Miss S (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - A Song of Blood Part 2 - full transcript

I don't appreciate

the tone you're taking with me.

And I don't appreciate

you hiding things from me.

I'm trying to help your son here.

Were you paying Feng Chuyue off for Ziyu?

Do you know Ziyu was paying him off too?

Why was he doing that?

You don't know your son at all.

I'll be frank with you.

Feng Chuyue had a set of compromising photos



that shows Ziyu's special sexual preference.

Ziyu likes to fool around.

I know he frequents the brothel

at Sima Road behind my back.

I should find him a wife soon.

What I mean is that

Ziyu doesn't like women, Mrs An.

He's not interested in them.

What do you mean by that?

The photos can prove it.

What photos?

Where... are these photos?

The police have them.

I'm sorry, Miss Su.



Excuse me for a second.

Taozi.

Song, Tan. What did you find out

at Big Fortune Restaurant?

I found out the engagement party

was supposed to be held a week ago.

They booked six tables in total.

But two days before the party

Feng Chuyue called and had it cancelled.

A runaway groom.

This is getting interesting.

It's time we meet with the bride.

Taozi, why aren't you eating?

Shredded chicken noodle

is Swan Restaurant's speciality.

It's the 15th day of the lunar month.

I can't have meat today.

Right. I've ordered a salad for you.

- It'll be served in a minute. -Thank you.

- Miss Pan. -Thank you.

Miss Su.

We're here to find out more about Feng Chuyue.

He's gone. What's there to say?

Besides, I've told the police everything I know.

Well...

Feng Chuyue made a good living

prying into people's privacy

and blackmailing them with it.

You're aware of that, aren't you?

Chuyue never spoke to me about work.

Did he also not tell you

that he called off the engagement?

Violet Nightclub

Entering without permission.

A person of your stature

shouldn't be doing this, Miss Su.

Forgive me. We're both women.

I can't stay away from a good perfume.

You're too curious for your own good.

This is a unique scent. What is it?

Summer mint.

Summer mint?

What were you and Feng Chuyue fighting over?

He was seeing another woman.

Do you know who she is?

No.

I smelled another woman's perfume on him.

Another woman's perfume?

It was this awful smell of mint.

Does Feng Chuyue like this fragrance?

I'm sorry. Your husband is Wu Wending.

You must be tipsy, Miss Su.

I know you get along well with your husband.

But Feng Chuyue's fiancée seems to think

you got along very well with her fiancé too.

Feng Chuyue and me?

That bastard?

Oh, please. Wending and I are in love.

We're very happy together.

Even if Wending didn't exist

I'd never get involved with that bastard.

His killer wasn't the only one

who wanted him dead!

You mean there's someone else

who has a grudge against Feng Chuyue

at the scene that night?

It wasn't just An Ziyu and Tu Lianwen?

I wasn't referring to them.

I know the both of them.

There was someone else?

I don't know who he is.

He's tall and had on a hat and scarf.

A hat and scarf?

That's an odd choice of attire for a nightclub.

He was very worked up.

He spoke with Feng Chuyue for a long time.

Begging and shouting at him.

Did you tell the police this?

Why should I do that?

I don't even know who that person is

or what was going on.

That man could have shot Feng Chuyue point blank

and I wouldn't have told the police.

Feng Chuyue was a roach

he didn't deserve to live.

Do you hate him so much

because he had something on you?

Ailian, it's your turn to get on stage.

Mr Wu.

Miss Su, what are you doing here?

What's going on?

It's nothing, darling.

We were just chatting about perfume.

Summer mint.

Violet Nightclub

Violet Nightclub

I didn't know

Chen Ailian could sing jazz in English.

I told you. She's a star.

Violet Nightclub needed a new band.

I had to find a musician and singer quickly.

I found Wu Wending from Xiamen

and Chen Ailian from Qingdao.

They clicked the first time

they practised together.

I officiated their wedding.

Was this taken when I last visited?

It's a lovely coincidence.

It was taken when I asked you for a dance.

May I bring these photos home for a closer look?

I might just say yes

if you'd let me send you home.

Mr Qi, I may have had a few drinks

but I'm not drunk.

I'm more interested in your band.

Like why Chen Ailian decided to leave

her christian school in Qingdao for Shanghai.

And Feng Chuyue...

what did he have on Chen Ailian?

What?

He didn't have anything on her.

You're the band leader, you must know.

Maybe Chen Ailian got in trouble

with the law back in Qingdao?

Or perhaps she and her husband

have some secret they want to keep hidden?

