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My Roommate is a Detective

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Open the door!

Open the door!

Sir?

Sir.

Madam said she had a headache and went to bed early.

She asked you to sleep in the guest room.

Fine.

Axiu, wash my clothes.

Right now?

Right now.

By the way,

Axiu,

if anyone asks you what time I arrived home,

you must say it was half past nine.

Why?

I arrived home at nine thirty.

Do you remember?

What time did I get home?

Nine thirty.

Can I help you?

What are you doing in the middle of the night?

You are?

What time did you come back last night?

Last night?

I had a dinner party last night and drank some wine.

I can't remember exactly.

It should be nine or ten o'clock.

Is it nine o'clock or ten o'clock??

I remember it.

Sir got back at exactly half past nine.

Come to the station with us.

Right now?

What's going on?

You are in trouble.

Big trouble.

Let's go.

Sir!

Yiru!

Why would this happen?

Why is Yiru here?

Do I have to come now?

I was drinking with Youning at home and had a good time...

Give me a cup of coffee.

No coffee.

Just one sip.

After you solve the case,

I'll invite you to drink something better.

Identity of the victim?

Qian Yiru, female, 35-years-old.

Famous entrepreneur.

What's her company's name?

Qian's Trading Company.

The general agent of Leitz Camera in Shanghai?

Not just cameras.

Her company is the agent of

many European luxury brands in China.

Who is the man next to the bathtub?

Dong Lin, husband of the victim.

He's also the general manager of Qian's Trade Company.

Can I get a discount buying a camera from him then?

His wife just died.

If I help him find out

the murderer of his wife,

what kind of discount will I get from him?

If you keep talking nonsense,

I'll break your legs first.

Tell me about what happened.

Last night at ten thirty,

an apartment resident passed by room 403

and found the door was open.

So he went in to see if everything was OK.

After discovering the crime scene,

he reported to the police immediately.

So we guess

the case should happen

between nine thirty and ten thirty that night.

How do you know about the nine thirty?

Downstairs tenants heard

a yelling at nine thirty.

Mr. Dong, I am sorry for you loss.

Who are you?

I am a senior detective consultant in the Police Station.

My name is Lu Yao.

You can rest assured that justice has long arms.

We will definitely bring the murderer to justice.

Thank you.

Then please leave the room.

Excuse me?

Leave the room, please.

Where's him?

You didn't drink too much, did you?

It was just three bottles of red wine. Of course I am fine!

How much did he drink?

Less than half a bottle.

Two thirds of a bottle!

Why is he here?

You know him?

He was a movie star called Dong Lin.

What movies was he in?

I also forgot.

Anyway, some romantic movies.

When I went to middle school,

all the girls in my class had a huge crush on him.

Later he got married

and after that he changed his career to trading.

Do you know whom he married?

The victim.

What?

Get out!

Why?

Hello.

Hello.

Who is this lady?

I am Bai Youning, a reporter from Xinyue Daily.

Sorry, Miss Bai.

I don't want to see photo of my wife's death on the newspapers.

Please show her the minimum respect.

Don't worry.

Mr. Dong, I have a question.

Sure.

You didn't realize it

when your wife didn't come back home all night?

I had a dinner party last night where I drank too much.

I arrived home at nine thirty.

The maid told me

Yiru had a headache, so she went to sleep without me.

I didn't want to wake her up, so I slept in the guest room.

If you want

you can verify it with my maid.

No, you are not a suspect.

I was just asking.

What lens does

the Rollei 45×107mm camera use?

Um...

Sorry, I am not sure.

Isn't your trade company the agent of this camera?

Yes.

But my main job is public relations

which is nothing but drinking and entertaining business partners.

So I really am not

so familiar with the businesses.

Can I go to your store to take a look?

Sure.

What do you want to see?

Take a look at some clues related to this case.

Why is it so messy?

What do you think?

I thought after I left

you would tidy up the room.

We drank together.

Why should I do the tidying by myself?

