[Detective L]
[Episode 12] [The Wrathful Begonia: C]
Recently, two women have been killed
in the Shanghai French Concession
One of them is Zhao Qi Meng
Another one is Qian Qi Yue
Triangular knife A cut on the right side of the neck
Same weapon, same murderer
It's same as Zhao Qi Meng
They were stabbed in the neck with scissors
and died due to blood loss
We can be sure
the murderer was the same person
You shameless whoremonger!
Says who?
I'm sure Wang Jia De isn't the murderer
there were three people in the unlicensed prostitution ring
But two of them are dead
The last person is
either the murderer
or
the next victim
We didn;t want to be reminded of the past
nor let our families know about our identity
Anybody here?
Anybody...
Who's that?
Are you Madam Qi?
You are...
We're from Shanghai
We're here to...
I don't have any money
If I had the money, I'd give it back to you
Please spare me
I have nothing but my life left
-We are police -Please
You are reporters
You ruined my Man Ting Fang!
Get out!
-Get out! -Be careful
Are you okay?
I'm okay
I don't have any money
I really don't have any money
Really
Let me go, I don't have any money
-I have no money -Madam Qi
Let me go, I don't have any money
I have no money
All clear
Our boss said the case was solved
Let's go for a drink
Let's go
Hello
Sun Qi Xue, please come to the police station
What can I do for you?
We have arrested the murderer
Could you please come to identify them?
Now?
Yes
We don't want to disturb your family,
so we're not picking you up
Please come by yourself
I'll be there soon
Who's calling?
Nothing, something came up at a student's house
I'll go there for a while
When will that little girl come?
Don't call her little girl to her face
She's a police detective
-Yes -Luo Fei
Luo Fei
I've already called Dr. Huo
He said that Madam Qi was showing symptoms of
a nervous breakdown
He's coming right now
See if we can get the truth
from Madam Qi
To find out the truth, we need to investigate instead of interrogate
Dr. Huo is coming over especially to help us
Sir, here are the keys
Thanks
Detectives, come with me
Alright
Please come in
All the information is here
But I really don't know
where it is
You can look for it yourself
Do you have any coffee?
No
Madam Qi went insane
The only clue that we have now
is the connection between the victims
First, they all lived in Man Ting Fang before
Second, they jumped into the river to commit suicide but luckily escaped with their lives
Sun Qi Xue didn't tell us
the entire truth about her past
How do you know?
She said that when they first arrived in Shanghai, they were desperate
She worked as a servant and as a spinning mill worker
Have you ever seen the hands of a spinning mill worker?
These three women's hands are fair, smooth
and well-maintained
Not the hands of someone who did hard manual labor
Maybe these records will tell us
what kind of lies Sun Qi Xue told us
But there's so many, how do we find it?
One side per person
Start
Qi Xue
Do you still know me?
[To the Daily News publisher]
What happened?
I got it
Respectfully informing you,
We were abandoned at the Lady Chapel as infants
We don't know who our parents are
Madam Qi from Man Ting Fang adopted us
and forced us into a despicable occupation
Since then, Madam Qi beats and scolds us and the customers torment us
Day in day out we suffer unspeakable misery
There was a man who was willing to save me from it
Who would have thought,
he would leave and break off all contact
Although we were born human
we've never led a dignified life
Now we have no other wishes,
but to escape from this filthy swamp
Us four sisters
did not ask to be born on the same day of the same year
But we hope to die on the same day of the same year
Four sisters?
It's not a suicide note from three people
It seems Qi Xue was trying to hide
a fourth person
Look at the suicide note thoroughly
Do you notice anything special about it?
The suicide note
is fake?
The suicide note is real
There are four different kinds of handwriting on the note
I guess all four of them
wrote one sentence per person
That year the police made a comparative analysis
It's confirmed
This is their own writing
Even if someone tried to forge it,
it's almost impossible to imitate the handwriting
of four different people perfectly
Now I see it
The paper
Look at the lower edge of the paper
There are traces of it being cut
Moreover, looking at the creases,
people will normally align the paper
before they fold it
But the paper was not aligned
It means the suicide note isn't complete
Someone wanted to cover up the contents of the note on purpose
Let's ask Qi Xue
when we get back to Shanghai
Keep it
Come in
Are you two detectives from Shanghai?
Yes
There's a long-distance call for you
Okay
What's going on?
Sun Qi Xue is dead
What?
Didn't we send someone to protect her?
Ye Chang Qing withdrew the men
We only just found a clue
Why are all of them dead?
The last person, Madam Qi is crazy
Is this case going to run into a dead end?
