01x16 - Episode 16

[bunniefuu]

Please think about it.

I already agreed to pay in full.
I can't keep giving in.



Not a penny more.

Okay, take care, sir.

It's just a ten-grand difference.

Why don't you cave a little, Xu?

The landlord's whole family
came to talk to you.

That shows pretty good faith.

I can give it a shot

and try to get them down
to 4.05 million for you.

This landlord's too greedy.

The second he heard I'd pay in full,
he jacked up the price.

Bet you if I agreed, he'd raise it again.

Anyway, he backed out
of the online signing.

Just freeze him out for a few days.

I do negotiations all the time.
I know how sellers think.

But his son keeps telling him not to sell.

He says apartment prices
have dropped way too much these years,

so he wants to wait
for them to bounce back.

It's a rare opportunity, Xu.

Your boyfriend seems pretty generous.

It's exactly because of it that I can't
throw money around like I'm rich.

Zhu, I'll leave it to you
these next few days.

Please call him more
and help me push the price down.

Let me know if anything comes up, okay?

-Alright.
-Thank you. I'm leaving.

Benyuan, Yuanzhou, and several
other digital collectible platforms

have blown up one after another.

According to stats,
over 300 police reports have been filed.

Public security authorities
are taking the matter seriously

and have launched
an official investigation.

MULTIPLE DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES PLATFORMS
SUSPECTED OF RUG PULLS

ART INDEX PLUNGES 10%

Hey, I saw the news.

Is this you guys closing the net?

No. Just a coincidence.

It's actually months ahead
of what Du and I had planned.

But with Wen Ruosen
expanding at full throttle like this,

security problems
were only a matter of time.

Then the whole plan has to move up.

Can I help with anything?

No need.

You have enough to deal with
between your project

and the apartment.

Hold on. I'm getting a call.
Don't hang up.

Hey, Tianna, what's up?

Yeah, yeah. Well,

I'll get it done and send it to you now.

Tianna called.

I need to finish revising a file
and send it to her before takeoff.

I was up all night haggling
with the landlord, so I forgot about it.

Go do your thing. Bye.

Okay.

Wait, Chi.

Let me say one more thing.
Don't push yourself so hard.

I'm a little worried about you.

I know. I'm fine.

You've got to give me a chance
to learn from you.

You're way busier than I am. Don't worry.

Okay.

Anyway, take care of yourself.

Message me when you land in Shenzhen.

Okay.

What's so urgent that you had
to come to me at this hour?

I'm sick.

Just spit it out and get going.

I've got a really serious illness.

Have a seat.

Let me walk you through my condition.

You want to know
what those bald patches look like?

That was me two years ago.

The company was broke back then.

I was barely holding on.

I was pitching VCs every day.

One day, on my way to meet a VC associate,

I noticed I'd gotten bald patches.

At seven in the morning,

I went door to door at hair salons,

begging them to shave my head.

What does this have to do
with your illness?

Let me finish.

OUTPATIENT RECORD

This is my diagnosis report.

I've got a really severe stomach ulcer.

My stomach's a mess.

I wish I could lock myself
in the bathroom 24/7

and be stuck at home for days.

This is my ID,

my household register, and my diploma.

This is my family.

My parents divorced when I was little.

My dad ran off with someone else.

And I never had a great relationship
with my stepdad.

These are my two best friends.

My ride-or-dies.

And…

lastly,

I want to introduce you

to my favorite, Sun Wukong.

Since third grade,

I've taken him everywhere I go.

I'm done.

I've listened to all this,
and I still don't get it.

What does any of this have to do with me?

Of course it does.

You wouldn't accept me

because you wanted to keep your dignity.

I finally figured it out.

It's just because when we first met,

your work wasn't going well.

Every day you were either
dealing with your divorce

or running to the hospital.

You showed me all your worst moments.

So it made you feel really awkward.

Now I've shown you
the realest version of me.

And I'm telling you,
I've got plenty of mess too.

Now we're even.

I'm really not as glamorous as you think.

I've had my ugly, pathetic moments too.

Every morning I woke up
to a mountain of mess.

Let me be straight with you.

Because of Bolo,

my apartment's
still mortgaged to the bank.

