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[Episode 11]

♪I rushed into the forest♪

♪The forest is bushy♪

♪I can't find his whereabouts♪

♪I only see trees shaken by wind♪

♪I rushed...♪

Nice. You sang so well.

Here are the popsicles.

Have one.

Slowly.

This is for you.

Salty popsicle.

It's from Guangming.

The news said that

there will be Perseid meteor shower tonight.

Perseus?

Yes, I looked it up.

In Europe, this meteor shower

is called the tears of Saint Laurent.

It's said that these are the seeds of hope sprinkled by Saint Laurent.

Everyone who sees it

will make their dreams come true.

Will we see it?

I think so.

Find a high

and open place.

Liuxian Pavilion.

Why don't we have a look tonight?

Sure.

Okay.

I'll bring food.

It's set, then.

Just the few of us.

Time for class.

I'm not done eating my popsicle.

Wait for me.

Hurry up.

[There's a meteor shower tonight. I hope to see you there.]

[Summer, 1986]

[Tender Light]

♪I rushed into the forest♪

♪The forest is bushy♪

♪I can't find his whereabouts♪

♪I only see trees shaken by wind♪

♪I rushed into the forest♪

♪The forest is bushy♪

♪I can't find his whereabouts♪

♪I only hear the bell at Nanping hill♪

♪Evening bell at Nanping hill♪

[Hope you come tonight] ♪Blown with the wind♪

♪It seems to be ringing in my heart♪

♪Evening bell at Nanping hill♪

♪Blown with the wind♪

♪It seems to be waking me up from my dream of lovesickness♪

♪It woke me from my dream of lovesickness♪

♪What's the use of being lovesick?♪

♪I walk out of the bushy forest♪

♪And I see the sunset again♪

Alcohol has to be drunk with women.

It's meaningless drinking without women.

Isn't it?

Where are we going later?

Play cards.

Play cards.

Have another sip.

Look at the coquettish look.

I can't even move my legs.

If I could touch her,

I would rather die.

Isn't it?

Girl, drink with me.

Go away.

Hey, you.

Can you sleep soundly

with your sister being around?

Isn't it?

If I were you,

I would have done her.

You're not biologically related after all.

Isn't it?

She will sleep with someone anyway, so why can't that person be you?

Go away!

Where are you going

so late at night?

What about this?

Drink with us.

I'm sure

you'll feel ecstatic.

Right?

Are you asking for trouble?

Someone is trying to act hero.

Your sister is our sister.

Let's have fun together.

Get away.

She's not your biological sister.

Stop right there.

This is no fun.

Forget it, let's go.

Stop right there!

I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?

Are you deaf?

Don't you know how to say thank you?

No need.

You wench.

Who are you seeing so late at night?

How coquettish you look in that outfit. Who are you going to seduce?

None of your business.

Let's go. First come, first serve.

First come, first serve.

Hurry up.

Lin Fanglu.

Hurry up.

Okay.

Slowly.

Let's go.

Hu Lifan, what are you doing?

Wench.

Place them there.

Where is your telescope?

Isn't there a meteor shower?

Maybe it's not time yet.

Can't you see it?

Did you see it?

♪It's not up to anyone to say anything♪

♪My face is full of tears♪

What happened to you?

Dad.

It was him.

What did he do to you?

What are you doing?

What happened?

Tell me what happened.

What happened? Tell me!

I'm sleepy.

I'm going to bed.

I dare you!

Go away!

I told you to stop.

I'm calling the police.

Stop her, hurry!

Lock her in!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Mom.

He's still alive.

Take him in.

Open the door!

Open the door!

I can't let you

call the police.

I'll kill you all

one day.

I'll kill you all.

Kneel!

Kneel!

How dare you do such a thing?

My son.

What do we do, Mom?

What should we do?

Just do

as I say.

She's having a fever.

Should we send her to the hospital?

No need.

It's just a fever.

Just give her some medicine.