-It's too early to say that -It's too early to say that
Dr. Huo
We're going to work together again
I told you
I never work with others
Goodbye
Where are we going now?
Wei Qing river
It's her
My daughter
Madam Qi
My daughter
Madam Qi
There's no point
She has been crazy for a long time
My daughter
A customer's here
Customer?
A customer's here...
Where's the customer?
Don't you remember me?
Are you Mr. Zhang?
Mr. Zhang
You haven't been to Man Ting Fang
for such a long time
Yes
It's been such a long time
It's changed a lot
Yes
I spent a lot of money to renovate it
Since you spent a lot of money to renovate it,
don't you want to show me around?
Sure
Come on
Mr. Zhang, come with me
Man Ting Fang
is a first-class establishment
and the best in the street
All my girls
are good at music, chess,
literature and painting
They can even play
the western piano
and sing
the foreign songs
They're all my lovely daughters
They only perform and don't sell their body
But
if you have someone you really like,
then it depends if your heart
is sincere
I was too careless
I should have waited for
the murderer at Sun Qi Xue's house
and not have come to Suzhou for a crazy woman
She was killed because of me
It's not your fault
You arranged it before you left
Ye Chang Qing withdrew the men without permission
We did not ask to be born on the same day of the same year
But we hope to die on the same day of the same year
What are you doing?
Even if you made a mistake,
you shouldn't commit suicide
Who says I'm trying to commit suicide?
Why are you walking into the river then?
I'm trying to understand
the four women's mindset
when they jumped into the river
Is this the place where they jumped?
Yes
According to the case files,
it's upstream of the Wei Qing river,
500 m from Ma Gu temple
It should be here
Qi Xue is dead
Madam Qi is crazy
All the clues in the past are gone
I have to find out
what Qi Xue is hiding from us
There's another river, the Chen Mu
which is less than 500m from here
That river
is much deeper than here
If they really wanted to die,
why did they choose a shallow river?
You mean
It was a fake suicide from the beginning
Qi Xue mentioned,
they were saved by fishermen
But the river is not suitable for sailing
Maybe
the current swept them downstream
where they were saved by the fishermen
Downstream?
Ever since I brought the four of them,
my business was booming
Indeed
Man Ting Fang was
a top famous club in Suzhou
Then?
Then,
they all jumped to their deaths into the river
Stop them!
Stop them! Don't let her jump!
I treated you like my own daughters
I held you in my hands
and in my heart
What happened before they jumped into the river?
Mr. Li
Mr. Li?
Spread your arms
What are you doing?
The weight is about the same
Come on
Give me the pole
Let's go
follow it
Look
Over there
If you jump in upstream
and can't swim,
the current will soon bring you here
If you can get to the big river across the bridge,
you might be saved by fishermen
But even if you're saved,
I'm afraid you'd be injured badly
What's wrong with you?
I want coffee
So sorry, there's only ginger tea
Please accept it, great detective
Dr. Huo
I guess you found
something important
I think you managed to question
Madam Qi, didn't you?
Here
That's what Madam Qi said?
Of course
I don't have a reason to forge a statement
There's a Mr. Li
who gave Qi Yun a lot of money
to clear her debt and free her from the brothel
But after the four of them jumped into the river,
the money was gone
Where's Madam Qi?
She's in Man Ting Fang
Luo Fei
Why are we here?
Don't worry, Madam Qi has no way to run
Madam Qi's not the murderer
She's the murderer's next target
Damn it!
Stop! We're police!
Freeze!
Put your hands up
Turn around
Head up
Madam
I'm a fishwife
I was passing by Man Ting Fang
when the crazy woman called me over to buy fish
But then she didn't pay
I had a fight with her
She suddenly came up to me and hit me
I lost control for a moment
I didn't mean to do it, Officer
What is your name?
My name is Qian Zhao Di
Everybody calls me Ah Di
No
That's not your real name
Your real name is Qi Yun
How could she be Qi Yun?
Appearances don't always reflect
the real age of a person
But the circumstances of life
can dramatically change a person's appearance
Especially for someone who already died once
Am I right?
I don't know what you're talking about
You got the wrong person
I don't know who Qi Yun is
Triangular blade
The same weapon that killed
Qi Meng, Qi Yue and Qi Xue
All along I thought it was a pair of scissors
but it turned out to be a fish gutting knife
You left a lot of fingerprints
at the murder scene
We can make a comparison with your fingerprints in Shanghai later
It's not hard to do
Can I have a cigarette?
