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[Episode 14]

Officer Lin.

Could you tell us more about this, please?

Dear friends from the press.

I've told you many times already.

The case is still ongoing.

I can't take in-depth reporting now.

Sorry about that.

Thank you.

Officer Lin.

Officer Lin.

[Tender Light]

I heard you are going to release Nan Ya?

She and Xu Yi killed my son.

Why is she not sentenced?

Hu Xiu!

What are you doing?

This is the police station.

Sentence her or not is up to the judge.

We're still investigating the case.

It's all about the evidence.

You think I don't know?

You're just covering up for her!

You two were classmates.

She killed my son!

She has to pay me money

and go to jail!

She has to give the Nan family's house to me as compensation as well!

Otherwise, I'll kill myself in front of you!

Hu Xiu, that's enough!

Your own problem hasn't been solved yet.

Watch yourself!

Liu.

Come on.

Reporters!

Don't go.

That's enough. We'll let everyone know if there's an update.

Please don't get in the way of our work.

You may leave now.

Zhang, see them out.

Hey, but...

No buts.

We'll inform you if there's anything.

You can leave now.

Where's Chen?

Never mind him. Everything is coincidently happening at once today.

Xu Yi's family also came and made a scene.

They almost bumped into Hu Xiu and Liu Changshui's family.

Chen sent them away.

Where are Liu Changshui's family members?

In the meeting room.

Have some water.

Please wait for a while.

Officer Lin.

The bridge case and Xu Yi's case are connected with each other.

They are still being investigated.

You must not talk to others

about anything that might be related to the case.

If you have any questions or requests,

feel free to tell me.

Allow me, then.

Hu Xiu is demanding for compensation.

So we can also have some compensation, right?

Liu Changshui couldn't die for nothing.

In terms of civil compensation,

we can register a case

and wait for the procuratorate

to include a civil lawsuit when prosecuting.

We have to sue?

Sue whom, though?

Xu Yi's assets

are shared with Nan Ya.

Half of it can be used to make compensation.

However,

due to the bridge case,

his assets have been frozen.

Moreover, there are many problems to be solved.

I'm afraid

it will be a long process.

And ultimately,

you may not

get that much compensation.

Nan Ya killed Xu Yi, didn't she?

She can still get half of his money.

It doesn't make any sense.

It's not such simple logic.

What a bothersome day.

The case is complicated.

You could consult a lawyer

and find out more information about it.

The wife should pay for the husband's debt.

That's how it is, right?

More reason for her to pay because she killed Xu Yi.

Then, there are Xu Yi's parents.

His family is wealthy.

They should at least...

The law stipulates

that unless Xu Yi is a minor,

otherwise, his parents

are not obliged to recompense on behalf of him.

Well, shouldn't they be responsible

for raising such a son?

Have some water.

Don't get so worked up.

I understand your sentiment.

But Liu Changshui was one

of the principal people in charge of the bridge case.

Now that he died,

are you going to recompense on his behalf?

You...

Now, you're just intimidating us.

We lost a family member.

It's just my son and me now.

Why aren't you saying anything?

They're trying to intimidate us.

Say something!

They want us to pay.

How can we pay?

Nan Ya.

It's all because of Nan Ya.

If she hadn't killed Xu Yi,

then...

Then Xu Yi's money

would've definitely been given to us, right?

Listen.

I think Nan Ya killed Xu Yi

for money.

You all should ask her for money, right?

Mom,

stop making a scene.

I'm making a scene?

Your dad left us a mess.

And you're not doing anything.

I'm so unlucky that I ended up neither a good husband

nor a good son.

I should just go die.

Liu.

Officer Lin,

I just want to know.

Why did Xu Yi kill my dad?

When he was still alive,

he had blackmailed Xu Yi.

That was likely the reason

he was killed.

What made you say that?

Take a look at this photo.

This was the last time your father showed up.

This restaurant was owned by Xu Yi.

It was only 2 kilometers from where the body was hidden.

You followed me?

Did you take these photos?

You little scoundrel.

You're a loser, just like your dad!

Darn loser!

You want to mess with me too?

Liu Xun.

Think back carefully.

After the bridge collapsed,

did your father talk to you

about money matters?

You're back.

Are you confident about the college entrance exam?

Dad.

Don't worry.

I'll definitely make it this time.

And I'm going to get a higher grade than Zhou Luo too.

Good.

Very ambitious.

Come.

Now,

I've prepared some money for you.

It's for you to go to university.

You can also pursue further study

if you want.

I can afford it.

All I ask is that you come back

to visit your mom when you're free.

No, he didn't.

If you're hiding something,

it won't help us

solve the case.

I'm not hiding anything.

Okay.

If you have anything else to add,

you can come to tell me.

I just want to know.

Who took this photo?

We're not sure just yet.

