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[The Knockout]

[Episode 8]

Brother.

I'm back.

I bought two cabbages

from Mrs. Ma.

Come.

Come here.

Hurry up.

You made this?

Yes.

What is it for?

Self-protection.

Destroy it.

I can make a new one.

Then tell Dad and Mom.

Have you gone insane after studying too hard?

Sheng,

you've been the top student in your grade

since you started going to school.

Why on earth did you waste your time

on making something like this?

Do you have a death wish?

Since I was little,

you've been supporting this family.

Lan and I wouldn't be where we are today without you.

Brother, I just want to help you.

Shut up!

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Your signal is spotty.

Change your damn phone.

I sell this brand of phone.

I'll keep using it.

You have an issue with that?

I don't have time for this nonsense.

Let's meet tomorrow.

You decide the place.

Then let's go to a crowded place.

Okay.

But now,

the police are watching me.

You have to find a way to distract them.

Why should I do that for you?

Why should I distract the police for you?

Then I'll bring them to meet you.

You'll be in a lot of trouble

by that time.

Xu Jiang, I dare you!

Brother, it's Xu Jiang, right?

Shut up.

It's just distracting the police.

I can do that.

Sheng, don't say it.

At 2: 30 tomorrow afternoon.

-let him… -Shut up.

Don't say it.

2: 30.

Listen to me.

From now on,

don't meddle in

my affairs anymore.

I'll keep this for now.

I'll decide

when to use it.

Call Xu Jiang tomorrow.

Ask him to meet you

at Old Factory Street at 2: 30.

There's a railway behind that street.

The yellow light of the signals there

lasts for a long time.

There's a ferry leaving at 3: 15.

You can talk there.

Are the police on your tail?

Yes.

Like a dog after meat.

Go to Old Factory Street.

Old Factory Street.

Yes, Brother.

Arrive at 2: 30 sharp.

I come by an imported BMW.

I'll be there within ten minutes.

I don't care whether you come by a BMW

or by foot.

Just make sure you arrive at 2: 30.

Don't be early.

Don't be late.

Brother, what should we do now?

Drive slowly.

Show the police around.

Yes.

I'm here.

A train will pass the crossing

before the factory at 2: 30.

After the traffic light turns yellow,

before that bar falls,

you drive past the crossing.

What?

The train will crash into me.

The train is very slow.

Your BMW is faster than it.

[Red for stop. No lights for out-of-service.]

Rush over when the train comes.

Yes, Brother.

Go!

He's going to break through the bar. Go after him.

You're a genius.

What a good place you've found.

Just cut to the chase.

We're in big trouble.

What do you mean?

The man who hired you

to kill my son

was killed by me.

I made an unwise decision

to let his wife and son go.

Now the police have found them

and want to take them back to Jinghai.

What does that have to do with me?

If the police investigate his death,

you'll be exposed.

Let me repeat this.

Your son's death was an accident.

I didn't kill him.

But you were paid.

Close down your crappy shop.

What do you want?

The police

are going to send that woman back.

All the details are there.

When they will leave,

what transportation they will take,

where they'll drop her, and which road they will take.

I don't care how you do it.

Just don't let that woman

return to Jinghai alive.

How did you know

the police's plan?

Do you think only you have connections?

If I help you,

will we be even?

I never thought

I'd be making a deal with someone like you.

Fine.

If you succeed, I'll return Tang Xiaohu to you.

If you want us to be even,

bring that thing to me.

What if you have a change of heart

after I give it to you?

You wouldn't

give that stuff to me

because you actually don't have it, right?

Take a guess.

I'm serious here.

I understand that you want to stay alive,

but take this advice from me.

Don't keep copies of that recording.

Otherwise,

how many copies you keep

will be how many people around you

I'll kill.

Xu Jiang, I'm warning you.

If you dare to harm my family again,

I'll burn your whole family to death.

What?

Okay.

Come with me.

If anyone asks to see me

in the next few days,

let me know immediately.

-Okay. -You have my number.

Get in.

We'll arrive

at around eight pm.

Okay.

Madam, keep your safety belt fastened on the road.

Stay safe.

-Okay. Don't worry. -Bye.

Where are you?

Okay.

Master,

I've got off the highway.

In an hour and a half,

I'll arrive at the bureau.

Okay.

Move a bit to the left.

I wasn't talking to you.

Okay.

OK.

An Xin.

The road is slippery on rainy days. Drive slowly.

Don't worry.

How are things going on with Xu Jiang?

Our men are watching him.

He and his underlings

are all staying at home.

Okay. See you soon.

She's not here.

She's not here.

Find her.

Are you crazy?

You...

What are you doing?

Hurry up.

Go.

Behind you.

[Exit]

Deputy Director An, they arrived safe and sound.

Okay. Well done.

After the handover,

go back and rest.

