It's said that a professor and a female student...
... had started an improper love affair.
Did Sze kill herself for love? Her lover was... Dr. Koo?
There's blood.
The ghost of the lotus pond won't go away. Remember she died for you.
[University Campus Inexplicable Incidents]
If Dr. Koo isn't the killer, where was he that night?
Actually I found it funny that...
... Dr. Koo wanted to pose as the old key holder.
He's the department head.
He wasn't interested in the student activities at all.
He didn't swap the keys by mistake.
He posed as the old key holder on purpose to swap the keys.
Nothing's missing. There's nothing valuable in my office.
He got a crush on you? He doesn't look so dumb.
How come the sequence is all wrong?
There's nothing wrong.
From general classification to miscellaneous items...
...from macro to micro classification.
That's the usual classification for folklore studies.
Your professor... my father is a Virgo.
After he's done the classification...
...he will do it again with the four-corner method based on the first character.
He says it will be much clearer and more comprehensible.
He made me memorize this when I was a little boy.
1 for horizontal, 2 for vertical. 3 is a dot. A dot over a horizontal...is 0...
Crossing is 4, crossing more than one is 5. A box is 6. 7 for a corner.
Shape of eight is 8, and small is 9.
Hu Shih invented this mantra.
He lived in the Qing period. My father is so old school.
That means these files were arranged according to the four-corner code before...
1 for horizontal, 2 for vertical. 3 is a dot.
Right. This is incorrect. But I didn't move them.
I don't even want to touch them. There's dust all over them.
It seems that some of the dust is missing.
Done. According to the four-corner code, this is the original sequence.
That means someone had taken the files out and then put them back...
...according to the classification method used for folklore studies.
It's Dr. Koo.
He made such a great effort to swap your key for searching these boxes?
But he won't admit that he came into my office.
The things he searched could be the key to this.
What was Dr. Koo looking for?
Hey, there's a column in every issue of the Folklore Department magazine...
... about ghost stories on the campus.
Hey, this issue is about the ghost at the lotus pond.
Professor Fu wrote that?
If a girl asks you the time at midnight at the lotus pond...
...don't answer her or you will be dragged into the pond.
How come the love affair between a teacher and student wasn't mentioned?
I'm reading the next issue.
Someone wrote here to rebut the lotus pond story...
... as there are so many mistakes and flaws.
The writer claimed to be a folklorist. But he had omitted the dark side of history.
A professor messed with a female student. Here.
A female student fell in love with a married professor. They agreed to elope.
Midnight at the lotus pond. The professor didn't show up.
The girl was so sad that she drowned herself!
I see. The lotus pond story has got the love affair version...
... since this article was published.
Author Sze Kuk.
Sze Kuk?
Koo Tsoi-yung? He wrote this article?
Or someone posed as him and wrote this? Why don't we ask the editor?
It's published 7 years ago. Who was the editor back then?
Chief Editor Law Wu-ho.
Law Wu-ho?
LaLa, I can't believe you'd ask to meet me.
It's because only you can help me in this matter.
I will do whatever I can.
Seven years ago, a guy started a battle against Professor Fu...
... in the department newsletter...
... criticizing him of being incomplete about the lotus pond story.
Was that guy Dr. Koo?
You asked me to come out specifically to talk about this?
Was that guy Sze Kuk Dr. Koo?
Why did he pick on that article of Professor Fu's?
He's implying that Professor Fu was having an affair with a female student.
He had even hurt her.
You really don't know? Or are you pretending?
What would I know?
Seven years ago, everyone in the department knew...
... that guy Fu Tung-ming was so debased though he appeared decent.
He targeted his female students specifically.
Professor Fu messed with his female students?
That's impossible. Who was his target?
It was you.
Seven years ago, you jumped into the lotus pond to kill yourself because of him.
What are you talking about? This isn't true at all.
Back then you were carried into the ambulance.
Photos were taken. Posters were posted.
He wrote in the department newsletter specifically to criticize Fu Tung-ming...
... and said he wasn't entitled to be a teacher.
