Original subtitles

(9 years ago)

I have a few announcements to make.

Firstly,

we finally have Ms. Lin with us today.

Please.

Next,

I recall once saying

that we must be united.

We are a family.

We cannot fight among ourselves.

Two days ago,

someone harassed Ms. Lin at night.

Who was it?

Mr. Gu.

I really didn't know back then.

Bury him.

Spare me, Mr. Gu.

Spare me, Mr. Gu.

Spare me, Mr. Gu.

Spare me, Mr. Gu.

Spare me, Mr. Gu.

Gu.

Should we

report this to Jiang?

Jiang and Mu aren't here. They have other tasks.

While they're not around, their names are still with us.

If they break the rules, they'll be punished.

Let's leave this in the past.

With Ms. Lin's presence today,

we've finally filled all seven seats.

Hence, I have a suggestion.

The strongest

will be the king.

Next month, I'll host a Golden Lamb Festival.

Exactly on my wife's 35th birthday.

The one who takes down the golden lamb

will be the next Wolf King.

I don't think that's proper, Gu.

Ms. Lin.

It'll happen even if you're not there.

It's a world of wolves.

We follow the wolves' rules.

Eat or be eaten.

That is the only way to stay alive.

The Northwest Wolves are the same.

Once a wolf cub grows up,

it can challenge the Wolf King.

If it succeeds,

it'll be the next Wolf King.

We have no exception.

We care about strength, rules,

and fairness.

Perhaps you don't know, Ms. Lin.

In our gang,

the Wolf King

has the absolute authority.

Gun.

What do we hold in high regard again?

Loyalty.

The disloyal

will die.

Enough. The matter is settled.

Buddies.

Choose your cubs.

At next month's Golden Lamb Festival,

the war starts.

Come.

Welcome.

=Chase the Truth=

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

=Episode 20=

I didn't think

after all the final goodbyes,

today,

I'd be rebuilding the Northwest Wolves with a few young friends.

A cause for celebration.

Cheers.

Since

we are family,

I think there are some conflicts

we need to resolve.

Officer Chu.

I was the one

who hurt your mother.

It wasn't because she was police.

It was because

when she realized she had been exposed,

she was going to kill everyone.

I had no choice but to do it.

I wish I hadn't fought back.

I should've let her kill me.

I should have died at her hands.

Let her take

what she wanted.

Let her return to her group.

Perhaps

she would have been rewarded

for an achievement.

That way,

you won't hate me.

Yihan.

Please trust

that you are not the only one

who loves your mother.

If you really feel guilty about Ms. Lin,

you should reunite them.

Why leave them hanging?

Let me finish speaking.

If you wish to see your mom,

I can let you see her anytime.

If you want to kill me now,

I will not fight back.

I deserve it,

but you must think carefully.

You are now police.

If you kill me,

you're using the public for personal gain.

Even if you aren't an officer,

when I die,

you'll be unable to get that half of the map.

When can I meet my mom?

There's a priority to everything.

The most urgent task is

for us two to stand united.

Let's first handle this outsider issue.

Then, we can resolve our family matter.

Yes?

Ku.

Personally, my preference

is to keep things clean.

Hand the half of the map

to me.

I'll let everyone leave alive then.

Otherwise,

this place

will be home to another pile of bones.

Is that so?

Yes.

What are you doing?

Put the guns down.

Put them down.

What do you want?

We'll give you what you want,

but you have to let my uncle go.

Nana.

Your uncle came home safe and sound.

What?

Here.

I met someone in Lanchuan.

His name is Pei Yin.

He was the leader of Wharf Group.

Wharf was a fake name.

In reality,

it's the Northwest Wolves Gang.

Last month,

he contacted me using a fake name.

He offered to invest in my hotel.

We would have hotels all over Lanchuan.

It was only after I was lured to Lanchuan

that I realized

he was the investor.

He insisted on buying over my land

because its location was great.

Look at this.

It's the contract he wanted me to sign.

For 4 million,

he wanted to buy my entire hotel.

It's a forceful takeover.

(Contract of Assignment)

I refused to sign it,

and they were ready to attack me.

That's why I made a police report.

I didn't think I'd come back to find

that gun smuggler had kidnapped my daughter.

He demanded a ransom over the phone.

What's his number?

It keeps changing.

I can never contact him.