I was leaving for real business!

I also had a real business.

Do you think

that Dong Lin might be a suspect?

Of course.

He was called here to identify the body

as the family of the victim.

He is not a suspect.

But before I said anything

he already offered to let the maid

provide an alibi for him.

Why would he act so guiltily?

Does his maid dare to give false testimony for him?

Let Qiao interrogate her first.

Sir went out for a dinner party last night.

He said he would come home a bit late.

I made dinner for Madam.

But she just took a quick bite

and went to get changed and put on make-up.

I asked her whether she was going out at this late hour.

Madam...

What did she say?

Madam asked me to call Mr. Ding.

Mr. Ding?

What is Mr. Ding's full name?

I only know him by Mr. Ding.

She asked me to tell Mr. Ding

to be at Room 403, Liulin Apartment building at 9:45.

Mr. Ding said he got it

and just hung up.

What was the relationship between them?

I don't know! I really don't know.

What is this?

According to law,

giving false testimony will be sentenced to three to seven years in prison.

I wouldn't dare...

Then just say it.

I think there was something going on between them.

To what extent?

I'm really not sure about the specifics.

I'm just a maid.

I wouldn't dare to poke my nose into Madam's affair.

It's so hard to find a job these days.

Making a false step, then I might be out of job.

I have to support my parents.

If this job is gone, I will be finished.

Were they in frequent contact?

They called every now and then.

Sometimes the call was very short,

but sometimes it lasted more than an hour.

What did they talk about on the phone?

I dare not eavesdrop.

But I felt that Madam was very happy when she was talking to Mr. Ding.

It felt like she was falling in love.

Inspector, I beg you,

don't tell Sir I said these.

Otherwise he will definitely fire me.

Got it.

Anything else?

Before Madam left, she told me that

when Sir came home,

tell him she got a headache and went to bed already

so he needed to sleep in the guest room.

She also told me that

don't let him enter the master bedroom.

I didn't expect Madam would die so miserably after that.

What should Sir do in the future?

Do you know Mr. Ding's phone number?

Sir.

Take this number to the telephone office to check

Mr. Ding's identity.

I have saved you the trouble.

Mr. Ding's name is Ding Shuhan.

A Chinese teacher at Shibei Middle School.

Married without children.

I seriously doubt

he and the victim were lovers.

How do you know that?

I have eyes and ears all over Shanghai.

Cut the show-off and say it.

Qian Yiru was a platinum member of the Guangdong Chamber of Commerce.

I gave some tip to the waiter and found out

she often took Mr. Ding there for dinner and dancing.

They often flirted in the private room.

And there's more.

What is this?

I checked the apartment building that night.

Room 403's owner is a Mr. Zhang, a native of Shanghai.

No previous criminal record.

He bought the apartment

mainly for short-term rental.

The rent is not cheap.

But the advantage is the discretion to protect privacy.

The tenant goes to the outermost room on the first floor where he lives.

Slip an envelope with money in it under the door.

The room key will be slipped out from inside.

And this envelope was the one containing

the rent for Room 403 at the night of the murder.

And this.

It should be a pseudonym.

Why would the room's owner agree to give you this?

I put a note in the envelope

in which I told him,

if he refused to say it,

I would report the address of his apartment on the newspaper.

No one will dare to rent his room again.

Well done.

Adou, go to Shibei Middle School to pick Mr. Ding up.

Yes, sir!

Can I try this?

Of course.

Just feel free to look around.

German goods just feel differently in your hand.

How much is this?

Consider it a gift for you.

I can't accept it.

As long as you can catch the real murderer,

this Leitz will also be yours.

Mr. Dong, you

are a good person.

Mr. Lu.

Thank you.

Do you have anything else?

If there is nothing else,

I have a date with a friend.

Excuse me.

Bye, I will take a look around.

Help yourself.

I don't know how to use this.

Could you each me?

Sure.

This is the lens cover.

Remove it first.

Be careful not to touch the lens with your fingers.

