♫ Believe me, the blissfulness you wanted will never be late ♫
♫ It will be be revealed to you in the next second ♫
♫ Promise me, you have to keep smiling even on a cloudy day ♫
♫ The bad weather will be gone too (will be gone too)♫
♫ Make a friend with the sunshine, shine upon loneliness and depression ♫
♫ Don't let the dark clouds occupy your heart ♫
♫ Drive away your troubles. The sky will clear up after you clean up all your bad mood ♫
♫ Don't worry what the future will bring ♫
♫ On your left side, you have me to accompany you through the wind and rain ♫
♫ Treat delight, anger, sorrow, and happiness as an experience ♫
♫ Accompany you to meet your unknown self ♫
♫ Believe me, the blissfulness you wanted... ♫
♫ Believe me, the blissfulness you wanted will never be late ♫
♫ It will be be revealed to you in the next second ♫
♫ Promise me, you have to keep smiling even on a cloudy day ♫
♫ The bad weather will be gone too ♫
♫ Say I love you, Say I love youSay I love you, Oh, oh, oh ♫
♫ Say I love you. Say I love you Say I love you, Oh, oh, oh ♫
Episode 3
Gifting notebooks? They're so useful.
Don't they need to record things?
Between coworkers,
notebooks are a good gift. Simple and easy.
Isn't this the best?
Solicitous while hiding evil intentions. That's fishy.
Suspicious...
Hello, Mom.
I just want to remind you that you are cooking today.
You should get groceries from the night market.
That's when they are the cheapest.
Be careful if you buy fish or shrimp.
You have to make sure they are alive when you buy them.
If they are dead, you shouldn't buy them.
Okay, Mom. Don't worry. Bye.
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Which button did I press?
No...
This is very important for our HR...
So...
General Manager Huang.
Du Lala, what are you doing?
Did you not sleep last night. What is this non-sense?
Good thing you sent it to me. This would be really bad if you send it to our customer.
So... this was a... joke... Haha.
You need to wake up, wash your face.
You are an experienced employee. hHow can you make such a stupid mistake?
Look at it.
General Manager Huang,
Lala did not do this on purpose. Good thing it went to you.
By the way,
I put together the financial report you wanted. Do you want to take a look at it?
It's in my office.
Drink some coffee to wake yourself up.
Suspicious!!
Cooking is easy. You just need to follow the recipe.
For someone smart like me, it's gonna be a piece of cake.
Du Lala, you have to succeed this time.
I'm already having a really bad day.
Miss, you haven't eaten at our shop for a long time.
You are getting groceries? You are cooking?
Think about it, you are so busy with work. There's not enough time for you to rest.
Plus cooking and all the other house chores,
how are you ever going to rest?
Look at the new dishes we are introducing.
Farmer's Roasted Chicken, Steamed Eggs with Clams...
I don't have time to listen to you. I need to go home and cook.
Wait.
How long does it take for you guys to have a 4 dishes plus 1 soup ready for take-out?
What?
This tea is really calming.
Mom, I'm home.
You are home!
I brought lots of fresh produce.
You got lots of stuff!
Great! Let me help you.
Lala is going to cook for us!
You went to the night market, right?
Yes. They are the cheapest.
The celery is a bit old.
But look at these!
I told you they are cheap, but they look so good.
I'll help you!
Mom, I can do this myself.
No. This is too much work for you.
- I want to help. - Mom, I can do this.
Mom, mom. Don't worry about this.
Lala said that
she wants to show us her skills.
It's so hot now, why don't you take a shower?
After you finish showering, she will be all done cooking.
Mom, I'll be fine.
I will be fine.
Are you really going to cook?
What am I looking at?
Du Lala.
I'm gonna tell my mom.
Please don't!
I'll go and help you watch the judge.
Ta-da.
Let's eat.
Mom, Lala knew you like fish.
She bought... bought a fish and
cooked it.
Yes, yes.
The highlight is that
the skin on this fish is completely intact.
When I cook myself, all the fish skin is gone.
How did you cook it?
Did you add salt into the pot?
Yes.
I put salt on the fish as well.
You don't need to put salt on the fish
because the soy sauce is salty enough.
We need to eat less salt.
