Episode 7
Where'd it go?
I know I left it in here.
Why are you just standing there?
D-D-Ding Ling-jie?
Zhang You Tiao!
Do you even use your head? Why?re you so easily tricked?
Stupid Zhang You Tiao. Just wait and see how I?m gonna get you back.
Hello? Xiu Qi.
Yeah, we?ve already returned it.
Don?t worry.
Don?t even think about tricking me.
Zhang Hao, I?m warning you.
Luo-shixiong!
What?re you doing? I?m on the phone!
This isn?t violence. I?m talking to you.
You?re scared I?ll bully you?
Well I?m going to, so what now?
Cut it out, Luo-shixiong!
Hello? Ding Ling-jie.
Have you seen my purse?
You finally noticed.
Thank goodness you really have it.
I?ll give it back next time I see you.
Mm, okay.
When you like someone, they?re all you think about.
You?re always in a daze,
and your head?s full of just him.
Just like when I think of my honey bee.
If I?m always thinking about him,
if I catch myself in a daze,
if his face is always on my mind,
then I like him.
If not, then I don?t.
Obviously.
It?s been thirty minutes, I can?t talk anymore.
Gotta call my honey bee.
I?m going to make the call.
?I like using my tone
?to sing about your scent
?In this moment, my sweet feelings are fermenting
?In hundreds of languages it?s understood
?Love?s holding me tightly
?In this moment,
?my sweet feelings are fermenting
?Love is your distinctive scent
?Revolving around my heart
?Unlike anyone else---
Stop!
What did I just say?
I?ll let you all perform live,
but I won?t let you sacrifice everything.
How can you perform
at the founders festival like this?
No worries, Professor Luo.
We can slowly practice with our limited level.
I haven?t scolded you yet.
What am I letting you play? The school song!
What are you playing? A serenade!
You think this is an opera house?
Why?re you so happy? I haven?t scolded you yet.
How is your bass playing anywhere near settled?
Can you get it down by the founder?s festival?
What?re you picking at?
Wear shoes, would you?
Smelly! You trying to kill someone?
Professor Luo, I haven?t played in a long time.
My fingers aren?t as nimble.
Dad, don?t be mad.
How about we give it another shot?
Professor Luo,
we couldn?t play instruments from the start.
Will half a practice really sound that good?
We?re not geniuses.
You said to play the school?s song, so we did.
W-we?
Ma Jun Cai,
are you the professor or am I?
You play terribly yet you keep complaining.
Your reaction?
Professor Luo,
are you saying I can?t carry a tone?
I haven?t gotten to you yet.
It sounds like you?re wearing a muzzle.
How many times have we practiced?
Why aren?t you carrying the lyrics?
Professor Luo, it?s fine if you scold me,
but why are you scolding Ting Ting?
I think Ting Ting is a really good singer.
What?s with you guys?
Angry with me, right?
Angry at me, right?
They?re angry at me.
Angry at me.
Professor Luo, how about we give it another try?
Let?s go slower this time.
W-w-what... whatever.
Okay. Okay, come on!
It?s storming!
Yes!
It?s really pouring.
Ting Ting, you?re so smart.
You brought an umbrella.
Of course.
I?ve been fantasizing
about walking in the rain with my honey bee.
Guys,
sorry about this.
See, we?ve brought an umbrella,
so we?ll leave first.
C?mon.
I?ll hold it, I?ll hold it.
Min Qiang, hold on, it?s really pouring.
My body was itching, it?s about time for a shower.
Bye-bye.
The weather report said it?ll keep raining for a few days.
Looks like we?ll need to keep an umbrella on hand.
Want me to take you back?
No need! I can go myself.
Luo Man.
Let?s go.
Careful.
Run! Run!
What can we do now?
How can we perform at the founder?s festival?
I?m asking you.
I think
all we can do is give it our all.
Whatever level we reach
is the level we reach.
By the way, Luo Man,
when you returned the guitar with Zhang Hao,
nothing happened, right?
No... nothing.
Why?re you asking?
Because when we were practicing yesterday, you kept staring at him.
