01x04 - The glamorous end of the century

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Welcome to upside-down world.

We'll read this month's horoscope

to you now.

Venus and Mars are

directly opposite each other at 180°.

That's a hopeless and fatal attraction.

Everything impossible is possible.

Turn around, and it's the beauty

at the turn-of-the-century.

And now, upside down.

Why did I drink so much?

Good morning.

Let's go.

Why are you standing there?

Wait till I've gone over this mountain.

I win.

Stomachache.

If possible,

I just want to stay in this room

all alone.

Here, Xiaotian, a poached egg.

Mom.

Cook it a bit more?

Actually, we can try

Try what?

Try to be a little closer.

Okay

I'll make another one for you.

Xiaowang.

Quick, come and have your breakfast.

Thank you, Auntie.

There's no need to be so formal.

Here, have some porridge.

I'll make some new poached eggs for you.

There's already an egg here.

Hey, you

Here you go.

Poached eggs.

I need to go earlier today.

You

Wait, Xiaotian.

Aren't you going to eat?

You're not going to wait for Xiaowang?

No need for that.

Didn't you say you wanted it

cooked a bit more?

I'm full now, Auntie.

Bye.

Weird.

He ate the raw one, but this one

Isn't this the better one?

Still want to go straight?

Have you forgotten about last night?

Last night？

What do you mean go straight?

-I'm going home.

-Home is the other way!

I know that.

I just wanted to test you.

It's true!

If you don't believe me,

record it with your phone.

I can still walk straight.

What exactly do you want to do?

Take it out and press record!

I'm going to start walking.

You're recording, right?

Well? Was it a straight line?

Can you do that?

I don't want to.

Walk over here.

See if you can walk straight.

I don't want to.

Hurry up!

You can do it too.

Thank you.

Hey, how am I supposed to record you?

I know.

Hey, you

Here!

If you can walk straight, then walk home.

Go on, I'll record.

Let's go!

Let's go!

Don't sway about!

We're on the way.

Walk in a straight line!

Don't sway about.

Well?

You remember now?

Walk in a straight line.

No.

If I'd known

It'd be great

if I really had a stomachache.

Then I could call in sick.

It's not poison.

Hawthorn helps with digestion.

You won't get diarrhea.

Even if you don't have a stomachache,

you've just eaten my mother's bad cooking.

So you need to take one.

Auntie Jiang gave you this?

We just ate the breakfast she prepared,

then she gave you this?

What a nice lady.

Yesterday

why did you say to me

that you wanted to try

to be a little closer?

So, you don't want us

to know each other better?

I didn't mean it that way.

So do you want it or not?

I do.

Let me see you walk straight.

Hey, can you stop going on

about walking in a straight line?

Walk in a straight line.

You need a spanking.

The path to punch someone

is a straight line.

Initial speed 0, acceleration 50.

According to Newton's law of motion F=Ma.

Stop it!

Why are you two so late?

Go to your seats, quickly.

Why is Miss Jin so early

Go and sit down, quickly.

You two, take out your test papers.

Oh, no. I didn't do it.

-Me neither

-As I said, there are two types

-of good English grades.

-Miss Jin is so early.

The first lesson hasn't started.

Why are so many people standing up?

Someone told on us.

She came to check our papers

to see who copied.

If I find out who it is,

I'll definitely damn

Hey

Then the accuracy can be improved.

Stand up.

For some students,

I don't need to check their papers

to know they didn't do it.

Gao Tianyang.

You.

Show more initiative.

Stand up!

Where's your test paper?

Some students are different.

I don't need to check their papers

to know they've done it.

Come, Sheng Wang.

Be a good example to everyone.

Sheng Wang.

You've given me

a painful slap in the face.

Do you feel it?

Stand up!

Who else among you

didn't do their test papers

like these ones here?

Take your papers and pens

and go outside to do them.

Come back when you're done.

Everyone of you be more conscientious.

-Jiang Tian, your paper?

-Why did I go to the barbecue?

True, it was too late for us.

It was midnight by the time

I got home and had a bath.

Not bad.

Not bad.

The rest of you did well.

Don't look. Do it yourself.

Miss Jin will see.

Tian is standing up.

Jiang Tian？

Oh, no, Tian came out too.

