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The First Half of My Life
Episode 14
♫ When I see you there, everything in my world stops, and it's just you ♫
♫ You're the only one who makes my heart feel instant joy ♫
♫ Never did I think I will feel this way again til now ♫
♫ A yearning like a girl first meets a boy ♫
♫ Walking beside you, wanting to hold your hand from morning to night ♫
♫ Sitting together, having such playful fights ♫
♫ Looking and staring into your face and dreaming, thinking ♫
♫ You would like me just as I like you ♫
♫ Just these thoughts of you, hoping that I'll have my chance to be with you ♫
♫ Everyday might be the day you wake, and you'll see ♫
♫ Here I am right here, counting and just waiting for the time ♫
♫ That you'll finally want to be with me ♫
Your food has gone cold.
Take a look at this.
Hi, Miss. Someone has already paid for you meal.
Someone paid? Who?
This man did.
I gave Ya Qin a call because I wanted to take our kid out for a meal.
Ya Qin said that you guys were here.
Was it delicious?
No. It wasn't as delicious as before.
Then should we go to a different place?
I told him we were here eating pizza to let him know we wouldn't be home for the evening.
Okay. How much was it? I'll pay you back.
That won't be necessary. It's just one meal for our kid.
Okay. Thanks.
Let's go home.
- I'll drive you. - No thank you.
It's hard to hail a cab right now.
Mommy, we can take dad's car and then pay him for the ride.
Ping'er.
Let's go walk around. We should be able to get a cab.
Zijun, just let me give you guys a ride.
I also bought Ping'er a new bike, and it's in my car.
Just let him give us a ride. That way, we can get home quicker, and Ping'er can shower and go to bed earlier.
Regardless, we're still one family because of the child.
- Come, Ping'er. Let's go. - Car is out front.
Let's go.
Be careful, Sir.
Okay. Dad will leave this here. You can ride it after school tomorrow.
Can I play with this first?
Ping'er, you can only play for thirty minutes.
You need to wash up and go to bed soon.
Dad will open this for you.
Mom said you can only play for half an hour.
Have you had a lot of supplementary reading before going to bed these days?
You can play, but it can't interfere with your studies.
Can I have a word with you?
Let's talk outside.
I just want to a brief chat, and then I'll leave.
The court's decision to give you the child and the house
was right. After all, I'm the one in the wrong.
How about this?
Ling Ling's house was taken by her ex-husband. Right now, we are renting a place.
Once I move in with her, there will be two adults and one child.
And once my parents grow old,
I will need to have them move in with me, which means there will be five people living together.
But that house now only is 60-70 square meters, obviously not enough.
Why are you telling me all this?
It's because
for you, there will only be three people living together: you, Ya Qin, and Ping'er.
Can I just buy you a smaller place
and move into this larger house?
But I will definitely pay you the difference in price for the two houses.
I will put your name when I buy this mortgaged house. It's your call on what to do with it in the future.
Chen Junsheng, how come you have the nerve to mention this to me?
I really was out of ideas.
You know that I so want to use everything that I have to make it up to you and Ping'er.
But you know how much I earn.
Before, I indeed earned a lot, but our family was also spending quite a lot.
I did work hard to support our family in the past.
Towards myself, I won't say it anymore. But towards you and Ping'er,
in terms of money, I never owed you two.
I was just thinking if you can more or less consider our past affection.
Consider an old affection?
When you divorced me, did you consider our old affection?
It's not like I didn't beg you.
I begged you to consider old affection and don't abandon me and Ping'er.
What did you do? What did you say?
Then...
Then just treat it like I didn't say anything. I'll just think of another way.
Really never thought that so many problems will come up so suddenly.
But I really hope that you and our child will get better and better.
At least, live better than me.
About the house,
I will think about it.
Thank you.
I really wasn't taking advantage. Just asking that we compromise.
Leave.
Thank you.
I don't know why I suddenly got soft.
Looking at a man who previously gave me support and who I admired greatly before
suddenly becoming like a coward and helpless child,
I indeed considered our past affection like what he said.
But the component of this old affection
doesn't have feelings of unwillingness to part but is mostly out of pity.
How come you're here?
Why did you suddenly give me a way (to get the contract)?
Don't pretend like this was no big deal for you.
Everyone knows how important this was for you to get a foothold at Chen Xing.
To make you believe that you're still in my heart.
And that in my heart you're still extremely important to me.
To make you believe that I'm not the selfish person you think I am.
That I'm cold, ruthless and only after my own interests.
