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MY ROOMMATE IS A DETECTIVE

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Step aside!

Thirty-two minutes.

You're too slow.

You called that slow?

Sir,

brother, I have done my best.

From here to the train station,

ordinary people have to run for more than an hour to do that.

Impossible, try again.

I won't run again.

It won't change anything even if I run a hundred times.

The old chief of the train station

saw the guy in blue left at ten o'clock.

Let's assume that person was Xu Yuan.

Then plus some time to walk to the bus station,

where he took the tram,

he could arrive at He's villa at 10:20 at the soonest.

If he really caught

the train departing at eleven o'clock,

that means, at 10:28 at the latest,

he had to leave the villa to head back to the station.

Because it would take him at least another thirty-two minutes

to go back to the train station.

So he had only eight minutes

to kidnap a girl in a rich family

from a villa that was full of servants and guards.

How is this possible?

Do you think there will be a person from the inside to help Xu Yuan?

From the inside?

I am not going to lie.

The case was a high-profile case.

Master He rewarded a thousand silver dollars in order to catch the bad guy.

I wanted to earn some extra money

so I investigated a little by myself.

Is there any clue I don't know?

The River God used to write a letter to the He family.

When was it written?

When was it written?

About 5 or 6 months after Qingyi disappeared.

What did the letter say?

She said that she had a good time with River God.

She also asked her father to sink a box of gold

at the bottom of the river as her dowry.

Dowry?

Master He was very angry at that time.

He arranged a lot of servants to ambush by the river.

He wanted to

catch this so-called river god when he sank that box of gold.

They waited for a day and didn't see anyone.

What about the box of gold?

Take a wild guess.

Disappeared.

After this was made known to nearby villagers,

all kinds of rumors were spread.

In the end, even the fishermen dare not go fishing in the river.

Is that letter still there?

It should still be at He's mansion.

I hope it had not been burned by Mr. He.

Mr. Lu, this way please.

Master He thought it was a prank.

So he asked me to burn the letter.

Never mention it again.

Like it never happened.

But I thought

this was indeed the handwriting of the lady.

So I kept it secretly.

Maybe this is the last thing she left us.

Father, how are you?

Ever since I was married to the River God,

I have been living a happy life.

But recently because a lot of the fish and shrimp in Jinsha Bay died,

our life is a bit hard now.

Hope my father can sink a box of gold in Jinsha Bay

to help me get through this period.

This can also be considered as my dowry.

Please take care of your health and don't worry about me.

So god can also be short of money?

Mr. Lu, what do you think?

If Qingyi was really abducted by Xu Yuan,

Xu Yuan dictated this letter word by word

for her to write down.

This monster!

God bless you to solve the case as soon as possible

and catch this shameless murderer!

Xu Yuan could get in and out of He's mansion easily.

Why would he write an extortion letter with his good skills?

Why didn't he just steal directly?

The purpose of this letter was so vague.

Really can't tell now.

At that time, there were only Mr. He, his daughter, and the servants in the villa.

If there was someone from the inside who helped Xu Yuan,

it should be a servant.

But He's mansion had strict rules.

Ordinary servants, especially men,

could not get in contact with female family members alone.

The servants are the biggest suspects.

At that time, Mr. He sank the gold and waited, but there was no one showing up to get the gold.

Why?

He already knew there was an ambush.

No, there was one more suspect.

Who?

Xu Yuan got into fights several times

with the same person.

Along.

Along?

He was just a little punk.

A distant relative of the He family.

Where is he now?

Seems to be working for Mr. Du.

Which Mr. Du?

How many famous Mr. Du are there in Shanghai?

Mr. Qiao!

Inspector Qiao!

Long time no see. Why are you here?

I am investigating the case recently.

There was a guy named Xu Yuan who had fights with you before.

Think what you can remember.

Xu Yuan.

Can't remember.

Think harder.

Inspector Qiao.

I've hit many people in my life.

How can I remember

everyone being beaten by me?

Think again.

Are you out of your mind?

Don't move! Step back!

I work for Mr. Du!

Think again.

You want to die?

I asked you to think again.

I am going to kill you!

what on earth do you want?

Put the gun down first, OK?

That bastard coveted Miss He,

so he often went to harass and woo her.

Mr. He is my relative.

He couldn't stand it and asked me for help.

What else could someone like me do to help him?

I just beat him up.

I would beat him up every time he showed up to meet Miss He.

I beat him until he couldn't get up.

But I did not expect

this little rascal was out of his mind.

The more I hit him, the more he didn't want to quit.

