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[Episode 13]

Hu Lifan...

will never bully you again.

[Tender Light]

So when you woke up,

he had already pushed Hu Lifan into the lake,

is that it?

I presumed so.

You didn't ask him?

No.

Why didn't you?

I was afraid to be proven correct.

So, you were saying

it was Xu Yi who killed Hu Lifan.

And you weren't involved from start to finish.

Wasn't I?

If it had nothing to do with me,

then why did Hu Lifan die?

Did you kill Hu Lifan or not?

I didn't kill him.

But I wanted him dead.

I wished he'd die 100 times over!

This place has long been abandoned.

No one wants to come here.

Right here.

This zone.

Hu Lifan's autopsy report states that

his ribs were fractured.

He must have been beaten by Jiang Baoshan and the gang.

So Xu Yi was trying to kill Hu Lifan

who was physically strong and agile

It's really difficult.

Were there any other traces

at the crime scene?

It's mainly this zone.

And here.

They found burnt clothes and skin

stuck onto the sides of the boiler.

No other traces.

So what made you think

that Hu Lifan died?

In a trashcan

at the door of the boiler room,

a rag was found.

It was probably torn off from the clothing.

His blood was on it.

If Xu Yi

had cleaned the site so discreetly,

why did he make such a big mistake, then?

[Boiler Room]

Do you recognize this?

Think carefully.

That night,

what was Hu Lifan wearing?

Why was this in the bin

by the boiler room's door?

I don't know.

Don't know?

After hiding the body,

what exactly did you two do?

[Do not go into the mountain. Construction in progress. Danger]

We've got a flat tire.

I will get someone to fix it.

Stay in the car.

Don't come out.

And don't make any noise.

[Car Workshop]

K.

There.

Double Two.

Sir.

Sir.

I have a flat tire.

Could you take a look?

It's late.

We're closed.

No more work.

Please help me out, sir.

Thank you.

Were you coming from the mountain?

They're paving the road up there.

Didn't you see the blockade?

It's too dark,

and it's raining.

I couldn't see clearly.

What happened to your leg?

I injured it when I got down to check on the tire just now.

Please help take a look.

The tire is punctured. It'll be hard to fix.

Can you open the trunk?

Let me check the spare tire.

If it's okay, I'll change it for you.

Sir.

My car

doesn't have a spare tire.

This model should all have a spare tire.

It's my friend's car.

I don't have the key.

Any other solution?

All right.

Then, ask her to get out of the car.

Sir...

She's not feeling well.

Let her stay in the car.

I'm sure you have other ways.

Go take a look.

If she won't get off,

I can't jack up the car.

It's okay.

It got punctured by a nail.

I can't fix it now.

You could leave the car here

and come back tomorrow.

That can't be done, sir.

I have to get back to the town today.

That's fine. We have a car.

We can get you there.

How about this?

Help me pump up the tire.

Just make sure it can support me

to get back to the town.

Just pump it for me.

Thanks.

Just pump some air.

Pump some air.

Thanks.

I'm screwed.

I'm totally screwed.

I'm screwed.

Did you...

Nan Ya, don't say anything.

Don't say anything.

It's okay.

After today,

things will be okay.

It'll be okay.

Xu Yi.

Let's turn ourselves in.

Nan Ya, no.

Nan Ya, we can't do that.

We cannot turn ourselves in.

We cannot do that.

Whatever I did, I did it for you.

Because I love you.

You...

Just tell the police...

Tell them I'm the killer.

We have to turn ourselves in.

No way.

Hu Lifan is dead.

It doesn't matter.

He deserved to die.

It's good...

It's good that he's dead.

Now, no one's going

to bully you again,

Nan Ya.

From now on, nobody is going to bully you again.

Nobody is going to bully you.

Nan Ya, I love you.

I... I did all of this

for you.

Don't be scared, Nan Ya. I'm here.

I'm here.

Nan Ya, I love you.

Make a call to 23882, Chen Ling.

Nan Ya.

Nan Ya, open the door.

I know you're in there.

Open the door, Nan Ya!

Nan Ya, I know you're inside.

Open up!

Nan Ya, I know you're in there.

Why are you here?

Let's talk outside.

No!

Nan Ya!

Let her explain it to me!

Nan Ya!

Nan Ya!

Let me in!

Let me in!

Get over here.

What are you trying to do?

What is going on with you and her?

You already saw it.

If I hadn't come,

you two would still be lying to me, huh?

Hu Xiu was right.

You're vicious.

You deserve every bit

of the hardships you had suffered before

and the subsequent repercussions you'll receive.

