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(Four years ago) Place it nearer. Make sure it's stable.

(Four years ago) And be careful with these vases.

Put it all up. Right.

Leave the candles there.

Dad.

Why are you here

on your wedding night?

Dad.

From today onward,

I'll be your son-in-law.

Yeah.

I'd like to get a job here.

My business is small-scale.

There's no suitable position for you here.

Wenli said she wants to be the general manager.

I'd like to be her assistant.

She agreed to it.

What do you think?

I think...

Dad.

I'm not here to consult you.

When Wenli secured financing for this project,

there was a small company called Hexi Capital

who invested two million in your company.

To be honest with you,

that money came from me.

What are you up to?

Dad.

We're family now.

By the way,

I have a request.

After I join the company,

I want to turn this shrine into a piano room.

This way,

guests will have a place to enjoy music.

I've already had a master to inspect it.

The deity statue must exist to keep this place safe.

Anyway,

you can make changes elsewhere,

but the deity statue must stay.

I'll get going now.

Put that thing away.

Lift it back.

Arrange them properly.

Alright.

Take it easy. Don't bump into anything.

Yes.

Place the candles there.

=Chase the Truth=

(Adapted from Zhao Junkai's novel "Northwest Off-North is Not North")

=Episode 16=

Captain Duan.

Have some food.

No, thanks.

Don't worry.

Your friend, Nana,

is safe now.

Tonight, we will get someone to send you back to Kalisha.

Thank you.

Why are you here in Hanbei?

Actually, Nana wanted to visit her brother-in-law,

so I just came along.

Why is she looking for him?

I don't know the specifics.

Don't worry.

No one

would dare to bully you here.

But if you purposely hide the truth,

you will also bear legal responsibility.

I know only this much.

Officer Cheng.

Can I ask you some questions?

Go ahead.

Why did you kill my brother-in-law?

Miss Gu.

He resisted arrest with a gun.

Even if he wasn't shot on the spot,

he wouldn't escape the death penalty.

My mother's name is Jiang Jiulin.

Was she also killed by your people?

Well.

I'm not sure about that.

During our operation back then,

we did find a female corpse at the scene,

but it was already unrecognizable,

so I can't tell you for sure.

Are there any photos?

Qiao Dan.

Retrieve the photos.

Let her identify them.

It's my mother.

How can you be sure?

I recognize this bangle.

She said she would give it to me when I grew up.

Thank you.

Officer Cheng.

On the night of August 21st, 2006,

when you went to arrest my father,

did you remember

if he was holding a little girl in his arms?

I'm sorry.

I fired the shot.

It's alright.

If you're done questioning,

can I leave now?

Miss Gu.

You have to tell us more about your uncle

and your sister.

You must also give us detailed information of your uncle,

your sister, and your brother-in-law.

Tell us about their relationship with each other.

Since the suspect was shot dead,

it's necessary for us to inquire about his family and spouse.

It's a part of our standard procedure.

That's their privacy.

Nana.

One more thing.

Please keep the news of Zhou Ji's death confidential.

Here.

Come in.

Chief Tai.

These are all that I can recall.

That classified document should contain information

of Desert Tiger's inheritance,

its buried location,

(Antique. Gold. Guns.) and precautions when digging it.

(Precautions. Trap. Ingot.) My mom

was probably going to hand it to you, but they intercepted it.

Unfortunately, I've only read half of it

and not the other half.

So, I can't decipher the entire text.

But judging by Zhou Ji's reaction,

I'm guessing he also has a copy in his hands.

But I'm not sure if he has the whole thing.

Come in.

Chief Tai.

We found the phone that sent the text.

It was stuck in a trash can 1.3 kilometers from the villa.

It was wrapped in a plastic bag at the time,

and we also found handwriting on it.

Thanks.

He probably left it for you on purpose.

(Don't find me.)

It's Pei Yin's.

Yes.

He used us

to eliminate Long Qi, Gun, and Zhou Ji.

It was all part of his premeditated plan.

How did he know your mom's encryption method?