How often does Mr. Dong come here?

Him? Once a year at most.

He is a busy man.

He doesn't pay much attention to

small business like us.

What is he busy with?

Who knows?

His salary is not paid from my pocket.

So long as President Qian was OK with it, we were OK with it.

How was his relationship with his wife?

How do we know such domestic thing?

But no one in the Qian family

liked him, except President Qian.

Why?

I think because he lives off a woman.

He's not that bad.

Which man have you seen

was slapped by his wife on the street

but dared not to slap back?

What is this?

The suspect's handwriting.

What do you mean?

I found out after my investigation that...

[Miss Wu]

I don't want to tell you.

What about this?

Dong's maid's confession.

Do you even understand it?

Give it back to me! Do you want me to kill your ass?

Wait.

What happened? Did you find anything?

This Mr. Ding is a bit interesting.

They already brought him back. He's in the interrogation room now.

So efficient? You're good.

What do you think?

Name?

Ding Shuhan.

Where are you from?

My hometown is in Northern Jiangsu Province.

I went to school in Shanghai

and later stayed at my alma mater and became a teacher.

How did you know Qian Yiru?

I don't know her very well.

Last month alone, the two of you had seven dinners together

at the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce.

I didn't kill her!

Inspector Qiao, I can swear to God!

The voltage of this chair is three hundred volts.

This kind of electricity will not kill you,

but enough to make you wish you were dead.

I only give you one minute.

Say it.

Ok!

I received a call from Yiru last night.

She asked me to meet her

in Room 403 of Liulin Apartment Building at 9:45.

It was raining heavily

so I was late when I got there.

The moment I entered the room,

I smelled a strong smell of blood.

Yiru?

I quickly put the flowers on the cabinet outside the bathroom,

and then walked into the bathroom

where I found Yiru lying in the bathtub

with a knife stabbed in her chest.

Blood flowed everywhere.

I was scared to death

so I stumbled out of the room and left.

So this bouquet of roses was from you?

Yes.

Every time I met her, I would bring her a bouquet of flowers.

You were quite romantic.

Inspector Qiao, I have a favor to ask you.

Can you not make this public?

I am a married man.

And yet you were having an affair.

Hello.

Irene? What brings you here?

I am passing by Shanghai, so I thought I could drop by.

Long time no see.

Long time no see.

Take a seat.

Thank you.

Are you here to visit Lu Yao?

My father asked me to take him back.

In Shanghai he helped the police station of the Concession

solve many cases.

He's already a famous detective here.

If he leaves Shanghai, that'll be our loss.

He's hanging out with those gangsters.

This is a disgrace.

Mr. Bai appreciates him very much.

He hopes he can become his son-in-law.

He's daydreaming.

No matter how unpromising Lu Yao is,

he's still a member of the Lu family.

It's already outrageous that he refused to enter the political circle.

We can't allow him to fool around like this anymore.

What are you going to do?

Is there anything you can't solve in the Concession?

I can help.

But things will not be so easy

with Mr. Bai.

He is very powerful now.

The board does not want

to offend him unless we have to.

I am the representative of my father now.

I decide the family affairs.

If the gangsters are trying to cause a problem,

I have countless ways to deal with them.

You need men or guns?

Just make a phone call.

All I ask you to do is to

tell the boy don't do stupid things

in your official capacity.

Except for the knife in the chest,

the victim also suffered a heavy blow at the back of her head.

This buddy is cruel enough.

I don't think

he is the murderer.

Do you have a reason?

It was a gut feeling.

People who dare to kill a person with a knife

won't have such timid eyes.

You call this a reason?

Of course.

He is a teacher and has a family.

And he was cheating on his wife.

The one with the motive should be his wife.

His wife is disabled and bedridden for years.

I suspect a large reason he had an affair with Qian Yiru was

he wanted to get money from her to give his wife treatments.

How do you know that?

When you went to the school to arrest him,

I went to his home.

