01x09 - Gravity of Sin #3

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XINFU ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL

(BRAKES SQUEALING)

-Hi, Mr. Chen.
-MR. CHEN: Hey.

-Good morning, Ms. Yu-Xuan.
-Morning.

The parking is full at the front.

You’ll have to park at the rear.

Okay, got it.

-Thanks, Mr. Chen.
-Thanks.

-Bye.
-Bye.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

-Good morning, teacher.
-Good morning.

YU-XUAN: Where were we last time?
Does anyone remember?

-STUDENT: Page 62.
-YU-XUAN: Page 62.

Okay, let’s turn to page 64.

(GENTLE MUSIC ENDS)

Hello, Ah-Liang.

When can I get the cake today?

MAN OVER PHONE: Sorry, Ms. Wang.
I think it will be around 7 p.m.

Your order was on short notice,
but I’ll try my best.

It’s okay. Let me know
when it’s ready and I’ll come get it.

MAN OVER PHONE: Okay, okay.

Hey, Dad.

I'll be a little late from school,
just in time to pick you up from work.

Call me back when you hear this.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
I KNOW YOU WORK HARD.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH
WE LOVE YOU.

Hello, Ah-Liang.

Okay, I’ll be there soon.

Okay, bye.

(KEYS RATTLING)

(BEEPS)

YU-XUAN: Lin Shan-Yi.

Come.

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(MAN SINGING)

(THEME MUSIC ENDS)

CHIA-HAO: Lin Shan-Yi, go back first.

SHAN-YI: I want to wait for you.

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

CHIA-HAO: Go back first!

And let’s not go to school
together tomorrow.

Why? (BREATHES HEAVILY)

Anyways, that’s it for now.

Listen to me.

Didn't you just say
we are on the same side?

You need to swear.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

(STUDENTS CHATTERING, LAUGHING)

(GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

TEACHER: What are you doing?

Sit down.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(GENTLE MUSIC ENDS)

Hsu Chia-Hao is not here much these days.

He's been taking a lot of exams lately,

and he has to study every day.

Invite him to our place to study with you.

Let me see the amulet.

(ZIPPING BAG)

Or are you and Hsu Chia-Hao
not getting along well lately?

No, nothing like that.

We are the best of friends.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

BOY: Stand up.

Attention.

STUDENTS: One, two.

BOY: Bow.

STUDENTS: Good morning, Teacher.

TEACHER: Please sit down.

Who can tell me how far we reached
in the natural science book yesterday?

STUDENTS: Not sure.

TEACHER: Don't know?
How can you not know every time?

Lin Shan-Yi, tell me.

What page on the textbook?

CHENG-EN: Lin Shan-Yi is Ret*rded.
He can't talk.

There's no one to back him up now.

-He doesn't dare to talk.
-(LAUGHTER)

BOY: That ret*rd can't speak. He's mute!

TEACHER: Hey! Lin Shan-Yi,
what are you doing?

-You want to fight?
-BOY: Let's see.

TEACHER: Stop it.

Sit down.

What are you doing?

Sit down.

Starting a fight?

Pick his stuff up for him.

BOY 1: Lin Shan-Yi,
you really can be mean!

BOY 2: Someone’s getting all riled up!

-(STUDENTS GIGGLING)
-Quiet down and take out your textbooks.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Water and aqueous solution.

We covered this yesterday.
What’s the difference?

(GENTLE MUSIC FADES)

Think about it carefully.

Something unusual
must have happened that day.

Everything was normal.

If everything was normal,
would this have happened?

Uh... Ms. Yu-Xuan
is a very good colleague of ours.

It’s terrible and sad
what happened to her.

-We hope that we can help too.
-That's why I want you

to think about it carefully.

TEACHER: Are you finished yet?

How many more times do you want to ask?

We've volunteered to cooperate
with the fingerprint test.

We've said everything we need to say.

Why don't you just take everyone
to the police station?

Sure.

If you want to go, no problem.

Sorry, that's not what we meant.

CHING-TSE: We'll be back later.

Sir, calm down.

This won't help things.

(SIGHS)

CHING-TSE: Sorry.
Thank you, everyone, for your time.

Let's continue.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

BOY 1: What kind of ghost
would laugh like that? Ooh!

BOY 2: There are ghosts.

BOY 3: Ghosts do exist.
I've seen it myself.

It was really scary.

Ooh!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

BOY 3: And then it was in a red outfit.
It was hanging...

No. I was halfway to the bathroom,

and then poof! It came down
straight from the top.

-BOY 1: Walked down?
-BOY 2: That’s crazy.

-BOY 1: It took the stairs?
-BOY 3: Really, it was floating.

