How is it?
Backup a bit.
Focus on my leg, my leg!
Fine...
After graduating, I will surely become
an International Super Model, sexy and fashion!
Nan Xiang, your turn.
I hope next time, during graduation,
I can organize a small scale art exhibition.
Just a small one, for friends.
I told you my choreography is the most fashionable.
Didn't you see how much the audience loved me?
Lily.
What?
Oh, graduation.
I don't want to take over my dad's company right away.
I'm not too interested in just sailing through life.
I might study abroad in the third year of college.
As for which school,
I'll have to do some further comparisons and assessments.
As... As for me...
I hope that after graduation,
I can find a good job.
With more, more pay...
And a gentle, caring, and humorous superior...
What, what, are you boy-crazy?
Okay... I'm done, I'm done...
Gu Yuan.
As for me, I'm looking forward to Lily
becoming a good wife and mother at that time.
And even...
Excuse me...
Ha! Ha!
A moral exemplar,
- wife and mother... - with a "38" Honorary Woman's Award
There goes the wife, there goes the mother!
She'll buy soymilk and crullers for me every morning.
And wash my socks at night.
In your dreams.
She'll wash you too.
Jian Xi.
Dad, everybody has a dark past.
But if you keep provoking me with this video clip,
I will get the picture of you as a child wearing your crotch-less pants...
Blow it up and frame it in a gold frame,
and display it in the company elevator!
Why don't you like it?
Your child-voice is so pleasant.
All sweet, but now...
Okay...
I'm going to school now.
Finals are coming up, I'm probably not going to be around this weekend.
Don't miss me too much.
Money never slumbers, Shanghai never sleeps.
On a small, ordinary street...
With the help of beer's cool foam,
people killed time through the hot and humid nights of the rainy season.
Then there are those, who, since birth
have been living on pricey real estate.
Their lives are as sweet and lavish
as rose nectar.
Their feet are distanced from worldly dust.
They're cherubs of fate are living in the clouds.
Then there are some people
who are submerged in rich, hot chocolate.
They can't distinguish whether the flavor is bitter, or mellow.
For those wealthy folks living at the tip of the pyramid,
every day
is like a carefully designed formula.
Every nutrient placed according to the best ratio.
Their bodies, in turn, maintain the best shape.
Brightly shining lives, eternal, sparkling.
They've occupied the most wonderful area of Shanghai.
Receiving the envy of many,
as well as the cold loneliness that only comes from being on top.
Some learn to taste despair and hope every day.
Just like a solution made of dissolving pills.
After the vibrant colored candy coating fades away,
there's only a bitterness left that no one else can understand.
Some people are like a bottle of water, clear and simple...
Do you want some water?
Colorless, tasteless, tangible...
Thanks.
And amongst us stressed college students,
in the midst of this hot summer,
all we can have are cups after cups
of bitter coffee, like herbal remedies.
This bitter but sweet liquid
helped us through many sleepless nights.
That's because, the last final exam before our graduation...
has begun.
Nan Xiang is busy painting every day,
dressed like a white washer.
She brought a pile of clay and dirt back to the dorm for sculpting
and worries every day that
Lily would push her off the balcony without a second thought.
Ruby is even more bizarre.
Her seething expression makes me wonder
what moment she'll decide to commit suicide --seppuku style.
However, even while everybody is being driven crazy,
one woman is calm and collected.
She finished courses for both her majors by the third year.
So, our frantic nerves and fear of graduation finals mean nothing to her.
To her, it's like attending the Paralympics as Spiderman...
No trouble at all.
That's right.
She's the old friend whom I fear and love:
Lily.
Lin Xiao, could you not refer to me as your old friend.
It sounds like I'm your menstrual cycle.
Are you going to plant crops in that attire?
Lily, could you turn the sound down a bit?
You could probably guess
the US Dollar exchange rate anyway.
Why do you have to study in the bedroom?
For someone like you, with such a lack of will power
If there is a bed within a hundred-meter radius,
would you be able to do anything else but sleep?
Because every corner of the school
is filled with crazy people.
How about the cafe we usually go to?
I got it. I'll clear them out.
Sit. I've ordered for all of you already
Hey, the owner looks like she's aged a lot.
There're so little customers, must be difficult lately.
I touched her hand earlier
it felt like a loofah.
Your hand feels like the golden staff the Monkey King wields.
Recommendation?
Substantially increase the price
and protect this cafe's brand quality
Lower-end consumers won't...
So expensive!
Are we drinking liquid gold or what?
One cup of Americano.
Since the last quarrel,
the Gu couple has been at a cold war with each other.
But I'm not worried at all that they'd break up.
Even during their honeymoon period in high school,
they sounded like they were arguing.
Don't you think we'd make a good couple?
Why?
Don't tell me it's because both our last names are Gu.
Because,
within the entire school,
the only students who can understand this textbook
are you and me.
This is a high level math test for first year college students.
If you can get sixty points on it, I'll consider your proposal.
Sixty?
How about ninety?
If we were abroad, they'd be Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Here, we say they are the Phoenix Legend;
not even lightning can split them apart.
Gu Yuan.
I was supposed to interview the Chief Editor
Lai Guang Xin of "Monthly Times".
I've just gotten a call from the head master.
They want you to interview instead.
Did you pull something?
I'm much more adequate than you.
I simply made an objective statement, it isn't really pulling anything.
Don't you forget.
I helped you with all the clippings of "Monthly Times"
dating from '04 to '07!
So?
My dog's nails are clipped by my servant Lucy.
Should I announce this too?
Bitch
Loser
Okay okay okay...
it's not like you don't understand Lily.
She has a stainless steel mouth
and a heart made of cotton candy.
Why are you alone? Where's Jian Xi?
I called him yesterday.
He said he's busy with tests, and doesn't have time for me.
No time for you?
Then you should set time aside for him.
Girls who like Jian Xi are queing up and are certainly ambitious.