Get some water.

What for?

Don't ask.

Get more water.

Stand here.

Don't cry.

Nan Ya is absent today.

Is she sick?

Do you know where Nan Ya is?

Perhaps she's sick.

The teacher didn't ask.

Her family must have taken sick leave for her.

Mr. Nan.

I'm Nan Ya's classmate.

She hasn't been to school in days.

I'm here to give her this.

What happened to her?

Is she sick?

She's having a fever.

Is it serious?

She's getting better soon.

When is she going to school?

Mr. Nan.

I'm a class officer who's in charge of studies.

Our teacher told me to visit her.

Can I have a look inside?

She'll go to school when she gets better.

Open the door.

Open the door.

Open the door.

Go in.

Go in.

Dad.

Go in.

Dad.

Go in!

Dad.

Open the door.

Ya.

Dad.

Can we not call the police?

So you'll just allow them

to bully me?

If you call the police,

your reputation will be ruined.

This family will be destroyed.

We can't fight them.

You know very well

what Hu Lifan is like.

He kills people when he's crazy.

It's horrible.

Open the door.

Open the door.

No way.

Promise me not to call the police first.

Then I'll open the door.

Okay, I promise you.

Open the door.

Ya.

Oh, right.

I've discussed with your stepmother.

After your graduation,

he'll marry you.

Don't even think about it.

I would rather die than marry him.

Who else can you marry?

Who would marry you?

If I were you, I would kill him!

Silly girl.

If I kill him,

I would need to pay with my life.

What about this family?

Call the police, then.

Didn't I tell you?

You can't call the police.

They're taking severe measures against crime.

If we call the police,

he may be sentenced to death.

My child.

This is fate.

Accept it.

I've been there.

A wise man knows when to retreat.

It's better to be alive than to die for a good cause.

Slowly.

I finally know

why Mom died so soon.

She was so young

when she died of depression.

It was because of you!

Because of you.

I used to think

that you're just useless,

an alcoholic

and not educated.

Now I finally know

that you're also a coward.

You don't even know how to be a father

and a husband.

I'm not worthy.

I'm not worthy.

What do you know?

If she hadn't married me,

she wouldn't have been able to live. Got it?

She should be grateful.

Got it?

What was so great about her?

She was just an intellectual.

So what?

Didn't she need to eat?

Didn't she need to sleep?

She lived just like a normal being.

What was so noble about her?

Listen.

Other than being pretty,

your mom was a good-for-nothing.

Dad!

Dad!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Open the door.

Open the door.

This is a crime!

Do you have any evidence?

You just admitted your crime

in front of two policemen!

I didn't rape her.

Illegal detention.

Shielding a criminal.

All these are punishable by sentence!

Well, you should sentence her first!

I can be sentenced with her.

I don't have long to live after all.

Even so,

Nan Ya didn't have to kill Hu Lifan

after so many years.

She said it.

She'd kill us one day.

Besides,

they fought in front of the factory that day.

Because of what?

Hu Lifan introduced her to the director of the factory.

They had an appointment but she didn't go.

You mean Zhao from the factory?

He was also a director.

Nan Ya is really pathetic.

What? Is she a fairy?

She likes no one.

She would only fall for Xu Yi, your son-in-law.

Were you happy with it?

Devil.

♪I can't find his whereabouts♪

♪I only see trees shaken by wind♪

♪I rushed into the forest♪

♪The forest is bushy♪

♪I can't find his whereabouts♪

Trustworthy friendship.

The friendship that's supposed to be broken

is often tied up

and fixed by us.

The friendship that's not supposed to be broken

is often destroyed by us.

Both situations are tragedies.

But the friendship that's not supposed to be broken

is so precious.

It is destroyed by ourselves.

This is a fatal blow

to human conscience.

It may be caused by misunderstanding,

history,

or personality.

Nan Ya.

Are you getting better?

Why didn't you come that night?

