Hong Kong's Top Detective [Nineties]

Many years later, Hong Kong Television interviewed Lin Hongdou, hailed as the greatest detective. What inspired her to become a private investigator?

Lin Hongdou searched her memories.

That afternoon, she had stood penniless on the streets of Yau Ma Tei.

A gust of wind blew a newspaper toward her. It said a jewelry store had been robbed and offered a reward for information.

Lin Hongdou sighed. "If only I knew who did it."

The fat cat on the nearby wall lazily licked its paw and answered, "Fai Jai. He's hiding under the bridge."

Lin Hongdou: !!! She could understand cats?

Later

Someone splashed paint over Zhen's sweet soup shop in the middle of the night. A sparrow in a tree chirped, "The owner of the cha chaan teng next door did it."

Li Jie of Deep Water Bay wanted to find out who her kept husband had been transferring money to. The poodle on her leash barked excitedly, "I know! It's that actor!"

Later still

Lin Hongdou helped the richest man in Hong Kong rescue his kidnapped son without paying a ransom;

helped the police solve a major case of the century;

Theme: Self-reliance