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Sir!

The HMS Rival has been sunk by the Japanese!

That ship was carrying 942 souls

And no one outside the British naval command was supposed to know it was coming

We're not just looking for a murderer anymore, gentlemen

We're looking for a spy

We have reasons to believe that...

military intel is being leaked to the Japanese through certain brothels

Not my house

You know my stand against the Japanese

And I know my girls inside out

It can't be them

I want to clear my girls of any suspicion

So, tell me,

what can I do?

We'll plant a Japanese newspaper at your establishment...

with an innocent bit of fake news

So if there is a spy,

and that's a big "if",

she will not resist taking a read at the papers

Does anyone know the price of Chinese silk these days?

Oh, I can ask a friend

He has the most exquisite colours and the best silk

I think you'd better hold off, Madame

The Japanese are attacking the Chinese ships

Supply is low here

Silk will be expensive

Why are you eating so slowly? We have to work

Forgive me, Madame

I've left a small burn mark on your blue dress

Please take the money from my wages to buy a new one

We've been through so much together

What's a ruined dress between old friends?

We are old friends,

aren't we?

It doesn't seem so long ago...

when I was left by my master on Sago Lane to die from malaria

You cleaned me,

fed me,

and you stayed by my side when I was shivering from the fever

You're more than an old friend

You're my family

I remember I had to force that drink down your throat

Antelope's horn

You brought me back to life,

and for that,

you're like a sister to me

I fear I'll never be able to repay you

Your loyalty all these years...

Consider your debt more than paid

Enough of that

Are you going to see that good-looking inspector?

Yes

I've never seen you like this

Are you really taken with him?

Or it's all pretence?

When have men served any other purpose...

other than paying the bills...

or being of some use to us?

Men are so easy

Stroke their egos, and they're happy

Stroke something else, and...

your wish is their command

I'm sure you have that inspector wrapped around your finger

But you still have to be careful

Why?

Do we know if he has any other intentions...

besides investigating Seh's nephew's death?

Like?

I don't know

But my instinct tells me...

he's up to something

There you are

Beautiful as always

Thank you

I'd better go

She knew she needed to get out of there

Her past attempts to escape failed

You haven't gone to see her yet?

She needs to know

You need to do it soon

I need to put all these tapes back in the archives

Technically, I'm not even supposed to have them

Look -

I don't know what happened between the both of you,

but this is important

If nothing else,

it could convince her...

to not sell the shophouse to the highest bidder

I know

I'll come back for the tapes tomorrow

Go see her now

What's wrong?

Are you all right?

I think I know who the spy is

She's been with me for so many years

I trusted her with my life

Do you think there might be any chance that we could be wrong about her?

It's not what you want to hear, but...

I've always suspected her

She was the most likely among all your girls

Why?

You need nerves of steel to spy for the likes of the Japanese

Other than you,

she's the only one who has it

So you thought I was a spy

At first

But can you blame me?

You came out of nowhere and started the House of Phoenix

You'd have needed money or at least someone to back you

I didn't know you back then

If I knew what I know now...

And the murder investigation?

What about it?

Was that just a ruse to distract us from what you were really investigating?

It was a good cover,

but it is still an ongoing investigation

We need to find out who Ah Yoke reports to

I can have her followed

No

That's too dangerous

I'll have my men do it

You need to carry on like you normally do

The last thing we need right now...

is for her to suspect we're on to her

I'll also assign some officers to watch the house

Won't that raise suspicions?

You can say they're there to protect you from Seh

It's not too far from the truth

I want to understand -

how did you get entangled with the likes of Ah Tou all those years ago?

Believe me when I say this -

all I care right now...

is that you're safe...

from Seh and the authorities

I can plead your case if you want

I know now that whatever you did,

it came from a good place

You're a good person

So please,

help me help you

Hi

I have something important to tell you

I'm listening

Gerald found some old tape recordings

What? -And...

I thought you were going to apologize!

For what?

Wow

You really are something

One day you care about me, and the next I'm like yesterday's newspapers?

What are you? Jekyll and Hyde?

I thought you don't watch movies

I read!

Whatever

- I need to let you listen to these tapes... - I don't care

Wait!

I think I know who your great-grandfather is

I can imagine that trust is an attribute which is foreign to you

But I swear,

I just want to know the facts so I can protect you

I had a wonderful childhood

Come and catch me

My parents loved me enough to give me an education,

which, you can imagine, was quite rare in those days

Then, one day, when I was about... 15,

I came home, and I saw my parents with a merchant named Ho

He...

inspected me like a piece of meat in the market

He touched my arms,

my legs...

My father wanted me to marry him

He was rich,

but he was also a 70-year-old man...

with his hands covered in warts

I couldn't understand why my father was doing that to me

I begged, and I begged him, but...

But her father's mind was made up

She was devastated,

but even at such a young age,

she knew she wouldn't let her fate be decided by someone else

She ran away from home...

and never saw her parents again

She got work serving drinks at a coffee shop

It was there that she met...

him

He was so charming

After two months, he asked me to marry him

I thought my life was going to change for the better

He had money

He promised that he'd take care of me

Everyone thought my knight in shining armour had arrived

Lucky me

The honeymoon period didn't last very long

Ah Tou started bringing different girls home

The first time he hit Fung Lan...

was when she questioned him about it

One day,

he brought a domestic helper home

She dressed Fung Lan in a beautiful dress...

and painted her already pretty face

She was then brought to a prostitution den

He sold me to the highest bidder that night

But that was not the last I saw of him

He would beat me if I tried to run away,

starve me if I disobeyed,

fill my body with all kinds of drugs to numb my mind

And you know what?

He would rape me...

to remind me of my place in his world,

that I was nothing but an object deemed for pleasure

For two years,

I don't know how many times...

