♫ 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 you Say I love you, Oh, oh, oh ♫
Episode 7
Mom.
Oh, ok.
Hmm, okay.
There's no problem, you can say it slower.
I listened all of it.
The bridesmaid may not be able to come.
Ok, I know.
What happened?
I have an ominous feeling.
I know, I know.
Hello! Hello, hello, hello.
I'm here.
Please sit.
- How's your discussion?- Not bad.
Is it? I bought someone here.
Come on.
Hey hello!
Hi.
You met on the way? Why are you here?
Why is she here? I asked her to come.
Lala, I persuaded Qian Qian
to be your bridesmaid and she agreed.
Bridesmaid?
- I have someone to be my bridesmaid.- Yes, Lala has someone.
I thought yours couldn't come?
The original one couldn't come, but I have an alternative.
Spare, spare. Spare means it's not confirmed.
You want an unconfirmed and not a confirmed bridesmaid?
It's Qian Qian.
She's smart, capable, and can help you entertain
your family members, relatives, colleagues, friends, whatever.
Mom, you know,
the bridesmaid task is quite demanding and bothersome.
She has to toast, drink and so on. Not to mention that
they will all be my and Wang Wei's friends and buddies.
You may not know them. It will feel awkward.
Lala Jie, why don't you want me to be the bridesmaid?
It's not that I don't want to. Just...
- I don't want to bother you...- It's not a bother.
Not a bother...
Mom, do we need to get money at our wedding?
Money gifts? Of course we need someone to get it.
Then what about it, Qian Qian is so smart, will you help us get the money?
I'm afraid I can't. Money gifts? Regarding money, it's better that the family take care of it.
Aren't you and Teacher Lu like family?
Yes, of course we are like family.
That's because we are family that I thought to let family be the bridesmaid.
Mom, there's a lot of things to take care of for the wedding.
Let Lala decide the bridesmaid.
Fine, fine. I know you're making excuses. You don't want Qian Qian to do it.
Fine.
If she can't, it means you don't want my help either for the wedding.
Go on by yourselves.
Mom, mom, mom!! Don't leave mom.
Then...
She can do it.
You see?
Fine. Where were you?
We were talking about the decoration of the wedding.
- Fine, let me have a look.- They were saying that this red one wasn't very good.
Then we have another proposal, this white one...
This one is no good. It's too plain.
This one is good, this one.
Look, this carpet is nice.
This carpet looks like coins. There are coins so unstoppable fortune keeps coming.
This unstoppable fortune keeps coming. A red color tone. This is Chinese style.
Good, good.
Lala, this is for you.
- Thank you, Jie.- Take care of yourself before your wedding.
Speaking of this wedding,
why did you make Kathy your bridesmaid?
She doesn't have good intentions.
It's not that bad.
Let's just talk about age,
how could you have someone so much younger than you be your bridesmaid?
Are you thinking straight?
You are worried about age as well?
If what you said is true, women should kill themselves when they are 30.
There's no need for suicide,
but we need to be aware.
Think about it, our skin needs anti-aging, anti-wrinkle.
When we take pictures, we need to PS them.(Photoshop)
We especially need to be aware of who we are being compared to.
How do you let someone that much younger stand next to you?
It's gonna drive you crazy being compared to her.
Also considering temperament and connotation, we're definitely a lot stronger than those girls in their twenties.
But about the skin and the shape, we're...
Just by our own one person's strength, how can we be against the gravity and corrosion from smog?
Right.
You've succeeded in persuading me, but at the same time
you have made me discouraged.
Do you think I want to let Kathy be my bridesmaid?
That day, I couldn't say anything.
You know her relationship with your family.
The way your mother saw her, she was smiling so hard the corners of her mouth were at the back of her head.
Also, your brother. Don't even talk about it.
From his point of view, Kathy is a
kind, pure, and sweet small girl
My mom and my younger brother never see a person's true color correctly besides you, Lala.
- Choosing you is the only reasonable thing my younger brother has done in his life.- It's very reasonable.
