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Her name is Qin Ren Mei

I call her Xiao Mei

A very shy

very polite young girl

Moved in about two years ago

I treated her like my own child

I often asked

if she needed any help

Anything in her room need fixing?

She was always polite and said no

She's really very cute

But you understand

when I call her cute

I'm speaking as her elder

there's no other intention

no other meaning

Once

about a year after she moved in

Her expression looked odd to me

I asked her

Xiao Mei

Is something wrong?

Maybe she was embarrassed

she said no

But I knew something was

There had to be

I often smelled piss in the stairwell

but didn't know where it was coming from

I thought it was
that dog owner not tying up his dog

letting it do its business on the stairs

I can't abide that

No discussion

A landlord's job
is providing tenants a clean environment

The cleaning of the whole building

I do it all myself

When it's dirty

when it smells

I deal with it immediately

Once, I almost got in a fight
with that dog owner

That guy's huge

just like his dog

I didn't see Xiao Mei
for a while after that

She didn't pay her rent for a while either

I thought I'd go see her

See if she was in any trouble

I kept knocking on her door,
but no one responded

After that

I opened it and went in to look

Do you usually
look in your tenants' rooms that way?

What do you mean?

You ask if I usually
look in my tenants' rooms?

You're calling me
that sort of sleazy landlord?

As a landlord

I keep rooms sparkling clean for renters

I'm concerned for them

Is that wrong?

I only wanted to know how Xiao Mei was

Was she sick?

Did she have a fever?

Is that wrong?

Do you young people

always need to find something sinister?

If I hadn't gone in

it's possible

the room would've
stunk everyone out of the building

That room was filthy
like you wouldn't believe

cigarette butts

bottles and cans

leftover lunchboxes

The craziest was

you wouldn't believe it

it was full of diapers

and the diapers were used

they weren't for decoration

I understood then

That smell was coming from the room

Think about it

My rooms are like my children

If someone treated your child like this

put yourself in my place

how would you feel?

I waited her for three days

She didn't return

I thought I'd wait two more days

After that, five days more

I ended up waiting a month
she never came

That girl was like smoke

Drifting away on the wind

Completely disappeared

Dumping that whole mess behind

You understand?

I spent so much time cleaning that room

Besides those diapers

and all that rubbish

There were needles, syringes and such

What did I do to deserve this?

Such bad luck

My room was abused like that

She took nothing with her

Clothes

A mess everywhere

I didn't even know
if I should throw it away

Later, I found a few boxes

Cleaned everything up

I worked like a motherfucker

Organized it all for her

Kept it all safe for her

Or else, if she came back
wanting compensation

How would I pay?

After that, a friend of hers came by

I asked him to take the boxes

He said it was inconvenient
on his motorcycle

Inconvenient?

Just take the boxes

I had to find him a rope

and help tie them to his motorcycle

You understand?

Us landlords face unspeakable hardship

And you talk to me like that

Do you smell something?

That smoke smell

ammonia smell

She's been gone almost two months

I can't rent this place out

because of this smell

No matter how I clean

how spotless I wipe the floor

the smell won't leave

After she left

I put pineapples here every day

to absorb the smell

After that

the fruit vendor thought I loved pineapple

Do I look like a guy
who'd eat that kind of fruit?

After that,
I kept the windows open every day

to let the air flow

But it's useless

Totally useless

This unit is NT8000 a month

In one year, I lose one hundred thousand

That money's gone, just like that

I've got no insurance, no pension

Is that enough to live on?

I don't dare travel for vacation

If I join tours, it's always the cheapest

Who can I talk to?

Tell the government?

Join a protest?

I'm a simple landlord

Never abused my tenants

How could someone do this to me?

Is there justice?

I remember my father suffered
bringing me here from Hong Kong

He raised me himself

Entrusted me this building

and also his martial arts

I've truly let him down

You want to see the martial arts
my father taught me?

Once, I saw Xiao Mei
on the rooftop here, screaming

I thought she was a drama student

practicing so seriously

Later, I realized

No

She had problems

Now I don't know where she went

Forget it

I won't ask her for rent

I just hope she's fine

Everything's OK

Welcome

Are you here to rest?

