[Meet Yourself]
[Episode 22]
What are you thinking about?
I'm thinking, there are so many stars,
and they are so brilliant.
When I was young, my grandma
used to tell stories for me in the summer.
I was lying in the yard.
My grandma fanned for me.
She told me the legend
of the Cowherd and Weaver Maid.
She said that a new star would appear
in the universe after each person dies.
Then I asked her which one was my grandfather.
She said that it was the one winking at me.
Your grandma was right.
I think that people will blend into
this universe after death.
You believe this too?
I'm an atheist.
I believe in science.
I believe that nothing will truly disappear.
Everything has its own energy.
And energy can't disappear.
It can only be passed and converted.
So becoming a star after death
makes sense to me.
Then would I change to an animal,
a piece of cloud or a tree?
You will change into something you like.
What do you prefer?
What do I prefer?
I'd like to turn into the wind.
Wind?
When I miss someone,
I can blow to him or her gently.
Then he or she would know.
If you want, you can turn into the wind.
Because energy appears when you are thinking.
That's so amazing!
Don't ask,
it's science.
What about you?
What do you like?
I like rain.
So why?
But I believe that
Chen Nanxing will turn into a star.
When she was born,
her dad noticed that it was about daybreak.
The Polaris Australis
was shining right in the south.
So she was called Nanxing.
Polaris Australis?
We are in the Northern Hemisphere.
We can't see it.
When it's dawn,
you can see the Morning Star.
And it's in the east.
We can't see Polaris Australis?
No.
Then her dad may get it wrong.
But it's okay.
She would turn into a star anyway.
There are so many stars blinking.
No one can tell which one is grandma,
or grandfather,
or Chen Nanxing.
No matter where it is, it's looking at you.
Can he see me?
Of course.
They all want you to be happy,
and live a good life.
I always think this way,
and persuade myself.
But I have so many things to regret,
reluctant to leave,
and feel guilty,
and cannot let it go.
You see, we have a lot of time.
But we never come out to travel.
She must have been feeling bad for a long time.
But I never cared about her.
I was not even by her side when she was dying.
She died alone.
Each time when I had fun with you guys,
I would be upset the next second.
It would be better if you know her.
You will like her very much.
Because she was really a good girl.
Then talk about her.
What was she like?
She was a pure and sunshine gurl.
Each time she appears in front of you,
no matter what weather it is,
sunny, rainy, snowy, or even hail or windy,
you would feel that it's a good day.
Is there any magic person
who can let any weather be perfect?
She was my magic heroine!
I believe it.
You are so sad when you think of her,
even she is not here.
But you are so happy to bring her up.
Yes, that's true.
Why?
Because when you bring her up,
she exists.
But when you are not,
she is no longer on this earth.
Compare to others who I don't know,
although I don't know Chen Nanxing,
she exists;
as for the others,
they do not exist to some extent to me.
When you look at me,
when you talk of me,
or think about me again and again,
I am right beside you.
♫ Do you ever feel alone ♫
♫ Standing in the road ♫
♫ Don’t know where to go ♫
The fire is off,
you should be cold now?
A little bit.
Okay,
I'll go get a blanket.
♫ But all of these remind me to believe ♫
♫ No one will stay or leave ♫
♫ And then all of these remind me to receive ♫
♫ Life we can see ♫
Have some hot tea to warm up.
♫ The sun will rise and fall ♫
Cover yourself up.
♫ It’s just another day ♫
You drank so much in the evening,
You would get up to the toilet at night.
No.
I'm the silver medal winner of
holding pee among the receptionists of my hotel.
Yes, I forgot it.
Then let's compete.
Compete on what?
Holding pee.
Could we compete on something else?
Then let's see who gets sleepy first.
This is nothing better, is it?
So are you in or not?
Yes.
I'm in, I'm in.
♫ Take a long way home ♫
♫ But all of these remind me to believe ♫
♫ No one will stay or leave ♫
♫ And then all of these remind me to receive ♫
♫ Life we can see ♫
♫ The sun will rise and fall ♫
♫ It’s just another day ♫
♫ But all of these remind me to believe ♫
♫ No one will stay or leave ♫
♫ And then all of these remind me to receive ♫
♫ Life we can see ♫
♫ The sun will rise and fall ♫
♫ It’s just another day ♫
Xinxin.
