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MOPON WAREHOUSE

NAW KHAM POPPY FIELD, TRILATERAL SLOPES

She's definitely crazy.

Come inside. Your tattoo isn't covered yet.

Let's do it here.

I don't know how much of it is on me,

her becoming like this.

Who is she to you, anyway?

She's my half-sister, same mother but different father.

Our mother passed away when I was 16.

Her father remarried later,

and he never looked after her.

I accepted painting commissions

to earn a living back then,

and I stayed up late every night to paint.

I thought I might as well move out with her.

Actually, she'd wanted to move out for a while.

We pooled some money

and rented an apartment together.

Only then did we really start to get to know each other

and keeping each other company

throughout all the important moments

in life.

So, you two weren't that close before?

Put it on.

Her father was unkind to me.

I worked every day and was seldom at home.

Although she didn't have it good either,

she was his biological daughter, after all.

At that time, I thought

that life would stay peaceful and fulfilling.

Everything changed in 2006,

when I got a boyfriend.

I broke up with him when I found out he was doing drugs.

After the breakup, Ziying started acting strange.

But I was so busy with work

that I simply couldn't attend to anything else.

By the time I noticed,

she was already unable to get clean.

Didn't you think about sending her to rehab?

The mandatory kind?

I tried that.

It was too tough. She couldn't handle it.

She begged me to get her out of that place.

She begged you to get her out of that place,

and then you two fled to this place?

Didn't it just go from bad to worse?

I was naive back then.

I thought earning money to support her would be enough.

Given what she just said,

the two of you were smuggled in?

And you deceived her?

That's because I wanted to disappear. I didn't want anyone to find me.

But I didn't deceive her. She begged me to take her away.

She needed someone to take care of her.

Did you tell her about these plans in advance?

She…

She couldn't bear to leave.

But she was more afraid of being forced to go into detox.

Ziying's father and stepmother

were disdainful of her. I could tell.

So I had to be decisive. I did it for her.

Moreover,

if she wants to go back, she can call her father anytime.

How could I possibly imprison a living person?

NOT THE ONLY ONE TATTOO STORE

Do you regret

coming to the Trilateral Slopes?

Dan Tuo,

you must bow your head when speaking to the leader

and bend your knees if necessary.

Make sure your gaze is looking up at him.

When you see the Buddha statue,

you must fold your hands and bow down to worship.

If you meet children…

Got it, Oil Lamp.

I'm going to load goods at Mopon tomorrow.

We'll talk when we meet.

This is to compensate the drug traffickers.

What's with that look?

You've been sulking all day long.

I still don't understand.

Suo Wen didn't deserve to die like that.

But Mr. Cai hasn't done anything.

And he still wants you to walk the mountains.

So what?

If I don't walk the mountains,

what should we eat?

Mr. Cai has been too low-key these past few years.

I'm afraid that everyone will get on top of us in the end.

Scrag,

do you know

what Mr. Cai did the night before your sister

jumped into the river?

He killed Wu Ben.

Not just Wu Ben.

Alone with a knife,

he cut off the members

of nine drug traffickers in a single night.

Nine?

Your sister was gang-raped.

Mr. Cai told me not to tell you.

Mr. Cai's judgment

is never about what's before his eyes.

At the Trilateral Slopes,

no one can truly come over him.

Hello?

What's going on?

What's happened to Ziying?

After you left that day, she had a big fight with me.

She ran away when I wasn't paying attention.

I searched for her for a long time.

Later, I found that she ran off

to buy drugs from sub-dealers.

But for some reason, they took her away.

Where did they take her?

It's not Kyu-lawn.

It's Moyok. That's what they call it.

I'm a friend of the neighboring state's sheriff.

You are Aiso's friend?

I'm the one who found the tapir.

There' was a tapir.

I heard that a girl was recently brought here.

She's tall and quite fair-skinned.

I want to take her back.

She has used a lot of our good stuff.

You can take her back.

But you have to pay us first. Twenty million.

That's too much. In Bomo currency?

No problem.

I can sell my store when I go back. I can scrape up enough money.

Bring the money next time you come.

Can I see her now?

You want to take her away?

She might not even want to go with you now.