But you don't need to be discouraged.
Before the wedding, take care of yourself.
Relax yourself to create the best complexion.
In Wang Wei's eyes, you'll always be the most beautiful bride.
Talking about Kathy, I think she deserves to be skinned.
Then why don't you skin her?
I want to. I think she is so fake.
She really needs someone to take off her mask.
But I am worried that peeling off layer after layer,
like an onion, you can't see the heart of it.
Or there might be no heart at all.
Lala, listen to me. I am good at judging people.
Kathy, this girl, is very clever.
Stay away from her if you can, to avoid suffering any loss.
Speak of the devil...
Li Jie, you are back from your trip.
I forgot to tell you. I moved just above Teacher and their home.
You can visit when you have time.
I heard. But I want to correct you. That's not my mom's house.
It's my younger brother and Lala's house.
I don't even feel comfortable going.
How can you keep bothering a newlywed couple?
We can also meet somewhere outside of the house.
For example, we can go eat Chinese food,
Japanese food, Korean food, or Thai food.
The food with tons of onion.
I like peeling the onion layer by layer.
Peel until it's dead.
I really think you are suited to eat onions.
You are too angry all the time. Onions should help calm you down.
Speaking of onions, some people are just like onions...
Jie, Li Jie.
We'll talk about onions some other time. We need to go to the meeting now.
Let's go.
Take this.
Successor planning? Doesn't this mean...
- Find a backup?- Yes, we're finding a backup.
We have to find a good backup.
Once we find the successor, the pressure on our company will be much lower.
Our HR has to do a good job finding the successor.
The next generation is very important.
You guys will split into 2 teams.
Kathy and Lala, each will help 3 higher ups to find successors.
Lala is already doing a good job.
Kathy needs to put in some effort.
Don't worry, I will not let you down.
Good luck, guys.
Good luck.
Yes, I know.
I know you have been very busy, but this successor plan has to have your approval first,
or else how can our HR make any decisions?
I hope you can spare just a little bit of time and come to have a chat...
Hello? Hello?
He hung up...
So hard to work with.
Xiao Qian.
Lala Jie, I have finished these reports.
Good.
Have a drink to refresh yourself.
Thank you. You are so good to me.
Then... may I get off work?
Get off work? What time is it?
So late.
You can go home. I will go home too.
Alright. Go back early.
I'm leaving. Bye.
Take care.
.
It's strange. How come Kathy is not busy?
Lala.
Thanks, Mom.
You are a girl.
What's important for a girl?
Of course it's family.
You are constantly not home, can't even have dinner with us.
What's going on?
- Sorry, Mom, I'm very busy with work lately.-Du Lala.
Let's be honest, I have never interfered with her work.
I don't ask about anything.
Work is work, work is important.
But work cannot always be the priority.
Right, right.
You are still young. You still have a lifetime to work.
But a wedding, a wedding is just one time.
Wedding?
Look at this.
I know you guys never considered the wedding.
I did promise you guys I'd take care of the wedding since you guys are busy.
But there are a lot of details I need to get your agreement on
because I'm not the one getting married.
It's okay, Mom, I'm flexible. Whatever makes you happy.
It'll be okay.
Lala, I believe you are flexible.
But it's not enough if you're the only one agreeing to it.
My in-law, your mother, if the wedding is not good,
that will give her something to talk about.
What would I do?
Mom.
My mom doesn't have any opinions.
- What did my mom do? - Nothing.
It's just your mom called me today.
She just happened to mention something about the wedding.
The great Professor Lu happen to hear that.
Therefore, she decided to hold a meeting to discuss this wedding ceremony.
Mom, Lala is back. We can start the meeting.
Mom, you can start, I'm listening.
You guys are willing to listen to me?
What happened?
- I don't know.- I can finally use this.
Hehe.
Look, didn't I write everything down?
This notebook is about all the important things you have to know 7-14 days before your wedding.
I'll start from the first one.
Day 14.
Number one.
Backup successor plan?
It's...
Backup successor plan?
Successor plan.
