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EPISODE 9

Wen.

Learn to loosen up.

Smile.

The police are here. Don't look.

They're outside.

Sit.

What should we do?

Did I do something wrong?

It's fine.

Just order normally.

If the police ask, just say we bumped into each other.

What would you like?

-I'd like a cup of coffee. -Sure. One moment, miss.

What is it?

Wen.

I'm leaving.

Where are you going?

Back to my hometown.

Why?

Did your brother learn about anything?

All right.

There are things

that your family can discover

even without the evidence.

-Wen... -That's good.

Things are getting complicated.

I'd like to remind you.

No matter where you go,

the police can find you.

But don't worry.

Just do as I say.

Don't make people feel like you're hiding because you're afraid.

Understand?

-Your coffee, miss. -Thank you.

Actually,

I don't want to go.

Is this because of Yu?

You seem to really like him.

I promised him

when this is all over, we'll start dating.

But my brother wouldn't allow it.

Listen to your brother.

Why?

Because I think

he's not the man

you believe he is.

Wen.

Are you saying that we shouldn't be together?

I'm not in the position to judge your relationship.

I just think that...

Never mind.

After all,

it's just my own opinion.

I understand.

Hello?

Hui-ru, listen to me.

I drank too much last night, but what I said was true.

If I were to leave now, will you leave with me?

I'm sorry.

My brother and I are going back to our hometown.

What did you say?

My brother found out about us.

He doesn't want us to be together.

What did you say then?

I'm sorry. I must listen to him.

I can't just leave him.

Are you not alone?

I'm at the restaurant with my brother.

Yu.

I'm leaving.

Thank you for everything.

I'm sorry.

I guess your decision is final.

I understand.

Why did you lie? It's all right.

I'm leaving anyway.

Did my words

somehow influence your judgment?

I've made up my mind on this.

Good.

Farewell. Take care.

Wen.

Take good care of yourself.

Thank you.

Wen.

I remember you said

that I look like your daughter, right?

If that's the case,

how about a picture together?

Wen.

Take care.

Thank you.

-Morning, Ms. Lin. -Morning, I got buns.

-Morning, Ms. Lin. -Morning.

Good morning, Ms. Lin.

I bought buns. Come and have some.

Come here.

What kind of a deal is that?

He's disrespecting the police!

Yes.

What did you say?

I agreed to it.

Did you agree to it?

Who gave you the authority to agree to it?

What else can we do?

We don't have the evidence. How are we going to catch him?

I see. You did all this just to get him.

Fine.

He came out. But did you catch him?

No, he fooled you instead.

It's worth it.

Now, we can be sure

that Wen is the killer.

We just need to find a way to get him.

Do you know how?

Like he said, we'll find the Snowman.

How do we do that? It's easier said than done.

Go collect fingerprints from six million people then.

To tell the truth,

I don't think that would work.

Think about it.

It would be easy for the Snowman to escape from the procedure.

And how do you know that?

If we can't catch the Snowman, we'll have to watch Wen get away.

If Wen dies, the case will be closed.

Mr. Zhao.

If you look at it from another perspective,

the police owe him an explanation.

Liang.

Are you sympathizing with Wen?

You made the same mistake eight years ago.

-Have you not learned your lesson? -I have.

But I need time to find the Snowman.

I can give you time,

-but if you still can't get him... -Transfer me to the local station then.

You're awake.

Wait a minute.

You know what?

I could have killed you quicker.

But I can't now.

Because you made me kill the wrong man.

After this,

it'll be your turn in here.

But before that, I need to cut you open.

We don't want to make a mess in there, right?

Okay.

Stop wiggling.

If you kill me, you won't live either!

What did you say?

If you kill me, you won't live either.

Why is that?

I have evidence of your murder.

Evidence?

What do you have?

I have a video on my phone.

This one?

Okay.

I've put it online already.

Within one week,

it will be sent to everyone I know.

Try it if you don't believe me.

Ms. Lin.

The watchman reported

that Wen had a meeting with Hui-ru last night.

-And? -That's all.

It was only a short meeting. They went home straight home right after.

Now, he's aware

that we don't have evidence to arrest him.

-That's why he's being disrespectful! -We have no choice.

It's not in our control. Just keep watching him.

Mr. Yan.

Are we really going to investigate the Snowman?

I think he made it all up.

The Snowman doesn't exist. Otherwise, he's the one.

That's impossible. Before his family went missing,

Wen had a good career and business

as well as a happy family.

So tell me.

Why would such stable person give up his perfect life

and become a serial killer?

That's enough.

Pardon me?

I said, that's enough speculating.

What we can do right now is to follow his thought process

and find the Snowman.

If we don't find the Snowman,

more people are going to die.

There's one clue

that we haven't used yet.

Gacuha.

That's right.

Starting from the first snowman,

whenever Wen killed someone,

he'd leave this at the crime scene as the eyes of the snowman.