It doesn't have feet. It was floating.

It floats?

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

PARK AT YOUR OWN RISK
BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR BELONGINGS

Hey, kid.

What are you doing here?

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Hey, kid.

Wait a minute, kid.

Why were you in the parking lot?

Do you know what happened?

Don't be afraid.

I'm Ms. Wang's dad.

Can you tell me

why you went to the parking lot?

Are you...

Yu... Yu...

Yu-Xuan's dad?

Yes.

Have you seen Yu...

Ms. Yu-Xuan?

Seen her?

Well, you see...

If you stay up at night
and don’t go to sleep,

Ms. Yu-Xuan will come and see you.

What?

TEACHER: Excuse me.

Is there something wrong?

Uh... I want to ask him a few questions.

TEACHER: Uh, if you want to
ask a child questions,

it's better to go through the school
or their parents.

Shan-Yi, go back to class.

This is the information on Lin Shan-Yi.

He's a bit introverted.

He was often bullied
by his classmates at school.

CHENG-EN: Lin Shan-Yi,
you don't have a sister anymore.

-(STUDENTS LAUGHING)
-BOY: You don't have a sister anymore.

Okay, quiet down!

Do you have any friends in school
that you hang out with?

Yes.

Hsu Chia-Hao
from Class Six of Grade Seven.

Hsu Chia-Hao...

-BOY: Teacher!
-...is two years older.

-He’s in junior high school.
-Stop fighting!

Why did you fight? Who started it?

In school, Hsu Chia-Hao is one
of the more problematic students.

He’s always bullying other students.

Hsu Chia-Hao, go back to your class.

Is he bullying Lin Shan-Yi?

Shan-Yi denied this.

But I think he did.

After all, those who are bullied
tend to be afraid to say so.

You can tell the teacher anything.

TEACHER: Ms. Yu-Xuan...

should be the most aware of this.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

YU-XUAN: Mrs. Lin.

Do you think...

Shan-Yi is a little different
from the other children?

He may need some professional help.

I am worried that he will find it
more difficult in school this way.

I have a college friend

-who specializes in child...
-It's okay.

Come, Shan-Yi.

School bag?

(GENTLE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)

(GENTLE MUSIC FADES)

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

YING-MIN: Zhong-Hui.

(YING-MIN HESITATING)

Never mind. I'll get back to work first.

(LINE DISCONNECTS)

Didn't I tell you not to come?

REPORTER ON TV:
The police arrested a suspect

in the Xinfu Elementary School
m*rder case.

The suspect appears to be mentally ill...

My mom asked

why you rarely come
to our house these days.

Hmm. Just tell her...

we’re very busy in seventh grade.

I have to stay after school to take exams.

REPORTER: Witnesses pointed out that
he said he k*lled the female teacher.

He was at the market
and was arrested...

Ms. Yu-Xuan's dad came to school.

He came to talk to me.

Why?

I'm in charge of cleaning the stairs
in the rear building.

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

Did you see the news?

The police arrested someone.

Don't talk nonsense at school, okay?

I don't want to turn into a dog.

So, did you talk nonsense at school?

Me?

Of course not.

Anyway, the police have caught
the suspect now.

We can be the same as before.

So...

Together!

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHUCKLES)

Hi-yah!

Yah!

GIRL 1: Do you like horror movies?

GIRL 2: I do, but you know,

whenever I watch a horror movie,
I cover my eyes like this with my hands.

-And then, I leave a small corner.
-GIRL 1: No, like this. Yeah.

GIRL 2: And when I'm scared,
I will scream all of a sudden,

and I don't dare to sleep at night.

GIRL 1: Those face-washing scenes,
a head often pops up.

GIRL 2: That's right.
And when I sleep at night,

I turn on all the lights.
I'm afraid that ghosts will come out.

Don't you think it's weird
coming home at night lately?

GIRL 1: Yeah, I think so too.
The alley behind my place

feels like there's a ghost
floating around.

GIRL 2: Xinfu Elementary School
is behind her house.

People are saying
the parking lot there is haunted.

-For real?
-Damn, really?

GIRL 1: It's true! I hear voices
over there. (SHOUTS SPOOKILY)

-GIRL 2: Oh, my...
-(SCREAMS)

-GIRL 2: Are you nuts?
-It’s terrifying, you childish prick!

Why are you scaring people?

Don't be afraid.

I'm not afraid of ghosts.
I can protect you.

Disgusting!

-Forget it, I want a handsome boyfriend.
-Yeah.

Hey, elementary school kid.

I heard that the person who died in
the parking lot was one of your teachers.