Ok, ok. Successor plan.
Is it because your company thinks your HR Department has no work or the company is not chaotic enough?
It was decided by foreign senior management.
This is common in US.
But it makes sense if you think about it.
A company this big can't just rely on senior management to operate.
If someone happens to be in a bad mood and quits suddenly,
then the company can't operate.
So I think finding backups,
logistically speaking, is reasonable.
What logic?
Are you sure your senior management
decided this? Who's stupid enough to think of something like that?
Why would you train a group of successors in the company?
This is like if you want to drink a glass of milk and you decided to raise a cow in the company.
If an executive decides to quit, just let them go.
What is HR for? What is a recruiter for? Find someone to fill their position.
Why would you increase the cost of personnel operation?
Honey, the important problem is that employee interaction is difficult to solve.
For example, I believe I'm a senior employee at SH.
It's just about finding a backup help you with your work.
But operations is not easy.
You have to know those executives.
They're hard to work with.
You manage with so much difficulty, show countless manners, and beg them,
so they recommend a list of names for their own backup. Good.
But everyone has an ulterior motive.
It's hopeless. Or maybe, they are jealous about the other's talent.
Or they want to promote their own people. How can I do that? It's getting messier.
Of course. I mean, there are always been factions in a company.
You are asking them to clearly
form that faction. Who would like to have someone hold a knife to their back saying:
"One day, I will take your place." Who would want that to happen?
You're right. But if you're not feeling good about it,
or you are in a bad mood, I can understand it.
Still, you should cooperate to some extent with our HR work, right? Because it's our task.
But you couldn't pick an easier task to complete?
Foreign companies can't pick on HR. I irritate whoever I recruit, right?
That's why I said does your company think that your HR Department is too idle?
Okay. We'll take what is ahead.
In summary,
regardless how hard it is to work with, higher ups have policies that subordinates can get around.
You just need to do your part. They will quickly find their own place and path under the rules of this game.
Yes, I hope so too. I'm just worried that it;s gonna take too long.
What if Kathy becomes faster than me?
Dear, if you think this is difficult,
she for sure is not gonna have an easier time.
Hubby, how come I said Kathy but you called her Qian Qian?
They are the same person.
No.
I'm calling her by her name, but you are calling her by her nickname.
Why is what I said a nickname? They are for the same person.
No, it's a duplicate word. It sounds too flirtatious.
Okay.
How about I call her "that girl". Happy now?
- I'm happy.- Okay.
If you think it's difficult, that girl won't find it easy either.
Okay, okay. I'm giving you a hard time
so I can feel better.
What should I do? I must now complete this successor plan well.
Hubby, give me some support.
Work.
Your dress just came out right? I saw in a magazine the other day.
- That's right.- You're wearing it right away.
This white color really brings out the fabric.
Kathy, your skin is so smooth and tender,
just like an infant's. How do you do it?
- You're born with it. - That's right. Plus you have to take care of it.
Hello? Director of Sales? Hello, I'm Lala. Then I'll come up right now.
Urgent business? Didn't we plan this already?
Then when should we change it to?
Tomorrow or next week? No, no, no.
You really cannot put it off until next week. I've already waited a week.
Okay. Then we'll do as you say. I'll see you tomorrow.
Hubby, I'm leaving.
You're leaving?
Isn't it Sunday today?
Yes, it is Sunday. I have to work overtime.
I tried to reach the Director of Sales for one week. If I can't get him today, I'm gonna reverse my name, Du Lala.
Lala Du...
Whatever. I'll deal with an upset stomach. I'll be okay with diarrhea.
Wifey, stay strong.
You can do it.
I can do it. Bye bye.
.
This is a nice wedding dress.
It's pretty.
It's too bad it's gone in an instant. Why don't I take a photo?
It's fine, I can look at similar styles when I go to the bridal store on Sunday.
Sunday...
Wait, that's not right. Today is Sunday.
My brain has gotten damaged with all this burdening work.
What do I do?
How could I forget such an important thing? What do I do?
Hello, Mom?