The last time, he tied explosives on his body

to put up a desperate fight.

It scared me to death.

So I took my brothers to hide from him.

Later Miss He went missing.

It was definitely that rascal!

His fixed eyes would stare at you.

Lunatic.

You could have saved a lot of trouble if you said so earlier.

You just leave like that?

So many beautiful ladies!

Dance!

Come on! Sit down!

Hey, dance!

Everyone keep having fun! Enjoy!

Keep playing.

I think

Xu Yuan and Miss He were not merely strangers.

Why?

Even a punk is also human.

He is not a beast.

If Miss He never expressed her feelings for him,

he wouldn't have

desperately come to her door for her again and again.

I thought about the possibility of elopement before.

But I never figured it out

the timeframe of what happened that night.

Maybe what the letter said

that she lived happily with River God was true.

What is it?

There are marks on the envelope.

These should be a shopping list

Qingyi wrote for the kidnapper.

She put the envelope under the paper as a pad while writing

so there were marks left.

Borneol, nux vomica,

daemonorops draco, frankincense.

These are anti-inflammatory and dispersing blood stasis herbs.

Atractylodes, radix aconiti, and musk.

These ingredients are abortion medicines.

How do you know that?

I read.

Medicine of diminishing inflammation and dispersing blood stasis means that Miss He was injured.

But this abortion…

Damn that bastard!

Hurry up to call your men to

check the ledgers at major pharmacies.

Especially focus on

their sales lists in June of that year.

Whoever bought these several medicines together

is the murderer.

It's me.

Call the team.

We have work to do.

Check it out at major pharmacies

who bought these medicines.

Hurry up!

Yes, sir!

What happened?

We are close to hunting down the murderer.

Really?

I knew Mr. Lu is definitely not an ordinary person.

I always feel

he is not human.

Not a human?

He can hear the instructions of the gods when he is working the cases.

Otherwise it is impossible for him to solve the cases so soon.

Wait for me, wait for me!

Now you are religious, too?

No.

What are you praying for then?

I...

I was tired so I was stretching.

Stop making excuse. You're just worried about her.

If something happens to her,

then

who will share my rent?

Then if she comes back this time,

will you still bully her?

I bully her?

Obviously she has been bullying me, OK?

Anyway, you two

must be husband and wife in your previous life.

What makes you think that?

Husband and wife in the past life often get into fights in this life.

Don't curse me.

Sir!

We found him!

In June that year in Xinchang Pharmacy,

there was a purchase record

exactly like the list.

Who?

Zhou Wenmao.

Who is he?

He's mansion's butler!

We were a little late. He ran.

The supplies and facilities

are basically the same as the cabin.

We can almost be certain He Qingyi

was kept in captivity by this person.

So Xu Yuan was wronged.

If a rich girl eloped away with you,

would you abuse her like this?

8125, Zhabei Old Warehouse.

This is the writing of Youning!

The ink is not dry yet. Let's go!

You take a team to find that butler.

Search the train station and the dock.

Don't let him run away.

Yes, sir!

What took you guys so long?

Sorry for being late.

You don't need to say sorry to her.

We saved your life.

Otherwise you would have been raped and then killed.

No, with your body and your face,

they might kill you directly

because they didn't want to do anything else.

Go away. I am not in the mood to talk to you.

Are you hurt?

Who dares to hurt me?

So you didn't get beaten

when you were abducted from the apartment?

Who said I was abducted?

Then why are you here?

I came voluntarily.

Voluntarily?

What is going on?

Aren't you a genius detective?

Guess.

You don't disclose information of this case to me,

then I will not tell you any clues.

Lady, the murderer is still at large.

Do you think this is funny?

The one who kidnapped me

was not the murderer.

How do you know?

Let him guess.

Dried soybeans?

Why are you picking them off? They are endless.

The Buddhism said that this is vile spawn.

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

Big Guy Kan kidnapped you?

He is surnamed Xu.

Xu…Xu Yuan?

Yes indeed.

His face has burned scars?

Yes.

He begged me to do him a favor.

He told me about his past.

What favor?

Let her play the hostage so as to force me to solve the case.

That explains a lot.

This dude looks stupid,

but he is actually really clever.

How do you know it's him?

I was wondering before.

How could a kidnapper be so familiar with

Qingyi's bedroom?

He knew the secret drawer that the butler didn't even know.

Those three clothes

should be what Qingyi asked Xu Yuan to take out for her.

So what happened that night was not an abduction.

It was elopement.

The person inside to help was Qingyi herself.

It's just that something went wrong during the process.