Take us to have a look.

See if your teacher
has really become a ghost.

We can’t enter the parking lot now.

Didn't you say
there was a secret passage?

Why do you want to go there?

I don't believe in ghosts.

And there are a lot of police there.
You’ll get caught.

Damn. I'm not even afraid of ghosts.
Why should I be afraid of the police?

-We didn't k*ll her.
-GIRL 2: Yeah, we didn't k*ll her.

-What are we afraid of?
-Kid.

Are you okay?

-GIRL 1: It's fine.
-BOY: Let’s go.

-GIRL 2: Doesn’t matter.
-BOY: Come on, take us there.

-Just take us there.
-GIRL 1: Let's go.

I'm okay if he's okay.

Of course he'll go.

He just said he'll protect me, right?

Fine! Let's go. Who's afraid?

-BOY: Let's go.
-Okay, go.

-Let's go.
-Wait till I finish eating.

GIRL 2: Leave it. Let's go.

-Let's go.
-GIRL 1: Hurry up.

-GIRL 2: Wait till you finish eating?
-GIRL 1: Let's go. Hurry up.

Let's go.

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

BOY 1: Where is it?

-GIRL 2: (SCREAMS)
-(GIGGLING)

GIRL 1: Idiot! You're scaring me to death!

-It's really annoying.
-GIRL 2: You guys are super Ret*rded.

-GIRL 1: Hurry up.
-GIRL 2: You want me to hit you?

-GIRL 1: (WHISPERING) Hurry. Hurry up!
-GIRL 2: I'm already scared.

GIRL 1: Is there anything?

GIRL 2: Nothing.

Hey, are you okay? Walk faster!

(ZHONG-HUI SOBBING)

BOY 1: Why did you stop all of a sudden?

(SOBBING CONTINUES)

(KIDS SCREAMING)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

-I'm sorry, Teacher.
-(SOBBING CONTINUES)

I didn't mean it.

-CHIA-HAO: I'm sorry.
-YU-XUAN: Lin Shan-Yi!

Help!

Lin Shan-Yi, come!

CHIA-HAO: (SOBS) I'm sorry, Teacher.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do it.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to do it.

(GROANING)

(TENSE MUSIC FADES)

(INSECTS CHIRPING)

You almost scared me to death.

-BOY 1: Where's Hsu Chia-Hao?
-(ALL PANTING)

GIRL 2: Over here.

-(GIGGLING)
-(PANTING)

Didn't he say
he doesn't believe in ghosts?

How could he be so frightened?

GIRL 2: Hey, Hsu Chia-Hao.

Why are your legs going weak?

Didn't you want to protect me?

(LAUGHING)

-GIRL 2: Coward!
-(ALL LAUGHING)

-GIRL 1: Let's go!
-(GIGGLING)

-(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
-(CLICKING ON MOUSE)

(CLICKING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Come on.

-CHING-TSE: Boss.
-Hey.

Do you know that kid?

Yes, Hsu Chia-Hao.

How's he usually?

He helps out after class.
He's a good kid.

Hey.

There are two fingerprints
that we haven’t identified yet, right?

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

REPORTER ON TV:
...Xinfu Elementary School.

-To avoid a copycat effect, the police...
-Boss.

-WOMAN: Hello, what do you want?
-I'll take a look.

WOMAN: Okay, take your time.

-MAN: Take your time.
-Okay.

Let me tell you,

that kind of person,

I'd gladly sh**t 10,000 of them,

-and that’s not even enough.
-Gosh.

-Boss.
-Yeah.

-How much is this?
-MAN: That one, $30.

-MAN: Which one do you want?
-CHING-TSE: This one.

(TENSE MUSIC FADES)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

Chia-Hao?
You haven't been here for a long time.

Yeah, there's been a lot of exams lately.

-Oh.
-Is Lin Shan-Yi here?

Ah. Yes, come in.

-Come in.
-Okay.

Shan-Yi is in the room. Just go in.

Oh. This is a new edition.

My mom said

if my dad comes back
with money next week,

I can buy a new one then.

You can come and read it too.

Lin Shan-Yi.

Are we on the same side?

(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(FOREBODING MUSIC CONTINUES)

(LOCK CLICKS)

(RATTLING)

-CHIA-HAO: Together!
-SHAN-YI: Together!

(MIMICING FIGHT SOUNDS)

No one will turn into a dog.

No one will turn into a dog.

-No one will turn into a dog.
-No one will turn into a dog.

-Dog.
-Dog.

(EXCLAIMING)

(CHUCKLES)

REPORTER ON TV: The investigation into
the m*rder of a female teacher

at Xinfu Elementary School
has again reached a stalemate.