You better watch out.
I've told you.
Don't call me anymore.
I can't talk right now.
How much do you want?
Text me your account number.
Someone will transfer to you afterwards
Xi Cheng, I'm warning you.
Don't call me anymore.
What are you doing here?
Waiting for you to get out of class
I was shopping just now, saw something that would look good on you.
So I bought it.
Here.
How did you know which brand I wear?
And my size?
Of course, auntie told me.
I don't just know your size...
Why are you so obedient to her?
She hopes you would marry me, so you want to marry me?
Don't you have anyone you like?
I do.
But even if I like him, I don't have to marry him.
Your logic is too advanced.
My IQ is too low, can't understand it.
You should go communicate with Einstein.
Weren't you going to see Zhou Chong Guang?
What's going on here, I don't understand.
Today is the Dragon Boat Festival.
I thought if there's any present that would fit
his high status and match his artist flair,
then the present would be.
Zongzhi.
I get it.
This Zongzhi uses retarded brain powder to make a mediocre filling?
What are you doing here?
Delivering Zongzhi.
So you found a new job doing deliveries?
That's not it...
I... Today's the last day of the internship.
I'm here to collect his draft.
I'm leaving!
You scared Gong Ming away?
Why is Gong Ming at your place?
Guess.
Why is he wearing a track suit?
Guess.
If you don't give me this column, I'm going to call the cops.
Hey, don't be so mean to a patient, let me play for a bit.
Patient?
Did you call yourself a patient?
Gastric cancer?
I'll believe you once more. My brain is in my heart.
You really got me into trouble last time, did you know?
After I went back, Kitty laughed at me
until her eyes got wrinkles.
And she told me about all those incidents...
The lies you used to feed her.
How you'd gotten diabetes or cholecystitis.
Kitty's in the wrong for betraying me then.
To think, I even went shopping and eating out with her.
We were trench comrades, can't believe she actually betrayed me...
Hey... Are you going to give the draft or not?
Draft or not... Draft or not?
What's the hurry?
Girl, first time around the block, eh?
I can tell you have no experience.
Did you ever have to collect Jing Ming Guo's draft?
Last time, he told an editor that his draft's done,
but he was boarding a plane already.
Then he disappeared for a whole week.
Always boarding a plane.
Compared to Jing Ming Guo, don't you think I'm much nicer?
You people should get dipped in a pig pen.
If you used the time for finding excuses
on writing,
a column article will be a piece of cake
you might have gotten the Nobel Prize in literature numerous times by now.
I'm really going to go now.
Bye bye, little assistant.
I'm not finished yet.
Please remember to write the draft
Otherwise I will really pour chili oil
in your game system.
I mean it.
My last task at the internship for "M.E",
didn't end on a very happy note.
Even though I live with them in the same city
I still feel a great distance
between me and Gong Ming, Chong Guang, and Kitty.
They seem like they belong to another brilliant world
that I stumbled into for a while.
And now I'm back where I came from.
My cell phone no longer rings of calls
from those who belong to that crazy world.
Now, I finally have enough time
to be with Nan Xiang, Ruby, and Lily.
Of course, as well as Jian Xi.
Hello, Jian Xi.
I'm going to school to see you, okay?
Um..
But the volleyball team has an exhibition match.
I have to play, I can't spend time with you.
Oh, okay then.
Then we'll try for next time.
Mm, bye bye.
Sorry...
Come.
What's up? Wanna play?
Lin Xiao, how come you're here?
I'm here to see Jian Xi, I heard you have an exhibition match today.
I'm here to cheer for him.
Exhibition match?
The exhibition match ended last week.
Didn't you know?
Jian Xi stopped coming to practice after that.
He stays in the art room working on his graduation poster all day.
I bought coffee and milk tea, which one do you want?
Coffee please.
Hello?
Are you done with the match?
Yeah.
Today...
Was tiring.
So I don't have a lot of energy.
Mm.
Why don't you go eat something.
Don't starve yourself.
Okay.
What'd you do last night?
Went home to get something.
Ruby didn't come back yesterday either
I thought the two of you went to get a room.
What's the matter?
The circles around your eyes are so dark.
Your eye bags are sagging onto your chest...
I saw Jian Xi kiss another woman yesterday.
Jian Xi?
Are you sure?
Don't cry yet.
If Jian Xi...
Who is it?
What are you doing here?
Oh, Lin Xiao is here too.
Where's my wife Nan Xiang, is she here too?
Don't you call Nan Xiang that.
Nan Xiang!
She doesn't have an ounce of association with you anymore!
Haven't you hurt her enough?
You don't think she's suffered enough?
If you love her as much as you say you do,
then get as far as you can from her.
Stop hanging around us, why don't you do something good for a change?
Do what good?
Lily, your words are still so despicable.
Where's Nan Xiang, let her out.
Nan Xiang.
Get as far from here as you can.
Lily, you want to start something?
What are you doing?
Get out.
Oh, you want to start acting all ladylike now?
Huh?
How you were moaning below me when we slept together...
That pathetic image...
I should have recorded footage of it
- so you can have a look at it! - What did you say?
Get out, you!
Lily, why are you so guilty?
Why don't you tell your good friends about it?
Lily.
Is he telling the truth?
Can you not ask me about this?
Lin Xiao, you know...
Until today...
not until it has happened to me today...
did I finally understand the phrase...
Everyone...
Everyone, including myself,
has a time when they are completely stupid.
Because of that,
everyone deserves the right to be forgiven once.
That was one of the very few times
Lily has cried, in the last few years.
In my memory,
she's shed more blood than tears.
I realized that her weakness affects me
more than her meanness.
In that moment,
I understood,
whatever she's done, no matter how ridiculous,
in my heart, she'll always be Lily.
I'll always be on her side.
But I forgot, not everyone
would accept her unconditionally.
