01x29 - Episode 29

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♪ Sometimes ♪

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♪ When I’m alone ♪

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♪ Trying so hard to grow up ♪

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♪ Be brave ♪

♪ Darkness ♪

♪ Is nothing but a lesson ♪

♪ Life ♪

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♪ In a roundabout way ♪

♪ About how to be fearless ♪

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Go Ahead
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Episode 29

Where have you been these days?

You come home so late.

Nowhere

You smell like garbage.

You smell like garbage.

Why don’t you say something?

I don’t want to.

That would make you gloomier.

Come on.

I’m not used to it.

How long

are you going to talk to me in this tone?

And you take everything

in your own hands.

You’d rather take loans from the bank,

rather than from me.

Are we families or not?

Don’t be silly.

Of course we are.

I always believe

that those from the same blood

aren’t bound to be families.

But those who love and cherish each other

can be families.

Doesn’t that mean getting married?

In marriage, we become family

temporarily.

Once we don’t love or cherish the other,

we’ll have to divorce,

like Ms. He Mei and Zhao Huaguang,

and Dad Ling and Ms. Chen Ting.

They’re strangers now, aren’t they?

In your heart,

your dad isn’t even Zhao Huaguang.

It’s our dad.

If you treat the other lightly

because she’s a family,

even the strongest love

can be weakened.

Like a kite,

if you leave it out there

in regardless

of the sun, wind

or rain out there,

one day,

its string will break.

Didn’t the string between us

nearly break in the years

when you and Ling Xiao were away?

Do you know what the problem is?

We didn’t come back.

No.

The problem is

none of us

told the others the true feelings

on our minds.

By true feelings,

I mean not only happiness

but also sorrow.

If there’s no pain as contrast,

then happiness would be meaningless.

I read it

on Zheng Shuran’s Weibo page.

It’s what we achieved by logical argument.

I’m fine, actually.

I just don’t want to

share the unhappy things

with you

and make you unhappy, too.

I wouldn’t be happy if I worried about you.

You seldom talked to me.

My heart hurts.

Really. I mean it.

My heart is made of glass.

It shatters easily.

It often occurs to me

that you’re suffering

alone

and t*rture yourself

by moral standards.

Then my heart starts

to bleed.

And I think life

is so dull.

He Ziqiu!

What?

You’re making pointless remarks again.

Why is life dull?

I saw you

eat like a horse each day.

You saw? From where?

I can’t see you each day.

So I read your WeChat Moments.

Look at the moments you shared.

Well,

you ate so much.

Even a horse can’t eat that much.

Look, look.

You aren’t good to me at all.

I knew that when we were little

you wanted to be a married-in husband.

You choose Ling Xiao over me.

Can’t I be gloomy for a few days?

If I were happy as usual

like nothing happened,

I’d be a crazy man.

Right.

How many days

are you going to be gloomy?

You don’t talk to me.

It’s agony to me.

I’m uncomfortable everywhere.

Slick.

Never mind.

What does that mean?

How many days?

What are you laughing at?

What does that mean now?

He Ziqiu.

Get the dog.

Ling Xiao, don’t open the door.

What was that?

Haichao Noodles

Dad’s beef is the best.

Let’s make some rules.

Li Jianjian, put them on your mind.

First,

be equal to us.

No partiality.

Second,

if your boyfriend

has conflict with your brother,

take your brother’s side.

Third,

if your boyfriend mistreats you,

I’ll kick his a*s.

He Ziqiu...

That’s more like it.

Li Jianjian, do you know?

Ms. Zhang decides

to suit your dad.

She’s got a good eye.

Which Ms. Zhang?

Li Jianjian hasn’t told you?

Grandma Qian introduced

someone to Dad Li.

A teacher, educated,

and looks graceful.

Why haven’t I heard anything from Dad?

I think Mr. Li doesn’t like her.

What did my dad say about it?

He said they didn’t match.

He just doesn’t like her.

Does my dad like gorgeous ladies?

I think he likes

pretty ladies.

I don’t agree.

Possibly.

Jianjian’s mom was pretty.

So is your mom.

Right.

I learned a lot

on this vegetables’ trip today.

I couldn’t stop talking

about cooking.

Ms. Zhang.

Please don’t...

You’re all back?

Ling Xiao doesn’t work today.

This is Ms. Zhang Hongying.

You...

You must be Jianjian.

Pretty girl.

Your dad said

you resemble your mom.

Nice to meet you, Ms. Zhang.

Nice to meet you.

It’s heavy. Allow me.