Miss Su, I don't get what you're saying.

A deliveryman.

Miss Su.

You still can't nail down the suspect?

No, the problem is

everyone is a suspect.

An Ziyu and Tu Lianwen

are the police's prime suspects.

And there's Mrs An who loathed Feng Chuyue.

Pan Zixin who could've wanted Feng Chuyue dead

for cheating on her.

There's the Queen of Jazz, Chen Ailian

who sounded like she'd have shot him herself.

And there's the band leader, Qi Huaimin.

He gets evasive

whenever I mention Feng Chuyue.

What exactly did Feng Chuyue do

to earn himself so many enemies?

Who knows?

I remember Chen Ailian said that

there was a man at Violet Nightclub that night

who was wearing a bowler hat

and had his face concealed behind a scarf.

Could it be him?

Hand me the magnifying glass.

Why does this scarf...

look so familiar?

I'll get going now.

All right.

Goodbye, Wenli.

Is that you?

- Taozi. -Over here, Officer Shen.

There you are.

Miss Su wants me to hand you this letter.

And this magnifying glass

to help you see better.

It's fine. Our magnifying glass

should be better than Miss Su's.

All right then.

Oh, I almost forgot.

I made some desserts.

Miss Su wants Inspector Luo to have them.

Thank you. She's so thoughtful.

And...

this chestnut cake is for you.

You made my share too?

It smells so good.

So... there's nothing else, right?

I'll get going then.

You can get back in. I'll see myself out.

Taozi, are you free tomorrow night?

Why do you ask?

Well...

I...

I have two movie tickets

for the Cathay Theatre.

Greta Garbo's new film.

Actually...

I happened to have two tickets too.

What a coincidence.

What do you think?

I think that's a fluke.

That's all. Anyone could have done it.

Oh, really? Why don't you have a go?

Fine... I'll show you.

- You're no good at this. -Just watch me.

I told you.

Again?

- I'll teach you how to aim. -Shush...

Wait!

Are you trying to pile on another murder?

I'm sorry, Miss Su.

He brought this dart board over

to show off and compete with me.

Where did this little fellow come from?

We won it in a dart tournament.

Uncle Xiang, I guess we can have

braised chicken for dinner tonight.

No, Miss Su.

He's adorable.

I promised to give him to Qiaomei.

Fine. Keep practising

so you can win a few more chickens.

We'd get to have braised chicken then.

Take me to Mrs An's after my breakfast.

All right.

Uncle Xiang, bring me my honey water.

Sure.

Sorry about that.

No worries. Keep practising.

Should I show you my prowess?

Watch now. Get ready to applaud.

I should check on the rooster.

I'm going to start the car.

Mrs An.

Mrs An, it's me, Wenli.

- Mrs An... -Miss Su.

Why didn't you knock? You startled me.

The door was ajar.

I have something urgent to tell you.

- Let's talk inside. -I'm sorry.

Something came up so I'm heading out.

- Let's do this another time. -No, Mrs An.

This is really important.

We must talk inside so no one can't hear us.

Let's talk at the door...

Miss Su...

Is there someone else in here?

No. This house is old.

We get mice in here sometimes.

No.

I heard sounds coming from this cupboard.

- There's nothing in there. -Please excuse me.

No!

Wenli, bullets have no mercy.

Let me go.

Bullets have no mercy.

Have you no mercy too?

If you go any further astray

what would your brother say?

No...

What did you say?

Did you think you were the only one

who was being blackmailed by Feng Chuyue?

Why don't you ask your mother

what it is Feng Chuyue had on her?

Don't listen to her, Ziyu.

She's spouting nonsense!

Mrs An, you should tell your son the truth.

It's the only way to bring him to his senses.

Please! I beg of you!

If I'm not wrong

my old friend, An Zixiong, is still alive.

How are things? Did anything happen?

A deliveryman went in.

And a woman. I think it's...

Miss Su.

Miss Su?

Your brother hid the fact that he survived.

Director Liu paid your family a huge sum of money

to hush up your brother's death.

You used that money

to pay off your late husband's debts.

Am I right, Mrs An?

I'd thought he was dead too.

Until your aunt said she saw him

when she was praying at Zhuruo Temple

in Hangzhou.

If Zixiong is alive, why didn't he come home?

I went to look for him.

I wanted him to come home.

But if he were to come home

it'd reopen the case from six years ago

and we'd have to return the compensation.

Besides...

your brother doesn't want to come home.

He doesn't want to live with us anymore.

Why not?

He is a monk now.

Mother, I'm your son.

Zixiong is my brother.