-The person who was arrested...
-CHIA-PAO: What's wrong with you?

Wasting time
to get a child's fingerprints.

...to be irrelevant to this case.

But the police's brutal arrest process
has caused dissatisfaction...

-Turn off the TV!
-(PHONE RINGING)

...decreased trust in police.

-Non-governmental organization...
-Chief.

He's not just scared.

Look, he's on his knees.

Doesn’t it look like we took the k*ller
to the scene for a reenactment?

Of course, I know.
But the prosecutor doesn't know.

That's why we had to identify
the fingerprints.

How did it come about?

It's absolutely legal.

Is there anything else besides this?

The prosecutor will definitely ask
these questions.

CHIA-PAO: Students' fingerprints
on a teacher's car?

It's reasonable.

If we're going to do
an investigation on the kids...

we have to be very careful.

I'll send it for identification.

I'll think about the rest.

(PHONE RINGING)

Think about it! Think about it!

CHING-TSE: Sir, don't worry about it.

Anyway, now that we know
who the suspect is,

he can't get away.

You remember that Brother Liang?

Liang kept saying,

"Ms. Yu-Xuan did this,"
"Ms. Yu-Xuan did that."

The chief said he was influenced
by the news.

But the news stations
only said a teacher named Wang.

Who would say Ms. Yu-Xuan?

Only the school staff call her
Ms. Yu-Xuan.

Ms. Yu-Xuan
is a very good colleague of ours.

Yes.

And Liang always mimics how others talk.

Liang, sorry.

LIANG: (REPEATING) Liang.

Sorry.

We also saw Lin Shan-Yi
at the temple that day.

I'll go talk to Liang again.

I'll go with you.

No, you keep an eye on
the Forensics Department.

I don't want the chief to hesitate again.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(ENGINE STOPS)

(MUSIC FADES)

Liang.

Liang.

Liang.

Let me ask you.

Do you know...

"I got a hard-on because of Ms. Yu-Xuan"?

Who said that?

Who said, "I got a hard-on"?

Stop fooling around and answer me.

Stop fooling around and answer me.

Stop copying me!

Let's not go to school together tomorrow.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

Have you seen Yu...

Ms. Yu-Xuan?

Don't talk nonsense
when you go to school tomorrow.

If you stay up at night...

and don’t go to sleep...

Yu...

Ms. Yu-Xuan will come and see you.

I got a hard-on because of Ms. Yu-Xuan.

(TENSE MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

(PHONE RINGING)

-(BEEPS)
-Hello? Ching-Tse.

-CHING-TSE: Sir.
-You okay?

The fingerprints are confirmed
to be Hsu Chia-Hao's.

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

How are you doing on Liang's side?

LIANG: Tonight, you are responsible
for luring her to the Gutter Cave.

-What Gutter Cave?
-Sir.

Come back first.

Let's talk about what to do next.

What should we do?

YING-MIN: The chief must have said
to handle it carefully.

CHING-TSE: Don't be impulsive, sir.

(TENSE MUSIC FADES)

(KEYPAD BEEPING)

Hey, Dad. I cooked today. Do you want to
come back early and have dinner?

YING-MIN: I might be a little late.

You eat first.
Just leave some leftovers for me.

What's wrong?

Oh, I’m fine.

Rest early and don’t wait up.

Oh.

Zhong-Hui.

After a while,

let's go for a walk in the mountains.

I used to take you there
when you were kid.

It's been a long time
since we've been there.

Okay.

Okay.

(PHONE BEEPS)

(KEYPAD BEEPING)

Hey, Ching-Tse. It's me, Zhong-Hui.

-Is my dad with you?
-No.

Is he on some special errand today?

Did something happen
to my sister's case?

ZHONG-HUI: I think
he's being a little weird.

(MOROSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOORBELL RINGING)

-(DOG BARKING)
-(METAL RATTLING)

(MOROSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

-(LIGHT THUDDING)
-(GASPS)

So it's you, the elementary school kid.
(SIGHS)

Why are you following me?
Are you looking for trouble?

Eh. You two idiots are a perfect match.

(GIGGLING)

What are you doing?

(MOROSE MUSIC FADES)

(PHONE VIBRATES)

(PHONE CONTINUES VIBRATING)

-(CAR DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
-(INSECTS CHIRPING)

Ching-Tse, where is the Gutter Cave
Liang mentioned earlier?

It's where we caught Monkey last time.

-Hello?
-(BEEPS)

What's wrong with you?

What are you grabbing for?

You think I won’t beat you up?

You really deserve to be beaten up!

(GRUNTING)

(BREATHES SHAKILY)

Stop shoving!

