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♫ Lonely, lively, or in an ordinary city. ♫
♫ A gust of wind, a surge of rain, a familiar melody. ♫
♫ Helpless, proud, or in an insignificant corner. ♫
♫ How many details, how many scenes, how many clear memories? ♫
♫ Traveling free, no restraints, or devoting myself to missing you. ♫
♫ When I meet you again, when we reunite again, when I can see your pretty self again. ♫
♫ Eternal or ephemeral, the two sides to life. ♫
♫ I want you to hear and see it all. ♫
♫ I want to be with the pretty you, and be together prettily. ♫
♫ I want your company in all the exciting moments. ♫
♫ Brilliant or ordinary; it’s always a lingering question. ♫
♫ Together, I want to try changing myself for you. ♫
♫ I want to be with the pretty you, and be together prettily. ♫
♫ I want to get used to the occasional sadness together with you. ♫
♫ I want to fulfill my crazy wishes together with you. ♫
Pretty Li Huizhen
- Episode 31 -
What do I do?
Husheng... what does he think of me?
He wouldn't think I'm the same as those other people, right?
No, no, no!
Leave these tasks to me!
Okay.
Um... Husheng?
Tonight, why don't we-
Let's have dinner!
There's a new hotpot restaurant nearby, and it's delicious!
I want to try it!
Um... I don't know if I'll need to do overtime today.
Overtime? Then let's do it another day.
There's no need! There shouldn't be a problem.
I... I'll go up and finish everything.
Then let's go eat hotpot.
Okay! I'll book a table!
Xiao Xue, you can't eat spicy foods?
If you said so earlier, we wouldn't have come here. I love eating spicy food.
I love eating spicy food! Really!
I do, too! I'm not happy without spicy food!
Slow down!
You must believe in me. I've loved spicy food since I was a kid!
Really, drink this soup.
I've loved drinking this spicy soup since I was a kid.
Slow down, are you okay?
It's okay. I can still eat.
Hurry and drink some milk!
What are you doing? They're dirty!
You used them, it's okay.
Look at you, you can't even wipe your mouth properly. Are you a kid?
Look, you're sweating.
Husheng, wait a second.
What is it?
Just now, what was the meaning of that?
Just now? What about it?
This and that!
Xiao Xue, what do you mean?
Do you like me?
Yeah!
You like me?
Starting from when?
I forget. Around the time we went on the business trip?
From that time...?
Then... are we dating now?
Mm!
Then...
Hold hands! I'll take you home.
Let's go!
You're back?
Don't be like this, Xia Qiao.
I heard you reappeared. Then do I still have a chance?
Think about it. I don't have time.
Don't do that. You asked a bunch of people out to play the other day.
I heard about it all.
I already told you I don't have time! Don't come wait for me in front of my house anymore.
Geez, let's go.
What are you doing?
Qiao'er, who is this?
A friend.
Go over there.
Qiao'er, what a coincidence. You happened to be standing in front of the house.
Let's go in and talk, okay?
There's no need. I still have a date.
With him? He looks awful.
I've never seen him before.
I have so many friends, how could you have seen them all?
No, look at him. He looks terrible.
I bought some food! Look, it's all your favorites.
Let's make some noodles later
and talk over it. Then we'll drink a little red wine.
-And then- -There's really no need.
Leave that stuff for yourself.
Qiao'er! Until when will you run away from me?
How is this running away? I really have something to do!
He's right there waiting for me!
I can't see him there, he's not there!
My lie just got exposed, what's the big deal?
I can let it go, but you can't?
Isn't this ending great?
You reconciled with Bai Haoyu, so can't you let go of me?
Qiao'er, it's not like that. Can you not say that? I really am just worried about you--
I don't need your worrying!
You'll trap me like this!
You're fine with Bai Haoyu, and I can live well alone.
-Qiao'er! -Let's go?
That..
Qiao'er. Qiao'er, can't we talk properly?
Qiao'er, really! Look, I'll prepare food, okay?
-Let's eat noodles first-- -You don't need to wait for me tonight.
I might not come back.
Qiao'er, can't we talk properly?
How is it? Have you decided on where to go?
We're almost at your hotel. How about we go and drink?
-Stop the car. -But we're not there yet!
I told you to stop the car! Don't you understand?
I'll get off here. Go wherever you want, don't follow me.
You crazy woman. You deserve to be dumped.