I deserve to know the truth.

I'm telling you the truth!

What else do you want me to say?

Mrs An.

I don't know how Feng Chuyue knew about this.

I had to pay him off to buy his silence.

But that scumbag got greedier over time.

What was Zixiong doing back in Shanghai

two days ago?

I didn't know he came back.

Both Zixiong and Ziyu were at Violet Nightclub

on the night of the murder.

This makes the both of you prime suspects.

Good heavens.

Like I've said, An Ziyu

you can't stay here for long.

I saw the police out there when I came in.

What should I do?

Where's the car you wanted to sell me?

- Stop right there! -Stop!

Sit tight.

Stop or we'll shoot!

Wenli, you drive like a maniac.

This car would be airborne now if it had wings.

I wish it did.

Then I could fly to Hangzhou.

What for?

To find your brother, An Zixiong.

Sit tight. I'm going to floor it.

This crime scene photo from Miss Su

is an important lead.

But I haven't been able to spot what it is

she wants me to see.

The detailed autopsy report from Dr Han

indicated that the murder weapon

used to kill Feng Chuyue

was coated with deadly poison.

Deadly poison?

The killer really wanted Feng Chuyue dead.

I've gone through Feng Chuyue's

recent articles in Jinghua Tabloid.

Here's one of them.

"Violet Nightclub's new singer, Chen Ailian's"

"tumultuous journey from Qingdao to Shanghai"

He did a whole article on that.

But why?

I checked the papers from Qingdao and found this.

"Gifted singer Cheng Ailin"

"puts an end to abusive arranged marriage."

"Stabs husband and disappears into the night."

Chen Ailian...

Cheng Ailin...

Interesting.

This could be what Feng Chuyue had on her.

Well done, Xiao'an.

Also, our men stationed at An Residence said

Miss Su took off with one of our suspects.

Again?

Inspector Wang is going after them.

Forget it... he won't be able to catch up.

Miss Su is free as a bird.

She doesn't play by the rules.

Go to Violet Nightclub again.

Look into Chen Ailian.

Sure.

Have you asked Taozi out for the movie?

Yes.

But she also has two tickets.

She said Miss Su gave them to her.

She has two tickets too?

So whose tickets are you using?

Miss Su's tickets. She has better seats.

Then... what about my tickets?

What are you going to do with them?

I think you should ask Miss Su out.

Ask her out.

Zhuruo Temple

I'm sorry to disturb you, sir.

I'd like to inquire about someone.

Seek the way of Buddhism

and enlighten all living beings.

A monk goes only by his dharma name.

Sorry to disturb you.

We only know his birth name.

It's An Zixiong.

How do we address you?

I am De An.

An Zixiong

Zixiong.

Amitābha.

Venerable De An.

Your younger brother is wanted by the police.

He could really use with your help.

You're alive!

I know you were at Violet Nightclub

a couple of nights ago.

Yes, I was.

I saw Ziyu but I couldn't talk to him.

I didn't want to stand out

so I had to put on a hat and a scarf.

Feng Chuyue knew I was alive

and used it to blackmail our mother.

He threatened to expose our secret.

Mother was terrified

and had been paying him off.

That's why I was there that night to...

Kill him?

Amitābha.

What a sin. How can a monk kill?

I just wanted to convince him to stop.

Did you pay him off?

I had no choice.

I gave him a roll of cash.

There was no amount of money

you could pay Feng Chuyue to go away.

His greed knew no bounds.

That's why he was murdered.

Now Ziyu has a motive to want him dead.

Violet Nightclub

- Wait outside. -Got it.

Bravo!

I don't get it.

Why am I doing here, Inspector?

Not to sing, that's for sure.

Miss Chen Ailian.

Or should I say... Miss Cheng Ailin.

What are you getting at?

You know what I'm getting at, Miss Cheng.

What do you think you're doing?

You have no right to detain my wife!

Ailian, don't be afraid. You did nothing wrong.

They have no right to detain you.

You may be the expert in music

but I'm the expert on law.

I'd like to remind you

this is the police station.

Wait outside.

You can question her before me.

We have no secrets between us.

I'm fine with that if you are.

Wending, why don't you wait outside?

Don't worry. I'll be fine.

But why? You didn't do anything wrong.

You don't need to be afraid.

Ailian hasn't done anything illegal.

You have no right to detain her.

I have to remind the both of you.

According to our laws

bigamy is illegal.

Me? Bigamy? That's ridiculous.

Don't listen to him, Ailian.

I wasn't referring to you, Mr Wu.

