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Boss, is it this one?

I told you, the biggest one.

The biggest one.

Eight people?

There's no private room available.

Would you mind sitting in the dining hall?

OK, I'll give you a discount.

Madam.

Where are our dishes?

They're being cooked.

Please wait a minute.

The private room has gotten several dishes.

What can we do with just one cold dish?

The private room is booked in advance.

How about this?

Call me next time.

I'll prepare everything for you in advance.

Then you can have your dinner early.

I'll place the order and rush the dishes for you.

OK. Hurry up, Madam.

OK.

Bing.

Everyone is still the same.

We gather every year.

We're all waiting for you to come back.

None of you have changed.

Really?

My hair all turned grey.

I dyed it today just to meet you.

Where is Xu?

His father-in-law arranged a post

in the insurance company for him.

He's busy.

Busy my foot.

He's climbed up the social ladder.

He looks down on us now.

Enough.

What are you talking about?

Captain Cheng,

Sr. Captain Pan asked me to say hello to you.

What Sr. Captain Pan?

If he hadn't kicked Captain Cheng when he was down,

Captain Cheng wouldn't have suffered for so many years.

I think he was just jealous of the 3rd Squad,

so he fanned the flames to hurt us on purpose.

Shitou,

don't think the worst of people.

The braised turtle is here.

Great, Liao.

You've spent a lot.

Does your wife agree?

Do I need her permission?

I'm the master of our family.

Try it.

My cooking skills have improved a lot over these years.

Sit down.

Liao.

I've already poured the wine for you.

Come on.

I brought a box of good wine today.

We must finish it all.

Look.

Mr. Cai has deep pockets now.

Are you mocking me?

Today, I'll take advantage of Liao's place

to welcome our Captain Cheng.

Here's my two cents.

First,

welcome back, Captain Cheng.

We're so happy.

Second,

seeing Captain Cheng still being so spirited,

We're even happier,

aren't we?

Yes.

Come on.

Cheers.

Bottoms up!

Come on.

Happy!

Captain Cheng, drink slowly.

I'm OK. I just drank too fast.

No hurry. Let's drink till dawn.

If the wine is not enough,

I'll ask someone to deliver more.

I'd like to propose a toast, too.

I...

I let you guys down.

I let Uncle Seven down.

I'm sorry

to the 3rd Squad.

OK. Take a seat.

Sit down.

If you propose a toast like this,

none of us dare drink this cup of wine.

Who's sorry to whom?

Everyone knows

what happened back then.

Who was to blame?

It was just our bad luck. No one was to blame.

And if we're really talking about this,

it should be that we let you down.

Yeah.

You've been in jail for us these ten years.

No.

No one was in jail for anyone.

It was the trouble I caused on impulse.

I have to bear the consequences.

Because of me,

you've been stripped of your police uniform.

I feel...

I feel bad.

Captain Cheng,

don't feel bad.

We are all doing very well now.

Take Shitou for example.

He used to work overtime every day.

His girlfriend wanted to break up with him, and he even cried for this.

Now,

he changes girlfriends frequently.

He's almost morally questionable!

Really?

No.

How can you accuse me of being morally questionable?

It's as the poem goes: "Love is dear, but freedom is dearer."

Bin, why don't you try "freedom" for a change?

No, no, I choose "life."

To be honest,

every time I worked overnight before,

my wife was worried about me.

Now, whenever I stay up late,

it only means my restaurant is doing well.

Now Chen Xiuli

wants me to stay up late every day.

I'm losing all my hair.

She doesn't care at all.

Don't listen to their complaints.

They are all fine.

They are either getting promoted or getting rich.

And Ying.

Last year,

she was promoted to Captain.

I, Ma,

will be retired as a first-class supervisor

in a few months.

In short,

as a detective,

as long as

you are safe,

it's the best.

Yes.

Safety is more important than anything else.

Yes.

Captain Cheng,

these years, we've been living a comfortable life outside.

You're the only one who had a hard time.

This

is to Captain Cheng.

Yes.

To Captain Cheng.

Ma calls me Bing.

You can call me Bro Bing or Cheng Bing in the future.

Call me anything.

But the 3rd Squad is gone,

and there's no Captain Cheng.

Who said the 3rd Squad is gone?

We are the 3rd Squad.

The 3rd Squad is us.

You are back now, Bro.

