I'm really happy for you two. Yuan Yi, you're awesome.
I think this is the best ending.
No matter what, lovers should insist on being together.
It was actually Qing Zi's last psychological tactic.
Angered her dad into confusion, so I could come back alive.
Is uncle going to leave? - Yeah.
But I know my dad doesn't want to part with me.
Afterwards, he secretly told me
this punk's rashness has the same cool factor as his own.
But... sword fighting was only the first round.
It's possible, when he returns, there will be a second round.
The second round is a drinking contest,
so if you don't have enough alcohol tolerance,
I may have to go back.
That's not good.
Ahmon, what? - Ahyi...
you got trapped into shacking up.
It's not all it's cracked up to be.
Better to be a free-living basketball hunk.
It's more fun.
What are you talking about?! Stop lying!
It's true.
"Wow... that's so cute. "
"Last time, I gave Ahmon gloves. "
"This time, I'll give him this. "
Are you looking for something?
I'm looking for a birthday gift.
Is it for my brother?
Ahrang! - Qi Yue!
Long time no see.
You've grown taller. - I have?
More like you haven't grown at all.
Whatever.
Do you want to get a drink? - Okay.
How's my brother? - He's doing good.
You haven't seen him since?
No. So I was thinking, while I'm still here, I'll go see him.
Are you going somewhere?
My brother didn't tell you? I'm leaving for Italy.
You're studying abroad?
Right.
Ahmon really didn't tell you?
"Ahmon didn't tell me anything. "
Mom should have wrote him about it.
I think my brother is ignoring my mom.
Even now, she's trying to contact him.
But...
I don't think he's gotten over the past.
"Unfulfilled love. "
"The mother who always stayed by his sick brother, "
"who never paid attention to him. "
"Yet... it couldn't be helped. "
"The situation to 5-year-old Ahmon was so cruel. "
Then... what did your mom say?
She said,
before she leaves,
no matter what, she wants to see him once more.
Come in.
There's a call for you. - Who is it?
It's from a Ms. Yuan.
Okay, transfer it to me.
Yes, sir.
I'm home!
"I bought a gift, which is good. "
"But... "
Qi Yue, please talk to my brother.
Please have him meet with my mom, alright?
"Now is not the time to celebrate a birthday. "
Why are you in my room?
What? I fell asleep.
I was reading your manga.
Your girl manga is boring.
"Ahmon didn't tell me anything. "
"Is it because he doesn't want me to worry?"
I bumped into Ahrang today.
He said... your mom really wants to see you.
You invite me out, and you're late?
You look energetic. It's great.
Please give me a cup of coffee.
Same as before,
when I ask you out, it's not to see a scowling face.
Enough already. You're meeting your ex-husband;
trying to look young wearing heavy makeup.
Me? What about you wearing such a gaudy suit?
Let's talk business. I'm busy. What do you want?
Congratulations. I hear your future second wife is pregnant.
Where did you hear that?
Don't try to lie to me. I know everything.
Another official heir has just been added to the Jiang family.
Your mother must be excited.
So, it's about time...
Ahmon be returned to me.
You... what kind of nonsense is this?
We're about to begin a new family,
and you want Ahmon to endure another family separation?
What are you talking about?
You were the one who separated Ahmon from me.
You... and your mother.
Silence is agreement.
When we divorced,
the person Ahmon wanted to be with
was me.
Every time I've asked you about your mom,
you never wanted to tell me.
What's she like?
I don't remember,
since she didn't care much for me.
Grandma didn't like her.
Always said she dressed too flashy. Not like a well-bred lady.
Now that I think about it,
maybe it was our family's endless rules that broke her.
And dad only cared about his job.
She couldn't adjust to being a Jiang daughter-in-law.
Or... because she was pregnant with me,
she had to marry dad.
I remember she'd always say through her tears,
if only I never had you,
wouldn't it be better?
She's a pitiful woman.
And I'm the reason she was trapped in a painful marriage.
Ahmon.
Stop. I'll never ask you again.
But... right now...
I think I can go see her.
Because you're here.
When I see her, maybe I won't forgive her.
Or I may not think of her as my mom.
It'll be okay.
I'll stay with you.
Hello? Ahrang?