Yes, rest

Three hours is eleven hundred

and we have these rooms

Please take a look

see which you prefer

I'll arrange it for you

That one

French Sweetheart

I'd like a French Sweetheart

Of course, please wait a moment

I'll need you to pay first here

It's eleven hundred

Did you bring your wallet?

Is my wallet with you?

Is it?

No

Can I go withdraw some money first?

Yes, no problem

It's not in your pocket?

Not in my pocket

Actually

I met Xiao Mei a bit over a year ago

Back then, she worked at a clothing store

I delivered a lot of clothes for them

Their boss lady was pretty hot

Actually, Xiao Mei looked good too

So I went there every day

hung out and got to know her

And then

Not long after, we got together

Did you know Xiao Mei had a drug habit?

I knew, not long after being with her

I also knew that because of her habit

she had to wear diapers

I even picked up diapers with her

Back then, she wore those

adult sizes

I thought it was ugly

I told her

Xiao Mei

Your butt's actually pretty small

Do you want to try the baby size

the thin kind?

But changing more often's a hassle

I think diapers are just like underwear

When underwear's dirty, you wash it

When a diaper's dirty, just toss it

It's actually pretty convenient

Plus, I believe as long as she stays clean

and avoids drugs

the problem will slowly fade

Some people say

Drugs will put you in diapers
for life or whatever

I don't fucking buy it

Science is so advanced now,
there's nothing they can't fix

Back then

we were very happy

Later

she wanted to change jobs

I said sure

I was very supportive

Because she saw no advancement
in the clothing store

But ever since then

I felt like she changed

The company she applied to sold cosmetics

She wanted to sell beauty products

The day of her job interview,
she called me afterward

She kept crying

I asked her what's wrong

That day

she wanted to dress up

so she wore a shorter skirt there

You know you can't wear diapers
with a short skirt

she wore underwear

Halfway through the interview

she couldn't hold it in

and pissed

so she left in shame

I comforted her

I said it's fine, those sorts of companies

seem full of rotten people

maybe it's good you don't go

She was fine afterward

After a few days

She said a manager
from the company called her

wanted her as a special assistant

He said he knew her situation
but didn't mind

When I heard that, I thought it was weird

A girl

with no work experience

no special work skills

and someone wants you as secretary

Something's wrong

But I said nothing

But ever since then

I felt like she changed

I suspected she started doing drugs again

Sometimes when you spoke to her

you didn't know where she'd drifted off

I'd say

Xiao Mei

Are you doing drugs again?

She'd say

No

But I knew she was

Sometimes I asked her

I said

Hey, Xiao Mei,
why don't you let me visit your place?

She had a really lame answer

She'd say

Because I have roommates, it's awkward

So every time
we spent the night or whatever

we had to find someplace outside

Sorry for keep you waiting

This is your room

Actually, the last time I saw her
was in that motel

Vehicle entering in reverse

Vehicle is reversing

You have arrived at your destination

on your right

Hey

Let's go inside the room

Let's go

Hey

Don't mess up my hair

The room's over there

Xiao Mei was very strange that day

She was unusually enthusiastic

She was never that way before

I didn't know why

You're looking for me?

But I'm outside now

It's not a good time

Is afternoon ok?

Three o'clock

Sure, three o'clock

That day

I asked her who called

She wouldn't say

We fought over it

I seriously wondered
if she got a new boyfriend

After that,
she put her things away quickly and left

I looked at the time

It was past 10 am

I called her

She didn't answer

I later called for several days

it didn't go through

Finish up eating

Back around primary school

Me and my dad
left Taitung to come to Taipei

to live with my mom

You're not aware, right?

Me and Xiao Mei
have the same dad, different mom

They had a whole affair back then,
hard to explain

Put simply

Xiao Mei's mom is in Taitung

My mom's in Taipei

So

from what I remember

when I was in Taipei

Handsome, can you talk about
your dad first?