Xia Qiao?
Want to go out together for a bit?
Let's go.
Hello?
What is it?
Nothing. I'm just alone.
Don't you have two Li Huizhens? Not one can spend time with you?
There aren't two Li Huizhens, there's only one. I was tricked.
You got tricked? Who?
Li Huizhen's good friend.
Xia Qiao. I finally found out.
All along, the trainee Li Huizhen was the real Li Huizhen.
And the hotel manager Li Huizhen just pretended to be her and met with me once.
And then I continued mistaking things.
Wow... this is more complicated than a web drama!
If that meeting didn't finish early that day, I think I'd still be kept in the dark.
Didn't she say she'd tell you everything?
That's not important now.
No matter what she says now, I don't want to hear it.
That's not right. You found your real Li Huizhen now.
All problems should be solved now.
It is your most triumphant moment. You should wake up laughing everyday.
You're not angry at trainee Li Huizhen, are you?
It was so hard to find her.
How could I be angry at her?
She just doesn't want me.
Hey, drive slower. You're a female roadhog.
Have you had a license before?
I'm never riding in your car ever again.
I need to let my emotions out. Just pity me a bit.
Why are you bringing me along?
I am very sad, too, and I need to split some attention for you!
Have you thought about my feelings?
That's right.
If they're together, then you got dumped, too.
You finally remember?
Thank you for caring so much about me.
But this is good, too. We can keep each other company.
From now on, we can be sad together. We won't be alone.
No way! You guys bounced back and forth and returned to the beginning in the end?
Why does she only want to be childhood classmates with you? Why?
Who am I supposed to ask if you ask me? I want to know, too.
You so looked forward to it.
And you said you would definitely date her.
Forget it, I'm hanging up.
Thank you for spending time with me today.
What are you going to do after I go back?
I'll go home after picking up some things.
Oh, right. Are you going on a trip?
I... might be going to my hometown. To pick up some stuff, too.
To go relax?
Mm.
Then tell me early. I'll treat you to dinner.
Mm.
Go up.
-Bye-bye! -Bye-bye!
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Qiao'er, you're back?
Yeah.
I made dumplings, I'll go heat them up.
-There's no need. -I didn't eat dinner either.
I don't want to eat. Didn't I tell you I would eat outside?
Could food outside be the same as home?
-I'll pour you some soup- -I already told you there's no need.
I'm going up to take a shower.
Qiao'er, can you not be like this?
Like what?
Didn't you say you care about me most?
Then why are you being like this?
I just need some space for myself.
Right now, let's maintain some distance.
It'll be good for both of us.
Do you think we're too close,
and I'm bothering you, so you want me to go farther away?
We've been together for so many years.
Why can't we get past Bai Haoyu?
It's not me, but you who won't stop caring about it!
I'm not, I just want to talk with you properly.
Bai Haoyu said...
he left without giving you a chance to explain.
Since you have something to say, why not find a chance to talk?
How do you know I have something to say?
If you didn't,
why would you secretly spend two months with him?
So... find a chance to talk with Bai Haoyu.
Are you blaming me right now?
I'm not, my heart just hurts for you!
I don't need you to!
Li Huizhen,
can't you have a proper reaction?
If I were you,
I would tell you,
"I met you in this lifetime because I had terrible luck in my past life!"
What nonsense are you saying?!
You know. You're so kind, always finding excuses for others,
that's why Bai Haoyu likes you so much and blames me so much!
Just what did he say to you?
He didn't say anything.
He didn't bother saying anything.
Did you know?
Compared to disgust,
disregard is harder for somebody to accept.
The moment when Bai Haoyu knew I wasn't Li Huizhen,
do you know? He didn't just turn around,
he turned around without bothering to listen to a word!
The one who spent two months with him is me.
But in his heart,
I don't exist at all.
This has nothing to do with childhood friendship.
If you only met him today, he'd still fall in love with you.
If I had known him since childhood,
he might not fall in love with me.
There is no fate.
This is set by destiny.
And I...
am destined to be a joke in this love.
Qiao'er!
I originally thought that when Bai Haoyu knew I wasn't Li Huizhen,
he would remember me a little bit.
But he didn't.
From that moment on, I knew
that in his heart,
I'm not important at all!
Qiao'er!
Mom! I'm back.
Daughter!
You're back so late?
I'm staying here tonight.
Where is Xia Qiao?
