Episode 16
Here we are!
And, uh, that?s the hall.
Okay.
Thank you very, very much.
You?re very welcome.
You?re my hero.
Classmates,
due to circumstances,
today?s seminar might be?
Might be delayed because of a traffic jam.
But Professor Ham is definitely
serious about coming to see everyone.
Please give a warm welcome to
Professor Michael Ham!
Thank you very much, Professor Ham.
Your speech was just wonderful.
You shouldn?t thank me.
You should thank another person.
If there wasn?t this guy on an
electric bike who brought me here,
the speech wouldn?t have happened.
If you see this guy,
you have to thank him for me.
Not proper. Not proper in the least!
How can you randomly
leave your work post?
Speak. Did you blow off work for fun?
Hey. Where did you go just now?
Rushing like you were possessed.
Professor.
You have my apologies.
I?ll pay for the losses.
Pay for the losses?
How can you do that?
Is your paycheck
even enough?
I warned you again and again
that these books are very important.
Do not ever let them get damaged.
And what happened?
It?s gone.
What now!?
Tell me, what now?
The library must have a thief.
We can find out by looking at the security tapes.
We could ask for Ma Jun Cai?s help.
Okay, okay, okay.
Enough explaining.
You
don?t come to work starting tomorrow.
Professor.
I?ll pay the fines for him.
Xiu Qi.
You don?t have to take the fall for this.
I can take care of it.
This came about because of me.
Let me resolve it.
Also, please don?t
selfishly act on my behalf again.
Li Xiu Qi, how can you say that?
Professor,
let me take responsibility for what happened.
Okay then.
This is the best way.
I still have things to take care of.
I?m leaving.
Li Xiu Qi.
Li Xiu Qi!
What has been going on with that kid lately?
Xiu Qi.
That seminar was awesome.
Even though I didn?t really understand
and fell asleep midway through,
everyone?s reaction is
saying how good you are at organizing.
No wonder you?re the president.
Yeah?
Thanks.
Xiu Qi.
Does Luo Man think your performance was brilliant?
Does she like you even more?
Ting Ting.
I?m not the one Luo Man likes.
You?re mistaken.
How?s that possible. Don?t joke.
I?m not joking.
Don?t bring this up again.
You?re not who Luo Man likes...
That?s not right. I have to go ask her.
Ting Ting.
Don?t ask her.
I don?t want her to feel awkward.
We already agreed
we won?t tell anyone about this.
Alright then.
I?m off.
Luo Man doesn?t like Xiu Qi.
Then who is it?
Forget it. Don?t waste brain power.
You?re handsome in this one.
Are there more? Any others?
Any others? Any others?
This is my friend?s party.
He pestered me into coming.
All of these people have something to do with the music field.
This is the first time you?ve invited me to one of your friends? parties.
Didn?t we have
a meal with my friend last time?
Sorry.
The company. I have to take this.
Mm.
Yes.
Ding Ling-jie.
What a coincidence.
Shu Qing?
What are you doing here?
Are you alone?
I?m here with Tang Bo Wen.
Oh right. You two didn?t fight, right?
Fight?
Not at all.
That?s good then.
I was worried.
Why do you ask?
Did something happen?
You don?t know?
Tang Bo Wen came to the pub
to find Zhang Hao.
What?s wrong?
You looked for Zhang Hao.
Yes.
Are you upset?
What did you two talk about?
I told him to not seek you out again.
Told him I hope he won?t upset your life.
Did I ask you to do that?
Don?t meddle
in my business.
I can handle it myself.
I understand.
I won?t look for him again.
How much
do you know about us?
When you went on vacation to Greece
instead of with me,
you were with him, weren?t you?
You two aren?t just simple friends.
Let?s go.
Okay.
Let?s not have your parents worry.
Don?t take me home.
I want to go to Nan Yang University.
You?re going to look for him now?
I told you, didn?t I?
You don?t need to
meddle in my business.
I can take care of myself.
It?s 8:00.
Mm. Let?s go.
Let?s eat.
Here.
Thank you, Luo-shixiong.
You lost your library job because of Li Xiu Qi.
He didn?t even hear you out.
Are you mad?
I?m not.
You?re not angry?
He wasn?t grateful for your help.
Pisses people off.
I just feel a little sad is all.
Xiu Qi might have something he?s hiding.
He doesn?t just fly off the handle like you.
I do not just fly off the handle!
Alright, control your temper.
I?m... not blowing steam.
I?m just a little angry is all.
Put yourself in the other person?s shoes.
Then you won?t be upset.
It feels like where Li Xiu Qi is giving me sideways looks,
you?re comforting me.
How about we go have a drink together?
Really? You?re inviting me out drinking?
Of course! It?s your treat.
I have to save money to pay for that book.
Okay, okay.
Such a scrooge. Let?s go.