He merely knows a thing or two,

which is why the message appeared as gibberish.

With his decryption skills,

he can't crack the cipher.

Chief Tai.

He won't touch me as long as he needs me.

I have to go back now.

Besides, Sha Xiaofei's woman

is still with him.

He gave Sha Xiaofei and me a 24-hour deadline.

If we don't go back,

he'll hurt that woman.

He's a man of his word.

Who taught him to crack the cipher?

Based on the current situation,

it can only be your mom.

But why would she teach him?

I don't know.

But since Pei Yin wants me back,

it means my mom hasn't compromised yet.

I will make her explain it to you in person.

Your return this time was intentional on Pei Yin's part.

If you insist on going back,

we will be following his lead.

Even if I let you go back,

he will imprison you.

As long as I keep my mouth shut,

he won't try to kill me.

I suggest

arresting Pei Yin first

and finding a way to rescue my mom.

As long as she returns,

we'll have a way

to decode this cipher

and grasp the legacy of Desert Tiger.

Seizing the legacy of Desert Tiger

is like holding the lifeline of Gu Mulan.

And I also believe

my mom will provide new clues about him.

Chu Yihan.

You're fishing for him by risking your life.

My mom did the same ten years ago.

As her son,

what would I be afraid of?

If my life is at risk,

or when the opportunity to arrest is up,

I will try to send a signal.

As long as Captain Duan and the team arrive in time,

we can arrest Pei Yin.

Chief Tai.

Allow me to bring Sha Xiaofei back.

Dad.

We're in trouble.

I've said it before.

Evil begets evil.

Did he ever listen to advice?

Nana is also in trouble.

What happened to her?

When Zhou Ji encountered trouble,

Nana was with him.

I can't reach them by phone anymore.

What kind of trouble is it?

I don't know.

Where's Zhou Ji?

I have no idea.

Did you call the police?

Dad.

The police are after him.

I don't care who the police are after.

I want them to help me find Nana.

One is your sister,

and the other is your husband.

These are all matters of the Gu family.

As an outsider,

I shouldn't be making decisions for you.

I'll check on her.

Chu Yihan.

I am Gu Mulan's daughter.

You must hate me, don't you?

♪Upon the vast wilderness♪

♪Wildfires softly narrate sorrow♪

Yes.

You should hate me too,

shouldn't you?

♪Circle aimlessly, unable to find a direction♪

♪The wind from distant mountains♪

Do you miss your dad?

Always.

I miss my mom too.

♪As sunlight returns to the earthly realm♪

♪The world undergoes a transformation♪

Have you seen what she looks like?

I don't know.

When I was little,

I visited my dad's office once.

My dad asked me to call her Seventh Aunt.

Was it her?

Yes.

What did she look like?

She was pretty.

♪It is ordinary♪

♪Yet timeless through the years♪

♪It is you and me♪

♪In the moment of resolute pursuit♪

I don't like staying here.

Can I go now?

(Interrogation Room)

That's all I have.

Can I go now?

What do you think?

One more thing.

I have no idea

where Lu Wentian's warehouse is.

I'm not his biological son,

so why would he tell me?

Gun risked his life to help you escape,

yet he didn't tell you the location of the warehouse?

If I knew where the warehouse was,

I wouldn't have let Pei Yin bully me to this extent.

Saying I knew where it was

was to buy myself some time.

Now that you've detained me here,

Pei Yin will never find the warehouse.

Sir.

My wife is still in his hands.

If me and Chu Yihan don't return,

he'll kill my wife.

You can ask Chu Yihan if you don't believe me.

If anything happens to her,

what use is it for me to cooperate?

I heard

you've been with quite a few girls.

Why do you care about this one?

Now, I have no money,

no gun,

no warehouse,

no friends,

and no family.

I only have her.

Despite not being married,

she's still my wife.

Do you hate Pei Yin?

Why wouldn't I?

I'll consider your suggestion

but on one condition.

You must work with us

to catch him.

We'll see how you and your girlfriend behave,

so we can apply reduced sentences for you both.