You'll never be happy!

He purposely called Chen Ling to come

so that she'd find out

you two were together

that night.

So, why didn't you

go to the police the next day?

At the time, I didn't have any way

to ascertain whether or not he killed Hu Lifan.

If I was able to verify what I thought,

it still meant Xu Yi had killed Hu Lifan for me.

You're asking me to report him?

I couldn't do it.

After you got married to him,

you were subjected to constant abuse.

You could have freed yourself

if you had just gone to the police.

Every time he hit me,

I thought that it was what I deserved.

Because ever since that night,

we were destined to live a dark life.

That was the price.

She was pregnant before getting married.

You dare bring such a woman back?

You must have been possessed by her.

You could live a good and proper life.

But you would rather choose this wench?

You don't mind losing face, but I do!

If you dare to marry her,

then never come back!

Just leave them there.

Let's go.

[Yishan Civil Affairs Bureau]

Later, when I thought about it...

Come on.

I found it impossible for one person to bear the secret of killing someone.

Since then,

Xu Yi became violent,

selfish, skeptical

and temperamental.

What's the matter?

Who did you speak with out there today?

Who did I talk to?

I just went out to buy some food.

Buy food?

Did buying food include flirting with Lai

at the cigarette and alcohol stall?

Who was flirting?

That's what the people are saying.

Nan Ya.

Tell me the truth.

Who else did you sleep with

aside from Hu Lifan?

What is that look supposed to mean?

Hu Lifan wasn't lying.

That night when you were with me,

I knew that something was wrong.

I've explained this countless times.

No.

I'm sure you're hiding something from me.

That night,

you told me clearly

that you didn't like me.

Who do you like, then?

I don't like anyone.

But you said it yourself.

I only said it so you'd give up.

Why did you want me to give up?

Yeah.

Because from beginning to end,

you never had

any feelings for me, right?

For you,

I lost everything.

For you, I was kicked out by my family.

For you,

I... I did things I never would have.

I did them all!

What about you?

After so long,

you still don't even have any feelings for me.

And you even flirt with men outside.

I don't want to talk to you.

Get over here!

Who said you could go?

It hurts...

Wanwan was born prematurely because of that kick.

When she was born,

she had congenital renal insufficiency.

Xu Yi didn't let me talk to any other men.

If he was unsatisfied,

he'd give me a beating.

But later, he'd beg for my forgiveness.

He was like a different man in those days.

Gentle and considerate.

Utterly romantic.

Every night, he'd whisper in my ear.

It was because of me

that his life turned out like this.

If I dared betray him,

he'd kill me and Wanwan.

Why didn't you report him, Nan Ya?

You think I didn't want to?

I kept thinking about it when I was in the delivery room.

But what could I do?

Wanwan was still so young.

I needed a lot of money to treat her illness.

Where would I find the money if I left him?

Then what was it that made you finally decide

to divorce Xu Yi?

Wanwan is bigger now.

I don't want our tragedy

to continue on her.

So it had nothing to do

with what happened at the train station?

Before the train station incident, I thought I owed him.

After that, I felt

that I had cleared everything I owed him.

I was determined to divorce him.

How much did you know about the bridge case?

I don't have any solid evidence.

Only a few photos.

That night,

I used Hu Lifan to threaten Xu Yi for a divorce.

Xu Yi then went berserk and wanted to kill me.

I don't know

why he became like that.

Because in that remote lake,

there was another body.

Liu Changshui's.

Why didn't you tell the truth in the first place?

Now that we've traced it back to you,

you change your story.

Because I'm afraid.

I'm afraid that Hu Lifan's case would implicate me.

Then I'll have to go to jail,

and Wanwan will be an orphan.

We've done an autopsy on the body.

In Liu Changshui's nails,

we found Xu Yi's DNA.

We believe Liu Changshui was hit by a blunt object,

most likely a shovel,

on the back of the head, causing craniocerebral injury.

Then he was tied to a huge rock

and drowned in the lake.

The way the body was dealt with

is the same in Hu Lifan's case.

So we can safely conclude

that it was Xu Yi who killed him.

Could you guys release a public statement?

Or publish it in the newspaper.

Tell them

that my dad hadn't absconded with the money.

The bridge case is still ongoing.

Whether he had absconded with the money

or was involved in it

is still being investigated.

So we're unable to make a statement now.

He had been killed by Xu Yi!

How could he abscond with the money?

Where's the money?

Is it in the lake?

Here's the thing.

When the case is wrapped up,

if

we found that your father was innocent,

we would definitely clear his name.