She's on the second floor.

She hates me.

I know that.

What do you plan to do next?

Return to China

and take her to a rehab center.

It's already been counted.

Give me the keys.

I work for Mr. Cai of To-pan.

Quick.

Quick.

Hey.

These two are for the boss.

Where is your passport?

Are you mute too?

I like

quiet people.

Boss likes you. This is for you.

Darn it.

It's raining pretty hard. Hurry and load the goods.

Hurry up and load the goods.

Our truck always arrives full and returns empty.

Hasn't Mr. Cai told you?

From now on, you need to deliver goods down the mountain.

This is the address.

But… You need to be careful.

Don't lose the goods, and don't be late.

Not even a minute late is acceptable.

I'm from Bokang too.

I also have family.

The subscriber you have dialed is not available.

I've brought the money.

Here.

We are in the middle of something. Go back for now.

Didn't we agree on this?

Bring her down, and I'll take her away immediately.

I won't delay your business.

It's not convenient now. Come back tonight.

Su.

Forget it. Just listen to him.

Don't piss him off. Let's come back tonight.

Ziying!

-Alright. Stop it. -Ziying!

They're not good people.

Listen to me and get in the car quickly.

Get in the car and sit tight.

Dan Tuo?

-What… -What are you doing here?

Didn't you go up the mountain?

They told me to deliver goods for them.

To here?

The sub-dealers for the drug traffickers are here.

What are you delivering for them?

They said some goods needed to be returned.

Dan Tuo,

are you smuggling drugs for the traffickers?

I don't know.

They told me to deliver these.

What else could I do?

Does Mr. Cai know?

Are you here to deliver goods?

Boss.

Two vehicles?

A wide carrier basket and a narrow carrier basket.

Carry the basket, and carry a fortune.

Are you both from To-pan?

Yes. We are not outsiders.

Drive into the slaughterhouse.

Keep an eye on this person.

Let them go together after delivering the goods.

Do you also supply water?

I won't delay your business.

Take the money. I'll go up and pick her up myself.

I told you no. I told you to come back at night.

Why?

They all left.

-Bring her down first. -Come back at night.

-I'm begging you. Please bring her down. -Forget it.

No, come back at night.

Everyone, take off your clothes.

Hurry up.

Hurry up.

Mr. Cai,

you knew early on

that I was supposed to deliver the drugs for them, right?

Why?

Why would you smuggle drugs for them?

Why?

Why did you deceive me?

Why did you deceive me?

How did you see my father back then?

You wouldn't even look at the poppy field.

When a truckload of cash was delivered right to you,

you just turned around and left.

Why did you lie to me?

So many years have passed.

Why the sudden change?

You just dropped the bottom line

that To-pan has held for so many years.

Quick.

Drink some water.

The doctor said

she has basically stabilized now.

She will be fine

once the critical period is over in a couple of days.

It's all my fault.

I'm the one who should be punished.

The ones who deserve punishment

are those drug traffickers.

Who fired the shots?

Why did they shoot right at our doorstep?

I didn't recognize them.

Mr. Cai!

Mr. Cai.

Cleaver,

you were the first to run out.

Did you see anything?

I saw a few people going out that way.

Did our people chase after them?

We couldn't. They were on bikes.

Mr. Cai, Aiso died right on our doorstep.

This is more than serious now.

Drive the car away and clean up here.

Don't let anyone know.

Cleaver, come here.

-Okay. -You too.

The body of Aiso

has been dealt with.

The knife

at our necks.

We are being targeted.

What else is there that I don't know about?

Before Naw Kham started fighting

against Luan Basong,

he invited me into the mountains once.

He wanted to outsource the drug trafficking to To-pan.

I refused him at that time.

Then war broke out.

As a result, Kyu-lawn was lost.

He wanted to get the cash back in his hands as soon as possible.

So he invited me into the mountains again.

And I refused again.

But not even half a month later,

he lost the Mokwel River too.

Their entire army was forced into the mountains,

and the soldiers either died or ran away.

I was taken to the mountains for the third time.

I saw him. He was like a madman,

surrounded by weapons and a pile of grenades.

He was like a wild beast.

I knew I could no longer refuse him.

