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Neighbors, Lies, And Cardboard Episode Episode DramaRush
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00:00Auntie Jung and our complex targets packages at the pickup station.
00:03I lost 31 packages in one month.
00:05Whenever I asked her, she acted all innocent, you old hag.
00:07Why keep stealing my packages?
00:09Who stole anything from you?
00:10Do you have proof?
00:11Then show it.
00:12The security footage caught it all.
00:14You carried my box into the elevator.
00:16How long will you deny it?
00:17Oh, come on.
00:18Everyone, come look.
00:19A college kid is bullying an old lady.
00:22There's no justice.
00:23So I took a cardboard box.
00:24So, somebody help.
00:26Damn, who's that?
00:27No idea.
00:27Looks like someone upstairs.
00:29What's going on?
00:30Lu Ming, you trying to start something?
00:32My mom's old.
00:33So she took the wrong one.
00:34So what?
00:35Fine.
00:36Took the wrong one.
00:37Nice excuse.
00:38Get lost.
00:38Stop bothering us.
00:40Those little plastic pieces in that big box were pretty heavy.
00:44I'll give them to my grandson tomorrow.
00:50Now the show begins.
00:58Nice excuse.
00:59Took the wrong one, huh?
01:03Then from now on, you won't get the chance.
01:10Auntie Zhang, you didn't get a text.
01:11Why are you pushing in?
01:12You're blocking the counter.
01:13Hey, how can you talk to me like that?
01:15I'm checking for my son.
01:17He's never home.
01:18Always busy.
01:19What if his package is stolen?
01:21Will your office pay for it?
01:23Whoa, please.
01:24Isn't this that college kid from last night?
01:26What, today you're bullying us again?
01:28You old hag.
01:29Auntie Zhang, return what you took.
01:31You'd better return it.
01:32Fast.
01:32That's a crime, not a neighbor dispute.
01:35A crime?
01:35Say that to my face again.
01:36You got proof?
01:37Go ahead.
01:38Sue me.
01:39Go ahead.
01:39Arrest me.
01:40Trying to scare me?
01:41You're not there yet.
01:43Well, well, Xiaolu.
01:45I heard about last night, too.
01:46Zhang Zhang can be hot-headed, and I've already scolded him.
01:49Manager Zhao, I'm asking you one last time.
01:51Can you restore the footage?
01:53Even a blurry backup will do.
01:54Come on, Xiaolu.
01:55I'm not refusing to help.
01:56The cameras really are down.
01:58Listen to me.
01:58Let it go.
01:59Next time your packages arrive, I'll have security watch out for them.
02:02All right?
02:02Keep an eye out.
02:03Fine.
02:04Manager Zhao, remember what you said.
02:05If you can't handle it, I won't trouble you anymore.
02:09Auntie Zhang, in the past six months, you've swiped 31 of my packages.
02:14Skincare, power banks.
02:15You even took half of my bulk box of tissues.
02:18I've spoiled you rotten.
02:20Now I'm done playing nice.
02:24Who took my cat food?
02:26Six kilos of imported cat food.
02:27The courier sent a photo.
02:28It was on the bottom shelf.
02:29Where is it?
02:30Xiao Zhang, relax.
02:31Maybe someone took it by mistake.
02:33Text the group and ask, who would take cat food?
02:35You can't eat it.
02:36Who mistakes a six kilo box?
02:38The carton was covered in English.
02:39Manager Zhao, check the cameras.
02:41Now.
02:41We're upgrading the system.
02:43Some areas may have blind spots.
02:45We'll step up patrols.
02:46Step up patrols, huh?
02:47Auntie Zhang, go on.
02:49Steal some more.
02:50Because the more you steal now, the harder you'll pay later.
02:54That little bastard.
02:55Why isn't there a single package today?
02:57Changed your ways?
02:59Lu Ming, no deliveries today?
03:01What?
03:01Too much guilt?
03:02Even heaven won't ship to you anymore?
03:04Auntie Zhang, plenty of packages.
03:05Just not here anymore.
03:07Hope tonight you score big.
03:12Auntie Zhang, keep stealing.
03:14This whole complex is a powder keg, and it's waiting for you to light it.
03:23Auntie Zhang, go on.
03:24Keep stealing.
03:25This whole community is a powder keg, just waiting for you to light it.
03:37Manager Zhao, where are you?
03:38You still haven't found my cat food.
03:40The one I got yesterday, and the vacuum parts box is empty.
03:43And I lost a pair of sneakers for my kid.
03:45That was over 600.
03:47Can anyone live here?
03:48This place is a thieves' den.
03:50Took it by mistake.
03:51Manager Zhao, your people took it again?
03:54Twice in a row?
