♪ Dear I feel tired ♪
♪ Sometimes ♪
♪ I shed tears ♪
♪ When I’m alone ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Trying so hard to grow up ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Never stop moving even when perplexed ♪
♪ Be brave ♪
♪ Darkness ♪
♪ Is nothing but a lesson ♪
♪ Life ♪
♪ Teaches us ♪
♪ In a roundabout way ♪
♪ About how to be fearless ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Woo ♪
♪ Fly ♪
♪ Wherever you are now ♪
Go Ahead
♪ Let me join you ♪
Episode 23
Let’s have some tea.
They’ll be here soon.
Thanks, Mrs. Zhuang.
Over here.
Yeah. Come on.
Xiuying.
Come in.
Have some tea.
Hi.
Hi, Miss Tang.
Hi.
I told her she didn’t have to come.
She said Zhuang Bei was busy
so she had to come.
I like playing Mahjong.
Besides,
you said
you would make goodies for me, didn’t you?
Alright.
Let’s play Mahjong.
Take your usual seat.
Come.
How many rounds for today?
You know?
I’m so, so
happy today.
In the past
when I played Mahjong
with them,
they chatted delightedly
like stand comedians.
I was like a supporting role.
But today, I’m the leading actress.
I should return the necklace to you.
It’s OK, Mrs. Zhuang.
It’s for you.
Leave that to Zhuang Bei and me
to deal with it.
And those madams
will promote it for you
in the community.
They’ll ask if you don’t wear it.
A point. A point.
You’re so considerate.
Can, I wanted to ask last time.
You’re so beautiful
and so kind.
You could take on a different job.
Why do you have to run others’ errands?
It’s embarrassing, Mrs. Zhuang.
I’m experiencing a different life.
I’m actually an actress.
You’re an actress?
What are the works you filmed?
I acted in a dozen.
You all know them,
such as Father’s Memory, Spring Grass,
A Family of Traditional Chinese Medicines.
I watched all of them.
They’re decades old.
Who did you play?
In Father’s Memory,
I played
the leading role in childhood.
In Spring Grass, I played
the beggar
who begged for food
with the leading role.
In A Family of Traditional Chinese Medicines,
I played the leading role’s youngest daughter.
I remember.
The one with big eyes
like a doll.
Very cute.
You watched it?
Yeah.
In fact, I took a lot of ads
in secondary schools.
Let me tell you one.
You must know it.
It’s an ad
for ice cream
with yellow package.
I was holding it like this.
Yeah, that little girl,
in a red dress.
Tang Can.
Zhuang Bei,
didn’t we agree to meet in the restaurant?
I know you can hardly
catch a taxi at this hour around here.
Get in.
I’m leaving.
Oh, remember to turn off the lights
and lock the door when you leave.
Boss.
A miss is here to see you.
Take a seat.
When I left,
you were just up to my waist.
You’re wrong.
I was up to your chest.
Really?
I was wrong.
You’re not wrong.
You don’t remember, I think.
Is Zhao Huaguang good to you?
You married him
and refused to tell him you had his son.
What kind of man do you think he is?
How come he agreed
that you came back to Li Haichao?
It’s impossible.
You’re
his only son.
You came back yourself.
He can’t hold me back.
Though there’s no
virtue in this man,
he’s rich.
I don’t want his money.
I’m not like you.
What do you want me for?
Li Haichao must have
told you
about my situation.
Yes, he has.
But I want
to make it clear with you in person
and put an end to it.
In my heart,
it was the end
of our relationship
the day I abandoned you.
It was the end for you,
not for me.
I have a question.
It’s been troubling me
in these years.
OK.
Before you left for Shenzhen,
you said you would come and get me
when you settled down.
But why did you write back
later that
you didn’t want me?
I went to Shenzhen
with an illusion.
I thought there would be
a bright future.
But I wasn’t educated.
I worked
and shared
a flat with a dozen of others.
I couldn’t even make my own bread.
How could I raise a child?
So I’m a burden?
Or you just decided to leave me
to my dad for my sake?
The reason doesn’t matter, does it?
I don’t care if it matters.
I want to hear the truth, the truth.
The truth is
I was not
capable at all
of raising you,
so I abandoned you.
I had no right to consider,
or enough time to.
It was out of my instinct.
What else could I do?
So you dumped me
for the sake of both of us?
Yeah, for us.
How nice!
OK.
I have my answer.
It’s officially the end.