And, I can't stand to see the kind of person like Luo Ping drooling over this opportunity.
Who did you get to slip those papers into my office?
My assistant, someone in the legal department, or someone else?
Someone who is your spy inside B&T.
I've said many times
I spent many years at B&T,
and did pretty well there. To me, this sort of thing isn't anything difficult at all.
Why didn't you just send me an email?
Or use a simpler way to tell me?
You didn't even go through me to prevent the contract with Adam.
In reality I have no way of stopping him.
For you this was a test between teacher and disciple.
To him this was a test of friendship.
So your spy in B&T already told you
after I saw those papers
how I reacted, what I did?
You reacted very well. Almost full marks.
After reading the contents, you immediately decided to go to stop Adam.
Whenever you hesitate, whether it's to consult with me first
out of fear of hurting my feelings,
or you hesitate questioning whether the contents are true
or if someone wants to frame me, you lose that opportunity.
Two minutes later, Adam would have already appeared in my office at Chen Xing.
I'm sorry.
I really thought then
there wasn't even time to think it over.
I-I should have called you first.
You absolutely didn't do anything wrong.
And I hope you keep it up
This way my way of showing you to disregard our relationship.
To achieve your goals don't ask anyone. You had already subconsciously done it.
So now you've already become B&T's second He Han.
Because you did this, it will be difficult for anyone to become your competitor, including me.
As for Adam, he not only resisted my test,
but showed how deep our friendship is to him.
Then you...
Me?
How will Chen Xing handle this?
Don't worry for me.
You know I always have a way.
I'm here to take him to school.
Go with dad.
What about you, mom?
I'm going to work.
Why don't we go together? I'll drop you off after.
No thanks, I can't accept.
I still want to talk to you about the house.
Go on in. Bye-bye.
- Good bye mom and dad! - Bye.
Don't you have something to talk to me about?
Let's talk in the car.
What do you think of the public housing apartment?
It's a little smaller than your place before.
But it's a good area, the surroundings have good services.
You only talked to me about this yesterday,
but this morning you've already seen the place?
No, before I looked at some pictures on the LianJia app (housing website).
After seeing it in person I think it's pretty good.
You can move in any time. There are people who deal with the formalities.
So you've already decided for me to buy this house
and for me to move out?
That's not it.
I'm thinking, if you aren't willing to move,
Ling Ling and I will live there.
Take this card. It has 200,000 yuan (~$30,000).
Consider it compensation.
This is really all I can give away out of all of my money, I don't have any more.
If you don't think it's enough, I can pay you in installments.
Every month I will give you money for you and our son. The mortgage will also be through me.
Do you have any other requests?
Okay, I will move out. But I have a condition.
In the future, give us 2000 yuan ($300) every month for living expenses.
It doesn't matter if the house is smaller,
but 2000 yuan will have a direct affect on Ping 'er and my quality of living.
What, you can't accept it?
Not that,
I just suddenly thought that it's like you're a different person.
What would you have me do?
Still listen to every word you say?
Then when you get extremely angry, I should just cry my heart out, so sad that I want to die?
In the end, harm myself for your guys' happiness, right?
What do you want me to do?
I've truly given you everything I have to give. I have nothing else.
If you don't agree I'll ask for 3000.
Zijun, you-
Remember. You forced me to.
Coming.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Is this Luo Zijun's house? - Yes.
This is an express delivery.
- What is this? - Boxes. Here's the receipt.
- Sign here. - Boxes...
For Luo Zijun, correct?
Yes.
Is this for moving?
- Moving? - Right.
No one's moving.
Because these boxes are specifically for moving.
I'll help you bring them in.
- Careful. - Ok.
- Put them on that side. - Ok.
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Sorry, let me take this call.
Hello?
Hello, were these boxes sent by you?
Oh, yes, I sent them. This is Ling Ling.
Junsheng said you guys are moving out in a couple of days.
He told me to send you some cardboard boxes by express.
I thought they would arrive in a couple of days.
I didn't expect them to be delivered so quickly!
I'm really sorry.
No, who's moving? Nobody's moving!
It's like this. Junsheng bought a new apartment for Zijun and they
will probably move out in a few days.
Are you Yaqin?
I always hear Junsheng mention you.
The past few years, thank you for raising Ping'er.
Also, right now you're taking a lot of trouble, I'm really sorry.
Finding a good housekeeper is actually quite hard.
They're really lucky to have found you.
What you're saying...
Mr. Chen has always been very good to me.
I'm really lucky to have found such an employer.
Then... thank you.