You mean the female student in the story was me?
Dr. Koo wasn't the only one. Many people found it so unfair to me.
My girlfriend tried to kill herself for a married man who was even her teacher.
How was I supposed to face you?
I didn't try to kill myself. I don't know why the rail broke back then.
When I leaned on it I fell into the pond.
Besides, you asked to meet me at the lotus pond. But you stood me up.
I waited for you in vain. I was sleepy waiting.
So I fell into the pond.
I asked to meet you here?
You sent me a message.
So you broke up with me without saying why back then...
... because you thought I was in an affair with Professor Fu?
I was your girlfriend back then. You didn't trust me?
You believed I was such a person?
LaLa, it wasn't because I didn't trust you. But back then you...
Okay. It's good that I've found out everything now.
You're here?
Why do you look so angry?
Didn't you talk to Law Wu-ho about the battle in the department newsletter?
You got nothing? I came as I thought you got something.
Dr. Koo wrote that article.
He did! What else?
Why did they get in a fight suddenly? Who's right and who's wrong?
Folklore often came from the need...
... to pass on some ethical taboos and unspeakable secrets in the form of stories.
But Dr. Koo wasn't talking about folklore. He's implying something else.
That means the professor did mess with female students.
The love affairs' male character was Professor Fu.
What?
The female protagonist was me.
What? You messed with my father?
This is crazy. You think there would be something between us?
Thank God. I worried so much that you'd become my mom.
Anyway, I don't think your taste's so hardcore.
Hey, how come the story became so gross?
It's because back then Law Wu-ho was my boyfriend.
So you two were really in such a relationship?
Yes. Back then my relationship with Professor Fu...
... as teacher and student was really very good.
I was his research assistant. We worked together from morning till night.
We wouldn't mind even working through the night.
Ho told me to mind people's gossip.
I said I wouldn't worry about that. I was innocent.
I understand that perfectly.
You people indulging in folklore studies are crazy.
True. Actually I found myself and Professor Fu quite alike.
We forget everything else when we are at work.
That's why we'd neglect the feelings of people around us.
We'd lose the people who mean so much to us.
Looking back, we've really made much sacrifice for that.
What's the matter?
I'm trying to accommodate your sentiment only. You need a hug?
Hey.
Hello, Brother Tong. What? Final editing advanced?
Yes, I got several old photos of the university. I'll scan them for you.
The resolution will be better. Okay, I'll send them to you.
To Vice-Chancellor Mr. Ho Wing-lin? What's this?
Seven theses published by Dr. Koo Tsoi-yung of this department...
... are suspected to be the result of plagiarism.
It's a package only. It can't prove anything.
Besides, your daddy's innocent.
Okay.
Dr. Koo, you swapped my key...
... posing as the old key holder on the orientation night.
Did you do that so as to get this from my office?
This is a letter that Professor Wu wanted to send to the Vice-Chancellor...
... in order to expose your plagiarism.
He found out that you had plagiarized.
Then you smeared him by alleging there's an affair between he and I.
You blackmailed him with the department newsletter...
... so that he wouldn't expose you.
You didn't smear him only. You smeared me, too.
I didn't smear him. He harassed female students.
When he taught in a secondary school, he already...
Koo Tsoi-yung, you're a hypocrite.
You smeared my dad. You even blackmailed him?
Are you involved in his disappearance? Did you kill him to shut him up? Did you?
Sir, it's good you're here. He hit me. Arrest him.
Kim, arrest him.
Yes, sir.
Hey, what are you doing?
Yik Sir, you detained me for 48 hours just now.
You can't detain me again.
We've found critical evidence in the Department of Folklore's office.
There's a letter?
It's for Dr. Koo. How come it's here?
Don't ever think I've got no evidence. This is Sze's mobile phone.
It's got all the WhatsApp conversation between you two.
If you fail to do what you've promised, the clip will be posted online.
You don't have much time left.
It isn't me. I've got nothing to do with Lau Wing-sze at all.
The USB drive was posted to you. Wong Nga-sze mailed it to blackmail you.