Except for money,

was there anything else?

He wanted our family shrine as well.

Pei Yin too.

I don't know

whether it's because of superstition or those rumors,

but they both wanted the family shrine.

When did you first meet Pei Yin?

He called himself Liu Zizhou back then.

He approached me first,

asking for investment.

He was starting a pharmaceutical company.

I sensed something off about it,

so I didn't invest in it.

Later on, I found out

it's actually a drug factory

for the Northwest Wolves.

After that,

I reported him to the Kalisha office.

The police acted fast.

The factory was destroyed,

but they didn't capture Pei Yin.

As I remember it,

Captain Xia had just graduated.

It was his first big case.

That case

had huge consequences.

In August 2006,

Jiulin died.

Pei Yin must have killed her.

I've discussed this with Cheng Fan,

but

I was too scared to anger Pei Yin.

Hence, I did not tell the truth.

Why are you so certain

that Pei Yin did it?

When Jiulin died,

I was in Guangzhou for business.

I couldn't look after her.

10 days before the incident,

Pei Yin messaged me.

(Jiang Jiulin) He asked,

"Will you beg for forgiveness?"

I ignored him.

Right after that, my sister died.

She just vanished.

Where did she die?

Where is her body now?

I know nothing.

My missing person report can still be found online.

Who else could it be but Pei Yin?

When my sister died,

Nana was with her.

When I returned,

Nana had been sent home.

Her leg was injured.

She was all alone in the hospital.

I asked Nana,

"Where did you go?"

She replied, celebrating her birthday with Dad.

"I don't know who sent me back."

"I woke up at the hospital."

The hospital's diagnosis

was that she was bitten by a dog.

It didn't look like it.

The wound

was caused by a sharp weapon.

Pei Yin is scum.

He actually hurt a child.

Who is Nana's father?

He...

might be the Northwest Wolf King,

Gu Mulan.

I've only met that man once.

It should be him.

Sirs.

Is it considered a failure to disclose?

If so,

I'll bear all the responsibility.

My family

has always been threatened.

For my family's safety,

I won't regret doing this.

Since your sister is Gu Mulan's wife,

why would

Pei Yin hurt her?

There's a deep conflict between Pei Yin and Gu Mulan.

Do you recall the new company

he wanted me to invest in?

He wanted to be independent.

At that time, I didn't know Pei Yin was with the Northwest Wolves.

When he met me,

he even tested my attitude toward the Northwest Wolves.

At that time, people in Kalisha would gnash their teeth in hatred

to the Northwest Wolves.

And I'm no different.

I chastised the Northwest Wolves Gang

in front of Pei Yin.

When he confirmed I wasn't on Gu Mulan's side,

he asked me to cooperate with him.

When did you start to suspect your brother-in-law was Gu Mulan?

The one time I met him

was in autumn 2000.

Back then, Jiulin

was six months pregnant.

(He called himself Gu then.) *[Of a different tone]

(He said he was a fruit seller)

(with a big business,)

(but I thought)

(he was rather crude.)

(Someone like him,)

(I would never pay any attention to.)

(Once he spoke,)

(I realized he was quite different.)

(Jiulin was very happy with him.)

(She was also pregnant.)

(I didn't stop them.)

(At noon, he ate lunch with us.)

(That evening,)

(he flew out of the country with Jiulin.)

(In 2001,)

(my sister flew home by herself)

(with a child.)

(That was Gu Linna.)

When she returned,

I finally knew

his real surname.

I asked my sister,

where did the father go?

Jiulin said

he died in a car crash in Mexico.

After that,

Jiulin would stay at home all the time.

Actually, I was the one

who looked after the two of them.

In 2006,

my sister died.

That man never appeared again.

In 2015,

the Northwest Wolves case

was all over the news, right?

When I saw on television

the portrait of Gu Mulan,

I thought he looked like my brother-in-law.

Sirs.

I'll be honest.

I don't know

if my sister ever did anything illegal.

She is dead, after all.

Let her crimes die with her.

Anyway,

in my family, their marriage

is dirty laundry.

It's why I never said anything about it.

I'm only thankful

that their child, Gu Linna,

grew up in a healthy environment.

She was not dragged down

by her parents' influence and burdens.

When Jiang Jiulin died in 2006,

why didn't you report it to the police?

I dared not.

I was afraid that Pei Yin

would attack us once more.

