"Wanting to Love" by Ding Dang
♫ The goddess is cutely lazy ♫
♫ Her ups and downs are just too cute ♫
♫ Whatever schemes there are, let's be crazy together ♫
♫ Why get to the point of a showdown? ♫
♫ Why don't we just forget it? ♫
♫ I don't want it ♫
♫ It's not worth it ♫
♫ I just want to be in love ♫
♫ I don't want love for love ♫
♫ The harm from being single is high ♫
♫ The heavens rarely bring about endings ♫
♫ I just want to be in love ♫
♫ I want to be dazed ♫
♫ Weird spirits please get away from me ♫
♫ Found my ideal partner ♫
♫ I just want to be in love ♫
♫ I don't want love for love ♫
♫ The harm from being single is high ♫
♫ The heavens rarely bring about endings ♫
♫ I just want to be in love ♫
♫ I want to be dazed ♫
♫ Weird spirits please get away from me ♫
♫ Away from Cloud 9 ♫
Episode 24
Subtitles brought to you by the Singers of Love Team @ Viki
He Xiao Kang, what are you doing?
Quiet!
Oh! I get it!
You're here to practice, right?
You're simulating the balcony scene where Romeo confesses to Juliet.
Lower your voice.
What light is shone through from the other side of the balcony.
What is that noise outside?
Oh... It's just the neighbor watching TV too loudly.
Really?
The sound is very clear.
It's a live performance, right?
Oh. They just purchased a home theater last week.
Sounds from surround sound stereos are quite realistic.
Look! Aren't I reciting it well?
Then, next...
Shouldn't I climb down from the balcony?
No need!
Just listen to me from there.
Okay.
Xu Tong!
I... like you.
You... like me?
Yes, I like you.
I found out that my soul has been deeply attracted to you.
That's not right. I know the lines very well.
This part doesn't exist.
He Xiao Kang, throwing around lines like that... How am I supposed to follow?
He Xiao Kang, you attract me.
See? Didn't I say it was a live performance?
Just let them finish the performance.
Keep acting? He just confessed to my daughter!
You! Are you confessing to my daughter?
Yes!
Xu Tong,
- I... - Dad!
Don't come to mess around, please.
He Xiao Kang and I are practicing the most famous scene from Romeo and Juliet.
And these few days we have been dating and practicing these kinds of love lines.
Ah? You guys go on dates?
What do you guys do at these dates?
We rehearse, watch movies, take walks... Oh!
And we eat ice cream together.
Eat ice cream?
Uh... Boss, I've taken note of all of it!
When they ate ice cream, they each had their own spoon.
So there is no indirect kiss problem.
Dad! Stop disrupting us.
He Xiao Kang! Let's keep practicing.
Act! Keep acting!
I want to see how you act this kind of love.
Act!
I should go home to change first before I go to eat.
I have brought you a change of clothes.
Thank you.
Xiu Qiong Jie and Gao Mama don't know that you didn't go home last night, right?
Why aren't you talking?
They probably don't know.
Then that's good.
Otherwise, when they ask me later, I won't know how to answer.
You don't care about my situation here.
You only care about what others think.
If I don't care about you, would I still bring you clothes to change into?
Jiang Xiao Qian, what is up with you?
Why are you giving me trouble these past few days?
This is really not lovable. Do you know?
Thus, are you trying to ask me to apologize again?
It has been one night.
Why haven't you adjusted your temper?
How are we going to go eat with Mom like this?
Mom has always thought you're a very thoughtful and tender wife.
Could you please not to let Mom think something is wrong between us later?
Don't let her worry, okay?
Please change.
You know that Mom doesn't like waiting.
I specially picked that outfit at the department store.
Mom likes this style.
It looks pretty on you.
You're back?
- Xiao Kang. - Hmm?
Are you really possessed by a ghost?
Didn't you know that you didn't take off your shoes?
Oh. I forgot.
My whole body feels lacking in energy.
Why did I even forget to take off my shoes?
What's wrong with you?
Your older brother is not here. If you have any something in your mind, you could tell me.
I'm afraid that you'll laugh at me.
I listened a love expert's advice to confess my love.
In the end...
Come on. Why do you go round the sun to meet the moon?
Don't you already have a living love expert right next to you here?
If you have any love matters, you should ask me.
I just think that you're busy.
Then where did you find that love expert?
P.T.T.
Do you know many people on P.T.T. don't need to be responsible for what they say?
Really?
I often logon to post something.
I just make a bunch of irresponsible remarks and no one will notice them.
But, I heard that Kingman is supposed to be quite sharp.
- Kingman? - Yes.