Perhaps when the secretary distributed the letters...
... she dropped it in Professor Poon's office.
Don't know if it's lucky or otherwise. It got caught near the trash bin.
Then the janitor found it.
How come so many things are sent to me? I don't know what's going on at all.
You still lie to us?
Dr. Koo, you stole Dr. Poon Doh-lai's office key.
Your objective was to go in there to steal this letter with the USB drive in it.
That's nonsense. I'm innocent.
I understand that.
Hey, we've got sufficient evidence to charge you.
Mr. Koo Tsoi-yung, you are not obliged to say anything.
Whatever you say will be written down and may be used as evidence in court.
The evidence was planted.
Dr. Poon and I had searched all night. We didn't find the USB drive.
How would it suddenly pop up there?
You got something every time you went there, Yik Sir.
Could there be such a coincidence?
What you say makes sense.
I asked the janitor. She said she got an order from her boss.
Someone called to complain about some strange smell from the trash bin.
So she went there to clean it. She didn't know who made the complaint.
There's something funny, too.
Koo Tsoi-yung sneaked into Dr. Poon's office.
Did he go there to retrieve the letter about his plagiarism...
... or the letter containing the USB drive?
It's most paradoxical that...
... he wanted to steal and to kill at the same time.
Unless he didn't have a choice...
... wouldn't it be too short a time for him to do so many things in one night?
What you guys said really makes sense.
If Koo Tsoi-yung isn't the killer...
... why is he the addressee of the black mail letter that Wong Nga-chi sent?
He's the only person the other night that stayed in the academic building...
... and the dorm and had time to kill Wong Nga-chi.
Before we find the truth, anything could be possible.
Want me to release Koo Tsoi-yung?
No problem. But you need to answer the two questions I asked just now.
If the only person Koo Tsoi-yung...
... who could enter this room after 1:30 a.m. isn't the murderer...
... it means the real killer had created for himself an alibi.
How? We were still using the hot soup downstairs at 1:30 a.m.
I haven't figured it out yet.
Hey, why don't you go buy a basket, some nylon ropes and a can of oxtail soup?
We shall re-enact the case.
It's your idea. Why don't you go buy them?
I'm a professor. You're a student. This is an order.
Okay. Rights and obligations. Don't be so harsh on my grades.
Fine. I promise... nothing.
Excuse me. Do you have rattan baskets?
You think this is the flower market?
Right. Are professors above everyone?
Am I supposed to go to the flower market to buy you a rattan basket?
Hey, how about oxtail soup and nylon ropes?
Canned food over there. Stationery here.
A girl came earlier to buy oxtail soup and nylon ropes. Got any impression of her?
I know that. The girl's dead. Now no one buys oxtail soup.
So you worked at the cashier that day?
Good. Please give me the exact oxtail soup and nylon ropes...
... the girl bought that day.
Exactly the same again?
You want the purple nylon ropes that she specified?
I'll find it in the storage for you.
Again? The same set?
Did someone ask like I am...
... to buy the same sets of things that the girl had bought?
It's after the girl had made the purchase.
You remember the face? Her classmates or teaching staff?
Dude, how would I remember that?
There's 0 camps and 0 nights.
All the students came in to buy ropes for balloons or tug-of-war.
How would I remember the girl if she didn't ask for oxtail soup?
You don't need to be so pompous.
Hey, are you done?
Okay. Why the hurry? I'm going to lower it now.
I told you to buy a basket. Why did you buy a plastic bag?
It cost 50 cents for the plastic bag. Don't complain.
Why didn't you come upstairs? Why are you staring blankly at the rope?
Why did you tie it that way?
That's what everyone does. It's the simplest. That's normal.
Why didn't Chi tie it that way back then? The rope went through the basket directly.
Right. It required a longer rope. It's hard to control, too.
Hey, I heard something funny just now.
The cashier of the convenience store told me...
... that a customer purchased the exact set of oxtail soup and nylon ropes...
... on the day Chi made the purchase.
What's hidden is more important than what's revealed.