If he didn't approach me today,

I would've taken this to my grave.

(Ku.)

(Just where are you hiding?)

(Do you know where Nana is?)

You don't represent the Jiang's family now, but your father.

You can call,

but if Mr. Jiang knows you're here,

he'll drop everything to save you.

What's your choice?

You decide.

If I'm not representing my dad,

I wouldn't be sitting here.

Mr. Pei.

Why were you looking for my uncle?

Your uncle...

Do you know how your brother-in-law died?

You caused it.

Your dear uncle

spent a lot of effort

to find Gun's warehouse,

but he then took everything inside the warehouse.

Your great Buddha statue

came from Gun's warehouse.

It was created from melted-down guns and bullets.

You're lying.

I'm lying?

(Yin.)

(Stop dwelling on it.)

(Those things no longer exist.)

(Do you recall the ending of "A Deadly Secret"?)

(The grand Buddha statue in Tianning Temple was made of pure gold.)

(Those antique guns you desired are long gone.)

(They were melted down)

(in a furnace.)

(I can give you)

(the grand Buddha statue forged from those antique guns)

(if you truly desire it.)

(I hope you can spare me,)

(and most importantly, yourself.)

Tell me.

Did something

happen to your dad?

He's fine.

If he's fine,

he would dig up the Desert Tiger's legacy.

You wouldn't need to suffer.

I'm guessing.

One,

he's dead,

or two,

there's a problem

in here, right?

Mr. Pei.

Are you sure you want to discuss Mr. Gu

with a policeman here?

Okay.

Let's get to business.

Ku.

Tell me.

Where is

your half of the map?

You both have half of the cipher.

I am the only one who can break it.

Shouldn't you be asking me for my opinion first?

In the cipher you have,

the first line states

the total sum of the Desert Tiger's legacy.

The second line

lists the amount of gold and silver bars.

The fifth line states

its location.

It's Tianshan County.

(In his half of the cipher,)

(the third line lists the mechanisms of the location.)

(The fifth line lists out)

(how to avoid getting hurt by the traps.)

The seventh line...

Do you want to know?

You recognize both pages of the drawings, don't you?

What do you think?

Well done.

An eidetic memory.

You're better than your mom.

Will you be able to finish your task

if I take your head back?

With these things in hand,

who would still want to be a cop?

What did Zhou Ji do when he was alive?

Zhou Ji.

Is he one of the Northwest Wolves?

What do you think?

I think he came to my home

with a goal in mind.

I don't know what he's always busy with.

Oh, right.

He has a subordinate named Ku.

You must find him.

He must have more information.

You are a powerful man,

yet you're coerced by your son-in-law.

Captain Duan.

This has nothing to do with who I am.

Business

and family are two different matters.

Every family has its flaws.

In our family,

I'm reasonable,

but Zhou Ji was not.

We could never communicate properly.

Anyway,

I'm a Buddhist.

I try to be kind.

I don't want my own family

to constantly fight.

Then, why did you let him marry your daughter?

Also, why did they not divorce?

Wenli.

She gets along well with him.

The relationship is theirs.

I am someone

who won't make life hard for others.

Otherwise,

Jiulin, my sister,

wouldn't have gotten with Gu Mulan.

Mr. Jiang.

Evil corrupts.

Were you not scared he would change Ms. Jiang?

Yes.

My indecision put her in this situation.

As it is now,

no one among the Jiang family

can stay out of this.

Hence, officers,

please first

bring my daughter back

before investigating this.

I'll accept any and all punishment.

There's also Nana.

It has been a very long time

since I last contacted her.

Young people all like to play.

3 days without a word

is tolerable to me,

but this is an unusual time.

I'm scared something has happened.

Mr. Jiang.

Don't panic.

I'll look into it first.

Okay.

I'll look into it.

Okay.

Mr. Jiang.

Don't worry too much.

Well...

What's your connection to Mu Shaobai?

Mr. Mu.

Friend

and business partner.

Oh.

Then,

from what you know of him,

do you think

he has any enemies?

How do I put this?

He's good at keeping secrets.

This man

would never tell anyone anything.

What happened to him?

He's dead.

An unnatural death.

Was he murdered?

Undecided.

However,

we already have a suspect.

You know him.

Who is it?

Cheng Fan.

Officer Cheng is Mr. Mu's future son-in-law.