If one day Bolo blows up
like those digital collectible platforms,

I might not even

have money for a hair transplant.

I'm telling you all this

because I want you to know…

I really like you.

I used to like

the tough act you put on.

Now I like the you who,

even after being knocked down
a thousand times,

still gets back up
and tries to live a beautiful life.

Can you give me a chance?

And give yourself one too?

You bring your lipstick,
and I'll bring my toys.

Let's have some drinks
and get some hot pot.

Let's go on a nice trip.
That's better than anything.

Stop.

Okay.

I won't say anything.

I'll show you.

-Morning.
-Morning.

MESSAGE

FIRST TIME I'M ACTUALLY THANKFUL
FOR MY MOTHER SETTING UP THAT BLIND DATE

Who even sends MMS these days.

First time I'm actually thankful
for my mother setting up that blind date.

Beautiful Tianna, nice to meet you.

Blind date?

What's wrong with you?
You've been acting weird all morning.

Didn't sleep well last night.

Stop lying. You've never
treated me like this before.

It's really nothing.

You're really pushing it now?

Tell me what's going on right now
or we're breaking up.

Fine.

Were we ever even together?

Then how can we break up?

What's wrong with you?

FIRST TIME I'M ACTUALLY THANKFUL
FOR MY MOTHER SETTING UP THAT BLIND DATE

BEAUTIFUL TIANNA, NICE TO MEET YOU

Let me explain. Here's the thing.

I did have a meal with Shen Jin.

And I did joke around
with him a bit about Lin.

-And then…
-Were you two on a date?

Are you interrogating me?

You know

my family has certain
social obligations we can't avoid.

Don't be like this, okay?

Something just occurred to me.

I've got two good friends.

Both total characters.

One's a scheming guy.

He knows his girlfriend
is going on blind dates,

and he still acts like nothing's wrong
and treats her all sweet.

He took advantage of her guilt,

slept with her,
got her pregnant, married her,

and called it a win.

My other friend is pretty average.

He takes things personally.
He gets upset, he gets angry,

and he starts wondering

what kind of relationship
he and his girlfriend actually have

when, after all this time,
she still won't acknowledge him

in front of her colleagues and friends.

She even

thinks going on blind dates
is just normal socializing.

Aren't my two friends interesting?

If you were me, which one would you pick?

They're definitely interesting.

Right?

So you want to fight?

Then let me ask you,

isn't Xu Chi our friend?

Doesn't she know about us?

-And Ye Xinzhi also--
-I really don't wanna fight.

I just want you to tell me

which of these two versions

of Zhao Heng you prefer.

You--

Shen Jin, tell me straight.
What are you getting at?

Hold on.

You'll be thanking me later.

BU TIANNA, MAXMISE

Hello?

-Wen Ruosen's had a tough run lately.
-What happened?

He's about to face criminal charges.

-Really?
-Yeah. Look.

After getting sued, he got dragged

into a bunch of platform blowups?

Yeah. On top of that,

buyers are flocking
to his gallery to protest,

claiming he and the platforms
ran a rat trading scheme.

Excuse me. Can I borrow
your phone for a sec?

Thanks.

Thanks.

Xinzhi, it's me. The Yuanzhou thing…

Yeah, this time it was us.

Du's team was monitoring public opinion

and saw people
going to the gallery to protest,

so they pushed a few trending topics.

I was just about to tell you.

I sat in on a local CBIRC meeting
this morning.

A bank mentioned
they're pulling loans from several

collectible companies
with bad reputations.

Yuanzhou is one of them.

Got it. With this intel,

I can go tip off
Wen Ruosen's lending bank in Beijing.

So? Officer Rabbit's
pretty impressive, huh?

Impressive.

When I got handcuffed, I was terrified.

You're a bad guy. Talk to you later.

I have to work a bit more.

-Let's meet when I'm back.
-By the way,

how do you get to sit in
on finance sector meetings?

You went to Celestial again?

I had no choice.
The project's wrapping up.

Final delivery's next week.

So I'm just going nonstop.

I've only slept about six hours
these past two days.

In half an hour, I'm heading
to the airport to fly to Chengdu.

It's really satisfying, though.

I've been on the road
and already finished deliveries

for two branch offices.

But Tianna

is not having a great day.

