the truth before I go.

Okay.

After all, you're giving me

a chance to defeat that old wretch.

To repay you,

I'll answer three of your questions.

Who is Yesha?

Don't ask about his identity.

He never shows his true face.

What does Yesha want from you?

Medicine.

Forging red crystal requires obsidian,

corpse oil, and human blood.

That's why I had

Huang Wuchang and his men search for them.

As for what those lunatics want to do,

it's none of my business,

and I don't care.

What's the purpose of making this medicine?

Sir,

you promised to answer three questions of mine.

You can't go back on your word.

Fine.

Then I'll be honest with you.

I'm making a supreme elixir.

Previously,

Huo Zongyao and Chu Guangsha

only consumed

an unfinished version

of this elixir.

Yet it was enough to

send them to their graves.

Upon the completion of this elixir,

the world will change, and the Qi Kingdom will fall.

And I

will become someone

that all poison masters and physicians

throughout the land must look up to.

Alright,

we're done with your three questions.

We can begin now.

Little White Dragon has tried

your acupuncture technique on me.

It didn't work.

Don't compare me

to that useless fool.

The technique I use

is one that even his Master, that old wretch,

wouldn't dare to try.

Then what technique will you use?

Meridian Modification with Golden Needles.

Meridian Modification?

That's right.

The poison in your body

flows through

your meridian channels.

I'll use golden needles

to separate part of your meridians

into obsolete channels,

and then force the poison into those channels.

This way, the poison

will remain in your body,

but you can

survive relying on your other meridians.

Once the Meridian Modification succeeds,

you'll not only regain your internal energy,

but the poison

will also be unable to affect you anymore.

Can something ineffective

still be called poison?

So it'll count

as me beating that old wretch.

Impressive.

Of course it's impressive.

This was developed by me

and his master, that old wretch.

However,

to separate the meridians in the body

is excruciating pain,

barely better than death by a thousand cuts.

I've tried it on many people,

but

none of them survived.

It's not a slim chance of survival;

it's more like

no chance at all.

If there's no chance, why even try?

What if this man

lucks out?

I still have to give it a try.

Just use me for the blood-exchange!

Ignore my previous gibberish!

Use me for the blood-exchange!

Take my blood!

Use my blood!

Use my blood instead!

So annoying.

Old Bug is too despicable,

utilizing a child to cheat.

What a jerk.

Save them.

Tong Shuang, don't be rash.

How about this?

You go back first

and wait for my message.

You must be careful.

Have you found Old Bug

and Huang Wuchang?

When the three days are up,

if we still can't capture these two,

we will certainly be put to death.

Father,

given that situation,

if I hadn't promised His Majesty

a three-day deadline,

we'd probably

have ended up in jail.

I made that promise

not out of impulse.

Someone might be able to help us.

What do you mean?

Don't worry, Father.

There will be news soon.

Can't believe you're still alive.

Everyone who has undergone

this Meridian Modification,

with no exception,

couldn't survive the entire process.

You truly are a tough man

to have pulled through till the end.

The Meridian Modification is done,

and you're still alive.

This means the Blood-freezing Frost

has been controlled by me.

How's that,

old wretch?

See? Old wretch!

You lost!

You lost!

I knew

I could defeat you.

I could definitely beat you.

Brilliant!

I've been waiting for this day

for half my life.

For half my lifetime!

Don't look at me like that.

You should be grateful to me.

I'm the one who cured him.

Oh, no.

I forgot.

You should indeed resent me,

because once I've removed

his poison,

I'll kill him immediately

and send him to hell

for my senior to check it out.

That old wretch.

I've finally beaten you.

I've finally succeeded!

Your internal energy is not bad.

It seems you two are truly in love.

Then I'll grant you both your wish.

I'll kill him first,

and then it's your turn!

Constable Zhong!

Feng Qingzhuo, go check on Beiming.

Beiming!

Save him now!

Beiming! Beiming!

Beiming!

He's still breathing.

Constable Zhong.

Meridian Modification with Golden Needles?

Go.

I need to talk

to Old Bug alone.