03:55Do you think I'm an idiot?
03:56Xiao Zhang, don't be so hot-headed.
03:58Don't make such a scene.
03:59What if you blame an elder?
04:00You'll see them in the elevator.
04:01How awkward is that?
04:02Manager Zhao, evidence leaves no room for awkward.
04:05If you vouch for their character, then right now,
04:07take everyone to the security room and seal the past few days' footage,
04:09then hand it to the police.
04:10Oh?
04:11Lu Ming's here too.
04:12Over a few bags of cat food, you're calling the cops?
04:14What if we lose the award this year?
04:16That affects all of us.
04:17I don't care.
04:18My stuff is gone.
04:19How about this?
04:19I'll pay for it myself.
04:21I'll buy you two bags of cat food as compensation.
04:24Stop making trouble, okay?
04:25Fine.
04:26Just keep covering for Auntie Zhang.
04:29Oh?
04:30Isn't this Lu Ming?
04:31What, here to trash us again?
04:32Find your little toy yet?
04:34Not yet, but I will soon.
04:35Soon, my ass.
04:36In your dreams.
04:37Lu Ming, don't get cocky just because you studied for two years.
04:40If you know what's good for you, stay out of my way, or I'll make you regret it.
04:43Nice shoes.
04:44Fit, don't they?
04:47Why do you care if they fit?
04:48Lu Ming, stick your nose in again and I'll deal with you.
04:52Zhang Cheng, go tell your mom to stop being so greedy.
04:55She'll choke on it.
05:16Go on Auntie Zhang, take it.
05:17The total value of all this still isn't enough to file a case, but don't worry.
05:21I'll give you a real gift myself.
05:24Lu Ming, you scared my mom yesterday.
05:27She nearly had a heart attack.
05:28I haven't even come for you yet.
05:30And look at you showing up here as some private detective.
05:32Zhang Cheng, you took someone else's stuff and won't give it back.
05:36And now you're here acting tough.
05:38Is this how the Zhang family home raised you?
05:41Raised me, my ass!
05:42Raised!
05:48Lu Ming, today this is still about that model, right?
05:51Manager Zhao, as I recall, the property handbook says homeowners have the right,
05:54if there's a financial loss with staff present, to view the original footage.
05:57I want to see it now.
05:59Lu Ming, bad timing.
06:00The cameras are down.
06:01Besides, checking footage involves other residents' privacy.
06:04I don't have the authority to just pull it up for you.
06:09Who said I'm here to check footage?
06:11Lu Ming, are you out of your damn mind?
06:16Lu Ming, you scared my mom yesterday.
06:19She nearly had a heart attack.
06:20I haven't even come for you yet.
06:22And look at you, showing up here playing private detective.
06:24Zhang Cheng, you took someone else's stuff and won't give it back.
06:28And now you're here acting tough.
06:30Is this how the Zhang family home raised you?
06:33Raised me, my ass!
06:34Raised!
06:35Let me tell you something.
06:37Around here, my fists are my manners.
06:39Fine.
06:40Manager Zhao, since the cameras are down,
06:42I won't push it.
06:44Zhang Cheng, I hope you stay this tough.
06:48What a coward!
06:50All that schooling rotted your brain, huh?
06:52Everyone, tell me who's right!
06:54That Lu Ming yesterday rushed right up to my door and pointed in my face,
06:59calling me a thief!
07:00I'm a 70-year-old woman.
07:02I picked up a junk cardboard box.
07:04Who did that hurt?
07:05And he insisted I stole his package.
07:08Isn't that extortion?
07:09Oh, please, kids these days.
07:10How can they be like this?
07:12Exactly!
07:13Don't bother with people like him.
07:14He thinks you're an easy mark and wants your pension.
07:18Look, that's him!
07:20That ungrateful little bastard!
07:22Everybody, look!
07:23He's back to bully an old lady again!
07:25Everyone, look!
07:26He's bullying an old lady again!
07:28So this is what you're counting on.
07:30Manager Zhao trying to smooth it over.
07:33Zhang Kong using brute force.
07:35And this whole crowd guilt-tripped into watching.
07:38You thought I'd just swallow it.
07:44Too bad.
07:45You miscalculated one thing.
07:49Auntie Zhang.
07:50Nice performance.
07:51But remember this.
07:52Starting tomorrow, this show gets a bigger stage.
07:55A whole lot bigger.
07:56So big-year-old bones may not pull it off.
08:00Folks, uncles, and aunties.
08:01Go on, keep talking.
08:03Since Auntie Zhang thinks taking things is only natural,
08:05I hope from now on, if you lose something,
08:08you'll be that generous.
08:20Auntie Zhang.