Did you really follow what I say, not caring about anything
and just going to confess by some courage?
According to what you say?
You're not Kingman, are you?
You're not the Leonardo that has his first love at 24, are you?
You lied to me? You lied to me!
No, no, no. Some of it is true.
I'm good at confessions.
But sometimes I'm easily rejected.
- You! You! - Okay. Okay. Calm down. Calm down.
Don't worry.
I'll definitely help you to woo that woman.
- You said it! - I promise.
Since I'm helping you, I have to know who the person is,
so you should make it so I can meet her.
You should've already met her.
Who is it?
- Xu Tong. - Xu Tong?
My god. I still want to stay alive. I still need to support my mom.
You promised me!
You...
You... You're sure that you want to pursue her?
Do you know, although your family has multiple sons,
since your older brother doesn't want a girlfriend,
your family name might need to depend on you to be passed on.
I can't care that much now.
All I know right now is... I like her.
Can it be someone else?
I'll help introduce you to some
20 to 27 years old for you to pick freely.
Here, here, here...
Let me help you introduce some. Look at this one.
Outstanding, right? Hot or not?
She's not your type? That's okay, there's more.
What about this one?
Although this looks okay, her smile is super sweet.
I'm telling you, I only like Xu Tong,
and you have so many girl's numbers in your phone,
wouldn't your girlfriend get angry?
My girlfriend and I... our feelings are different from most people's.
Of course she wouldn't get angry.
Why is it different? Where is it different?
Why is a kid asking so much about adult matters?
Stupid, aren't you?
- No. - Okay. Let's pick another one.
What about this one? She's the school beauty!
She's been on the news!
I don't want school beauty. I want Xu Tong.
Xu... Why does it have to be Xu Tong?
Is it very difficult to woo her?
Woo... There is a big difficulty.
Look. Isn't this be nice?
A family having a meal together happily.
Your conduct was really good just now.
Thank you for working with me to make Mom not worried.
I feel if we could keep our current state,
you will return back to the old you.
Then we won't have to argue. We can communicate well.
Go back to being the old me?
Yes, the old Jiang Xiao Qian would happily wait at home for me.
Once I got home, there was a warm meal and a warm bath,
clean clothing and endless amounts of fruits and snacks.
So I turned myself into a servant.
What did you say?
Do you also feel that we used to be very happy?
Thank you for waking me up.
Now I just realize that our marriage isn't a marriage between Jiang Xiao Qian and Bai Shao Qi,
but Bai Shao Qi married to the ideal Jiang Xiao Qian in his heart.
But that Jiang Xiao Qian was not the real Jiang Xiao Qian.
What are you saying?
Let's just leave it like this.
Like what?
Let's get a divorce.
♫ I just want to be in love, I want to be dazed ♫
♫ Weird spirits please get away from me, Away from Cloud 9 ♫
Subtitles brought to you by the Singers of Love Team @ Viki
What? You normally surround around things. Why are you surrounding me today?
This is to protect Miss Tao,
so she's not bothered by any strange situations,
or disturbed by some other stranger.
Also, it gives Miss Tao and myself a space to have intimate talk.
You and me? Intimate talk?
Did you get your target confused?
I just feel that having a conversation with such an elegant, wise and beautiful person like you
will definitely improve my temperament.
So, Miss Tao, please do not reject me. Give me an opportunity to uplift my spirits.
So you intend to take me back to Living Happiness #1 like this?
Yes. I am determined to use the most secure way of sending you home.
Alright.
Dragon in the field.
Just now.
Please speak.
You can relax.
If you're always so nervous, how am I going to chat with you?
Okay. I'll relax.
Miss Tao, I'm relaxed now. You can speak.
Earlier when I saw you protecting your daughter,
- I was a little surprised. - Surprised?
Was I too forceful?
It was unexpected that you have a tender side.
Am I being praised?
You must really love her.
Tong Tong is my life.
From the time she was in her mom's belly, I talked to her everyday.
As soon as she heard me speak,
she would keep kicking inside her mom's belly.
Looking at her mom's round belly,
there'd be a small hand print there, sticking out.
There would be a small footprint there.
That made me laugh so hard.
Also, you should know.
When her mom was doing 'sitting month', no one could hold her.
Only I could hold her.
Once I held her, she would smile. Once I held her,
she would sleep quietly.
Do you know what she would grasp?
Your picture?
No. She would grab my hair.
She grabbed a handful of hair and held on for dear life.
In the end, I lost that handful of hair.
I don't know if people thought I was too stressed out
and was going bald.
- You didn't get mad? - Why would I get mad?
Anything she wanted, I'd use my life to give to her.