You take Beiming back first.

Leave you alone? But...

Don't worry,

he's no match for me.

Old Bug is absolutely insane,

detoxifying by Meridian Modification with Golden Needles.

Now the meridians have been modified,

and the poison has been sealed.

I'm wondering

how Beiming managed to survive this.

So you're saying Beiming is fine?

That's good news.

You should be happy.

It'll be fine if he wakes up.

I'm just afraid...

I'm afraid...

W-What are you afraid of?

I'm afraid that Beiming won't come around.

Won't come around?

Didn't you say he was detoxified?

As far as I know,

no one has ever survived the Meridian Modification

with Golden Needles.

Then hurry and do something

to save him!

There's nothing we can do.

It depends on him now.

How can he help himself?

He can't even get up right now!

How is he supposed to save himself?

Take all these medicines you have,

and let's figure out a way.

Let's try

to save Beiming, okay?

Let's give it a try, huh?

If I could save him, I would have already.

The only thing we can do now

is believe in him.

Beiming survived such a treacherous procedure

as Meridian Modification with Golden Needles.

It means that God blesses him.

He still has Xueman

and so many things to take care of.

I believe he will wake up.

No, I need to meet Constable Zhong.

She's still

staying with Old Bug.

As cunning and skilled

in poison as Old Bug is,

the Secret Investigation Unit

certainly can't protect her.

I'd turn to the Elite Constabulary Unit.

Hold on.

You're too slow.

You guys guard Beiming,

I'll go.

Chief.

Come in.

Chief, Young Master.

Something's up with the Elite Constabulary Unit.

Fang Tianzheng has taken several men

to the western suburbs.

You're at my mercy now,

and I also have three questions for you.

If you tell me the truth,

when we return to the Elite Constabulary Unit,

I can ensure

you suffer less.

First question.

Where is Huang Wuchang now?

Second question.

What is Yesha up to

with those elixirs he asked you to make?

Third question.

Who is Yesha?

Come closer.

I'll tell you.

Come.

The key criminal is here!

Surround the Yaksha Temple immediately!

Fang Yin, take people this way.

Tong Shuang, lead your men that way.

-Okay. -Hurry!

Chief Fang!

Want all the credit for yourself?

Isn't that a bit too greedy?

Chief Zhuge,

you're quite eager to steal the credit!

Elite Constabulary Unit, make the arrest!

Yes!

Secret Investigation Unit, move!

Yes, sir!

Come on, keep up!

What on earth happened?

I have no idea either.

I didn't kill that man.

That's a groundless claim!

At the scene,

there were only you and Old Bug.

What?

Did Old Bug

set himself on fire?

Chief, when we captured Old Bug,

I was there too.

It was Constable Zhong

who sent me back to the Elite Constabulary Unit for help.

Besides, Old Bug was

completely subdued at that time.

Constable Zhong had no reason

to kill him.

If he was subdued,

why didn't you bring him back to our unit?

Now we have no evidence.

What now?

How do we handle this?

Uncle, Zhong Xueman is

indeed rude and aggressive.

But I don't think she'd kill anyone.

Right, Feng?

Yes.

Chief,

I believe Xueman

would never commit murder.

Your trust in her means nothing!

Without evidence,

the Secret Investigation Unit won't let this go!

According to your statement,

[Honest, Wise, Magnanimous, Insightful]

you were first drugged unconscious by Old Bug.

When you were in a coma,

someone killed Old Bug

and framed you for it.

But where's your evidence?

If I had evidence,

would I be here

being interrogated by you?

Insolent!

Zhong Xueman, don't think that

just because your father was the King of Constables,

you can do whatever you want!

Listen,

you are now a murder suspect

and must confess truthfully.

Chief Zhuge.

Chief Zhuge,

I'm not covering

for my own subordinate.

All the evidence now indicates

that Constable Zhong committed the murder.

At the crime scene,

there's no evidence suggesting

that anyone else

was there to kill Old Bug.

But

what would be Zhong Xueman's

motive for killing Old Bug?

And after killing someone,

she didn't flee the scene.