Mom, give it a try.
How is it?
Du Lala, my Daughter-in-law,
I approve of you.
Really? Haven't you notice that I've gained some weight? It's all because of her cooking skills.
It's not that I'm asking for too much,
but shouldn't we have a soup as well?
Soup?
Oh, soup...
It's been really humid recently so I told Lala not to make any soup.
We'll drink tea after dinner.
Good point. We'll drink tea after dinner.
Let's eat.
Who is it?
I'm going to check on it.
Try this.
Who is it?
Hey.
Wait!
You forgot your soup.
Wait, you guys started eating already? Heat it up in the microwave.
I purposely brought it over.
I even asked for some break time from our manager.
Were the dishes any good?
You should go now.
So, go.
I'll leave now.
Mom, the soup is here.
Take-out?
Mom, let's finish eating first.
I want to eat what my Daughter-in-law cooks.
I won't eat any take-out.
Soup... Mom...
Mom.
What?
Mom.
We're here to apologize.
Don't be mad. Lala wants to always be the best.
Plus she really wanted to give you a good impression.
Don't be mad at her. Please.
Mom, I'm really sorry.
Lala,
are you stupid?
You can't fool me.
I'm at home every day. What are you planning to do?
Get take-out everyday and tell me you cooked it?
Do you think I'm stupid?
It's fine if you don't know how to cook or do the house chores. You can always learn.
But you lied. This is bad.
Xiao Wei lied too.
I don't even know what to say to you.
Mom, you can say whatever,
but you have to take care of your health.
You didn't eat anything tonight. Should I grab some vegetables for you?
You can eat some...
That's fine. I'm not hungry.
Mom, don't be mad. I have to take a call.
Go, go...
Hello?
Mom, are you really not hungry at all?
What a stupid question. How can I not be hungry? I didn't eat anything.
How about this? I can make a smoothie for you.
We buy fresh fruits every day. Is there anything you don't like?
No. Wait...
I'm allergic to 'shiduopili'. (Strawberries)
Okay, I'll make it now.
Please wait a moment.
Mom, your smoothie.
Hmm...
I like this smoothie.
It's good!
Thanks, Mom.
- Do you want another cup? - No, no that's enough.
Wait...
What's wrong?
Wait.
What did you put in it?
I didn't put anything abnormal.
You put...You put 'shiduopili's! (Strawberries)
No, no I didn't put pears!
Xiao Wei, Xiao Wei.
- Please hold on. - Xiao Wei.
Yes, Mom.
She put 'shiduopili's! (Strawberries)
- What? - She put 'shiduopili's!
What did you put?
I put in the smoothie...
- Apples, banana, strawberries... - Strawberries?
Mom's allergic to strawberries.
She didn't say. She said 'Li'!(Pears)
Not 'Li'. It's 'shiduopili'!
Isn't that still pears?
I'm so itchy.
So itchy...
Go to the hospital.
Strawberry?
'Shiduopili'?
Mom, don't scratch.
Don't scratch. Let the doctor have a look.
You did this on purpose.
Mom, it's all my fault.
I didn't realized that strawberry is 'shiduopili'.
Didn't you learn English in college?
Yes, but people don't say it like that.
Mom, only people in Hong Kong translate it that way.
You are lying. It's called 'shiduopili' in English.
Let's go in.
Am I going to die?
You are talking too much, Mom.
Am I going to die?
No, you are not going to die.
Is it still red?
It looks a lot better.
The medicine is working well.
Are you feeling better?
That's good.
Lala,
I don't understand.
How do you not know
the English name for strawberry is 'shiduopili'?
Xiao Wei,
you two are the only people who know that you got marriage certificate.
But you know that too.
Yes, I know that too.Then besides me, who knows?
The others don't know.
Li Jie knows.
Everybody working at my company knows that too.
Same goes for my company.
Only the ones in your company know about it, but how about our relatives?
Uncles, aunts, and others don't know and they think it's illegal cohabitation.
So the main purpose for me coming here is
to make you guys hold an open wedding party.
Telling everyone about your marriage, is it hard? Why don't you guys do that?
Yes, yes. We are going to. It's because we both were busy before.
But.. we already have plan for that.
Your plan? That will be ten years later. I don't trust you.