You are still our Captain Cheng. Am I right?

Yes!

Come on. To Captain Cheng!

To Captain Cheng.

To Captain Cheng.

When we were in the squad,

whenever I did something wrong,

a look of Captain Cheng would make me shudder.

You're fully capable of being a manager.

There'll be no problem at all.

I appreciate your kindness.

But don't worry about me.

I'm doing well at Liuzi's place.

As long as the car is clean, everything's fine.

In your restaurant, there are too many people and things to deal with.

I'm disconnected from society.

I'll only cause you trouble if I work here.

You misunderstood me.

We didn't say Liuzi's place was no good.

But I'm really short of hands now.

Let's just settle it.

Yeah!

OK. Good.

It's a deal.

It's settled, really.

There will be no problem, understand?

Who are you?

I'm asking you. Who are you?

Are you in the wrong room?

Wait. Wait. Who are you looking for?

I know you guys.

How brazen are you to eat and drink here?

Shitou!

Shitou, don't touch him.

This is Zhao Xiaomai's father.

My daughter has been dead for ten years.

You still haven't caught that beast.

How brazen are you to eat and drink here?

Shameless!

Can you live with some integrity?

I beg you.

Get some integrity!

Shame on you!

It's been ten years.

Ten years.

Ten years.

Ten years!

It's been ten years.

Slow down.

Xiuli.

Thank you, Liao.

We're leaving, Xiuli. Thank you.

Captain Cheng, don't go home tonight.

Just stay here.

Don't go. Don't go.

How about this?

No.

Let's drive home together.

Don't worry about me.

No.

I want to take a walk by myself.

It's OK.

Take the leftover wine.

Where are you going?

Bing.

No need.

You can go on drinking if you want.

I'm leaving.

Do you think Captain Cheng has changed?

He used to have eyes

as sharp as an eagle.

I observed just now.

His eyes are glazed now.

But he still remembers Zhao Yang.

Ten years.

How many ten years do you have in a lifetime?

Bro.

Why are you sitting here at this hour?

Do you have a cigarette?

You've quit smoking. Don't smoke.

You'll feel ill.

What's wrong with you?

I'm fine.

I just feel suffocated.

My mom once said

there was nothing in this world that couldn't be solved by a night of good sleep.

Uncle Seven once said,

"There's no need to sleep too long when you're living

because you'll fall into an eternal sleep after death."

Bro,

Tomb-Sweeping Day has just passed.

Let's not talk about life and death all the time.

Let's

say something else.

It's creepy.

Death is not scary.

The scariest thing is that someone is dead,

but he couldn't lie in peace.

Lin Ying.

Sr. Captain Pan.

How's your investigation of the body source going?

I've checked every police station and community

but didn't find any missing person

that matches the body.

After all, he's been dead for eight to ten years.

No one reported it then.

It's harder to find any clues now.

How are things going

with the pager and the tech department?

They're still trying to find a way.

It's been corroded badly.

Contact the newspaper

to publish a corpse claiming notice

and see if we can find any other clues.

Understood.

Cheng Bing...

Did you see him?

Yes.

How is he?

Pretty good.

He hasn't seen everybody for a long time.

He was quite emotional.

Didn't he...

say anything else?

Help him get integrated into society.

How about I ask Bing

to have dinner together with us?

No need.

What happened?

Bro.

The street office wants us to go there together.

What for?

We are all released from the jail.

We are the key targets of the street office's help and education programs.

I guess they're going to lecture us again.

Don't stand there. Sit down.

Come on, sit.

Zhang, hand out the souvenirs

to everyone.

The Olympic Games are around the corner.

Let's share the joy.

Yes.

Hand them out.

Take a look at the gifts.

While you're doing that,

I'd like to say something to you.

The Beijing Olympics

will be held soon.

The whole country

is promoting the spirit of the Olympics.

Ningzhou can't fall behind on it.

Right?

We should

proactively promote the spirit of volunteering.

I thought we'd be lectured.

They are giving out gifts instead.

I hope you can all

show the enthusiasm of the Ningzhou people.

Cheng Bing.

Yes.

Come with me.

Did Bro Bing break the law again?

What could he do?

He's in our shop every day. What could he possibly do?

Chief Zhou.

Cheng Bing is here.

What?

Don't you recognize me?

Chief Zhou.

