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MY ROOMMATE IS A DETECTIVE

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Did you not turn off the tap when you washed your hands yesterday?

I did!

But perhaps I didn't tighten it.

It will become looser if you didn't tighten the tap!

Gosh.

Fortunately, the ink hasn't stained anything else.

Are you OK?

I am not OK!

Water is flowing into my room! What do you think?

You can live in my room for a few days.

Or you just move home.

Mr. Bai will certainly welcome you home happily.

Go to hell!

Alright, cut it out and clean the place.

If I die one day, the killer is definitely you!

I know how the murderer committed the crimes!

I will perform for you guys today.

Thank you for your support!

Thanks, thanks!

Bravo!

Part III of Mass in B Minor.

You're truly an artist.

Even your way of remembering the deceased is so artistic.

Mr. Lu, you guys haven't caught the killer yet?

You stayed around the belfry every day.

Be careful or you might get into trouble!

Come on!

You do business here every day.

But nothing happened to you.

Don't think I don't know

the story that the belfry will cause disasters

so it can't be built here

was started from you.

Where are you going, sir?

Jing'an Temple.

Got it.

Sit tight.

Since you are free at the moment,

foresee my fortune of making money.

When can I make a big fortune?

Foresee my fortune of marriage, too.

How many wives will I have throughout my life?

Mr. Lu.

I am begging you.

I am just a charlatan.

I do this small business by saying good things people want to hear.

Can you have mercy and let me go?

Yes, I can.

But you have to tell me

where you heard the theory of

"reversed arch taboo of the belfry".

Mr. Lu, look.

The sidewalk is in the shape of a bow,

and its vertex points to the gate of the belfry.

This is the so-called reversed arch taboo in Fengshui theory.

If you don't believe me,

go upstairs and see for yourself.

Here it is, sir.

How much is it?

I can't ask for your money.

You know me?

Yes.

That time I was so starving and passed out on the side of the road,

you saw me and gave me two buns.

Not bad.

Take it.

Ok, thank you, sir!

Sir.

Did you ask around with the question I told you?

I found it.

Many residents in the neighborhood

complained that this belfry was built at the wrong place.

The houses in this alley are not high.

They can see greeneries,

but now the belfry has blocked all the sunlight.

It blocks the light?

Not all of them.

Just a few households.

They can't get any light.

Where?

Just here.

In the past they could only have some light in at noon.

Now, this belfry has blocked all their light.

Go and see who live there.

Focus on asking who often goes to the garden.

I see.

Mr. Lu, now you see I didn't lie to you.

No. And thanks to you,

I now know who the killer is.

Who is it?

The killer is you.

Come on!

I had a short chat with Li Hengli.

But I had never seen any victim who was killed after him!

Not you. The one behind you.

Mr. Lu, are you sure?

Li Hengli often listened to him play.

Why would he kill him since there was no grudge?

Yes.

Besides, the belfry was bleeding

and the blood flew directly to the corpse without anyone doing anything.

These witnesses can prove it.

How can you say it was him?

Mr. Lu.

Are you looking for a random person to blame

because you can't find the real killer?

Although I am greedy for money,

I never wrongly accuse any innocent people.

Then explain to us why the belfry bled.

and why the blood flew

to certain directions?

It's easy. As long as you do something to sidewalk,

you can make the blood flow to

wherever you want it to flow.

What something?

If you see the sidewalk of the entire street garden

as a maze,

then this belfry is the center point.

And the flower beds on different edges

can be considered as exits.

But what about the blood flow?

The reason blood could do what the killer intended

and flow to the flowerbed where the body was hidden

was because every night

after the construction of the belfry was over,

cleaners at Lidun Soap Factory

would come to wash the dust off.

And what they used to wash the ground

was a kind of soapy water specially made by Lidun Soap Factory.

Soapy water?

When soapy water is mixed with blood,

a phenomenon called tension imbalance

will appear on the surface of the liquid.

Under this unbalanced force,

the blood will flow.

That doesn't guarantee the direction of the blood flow.