- No.- My main target now
is to have a little one at home running and playing.
This is my only wish.
Mom, are you going to raise a cat?
Don't interrupt me.You clearly know what I mean!
What I need is a wedding party and a grandson!
How angry does my mom look?
I haven't seen her allergy attack for a hundred years.
Du Lala, did you poison her deliberately?
Don't. Don't say that. I can't take such responsibility.
I am already guilty for not speaking English or doing housework.
If you say that I poisoned her,
I should jump from the building right now.
Li Jie,to tell me the truth. Is she your biological mother? How can you say such things about her.
Can you just tell me what mom likes?
Let me think.
I don't know whether her taste has changed.
Although she calls herself Mrs. Lu and considers herself with a unique and wonderful taste,
she is actually just an old Chinese lady.
Whatever an old Chinese lady likes will be what she likes.
What an old Chinese lady likes..
They like...
Gold!
Right! It's gold.
You should just buy some jewelry. I promise you'll be able to win her over.
Mom, I am back.
Hmm, you've come back.
Mom, I picked up a gift for you. Have a look.
Do you like it?
Aiyo, it's even not a festival. Why are you buying gifts?
Mom, it's just for filial piety.
Mom, I am really sorry about yesterday.
That smoothie made you suffer a lot.
Say, why a family should be such formal?
I criticized you so you have to buy a gift for me.
If I praise you, what should I do?
Should I buy a gift for you?
No, Mom. That's not what I mean.
Or...
Give me your hand and have a try.
No, no, no.
Gold is not suitable for me.
Moreover, it's not elegant and...
What is it called? Tyrant gold?
I am not a vulgar person. Why should I wear this?
Mom, tyrant gold does not mean that they're a 'vulgar person'.
It means someone who is so rich
with innate extravagance.
As you said,
why didn't Li Li like the tyrant's son that I recommend to her last tim?
That's different. Li Jie has higher requirements.
You first try if this size is suitable. Otherwise, I can go to change it.
No, I don't want it.
Look. Xiao Wei said you will be late from work, so I said I would cook.
Look, if I knew you were go shopping for me after work
rather than coming home directly,
I would've preferred you come home so I could teach you how to cook.
You don't like it.
Mom, I am going to answer the call.
Or we can talk tomorrow in the meeting.
Okay, thank you. Bye.
Did you finish the call?
Yes, it's about the job.
- Lala.- Let me help.
No, no, no need. You have been working all day.
Later, Xiao Wei is coming back. You just go to watch TV on the sofa. I will manage the dinner by myself.
Mom, you just told me that you want to teach me cooking. I have time right now, so you can teach now.
Cooking is not a sudden thing.
You have to prepared well both physically and mentally
and you also have to prepare the kitchen. Ok, ok. Go quickly.
But you'll be tired if you do it by yourself.
Go, go.
Mom, Sweety, I am home.
Ah, you are back.
Hubby.
How dare you let mom cook alone there
while you eat fruit and play laptop here on your own.
It's not that I don't want to help. It's mom who won't allow me to help.
Look, she has been busy for long time
without reason.
What happened?
Mom, why not let Lala help you?
No need. I can handle all these. I don't need help.
Really?
Why are you cooking with gloves?
I like to.
This is for washing dishes.
Go quickly. It's okay. I'm here.
- You go to get some rest.- Let Lala help you.
No, no. I can handle all these.
- Go.- Why do I feel you ordered delivery?
Aiyo, what are talking about?
Go, go.
Look.
Mom, are you sick?
How can you talk like this?
Why are you only using your left hand? What's wrong with your right hand?
I just want to eat with my left hand.
But at least you have to take off the glove on your right hand. How much do you like this glove?
I like wearing gloves. I like eating with my left hand.
- Ok. Ok.- What's wrong?
Ok.
Ok, but it's not breathable. Just take it off.
No, no.
What on earth happened?
Nothing.
It's just that when I was cooking, I cut myself. I was afraid that it'd get infected so I put on the glove.
Don't, Mom. You already have a cut on your hand. I'll get you a Band-Aid.
Don't. There's no need.
What's wrong?
I am not that effeminate. How can I be such fragile? It'll be fine by tomorrow.