Why?

We're still investigating.

We also want to let the dead rest as soon as possible.

Mr. Jiang.

Can we visit your shrine?

Yes.

If you want me to solve the cipher

so you can take the legacy,

I can do it

on two conditions.

Price gouging?

One,

send my mom

to my specified location.

Two,

when we find the legacy,

I want 20%.

The rest

are yours to split.

Yes to the second,

but you can only get 10%.

No to the first.

If the police take your mom away,

I will never see her again.

I want to have a video call with her.

Now?

Right away.

Her phone is not with her.

Anyway,

she doesn't sleep well.

You wouldn't want someone to disturb her now, right?

Call her.

I can't do it.

What is it, Fei?

Make a call.

Report to the police.

Before he died, Gun gave me a flash drive.

He said it would set me free of my crimes.

I prepared this for you.

Remember.

When you see the police, tell them

that when we first met,

I raped you.

No.

I consented.

I lost.

I've absolutely lost.

The police will soon know about that Buddha statue.

They'll find that batch of guns.

I don't want it.

I don't want anything.

Even me?

Yiyi.

Listen to me.

The only card I have up my sleeve is the woman in this house.

She is Gu Mulan's daughter.

I want to use her

as leverage to secure Desert Tiger's legacy

in Gu Mulan's hands.

I must get it.

If you stay with me,

you'll only be a burden.

They'll target you

and use you to threaten me.

Promise me,

you'll go somewhere safe.

Wait for my return.

Screw that.

I don't want to go to prison.

I don't want to leave you.

Listen to me.

Remember every word.

When you see the police,

tell them

that when we first met,

I raped you.

That's why you're with me.

All these years,

you only know that we own a restaurant.

You don't know who my dad is.

You don't know who my dad is, get it?

After my dad died,

I forced you to run away with me.

You never touched a gun.

Listen well. This is the key point.

You never touched a gun.

You were never part of the family business.

Sha Xiaofei, let me tell you this.

Don't think about abandoning me.

You want to die, right?

Let's just die together.

(Shrine)

Is this what they were talking about?

(Shrine)

Forgive us.

Captain Duan.

Is it a legend or a rumor?

Why do they say there's treasure here?

I've been here for ages.

I've never heard of that.

Still, for my family's reputation,

please scan the shrine.

Mr. Jiang.

Thank you for your understanding.

Amitabha.

(9 p.m. North junction of Guta Road.)

Captain Duan.

It's him.

Qiao Dan.

I leave this to you.

Jiang.

Captain Duan.

Come with me.

Okay.

Okay.

Thank you for your hard work.

Don't worry.

Let's go.

Since we're part of the Northwest Wolves,

today,

let us

follow the Northwest Wolves' rules.

Of course,

everyone here

is a descendant of a Northwest Wolf.

We'll follow the rules Gu set years ago.

We'll re-select our new leader.

Mr. Pei.

Just get to the point.

What do you want?

Do you mean to suggest that we decide on the Wolf King

by fighting?

I disagree.

This is the rule.

You can't just change it at will.

Mr. Gu's daughter is here.

Why can't she take over as the Wolf King?

Aren't you ashamed of pushing a girl

to the front?

Since someone from the Gu family is here,

I can't strip you of your power.

Nana.

I won't bully you.

As long as you step into the iron cage

and get out on your feet,

you'll have my respect.

I'll fight.

On your mom's behalf?

Of course.

Alright.

Fine.

Let's fight then.

They ran away.

(I'm Sha Xiaofei.)

(Jiang Wenli)

(is in my hands.)

Ya Ba.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Pardon us sinners.

Officer Qiao.

Where is my daughter?

We're still pursuing her.

Who's the Wolf King now?

If I say you're not,

can you agree to that?

Are you messing with me?

Rest assured.

I'm a man of my word.

This way, please.

Come on.

The match is over.

I hereby declare...

The new leader

of our gang,

the new Northwest Wolf King,

is Ms. Lin's son,

Chu Yihan.

Sit.

You sit down.

It's okay.

I'm at your service.

Now, take out the cipher you have

and share it

immediately.

Isn't the cipher already in your head?

So, what you have

is no longer a secret.

This thing breeds suspicion and deadly conflict among you guys.

Now that I'm here,

it's not important anymore.

Are you intending

to decipher it on the spot?