With so many forks,

it can flow everywhere.

Well, it was true it couldn't be guaranteed.

But the killer cleverly

used people who do regular activities here every day.

That is

you guys.

Street artists in the garden during the day,

and street hawkers,

their positions every day

are basically fixed.

After they close for the day, they will habitually

place their stalls on one side of the sidewalk

which will block a few forks.

The liquid will pass over

and flow to other forks.

indeed.

Just bring the stalls to the side of the road,

this fork will be blocked,

so the blood would flow directly

to the flowerbed where Li Hengli's body was found.

That still doesn't make sense!

Section Chief Zhou died in the flower bed in the north.

Even if the blood from the first murder

could flow west to Li Hengli's body,

how did he change direction the next day?

I never figured this out before.

Thank you for telling me to go up the belfry and take a look.

What did you see up there?

I saw in this garden

only one person

doesn't need to leave his gear by the road after he closes for the day.

Right?

Yes. All you have is just a violin.

You open the case during the day to collect money.

In the evening you close up the case

and you can go home with all the money and the violin in it.

As Mr. Lu said,

I stand here every day.

But how can it cause a change in blood flow?

I don't think so.

I remember the day before yesterday,

you stood on the west side of the road.

Why did you

stand in the middle yesterday then?

You must be mistaken.

I have been standing at the same location all the time.

Even if he stood at the west the day before yesterday,

what can it prove?

The day when he deliberately stood at the west,

all those who rolled out their stalls

had to move a little eastward.

By the time they closed for business and went home,

naturally they would just

stack the stalls in the grass behind where they stood.

This way the fork to the north side

was blocked.

And the blood flowing from the belfry

naturally flew into the flower bed on the west side.

So

when he stood back to his old spot yesterday,

everyone's stall was back in the old place.

Because he had no stall,

no one noticed anything unusual.

That was so clever.

As long as everyone's stall returned to the same old spot,

the fork road to the north was unblocked yesterday,

and the blood flew to the flower bed to the north.

You guys are quick learners.

Mr. Lu.

Everyone knows that memory is biased.

Not to mention you were not here the day before yesterday.

How did you know where I stood?

I forgot to tell you.

There is a man in this garden

who does the same thing every day.

Dude, can I borrow your sketch book?

Is there anything else to say?

I have nothing to say.

But why did you kill them?

Because he wanted to stop the belfry's construction.

I see.

You killed them to build hype

convincing people that the belfry will bring bloodshed.

So that you can achieve the purpose of demolishing the belfry.

You really went to a great length to achieve it.

Although I haven't figured out

your motives yet,

the evidence is conclusive.

You won't get away with the murder charge.

My motive is simple.

The damn belfry blocked her view.

What?

She looked out in bed every day.

But she could see nothing.

If they demolish the belfry,

she could see the beautiful sunset again.

But your wife died this morning.

Even if she could see a few more times of sunset when the belfry is gone,

is it really worth

killing people for this?

It is worth it

even if she could see the sun for one moment.

Why did that violinist think

before his wife was dying,

what she wanted to see most was the sunset?

They confessed each other's love in that garden.

Against the sunset,

a beautiful girl

fell in love at first sight with a handsome violinist.

But doesn't it mean his wife wanted to see most

was more likely him immersed in music?

You can't figure out such simple things.

Have you ever been in love?

Let me tell you a secret.

Sure!

I only fell in love once so far in my life.

With whom?

You.

When I first saw you,

I knew

I would never love anyone else.

Youning.

Do you believe in

a love meant to be?

If I give you money,

can you not harass me?

It depends on how much you give me.

Is three silver dollars enough?

Three?

What I need is a hundred!

The next stock quotation is in less than three days!

I just have three dollars. Take it or leave it.

Could you please clean the house?

Youning, Youning!

Youning, open the door!

I love you so much!

Will it kill you to sell your purses and jewelry for me?

Youning!

Youning, will you only believe my feeling

if I dig out my heart to show you?

