[Detective L]
[Episode 18] [The Smiling Black Widow: C]
If you're really determined that I'm the killer
I can't talk my way out of it
Do what you want to me
But I'm begging you
please don't upset my wife again
Because she's so pitiful
And I'll tell you again
I'm innocent
Lin Zhong Heng is really stubborn
and his words seem heartfelt
Luo Fei
Are you sure we didn't catch the wrong person?
We've already questioned all suspicious personnel at East Shanghai University
Right now, he's the only truly suspicious one
I think that Lin Zhong Heng's mentality is stronger than the average person's
We can't allow him to mislead us
So
I support Luo Fei
Sir
Earlier today,
the public concession found a woman's body in the east of the city
She died of asphyxiation too
They want to join our investigation
Today?
Did you verify her identity?
Yes, she was the student of East Shanghai University who went missing the night before last
No
Impossible
According to your deduction, of course that's impossible
Lin Zhong Heng and his wife
were locked up all night yesterday
Who's going to dump the body and commit the murder?
It's interesting
The police station gave him an alibi
And an ironclad one to boot
But the pendant...
The public concession found
the same pendant at the scene
They said it belongs to the last victim
Could someone have forged it?
Xiao Man, that's even more impossible
We've never shared the details of this case with any reporter
And the killer is has the perverse habit
of whipping the body after the murder
Who else but the real murderer could know what items were left on the body?
Who else?
Luo Fei
did we really make a mistake?
All my deductions were wrong
They've been wrong from the beginning
It's all wrong
It's been two days
he has been sitting there
without any food or drink
He thinks so highly of himself
If his deduction really was wrong from the beginning,
it must be a huge blow to him
That's impossible
You've been working with him for so long
Have you ever seen him make a wrong deduction?
Not only you,
he's lived here for so long
I've never seen him make any mistakes either
If someone says he's wrong,
there's only one possibility
What?
That person is trying to frame him
You have that much faith in him?
Yes, I do
He said that Lin Zhong Heng
killed my friend's daughter
There must be a reason
What he needs the most right now
is our support and trust
750 g
Let me see it
That's not 750 g
You have problem with your eyes?
It's 750 g
You stole two pieces
and you blame me!
Are you crazy?
Who's crazy?
You...
What?
Did you just say I have a problem with my eyes?
You have to pay for it
No way!
I'll destroy all the things here!
-Are you crazy? -So sorry
-Who are you calling crazy? -So sorry
You
My friend
is not feeling well
Sorry to trouble you
-Sorry -Not feeling well?
-I'll beat you -You mean she's insane
-Crazy -Go away
Hands off, who's your friend?
Miss Xue Ru, don't you know me?
Who's Xue Ru? I'm An Ping
That's right
You do have a name called An Ping
But your real name is Wang Xue Ru
Wang Xue Ru? What nonsense
You got the wrong person
What?
Her manner of speaking and moving are completely different from before
and she claimed she didn't know you?
These are extremely unusual circumstances
Could it be a mental problem?
Mental problem?
Oh right, Luo Fei!
I think there's someone who could help us
I don't want to go see him
Dr. Huo can really help us
Think about it
If a person suddenly becomes a completely different person for no reason
she might have a mental condition
The best psychologist in Shanghai
is Dr. Huo
who is locked up in prison right now
Exactly
Huo Wen Si is
the best psychologist in Shanghai
Is he short of money?
No
Then why did have to go and steal those priceless diamonds?
He said it himself
It's because he was blinded by greed
Moreover,
He's already paying for his mistakes by being locked up in prison
Could you stop being so naive?
He must be hiding something from us
No, Luo Fei
Can you stop being so paranoid?
If we don't catch the killer now,
there will be more and more victims
Do you really want to solve the case?
