What does the ending of the movie version of "The Devotion of Suspect x" really mean?

The movie version of "The Devotion of Suspect X" ends with Tang Chuan discovering Fu Jian's real death on the night of April 11, when Shi Hong helped Chen Jing dispose of Fu Jian's body and threw him into the river, and in that moment, Shi Hong arranged a detailed plan, he came to the room Fu Jian had stayed in before he was born and collected Fu Jian's clothes, and then he found a homeless man and asked the homeless man to stay in Fu Jian's previously rented room that Fu Jian had previously rented.

The next day, he rented a bicycle with Fu Jian's car rental card, had the homeless man ride the car to the river with himself in the middle of the night, strangled the homeless man with a rope, and smashed the homeless man's face and mouth with a hammer, creating a fluttering, and again, he was able to trace back to the root of the case to find his own clues.

Faced with Tang Chuan's speculation, Shi Hong denies it, even though it is the truth. Shi Hong got up and left, Tang Chuan asked after him why he did that, the door behind Shi Hong closed, he did not see Tang Chuan's face, two lines of hot tears crossed, because always sympathize with each other, that's why I feel sorry for Shi Hong, Tang Chuan think that with Shi Hong so smart brain, should not be destroyed in this way.

What Tang Chuan doesn't know is that Shi Hong did this willingly, a long time ago, when Chen Jing and Ke Xin just moved in, it was the time when Shi Hong was in a mathematical predicament and almost wanted to know about his life, when he was using the rope around his neck and was about to kick off the stool under his feet, the doorbell rang, it was the newly moved Chen Jing and Ke Xin came to greet him, those smiles and warmth stayed in Shi Hong's heart, and he felt it was that smile and warmth that saved his life.

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Su Youpeng's growing directorial ability:

The Devotion of Suspect X is all about amplifying the warmth in the evil, and it's both a suspenseful deduction film and an emotional and ethical drama, which is quite a hit with the audience. The bento that Lu prepared for Shi Hong after she got his help, the jacket she bought for him, Tang Chuan's interactions with Shi Hong over math problems, Tang Chuan's heroic bonding with police officer Luo Miao, and so on, all build up the logic that human beings need diverse social relationships.

Su Youpeng in the film also used some scenes to care for these topics, square dancing mothers, begging beggars and alms people, etc., in fact, are in the details to respond to the theme of the film, these skills, but also Su Youpeng's directorial ability to grow up an embodiment.