Episode 8
Come over here.
I'm exhausted.
Hello, Mom.
I'm working overtime.
When are you coming back?
Right now. I'll go back right now.
Working over time again? Come back soon,
or else we're all worried.
Okay, I got it. Sleep early. Don't wait for me.
Be careful on the road.
I got it. Alright, that's it for now.
What are you doing? Where are you going?
Be good. Come on.
Hello?
Lü Cheng, I'm Liang Shuang.
Le Le drank too much. She won't go home. I brought her over to the fitness center.
Are you free right now? Can you come take care of her?
Okay.
Le Le.
- What's wrong?- Lü Cheng. You're finally here.
She vomited all over. I really can't take care of it.
How did she get this drunk?
She's in a bad mood, so she drank too much.
Can I leave her with you? I have a meeting tomorrow morning.
Sure. Leave her to me. Go about your own work.
I'll go then.
- Sure.- Can you help me hold her up?
I'll do it.
Are you okay here?
- Call me if anything happens.- Sure. Go now.
Are you okay?
What are you doing?
You're already this drunk, don't run around.
Sit down.
What's wrong?
Sit down for a while. I'll pour a cup of water for you.
Why did you have such a bad expression on your face today?
I didn't... It's nothing.
My mom wants to see you. If she doesn't see you, she feels unhappy.
Fine, I'm wrong. I admit I'm wrong.
But can you not make it hard for my mom?
I'm sorry.
I feel like I'm such a failure.
My dad tired himself to death because of me.
Now my mom needs to feel bad because of me too.
How can you blame that on yourself? Don't think like that. It's not your fault.
It's all my fault. It's all my fault!
How can we blame you? Let's get up. It's cold on the floor.
You'll get sick. Sit up. Come on.
Careful!
♫ You only need to give me a little more time. ♫
♫ I hope that I can give you the whole world. ♫
♫ I can’t change everything I’ve let pass by. ♫
♫ I can only let my reminiscence spin in circles like a dream. ♫
♫ You only need to give me a little more time. ♫
♫ I want to fulfill all your wishes for you. ♫
♫ There are too many dreams, too many promises. ♫
♫ I wait every night for them to come true slowly. ♫
♫ Let all the pain terminate after the sun sets. ♫
I can't let others see this,♫ Let me be with you ♫
or else I really won't be able to explain this.♫ To continue the affections that haven’t ended, ♫
♫ Even if you are at the ends of the sky,even if you are on the face of the earth. ♫
♫ Two true hearts are like a kite attached to a string. ♫
♫ Let all the happiness endure before the sun rises. ♫
♫ Let me see your happiest smile, ♫
♫ Even though you are at the ends of the sky,even though you are on the face of the earth. ♫
♫ Our love... ♫
Why did you come back so late?
Mom. You're still not asleep?
If you don't come back, can I fall asleep?
Unlike your dad, cold and heartless, snoring away.
I'm fine. Go back to sleep.
Come.
Why do you have such a strong alcohol scent on you?
You drank?
What kind of overtime work is that?
Don't ask. Can you go to sleep now?
You're a girl. Coming home so late after you drink...
Right. Mama Ou called to ask if Le Le is with you.
She is. She drank too much. I sent her to the fitness center.
Look at this. Mama Ou was worried to death.
She said that Le Le wasn't in the customer services area.
You even let her drink? If Mama Ou knew, she'd be upset.
Alright. Stop nagging.
If something happens tomorrow, I'll explain to Mama Ou.
Are we going to wait for you to explain tomorrow? I'll call her right now.
You have to know. As a mom, we can't be that openly carefree.
If our daughter doesn't come home, can we fall asleep?
Seriously.
I was only a little bit late,
but I won't let go of everything I love.
What are you doing?
I've already sent it to my inbox.
Why did you make such a weird noise?
What exactly do you want to do?
I'm not doing anything. I like you. You didn't know?
Have you considered my feelings?
I know, but I like
the feeling of loving more than being loved.
Do you get what I mean?
Xiao Fang, I know you're really good.