08:21Since you think taking other stuff is finding it,
08:24I'll show you.
08:25Pick up as much as you want.
08:28Coach Wang, mail me a few stealth trackers,
08:31the kind that fit inside a box and are hard to spot.
08:33Yes, and tracer powder, I want the best.
08:36A small spat over a model has turned into
08:38an experiment.
08:40Manager Zhao.
08:42Zhang Cheng.
08:42Auntie Zhang.
08:43If justice can't be found in the surveillance room,
08:45I'll force it out where you're most proud.
08:48I'll make justice show its face.
08:57Sleep.
08:58This may be your last quiet night.
09:04Looming, why send your packages to the office?
09:07It's a pain to take them home.
09:12We've got rats at home lately.
09:14Big ones.
09:14The office is safer.
09:16Based on Auntie Zhang's routine,
09:18she shows up every morning at 9.30
09:19right on time at Parcel Point.
09:21Back then, my name was the one on that shelf
09:23that showed up the most.
09:25The biggest sucker.
09:35Well, that's weird.
09:36That Lou guy's changed these past few days.
09:39Not a single big package.
09:43Auntie Zhang, please don't dig through them.
09:45You'll mix them up.
09:46Which one are you after?
09:47I'm checking for my son.
09:49What's wrong?
09:50Are you saying you lost my package?
09:51I swear there was a big box.
09:53There really isn't.
09:54Nothing for your place today.
09:56You must be mistaken.
09:57See?
09:58Withdrawals kicking in,
09:59she's gotten used to taking packages from me.
10:02Now, to feed that habit,
10:03she'll reach for anyone who looks like an easy mark.
10:07Auntie Zhang moves like a pro,
10:08slipping that rice cooker box into her bag.
10:10No one would guess this is an old lady
10:12playing the bad legs act.
10:14I sneered and shut off the camera.
10:16Congratulations, Auntie Zhang.
10:18That homeowner.
10:19I remember it was building two.
10:21That hot-headed fitness coach.
10:22Wishing you a smooth partnership.
10:24That afternoon, the residence group chat blew up.
10:28Fuck!
10:28Who took the rice cooker I bought for my girlfriend?
10:31The courier just sent me a photo.
10:33Ten minutes.
10:34Just ten fucking minutes.
10:35And it was gone.
10:36Manager Zhao, get your ass out here.
10:38Coach Wang, you got something stolen too?
10:41I just noticed it.
10:43A whole box of imported cherries is gone.
10:45I lost two cans of formula too.
10:47Manager Zhao, this isn't a one-off anymore, is it?
10:50Did our complex get hit by a pro thief?
10:52Everyone calm down.
10:53We've already had security patrol the area.
10:55It might just be a misunderstanding.
10:56Let's handle this internally first.
10:59Handle it my ass!
11:00Manager Zhao, you think I'm easy to push around?
11:03Get it back by tomorrow.
11:04I swear to God,
11:05I'll rip your property office door off its hinges.
11:09Manager Zhao,
11:10didn't you say harmony matters most?
11:12By your logic,
11:12you should tell Coach Wang to let it slide, right?
11:15Yeah, yeah.
11:15Lu Ming said...
11:16Exactly.
11:17Manager Zhao,
11:17didn't you tell Lu Ming that before?
11:19So now, since it's Coach Wang,
11:21it won't work.
11:21So that's it.
11:22You pick your battles, huh?
11:23Lu Ming,
11:24you lost something back then too.
11:26And what happened?
11:26Management just swept it under the rug.
11:28Manager Zhao,
11:29you better give us an answer today.
11:31After work,
11:31back at the complex.
11:33Downstairs,
11:34I ran into Manager Zhao.
11:36Lu Ming,
11:37what did you mean by that message today?
11:39You think things aren't messy enough?
11:41Manager Zhao,
11:42you're wrong.
11:43I'm not stirring up trouble.
11:44If you can't handle it,
11:46then let the rules handle it.
11:48One more thing.
11:49Sleep well tonight,
11:50because someone like Coach Wang
11:52isn't as easygoing as I am.
11:57I've got more cousins
11:58than I can count.
12:02Lu Ming,
12:02empty-handed again today, huh?
12:04Not like my place.
12:05Something's coming through the door every day.
12:07Auntie John,
12:08that rice cooker looks nice.
12:10But let me give you a warning.
12:11Some things might tank the rice.
12:14Pot,
12:14eat slowly.
12:15Don't choke.
12:15I've got strong teeth.
12:17Not like you,
12:17pretty boy.
12:18Useless.
12:19Then go live in that dump of a house.
12:20Me?
12:21I've got plenty of luck.
12:28Take it,
12:29Auntie Zhang.