That's right. I need some help.
It's different this time. I need a huge favor.
I know. I always ask for big favors from you.
Mom, drink this tea.
I have especially added logan fruit.
Mom. This couldn't be helped.
Who would want to work today? Lala's company is hiring new staff.
The person she wants to hire wasn't available from Monday to Saturday.
She works for a Fortune 500 company.
Sometimes, things like this do happen.
Every time something like this happens, you scold me.
If I speak too much, it seems I'm not understanding. Am I not understanding?
It's not.
This wedding it not mine, but hers.
The one involved doesn't worry while the others do in vain.
It's not in vain.
You are also a boss.
How come you have time during the weekend, but she, a worker, hasn't?
You can do it. You can work.
You manage to put your work during your working hours.
Weekend time is family time, you should have a sense of priorities.
I can be lazy since I'm a boss.
But I also wish that my employees
will work day and night, and give their all for their work. She's not a boss.
She has to work day and...
But that's not the point. The point is...
I know what you mean. The best is to support Lala
to never be at home on Sundays.
- No, no, no...- After working hard and becoming the boss, then she can be here.
No, we all wish to balance work and family,
but young people in this stage should
work hard at work so they can have a good future afterwards.
That's enough. It's just words.
Why don't we give her a call and ask her?
I don't believe that she will be busy the whole day.
Call her and ask that if she find time,
rush things over there and come back here.
She will come back on her own when she's finished.
Use your phone to call.
If she sees it's me, she won't pick up.
No way.
Take it out.
My phone is not working well these times.
What? Not working well...
It's different than mine. How do you turn it on?
Great.
Thank you, Mom.
Bye.
It must be to rush me to go to the bridal shop.
Fortunately it's Hubby, and not his mom.
Hello, Hubby.
Du Lala. Little girl, don't you keep your word?
Haven't we agreed to meet?
We're going the wedding shop today.
Mom, sorry.
I really couldn't schedule this work for another time, so...
I know. I know your work is busy.
Xiao Wei has already explained.
I know you're busy, but see if you can do this.
You make the most of this time and finish your work very, very quickly.
You save some time to come to the wedding shop. Alright? Let's meet there.
Don't say nonsense. Let's do that.
Lala?
- You seem to be in a daze.- Sorry.
Please have a seat.
You know, Du Lala.
I've squeezed a few meetings today to get time to come here.
You'd better not space out.
I won't, I won't.
Right.
Don't worry. I'll be on-task and ready.
Look.
What did I say? I have to wait.
I am pitiful. In this life, besides waiting, I can only wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
Mom, Lala had really something going on.
There's nothing she can do about it. She can't say to her boss and her colleagues:
"Sorry, I must try on bridal gowns. Keep working here, I'm leaving."
It's not appropriate.
Miss, you know.
There is a way for us to not wait.
What is it?
I should faint. I lay down here. Then she will come.
- You can't.- The ground is cool.
Don't pay attention to my mom.
She's kidding.
It's cool, you want to lay down?
You think I don't dare? If I do, you won't be able to take the responsibility.
I'm afraid you will shiver.
Madam, Mr. Wang, why not use this time to choose the wedding place?
No.
This decision should be made by the bride.
If the bride doesn't come, why should I be excited over it?
Let's wait...
Don't worry, In-law.
In-law,
the bride didn't come, but the mother of the bride is here.
Hello, Madam.
Madam, would you like a cup of coffee?
Yes.
Don't bother.
This cup is Xiao Wei's. He hasn't had any. Don't waste it.
It's okay.
In-law,
Lala entrusted me to come here.
My Lala is really something. She must work even on weekends.
Such is her inconvenient life.
If Xiao Wei's work was enough for both of them to live off of,
Lala could resign and spend time at home with you.
Look, how many people are as fortunate as you?
You can decide everything at home.
No, I'm not like this.
I discuss everything with them.
That's good. I am representing Lala.
You can discuss the wedding arrangements with me.
Alright, let's discuss.
Both Madams, last time Mr. Wang raised some requests.