His wife said he often gave students make-up classes recently

and gained a lot of extra income.

Judged by the expensive supplements in the house,

he treats his wife well.

What else do you know?

Ding Shuhan would bring a bouquet of roses

every time he had a date with the victim.

If the roses he sent were left on the cabinet,

where were the roses in the bathtub from?

Brought there by the victim?

She knew that Ding Shuhan would bring flowers.

Why would her bother to buy them herself?

Someone else came in the room

before the murder happened?

And that bouquet of roses was brought by him?

Even so

since she took a bath with the flowers from this person,

the two of them

must be very close.

Dong Lin!

He learned from the maid that

his wife was dating her lover.

So he arrived early to kill his wife

and made the lover scapegoat.

In the end, he got the huge fortune his wife left him.

This is killing three birds with one stone.

Yes.

Chusheng, you finally graduated!

I'm not sure yet

I have to discuss it with Silly Lu.

Don't do it.

Why not?

Don't you want to solve the case yourself

and then use the fact to slap him on the face?

I like that.

Let's go solve the case!

Inspector Qiao is so impressive!

I am just alright.

But I have a question.

If Dong Lin was rushing there to kill her,

why would he stop halfway

to buy a bouquet of roses as a romantic gesture?

This way of thinking doesn't make sense.

Miss Bai, if you want to slap me on the face,

You have to work hard.

Ok.

I guess we made a mistake.

Where do you think is the next direction of our investigation?

Since the victim was a rich woman,

let's focus on the beneficiaries.

This Qian Yiru was such an unlucky woman.

Her husband did nothing but drinking every day.

And her brother is a hardened gambler.

Her will said all the shares of the company under Qian Yiru's name,

cash deposit, and real estate property

would be inherited by her younger brother.

To such a good-for-nothing?

Isn't it a little bit too suspicious?

But his sister's will

was notarized legally.

Is it possible that he colluded with the lawyers?

That's a law firm opened by Sasson and Hardoon.

When she signed the will,

there were at least seven witnesses.

It was impossible to fake her will.

Who are you?

Concession Police Station's Inspector Qiao.

What do you want?

We want to talk to you about your sister.

Sorry. I'm not interested.

You'd better do as I ask when I am still nice.

If you suspect I killed her,

show me the evidence.

Otherwise

leave me alone.

You like gambling very much, right?

Let's play a game.

If you win, we'll leave.

But if I win,

you'll have a chat with us.

Ok.

I bet on big.

I bet on small.

Place your bets.

Awesome!

Bartender, do you remember me?

I came in here one night.

There are people coming in here every night.

Who are you?

That evening

I ordered a 60-year-old Chivas.

I remember you now.

What? Alone tonight?

I just got a bottle of premium Ballantine.

Do you want to try it?

I'll pass today.

The lady who came with me that night.

Has she been here in the last few days?

No.

Think again.

I can't remember the gentlemen coming in here.

But I can remember the ladies for a lifetime.

The lady wore a tight cheongsam that day

with side slits all the way up here.

She put on a lot of makeup

and was wearing Chanel's perfume, right?

Xiaolian.

That's her!

No.

That night was the last time I saw her.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

When my sister married Dong Lin,

I strongly deprecated it.

He's just a toy boy.

Before she got married, she was President Qian.

After the marriage, she came a Mrs. Dong.

I mean, come on!

I asked my sister.

I said, “How do you know

Dong Lin wasn't marrying you

for your money?”

My sister said, “Fine.

I will write a will now

leaving you all my money after I die.”

So you know about the will?

Of course.

You don't think I

murdered my sister for money, right?

It's not impossible.

Where were you on the day of the murder?

Ask him.

That night this table

won over 500 dollars from me.

Let me tell you,

even if I have to spend my last penny,

I will win the money back.

How did you win just now?

Luck.

No way. I saw your ears moving.

It's true I can tell the result of the dices with the sound of them.

But I can't predict it in advance.

Then how did you win?

There are still things you don't know?