A file she delivered got rejected
by Celestial again.

She's putting on a brave face,

but I know she's crushed inside.

Send me your location.

Why?

The sly old fox
wants to treat his little rabbit

to a luxury ride,

complete with a zero-gravity seat

for some real sleep. Is that okay?

Thank you.

Mr. Ye wanted me
to buy these as fast as possible.

Good thing there's a flower shop
right by me.

Miss Xu, please.

And this hot chocolate.

Mr. Ye said you have to drink it.

Thanks.

But this is such a waste.

I can't take it on the plane.

That just makes Mr. Ye even more romantic.

Even if it's only half an hour of joy,

he wants you to have it.

Got it.

I'll confirm that with them later.

Okay.

WECHAT

Xu, are you there? Urgent. Please reply.

Xu, are you there?

-Xu?
-Did the landlord agree?

Okay. Let me note that down.

Ms. Xu, you finally got back to me.

No word from the landlord yet,
but there's something else urgent.

I can't say it over WeChat.
Can we talk on the phone right now?

Not a good time. I'm busy.
I'll hit you back later.

I'm listening, Mr. Zheng. Please go ahead.

MR. ZHENG

ZHU, AGENT

Sorry. Is it the whole company
or the whole department?

I told you I'm busy.

Xu, don't hang up yet. Something happened.

Zhu, I really don't have time right now.

Call me when the landlord
agrees, okay? Bye.

Sorry, Mr. Zheng.
I just got a call. Please continue.

According to the management
of Celestial's Jiangxi branch…

-Jiangxi?
-What's going on?

{\an8}CELESTIAL INSURANCE JIANGSU BRANCH

Sorry. Jiangsu.

I… I've been on the road
these past few days.

I'm losing all sense of time and place.

Sorry.

Now let me walk you
through the restructuring

of the intelligent underwriting system.

Ma'am, please fasten your seatbelt.

Sir, please stow your tray table.

Sir, please open the window shade.

Ma'am, the seat back needs to be upright.

Ma'am, the tray table needs to be stowed.

Xu, it's on the news. Now I can tell you.

Your old apartment is Number 92.

Experts have deemed it unsafe to live in.

They're evacuating residents right now.

ill*gal BASEMENT DIGGING
IN YONG'AN ROAD COURTYARD NO. 91

CAUSES INDOOR COLLAPSE

SINKHOLE SUDDENLY OPENS
IN RESIDENTIAL AREA

SEVERAL BUILDINGS LEFT CRACKED

Ladies and gentlemen,

the plane is descending
through cloud cover.

There'll be some turbulence.
Please don't worry.

A HOME IN YONG'AN ROAD COURTYARD
NO. 91 COLLAPSED

ill*gal BASEMENT CONSTRUCTION
CAUSING RIVER WATER TO FLOOD IN

A 30-METER SINKHOLE APPEARED

AFFECTING TEN NEARBY BUILDINGS

XU CHI

Sorry. The number you have dialed
is powered off.

{\an8}CA7622 16:35 LANDING

{\an8}XU CHI

Chen. Skip the venue.

Take me to Yong'an Road No. 92.

Something came up. I can't make it.

YE XINZHI

-Hello?
-What's going on?

A room full of people
are waiting for you, man.

Du, can you run it for me?

Something came up on my end.

Plus, you know media and PR
better than I do.

What are you even saying, man?

This was your thing from the start.

We finally got Yuanzhou to blow up.

I got the best people in the business
to help you stir up public opinion.

And now you're not coming?

So who's gonna call the shots
on the messaging?

Who's gonna handle
the strategy going forward?

I've pretty much drafted
the whole strategy and plan.

I'll email it to you in a bit.

Don't bother! I'm not reading it!

Don't get so worked up.

What's so earth-shattering

that you'd bail on me right now?

By…

Is… Is something wrong with Xu Chi?

Something happened
with the apartment she's buying.

What does her apartment
have to do with you?

Man, don't you hate Wen Ruosen?

Haven't you been dreaming of making

him pay for what he did
to Jingshang's victims?

How could you let

some girl's apartment problem…

How could you let some tiny little thing
ruin everything after getting this far?

Du.

Our plan against Wen Ruosen

has been in the works for years.