Every time I smell the scent on Jian Xi,
I'd realize
that my youth, and those school days
wasn't so long ago.
Lily is very right.
Everybody deserves the right to be forgiven once.
Come, look at the camera.
One more.
Done yet?
Just one more.
Let me see, let me see.
Why does it have to rain on a nice graduation?
You know nothing, the sky's crying for me since I'm leaving.
Why did you take it off again?
I haven't worn chemical fiber since I was 9.
I'm actually allergic to it
You should take it off too, before you get hospitalized.
What are you all doing after graduation?
You should submit a thorough report to me first.
If anyone's future plan is too pathetic,
I will going home and fire Lucy, and someone can replace her.
How can you...
Please don't thank me, I'm a down-to-earth person.
After I graduate,
I can officially work at "M.E".
Yesterday Kitty called to ask
when I'm graduating.
I heard her voice, seems she's so busy she's fallen on her back.
On her back?
Lin Xiao, can you stop talking in such an erotic way?
That's your own problem.
I found an internship
at a clothing workshop.
The boss had studied abroad at France.
My dad found a private badminton coach job for me.
I heard that he's a successful middle-aged man.
I'm actually a bit worried.
With my looks,
maybe on some dark and windy night, I might...
be dragged into a narrow alley and get violated.
That's impossible.
With your build,
you won't fit in any narrow alleys.
The high school dorm door wasn't that narrow.
Weren't you only able to slide through after putting on some oil?
Oh, right.
I'll probably intern at the family company, nothing surprising.
Lily, how about you?
For the time being, I don't have time to worry about work.
I am waiting with all my heart and mind for...
My birthday party.
Sure, the annual air defense alarm
finally rings again in the Shanghai sky.
Because it's Ms. Lily's birthday once again.
Lin Xiao.
I've invited Wei Hai already.
Consider it as a surprise for Ruby.
Are you going to tell Ruby?
If I tell her then it's not called a surprise.
Hey dude, is this chicken?
Looks tasty.
Hello?
Xi Cheng, let me tell you.
Even if we've slept together before,
don't count on threatening me with that all your life.
You can go ahead and tell all my friends.
But you will pay with ten times the amount of pain.
Right, you're right.
You think you have nothing to lose.
When I lose everything too,
you can wait for your death sentence.
That's enough.
If it were you,
what would you do
if Lin Xiao's the one who slept with someone else?
I'm Lily.
What I mean is...
Between Lin Xiao and me
I'm the one who cheated.
But let me ask you.
Lily and Xi Cheng
slept with each other.
Do you still love her?
Lin Xiao, When you buy a present for Lily,
buy her a present from me, too.
I really don't know what she likes.
Last year, I gave her a domestic blood pressure measuring device.
She ignored me for two weeks.
No, ask Nan Xiang to buy it for you.
I'd rather dig for landmines in Vietnam.
Okay, I'll prepare a birthday card, how's that?
The birthday card you prepared for me for Jian Xi's birthday,
almost made us break up.
What did she write?
You asked me how deeply I loved you...
An iron pestle can be ground down to a needle.
Everybody's foie gras is three ounces.
May I ask
what are you feeding with ten ounces?
I'm coming over right now.
Ask the restaurant manager to wait for me there.
The three of you are all on my birthday banquet guest list.
Watch what you wear, don't pick long gowns.
Why, aren't those gowns more grandiose?
For people like you
who don't wear gowns and heels
It would surely be a disaster.
One second, you are attractively seducing a man
The next second, you're stepping on your own skirt tail.
And falling straight into my birthday cake.
That bad, huh?
Of course, my birthday cake is 1.84 meters.
Last time, for my aunt's birthday
due to the same reason,
my aunt refused to contact me ever again.
Even if you fell into the cake
and ruined your aunt's birthday.
She still shouldn't cut family ties with you.
She's in the wrong there.
Too ridiculous.
You've mistaken, Lin Xiao
The one who fell into the cake in her gown
is my aunt, not me.
I think we shouldn't have the frame and the white candles.
After all, it's not a funeral.
If you insist on red napkins and golden utensils
Then you might as well stick a "married" sign on my window,
and prepare a love nest for me after the meal.
Freeze.
I've emphasized birthday banquet flowers.
What are these carnations all about?
Which girl do you know likes carnations?
You might as well fill the house up
with cactus and broccoli instead.
Dad, if you don't make it back by my birthday.
I am going to switch all your cigars with rolled fruit snacks.
Joking? Do I look like I'm joking?
There's no use hiding your cigars
All of your safes' passwords are 123456,
you don't think I don't know that?
Hello, Miss Gu.
Hello.
Happy birthday, you're so gorgeous!
Happy Birthday.
Gu Li, Happy Birthday, you get prettier every time.
Thanks.
Ladies
You're revealing way too much.
Why isn't Nan Xiang here yet?
I've sent her a text message, she should be here soon.
Then we won't wait.
Bring the food.
Yes.
Hey.
To a trained eye, we're eating.
To an untrained eye, we're in a surgery room.
There's nobody else here, if you want to drink soup with your knife,
I won't say anything either.
Waiter.
Could you bring me a pair of chopsticks?
Wei Hai.
Your seat is next to Ruby.
Ruby, I ordered raw oysters today, your favorite.
Why aren't you eating?
Oh...
Can't open them?
Wei Hai,
open one for Ruby.
Sure.
You're blushing even before drinking.
You two really fit well together.
Lily
actually... actually you misunderstood.
I already have a girlfriend
Ruby, can you have some more dignity?
If you keep seducing Wei Hai,
it won't be only soup that'll be flung on your face next time.
Ruby is a good girl,
we can still be good friends.
I'm not mistaken.
So what if you have a girlfriend.
These days,
as long as there's no registered marriage, legally...
everyone is still single!
I understand. With the matters of the heart,
it takes two to tango, and two hands to clap.
Today there are many hands present.