I feel a little better now.

Stop comparing yourself with Tian.

Did Miss Jin say when we could go back in?

When we're done of course.

When we're done?

When all 150 are done,

I think it will be about time

to go home.

Wait a minute.

We haven't been out here for long,

and you're already on question 58?

Question 59 now?

How long will it take to do 150?

Less than an hour.

C-O-W.

-Why didn't you finish yours?

-You tell me.

Why did you come early?

I need to go earlier today.

Not waiting for Xiaowang?

Tick A for this question.

Present continuous tense.

What?

You think an ace student is so great?

I hear our class has become

a tourist attraction.

Many came especially to see our

so-called ace student getting punished.

Do me a favor.

Can you perform normally?

Can you put more effort into your lessons?

Can you?

Yes.

Okay, I still have something to announce.

The Model Student of the Year selection

will happen soon.

Everybody knows

the city's model student

will get bonus points

on the college entrance exam.

This is like getting

the first choice ticket.

Our class has four candidates this year.

Same rules as always:

based on performance,

chosen from among the class prefects,

voted on by the class.

The fourth candidate will be

the one who has made

the most progress on the monthly exam.

Okay, take out your textbooks.

Open to page 91.

Class monitor.

Write the last formula on the board.

The rest of you,

take out your test papers.

Still angry?

Sorry, it was my fault.

I will kneel down before you.

Focus on the lesson. Don't text.

Hey

My pen ran out of ink.

Lend me your refill.

Thanks.

Hey.

Later,

let's go to the west gate.

Focus on your lesson.

Okay.

Don't tilt your chair during class.

Okay.

Another thing.

Can you not keep borrowing my refills?

Sure.

So can you stop being angry?

I have something to do tonight.

If my mother asks,

tell her the teacher wanted to see me.

Okay, then can you stop being angry?

Right now, I'm choosing

to have amnesia. Okay?

Okay.

I'll tell Auntie Jiang tonight then.

This has nothing to do with the alcohol.

You know that during the day,

I have to go to class with everyone else.

At night, I have to catch up on

what I didn't learn last semester.

I never get to bed before 3:00 a.m.

One more thing. I've noticed

your school is super-weird.

Seating at the next test is

arranged according to ranking.

The 31st-ranked student is placed

in the first seat of Class B.

The 65th gets the fifth seat in Class C.

I did so poorly on my last test.

So which class will I be placed in?

Uncle Zhao.

I'll get going then.

Uncle Zhao.

I heard

you guys went to my son's café yesterday.

Yes, yesterday was his grand opening.

Didn't you go?

Not used to the food there.

Do you have anything else nice

besides Ageh fish ball soup?

Take a look inside.

Okay, I'm in a great mood today.

I want to eat a lot.

Good.

Okay, chemistry's done.

1:45 a.m.

Great. I can go to bed early.

What's going on?

It's so noisy.

Why are you moving around

in the middle of the night?

You're so focused on me?

I'm not.

What time do you plan to go to sleep?

How much do you have left to study?

One more subject.

Which one?

Physics.

Is your door locked?

Is it locked?

What does he mean?

You sure are busy.

Still awake in the middle of the night.

You're really noisy.

What are you stuck on?

I'm not stuck.

Not stuck?

Can't you see it's nearly two o'clock?

I not only have to attend classes,

but I have to study new content

and catch up too.

My pace is already fast, okay?

So when you texted me to ask what time

I was going to bed, which question

did you want to ask me about?

None.

So you want help with the main points

and the exam questions?

Please.

Can I write on your book?

Sure.

I'll be ripping it out anyway.

Ripping it out?

Yes.

If I answer the question correctly

a few times,

I'll cross it off.

Once the whole page

is crossed off, I'll rip it out,

so that next time,

I don't waste time looking it over.

I'll go ahead then.

This is the main point.

Main point.

Forget about this one.

This one too.

You can skim this one.

Read the rest when you have time.

It's okay if you don't time.

Understood.

I understood it when you marked it.

The six first questions

are the most comprehensive ones.

If I understand them,

there's no need to worry

what the main exam questions will be.

The following questions

basically review

different parts of the six main points.

So I don't need to waste time.

Right?

Yes.

I have a question.

What is it?