Come on. Don't keep me in suspense.

You need to know

an experienced dealer

can get any result he wants.

Why did the dealer help you?

He is my childhood friend.

Sir, have you seen this person before?

No.

Thank you.

Have you seen this man before?

No.

Go there and ask them.

They might know.

Thank you.

Sir, have you seen this man?

No.

-Thanks. -What are you asking?

Go away.

I cheated for the case.

Besides, I didn't win money from you.

What are you getting angry for?

I can only rely on myself to solve the cases.

But not you.

You got someone's help wherever you go.

This is not fair.

It's not like my friends came out of thin air.

I made friends with them

through battles and fights.

I tell you what.

If you don't like them,

I'll hang out with them less.

Sir, have some tea.

Put it on the table.

Sir, you haven't eaten much all day.

At least drink some water.

Axiu.

I kept thinking about what happened that night

these two days.

But I just can't figure out

what the hell happened.

If you can't figure it out,

don't think about it.

Axiu, I didn't kill anyone!

I really didn't kill them!

That night

I asked you to tell them that I was back at half past nine.

It was because of something else

which I can't tell you what it is.

But I really didn't kill anyone!

Sir, such a kind person like you

will never do bad things.

I believe you.

I will not change my testimony.

Is Mr. Dong at home?

Yes. Please come in.

Are you a dog?

Mr. Lu.

Come on, please take a seat.

Axiu, serve tea.

Did the three of you come this time

because there is progress on the case?

There is not much progress.

We just want to ask you some questions.

Mr. Dong, are you OK?

These photos...

Can I take a look at them?

Mr. Dong, do you mind

I show myself around in your house?

Please help yourself.

This bicycle is pretty.

Sir gave me as a gift.

He said it was made in Czech Republic.

It's really well maintained. It looks like a new one.

Sir gave it to me. Of course I'll cherish it.

How long have you been working here?

I came shortly after

Sir and Madam got married.

More than four years by now.

Are you the only servant here?

Yes.

I do my work quickly.

I can handle all the chores.

Dong Lin wore these clothes last night.

Yes.

And you washed them so soon?

Like I said, I do my works quickly.

Okay, this is pretty much for the house tour.

It's my tea time.

Cut some fruit for me.

Then prepare a cup of authentic English black tea.

If you don't have English black tea, ordinary tea will do.

I need to inform you something in private.

OK?

We decided to take you into custody temporarily

to cooperate with investigation.

You still think I am the murderer?

I believe you didn't kill your wife.

We need you to cooperate with the investigation

of another murder case.

The victim is called Xiaolian.

You killed her, right?

I didn't kill her! It wasn't me!

I was framed!

But now we can't find any other suspect

except you.

I have no option but to

tell you everything I know.

But I must declare in advance that I really did not kill anyone.

It was not me.

Someone killed Yiru and wanted to frame me for it.

Xiaolian was

a woman I met at the bar two days ago.

It's normal that a man and a woman

want to have a one-night stand, right?

But she said it was inconvenient for her that night.

She asked me to meet at her apartment the next night.

You all know the place.

Room 403 of Liulin Apartment Building.

After I came out of the dinner party,

I went to Liulin Apartment Building.

I also brought a bouquet of roses.

She said she wanted to take a bath first.

But she went into the bathroom

and never came out again.

After I kicked the door open,

I saw she was already dead inside the bathtub.

And she died

exactly the same way as Yiru.

Are you sure the woman in the bathtub was Xiaolian?

Of course I am sure!

That's definitely not Yiru.

You think I am blind?

How could I not recognize my own wife?

In your opinion,

who killed Xiaolian?

I don't know.

But what I do know is

it was definitely not me.

That person killed Xiaolian first

and killed Yiru later.

He's such a cruel monster!

Sir.

Axiu, tell them!

I didn't kill anyone!

I didn't kill them.

I can testify for Sir.

He was at home at the time of the murder.

You are quite loyal to your master.

But Xiaolian has been arrested.