Everyone can clap a little...
it's quite simple.
Lily, shut up.
What?
I'm doing this to help you, am I wrong?
You're not wrong.
You're never wrong.
Oh, no.
Actually, you think you're never wrong.
You always decide on your own to help us.
But you do immoral things behind our backs every time.
Gu Yuan.
Did you know Wei Hai had a girlfriend?
Yes.
Then why didn't you tell me earlier?
Now I'm in a difficult position, are you happy now?
What's wrong with you?
You're the one who secretly invited Wei Hai.
Did you bother telling me?
Lily, don't get mad.
This really has nothing to do with Gu Yuan.
What does it have to do with you, Jian Xi?
Why don't you handle your own issues first.
Don't be so eager to hold someone else's pants
if you haven't take care of your own business.
What do you mean my own business?
Did you tell Lily about my situation?
Your situation?
What situation?
You mean the other day, when you let someone
feed you coffee as if you were handicapped?
Lin Xiao, don't add fuel to this flame.
If you didn't start burning the fire
I wouldn't even know where to add my fuel!
Gu Yuan, you know quite a lot, don't you?
No wonder last time you sarcastically said that
I should spend more time with Jian Xi.
You two are really partners in crime.
You're more connected than the Calabash Brothers.
How disgusting.
Lin Xiao,
not so fast.
You think you and Lily aren't partners in crime?
You think your "little secrets" with your sisters,
are not disgusting?
You told Jian Xi?
Lily, what's wrong with you, you suspected me?
I haven't said anything.
I said it.
What are we arguing for, over this trivial stuff?
We are all gathered here today
so that we can celebrate the birthday of our friend Lily, whom we've known
since we were children.
I've been unfortunate since I was little.
Whether it is family or romance, nothing has worked out for me.
I've experienced a lot of disgusting
and tragic things.
And the one who hurt me the most,
Xi Cheng,
everybody knows him.
Luckily, I met Lily.
All these years, thanks to her care to me,
no matter how cold people think Lily is,
how unsociable, how selfish...
But I know
she's not like that.
Or I should say,
she's not entirely like that.
That's why she wanted to save me no matter what.
Or to share my burden.
Even to bring it upon herself, to sample my own despair.
Simply put,
she did what I've done,
and slept with Xi Cheng.
The ironic thing is
she thinks I don't know.
But Lily,
we are such close sisters.
How could I not know?
So today, I want to toast my sister,
and thank her for sharing my miserable life.
I also wish from the bottom of my heart
from now on, her life would burn and stink
like mine does.
So everybody already knew.
Do you still love her?
Can you break off an arm?
Can you saw off a leg?
For so many years,
Lily has become a part of me,
There's no way I wouldn't love her,
What's the matter?
Lily's dad...
Kitty, contact the media and public relations.
Organize a press conference.
I'm going to announce the news of Zhou Chong Guang's gastric cancer.
Mr. Gong...
Lin Xiao, let's go!
Why are you here?
Just in time, go see Zhou Chong Guang for me.
I'm going to the office to do something, come with me.
I...
Don't just stand there, come.
Why are you at the hospital
Aren't you at the hospital too
and dressed like this.
Did you get married?
Lily's dad got into a car accident.
Is it serious?
Don't get up.
What's going on here?
Gastric cancer.
I remember telling you.
Don't cry.
I hate when girls cry.
Come, I'll play a song for you.
Lin Xiao.
At my funeral,
tell Gong Ming,
he must use this song as background music.
Gong Ming?
You don't know yet, right?
He's my brother.
No wonder he was in your house earlier.
Both of us liked listening to this song when we were little.
So, I want to hear it for the last time
at my funeral.
Don't say that.
You will get better.
They always say that in TV shows.
Don't cry.
Okay, okay.
Don't cry, don't cry.
Nan Xiang still didn't come.
If you didn't make him rush
to your birthday party...
He wouldn't have sped so recklessly on the highway.
Now he's lying here
You're happy?
You're pleased?
You're already looking through the will?
I really wasted time raising you.
Yes, mother.
It's not easy to raise me.
Mother?
Who's your mother?
That woman who gave birth to you, that's your mother!
No need to remind me.
It's mentioned in the will.
I regret raising you till now.
You'll get what's coming.
Your dad is still lying there, his body isn't cold yet.
You're already checking to see how much money you can get?
Your heart's been devoured by a dog!
My dad was cremated.
There's only ashes, no body or bones left.
What's wrong?
Nothing, let's go.
Finally, graduation still came.
The sadness of possibly not seeing one another ever again,
spread throughout campus like a pandemic flu.
But recovery from a flu is always quick and certain.
This dorm will be filled with younger people.
They'll be here to continue
the youth we've left behind.
Nobody can be young forever.
But there will always be people who are young.
What about Nan Xiang's stuff?
Just keep it for now.
I called her for a few days already, she hasn't picked up.
Let's go.
How much stuff did you put in your bag?
I just took a bottle of champagne out, not a bid deal.
You should save your surprise for when
I pull out a refrigerator from my bag.
Okay.
Be careful.
To us.
To our future.
To the men in our future.
Cheers.
To find a decent apartment in the center of Shanghai City,
is as difficult
as finding a good man to marry.
Is it okay for a new graduate to live in a place like this?
Lightning will strike on us.
I'll just sell the admission fee here, no need to look for a job.
And to find a decent apartment in Jing'an District
in the center of Shanghai City,
is as difficult as finding a good man to marry,
and who would not cheat or "come out" after marrying you.
This is all porcelain, so be careful.
Put it in the living room for me, don't open it.
Still, Lily rented a villa in the Jing'an District.
Lily, this is too much.
I only need one piece of luggage.
Honey,
I want to put everything in one luggage, too.
But I'm not as strong as you, I can't carry it.
Lin Xiao, I'll never complain about
you having too much stuff that it needs two suitcases.