Okay.

This way.

[Jinghai Station]

Did we run into the wrong car?

Now that we failed,

will they still let Xiaohu go?

Why did you save him?

There had been bad blood

between Xu Jiang and my husband.

He kept using

despicable tricks

to drive us out of the market.

So,

I was not surprised

to know that he killed my husband.

You said Xu Jiang killed your husband.

Do you have any evidence?

My husband had a driver

who worked for him for many years.

On the day he died,

the driver was driving for him.

It should be him

who betrayed my husband.

If we can find the driver,

everything will come to light.

Where is

that driver now?

He's hiding.

Hiding?

Why don't you think

he was kidnapped

or killed?

Officer,

do you think

I just cried at home every day

after my husband died?

I know where he is.

Where is he?

Where is An Xin?

On the way here.

He'll be here soon.

Then let's wait until he arrives.

I only trust him.

Madam,

you can trust us too.

Then why did I

take the train back today?

Master.

Where are you?

I was attacked.

What?

Are you hurt?

Not seriously.

Probably a mild concussion.

Are you safe now?

Tell me where you are.

I'll send someone to you right away.

Tell me where you are.

Master.

I lost my gun.

Where is the gun?

I didn't find it.

An Xin,

go back now.

Get a check-up in the hospital.

Take a CT scan.

You're

getting in the way here.

Do you hear me?

It's an order!

I lost my gun.

I won't be able to take orders

from you anymore.

We'll find it.

What if we won't?

We can definitely find it.

An Xin,

if you still

take me as your superior,

do what I said

and go to the hospital now.

Worrying about it is useless.

If we can't find the gun,

I might as well

resign too.

All right. Get in the car.

Come.

Let's go.

Come.

Where did you get it?

I picked it up just now.

It's An Xin's gun.

You'll land him in hot water, you know?

Why did you take his gun?

We need a gun to get rid of Xu Jiang.

I'll find a way to get rid of him.

You think

you can save Xiaohu

with this gun you stole, right?

But the police will search for this gun

and then find you and Xiaohu.

We'll all be doomed.

Are you out of your mind?

What should we do now?

Dispose of this gun

right now.

Throw it away as far as you can.

Do you hear me?

Through security footage,

we found out the plate number of the car

[Clues about the missing gun]

which caused the accident.

But this car

was reported missing two days ago.

We've checked the owner.

He has perfect alibis.

Also, he is not an acquaintance

of the suspect

under investigation

How is An Xin?

He is still in the hospital

getting his wounds treated.

But he provided

an important clue.

When An Xin fought

with the suspect,

he got

the suspect's skin

under his nails.

The forensic doctor is running a test to determine the identity.

Thanks to An Xin,

we found Chen Shuting

who is a very important clue.

This is

a huge breakthrough in cracking the case.

Sir.

Aren't you supposed to be in the hospital?

I got something important to report.

Go ahead.

I suspect...

I suspect

that there's a traitor

among us.

An Xin,

be careful with what you said.

Let him talk.

Xu Jiang

knew exactly

when my car would appear on that road.

They were waiting there

to crash into me.

If

Chen Shuting and her son

had been in my car,

the consequence would've been disastrous.

Have you ever thought about that?

Has any of you

ever considered that possibility?

Are you suspecting

that one of us leaked our plan

to Xu Jiang beforehand?

I'm not suspecting.

I'm sure of it.

So I wonder

if it's possible

that we start an internal review right now

to rule out the mole.

We need to solve our own problems first

so that we can cut off

the contact

between Xu Jiang and his source.

Only then can Chen Shuting

cooperate with us.

No.

The government has been struggling

to restore order in Jinhai.

The Public Security Bureau is taking a lead in that mission.

Even the Municipal Committee are watching us.

If we start an internal review now,

it will make things harder for us

than they already are.

Have you forgotten

your lost gun?

That's exactly

what I'm trying to fix now.

Cut the crap.

You think we can't crack the case

without Chen Shuting?

There are thousands of us here.

We don't just sit on our asses.

Li Xiang.

Take him back to the hospital.

He needs a good rest.

I can go back by myself.

Shut up!

You won't come back to work

until your gun is found.

Brother.

Let me help you.

I'm old. I'd better smoke less.

Yes.

You're right.

What's the matter?

Do you know

that the police have found Chen Shuting?

No.

They escorted her back several days ago.

I don't think

that woman

can keep my secret.

She may rat me out.

If she

works with the police,

both of us will be in trouble.

She has nothing on me.

I don't care.

But she has something on me.

It's just your grudge

against her husband.

Uncle Tai,

you carry great clout around this place.

Could you help me out?

Let's get this matter solved our way.

The police can stay out of it.

Do I look like someone

short of money?

I'm just an old man

who has one foot in the grave.

Even if I have something to say,

there's no telling if the youngsters

will listen to me or not.