Who's calling the shots here, you or me?

Where did Sha Xiaofei go?

I really don't know.

Withholding information is a greater offense.

Don't think being pregnant

will exempt you from legal responsibility.

Think about your baby.

Don't miss any opportunity

for a reduced sentence, got it?

I've said all I know,

but I really don't know where he went.

As far as I know,

you two are pretty close.

Why did he abandon you?

He didn't seem to plan on coming back alive.

Mr. Jiang.

(Have a seat.)

(Okay.)

Officer Cheng.

Could this be a misunderstanding?

No, it's not.

I killed him.

Why?

He's one of the Northwest Wolves.

I found him

and killed him by accident.

Right now,

I'm a criminal suspect.

So, he

is related to Gu Mulan.

You knew it long ago?

Officer Cheng, let me tell you something.

My own younger sister

married Gu Mulan.

(My closest partner)

(is also from the Northwest Wolves.)

(I have also crossed paths)

(with Pei Yin.)

So, there are traces

of the Northwest Wolves everywhere around me.

I'm the only one who stands clean from this.

This doesn't make sense logically.

(So,)

(I should have some ties)

(with the Northwest Wolves.)

(Maybe)

(I'm even a criminal)

from the Northwest Wolves.

Before Mu Shaobai died,

he told me a story

about you.

What story?

The story between you and the Northwest Wolves.

Between the Northwest Wolves and me, it's just family ties,

no story.

(This familial connection)

(isn't something I can decide on.)

Officer Cheng, are you alright?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Officer Cheng, we're old friends.

Let me be frank with you.

Actually,

I've long suspected that Mr. Mu was affiliated with Gu Mulan.

Didn't I invest in Murray Hospital?

That night,

I had a couple of drinks with Mr. Mu.

He couldn't hold his liquor.

After having a few drinks,

he said something

that really stuck with me.

It was this,

"If you don't invest,"

"I'll go find Mr. Gu."

I asked, "Which Mr. Gu?"

He suddenly got mysterious and stopped talking.

(As a businessman,)

(I'm willing to make friends)

(with investors.)

So, the next day,

I deliberately asked him,

"Mr. Mu,"

"who was the Mr. Gu you mentioned last night?"

He denied it.

He even told me

not to mention this to anyone else.

I know basically every businessman in Kalisha

whose surname is Gu.

So, the only one he feared

was likely that person.

(So, regarding this matter,)

(the less you ask, the less trouble.)

(I stopped concerning myself with this later on.)

(You invested so much money in Murray Hospital,)

and yet you didn't check your partner's background thoroughly?

You should ask Dr. Mu Xiaowan about this.

She's aware of it.

Over a decade ago, Kalisha's medical standards

were severely lacking.

If you needed heart surgery,

you had to take a train to the provincial capital.

So, back then,

many patients

didn't even make it off the train,

and they were gone.

If you invested in a new hospital back then,

it would benefit the people

of the entire city.

Even if I would end up penniless,

I would still do this.

And besides,

I myself have also benefited from medical care.

As for his relationship with Gu Mulan

or anyone else,

I'm not interested.

I don't care.

What about you and Zhou Ji?

Zhou Ji?

(I've also talked to Chief Tai about this.)

(Shall I explain it again)

(to you today?)

(Quinidine)

(Dad.)

(What's this thing?)

(Don't open it.)

(Put it back.)

Chief Tai.

Master.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Is something wrong with Jiang Jiuping?

No, nothing.

All his answers seem logical and reasonable.

But the more flawless they seem,

the more wrong they feel to me.

If he's one of the Northwest Wolves,

judging by his age,

he shouldn't let Zhou Ji walk all over him.

Yeah.

The Northwest Wolves are highly organized.

If someone wants to leave the group

and become disloyal,

won't the wolf pack turn against him?

If this person

is Gu Mulan's brother-in-law,

the outcome would be different.

You're right.

Master.

Do you still remember

that we never figured out

the identity of Chai Lang, the Northwest Wolves' second-in-command?

Based on the clues back then,

we assumed it was Gu Mulan's first wife.

But now, it's probably not the case anymore.

I've already thrown all the questions

at Jiang Jiuping.

He's bound to react subsequently.

As long as we keep an eye on him,

we'll be able to figure out whether he is Chai Lang or not.

♪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♪