But by doing this, not only are you ruining yourself, you're ruining me too. Don't you know?
It's not early. Hurry up and take a shower
and then take me back to the office.
Where are you going? To Willing?
Where else can I go?
Xiao Fang, if you don't tell Liang Shuang about this,
we can still be friends.
Okay.
People who refuse money are simpletons.
Men who don't accept women are idiots.
I think it should be men who are set up by women would rather die.
It's not that bad.
Don't you have one more woman to love you right now?
Besides, Liang Shuang and I are competing fairly.
I'm not the third person in the triangle.
Great Miss. Be merciful on me.
Okay.
We both take a step back. You take me to the back alley of the office,
okay?
Alright.
You... Why are you here?
I... Liang Shuang told me to come.
Liang Shuang?
Then... Quickly, get up.
Slower! My back.
Take it slow.
Then why did you sleep on the floor?
I was afraid you would fall down.
Really?
I'm joking.
Then what time is it now?
8 o'clock?
Quickly, clean this up.
We can't let people find out.
Hurry up.
Here!
[You Fei Hotel]
Look how I've frightened this child. He really is an honest child.
It's hard to find such honest children.
- Auntie, good morning.- Good morning.
Why did you come today? Did you need to do something?
I didn't. I was just coming to visit. I'll go buy breakfast.
- Come over and eat later.- Oh no, Auntie.
- You're too kind.- Go about your work.
Them? That's too abnormal.
[Dialing Liang Shuang]
Enemy, where did you go last night?
Me? I went to eat with Le Le
and then went dancing and drinking. What?
That happy?
Then why didn't you bring us along? I went drinking with Lü Cheng too.
You weren't with your boyfriend?
Why do we have to be together during the day and at night too?
If you have time to ask about others' private lives,
why don't you write more drafts and hand them in?
Fine then.
I'll go write drafts then. I'll hang up now.
Hang up.
[Fu Yi Ping]
Hello?
Hello, Dear. It's me.
What did you do last night? I couldn't find you at all!
I had an important social gathering and couldn't leave, so I didn't call you.
You must be mad at me, right?
It's okay, Dear. I'll use ten lifetimes to repay you.
You can't.
You have to use a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times the time to be with me.
I won't allow you to disappear in front of my eyes.
I won't allow you to not pick up the phone, won't allow you to only explain the next day.
Alright, alright.
My princess, my queen. You really are angry?
How about this? I'll go over right now. I'll go visit you.
You can't right now. I didn't sleep well last night. I look terrible.
That can't hide your beauty either.
Come in.
Chief Supervisor, we're waiting for you to start the meeting.
Got it.
Alright, I have to go to the meeting. I'll call you later.
Okay. I'll wait for your call. Bye bye.
Bye bye.
Le Le, come quick and eat breakfast.
Tell Lü Cheng to come eat with us.
Mom, I already told you not to do all this.
Child, tell Lü Cheng to come over and eat together.
Lü Cheng.
- Auntie.- Come quick and have breakfast.
I won't eat.
Child, why are you so polite? Hurry up and come here.
Ou Jie, do you think hanging that painting over there is okay?
I'll go take a look.
- Lü Cheng,- Auntie.
What kind of work do your mom and dad do?
My mom and dad are all farmers.
Farmers?
They didn't come out to work?
They didn't.
Then your second uncle works in the city?
My second uncle is also from the village.
It's just that he has a small business next to the gas station near our house.
It's quite close to his house.
If you went to college, how could your family afford to support you?
Back then, I got a good score taking the college entrance exams.
The school also knows about our family's situation,
so they gave the entire scholarship that year to me.
You're quite fortunate.
Then now that you're working, do you have to send money back for the family to use?
Then how will you have enough money?
Renting houses and such in the city are all quite expensive nowadays.
Auntie, I can't afford to rent a place right now.
I'm living together with Li Hao.
Mom, hurry up and eat. People are coming.
Thanks.
Is that so?
Today, both the people from the advertising and the designing department are here.
The main point of our meeting
is to listen to our Ai Xiao Fang, Assistant Ai's
designs and plans for our Willing Magazine Company. Please.