Look at Lily, it takes an entire truck.
Lucy, call me
when the second car gets to the door.
Also, the third car can get ready to depart.
This one's nice.
My leg's numb.
Hey, how is it?
I should look like a queen right now.
Right now, look.
Yup, like a darn queen.
This'll be our new home from now on, cheers!
Yeah!
Cheers.
What are you doing here?
Not going to welcome me?
Where are your good sisters?
You look miserable carrying so much stuff by yourself.
I can't stand and just watch.
It's your fault.
I am leaving, get out of the way.
Why are you angry?
It's all my fault?
Nan Xiang, don't forget,
You were the one who said Lily has money.
And told me to ask her for some.
It's too late to say you had nothing to do with it.
Shut up.
What's the matter?
Did I hit you where it hurts?
Xi Cheng.
When I told you to go to Lily,
I was angry.
How was I supposed to know you'd be so cheap?
You made me suffer,
but I deserved it.
I have nothing to say.
But I'm warning you,
if you go to those three girls,
I'll never let you off the hook even if I die.
Ms. Gu, the shareholders are here.
Get me more coffee
Hey, you.
I'm not used to instant coffee.
Go buy me one from a coffee shop.
Okay, right away.
But before I come back,
you and the other shareholders will have to wait a little longer.
Since no legal decision can be made during this meeting
if I'm not present.
Oh.
I forgot to introduce myself.
I am Gu Yan Sheng's daughter, Lily.
Your new Executive Director and President.
I have not taken the Chairman's seat
out of respect for my father.
I hope you can understand.
Can you understand?
Yes, understood.
Hello, Lily, we meet again.
Within 50% of former Chairman Gu Yan Sheng's shares
There is 20% hidden for inheritance
As of now, Constanly group has purchased
the 33% of shares from Sheng Gu Group
As representative for Constanly Group,
Mr. Gong Ming wishes that during today's meeting,
we can complete purchases
for the remaining 9% of shares here.
If there are no objections, let us begin.
This is a bid proposal
from the Cancer Foundation Organization.
Also, the publication contract for "Death Diary" is here.
Regarding royalty,
we'll need Zhou Chong Guang to sign and confirm.
Do you think he'll mind royalty issues?
Okay, I can just sign it for him.
Death timer, is it?
The last barrel of gold.
Are you still a human being?
Say something.
Aren't you good at talking?
Say something.
Say something, say something.
Chong Guang...
I thought I knew him well.
But I didn't think
he would use my death
to gain the last bit of profit.
Let me explain all of this in a simple way.
That is...
I don't wish for my father's company
or presently, my company
to be bought off like this by you all.
Number One, it's not "M.E" who wants the purchase.
It's their headquarters,
Constanly Group, who is interested.
Number two, I am only a representative for Constanly.
What's the difference, there's no difference.
Ms. Gu.
Obviously you don't understand
Constanly Group too well.
If I'm not mistaken
It should have appeared as a case study
in your university text books.
As far as I know, you majored in Finance.
And not Chinese, right?
Obviously you don't understand me too well either.
Anyway,
I love your Prada outfit.
It's Ferragamo.
Try these two cups of tea.
This one goes down well
but has a bitter after taste.
I like the last cup better.
Should be a new tea for this year, the taste is cleaner.
Is it?
Actually, the two cups of tea is the same.
Which is to say..
It's all a psychological effect.
Something that seems different upon first impression.
But usually have no difference.
Mr. Gong...
Hey, Ms. Gu.
It's early and you're dressed so...
Grand.
It's difficult to reserve seats here, I know the manager here.
I thought you would like it.
Manager Yuan, let me introduce you, this is...
Mr. Gong, you're here?
Should I arrange the VIP room for you?
No need.
Today is Ms. Gu's treat.
I'll just enjoy the breeze with her here.
Must I ask Gong Ming to go for Chicken Pot
or Da Niang Dumpling just to defeat him?
Can I?
I think you should stop messing around.
Or...
I can steal "M.E" 's Tax Report.
Believe me,
I just need a pen and a calculator
to put Gong Ming to trial.
Wake up, Lily,
that's considered a crime.
Why don't you arrange to tour Shanghai's Songjiang Women's Prison,
to familiarize yourself with the surrounding.
This isn't how normal business ethics are in a company merge.
It's a bum taking advantage of a girl who's lost her father
and robbed her in her grief.
This is pure bullying.
Do you understand?
I understand.
You don't understand anything.
Would someone bully you, stop dreaming.
Lin Xiao.
How's a day's work, is it tiring?
Your skin is getting better recently.
I also noticed a natural fragrance coming from you...
Lily, if you have anything, just say so.
We've known each other for so long.
You can ask for anything except my body.
Who wants your body?
Don't you work at "M.E"?
If you steal "M.E" 's stamp from Gong Ming's office
or Gong Ming's personal stamp,
all problems would be solved.
Sure.
Why don't I steal his birth certificate
and proof of residence while I'm at it.
I don't need those two things just yet.
You're not serious are you?
When am I not serious?
Aside from ditching high school PE class
and telling the teacher I had my period three times in a month.
I'll give you my body.
If you don't go
I will call the Department of Graduation
and tell them
that I bought your Senior Thesis for you
from a previous graduate.
And I'll also kill your pet
Ru Ru.
Mr. Gong, your coffee.
Thanks... you look energetic today.
He's gone mad!
Or is it me?
Rest for a bit if you're tired.
You may use the long couch
in my room.
I brought this coffee from overseas.
It's good, try it.
Lin Xiao.
What do you want to eat tonight?
I want to treat you to dinner.
Mr. Gong, I can't stand it anymore.
Tell me what you need
I can give you anything, including my body.
Who wants your body?
Okay, Kitty.
Your mission for me is completed.
Tell her the rest yourself.
I'm happy to inform you
as an outstanding staff member at "M.E".
You have been selected to carry a special mission.