By the way,
my dad has told me
that you paid back your debt
and you had a son.
As you can see,
I’m an adult now.
I have the families who are important to me
and a career I’d like to develop.
You don’t need me,
and I don’t need you.
You didn’t raise me.
So I won’t take care of you in the future.
Don’t worry.
I have a son.
I don’t need you.
Good. That’s good.
I want to give this back.
You gave birth to me.
♪ The rain dashes into the window ♪
I’m grateful to that.
♪ Damp covers the heart ♪
If we meet again,
let’s be strangers.
♪ It grows willfully into a trickle ♪
Ziqiu.
♪ Tell me how can I ♪
♪ Tell me how can I ♪
I gave birth to you, but never raised you.
♪ Hide it up ♪
It was my fault.
If you have difficulties in the future,
♪ It never tells but the pattering is the answer ♪
♪ It never tells but the pattering is the answer ♪
come to me for help.
♪ It never tells but the pattering is the answer ♪
There’s no need.
♪ So wear it ♪
♪ And carry on ♪
♪ Like you have wings ♪
♪ You make me mature ♪
♪ Turn to your direction ♪
♪ No wall can block ♪
♪ The sun ♪
♪ If rain starts to fall down ♪
♪ Let me become the ocean ♪
♪ Your glow around me ♪
♪ Enables me to fly again ♪
♪ Growing wings ♪
Mingyue.
Li Jianjian.
Are you alright?
I hit a stone.
Get up.
No, I can’t.
I can’t get on my feet.
My legs are numb.
Why are you squatting here?
I’m waiting
for you for over an hour.
I was tired with standing.
Nobody asks you to stand here.
You don’t answer my calls,
or text me back on WeChat.
So I have to
wait outside of your home.
Stay still.
Don’t move.
- Legs. My legs are numb. I can’t.
- Hands off.
On your feet.
My feet. They’re numb.
Mingyue, is she alright?
Ma’am, my friend’s feet are numb.
You’re out for a stroll?
Yeah, take your friend home.
OK.
Bye, Ma’am.
Get off me.
To your home.
Don’t think about it.
Don’t move.
Give me a minute. Wait.
It hurts!
Bear it.
Don’t move out.
Ling Xiao told you?
I read the message you sent him
on WeChat.
I sent the message to him.
How could he let you read it?
Or you can
check his phone as you wish
now?
No, no, no.
His phone was dead.
We bought him a new one.
I was there
installing apps for him
and accidentally read it.
OK.
He asked me to read it.
How could you two do that to me?
I tried so hard to help you two
make peace.
And now you
knew my feelings for him
and you didn’t tell me.
Are you making fun of me?
Do you think I’m stupid?
Mingyue,
we’re friends for years.
Don’t you know who I am?
How could I possibly think you’re stupid?
Li Jianjian,
I had quite a thought these days.
I realize that I’m
a complete fool.
I tried to help you make peace.
Did you need my help?
You two
jump together to lie to me.
Don’t.
It’s not like that.
I just found out
when you did, too.
Never would I imagine, even in dreams
that both my brothers
like me.
He Ziqiu also likes you?
Yeah.
A day of confusion, right?
I don’t know what his problem is.
Li Jianjian,
you’re here
to boast it.
You know
I had a crush
on He Ziqiu in high school.
Are you boasting?
You enjoy seeing
my frustration, don’t you?
I don’t, OK?
If I did,
I wouldn’t have waited for you
for over an hour.
How could you say such things
and even think that I would?
I’ve never felt
so humiliated.
Hey,
you can’t do that.
You and your brothers
can’t treat me like that.
Wait. Qi Mingyue, are you insane?
You’re insane. That’s you.
I don’t want to talk to you.
You think I do?
You come to me.
A dog comes to me.
It doesn’t matter.
Your mom’s vanity
is nothing.
You don’t know how feverish the madams are
when bragging about their kids.
Your mom is really something
to bear it for so long.
Hey, did you lose money today?
My mom said you lost money last time.
You don’t make much
and can’t afford the loss.
It’s my lucky day. I won.
Besides, in Mahjong,
you win and you lose.
OK, then.
You don’t know
how my mom likes you.
She even wants to talk to your mom
and swamp us.
Well, nobody likes me.
My mom would love to.
You’re a lawyer. So successful.
She’d be exhilarated.
You know what?
You’re all
deceived by the TV works
where most lawyers
are young
and wealthy.
It’s not real.
Look at me.