Who is Xiaolian?

Still playing dumb with me?

Or should I bring her over to let you identify her?

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

Then let me take you to the police station

so that you can confront her.

You even want to resist arrest?

I told her to run far away!

What are you talking about?

You were so timid.

As soon as you saw blood, you ran away from the room.

If you took a closer look,

you would have found the knife was just a prop,

and so was the blood.

Am I right?

Miss Murderer?

Axiu?

Next

let me explain how she committed the crime.

At nine o'clock Dong Lin came out from the dinner party

and went to the address provided by Xiaolian.

Room 403 of Liulin Apartment Building.

Mr. Ding, hello.

Room 403 of Liulin Apartment Building at 9:30.

At the same time, Axiu told Qian Yiru that

Mr. Ding asked her to meet at nine thirty.

The address was also Room 403 of Liulin Apartment Building.

Madam. Mr. Ding said he'll see you at 9:30

at Room 403 of Liulin Apartment Building.

Around a quarter past nine,

Dong Lin arrived at the crime scene.

Ma'am, take care on your way.

At the same time the victim set off from home.

The minute the victim went out,

Axiu called Mr. Ding right away.

Hello, Mr. Ding?

Madam asked you to meet at

Room 403 of Liulin Apartment Building at 9:45.

Mr. Ding's confession confirmed this time.

After she hung up the phone,

Axiu went out by bicycle immediately.

She arrived at the crime scene earlier

than Qian Yiru who took a rickshaw.

Later the victim walked into the apartment building

and was knocked out by Axiu

who was ambushing her in the hall way

and then was hidden in somewhere.

It was exactly half past nine.

Dong Lin fled after seeing Xiaolian's body.

Of course, that body was just Xiaolian's disguise.

After Dong Lin left,

Xiaolian took money from Axiu and left.

This time, in the bathtub was a real body

with real blood.

Indeed the time was right.

From my house to Liulin Road,

it takes exactly fifteen minutes by rickshaw.

Although you were under a tight schedule,

you didn't worry at all.

Because you knew Ding Shuhan lived far away so

he wouldn't make it to Liulin Road in half an hour.

You made the time of the appointment at 9:45

to deliberately guide us

to think that

since Qian Yiru already left her home

right before 9:30,

so it's possible that Dong Lin who came home at 9:30

didn't see her.

But why couldn't you look a little more deeply?

Qian Yiru knew that Ding Shuhan lived far away.

Why would she ask him to be there

when she knew he couldn't?

So you started to suspect me

because of these details?

Earlier than that.

Because I read your confession carefully.

She also told me that

don't let him enter the master bedroom.

I didn't expect Madam would die so miserably after that.

What should Sir do in the future?

I have repeatedly confirmed that

before you came in for interrogation, including Dong Lin,

no one told you

the fact that Qian Yiru died,

not to mention who she died.

All one's troubles were caused by his tongue.

Not only your tongue.

Your hands also made a mistake.

It 's normal to

use a pseudonym since you are having an affair.

[Miss Wu]

But this surname Wu

is a typo.

The victim was from wealthy family

and studied at the St. Mary's Hall.

She wouldn't make such a mistake.

So the one who rented this room

was a less-educated person.

The most interesting thing is

there is a full stop after “Miss Wu”.

You added a full stop after the signature of your statement.

Most people do not have this habit.

And you probably don't know

now there is a technique called fingerprint comparison.

There are your fingerprints on it.

Now you can't deny it, can you?

Sir taught me that

you add a full stop after a sentence.

But I didn't know I don't need to put a full stop at the end of a signature.

And that

bicycle with a basket at the back the house,

is your tool to commit the crime.

Why did you wipe it so clean

that there is not any ash on it?

Because it rained last night

and the wheels got muddy.

You didn't want others to know

you went out last night.

Very good analysis.

But is it possible that it was merely because

she loves the bike very much

so she wipes it every day?

That's it.

But what is her motive for

committing the crime?

Because of love.

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