Even if there's a little hiccup
with the media rollout,

it won't change the big picture.

I'm trusting you with this.

Just tell them I suddenly got sick
or missed my flight.

Do me this solid, okay?

Is she really that important?

More important than the revenge
you've waited years for?

Yes.

Because my hatred for Wen Ruosen
is in the past.

But she

is my future.

{\an8}HAZARDOUS WORK IN PROGRESS
AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY

-Everyone, please calm down.
-My stuff is still in there!

-Everything is under inspection now.
-Please let us in.

-Please move back a little.
-What are we supposed to do?

-Please step back. Don't push.
-Let us in!

We will come up with a solution.
Everyone, please stay calm.

Please step back for safety.
It's very dangerous.

Why is everything being taken away?

Stop pushing!

Don't crowd.

Step back a little.

Chi.

What's wrong?

Chi? Chi?

Chi, are you okay?

Chi, there are too many people here.

Let's go home, alright?

Let's go home, alright?

What did you say?

I can't hear you.

You can't hear?

What's wrong? Chi!

Chi!

Chi!

How did the meeting go?

Don't worry. I've got no objections.

I'll be there next time for sure.

How's your little girl doing?

She just got the IV.
Still hasn't come around.

She's awake, but she's still not stable.

-Come take a look.
-Hang on a sec!

Have you seen my laptop?

-My laptop…
-You're awake.

You've got barotrauma of the ear.

The doctor said they've treated you.

-What did you say? I can't hear you.
-She still can't hear?

-No, we still need to monitor her.
-What's wrong with me?

What's wrong with my ears? I can't hear!

-Am I okay?
-You're fine.

YOU'VE GOT EAR BAROTRAUMA
THE DOCTOR SAID THEY'VE TREATED YOU

BUT YOU NEED TO REST
I'M HERE. DON'T BE SCARED

I'm fine. I'm not scared.

I'm healthy. I'll definitely be fine
after some sleep.

Yeah, yeah.

Where's my laptop?
It's got the files I just revised.

-It's here.
-I need to go to the office tomorrow.

-Yeah, yeah.
-Let me go back, okay?

Don't be scared. Just rest.

I'll stay with you. Listen to me, alright?

I AM HERE WITH YOU

I AM HERE

ALRIGHT?

EMERGENCY ROOM

I'll stay with you.

Sleep.

{\an8}BAROTRAUMA OF THE EAR

BAROTRAUMATIC OTITIS MEDIA

EUSTACHIAN TUBE DYSFUNCTION
RAPID EXTERNAL PRESSURE CHANGES

Scumbag.

Scum… Scumbag.

I've got nothing left!

You've got me.

Chi, I've got nothing left.

Now I can't hear, just like you.

Let it all out. Cry.

I'm right here.

See that?

You were awesome just now.

Right?

You know why I'm so accurate?

Why?

Is bowling good for this too?

You know why I'm good at bowling?

Why?

Feel it.

I've felt it before.

We're out having fun.

I'm not out having fun.

I'm here for work.
You insisted on tagging along.

I moved my conference call to noon

just so I'd have an excuse
to sneak out and see you.

We just got together.

There's gotta be
some romance to it, right?

If you ask me,

why don't you just quit Maxmise?

Join my company.

Shen Jin, I thought

you were different from my ex-husband.

Come on. I was just saying it
off the top of my head.

You know how strong Bolo is.

I just don't want you working so hard.

But I don't like people
planning out my life. Okay?

Sure.

Sure.

Xinzhi!

Xinzhi, where's my laptop bag?

-I need to go to the office.
-Forget the laptop.

I asked Sha Sha for the day off for you.

No. I've got a meeting at 9:10.

You can hear now?

She still has some ringing
and fullness in her ears.

But she can communicate fine.



It's good to be young. Recovers so fast.

Alright, Dr. Liu. Don't worry.

I'll bring her over
for her IV this afternoon.

No work.

I'm fine now.
This meeting's really important.

Dr. Liu said normal turbulence
wouldn't cause barotrauma.

Your ear problem

is definitely from fatigue or stress.

I'm fine now.

I've got meetings today too.

Even I can take a day off.
Why don't you try it?

Take a break.
The world won't stop turning.

Here.

Enjoy.

Chi.