Too heavy. Leave it.

It’s OK. I got this. Too heavy for you.

Um... I...

Ms. Zhang, let me help you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Two handsome boys!

Which is Ziqiu

and which is Ling Xiao?

Careful. Careful.

Ms. Zhang, I... I’m Ziqiu.

Ling Xiao.

Great.

Be seated.

Eat your noodles. Go on.

Your dad promised

to teach me to make toppings.

Great. All my dad’s cooking is great.

You have a lot to learn.

Great.

Well, I’m not good at cooking.

But my eldest son

makes delicious western-style food.

Come to my home someday to have it.

Wonderful.

OK, then...

Then...

Ms. Zhang,

look,

why don’t you go to the kitchen

and ready the materials?

I told you

on our way back.

I want a few words with the kids.

OK, OK.

You guys talk.

I’ll go get the materials done.

Great kids.

I’ll join you in a while.

Fabulous kids.

What? Why did you agree to go

to her home?

Right.

What’s going on?

You...

You went to buy vegetables together?

Don’t give me that look.

We met in the market.

You met, right.

You probably will meet her

each day.

All right, stop.

Dad, she has sons?

Two.

Doesn’t Li Jianjian have two more brothers

after you marry her?

It’s OK if they don’t live together.

No, I can’t agree.

I do.

What do you mean

you agree?

We haven’t...

We haven’t gone that far.

I know, I know.

It’s OK. Just have a few dates.

See if you like her.

Look at you.

At my age,

it doesn’t matter if I like her or not.

Why can’t men at your age

choose someone you like

or deserve to have love?

Don’t treat me like a kid.

You will have it.

Love.

People of my generation

didn’t know how to date in youth,

not to mention at my age.

It’s good now.

Heping and I

help each other

in our lives.

Good.

Not at all.

My dad is an absentee.

Except money,

what else can he help with?

Rich men are kings while poor men are...

Poor men are ruins, right?

Young men, don’t belittle money.

Money is important.

Besides,

just two more people at the dinner table.

Dad Li,

I’m not like my dad.

If I can’t balance

work and family,

I take family as priority.

Well,

good.

You’re such a great kid.

Whoever marries you will be so happy.

So Dad Li,

please give your blessings to Jianjian and me.

Yes, I do.

Of course.

Wait, you two...

Dad, don’t worry.

If they don’t work out,

I’ll usurp.

Usurp? It’s filling in.

I’ll fill in.

What...

Dad, don’t worry about us.

We... We’ll work it out.

Don’t worry.

You will?

Haichao,

I’ve readied the materials. Come.

OK, just a second. I...

OK, my dad is coming.

Right now, Ms. Zhang.

Hurry.

Don’t laugh. You go first, Jianjian.

Dad, Dad, go.

Go help Ms. Zhang

with the materials.

We’ll go back after we finish.

Go ahead. Go.

Make it clear with me.

Get in there.

Actually, I think...

Get in.

Be proactive.

Goodness.

A franc for your thoughts.

In America, they’d only bring

a penny.

I guess that’s about all they’re worth.

I’m willing to be overcharged.

Tell me.

Well, I was wondering.

Why I’m so lucky.

Why I should find you

waiting for me

to come along.

Well, there’s not a man

in my life.

That’s easy.

There was.

He’s dead.

Sorry for asking.

I forgot we said no questions.

I’m so sorry

for being late for two hours.

I took my grandpa to hospital

for examination.

It’s OK. It happens to senior people.

How is the result?

You know Alzheimer’s.

It gets severer and severer.

He probably

can only remember my grandma now,

especially the movie

they watched

on their first date.

On the street in a foreign country,

he found someone he loved

come along

with her uniform

at work on,

bearing the brightest

smile.

He would never forget

the happiest moment.

Thank you so much.

Or my grandpa would demand

for the movie in a while.

It’s too late. Too late.

I don’t even know

how to cope with it.

Don’t mention it. I’m paid.

Thank you, Tang Can.

See you next time.

Keep in touch.

Mrs. Zhuang

Hello, Mrs. Zhuang.

Didn’t Zhuang Bei tell you?

I’m occupied recently.

I can’t take orders.

Please apply for a refund.

No, no.

I have enough money, Mrs. Zhuang.

Don’t confirm the payment.

Mrs. Zhuang?

Hello?

Zhuang Bei

Hello, did you tell your mom?

Hi.

Who are

your clients

who need you to dress up like that?

Something to drink?

I’m not here for coffee.

Straight up.

Here is the thing.