Not until the hills are all flat and the rivers are all dry that I will part from you.

Youning, open the door!

Little bastard.

Have some tea.

Why do you want to see me so late?

I

want to borrow some money.

How much do you want?

One hundred silver dollars. I will pay you back at the end of the month.

What if you can't pay me?

If I can't

you can take anything in my room!

I have no interest in your stuff at all.

But I am interested in something else.

Who do you take me for?

Do you think I am the kind of man

who will sell his soul for money?

I'm not interested in your soul, either.

What I'm interested

is…

Hey, show me and yourself some respect.

OK. If you kiss me once,

one dollar.

Dance with me for a song,

two dollars.

Two dollars?

OK. I can dance with you until dawn.

Come on.

You, you…

I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!

It's nothing concerning you. Go back to your room.

Yao! You said yesterday that you love me!

You also said

you fell in love with me when you first saw me!

I never thought you were just a liar! You bastard!

Yao, no matter how many quarrels we had,

The baby in my belly is innocent.

Baby?

Look at the baby.

I'll leave you two to have a chat.

Let's dance for two dollars' worth first!

Hey!

You…

I was a core member of Fudan Drama Club.

How was my acting?

Love you, honey!

Monster!

Monster!

How much will we make from this deal?

I don't know. I need to look at the contract.

But at least 5,000 silver dollars?

This Lu Yao, if we use him effectively,

can be very, very useful for us.

Mr. Bai has been checking out on us recently.

It's OK. Don't worry.

We just need to hook him on the line and we just wait for him to bite.

Dad, when are we going home?

I'm hungry.

Catch one more fish, and we'll go home.

Ok.

This is really a big one!

This is…a big one…

Dad, what is this?

This…

Hurry up! Go!

You see how much the stock has risen in price?

If I had had a hundred silver dollars back then,

the profit I would have made now

can buy this apartment!

Don't be sad. Shanghai is full of opportunities everywhere.

Come and check it out.

What is it?

A new way for you to make money.

OK?

This is a movie script I wrote.

Give me some advice.

This is the first time I wrote a script, so I have no experience in this field.

If you don't like it, tell me.

Have you evert read Sherlock Holmes?

No.

What about Agatha Christie's novels?

Nope.

How about Edmund Bentley? Allan Poe? Or G.K. Chesterton?

I haven't read any novel of them! Just say it!

All the great detective stories

have one thing in common.

The main character must be a male.

Your words are a bit discriminatory against women.

Look,

now it's mostly female audience.

If the protagonist is a woman,

the audience will feel more engaged.

Then the box office will be higher, get it?

Fine. But this is being ridiculous.

A female reporter,

who is very beautiful and graceful.

An she solves cases.

A young man surnamed Lu who was fired by the bank due to failed stock market investment

became your driver and sidekick.

Finally he even died trying to protect you.

Don't you think this scene will be very touching?

No! I don't!

This case you wrote was solved by me!

Me!

The one you solved is the Bloody Belfry Case.

The one I wrote was church, church, church!

Stop talking nonsense. I can deal with you making me die in the script.

But I want half of the money you get from it.

Why should I? Write it your own script!

Are you bullying me?

Yes!

OK, in the future, you are not going to know

a word how I solve the cases!

Doesn't matter.

Anyway, Chusheng will show me the files.

I can hear you two quarrelling in the hallway.

There is a new case.

Ask her. She's the expert here.

Be nice to each other, kids.

Father and son were fishing by the river

when they found a female body.

We have confirmed

the deceased went missing after she was drowned five years ago.

After that

the villagers said she was captured by the river god

an became the river god's bride.

Disappeared five years ago and never showed up until now?

Interesting.

What did the autopsy report say?

Don't tell her

any information related to the case.

Otherwise…

I quit.

Punk!

The body hasn't rotten yet.

Time of death should be within the past three days.

There are wounds all over her body.

She must had suffered a lot before she died.

Where was she in the past five years when she was claimed missing?

Not sure yet.

But it looks like

she was kidnapped and abused.

