An adaptation of Mai Jia's novel Decoded
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Decoded
Episode 038
Chief Rong,
hello. Do you still remember me?
I'm Pang Chun Hua from the second cafeteria.
I helped you with your meal before.
I gave you a lot of food every time.
Director Wang
asked me to deliever this chicken soup for you.
Should I
introduce myself to you?
Pang Chun Hua, 22 years old.
I was born in a farming family, graduated from high school.
I'll explain to you, a high school diploma
is the highest education in our village.
Wait.
I'm not finished yet.
Enough.
Are you performing for a show?
Huh?
If not, then why are you dressed like this?
Pretty, isn't it?
Cross dressing?
Yes! You must be cross dressing.
What do you mean?
Pang, isn't it? I remember you.
Pang Chun Hua from second cafeteria,
aren't you a man?
No wonder I couldn't recognize you.
I really thought you were a woman.
What a great performance.
I give you 100/100 for it!
Rong Jinzhen!
I thought you were a hero!
A hero can't be like this!
If you're not interested in me then just say it!
But you can't insult me like this!
You said that I'm a man,
I can also say you're a woman!
Instructor An,
I changed secretaries four times recently. They were all women.
Every day, the people bringing me food, are all young female comrades.
Now, they even sent me Pang Chun Hua from the second cafeteria.
I know,
they want to be nice to me and introduce me to a partner.
But I don't need it.
You need it.
An Neng would say that.
Why?
I know him, and I know you.
Do you know me?
Those women, you're not thinking that they're not good enough.
It's because you already have someone in your heart. Her name is Shen Yuer.
That's why you can't accept anyone else.
But you know well, you two are impossible.
You have to stay in 701.
You'll probably never meet her again in this life.
That's why you're alone, you're in pain.
Especially in here,
where it is possibly forbidden
when you think of someone.
Then you can only draw her, again and again.
Do you also pray that you'll be able to forget her?
Then you won't be that painful.
But you're also afraid that you'll really forget about her,
because that'll be a betrayal for your love.
Am I right?
Indeed, I almost can't remember how she looks.
I only remember, the day when we separated,
she was wearing a yellow dress,
the one I gave her.
She was standing by the river.
I promised her, in the future,
no matter where I go, who I'm with,
if there's anyone who ask me who I love,
I have to answer, Shen Yuer.
The fact the you can't remember how she looks, did you ever think that
this is exactly what Shen Yuer hoped for?
She hopes that you can forget about her.
She hopes that you can begin a new life.
It's hard to forget someone.
What about you?
After An Neng left,
could you begin a new life with someone else?
I can.
An Neng will give me his blessing.
Madam once said
that she hoped to see
you getting married and having a child.
She said that, you need a woman taking care of you in your life.
When you're cold, she will give your clothes to wear.
When you're hungry, she will make dumplings for you.
Most importantly, when you're lonely
she's willing to be next to you,
and listen to you carefully.
I don't need it.
Why not?
Because I have you.
You understand me.
Didn't you tell me
after Instructor An left,
we would be the
closest family in 701.
Don't you remember?
I remember.
I never really understand Instructor An's attitude towards you.
He obviously loved you,
but he didn't want to be together with you.
Now I finally understand. For the people in 701,
love would be a luxury.
We must have our country in our heart. For our country,
it's nothing even if we sacrifice our own emotions.
I have missed a love relationship before,
I'm regretting it.
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Chief Lei, I really don't have anyone else to choose from.
Look, shouldn't you go personally decide for Chief Rong?
It's really hard to look for a partner for him.
No, we have to work harder.
He can decode the Purple Code, if we can't even find him a wife,
that wouldn't be right.
Sir!
Come in.
Chief Lei, Chief Liu,
I think we should stop searching for a partner for Chief Rong.
What did you say?
I think Chief Rong is right. Us introducing partners to him,
is already messing up his life and work.
Also, he has emotional mood swings lately.
He already made two secretaries cry.
My point is, we can't interrupt his work just because we're looking for a partner.
This is not right.
What exactly do you mean?
I want to go back to Chief Rong, and be his secretary again.
I welcome you all to the training camp of 701.
In the next few months,
you'll receive special training here.
This is Han Bing, Instructor Han.
He will teach you shooting, capturing,
and fighting.
This is Meng Xiaoyun, Instructor Meng.
He will teach you monitoring, stalking, and camouflage.
I'll introduce myself.
I'm Rong Jinzhen, the master instructor of this training.
To be the secretary of Rong Jinzhen again?
What are you thinking of?
Tell me,
are you really in love with Rong Jinzhen?
I understand you. Back then when you were still training,
you already had the courage to stand out for Rong Jinzhen
and get through the interrogation for him.
You also agreed to
get inside the enemy territory as Rong Jinzhen's wife.
I've never doubted your sacrificing mind.
But this time it's different. This is a matter of your happiness for the rest of your life.