I think I know what the killer's trying to hide.
Renovation in progress. Not ready for occupation.
Yik Sir, Fu Chi-pok and I have caught the oxtail soup female ghost.
If you want to meet her, come to the male student dorm at 10 p.m. tonight.
It's still hot.
Wait for me.
There's really a ghost.
Where are you? Show yourself. Don't be afraid, okay?
Yik Sir, look down here.
When you saw the oxtail soup in the male student dorm just now...
...there wasn't anyone in the female dorm at all.
But the basket was pulled up.
That's simple.
The purple nylon rope went through the basket...
... through this iron hook at the ceiling of the female dorm...
... and came into the hands of the killer directly through the window.
The killer put the oxtail soups in the basket beforehand...
... and lowered it to us directly.
That's what you saw just now.
After you had taken the soup, I retrieved the basket.
The basket went into the female dorm. The rope? How about the rope?
Good question.
When I feel something is catching the rope, I...
... let go of one of it and retrieve the other.
Then the basket will drop back in the female dorm.
That's why the killer used an identical rope to strangle Chi.
It gave people a wrong impression that...
... it's the original rope used to lower the oxtail soup in the basket to us.
Got it. In other words, it's highly likely that Chi died before 1:30 a.m.
It means that all those who still stayed in the academic building and the dorm...
... had the chance to kill Chi.
You've cracked such a plot. Good job.
Thank you for helping me review this case. You are my Muse.
Why do you say so?
It must be due to the USB drive Chi sent to blackmail Koo Tsoi-yung.
There's the conversation between Lau Wing-sze and her secret lover.
The guy often said you are my Muse. He said she gave him inspiration.
I'm sure I've listened to it too much. Can't shake it off. Sorry.
Hey, does that phrase mean something special?
No.
I'll show you once again.
Okay.
Want to meet you at the lotus pond at 12 midnight tomorrow. Got a moment?
Which of these three topics shall I work on for my thesis?
I'm most interested in A. But it lacks originality.
B is relevant to my work.
But it lacks quantity and quality in the research materials.
I'm the most confident of doing a good job with C.
But such a large-scale research will exceed the budget for sure.
I even heard that many companies want to work on the analyses in this aspect.
Good. Ask those companies to back you up to research C.
Then give them the report and the result.
Good idea. That's why I often say you are my Muse.
You often say so. Don't you feel bored?
No.
Ho?
Tonight's meeting is canceled. Don't go to the lotus pond.
What's going on? Hello.
Law Wu-ho, why have you turned off your phone?
All those in the academic building before 1 a.m. could be Chi's killer.
In other words, Law Wu-ho or his wife could be the killer, too.
You reacted strongly when you heard the phrase 'you are my Muse'.
Did you hear that somewhere else? Did Law Wu-ho say it to you before?
What if he did? So? Many people say that to please girls.
There's an improper love affair between Lau Wing-sze and her secret lover.
If that guy wasn't Koo Tsoi-yung, it's very likely he's Law Wu-ho.
There are so many men in the world. It could be you, too.
Please don't make wild guesses without supporting evidence.
I need to work. Get out.
Are you running away? Is it because he's your ex?
Get out. Get out.
See? It's all wet now. Come over to help me wipe it. Still look?
How come the words are gone?
Hey, that's written with an erasable pen.
The words will disappear once they come into contact with heat.
So the temperature causes the change? Will the words reappear when it cools down?
I don't know. Ask Dr. Law's wife. She may know better.
I saw her use that kind of pen.
Oh, Dr. Poon. My assignment.
Okay.
You know how this kind of package is used...
... where the name of the addressee will disappear? You won't face the reality?
I'll do it. I'll ask Yik Sir to find out what happened.
That's all the things you want.
I've checked. When the temperature hits 65 degrees...
... the words written with the erasable ink will disappear.
When the temperature drops to minus 10 degrees, the words will reappear.
Okay. We've got everything now except...
Coolant.
Thank you.