Unexpectedly, there's a survivor
And it's a woman
But she's in a strange situation
She said she couldn't remember the past
So she can't help us
You mean,
when she saw you,
she claimed to be a different person
and that she didn't know you
Her manner was completely different from before
Yeah
The Wang Xue Ru we'd seen before
was gentle and timid
But that day,
she was rude and insolent
And strong, too
She said her name was An Ping
and that she hadn't heard of the name Wang Xue Ru
There's one large possibility
Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)
MPD?
Let's put it this way
It's when there are two independent personalities with their own memories in one person
and they don't know of the other personality's existence
If we question the second personality,
could they have a clue that the first personality is not aware of?
You interrogated her before, right?
Did the survivor give you any clues about the past?
Just a little
Just a few flashes of memory
And these memories make her very nervous
Like she's received a terrible shock
Then her husband went home
and stopped our inquiries
Since her husband was in your care,
why don't you consider
provoking Wang Xue Ru again?
Maybe An Ping's personality
will tell you something
that you can't get from the others
I don't feel good about that
I felt so bad when Wang Xue Ru fell ill
In fact, everyone has painful memories
inside their heart
These memories will be buried
in their own subconscious mind
Once it's stimulated,
the memories will pour into their heart again
So I think
Wang Xue Ru's memory fragments
are the key to solving this mystery
I disagree with this course of action
Do you want to solve the case?
Of course I want to
But there must be another way
Finding a clue
to catch the killer
is actually helping herself too
You go and follow her
Observe her carefully
Maybe you'll encounter this An Ping personality
It's too little
Let's see how much this is
Are you crazy?
What a beautiful girl!
Rascal!
Stop fighting
How dare you!
Go away!
Are you okay, Miss An?
Thank you
You are...
You can call me Xiao Man
I got the wrong person that day
I didn't expect to meet you here again
Can I buy you a cup of coffee?
Coffee?
Miss An
Do you still remember anything about the past?
I remember a lot of things
I seemed to live in
a very big house
I had a lot of friends there
Do you still remember your husband?
He's a bad guy! So wicked!
What did he do?
He...
He's...
What's wrong?
Nothing, go on
Hello
Luo Fei
Xiao Man, what's up?
I've nearly got the evidence of the murder
Nearly got the evidence?
See you at the police station
The police station?
That's all!
Tell me what evidence you have
Hello?
Come in
Where's Xiao Man? Not here yet?
What's wrong with Xiao Man?
We're supposed to meet here
She said,
she almost got the evidence to testify against Lin Zhong Heng
When did she contact you?
Almost two hours ago
She should be here by now
Yeah
Hello
Looking for Luo Fei?
Me?
Hello
Luo Fei,
I want to make a deal with you
Apologies,
I'm not interested
You rejected me faster than Qin Xiao Man did
But I'm certain,
that if you hang up
you'll regret it even more
Hello?
Luo Fei,
I have to admire your courage
You don't even know the bargaining chips I have in my hand
and yet you dared to hang up
Hello?
What happened?
Xiao Man was kidnapped
Isn't it too much of a risk for you to do this?
The killer's craving the feeling of being in control
Every time I hang up,
that craving is going to get worse
We can't follow along with him
This way we're in a stronger position to negotiate with him
My chip is Qin Xiao Man
Hear me clearly
It's Qin Xiao Man
What are your terms?
Same as what I offered Detective Ouyang
If you stop trying to find me,
I will release Qin Xiao Man
and won't hurt anyone again
for the rest of our lives
You've been idle for five years
Don't give me that old routine
Why don't you upgrade it for once?
Like this
Don't hurt Qin Xiao Man like you did Wang Xue Ru
Send her back to me safe and sound
Those are my terms
Then what about me?
What do I get?
I'll help you solve a crime
I have no crime that I would need your help with
No, you do
But I can't say much
Think about it, you must have one
I found pictures in his house
of him and his wife
that were taken on a boat
In terms of soundproofing,
there's no better place than the sea
Luo Fei was right
We're really at sea
How did you know?
Look at the oil lamp on the top
It's constantly swinging
It means the place under our feet
has a slight bumps
Are we offshore?