The way you lecture on a topic

Have you never been beaten?

Hey No

Don't take this one away.

Whether I can sleep early tonight

depends totally on this.

Begin.

Hand me the pen.

I'll take a look at the math questions

you answered.

Say if you disagree

with my main points. It's fine.

PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY

Hey.

Was it okay?

What's Tian doing? Why's he so slow?

Hurry up, Mute!

Hurry up! Can't you understand?

Hurry up!

Speak like a human!

Damn it!

My shoes are dirty now!

Always begging for food!

Don't be in the way!

Damn it!

Uncle Mute!

Let's get over there. Come on

Let's fight then!

Hit him!

Hit him!

Okay, sorry.

I apologize, okay?

f*ck your mother.

Go f*ck your own mother!

Not other people's!

Okay, I'll f*ck my own mother, all right?

Let's go to the clinic.

What does that mean?

He said no need to go.

He has antiseptic at home.

What brand is it?

Is it expired? Is it effective?

-Ignore him. Let's go.

-Let's go.

-Come on.

-He's high-born.

Come on.

Hey, careful!

I've got it.

Careful!

Sheng, did you know?

My grandparents

and Tian's maternal grandmother

used to be Tamying's teachers.

They all lived here.

The primary school here is famous.

So I moved here when I was

about five or six years old

and stayed till I finished primary school.

Tian came earlier.

He was three or four when he came.

But I think he moved away

before he finished primary school.

Yes, we moved away.

Let Uncle Mute sit there.

Everyone lives behind there.

Sit over there.

This is Old Ding's house.

Boss Zhao of Xi Le lives nearby.

Oh, right, listen.

This guy Ding who lives here is

the famous fierce old man

of the Little White House.

Difficult to get along with.

He's so aggressive

But Tian gets along with him,

so he has lunch here every day.

I can't.

It's just that when I was little,

I climbed a tree, fell and broke his roof.

He's held a grudge till this day.

Was it that serious?

Petty.

So

you usually have lunch here.

Mm-hmm.

What's with Mute?

-Damn!

-Handsome!

You haven't paid for my broken roof!

How dare you come here. I'll beat you!

I love you too!

Love, my foot!

I'll beat you if you show up again!

Mute, what happened to your knee?

He fell down in the school

and bumped his knee.

And who are you?

I'm his classmate.

-Hello, Grandpa Ding.

-Who told you my last name is Ding?

The one who just ran away.

I should've broken his leg just now!

Did you help Xiaotian bring Mute home?

Yes.

Have you eaten?

Why are you looking at him?

You don't know if you've eaten?

I haven't eaten.

Okay, take a rest first.

I'll go cook lunch.

Bring back that broom later.

I have a question.

How come we can't understand

what Uncle Mute's saying,

but you can?

I guess parts of it.

The only one who can converse with him

is Xi Le's boss, Zhao.

No wonder

Uncle Mute often goes to Xi Le.

He's either managing the cash register

or taking inventory

or dealing with the recycling.

He's really busy there.

If there's only one person in the world

who can understand what you say, then

he's more important than anyone else.

Just now

Zhai Tao asked about my mother

Thank you.

Quickly, go inside.

I'll go get the broom.

Be careful.

Here

You guys eat first.

There are more people today,

so I'll go prepare another dish.

Enjoy.

What's the matter?

Do you still want to eat at Xi Le?

Okay, pretend I didn't say that.

Older people aren't fussy

about preparing meals.

I'm not sure if you're used to the food.

So you talked round in a big circle

because you were afraid

I wasn't used to the food?

I'm just worried the food

will go to waste.

You

You've got an annoying way of talking.

Go to Xi Le then.

I won't go!

I'm not a picky eater.

Right, Uncle Mute?

I really admire the boy

you brought here to eat.

So picky. He doesn't eat

coriander, carrots or spinach.

He eats onions and garlic if they're

minced but won't eat if he sees

He's slandering me!

IF HE WAS MY SON, I'D STARVE HIM

FOR THREE DAYS FIRST.

Who's slandering you?

Here, eat up.

This is

-Xiao what?

-Xiao

Xiaowang.

Xiaosheng or Xiaowang.

Whatever you're happy with.

Xiaowang then.

Do you have enough food?