To: DR. LAW WU HO Department of Folklore Faculty of Humanities
Hong Kong International University Hong Kong
Law Wu-ho? Dr. Law?
I've talked to the secretary. Law Wu-ho moved in the new office.
His wife sent over to him the things he had stored in her relative's place.
It happened that his wife wrote on the package with this erasable pen.
Erase the original name and address.
Write the name Koo Tsoi-yung as the addressee...
... and Wong Nga-chi the sender.
Make people think...
... Wong Nga-chi had blackmailed Koo Tsoi-yung before she died.
The lotus letter in blood and the USB drive?
Wong Nga-chi did use them to blackmail someone before she died.
But the target wasn't Koo Tsoi-yung. It was Law Wu-ho.
He's the person who had an improper relationship with Lau Wing-sze.
Planting the evidence and diverting the attention. Crafty.
That's what happened.
Law Wu-ho wanted to get rid of Wong Nga-chi's threat.
He made use of the oxtail soup story to kill her.
Okay. I'll arrest him after I've brushed my teeth tomorrow morning.
You will get credit for sure. But you must leave me the first-hand info.
Still need to say that expressly?
I really need to say that.
The fatal wound is the stab in the abdomen. He died of ex-sanguination.
Time of death was about midnight last night.
Isn't that first-hand enough?
But this isn't the ending I want. How was the body found?
About 6 a.m. this morning...
... a security guard saw a pool of blood on the floor here.
So he called the police immediately.
I've checked inside. The blinds are closed. So is the door.
The preliminary conclusion is suicide.
What preliminary? It's a locked room. It's definitely suicide.
But that isn't the factor that confirms it's a suicide case.
What do you mean?
You know this piece of tile?
No.
You see this tile. You still don't know where this is?
I said I don't know.
This is the legendary Red Tile Room 111.
It's Room 101.
You really don't know it.
An electrical engineering student stayed in this room before.
He couldn't endure the pressure of studying.
He made a suicide device.
Once his roommate opened the door, the device was activated immediately.
He's electrocuted. His blood dyed the floor tile red.
The bloodstain can't be removed.
His roommate was so horrified that he became deranged.
The incident was so scary.
The university had to reassign the room number.
The piece of red tile has become the only mark left of Room 111.
Think about it. Law Wu-ho came to Room 111. Why wouldn't it be suicide then?
Right. You're correct.
Yik Sir, this is the deceased person's wife.
Honey.
My condolences.
Yik Sir, just now we found this message...
... in the email account of the deceased person's mobile phone.
Please have a look.
I, Law Wu-ho, had engaged in an extra-marital relationship...
... with my student Lau Wing-sze while I was in Germany.
After we had ended the relationship, we returned to Hong Kong respectively.
In the past couple of months, Lau Wing-sze kept harassing me.
I couldn't allow my reputation to be tainted.
I asked to meet Lau Wing-sze and killed her.
I dumped her body in the lotus pond in the university.
Wong Nga-chi was Lau Wing-sze's good friend.
After she had found out our improper relationship...
... she blackmailed me and asked me to nominate her for scholarships.
It isn't easy for a visiting professor to nominate someone for scholarships.
I didn't want the improper relationship exposed.
That could make the police suspect Lau Wing-sze's death.
I decided to kill Wong Nga-chi on orientation night.
I made use of the oxtail soup story.
I set the trap and left the dorm through the academic building.
I lowered the oxtail soup outside the dorm...
... to mislead everyone about the time of death.
Subsequently, I found out that Koo Tsoi-yung didn't have an alibi.
So I used wrapping paper with an old stamp on it...
... to send him the package with blood stain Wong Nga-chi had used to blackmail me...
... so as to set him up.
He did it exactly the same way Poon Doh-lai described.
When did he type this? Why did he want to turn himself in?
Calm down.
Sir, the email was supposed to be sent to the Hong Kong Police.
I overlooked that just now. It wasn't sent yet.
Sir, Ho wouldn't kill people.
Mrs. Law, you need to calm down. We will investigate this.
Help Mrs. Law get some rest.