You know too much
Aren't you afraid of being thrown into the sea?
Are you Lin Zhong Heng?
Detective Luo
Are you looking for me
or my husband?
Neither
I'm looking for An Ping, Miss An
Who's Miss An?
Qin Xiao Man met Miss An yesterday
and this is her house
I don't understand
Only my husband and I are staying here
We suspect there's
another person living inside you
who is named An Ping
Another person
living inside me?
You should have just accepted
my offer from the beginning
I refuse to make deals with a criminal
I don't want to be like Detective Ouyang
regretting his decisions until his last breath
Don't forget
you're the one who killed the girl
Do you remember?
You're the one who killed her
There's good news
and bad news
Which one do you want to hear first?
The bad news is
Luo Fei knew that my chip is you
and he compromised with me
Moreover, he added another term
He warned me not to hurt you
Are you saying that Luo Fei
agreed with you for my sake?
The good news is
I agreed to his terms
But I didn't promise to save you
You're on your own here
In a short while
this place will be submerged by the sea
Everything will disappear
Including you
Wait
Before I die,
can you answer the questions that have been plaguing my mind?
Why did you torture the girls with tickle torture?
My father
was a clown in a circus
He could even
fly in the air
But when I was five years old,
my father had an accident
The audience thought
that it was part of my father's act
They were all laughing
laughing so hard
Just because their laughter provoked you,
you tortured them with laughter?
You're wrong
I was not the first one who did it
It was my mother
She kidnapped the audience members
and brought them back
Tortured them with tickle torture
I saw it everything with my own two eyes
when I was five years old
So, the first person who committed a crime
was your mother
Do you still remember the female police officer
who talked to you right here yesterday?
You were Miss An at that time
I don't know who you're talking about
I'm Wang Xue Ru
I don't know who Miss An is
Ben
What kind of wine do you need?
May I help you?
Sir
Wang Xue Ru
Luo Fei, what are you doing?
Patients with MPD
will more easily switch personalities
when they encounter different stimulations and violations
Are you crazy? What are you doing?
Where's Xiao Man?
After you and Xiao Man finished your coffee...
I complained about my family
Then she went out to make a call
Exactly, she was calling me
Do you remember what you were complaining about?
I can't remember it
It was about my husband anyway
He keeps changing his belts recently
Every three to five days
Recently, he started changing it every two to three days
Luo Fei, do you still remember the bodies...
Your husband even stopped you
from throwing the belts away, right?
I felt strange about it
So where did you take Xiao Man?
Then,
she said she wanted to see the belts
So I took her to my house
The belts are upstairs
When she looked at it,
suddenly, the doorbell rang
Then?
I was right here then
I saw you two when I just woke
What are you doing?
Hands off!
So many injection holes
I can't believe you've been given drugs so many times
Exactly
It's some kind of sedative
Xiao Man and I found a lot of sedatives at Lin Zhong Heng's house
Miss An,
let me ask you one last question
Did anyone visit you often lately?
Often?
There's a man
named Han Ning Sheng
Every time I asked him how we knew each other,
he just wouldn't tell me
But I know he's a doctor
That's what I can remember
My memory is not so good
I can't remember much
What?
You suspect Dr. Han from the psychiatric hospital?
There's something inconceivable about the story
Wang Xue Ru
was a survivor of a serial murder five years ago
After suffering violent mental stimulation,
she developed a dual personality
One of her personalities is named Wang Xue Ru
Prof. Lin Zhong Heng's wife
Another one is An Ping
Dr. Han's lover
A woman with two husbands?
Not exactly
Wang Xue Ru developed a split personality
and changed into two people
Those two people don't know of each other's existence
Exactly
These last five years,
it's impossible that Han Ning Sheng didn't know about the existence of Lin Zhong Heng
Lin Zhong Heng must have met Han Ning Sheng too
But why would they have such a tacit understanding between them?