Were you sick?

Was it bad?

I'm all well now.

I'm just asking.

After all, there's only a meteor shower

every two to three years.

That was such a shame.

It was nothing.

They're just some meteor stars.

They're gone in a blink.

Indeed.

It rained that night.

We didn't see many meteor stars.

Had you waited for me for long?

I didn't really wait.

We were stuck in the pavilion due to the rain.

When the New Culture Movement

was in full swing,

the salvoes

of the October Revolution

brought Marxism-Leninism to China.

In 1918, Li Dazhao published

a comparative view of French and Russian revolutions,

and The Triumph of Bolshevism and other articles.

He pointed out

that the Russian Revolution in 1917

was based on socialism.

Nan Ya.

Nan Ya, wait for me.

Nan Ya.

Nan Ya.

Are you going to join the quiz contest next month?

No.

You're good at math.

You can surely get a good result.

From now on,

don't get involved in my affair.

Did you see that?

Hu Xiu came to have Nan Ya drop out of school.

I saw that.

She just came out of the principal's office just now.

Her stepmother won't pay her university fees.

If her dad had died a few months later,

she would have gone to university.

I wish to have her academic results.

What a waste of talent.

Let's discuss about our university applications.

I'm working in a factory now.

Look.

This is my uniform.

How is it there?

What do you think?

I can finally support myself financially.

Lin Fanglu.

Stop running.

How many rounds have you run?

Have you thought it through?

I have!

I'm going back.

Lin Fanglu.

Don't act on impulse.

I'm not acting on impulse.

I must return there.

I can't watch her

work in such a tiny factory

forever.

Who do you think you are?

Who are you to her?

Listen up.

No one can change

the fate of the others in this world.

I could have helped her.

I was a coward.

I didn't even confess my feelings in the end.

I saw her being forced to drop out of school.

I could have taken her

out of Qingshui Town.

Yes.

I will take her out of Qingshui Town.

Where are you going?

I'm going to the train station.

Lin Fanglu, calm down.

How should I be calm?

Why should I be calm?

Lin Fanglu!

Stop being emotional!

Lin Fanglu, listen to me.

What are you going to say?

You're just a university student.

What do you have?

Do you have money?

Do you have any connections to help her?

Do you have a family that allows you to do whatever you want?

You have nothing.

Don't act hero.

Can you support her?

Can you get her a job?

She has no academic record

nor registered permanent residence.

She can only get a temporary job when she's here.

Would that be better

than working in the factory?

Since she quit school

and you enrolled in the university,

Your paths in life

are no longer the same.

Her family

is nothing but a mess.

With such a relationship,

your future

will be incredibly tough.

Don't even talk about dreams.

Solving her problems alone

would hold you back.

Should I

just let her be

in this quagmire alone

without doing anything

or showing any concern?

It's beyond your control.

The pain of a disappointed love is so transient.

But life choices

made with just a thought

can have great consequences.

If you make a wrong choice,

it may take you years to get over it.

Why don't you choose

an easier path?

Think about it.

Is anybody here?

[Sanhe Local Food Restaurant]

Is there anyone?

Is there anyone?

Who are you?

What do you want?

I'm from the police station.

I came to see you

to inquire about something.

I... I'll be down there.

It's been almost a month now.

We're closed for business.

No one came.

Boss refused to pay.

No one works here.

How long had this opened?

Many years.

I was in charge of the restaurant.

The business wasn't good.

Did it make money?

Of course not.

There were losses every year.

I talked to my boss.

The location here

is so bad.

Might as well open a small store.

No one would come and eat here.

But my boss

was a rich guy. He didn't care.

He bought this place

and forgot about it.

Have a look at this.

Is this your boss?

No.

The last name of my boss is Xu.

He's called Xu Jian.

- Xu Jian? - Yes.

I remember this person.

He was here a few times.

When these two came to eat,

were there any other customers in the restaurant?

No.