Can you please

help me for a longer time?

Are you crazy?

Listen,

it’s my grandma’s

seventy-year-old birthday.

I happen to have to go to Guangzhou

for business.

My mom has been bragging about you.

Your mom doesn’t mean to bring me,

but her son’s

girlfriend,

who’s obedient.

Find one.

This time,

it has to be you.

She has shown your photo

to the relatives.

Tell them that you broke up.

That I dumped you.

OK?

Hey, you...

My mom would look bad

in this way.

She’d look bad?

None of my business.

She isn’t my mom.

Wait, Can, Can.

Please, I beg you.

Let go.

Tang Can, let me explain.

It’s not what you think.

Qi Mingyue, she... She doesn’t know about it.

Is that a photo of the two of us?

Where is me?

Got it.

I’m the one who’s been cropped.

Tang Can.

What should we do?

The interest rate for cash advance

is high.

No matter what I said,

Ziqiu just refuses to take my money.

I’m crazy.

That’s him. Stubborn pride.

He doesn’t want Zhao Huaguang’s money.

The cafe has no revenue.

Son of a rich man

has to live on such a tight budget.

It’s easy.

Pay off the credit card for him.

Who knows his credit card number?

I do.

You do?

Wanna know?

Show me a cute face.

Stop looking.

Nobody home.

Happy?

One more time.

I...

Who’s home?

You two.

Dad, you come back?

My shirt is stained.

I come back for a change.

Ling Xiao,

buy me a medicinal patch.

The one I usually have.

OK, I’ll go now.

What are you doing?

You’re scaring me by looking at me like that.

What’s going on with you and Ling Xiao?

You know it.

I don’t know.

You’re always clingy to Ling Xiao.

It’s been a while?

No, no, no.

Absolutely no.

I swear.

Then what’s going on?

It’s not been long,

but

a man who’s so virtuous and handsome like him

and who loves me for so many years,

I have no reason to turn him down.

Right.

I thought you’d

happily give your permission, Dad,

but you don’t look

very happy about it.

I’m satisfied with Ling Xiao.

I’m worried about his mom.

It’d be even nice to say

his mom doesn’t like us.

She detests us.

Will she agree?

She doesn’t detest us.

She’s nicer now.

The last time

she and Ling Xiao had a call,

I was by his side.

She talked to me.

She sounded nice.

Really?

Really.

And maybe everyone

becomes nice

when people grow old.

Even if she doesn’t like it,

what can she do?

I’m here and she’s there.

Absence makes peace.

We’re like a well and a river.

It’s OK.

I’m worried she’d make it difficult for Ling Xiao.

Dad,

don’t worry about us.

We’re young.

You’d better worry

about your marriage.

Ms. Zhang is nice.

I quite go along with her.

Of all the skills out there,

you choose to learn match-making

from Grandma Qian?

Absurd.

I’m done talking to you.

Gonna change.

Don’t be shy.

Tell me.

Tell me about it.

I’m going to change. Get out.

Give me your thought.

Get out.

Tell me and I’ll get out.

Hence the application.

Please kindly approve it.

By Qi Mingyue.

I want to work in Beijing

Application to be Transferred to Beijing Office

All right.

E-mail

Mom invites you to a video call

Mom.

Did you have dinner?

Yes.

I just want to ask

if you work hard

on your test lately.

I’m reading.

Reciting.

Really?

Don’t fool me with this book.

Look,

I took notes everywhere.

I can’t see it.

All right.

I know you will

work hard.

It’s just a joke.

Is there anything else?

I’ll go back to study.

All right.

I’ll leave you to it. Go on.

I love you. Kiss you.

Kiss me?

♪ The setting sun hides the light in the night ♪

♪ Stars dismantle the shadows sleeplessly ♪

♪ Filled up by the moon along the seam ♪

♪ There is no reason for a night sky to be blind ♪

♪ If you ask it ♪

♪ The twists and turns before dawn ♪

♪ Is just the past for tomorrow ♪

♪ So there is no need to say too much ♪

♪ Only to endure ♪

♪ Every disappointed look back ♪

♪ Every frustrated thought ♪

♪ The night sky looks just like me ♪

♪ When I disobeyed ♪

♪ Mood under cover ♪

♪ Grievance with a price tag ♪

Outdoor Adventure

Can we stop creeping here?

Hang on for a little while. Hide.

It’s silly.

That’s how we spy.

Keep looking.

Where is he?

You’re following me?

We intended to.

But Ling Xiao said

no bother.

I bound your phone to mine.