Actually, what I want to talk about today isn't simply a future plan.
It's that the future development of our magazine is still unsure.
This relates to the life or death of our magazine.
Our magazine has always focused on written material.
This is the biggest problem of how we place ourselves.
Right now, most magazines in the market target specialized professions,
and the majority of them are consumer magazines.
And what our magazine needs to do is create a magazine centered on advertisements.
What defines focusing on advertisements?
That is, two-thirds are advertisements. Half of the remaining one-third are soft ads.
You think it's so simple? Where do you expect our advertisement company to find so many ads?
That's right. Even the ones right now are really difficult.
We won them from others with lower prices.
You don't need to worry.
Ai Xiao Fang is confident enough to say this
because she has the capability. Let me tell you guys.
She already signed sixteen clients.
Really? That good?
That's great then.
Let me tell you.
The greatest pressure for changing our layout next year
is on your design department. It'll be a lot of hard work.
Also, Chief Supervisor of Design, Liang Shuang.
As long as it's good for the company, it's okay if there's a little hard work.
It's just that... I'm worried.
Are you worried that the magazine will lose the style you've had before, is that it?
Then I want to say that if the magazine doesn't change the style it had before,
it's a dead end.
As opposed to that, why don't you just change Willing's name and focus?
Just call it a consumer's magazine.
- That's right.- Yeah.
Alright, alright. In today's meeting,
we have to commend the greatest accomplishment
from Ai Xiao Fang, Ms. Ai. It's because she changed the plans at the last minute
that has gained approval from the clients. In such a short amount of time,
there are so many clients who signed with our magazine. To be honest,
this is something we haven't been able to see in so many years.
I hope that everyone can be like Ai Xiao Fang, eager to adapt to current situations
and create a top-notch corporation.
Okay. Let's end today's meeting here.
Everyone, dismissed.
Don't be sad anymore, my baby.
Don't think too much. It'll all pass.
How is that possible?
A magazine that has been with me for ten years is going to vanish immediately.
I can't let it go.
Isn't it being unused to it?
It's both.
As for my thoughts,
I think that people have to get used to this society through constant adjustment
rather than letting this society get used to you.
That Ai Xiao Fang just has a tiny bit more sensitivity about the market.
So that's why she can grasp the business opportunity.
You!
I'm thoroughly angry right now. Don't aggravate me.
I said wrong. It's my fault. She's stupid.
Actually, that's not it either.
I just feel that after she came,
I've lost the value I used to have.
I feel surprised.
Are you still collaborating with her older brother?
I am. I already signed the contract.
You won't think she's good because you're collaborating with them, are you?
Why would you say that?
Business is business. Personal is personal. How can the two intermix?
That's better.
Come, take a break.
Have some porridge and quench the the flame in your heart.
I'll be sleepy after I eat. I have work I haven't finished.
Don't worry about it. Just eat. After you eat, sleep a bit and then work.
I'll wake you up. Come on.
Come on.
Yi Ping, do you love me?
Of course.
I only need you to have me in your heart.
No matter how hard it gets, I'll still feel so happy.
Don't think too much. Sleep.
♫ This time, you let light shine onto my heart. ♫
♫ I keep pacing and wandering, ♫
♫ Pretending no one will really appreciate how I look. ♫
♫ This time, my eyes are finally enlightened. ♫
♫ The bit of facade I used to have is now willing to peel itself away layer by layer. ♫
[Resignation Letter]♫ The bit of facade I used to have is now willing to peel itself away layer by layer. ♫
♫ There’s a sense of security lingering in my heart. ♫
♫ As long as I see you one more time, I will become prettier. ♫
♫ You tore down the doors to my heart,slowly stepped into my secret garden, ♫
♫ planted the first rose shoot. As long as I see you one more time, ♫
♫ I can understand even more. ♫
What do you think? This weekend Liang Shuang asked her boyfriend to come to our house.
Should we invite Ai Mei and her daughter over too?
I think it'll work.
It's been a long time since our two families ate a good meal together.