The butler beat Xu Yuan to it to take Qingyi away from the villa.

No, slow down.

I can't understand.

First Xu Yuan got you under control.

Staying by our side, step by step,

he let me deduct how the butler committed the crime.

He followed us all the way of the case,

he knew everything we did.

Then why did he give you the address here?

He already knows who the real murderer is.

So he doesn't need a hostage anymore.

He left the address

for us to save Youning.

Lure the enemy away from his base, right?

Yes, he gave us this address as distraction

so he can focus on the butler.

Oh no.

Where are you going?

Aren't you a detective? Guess it yourself.

Leave me behind again.

I..

You and I didn't hold any grudge.

Why are you doing this to me?

No grudge?

How dare you say that?

I loved Miss He very much.

So you abducted her?

I will tell you everything!

I did it.

Not only did I abduct her,

I also raped her.

You deliberately try to irritate me.

You want me to kill you

so you won't have to suffer.

How is that possible?

I waited for so many years

and finally I caught you.

How can I let you die so easily?

No, no!

I'm telling the truth.

Well, stick out your tongue.

Stick your tongue out!

No, no!

You are here.

Xu Yuan, put the gun down.

You are fast.

You already find out who I really am.

One word.

Bravo!

You burned your face on purpose, right?

Yes.

After Qingyi went missing,

I became the suspect!

I had no other way

but to escape from Shanghai.

After that

I ruined my face

and came back to Shanghai

trying to find out the whereabouts of Qingyi.

In my life,

I want to see her again, dead or alive.

The reason why I can live to this day

is because I still have a mission to complete.

We can understand how you must feel.

No, you can't!

Qingyi and I were in love.

But my family was poor.

After her dad found out we were together,

he grounded Qingyi in the house.

I didn't know what to do so

I came to her home repeatedly trying to see her.

Her father

let Along beat me up

and tried everything in his power to put me in prison.

And then

I tied explosives all over my body

to put up a desperate fight with him.

Along was scared away.

He was scared away.

After that

Qingyi was locked into the Jinsha Bay Villa.

You know,

she secretly sent me a message

asking me to wait for her at the train station.

She was going to elope with me.

Elopement!

Because I was worried about her, I went back there to find her.

But I was treated as a kidnapping suspect.

I had no choice but to escape from Shanghai.

I think Qingyi was so confident in the plan

because she thought she got a helper to get her out of the villa

who she could trust.

Mr. Lu is suspecting me?

Either you tell us everything,

or we leave you to be along with him.

You two can take the time to talk.

We will come again in half an hour.

Wait! I'll tell you everything!

I promised Miss to take her out.

I prepared a boat for her.

Then she got on the boat alone.

I hid her at a place of the shore,

and then ran back to the villa,

pretending to look for her with other servants.

Later, Master He found Xu Yuan.

So he went all the way to Shizi Street to chase him.

So Mr. He thought Xu Yuan and Qingyi eloped.

He didn't call the police for the sake of the family's reputation.

You thought the whole thing was over.

You didn't expect Xu Yuan was so persistent

to keep investing.

So the name "Xu Yuan"

was not a clue she left for us to follow.

She carved his name because she was tortured for five years.

What she needed at that time

was just something to let her want to live.

Unfortunately, she still died.

I'm satisfied that I

lived a happy life in these five years.

Xu Yuan.

He committed murder so he will pay with his life.

You don't need to give up yours because of him.

The law will punish him for you.

Miss He in Heaven wouldn't' want to see

you become a murderer

because of her.

Shooting him to death

would be a mercy for him.

You don't have to

lose your life for him.

Why?

I heard you were sentenced to ten years in prison.

Mr. Qiao

pulled many strings for me to get this lighter sentence.

I failed you,

more importantly, I failed Qingyi.

It's already over.

Qingyi and I are not meant to be together in this life.

But we will be together again in the next life.

I really regret it.

What if

I didn't object you to be together…

In this life

I was not able to be with Qingyi.

If it's OK with you,

I hope I can be buried

together with Qingyi

when I die.

Where did you get this?

Miss He's bedroom.

Xu Yuan said

this was their token of love.

He was actually a very affectionate man.

Unfortunately, they were not meant to be together by fate.

You believe in fate?

Of course!

The Chinese people believe that

some people are destined to meet or even become a couple.

From acquaintance

to becoming friends, everything is doomed.

Like the two of us.

What do you want?

Think about it,

among millions of people of Shanghai,

why only the two of us can be roommates?

If this is not fate, I don't know what it is.

First of all, If I can choose,

I definitely won't live here.