Lily...
I'm so sorry.
My body is here, please take it.
Lily...
Gong Ming already saw through me...
When I got to the office today
He made me his double agent to deceive you into selling him the company.
I thought so.
You're not enough
to go against that seasoned old demon.
Let's not talk about that anymore
aren't you hungry?
Jian Xi?
What are you doing here?
Hmmph, what else can he do here?
Men...
Don't fret, little scout.
Speaking of me...
Aren't you the same?
Oh not at all.
What do you mean?
You slept with that woman?
Lin Xiao.
Stay away from me.
The smell on you disgusts me.
You think you're so clean?
What do you mean?
That day at the hospital.
You went in Zhou Chong Guang's room
And didn't leave all night, what were you doing?
Can you explain that?
Lin Xiao.
Get out.
Leave.
Jian Xi left.
Don't you have a feeling of fullness...
Oh! No! A feeling of being fulfilled...?
I didn't hear it wrong, did I?
You and Jian Xi...
I suffered a shock.
What about it, do share with us.
Lin Xiao, did you know that sometimes you're unenthusiastic.
Never willing to share what's happening in your life.
Why are you going nuts on me?
Yea, I'm nuts.
You want to talk about a nut's life?
Last night Jian Xi left me.
Because I discovered that
he slept with another woman before me.
Guess what?
In his mind,
I also slept with someone else.
I'm also not clean.
What do you mean
also not clean, who's not clean?
I'm talking about Jian Xi, don't be defensive.
How about it?
I shared, are you happy now, are you satisfied?
Lily.
Your life has everything,
You think that's normal.
Your high life is for contrasting
with how lowly we live.
Nan Xiang's told me before,
your impenetrable heart is made of stainless steel.
I said I don't believe it
but now I do.
Your boyfriend ignores you
because you slept with another man.
Yet you're still putting others down?
Shut up.
How are you unhappy, what do you...?
You don't need to be dismissive.
Every time I see you like this, I don't think you're great at all.
I feel ashamed for you.
You don't know me at all.
You don't know Tang Wan Ru, you don't know Nan Xiang.
From the moment you were born,
you lived too easily.
I live easily, I'm better than others?
Lin Xiao, open your darn eyes and see clearly.
My dad died on my birthday.
He is a handful of ashes in an urn
From now on, after blowing out candles on my birthday
I will have to light up some joss paper as well.
The mother I've had for over 20 years
actually has no relations to me.
She said I was raised by a dog in front of my father's grave.
I don't know who my birth mother is,
nor whether she's dead or alive.
And I haven't seen even the shadow of my boyfriend since then.
Even a friend I thought was close, you...
Said she's ashamed for me in a span of 10 seconds.
How's that?
This is my life, do you want it?
If I switch with you now, do you want it?
You deserve it, you deserve it.
You deserve it
You and Jian Xi deserve to make each other suffer forever.
Why are you here?
I need some time.
Why don't you go back first?
Jian Xi.
She's inside, right?
What do you want?
Where are you?
I know you're there, come out, where are you?
I'm sorry.
Why don't you go back first?
I'm sorry.
Jian Xi.
If you two get married one day,
don't send me an invitation.
I will never forgive you.
I will fill your invitation up with curses.
Curse you both, curse you.
I finally understood. No matter if she's mean,
no matter if she's proud,
as long as she's nearby
I can sleep without worry
anywhere we went.
You're looking for me?
We haven't seen each other since the funeral.
I was wondering..
Whether we can have a talk?
I'm busy.
I know.
Sheng Gu isn't in a good situation right now.
Since I'm here,
I have to inform you...
There's been another company who proposed a purchase on Sheng Gu.
Who?
My mother.
Ye Chuan Ping.
And I...
am the one from Ye Chuan Ping Company
who is responsible for Shen Gu's purchase.
Cruel, isn't it?
So if I'm not mistaken,
you came today to convince me to sell the company to your mother.
That's not entirely it.
If my mother can propose a good condition,
you can get rid of the unfavorable Sheng Gu.
Do you think I should be thanking you?
Hello?
I already persuaded Lily to sell you Sheng Gu.
At the same time,
I hope you keep your promise.
If the purchase is successful,
let me marry Lily.
Sure, but if you don't succeed this time.
Then you have to go through your engagement to Yuan Yi.
Chong Guang's condition has stabilized.
A lot of his time has been spent on outdoor treatment.
These days, we're together often.
Before now,
I only thought of him as a symbol on paper,
an idol.
And now, I just feel as if he's an ordinary boy.
Without his glamour and sheen,
his emotions are the same as ours.
Queen, queen, bravo!
Come, look at the camera!
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I used to spend most of time at home.
Playing games, work on novel.
Work on novel, play games.
I lived in a fantasy world,
and don't have any emotions for real life.
But now I...
I want to remember the world's real appearance
and every second that's left...
Okay, stop the pointless talk, drink some water.
Sometimes...
You don't want to drink?
I still think, he would disappear at any moment.
I tried to put this thought away.
Because I would become very depressed.
Is it Chong Guang, yes that's him.
Hurry up, go.
I'm sorry, no pictures, no pictures.
Could I get an autograph?
I'm sorry, no more pictures.
Can I give you his book instead?
This floor is scary, let's just go.
Just don't look at it.
Come, come here.
Lin Xiao.
They say that when people die, their soul will float upwards.
Into the sky, and watch the entire land.
See, aren't we like this right now?
Stop kidding, you're talking rubbish.
Hello, Gu Yuan, what's the matter?
Jian Xi's leaving Shanghai.
Departing at 4pm.
From Hong Qiao Airport Terminal 2.
Jian Xi.
That's it.
The ultimate ending to my lengthy romance.
My mom's offering 500 million.
If I were you, I'd sell.
You're so eager to help your mom against me.
After completing this purchase, you probably get a hefty sum.
