Reset (2022): Season 1, Episode 14 - A Five Year Old Mystery - full transcript

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JIALIN PUBLIC
TRANSPORT GROUP LTD.

WANG XINGDE

Yes.

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Everything is done now.

It's obvious what happened.

We have to do what
needs to be done, right?

All right. All the necessary
procedures are done.

There won't be
any more disputes.



- Yes.
- That's good for both sides.

Yes.

Mr. Wang, do you have
any other requests?

You can tell me directly.

We can discuss it.

Isn't that right?

12TH GRADE, CLASS 8

Who did it?

Who? What happened?

- What happened?
- I don't know either.

Take it out.

Take it out.

Ms. Tao.

I posted an on-screen comment
to retort against them.



Where is it?

I really posted it.

There are too many comments.

It's covered up.

SHE MUST'VE LEFT
HER BRAIN AT HOME

ENOUGH ABOUT THIS

NOW THAT SHE'S DEAD, SHE HAS
A CHANCE TO FIX HER BRAIN

I wanted to buy fish,
but they weren't fresh.

Let's make do with what we have.

The school called.

The head of the school and the
teachers are concerned about you.

They told you to take a break.

Turn off the ringtone.

Stay still.

Can you sit down?

Can we talk?

You haven't answered me yet.

On the day of our
daughter's accident,

she called you twice.

You didn't pick up.

Why?

Why didn't you answer?

Let me ask you.

Did your daughter
call you often?

No.

Because she knows you're
always on the road,

so it might be dangerous.

Did she call me often?

No.

Because I'm a good teacher.

I never bring my phone to class.

But that day,

at 1:42 p.m.

and 1:44 p.m.,

right before she
got off the bus,

she called you twice.

But you didn't pick up.

I want to know why.

Look at me.

Answer me.

Why didn't you answer either of
your daughter's calls for help?

It was a call for help!

Look at me.

Look at me!

What a great dad.

Your daughter
asked you for help,

but you just ignored her.

You didn't care about her life.

You're an accomplice.

1:44 p.m.

I have a really bad memory now.

I'm afraid I'll forget.

I'm afraid you'll forget too.

Do you know

why she called you?

Do you know why she called you?

She must have run into trouble

on the bus.

It must have been something
she couldn't solve.

She got scared.

But you didn't answer.

You could have saved her.

You could have saved
your own daughter,

but you didn't
answer your phone.

We're both murderers!

Tell me what in
the world happened.

Tell me what in
the world happened.

They all know,

- but they don't want to tell me.
- Yinghong.

They are all hiding it from me.

Yinghong.

Let's go to Jialin.

Okay.

I'll pack my things now.

How many times have I told you?

You can't park in the fire lane.

Yes, Mr. Yang.

Are you a job applicant?

Here. Have a seat.

Come.

Let me have a look.

Sir.

Have we met before?

Or did you come to our public
transport company before?

I don't think so.

Have some water.

I'm sure I've seen
you somewhere.

Mr. Yang, I'll get back to work.

Don't forget what I told you.

Mr. Wang.

I've had a look at your résumé.

Did you work in the transport unit
for a state enterprise in Jiaodao?

Let me ask you one more thing.

You're already at this age.

Why do you want
to work in Jialin?

I moved here with my
wife due to her transfer.

I see.

But Mr. Wang,

your pay here in Jialin

won't be as good as
your old company.

You need to consider
that carefully.

How about this?

There is a new tourist
route to Binhai in Jialin.

Are you interested?

I want to have Route 45.

Route 45?

It seems you know
Jialin quite well.

I heard it's not an easy route.

That's true.

It's indeed not easy.

We usually put experienced
drivers on that route.

It's a longer route

and a lot of trouble happens.

What?

Are you sure you want
to do Route No. 45?

I've been a driver
for so many years.

I've never had an accident
or any violations.

How could they not recognize me?

Mengmeng has only been
gone for 174 days.

How could they
forget everything?

Those people…

are all garbage.

Eat up.

There's still a
lot of work to do.

Are you okay?

You came back after all.

Look at this. Do you
still want to continue?

Are you really okay?

I'm fine.

Do you know how
the fire started?

I succeeded.

I dreamed of Mengmeng.

She told us…

to live a good life.

- Tomorrow is Tomb-Sweeping Day.
- You can live a good life.

Let's go see her.

You can live on.