Inspector Qiao.

This is Mr. He, the father of the deceased.

How are you?

You must find justice for my daughter!

What's your daughter's name?

He Qingyi.

What happened five years ago?

Five years ago I took Qingyi

on vacation to my villas in Jinsha Bay.

Around ten in the evening that night,

she went out for a walk alone.

But she accidentally fell into the water.

The servant told me when he heard the cry

that he saw a young guy in blue clothes

appear around the villa.

I bought that area surrounding my villa.

And there were no other people living nearby.

I thought this man was suspicious

so I took a team to chase him.

But he disappeared at the crossroads.

Local rumors said

your daughter was taken away by the river god

and became his bride.

That's nonsense!

If there was a river god,

how could he do such an evil thing

contrary to our traditions and morals?

Do you know how the rumors started?

During the Daoguang Period of Qing Dynasty,

that area was flood-stricken all the time.

The local people listened to an evil Taoist's saying and

had chosen virgins as a sacrifice to the river god.

Then the flood really receded.

The legend of river god's bride has been passed on to this day.

Where Qing Yi disappeared

was where the offering shrine was.

How old was your daughter that time?

Eighteen years old.

Inspector Qiao, can I take my daughter's body back home?

Not yet.

The autopsy report is not ready yet.

After the autopsy report came out,

I will send her back to you as soon as possible.

Do you really need to do an autopsy on her?

Of course.

Don't you want to know who killed her?

Of course I do.

That old man is fishy.

How so?

He placed two arms forward and kept rubbing his hands,

body leaning back slightly.

Typical defense posture.

He must be hiding something from us.

Then I will send someone to find out.

Not right now.

I want to go to the crime scene first.

Go for yourself.

Are you busy?

President of The Municipal Council,

who is a damn British is coming to inspect the Station.

I am responsible for reception.

Then arrange a chauffeur for me.

Why are you being such a diva?

Where are you going?

Find you a chauffeur! What else can it be?

Big Guy Kan. come here.

Yes, sir!

Let me introduce you two. This is Lu Yao.

I heard so much about you.

He's going to the crime scene.

Take him here with a car.

What?

What?

Can you change someone?

Why?

This man looks so fierce.

Although he looks a bit fierce,

he is an honest man and is one of our own.

How is his temper then?

Loyal to me.

To you?

Just watch your mouth.

In case he hits you, suck it up.

If you hold and protect your head, you won't die.

Change another man!

Big Guy. Come take him with you.

Come on.

Here, Mr. Lu.

Rest assured.

I will accompany you everywhere.

We're inseparable!

The body was found here.

What are you eating?

Dried soy bean snack.

Taste some.

It smells good.

If you like it, I can fry you some every day.

Thanks, I just want to have a taste.

Eating too many soy beans makes you fart a lot.

Mr. Lu, I've always been curious.

How can you be so smart?

You have solved so many major cases at such a young age.

When we in the Police Station mentioned you,

we all gave thumbs up.

It's not that I am very smart.

We can only say that the criminals are too stupid.

Let's go.

Go where?

Just follow me.

In this situation and this environment,

how could a person disappear out of thin air?

Who disappeared out of thin air?

River god.

You also believe this?

Don't you believe it?

I haven't seen ghosts or gods.

But as the saying goes,

the gods are watching you.

Karma is definitely there.

Where does this track lead to?

It seems that there is a train station not far away.

Let's go and see.

Five years ago?

Would it be the day the He family imposed a curfew to look for someone?

You remember that day?

Of course.

They surrounded the whole train station

looking for someone.

Did they find her later?

Later I heard that

it was a young man in blue clothes.

I saw him around midnight.

Go on.

The young man bought tickets departing at eleven o'clock.

Two tickets.

He was waiting at the station the whole time.

I asked who he was waiting for and he didn't say anything.

A pretty shy young man.

What happened next?

At ten o'clock,

he suddenly left.

Ten o'clock?

Didn't he buy two tickets for eleven?

I was wondering the same thing, too.