Please give me a chance.
I want to try.
You and An Neng once had a beautiful love.
I was the witness.
But unfortunately, he was sacrificed.
I remember I told you,
that Dean Gao told me that you're like me.
But you shouldn't learn from me.
We're both soldiers from the hidden frontline. But don't forget.
we're also a woman.
We need a romantic relationship, and a warm family.
That, I did very terrible at.
Of course, I'm not saying that Rong Jinzhen is bad.
I just want to say that
on the path of love, if there's no order from the organization,
you have to follow your heart.
You can't be inconsiderate to yourself.
Zhai Li, please think about this carefully.
Thank you, Chief Lei.
I already thought it out.
Happiness can be created. I love Rong Jinzhen
just like how I love my country.
I don't feel wronged at all.
Zhai Li? What brings you here?
You haven't come here for a long time. Sit.
I'm here with good news. The organization ordered me again
to be your secretary.
Really? That's great.
It should be like this earlier.
The ones that came before you, they weren't here to be my secretary at all.
The organization sent them to be my partner.
Tell me. What's that all about?
It's not against the rule if I don't get married, right?
I, Rong Jinzhen, have both my body and heart with 701.
Moreover, I already decided.
I'm going to be single for my entire life.
An Neng could do it, Zheng Dang could do it. So why can't I?
Isn't that right?
No.
You can't be single forever. The organization wouldn't allow it.
You're a hero, but you're a normal person too.
You should have the emotions of a normal person.
You should have a beautiful relationship. You should have a warm family.
Zhai Li, what do you mean?
Rong Jinzhen, I think that within the whole 701,
I'm the one who understands you the most.
We're the closest family.
If you don't mind it,
I'm willing to be your partner.
Please think about it carefully.
You must be surprised.
I admit it,
me being your secretary again,
isn't really an order from the organization.
No one forced me. No one ordered me.
I offered it myself.
I suddenly realized that
I like you.
I hope you can
give me a chance.
Give us a chance.
Marry me. Let me be your wife.
Are you being serious?
From the bottom of my heart.
Tell me, are you really getting married to Rong Jinzhen?
Who decided that?
Who forced you to do it? Tell me.
If you don't want to say it, I can tell the organization for you.
No one forced me.
I agreed to it myself.
I don't believe it!
Really.
The organization introduced that many female comrades to Rong Jinzhen,
he didn't accept any of them.
He even said that he wants to be single forever.
I want to give it a try.
You're lying.
Yes, it's true that Rong Jinzhen contributed to the organization, became the chief, and is also a big hero.
Everyone looks up to him,
but just because of this you're marrying him?
I'll never believe it.
Zhai Li, you're not that kind of person.
It's true this time.
Rong Jinzhen is no longer the old him.
I get to understand the organization again,
thanks to him.
I know, I can never become a hero.
But I envy heroes.
I'm willing to become a stepping stone for a hero's path.
Before this, I had An Neng.
I wanted to do this.
But I couldn't.
Now, for Rong Jinzhen,
I have to try harder for it.
Okay.
To make this kind of decision,
you must be feeling wronged inside.
I've always thought that
I would be the first person to
be a bride in the whole Unit Q.
I didn't think that it would be you.
No matter what, I'll give you my blessing.
Do you still remember, back then when we were still training,
Rong Jinzhen bought a whole bunch of underwear.
How many was it?
Anyway, it was a whole bunch.
He had the nerve to ask me to wash his underwear.
I've never felt so wronged before.
Then I cried as I was washing.
Then you came along,
you were furious back then.
You even went to his dorm to scold him.
Do you still remember?
At that time,
I thought that
you were very cool.
I think that
you treat me the best
in the whole 701.
How could that be?
He was a person who would pee his pants when he's scared.
Why would you like him?
Why would you become his wife?
Enough.
Didn't you just give me your blessing a minute ago?
Why are you crying for my good deed?
Who cried?
Besides, why can't I be together with him?
Why can't I get married to him?
I'm telling you,
I agreed to it.
Fake.
Do you dare to say that
the person you love the most isn't An Neng?
I won't say anymore.
At least you're stronger than me.
The person you loved once,
the person you loved the most,
he can be buried here
after he dies.
He can be buried in South Campus.
When you miss him,
you can still go visit him.
As long as he's still here,
your love will always be here.
Yanshi,
we're the same.
From the moment we got into 701,
we gave our
most memorable love life to
701.
We're both married to 701.
Before,
we didn't have this kind of feeling.
In the future,
we won't have this kind of feeling anymore.
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Rong Jinzhen.
Rong Jinzhen, I'm calling you. Do you hear me?
Stop screaming. Stop screaming.
Rong Jinzhen, come down here.
Come down!
What brings you here?
Of course I'm here for something.
Rong Jinzhen, do you have any conscience at all?
Tell me now,
do you love Zhai Li?
Did you drink?
That's not your business.