Yik Sir, you can close the file now.
I'll get out of your hair. I'll report back to the news agency.
Okay. Keep in touch.
Wait.
What's the matter?
Kim.
Sir.
Was the light switch turned off when you guys came to it.
All the lights were turned off when we broke in.
Then Law Wu-ho didn't kill himself.
But you swore just now that he did.
He even wrote a suicide note.
But he really didn't kill himself. It's because the light switch was off.
So?
Think about it. The time of death was at night.
All the blinds were closed. The lights in the room weren't turned on.
Right. He needed to aim in order to stab himself.
It's unnatural not turning on the lights.
Did he turn them off right before he died?
When there's a knife in your tummy...
... you wouldn't get the leisure to turn off the lights.
Kim, ask IB to check if there's bloodstains apart from those found at the crime scene.
Yes, sir.
Yik Sir, IB sent us a preliminary result.
Traces of blood were found in the corridor outside Room 101.
They deduced from the mud on the deceased person's feet...
... that the primary crime scene is the lotus pond at the university.
It isn't Room 101. Some bloodstains are also found there.
Like what you thought, homicide staged as suicide.
So the killer typed the confession letter?
That's possible.
Sorry.
Hello?
Can't believe you the arcane lore fanatic...
...wasn't fooled by the staged suicide scene in Room 111.
Your mind's still lucid.
Suddenly you look like a professional police officer again.
Everything's possible before the truth is known.
It's true that I'm very curious if supernatural forces and ghosts are real.
They may not be real for sure.
Even if there are weird occurrences, they may not be supernatural for sure.
Your case is really so weird like someone's possessed.
Your Dr. Poon reminded me that...
... I mustn't be deceived by the folklore so that the offender could go scot-free.
Good boy. You're a better student than me.
You've teased me twice already.
I'm complimenting you.
I'm going to get mad.
I've recovered Law Wu-ho's phone record.
He sent a message to a person asking her to meet him at the lotus pond last night.
Time and location is a match. The other party could likely be the killer.
Who did he send the message to?
Professor Poon Doh-lai.
Where were you at midnight last night?
I went to Professor Fu Tung-ming's home to pack his things.
I stayed there from 10:15 p.m. till 12:30 a.m.
Any eye-witness?
No.
Of course there isn't a witness.
It's because you went to the lotus pond in the university...
... to meet Law Wu-ho and kill him.
I didn't. He did ask to meet me. But he called to cancel it.
There's the call record. But there isn't any recording.
He called to remind you to go there on time only, right?
No, he did call to cancel the meeting.
If he canceled the meeting, why did he go to the lotus pond then?
Right. He called it off. Why did he still go to the lotus pond?
Poon Doh-lai, we know you and Law Wu-ho were lovers before.
You even jumped into the lotus pond to kill yourself because of him.
It was an accident.
Did you two fall in love again?
So you two worked together to kill Lau Wing-sze and Wong Nga-chi.
But Law Wu-ho refused to get a divorce. So you killed him, too.
I didn't. We didn't fall in love again. I didn't kill my students.
So you only killed Law Wu-ho?
I didn't. I didn't kill anyone. Why would I kill Ho?
It's okay, Kim. Let me talk to her. You take a break outside.
Yes, sir.
You don't believe me? If so, I got nothing to say.
Folklore will deceive the police and weaken their determination to crack the case.
Your attitude is helping the offender to get away.
I asked you to come in...
... so as to give you a chance to prove your innocence and catch the real killer.
What's hidden is more important than what's revealed.
I won't give up till I've found out what happened.
It's good you think this way.
Okay. On behalf of the police, I will extend our thanks for your cooperation.
You're formally under arrest.
Wow.
Poon Doh-lai, you look exactly like the offenders I usually shoot.
This is your fault. You've made me look this way.
You're a suspect. Of course I must play by the book.
Think about it. If I didn't do so...
... how could I take you to the scene here for reenactment of the case?
Besides, I'm so smart to make Kim go away.
How about him?
He won't leave. He insists on tagging along.
