"Hey, Chief" "Why aren't you drinking?" "I never drink." "Why ordered then?" "Having lemon tea every night is too obvious." "It's more so if you ordered but don't drink." "There's problem between Rachel and me." "A fight?" "We never fight." "Well, then that's a real problem." "It has to do with me." "Seeing another girl?" "Don't tell me you've turned gay." "For you." "Really?" "Oh, Chief." "Thanks." "It's been five years." "I've come to realize I'm not for her." "You know the origin of whiskey?" "Once upon a time, the alchemists thought whatever they put into the furnace could turn into something new." "They started with metals, then almost anything else." "One day they heated some barley and ended up with alcohol." "Did they drink it?" "That's only ethanol." "They used it for disinfection at first." "But there wasn't that much to disinfect, so they kept the leftover in barrels." "Years later, someone accidentally took a sip" "Yummy." "Since then they started to brew whiskey." "Why going off in tangent?" "Just to distract you." "Take homicides for instance." "There're so many possibilities." "It takes time to nail the real murderer." "If we can be patient in solving homicides, why can't we be the same with our women?" "Thanks..." "Chief." "Why do people like drinking alcohol?" "Because it's hard to swallow." "Merry Christmas." "Yes." "Got it." "Sir, I'm scared." "I can't stop talking when I'm scared." "Normally, I'm not like that." "Is your toilet..." "leaking?" "What?" "Is your toilet..." "leaking?" "Mr Lai," "I am Inspector Lau Ching Hei of Island Homicide." "We have reasons to believe you're involved in 3 rape homicides." "You are now under arrest." "All you say will be submitted as evidence in court." "It's just for fun, sir." "Rachel died from severe blood loss." "The coroner report said she had an abortion." "She didn't tell Bong." "Nor anyone else." "Bong remained silent for days." "When he spoke again, he said:" ""I never knew how horrible it was to realize your loved ones had vanished from this world suddenly," "like Rachel and her baby."" "Later he handed in his resignation." "When we met again, he's become a private eye and an alcoholic." "This is my father." "This is my husband." "Call me Hei." "Sit down." "Beating crime used to be our mandate." "Now all that matters is the crime rate." "More time is spent on publicity than investigation." "We're no different from office clerks." "That's good." "It's safer that way." "I'm relieved to marry my daughter to you." "Cheers." "Cheers." "It must be hard for Bong to see Rachel die." "You better spend more time with him." "We see each other every week." "I even refer cases to him sometimes." "You said it's hard to find, so I asked Bong to." "He gave it to us for our wedding gift." "No one is willing to sell." "How did he manage to get it?" "We'll see him tonight." "Ask him yourself when we see him." "What're you two up to?" "Well..." "Thank you." "It's weird that you and your dad didn't talk the whole night." "What is it?" "Why keep it here?" "It's a trophy." "Very precious." "Not that money can buy." "I don't like to have a gun in my house." "You've been a wartime reporter at Iraq." "How can you be scared of guns?" "But no war is raised at home." "Says who?" "Terrorist attack." "Two months ago, I located the people who owned such a camera." "I went to see each of them, once every day." "Finally, a man named Kwan agreed to sell me his camera." "Why did he?" "He's over 90." "Why not?" "Can I meet him?" "I wanna take his pictures to thank him." "He died two weeks ago." "We plan to take the team out for a banquet two weeks later." "Good." "Let's celebrate." "Excuse me." "Coming." "How many bottles?" "Another round of whiskey, please." "No whiskey." "No?" "What do you mean by no?" "What kind of service is this?" "I am right here, see?" "A true buddy." "You've asked for many rounds of whiskey." "Don't you know what I'm selling?" "But I can't drink beer." "If I drink beer," "I would..." "After Bong resigned, he kept digging into Rachel's case." "Months later, he finally found out on that Christmas eve" "Rachel had been in this bar for hours." "No one knew whom she's waiting for." "She took 4 glasses of whiskey and never spoke to anyone." "Then she went home and killed herself." "When things like this happen, most people would choose to escape." "But I know Bong wouldn't." "He has to know the reason." "He won't quit until he finds out." "It might seem meaningless." "But to him, this is the only way out." "Excuse me, Miss?" "Have you seen this woman here?" "Yes, two nights ago." "What?" "Where?" "On your bed two nights ago." "Susan." "I get so sleepy these days." "'Cos you're happy." "Are you up?" "Here's the rent for last night." "But you've stayed for 3 nights." "You're right..." "I'm sorry." "Where you working tonight?" "Peace Avenue." "Some hot spot." "The more they drink, the less they cheat." "I seldom go there." "Take it easy." "I'm not asking you to come." "I'll call you." "What for?" "Call me whenever you want." "We are buddies after all." "But..." "I wanna... raise the rent." "OK." "Buddies ought to be fair to each other." "Yeah, buddy." "Let's go, buddy." "Bong, I'm taking statement." "I'll call you back." "Go on." "Mr Wong." "Mr Wong." "Mr Wong." "Mr Wong." "Help." "Help." "You know what adultery is?" "You call these pics evidence?" "What kind of detective are you?" "Don't worry." "It's 99% sure win at court." "Ask your lawyer Lau if you don't trust me." "I want 1 00% sure." "I don't know how Lau could've hired you." "You're fired." "Forget about the final payment." "And the pics of Lau and you making out, should I give them to you or him?" "I'll settle with you later, Lau." "How much do you want?" "Just settle the final payment." "I'll get you disqualified if you dare to fool me." "What the hell, I'm not qualified anyway." "Put the bottle down." "Where's Chief?" "I wanna ask you a favor." "Help me look into my dad's case." "This one?" "It's closed already." "I don't know either of them." "Neither did my dad." "I don't get it." "Man