At home.
What is it?
Is it work?
I think she's mad at Xia Qiao.
I know, I know!
What are you going to say?
Nothing!
Um... why have you come today?
Why can't I? This is our home.
Then... where is Sister Xia Qiao?
Why is it when all of you see me,
you all ask me where Xia Qiao is? How should I know?
Why are you getting angry? I'm just asking. I care about you guys.
I'm not angry. I don't know!
Okay, okay. Look, I brought this drink for you.
Give it a try.
Stinky brat, taking absence just like that.
I truly miss you.
You guys started dinner without me?
You're back, Huizhen? Come and eat.
You're eating at home again? You're not going back to Sister Xia Qiao's home?
Huizhen,
did you get into a fight with Xia Qiao?
No.
Then why did you return alone and brought suitcases with you, too?
I missed home.
You moved out for eight years, and now you miss home?
Mom,
I'm so busy at work every day.
I want to tailor my body. Can you make me fish soup?
Okay. I'll make your favorite dishes tomorrow.
Come.
No way. You'd never forget to eat.
Hm!
Mom. Actually, I have a question I've been thinking about.
Where did Huilin come from?
Our entire family is so honest, but why is only her mouth so poisonous?
Don't change the topic Li Huizhen, this trick doesn't work on me!
Did you fight with Sister Xia Qiao?
You adults just had a fight.
You fight on the top of the bed and make up at the bottom.
Isn't that all?
Do you need to go so far as to run away from home?
Sister Xia Qiao is so good to you. Don't fail to appreciate it.
Li Huilin, study properly.
Is "fighting at the top of the bed and make up at the bottom" proper for my relationship with Xia Qiao?
She admitted it! She admitted she had a fight with Sister Xia Qiao!
Huizhen, friends will have some fights.
It's good if you talk it out. Don't put it in your heart.
Is Sister Xia Qiao not good to you?
When you were unemployed, she was the one that supported you.
You lived and used things better than at home.
She's a rich girl and didn't look down on you at all!
On Weibo, she doesn't edit her own posts,
but she helps edit yours. What else do you want?
If I wrote your problem on Weibo, let's see how many people will yell at you!
Don't say so much.
Mom, I'm full.
I'm going out for a walk.
-Huizhen. -The key...
Huilin, your disrespect should have it's limits!
That's your big sister! You drove her away!
To me, there's never been
a question of if I'd fall in love with you or not,
because I fell in love with you a long time ago.
I fell in love with you without realizing it.
How could this sort of question appear?
I've never stopped loving you.
I... I've never had a boyfriend before.
This has a lot to do with my outward appearance.
I'm not pretty, so people don't like me.
But later on when I thought about it,
actually, perhaps I've always been waiting for you.
Hello?
Are you at home? I'll come looking for you right now.
Isn't this my sister's ordinary friend?
Huilin?
My goodness, you could have just come. You brought us a satellite TV, too?
We've known each other for so long, why are you being so courteous?
We haven't seen each other in a long time. It's what I should do.
-Don't say that. -Dad!
What were they carrying-
Huizhen, look who came!
He brought a TV, too!
That's right! He came and brought us a TV, too.
It's a satellite TV.
Why have you come?
-I... -Why are you saying that?
No! You went down, right? You left your phone here.
Brother Haoyu gave you a call, saying he was looking for you.
So I invited him over!
Yes.
I'm sorry, I've troubled you.
Haoyu, how can you say that? We're so happy you came.
Brother Haoyu, I heard you were very chubby as a kid.
I can't tell at all!
Huilin!
Yes. I was very fat in the past.
In the past, I used to come eat dinner at your house.
Yes, yes, yes! Every time your father went on a business trip, you came to live at our house.
Those three years, you and Huizhen almost never left each others' sides.
Then... that means you guys aren't ordinary friends?!
You guys are childhood best friends!
Huilin!
Don't stand there.
-That's right! -Since you came, come drink with me!
Come Haoyu, sit there.
-Sit down, sit down. -He can't touch alcohol, he-
There's not much to my wine, it's okay if you drink it.
Come dear, give me the cup.
Drink a cup.
-If you can't drink it, then don't force yourself. -I can do it.
Haoyu, what have you been busy with lately?
Do you have a house? A car?
Do you have a girlfriend?
Geea, Dad, why are you asking that?
I have a girl I like.