What did they talk about?

They sent us out after we served the food.

How long did they talk?

Over an hour.

And then?

They then left by car.

With the same car?

No, two separate cars.

One after another.

Has your boss contacted you recently?

Yes.

He told me

to close down the shop and leave.

He said

he had no more money.

Well, why are you still here?

I dismissed the workers.

And I'm still looking for something to do.

I still haven't figured out where to go.

Have you been around

since the restaurant opened?

I oversaw the renovation.

This place was a car repair shop.

The car repair shop

was making some money.

Those who passed by

drove long distances.

There were chances

of a flat tire

or oil leakage.

But he insisted on turning it into a restaurant.

It would be good enough

if there were two tables of customers

each day.

How many years has it been since this shop was bought?

Five years, I guess.

Five years?

Yes, five years.

I bought the restaurant that year.

He wanted it urgently.

And he wanted to buy it immediately

to have a place to discuss things.

But he didn't show up at all.

I ever tried to persuade him.

I said it's okay to buy the shop.

But a repair shop

would make more money there.

And the workers are readily available.

He said his aim wasn't to make money.

Do you remember

the mechanics who worked here?

I don't.

They were not from here.

They left long ago.

Okay, got it.

Thank you.

Okay.

Goodbye.

Officer Lin, I got it.

Chen.

I found one mechanic

who didn't leave.

His name is Wu Shangui.

He married a woman in the neighboring Rongshui Town.

So he stayed and opened a Mahjong parlor.

Look.

This is his information. And...

Here's the address.

Win.

Who's Wu Shangui?

Shangui.

Shangui.

Someone is here for you.

Are you Shangui?

I'm here to inquire about something.

Yes, that's him.

He was here.

It's been so many years,

yet you still remember so well.

This man left a deep impression on me.

He was quite eccentric.

The road uphill near our car repair shop

was under construction.

No car was allowed.

He might have driven past there

so

he had a flat tire.

We were afraid that we couldn't fix it at night.

So we told him to open the trunk

to see if there's a spare tire that we can use.

He said there was no spare tire.

He insisted on not opening the trunk.

By the way,

there was a woman in the car.

She refused to get out of the car.

Was that the woman?

I... I'm not sure.

The woman didn't get out of the car.

After working for hours,

the car wasn't repaired.

Eventually, the man told us

to just get the car moving.

We filled the tire

and he left.

I thought he could perhaps make it to the town.

Do you remember when exactly it was?

It was perhaps the night

three days before our shop closed down.

They drove downhill that night.

Let's have a look ahead there.

What's ahead?

A hillside road.

Ever since there's a highway,

not many drive this way.

If that woman was Nan Ya,

it's very likely

that she and Xu Yi

killed Hu Lifan together

and dumped the body in the outskirts.

So they needed

a ticket clerk

to provide an alibi.

Chen Ling

helped them indirectly.

Where exactly is it?

Are you sure you want to keep searching?

Keep searching.

Keep on searching.

If I were Xu Yi,

this would be the best place to dump the body.

This is just your guess.

We still don't know if he was the one who killed him.

Do you believe in instinct?

I told you,

instinct

is not reliable.

But my first instinct tells me

the body is right here.

It's such a big lake.

If we are to conduct a search here,

it'll be like finding a needle in a haystack.

How much manpower and resources do we need for it?

Think it through.

What if you can't find anything?

Let's do it.

♪Dear, my beloved♪

♪Believe me at least♪

♪Without you, languishes my heart♪

♪Dear, my beloved♪

♪Without you, languishes my heart♪

♪Your faithful one sighs always♪

♪Cease, cruel one♪

♪So much severity♪

♪Cease, cruel one♪

♪So much severity♪

♪So much severity♪

♪Dear, my beloved♪

♪Believe me at least♪

♪Without you, languishes my heart♪

♪Dear, my beloved♪

♪Believe me at least♪

♪Without you, languishes my heart♪