Wherever you go, I can find you.

When did you

sneak my phone away?

Some day when you were in bath.

Ling Xiao paid

off your credit card

as well.

And he deleted all

text notifications.

He hid it well.

He didn’t even tell me

and teased me about it.

Don’t meddle in my business.

That’s not fair.

He’s worried about you.

Though he seldom says that,

he helps you

solve the problems.

Jeez, he cares about your feelings.

That’s touching.

This is deep love.

Hasn’t it always

been like this?

After we make trouble,

he clears up the mess.

Eat your dessert.

Who wants him to clear the mess?

I have no choice.

My girlfriend is worried about you.

You’re boasting?

Go boast it outside.

The interest

for cash advance is high.

Why don’t you give the interest to me?

All right.

I’ll pay the interest and the principle.

So you know now

I come out at night to work

not to have fun

in those rotten places.

Ziqiu, aren’t you tired

working in the café in the day

and the restaurant

at night?

The young people

are all tired at work.

Take your boyfriend as an example.

He often works late till nine p.m.

You’d better

worry about him instead of me.

You just can’t get over with it, right?

All right. All right.

I should go back.

What else do you want to eat?

Chocolate.

OK.

She can’t eat

so much sweet at night.

She’s not fat,

why not?

You can’t spoil her like that.

You think I don’t know

you often put cakes

in the fridge?

All right. No sweet.

Don’t be mad at me.

I eat one piece of cake each day.

Really.

Snowball, you’re waiting.

Hungry?

All your favorite.

We’re closed.

What brings you here?

Great kid.

No rush. Chew it up.

No rush.

Slow down.

I’ll cook more for you.

Dong liked the fish ba*ls

you brought last time.

The kids all like similar

foods.

Learned from experience.

Well, you come at this hour.

Is everything alright?

You don’t come with this kid

just to have noodles, do you?

Zhao Huaguang has another son.

He’s five years old.

They came back last year to worship the ancestors.

I asked a friend to ask around

in his hometown.

He made it quite a show.

Free banquets for three days

and a troupe to perform.

The local big shots

were all invited.

I was curious

why he permitted

Ziqiu to come back.

I thought

Ziqiu kept something

from me.

He does keep one thing from you.

My staff and I went to the cafeteria

for dinner last night.

I saw Ziqiu

working there.

So I asked

the manager of the cafeteria.

The pastry chef has to work from four p.m.

to ten p.m. in the night.

Do you have Zhao Huaguang’s phone number?

Yes, I do.

But I never called.

Don’t know if he changes the number.

Give it to me.

What do you want his number for?

I’ll ask him

why Ziqiu doesn’t have enough money.

Give it to me now.

Zhao Huaguang

Speak Chinese.

Don’t you see it’s a number from China?

It’s me,

He Mei.

Remember me?

Don’t give me the nonsense.

I just want to ask

why Ziqiu doesn’t have enough money.

You don’t know?

Zhao Huaguang,

explain it to me.

OK.

You value your dignity, don’t you?

I’m gonna go to your hometown

and put on the loudspeaker

how you

become a rich man

by marrying rich women.

You know me.

You know clearly

if I have the guts or not.

Explain it to me now.

He was by my side

but he couldn’t forget about the Lis

and never called me Dad.

I thought

maybe after I cut off his financial support

he would yield to me.

However, this headstrong boy

took part-time jobs

to pay his tuition and for his life

and weathered through it by himself.

When was that?

Six, seven years ago.

It wasn’t that I didn’t care about him.

I just wanted him to be obedient,

call me Dad

and cut off from the Lis.

I could give them a large amount of money.

He thought he was my only son

and threatened me.

Now I have another son.

I won’t rely on him.

If Ziqiu needs money,

why doesn’t he ask himself

and ask you to make the call?

He accepts you?

I didn’t raise him.

I won’t ask him to do that.

Zhao Huaguang, I’m telling you.

I’ve got nothing to lose.

If you play dirty,

I can do it worse.

I warn you to give the money

Ziqiu deserves for these years.

It’s up to you.

Thank you.

Dong?

Dong.

Dong, you can’t eat that.

You can’t eat that. Come.

Don’t eat it, Dong.

No, you can’t eat it.

Dong.

This is for the dog, you know?

It’s dirty.

Let me wash his hands.

I’ll go. I’ll take him to clean up.

Dong, if you like it,

I will make more for you, OK?

Let’s go wash

your little hands.

Come on. Let’s wash hands.

Come on.

Um...

Has Dong always been like that?

Autism.