She just stayed there,

waiting for you to arrest her.

That doesn't make any sense.

Don't all these inconsistencies

suggest

that someone framed Constable Zhong

for this crime?

Framed her?

Where's your evidence?

Everything requires evidence.

It could very likely be Huang Wuchang!

Huang Wuchang just escaped

from your Secret Investigation Unit.

Then this incident happened immediately.

The timing matches, right?

Huang Wuchang hated Constable Zhong for arresting him,

so he wanted revenge.

That's a motive, right?

Nonsense.

If Huang Wuchang were there,

why wouldn't he just

kill Constable Zhong directly,

instead of killing Old Bug?

Go back.

Chief Fang, stop making excuses.

The suspect is a constable from the Elite Constabulary Unit.

To avoid any bias,

this case should be handed over

to the Secret Investigation Unit.

No way.

How could we allow

the Secret Investigation Unit

to forcibly take over our case?

This case is connected to the Yesha case,

so it should rightfully be handed over to our unit.

Whether it's connected to Yesha

is not proven with evidence.

Don't be so stubborn.

Chief Fang, if you still refuse to hand over the suspect,

I'll have no choice but to report to His Majesty

and let him order you to hand her over.

The innocent have nothing to fear.

Since I'm a suspect,

I can go to jail

and give you time to find evidence.

But I'll say it again.

I didn't kill anyone.

Take her away.

-Yes. -Yes.

-What? -What are you doing?

Stop!

Tong Shuang!

Step back!

This is the Elite Constabulary Unit.

We have our own rules here.

You have no right to take action.

Everyone, stand down!

Put it down.

Put it down!

Everyone, put your weapons down!

[Honest, Wise, Magnanimous, Insightful]

Why is she still standing here?

Take her away.

Yes, sir.

Chief Fang,

are we really letting them take her away?

[Honest, Wise, Magnanimous, Insightful]

Tong Shuang!

Where is Constable Zhong?

Old Bug is dead.

Constable Zhong was taken away by the Secret Investigation Unit.

Dead?

Then will Constable Zhong

be in danger?

In the hands of those Zhuge

senior and junior jerks,

I'm afraid she's in real trouble.

Go in.

Beiming,

how are you doing now?

♪ I wish ♪

♪ I could bring a glimmer to your eyes ♪

♪ It's a wish I dare not say out loud ♪

♪ If gentle feelings ♪

♪ Could become a thousand thoughts of longing ♪

♪ I'd write them into a silent song ♪

Xueman.

♪ If I could spend years with you ♪

♪ Feeling the passage of time ♪

♪ I'd fall for you before I even know ♪

Beiming, you're awake!

♪ If you ask ♪

Not only is the poison gone now,

♪ What's hardest to escape in this world ♪

but my martial powers

have also fully recovered.

Really?

♪ It's the longing that lingers in my eyes ♪

Yeah!

If you don't believe me, I'll show you.

♪ I wish I could be ♪

♪ A star that stays by your side day and night ♪

♪ Being there for you every time you look back ♪

♪ I wish my longing ♪

♪ Could stay hidden behind silent lips ♪

♪ And drift away in a swaying boat ♪

♪ I hope this life ♪

♪ Brings you peace through all your days ♪

♪ While my heart tells the stories of passing years ♪

♪ I won't regret traveling thousands of miles ♪

♪ If in the end, I can hold your hand until we're old ♪

♪ Hold your hand until we're old ♪

How's that, Xueman?

♪ I wish my longing ♪

♪ Could stay hidden behind silent lips ♪

Xueman?

♪ And drift away in a swaying boat ♪

Xueman.

♪ I hope this life ♪

♪ Brings you peace through all your days ♪

Beiming!

Beiming.

Beiming, you're awake.

Beiming, you're awake.

Where is Xueman?

Beiming.

Come on.

Did something happen to Xueman?

Beiming, you've just

survived Meridian Modification with Golden Needles.

You're fortunate to have regained consciousness.

Your priority now is to rest well for recovery.

Just don't worry

about anything else for now.

Is Xueman in danger?

Tell me.