Eat. Quickly eat.
- Lala, later wash the dishes for mom.- Ok.
There's no need. How can you ask her to wash dishes?
Don't you know how tired Lala is?
You are also tired after working.
You two are so busy with you jobs.
How can you have chance to talk with each other and
drink some coffee? You don't.
So later after dinner, you just get busy with such things.
I will take charge of all these.
Mom, what happened to you today?
Why are you suddenly treating your daughter in-law so well?
What are you saying? What do you mean 'today suddenly'?
I liked her since the first day I saw her.
Thank you, Mom.
Aiyo, Du Lala what did you do today? Did you feed her any drugs?
Don't mention it. I bought a ring for mom but she doesn't like it.
What? My mom hates such vain things.
How can you gift her a ring?
My mom always says
'Knowledge is the best jewelry'. Am I right, Mom?
Right. I said that you don't have to waste the money.
Mom, don't you dislike wearing rings? What's so hard here? A growth?
- It's not, it's not - Let me see.
Mom, why is your finger injured?
I... I wanted to try on your ring,
but I didn't know that the size wouldn't fit well.
Ah...
Return it. Tomorrow, we'll return it.
No, no, don't speak nonsense. It's already been worn, how can you return it?
It's already been worn, so just let it be.
So...?
Doesn't it hurt?
Mom, as long as you like it.
It just scraped some skin,
but I think it's really pretty.
Although, I think it's missing a partner.
Missing a partner?
Mom, your partner's here.
It was a pair when we bought it.
I know mom is someone with great taste.
She's really into matching.
You didn't. So exquisite.
Lala, you didn't. Lala.
Beautiful.
- Beautiful. -Thank You, thank you.
As long as you like it.
Okay, let's eat.
Eat, eat, eat.
I'll wear it after dinner.
Not bad. You're in a good mood today.
No, I'm not.
When you first came, you were crying to me through WeChat.
Crying? I, Du Lala, crying?
It's probably you.
I broke up. I won't cry ever again.
You broke up. Congratulations.
You finally broke up. I told you that man wasn't trustworthy.
Are you my friend?
If I knew you had broken up,
I wouldn't have asked you to come have a work meal with me but instead to go eat something spicy.
Oh right. This shopping centre next to your company isn't bad.
My break ends at 2 PM so come have a stroll with me and maybe buy me some clothes.
You're asking a lot. Clothes are very expensive.
Okay, I know.
Your husband is starting a business. You're in charge of earning money.
I won't blackmail you.
Only my best friend understands me.
How about this, I'll buy you
a drink.
So generous.
I've always been very generous.
It's probably upstairs.
Lala Jie.
You haven't seen her before. Let me introduce you.
This is my best friend, Xia Hong. This is my colleague, Kathy.
Hi, I'm Kathy. Are you guys looking around as well?
I come a lot. I recommend you guys go to level three.
Level three suits people your age.
What do you mean?
What I mean is that level two is too young and immature.
It doesn't suit you well.
Oh, right. Teacher's been in Shanghai for a few days now and I haven't had time to see her.
It's alright.
So I was thinking if we should find a time for a meal.
There's no need. It's so inconvenient.
There's no trouble. I've already spoken about it with her.
It's already been said?
-Thank you.- Okay, then you guys continue on.
- Bye. - Bye.
Who's that? Why does she speak like that?
She's so pretentious.
A new colleague.
The person going for Director of Human Resources?
She doesn't look nice.
You need to be careful.
You're so clever.
It's okay.
She's so young but she has the same position as you.
Have you investigated her? What's her background?
What is there to investigate?
We both do our own work. It's fine.
Don't underestimate her. Be careful of the calm before the storm.
Like how a husband is always considerate when he is having an affair.
It's true.
You two have the same dream at the same time.
It's fine as long as she doesn't steal my man.
Wang Wei won't like such a pretentious person, right?
Hey, you said she grew up with Wang Wei.
You need to watch out.
Aiya!
Don't speak nonsense. He's not that type of guy.
You need to believe me.
There's nothing here.
It's fine. We wanted to have a drink up here anyway.
I'm not too familiar with this place.
What do they sell here on level three?
Let's have a look. What do they sell?