With these photos, I will manage to graduate for sure.
I'm now a suspect. You want me to help you? Help me clear my name first.
I'm sorry. There's conflict in our status.
I don't want the ICAC to take me in for interrogation.
I won't really count on you. Get out of the way.
Are you two done talking?
Don't know about her.
The door was locked back then?
Back then the door was bolted. All the windows were closed.
It's a locked room then. How about IB?
Only the deceased person's fingerprints...
... are found on the inside and outside of the lock and the murder weapon.
That means the killer was wearing gloves?
My conjecture is the lotus pond is the primary crime scene.
After the deceased got stabbed, he came here and pulled the knife out.
Therefore, there's lots of blood on the floor.
It even seeped through the door.
The killer took him to Room 111 and staged the suicide?
As to whether he committed suicide...
There's the deceased's blood on the wall inside near the door.
The light switch is right next to it. So...
You aren't telling us that...
... it isn't impossible that Law Wu-ho might want to kill himself.
You're telling us he's so tidy that he turned off the lights before he died?
Everything's possible before the truth is known.
He didn't stay at the lotus pond...
... because he didn't want to make the place dirty?
That's possible, too.
That's possible too. Poon Doh-lai...
Why are you shaking your head? What's your opinion?
No new idea yet.
But I've come to a conclusion after pondering for so long.
I did suspect Ho before.
But I had once loved this man. I know very well he wouldn't kill anyone.
Perhaps he's changed.
I believe a person's born nature won't change.
Yik Sir, I need to talk to her in private. Uncuff her please.
I want to show you this.
What's that?
Koo Tsoi-yung gave it to me.
I just left the police station.
I bet both you and I find it so surprising that Dr. Law is such a person.
He's involved in a love affair with his student. He even killed two people.
You really can't tell by his appearance.
He's dead already. The police will investigate the case.
I've got no further comment.
Wait.
What again? I'm very busy.
I want to make a deal with you.
Internal hearing of Fu Tung-ming...
... sexually harassing a female secondary student.
What is this?
A strictly confidential file of the secondary school where you father taught.
He's fired as he had sexually harassed a female student.
They made up the story. Who would believe it?
Check it out if you don't believe it.
As to whether I plagiarized, it's a matter of opinion.
But sexually harassing a female student is unforgivable for sure.
How about this? Let's strike a deal. Just deem that nothing's happened.
I didn't plagiarize. He didn't sexually harass anyone.
This deal is to your advantage.
Professor Fu isn't such a person.
I'm mad at my dad. But I know his character well.
You believe in Law Wu-ho. I believe in my dad.
You said before a person's born nature won't change.
Look at the report.
See who's accusing my dad of sexual harassment.
Careful.
Thank you.
How can you carry so many things on your own?
You even have to take care of Dr. Law's funeral.
I'm a Year 1 student here. I've got plenty of free time.
I'll carry these things for you. Just these?
Yes. Thank you.
You got something to tie the boxes?
Otherwise the things inside will fall out easily. You have nylon ropes?
No.
I'll stay to pack the things for you. You go buy some nylon ropes.
Okay. Thank you.
Just remembered I need packing tapes, too.
I thought I would find you here. But there's no one in the convenience store.
Hey, it's sold in the university, too. Why did you go so far away to buy it?
I didn't know it's sold here.
Hey, let's go in together. See if we've forgotten anything.
We'll buy them once and for all.
That won't be necessary.
Come on.
We don't need anything else.
Where's the packing tape?
Oh, it's here. Hey, anything else? Stationery or magazines?
No.
Oh, no. I've forgotten my wallet. Can you pay?
You tap it yourself.
You do it. I don't want to lose your wallet. Come on.
I'm so handsome. Why don't you look at me?
You don't remember me?
Sure. You're Senior Inspector Yik who's in charge of Dr. Law's case.
You dared not look at me...
... because you're afraid the cashier would remember that you were the person...
... who bought purple nylon ropes like Wong Nga-chi did. You felt guilty.
Too bad the cashier remembered...
