Episode 22 recap: Hua Xiaoqing took a risk and produced Manager Wu's shoelace.
At that moment, a gunshot startled the crowd, causing chaos. Manager Wu tried to leave, but Captain Duan immediately restrained him, stating that the play wasn't over yet and asked where he was going. Captain Duan remembered seeing a big tree in the painting and followed the clues left by Hua Xiaoqing to dig beneath the tree. He found Hua Xiaoqing there. Hua Xiaoqing looked at the pearls dug out from under the tree and burst into tears because it was the necklace Ling Ling used to love.
Hu Xiaodie saw Hua Sheng and immediately asked how she was doing. Manager Wu noticed Hua Sheng asking about her and stopped abruptly upon seeing so many people. Hua Sheng asked him about the discovery of Ling Ling's body in his courtyard. Manager Wu stated that he had no connection to the body and that he merely lived there. When Captain Duan produced a bracelet, Hu Xiaodie mentioned that another necklace was with Wang Lili. Everything seemed too coincidental. Manager Wu asked for evidence.
Hu Xiaodie revealed her and Hua Sheng's plan, stating that the proof of his killings was in the way the knots were tied. It was a knot technique used by sailors. When she mentioned Manager Wu's real name, Wu Dalang, Manager Wu visibly flinched. He argued that even if he had been a sailor, it didn't prove he was the murderer. It was only when Hua Xiaoqing produced Manager Wu's shoelace at a critical moment that he became flustered and claimed he had lost those items. Captain Duan pointed out that this admission meant he acknowledged the items as his own.
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