In order for you to hear me,
my words are soft Iike a seagulI's footprint.
Wonton noodles.
Thank you.
Where's the cute mute girI from Iast time?
What's the use of cuteness when you're mute?
WouId you have Iet me marry a deaf girl?
What a pity. She was cute, but she was mute.
She is not a mute.
She's hearing - impaired.
We can hear.
She can't.
She has a name, and her name is Yang Yang.
Her sign Ianguage name is: Yang Yang.
Are you okay?
Eat something.
I don't want to.
What's wrong?
You don't make those charity boxes anymore.
Rejected?
Rejection.
I don't even know if our Iove ever started.
Has it reaIly started?
I don't know.
I know.
Before I met your mother,
I've been rejected 23 times.
23 times?
Quiet down or your mom wiIl hear me.
Turn on the faucet.
Come.
Dad, I'm surprised you have such a rich history.
It was just tough Iuck,
not being abIe to meet your mother first.
She's a good woman.
Even though she's Ioud and nagging,
but she stiIl takes care of the househoId and us.
Just now,
she yeIled at you outside,
then she came in and teIls me to consoIe you.
That's how she is.
She seems tough but she's soft hearted.
What do you mean?
She's got a knife for a mouth and tofu for a heart.
Oh.
HonestIy,
what kind of girIs do you Iike?
When you're in a stabIe reIationship,
don't forget to bring her home so we can meet her.
Dad,
wouId you Iet me date...
a girI who can't hear?
Dear...
What's up? Did he say anything?
Is he stiII sad?
What kind of a girl,
can sweep our Tian Kuo off his feet?
I wouId Iike to see if she is fat or skinny.
She can't hear.
Can't hear?
You mean "can't hear" as in her ears don't work?
Duh. What eIse couId it be? Her nose?
Move the chairs.
Dear, you okay?
I'm fine.
Tian Kuo said that aIthough she can't hear,
she is a hard working, optimistic, cute, IiveIy,
fiIial, amicabIe, and kind girl.
Oh.
She is nice to her sister,
Uh.
Tian Kuo said so.
There's nothing wrong with not being abIe to hear.
So Iong as you don't say anything no one wiIl know.
What if you need to say something?
Then write it down.
Don't forget that Tian Kuo know sign Ianguage.
Tian Kuo does, but we don't.
No.
That's true.
(March to DeafIympics - Xiao Peng #1)
Tian Kuo.
Huang Tian Kuo.
Come down and go deIiver Iunch boxes.
How many take outs?
Three.
Three take - outs.
Where is he?
Doesn't he know we're busy?
What.
Your sign Ianguage sucks. LuckiIy I understand.
Go. Go. Go.
I don't need you to teIl me.
I'm his mom.
What's the hurry.
Tian Kuo.
WiIl you come heIp mommy?
Mom. Dad.
Tian Kuo. Take this to the Hong Tai Company.
The receipt is on top.
- Okay. - Ride carefuIly.
Thank you.
Tian Kuo, your safety helmet.
- You must wear the heImet. - Thanks, mom.
Here.
This is $3000. Keep it.
Don't hurry back. Go have fun with your friends.
Buy or eat something with this money.
Oh, yeah, and...
Cheer up.
Ah?
Yes, yes, yes...
Cheer up is the way to go.
Are you stiIl mad at me?
Sorry,
I didn't mean to fight with you Iast time.
WiIl you forgive me, pIease?
WiIl you stop being angry?
I'm Iove-sick. Don't hit me.
GirIs shouIdn't be so narrow minded.
I aIready said I didn't Iook down on smaIl money.
WiIl you stop being unreasonabIe?
Who wouId be angry for cash or coins?
Don't think you're the onIy one with dignity.
I have temper too.
It's finished.
She'Il never taIked to me again.
Isn't an apoIogy enough?
What's up?
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
We're going to eat Iater.
You want to come?
Sure.
Just go back.
You?
I'II wait for them.
I can wait with you.
There's no need.
We're going to eat Iater.
I can go with you guys.
I don't want you to come.
(The end is near. Start pIanting trees.)
(One tree.)
(Two trees.)
(Three trees make a beautifuI forest.)
(One acre of rain forest vanish each second)
(which is the size of two footbaIl fieIds)
(137 species of animaIs become extinct daiIy)
(If the situation continues,)
(The water birds may soon be extinct.)
(So to prevent that from happening to you,)
(take me and pIant me in your home.)
Have you ever thought that we might not get aIong?
Not everyone can Iove water birds and trees.
Maybe someone wants me to disappear.
And you...
become extinct.
You drank aIcohol?
What were you thinking?
You've just recovered, you can't drink.
What if it affects your training?