I really need to have
a serious talk with you.

I know what you're gonna say.

I've actually already summed it up myself.

My biggest problem this time
was that I was overconfident.

You kept telling me
to seize the opportunity and act fast.

But I wasn't happy
that the landlord raised the price,

and I wanted to show off
my negotiating skills,

and I forgot to keep an eye
on what was going on outside.

That's what led to all this.

Chi.

I'm your boyfriend,

not your boss.

No need to report every mistake to me.

I know. I'm not.

But good thing
the place didn't go through.

Otherwise, it'd be deemed unsafe,

and your money
would've gone down the drain.

Money doesn't matter at all.

Your health is what matters most.

Your ears are already acting up.
That's life giving you a warning.

You can't keep doing this,
or you're really gonna crash.

But I already promised you
I wouldn't go to work today.

Not just today.

You're too driven.

You want to win at everything.

You're secretly competing with Bu Tianna.

Is it really that hard to accept

that she became project manager first?

Nobody goes through life
without ever failing.

A consultant who's never
gotten used to being surpassed

isn't really a seasoned pro.

But I already failed.

The agent said
an unsafe building can't be sold.

I'll never be able to buy
my mom's apartment back.

How did you fail?

Is that apartment
really that important to you?

Of course it is.

It's the place my mom
always dreamed about.

It's my whole sense of security.

From an outsider's perspective,

that apartment can't give you
security anymore.

Before, whenever something happened,

you'd go hole up in that place.

But recently, during your leave,

you never went there.

And when you got busy,
you'd even forget to call the agent back.

Chi,

is that apartment
really that irreplaceable?

What was your mom's last wish, really?

Did she make you promise
to buy that apartment back?

Before my mom passed,

all she wanted was for me to be okay.

Exactly.

That was a goal you set for yourself,

a shackle you put on yourself.

Your mom would've wanted you
to live happy and healthy

every day,

not worn out like this.

But without that apartment as my goal,

I don't know what the point of my life is.

You tell me not to push so hard,

but if I don't work overtime,
I don't know where to go.

Come with me.

You know why I rented a place here?

Because from here,

you can see the city's bustling CBD.

And it lets you feel
the everyday world too.

Look over there. Those old trees.

When spring comes,

the peach, pear,
and crabapple trees are all in bloom.

Any quick phone snap turns out amazing.

That alley over there
has my favorite barbershop.

The stylist in there talks way too much,

but he's great at actual haircuts.

And by that patch of green over there,

there is a really great baozi shop.

Really juicy.

One bite and it's burning hot,

but so savory.

Chi, have you ever
experienced any of this?

My life…

is basically just

offices, hotels,

office buildings, and airports.

Then I'll show you from now on.

Truth is, there are

so many simple, everyday things in life

that we just need to make
an effort to appreciate.

Forget about that old apartment.

Let me give you
that sense of security. Alright?

I bought it ages ago.
At the jewelry store right next to P&J.

The place we first met.

Will you marry me?

Please don't think

I'm making a move
because you're vulnerable.

I…

I'm really happy.

But I don't think I'm ready yet.

Knew you'd say that.

It's a two-in-one.

You can wear it for now.

Whenever you're ready, just tell me.

It's on.

Do you like it?

Thank you.

I also have myself to thank.

Back at that interview,

I outperformed and moved the heavens…

which is how I got to meet you.

That's the delivery
I completed for Celestial's

four branch offices in the form
of training and workshops. Thank you.

If there are no issues,
that's a wrap for today's meeting.

Miss Xu, thank you.

No worries.

Tianna.

Hope the rest of the delivery goes
as smoothly and efficiently as today's.

Please rest assured. I'll get it done.

By the way,

I've already booked the celebration dinner

for after the project wraps next week.

Everyone's been eating
at the Celestial cafeteria for so long.

I figured you'd want a change of pace.

Then I'm bringing
two good bottles of wine.

So? Are you holding up okay?

I'm in perfect shape.

Oh my.

Let's go.

Hold on.

My nanny made this nourishing soup.

I drove home just to get it.

You're drinking all of it.
Not a single drop left.

You drove home just to get it?

That's a whole production.

See, I'm totally fine now. I'm good.

It is pretty good.

Let's go.