I heard you had an event here,

so I came to see you.

Thank you, Chief Zhou.

Have you found your feet?

Have you

met Ma yet?

We had dinner together.

I didn't expect

the result of that thing back then to be like that.

The leaders of the Provincial Department went especially to Beijing

- to coordinate with the Supreme Procuratorate. - It's all in the past.

Chief Zhou.

Everyone is fine now.

Whether you're good,

I know very well in my heart.

It's not for nothing else today.

I just came to see you.

If you have any plans for the future,

tell me

whenever you need me.

Thank you, Chief Zhou.

I'll leave you to it.

Thank you for visiting me.

I'll be off now.

Cheng Bing.

You were a good cop.

Uncle Seven,

tell me, in the eyes of others,

am I a good person

or a bad person?

What do you think?

OK, stop talking. OK.

Relax.

I know I'm a good person.

But after all, I've been in jail for ten years.

I'm no longer

the old Captain of the 3rd Squad who solved many cases.

I was humiliated

and got the 3rd Squad to be finished.

I'm no longer myself anymore.

I know.

You want me to live a good life, right?

Bro, you're back.

Someone is looking for you.

He's been waiting for you in the room for a long time.

Bro Bing.

We had a gathering yesterday.

They said you couldn't come back from a business trip.

You're quite busy?

I'm busy for nothing.

It's good to be busy.

It means your life has bright prospects.

How is your family?

They're fine.

When you are not busy,

let's gather together again. We can have a blast.

Actually,

I didn't go on a business trip.

I just didn't want to go.

I could imagine

what they would say at the dinner table.

I don't want to hear about the past times

or the 3rd Squad.

I understand.

I hurt you guys.

You did.

Bro Bing.

Do you know?

I cried my eyes out when I took off my uniform.

I was the only one

who wore a police uniform in our village.

On the day my period of probation ended,

I slept with my police uniform in my arms.

This is called "wearing official clothes" in my hometown.

It's highly respected.

Even my parents

became more assertive than before.

Those...

Those who had looked down on our family in the past

became polite.

That uniform

means power to others.

It means dignity for our family.

After the accident,

my mom asked me about it, crying.

She said,

"You didn't hit anyone.

Why are you dismissed from the police?"

I didn't know how to answer her.

All those years, I really didn't understand.

I got you into trouble.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.

It's all in the past.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to see you today.

The 3rd Squad is gone,

but we still have to live on.

We have to live well, too.

Right?

The 3rd Squad is gone,

but our buddies are still there.

You still should come to the gatherings.

True.

When the accident just happened,

we gathered several times.

Then, I stopped participating in it.

It's because I couldn't stand...

I couldn't stand their drunk self-amusement.

They boasted about the cases they solved back then.

They were so cynical.

They'd only be immersed

in the memory of the past glory of the 3rd Squad.

They always talked about the past.

But did they have a trace of the past in them?

To be honest,

I despise them.

Xu,

they are not what you think.

They are not?

Liao Jian is just a greasy cook now.

Cai Bin carries his briefcase every day,

pretending to be a big boss.

But everyone knows his success only relied on his wife.

And Shitou.

He's flirting with girl after girl all day.

Where is that policeman back then?

Once I asked them...

I said,

"Have you ever thought about

Wang Dayong who's still at large?"

None of them answered.

It was as if it had nothing to do with them.

Since then,

I realized

that without that uniform,

they lost their aspirations, too.

Bro Bing.

If you knew that punch

would lead to this,

would you still do it?

In life,

there's no if.

Bro Bing.

Is your stomach OK today?

Yes.

I don't know what I ate wrong today.

I've been having loose bowels all day.

The whole city was on lockdown last night.

Wang Dayong dumped his van here

because the situation is complex in the “village in the city.”

It's convenient for him to hide.

What's wrong, Bro Bing? What are you looking for?

Nothing.

It has nothing to do with me anyway.

Now that you have a new ID card,

you need to go on the right path

and do what is right in the future. Understand?

Wash my car.

OK.

Bro Bing.

Bro Bing!

Liuzi, how kind you are.

You just let Bro Bing work for you in this shabby shop?

Yes, my conditions are limited.

But besides my place,

I don't see any of you big shots from the 3rd Squad

provide him a living

or a roof over his head.

Say it again.

What? You don't like to hear the truth?