You didn't sleep well yesterday,
I can chat with you on the road.
Okay.
Hu,
take Mr. Xie's car later.
Here, this.
Okay.
Xiaxia,
keep it stable on the road.
Okay.
Any places for two bags?
Yes.
Still have the back seat.
Have a check.
See if you forgot anything.
That's all. Nothing else.
I'll send these away in the afternoon.
No worries.
I'll send it to you if anything got lost.
I don't want you to go.
We stay in touch.
Again.
We have had so many farewell meals.
Let's go, go.
Come on, go.
Let's go.
This one only?
Yes.
Okay.
Let's go.
How's it?
Delicious?
A bit weird.
A smell of seafood.
Because I added fish mint.
Why?
You local people like this, don't you?
We don't cook it this way.
[I'm boarding now. No worries.]
[Take care, tell me when you arrive.]
You are not happy?
Damai leaves.
Then would you leave?
I don't.
You will go back sooner or later.
It's not now anyway.
Next year?
Next year is far away.
I don't know, never planned.
You think it's far away,
but time flies.
What's the smell?
I shouldn't have added fish mint.
I didn't dare to say it.
Hongdou hasn't been here for two days.
What's she doing?
A girl is leaving.
So they eat together these days.
Already left?
Yes.
Then ask her to come to eat tonight.
I'll make onion oil tsamba.
Did you hear me?
Yes.
Okay.
So delicious!
Text Yao,
when will he come back for dinner?
Okay.
Grandma,
he said that Aunt Baoping kept him for dinner,
he asked us not to wait for him.
Then let's eat.
Calm down, take it easy.
My dad is too outrageous.
I promised him to go out four days a week.
I even wrote a guarantee.
Then he said he had a present for me.
I...I was looking forward to that.
Then the thing goes like this.
What's wrong with Damai?
Her dad gave her a gift.
Hongdou you are there?
Yes.
I'm here in the kitchen.
Open your camera.
Let us have a look at your gift.
Wait a minute.
It's so cute!
Why are you peeing again?
I'll mop it later.
You think it's cute?
My dad said that
I had to walk him four days a week.
Four days!
And let him pee in the toilet
for the rest of the days.
But you have to walk him every day.
I wouldn't come back if I knew this.
Your dad is so great.
No wonder he is a teacher
who can manage a class of students.
Damai,
I can fully understand you.
You are so poor.
I can't speak to you.
I have to mop the floor.
Noodles in a simple sauce,
eat it now or it's gonna stick together.
I can't guarantee it's delicious.
You put lard oil in it,
how could it not be tasty?
Anything is on your mind these days?
No.
Not willing to leave?
A little bit.
But I can't be at leisure all the time.
Right?
I have to go back
to the normal work and life.
What about you and Mr. Xie?
What?
You watched stars with him
outside the tent the day we went camping.
I saw it.
Xinxin,
you didn't sleep well last night,
let me chat with you along the way.
Okay.
Hu.
Take Mr. Xie's car later.
Xiaxia,
watch it when you put it.
It's not stable on the road.
Okay.
Here, let me.
Come on, Xiaxia.
So what?
What?
You have the chance and catalyst.
Something is happening.
Don't you want some progress?
How?
You can facetime with him.
It's just keeping in touch.
People need to feel the body and smell
to soothe the soul.
When you are in a new environment,
you relax yourself,
you will get some space in your heart.
Someone would walk in accidentally.
But I'm just a tourist.
I don't belong here.
He's already there.
What can you do?
I don't know.
I never met this before.
I have no experience.
So I try not to see him these days.
Hongdou,
are you happy to see him,
or not to see him?
I'm happy to see him.
Have you ever had a secret crush
on someone when you were in school?
Yes.
There was a boy who studied well
when I was in senior high.
We sat across an aisle.
Were you happy just to see him?
When he talked to you,
or even his hand touched your book,
you were excited.
Yes.
Then that's it.
Use your imagination.
What's the difference between now and then?
You are happy to see him.
Then keep that.
Friends will leave anyway.
Make every day happy.
Don't make it hard and listen to yourself.
Your holiday is still on.
Makes sense.