I'll hang up then.
Ok, goodbye.
Miss Luo, this is your key.
In the future if you need anything, feel free to contact me.
Thank you.
Ok, I'll be going then.
South floor 201.
Didn't I tell you? Such a big matter you didn't even discuss it with me.
And a house that big! Moving out at the drop of a hat.
You don't even know what kind of house he traded you for and you just agreed?
Aren't we here to look?
You're already divorced
and yet were tricked by him a second time.
Let's go. Come take a look with me.
There's no security guard.
It's so old!
How could a house be this cold? Does it fit for people to live here?
It'll probably improve after living here a little while.
I'd guess that even your Ya Qin wouldn't even approve of this place.
Ya Qin definitely won't like it.
She's always saying our apartment right now is extremely comfortable.
If you think this place isn't suitable,
go straight to Chen Junsheng and say you're not moving. He won't be able to do anything about it.
He already gave me all of 200,000 yuan ($30,000), and every month is giving 2000 ($300) for living expenses.
You don't know how important 2000 yuan is to me right now.
Then sell your house now and look for somewhere else to live. You'd make more than a little money doing it.
You think I have the heart right now to look for a replacement? Sell a house and look at houses?
Look over here, look at this furniture.
Chen Junsheng clearly made ample enough arrangements
hoping that I'd bring Ping'er and Ya Qin and move in today,
making room in the old place for him.
I'm worried the person who's kicking you out of the old house isn't Chen Junsheng
but Ling Ling.
Listen to me. You go find Chen Junsheng
make him write you an IOU paid in two years of 500,000 yuan ($75,000)
otherwise you won't move.
He's said he's already compensated you some, and he'll compensate you little by little in the future. But an oral agreement isn't binding.
You need to get everything written down in black and white.
And Ling Ling must be aware of this fund before it's settled.
I'll write out an IOU for you now. Then you bring it to him immediately to sign.
Is 500,000 yuan in two years too much?
From my understanding of his salary, 500,000 yuan in two years?
He can definitely save up that much.
The price difference between the two houses is at LEAST 1 million yuan ($150,000).
You've already lost, my Miss Foolish Spender.
Speaking of people with more money than sense, He Han is the blockhead.
Because of that ambushing Vivian, your engagement wasn't confirmed and the case was lost too.
Right now I'm just thinking that He Han's brain only has
scenes of warfare and images of self-sacrifice for justice in it.
How do you plan to repay him?
Skip the engagement and go straight to marriage, or give birth to triplets?
What's wrong?
I did something bad.
That day I shouldn't have worriedly gone downstairs to find Adam
and taken some so-called evidence denouncing He Han
to stop them from signing the contract.
He Han had actually already decided to forgo it.
Whether I had gone to find Adam or not, he wouldn't have signed it regardless.
I was too worried at the time, I could only think of winning or losing.
And in doing, so I hurt He Han.
But hasn't He Han always hoped you'd be a little more decisive and cold-hearted?
Wanting you to become the second He Han?
In terms of work it's a good thing,
but for our relationship, it's not necessarily a good thing.
He's already number one himself.
Is fun to date the second best version of yourself?
Maybe you're overthinking it.
Carry this well, my Miss High and Mighty. Don't forget it.
What is this stuff?
Someone called it over. They said it's cardboard boxes for moving.
Mr. Chen ordered them.
I haven't even said I'll move yet and he's already looking for me to leave. So impatient.
Then should I leave them here or put them in the hall?
Looks like you already know that Chen Junsheng wants us to move.
What do you think? Will you leave with me and Ping'er?
Zijun, you know what kind of person I am.
I'm not a picky person when it comes to things like housing and food,
otherwise I wouldn't have this kind of job.
Ping'er, I raised him with one hand. I'm like a member of the family.
I of course want to see him grow up.
If it weren't for some urgent stuff with my family.
What's happened with your family?
My sister's seriously ill. I need to make a trip back.
I wanted to tell you about it a month ago,
but I saw you were so burnt out,
so I wanted to wait for you to get more settled before I mentioned it.
Then, when do you plan to leave? How long are you going for?
It's hard to say...my brother-in-law left early
and their son is working part-time in the city. My sister is going to be paralyzed.
I need to take care of her for a period of time...
But I will definitely come back! I can't bear to leave you and Ping'er.
When I'm coming back I'll give you a call.
Ya Qin, be honest with me, do you think I pay you too little?
I can increase your salary.
No, it's really because of this stuff with my family.
But, if you leave like this I'm not prepared at all.
