Love Me If You Dare Episode 16 Recap
> Love Me If You Dare Recap
Bo Jinyan, clear-headed, understood that the psychopathic killer, Number one, would not easily provide clues. He deduced that the three victims must be connected. To uncover this, he returned to his initial analysis of the victims' behavior and invited all their family members for interviews. The roommate of the female victim, Hua Xiao, described her as having an excellent temperament, being gentle and patient with others.
The family of the elderly male victim, Zhou Lin Po, stated that he was a teacher who lived righteously and selflessly, dedicating his savings to charity. Yang Yu Zhe's brother revealed that his sibling possessed great literary talent, but due to their parents' objections, he had to study architecture. Despite this, Yang Yu Zhe never abandoned his passion for writing and frequently produced literary works.
Combining the victims' personalities and the killer's previous actions, Bo Jinyan analyzed that Number one was constructing his idealized family. This imagined family featured a kind, elderly father (Zhou Lin Po), young parents (Hua Xiao and Yang Yu Zhe), and a doll representing a child. Zhou Lin Po, the elder, was not subjected to abuse, signifying his role as Number one's idealized father figure, implying the killer never had a father in reality.
Yang Yu Zhe, the young man, represented a reflection of Number one himself. Bo Jinyan concluded that by killing these three, Number one was attempting to break free from his fantasy, return to his deep-seated hatred, and then construct a new family to begin a new cycle of fantasy. Bo Jinyan further deduced that abusive murder was the peak of the suspect's pleasure, as he reveled in the victims' screams and pleas.
He noted that while the other two victims' mouths were not covered, Yang Yu Zhe's mouth was sealed with tape. This led Bo Jinyan to believe that Yang Yu Zhe either knew the culprit or was aware of him using different identities. He then focused on the Hong Kong Annual Chinese Fantasy Awards Ceremony held in 2015, two days after the killer arrived in Hong Kong. Yang Yu Zhe had been an invitee to this ceremony.
The killer, identified by the fake name Mei Jun Yuan, was also investigated as one of the participants. Mei Jun Yuan, a Chinese American from a single-parent family, was a prime suspect. Further investigation revealed that Mei Jun Yuan's passport was fake. Subsequently, two new disappearances occurred, including a sales assistant from a jewelry store. Bo Jinyan and Jian Yao went to the jewelry store where the sales assistant worked, knowing it would have CCTV footage.
The surveillance showed Number one approaching her as a customer and leaving his contact information. After exiting the store, Number one did not immediately leave but lingered outside, surveying the surroundings. Bo Jinyan deduced he was scouting for his next victim. He instructed Fu Ziyu to investigate primary schools near the jewelry store. This search uncovered Xu Zixi, a third-grade student who had won a special award in a recent literature competition.
The awards ceremony was taking place at the Hong Kong Astronomy Museum. Bo Jinyan and Jian Yao rushed to the museum. As Xu Zixi ascended the stage to receive his award, a fire alarm suddenly blared, and the power went out, plunging the venue into chaos. Bo Jinyan immediately located Xu Zixi. Number one, seizing the opportunity, attempted to abduct the child. Bo Jinyan directly confronted the killer, firmly holding onto Xu Zixi and saving him from the assailant's grasp.
Thwarted, Number one fled the scene. Police identified the perpetrator as Mei Jun Yuan, whose real name was Xie Han. Raised by a single mother, Xie Han suffered sexual abuse by a woman when he was nineteen. After his mother's death, Xie Han inherited a substantial amount of money, giving him a solid financial base to support his psychopathic acts.
Meanwhile, Xie Han held three known hostages: Fan Wei Zhi, He Ai Wen, and the unidentified fifth victim from the earlier case, whom Jian Yao strongly believed was Li Xunran. Xie Han, in room five, taunted the severely injured Li Xunran, claiming no one cared for him and that his fiancée, Jian Yao, had likely abandoned him, just as she would eventually be eliminated by Xie Han himself.
Li Xunran fiercely retorted, ridiculing Xie Han for his failure to capture the child, Xu Zixi, which proved he was not as clever as he imagined and had lost to Bo Jinyan. Jian Yao, convinced it was Li Xunran in the video, repeatedly analyzed the footage with Bo Jinyan. They observed Li Xunran subtly moving his finger to his hair, leaving a Morse code message: 33767.
Bo Jinyan recognized this as a lamp post ID number, a common feature in Hong Kong. The police, acting on this information, located a large villa belonging to Xie Han. Based on the light penetration captured in the victim's footage, Bo Jinyan precisely identified the basement entrance. As police prepared to breach the villa, Xie Han called Yin Ziqi, claiming to be Lin Yiyang's friend and requesting a meeting, feigning an effort to save Lin Yiyang's life.