What should I do?

You believe me?

To be honest.

Not really.

Because if we let you go,

you might back out

and join forces with Pei Yin

to resist our investigation.

But if that happens,

I would worry about your innocent girlfriend

being implicated by you

and facing severe penalties.

I know you're not afraid of prison,

but what about her?

We've investigated her before.

Before she knew you,

she was a young lady with no criminal record.

She didn't do anything even now.

Failing to report to us makes her an accomplice.

If Pei Yin wants to find the warehouse,

he must look for me first.

He'll also need Chu Yihan.

I can cover for Yihan.

What do you plan to do?

Sir.

Sir, to the airport.

Sure.

(Madam Jiang, we're calling from Kalisha Public Security Bureau.)

(Your husband, Zhou Ji, has passed away.)

(Please...)

(Hanbei Public Security Bureau)

Master.

If any complications happen,

I'll take responsibility.

Nonsense.

Come in.

Chief Tai. Master.

Mu Shaobai has arrived in Hanbei.

Based on his movements,

he probably went to see Mu Xiaowan.

I'll get going now.

Slow down, Master.

Any leads from Zhou Ji's assistant?

Not yet.

During the cleanup, several mutilated bodies were found.

We're still confirming.

Yiyi, I'm out.

(Where are you, Fei?)

Where's Yiyi?

(She's fine.)

Weren't you arrested by the police?

Did they really let you go?

Since the police want to catch you,

they need me, don't they?

Listen.

Whether or not you're cooperating with the police,

I don't care.

If they are with you,

please tell them

that Ms. Lin and your girlfriend are with me.

Tell them not to rush,

or something might happen.

Where's Yiyi?

I'll send you an address.

Meet me there

four hours later.

Don't be late.

Will Gu Mulan's daughter be arrested

and interrogated?

I can testify in court.

She hasn't committed any crimes.

Ji came with a gun and raided our home. Isn't that a crime?

Failure to report a crime is also a crime.

She didn't know anything.

How do you know?

Do you guys have a thing?

So what's your plan?

Wait for her old man to die,

so you can inherit Desert Tiger's legacy?

You're more ambitious than me.

Who made the first move between you two?

Or

was it mutual?

Can't you just stay still?

Are you asking for trouble?

I can tell you've been holding back.

Come on. It's fine to release them.

Hit me.

But don't forget,

we're accomplices now.

Ye.

I'm here to celebrate your birthday.

Mr. Mu.

You're here too.

Hi, Mr. Cheng.

What a coincidence.

Xiaowan isn't home.

I'm here for Ye's birthday.

Sure, come in.

Mr. Mu.

Tell me if you're coming to Hanbei again.

I'll treat you to a meal.

Xiaowan brought Ye out for basketball.

Have a seat.

I'll prepare some tea for you.

Mr. Cheng.

Do you come often?

Not really.

Have a seat here.

I'm fine.

Do you want it strong or light?

Light, please.

Mr. Cheng.

Setting aside your health, let's talk

about the inherent danger of your profession

and the potential impact

this profession might have on your family.

I advise you

to meet a better girl.

Xiaowan has always been timid since childhood.

She can't

handle the thrilling things you do.

I have great respect for your profession,

and I admire your achievements,

but as a father,

I hope she can come back to me

and follow conventional standards

to be with someone of equal social standing.

She has already had one failed marriage,

so I don't want her to suffer any more harm.

Mr. Mu.

Xiaowan and I

are adults.

The progress of our relationship

depends on us.

Let us decide how far we go.

Why don't

we respect her wishes?

You're doing this for her sake,

and so am I.

Please have some tea.

Are you close with Zhou Ji of Blue Sky Hotel?

No.

But his father-in-law is my friend

and also an investor of mine.

When I'm with his father-in-law,

I occasionally run into Mr. Zhou Ji,

but I'm not acquainted with him.

What's the matter?

This person is dead.

Dead?

What happened?

He had a firearm,

so he was shot dead.