Hurry up.
Where we gonna drink at?
Let?s go to some street stands around here.
Street stands?
I want to eat a drink a lot.
Prepare yourself.
This guy!
Hello. Long time no see.
Hello.
I have something to talk about with you.
Do you have time right now?
Let?s find a place to talk.
Can it be... here?
Let?s talk in private.
Zhang You Tiao,
didn?t you say we?re going drinking?
Luo Man.
Take a rain-check.
How
have you been?
I?ve been good.
Practicing for my exam.
Playing the cello for days on end.
How about you?
How have you been lately?
I?m good.
Coming to me this late at night,
did you need something?
Right.
I know Tang Bo Wen sought you out.
Right?
Whatever he said,
those were all his thoughts.
I didn?t have him do that.
If he troubled you,
please don?t take offense.
No.
I didn?t take offense.
I understand where he?s coming from.
That?s good then.
I hope your girlfriend doesn?t misunderstand.
I don?t want your relationship
to be affected because of this.
It looks like I was thinking too much.
You guys look good.
What girlfriend?
That girl called Luo Man just now.
She?s not your girlfriend?
That...
Who said that?
Is that really not it?
She told me herself.
Luo-shixiong?
What are you still doing out here?
It?s stuffy in my room. I came out for fresh air.
Just about to head back.
What did that
Santorini girl want to talk about?
She wanted to talk about
how her fianc� came by.
So that?s it.
Luo-shixiong,
when did you become my girlfriend?
Because...
Was it because of me?
What?
Is that not it?
She told me herself.
She might have lied for my sake.
She?s not my girlfriend.
What?s that mean?
Well,
Luo Man is very passionate and loyal.
She might have said she?s my girlfriend
because you?re marrying someone else.
She didn?t want me to feel cornered or embarrassed.
So that?s it.
Do you know?
Even though I?m single right now,
I?m having a lot of fun.
I have a lot of friends by my side.
My life is very fulfilling.
I?m happy for you that you?re getting married.
Us being like this
is also good.
So,
don?t worry about me.
You be happy, too.
Luo-shixiong,
you?re very kind.
You were scared I?d be embarrassed in front of Shu Qing,
so you said that.
Right.
Of course I?d speak up for you
as your friend.
Thank you.
Are... you really okay?
To tell you the truth,
my brain knows that
everything is over.
But the moment I saw Shu Qing,
my heart wavered again.
Maybe I told Shu Qing
you aren?t my girlfriend
because
I don?t want her to get the wrong impression.
What am I thinking?
She?s about to be married.
It?s necessary experience.
You should realize that
even though your wound is throbbing and aching right now,
the day will always come when it heals
and you can slowly peel off the scab.
The situation with Shu Qing
may frustrate you,
but it will be okay one day.
Like when I go to the bakery
to buy my favorite bread and it?s not there.
If there?s none today, there?s always tomorrow.
If there?s none tomorrow, there?s always the next day.
The day will come
when you can be together with the one you love and who loves you back.
Did I say something wrong?
No.
You always surprise me.
You can speak with such sense.
I?m a very thoughtful person, alright?
Okay.
Thank you.
My heart feels much better.
I?m sorry about yesterday.
Because I?ve been busy with the seminar,
I haven?t been in a good mood.
Don?t take it to heart.
No worries, I was wrong too.
I just jumped in to help without a word.
You weren?t in the wrong.
How much is that book? I?ll pay.
You needn?t worry.
I?ve already promised the librarian.
I?ll pay the money back myself.
You lost that book because of me.
I should be the one to pay for it.
We?re good friends, aren?t we?
How come you sound like you?re distancing yourself?
Xiu Qi,
have I done something to make you unhappy?
You haven?t.
Good.
I keep thinking you?re different.
It must be me thinking too much.
Okay,
I?m going to class.
Don?t worry about the book.
I?ll handle it.
I?m off. Bye-bye.
Hello? Professor Ma.
You found an assistant job?
I?m very grateful.
Thank you.
Zhang Hao,
you?re an embarrassment to all men.
Stop it, honey.
What?s wrong?
When we were on our way to drink coffee,
we saw you talking with that Shu Qing.
As a friend, I?m warning you.
Don?t go looking for that Dansorini girl.
*He mispronounces Santorini
She?s getting married soon.
Let her go.
Stop talking, honey. Eat.
No.
Zhang Hao.
Look, look.
Look at what?
All of these girls are giving you sideways glances.
yet you?re still thinking about the girl from Santorini.
Do you deserve to be punished or what?
Besides, are you scared
you won?t find a match with your looks?
You?re a friend of Ma Jun Cai
and you?re still short a girl?
How about this?
I?ll set you up on dates. How about it?
Dates?
The best way to forget someone
is to find the next person.
There?s no such thing as everlasting love in this world.