12:30Every time you bring something home,
12:32you're digging yourself a deeper hole.
12:34And the best part is,
12:35I pulled the bait.
12:36Now who you steal from isn't just me anymore.
12:38It's the whole complex now.
12:40You think you won,
12:41but you've already put yourself
12:43on the whole complex's gallows.
12:45It's about time,
12:46time to add fuel to the fire.
12:49I texted my informant,
12:51Xiao Liu,
12:52a message.
12:52He's been trying to join the HOA committee.
12:55But manager Zhao keeps shutting him down.
12:58Xiao Liu.
12:59Ten.
12:59Shh.
13:00Tomorrow morning,
13:01take some homeowners to complain.
13:03Don't mention Auntie Zhang.
13:04Just say the cameras are down.
13:05Say it put everyone's property at risk
13:07and call to remove the manager.
13:12Manager Zhao,
13:13where the hell are you?
13:14My box of cherries.
13:16It was for a relative in the hospital.
13:18Don't tell me someone took it by mistake.
13:20Who mistakes the whole box with the ice packs?
13:23And the formula I bought for my kid is gone too.
13:26Now the baby's crying from hunger.
13:27What kind of bastard does that?
13:29Manager Zhao,
13:30are you checking the cameras or not?
13:31Mr. Li,
13:32don't bother.
13:33That camera manager Zhao says,
13:35just happened to break.
13:36Won't be fixed until next year's awards,
13:38if we're lucky.
13:40Everyone calm down.
13:42There are lots of seniors here.
13:43Maybe an old neighbor misread it.
13:44We're all neighbors here.
13:45Take a step back,
13:46and it'll all blow over.
13:47Over a few hundred,
13:48it'll hurt our community's reputation
13:50and property values will drop too.
13:52Manager Zhao,
13:53yesterday,
13:54Coach Wang's rice cooker still wasn't found.
13:56Today,
13:57Mr. Li's formula is missing again.
13:58If you think harmony matters more than our property,
14:01then tell the management to set up a safe
14:02so we can lock everything inside.
14:04Or from now on,
14:05when something goes missing
14:06since you think it's nothing anyway, right?
14:08Lu Ming's right.
14:09Manager Zhao,
14:10you keep playing generous with other people's stuff.
14:13It's not your stuff that's missing.
14:14Of course you don't care.
14:15If my rice cooker isn't back by the end of today,
14:18I'll file a complaint about you with HQ.
14:21I close the group chat
14:23and open the package station CCTV.
14:27Look,
14:29that is not some half-blind old lady.
14:32That's a professionally trained mover.
14:36Ma'am,
14:37isn't there something off about that bag?
14:41None of your business.
14:42What are you staring at?
14:44Keep looking and I'll gouge your eyes out.
14:50Go on,
14:51take it,
14:51Auntie Zhang.
14:52Your appetite is so big,
14:54you can't even hide in the blind spots anymore.
14:57Cut the crap, Zhao.
14:59I checked the package station sign-in records.
15:01Only three people came and went in that window.
15:04One of them was that old witch from Building 12.
15:06Auntie Zhang,
15:07don't tell me you're scared to check her.
15:09Coach Wong,
15:10hey,
15:10you can't accuse me without proof.
15:12Manager Zhao,
15:13that's not fair.
15:13If Coach Wong thinks Auntie Zhang took it,
15:15then as the property manager,
15:17you should go to the Zhang family home
15:18and help investigate,
15:19unless you've got some dirty secret
15:21with the Zhang family home.
15:22Lu Ming,
15:23stop stirring things up.
15:24You're still holding a grudge
15:25over that crappy model.
15:26People like you have zero principles.
15:28Whether I do or don't
15:29isn't the point.
15:30What matters is,
15:30if we can't get Coach Wong's rice cooker back today,
15:33who's going to pay property fees after this?
15:35Right, everyone?
15:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.
15:36No explanation.
15:37No fees.
15:49Attorney Han,
15:50what are you doing back?
15:53Manager Zhao,
15:53I got a text from the parcel station
15:55saying my legal case file was signed for.
15:57So I went to check
15:58and it wasn't on the shelf.
16:00Since you said the cameras are down,
16:01that's fine.
16:02I'm already on my way.
16:04I already called a friend at the station.
16:05I don't care who took it.
16:07I'm not settling this.
16:08I'll personally send him to jail.
16:09He's looking at at least three years.
16:11Finally, Auntie Zhang,
16:13you thought you were stealing cardboard boxes.
16:15But what you really stole
16:17is something you've never seen.
16:19Tears behind bars.
16:23Don't rush, Attorney Han.
16:25It could be a misunderstanding.