Are you trying to investigate

Mr. Jiang Jiuping?

According to the procedure, yes.

We're quite close.

Do you need my help?

When Murray Hospital was established,

Mr. Jiang invested a lot of money.

He contributed the lion's share,

while I also held a share.

Back then, to avoid gossip,

I invested using a company's name.

Mr. Cheng.

It seems like you're investigating me.

Certainly not. It's just casual chat.

The birthday boy is back.

Mr. Cheng.

What gift did you get me?

Take a look for yourself.

What's up?

Fei.

Even after a lifetime of fighting and killing,

his daughter never forgave him.

How tragic.

Everyone has their own fate.

It's hard to tell.

Retribution knows no borders.

In this line of work,

I wonder how

we'll end up with a good life.

I've made a prediction.

Both of us

won't have a good ending.

Let us not depend on this path.

Yiyi.

Do you think I look like the old man

in the movie?

You're way more hideous than he is.

Jin.

Go and rest.

I'll speak to them.

Sure.

Zhou Ji is dead.

He died miserably.

I almost died because of you too.

I was wrong.

I'm sorry.

To make it up to you,

I'll show you something good.

(Loading...)

Ye.

Here's a piece of cake

as your reward today.

Don't feed him that.

He has to do homework.

Go in and finish your homework.

I'll come in and check. Do you hear me?

Please have some tea.

Xiaowan.

About Ye that day...

Don't apologize.

He skipping class to play ball has nothing to do with you.

Why did he skip class again?

Children with single parents are prone to rebellion.

Has his dad been in contact with you lately?

Can we not mention him?

Ye likes Cheng Fan a lot.

Besides, I trust

that he'll be a good dad.

Xiaowan.

About this matter,

I'd still like to give you some advice.

If you're here to advise a breakup,

then don't say it.

He's still here.

Mr. Mu.

Actually...

Cheng Fan.

Middle-aged people like us

need more courage to love.

I'm not afraid.

So why are you?

Hello.

(Mr. Mu.)

(It's me.)

You deal with it first.

I'll be there tomorrow morning.

(Delete)

Xiaowan.

I have urgent matters to settle.

I need to rush to Kalisha tomorrow.

Is it Mr. Jiang?

A friend of Mr. Jiang in Kalisha

needs surgery,

so he wants me there for consultation.

Tell me.

Where

is this?

I don't know.

I haven't been there.

Fei.

This is our shared business.

I really don't know.

Think about it carefully.

Thank you.

What are you doing?

Yin.

Tell me where this is.

I don't know.

- Where is this? - I don't know.

Don't touch her!

Why?

You wrench!

All of you are wrenches!

I beg you.

I beg you not to hurt her.

I'll think about it.

(Take another good look.)

(There might be new findings.)

(Shrine)

(Shrine)

Hotel.

Which hotel?

Blue Sky Hotel that run by Zhou Ji.

Nonsense.

Why would your family's warehouse

fall into Zhou Ji's hands?

Can't you find out yourself?

If it's in Zhou Ji's hands,

why would he still be looking for it everywhere?

I've already told you.

Now take her to the hospital,

or I won't say a word.

Take her to the hospital.

What do you want to ask?

When was this drawing done?

2014.

On my 19th birthday,

Gun gave me that.

But the opening date of the hotel

was July of 2015.

The owner

is Jiang Jiuping.

It seems you're all alone,

just like your dead old man.

Trying to trick me, huh?

Now, I'll ask, and you answer.

If you lie, you die.

Yin.

Why are you forcing me?

I really don't know.

Go and ask Jiang Jiuping.

Let me confirm the authenticity of the map.

It's a test Gun gave me.

If I still enjoyed tinkering with guns like I used to when I was a child,

I'd have found out the secret within

and inherited his assets.

But even Gun didn't expect

that once he found a place

to hide the stuff,

someone else

would buy the land.

They even develop it.

It's not surprising.

This guy did the same back then.

He kept preaching about repenting

and would often persuade people to do the same.

Something is weird, though.