She did make me...
an offer I couldn't refuse.
You're supposed to be the one I trust the most.
Why is it that when I needed you most,
you've chosen to stand against me?
I can't make any sense of this.
Gu Yuan is helping Ye Chuan Ping purchase Sheng Gu.
Ye Chuan Ping is his mother
of course he has to obey...
his mother's.
But Lily is his girlfriend.
What's with you, so sullen.
Yesterday when I went out with Chong Guang.
He told me he's undergoing surgery.
He said it'll be okay.
He's just removing a part of his stomach.
Of course I was against it.
But besides saying no,
I don't know what else to do for him.
Hello?
Don't blame Gong Ming for getting mad.
With his position,
even if he hits you he can get away with it.
I know...
He is Chong Guang's brother.
That's not entirely it.
I found out when I was investigating "M.E"
that Zhou Chong Guang is not Gong Ming's blood brother.
Chong Guang is the son of Gong Ming's stepmother.
Zhou Chong Guang was never a likeable kid.
He didn't like to study either. The Gong family had given up on him.
In an elite family like that,
Zhou Chong Guang only listened to one person.
And that's Gong Ming.
All of Zhou Chong Guang's achievements and fame
were single-handedly built by Gong Ming.
All of the contracts in his life, including real estate
were signed by Gong Ming.
But you,
you came out of nowhere.
And let Zhou Chong Guang do such a dangerous surgery
behind Gong Ming's back.
I didn't know any of this...
Kitty...
Zhou Chong Guang's Death Timer plan
will pause for now.
What now...
Now there's nothing you can say.
If he believes you this much.
Then you'd better believe he'll wake up safely.
A long long time ago...
There was a kingdom covered in thistles and thorns.
In that barren kingdom,
there was a legend.
In the middle of the withering, dark forest,
there's a sleeping prince
within the ancient palace.
The prince is asleep
because he's waiting for the fated princess to wake him.
And only a princess with the utmost faith can wake him.
And bring him from a murky edge back to reality.
You're awake?
I'm not dreaming, am I?
Ouch.
Your story is so bad
if my novel is like that,
the sales drop could be very dangerous.
Thank you.
Lily?
I'm back for some documents.
Oh.
They're all in your father's study.
I haven't touched them.
Do you mind me eating with you?
Dad.
I think you'd believe in me.
Now.
I'm going to take this risk.
Our company is going to fall.
I think Constanly will buy us off.
I saw the president to their subsidiary company.
Wow, he's more handsome than his photos!
Really? How come I heard
that the Ye Group is making the purchase?
But in any case,
their president's son is a real character!
According to the numbers provided by the accountant,
Sheng Gu Group's net worth is an estimated 530 million
Oh, I know,
Within Sheng Gu's estimated 530 million
there is about 100 million in intellectual property
and 50 million in goodwill that was accumulated recently.
There's no real value.
According to a reliable source, though,
Sheng Gu's woods by the Southwest
will be purchased at premium price after two years
and developed into a wildlife sanctuary and tourism resource center.
If purchased now, a conservative prediction in price increase would be 300 million.
Ask her for 600 million.
Tell Gong Ming, Ye Group has given a price of 614 million
614 million... I'll probably get caught.
What if Gong Ming asked me
how did I come up with that number, what do I tell him?
Tell him,
you slept with my boyfriend to get this information.
That won't work.
Why won't it? You're not the one at disadvantage here.
Constanly Group's offering 700 million
The number in my mind is 800 million.
If it's not over 800 million, don't call me.
Thank you all for being here.
After careful assessment and comparisons,
Sheng Gu Group shareholders agree, for a price of 800 million
to complete a purchase with our future strategic partners,
I believe that
Constanly Group
will bring Sheng Gu toward better resources and direction.
Also, starting today
I will assume position of Finance Director for "M.E".
You bought it at this price
it's a loss in business.
Can't you see
that I've won the biggest fruit of victory
in this battle?
You know as well as I do,
Constanly's price was not low.
After Sheng Gu's purchased
they will have a wider stage of opportunity.
As for me...
My personal thought is...
Why don't you consider coming to "M.E"?
See?
A cup of water like this...
Do you know how to maintain its volume?
Just pour the water into the sea...
Too bad.
You were so close to being together.
But it doesn't matter.
We can finally prepare for your engagement ceremony with Yuan Yi.
Are you two satisfied with today's situation?
It's pretty good.
The dress is ripping at its seams...
Mr. Gong, why are you here too?
Aren't you here too?
We were invited by Gu Yuan.
Mr. Gong was invited by Gu Yuan's grandfather.
They're old family friends.
This way please, Mr. Gong.
Do you smell that?
What?
Gong Ming's smell?
How about it?
Charming...
Attractive...
Feeling high...?
Come on
Those liquid sprayed onto his body
is also highly expensive.
The liquid sprayed onto this body?
Lin Xiao, can you stop talking in such an erotic way?
What are you talking about?
See that Yuan Yi, she's a sore sight.
I have to get drunk first.
To stop myself from making a scene.
Then you have to stop me from making a scene first.
Hey, Gu Yuan, congratulations.
Say,
who is that next to you, dressed like a bride?
Where's Lily, why didn't she come?
I am the bride.
Then I should toast you.
Oops.
Lin Xiao, what are you doing?
Toasting. We've known Lily for so many years.
Lily's friend, is my friend.
But anyway
Lily's enemy, is our enemy.
You brought someone to steal my dance partner, who should I dance with then?
Dance with me, of course.
But you're wearing such a flashy skirt, could you dance in that?
You're late for a full 10 minutes, that's not like you.
Wanted you to enjoy being a groom longer, isn't that good?
I enjoy the feeling of being on top more.
Haven't seen you for a few days, have you gained weight?
You just can't handle me.
What's she doing?
Do you think she hid dynamite
under that skirt?
See how much space that skirt had?
Even a refrigerator is possible.