Have you forgotten your dream?
You onIy care about my dreams.
What about yours?
What?
What is your dream?
Doesn't Iiving for another person bother you?
What are you taIking about?
Your dream is my dream.
Why must you steaI my dream?
Steal?
You are you, and I am l.
Why do you project my dream on yourseIf?
No one can Iive for another person.
I may not be abIe to hear, but I stiIl need my own Iife.
I won't get goId medaIs my entire Iife.
You shouIdn't sacrifice your Iife for me.
Can you teIl me what happened?
The coach toId me,
my performance has regressed.
It's probably going to affect my eIigibiIity.
You can't compete anymore?
No I can't.
I've Iost the chance to compete this year,
the chance to show the worId how hard I've worked,
and the chance for you to wave that fIag for me.
AIl of the hardwork is wasted.
Sorry.
It's aIl my fauIt.
Sorry.
Don't you understand?
AIl this has nothing to do with you.
I'm not sorry that I cannot get a medal,
it's because I can't get the medaI for you!
For me?
You work so hard.
You never go out dating.
You skip meaIs.
You've sacrificed everything for me,
but I can't win a goId medaI for you.
How can I face you?
How wiIl we pay the Ioan without the prize money?
Don't worry about the Ioan...
I'm your eIder, but I let you take care of me.
Who's taking care of whom, does it matter?
I don't want to be your burden.
You are not my burden.
You are my sister.
I onIy need to stand stiIl when I perform.
But when you swim,
you're competing in miIli-seconds.
To have you as an eIder sister,
makes me so proud.
When we were kids,
you ignored those who buIlied you.
You never got angry.
Yet when someone buIlied me,
you wouId go and beat them up.
Having you as my eIder sister,
I feeI so proud.
You've never been a burden to me.
If there is a next Iife,
wiIl you stiIl be my sister?
(Happy MeaI Box Boy: How are you?)
(Me too. You need to rest.)
(March to DeafIympics - Xiao Peng #1 : )
(You have the wrong person.)
(You must have mistaken me for another girI)
(I am Yang Yang.)
(I know you are Yang Yang.)
(Since you never repIy to my messages,)
(and I can' t stop thinking of you,)
(I fantasized that you wrote me many messages)
(Then I repIied to them.)
(I can go to sIeep now.)
(Are we that famiIiar?)
(Do you think that we won't get aIong)
(because of hearing probIems?)
(Do you have a dream?)
(Yes.)
(Marry a girl,)
(have two kids.)
(One boy, one girl.)
(Is it an impossibIe dream,)
(for a hearing person to date someone)
(who is hearing impaired?)
( It's easier than your sister winning a medaI)
Why is she ignoring me again?
Did I say something wrong again?
Yang Yang--
I Iove you.
She's gone again.
It's so beautifuI here.
Do you remember catching crabs when we were kids?
I do.
We aIways returned home aIl dirty and smeIly.
Mom used to yeIl at us so angriIy.
I Iaughed and said that you ran Iike a water bird.
A boy once toId me,
that I looked Iike a water bird.
He's seen you run as weIl?
Is that boy Tian Kuo?
Yes.
He Iooks Iike a good guy.
You two are a good match.
I'm not going to date him.
Why?
He can't hear either.
Do you Iike him?
I've often thought of him.
How come you can't just say you Iike him?
Is it because of me?
Egrettas fIy according to seasons.
I hope you can be Iike an water bird,
and not be confined to one pIace.
If you Ieave me one day,
and fIy freeIy Iike a water bird,
I wouId be very happy.
You don't want me to stay by your side?
No, I don't mean that.
I want you to beIieve that I can be independent.
I didn't say I don't beIieve you.
If you beIieve that I couId be independent,
why wouId you reject a deaf person?
It's because you spend aIl your time on me.
You think you can't take care of him.
You don't think the deaf can take care of others.
Dad aIways encouraged us,
and toId us to never give up.
I did not give up swimming.
You shouId not give up on him.
What's up?
- For me? - Yeah.
When did it arrive?
I don't know.
I thought it beIonged to a customer,
but it said Tian Kuo.
You are Huang Tian Kuo, so it must be yours.
There's money too.
Lots of it.
Why did you come back?
She probabIy hasn't gone too far.
So what if I get her back.
Ah?
Even if I get her back,
wouId you guys accept her?
That's the girI who can't hear?
The hard - working, optimistic, cute,
IiveIy, energetic, fiIial,
kind, nice to her sister, and nice to everyone?
Yes.
Dear,
we shouId find time to Iearn sign Ianguage.
Huh?
Ah what?
You know.
Mommy just Ioves to taIk.
Sometimes my chin gets sore because I taIks too much.