My dad

My dad's a sailor

Came back once a year

Sailing my ass

He wasn't even sailing

He just pretended to go sail

and then did some bullshit

He disappeared later

I was alone in Taipei

ever since

primary school

middle school

high school

college

Oh

I didn't go to college

I remembered wrong

I didn't finish high school either

I dropped out to work

A while after that

One day, Xiao Mei calls me

Says she's my sister

I hadn't seen Xiao Mei then for

around twenty-something years

She was only four or five
when I left with my dad

I remember my dad liked her a lot

Often took her on walks

to the seaside

to the neighbors'

Sorry, man

You think you own this alley?

You're in the way

Tell my boss

No use telling me

It's not my shop

What is it?

He says we're in the way

Eat up and clean up

We're closing

Back then, Xiao Mei called me

So I asked her

What's wrong?

Why leave Taitung?

She said no

She was looking for something to do

Later she said she worked
at a clothing shop

The boss lady treated her well

To be honest

Xiao Mei was in Taipei for so many years

but I rarely saw her

She was always the one calling me

The first time she called me

asking to borrow money

I thought

she's my sister

What's a few dollars?

Then the second time she called

also to borrow money

Then the third time

fourth time

all the same

I thought it was strange

Because every time I wanted to visit her

she said it wasn't a good time

Something about
living with a bunch of friends

But

after I met her a few times

I felt like

she's not the kind of person
with many friends

and she didn't have much backbone

She'd do whatever people told her

Know what I mean?

That kind of person won't have any friends

About

a bit over a week ago

it was the same as today

very late

she came to see me

Here, eat first

She was like this when she arrived

She must have been harassed

It actually made me pretty torn up inside

A woman you didn't know

that was this miserable,
you'd of course be upset

let alone your own sister

Then I asked her

What's wrong?

Did your friends harass you?

She said

No

My friends wouldn't harass me

So I asked, who did?

She bowed her head and said nothing

So I told her

Xiao Mei

If you don't talk, how can I help you?

I asked her

was it someone you knew or a stranger?

She said it was someone she knew

So I asked her

Those friends you live with

do they know your situation?

She said, not yet

Xiao Mei

I really hope
you can make a lot of friends

I know making friends is very important

But looking at you now

I don't think anyone can help you

I don't know what kind of friends
you've made

So it seems like

in the entire world

only your half-brother here can help you

But how can I help if you don't talk?

When I came out, she was gone

Left without saying a word

When I called, she didn't pick up

But I think she'll be fine

Just like before

After a while,
she'll come look for me again

Back off, then move your right foot in

Then, circle out of range

or you're waiting to get hit

Yes

Me and Xiao Mei

graduated from the same school

I was a grade higher

Then after graduating

I did nothing special

I just stayed in town

I guess I got to know her around then

When did you and Xiao Mei first use drugs?

Actually, out in our countryside

it's very strange

I remember as a kid, whenever I passed

our rural downtown area

there were lots of small karaokes

not those chain stores

like Party World or Holiday

And every night at eleven

there'd be a small van

selling socks downstairs

I thought it was strange, eleven o'clock

just a van sitting there

Who's buying your socks?