I grew up in an orphanage
When I was 16, I was sold to Man Ting Fang
I was forced to serve all kinds of men
Drunkards with alcohol breath
Very old men
Looking at our profession
we seemed to live in the lap of luxury
The suffering we experienced
was hidden away in our hearts
I couldn't stand to live like that for one day longer
Until I met Mr. Li
Yun
I almost have enough money
to buy your back your freedom next month
[Mr. Li]
We could open a small grocery together
I found a shop
It's in Lower Street
I will be the boss and you'll be the lady boss
Let's have a daughter who is pretty like you
I don't want a daughter, I want a son
A daughter
always be bullied
Alright, I'll listen to you
Let's have a son
To buy back my freedom,
he sold all his properties
I thought
I could finally get out of this miserable life
Unexpectedly...
Qi Yun
Qi Yun, it's too bad!
Something happened to Mr. Li
What's wrong with Mr. Li?
Mr. Li...
He was hit and died
Impossible, you're lying
It's true
Madam Qi didn't lie to you
It was on Gui Yun Road
The road is all bloody
Don't go
His body was taken by his family
You can't see it even if you go there
I locked myself in the room
and cried for three days
I wanted to accompany Mr. Li
I didn't eat
and didn't want to see anyone
Yun
Eat something
Otherwise, you'll collapse
Leave me alone
I'd rather die
What are you talking about?
We made a vow
We did not ask to be born on the same day of the same year
But we hope to die on the same day of the same year
How could we stand by and not care about you?
Tell me
Why is my life so painful?
You should know Yan Hong
Two years after she left Man Ting Fang,
she couldn't carry on living
and ended up drowning herself in the river
Sooner or later, we all suffer hardship
It's better to die
If you really don't want to live,
we'll go with you
They chatted with me all night long
At dawn,
the four of us decided
to drown ourselves in the river together
What about the money Mr. Li gave you?
Mr. Li gave me 10,000 Silver Dollars
But he was gone
The money meant nothing to me either
I didn't want to leave it to Madam Qi
I planned
to post the money and the suicide note to the publisher
and let them
pass it on to Mr. Li's family
You saw Qi Xue put the letter in the mailbox with your own eyes
But you didn't know then
that they had prepared two envelopes earlier
I was really stupid at the time
I was never suspicious
and believed what they said
Madam Qi wanted to get the money
So she sent her three daughters to cheat you
and made you tell them where the money was hidden
But when they saw the money
the three of them made up their minds
to betray Madam Qi
and to trick you into drowning yourself
Finally, they took the money
and ran away
There's a suicide note
and you really did want to commit suicide
Nobody would suspect it was a murder
It's a perfect crime
But they never expected you to survive
I was swept away by the river
My body and face
were dragged through the reef
I fainted in pain
When I regained consciousness,
I found myself lying on a fishing boat deck
Wake up
Miss!
Can you hear me?
Miss!
At first
I still thought of suicide
I jumped into the river several times
and every time the fisherman saved me
Slowly
I stopped thinking of suicide
and started to live with him
Fishermen's lives are hard
I was exposed to the weather
Not long after that,
I became
an unrecognizable old woman
Until one day I was fishing along the coast and passed through Shanghai
I was selling fish around 4th Road
Qi Meng
Qi Meng, it's really you
You're still alive
It's me
I'm Qi Yun
She thought I was a ghost
and confessed everything to me
It was then that I knew that my life
was ruined by my so-called sisters
No!
It's not my fault
It was all Qi Yue and Qi Xue's idea
I was forced by them
Where are Qi Yue and Qi Xue?
I have their contact info in my bag
I'll get it for you
I really didn't mean to kill her
But I was consumed with anger
But you still took the address book
and found Qi Yue and Qi Xue
And you killed them
That wasn't a momentary loss of control
And you planned it perfectly
After you killed them,
you followed the fishing boat back to Suzhou
and returned to Man Ting Fang as a fishmonger
to kill your last enemy
You let the people who ruined your life
pay with their lives
But you paid with your life too
What else do I have in my life?
Qi Yun died five years ago
These five years
have been just like a dream
Now it's time
to end it
What about your husband
and your kid?
I never expected it to turn out like this
I'd rather not have solved the case
Even though you sympathize with her,
it doesn't change the fact that she's the murderer
Why are you so cold-blooded?
What do you mean?
Dr. Huo
Take your time
Okay
He's not cold-blooded
Of course not
Dr. Huo handles cases conscientiously and treats people with patience
The whole police station thinks so
Unlike a certain consultant who doesn't understand empathy
Good girl
Don't cry
Is mama not back yet?
Are you Ah De?