Now... I'm just waiting for her to agree to it.
He has a girlfriend?
-That brain of yours. -Dad, why don't you get it?
His childhood friend, our Huizhen!
Geez, cut it out. Watch your TV.
I knew it!
Childhood love is very dependable!
Come, Son-In-Law! Let's drink!
Dad, what "son-in-law"?
Thank you, Dad.
-What "Dad"?? -My god, this girl.
-Come, drink wine! -Huizhen! -If he drinks wine,
he'll talk nonsense again. No matter what-
Hey, don't drink! You drank the whole cup?
I've never heard of someone getting drunk after a cup! Look, he's full of energy!
He'll really get drunk, because I've seen him get drunk after a cup before!
He looks-
Haoyu?
W-What's going on?
I told you he gets drunk after one cup!
-Son-In-Law? -He can't drink.
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Qiao Qiao!
M...
Have a drink.
I'm afraid you can't sleep if you drink tea at night,
so I made some calming tea.
Thank you.
Are you doing well now?
Why were you looking for me?
How well could a motherless child live?
Qiao Qiao,
it's my wrong.
But I have the ability to support you now. I can let you live like a princess.
I called you a lot, I called your hotel, I wanted to tell you...
But you weren't there.
Why were you looking for me?
Qiao Qiao, are you willing to go to France with me?
I know I've never come back after leaving for so many years,
it's my wrongdoing.
But I want to make it up to you now.
I want to take you to France. Are you willing to go with me?
I really missed you a lot!
Let's never get separated again, okay?
The adult world is more simple and easy than I imagined.
You left for 15 years.
Now that you've come back, you pretend like nothing happened.
You have a very open mind.
Fifteen years.
Do you know how I passed these fifteen years?
My graduation ceremony.
My coming-of-age ceremony.
And the first time I dated a boy.
Do you know about all that?
Your father told me about all of it.
My dad told you about it?
So you only heard about everything about me, heard about it from my dad!
Don't you feel shamed as a mother?!
You just asked me if I lived well.
I can tell you now, I lived horribly.
I just lost the one I love.
I hurt the one that loves me.
I'm really living horribly.
But even if it's like this, I won't leave with you.
You don't need to be sad.
I won't leave with you.
Not because I hate you.
I originally thought that I'd hate you for life.
But I don't think that way now.
I think growing up
means you have to face life independently.
And the bravery to face life independently,
requires me to learn to let go of the knots in my heart.
Those fifteen years that gave me incomparable pain,
I want to let go of them slowly,
relieve myself of them slowly.
Only this way,
can I
live with you properly.
You're saying you'll be with me, right?
I still need time.
Okay. I'll wait.
I'm very happy you said that.
I'll leave first.
Take care.
Then you have to take good care of yourself, too.
I'm sorry!
I'll wait for you.
I'll wait for you to return to stay with me.
I'll wait for you to be with me!
Huizhen, why are you zoning out? Not sleeping?
I'm going to sleep.
If you're going to sleep, then do it peacefully. I'm very sensitive.
If someone tosses and turns next to me,
I will get insomnia.
So, for this student's valuable sleep, please sleep like a dead body.
Thank you.
Do you think it's your elementary school P.E. teacher that taught you that?
What did you say?
I said good night.
It's bad for the skin if you don't sleep well. Moisturize it.
She is quite sensitive.
Honestly. A man changes so much as he grows up.
That's right. The chubby little thing of the past
has grown up in the blink of an eye.
Time has passed too quickly.
I'll only be at ease if our Huizhen marries this sort of person.
Dad!
What are you doing in the middle of the night?!
Why are you staring at him?
Hurry and go sleep! Go sleep!
-Hurry and go sleep! -You're grown up.
That's not what I mean!
Don't be so loud.
Don't you think it's noisy to stand there? Hurry, go sleep.
Don't stay up too late, okay?
What do you mean, Mom?
Hurry up! Hurry!
What are you doing?
I... I was helping you loosen your tie.
Why am I here?
You fell asleep.
I drank alcohol just now. Did I...
Yes, you slumped over on the table.
So I told you not to drink, but you forced it anyway.
How do you feel?
Awful.
I couldn't perform well in front of your parents just now.
So now I feel even more terrible.
It's okay. My parents are very forgetful, like me.
They can't remember what just happened, it's okay.
Get some rest. I'll make you some honey water.
Huizhen,
I have something to say to you.