What's a handful of hair? And did you know?
Do you know who the very first person she called to was?
Not her mom, but me.
She called for "dad."
Just thinking about that time makes me so emotional.
It makes me want to cry.
Dragon in the sky!
Do you know what this is called?
Controlled by your daughter.
So as for that Tian Ling situation, I might as well just talk to your daughter about it
because you listen to everything she has to say.
That's where you are wrong.
Whatever she wants to say or wants to do, I'll let her.
But when it comes to looking for the right man, she has to listen to me.
Dream on. Look at you now.
How can you win against your daughter?
She will listen to me.
If...
I'm saying if...
If she falls in love with someone you don't like
and you want them to break up but she chooses to move out.
What would you do?
This isn't something I haven't thought about.
If...
and there's really this if,
I don't know whether I should, to the person who ruined our father-daughter relationship,
bury him in the ground, or throw him in the ocean like floating oil...
- Or should I... - Stop.
Miss Tao, do you have an idea?
You might as well secretly find someone that you like,
and who you can control to happily pursue your daughter.
Wouldn't this make everyone happy?
Huh...
Miss Tao, this is great.
A bell just rang in my head.
How wise. I'll do just that.
I was just joking.
No, listening to the wise words of a wise person is better than studying books for 10 years.
I want to learn from you.
Whatever.
The dragon is waving its tail!
This time I haven't been home in a while.
I am very happy to see you guys in love like this.
We've been fine all along. Isn't that right, Xiao Qian?
Mom, how long are you staying this time?
You like to eat this chicken cooked in wine. Have some more.
See?
This daughter-in-law
is more considerate and caring than my son.
Xiao Qian's best qualities are that she's well-behaved and considerate,
or else why would Mom like her so much?
Look, the outfit she's wearing,
she knew that you liked it, so she especially bought it to wear for you.
Really?
Actually, I like anything you wear, Xiao Qian,
because what I like to see isn't the clothing, but the person.
I know.
Alright, let's not just talk. Hurry up and eat.
Xiao Qian, you're too skinny.
Our Shao Qi is used to being cared for since he was young.
So perhaps he won't take care of someone on his own initiative.
But he has an advantage. It is that he is willing to act.
So if you need anything in the future, just give him a command directly.
Mom, how can anyone act like you are doing now?
Only loving her daughter-in-law but not her son.
Yes, that's how I am.
If you have an argument with Xiao Qian one day, I'm standing by Xiao Qian.
The office is looking for me. I need to take this.
Xiao Qian.
Did you know, every year
when you send Christmas cards,
I will show it to friends and family in America.
They say that you're an ideal couple, a perfect match!
But Mom already knew
that you would be a good wife and good mother.
Mom, I'm not that good.
I also don't know
why this time Shao Qi was transferred back to Taiwan.
But I feel that this is an opportunity
for you to have a child.
- Mom. - I know, I know.
It should be natural.
But what I want to say is
I want to hold a grandchild.
Mom, don't worry.
Xiao Qian and I are preparing for it.
Really?
Isn't that right, Xiao Qian?
♫ Who likes being praised for independence? ♫
♫ A stable life, travelling occasionally, but missing someone to care for ♫
Mom calling♫ I'm not resisting love ♫
♫ Forgetting you is harder than I imagined ♫
Hello, Mom.
Xiao Qian, let me tell you,
I have something to give to you.
But I was so happy at lunch that I forgot to give it to you.
It's okay. I can get it next time.
Not later. Today.
I don't have anything to do tonight, I'll be at your house in a little bit.
What do you feel like eating?
I'll bring food over so don't cook.
Mom, actually I'm living outside.
If you want to go home,
you can contact Shao Qi.
You moved out? Why?
Weren't you guys doing okay at lunch?
That's because Shao Qi and I didn't want to worry you.
What is going on?
Did Shao Qi make you mad?
Tell me. I'll help you settle it.
Mom, our problems...
Please go ask Shao Qi about them.
What we're like,
it's up to him to tell you.
Mom, I'm sorry, but I'm busy right now.
I'm going to hang up now. Bye bye.
♫ I never let anyone worry ♫
♫ Even when I said "I'm letting go", it was so firm that you believed it ♫
♫ But I actually can't leave ♫
♫ Looking at you hugging your new love ♫
Mom, I'm out on business. What's wrong?
Why did Xiao Qian move out?
Did Xiao Qian tell you that?
I'm asking you a question.
Mom, I'm outside. Can I call you later?
Let me tell you, you don't need to beat around the bush
and pretend everything is okay. Tell me the truth.
How could you do something like that?
And with your boss?