Dad,

are you keeping something from me?

Do you remember the river we used to go to

when you were younger?

There's a high wall under the arch of the bridge.

When you were younger,

you loved climbing on it.

In the future, if there's something,

go there and find under the bridge.

Find what?

I left you a letter.

You're back, Officer Lin.

Sir.

Chen.

Over at ECU,

they did a thorough check on all the accounts of Xu Yi's company.

Then, they also found the source

of the substandard materials.

Also, the company that opened

in the name

of Xu Jian's wife's cousin's husband

is not as simple as it seems.

Liu Changshui had been receiving regular paychecks from it.

And the accounts were clearly tampered with.

It's really hard to find where the money went.

So, where's the money?

It's not at the house

or with Liu Changshui.

It just disappeared?

Yeah.

More than 3 million RMB disappeared without a trace.

So, the ECU suspects

that the person who burned the car

and the one who broke into Xu Yi's secret residence

should be the same one.

The motive was to destroy the evidence.

Let's say Xu Jian had taken the money.

In that case, is it possible

that Xu Jian and Xu Yi had conspired

to kill Liu Changshui?

Xu Yi is dead.

You look pretty happy, huh?

Why would his death

make me feel happy?

You were supposed to hate him.

He kept taking advantage of you

and looked down on you.

He ruined your reputation.

Didn't you hate him?

Yes, I did hate him.

But I didn't hate him that much.

We're cousins, after all.

Right.

You two cousins

did business together,

split the money together

and also murdered together.

I murdered nobody.

Come on, stop saying that.

Was it the body that was salvaged from the river?

Who did he kill?

I swear I didn't kill anyone with them.

Take a look.

Looks familiar?

Do you know him?

I...

How am I supposed to know?

Take a look at this one.

Don't you think

the clothes worn by the people

in the photos look similar?

Look carefully.

He...

killed Liu Changshui?

You should know that better than we do.

I don't know.

I'm just a small fry,

a lackey.

I'm not involved in any of that kind of business.

I'm warning you.

You'd better not

try to play petty tricks.

Oftentimes, those who play petty tricks are the ones to die.

All right.

Let me analyze the current situation for you.

The bridge case,

Liu Changshui's case

and Xu Yi's case

are all related to you.

Three cases,

four deaths.

The amount involved is tens of millions.

Do you know how much

manpower and resources the provincial office will assign

to investigate such big and serious cases

like these?

You think the police are incompetent?

That such a large force would be unable to find out problems with your accounts,

find your fingerprints and shoe prints,

or the tiniest mistakes you've made?

Xu Jian,

did you think we would've called you in

if we hadn't grasped the situation and compiled evidence

just to drink tea and chat with you?

Since Xu Yi is dead,

you probably think there's no evidence, right?

So, all you have to do is dump everything

on him.

Think carefully.

Is there any person,

whether accidental, hidden, or intimate,

who might have known or seen something?

Any details

that you've forgotten about?

Finding clues

and making painstaking investigations.

Those are what we do.

We've handled plenty of cases.

Yours

aren't even a big deal.

Make a voluntary confession,

or let us do it for you.

Think carefully about it before making your choice.

How about this?

Let's start with the easy one.

Tell us

about the bridge construction.

How did you, Xu Yi,

and Liu Changshui

split the money?

Xu Yi got 60 percent.

Liu Changshui and I got 20 percent each.

How was the work divided?

It was his project.

I got the contract.

My company handled the bookkeeping.

Then, I was in charge

of the construction team.

Liu Changshui was in charge of procurement.

Up till now,

how much money have you taken?

None at all.

All right.

You

can sit and wait for your sentencing.

Wait!

I really didn't get any money.

Otherwise, why did I

go to his house on New Year's Night?

After the money was paid,

he put it all in his own pocket.

I didn't even see it.

As for the pension

he promised me,

he didn't give it to me.

I'm telling you the truth!

It's true!

Right after the incident,

Xu Yi called me to the restaurant to have a talk.

No need to be afraid.

We'll just have to find a solution to the problem.

Xu Yi is resourceful.

You've still got the nerve to eat, scoundrel.

What kind of idiots did you hire?

Setting up camp under the bridge at night.

Don't you have any common sense?

Now such a serious accident has happened.

What do we do?

There were some problems

with the materials.

But if the construction team had followed the plan,

it wouldn't have collapsed so quickly.

Did you modify the blueprint?

How would I do that?

It was the foreman.

When he saw the blueprint,

he said it'd take

at least two months to complete the design.

Xu Jian, are you insane?

You found a toilet builder to build a bridge?

If he were that skilled,

why bother working for you?

Well...

The architect you hired to draw the blueprint

did a shoddy job.

How do you expect to construct

when the numbers don't even match?

If it's wrong, then get him to fix it.

Now, the incident has already happened.