16:31Manager Zhao,
16:32from this moment on,
16:33everything you say
16:33can be used as evidence in court.
16:35The repair request
16:36for the damaged cameras,
16:37last month's missing item logs,
16:38plus what you just said
16:39to dodge responsibility
16:40is goooool.
16:43I'll verify it all.
16:44And if I find property management enabled it,
16:47I'll sue you too.
16:47Auntie Zhang,
16:48that'll be the priciest pile of waste paper
16:50you've ever taken.
16:51Take your time.
16:52Cops are on their way.
17:10My wedding's next month,
17:12and my dress is gone.
17:13It was my custom wedding dress.
17:15It went missing at the partial station today.
17:17Manager Zhao,
17:18you're saying it was a mix-up?
17:20Who accidentally takes a wedding dress?
17:22Don't be upset, Ms. Chen.
17:23Manager Zhao will explain it to you.
17:25Keeping the neighbors happy matters most.
17:27It's just a wedding dress.
17:28It's nothing next to that
17:29excellent property plaque.
17:31It's nothing.
17:32Right, Manager Zhao?
17:36Zhao, get out here!
17:37Attorney Han's stuff is missing.
17:39You played dead
17:39when Ms. Chen's dress went missing.
17:41Now you're playing dead again.
17:43Did you split it with the thief?
17:48We've already called in more staff.
17:50The cameras are being fixed overnight.
17:53Please trust our sincerity.
17:55Sincerity?
17:57The kind where the cameras were broken
17:59for three months
18:00and you never noticed?
18:20Aunty Zhang eyes a white box.
18:22She rips off the packing tape.
18:24Inside is a white wedding dress
18:26studded with rhinestones.
18:28She quickly stuffs the dress
18:30into a bag.
18:31Look at her.
18:32This is the forgetful old lady
18:34Manager Zhao mentioned.
18:35Every move she makes
18:37reeks of practiced greed.
18:38She's not picking through trash.
18:40She's bleeding her neighbors dry.
18:42And her precious son,
18:43Zhang Qiang,
18:44is probably out in the hall right now,
18:46scouting their next target
18:47for his mom.
18:54Lu Ming,
18:55can I have a word?
18:56Come in.
18:59I know you've got something on you.
19:01I've been keeping an eye on you.
19:03Whenever you pass the package station,
19:05your eyes sweep over
19:06those inconspicuous corners.
19:08You're a designer.
19:09Your feel for space gave you away.
19:11In those blind spots,
19:12you've got cameras, don't you?
19:14Attorney Han,
19:14I don't know what you mean.
19:16I'm just an ordinary victim.
19:17I lost a model.
19:18Lu Ming,
19:19let's be honest.
19:20My original contract is tied
19:21to a multi-billion M&A deal.
19:23To Auntie Zhang,
19:23what she took is just scrap paper.
19:25To me,
19:25it's a career-ending disaster.
19:27This is the criminal complaint I drafted.
19:28Give me your footage.
19:29I'll owe you a favor.
19:30Attorney Han,
19:31it's not enough yet.
19:32Auntie Zhang stole a lot,
19:33but most of it was piecemeal.
19:35It might end with a few days' detention.
19:37Do you really think that mother and son
19:38will change over a few days inside?
19:40So you're waiting for it to blow up
19:43until the damage can't be undone,
19:45until the crowd is at a boil,
19:46and Manager Zhao doesn't dare step in anymore.
19:49Then comes the fatal blow.
19:51Right,
19:52Attorney Han?
19:55Lu Ming,
19:56I like working with smart people.
19:59You're right.
20:00The damage can't be undone.
20:02The judge will come down hard.
20:05I'll give her a little more time.
20:14Auntie Zhang,
20:15Attorney Han has already put the noose around your neck.
20:18And me?
20:19I'm just here to kick the stool out from under you.
20:22If property management wants to play both sides
20:25and you want to throw your weight around,
20:27then I'll turn this mess
20:28into the swamp that buries you.
20:40Lu Ming didn't wake you, did he?
20:41About that model the other day,
20:43property management did drop the ball.
20:45I brought something by to apologize.
20:47Manager Zhao,
20:48that's generous of you,
20:49but I'm not who you should be worried about right now.
20:52You should worry about Attorney Han upstairs.
20:55Attorney Han,
20:56if we can't recover that dossier today,
20:58Manager Zhao won't be able to cover it up.
21:03This afternoon,
21:04we'll audit the property office accounts.
21:06Audit the books?
21:07Yeah.
21:08We have to.
21:08Neighbors,
21:09I've noticed a pattern.
21:10Every time a package goes missing,
21:12it's when the station's quietest.
21:14Check who's around then,
21:16the usual faces who hang around the station.