I have more experience on love than you.
I won't cheat you.
I want to be Monkey King!
I want to be Monkey King!
You can only be Pigsy since you lost.
I don't care!
I want to be Monkey King!
Guobao,
can you be Monk Sha?
No!
I want to be Monkey King!
How can you guys bully Guobao again?
I asked you to be friendly.
No one bullied him.
He wants to be Monkey King.
Then let him be.
I'm Monkey King.
Aren't you Ultraman?
Why are you Monkey King now?
But Ultraman wasn't on the journey to the west.
Stop talking.
Let's discuss it.
We just let Ultraman go to the west
without Pigsy, okay?
No, we can't.
We have to take Pigsy.
Ultraman has to stay
in the city to fight against monsters.
Okay, okay.
Guobao, Guobao.
Listen,
you are in the kindergarten now,
who rolls on the ground in your class?
I want to be Monkey King!
Okay.
Jiabao will be back this Sunday.
I'll let Jiabao pull you up.
So you are not rolling?
Come here.
I'll take you to wash your face.
Listen,
you have to be amiable.
Don't make trouble.
If you play Journey To the West,
you have to be Tang Monk, Monk Sha,
Pigsy and Monkey King in turn.
Get it?
No, I am Tang Monk.
Why do you want to be a monk all the time?
Tang Monk has a great dream.
So do I.
So I am Monk Tang.
Okay.
Hulu.
As long as you can learn
addition and subtraction within ten,
you can be a nun or a monk, whatever you like.
Okay?
Okay,
let's wash your face.
Guobao,
you are too old to cry outside,
so embarrassing.
Feng.
I'm here.
Where are they?
They are out for dinner.
What are you gonna eat?
Cornmeal dumpling.
Chang is suffering from anemia.
What do you want?
You also want anemia?
I put eggs in it.
Eggs?
How many are you willing to add?
I know you are stingy.
It's all vegetables.
Stop making this.
I brought you some snacks.
What did Xi send to you?
It's not from Xi.
I made it by myself.
Brown beef spare ribs.
Brown beef?
Have a try, try one.
Try one, try one.
Delicious?
You are so good at it.
It's all yours.
Eat it up.
Look at yourself.
You need more meat.
Do you know?
When Xie Qiang comes out,
if he saw you two both are skinny with diseases,
how would he feel?
How would he feel?
Eat it, eat it.
Eat it up.
Get it?
Let me eat this cornmeal dumpling.
How is it?
Delicious.
Coarse cereals are good.
I don't eat it, I don't.
I don't.
Take one.
No.
You eat it.
I can have this, it's good.
Okay, you pay this first.
Okay.
Bro.
Hongdou is about to leave our cafe.
I considered recruiting a new worker.
I asked you to do it.
I didn't realize the service problem.
Hongdou brought new standards to us.
We should keep them.
Okay.
You can take charge of it.
Then it's on me?
Okay.
I'm going.
Bye.
Bye.
Uncle.
The little pony is good?
Yes, pretty good.
Here.
I brought you some carrots.
Okay.
Why are you running so fast?
I'm asking you questions!
What are you doing?
I don't need to tell you.
Qin!
You!
Second Bro.
What's wrong?
Quarreled with your dad again?
He stopped forcing you
to learn stitchwork, did he?
He doesn't like Yang Zhinan.
Who's Yang Zhinan?
A salesclerk of a homestay in the town.
My boyfriend.
You are in a relationship?
Congrats.
Why doesn't your father like him?
He thinks that he is younger than me,
so he is not a staid man.
How old is he?
So what?
Nothing.
I didn't know it.
Come here.
You know what,
he pursued me.
He used to come to my place to buy something.
I felt weird.
There's a store right in front of his homestay.
So once I asked him if he liked me.
He ran away.
The next day,
he started to order takeouts for me.
It's not because of the takeouts.
I'm not that easy-going.
I asked him to pursue me for a long time
before I said yes.
How long?
More than a week.
Actually, I wanted to say yes on the first day.
Or should I wait till the next March 3rd
to sing it out of love to him?
Your dad is old now,
it's hard for him to keep with your idea.
Don't be mad at him.
I'm not.
He doesn't accept anything I do.
Today we went to cut up scallion,
he cared about my mom,
so he kept my mom home.