Staring at him?
Did you two fight?
Yeah!
He?s always fooling around.
When we took the guitar back,
he bullied me again,
so we had a huge argument!
Really?
Of course it?s true. I?m really mad at him right now.
There?s no way...
Did I really keep staring at Zhang Hao?
Luo Man,
are you sure you?re okay?
I?m fine.
That.
Nietzsche?s most influential novel
was Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
It contains almost every one of Nietzsche?s philosophies.
It?s a masterpiece written as a prose poem
to rouse the apathetic...
Don?t tell me I really like Zhang Hao?
That?s why...
I kept staring at him during practice.
No... Xiu Qi said I was staring at him,
not gazing at him.
It?s not the same.
Luo Man.
That?s right. I shouldn?t be over thinking this.
Luo Man!
Here!
I?m not doing roll call,
I?m telling you to look at the blackboard.
I?m sorry, professor.
Okay.
Let?s move on to the next subject.
Please turn to page 56.
Luo Man, what?re you thinking about?
The professor called on you so many times.
I was thinking about...
It?s easy to know if you like someone.
You aren?t conscious of being aware of him.
My mom...
*This phrase has two meaning. Literally, it means "my mom," but it?s also slang meaning, "oh no"
Your mom?
Move! Move! Move!
Does she eat gunpowder everyday?
Wait up, Luo-shixiong.
Hold on.
Why is your face all dirty?
Zhang You Tiao!
You must be aware of how funny your face looks.
You think I?m some toy? Always playing with me.
Luo-shixiong, calm down.
You?re so manly when you?re angry.
Don?t ever get close to me again!
And don?t talk to me again! You hear me!?
What?s wrong, you two?
Luo Man.
I was just joking.
I didn?t think she?d really get angry.
Liking somebody
is when you constantly think of him.
Even when he does a lot of outrageous things,
you won?t get angry.
I got really angry just then.
I was definitely blowing my top.
Besides,
that little punk already likes someone else.
How can I fall for him?
You?re here.
Ding Ling-jie.
Classes over?
Yup.
You?re still studying the cello.
You?re so good at guitar.
How do you have the time to study all these instruments?
My family wants me to study the cello.
Guitar is what I love.
I often fool my parents
by telling them I?m hanging out with friends when I secretly practice.
They still don?t let you play the guitar?
They think it?s something you can?t get on the stage with.
Those traditionalists.
Oh, right.
Your purse.
I picked it up
from the table on the day of the party.
Why wouldn?t you pick up any of my calls?
I don?t like using cellphones.
That hasn?t changed.
By the way, Ding Ling-jie,
I have plans with my family tonight.
I have to go.
Let?s talk again later.
Hold on.
I... still have something to say. It won?t take long.
You might find my question strange,
and you might think I?m a busybody,
but we?re friends.
I want to ask you,
you agreed to marry Tang Bo Wen
because you like him, right?
But his family is so well-off.
It couldn?t be that your parents
are forcing you to marry him?
I don?t know how to answer that.
Your question?s put me in a tough spot.
That?s not what I meant.
I really have to go
or else I?ll be late.
If it?s not like that,
why would a picture of Zhang Hao be in your purse?
You went through my bag?
No, I accidentally saw it.
Don?t misunderstand.
That?s a little rude, isn?t it?
Randomly going through people?s things without permission.
Hey, now.
I said it was an accident.
It fell from the table when I picked it up.
I accidentally saw it.
Besides,
I?m helping you hide the truth from your parents about you going on stage,
and I?ve been deceiving Zhang Hao for so long.
I?m just concerned about you.
I want to know what you?re thinking.
Is that so wrong?
Thank you for your concern.
But I don?t want to answer your question.
This girl has a temper.
Hi, Ding Ling-jie!
Hi.
You?re here early today.
Yeah.
Where?d you go just now?
I went to see a friend.
The floor is really clean today.
You?re improving.
But...
I haven?t mopped yet.
You haven?t?
Zhang Hao,
I haven?t heard you bring up
that girl from Santorini lately.
Truthfully,
I met her.
Really?