Level 3: Female apparel for aged 40+
Four...
She's not that type of person. She's not that type of person.
She's not that type of person. Important things need to be spoken three times.
Don't be angry, okay?
Subtitles by The Gone With the Shirt Team @ Viki
Attack my age?
Du Lala isn't affected by these things.
A thirty-year-old female is unbelievably strong.
Hi.
That's right, did you have a look at level three?
Yes, there is a real taste up there.
An ordinary person couldn't take it.
Someone that was too young would look bad.
Lala, Kathy, let me introduce your new work.
The company wants to do a recruitment event.
So, I want the recruits to be from the three famous schools in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou
I'm putting Kathy in charge because
Kathy is twenty-something, so communicating with the university students would be easier.
I want you to do this well.
It has to be done seriously. When you're there, you are representing SH.
Don't worry, General Manager Huang.
Lala, you don't have a problems, right?
No, I'm fine.
Then I need to go catch my flight,
so I'm off.
Okay, bye.
Okay.
Good luck.
All right, Lala Jie. Don't be upset anymore.
In this situation, General Manager Huang was being slightly eccentric.
News travels so quickly.
Is the seminar situation already out there?
Seminar?
What were you talking about?
- I was talking about parking.- Parking?
Manager Huang gave Kathy the Director of HR's parking spot.
You didn't know about this?
It was decided this morning. Kathy's regular parking was too small
and the car wouldn't fit into the narrow spot.
She didn't like that, so she went to the Manager who handed the spot to her.
So what if the spot was too narrow? Is she driving a bus to work?
Exactly! You know, she didn't even park it herself.
She told the front-desk attendant
"Aiya, remember to park in Director of Human Resources's spot or else
there will be trouble if I can't find my car."
Now everyone in SH knows.
Everyone is talking behind backs
that Kathy, by default, is the Director of Human Resources.
If not, they why would Manager Huang hand the parking to her?
Their lips belong to them. Let them say what they want.
I'm just bitter about it. What's the big deal over a parking spot?
Lala Jie, don't take it to the heart.
If you could drive, Manager Huang would have kept the spot for you.
That's the thing. I can't drive.
That's so strange. You said that you were capable of everything, but why...
not driving?
That's true. Why can't I drive?
Mother, do you need help?
No need. Come sit. Dinner is almost ready.
- Mother-in-law, I'm back.- Ah, you're back?
Lala.
Hubby. I've decided.
I want to learn how to drive.
- You want to drive?- Mhm.
Didn't you say that having me as your chauffeur gave you face?
That was the case back then.
At work, if you don't have a parking spot then you don't have face.
If I can't drive, then I also can't have a car.
If I don't have a car, then I also don't have a parking spot. If I don't have a spot, then I also don't have face. That's why I want to learn how to drive.
- So, for a parking spot you want to learn driving?- Mhm.
Mhm, that's not it. It doesn't matter.
I just think that this is a good time to learn, so I signed up.
When you have time, teach me something.
I support you learning to drive 100%,
but don't ask me to teach you. Last time when we played Go-karts you almost severed my finger.
When did this ever happen?
- That's nonsense, okay?- It hurts, it hurts! Stop it already!
It's gonna break!
What's going to break?
- Nothing!- Nothing broke!
I just heard Lala say something about cars and breaking.
It's nothing, Mother. I was talking about two different things.
I was talking about a game, and she was talking about learning to drive.
Learning to drive?!
I object!
I object. I strongly object.
Lala, you are a female.
Females should learn female things. Driving is a man's thing.
Mother-in-law!
Driving isn't just a male's job. Both men and women can drive now.
There are plenty of female drivers on the streets.
Your sister wasn't able to drive back then, so you understand the inconvenience, right?
Wang Li?! Oh my god.
Please do not bring up her name in front of me.
She's not even a women.
She's getting older, and still has no husband.
She bought her own house and car.
If I was a man, I would have been scared away by her.
Not aloud! You're not learning to drive!
Mother-in-law. Technology is there to help people.
Learning something more is always a good thing.
That's true, but you should be learning things for females.
For example, cooking.
- Mhm, Cooking?- Cooking?
That's right!
I'm teaching you how to cook without charging you.