I'm going, too?
Your mom wants to see me?
Ahmon, Yue-Yue! Xue Wei is home!
Come on, come on, come on!
Auntie. - Mom.
Careful. - I missed you.
Are you okay?
"He definitely can. "
"The us now, our hearts are filled with warmth. "
"We definitely can... face the frozen wound of the past. "
Thank you.
Ahmon decided to see that woman.
Seriously, Yoo Hui, what "that woman?"
She's his mother.
I heard, because of her work, she's moving out of the country,
so she wants to see him before she leaves.
Ahmon should see her.
If it's his decision, I can't stop him.
Don't worry. Qi Yue's going, too.
That woman asked her to go?
Not again.
Qi Yue said your ex-wife
wants them to have dinner together on Ahmon's birthday.
Don't worry.
Yoo Hui, look. Our babies are so good-looking.
Ahmon, I can promise you, when your mother sees you,
she will be very proud.
Dad, we're going.
Yue-Yue.
Ahmon, please look after him.
Brother. Qi Yue.
Sorry. We're late.
No problem, we just arrived ourselves.
"When I see her, I may not think of her as my mom. "
Mom!
You've grown.
You must be Qi Yue?
Nice to meet you.
I've wanted to meet Ahmon's girlfriend.
And I know you two have been through a lot.
Mom.
I reserved a table upstairs. Let's go up.
Yoo Hui. Relax, the kids only left a moment ago.
Xue Wei,
do children, no matter their age,
want their mothers?
Then that means, if Ahmon chooses her, I can't object.
You're too nervous. What choosing?
Ahmon is only meeting a mother he hasn't seen in a long time, right?
Yoo Hui.
But she...
wants to take Ahmon to Italy.
What is it? Do I have something on my face?
No. I was thinking that you two have the same eyes,
and I was kind of lost in my thoughts.
Same eyes? You're referring to Ahmon and me?
It's true. Everyone says boys tend to take after their mothers.
I almost can't recognize him, since it's been 10 years.
Happy birthday, Ahmon.
Happy birthday!
Brother, did Qi Yue give you the gift?
Not yet.
She bought a very unique bracelet for you.
Ahrang. Why are telling him?
I was planning to give it to him when we got home.
I ruined brother's surprise?
Ahrang's always like this. Clueless.
Don't assume he's perceptive. He isn't at all.
Because I'm like mom.
You're annoying.
I'll just pretend I didn't hear it.
"Like the usual Ahmon. "
Yue-Yue, Ahmon, please look after him.
"Uncle, Ahmon will be alright. "
"Truth is, uncle and I had the same concerns. "
"When Ahmon saw his mother, what reaction would he have?"
"But Ahmon is very strong. "
"He can handle his deepest emotions very well. "
Auntie, I heard you're going to be working in Italy.
After my divorce, I began working in fashion.
I designed and created my own label.
It was very hard.
In the beginning, when Ahrang was little,
I was satisfied just making enough to support ourselves.
It's been ten years now.
We're finally going international, taking on world markets.
That means, through hard work, your dream is about to come true.
I'm different now... Ahmon.
Come to Italy with us, okay?
Didn't you promise not to bring this up?!
If I don't say it now, when?!
"What's going on? What's she saying?"
Sorry. I scared you.
But...
I wanted you to hear it, too.
Mom!
At the time, I didn't want to leave Ahmon behind. I was coerced!
At that time, I wanted to take him with me. To raise him.
But they said I couldn't.
Said that I didn't have the financial ability.
Letting me take Ahrang was their biggest concession.
Said... Ahmon was their heir. He was needed to succeed the family.
So I had to give him up!
Stop it!
It's past history. Complaining now? What are you saying?
But what I'm saying is true! Ahmon, I...
I? I have no intention of living with you!
I won't go to Italy!
I see.
"From the beginning,"
"she's wanted Ahmon to go to Italy. "
Qi Yue, mom wants us to wait downstairs.
Going to the restroom.
So much effort for us to meet, now we're parting on bad terms.
I told mom it was impossible.
I said he'd never abandon you, and leave by himself.
Sorry, Qi Yue.
It's okay.
I was caught off guard, that's all...