What? Didn't we just eat a couple of days ago?
When? How come I don't remember?
The time when we looked for Long Long together.
That's right.
My mind really can't remember things anymore.
You admit that you can't remember now? And you said my memory was bad.
What's wrong with saying that? Your memory was never good.
Honestly, if I didn't think and remember about what you needed to do, what would you be able to do?
We were talking about inviting people over to eat.
How did we get to talking about this?
Tell me. What have you helped me with for this family?
Just this house? Inside and out,
if I'm not here with you, do you think it's a home?
That's true too.
Look at Ai Mei, alone with her daughter.
What's the use of having so much money?
You're taking the newspaper away again?
Say, exactly what kind of person is the boyfriend Liang Shuang found this time?
Whomever she finds, how would I know?
I've been thinking about this all these days. I can't sleep well.
You just aren't patient enough.
When our daughter searches,
she's picky about this and that, left and right. Isn't it to find a good one?
Why are you worrying?
I think Li Hao's already pretty good.
But she said he isn't.
I really don't know what this child is thinking.
What she's thinking is her business. Don't bother.
Right. Quick. Give her a call.
Ask her if this weekend,
the "him" she found is coming or not?
Don't make a table full of food,
but the people that should come don't come.
What are you saying? What do you mean those that should come don't come?
Why don't you think positively?
I've realized that the older you get, the uglier the words you say.
It's really aggravating.
I'm wrong again.
I'll read the paper. You pick the vegetables.
Seriously.
Look at you.
I'm only discussing things with you.
You're worrying again.
Chief Supervisor Liang, these are the documents you need.
It's great that you can take care of this issue.
- Don't worry. I'll take care of this for sure.- Then I'll leave it all to you.
It's the weekend. Where do you plan to go with your boyfriend?
Keep daydreaming. There's so much work I haven't done. How can I go on vacation?
You have to turn in the work I gave you by Tuesday.
Sure, no problem.
Boss.
[Fu Yi Ping]
Hello, please hang up. The number you called is on the line.
Yi Ping, I got the message you sent me.
♫ Every time, the moment we hold hands, ♫
Don't worry. We have a long collaboration ahead of us.♫ Every time, the moment we hold hands, ♫
I ordered a bottle of '85 red wine.♫ a question mark will always appear. ♫
Let's drink it together some time.
My older brother?
My older brother is playing golf with Xie Feng. He won't come back until Saturday.
Okay, bye bye.
[Fu Yi Ping]
She's burning her bridges by doing that today.
Even if Ai Xiao Fang has the ability, she can't do that to you.
When I called you today, were you on the phone with Ai Xiao Fang?
We were talking about business.
'85 red wine is business too?
You heard it all?
Can I not hear it?
She's so loud. She calls Yi Ping left and right.
It'd be weird if I can't hear her.
I think she's specifically targeting me.
She's just like that. She's publicizes too much. She doesn't know her boundaries.
She likes you, right?
She doesn't. You know it.
Who doesn't she obsess over? She thinks every male likes her.
I can't bear it. She pours honey all over the place.
Alright, don't be mad anymore.
Have a persimmon.
How do I eat that?
Alright, then let's find something else.
Can you promise me something?
Tell me. As long as it's something you say, I'll promise.
In the future, you can't interact with Ai Xiao Fang.
But we can't not meet for business, can we?
Men do business. It's impossible not to have women in the field.
I'm talking about Ai Xiao Fang, not other women.
Hello?
Yi Ping, I've reserved the place.
It's at the private lounge from last time.
- I won't leave until you come.- I'm eating right now. I'll call you later.
Okay. That's it for now.
Don't be so petty.
I'm Beauty's financial consultant right now.
I'm petty?
Alright. Ai Xiao Fang's not petty. Go find her.
'85 red wine. How lovely, how romantic?
Enjoy it.
You have to be reasonable!
Chief Supervisor, what's wrong?
What's the matter?
That... Director Jin wants you to go over.
You asked for me?
Liang Shuang, sit.
Liang Shuang, I really am quite happy these days.