I'll call someone tomorrow,
and you two will be dead.

Call someone?
All you know is to call someone!

(PANTING)

(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)

(WHIMPERS) What are you doing? Stop!

Let go of me, Hsu Chia-Hao!
Let go of me!

(SHOUTS) Let go of me!

Let go of me! You freak!

-(SLAPS HARD)
-Stop it!

Damn it. When men talk,
women shut up!

-Don't you understand?
-Don't touch me!

Don't touch...

Don't touch me!

Let go of me!

Get your hands off me!

(SCREAMS) No!

Don't touch me!

(GROANS)

-Go away!
-I told you to shut up!

Help me, elementary school kid!

-Lin Shan-Yi!
-Shut up!

Help!

Come and help!

GIRL: Why?

Don't touch me!

Don’t touch me!

(SCREAMS) Don't!

-(THUDS)
-Shut up!

(PANTING)

(GRUNTS IN FRUSTRATION)

(CAR APPROACHING, TIRES SCREECHING)

(PANTING)

(DOG BARKING)

I heard something.

(DOGS BARKING)

-CHIA-HAO: I'll go check it out.
-(BARKING CONTINUES)

(GLOOMY MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOG BARKING)

YING-MIN: Lin Shan-Yi!

What are you doing?

(COUGHS)

What are you doing?

I’m laying her to rest.

Laying her to rest?

Yes.

Like...

Ms. Yu... Yu-Xuan

Laying her to rest.

Ms. Yu-Xuan?

What do you mean?
What are you saying?

That day at the parking lot...

What next? Call 911?

Are you stupid?

She's dead.
What’s the point of calling 911?

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

-But if we don’t call 911…
-But what?

I don’t want to be caught.
I don’t want to be ex*cuted for this!

Leave!

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

My mom said if we don’t lay someone
to rest after they die,

they may become
an evil spirit. It’s sad.

CHIA-HAO: Damn it!

What are you doing?

(GROANS)

(GLOOMY MUSIC PLAYING)

Hurry up!

SHAN-YI: If someone doesn’t bury you
and lay you to rest,

it’ll be bad for you.

Hsu Chia-Hao.

We are on the same side.

(SIREN WAILING)

(SIREN STOPS)

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

CHING-TSE: Hsu Chia-Hao!

I won’t let the teacher
become an evil spirit.

If the evil spirit follows you around,

you’ll have no one close to you anymore.

-My mom...
-What evil spirit?

You’re the evil spirit!

(GROANING)

ZHONG-HUI: Dad!

-(GROANING)
-Dad!

Dad!

-Dad! (PANTS)
-(GRUNTS)

(ANGRILY) He k*lled your sister!

Dad!

(GROANS) Dad!

Dad! (PANTING)

-Dad!
-I want to...

Dad, look at me!

Dad, look at me!

(SHOUTS) Dad, look at me!

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

Yu-Xuan wouldn’t want you to k*ll anyone.

She wouldn’t want you to k*ll anyone.

(SHAN-YI COUGHING)

(GLUM MUSIC INTESIFIES)

(SIREN WAILING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Damn it, stop moving!

Okay.

SHAN-YI: Hsu Chia-Hao.

Hsu Chia-Hao.

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)

We are on the same side, right?

We are on the same side.

(KNOCKS LIGHTLY)

(WINDOW ROLLING DOWN)

That day at the school,

you wanted to tell me
what happened, right?

SHAN-YI: But...

I couldn’t.

I swore to him that...

whoever divulges the secret
will turn into a dog.

(GLUM MUSIC FADES)

(KEYS RATTLING)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(ENGINE RUNNING)

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(SHIFTS GEAR)

TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH.
WE LOVE YOU. YU-XUAN.

ZHONG-HUI

REPORTER: Captain.

The face of the deceased
was covered with dirt.

Thank you for your hard work.

REPORTER: The m*rder of a female teacher
at Xinfu Elementary and Secondary School

has been officially announced as solved.

The police based this on the fingerprints
left at the scene of the crime.

Yesterday, the police team
identified the target

and finally succeeded in getting
the suspects to admit to the crime

and arrested them.

It is understood that the two suspects
are both underage students in school,

and, in the spur of the moment,
they attacked the female teacher.

(CAR DOOR SHUTS)

YING-MIN: Let's go for a hike
in the mountains.

ZHONG-HUI: Okay.

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC CONTINUES)

YOUNG ZHONG-HUI: Dad.

YING-MIN: Don’t be afraid.

It's okay. It's okay.

Look, Mom is right there.

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC FADES)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(THEME MUSIC ENDS)