We have selected two hotels. Let's take a look.
This one is close to the city center.
This one is in the suburbs. If you have more than 20 tables, you can get a 30% discount.
And you can bring your own drinks.
Which one will you choose?
- Let's get...- The second one.
Of course it should be the second one.
- This one.- Right.
Look, right now we all live in forests of reinforced concrete.
What we need the most is to get closer to nature.
A rural guesthouse, rustic style. It fully meets our criteria.
At least, we want to
breathe fresh air.
The food that we eat is also organic.
Farmers pull it out directly from the earth to give it to our guests.
You're right.
In-law,
are you talking about an excursion or a wedding?
I think the hotel near the city center is more suitable.
Yes.
It's very classy. Young people like it.
You're right.
Not only is it good for a wedding, but it also shows off a classy taste, a classy style, a classy charm.
In-law, we are holding a wedding.
When everyone eat, they will have hardly time to see the bride changing clothes. They toast,
they congratulate. But the main point is eating.
Eating and drinking enough are the most important parts.
We don't need any classy style.
We can't just rely on eating. We must conduct it
in this five starts hotel in downtown.
Ladies, the characteristics of these two hotels are different.
This one is near the city center. Transportation is more convenient.
That one with a rustic style has a good price-quality ratio. It is good for saving money.
Which one should we book?
The second one.
Is that so? In-law,
are you... worried about money?
If you're worried about money, the cost difference
between the first one and the second one can be paid by us. What do you think?
This...
In-law, you're very funny.
You're really funny.
You're talking about money in front of a stranger.
Do you think I chose the second one because of the money?
You're so funny.
Young girl, it's not the case. I don't lack money.
No problem.
The first one.
Then let's book the first one.
Alright. Then, let's take a look at the menu.
No, no, no.
Please.
Wang Wei, come here.
Take a look at the wedding menu.
Mr. Wang, we have a lot of different meals on this menu.
This one is not bad.
Okay.
Thank you for your time.
With that done, I will finish the successor plan.
Lala, to tell you the truth,
between you and Kathy, I think you're the most reliable.
Thank you. I'll do my best.
Remember what I've said.
- Alright, I'm leaving. - Take care.
The bridal gown is so pretty.
Da Wei Ge?
- Hello?- Wang Wei!
Lala Jie.
Kathy? Why is it you?
He is in the fitting room.
You can talk to me and I will tell him to call you back.
- Yes.- Okay, bye.
Mom.
What do you think?
Aiya, look!
How great is this one! Ding-ling dang-lang, bling bling.
It's so bright, it's blinding!
- It's not bright? - It's good. It's good.
I can say that Lala will like this one.
Xiao Wei, this one is pretty too.
Handsome.
Xiao Liu, prepare more options for the groom's clothes.
The groom clothes and bridal gown,
we will take them and rent them together. What is the discount?
Wait, wait, wait.
Why did you say? I didn't hear it clearly.
You said we're renting Lala's bridal gown?
Yes. Or else what? Buy it?
Of course.
Who rents a bride's gown?
Are you losing your head?
Clothes for going out, the main wedding dress, reception dress, they're all wedding clothes.
There are so many of them. Are you saying we should buy them all?
It's once in a lifetime. You won't use them after.
Are you going to leave it in the dresser and let dust collect on top of it?
It's because it's just once that you should buy it.
Have it as a keepsake.
Moreover, I think that
Lala is not interested whether the bridal gown is rent or bought.
If she was interested, she would at least be here at this time.
It's because she has to work overtime. Stop mixing things up.
The most beautiful outfit a woman has in her life is her bridal gown.
You want to rent it? Aren't you being inconsiderate?
Listen, Lala, ever since her kindergarten uniform,
has never shared clothes with anyone.
Why is it that, as soon as she enters your family,
she has to do it for the first time?
Let me tell you,
Lala is our only daughter.
We dote on her very much.
The bridal gown must be bought. If you can't put up the money, we will.
Why is it money again? Money, money, money. You're only speaking about money.