I’m as busy as a bee.
Yet my mentor gets most of the commission.
I get the chicken feed.
But your job is stable
and you’re diligent.
Unlike me.
What about you?
Don’t all parents worry
that their children would suffer in life?
All?
All but Ling Xiao’s or Ziqiu’s.
Their parents have to be excluded.
Mine, too.
What’s wrong with them?
In the past,
my mom wanted me to sh**t more ads
and that made her look good.
But now she doesn’t care what I do.
Just don’t do anything to humiliate her.
I think your mom
is just poor in expressing herself.
Aren’t they all?
They think their children are young,
innocent and lack of social experience.
But they want the best for us.
So I should
live a life as what she said?
No.
I mean
they wouldn’t harm us.
Sometimes we
should stand
in their shoes.
Excuse me. I...
Crossed the line.
No. I think you’re right.
You don’t have to walk me home.
Don’t you have cases to process?
Go back.
It’s OK.
We’re so close to your home now.
And I
have something to tell Ziqiu.
OK, Mingyue bought some nice tea.
I’ll make a cup for you.
OK.
How is she doing?
She didn’t text me back on WeChat.
You want to see her?
I asked her to inquire
about the job opportunity in the TV station.
I want to say thank you.
She’s with her parents.
She isn’t home?
Don’t mention it.
It’s a piece of cake for Mingyue.
Tang Can,
I think I should
go back and finish my case.
It’s late.
OK.
Go upstairs.
I should leave.
Good night.
Bye-bye.
What?
You want to see He Ziqiu?
You just want to walk me
to the apartment building.
Li Jianjian.
Li Jianjian.
What happened?
Who is it?
Let me see. Let me see.
Oh, my baby!
Hey, let me see.
What happened? Who is it?
Why are you crying so sadly?
It hurts my heart.
We girls
shed blood but not tears.
All right.
Who is it?
Well, tell me.
Who is it?
I’m gonna beat her up.
Which one of you is home?
Come out. Now.
Anybody home?
Are you deaf?
Don’t you hear that your sister
is crying?
Are you dead?
Go!
What’s wrong?
Hey.
What’s wrong?
It’s alright.
Why do you hit me?
You question her.
All right.
Tell me. What’s wrong?
Mingyue.
She said I was a dog.
You went to see Qi Mingyue?
It’s your fault.
Jianjian.
Let’s talk in my flat.
Come.
Here. Put it on your eyes.
Or you’d have swollen eyes in the morning.
Do you feel better now?
Qi Mingyue must feel
humiliated now.
When she calms down in a few days,
I’ll apologize to her.
You don’t even like her.
What’s the point?
You can’t control yourself
to like or dislike someone.
Look at you!
Look at the bite marks.
You are a dog.
It hurts?
Yeah, rub it for me.
You idiot.
I was in the heat.
You shouldn’t have crossed me.
You deserve it.
Your hands are cold.
I was holding this.
Don’t move.
Do you want me to rub it or not?
Yes.
I’m home.
Ziqiu.
Li Jianjian, you cried?
No.
It’s OK. She had a fight with Qi Mingyue.
You fight one minute
and make peace the next.
Girls are a myth.
Oh, I met Ms. He today.
Ms. He?
Who nearly became your stepmother.
You didn’t tell her?
Didn’t have a chance to.
Dad Li told me today
that he found Ms. He Mei.
Um, is she doing well?
What else did she say?
She’s great.
She came back to open a beauty salon.
It’s been two years.
She’s married.
Her son is four years old.
If Dad didn’t ask around about her,
maybe she never wanted
to come back to see me.
I talked to her today
to make it clear with her.
I’m fine.
She’s married.
We shall just
live our separate lives,
like strangers.
Why are you looking at me like that?
I’m fine.
She didn’t raise me.
But I survived, didn’t I?
What do I need this mother for?
I’m going to take a shower.
By the way,
I want a shoulder massage, too.
Ziqiu.
Ziqiu, I have chocolate for you.
Sweet always cheers you up.
I’m going back now.
I only have one.
♪ In the world Only mom’s dear ♪
♪ Children are moms’ babies ♪
♪ In moms’ arms ♪
♪ You can’t tell how happy it is ♪
Thank you.
Let’s welcome Wang Doudou
to give us a song, My Good Mom.
♪ My good mom ♪
♪ Comes back from work ♪
♪ She must be tired after a day of work ♪
♪ Mom Mom Take a seat ♪
♪ Mom Mom Take a seat ♪
♪ Have a cup of tea ♪
Mr. Pig!