It's good to Iet it rest every once in a whiIe.
That wouId be better, right?
Yes, then my ears can rest too.
You think I'm noisy?
You're the one that said it, not me.
So you guys are okay?
Thank you mom, thank you dad.
I Iove you guys.
I Iove you guys to death.
Yang Yang--
I want to invite you home for dinner.
Why?
I want to introduce you to my parents.
Why?
Because I like you.
I want to be your boyfriend.
But I can't hear.
They won't accept me.
They wiIl see.
Besides, you toId me before,
if the deaf cannot see,
I guarantee you,
I wiIl Iet you,
and them
see my Iove for you.
Can I invite you home for dinner?
Why?
I want to introduce you to my parents.
Why?
I want to give you a job at our restaurant.
But I can't hear.
WiIl your parents agree?
They...
wiIl see
wiIl see my...
They wiIl see your effort and dedication.
Dad Mom!
Dear, they are here.
So pretty.
This is the girI l was taIking about.
Yang Yang.
Hurry. Let her sit.
They asked you to have a seat.
Tian Kuo's Mom, l--
Move on.
(We weIcome you.)
(Thank you for Iiking Tian Kuo.)
(Tian Kuo is just Iike you.)
(Hard-working.)
(Optimistic.)
Hurry up.
(Cute.)
Next one.
(LiveIy.)
Hurry up.
(FiIial.)
Very amicabIe.
Very kind.
(Nice to his sister.)
Does Tian Kuo have a sister?
I don't think so.
Why did you put down sister?
He made a mistake.
Nice to his parents--
Next one.
Nice to everybody. Hurry.
(So, wiIl you marry him?)
She never said she's going to marry me.
How wouId you know if you don't ask?
She's not even my girIfriend.
Then what kind of a friend is she?
I do.
You can taIk?
She can taIk.
I thought you can't hear.
I can hear.
Why didn't you say anything?
You never asked.
That's because...because...
I thought you couIdn't hear.
I didn't think you couId hear either.
How is that possible?
I seII meaI boxes.
What does that have to do with the abiIity to hear?
True.
How are they reIated?
Are they reIated?
I don't think so.
I must have said something in front of you.
Yeah.
Yesterday.
TechnicaIly,
you've said something behind me.
You heard aIl that?
Then why did you Iie to me?
You didn't teIl me the truth either.
I asked you why you're inviting me to your house.
You said you were going to find me a job.
So...
You didn't come here to see my parents
because
I can hear, right?
Of course not.
It's because...
I Iike you.
Did you hear that.
She said she Iikes him.
I heard it.
She Iikes him.
Wait.
Then how did you guys taIk when you dated?
We didn't taIk.
We used sign Ianguage.
Sign Ianguage?
I've actually imagined your voice.
Oh.
Yeah.
Who does it sound Iike?
Just Iike
you.
How did you become so skiIled in sign Ianguage?
When I was in coIlege,
I met a sign Ianguage teacher.
He asked me if I was interested.
So I studied under him.
You must have been a diIigent student.
HonestIy, after I met you,
I spent a Iot of work on my sign Ianguage.
When I was young,
I did not Iike sign Iangugage,
because I aIways have to transIate for Xiao Peng,
so I never have enough time for myseIf.
UntiI one day,
Xiao Peng asked me if the piano sounds nice.
Then I started crying.
From that day on,
I studied sign Ianguage diIigentIy.
I want her to understand aII of the sounds.
I got it.
It's Iike when I wanted you to hear the rain.
Why?
I think it sounds Iike Ionging.
When did the water bird I gave you have sibIings?
Whenever I think of you,
I'II throw in a doIIar.
SIowIy, each one fiIled to capacity.
So I had to buy a new one.
I know you Iove me,
but can you Iet me go first?
Did you see Xiao Peng?
Xiao Peng?
Where?
Thanks.
Go. Go. Go.
Why didn't you go to practice?
I quit the competition.
What do you mean?
I can't regain my speed in time.
I've decided to Iook for a job first,
and practice whiIe I work.
When I'm ready, I'Il enter the next competition.
Don't worry about the money.
I'II handIe it.
Just focus on your training.
I toId you.
I cannot get goId medaIs my entire Iife.
Even if I do,
I stiII have to work to support myseIf.
Whether I am a coach or a janitor,
as Iong as I am ready,
I can stiII enter the competition.
Awesome!
So touching--
I support you!
Look at me.
Lin Xiao Peng.
In my heart,
you are aIready number one!
Number one.
Number one forever.
Thank you.
Number one.
(Four years Later.)
(Love and dreams are miracuIous.)
(They don't need to be heard, to be said,)
(or transIated.)
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