I cared about him too,
so I closed my store to go with him.
He kept saying that
I would make trouble for him.
And I was lazy since young
without learning anything.
And Yang Zhinan was bad in every aspect.
So I was really angry.
You have the same temper as your mom.
Yes.
He has to understand me.
This is inheritance.
But he said that I'm silly.
I never learn good things.
I even don't find a good boyfriend.
What is a good boyfriend?
The ones I like are good, right?
You're right.
Right?
Uncle Yao,
your words are always pleasant to hear.
Since you've finished chatting with me,
you can cut scallion now.
It's not that rush.
Let's chat.
Let me care about you.
Tell me the truth,
did you get together with Xu Hongdou?
Again.
I said she was a tenant.
Her term is till next month.
She will leave?
I thought that you liked her.
I like her too.
She is so white.
Uncle Yao,
you are old now,
you would have no girls if you stay negative.
Go to pursue her.
Keep her stay.
It will take you a long time maybe.
You can leave if you are done.
You gabbled too much nonsense,
just like your father.
Uncle Yao,
how could you say that?
What do you mean like my father?
I'm caring about you!
I'm busy!
Mind your business.
My Yang Zhinan is much better.
My Yang Zhinan is the best in this world.
Hongdou likes eating chicken,
call her to come.
Don't call her.
It's too late, she probably is eating now.
Then ask her.
I don't.
Ask her.
No.
You can ask if you want.
Hongdou!
Don't shout!
What's wrong with you?
What's wrong with you?
Why are you asking me to call her?
She is leaving,
do you know?
I know.
So I called her to come to eat.
I know what you are thinking about.
Don't think that way.
What am I thinking?
Say it.
What am I thinking?
Say it, say it.
Grandma,
Xu Hongdou is traveling here.
You have to know the truth,
and stop your illusion.
Don't always call her to eat.
She was just too shy to refuse.
You never asked other tenants to come.
It's not good.
Why are you looking at me?
Call Hongdou to eat here.
Call her if you want.
I'll go out to eat.
Where are you going this late?
Yao, I'm not calling.
I won't call her, okay?
Here.
Yours are ready.
Okay, thanks.
You're welcome.
What's wrong?
You sit here without saying anything.
What's wrong?
You were busy.
Who could I speak to?
Tell me the truth,
is it the bookstore shutting down?
Could you please expect anything good for me.
I want to expect something good.
But you just sit there,
with a bottle of beer.
And not looking good.
Isn't it about breaking down?
I can't be a boss in this life,
I can't bear this pressure.
Each time when I heard that
you broke on this or that,
I'm like sitting on a roller-coaster.
I'm going through ups and downs.
Nothing like a roller-coaster.
It's not the bookstore.
It's my personal reason.
Personal reason?
What's that?
Did Xu Hongdou say anything to you?
What would she say to me?
Then it's you who said something to her.
Nothing.
Then tell her.
It's no use for you
to stay here and drink alone.
You have to tell her.
Say it to her.
What?
Say anything you want to say to her.
I have nothing to say.
Don't pretend that in front of me.
I know you.
You act natural and poised
if you have no secret.
Now you like her secretly,
so you are thievish-looking and shifty-eyed.
See? Just like this.
Hold down your voice.
The kid will hear it.
What does she know?
No worries,
I didn't want to uncover you.
You two are well-matched and have common topics.
Confess to her.
Then what should I do next?
What next?
You could stop chasing her if got refused.
But I feel that she likes you too.
Okay.
Let's put it like this,
then what?
Then what?
You two are together.
How?
You ask me how?
Just be couples.
I don't know how.
I stay here,
and she goes to Beijing,
a long-distance relationship?
Then try to keep her.
Why do you only think of me keeping her stay?
But not me going with her?
Because you can't.
You leave all these behind you?
You go with her?
No, you can't.
Since I can't go with her,
then how could I ask her to stay?
Why do men take it for granted that women should
do more sacrifice and compromise for love,
while men just need a verbal guarantee,
like I would be good to you all my life?
I didn't think this way.
I just feel that
love needs mutual understanding.
You said that I could not go with her,
where's the mutual thing?
Fine, fine.
You like her,
not me.
Then what do you think?