I only gradually realized

that the van sold drugs

So in an area like ours

it's way too easy to buy drugs

I guess it was around that time

we started to get exposed to them

Then after Xiao Mei graduated

she said she wanted to come to Taipei

and I went along with her

When we arrived

jobs were hard to find

So, we took any work we could get

Bars Nightclubs

Billiard halls

Waitering

If we had a chance, we'd take it

It was back then

we got to know some

very different kinds of friends

I'm not sure when it started

All that stuff

just suddenly flooded in

We played every day

ate every day

got high every day

It felt like

there were no worries

No need to worry about rent

water or power bills overdue or whatever

Until one day, I suddenly felt

I can't go on like this any more

Sis, Sis, look at me

After 1 2, rise right up

Don't 1 2, pause

then rise up

Like that

Right

Right

Don't tilt your center up

Back then, I told Xiao Mei

Let's not go on like this

I kept urging her, but she didn't listen

Not long after, we split up

I moved out

Later, after I left

I couldn't find normal jobs anyway

It was then that I met

a friend who used to box

He said the school was short
an assistant trainer

asked if I wanted to come back to teach

I thought that wouldn't be so bad

At least the work's stable and regular

so I came back with him to teach

Did you know? In the past

I won the 48 kg and 52 kg championship

I later got a call from the police

They said there was a burnt-out car
by the ocean

Asked if it was my car

So I went to take a look

It was a car
I left to Xiao Mei in the past

Not a good car

just a broken down secondhand car

I just didn't imagine

she'd burn that car down

After I left the seaside

I went to her place to find her

to ask what happened

But she didn't answer the phone

didn't answer the door

No trace of her

Do you feel guilt toward Xiao Mei?

When did you last hear news
about Xiao Mei?

Around last week

I suddenly thought of her

Thought I'd go see her

Xiao Mei

Xiao Mei

Qin Ren Mei

Hey

Who're you looking for?

I'm looking for the 4th floor, Qin Ren Mei

Who're you?

I'm her friend

What friend?

We were good friends

Not good friends anymore?

We are still good friends

just haven't seen her in a long time

You're her good friend

and you didn't know she moved out?

Okay, thank you

Hey

You left before I finished talking

Cool guy

Is that motorcycle yours?

Looks cool

High horsepower?

High horsepower's useless now

It's all electric

As long as it's cool

It's not bad

The carburetor used to be better

When I was leaving
he suddenly stopped me

He said, Xiao Mei

left behind three boxes

and hadn't paid the last month's rent

The landlord said if I was her good friend

I ought to pay her rent

I thought, whatever

so I paid her rent

and brought her boxes down

Did you open the boxes?

The boxes were

stacked with

cards

coupons

things like cans, bottles

vitamins and stuff

The only thing special was

a photo of Xiao Mei when she was little

Qin Ren Mei

She worked for me almost a year

When she first applied

I thought she's pretty cute

seemed rather shy

rather timid too

but I thought it was no issue

no problem

It's not as
if I run some grand operation here

Back then, my store across the street
had just opened

I needed helping hands

so I called her in

I thought she was quite a good worker

She performed

quite diligently

But later

it was strange

I discovered

something was wrong with her body

I discovered

in our washroom

sometimes I'd find these

bag-like

round, white things

Later, I realized

those were diapers

I brought Qin Ren Mei to see the washroom

I asked her

if those diapers were hers

She told me

Yes

She took ketamine before

and had to wear diapers

So I asked her if she was still taking it

She said no

she quit

she regretted it

I told her it was no issue

I was also young once

as long as she kept herself clean

After that

for half a year she seemed okay

but slowly

she changed again

Sometimes

she'd be late to work

Later, she didn't even show up a few times

One time, it was really too much

from morning to noon

anyway, she was late for several days

One time, at noon,
I couldn't take it any more

I just shuttered my store

I asked someone
to run the shop across the street

I went directly to see her

In two hundred meters, turn right

Hey

Excuse me

do you know where Qin Ren Mei lives?

What Qin Ren Mei?

She eventually opened the door

But her whole body was like

she just rose from a broken water bed

Her apartment

was completely drowned in water

A total mess

The faucet still running

and she could sleep like that

How could a decent person
live her life that way?

I only found out later
she started doing drugs again

I warned her

no more drugs

I required her
to be in my shop every day by eight

though we don't open until noon

but that's no issue

Just come to my shop

Never mind labor laws or rest days

I kept her until very late

I watched her

I didn't let her have time
to use that stuff

Afterward, it was the same

She didn't change

she just became a little sensitive

One word from me

and she'd start crying

Have you sent the Taichung order yet?

The Taichung order is packed

Delivery will pick it up

Okay

Remember to pack it tight

Okay

I visited her place, didn't I?

That apartment

She said she had roommates

How could she have roommates?

Who'd want to live with her?

I doubt she even had friends

Aside from that cute fellow

who made all my deliveries each day

she had no friends

Have you heard of drug users saying

good trip bad trip?

Do you know what that means?