I know his personality.

He never does anything extra.

There must be a reason

why he left such a clue.

That's what I was going to say.

I do have some new discoveries.

These five gacuha tiles were left by Wen on the snowman.

Look closely.

This particular tile was left at the Bing's crime scene.

It doesn't make any difference.

Except their weight, in which those four are heavier.

And this one is lighter.

How is this a clue?

Don't forget what Liang just said.

Wen does everything for a reason.

Let's stop speculating.

I'll ask him.

Are you sure?

Who else can give us the right answer?

Do you guys want these buns?

If not, I'll give them to Wen.

The bag is mine.

That money is mine as well.

You're so funny.

The money is mine.

Your life is mine.

Which one would you rather keep?

Give me back my money and I'll tell you something.

I'm not interested. Leave.

Someone wants to kill you.

Someone wants to kill you.

I know who the person is.

Who?

Who wants to kill me?

-Mr. Yan. -Mr. Yan.

Keep watching him.

-Thank you, Mr. Yan. -Thanks.

Wen.

Thanks.

What is it?

I have a question that only you can answer.

What is it?

Good.

Finally,

you noticed them.

Talk to me. What do they mean?

Actually,

I found one in his rented house.

I put them on the snowmen, but I can't be certain

about the meaning behind them.

I thought you'd have a better answer.

Regarding the one at Bing's scene, why is it different from the others?

Well, I picked that one up

seven years ago myself.

The other ones

were just replicas I discovered.

But they looked the same.

Until now,

I haven't discovered any tile

that looks exactly like it.

I gave you

the only real one

that I have ever owned.

You have great faith in me.

As I said,

give me an answer.

And my life

will be yours.

Promise me.

Take care of yourself.

The truth means nothing to a dead person.

I'll try.

I'm sorry.

My brother and I are going back to our hometown.

My brother found out about us.

He doesn't want us to be together.

I must listen to him.

I can't just leave him.

Yu.

I'm leaving.

Thank you for everything.

I'm sorry.

All right.

I've packed everything.

We'll leave for the train station soon.

Hui-ru, I know

you don't want to leave.

But we have no choice.

We'll be fine. I have a plan.

When we get there, we'll start over again. We'll live a good life, all right?

Hello?

Yes.

May I know when?

Now?

Okay, where are you?

Sure. No problem.

That's great.

See you soon then.

Someone wants to rent the place.

Something good happened already. I'll go meet the guy.

He's not that far.

-I'll go with you. -No.

No need.

It's just at the nearby grocery store.

But Fu-lai, your leg...

Do you want to be my cane? I already have a cane, silly girl.

Just go pack your stuff, okay? We'll leave soon.

NANGANG CASSEROLE RESTAURANT

Here, sir.

Mr. Zhu.

Mr. Zhu.

What are you doing here?

Hui-ru already told you to stay away.

I'm not here for her.

I'm here for you.

For me? What do we have to say to each other?

I'm renting the place.

Yu.

What are you doing? What are you up to exactly?

-Let's talk somewhere else. -I have nothing to say to you!

Don't you want to know what Hui-ru did?

Do you play gacuha too?

Don't touch the evidence.

I think I've seen this before.

Pardon me?

I forgot.

Do your homework and stop messing around.

What do you think

these tiles mean?

Don't dwell on it.

We've been thinking for days. It's a dead end.

But we still have to figure it out.

If Wen dies,

the case is done.

Ms. Lin.

Mr. Song is right.

It's very likely that this case

won't be solved.

We've worked on so many cases. Some of them were solved.

Others did require effort, luck and coincidence.

So,

what we need now is luck.

Maybe we should go to a temple and pray.

Or ask a fortune teller.

I remember now!

I know where I've seen these tiles!

Fu-lai.

Fu-lai!

-Hello? -Hui-Ru.

Yu.

Can you come to the restaurant?

Why? Aren't you leaving?

Can you come here?

I can't find my brother.

Don't worry. I'll be there soon.

NANGANG CASSEROLE RESTAURANT

-What happened? -My brother got a call.

Someone wants to rent the place. He went out and hasn't come back yet.

-Have you looked for him? -I did, but he's nowhere to be found.

Hui-ru, don't panic.

Try to remember.

Where does he usually go?

He never goes out.

Hi-ru, don't worry. Your brother is fine.

Okay.

How about we go out and look for him?

Weren't you and your brother leaving Harbin?

Maybe he went to the train station.

Drive to the station and look there.

I'll look around here. Meet up at the restaurant.

Okay.

Don't be afraid.

I'm here.

Drive safely.

HOUSE FOR RENT

Fortune telling, miss.

Would you like to try?

What method do you use?

Birthdates, palms, and handwriting. You should try it.

-Do you do gacuha? -What is that?

I don't know.

No?

Thanks.

Ms. Lin.