I'm asking you, do you love Zhai Li?
This is between me and Zhai Li.
You're drunk. We'll talk about this later.
It's not only between you two,
it's between all of us.
What kind of woman doesn't want to be loved by the leader?
What kind of woman doesn't want someone to be good to her?
What kind of woman doesn't want to marry who she loves and be happy forever?
For you, Zhai Li
put down all her pride
and became a secretary for you.
She managed your files and followed you every day to collect your calculations.
For you,
she put down her pride and even begged you to marry her.
Tell me, what are you thinking?
Zhai Li was crying.
She felt wronged. Do you know that？
Tell me!
I just want to ask you,
do you like Zhai Li?
Do you really love her?
Rong Jinzhen,
Zhai Li is very pitiful.
Very, very pitiful.
If you don't love her,
I beg you,
can you let her go?
To be honest, she shouldn't be marrying you.
You don't deserve to marry her.
In my heart, she's 100 times stronger than you.
Do you think that you're very amazing?
Yes, no one can be better than you at calculating.
But in terms of fighting, everyone is stronger than you!
I'm telling you, An Neng is dead,
but I'm still alive.
If you drive me into a corner, I won't let you off.
Hey dude, what's going on there?
Yanshi from decoding department said she wants to fight Chief Rong.
- What did you say? - Yanshi is fighting with Chief Rong.
The situation looks pretty bad. Yanshi drank a lot.
I'll go tell the security department.
Hold on. Who told you to go to the security department? Go back to your dorm!
Yes.
I was indeed blind before,
but I will never be blind in the future.
Yanshi.
From now on, I got my eyes on you.
If you make Zhai Li feel wronged,
I'll fight you whenever I see you.
- That's enough! - Don't touch me! -You're embarrassing us.
Chief Rong, I apologize. She drank too much, don't take it too hard.
What are you looking at! Go away!
You all can't leave! Listen carefully,
I'm telling you today,
- I have my eyes on you. - That's enough.
Remember that.
I got my eyes on you!
Do you know? Zhai Li is pitiful.
Don't say anymore. Let's go back.
Rong Jinzhen, he doesn't know.
Do you think you can look down on others just because you're the Division Chief?
That's enough.
You aren't superior to us even if you're the hero!
That's enough.
I'm not giving in! You don't deserve it!
Why are you here?
Are you sober now?
What brings you here?
I have something important
that I have to tell you when you're sober.
How long did you wait?
One night.
You've been waiting here for the entire night?
That's not important. I just want to know
if you're sober right now.
Zhai Li,
I know I might not be a good husband.
Because I just don't know
how to be a good husband.
But, I'm willing to
learn for your sake.
You said you like me,
I like you too.
The things I owe you,
I will return to you with my whole life.
I formally propose to you right now.
Zhai Li, I hope you can give me a chance.
Marry me. Be my wife.
Are you really better now?
This will be on the reports. I can't be lying.
I heard,
you learned about acupuncture to treat your sickness.
My acupuncture can only help a bit.
It was mainly
taking medicines and getting shots on time.
Other than that, you'll need the medicine for the heart if you have a heart problem.
This time, Rong Jinzhen, no, Chief Rong,
decoded the Purple Code successfully,
helping me open up.
- That's why... - Comrade Liu Yi Ping,
you can fully recover, I'm very happy about that.
Thank you, Dean.
But Dean, I must apologize to you.
I was driven crazy by the Purple Code, that was just the same as being a deserter.
And I gave that much trouble to the organization.
I'm ashamed of myself.
Don't say it like that.
The reason why Rong Jinzhen could decode the Purple Code
is because he saw your work.
You're also responsible for the success of decoding the Purple Code.
Dean,
I'm glad that you think like.
Say it, now that you've recovered,
do you have any thoughts
or needs from the organization? You can just say it.
Then I will not hold back.
I do have a request,
I hope that the organization will let me
finish an important mission.
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♫ A tiny light far beyond the stars ♫
♫ The dust swirls in the light’s monologue ♫
♫ A slight cold spreads to my toes as I wait in hesitation ♫
♫ Leaving only silent secrets in the deep seas ♫
♫ Borrowing the dim light of dawn ♫
♫ Approaching the disorderly ending of no reason ♫
♫ Unveil the nightmares which burned memories ♫
♫ You are the hardest riddle to solve ♫
♫ You are the closest to me ♫
♫ The most distant mystery ♫
♫ Wings of elves ♫
♫ flap across the dark and the bright skies ♫
♫ Hover and fly high ♫
♫ Silently without a word ♫
♫ There is always a secret ♫
♫ the evidence that I came, I loved and I ached ♫
♫ You are the closest to me ♫
♫ The most distant mystery ♫
♫ There is a name connecting ♫ ♫ the past and the future♫
♫ Thick fog and heavy rain ♫
♫ Purified world ♫
♫ Love is the answer ♫ ♫ The answer to everything ♫