If she can open the skirt on the stage
and give birth to Gu Yuan's baby there,
then that is really over the top.
Really over to the top
Even Gwan Yin Buddah can do nothing about it.
Ten.
Five.
Open, nope.
I'm very happy everybody is gathered here today.
To celebrate my best...
Friend...
Gu Yuan's engagement ceremony
I put aside time from my busy schedule,
and prepared a little gift for this ritual.
A set of romantic slides.
To document the little things of this relationship.
This set of slides is dedicated to our protagonist today.
Yuan Yi,
and her love.
Yuan Yi, Yuan Yi...
Seaweed, seaweed...
Are you pleased to ruin my engagement ceremony?
If I miss the engagement ceremony
then I'd have to ruin your marriage ceremony.
Lily...
You've been with Gu Yuan for so many years, after all.
If you can't be a couple
you could still be friends, you...
Who wants to be his (her) friend?
We are a couple.
Cheers.
So... What's going on?
Explain to her, please.
The restrooms here are so nice, comparable to Lin Xiao's living room.
How is it, have you thought about how to tell your mother?
You made me stop my mom's business,
is this rational?
Sure it's rational.
Judging from the current situation,
Sheng Gu is a premium steak from California.
My mom wouldn't put down her fork.
If I stop her,
she'll fork me up for barbecue.
Think it through...
The two of us are grasshoppers tied by a rope.
I used to be tied to my mom
by an umbilical cord.
I thought I was tied to my mom
by an umbilical cord, too.
Guess how that turned out?
Nobody is dependable, you have to trust yourself.
When the bird grows up
there are many forests to go to.
Within Sheng Gu Group's estimated 530 million
100 million is intellectual property,
50 million is goodwill
accumulated recently, there's no actual value.
Do you understand?
Tell your mom that when the time comes.
Practice patience,
then your words will be believable.
If purchased now, a conservative prediction in price increase would be 300 million.
Ask her for 600 million.
Constanly Group has given a price of 700 million.
My ideal is 800 million.
If it's not over 800 million, don't call me.
We can finally prepare for your engagement ceremony with Yuan Yi.
So, you two coordinated,
to raise Sheng Gu's price by 300 million?
If Gong Ming knows, he'll kill you.
I'm the Finance Director for "M.E".
If he kills me, the whole company would storm.
But he'll kill me.
Then Ruby can be her assistant.
What's going on today?
Since my future mother in law is so interested in matchmaking
then why not mess it up some more?
Your logic is too advanced,
my IQ is not enough, can't comprehend it.
Go communicate with Einstein.
Investigate someone for me.
Yes, Yuan Yi's driver.
Don't fret.
I'm not against your relationship.
On the contrary,
I think real love
cannot be obstructed by anybody.
Consider this my early wedding present to you.
But didn't you already break it off?
When did you two make up?
I didn't see you speak to each other.
If a person really loves you, there's no need for words
all the thoughts can be understood.
Am I too late?
What did I miss?
I finally escaped from the hospital
I ogled the nurse a few times,
and I sold myself out.
Up until today...
I still remember
Chong Guang in a tuxedo and a cape.
Standing in the middle of the door.
As if he's the prince who woke from his dreams.
He's standing right next to me.
Healthy.
Complete.
Real.
By my side.
Don't you think, this is a worthy and successful case study
since Sheng Gu was purchased?
I understand what you mean.
This case study could be called...
Ruin-another's-marriage Financial Psychology Analysis
Haha...
Ruby!
Did you all see that?
Yes, yes!
She started the attack...
Ah, sorry...
Mr. Gong, please...
Such insolence, you!
This man with snow all over his face, tie flung behind his neck
the guy with no dignity whatsoever, is my brother.
He's not like this normally.
Mm... Okay
I admit that I still don't know him very well.
The crazy lady dressed like a hen over there,
is Lily.
The handsome one who's fallen over is her boyfriend.
And that...
I don't know what she's doing either, that's Ruby.
This girl... Is my...
Don't, don't say it...
Why not?
Chong Guang
didn't you know, during high school...
Aye, could you not talk about that man?
I got sand in my eyes, take a look for me.
No problem no problem, I'll say it I'll say it.
I just felt that the wish from four years ago
has just about come true.
I have a good job.
As for my boss... He's over there.
He has various traits that I haven't discovered yet...
The wish from our high school graduation...
I wished for Gu Li to be a good wife and mother.
And buy me soymilk and crullers every morning...
Looks like now...
my wish is a little closer to reach.
I'd ask Lucy to buy it for him.
Even though I'm not an International Super Model,
But I did find someone I like.
He's sexy and fashion!
Mr. Gong, careful!
Mr. Gong... Mr. Gong... Mr. Gong...
Stop her!
Your turn.
I didn't used to fear death,
but now
I hope to keep living after I've found love.
And live longer than love.
I believe that there must be someone you love in this world.
This person will walk through
and over the crowds of people.
And will have a strongly beating heart,
filled with passion and love.
Walking toward you, and grab you tightly.
This person will find you.
Be patient.
I'm coming!
Light from the sunset shines on everybody's faces.
Everybody looks so young.
The courtyard at this moment,
seems like it was made by special effects.
Unbelievably beautiful.
This was the first time I saw this group of people
laugh so happily together.
I watched them, boisterous...
Chatty...
Clamorous...
Blushing from the champagne...
I wish time would pause here forever.
Is this one pretty?
One more for me.
Don't hit me Zhou Chong Guang, don't hit me...
Zhou Chong Guang.
Gu Li, if you hit a patient I will have the cops arrest you.
Gu Yuan, avenge me, hurry...
Mr. Gong, champagne.
Enjoy.
Gong...
I can't think of any reason for me to stop loving her
Even though,
I don't know how the future will be, but I hope,
no matter when in the future
she'll always have somebody who loves her
by her side.
Whether that person is me.