-Have you got anything? -Nothing.

We've been here the whole day. There's no gacuha fortune telling.

Maybe he remembered it wrong.

Dong can memorize 200 license plate numbers in a night.

Do you still think he's made a mistake?

All right then.

Hello, Mr. Song?

He found it.

NANGANG CASSEROLE RESTAURANT

Mr. Zhu.

I know you don't want me to be with Ru,

so I won't stop you from leaving.

But before you leave,

I need to tell you something.

Yu, just get to the point.

Talk now,

or I'll leave.

Murder.

Sorry?

We killed someone.

We killed Blondie

the day when Hui-ru delivered the rice.

Blondie harassed her.

I got there just in time.

I knocked him out with a brick.

Hui-ru took a knife

and stabbed him three times.

Right here.

They were fatal wounds. I'm sorry, Mr. Zhu.

I'm truly sorry for not protecting her.

Hold on.

You're a lawyer, right?

Yes.

Tell me.

How long

would the sentence be?

You'd never know with unjustifiable self-defense.

We were scared.

Hui-ru didn't want to call the police. So we covered up our tracks

and lied to the police.

It'd be bad if the police find out.

I'm afraid

she'll get at least 15 years.

People

must admit their mistakes.

As long as I'm still alive,

whether it's 15 years

or 50 years, I'll wait for her.

Because she's my sister.

Mr. Zhu, you won't be able to do that.

Mr. Zhu.

Do you know Hong-yun?

Yes.

The day after Hong-yun died,

the police were looking for Blondie.

But that night,

Blondie was killed.

I found a check

near his dead body.

It was Hui-ru's.

Are you saying

that Hui-ru hired Blondie to kill Hong-yun?

Yes.

She did it.

Did Hui-ru tell you this?

I don't ask about her personal affairs.

She hid it from me for a reason.

Every time she mentioned him,

she would get very emotional.

If it's true,

I'll keep it a secret.

But Mr. Zhu,

the police are closely investigating it.

It will no longer be a secret later.

Take her and leave.

I don't know how long I can hold them off for.

I don't know whether I should have told you this.

But I hope you understand

that I love Hui-ru.

I love her

and I will always do.

I want to call you brother before you leave.

No matter what you did to me before,

I've always seen you as my brother.

You should go.

Don't let Hui-ru worry.

No matter what happened before, thank you for telling me everything.

Thank you, brother.

Did you find him?

No.

I didn't find him either.

Yu.

What should we do?

Hui-ru.

Go to the police.

The police?

Let them help you.

But what should we tell them?

There's no time to think about that.

We need to find your brother.

Hui-ru.

Listen to me.

Let's tell the police everything.

The police will look for your brother.

Don't worry. I'll tell them that I killed Blondie.

It has nothing to do with you.

Okay?

Hui-ru.

No, Yu.

We can't call the police.

Yu, we can't go there.

I'll do whatever you want.

Hui-ru.

I'll always be here for you.

This is the place.

Who is it?

-Mrs. Santai. -What's the matter?

I have an urgent matter.

It's too late.

Come back tomorrow.

We came all the way from the city.

It's something serious.

Have the woman come in.

And the men shall wait outside.

Ms. Lin.

Did she hear you?

Go.

We'll wait here.

Are you looking for me?

Are you Mrs. Santai?

What's the matter?

I heard you use gacuha for fortune telling.

Nobody uses it anymore.

Are you going to do it?

Or the people outside?

-I'll do it. -Come closer.

For men,

we use these cow bones.

For women, we use lamb bones.

For you,

we'll use horse bones.

Why is that?

You're a policewoman.

You run around all day.

You've never stayed still.

So, we'll use horse bones.

You're not here to have your fortune told. What do you want from me?

I wonder

if you've seen this before?

Where did you get this?

That's what I'm asking.

Do you know what kind of bone this is?

This was made from a dead person's ashes.

Pigs, horses, cows, sheep.

Wolves, dogs, deer.

There are different bones for different people.

These are all for the living.

But this is for the dead.

What does that mean?

There are different bones for different people.

But there's only one kind that uses human ashes.

Which kind?

Dead people.

Within hundreds of kilometers around here,

only one woman uses these

to tell fortunes.

She was quite famous.

But she died a long time ago.

About 20 years ago.

Does she have any family around here?

Fortune tellers of the dead have no children, nor grandchildren.

She had no family.

But I heard that she had an illegitimate child.

What did you say?

No one knows who she had the son with.

That little boy.

I saw him when he was a child.

Now, he must be around 40 years old.

Do you remember his name?

He had his mother's surname, Li.

What was he called? Li...

Feng-tian, we're leaving.

The opportunity has come!

Hello?

Wen.

Yu, what is it?

I saw him.

Who did you see?

The person who rips off the cigarette filters.

Did you find him?

What did you say?

Wen ran away.