What's the point in saying that?

If the authorities investigate the matter,

they will definitely investigate the materials.

I...

Does that mean I'm screwed?

Well.

Xu Yi.

Xu Yi.

Do something,

okay?

Spend some money to settle this matter.

You make it sound easy.

I mean, you have reliable connections.

Get someone to help us.

You think I haven't been trying?

I've gone to everyone I could think of.

Everyone is avoiding me

and refusing to see me.

Now, the matter has gotten out of hand.

Who would like to get involved?

All right, all right.

Stop arguing.

Sir, listen.

Just give me my money,

okay?

I have to hide for a while.

Money?

Money from where?

You think there's a money tree?

Now, the incident caused two dead and three injured.

They're in the hospital every day, so money is being spent quickly.

If I don't give them more pensions,

they will sue me.

You think I don't have enough

lawsuits as it is?

Listen up.

The money we make

isn't even enough to deal with this.

What's the point

of telling me this now?

The accident has happened.

The materials were handled by me.

I was the one who found the architect.

What now?

I don't get any money,

and I'll have to go to jail.

Fine.

If the police come to me,

I'll tell them what I know.

Darn you. Go on, tell them!

Tell them.

Should I get you a loudspeaker?

You listen.

I have nothing to do with your company.

Even if you die, it has nothing to do with me.

Liu has a lot of responsibilities to bear.

You scoundrel.

All right, stop it!

Xu Yi!

Go to hell, you scoundrel.

Let's sit down.

Go away!

Stop arguing.

It won't solve the problem.

We have to think about how to deal with the money first.

Okay.

After deducting the workers' hospitalization and pension,

I'll give you 30 percent.

Your son is going to university, right?

You go to jail,

and I'll take care

of his living and studies expenses.

Liu.

Thirty percent.

That's good enough.

Think about it.

You might not even make that amount in ten years.

It's fine if you don't agree.

Go ahead and tell others.

Tell whoever you want.

Or you could run.

The police will catch you sooner or later.

Isn't it better

to turn yourself in

and leave some money for your wife and son?

Just think about it carefully.

Well?

Make a smart choice.

Forty percent.

Forty percent.

Think about it.

Forty percent, okay?

Okay.

Forty percent it is.

All right.

That's settled, then.

Come on.

I'll fill the cup for you.

Let's drink to that.

Come on.

Come on, Liu.

It's all settled, then.

Come on.

I need to think about it some more.

Darn you!

You still need to think?

Get over here!

Let him think.

Come here. I'll kill you right now.

You scoundrel!

Forty percent, and you still want to think?

Let him think. Calm down!

We're discussing a deal.

Take it slow.

Let him think about it.

You're not a good person too!

You listen up.

It's your fault all this happened.

Me? What did I do?

Get out!

Stop it!

Get out!

What's wrong with you?

Listen up...

Go away!

Come in.

That scoundrel, Liu Changshui.

He really pushed his luck.

How much does he want?

He wants half of it.

Half?

If he wants half of it, how much can we get then?

He wants half of the total price.

We'll still need to pay for the compensation and consolation.

Is he crazy?

That scoundrel is dead set on it.

He said if he doesn't get the money,

he'll expose whatever he knows.

That ungrateful mutt.

I'll kill him!

What about this?

Hand over your share.

I'll make up the rest.

Anyway,

we can still make money after this is over.

My share?

How am I supposed to give him money?

My company is also in a tight spot.

You can pay him out of your own pocket.

I don't have any money.

Xu Jian,

you scoundrel,

so now, you're showing me an attitude?

Think it carefully.

How am I involved in this?

I am just a subcontractor.

As for materials and construction work,

neither of those has anything to do with me.

Why should I solve the problems

for you two?

Don't give me that crap.

If this has nothing to do with you,

why do you agree to let him have half?

Am I right?

Listen up, Xu Yi.

We are cousins.

If you want to get rid of me,

let's see who else you can trust.

Fine.

We can discuss how to split the money later.

First, go and deal with Liu Changshui.

Later, I went to Liu Changshui's house to have a talk.

He suddenly changed his mind.

He didn't agree to just 50 percent.

He wanted an additional house.

When Xu Yi heard that, he was irritated.

He wanted him dead.

When Liu Changshui got wind of it,

he took the ledger and hid.

On and off, he'd call and threaten him,

saying if he didn't get the money,

he'd go down together with him.

Xu Yi said it was in for a penny, in for a pound.

So he accused him of absconding with the money.

He could just hide the money. It's cash anyway.

No one can say for sure who it belongs to.

But the ledger is with Liu Changshui.

At last, Liu Changshui refused

to give back the ledger.

And so, you killed him together with Xu Yi.

I really didn't know he killed Liu Changshui.

You didn't know?

This photo you took

was the last time Liu Changshui showed up.