Think about it.

Suo Wen had walked the mountains for so many years.

Would he be killed over a toy?

What happened to him and Aiso

is no longer a warning

but an ultimatum.

You have been pushed to this extent.

Why didn't you tell me?

Just because I swore not to deal drugs, you simply deceived me

and had me get involved in trouble first, huh?

Yes.

That's how it is.

At Suo Wen's funeral, you said

you might as well stop supplying water.

You have a choice.

You can run, but I can't.

Why on earth…?

I'm getting old.

I've started to fear death.

I'm sorry.

I will no longer decide for you.

Never again.

Once you're better, I'll take you back home.

Haven't you always wanted to go home?

This time, I'll take you home.

Give me another chance.

Okay?

Let me be a good sister.

Okay.

Okay.

After losing the Mokwel River,

Naw Kham wanted to use Aiso's route to smuggle drugs.

But the control of cattle trafficking

is not at the same level as that of drug trafficking.

Once involved in drug trafficking,

it's like one-time consumption.

Mr. Cai didn't know how to plead for Aiso.

He watched as Aiso again refused Naw Kham on the phone.

Who would have thought Naw Kham had been at To-pan the whole time?

Now Aiso is dead.

What will happen to the orphan squad?

When the next sheriff takes office,

they'll still be the orphan squad.

Will they still be the sheriff's orphan squad

or the drug traffickers' child soldiers?

There's no hope for the Trilateral Slopes.

The kids are not hope either.

Everyone should look after themselves and not harm others.

That's the only thing I can do.

How come conceding along with Mr. Cai has become the only thing you can do?

Tuo, you're not walking the mountains now. You're smuggling drugs.

Suo Wen died

not because he stepped on a toy.

And Luan Basong didn't set the fire at the Buddhist hall.

Naw Kham has never stopped pushing To-pan.

The current situation is inevitable.

Enough, Tuo.

Let's take the chance

and run away.

That's where we're different, Xing.

Without To-pan, we don't exist.

But you still have a place to go back to.

Anyway,

if he plans to use that road for drug trafficking,

I won't stand by and do nothing.

-What are you going to do? -I don't know either.

But I do know

where that road leads.

Hello?

Okay, I'll come over.

I need to go out. By the way,

here you are.

When someone dies,

everything is gone with them.

This is just the beginning.

Hurry up and leave.

You too.

She was so skinny.

UNCLE, YOU TOLD ME LAST TIME

THAT USING HEALTH INSURANCE CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY.

IF IT'S CONVENIENT…

Lanbo?

What's wrong?

Get up.

Did you use drugs?

-Why? -Shen Xing, is Papa in To-pan?

I want to see Papa.

I haven't been here

these past few days.

I don't know.

Mr. Cai called Papa to To-pan to discuss some matters.

And then he never came back.

-What should I do? -Mr. Cai?

I came specifically for you.

Shen Xing, you are the most devout.

The gods even led you to a tapir.

-Please save Mongnawng. I beg you. -Lanbo.

The orphan squad and the kids have all been injected with drugs.

The secret passage has been taken.

Ge Maopi…

Maopi has started trafficking in cattle.

Please save me. Save Mongnawng.

-Lanbo. -What should I do?

Lanbo, get up.

Get up and sit.

Lanbo?

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

Xing,

do you have any drugs?

I beg you.

To the back of the mountain.

Gaga,

are you sweeping the ground for Granny?

You are such a good boy. Where's Granny?

Mom.

Why are you making these?

It's not like we can't afford to buy these.

How come you're back today?

Kid is going to school. So I bought him a schoolbag.

Why are you packing these so neatly?

Are you planning to sell them?

I'm in poor health.

Having a little bit of work to do

makes me feel at ease.

Take this.

I've also brought medicine for six months for you.

What's this?

With this, when you go to the market, you can buy it yourself.

We failed to get things done last time.

I've asked someone to help. Now the form is filled out.

Look, everything is all set.

When the time comes, take this document,

go to the office, and follow the procedure.

Why are you doing all this again?

Gaga is going to school next year.

I want him to go to a school outside of the Trilateral Slopes.

I've gotten used to living in this house.