What?s the situation now?
I probably shouldn?t have come to China to find her.
It was my delusion.
She doesn?t reciprocate my feelings.
Then... what are your plans now?
Are you going back to New York?
Don?t know yet.
Probably.
Thank you for your concern,
but I don?t want to answer your question.
This girl has a temper.
Since it?s like this, then
I?ll give your information to Zhang Hao.
Why would you do that?
No reason.
I?m just tired of deceiving him.
No one made you do that.
It?s just a white lie.
He doesn?t ask you, so there?s no reason to tell, right?
Silly girl
I just don?t want you to regret this.
Do you understand?
In two months, I?m getting married to Tang Bo Wen.
He?s the one I like.
I?ve always lived under my parent?s expectations.
This won?t change in the future.
There?s nothing bad about it.
As for who?s in my heart,
that?s not important in the least.
What kind of logic is that?
No matter how my heart feels,
the outcome won?t change.
Letting Zhang Hao know more will make my stress go up.
Is this really how you feel?
The scene where the two love birds
run away hand-in-hand to a church,
tossing off their shackles or whatever,
is really ridiculous.
It?s not a plausible reality.
So don?t tell Zhang Hao.
Let him return to America without attachments.
It?s for his good.
What?s up with you?
You look unhappy.
It?s nothing.
I must be tired.
I?ll go in and rest a bit.
Take your time working.
What?
Practice soon?
But I have a date with my honey to see a movie.
Luo Man,
good thing you?re here.
Help me take the day off, okay?
What?re you doing?
Hello? Li Xiu Qi.
Keep an eye on that Ma Jun Cai for me.
Don?t let him run away.
Right. We?re on our way to the practice room now.
He?s glued to my side.
Don?t worry.
Let go.
You promised.
Let me go! I can?t breathe.
Professor Luo is so serious.
We also need to give it our best.
Let?s go.
Pro... Professor Luo.
What can he get out of us?
I?m telling you,
that Professor is afraid of being fired,
so that?s why he?s forcing us to practice.
He?s being way too selfish.
I never felt forced.
At any rate, we need to practice.
No!
Can you tell me why you?re taking this so seriously?
Don?t tell me you like Luo-shixiong?
Can?t be.
Don?t tell me you...
I what?
You?re taking a fancy to my Ting Ting.
You want to see her,
and that?s why you?re so into it.
No! You really fancy my Ting Ting.
Do you
think Ting Ting?s pretty and poised?
She has good taste.
She doesn?t like you anymore.
You must regret it. Your heart must ache.
Do you think that?s possible?
I don?t think so.
Exactly.
No, I?m still not sure. Swear to me.
Dad,
wasn?t this a late night practice?
Why?re you calling us here now?
The Director suddenly called me.
He said when he was walking around,
he heard us practicing.
He called us a complete mess, a complete mess.
You guys hurry up and account for the time.
Let?s start.
Professor Luo, this must have been his motive all along.
We don?t have to be so nervous.
Why are you speaking so much?
I?ll have you know, you?re the most sluggish.
Get to work.
Come on, come on, everybody, get to it.
Wang Min Qiang,
you also felt forced to come, right?
Luo Man said that if I came, she?d give me computer funds.
Come on, come on, remember the time.
Hold on.
Zhang Hao?s not here.
Alright! We?re not all here.
So we can?t?
What ?alright??
I?m telling you, you?ve made the most stagnant progress
since we began practicing!
?Alright,? you say?
Come on.
Come on, come on, punk.
Let?s go.
Dad, sit.
?I like using my tone
?to sing about your scent
?In this moment...
Stop, stop!
One more time.
Alright, go.
Try again, try again.
?Smiling in the world around me
?Unlike anyone else,
?only you understand...
Stop, stop!
What is all of this?
Sorry!
I?m late.
Why are we practicing at dinner time?
How about we eat first?
Okay?
No, I swear, this kid...
Who do you think you are?
Everyone?s killing themselves over practicing,
and you waltz in late.
You?re here, and now all you want is to eat.
What good are you?
Luo-shixiong,
you?re really mad.