I don't want to hear your apologies.
If you let such a good daughter-in-law leave,
I'd rather not have you as my son.
Mom!
Your call has been redirected to the mailbox.
Please record your message after the beep.
How did things turn out this way?
The client wants to see the draft of the script tomorrow.
I have to work overtime today and won't be coming home.
Xiao Kang? He went home.
Then come home and share your work, I can help.
You cause trouble. How is that helping me?
Anyways, I won't be home today.
It's too easy to get distracted at home. That's all, bye.
Hey.
Mom, what are you doing? Want me to watch tv with you?
No, I am going to bed now.
It's only 9 PM.
Early to bed, early to rise. It's good for your health. Is that okay with you?
Enough talking, I'm going to bed.
What's going on? It's a residential area!
Why did they honk their horn?
Look, different kinds of snacks.
I've found all the flavors imaginable. You can eat a lot, whatever you like. Please eat.
You said there's a new doushinji, so I specially came here after work.
There is. Of course there is.
Which book do you want? I'll download it.
This?
If I want to view it from the internet,
I can choose it at home. Why would I come here?
You're messing with me.
How could I be messing with you? I just want to say-
I think if there is something I can share with you, it'll make you happy.
Gao Ding Ya, I've already worked all day and I'm tired.
Now I'm off and I have to come here and go online.
What are you doing?
Hey.
- You're leaving? - Yes.
I want to go home and take a nice, warm bath to relax.
And then, comfortably lay on my bed and read some BL manga and surf the internet.
Move aside.
If you want to take a bath, I can help you draw the bath.
If you want to read BL manga, I can read it with you.
We can even discuss their emotions for each other.
Isn't this fun?
Don't look at me like that, or my heart will beat like pa-dum, pa-dum.
I got it.
It can't be that you're afraid of being home alone and sleeping alone, right?
What are you saying? How old am I?
Plus, I'm a man. How could I be afraid of being home by myself?
Really!
Don't leave!
I-I just
drank too much coffee today and can't sleep,
and want someone to keep me company.
Oh, so it's
that you want someone to stay up with you all night.
Hmm. Since my boyfriend can't sleep, as the girlfriend, I can sweetly stay by his side.
Really?
I have a lot of DVDs and dramas that we can watch!
Hey, do you have any alcohol? Watch tv while drinking alcohol. Enjoy life to the fullest.
Yes! Of course! Not only do I have beer,
but I have whisky and red wine too. Wait for me!
Please drink.
What else do you want to drink? Anything.
- Choose a movie to watch. - Oh, okay. Wait for me.
Paranoid? / Enjoy life? / Existence?
Shao Qi?
♫ Smiling with a mask on ♫
♫ Pretending you're strong, but you're actually more vulnerable ♫
♫ I just want to be in love, I want to be dazed ♫
♫ Weird spirits please get away from me, Away from Cloud 9 ♫
He Xiao Quan!
Shao Qi?
- Shao Qi? - Hi, He Xiao Quan.
Hi. You drank?
Can you drink with me?
Come on in.
Are you okay?
No.
Keep drinking.
Let met get you a cup of hot tea to help you sober up.
No need.
It's even more painful to sober up.
Since you've come...
If you have anything on your mind, just pour it all out.
Maybe after you've done that your mood will be better.
You want to be a trash can, don't you?
I don't care.
I can recycle and utilize it again.
You guys in the arts are really impressive.
You can take something difficult and clear it up easily.
Unlike me...
I am always serious
and not lovable.
When I was young, my grades were very good.
Taking tests... If I wasn't first, I was second.
Going and leaving school... I had a driver,
so classmates didn't like me very much.
After working full time,
all the friends around me are either colleagues or competitors.
There are very few whom I can have heart-to-heart talk with.
Your turn.
You're pretty good!
I only know
I'm a failure.
It's okay.
I even failed playing a game.
Shao Qi, what happened?
He Xiao Quan...
I know saying this to you is too much for our level of friendship.
But,
I really can't find a person to say it to.
It's okay, you can say it.
I...
I don't know why.
I think I completely screwed up my life.
The stability and peacefulness I was supposed to have...
The happiness... It seems that I've broken it all.
Shao Qi.
In our lives, there are things that are waiting for us to face and deal with every day.
I believe these chaotic things are all short-term.
Have some faith. As long as you're willing to put in effort,
I believe everything can get back on it's original path.
Really?
Can it?
I believe it can.
I'm suddenly very jealous of you.
A single person is free and easy.
You can do whatever you want.
It's not like being married.
Whatever you do, you always need to be very careful and watchful.