Once we get out, we'll have to pay double for food and lodging.

An old woman and a kid. And we don't know anyone.

I'd rather die than rely on you alone to support me.

Mom, it's so chaotic here now.

A war is about to break out.

I'm afraid I won't be able to look after you then.

What does the war have to do with you?

When have we ever made you take care of us during war?

Mom, just go there.

If anything happens, I'll be right over immediately.

What are you worried about?

You supply water.

There's a barrier between you and those people.

What danger could you possibly be in?

Listen to me.

If you dare get involved with poppies,

you're as good as destroying this family all over again.

Mom.

This home

is no longer a home.

Mom,

don't worry.

Mr. Cai.

What time is it?

It's almost time for dinner.

I asked you what time it is.

Ten to six.

-Has Dan Tuo come back? -Yeah.

He delivered all the goods.

He said there was something at home, and he went back to Bokang.

He won't be joining us for dinner tonight.

Where is Shen Xing?

I just saw him.

He drove out.

He was all sneaky.

Has he found out we're trafficking drugs?

Will he mess with us?

How are you?

Pull it up a bit.

Cover yourself.

Don't catch a cold.

Why are you here?

To collect debts.

Some old accounts

haven't been settled yet.

What about you?

You're meddling again.

We're friends.

How could I stand by and do nothing?

You are my friend too.

So I will advise you if I need to.

What are you suggesting?

Are you walking the mountains for me?

I dare not walk the mountains.

And that's why I'm worried.

I'm afraid when you walk mountains…

At times,

one must accept their destiny.

Man cannot fight against fate.

My father was a poppy farmer.

Throw a handful of seeds

into the ground, and they grow wildly.

And in the blink of an eye,

all the hills and fields are red. It was so simple.

Later on, Bokang issued a ban

and forced all poppy farmers to switch to cropping.

That was too difficult.

The poppy farmers all smoke raw opium.

My father couldn't grow crops.

So he sold everything in the house.

He nearly sold my mother

and Mao Ba too.

Later on,

he died on the way to buy opium paste.

His body rotted in a ditch

for more than a month before being discovered.

You say this,

and I understand you even less.

The longer we live, the more conflicted we become.

Tuo,

I've thought it through.

Have you told Mr. Cai?

No, I haven't.

What's the use of telling him?

Even if I told him, he wouldn't let me go.

The night you arrived at To-pan,

the stars in the sky were as bright as they are tonight.

There are hot and rainy seasons in the Trilateral Slopes.

You have fully experienced them both.

It was just the right time when you arrived.

And it will also be the right time when you leave.

It seems that since coming here, I've realized something.

People…

Look.

They are just like these stars.

In a flash, they're gone.

This is what I've learned.

So, one must accept fate.

Well,

I'll just accept half of it.

What are you up to now?

Before I go,

I must get this thing done.

If I don't take care of it, I won't be at peace after I go back.

No worries.

I have a bit of luck.

What luck do you have? You are just smart.

Won't you use it all up?

Once you return to China, you can take your time to handle it.

You can deal with it however you like.

I haven't told you in all this time

that I envy you.

What do you envy me for?

For having good fortune.

Me? Having good fortune?

You were born in China. That's good enough.

Here.

When Mao Ba was a kid,

he was almost bitten to death by a jackal.

This is the tooth of that jackal.

I'm giving it to you.

Tuo,

tell me.

Have you ever thought

that your bad fortune

was actually because you followed the wrong person?

I know what you're going to say.

You know? Then why won't you listen?

I've listened to your advice and decided to go back to China.

You've seen what Lanbo has become.

And Aiso died on our doorstep. Don't you know how he died?

Aren't you afraid that one day you'll end up the same as them?

Do you have to follow Mr. Cai? Can't you leave him?

I know where your credentials are kept.

I can get them for you.

You can only believe half of your fate too.

It's because your life is not yours alone.

It also belongs to your mother

and Mao Ba's son.

Right.

Remember what I told you.

Hurry up and leave.

STORY BASED ON THE ESCAPE FROM TRILATERAL SLOPES SERIES

OF STORY HUNTING PROGRAM

NO ANIMALS WERE HAMRMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS FILM