I don't know.
I'm anxious because I have no idea about it.
I miss her when I can't see her.
But when I see her,
I don't know what to say to her.
I just feel that I am like an idiot now.
You know what?
You are being an idiot now.
Okay.
Drink, drink.
I really mean it.
You are thinking too much.
You are thinking too much every day.
I can understand that in your work.
But you also think too much about love.
Are you tired?
In my opinion,
Don't care about the future.
Just be good to her.
Be nice to her.
When she leaves,
she can remember your kindness.
Okay.
Think it over.
Mom, tell me a story.
I can't tell you a story today.
I'm working.
You haven't finished the book
Uncle Yao gave to you.
Mom, I heard about a secret of Uncle Yao today.
What secret?
Uncle likes Sister Hongdou.
That's not a secret.
Mom, he didn't say that.
How did you know?
Because I had that experience.
What experience?
It's a long story.
To be simple,
I had that feeling before.
So I know what's it like when you love someone.
You mean my father?
Before him.
I loved someone else.
Who's that?
He was my desk mate
in my senior year of middle school.
He studied very well.
And then?
He was handsome.
He had dark skin,
and a dimple on the right when he smiled.
What are you talking about as a mother?
Mom!
Why are you eavesdropping?
I didn't.
Go to bed.
Okay.
Go to bed.
Go to bed.
Mom, I want to read before sleep.
Okay, read your book.
I'll play with my phone for a while.
[Why are you sitting over there?]
[Why are you sitting over there?]
[Why are you sitting over there?]
[To feel the wind and dry my hair,
how about you?]
[Feeding the horse.]
♫ I've been alone ♫
♫ Into the unknown ♫
[Okay, go to bed early.]
[I can't sleep.]
♫ Through the dark ♫
♫ I'm searching for a meadow of mine ♫
[What's wrong?]
♫ Till you came in with the breeze ♫
♫ Feeling a rush out of me ♫
[I'm thinking too much.]
♫ I know I will be yours ♫
[Stop thinking too much.]
♫ But this one inside your heart ♫
♫ I'll give you the saddle of my heart ♫
[Okay.]
[Want Creamed Soybean tomorrow?]
♫ Spill my heart to the field ♫
[Watch my gesture.]
♫ I know I'll be yours ♫
♫ Could you ask for any horse ♫
♫ but this one inside your heart ♫
[Go to bed early, I'll call you
tomorrow morning when I get it back.]
♫ The saddle of my heart ♫
♫ You ask me ♫
♫ the wind could sing ♫
♫ We close our eyes to feel ♫
♫ And smile ♫
♫ Listen to the rain
falling into the silent forest ♫
♫ Enjoy the mountainous landscape at sunset ♫
♫ The raindrops on the roof
fall into the eyes secretly ♫
♫ The world is like a quiet island ♫
♫ The sky is turning bright silently ♫
♫ Waiting for the seabirds
to call forth the ripples ♫
♫ Waiting for the sunlight to shine into
my heart across the lake ♫
♫ Set sail when it's windy ♫
♫ The reflection of clouds, the changing moon
and the stars all over the sky ♫
♫ The lost footsteps will be gradually erased ♫
♫ The light and shadow of four seasons ♫
♫ I've seen the meteor
that lights up the night sky ♫
♫ When the wind rises,
the sky will be cloudless ♫
♫ The sky is turning bright silently ♫
♫ Waiting for the seabirds
to call forth the ripples ♫
♫ Waiting for the sunlight to shine into
my heart across the lake ♫
♫ Set sail when it's windy ♫
♫ The reflection of clouds, the changing moon
and the stars all over the sky ♫
♫ The lost footsteps will be gradually erased ♫
♫ The light and shadow of four seasons ♫
♫ I've seen the meteor
that lights up the night sky ♫
♫ When the wind rises,
the sky will be cloudless ♫
♫ Go to a windy place to meet you ♫
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01x22 - Episode 22
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Xu Hongdou, a white-collared employee nearing her mid 30s, faced a major obstacle in life when her best friend unexpectedly fell ill with cancer and died.
Xu Hongdou, a white-collared employee nearing her mid 30s, faced a major obstacle in life when her best friend unexpectedly fell ill with cancer and died.