... you were the customer who bought purple nylon ropes like Chi did...
... after he had seen your photo.
Back then Chi remembered...
... she hadn't bought nylon ropes and oxtail soup yet.
Oh, I've forgotten something.
I'll go buy some nylon ropes and oxtail soup.
Then you asked Law Wu-ho to buy drinks for you.
I've left something in the carpark. I'll go with you to get it.
Okay.
You used the excuse of forgetting something in the car.
Then you followed Chi.
You even bought the same set of purple nylon ropes like she did, right?
It doesn't mean anything buying nylon ropes of the same color.
That night many people bought the same things...
... in that convenience store.
But not many people knew...
... Law Wu-ho had typed the letter in his mobile phone in advance.
The apparent suicide note was found at the suicide scene.
Everyone including me thought...
... the deceased person killed himself after he had typed the letter.
But you thought otherwise.
The time of the email showed that it was typed the night before.
You knew in advance that it had been typed beforehand.
Obviously you had typed that letter.
When did he type this letter? Why did he want to turn himself in?
Everyone thought it's a suicide note.
You were the most unstable emotionally. But you could tell it's a confession.
You even said he wanted to turn himself in.
You needed a confession letter from Ho more than a suicide note...
... to make the police close the file.
Then no one would find out you're the killer.
You're so stone-hearted.
Lau Wing-sze, Wong Nga-chi. You even killed Ho in the end.
He's your husband. How could you do that?
You still talk about it? This is your fault.
If we didn't quarrel because of you, I wouldn't have hurt Ho at all.
So it's really you. Why are you doing this? Why?
Get off me.
I thought all along that Sze killed herself till I met LaLa again.
Then I found out seven years ago...
... someone posed as me to ask her to go to the lotus pond...
... in order to carry out a sinister plot.
Back then you said you saw LaLa having an affair with Fu Tung-ming.
I believed you all along.
I thought LaLa committed suicide for Fu Tung-ming's sake.
But that wasn't true at all. You asked her out in my name.
You did that to LaLa seven years ago.
You did the same to Sze seven years after.
You still tried to do this tonight?
I've recovered all the messages in my mobile phone.
I saw what you had sent.
You asked them to come here as you wanted to kill them.
How come no one tells me what time it is now?
It's exactly midnight now.
Thank God LaLa didn't die.
But Sze wasn't so lucky. You drowned her, didn't you?
There's Chi, too.
You insisted on packing the things till very late that night.
I said I wanted to leave when it's was 1 a.m.
You said you wanted to go to the washroom.
Actually you didn't. You went to the female dorm to kill.
At 1:15 a.m., we left together. You said you wanted to go buy a drink.
I'm thirsty. I want to buy something to drink. You want anything?
You didn't go to buy drinks.
You went there to lower the oxtail soup to the male dorm...
... to mislead people about Wong Nga-chi's time of death.
Lau Wing-sze kept harassing you. Wong Nga-chi blackmailed you.
I killed them for you only.
We're talking about killing people. All those were lives.
You want to kill all the women who get close to me?
You simply take their lives? When did you become so horrible?
I did everything for you. I could even kill for your sake.
Now you say I'm horrible?
All these are but excuses.
You love Poon Doh-lai, right? You never loved me at all.
I've done so many things for you.
But you asked Poon Doh-lai to meet you here at the lotus pond...
... for a secret rendezvous.
You two even flirted here.
You asked her to come here again for such a trivial matter?
You even wanted to kill her?
You liked Sze all because she looked like Poon Doh-lai.
So long as Poon Doh-lai's still alive, you won't forget her.
Actually you don't need to do so many things for me.
It really won't work carrying on this way. I...
... had thought it over clearly before I came.
Why don't we part? This is the best for both you and me.
We can't part. You are mine. No one may steal you from me.
Calm down, okay? Let's part, okay? Wake up, okay?
No.
He must die as he wanted to part with you. You call that love?
You said you'd done everything for him.
Actually it's for your jealousy and desire to possess.
You killed to vent your anger. You are really so selfish and cruel.