21:18Lu Ming's right.
21:19That Auntie Zhang is there every single day.
21:22Manager Zhao's always covering for her.
21:24Something's definitely going on.
21:26I went to ask Auntie Zhang yesterday
21:27and she called me a slut.
21:29That woman's seriously sick.
21:31Now the fun begins.
21:38Coach Wang,
21:40this stack of paper's heavy.
21:41Make sure you weigh it right.
21:42And this white gauze too.
21:43How much will you pay for it?
21:45It doesn't weigh much.
21:46Two then.
21:48Two?
21:49A custom wedding dress for $30,000
21:52and to Auntie Zhang,
21:53it's worth two.
21:54I hit record,
21:56capturing the fencing clear as day.
22:01Auntie Zhang,
22:02if you're still that blind box fanatic,
22:05you won't pass up a target
22:06that looks this valuable.
22:09Just an hour ago,
22:10a package I mailed to myself
22:12showed as delivered.
22:15In that box,
22:16I didn't put anything valuable.
22:18I put in a bottle of custom tracer powder.
22:21It's colorless when dry,
22:23but turns deep purple on contact with sweat
22:26and it's hard to wash off.
22:44Manager Zhao,
22:45you're saying the cameras are down again?
22:47What?
22:48Are your cameras dying
22:49every day with this maintenance?
22:52Coach Wang,
22:52please calm down.
22:53Please calm down.
22:54I've already called customer service.
22:56Everyone,
22:57give it a minute.
22:57Maybe a neighbor grabbed it by mistake.
22:59Manager Zhao,
23:01no need to wait.
23:02The one who took it
23:03will show their face soon enough.
23:05Lu Ming,
23:06what are you doing now?
23:10Well, well,
23:11people are losing things again.
23:12If you ask me,
23:13this place has a fox spirit in it,
23:16stealing all the pretty stuff.
23:17Kids these days
23:18can't even watch their packages
23:19and they just dump it on Manager Zhao.
23:22You've got great management.
23:23You've got no manners at all.
23:24Auntie Zhang,
23:25your hand.
23:26Did you go slaughter a pig?
23:28Well,
23:29I was doing laundry just now
23:31and some cheap street market clothes
23:32bled dye.
23:33Yeah,
23:34it bled.
23:35The dye ran.
23:37Auntie Zhang,
23:37what kind of clothes bleed like this?
23:40It's not just your hand.
23:41Even your elbow is purple now.
23:43Lu Ming,
23:43stop talking nonsense.
23:45Auntie Zhang probably just
23:46got it from doing chores earlier.
23:47Auntie Zhang,
23:48go home and wash up quick.
23:49No need to wash.
23:51Manager Zhao,
23:52if you had any common sense,
23:54you'd know in a high security lab,
23:56we use chemical markers
23:57to reveal traces.
23:58This powder only activates
24:00on contact with sealed items
24:01and lights up.
24:03Auntie Zhang,
24:04explain this.
24:04Why are your hands
24:05showing the exact same reaction color
24:07as the 80,000 confidential file
24:09I just lost
24:10from the inside of it?
24:11That's bullshit.
24:12You suit-wearing liar.
24:13I didn't take your file.
24:15I just picked up Lu Ming's box.
24:16I thought it was...
24:17You thought it was what?
24:19Auntie Zhang,
24:20listen to me.
24:20That box was empty
24:21except for concentrated
24:22tracer powder.
24:23I made it just for
24:24sticky-fingered neighbors
24:24like you.
24:25So it was you.
24:26Auntie Zhang,
24:27you old witch.
24:28My rice cooker
24:28and Xiao Zhang's cat food,
24:30are they at your place?
24:31Your hands are proof enough.
24:32What is this?
24:33You want to fight?
24:34Touch my mom.
24:35I dare you.
24:36Her hands are dirty.
24:37So what?
24:38Lu Ming,
24:38you set my mom up.
24:39I'll cripple you.
24:40You hear me?
24:41Set you up?
24:42Zhang Zhang.
24:43If she hadn't stolen,
24:45that powder would never
24:46be on your mom's hands.
24:48Now everyone in the complex,
24:49the whole community
24:50knows she's a thief now.
24:54Manager Zhao,
24:55still going to keep
24:56the peace with the neighbors?
25:00Police will be here
25:01in three minutes.
25:02Auntie Zhang,
25:02that purple mark
25:03will stay on your hand
25:04for at least three days.
25:05For those three days,
25:06it'll be the perfect
25:07piece of evidence.
25:08Get ready to scrub it off
25:09in jail.
25:11Set up!
25:12Lu Ming,
25:13set me up!