Han Ning Sheng has never mentioned Lin Zhong Heng
At the same time, Lin Zhong Heng has never mentioned Han Ning Sheng
So there's only one possibility
The two of them are partners
Thus, I suspect
when Lin Zhong Heng and his wife
were held at the police station,
the killer who used the exact same method
must have been Han Ning Sheng
Help!
If there's more than one killer,
why did all the whip marks on the bodies
look like they were delivered with the same strength?
Simple
The whipping was all done by Han Ning Sheng alone
Yes, it has to be done by him
Otherwise the last murder would have revealed the truth
But why did Miss An say
the belts were all at Lin Zhong Heng's house?
That's indeed very strange
But, Superintendent,
right now we need to
search Han Ning Sheng and Lin Zhong Heng's house separately
We will definitely get some leads from there
Stop! Han Ning Sheng!
Stop!
Stop! Han Ning Sheng!
Stop!
If you run again, I'll shoot you!
Catch him
-Go! -Go!
Go!
Step away
We're police
Now Lin Zhong Heng dare not show his face
As long as you help us save Qin Xiao Man,
you'll naturally reap the benefits
Benefits?
Are you giving me an intact corpse?
By redeeming your sins with good deeds you can get a stay of execution
To be more accurate: commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years
Do you really think I'm afraid of death?
What if I let you see Miss An again?
Han Ning Sheng still refuses
to tell us the practical things
The practical things?
He definitely knows where Qin Xiao Man is imprisoned
But he refuses to tell us
What now?
He just wants to talk to Miss An
But I'm not Miss An
I'm Wang Xue Ru
You just tried it
You sprinkled me with water, but I didn't turn into Miss An
I'm don't dare to...
Miss Xue Ru
I need you to pretend to be Miss An and talk to him
Let him tell us where Xiao Man is
I can't...
Xiao Man's life is in your hands
You're our only hope to rescue her
An Ping
A-Sheng
a 阿 + first name can be used as a term of endearment
Where did you
imprison Qin Xiao Man?
Are you asking me for them?
You and Lin Zhong Heng have killed so many people
You have to stop
Why?
What's in it for me?
The stay of execution he promised?
No
A-Sheng
Do it for me
I'm asking you to please stop
You're not Miss An
Miss An has never begged me
She only gave me orders
and demands
Don't lie to me
She's not Miss An
No matter how much we provoked her,
Miss An didn't turn up again
Han Ning Sheng
Have you ever wondered why?
Because Miss An is so disappointed in you
She doesn't want to see you again
And she doesn't want to hold your bloody hands again
What the hell do you want to know?
Miss An
Miss An, please
Please come out and see me
Miss An
Han Ning Sheng has disclosed Xiao Man's location
Inform the Coast Guard
and the Maritime Department
Start the rescue operation immediately
Yes!
Let's go
Get out of the way!
Anybody there?
Halt
Search carefully
-Stay away! -Yes
Anybody there?
Help me!
[A few days later]
Luo Fei!
Did you read today's paper?
Any news?
Big news!
Lin Zhong Heng was caught in Suzhou
He's on his way back to Shanghai
Really?
Isn't that a good thing?
The case was solved
Why are you still moping around?
A few words from Wang Xue Ru
are stuck in my heart
A-Sheng, where did you imprison Qin Xiao Man?
Are you asking me for them?
No, A-Sheng
She called him A-Sheng continuously
But none of us
ever told her how Miss An addressed Han Ning Sheng
We didn't even know that's what she addressed him as
Why did she know?
Huo Wen Si told me
It's when there are two independent personalities with their own memories in one person
and they don't know of the other personality's existence
Miss Wang, you're really something
If you hadn't called him A-Sheng,
I think all of us would have been completely fooled by you
Fooled?
What do you mean?
Stop pretending
You don't have MPD
This so-called dual personality
is just a one-woman show directed and acted by you
I...
I don't understand
No, you definitely understand
I remember Huo Wen Si told me,
a true split personality
is like two completely separate people
They don't know of the other's existence
Then why did you
call Han Ning Sheng A-Sheng
when you talked to him?