I share the apartment with you for only one reason,

I am poor.

I would have been upset

before this case if I heard you say so.

But Chusheng told me that

after I disappeared,

you said you would pay with your own life

if you couldn't find me within three days.

I…

That's just a stalling tactics.

In order to find me,

you hadn't closed your eyes for days.

If you died,

even if I didn't want to pay with my life,

your father would kill me anyway.

No matter what you say,

I can be sure I am in your heart.

Thank you.

What do you want exactly?

I can give you half of the money from the script.

No you're talking.

How much money can we get?

They were not happy with the first draft.

Why?

They said I don't have a well-knit plot

nor a reasonable logic.

But if you can help me make some adjustment,

it will definitely pass.

It took you a long way

trying to say you wanted me to work for you.

They said

as long as the script is cleared to make into a movie,

I get to choose who plays the heroine.

What does that have to do with me?

All the beautiful actresses in Shanghai have to listen to you.

Think about it.

That scene.

Give me a pen!

Why so many typos?

Are you illiterate?

This is just the first draft.

First draft!

You can't be sloppy even if it's first draft!

If you're stupid, you can learn slowly.

But bad attitude, too?

You might as well go become a rickshaw driver.

Who did you say should be a driver?

You!

Come here!

You are illiterate.

Just admit it.

Come back! Don't run!

You didn't study hard when you were a kid, right?

Is this how you repay your father who paid your tuition?

Mr. Bai.

Come take a look at this.

What is this?

Manson Club's member entry and exit records.

Manson Club?

Many directors of Concession's Municipal Council and business tycoons

are members of this club.

I have a few informants there to

investigate their daily activities.

Why is Lu Yao's name also on it?

That's what I want to ask too,

He has been there several times these days.

He even took a bottle of wine from there once.

Conti.

Maybe it was just because they are alumni.

Anyway I believe

he won't betray me.

I don't mean anything showing you this.

I'm just saying, be careful.

Or you might not know what it is when it hits you.

What do you want?

Do I have to want something to see you?

Asking me out for a drink in the middle of the night.

Did you break up with your girl?

Since you're smart, guess.

You won't pay me for that, I'm too lazy to use my brain.

Just tell me what this is for.

Have you been to the Manson Club?

I have.

What were you doing there?

Drinking and chatting.

Chatting with whom and about what?

Do I have to tell you all my private things?

I won't push you if you don't want to say it.

But

if you get too close to those foreigners,

I will worry about you.

Worry about what?

Mr. Bai has a conflict of interest with them.

I don't want you to get involved.

So, are you worried about me,

or worried about yourself?

What do you think?

We had a good cooperation before.

I don't want to destroy what we have now.

Finally in Shanghai

there is someone who doesn't find me annoying.

I cherish it.

This matter ends now and here.

We will never bring it up again.

You are the most beautiful lady I have ever seen in my life.

You sure?

What did he say?

He said you're

the most beautiful girl he's ever seen.

Oh, please!

Disgusting!

I beg your pardon?

He asked you to say it again.

Did he translate it right?

Bro, have you really studied English?

What did you think I translated wrong?

The "Oh please" Ms. Yun just said,

according to her tone just now,

should be "thank you".

You sure?

Believe me.

When a foreigner praises you for looking good,

you just say thank you.

Wouldn't that make me sound like a slut?

Believe him or me, choose one yourself.

Thank you.

Honey, would you like to have dinner with me tonight?

He says…

Come here.

What are you doing?

Are you free tonight?

I have a deadline for an article. What's wrong?

I'm busy too!

If they are going out for dinner,

you will have to be the interpreter for them the whole night!

But you can't break them apart!

Look such a perfect couple they can be.

Fine.

If the two of them are going out…

In the future when they are doing something "intimate",

will you also be the interpreter for them all the time?

If this can give birth to a couple,

I can live with that.

Fine.

What did he say?

Sorry.

He asked you,

would you like to have dinner with him tonight?

I know this.

Yes, yes.

Thank you. Thank God. I'm very pleased.

He said thank God and he was very happy.

Me too.

What is your occupation?

I am a real estate agency.

Silly Lu asked him what his occupation is.

He said he was a real estate agent.

I know it.

And what do you want from her?

Hey, watch your tone.

What did he say now?

I want to persuade her to sell this house.

I can't do it anymore.

Your turn.

He asked if you like to eat stinky tofu.

I…

No. Sorry.

Why?

This house belongs to her husband.

She is married?

Five times, and her current husband is Mr. Bai.

The most powerful mafia in Shanghai.

Sorry, I have to…You know.