I'm working right now, so how will Ping'er be cared for?
Can you give me a month to find another housekeeper?
Then after I find a good housekeeper you leave?
I want to. If it wasn't a whole month. I wish I could stay here,
but my family matters, there's no other way to handle them. It's the matter of her life.
Ping'er's laundry hasn't been done. I'll go do it.
[ Debt Note: Regarding the matter of Chen Junsheng and Luo Zijun exchanging houses, both parties have reached an agreement that after the exchange, Mr. Chen Junsheng must pay Ms. Luo Zijun ¥500,000 within two years. ]
There's absolutely no way! 500,000 yuan ($75,000)!
It's not 50,000 yuan ($7,500).
If we give it all to her, how will we live?
Didn't you already agree to 200,000 yuan ($30,000)? And then every month give her 2000 yuan ($300).
And then when we have extra money we'll give it to her.
How should I know?
She's determined.
And let me say that you shouldn't have chosen this time to send over boxes.
Isn't that just us telling her to get out?
Don't you think your manners are lacking?
My manners aren't that lacking. But when
you saw I was buying boxes you said I should buy some for Luo Zijun
to make it a little easier for her when she was moving, so I bought them like you said!
Besides, our rental period has ended. If she doesn't move out, where will we move?
It was you who told me not to continue the rent then!
Why don't I talk with the landlord? We rent for another year.
I'm sorry. I was too worried. My temper is bad.
But I really never imagined she'd suddenly become like a different person.
With all of this,
her being unyielding, I have no idea how to interact with her.
And I also think... it's not just talk.
If I don't sign it, she definitely won't move out.
She's not just trying to intimidate us.
I'll go talk to her.
Won't that just add fuel to the fire?
I'll talk through it with her.
And maybe it'll be a good thing.
She sees me and blows up.
It might be easier than the last time you talked to her.
Ya Qin is leaving. Ling Ling wants to have a chat with me.
My brazen asking Chen Junsheng to give me more money
getting 2000 yuan more each month to the Lou Zijun of the past
wasn't enough to buy a pair shoes.
I can't sleep, but I must sleep.
Otherwise at work tomorrow I won't be able to move.
I want to cry, but I can't cry.
Otherwise tomorrow the store manager will scold me for my swollen eyes.
I want to swear loudly at life's bitterness.
But I must restrain myself and smile.
In front of my son, I have to say over and over again, there are no problems, everything is fine.
Who says life is too short?
During these days I think I've already lived enough.
Hello, welcome!
Let's sit over there.
Old Zhuo?!
Yo!
You are rare to see.
Long time no see.
Do you know how much I miss you while I'm in Hong Kong?
I really miss the food you make. Look at you, you didn't change at all.
- This shop also didn't change. - Really?
You have an additional little waitress.
Her name is Luo Luo.
Let me introduce to you. This is my colleague, Luo Ping.
- Hello. - Hello.
Who doesn't know this restaurant by Owner Luo?
I really don't know you.
Your boyfriend?
In her eyes, there is only Lord He Han.
Not true. There is still Old Zhuo and Jiangzi.
I can't bear that praise. Go. Sit.
What? Still the diet noodles?
Of course. It is still Old Zhuo who is considerate about me.
Luo Luo, two orders of salted fish roe noodles.
Old Zhuo!
Who is that girl? She called me little waitress?
You think she's beautiful?
She's more beautiful than you.
Then do you feel that He Han likes her or it is her who likes He Han?
Does that have anything to do with you?
Why are you being concerned about other people's gossip? Just go back to work.
Old Zhuo, let me ask you something.
To tell you the truth, I came back this time for He Han.
Say, is He Han still treats Tang Jing
like that in the past? That he will only marry her and no one else?
How about I ask him in your behalf?
Don't be annoying.
Old Zhuo! There is a wine that a customer wants, but I can't find it. Help me find it.
I heard that He Han didn't go to work at Chen Xing today.
The man you love can't be this weak, right?
Why are you more concerned about He Han than me? Is he making you so anxious?
What am I being anxious about?
Moreover, his edge will be over soon.
He won't be having good days in Chen Xing anymore.
As for you, Tang Jing, don't say that I didn't warn you.
Although He Han temporarily hasn't gotten the Carmen project signed yet,
they also didn't say that they will let you do it.
You and He Han are playing husband and wife love here, modestly letting the other party have it or something.
Be careful that both of you will end up with nothing and somebody else will benefit instead.
Thank you for your concerns.
Fine. You go back to your work.
Hello.