He Ziqiu is a drag!
He Ziqiu is a drag!
He Ziqiu is a drag!
He Ziqiu is a drag!
He Ziqiu is a drag!
He Ziqiu.
♪ Those dreams full of love ♪
♪ Gradually faded into gold ♪
♪ Not telling where they go ♪
♪ It drifts away ♪
Li Jianjian.
♪ While you are asleep ♪
Have a candy.
♪ I still care ♪
♪ It’s not fair ♪
♪ We can never ♪
♪ Go back to the time we stay ♪
Sweet?
♪ Go back to the time we stay ♪
♪ It will never hide ♪
♪ If rain starts to fall down ♪
Don’t listen to them.
♪ So wear it ♪
You’re not a drag.
♪ And carry on ♪
♪ Those days with love and bound ♪
♪ Turn to be my sun ♪
Go to sleep.
♪ Ready to be strong ♪
♪ If rain starts to pour down ♪
♪ You’ve taught me to fly on ♪
♪ There has always been a rainbow light ♪
♪ Flying with your love to me ♪
♪ I saw myself growing wings ♪
Junjun,
I remember your English
is excellent, right?
No problem for tourism?
How about business negotiation?
I mean engaging
with the foreigners.
Do you know a friend
whose English is good?
OK. Yes. Of course.
It’s OK.
Good bye.
Who else?
Juan,
do you need me to sweep the stock room?
Help me think about
someone we know
who also speaks English well.
Miss Li’s second brother
went abroad for college, didn’t he?
Right.
Morning.
Jianjian,
um, our interpreter
couldn’t come today.
You have to
call your second brother who went abroad
right now
and ask him to translate for us.
We’ll be fine.
The clients will
take an interpreter with them.
Their interpreter
no doubt will speak for them.
What if
he takes advantage
of language obstacle?
It’s about money.
In business, we need to learn our clients well.
But I don’t know
if Ziqiu is available now.
Ask about it.
Hurry. Make the call.
Hello, Ziqiu.
Are you in the café?
Not yet.
Can you
come to my studio now
and do me a favor?
Time Gap
Excuse me.
What’s wrong?
Business negotiation, right?
Do I
look weird?
Not at all.
You look great. Sharp.
Don’t move.
Let’s take a selfie.
Why?
You look handsome.
Like a businessman.
Really?
You flattered me.
She’s not flattering.
Men like you
are hot cakes for girls.
You’re exaggerating.
Go back to work.
Have a seat.
Can I sit here?
Please.
Jianjian, let’s take a seat.
Even the sofa is an art work.
Let’s go through
the procedure.
OK.
When the clients come,
you’ll introduce us first.
Then you’ll introduce
the studio’s
specialty and business scope.
You got it.
I have a draft. Take a look.
So much?
No problem.
It doesn’t seem complicated.
Most important of all,
try your best
to get a favorable price for us.
My ideal price and the bottom price
are on it, too.
In the negotiation, you just improvise.
Our goal is to make a deal.
OK?
OK, got it.
Time to fight.
I’ll go powder my nose.
What?
Smell it.
Good?
One more time.
Yes.
I haven’t washed my hair for three days.
He Ziqiu!
I’m gonna k*ll you!
How could you use violence?
Stop!
I’m thirsty. Pour me a glass of water.
You...
Beat your interpreter? You’re insane.
Troubled by My Brother’s Love
Your book looks
interesting.
Troubled by...
What?
It’s... Don’t fiddle with Du Juan’s book.
Du Juan’s book.
It’s fine. Let me take a look.
Well, you can’t.
It’s the girls’ comics.
Do you think it’s proper?
Why can’t I
read girls’ comics?
Of course you can’t.
You’re not a girl.
You’re a businessman now.
Businessman.
For God’s sake.
Stop it. Stop.
The clients are here.
All right.
Thanks for coming.
You’re welcome.
I’m just so glad
to reach a consensus with you.
Your business philosophy
and our creative ideas
are in perfect harmony.
So I believe our cooperation
will be very pleasant.
Mainly because I like
Li Jianjian’s work.
The first time I saw it,
I wanted to put it on my
porch cabinet.
That’s great.
See you next time.
See you next time.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Thank you. Thank you.
- Bye-bye. - Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
What did he say?
What did he mean?
He said
he liked your work very much.