Sit down.
You really can't tell me what happened?
Do you know? You keep refusing to say anything.
That'll make me think nonsense even more.
I even once thought
that you might have refused me because of Lin Yimu.
Of course, I know it isn't.
Even if you won't refute anything,
but I chose to willingly believe it.
Huizhen,
actually what I want to say is,
we both lost twelve years,
two months, and four days already.
Let's not lose more, okay?
No matter what your reasoning is,
please tell me. I can accept them all.
But don't keep things from me anymore, okay?
You're still not willing to trust me?
I've already personally proved that no matter what you become,
I will still be attracted to you. No matter if you are Li Huizhen, Mao Huizhen, or Zhao Huizhen,
as long as you are you, I will always love you.
Uh...
Wait for me.
Um... This is the letter Xia Qiao wrote to you.
She ripped it apart and then glued it back together after writing it.
When I put it together, I thought,
this might be yours and her puzzle.
Read it slowly, I won't bother you.
I'll go make you some honey water.
I thought a long time about where to start from.
Please forgive me for not having the strength to apologize to your face.
I can only use a letter to tell you the truth.
I once thought that between us, I was only doing Huizhen a favor,
a relationship where I took her place to just meet you once.
And then I pretended to go study abroad.
That's how things would end. It wouldn't even be an interlude.
At most, it'll be a short side story.
But I never imagined you'd come see me off at the airport.
At that time, I was very surprised and touched.
And then...
And then, the side chapter
became part of the story.
You always appeared when I needed you most.
It's as if God heard my cries, and sent you here to comfort me.
Besides Li Huizhen, you are the only one who cared about me so much.
I knew that to you, I was just Li Huizhen.
But every time I spent time with you, I couldn't help but hope that one day,
you'd also love me, Xia Qiao.
I always thought that this world's coincidences
were actually all set by fate.
So with you, perhaps we were also set by fate.
We often met each other at the most appropriate timing.
Who can say you didn't come for me?
But now I understand.
All of our coincidences,
were all to fulfill your fate with her.
In this story, I was just your supporting character.
I am not your side story.
I am just...
the first chapter after the prince and princess grew up.
Now the first chapter is over, and I will take my leave.
Honey water.
Actually, have you thought about it?
All of this was because of me.
If I didn't have Xia Qiao do that at the start,
all of this wouldn't have happened.
At the same time as she was tricking you,
I was also tricking you.
I could see you every day,
but I never told you the truth.
Even if it's like that, you still only blamed her and not me.
No can do, I'm biased.
If anyone else was put in the same position as you,
I'd only be angry at them, and not you.
In this entire world, I'll only be biased towards you.
Huizhen,
because I love you.
If you say that...
Haoyu, I actually...
You don't need to say it, I get it.
You want to wait until Xia Qiao moves on to be with me.
But what if she can't?
Am I supposed to continue waiting?
I'm sorry.
Because this is all my fault.
Xia Qiao is my most important person.
I cannot, before she accepts it,
selfishly think for myself.
So, I'm sorry.
I'm really very sorry.
You're still so kind. You haven't changed at all.
I'm willing to wait for you.
But you must agree to my request.
Don't hide.
I can wait.
No matter what, it's okay.
But don't hide, okay?
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♫ I want to wander around in your heart. ♫
♫ It’s better than secretly thinking alone. ♫
♫ I want to accompany somebody and have crazy fantasies. ♫
♫ It’s better than my empty dreams. ♫
♫ I want to brave the wind together with you. ♫
♫ It’s better than quietly looking out a window. ♫
♫ I want to lend my shoulders to somebody. ♫
♫ That way, I won’t waste this beautiful scenery. ♫
♫ In the city, who is bravely wandering around? ♫
♫ The light that shines onto your face is dazzling. ♫
♫ In your palms, there is courage and hope ♫
♫ for the persistence hiding in your heart, Cinderella. ♫
♫ In your heart, loneliness is crying out. ♫
♫ The panic is very obvious. If you’re not pretty, so what? ♫
♫ In your dreams, love is only afraid of pain. ♫
♫ Facing the lonely corridor, you are flustered. ♫
♫ In the city, who is bravely wandering around? ♫
♫ The light that shines onto your face is dazzling. ♫
♫ In your palms, there is courage and hope ♫
♫ for the persistence hiding in your heart, Cinderella. ♫