I need to teach you.
I?m talking on average.
I?m the exception.
Ma Jun Cai,
could you not teach him these ridiculous things?
He won?t go.
You?re right.
I want to date.
What?
Okay. Right, right, right.
We?ll do like this.
I?ll call up my friend.
He?ll introduce you to some high quality.
Oh right,
after you go on a date,
remember to treat me to a meal.
My bad. I kicked you.
Zhang You Tiao,
are you really going to date other girls?
But
didn?t you tell me yesterday that
when you see Shu Qing
your heart still wavers?
That?s why I want to even more.
You were right.
There?s no wound that doesn?t heal.
Maybe if I get to know new girls,
I?ll slowly forget that brief love.
I haven?t dated in China before,
and I?m single anyway.
Might as well try.
I have the day shift today.
I have to get to the pub.
You want to come along?
I have things to take care of.
Okay.
Zhang Hao.
Thanks for working in this hot weather.
It?s fine.
It?s my job.
Want something cold?
Sure.
Come on.
I told Shu Qing that
Tang Bo Wen came to find you.
Was I being too nosy?
No.
I cleared the air with Shu Qing yesterday.
This way is good too.
It must be hard.
No, I?m okay.
Ding Ling-jie,
you seem to have something bothering you.
What?s up?
Telling you should be fine.
I?m in love.
But that person
doesn?t seem to be into me.
You must be joking!
Look at how perfect you are.
What kind of man is that?
He?s gotta be incredible.
Incredible?
He?s an idiot.
Not pleasing to the eye,
not good-looking,
no sense of style.
He is full of shortcomings.
Then why do you like him?
I must be possessed.
Enough about him. Annoying.
You idiot.
You?re a huge idiot.
Luo Hai Bin, you idiot.
Luo Hai Bin?
Come here.
Come on.
Here.
Does your dad still owe Ding Ling-jie money?
No.
He says it?s all cleared.
Then there?s no mistake.
Why did you ask?
I think Ding Ling-jie likes your dad.
What?
Ding Ling-jie likes my dad?
Impossible.
My dad?s bald.
No, no, no. It?s true.
Ding Ling-jie said
she?s fallen for someone who doesn?t like her back.
After getting drunk,
she mentioned your dad?s name.
There should be no mistake.
That would
make the world way too mysterious.
Those two fight like cats and dogs when they meet.
When would they fall for each other?
Besides,
in accordance to what you?ve said,
Ding Ling-jie likes my dad,
but my dad doesn?t like Ding Ling-jie.
That doesn?t make sense.
My dad should be ecstatic.
I?m not clear on the specifics.
Do you know why your dad
isn?t interested in Ding Ling-jie?
Well?
Why?
I don?t know either.
I?ll just ask my dad.
He?s been single for so long.
If he can find a partner,
that?d be great.
Yeah.
It?s nice if two people can be together.
Oh yeah, have you been on a date yet?
No.
Jun Cai said he gave the other person my photo.
Maybe she didn?t like my style.
Luo Man!
Here.
Sit.
Why are you staring at me?
Is there really nothing
you want to confess to me?
Nothing.
Maybe he?s still not prepared.
Let?s both
confess something
in the name of peace.
That?s fine, right?
Actually,
I always sleep
during your class.
What?
How can you do that?
Didn?t you say you?re absorbed in my lectures?
Anyway, that?s my confession. Your turn.
I have nothing to confess.
Really?
Really.
I can?t take it, Dad.
Spit it out.
What?s your relationship with Ding Ling-jie?
How did you know?
Ding Ling-jie likes you...
You also like her?
I like you even more.
Oh what nonsense is that?
Do you guys like each other or what?
I guess that?s how it is.
So it really is. I support you.
Be bold and get with her, okay?
No.
I couldn?t give your mom a happy life.
How I am now,
I also can?t give Ding Ling-jie a happy life.
I can?t rely on her.
Dad.
Don?t talk like that, okay?
Money?s not everything.
You?re my dad.
I?ve always been proud of that.
In my heart,
you?re more amazing than any other man.
Your dad
only has one thought.
That?s to work hard, make money,
and give my daughter a happy life.
Other things don?t come close.
You, too, don?t worry about the adults.
Take your studies seriously.
When you?re in my class,
you can?t just sleep.
Li Xiu Qi.
How come I haven?t seen you around?
I have something to discuss.
Call me when you check your messages.
What is going on?
Why isn?t he picking up the phone?
Xiu Qi.
You?ve worked all day.
Don?t strain yourself.
Go back and rest.
Okay.
I still have a lot of translation work left.
I want to finish.
Okay. I?m off then.
Go back and rest.
Okay.
Li Xiu Qi.
How come I haven?t seen you around?
I have something to discuss.
Call me when you check your messages.
Zhang Hao.