25:13Manager Zhao,
25:14say something!
25:15You know me!
25:16I'm just an old woman!
25:17How would I know
25:18about any tracer powder?
25:20Manager Zhao,
25:21what I just told you
25:22still hasn't sunk in,
25:23has it?
25:24The original file
25:25on my 500 million
25:26M&A dossier is gone.
25:27If those files
25:28are lost or leaked,
25:29my law firm
25:30will face massive penalties.
25:32Under our criminal law,
25:33Article 264,
25:34theft of company property
25:35involving a huge amount
25:36carries a sentence
25:37of three to ten years
25:38in prison.
25:39Auntie Zhang,
25:40do you get it now?
25:41500 million?
25:42800 million?
25:43Who are you trying to scare?
25:45Nice suit!
25:46Who are you trying to impress?
25:47My mom said
25:48she just picked up
25:48some beat-up box
25:49and your file or whatever.
25:51The courier probably lost it.
25:52Why are you blaming my mom?
25:54Zhang Qiang,
25:55based on my initial check,
25:57you have three cars
25:57in your name
25:58and a mortgage property.
25:59And lately,
26:00you've taken out
26:01lots of small loans.
26:02If I can stand here
26:03talking to you,
26:04I can even find out
26:04the color of your underwear.
26:06That dye on your mother's hands
26:07was tracer powder
26:08I had Lu Ming put
26:09in certain packages
26:10as an anti-theft marker.
26:12And just now,
26:12in the station's control room,
26:14I saw your mother myself
26:15carrying off
26:16a long, narrow box.
26:17That box is at your place
26:18right now,
26:19under the living room
26:20coffee table, isn't it?
26:21I thought it was
26:22some fancy supplement.
26:23The box felt pretty heavy,
26:25so I thought it was ginseng.
26:26A supplement?
26:27Auntie Zhang,
26:28look at you,
26:28your tastes keep getting pricier.
26:30Ms. Chen's wedding dress,
26:31Coach Wang's rice cooker,
26:32not enough for you anymore.
26:33Now you're going after
26:34stuff tied to corporate warfare.
26:36Manager Zhao,
26:36did you hear that?
26:37This old woman
26:38will even steal
26:39something like this.
26:40And you told Lu Ming
26:41to let it go.
26:42Still think he should
26:43let it go?
26:43Give Attorney Han a break.
26:45Auntie Zhang,
26:46you crazy old woman,
26:47why did you take their stuff?
26:48Go get it
26:48and bring it out now.
26:50Attorney Han,
26:50I'm sorry,
26:51I failed you.
26:51I was blind.
26:52I'll have them search.
26:53No need.
26:54Manager Zhao,
26:54you're in charge
26:55of this property.
26:56You covered for a crime.
26:57You withheld the original footage.
26:59I've already kept
26:59every recorded conversation.
27:02Next,
27:02I'll file suit
27:03for abuse of office
27:04and joint tort liability
27:05against your management company.
27:07Touch my mom
27:07and see what happens.
27:08I'll kill you all today.
27:10It's just some formula
27:11and a few rags, right?
27:12How much?
27:13I'll pay you back, okay?
27:14Quit acting so high and mighty.
27:16Zhang Zhang,
27:16this isn't something
27:17you can pay off.
27:18Illegal occupation and theft,
27:19deliberate property damage.
27:20This is no longer
27:21a public order case.
27:22It's a criminal offense.
27:23Oh, look,
27:24the lawyer's bullying
27:25being an old lady.
27:26I just picked up
27:27some scrap paper.
27:29What law did I break?
27:30Attorney Han,
27:31everything you wanted
27:32is right here.
27:33Lu Ming,
27:34you again?
27:35You set my mom up?
27:36It's got footage
27:37of her stealing
27:37and what she did
27:38at the scrapyard,
27:39selling it for two bucks.
27:40Ms. Chen's wedding dress
27:41along with your dossier,
27:42all in HD with audio.
27:44I recorded it.
27:45Lu Ming,
27:45leave the rest to me
27:46and the law.
27:47Auntie Zhang,
27:48two bucks for two bucks.
27:49Are you ready?
27:51Officer,
27:52this is the key evidence
27:53I mentioned.
27:54Ms. Chen's 30,000
27:55wedding dress,
27:55Ko Chuang's rice cooker,
27:56and from the past two weeks,
27:58over 20 cases
27:58in this community
27:59of how packages
28:00were stolen.
28:01Please seal it.
28:02Screw your evidence,
28:03Lu Ming.
28:04You're violating my privacy.
28:06Don't listen to him.
28:07He's just a renovation guy.
28:08His USB drive
28:09could be a doctored video.
28:11He's trying to scam us.