We have money for the wedding. We don't lack money.
I have prepared money for the bride. But I'm against you wasting money on such extravagance.
You want to spend a lot of money to buy a dress that will be worn only once. There's no point.
And stop talking about money to me.
You must be respectful to me.
I respect you.
But you keep ignoring openly Lala's feelings.
You want to rent the bridal gown. You're allowed to want to save money,
but don't save it on the bride's side.
What do you mean saving it from the bride's side? Why does it sound like... like...
Mom... Let's go.
Lala, Lala, listen to me.
I really don't like this blue bow-tie.
Am I handsome?
I don't think blue is good either. This one is better.
- Really?- Handsome.
And this?
I think it's average. This dress is nothing special.
What about the person?
I think it's actually quite good.
The dress has already been tried anyway. You guys should take pictures.
Then, for our wedding, we can use the pictures of you two in our wedding hall.
- You're so funny.- I have creativity.
Wang Wei, I am the bride.
I should try the bridal gown.
The size, color, style of the dress should be decided by me.
It's worthless if she tries it. We don't have the same height or shape.
Also, today was about picking wedding candy.
Why were you picking the bridal gown?
Du Lala,
this story begins at the candy store.
Ladies, take a look. On this shelf, you have all or our newest products.
The colors are simple and elegant.
Young people really like it. Especially this white one. Prices are also reasonable.
Come take a look over there.
Adults will like these
because these are red, romantic, and joyous.
I think you will prefer these.
Red is fine, right?
Yes, plus this message is pretty good. Become a pair.
This color is pretty. Why haven't I seen peanuts and melon seeds?
Ladies, all our products are on these shelves. Take your time to choose.
Yes, this is new.
That won't do.
In-law, you will make people laugh. Why would they have those?
Nowadays we give candies, sweets.
Look at these imported chocolates in a refined little box.
It's high-class, sumptuous, pretty, and delicious. It's very good, elegant.
In-law, it may be elegant,
but there isn't enough to eat.
It's not rice and flour where you can get an equal 4 or 5kg.
Wedding candies are little things. They are all like this.
The kids can take them to the office and give them out. It's very convenient.
Listen to me. Let's get this one, okay?
In-law, this time, listen to me.
This is how our family holds a wedding.
Peanuts, melon seeds, dates, longans, and walnuts all over the tables. That's how you should celebrate.
Our family is holding the wedding. Let's do as I say.
I listened to you about the hotel.
This time, listen to me.
It's not about our wishes.
Nowadays, young people are like this.
Young couples want to hold their weddings in a 5-star hotel.
For the candies, why don't we listen what they have to say?
- Wang Wei.- Hello, Sir. - Mom.
What do you think?
Look at this.
It's so cute. Using this refined box. After eating, you can use it and put other things in it.
What do you think? I think chocolate is very good.
Look, that's your son's opinion.
My son? Did my son come?
Where is he? I haven't seen him.
Excuse me, are you my son?
It feels like you are the Du family's son.
Auntie, hello.
What about this? Today, we were very efficient and picked a lot of things.
Such a small matter, let's have Lala choose it when she has time.
Yes, he's right.
Candies can be decided anytime. You can come wherever you want.
Thank you, Miss.
Fine. You guys decide.
Mom, it doesn't cost anything. Why don't you try some?
Subtitles by The Gone With the Shirt Team @ Viki
♫ The small, forgotten sand dunes,Even cactuses will be lost ♫
♫ Thank you for holding me before ♫
♫ And 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 go, So the next person can enter into my heart ♫
♫ Forget my gloomy face as I opened my mouthForget 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 hands, But they didn’t last until the end ♫
♫ Regrets are a part of life This is the best conclusion ♫
♫ The rest of the story will slowly move me ♫
♫ Our stubborn silenceLetting go with reddened eyes ♫
♫ Our story only lacks an ending I’m not afraid to try again ♫
♫ I will encounter what I want to encounterHappiness, I wish for happiness ♫
♫ I will forget to remember the beautiful things we missed ♫