Anyway, very nice to meet you. Bye.

Bye all of a sudden?

Foreigners are so rude.

I don't understand.

Why did he leave?

He doesn't think he deserves you.

He said he didn't think he deserved me?

I didn't do anything wrong, did I?

No, no, no.

Inspector Qiao, why are you here?

Is there a case?

Sit, take a seat!

What's the case? Tell us now!

A Catholic priest named Massimo

was found dead in the church this morning.

He was hung on a hanging cross

that was a few meters high.

Awesome!

Time is waiting for no man! Let's go!

I haven't finished yet!

Talk to us at the scene!

Bye, Ms. Yun!

The back door of the church is open all the time

for anyone in need of a shelter.

What Father Angus means is

the back door of the church is always open

so anyone can come in.

The range of suspects has expanded again.

Be careful to hold it!

If I fall, you will have to compensate me a lot of money!

Be careful.

So you can speak Chinese?

A little.

How many priests are there in your church?

Just the two of us.

I am the priest.

Massimo, the Dead,

was the curate.

I saw him.

I really saw him! He was right there!

I really saw him!

I really saw him!

I really… He came back!

It's alright. It's okay.

Fortunately, I didn't have breakfast in the morning.

How's it going?

At the heart and abdomen

there are several deep knife cuts.

Nails went through his hands and feet.

Such a deep resentment!

There are traces of nails being struck on one side of the cross.

The victim was stabbed to death with a sharp weapon

before his hands and feet were nailed through

and he was nailed to the cross.

Since he was already dead,

why nailing his limbs?

This is a religious ritual.

That means the killer found the victim guilty

with deep sin.

You know that?

You forgot I went to a church-run school.

So what does the church think is a sin?

Seven deadly sins are

envy, gluttony, greed or avarice,

lust, pride, sloth, and wrath.

If so,

how many times do you deserve to be nailed at a cross?

Even if I went to hell,

you wouldn't go to heaven.

OK, give me an offer.

Why? Do you want to extort me again?

This case is special.

The victim was a foreigner and a priest.

If you can't solve the case,

the Municipal Council will surely give you a hard time.

Come here!

Go to Mr. Lu's apartment and ask his landlady

Miss Meng to come here.

What do you want?

If she is here, you will be more efficient in solving the case.

Off you go.

Don't, don't.

Still the old price, Ok?

But with an extra German electric oven.

You don't have to go now.

What?

Is this question so difficult to answer?

Actually Father Massimo had many enemies.

Enemies?

How so?

Father Massimo was a bit irritable and short-tempered.

He came to church less than a year but already

offended many people.

Because of him many believers

stopped coming to the church.

Do you know who would want to kill him?

I know.

Hey!

It's not a human who killed him.

Let go of her!

Go on.

The one who killed him

was my dead son.

A ghost?

It was my son who died unjustly.

He came back as a ghost to get revenge.

I saw him. I saw him with my eyes!

You saw it with your own eyes that

your dead child killed the priest?

No.

But I saw it with my own eyes

my son.

He was standing right there.

He didn't say a word,

just standing there.

What did the dead priest do to your son.

Let me take over.

Ma'am, what's your name?

My name is Yang Sufang.

This is my husband, Cheng Yihe.

He is also the chairman here.

Our dead son is called Cheng Zhikang

Is there a domicile file or death certificate?

At least you should have a body burial certificate?

It's okay, as long as you cooperate with the case,

we can work on the related procedures later.

Three months ago,

my son Zhikang accidentally soiled a painting of the Madonna.

That monster

beat him up.

Stop! What are you doing?

Our God wants me to do this!

I swear to God!

OK! You take him!

Later they sent our son back.

But in the middle of the night,

my son got unconscious.

The two of us took him to the hospital.

But not long after he arrived,

my son..

My son died!

Why didn't you call the police?

We thought it was God 's will!

What kind of god would be so tyrannical

to allow his follower to beat children to death?

You are so religious to him,

but what did he give you in return?

Oh God.

We are sinners.

we are all sinners.

Lord, Lord!

Let's go. Let's get out of here.

Their son is dead and yet they can't call the police.

The dad's motive to seek revenge is clearly there.

Motive, yes, but the time is wrong.

The boy died three months ago.

Why didn't him kill him until now?

He had been planning how to do it.

He waited until the right opportunity came.

That nun also said

this priest had a lot of enemies.

It's hard to narrow down the suspects with motives.

You might even be misled by the real murderer.

We don't know who the murderer is.

But I figured out how they did it.

That's impressive.

I am all ears.