The first time he saw it,
he wanted to put it
on his porch cabinet.
Yes!
I’ll pay for your hair dressing.
Cheers.
Bottom up!
Easy, we got work to do in the afternoon.
I’m happy.
I’m full.
You’re so calm.
I can picture that
our Trinity
is going to become the ornaments
in thousands of homes.
If it sells well,
we’ll be counting money soon.
It won’t be that much. You’re out of your mind.
So you have to work harder.
Take more competitions and get awards.
Many a little makes a mickle.
Got it, you exploiter.
You’re the goose that lays golden eggs.
It’s a good opportunity.
We need to take this chance
to promote our studio.
Let’s say
the copyright
of the post-90s avant-garde artist, Li Jianjian’s
works
are purchased by Meshel Company, the Netherlands
at a high price
and her works go global.
Don’t. It’s exaggerating.
Not at all.
I think you’re right.
Many things
rely on marketing.
We wouldn’t know
those avant-garde artists
if they don’t promote themselves, right?
Right. A senior from our college,
nicknamed Feather,
is awesome.
I think he was one of the Class of 2003.
He has his own
works in France
and he’s now a curator.
It’s said the people he knows
are all brilliant and smart.
Let me tell you.
The Feather you said
and Li Jianjian here
are both Prof. Peng Yulin’s students.
They learned their skills
from the same master.
They’re close.
Isn’t Peng Yulin
an honorary professor
of our college?
He also gives guidance to promising students.
You’re just not
the promising one.
I read it from the newspaper
that one of his works
sold for over four million on an auction.
So I’m right.
How I wish that Prof. Peng
would be my grandpa!
Miss Li, with him being your mentor,
your career will soar aloft.
Let him introduce you
to the artists circle
and make friends with them.
I’m sure
your works will sell at higher prices.
In the present society, it’s all about
connection and propaganda.
Make friends with successful artists
so you don’t have to work?
In our society,
no social connection, no progress.
It’s right for people with no talent.
Our studio has real competence.
You’re wrong.
It’s a kind of talent
to make friends with amazing people.
I think you’re right.
I think not only
to make friends with amazing people
is part of the talent,
but also luck
is also part of the talent.
But,
each boss
has her philosophy.
The idea you have is good.
If you want
to make an achievement by flattering,
you should
go to a studio
which shares your idea,
instead of
this studio.
Right?
No, that’s not what I mean.
I also
want the best for our studio.
Yes. Right.
He’s poor with diction.
I know. I mean no offense.
My sister Jianjian
is an honest girl.
Since she grew fond of wood carving,
she often cuts her hands.
And she has calluses on her fingers.
From the look of your hands,
I don’t think you often hold a graver.
I want the best for you, too.
After all, staying with them
will hinder your career.
Ziqiu, here. Have some meat.
Thank you for helping us.
You’re welcome.
OK, thanks.
Jianjian,
aren’t you going to register
copyright
to serve the purpose of contract?
I know. It’s on my mind.
Why don’t you go back first?
I’ll see Ziqiu to a taxi.
Let’s go to your café someday.
OK, I’ll serve you coffee.
We should go. Bye.
Bye-bye.
How come your senior falls in love with this man?
Du Juan likes
to find a boyfriend in a garbage can.
No one ever reminds her of it?
She’s reckless in love,
like a wild horse unleashed
that no one can hold her back.
But beyond her poor eye in love,
she’s great in everything else.
Her love with this man
won’t last for a few months.
Ignore her. Leave her in the dream.
Let’s go.
You’re great today.
♪ I think of the first time I held your hand ♪
♪ You held me so tight
as if I was everything you had ♪
♪ One grows up gradually
while the other becomes smaller ♪
♪ Thanks to time We meet somewhere in the middle ♪
♪ Good night Good bye kids ♪
♪ Maybe you’ll leave here ♪
♪ Maybe the way home will be longer and longer ♪
♪ Pacing No need to look back ♪
♪ I will always be there for you ♪
♪ Looking afar when staying with your shadow ♪
♪ I am an old house that you are used to ♪
♪ One day you’ll start to pursue a new life ♪
♪ Like a leaf floating towards a distant twig ♪
♪ Those memories are like yesterday ♪
♪ Good night Good bye kids ♪
♪ Maybe you’ll leave here ♪
♪ Maybe the way home will be longer and longer ♪
♪ Pacing No need to be upset ♪
♪ I will always be there for you ♪
♪ Watching you flying away ♪
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