If you accidentally make a wrong step,
it'll be like this
and everything will fall.
I don't think so.
I think that as long as the wooden pieces are still there,
as long as you're willing to put in time and effort,
you can stack them up again.
Can I?
As long as you put in effort, you can.
Really.
As long as I work harder and be more patient,
there will be a chance.
There is still a chance.
Come on.
Tonight, let's drink up.
Alright, here.
Here.
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♫ Cut away the long hair ♫
♫ Trimmed the nails ♫
♫ Learnt to drive ♫
Being Jiang Xiao Qian as someone's wife.
Goodbye.
♫ Talking about friends & family ♫
Hello, Xiao Quan?
Did you call now because something happened with Living Happiness #1?
Shao Qi?
Okay. I'm coming now.
♫ Love is like this, Peaceful & secure ♫
Xiao Qian.
Sorry. Why would he come here? And he drank so much...
Something was probably bothering him.
It looked like it was something sad.
Thank you for taking care of him.
I'll take him home now.
Forget about it.
Even if we do it together, we may not be able to carry him.
Not to mention by yourself.
Then what do we do?
Just let him be.
Let's worry about it when he wakes up.
But wouldn't that mean that you can't go home until he's awake?
It's fine. I don't want to sleep right now anyway.
Then how about letting him sleep a little while so we can have a chat.
Sit down.
Oh, right. Xiao Kang went home.
He said when he come back, he will bring some my mom's pickled plums.
I remember that you loved them.
Do you want me to box some for you?
Also, you can give them to those seniors in Living Happiness #1.
You still remember that I like pickled plums.
I remember it vividly. I can't forget it even if I want to.
I remember when we were in college, I brought a jar of pickled plums to school
and you ate half of the jar by yourself
which caused other roommates to protest.
I was pretty selfish back then.
The Xiao Qian back then clearly knew what she liked and what she hated.
She didn't work with others easily.
She didn't hide her likes and dislikes.
To be honest, you, at that time, were quite attractive.
So what you mean is that I'm no longer attractive now?
Not that. Although Jiang Xiao Qian now is a perfect wife,
she seems has lost her own personality
and that kind of spirit of self-enlighten and self-enthusiasm.
I understand what you mean because I dislike myself now.
Xiao Qian,
although I'm not clear about what happened between you and Shao Qi,
I want to share with you men's mindset.
Would you like to hear it?
Actually, men are sometimes very arrogant.
They always think they can control the whole situation.
However, the rate for them to mess it up often
is many times more than achieving success.
Although, men know they mess up big time,
they still stretch out to the end. Do you know why?
Because of their faces.
They don't wish to be discovered by others,
and wish to suffer and bring everything back to the start silently.
Some... Some people are like ostriches wishing no one will ever find out their mistakes.
Maybe.
But they will always feel guilty inside
toward that person they care about.
Men may never able to say that word "sorry."
Thank you.
You've said "thanks" too much today.
The capacity is full.
I know you say these words to enlighten me.
I've taken it in.
So tomorrow... There will be cake to eat!
But I already decided to make cookies tomorrow.
You can't!
Why don't you... beg me?
Okay.
Please, Jiang Xiao Qian, be happy. Don't be sad!
Make Happiness Cake for us everyday, okay?
Okay. I reluctantly promise you.
Also, the three fools' cheering song that you sent to me,
it really did energize me after watching it.
That... I didn't sing well.
Don't mind it.
I really like it,
especially, the part that Ding Ya and Xiao Kang danced.
If there will be part 2 later, you must use the same cast.
Part 2? With those eggheads?
You're requesting too much.
No way. You have to.
Yes, Ma'am.
Get up.
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Gao Ding Ya!
Who's sleeping next to you?
Xiao Yi Qing!
Are you killing a pig? What happened?
Your face doesn't have clues. Only I understand the feeling of sadness.
"The Mask" by Gary Chaw
Subtitles brought to you by the Singers of Love Team @ Viki
♫ Are you smiling? Are you crying? ♫
♫ I can't see ♫
♫ You want to break free, You want freedom ♫
♫ Aren't you tired? ♫
♫ Your expression, Can you just ♫
♫ let me find some clues? ♫
♫ Don't be afraid, Please hold my hand ♫
♫ Smiling with a mask on ♫
♫ Pretending you're strong, but you're actually more vulnerable ♫
♫ Don't let your face be filled with pain anymore ♫
♫ Just let it go ♫
♫ Let happy tears flow ♫
♫ Have sadness be completely removed ♫
♫ This world is waiting to be inspired by you ♫
♫ Everywhere in this world ♫
♫ is inspirational ♫
The Love Song