The law doesn't allow

a woman to have two husbands.

What... do you mean?

Wending, it's not what you think.

L-L-Listen to me.

Are you saying...

It was a marriage arranged by my parents

when I was a child.

I don't love him, Wending.

You said you loved me

but you were married to another man all this time!

I was only 16 back then.

It wasn't up to me, Wending.

You lied to me.

No...

Miss Chen Ailian

previously known as Cheng Ailin in Qingdao

wed Fan Guanghui from Yantai

in an arranged marriage.

Last June, you got in a fight with your husband.

You stabbed him and fled.

No one has heard from Cheng Ailin since.

Who are you?

What else are you keeping from me?

That's all, Wending.

Wending, I didn't tell you my past

because I was afraid I'd lose you.

Trust me, Wending.

You're the only man I love.

I mean it.

Nothing will change my feelings for you.

I must've been blind!

Wending!

- You lied to me! -What are you doing?

- This is a police station. -It's OK...

We're friends. It's nothing...

Wending, calm down.

You knew and you lied to me!

Listen. That was an arranged marriage.

A remnant of the feudal society.

Why didn't you tell me she was married?

How could you let us get married?

You're a match made in heaven.

You belong together.

Besides, you fell for each other.

I merely gave you a nudge.

You wanted us married so we'll stay

and make more money for you, isn't it?

Of course not!

No, don't!

- No... -What's going on?

This is the police station!

Fine. Just you wait and see.

Interrogation Room

Tell us about Feng Chuyue.

He found out about your secret

and blackmailed you, didn't he?

What he wanted from me wasn't money.

Gifted singer Cheng Ailin

puts an end to abusive arranged marriage

I thought he'd leave me alone

after he got what he wanted

but it only made him greedy for more.

So you decided to get rid of him for good.

No.

I wanted that bastard dead

but I didn't want to go to jail for him.

So you didn't kill Feng Chuyue?

Of course not.

My husband and I are both innocent.

Miss Chen.

We found this.

It was in your dressing room.

I didn't know you'd find it so quickly.

So you think I'm the murderer?

Are you?

Fine.

I'll be honest with you.

Yes, I killed that son of a gun.

And I don't regret it.

I had finally escaped the hell

that was my arranged marriage.

I met a man I love and I was finally happy.

Until that bastard showed up.

He ruined my family, my marriage

and everything that I've worked so hard for!

I would kill him a thousand times over!

Where did you hide this

on the night of the murder?

Here.

I told you as much.

But you didn't dare to search me.

If you had done it

I'd have stabbed you.

So you study music here?

Music is profound.

A good musician

plays from the heart with ease.

Without a word spoken.

A good listener understands from the heart

without a word exchanged.

It's something inexplicable.

To play from the heart...

with ease.

Without a word spoken.

I need to return to Shanghai.

It's still dark out.

Wenli.

If you're going back, I'll coming with you.

Ziyu.

You should stay here a little longer.

Every day I spend hiding from the law

is another day Lianwen spends in holding.

And another day Mother spends worrying.

This can't carry on. I must go back, Wenli.

You are right.

You're braver than I am.

Miss Su...

Wait.

Erm... Inspector?

Mr Inspector, I went to pray in Hangzhou

and brought you the person you wanted.

Mr Inspector.

I came to prove that Tu Lianwen is innocent.

He is. And so are you.

While the both of you were praying in Hangzhou

someone turned herself in.

Who?

Chen Ailian, the singer from Violet Nightclub.

She said she stabbed him to death with a dart

when she walked past him that night.

May I know where our Queen of Jazz is right now?

Miss Su, I've told the police everything.

I want to ask you how you killed Feng Chuyue.

I stabbed him in the chest with a dart.

I told the police that.

Say this is the dart.

Show us how you did it.

Pretend Inspector Luo is Feng Chuyue.

I was holding a wine glass

and walking through the crowd.

When I walked past him

I stabbed him like this.

Are you sure? Do it again.

I did it like this. I remember it clear as day.

Thank you, Miss Chen.

I love listening to you sing.

Your voice doesn't lie.

Where did you get the poison?

What poison?

Her angle of attack is all wrong.

Dr Han was sure the murder weapon

entered perpendicular to the skin.

As for the angle of entry, I believe

it's perpendicular to the skin.

Are you saying she didn't kill him?

She didn't know the weapon was coated in poison.

Most killers would discard the murder weapon.

But she didn't. She wiped it clean

and hid it behind her mirror.

Why did she do that?

Tell me why.

So that the police would find it.

I'm guessing she did it to protect someone.