Of course they will.

If that were true,

her husband would have died.

I was just too impulsive.

Uncle Tai, you know

that I only had one son.

I doted on him since he was born.

You've been at loggerheads

with that couple for too long.

Chen Shuting

is hard to deal with.

I can't help you. Sorry.

Hello, Mr. Tai.

Hello, Mr. Tai.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Your helmet.

Get someone to carry his suitcases.

Okay.

This way, please.

The main construction of these two buildings

has been completed.

We just need

to decorate the exterior walls now.

It will take about two months

to complete the whole construction.

Do you have any instructions?

No.

What's wrong with you?

You called me here,

so be nice.

If you lose your mind again,

I'll leave immediately.

It's all your fault!

If you had done away with that bitch,

I wouldn't

be groveling for help now.

Didn't I go there

as you said?

But Chen Shuting wasn't there.

Whose fault was that?

I heard she took the train instead.

As for how I got the information,

don't pry into it. You don't need to know.

I'm afraid that you have been fooled.

What if it was a trap set by the police?

Once you stepped in,

you were screwed.

Unless he doesn't want a promotion.

Chen Shuting's address

and her son's school.

Do whatever it takes

to shut her up permanently.

Can I trust you this time?

My informant told me

that Chen Shuting

doesn't trust the police now,

so she didn't say anything

and went back home.

Are there any police

around her house to protect her?

What do you think?

You caused such a stir

and even stole a gun from the police.

You tell me whether there will be police

protecting her or not.

She's under the protection of the police,

but you send me to do away with her?

You want me to get myself killed?

Gao,

can't you see where we are now?

Once Chen Shuting collaborates with the police,

I'll be doomed.

But before I die,

I'll drag your whole family down with me.

You,

your brother,

your sister

who is in college out of town.

She's pretty by the way.

If all of them…

I dare you to lay a finger on them.

If you dare to harm them,

I'll kill everyone in your family.

Let's talk about Chen Shuting.

After you finish her off

and leave Jinghai,

I'll leave your family alone.

I won't blame you for my son's death anymore.

Do I have your word?

I'm showing you mercy.

Don't make me regret it.

It hurts.

Damn it.

Stop.

What are you doing?

That won't make you feel any better.

I just don't understand.

The fact can't be clearer.

Why can't we start an investigation?

Do you think

an internal review can rule out the mole?

It's not that simple.

I didn't say

we could absolutely find something.

But it can serve as a threat.

It can scare that person

so that he won't have the nerve

to leak our plans and information

to Xu Jiang again.

Isn't that good?

You should consider the cost

of posing that threat.

There were more than 20 people

in the bureau

involved in escorting Chen Shuting back.

You want to look into all of them?

How? Who will do it?

We can use an inspector from another jurisdiction.

You want an outsider to look into us?

That would be so humiliating.

No one wants that.

If everyone thought like you,

the whole political and legal system

wouldn't be able to make any improvement.

Do you hear yourself?

The boss just denied one of your suggestions

and you think the whole system is doomed.

Your thoughts are dangerous.

Not as dangerous as

Director Meng's attempt

to stop me.

Haven't you heard

that Director Meng will get a promotion this year?

It's normal that he wants to do things the safe way.

Who knows

what he's got up his sleeves?

Gosh.

He's your uncle.

Don't you trust him?

Yes, he is my uncle.

He is my uncle,

but he wouldn't let me start an internal review.

How can I be cool with that?

An Xin,

don't blame me for being frank with you.

Director Meng

isn't the only one who wants to get promoted this year

and thus plays it safe.

You mean our Master?

How is that possible?

He stands no chance.

Take another guess.

An...

I didn't say it.

Why do you oppose starting an internal review now?

Did I say that?

So you agree with me

and will support me?

I agree with

the decision we made at the meeting.

That's not our decision.

That is

Meng Dehai's decision.

Getting promoted

is that important

to you two?

The title doesn't matter.

What matters is power.

With more power,

we can do more things.

Therefore,

power is not exclusively bad or good.

It depends on how you use it.

So in the end,

you just want power.

Fine.

You can get promoted

once you catch the criminal and crack the case.

I have a clue now.

There's a traitor among us.

Go catch him.

An Xin,

it's not about

whether I can get promoted

and more power.

It's about

whether you can still

keep your police uniform.

As long as you're still in your position,

there's hope.

The procuratorate is now investigating you.

You've already lost your gun.

If anything else goes wrong,

neither Meng nor I

can help you

keep your job.

Remember.

Staying in the game is more important than anything else.

I'm okay.

It's just a scratch.

I told you I'm okay.

I bet Xu Jiang

got a concussion.

Did you call the police?

If I had,

I wouldn't have come back.

It's too dangerous.

I'll deal with things like that

with you in the future.

Fine.