If the warehouse

is in his hands,

why doesn't Zhou Ji ask for it from his father-in-law?

He looks down on his father-in-law.

Even at the dining table,

he would show an attitude toward Jiang Jiuping.

If I were Jiang Jiuping,

I wouldn't give the stuff to Zhou Ji either

even if it's rotting away.

We have been fighting at the front all our lives,

but in the end,

it's Jiang Jiuping who benefited from this the most.

Gu and Zhou Ji

took a lot of effort,

but they never expected

that the things they wanted were under their feet all along.

Yin.

I'll tell you one more thing.

In the first two months, Gu Mulan negotiated with Gun

and asked for our family's warehouse.

Later, Bai told me

that the first condition Gun proposed

was that Jiang Jiuping must not know about it.

I don't understand.

Who's Jiang Jiuping?

Why is everyone afraid of him?

You have such skilled subordinates.

Why don't you guys just take it back?

The second-in-command of the Northwest Wolves

isn't there for nothing.

He's Chai Lang.

The police have to wait for the report to run an autopsy.

The soonest would be next Monday.

I'll go to Hanbei with you by then

to try asking them

if we can bring him back,

so that he can leave from home.

Dad.

Don't hate him.

Zhou Ji

has done everything for the sake of the Gu family.

I don't hate him.

I just couldn't get along with him,

and that stays between us.

As long as he treated you well,

I didn't mind anything else.

Where's Nana?

On the plane.

She'll be here soon.

Hello. Who are you?

(Mr. Jiang Jiuping.)

(I'm Pei Yin.)

(How have you been lately?)

(Don't be in a hurry to hang up.)

(It's been so long since we met.)

(I just wanted to chat with you.)

(Don't you miss me?)

Pei Yin.

I wasn't close with you back then,

so we have nothing to talk about.

As I said before,

we took different paths, hence no cooperation.

Don't contact me again in the future.

(Don't say that.)

If we're talking about seniority,

I should call you my big brother.

Our brotherhood runs deep.

It's not something that can be broken easily.

I haven't been in contact with any of you in the past years.

I've also made it clear to the police about my affairs.

If you harass me again,

I'll report you to them.

Who do you take me for?

I know

you're living a peaceful life now.

I sincerely feel happy for you,

so I won't disturb you.

I came today

to discuss a legal business with you

that doesn't involve deceitful acts.

It will be a fair exchange.

I run a hotel,

so I'm afraid I'll have to decline your offer.

(You're right.)

I'd like to discuss a hotel business with you.

You can book online if you want to come,

but

I'm afraid

we can't accommodate a fugitive.

I don't want to stay.

I want to buy it.

The hotel is for my retirement,

not for sale.

I haven't even made an offer,

yet you're getting impatient.

(This is not the way to do business.)

Pei Yin.

What exactly are you up to?

I heard

there's something good

hidden under your family's shrine.

I'd like to take a look.

Even if I, Jiang Jiuping, die right now,

I will never join forces with you.

(I won't tell the police what we talked about today.)

But if it happens again,

I won't let you off the hook.

Mind your own business.

Goodbye.

(Jiang Jiuping.)

(Do you think chanting prayers can absolve your sins?)

(What's the police for, then?)

If you're not afraid of death,

neither am I.

You know deep down

that I have one advantage over you.

I am despicable.

At worst,

we'll both perish together.

Li.

I need you to track Mu Shaobai's phone,

especially the call at 9:30 p.m.

Be quick.

Wenli.

Wenli.

(Dad)

Dad.

(Wenli.)

My old friend came to see me,

so I'll pick him up at the station.

I won't be home

these two days.

Take care and get plenty of rest.

I'll handle Ji's matter.

Are you okay?

What could happen to me?

Anyway,

let me know when Nana comes back.

Okay.

Take care.

(Sure.)

I'll hang up.

Li.

(Northwest Wolves Gang's Stolen Goods) That's all I can translate for now.

That's quick.

Did Tai Yongzhong teach you?

If you want to find Desert Tiger's legacy,

there are two ways.