"because I had never even considered the possibility. "
"Ahmon leaving here for a place far away. "
"Right... "
"Ahmon would never abandon me, uncle, and everybody,"
"to go off by himself. "
"But... I still feel uneasy. "
So slow. What are those two doing?
I'll go see.
Please reconsider.
Ahmon,
you were a good kid who always listened to his mother, right?
You're worrying about Qi Yue, aren't you?
Once she understands you really want to go with me,
she'll forgive you.
Ahmon... please say yes, okay?
You're just like before! You haven't changed at all.
The only thing you know... is how to dump your problems on me.
Always thinking of yourself.
I only want a chance to make it up to you.
I don't just want to be your biological mother.
I want to be a mother who can take care of you and love you!
Stop joking.
I've already forgotten what it's like to have a mother.
So, I don't need one at all.
Now you try to act like a mother? Want me to go with you?
All your explanations... make me feel
I've had enough!
I refuse to be used by you to take revenge on that house!
I'm not!
You can't say that about me.
I don't want to take revenge.
I only want to have my child...
back at my side.
I only want to have my child back at my side.
Ahmon.
I'm here.
I wanted to see her.
Truth is,
I really wanted to see her!
I really wanted to see her...
Ahmon,
hug me harder.
Hold me tighter.
I'm here. Can you feel that?
I really wanted to see her.
I really wanted to see her...
"Never once have I seen Ahmon this fiercely shaken. "
"I... what else can I do?"
Ahmon, how was it?
We had dinner. What else? I'm going to sleep.
Qi Yue...? - Yue-Yue... Ahmon, is he okay?
"This turned out to be a"
"no-surprise, belated-so-it's-expired,"
"mood-is-all-wrong kind of gift. "
"Ahmon, happy birthday. "
"Everything that's happened is what makes us closer. "
"From now on, we'll always be together. "
"But now, the way it's written, it's like telling him not to go. "
Auntie, morning. - Ahmon, morning. Come eat.
Hey, where's Qi Yue?
She left already.
Oh, yeah. That gift is what she wanted me to give to you.
Mom, at least clean up the clothes you've already worn.
How long are you going to stay like this?
Did Ahmon call?
No.
Then call him.
He doesn't take my calls, but he'll take yours. Call him.
Mom, give it up. It's not possible.
Our departure date is already set.
And the things you need to take care in Taiwan can't be postponed.
Mom, are you listening?
How many times should I give him up?
All my hard work. For what?
Mom.
Ahrang... you left with me... have you ever regretted it?
Of course not.
Many times when you were little, we couldn't pay the rent.
So we had to live with relatives,
the times we moved from place to place.
You endured a lot with me.
At the time I kept wondering,
do you envy your brother?
That he could live in a well-off place?
Mom, that's all in the past.
We made it through.
I know, to you, to Ahmon, it wasn't fair.
But I never admitted defeat.
I had hoped that I could give you brothers the best.
Mom, you don't need to be this tough.
Look, I'm all grown up.
Besides, there's also Uncle Cuimin. He's been waiting for you.
I know.
All these years I never accepted him.
It's because
all of my love
is devoted to you and Ahmon.
But now that I finally have the ability,
Ahmon rejects me instead.
This Yuan Meijin has nothing to do with us.
What right does she have to take Ahmon to Italy?
Mom, if Ahmon's choice is to go with his mother,
I think I'll respect his decision.
What are you talking about, Yoo Hui?
Ahmon is our Jiang family heir.
I don't care. I'm the one who raised him. He can't go anywhere!
Besides, that day, didn't he reject her face-to-face?
If he did make the decision, he would tell us.
Qi Yue told me
Ahmon has always believed his mother didn't love him.
It wasn't until he met and talked to her
that he found out that wasn't true.
Maybe, because of that, it stunned and confused him.
Enough. No more talk about that. I...
I'm not here today to talk about that.
I'm here to discuss the details of your wedding.
Xue Wei, I'm sorry.
Because of my ex-wife, I forgot about your feelings.
I understand.
I said it before, the wedding is only a formality
to give the baby a clear status.
Our life, we're very sure of it.
Qi Yue and Ahmon's lives, what will happen to them...
it's not only you, I'm concerned, too.
Mom,
if Ahmon makes the decision,
then we should prepare ourselves.