Yes, I do!

You're big and tall.

I'd better get you another bowl of rice.

Thank you.

Why did Gao Tianyang call him Old Ding?

Yes, he looks like that!

What are you laughing about?

What's so funny?

There's just half a bowl of rice left.

Don't just eat the meat

in the bell pepper pork.

Bell peppers are tasty and nutritious.

He doesn't eat bell

I eat bell peppers.

You eat bell peppers, huh?

Do you eat them?

I love bell peppers.

Have more then.

Delicious.

Is he going to commend us?

Reporting.

We've come to get the exercise books.

They're on the table.

Take them and go away.

Sheng Wang.

You did well on your test this time.

Should I praise you a little?

Praise you for fighting?

You didn't finish your test properly.

You have so much free time to fight!

Sir.

I was there too.

You forgot to call me up.

Did you hit them?

-I did.

-My foot!

There are so many CCTVs.

Do you think they're fake?

Don't you butt in. Listen here,

I'm going to punish you too.

No one can stop me.

In one go, I can

Sir, Gao Tianyang's brain got damaged

when he hit his head.

He's rambling. I'll take him back

to rest in the classroom.

What are you doing?

Stop answering back.

My dad will get angrier,

and it'll be worse for them.

Sir, they hit us first.

I damn

Why do I have to stand here?

You still don't know

why you're standing here?

Didn't I just say?

The CCTVs outside.

Besides, the students who witnessed it

have eyes and ears.

Did you think I called you here

to make excuses?

I also want to ask you,

who called someone a beggar?

And who kicked someone down the stairs?

-I

-Yes, you did!

And you two.

I know

your original intention

may not have been bad.

But there are numerous ways

to handle a situation.

Must you resort to fighting?

Jiang Tian.

You're amazing, huh?

Fighting in front of your classmates.

You felt especially cool, right?

Sheng Wang.

You threw your school bag really far.

Are you that strong?

Okay then.

The three of you

like to show off

in front of others, right?

Come on.

In that lane to the west of the school,

there's a huge mass of dead leaves.

This stage is impressive, right?

Every day after school,

go sweep the grounds.

I have to shame you a few times,

so you know just how long life's road is.

Thank you, sir.

How're we going to finish

sweeping them up?

And the leaves keep falling.

Don't move!

Sometimes, we really just need

to look at the present.

Didn't you ask me that day?

What did you want to say afterwards?

Actually, I wanted to say

that it would be better

for us to each live our own lives.

We didn't have any interaction before,

so why get caught up with each other now?

But afterwards,

you kept wanting to walk home

in a straight line.

And you forced me to do the same.

As we walked,

I looked back once

and saw the path we'd just walked.

I suddenly felt

the past didn't seem so important.

There was no present before,

so the past was important.

But now, we have the present,

so the past is no longer important.

So I want to live in the present.

How good it would be

if we could stay in the present.

Why do you want to stay in the present?

There's a better future awaiting us.

Sheng Wang, Jiang Tian.

Enough, stop sweeping.

Mr. Xu, it's best if you tell them.

Well,

I'm changing your punishment.

Report to Miss Yang Jing

every day after class.

I'm the one who asked this of Mr. Xu.

The English Competition is next week.

The two students most likely to win

have been sent here to sweep leaves

and can't go back to study.

Mr. Xu,

do you think this is good?

Right.

This matter

affects the reputation of our school,

the performance of the school,

as well as the number

of new students each year.

So the principal especially values that.

I've decided to let the two of you

atone for your crimes with good deeds.

Stop sweeping now.

There are two conditions.

First, you must win

the English competition.

Second, this week's test.

You must have improved

by more than 50 ranks.

Not you. I'm talking about Sheng Wang.

You're number one.

Can't go higher than that.

Mr. Xu.

You know that the higher your ranking is,

the harder it is

to move up the list.

And there's not much time.

Of course, I know.

Otherwise, how would it be a punishment?

You either fulfill these two conditions

or

-continue sweeping.

-Thank you, sir.

Furthermore,

don't hope to become

the class's model student anymore.

Go up 50 ranks

Go up 50 ranks in the whole grade

Why must only one be punished

when two are at fault?

No way.

I must get him to help me review

the test questions and main points.