One.

Translate all the cipher

and find the answer from there.

Two.

Trick Sha Xiaofei into finding the warehouse.

Use it to negotiate with Gu Mulan.

Sadly, you only have half of the cipher.

I can't translate the whole text.

You're not honest.

I guess the other half

is not in your hands,

right?

It doesn't matter.

As long as your mother is in my hands,

I can definitely find that key.

What happened to my mom?

You're eager to know my relationship with her, don't you?

If I tell you,

your mother has been one of us

since 2014,

will you believe me?

Can you make up something believable?

My mother gave this to me

on my 12th birthday.

Why do you have it?

Think about it.

A beautiful woman

stumbled into a wolf pack's den.

Many pairs of green eyes stared at her.

How much suffering did she have to endure

to gain the trust of those bad men?

She had to endure suspicions,

insults, and tortures.

In those days,

she was afraid of being exposed,

so she was extremely cautious in everything she did.

There was no sign of flaws on the surface

until that night.

Perhaps she had missed her child dearly,

so she secretly

took out this family necklace that she kept secretly.

It was this seemingly inadvertent action

that almost exposed her identity.

Fortunately,

I accepted her,

just like

she accepted me.

From that day on,

she joined my team.

Why didn't she help you translate, then?

How does a poor soul

who can't speak or write

help me?

What do you mean?

She requires someone to attend to her

for all the basic things one must do.

(Yihan.)

Mom.

(Is that you, Yihan?)

Who did it?

Who did it?

I wish it were me.

Was it Gu?

No.

It was the Northwest Wolves.

It was every one of us,

including me.

Yihan.

If you sincerely want to help me,

I promise to share this wealth with you and your mother.

You can also finally

reunite with her.

I must see my mom first.

This is not a negotiation.

I'm giving you another chance.

If you don't agree with me,

I'll send you to your deathbed.

Then, I'll pass your ashes

to your mother

as a pillow.

Tang.

Hello?

I'm Gu Mulan's daughter, Gu Linna.

You must be Mr. Pei.

Yes, Linna.

How can I help?

You killed Ji, didn't you?

Hold on.

Where are you going?

Linna.

You've misunderstood me.

The police did all that.

I just wanted to tell you

not to hurt my family anymore.

That includes my uncle,

my sister,

and

my friends.

Otherwise,

the police won't let you go,

and my dad won't spare you either.

I know that over the years,

Jiang has cherished you in the palm of his hand,

so deep down,

you've already seen yourself as his daughter.

Can you even represent your real dad?

If you want to,

I can have my dad call you right away,

provided that you don't hurt my family and friends.

Sure.

How about this?

Ten minutes later,

tell your dad to call me,

and I'll let your uncle go.

And my friend.

Your friend?

Chu Yihan.

Okay.

It's a deal.

That's enough.

Take a break.

I heard from Fei

that you're close to Gu Mulan's daughter.

I don't know her.

The why did she call to plead mercy for you?

Hello?

(Yin.)

(It's me.)

Gu?

♪Embark amidst the hustle and bustle, wander in the wilderness♪

♪If the heartbeat understands promises♪

♪Countless versions of myself♪

♪Move forward without looking back♪

♪Fulfilling the wait♪

♪Let go of possessions♪

♪Only then do I understand freedom♪

♪Only then do I exist♪

♪Dawn comes, and the heart becomes worthy♪

♪Sacrifice might lead us out of the wilderness♪

♪I am not lonely, engraved in your heart♪

♪There is more♪

♪The sunlight gradually awakens♪

♪Busyness persists♪

♪Slowly crossing over the mountain peaks♪

♪Countless versions of myself♪

♪Move forward without looking back♪

♪Fulfilling the wait♪

♪Let go of possessions♪

♪Only then do I have freedom♪

♪Only then there are possibilites♪

♪Dawn comes, and the heart becomes worthy♪

♪Whether remembered or forgotten♪

♪In any case, I will be by your side♪

♪Guarding freedom, you and I♪