would never open up to strangers." "He'd consult my dad first." "Perhaps Man knew these two guys." "Or he opened the door by mistake?" "Even for my friends," "Man would ask Dad first." "We've fought over this many times." "I think the real murderer knows my dad." "Those two men were just fall guys." "My mother died when I was four." "I never really got to know my dad." "I left home when I was 1 8." "Perhaps I just wanna find out what kind of a person he was." "You'll help me, won't you?" "I really want to." "But we're talking about homicide here." "And I'm no longer a cop." "I thought you'd understand." "Why else would you still hang out here?" "Should I call an ambulance?" "Drinking again?" "You wanna die or what?" "You've agreed to help Susan?" "What do you think?" "How about you?" "She raised a good point." "Man would never open up to strangers." "You think there was a third guy?" "Don't you find them a bit weird, being so cautious about strangers?" "What are you gonna do?" "Who's in charge of this case?" "Tsui the Bullshitter." "Tsui the Bullshitter?" "Can't help it." "I am a suspect myself." "Susan's dad left a big fortune." "So did you do it?" "Homicide is a serious crime, officer." "First, you need to get me some intel." "I need your help too." "Susan's getting paranoid lately." "She complains she's being stalked." "Her doctor said she's just too nervous." "But she refused to take medication." "I have to drug her every night." "Talk to her." "OK, I'll do it over drinks." "She can't mix drinks with her medication." "Shit." "We finished a bottle the other night." "You're kidding?" "Sorry." "What's wrong?" "Let's eat." "I wanna move." "I'll talk to the management office." "You find me a real pain?" "You don't believe I'm being stalked." "You see no suspicion in Dad's case." "You don't trust me or you think I'm crazy?" "Of course, I trust you." "You are my wife." "I hope you trust me too." "It's over if there is no trust between us." "I never have a home." "I don't wanna lose this one." "You know what you've done." "Here is the sitting room." "Chow's body was discovered here." "The butler Man was found in the study." "CSI has probed the crime scene." "There're stab wounds in Chow's left shoulder." "Head concussions was the cause of death." "The murder weapon is a brass Buddha statue." "There're stab wounds in Man's left abdomen and face." "The cause of death was also head concussions." "Traces of his blood were found near the door." "It's Man who opened the door." "The killers attacked right after they got in." "The crime should've happened this way." "What's wrong, Man?" "A total of $3.87 million was taken." "It has to be premeditated homicide robbery." "The photos were all taken in Macau?" "Chow was from Macau, in transportation." "He later moved to Hong Kong." "It's Tsui's." "Yeah, it's his file." "How did you get it?" "I know about his mistress." "Mistress?" "His wife Shirley is smart." "How comes she didn't find out?" "Shirley is his mistress." "His wife emigrated to Australia in 1997." "Tsui, Bong is all yours." "Inspector Bullshit." "What's so funny?" "How's the weather in Australia?" "You find that funny?" "Listen up." "I'm helping you only for old time's sake." "You are past tense." "OK." "Stay away." "The lock is connected to the security company." "The alarm goes off if the code is not re-entered." "It didn't go off that day." "So?" "So someone came in and entered the code." "So?" "So the two killers knew Chow or Man." "Or they knew the code." "Did you read my report?" "It's not in the report." "How much does it cost to hire a butler?" "1 0 to 20 grand a month." "Not bad." "Man has worked here for over 20 years." "He took care of the mansion all by himself." "Sometimes he acted as the chauffeur too." "A cleaning maid came by occasionally." "It's she who discovered their bodies." "At first I thought Man had it up to here, so he killed Chow and himself." "A woman was jogging nearby that morning." "She sighted the two guys running there." "Nobody knows what vehicle they were on." "Wanna see their hideout?" "OK." "The call was made from a convenience store in Lyndhurst Avenue." "9:30 pm last night," "I was off duty already." "Was it robbery?" "Just pickpocket." "It happened a lot lately." "Just checking out." "No wonder." "Wong and Keung were junkies." "Both of them had priors." "Just minor cases like thefts." "Wong rented the house." "He put poison in Keung's drink." "Keung knew something's wrong after one sip." "He pulled a knife and stabbed Wong." "It's 7 inches long." "Same weapon that killed Chow." "In face of millions, who could control themselves?" "Did the cops bust the door open?" "No, it's pried open." "It cannot be opened from outside." "Cos it opens this way." "The door was locked." "You just broke it." "They locked themselves in to kill each other." "Got it, detective?" "Saw any strangers pass by that day?" "Yes." "Back to the peak." "It takes at least three connections and 1 1/2 hours by public transport." "You mean a third guy picked them up, drove them back to the hideout and killed them." "Perhaps they drove themselves." "So there's no third guy?" "Keung stabbed Wong very precisely." "He didn't seem to be poisoned." "So there's a third guy then?" "It might be sheer luck." "Or he was good at knife." "You mean anything is possible?" "That's possible." "Police said the door was locked from inside." "How did the killer take off?" "The air-conditioner." "Damn it." "A bit far-fetched?" "Whiskey on rocks?" "Do you have beer?" "Thought you don't drink beer." "I'm thirsty." "Hong Kong is so hot lately." "It's almost winter." "Isn't it abnormal?" "Besides, it's very polluted." "What's wrong?" "Chief said you shouldn't drink." "Isn't it true every man describes his wife as a crazy bitch?" "What the hell." "Cheers." "Shirley?" "Haven't seen her for a while." "Don't worry." "I'll set her up with some nice guy." "How's the kid?" "What's next?" "I'll start investigating the victims." "That's your dad and Man." "Bong." "Go." "Hei has kept something important here." "Let me."