He isn’t born with it.

It’s acquired.

I’ve been taking him to see doctors.

It must be hard.

Probably.

If everyone

thinks it is,

it is hard, I guess.

I never went deeper on this.

I’m told

that we can’t stop

to get everything clear.

You have to keep your head down.

In a blink of eye,

time slips by.

Yeah.

You’re right.

I’ve been bowing my head

in the last years, haven’t I?

I can’t see with my eyes

or hear with my ears.

I…

I have no idea how Ziqiu was

alone abroad

and I couldn’t

help a bit.

I’m just a poor dad who runs a restaurant.

My capability is limited.

I’m useless.

You’re very capable.

You raised three kids.

None of us did that but you.

That’s not real capability.

All I can do is to cook.

Here. This is to you.

Here.

My account

Are you crazy?

Just like your mom,

money wouldn’t buy a nice word from you.

Give me your card number.

I’ll make the transfer now.

I’ve told you

I don’t want a penny from you.

Ziqiu, does money bite?

You spent a few years

waiting tables in restaurants

when you didn’t have classes.

You should know

how important money is.

I am waiting for you to come to sense.

Just say that you’re sorry.

Of course I know

the importance of money.

Only if you make your own money

can you be the master of your life.

This is what I learned

in the past few years.

Do you get it?

No, you can forgive He Mei.

Why can’t you forgive me?

Why do you keep bringing her up?

I don’t know her.

Then how does she know

you lack money

and yell me in phone?

What?

Ziqiu.

I beg you, OK?

I apologize to you.

Son,

what else do you want me to do?

Ziqiu.

Ziqiu?

You can forgive He Mei.

Why can’t you forgive me?

Why do you keep bringing her up?

I don’t know her.

Then how does she know

you lack money

and yell me in phone?

Ziqiu, have some watermelon.

What is it?

Ziqiu, Ziqiu.

He Ziqiu!

He Ziqiu!

We can’t keep searching like this.

Mingyue, go back with Tang Can.

Jianjian and I will keep looking.

All right. We’ll go home then.

Well, don’t cry.

It’s OK. Ling Xiao and I will keep looking.

You guys go home.

We’ll be in touch.

Be careful.

Go home. Go.

Come on.

You love He Ziqiu now?

What nonsense is that?

Why are you crying?

I’m bad luck,

a jinx.

Let’s go. Come on.

Jianjian
Ziqiu liked noodles when he was little. He…

♪ Endured ♪

My daughter.

♪ And lost ♪

Jianjian, it’s me.

♪ But still moved forward ♪

♪ Perhaps you are ♪

Ziqiu ran away?

♪ Like me ♪
Don’t panic.

What do you mean?

♪ Trying to forget it all ♪

He Mei!

Open the door!

He Mei!

Open the door!

♪ Never stop moving even when perplexed ♪

♪ Life ♪

♪ Teaches us ♪

♪ In a roundabout way ♪

♪ About how to be fearless ♪

This way, sir.

Thank you.

May I help you, sir?

Good.

You’re here for college.

But I see you’ve mastered

the tricks of waiting tables

well.

Clearly your early experience

had a huge impact on you.

Nice job waiting tables.

What would you like to order?

You’re graduated.

How is the job hunting?

Are you returning to China?

Please take a look at the menu.

Ziqiu.

Two years are long enough.

It’s not easy to make money, is it?

You wish to become

a billionaire

by waiting tables?

OK.

I

won’t force you to change your surname.

You get the stubbornness from He Mei.

You should take on her surname.

You’re my son.

You think

it doesn’t pain me seeing you

live a hard life here?

As long as you cut ties with the Lis...

Stop.

You thought

you’re my only son

so that I would rely on your support when I’m old?

I never said that.

Not anymore.

Let me tell you.

My wife gives birth to a baby.

A son.

As long as you listen to me

and cut off from the Lis,

you and your brother

each will inherit half

of my property.

If you continue to be perverse,

then from today on,

you

and I

will have nothing to do with each other.

My mind won’t change

even if you beg me.

I abandon you,

not the other way around.

Got it?

You should have said that

four years ago.

Why didn’t you say it earlier?

I knew you’d be here.

Where is your shoe?

There’s only one.

Let me see.

Luckily, your foot isn’t bruised.

Dirty.

Hey, put it on.

What are you doing at late night?

Why couldn’t you talk to us?

Ziqiu, my neck.

You’re strangling me.

I can’t breathe. My neck.

Ziqiu.

Ziqiu, you’re strangling her.




♪ 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 ♪