You were not Miss An at the time
But you knew Miss An's mind
So, Wang Xue Ru and An Ping
are not dual personalities
It's just Miss Wang's one-woman show
Luo Fei
You really live up to your reputation
I can hide it from others,
but I can't fool you
Now I remember
I heard a story from someone else
I'll tell you
One's a story Qin Xiao Man
heard from Lin Zhong Heng
And one's a story Ben Jie Ming
heard from Han Ning Sheng
Both of them are childhood stories
But they're surprisingly consistent
My father was an acrobatic clown in a circus
I used to go to his shows when I was a kid
My father was the bravest man I ever met
He even dared to fly in the air
Dad, you're awesome!
Dad, you're great!
But when I was five years old,
my father had an accident
The audience thought
that it was part of my father's act
They were all laughing
Laughing so hard
Why would the two killers
have the same childhood story?
Because they're both just your puppets
You, Wang Xue Ru,
are the mastermind behind the serial murders
What do you want?
He's here again
Stay away! Help!
Help!
No!
Five years ago,
you weren't the fifth victim at all
You're the killer
You hurt yourself on purpose to mislead people
and gain sympathy from Detective Ouyang
The true protagonist of those childhood stories
should be you
Exactly
But,
the story should be more complex
Mom!
After my father had an accident,
my mother took me to get compensation
The cold-blooded boss said
Mom!
that my father insisted
on adding those dangerous moves
No compensation for us
Unless
my mother talked to him alone
I didn't understand
what he meant at all
Actually, the boss wanted to take advantage of my mother
What are you doing?
What do you think?
Step back!
Don't touch me!
Help!
While my mother was struggling,
she killed him accidentally
When she saw the boss lying dead on the floor,
my mother suddenly felt
immense satisfaction
So your mother started killing people
together with you
She put me into foster care at someone's house
and wished that I could forget all about it
and live a normal life
How could I?
She was so naive
Did you often tell this story
to Lin Zhong Heng and Han Ning Sheng?
Every time I told them the story,
they thought I was so pitiable,
and wanted so badly to protect me
Then why are you using them?
Because I found out
they love that story
They asked me to tell them over and over
In fact,
they're exactly the same as the laughing circus audience
So they, too, were sentenced to death by you
Just with a different method
You made them kill with their own hands
Exactly
What about five years ago?
Did they kill those four people too?
Those were my ex-lovers
But don't worry,
I already took care of the previous murderers for you and Detective Ouyang
You're really terrible
Luo Fei
Don't forget,
you made a deal with me
Luo Fei,
I want to make a deal with you
Sorry,
I would never make a deal with a murderer
Maybe Det Sup Savoy
is waiting for you outside
Luo Fei
Don't forget what I said
If you turn down my deal,
I'm sure you'll regret it
I'll never regret
sending a demon like you to prison
and death row
Bye
Oh yeah
In your childhood stories,
you mentioned that your mother
hurt some people with tickle torture
and whipped the bodies
Was that true?
Guess
I just wonder
if your mother's still alive
who exactly she is
He knew that I'd fall ill because of pent-up grievances
He has been waiting for me to draw my last breath
He's gone
Dear aunt
In this case,
I was pitted against a very cunning culprit
The culprit's life experiences were deeply moving
But even if you suffer such a painful experience,
you should not vent your feelings
by committing a crime
An evil killer
will eventually expose their true colors
Xiao Man, let's go
Congratulations Xiao Man
You solved a big case
All the newspaper articles are about you
I should thank you
Luo Fei
I heard you suspect
the existence of a syndicate led by Captain
I'm now locked up with him
Do you want me to look into it
and keep a close eye on Captain for you?
It's very rare to see a person
realize and atone for his mistakes
But why do I keep thinking
that you have another purpose?
If that's the case,
just forget it
I just wanted to help you look into it
Since you said I had another purpose,
I won't court another rebuff
Take me back