You're a good driver.

You find joy in helping others.

You're a good Samaritan.
People trust you.

You can start over and choose
the way you want to live.

I'm fine with that.

We can get divorced anytime.

I can set you free
whenever you want.

Let's go and see Mengmeng, okay?

It has been five years.
Why can't you let it go?

Have you let go?

Can you let it go?

You have two choices.

Either we stay together

or you hurry and leave Jialin.

Choose.

Go.

Hurry back to your dormitory.

I'll be fine.

Go.

Go.

Go.

Goodbye, Mr. Nice Guy of Jialin.

Go.

Ms. Du.

We're almost done gathering
evidence from Gangwu New Village.

We even found online
transaction records of chemicals

in Tao Yinghong's computer.

We've sent the order to the
tech team for verification.

They lurked for four years

to make a bomb

just for this fiasco today.

Ms. Du.

We've checked the
records from Jiaodao.

Wang Xingde, his wife, and
the two youngsters on the bus

never crossed paths before.

Do you think there
will be another loop?

I don't know.

But I keep having this feeling
that it's not over yet.

It's not supposed
to end like this.

The only thing we can do now

is to try and find
out the truth.

That way, no matter
what happens after,

if we at least know the truth,

we'll have the key to solving
this, giving us the upper hand.

But we can't leave now.
How can we investigate?

I was thinking

that we could ask my
guidance counselor.

Actually, when I found out Wang
Mengmeng went to my university,

I wanted to find her.

But I never had the chance.

Her accident caused such
a big commotion back then.

The university teachers
should know something, right?

Let's ask her.

Li Shiqing.

Ms. Wu.

You brat.

This was a serious accident.
Why didn't you call me sooner?

- Are you hurt?
- I'm fine.

Did you call your family?

I haven't had the time.

I'm really okay.

You were just riding on a bus.

How did you run
into such a thing?

Well…

Hello.

He's my boyfriend.

We were together when the
incident happened on the bus.

Have a seat. Don't
just stand there.

Are you really okay?

Did you confirm with the doctor?

I'm fine. I'm safe
and sound, aren't I?

Why don't you do a full checkup?

I'm really fine. Don't worry.

I'm relieved then.

You scared me.

I almost passed out when
I answered your call.

Why is it the
Route 45 bus again?

"Again"?

Did something else
happen on Route 45?

When I first started working
as a counselor five years ago,

the Route 45 bus

also had an accident.

The victim of the accident was
also a student I looked after.

You looked after her?

Right when she got off the bus,

she was hit by a truck.

She died on the spot.

I had nightmares for
a month back then.

I kept dreaming
about that afternoon

when the police called
me to identify her body.

Thank goodness.

Nothing happened
to you this time.

Ms. Wu.

Was the student
you just mentioned…

named Wang Mengmeng?

Record the statements
of the other passengers.

I'll take care of
those two youngsters.

- No. In your condition...
- Don't worry.

I won't cross the line.

I know what to do.

What did you say?

That's right.

The driver of the bus today
is Wang Mengmeng's dad.

How is that possible?

Mengmeng got into an
accident on a Route 45 bus.

Why did her dad…

It has already been five years.

How did you know Mengmeng?

She takes the Route
45 bus all the time,

so she knows the driver.

He told her himself.

Yes.

Moreover, when we
were on the bus,

Wang Mengmeng's parents
were very agitated.

It sounded like they've been
wanting to investigate something.

If the police hadn't
gotten there in time,

I can't imagine
the consequences.

So Ms. Wu,

can you tell us

exactly what happened back then?

Why did those two want to drag
the whole bus to death with them?

I actually don't
know the details.

But I know

that Mengmeng's parents never
asked the university for anything.

The police closed the case
soon after the accident.

They signed a settlement
agreement too.

After that,

I stopped following
their situation.

What about the
situation on the bus?

Were there any other students?

Did they see anything?

Or…

There must've been a lot of
chatter about it at university.

That's enough.

Stay out of it.

I think this is something I
should be telling the police.

STAY TRUE TO YOUR
ORIGINAL ASPIRATIONS

REMEMBER YOUR MISSION

Ms. Du.

Ms. Du.

We've reported the results of the
interrogations to Director Xia.

Xiaoyuan is currently visiting
the witnesses on the bus

for their statements.

What about the two youngsters
who called the police?

Jiang Feng has been watching
them at the hospital.