We don't know English that well

No, I'm not testing your English

Drug users always say

Good trip bad trip

In Chinese, it means

good journey

bad journey

A good trip

is what everybody wants

That glow

those images

it's as if you got on board

a spaceship

like a lightspeed train

You can forget your

awful pay

awful job

deplorable parents at home

A bad trip

drags you down and down

as if dragging you into a bottomless hell

So when taking drugs

everybody wants to have a good trip

But good trips can't be every day, right?

It could be

after a good trip

you wake to find

you've been victimized

or your friend has jumped
from the fiftieth floor

That's worse than a nightmare

How did Xiao Mei leave?

One day, she came to see me

Miss Yin

I want to change jobs

She said she wanted to change jobs

When I heard that,
I was actually quite upset

because I knew she hadn't returned

In fact

she was far
from even starting her return journey

But what could I do?

She said she'd work at a skincare company

I asked her

So you've decided?

Yes, Miss Yin

She said yes

When I heard her, I thought

They want you as a special assistant

Qin Ren Mei

What the hell are you thinking?

You can't even assist yourself

Who can you help?

But I didn't say those words

Xiao Mei

That's great

Do your best, okay?

If anything happens

come here and see me

Sure

That was over a month ago

After that day

I didn't call her anymore

The first time I met Xiao Mei was

at my company's interviews
for new service assistants

The first time I saw her

she was very shy

And then

seemed insecure

Her eyes

darted back and forth

Talking to her,
it's like she was distracted

absent-minded

It got pretty bad

Basically

she escaped, running

Back then

I followed her out
to understand what happened

and on the floor

incredibly

was her urine

How did you know it was urine?

Isn't it obvious?

That

That color

and it trailed her outside

It should be easy to tell

Why did you contact her afterward?

I was once
also a newbie just entering society

so I understand that

insecurity and the need to be helped

So when I saw her that day

I thought she had it bad

so from that point of view

I felt I had to help her

Yes

So I got her number from human resources

and called her

We corresponded a few times

Then I invited her to have a meal

The first place we met was right here

this Japanese restaurant

The first time we met

I didn't mention that awkward incident

She told me

regarding her performance that day

she was embarrassed

She said she was too nervous

So of course I said

It's no big deal

The second time I met her

I invited her to
this same Japanese restaurant

She clearly felt much better that day

Her whole mood was more upbeat, lively

and more talkative

Ok

So that day, we spoke a lot

And that's why

she told me

she had a drug habit for a while

so some of her body functions

no longer worked

But that day during the meal

one thing happened that was very strange

She gave me something

What's this?

I knit it myself

This time around

I kept thinking
I should give you something

I suddenly remembered this

What exactly is it?

It's a mask

I knit one for all my good friends

Can it be worn?

Of course

I'll wear it for you

Whenever I feel bad

I hide behind this

How is it?

Thank you

You're really too good to me

What happened with the dash cam?

That morning, I called her

She spoke very quietly

She said she was outside

I didn't ask much

I asked if she was free for a walk
that afternoon

She said OK

So we scheduled 3 pm

I'd drive her to the seaside

So

At first, on the road

everything went smooth
We talked happily

but

suddenly, somehow

she went crazy

No

Open the door

What are you doing?

Let me go

Take your hands away

Go away

What are you doing?

Let me go

From the dash cam footage

it looks like you assaulted her

Did you see me assault her
with your own eyes?

Please consider this reasonably

Does a man after a car crash

have the mind or the ability

to do such a thing?

Impossible

I almost died that day

Moreover

look at my beard

look at me

Do you know
how long I've stopped working?

Do you?

Moreover

do you have proof?

Did you call the police?

I didn't call

The police would ask a lot of bullshit

it would only make me

look like an asshole

As if something really happened

"Be good and listen to your mom, okay?"

The day after the car accident

I had a very strange dream

This is the site of Miss Qin's car crash?

Yes

Right here?

Yes

Miss Qin's diaper?

Is it adult-size?

Miss Qin

Miss Qin

Miss Qin

Where's Qin Ren Mei?

You don't know

Aren't you her friends?

Did you see her after the car flipped?

Did you?