That Ai Xiao Fang really is amazing.
As soon as the advertisements come in, we'll have to adjust all our salaries.
It was just this?
I got it. Can I go now?
I'm not done yet.
That day, when I praised Ai Xiao Fang,
why did you put up that face? That's not good.
If other people don't know, they'd think that there's some trouble between you two.
Director Jin, we've worked together for ten years.
You should know what kind of person I am.
Of course I know.
What I hate the most is pretending to be happy when I'm not, socializing when I don't like her.
- I don't have to.- Liang Shuang,
we're working in the same environment.
We have to respect each other.
Respect?
She's obviously the one not respecting me.
I want to go on vacation. I want to rest for a few days.
Okay, I'll approve your vacation.
It's true. You're very tired. You should rest for a few days.
- Thank you.- Rest a while.
Don't forget to come back after you rest.
Here's your tea.
Daughter, you're back?
Your mom made some cold swallow's nest soup for you. It's in the refrigerator.
Okay.
Daughter, when do you plan
to bring him back and let us see him?
I've been too busy at work these days.
They gave me a couple of days off. I want to stay at a resort for a few days.
So he's not coming this weekend?
He went out of the country. Wait until I come back.
How many days are you going?
Three to five days.
[Fu Yi Ping]
Go drink your mesmerizing potion.
[Li Hao]
[Ignore]
He hung up on me?
You haven't left yet?
I... I was just about to leave.
Then go home soon. Don't forget to turn off the lights.
What are you doing still standing there?
I have something I have to tell you.
Tell me. What is it?
I want to give you this.
Resignation letter?
Why?
Is it because my mom said something to you that day and caused a misunderstanding?
No, no.
From my perspective, if you bring up a resignation right now,
do you want me to give you a raise?
That's even more not it.
Then why exactly? Tell me.
My greatest strength is getting to the bottom of things, even if it means breaking the pan.
I... I don't want to say it.
Li Li! Li Li!
Le Le Jie, is something the matter?
Go open the front door. Let Mr. Lü go.
I invited him in through that front door.
Now, I will also ask him to leave this place through the front door.
Are you satisfied now?
I didn't mean to hurt you.
But you've already hurt me.
I have my own difficulties.
So I don't want to hold you back.
Le Le, I know that I might not be able to find a better job after I leave here.
But what I hope, what I want is a life that has a bit of self pride. Do you get it?
When you've thought it through, just go.
I definitely won't hold you back.
- It's here. Stop on the side. Thanks.- Okay.
Why are you standing there? Go open the door!
Go away!
- Hello?- You finally picked up the phone.
Exactly what is the matter?
Something's wrong.
The phone you dialed is turned off. Please call again later.
I can't get through. It's still turned off.
You're saying Fu Yi Ping and that woman...
Are you sure you saw clearly?
I'm sure I really saw it very clearly.
Then who is that woman?
She's Liang Shuang's company's Ai Xiao Fang.
Let's go. Come find Fu Yi Ping with me.
You...!
Sit down, you!
- Can you calm down a bit?- Sit down.
Sit down.
There are two problems right now.
First, we don't have solid evidence that they are together in private.
They came out from the hotel in the morning. How can anything good come from that?
Can you let me finish?
Second, even if it is how you said, does Liang Shuang know?
Or how much does she know? If you go and interfere,
is that a good or bad thing to her?
Then don't you think
that we should clear this up sooner? Wouldn't that be better?
No matter if we say it sooner or later, she has to be the one to realize that something is wrong.
What if Fu Yi Ping went and told her that he never did anything,
then what would Liang Shuang think of us?
That's right. If these words came from your mouth, Liang Shuang definitely won't believe it.
I really hope that Liang Shuang can realize on her own that Fu Yi Ping isn't loyal to her,
or else Liang Shuang will keep thinking that we're making a scene.
That's the nicer outcome.
She'll think you're jealous and want to ruin her happiness.
Then what should we do now?
It's quite late now.
How about you see if anything is wrong with her first.
If something isn't normal, call us.
Then I'll go first.
See you.