After that day,

it was like he disappeared into thin air.

I didn't take that photo.

Who did then?

I stole it

from Xu Yi's house.

You were the one who secretly broke

into his house?

When did you go in there?

What did you do?

I went there the day after Xu Yi died.

I was afraid you guys would go there to investigate.

So, I tried to figure out if there was something there.

But I didn't find anything.

I only found a few photos

in the safe box.

How did you know the passcode to the safe box?

I didn't know.

I have a friend who used to do that.

He loves unlocking safe boxes.

What about the ledger?

What's up with that?

I was the one who left it there.

You were pretty thorough.

I thought, if there weren't a ledger,

you people would investigate following the clue.

But if there were a ledger in the safe box,

then I'd be cleared of suspicion.

The real ledger and the money.

Where are they?

I don't know.

Maybe they were in the car that was burned.

So that's why you burned the car.

I did not burn the car.

Who did it, then?

Chen Ling did it.

Don't... Don't look at me like that.

I saw it, really.

[Millennium Night (December 31, 1999)]

Why are you here?

It's New Year,

so I came to visit.

Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!

Stop talking nonsense!

Why would Chen Ling burn his car?

I don't know.

Go ask her.

Chen,

sit down.

Let me ask you.

On the night of the millennium,

why did you climb over Xu Yi's fence?

To steal the ledger.

Why?

So I could ask Xu Yi for money.

Xu Yi said he gave all the money to Liu Changshui.

But I didn't even know where Liu Changshui was.

How would I find him?

So, did you find the ledger?

No.

I just got in

when the two came back.

They were fighting.

That's it?

Yes, that's it.

I didn't want to get found,

so I quietly left.

Halfway through,

I saw Xu Yi's car.

I thought then, since he

was usually very careful,

he might have left the stuff in the car.

So I wanted to look for something to pry the door open.

But before I could do it, Chen Ling showed up

and swiftly set the car on fire.

This is the police station. Have Chen Ling answer the call.

Was it you who burned Xu Yi's car?

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Come to the station immediately!

Whatever it is,

ask away.

I was the one who burned the car.

I admit it.

Why did you burn the car?

I hate him.

Weren't you going to marry him?

He didn't mean it.

He only agreed to brush me off.

Actually,

he had already planned to run away.

If you don't sign it,

then just wait to be sentenced.

That day, Xu Yi had initially agreed

to divorce Nan Ya.

But they started arguing again at the riverside.

I worried things weren't going as planned.

I thought it was better for the three of us to talk it out.

So, I decided to go to Xu Yi's house.

You want a divorce?

In your dreams.

Even if I were to be sent to the hell,

I'd be taking you with me.

Xu Yi!

Xu Yi, come out!

Xu Yi!

Open the door, Xu Yi!

Xu Yi!

What are you doing here?

What were you two arguing about?

You've heard all of it, right?

Didn't you say you would divorce her this afternoon?

Is getting a divorce

that easy?

Why isn't it?

I'm really annoyed right now.

Can you leave for now?

No.

Let me in.

Nan Ya, come down!

Get out of here!

Leave!

I can't believe I was so stupid.

From start to end, It was all between the two of them.

One loved, and the other didn't.

One wanted to divorce, and the other wouldn't agree.

Why must I be the supporting role

to set off their feelings?

Who am I to them?

So you didn't see

what happened.

Then, why are you so sure

that Nan Ya killed him?

Who would be the happiest one

for his death?

What about you?

Don't you hate him?

Yes, I hate him.

But I never wished him dead.

Then, have you ever been

to the house Xu Yi rented in town?

I knew

the police would find that place eventually.

So I went to clear my things

from the house.

Aside from Nan Ya,

no one else knew about Xu Yi and me.

I know Nan Ya wouldn't divulge it.

Why?

She said

she owed me.

So, because she owed you,

you were then sure

that she murdered him, yeah?

I don't get it.

Ever since that day,

it has kept me tossing and turning every day.

Why on earth did Xu Yi

go after Nan Ya with an axe?

That afternoon, when we ate together,

he was still fine.

What reason did he have to kill her?

Could it be that Nan Ya had some incriminating dirt

on Xu Yi?

Thus, he tried to kill her.

Xu Yi wasn't that evil.

He was just moody.

And he didn't sleep well.

But that was all because of Nan Ya.

She had him wrapped around her finger.

He already bought tickets to leave the next day.

Why would he kill her, then?

Chen Ling.

One of them is dead,

and the other is going to jail.

Even so, they're getting me in this mess.

What did I ever do wrong?

That I have to be the town's laughing stock?

Let me tell you this.

Xu Yi is the prime suspect

for at least two homicides.

What?

Homicides?

You mean he killed someone?

No way.

Go to hell.

Zhou Luo.

Is that you, Zhou Luo?

♪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♪