That's not taking advantage.

What is it?

The aircon in my room is not working.

I'd like to cool off in your room.

I'm serious.

Go see for yourself.

It's really not working.

Don't go

If you really do go,

I'll jump from a building

right in front of you.

An air-conditioned room is so comfortable.

Don't mind me. Just do your work.

Mind if I sit on your bed?

I do.

Oh

Sit.

It's all right. I can stand.

Sit down or you can go back.

Hurry up and do your homework.

Okay.

Actually,

do you mind sleeping a little later?

Like

2:00 a.m.?

BEAT THE ACADEMIC EXAM

Is the aircon really broken?

Yes.

I already told Auntie Sun.

A repairman will come in two days.

Yes, starting from here.

Here.

Memorize this one.

Alternating currents.

This is sure to come up.

This question is wrong.

QUIET, MORNING STUDY

Here.

Add this one.

Constitutes a whole entity.

Right?

Correct.

Go sleep in your own room

if you want to sleep.

It's not my fault

if you don't advance 50 ranks.

You haven't done this.

Or this one.

After this, I'll start

This one isn't done either.

So how long will you

be staying in my room?

"Lush, lush, willows in the courtyard.

A voluptuous woman on the upper floor"

Wrong.

Repeat.

That hurts too much.

This side now.

Thank you.

I've finished it all before 1:00 a.m.

Is that a problem?

No, I just think the feng shui here

is good for doing exam questions.

Praising you a bit.

What is it?

I found it.

You

Why did you pack your bag?

When are you planning to leave?

I didn't pack my bag.

It's been there all this time.

This book is better.

More types of questions.

Personal habit.

Xiaowang, I'm back!

Quiet!

Quiet!

-My dad's back.

-I'm back!

Xiaowang, are you asleep?

Do you have to panic like this?

I

You even dragged me into a wardrobe.

What do you mean by this?

Just

my dad's very long-winded.

If he knows we're still awake,

he's sure to ask

why we're still not sleeping

and why we haven't finished our work

and why we've delayed it till now.

If I tell him I haven't finished it,

he's sure to ask

if it's because there's too much

or it's too difficult.

Is it just me, or is it the whole class?

If I tell him I'm studying

for the monthly test,

he's sure to ask

how my studying is going.

Or he'll reassure me, saying,

"Our Sheng Wang's the greatest.

Your dad believes in you."

Not Sheng Wang.

Your father will call you Xiaowang.

-Shut up.

-The lights are out.

They must be asleep.

Then let's not wake them.

Okay.

Then

Xiaowang,

can we get out now?

Of course.

8:00 - 9:30

May I know if Sheng Wang's here?

That's me.

Go see the English teacher.

-Miss Jing wants to see me?

-Yes.

Right now?

I think she said she wants to print out

new test papers

for the English competition.

Okay.

She's not in the office upstairs.

She said the photocopier is broken.

She's at Xi Le Welfare Society

printing out your test papers.

Okay.

Go. I'll return to the exam room.

Okay, thanks.

Why look for me now?

Is that him?

Hey, classmate.

Sheng Wang?

Don't scare him.

Okay, sorry.

Do you know who I am?

No, you don't.

Then do you know why I came here?

Answer him!

Calm down.

Do you know why I came looking for you?

I do.

You guys

are looking for a beating!

What's going on?

Every time I take a test,

I get into a fight.

My horoscope for this month

is really accurate.

You b*stard!

You sure can fight!

Venus and Mars are

directly opposite each other at 180°.

That's a hopeless and fatal attraction.

Everything impossible is possible.

Turn around, and it's the beauty

at the turn-of-the-century.

JIAN TIAN'S VERY MOMEN

Okay, chemistry's done.

1:45 a.m.

You know that during the day,

I have to go to class with everyone else.

At night, I have to catch up on

what I didn't learn last semester.

I never get to bed before 3:00 a.m.

Why are you moving around

in the middle of the night?

You're so focused on me?

I'm not. What time do you plan

to go to sleep?

How much do you have left to study?

One more subject.

Which one?

Physics.

Is your door locked?

In the stillness of the night,

a cicada in one of the trees

suddenly played out a tune.

It was clearly the end of summer,

but it was like the awakening

of insects in the middle of spring.