Yes
How can I help you?
I heard your fish was cheap So I came here to have a look
Have a seat, what fish do you want?
It's all fresh
Give me two basses
Wait a moment
Little girl
Come on
I'll give you some cookies, come on
Come on
How old is she?
Four years old
Where's her mother?
She went out to sell fish a few days ago
and never came back
I don't know what happened to her
Did you report it to the police?
The police won't care
about poor people like us
No point in reporting it
Did her mother say anything before she left?
She said she wanted our daughter to study in the city
And to not let her be bullied like her when she grows up
Little girl
Your mother was right
If you want to change your destiny,
you must fight for it yourself
For you
When you get into school,
take it out and use it
Remember this
Don't let the bad guys take it
Sir, your fish is ready
-Sir -Dad
Sir
I thought there was still something unclear about the case
So I came here to take a look
I never thought you you'd turn out to be such a good man
Now I know that I was
a bad guy in your eyes before
Of course you can't be considered a bad guy
Just
a little bit difficult to get along with
Let's go
Finally, you're back
Su Su
Good job with the case
I cooked some soup and I'll get it for you later
Have a good rest first
It's okay, I'm not tired
What?
Look at your dark circles
Have a good sleep and
I'll bring you to a blind date tomorrow
Blind date?
At her age,
she should have
two children by now
What are you talking about?
I'll go upstairs and rest
Xiao Man
Dear Aunt
The case is finally solved
The murderer was a pitiable woman
It's the dark and decadent society
that pushed her into her dark fate
I sympathize with her tragedy
and feel sorry that she was blinded by hatred
Solving a crime
may only uphold a little justice for the world
But a single spark can start a huge blaze
I believe,
if everyone has faith in their heart,
their future will eventually be bright
Any news about the embezzled money of the Chamber of Commerce?
The dirty money can't really have disappeared?
It's a big syndicate
Could it be...
Exactly
It's Captain
But isn't he in prison?
Do you know how much money it is?
How much?
Enough for him to build another
Black Dragon Society in the French Concession
They will take action soon
There was a fire at Pike Road
[Preview]
on Sunday night
It caused three dead and five injured
The cause of the fire may have been
a careless smoker among the residents
The resident of No.18 is Mr. Zheng Yuan
He said he'd quit smoking ten years ago
Could you explain these questionable points?
I need you to give me the authorization
and let me conduct an investigation
as a police detective
This is supposed to be
the location of the body
Smells like roast meat
and alcohol
Fire!
Ji Fu, you're having a nightmare again
Please spare me
-Mr. Jin -What are you doing?
-Why didn't you sleep? -Please spare me
Mr. Jin
Mr. Jin, please spare me
You make a police report that said
there will be an arson attempt tonight, right?
My husband dreamed it
Who are you?
What your husband needs is not protection,
but to see a doctor
I think Wang Ji Fu
must have hidden something from us
[Serial Arson]
[Stay tuned]
[Extra - Xiao Man's blind date]
You're so beautiful today
Thank you
You tease
Sorry to disturb you
Can we add a chair here?
Of course we can
This is...
I'm her colleague and neighbor
Hello
Why are you here?
I heard you went to console the victim's family again
His family is now feeling much calmer
It's all your credit
Just a small matter
Hey sir,
Did you come here to talk to Miss Qin about a work matter?
No
I didn't have lunch
So, let's dig in together
Boss
We don't call Boss bere
You should call a waitress
or waiter
Wai...
-Waitress -...tress
Waitress
Hello, sir
What can I do for you?
Give me the same food like this
Yes, sir
Thank you
Where did we stop just now?
About my lawyer's job
Is that boring?
No, I think it's...
Mosquitoes
I think it's interesting
I hit it
Just ignore him
Let me introduce you
This is Luo Fei
He's my neighbor and work partner
Mr. Jin
is a law school graduate
of Waseda University in Japan
Which year did you graduate?
(English) Long time
More than ten years ago
I heard their Faculty of Law
was established in 1920
You said it's been more than ten years
Their Faculty of Law shouldn't have been established yet
What's your job?
I'm a detective
I'm very good at deduction
For example,
you just started sweating all over
Your tongue is yellowing, your eyes are dull
I bet you have been having leg cramps and backaches recently
I...
It must be sexual indulgence
Renal deficiency
Chinese medicine states that the kidneys store jing 精 'essence', which depletes with excessive ejaculation
What a playboy!
I...
What?!
I have a matter to take care of
I'll leave first
Remember to pay the bill
I would have never thought that Miss Qin would like a man with renal deficiency