Look at those veins on your face.
You really are too much!
Can?t you be serious for once!?
Move!
Luo Man.
Zhang Hao?s late because of work.
He texted me.
Being late is being late.
Don?t be mad.
Practice is over anyway.
I?ll take you out to eat, okay?
I?m not hungry, how could I eat?
I?m full on my anger.
I?ll take you to eat meat.
I?m really not in the mood.
I said I wasn?t hungry.
You made me come,
so I came.
I know.
Hi!
Zhang Hao, sit, over there.
Why is he here?
What do you mean by this?
I leaked the word about money falling.
What money?
This money.
Good thing you?re a law student.
How can you swindle people like this?
Heavens am I hungry!
Luo-shixiong,
why is your face covered in sauce?
You?re really not careful about your image.
Heavens.
It?s so delicious!
Waiter,
give me a plate of the same!
Why?re you eating off my plate?
Xiu Qi!
Just look, this is how Second-in-Command You Tiao behaves!
Alright, don?t get worked up.
I used my monthly spending money to take you both out to eat
all for one reason:
To ask you to please stop fighting.
We?re not fighting.
Let me go!
Hello? Da Zhi.
What?
The substitute teacher hasn?t come?
Okay, I understand.
Something?s happened at school.
I need to go back.
You two stop fighting.
Don?t worry, Caring Brother.
Okay then, I?m off.
Thanks for the free food!
Luo-shixiong,
why do you keep blowing up at me today?
You made fun of me while we were in the library working,
and you were late to practice.
How can I not be upset?
That?s how I?ve always been.
Why are you getting so upset today?
It?s because you?re always like that!
I?ve run out of patience!
It?s all because of you!
Could you not joke around at random times!?
You know how annoying that is?
Do you know!?
Okay!
Maybe you still don?t realize that
girls like it when I joke around with them.
They all say I?m really cute.
You might as well call a fly cute!
W-what are you doing?
Wanna bet?
Go to hell!
Not even that?s effective.
Looks like she really does hate me.
But I love you.
Okay.
Okay, thank you.
I should tell him.
Tell him
there might be a chance between him and Shu Qing.
Look again.
Look again and your punishment will be not eating bread for a week.
Luo Man,
are you okay?
You haven?t been acting normal lately.
Go away.
What?s going on? Talk to me.
Don?t keep it inside.
Go away!
Zhang Hao,
come over here a minute.
I have something to tell you.
Ding Ling-jie,
what?s up?
That...
Santorini.
Ding Ling-jie,
if someone asks about me,
say you don?t know.
Don?t even tell him my name.
What?s wrong? Santorini...
Santorini... what kind of country is that?
Santorini?s not a country.
It?s one of Greece?s islands.
Ah. Santorini... it... it?s an island.
I don?t think I should?ve come to China to find her.
It was my delusion.
She doesn?t have any feelings for me.
Since it?s like this,
I?ll tell Zhang Hao about you.
Is that all?
Okay, then... I?ll get back to work.
Zhang Hao!
Actually there?s something
I haven?t told you.
Actually...
Actually I know that Santorini?s an island.
What... are you getting at?
I?m trying to say.
Actually?
Ding Ling-jie.
My dad?s looking for you outside.
Looking for me?
Mm.
You?re looking for me?
Right.
I need to borrow Zhang Hao and Luo Man.
C?mon.
Hold on.
What d?you mean, ?borrow??
They have a late night practice today,
so I?m asking for their leave of absence.
No.
We?re short of hands.
They can?t leave.
Come on, dajie.
*Da Jie - same meaning as Jiejie
What your restaurant?s missing isn?t workers,
it?s customers.
Come on, come on.
You?re a funny man.
These are my employees.
Approving their vacation
depends entirely on me.
Tomorrow is the founder?s festival.
They?re performing the school song there.
Understand?
So what?
No... what aren?t you getting?
This is very important,
so they have to practice all night.
What is our guitar doing here?
My word, dajie,
even if your short on funds, you can?t go this far.
Commandeering our guitar.
What?s your guitar?