How did it go?

Xu Jiang

wants us to kill Chen Shuting.

He told me

the place where she lives

and the school her son goes to.

[House: Building 6, Yard 87, Happy Family Community, Jinghai. School: Experimental Elementary School]

What has Chen Shuting

got on Xu Jiang?

Why does he have to kill her?

I don't know.

But Xu Jiang must

have been driven into a corner by the police.

You know what I'm thinking?

Xu Jiang will be arrested

by the police sooner or later.

We must avoid

getting dragged down by him.

So we have to make sure

that he won't be caught by the police.

Or you'll be in trouble too.

Let's not talk about this.

It's giving me a headache.

So our priority

is to find out

what Chen Shuting

has got on Xu Jiang.

Then we can decide

what to do next.

I'm curious too.

But there's nothing I can do.

The police

are protecting Chen Shuting now.

We need to find a way.

[Experimental Elementary School]

Hi, I'm a tutor.

I can teach literature, English, and math.

I graduated from Provincial Tech University.

Thank you. Call me

if you want a tutor for your children.

Hello, excuse me.

You're waiting for your child here?

-Yes. -I'm a tutor.

Take a look.

I graduated from Provincial Tech University.

I can teach literature, English, and math.

Call me if you need a tutor.

Okay.

Hello, your child goes to this school?

I graduated from Provincial Tech University.

No, thanks.

Your child can take one lesson for free.

My son has good grades.

That's why he needs a tutor

to get even better grades.

I'm a local.

I've taught many children

of the big bosses here.

Maybe one of them

is an acquaintance of your husband.

Where do you live?

Old Factory Street.

Do you know Tang Xiaohu and Tang Xiaolong?

They introduced students to me.

They knew

an educated young man like you?

Provincial Tech University.

[Personal Information]

Isn't teaching elementary school kids

a waste of your education?

My schoolmates are doing it too.

We do part-time jobs to cover our tuition.

I'll think about it.

Thank you.

Please give me a chance.

I can give one class for free.

For free.

What can I do for you?

I...

I'm Xiaochen's tutor.

Hi, Ms. Chen.

Hey.

Come in.

Hold on. Show me your ID card.

Okay.

Sorry, Mr. Gao.

Something happened to my family a while ago.

It's fine.

Here. Take a look.

I need to check your bag.

These are the leaflets

that I give to students' parents.

These are textbooks.

Come, dear.

-What's wrong? -Xiaochen, come here.

This is your tutor.

Hello, Xiaochen.

I'm Gao Qisheng.

You can call me Mr. Gao,

or just Sheng.

I'll call you Sheng.

Okay.

Be polite. Call him Mr. Gao.

It's okay, Ms. Chen.

You're so kind.

I'll go prepare some fruits.

Okay, thank you.

Study hard.

Let's start.

Come on.

Let's get started, Xiaochen.

Have some fruits.

Thank you, Ms. Chen.

What would you like to drink?

Water is fine.

Have some coffee.

Thank you.

It's bold of you to show up

when a police officer is here.

To be honest, I'm scared.

But I have to come.

Why?

For my family.

To raise money so that I can open a shop,

my brother went to recover a debt from Xu Lei.

That's why

he got in so much trouble.

Recovering a debt doesn't require killing the debtor.

My brother didn't kill him.

Xu Lei killed himself

when he electrocuted the fish.

Please believe us.

Does it matter whether I believe you or not?

My husband is dead.

Xu Lei was really...

Here. Have some coffee.

Thank you.

Xiaochen.

I'll make you some milk tea.

Okay.

You sought help from the police

but didn't expect

that Xu Jiang has planted an informer among them.

You don't know

what to do now.

Am I right, Ms. Chen?

Be careful. It's hot.

What's your plan?

We'll help you get rid of Xu Jiang.

Drink slowly.

Okay.

Let me get you some fruits.

Thank you.

Let me see, Xiachen.

98. Correct.

99. Correct.

100.

You got only two questions wrong out of one hundred.

Congratulations. You got an A plus.

You're very smart.

We can try

the three-grade part later.

Really, Xiachen?

You did a good job? Show me.

Ms. Chen, look.

He's very smart.

Amazing.

Next,

we'll learn English.

We need

to do a dictation

to see

how many words you've memorized.

OK?

-Put on your earphones. -Okay.

Okay.

Get ready.

Who are "we"?

My brother and I.

Your brother?

Don't worry.

My brother is more capable than me.

You believe you can kill Xu Jiang

just by the two of you?

Why?

He has threatened

my family.

I can't forgive him.

What are you going to do?

He's so afraid that you'll cooperate with the police.

What have you got on him?

The former driver of our family

can prove that he killed my husband.

I know where the driver is.

Can you tell me the address?

Trust me.

Mr. Gao is a good teacher.

Let's continue next week.