I'll call him.

There must be a
problem with those two.

Come back.

I know.

After losing Mr. Zhang,

we're all holding in
a lot of emotions.

But we have to stay calm
at a time like this.

Don't jump to conclusions.

Got it?

I got it.

I got it.

Go.

After the accident
happened that year,

there were a lot of posts
about Wang Mengmeng's incident

on the university forum.

But later on, the
administrator locked them all.

The university wouldn't allow
any more discussion on this.

Ms. Wu, so…

What kind of girl
was Wang Mengmeng?

Mengmeng was a very good kid.

She was a bit of an introvert.

She didn't like
interacting with others,

so she didn't have many friends.

But she definitely wasn't the
type to unreasonably cause trouble

and demand to get off in
the middle of the road.

That's what Wang
Xingde said too.

Ms. Wu.

Can we still see those posts
on the university forum?

The posts have been locked.

I don't have the
authority either.

You might have to find the administrator
of the university network center.

Ms. Wu, I hope you can cooperate
with our investigation.

I think I need to ask
my boss for permission.

We can't wait for the approval.

I'll take responsibility for
whatever happens. Let's go.

Let's go to the university now.

I'm coming too.

Mr. Jiang.

I know you still
have doubts about us.

But can you trust
us just this once?

Just…

Just trust us once,
like Mr. Zhang did.

There are officers
on duty outside.

Contact us if anything happens.

INPATIENT DEPARTMENT

HOW COULD THERE BE SUCH AN
IDIOT AT OUR UNIVERSITY?

THE BUS WILL PROBABLY
BE HAUNTED BY HER SPIRIT

WAS SHE HALLUCINATING
DUE TO DRUGS?

Why are they all poking
fun at her death?

Wang Mengmeng was the victim.

Why did they curse
her like that?

It's anonymous after all.

They feel they don't have to take
responsibility for their words.

Let me take a look
at the third comment.

Okay.

Yes, this one.

Put it in speaker mode.

XIAO HEYUN

Shiqing, take a look
at the 45th comment.

Go to the 45th comment.

SHE WASN'T A PSYCHO! SHE
ENCOUNTERED A PERVERT ON THE BUS!

Yes.

"She wasn't a psycho.

She encountered a
pervert on the bus."

This person sounds so certain.

It's probably not a guess.

This was posted three days
after Wang Mengmeng's accident.

The thread was locked that day,

so not many people
would've seen it.

Let me see the
comments after that.

YOU'RE TALKING LIKE YOU SAW IT
YOURSELF. ARE YOU DELUSIONAL?

IS IT TRUE JUST
BECAUSE YOU SAY SO?

I'LL BELIEVE YOU IF
YOU SHOW US EVIDENCE

YOU'RE SO GOOD AT
WRITING STORIES

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND ANYONE
FROM OUR SCHOOL IN THE VIDEO

SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE CALLED THE
POLICE IF THERE WAS A PERVERT?

DEVILS DON'T HAVE A CONSCIENCE

THAT'S LIKE KILLING
HER INDIRECTLY

THOSE WHO TURN A BLIND
EYE DESERVE TO DIE TOO

Seeing all these comments,

even if this person knows something,
they wouldn't dare to come forward.

Hold on.

This person's IP address

is the same as a
lot of the users.

I think it was posted
from the dormitories too.

Can we find out which
building it was?

Can you look into it for us?

Okay, hold on.

I got it.

It's Building 3, Room 324.

Ms. Wu.

Can you help us check all the
users at this IP address back then?

It was such a long time ago.

The school keeps updating
the student records.

In such a short time,

I can only try my best
to find them for you.

We can help you find them.

Ms. Wu.

This is urgent.

This case has created
a huge social impact.

We lost an officer
because of this.

I have to find out
the entire story.

Wang Mengmeng's motive
for getting off the bus

is what caused this tragedy.

Ms. Wu.

I hope you can
understand our job.

Li Shiqing, I'll send a car

to take you to the station to
assist with the investigation.

I'll take care of
the rest by myself.

Mr. Jiang.

You're a police officer.

If the insider feels pressured

when you talk to them,

they may choose to remain
silent or run away again.

But I'm a student.

If I talk to them,

they won't feel any pressure.

So…

You need someone like me
to interview them for you.

Hello, Jiang Feng.

What's going on?

The people at the
hospital said you left.