Don't you have to spend a good amount money to learn driving?
Did you pay already? If you did, then ask for a refund.
Refund it.
Mother, what century is it now?
Learning to drive and work computers are both essential skills.
Besides, these few years there's been foreign evaluations.
Evaluate what? Evaluate driving?!
Yes, yes. It's like... like that qualification evaluation you had.
If she can drive, then she'll get a raise.
Really? Learning to drive will raise your salary?
Then, you should definitely go learn.
But first, I think you should learn how to cook.
Mother-in-law, I do know how to cook but not extensively.
It's nothing. How about this,
since I've been learning these few days, why not let me show you my cooking?
Seems like you're being serious. Come here.
Here, put it on.
Hand. This one.
Cooking? You don't even know how to put on an apron. Alright!
It's all yours.
I have to do everything?
The egg is not right. You did not add in water.
Our Xiao Wei do not like to eat this kind of egg.
No, Mom. These are still all right.
It's not! You are my son.
I know you like to eat poached eggs.
Mom, try this.
- What is this?- Fried beef with celery.
The color of the beef at your place looks like this?
This is not fried beef with celery. Even if it is,
there's something wrong with how you cut it. Do you know what the problem is?
Shredded celery has to be matched with shredded beef.
You shouldn't mix shredded celery with sliced beef.
The sliced beef was not sliced well either. Is this a slice? This looks like the sole of a shoe.
Don't be angry, Mom. There's soup too. Try the soup.
The soup was brewed for a long time. Try it.
This is wagyu beef. That's why it is light-colored.
- Don't speak for her.- Yes, yes.
Mom, try this.
Is this soup? This is gravy.
I knew it. You are trying to kill me.
Nothing here can be eaten.
It's just a meal. Why do you have so many complaints? Do you think your cooking is delicious?
Your cooking is so salty.
I can't even remove the saltiness after eating 2 bowls of rice. Did I complain?
You did not pay me any wage, but you demand that I have the skill of a
five-star chef. Is this right? Did I complain about anything?
Let me tell you. This is the first time I cooked a meal in my life.
Even my parents do not have this privilege to eat my cooking. It's good enough that I cooked for you.
If not for the sake that you are Wang Wei's mother, I wouldn't even cook anything.
You can eat if you want. If not, just throw them all away.
Du Lala.
What image is this? Laughing to yourself.
Are you all right?
I'm all right.
I want to change the position of the dishes so that it's easier for you to get it.
Changing the position but not the dishes doesn't change anything.
I don't know what to say.
Your cooking is very bad.
You are as bad as Wang Li.
Mom, Li Jie is not bad.
Normally mothers will dote on their own children.
Unlike you, always trying to pick faults in your child.
Li Jie is a high-positioned white-collared worker,
a lady with high income and quality of life.
Why are you still picking faults in her?
High quality of life? High income means she has a high quality in life?
Look at her. She's already in the late maternal age.
In fact, I'm just waiting for the day when she wants to have a child,
and cry in front of me when she can't have a child.
Du Lala, you are getting old too.
The both of you, what are your thoughts about having a child?
♫ The small, forgotten sand dunes,Even cactuses will be lost ♫
♫ Thank you for holding me before ♫
♫ Taking away my thorns You helped me become the best me ♫
♫ The me in the mirror is humming love songs alone ♫
♫ That imperfect easiness ♫
♫ I need to practice letting goSo the next person can enter into my heart ♫
♫ Forget my gloomy face as I opened my mouth ♫
♫ Forget my reddened eyes as I let go ♫
♫ Forget our story came to an end Let’s try again ♫
♫ Time just overslept ♫
♫ One day I will wake up and remember ♫
♫ I'll remember the rainbow on my lips from when we first met ♫
♫ Some people have held handsBut they didn't last until the end ♫
♫ Regrets are a part of lifeThis is the best conclusion ♫
♫ The rest of the story will slowly move meOh, yeah ♫
♫ Our stubborn silence ♫
♫ Letting go with reddened eyes ♫
♫ Our story only lacks an endingI'm not afraid to try again ♫
♫ I will encounter what I want to encounter ♫
♫ Happiness, I wish for happiness ♫
♫ I will forget to remember the beautiful things we missed ♫