28:12Step back.
28:13Watch your words
28:14and your behavior.
28:16Auntie Zhang,
28:16please cooperate.
28:17Come with us.
28:18I'm not going.
28:19I didn't steal anything.
28:20I only picked up
28:21some cardboard.
28:22My heart...
28:22Oh, I can't.
28:23I can't breathe.
28:26Yeah, yeah.
28:27The handset stones
28:28on my dress.
28:29You old nutcase.
28:30You pried them off.
28:32Auntie Zhang cut the act.
28:33You didn't just pry off
28:35Ms. Chen's stones.
28:36Right now,
28:37at your place,
28:37you must be divvying up
28:38the loot.
28:39Want me to refresh
28:39everyone's memory
28:40about what you did at home
28:41and how you handled
28:42that stuff?
28:43All that stuff
28:43you picked up.
28:44Changzi,
28:45come look.
28:45The clothes in this box
28:46today feel so smooth.
28:48Feels like silk.
28:48That little vixen
28:49spent plenty.
28:50But it's too slutty.
28:51I can't wear it out.
28:52I'll cut it into strips
28:53later and make you
28:54a few car wash rags.
28:55Then it soaks up great.
28:56Ha!
28:56Mom,
28:57you're unbelievable.
28:58This stuff smells so good.
28:59Is it fancy perfume?
29:00Perfume, my ass?
29:01It's face oil.
29:02I tried it.
29:03Way too greasy.
29:04I poured all the oil
29:05down the toilet.
29:06The bottle's pretty nice,
29:07though.
29:08Frosted glass.
29:09Clean it up.
29:09I'll use it for soy sauce.
29:11Manager Zhao,
29:11this is your idea
29:12of generous,
29:13bad memory,
29:14a decent long-time resident,
29:15a 30,000 wedding dress
29:16as rags,
29:17an 8,000 serum bottle
29:18for soy sauce.
29:19Attorney Han
29:19files worth billion
29:20sold as scrap for two bucks.
29:22All for neighborly harmony?
29:23Isn't that too high a price?
29:24Lu, Lu Ming,
29:25I was completely fooled.
29:26Attorney Han,
29:27can we still talk this out?
29:28Talk, Manager Zhao.
29:29You still don't get it.
29:30You let it slide
29:31and shirked your duty.
29:32It led to massive property losses
29:33and a criminal case.
29:34I'm not just suing Auntie Zhang.
29:36As legal counsel,
29:37I'll speak for every victim.
29:38We'll sue the property managers.
29:39As for you,
29:40get ready to lose your reputation.
29:42Get completely destroyed.
29:43Take her away.
29:44Zhang Zhang,
29:44come with us for questioning.
29:45You're involved too.
29:46Why arrest me?
29:47My mom took it.
29:48Not my problem.
29:49I didn't steal it.
29:50Lu Ming,
29:50you'll pay for this.
29:51Run.
29:52Where's my rice cooker?
29:53My rice cooker.
29:542,000.
29:55You're not going anywhere today.
29:57Two.
29:57I sold it for two.
29:58Oh my God.
29:59How is that a crime?
30:01That's just vile.
30:02Auntie Zhang,
30:02your little loot party is over.
30:04What's waiting for your whole family now
30:05is the law's long,
30:06cold reckoning.
30:10Attorney Han,
30:11you've got 24 hours left.
30:14It's on you.
30:18Looming.
30:18The verdict is in.
30:19Auntie Zhang stole a huge amount
30:21with clear malice
30:22and destroyed key evidence.
30:23She was sentenced to four years.
30:25Zhang Zhang is charged with fencing
30:27plus disorderly conduct.
30:28Combined,
30:29he got five and a half years.
30:31During the trial,
30:32Auntie Zhang tried to play crazy,
30:33but in court,
30:34the evidence I submitted,
30:35videos of her divvying it up,
30:37fully lucid,
30:37shut her right up.
30:38In the end,
30:39the judge ruled that she was not only greedy,
30:42no remorse at all.
30:43Four years.
30:44She'll do time in there.
30:46And the compensation?
30:47Did Ms. Chen and Coach Wang get their money back?
30:50Zhang Zhang's modded BMW was sold at auction.
30:52Plus this home's down payment,
30:54the damages went into a court-held account.
30:56Ms. Chen got back the full 30,000 for the wedding dress.
30:58Coach Wang received double damages.
31:00As for you,
31:01the Zhang's paid this before trial
31:03to try to get a forgiveness letter.
31:04It covers the full cost of your 31 packages,
31:06plus the past six months' cost to defend your rights.
31:09Even though you didn't sign it,
31:10the court ordered it.
31:11They must pay.
31:14The end.
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