I thought about killing myself

But I'd tell myself,

"My life will not be wasted on this scumbag"

I don't think I can listen to any more of this

It's okay

We can stop

No, wait

Keep playing

All right

Fung Lan started learning the trade

In no time,

she had mastered skills...

that would've put the most experienced prostitutes to shame

She became the most famous working girl in town

She stole some money and made her escape

By this time,

she knew no other life than the one she hated but was good at

She used the money to start...

Stop the tape

So, you think this inspector...

was my great-grandfather?

Fung Lan had a child then. He believed he was the father

It's in here somewhere

So why did you kill him?

You could've just run away

I could have

But he started inflicting the same torture on Soh Fan

She reminded me of myself when I was younger,

except that she was weaker

She looked up to me like a big sister, so I had to do something

Leave her alone!

You dare tell me what to do?

Wench!

I never intended to kill him

But why did you poison him first?

I didn't

But he had traces of poison in him

Well, he did look a bit weak

But I just thought he was drunk

But you did chop him up into pieces and threw him in the river

Would you believe if I said I didn't?

All these years, I've wondered who did it

What about Ah Yat?

People said they saw a woman -

a woman wearing expensive, bright cheongsam...

walking away from where the body was found

Not many people can afford that

Was it you?

It wasn't me

Fung Lan saw her life as a tainted one

She told me she wouldn't wish it on anyone else,

especially someone she cares about

That meant...

we couldn't be together

But we were friends...

until the day she died

She pushed her own daughter away as well...

so she wouldn't have to be associated with her mother's dark past

It broke Fung Lan's heart...

when Yi Xin, our granddaughter,

moved to Hong Kong

I fear she never fully recovered from that heartbreak

There was a silver lining...

knowing that our granddaughter...

had named her own daughter after her

It all makes sense now

My mum and grandma had so many huge fights many years ago

My mum had come back to Singapore secretly, but...

I didn't know why then

Now...

My mum would have wanted me to know my grandma

She obviously cared a lot about her

I just wished my mum told me all this

I would have understood her a lot better

That's not happening again

I wouldn't want to make you do anything that...

doesn't mean anything to you

You're one to talk

What does that mean?

I saw that message you sent to Harry

What message?

Really?

You wanna play that game?

I believe the exact words you used were,

"That night with Guo Wen was a huge mistake

"He's a nobody

"He means nothing to me"

I never wrote that, much less sent that to Harry

Really, why would I go all the way to the nursery...

and tell you all those things if I'd written something like that?

Then who sent the message?

Harry? -Harry?

Ah Yoke

Madame

Where are you going?

Old Master Chan is coming this evening,

and I need to make his special soup,

but I ran out of herbs

You know he needs help getting it up

But you always prepare it in the morning

I forgot

You never forget

Must be getting old

You're needed here

Old Master Chan can go without his herbs tonight

Siu Lan will have to work extra hard then

I won't be long, Madame

Master Seh

What an unexpected surprise

I have been protecting the House of Phoenix for so long

Heard so much about it

It's high time...

I taste the goods...

for myself

Is everything all right, Madame?

Wow

You have the police as your personal bodyguards now, Madame?

Are you in some kind of...

danger?

With Sam Hap Wui's protection,

there's no need for the police

Madame Fung Lan, is there...?

There's no problem here, officer

Please leave

I'm sure you have more important things to do

What does your heart desire today, Master Seh?

Perhaps some opium to start?

The heart desires...

more than opium

Let me bring out the girls then

Sinseh Lee, good to see you again -Hello

Good to see you too

- I would like to buy some herbs from you - Oh, what kind?

Sir

What are you doing here?

Seh is at the House of Phoenix

Let's go

I woke up this morning...

and told myself...

today...

is going to be...

a good day

I will finally...

satisfy...

a long...

overdue...

desire,

an itch...

that can't be satisfied...

by these...

cheap goods

And that's why...

the madame herself...

will pleasure me

Madame does not entertain any...

Of course

When Master Seh honours us with his presence,

I must personally entertain

Come

Let me make you more comfortable

I have a story...

you might like

Should I...

tell it to you?

I should be the one entertaining you, Master Seh

After all,

that's what you paid for

Once upon a time,

there was a girl...

named...

Fei Tsui

Fei Tsui worked in a brothel in Melaka,

a brothel owned by my son

It was a sad,

sad...

story...

but...

unfinished

Master Seh,

you're hurting me

Why?

You don't like...

my story?

I don't...

understand your story

Perhaps...

when I finish the story,

you will...

understand

Anyway,

where was I?

Oh, yes

Fei Tsui...

was the most popular girl there

She could make a man...

fall to his knees...

with her...

delicate mouth

Much like yours

But one day,

she disappeared

People said...

she went down south

Do you know...

my son was brutally murdered...

in Melaka?

I haven't finished my story yet

So,

Fei Tsui came down south,

and it was here that she started her own brothel

And guess what?

It became famous for having the best girls

I suppose...

this was inevitable...

since...

the madame was so skilled

Wait

Master Seh...

Master Seh...

Master Seh

I don't know who this Fei Tsui is,

but it isn't me

Bad things seemed to happen...

wherever Fei Tsui was

My poor nephew was killed here recently

And the killer...

needs to be punished

Master Seh

I... -Shh

Think carefully...

before you say another word

A punishment...

befitting...

her crime

Wait

Is there something you want to say?

You've got the wrong person

Wrong answer

The end

Let her go!

She's not the one you want

She killed my son and nephew

Master Seh

- You've got the wrong person - How can I trust you?

You have already mixed business and pleasure...

with this wench!

You know I don't lie

You're making a big mistake

I'm not going to tell you again

Let her go

Or I will shoot

Lie to me,

and I will kill you myself

Madame -No!

Madame!

Madame

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