Anyway, after ten o'clock, this person was gone.

If they planned to elope, why would he leave early?

Did you meet that young man again?

I never saw him again.

But he left a suitcase here

and never came to pick it up.

Where is it now? Show me.

Here, let me.

Be careful.

It's really heavy.

So much ash.

There is a note.

"Detective Lu, I have heard so much about you.

Your girlfriend is in my hands. I will give you three days.

If you don't come by then, I will marry her.

River God."

Who else can enter this warehouse?

This is the one key,

which is always stored at the duty room.

Back to the Police Station.

Sir, no!

It's not Mr. Lu's fault.

And we're not sure if it is just a practical joke.

Sir!

So?

We searched her apartment and the newspaper office, she was not there.

And on the floor of the living room,

we found broken glass.

She was taken away from the apartment.

Did you notice Mr. Bai?

Not yet.

Don't tell him now.

The one who did this gave me three days.

I swear,

I will find her within three days.

Where are you going?

To do an autopsy.

You…

Are you really going to do it yourself?

This body is the only clue to find out the murderer

Do you need help?

Have you studied autopsy?

No.

If no, go make me a cup of coffee.

No sugar, the stronger, the better.

Salim!

Go make coffee yourself.

There are large areas of bruises on her body.

But most of them are old injuries,

which means that the deceased suffered long-term abuse.

Monster!

Severe leg muscle atrophy,

indicating chronic malnutrition.

Dull complexion should be the result of being imprisoned for a long time.

Some new irregular cuts in the legs.

Looks like being scratched by vegetation.

But not much at the upper body.

It should be caused by running through the woods.

Yes.

Jinsha Bay is sea water.

Why is there a fresh water aquatic plant?

Is it not the first scene of the crime?

The deceased was imprisoned

and tortured for a long time.

Later she finally found a chance to escape.

But she sprained her leg in the woods

and was caught by her captives,

which caused bruises on her wrists.

In a hurry and desperation, the murderer

drowned the victim in the nearby fresh water river.

He was afraid to be found by nearby residents,

so he dumped the body to the sea.

But he didn't expect

the ocean current washed the body back to Jinsha Bay.

Your coffee.

Based on autopsy results,

the place where the murder occurred should meet the following conditions:

first, not far from Jinsha Bay;

second, lush vegetation,

and the leaves are extremely sharp, the bushes are nearly a meter high;

third, have a fresh water river;

fourth, it should be off the beaten track.

I pinpointed it to this area

which meets the above conditions.

We need to find within this area

a small cabin or

prison which one person can live in.

Why are you picking them off? They are endless.

The Buddhism said that this is karma.

I have to clean them, or they will bring bad luck.

Not here. Let's go!

Mr. Lu, what if we can't find it?

That's impossible!

But this is such a big place

to find a cabin.

We are short on time and people.

Add more people then! Inspector Qiao will pay.

Found it! Here!

What smell is this?

The pervert is worth than animals!

The murderer came back once.

How do you know?

The scene was destroyed.

Hardly any valuable clues left for us.

Xu Yuan.

No wonder there are wood chips in her fingernails.

She carved the name with her bare fingers.

See these bloodstains?

That must be very painful.

If you were imprisoned plus long-term abuse,

this pain was nothing at all.

Then why didn't she commit suicide?

Either she didn't have the courage to commit suicide,

or she was missing someone and couldn't let go.

You mean the guy in blue that

they saw at the train station?

Her father should know his true identity.

How did you know?

Let's go to the next place.

Mr. Lu.

I haven't slept for a whole day.

Let me sleep for a while.

Have a rest.

How is it? Any lead?

Not yet.

We finally found the cabin, go inside and look closer!

The scene was destroyed, and the leads were gone.

Don't worry.

Of course I am worried!

That person is a pervert!

If Youning is in his hands…

She'll be fine.

How can you be sure?

Youning is so stubborn.

If she was abducted by him,

she would rather die than endure the humiliation.

You know what?

We must

hurry up and find her now!