Aren't you with her every day?

Bastards

You think you can leave
whenever you please

Leave

Miss Qin and her four friends

their relationship is complicated

Two male, two female

They all reside together

live together

Their sexual relations
are very complicated

She

said she has four friends

But these friends don't exist

Are they ghosts?

There are many types of ghosts

The type you usually think of
have grievances

They'll haunt people

But these four

are Miss Qin's fixations

When Miss Qin's qi is strong

they appear

When her qi is weak

they disappear

The scarecrow we just burned by the sea

was done to raise Miss Qin's qi

her energy

A little of her energy was returned

so those four friends

also returned

Then I asked them some questions

They don't know where Miss Qin is either

Let me tell you

Miss Qin will never find her four friends

Where is Miss Qin now?

You mean body or spirit?

Body

For body, you should call the police

Call 911

If you've got skeletons in your closet

then find a private investigator

Do I look like a detective?

What about spirit?

For spirit, I'm even more in the dark

No, I can't find her spirit anymore

Just now, I could sense some pain

some pain

These things

I don't know

maybe it's her imagination

maybe they don't even exist

She's an Ah-Bian

What does Ah-Bian mean?

Ah-Bian means

We'll often see a group of people

laughing with each other

then

there's always one person
staring feebly on the side

and can't get a

single word in edgewise

That's an Ah-bian

Put it this way

What Miss Qin told you about

her and her friends

those

happy things

painful things

or crazy things she did with friends

Those companions probably didn't exist

She's an Ah-Bian

Did Xiao Mei contact you
after she was in Taipei?

No

I was more the one contacting her

But I didn't dare call her too often

didn't want to disturb her

Sometimes she picked up

Sometimes

she spoke very simply

Asked how she was

Good

Asked if she'd eaten

Yes

Very

cold and distant

I also

didn't know what to say

So I'd think

before I call next time

I would consider

is now a good time?

Will I bother her?

Is she at work?

Is she busy?

Is she on the computer?

When did you last see Xiao Mei?

At New Year's

She came back for three days

When she came, I thought she was strange

Before, when she looked at you

it felt like she wanted to say something

But this time

seeing you

it's like you didn't exist

I couldn't ask her why

Then

the second night

I thought

I'd give her a red envelope

I went to her room

and found she was gone

Dad

You haven't visited me in a long time

I miss you

very much

Dad, do you know?

I got a job

You don't have to worry though

I'm doing well

Very well

As a child, did she ask about her dad?

She did

As a child, she asked

she asked dad

Where did dad go?

I said dad went out to sea

Her dad was a boat captain

often not at home

Often not at home

When Xiao Mei was about five or six

her dad passed away in a shipwreck

Do you remember this photo?

How do you have this photo?

Xiao Mei's ex-boyfriend provided it

Lin Wan De?

Yes

I remember him

Lin Wan De

After meeting Lin Wan De

Xiao Mei started becoming strange

I took this photograph

At a fishing port near our house

Xiao Mei was only about three then

The one hugging her is her dad

Do you know where Xiao Mei could be now?

What's the difference
between these two photos?

This cleaned up one I gave to the customer

This one

is what I took on site

These are wedding photos
I recently took by the ocean

That day, on site

the weather was good

We went early

But we only started around ten o'clock

At first, it went smooth

pretty well

until I saw this girl

Look at me

Smile

Look ahead

The bride

could you twirl?

Twirl like that

Try spinning, could you?

You spin, I'll catch it

Groom, stand and don't move

Don't move

You can watch her

Okay, spin

Keep going

I'll count 1 2 3

1 2 3, spin

Wonderful

Wait a second

Miss

Miss

Miss

Abby, could you ask her to leave

Tell her to step away

Hey, wait

Wait

Give me the other camera

I'll go

Cover them up

Seeing her figure

I felt pulled in

I can't describe it

I kept following her

Following

Eventually, she entered a forest

winding, winding

I almost lost her

Then she walked into a culvert

though it wasn't really a culvert

just a big drain

All the while

I kept on lifting my camera

But when I wanted to take a photo

I couldn't press it