Constable Zhong was taken away by the Secret Investigation Unit.

♪ Yesha ♪

♪ Don't be daunted by what you see ♪

♪ Draw your sword out ♪

♪ When black and white reversed ♪

♪ You must've shown up ♪

♪ All the former prejudices against me ♪

♪ All the rumors about me ♪

♪ I have no intent to confute them ♪

♪ As I open my eyes, nothing can escape ♪

♪ My sight ♪

♪ Dragons growl ♪

♪ Tigers roar ♪

♪ But that can't scare me ♪

♪ I am born ♪

♪ Arrogant ♪

♪ Arrows are shot ♪

♪ Horses gallop ♪

♪ Leaves whirl in the wind ♪

♪ Swoosh ♪

♪ Swoosh ♪

♪ Howl ♪

♪ Let the blades ♪

♪ Cut through the wind ♪

♪ Hide the swords ♪

♪ In the snow ♪

♪ I dash forward, unfazed by death ♪

♪ I won't drop my iron halberd till I die ♪

♪ I talk to you, laughing ♪

♪ With my back against the window ♪

♪ Romances are stashed ♪

♪ In my sleeves ♪

♪ Time is what I carve ♪

♪ Wounds with ♪

♪ I'll wait till I win ♪

♪ Before having a feast ♪

♪ Let the borderless land be burned by my passion and blood at the end ♪

♪ Look at this bustling world ♪

♪ Smiling, I doubt who ♪

♪ Has the guts ♪

♪ To shoulder the responsibility ♪

♪ Of defending the country ♪

♪ Of upholding justice ♪

♪ I'll be the blade to end all the injustices ♪

♪ Even if I die ♪

♪ My spirit will stay to repel all the evil away ♪

♪ Turn a deaf ear to the sound of the wind sweeping through the woods ♪

♪ Whose knives, whose swords ♪

♪ Are hurting people from behind? ♪

♪ Some are proud ♪

♪ Some are arrogant ♪

♪ Some repay kindness with hatred ♪

♪ Don't be cocky ♪

♪ Karma is true ♪

♪ Cross the sea of bitterness and break the barriers of sins ♪

♪ Among blades and flames, I smile on the battlefield ♪

♪ Don't ask who I am— just draw your sword out ♪

♪ Yesha ♪

♪ Don't be daunted by what you see ♪

♪ Draw your sword out ♪

♪ When black and white reversed ♪

♪ You must've shown up ♪

♪ All the former prejudices against me ♪

♪ All the rumors about me ♪

♪ I have no intent to confute them ♪

♪ As I open my eyes, nothing can escape ♪

♪ My sight ♪

♪ Dragons growl ♪

♪ Tigers roar ♪

♪ But that can't scare me ♪

♪ I am born ♪

♪ Arrogant ♪

♪ Arrows are shot ♪

♪ Horses gallop ♪

♪ Leaves whirl in the wind ♪

♪ Swoosh ♪

♪ Swoosh ♪

♪ Howl ♪

♪ Let the blades ♪

♪ Cut through the wind ♪

♪ Hide the swords ♪

♪ In the snow ♪

♪ I dash forward, unfazed by death ♪

♪ I won't drop my iron halberd till I die ♪

♪ I talk to you, laughing ♪

♪ With my back against the window ♪

♪ Romances are stashed ♪

♪ In my sleeves ♪

♪ Time is what I carve ♪

♪ Wounds with ♪

♪ I'll wait till I win ♪

♪ Before having a feast ♪

♪ Let the borderless land be burned by my passion and blood at the end ♪

♪ Look at this bustling world ♪

♪ Smiling, I doubt who ♪

♪ Has the guts ♪

♪ To shoulder the responsibility ♪

♪ Of defending the country ♪

♪ Of upholding justice ♪

♪ I'll be the blade to end all the injustices ♪

♪ Even if I die ♪

♪ My spirit will stay to repel all the evil away ♪

♪ Turn a deaf ear to the sound of the wind sweeping through the woods ♪

♪ Whose knives, whose swords ♪

♪ Are hurting people from behind? ♪