Otherwise I'm afraid when we find her, she's already…

If so, I will pay with my own life.

Arrange a car for me.

Where are you going?

He Family.

I'll go visit Mr. He.

Since you can't bear to part with your daughter,

why not tell the truth?

It's you.

Is reputation really so important to you?

I don't know what you're talking about.

It's humid and cold in February.

Who would have thought of going to the beach for a vacation in February?

And according to your description,

you brought a lot of servants and guards with you.

Did you really need so many people for a short vacation?

You probably don't know how the life of rich people is.

Your daughter was tortured to death.

If I guess it right,

your daughter had been imprisoned

in a small shabby cabin

which could only fit a broken bed

in the woods southwest of Jinsha Bay.

She was fed with moldy and stinky pig food.

She was living in hell

with endless tortures.

For five years life was nothing but hell

without any hope for her.

What kind of despair she was living in?

I saw the scene.

You can also take a look if you have time.

Take a look at what kind of life

your daughter lived for five years.

OK, I beg you to stop!

Then tell us the truth.

Time is running out.

It's Xu Yuan. It must be him!

This monster!

I hate myself for not being able to catch him

and kill him with my own hands.

Who is Xu Yuan?

A famous punk in the streets.

He coveted Qing Yi

and repeatedly went after her.

And he constantly said things that would smear Qingyi's reputation.

He caused a lot of gossip in the streets.

Qing Yi was already engaged.

To avoid these gossip,

I had to take her to the beach villa.

I didn't expect

this monster not only took away Qingyi

but also did such cruel things to her.

This is all my fault that

my daughter suffered so much!

Qingyi, dad failed you!

Master.

Was Qingyi pregnant?

What did you say?

I just want to know if it is possible for her and Xu Yuan…

Impossible. This is nonsense.

My daughter would never be pregnant

with that monster's child!

Can I go to her room?

What do you want to see?

The case has not yet been solved.

More clues will not hurt.

Take Mr. Lu to Qingyi's room.

Sir, this way please.

Has anyone lived in this room since then?

No.

The master has been expecting the lady to come back.

So the furnishings in this house have not been moved.

No one will enter this room

except cleaning.

Could I ask you what you're looking for?

just looking around casually.

River God's Bride?

This is Youning's handwriting.

That person was here.

This sir insists he needs to see Mr. Lu.

Salim, what are you doing here?

Mr. Lu, they found something about Xu Yuan.

Inspector Qiao asked you to go back.

Let's go.

Xu Yuan lived in Yong'an South Street

where was pretty close to He's Mansion.

His father was a butcher.

In short, he was a well-known little punk.

He was arrested several times for getting into a fight with others.

Mafia?

No.

The big gangs don't have his name on the list.

His neighbors hated him very much.

After Qingyi disappeared,

he was the first to be suspected.

He family sent people out to look for him.

But he disappeared since then.

Later, some very harsh rumors spread in the area.

His parents became sick out of anger and died.

His younger sister went to live with a distant relative and

never came back.

Do you know where this distant relative is?

Ningbo. I have sent someone.

There should be news these days.

We only have less than two days.

Now we can be certain basically that

Xu Yuan was the one who kidnapped Qingyi.

Qingyi was

abused and dishonored by him for a long time.

If he falls into my hands,

I will punish him

with means ten times or a hundred times worse.

No wonder Mr. He refused to admit

his daughter

got involved with such a beast.

Anyone would have felt disgusting.

This man should be quite strong and agile.

Why?

He's mansion has high walls and guards.

He could sneak into Miss He's room by himself

and put in the note of Youning.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

How do you know it's Youning's handwriting?

Who else has such an ugly handwriting?

The killer left us clues.

For what?

To challenge us.

From the very beginning this murderer

was challenging my IQ.

He is enjoying

the joy of always being one step ahead of us.

Since so,

when we get him,

we shall have the same fun with him.

Give me someone to work for me.

I have to go back to the scene and take another look.

Salim!

No Salim.

Give me someone who's physically strong.

What do you want to do now?