It?s done.
What?s done?
A girl wants to meet you.
Didn?t she not want to?
This woman...
you don?t understand,
she?s been playing hard to get.
At any rate, I?ve settled it now.
Just wait.
I packaged your commodities.
What?s with you, Luo-shixiong?
Isn?t it just sweeping?
You?re all right.
I?m telling you,
this girl?s name is Yang Mei.
Nickname is Xiao Yang Mi!
*He?s referencing Yang Mi, a fairly popular actress and singer born in Beijing in 1986.
Hear me?
Hear this name and you know how pretty she must be.
Who?s Yang Mi?
You don?t know Yang Mi?
That?s not important.
What is important is,
she?s also lived in New York.
You two are a good fit.
Our Jun Cai thinks this way.
Have a photo? Let me see.
Of course I do.
Look!
Look.
Well?
I?m helping you find a partner
despite being busy studying for the Level 4 Exam.
Good enough?
Thank you.
I?m not done, c?mere.
At any rate, next week, you two will meet.
Before that, I?ll teach you tricks.
Prior to the meet up,
send a message.
That way you two will already be communicating.
What the heck?
You don?t see me sweeping here?
Move out of the way!
My phone!
Thankfully it?s not broken.
Shallow.
Childish!
Revealing everything.
(Tomorrow afternoon, I?m going to eat at the new ice cream store. Looking forward to it.)
Next week, are you going to
meet up with that exchange student from Nan Yang University?
Yeah.
An older classmate introduced me.
But I don?t want to go,
so I?ll refuse.
Why aren?t you going?
I saw the photo, he?s handsome.
He?s really not my type.
That?s unexpected.
It?s not like your ex-boyfriend was a bearded bad boy.
The guy in the photo looks like a good student.
Yeah.
Looks like he?d be boring.
What?s his name?
I think he?s called...
Zhang... Zhang Hao.
He invited me to the park.
What era is this?
A date in the park.
Seriously.
Zhang Hao?
Did I hear right?
Are you talking about Zhang Hao from Nan Yang University?
You?re going on a date with him?
Don?t joke.
What?s wrong?
You don?t know?
At our school, he?s
made a name for himself as a playboy.
Don?t think he?s been raised properly.
Actually, his specialty is deceiving
innocent-looking girls like you.
He?s definitely not someone you can date seriously.
Are you telling the truth?
Of course.
Don?t think I?m being nosy.
I just overheard your conversation.
I wanted to warn you.
Don?t take him too seriously.
I warning you out of kindness.
I?m leaving now.
Bye-bye.
What?re you doing, Luo Man?
What are you all doing here?
Jun Cai said he wasn?t getting inspired in the classroom,
so we came with him here to study vocab.
Hello?
That?s fine.
I?ll talk it over with him.
What?
Xiao Yang Mi?s not willing to meet?
No, it?s strange.
Before she said she wasn?t going to,
now she wants to again.
My friend said
that girl really likes Zhang Hao?s demeanor.
This girl
really did a 360.
Why is it like this?
Luo Man, why are you so agitated?
I just think it?s strange.
She hasn?t even seen him.
How can she like him?
My friend told me
that girl?s preference
are bad boys like Zhang Hao.
Don?t even know.
You told her I?m a bad boy?
I... I never said that.
I don?t know who did either.
Xiu Qi.
Why didn?t you come back last night?
You didn?t pick up your phone either.
Something happened.
Why does your face look so bad?
Stay up all night?
This is for you.
What is it?
Why did you give me money?
It should be enough for that book.
Hey.
You stayed up all night for this money?
Didn?t I say you didn?t need to pay it off?
I can take care of it.
It happened because of me.
I should settle it.
I don?t want to owe you anything.
What do you mean
?owe me something??
American friend,
have you decided what you?re going to wear?
A date?
I introduced
Zhang Hao to a pretty girl.
Xiu Qi,
don?t be jealous.
I?ll introduce you to someone better once you have time.
Not interested.
No need.
I?ve never seen a man not be interested in women.
What kind of animal is Caring Brother?
Oh right.
I?ll brainstorm for you.
Brainstorm.
Are you here for the job of singer?
Um...
You?re the boss.
Right, right.
Do you have any experience?
I...
I was the lead singer in a band.
Lead singer?
Um...
We... we were popular for a time.
No wonder you looked familiar.
How about this?
Sing in my bar all night tonight.
If you do well,
you can come to work tomorrow.
Okay?
Thank you, sir.
No need, no need.
Do well.
Come on, come on.
Out, out, out.
Get out.
Boss.
I'll... I?ll come to work tomorrow.
Work? Work where?
You were thrown out by my customers.
You think you can work?
It?s enough I didn?t ask you to compensate.
What?s with you? Leave, get out.
Go on, go on.
Look, you... I still...
Leave.