Clear his name?

How?

Publish it in the newspaper?

Or monetary compensation?

Because the suspect is now dead

and his assets have been frozen,

so...

What about Nan Ya?

Nan Ya should compensate on behalf of Xu Yi, no?

Xu Yi

deliberately left

pieces of Hu Lifan's bloodstained clothing

in the trashcan by the door of the boiler room.

And the trashcan

gets cleaned every day.

With that, it helped the police confirm

that the missing Hu Lifan was dead.

As for the time of death,

it could only be the night before.

Only then,

could

his carefully planned alibi

be of actual use.

The autopsy report

is consistent with Nan Ya's statement.

Hu Lifan died due to blunt force trauma to the head.

From the severity of his broken bones,

the perpetrator was most likely someone much stronger.

So that basically rules out

Nan Ya as the killer.

But she confessed

that she didn't actually see Xu Yi kill him.

But whether or not she was an accomplice in hiding the body

or covering the matter up

remains

unknown.

The media attention

has turned this case

into a social event.

Earlier today,

the Provincial PSB's Deputy Director had personally called.

He said,

for women like Nan Ya, who are victims of long-term domestic abuse

as well as sexual harassment,

we should give more consideration

to their predicament.

As long as it is eligible

to be justified in self-defense,

there's no need to be overly cautious.

We can't assume it's difficult to make such a decision

just because someone's dead.

And we can't push an "excessive defense" onto her

to make ourselves feel better.

Since there is such a concept in law,

I don't think

we should make it a piece of empty talk.

Right?

Whether or not Nan Ya has any responsibility

in covering up Hu Lifan's case,

in terms of the justified self-defense claim against Xu Yi,

her reasons and evidence

are sound.

Thus, I've already submitted the request.

As for the possibility of covering up,

this is what I think.

Now,

she did not witness the crime itself

so she was unaware.

Since she was unaware,

we should follow the principle of presumption of innocence.

Am I right?

None of our assumptions and conjectures

has any legal basis.

My comrades.

Whatever it is,

Hu Lifan's case

is finally resolved after five years.

This is a good news.

It should be given praise.

Chen.

Now you can finally get over it, right?

I'm glad you get over it.

All right.

That's all for the meeting today.

Dismissed.

Thanks, sir.

Five years.

It wasn't easy.

The case is resolved.

Why are you still looking gloomy?

You're not exactly jumping for joy either.

Don't you think

that Xu Yi and Hu Lifan's deaths

are pretty similar.

What do you mean?

Both of them are dead.

And the biggest beneficiary is Nan Ya.

But she managed to completely wash her hands clean.

What about Zhou Luo's testimony?

Are you saying it was pre-planned?

That's what I can't figure out.

I'm planning to go to Shanghai.

To find out the real reason why Zhou Luo dropped out.

I think it has to do with the woman in the photo.

There's one thing.

I've been keeping it from you.

After much thought,

I think it's better to tell you.

Xu Yi's secret lover.

It was Chen Ling.

When did Ling

get home that day?

Which day?

The day Xu Yi died.

She didn't come home that night,

but the next morning.

What time in the morning?

Probably past 7?

How did she look when she got back?

I told her Xu Yi had been killed.

She was pretty shocked

and upset.

Jun!

Come out and eat.

You better eat

before you are late!

You're back.

You heard?

Heard what?

You didn't know Xu Yi was dead?

Xu Yi is dead.

Nan Ya killed him.

Dad was told to go to his place in the middle of the night.

What did you say?

Xu Yi is dead.

Ling.

Ling.

Take a good rest.

Ling.

Let it go.

From now on,

just let him disappear

from your heart completely.

All right?

Forget him.

Ling.

I know you've suffered a lot over the years.

I felt bad for what happened

between you and Xu Yi, too.

He's gone now.

Please don't torture yourself anymore.

Okay?

That Xu Yi.

I really hate him!

Look how much our daughter had suffered because of him.

How can she work at the hospital now?

My goodness.

Where is she?

She's working the night shift.

Tell her to resign.

Easy for you to say.

She's not married.

Without a job,

how will she survive?

I'm not done washing.

What are you doing?

I'm going to the hospital.

No, you're not!

Ling's not home

because she's avoiding you.

She's really heartbroken.

Just give her some space, will you?

This is unbelievable.

What kind of father are you?

You're only thinking about handling and investigating cases.

Now you even want to get your daughter involved.

Are you happy now?

What kind of father

wouldn't protect his own daughter?

So stubborn.

Good grief.

[15 days after the incident, (January 15th, 2000)]

♪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♪