Brother,
I know you're annoyed, but I have to ask you,
will you come with me to see her one more time?
I don't want to. Go once, then twice, and then?
It's useless.
Can't you take pity on a poor woman? She is your mother.
You can pretend indifference, but I can't.
She's my mother, too,
To see her suffer, and not care at all, I can't do that.
But how do I go on?
Stay here? Go to Italy?
Going anywhere is the same.
Without Ahmon, even if I conquered the world,
I'd still be a ridiculous fool.
The more glamorous I appear...
the more pathetic I am.
She's been acting like this since your birthday.
She's not working, either. She's in a state of shut-down.
Until Ahmon makes his final decision,
the only thing I can do is wait.
I can't imagine
in the end
he won't choose me.
I don't believe he'll abandon you to go to Italy.
Why would he? You two are finally being accepted.
On this journey, you went through a lot
to finally be like regular dating couples.
Why destroy your hard-earned happiness?
Many times I thought we couldn't make it.
But Ahmon would always lead me on,
make me believe whole-heartedly
that as long we liked each other, we could stay together.
That's right.
Due to the road you took for your love,
it was difficult.
But you both still marched on.
It encouraged me to summon my courage,
face Qing Zi's father and fight for happiness.
I envy you two.
Even though everyone can't be measured by the same scale,
but, if I can do it, Ahmon can do it, too.
But...
a chunk of missing time with his mother
is something no amount of my love can fill.
He has always suppressed that desire.
It's the first time I've ever seen him uncertain.
Obasan (middle-aged woman), how old are you?! Why are you making Ahrang worry?
Don't call me Obasan! - You look terrible. So ugly.
Hush up, you're too noisy!
Why are you here? No one asked you here.
You still smoke?
You were like a thief,
sneaking behind grandma's back to smoke. Isn't that right?
When I shouldn't smoke, I didn't smoke.
When I was pregnant with you and Ahrang, I didn't smoke at all!
Your whole family is the same. None of you acknowledge me.
You, either.
Even if that old woman doesn't like me,
I'll always be your mother!
Even if I die, my identity won't change!
Go away, go away,
go back to your father! - If I leave now,
you'll just throw another tantrum, upset yourself,
make Ahrang worry. Right?!
Who's older?
You, the mother? Or Ahrang? Enough already.
Right. I'm hopeless, disappointing and terrible!
I'm the most useless mother in the whole world!
I have a son who lives with me, but never accepts my care.
Another son doesn't want me at all!
You're not even willing to address me!
You really want to live with me again?
Hey, did you hear me?
Of course I want to.
I've always regretted it.
Regretted giving you up.
Why... why...
why couldn't I just stand that family a little longer?
If only I could've believed in what that man said,
maybe we would've lived happily together.
Meng...
can your mother hug you one more time?
"Mom's embrace. As a child, I often dreamed about it. "
"But when I'd wake up,
"I'd always wipe away my tears, and be mad at myself. "
"Gradually, my heart and dreams automatically blocked her out. "
"Instead of constant disappointment,"
"I chose to forget. To stop hoping. "
That obasan is still crying.
I'm leaving the rest to you.
Then... I'll be back again.
Brother.
Is it okay?
I mean Qi Yue.
The way Ahmon is, once he makes a decision,
it's difficult to change.
You mean you're not confident about their future?
Truthfully, adding together time,
space, environmental distances, how people's feelings can change,
no one can predict.
Please come in.
President, your son is here to see you.
It's unusual for you to come to the office.
Today, I've come to ask you to listen to an unreasonable request.
You should know I'm different from your grandma.
No matter what your requests,
I never thought of them as unreasonable.
Please allow me to go to Italy with mom.
You've decided?
Yes.
You feel by doing this, you'll recover what you've lost?
What I've lost?
Maybe.
But, at the same time, especially for your grandma,
it means...
you're giving up your succession to Jiang family.
I never planned to take over Jiang family,
or dad's current business.
Eventually, I would disappoint grandma.
Why not now, and end it here?
Right. That part I knew you wouldn't mind.
So then,
I'll support you.
I haven't lost you as a son... right?
No.
And you never will.
Old man...
I'll reluctantly let you hug me.