Tang Jing, you are free tonight, right?
I'm treating you to the best southern bluefin tuna.
Old Zhuo just got the fish from the airport.
Call Luo Zijun to come too. Treat it as a celebratory party for you surpassing your teacher.
I...
You're not being sarcastic with me, right?
Don't think of me as being that narrow-minded, okay?
Let me tell you.
I really sincerely want to see that the person replacing me after I leave B&T is you
and not some bastard like Luo Ping. Let's have dinner together, okay?
- See you tonight. - See you tonight.
You are such a masochist.
We are the same.
Yesterday, Vivian came.
Did she tell you anything?
She is still very beautiful.
Yes, she is indeed pretty.
But if this woman knows too much how beautiful she is,
and she pays too much attention to it and wants to seduce you, it really isn't interesting anymore.
That's why after eating and chatting with her, I realized that this woman is too
adept in scheming and has an ulterior motive, I then immediately pulled away.
Smart.
If a woman's bed is too easy to sleep in,
I fear that it won't be too easy to get down from it.
What does that mean? You are not suspecting me of sleeping with her, right?
That's not strange.
How many are you tonight? So I can make arrangements for it.
I, Tang Jing, and then...I'll ask Luo Zijun first if she's coming or not.
Hello.
I'm He Han. Are you free tonight?
Come to Old Zhuo's shop and eat some bluefin tuna, how about it?
Okay...sure, I know already. See you tonight then.
What's wrong? You're mumbling. Everything's fine?
I'm quite fine. It's nothing. I...
It's that...Ling Ling wants to see me.
She will be meeting with me now and will be here soon.
I am thinking what if I just don't meet with her instead?
No, no, see her. You should meet her.
But remember,
after you saw her, tell her that you only have 10 minutes
because you must immediately go back to work. The guiding principle is
that if her demeanor is strong, you must be stronger than her.
If she acts weak, you must be weaker than her.
Are you listening?
So sorry. I had you wait for quite a long time.
It's like this. I actually am very busy at work.
I only have 10 minutes of lunch break.
That's why, at most just 10 minutes, I already have to return to our shop and work.
Okay.
I know that you really hate Chen Junsheng and me.
I understand. Your heart must be full of grudges right now.
I came prepared today to let you vent your anger on me.
Today, let us calculate clearly all our past debts (grudges). What do you think?
Calculate clearly? How are we going to calculate it? Tell me how are we going to calculate it?
Hello.
Thank you.
You're welcome. May I ask what you want to order?
Calm down. Don't vent. Don't blame. She and Chen Junsheng will then forever owe you.
There is no way we can calculate these debts.
If you came this afternoon just to say these things, let's not talk about it anymore.
Because no matter how we are going to calculate these debts, you and Chen Junsheng will still owe me.
Paying ¥500,000 within two years,
we really won't be able to produce it.
¥200,000 is our maximum. We will pay it within a month. What do you think?
No matter if it's ¥500,000 or other amount, you cannot take back what you've said. You must not yield.
Or else, you are a person that can be bargained with, and it will only lead to endless troubles.
For this matter, there is no room for discussion.
If you two feel that I'm asking too much, then I won't move out anymore.
Anyway, I've lived in this house for quite a long time and I'm used to it already. It's quite good.
Hello. The mocha you ordered.
Okay. Thank you.
Ten minutes is up.
Sorry. It's already 10 minutes. I have to go back to work now.
I wish you happiness. I've paid for my coffee already.
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Thank you.
You're welcome. See you tonight then.
Okay.
Really interesting.
What is interesting?
I am saying that don't turn this interesting thing to something embarrassing.
Basing it on facts, I indeed looked down on her before.
But right now that she has become a saleslady and has went through some bitter experiences,
she actually has improved.
This is a good thing. What do you think?
I don't know about your matters. I just know that my fish is good.
"In The Pouring Rain" by Ye Linsheng
♫ In the torrential rain, among the busy cars. ♫
♫ Why is the image of your face still so clear? ♫
♫ I hold my breath, watching you as you leave. ♫
♫ Why do I feel my heart slightly wavering? ♫
♫ When did I start becoming used to your presence? ♫
♫ Your calls always appear at the perfect time. ♫
♫ My heart has sold me out. ♫
♫ I still have a little hope ♫
♫ that you will come back, searching for me. ♫
♫ In the torrential rain, among the busy cars. ♫
♫ Why is the image of your face still so clear? ♫
♫ I hold my breath, watching you as you run towards me. ♫
♫ My heart is slightly wavering. ♫