- Who? -The man she loves.

Violet Nightclub

The floor was just waxed. Clean it well.

Zhang, yesterday, this plate...

Mr Wu.

We're here about Feng Chuyue's murder case.

Are you ever not?

What does it have to do with me?

We'll talk when the inspector gets here.

We think the real murder weapon is here.

You can't prove I'm the murderer.

You're too impatient.

We didn't say it was you.

We found the murderer.

Your wife, Chen Ailian

admitted to killing Feng Chuyue.

Ailian? That's impossible.

I don't believe you.

This is her testimony.

In black and white with her signature.

She admitted to everything.

Feng Chuyue found out that

she has a husband in Qingdao

and he demanded sexual favours from her

in exchange for his silence.

She didn't want anyone to know

and she didn't want to lose you.

So she had no choice but to comply.

Feng Chuyue was a vile bully

but killing him is a crime nonetheless.

Chen Ailian will be charged with

first degree murder.

No. This is all wrong!

Why...

Why would she confess to murder?

You're asking why?

She did it for love.

Some people would stop at nothing

to get their way in the name of love.

While some would sacrifice themselves for it.

She didn't kill anyone.

She didn't do it!

Who killed Feng Chuyue then?

I wonder if you are deserving of Ailian's love?

It was me.

I killed him.

Back when we first started performing here

at Violet Nightclub

Feng Chuyue would drop in

almost every other day.

I could tell from the way he looked at Ailian

that he had a thing for her.

One day, Ailian was at home.

When I reached home after my gig

I saw...

I saw Feng Chuyue leaving my house.

I was heartbroken.

Ailian insisted nothing happened

but I didn't believe her.

Feng Chuyue wouldn't leave her alone.

He just wouldn't stop.

Ailian even tried to smooth things over

by speaking well of him.

I was convinced

they were having an affair.

That's why you decided to kill Feng Chuyue?

But that's impossible, Inspector Luo.

Wending was onstage

playing the trumpet that night.

How could he have killed Feng Chuyue?

Excellent question, Mr Qi.

Mr Wu, you're a very clever man.

The crux of this case is figuring out

how to kill someone in front of a crowd

while remaining hidden from the public eye.

This poster in the dressing room clued me in.

These are marks left by darts.

You share the dressing room with your wife.

One of you had been practising dart throwing.

I recall Mr Qi claiming that

you're the best trumpet player in Asia.

But I remember you played two notes wrong

on the night of the murder.

That got me thinking...

perhaps there was something

hidden in the trumpet mute.

Pardon me.

I'm not a professional trumpet player

unlike Mr Wu who plays every day

and has much better lung capacity.

When Ailian realised you were the murderer

she took the murder weapon right away

and hid it somewhere obvious

so the police would find it and suspect her.

I'm wrong.

I thought Ailian had a change of heart.

You're such a foolish man.

You love music.

Couldn't you hear

the love she has for you in her singing?

She was surrounded by all kinds of men.

The rich and the powerful.

They buzzed around her like bees.

I hated it.

You men are such strange creatures.

You need a woman to proclaim her love

to feel reassured.

Taozi.

W-W-What are you looking at?

You look a little different today.

D-Do I look weird?

Not at all... you look really pretty.

Thank you.

It's all thanks to my little red treasure chest.

What... treasure chest?

It's a box full of treasures.

- The show is starting. -What treasures?

What did you do with the other two tickets?

I told Inspector Luo to ask Miss Su to the movies.

Are they here?

I don't know.

Turn around and look. Row 18.

Row 18?

Oh my.

Looking for me, Inspector?

Please have a seat.

I've been pondering over this all day.

How did you so brilliantly figure out

the trumpet player's ingenious way

of committing murder?

That's all thanks to An Zixiong.

No.

I should say, Venerable De An.

Does this monk throw darts?

No, he doesn't

but he knows a lot about music.

Music is profound. A good musician

plays from the heart with ease.

A good listener understands from the heart

without a single word exchanged.

It reminded me that

while I was dancing that night

Wu Wending got a few notes wrong

just when Feng Chuyue collapsed.

Such mistakes shouldn't happen to

a great trumpet player like him.

He got a few notes wrong?

You must be a connoisseur of music yourself.

What's this?

More compromising photos of your friends

we found under the floorboards

in Feng Chuyue's house.

I wouldn't look if I were you.

So what do you want me to do with this?

Destroy it.

This isn't how you usually operate.

Well, it's how you operate, Miss Su.

Thank you.

Didn't you sprain your ankle that day?

You little liar.