Now listen.

You're just a taxi driver now.

Understand?

If you dare to make trouble, I'll call the police.

Understand?

What?

Bro.

Bing, what are you doing?

How can I let you wash my car?

If you keep making a scene,

I won't even be able to wash cars anymore.

Bro,

you didn't answer my call the other day.

Bin proposed today

to gather together at Liao's place.

I can't make it.

Just the three of us. No one else.

Let's have a drink.

I really have something to do.

Maybe another day.

Don't...

I have something to do.

Move aside. Give it to me.

Why fight to work?

I'll call him in.

Is it appropriate?

We're both fathers.

I understand his feelings.

Thank you.

Zhao.

You're already here.

Just come in and join us.

No, thanks.

I just want to take a look.

I'll leave you alone.

Cheng,

you've already missed many of her birthdays.

You can't miss it this time.

He's here.

Come in.

Tong, happy birthday.

Tong.

Here, Cheng.

Sit down.

Wenfang,

pour some wine for Cheng.

Here.

Here.

Daddy, who is he?

This is Uncle Cheng,

a good friend of Daddy and Mommy's,

and also your sister's good friend.

I see.

Come on, Cheng.

Let's wish Tong a happy birthday together.

She'll be a sophomore soon.

May

our daughter

make progress in her studies

and all her wishes come true!

Cheers.

Tong, clink.

OK, let's clink.

Hold it steady.

Have some food, Cheng.

You guys eat.

I'll be back soon.

I'm done.

I'm going home to do my homework.

Tong.

Tong!

Come back.

You can't behave like that.

You're a big girl now. Don't be so willful.

Tong.

Today is your birthday.

No matter who comes, they're here to send you their best wishes.

I think we are good now.

We are happy.

I don't need wishes from such a person.

What are you talking about?

After all, he's your...

He was not long ago.

Where was he when we needed him?

Besides an unbearable past,

what did he do for us all these years?

Because of him,

I have had no friends since I was young.

Because of him,

we've been moving all the time.

Because of him,

you always cried alone in the middle of the night.

When I saw him at school,

I didn't dare to recognize him.

Do you know humiliated I felt at that moment?

I hated myself back then.

But what can I do?

I can't let our life

slip back to the nightmare we had before.

When I was little, I thought he was a hero.

When I grew up,

I found heroes only exist in children's fairytales.

Dad, did you catch the bad guy?

Of course.

My dad is a hero. You are so great, Dad.

When I was little, I thought he was a hero.

When I grew up,

I found heroes only exist in children's fairytales.

Bro Bing.

Why don't you take a rest? Let me do it.

Liu.

Look at him. Why don't you talk to him?

Bro.

What should we do?

What do you mean? We'll just watch.

I need to go out.

Sr. Captain Pan,

the signal of the pager's chip has been restored.

- Then his time of death... - Sr. Captain Pan.

Zhao Yang is here.

Zhao Yang is here?

He comes here on this date every year.

Ask him to come here.

It's different this time.

He hung a cardboard sign on his chest

and stood at the gate.

Stop filming.

Go home.

There's nothing to see.

Dismiss, everyone.

Go to work.

Stop watching.

Go away.

Leave.

Stop filming.

Sir,

whatever it is, we can talk about it.

You being like this

will have a bad influence.

You're disrupting public order.

Let's remove the sign first.

Be good.

Don't touch me.

Do you really think I dare not arrest you?

Who are you?

You're disrupting law enforcement.

Hands off!

That's assaulting the police, do you know?

I'll arrest you, too!

Tell Pan Dahai to come out.

What are you doing?

Tell Pan Dahai to come out.

Cheng Bing.

Stop filming.

Put it away.

Stop filming. Dismiss.

Go home.

Go.

Put your phones away.

Did you come here with him?

I came to talk to you.

I just ran into him by accident.

Zhao,

whatever it is, let's talk inside.

Don't make a scene out here at the gate.

What else can we talk about inside?

Will you tell me you still haven't caught him?

Will you tell me

you're still pursuing him?

It's been ten years.

You've caught so many criminals in the major cases,

but you can't catch a little Wang Dayong?

Are you fooling me?

Don't you feel ashamed of the uniforms you're wearing?

All these years,

what have you done to solve this case?

Detective Pan,

is it that you can't catch him

or that you didn't go catch him at all?