It?s obviously my restaurant?s guitar.
Right, no mistake.
Don?t.
Don?t keep pretending.
If you?re holding it, you?re holding it.
Be a little more open minded.
I took it.
Luo Man.
This child,
she is so generous.
Helping this woman to make off with the guitar.
No, I?m saying
I brought the guitar from Ding Ling-jie?s restaurant
for the band to use.
It was all my fault.
Luo Man,
I never agreed, did I?
That... we really needed a guitar,
but we don?t have any money, so...
We were really careful with it.
It wasn?t damaged.
I-isn?t it just an old guitar?
What good...
Rent it out to us.
Dad, what?re you saying?
We don?t have money for that.
Okay!
You said it.
The rental fee is
¥500 per hour.
*Approx. $80
Alright.
In addition to what you already owe the bar.
I recorded everything exactly.
Don?t leave out even a penny.
No problem.
Such a hero.
Come on, pay up.
The bar tab or the guitar fee first?
I... I don?t have any money on me.
I-I?ll... give it to you tomorrow.
Tomorrow?
When tomorrow?
All my money?s in a bank.
I can?t take it out right now.
I?ll give it to you when I can.
When?s that going to be?
No need to rush.
Again.
Here.
You?ve worked hard.
Again.
Hey, here?s yours.
I know everyone?s exhausted from giving their best.
But I?m sorry to say that
with our current abilities,
we can?t get on stage at the festival.
We?re exhausted.
How about we go to the Director
and tell the truth?
That?s our only choice.
Looks like my days at this school
are numbered.
Why will you be fired if we don?t do well?
Won?t I?
It?s already like this.
How can I show my face in the school?
Lip sync.
Let?s lip sync.
Bring the music and lip sync.
You?re so quick-witted, Luo-shixiong.
We can get one of the bands from Ding Ling-jie?s restaurant
to prerecord the song for us.
That?s a good idea.
A lot of mega stars do it too.
Not bad.
If I?d realized earlier, we wouldn?t have had to practice so hard.
Hold on, hold on.
Won?t we be deceiving the entire school this way?
That?s not good.
This is a crisis. What?s the problem?
Let?s decide quickly.
No, this...
let?s rethink it, rethink it.
Is this right? This...
There?s no time.
We have to hurry and prepare.
Right, gotta prepare.
Gotta prepare.
Okay.
Is this right?
?I like using my tone
?to sing about your...
Well? Not bad right?
It sounds really good.
This works.
What are we waiting for?
Let?s hurry and practice.
C?mon.
Come on, come on.
?I like using my tone
?to sing about your scent
?In this moment, my sweet feelings are fermenting
?In hundreds of languages it?s understood
?Love has one track
?I suddenly understand the secret behind your expression
?So many reports of happiness
?Assemble love beautifully
?Smiling, I throw myself into your embrace and act spoiled
?I don?t need to be taught
?Love?s holding me tightly
?In this moment, I decide hugging you feels wonderful
Not bad at all.
Director.
Coming from me, the person who guides them, it?s all right.
Playing the school song is no problem.
Professor Luo.
As I expected.
We didn?t misjudge you.
?You?re like the cycles of the moon
?Hugging the earth as it radiates
?In my star-filled world
?I insert an exclamation point
?With you around, the world is fascinating
?Your smile
?Weaves together every single wonder
No quality.
Lip synced! Lip synced!
Professor Luo,
what?s going on here?
The founder?s festival is a day of great joy!
What is happening here?
Professor Hai Bin,
I don?t want to criticize you.
You promised me.
What can I say to you?
What is this?
Huh? What is this?
How do you say it in English?
Live.
This is called a ?live.?
Was this a ?live??
It was lip syncing!
Lip syncing to deceive the faculty,
deceive the professors,
deceive the students,
deceive yourself.
At the same time,
you! also deceived me!
Understand?
Luo Man.
Are you alright?
It?s not such a big deal.
Don?t blame yourself.
I?m so clumsy.
I thought of something so stupid.
You?re not to blame for this.
Who knew that would happen?
Right?
Here.
Eat this.