Aren't you bringing the two who
called the police back here?

Where are you now?

I have a new lead

that I need to look into.

What new lead?

I'll report to
Ms. Du right away.

It's about a witness on
the Route 45 bus back then.

Why didn't you report
such an important thing?

Where are you? We'll
send backups right away.

I don't need help yet.

I'll return to the station
as soon as I find them.

JIALIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS TELEVISION STATION

Building 3, Room 324
is a girls' dormitory.

All the information
from that year is here.

Let's split this up.

- Okay.
- Here.

324…

Here it is.

324.

GONG RUOXI, LIU YAO, JIANG JIANG,
ZOU YANRAN, LIU TINGHONG, JIA YINYIN

Liu Yao.

Liu Yao, something
terrible happened.

What's wrong? Slow
down. Don't fall.

Look.

A Route 45 bus exploded.

Let me tell you.

I used to take this
bus all the time.

I'm kind of scared now
that I think about it.

Liu Yao.

Liu Yao, what's wrong?

I'm fine.

It's time for you
to go. Hurry home.

Okay.

Don't stay too late.

- I'll go after I crunch these numbers.
- Okay, I'll get going then.

- Bye.
- Okay, bye.

BOMB ON BUS EXPLODES, AN OFFICER
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY

THE POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT,
SAYING A BOMB WAS ON THE BUS

JIALIN POLICE IMMEDIATELY SET
UP A ROADBLOCK TO STOP THE BUS

THANK YOU, HERO

SLOW PHOTO STUDIO

Sorry, we're closed.

Liu Yao.

Ms. Wu.

Can we talk?

On May 16th, 5 years ago,

you left a comment on
our university forum.

It was around 3 a.m.

Take a look.

Do you remember?

We want to know

why you wrote this reply.

Do you know something?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I didn't post this.

The port of our school forum
connects to every dorm.

I asked your roommate.

That night, you were the only
one still surfing the Internet.

You asked my roommate?

What do you want?

Liu Yao, don't be nervous.

We really just want to know

what made you write this?

Did you see or hear something?

No. I don't know.

I just made it up.

Ms. Liu.

Please cooperate.

This is related to a bus
explosion that happened today.

Who are you?

- You called the police?
- Please cooperate with our investigation.

I'll say it again.

This is related to a bus
explosion that happened today.

Explosion?

What do you mean?

What do I have to do
with the explosion today?

Liu Yao.

I was on that bus today.

The culprits behind the explosion
are Wang Mengmeng's parents.

They're taking revenge on society
for Wang Mengmeng's death.

Someone died in the explosion.

Do you know how serious this is?

Please don't hide
the truth anymore.

Liu Yao.

As for what happened back then,

if you know anything else,

please be honest.

I promise you.

No one will blame you.

It's easy for you to say.

Does your promise mean anything?

Why should I believe you?

I'm your teacher.

Of course I have to protect you.

Yes, at school,

you can indeed protect me.

But what about
outside the school?

If such promises actually help,

then why did Wang Mengmeng
still get criticized back then?

If I remember correctly,

her mom is a teacher, right?

You also saw

what all those people
said in those posts.

None of them care whether
you'll be retaliated against.

They only hold you to
the standards of a saint.

So if my information is leaked,

I'll be the one to get blamed.

None of you can help me.

Liu Yao.

I'm a police officer
from the municipal CID.

My name is Jiang Feng.

I promise you

that the police will never reveal
your information to anyone.

Don't be nervous.

We're not here to criticize you.

Liu Yao.

Deep inside,

you want to tell the
truth, don't you?

Otherwise, you wouldn't have
written that reply, right?

All these years,

I'm sure it must've been
hard for you as well.

So tell us.

Let's resolve this together.

Back then,

why did you write that comment?

Five years ago,

when Wang Mengmeng died,

were you on the bus too?

If I tell you,

can you promise me

that I'll definitely be safe?

I swear on my profession.

I was so scared.

I didn't hide
anything on purpose.

I was actually going
to call the police.

But…

I was afraid he
would get back at me.

Who is he?

It was a middle-aged
man with glasses.

He indecently assaulted
Wang Mengmeng.

So you saw it?

Not only did I see it, I…

I even took a picture.

You have a picture?

I took it by accident.

- He even discovered me.
- Do you still have that photo?

Subtitle translation
by: Chloe Chow