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The First Half of My Life
Episode 36
- Good morning President He- Morning
Good morning President He
Morning
Nothing, I just came by to take a look.
- Morning - Morning
Morning
Work hard
No sugar
You guys made up just like this?
Or what? Bicker? Both kids are there.
But I promise, this will not happen again.
Did Zi Jun ask for the day off from Ling Ling?
Zi Jun probably won't be coming. Have gone through what she did on the first day,
If i were her, I wouldn't want to step foot in this building.
I should've stopped her before.
I shouldn't have been naive and think that everyone and situation will go our way.
I will call her and see what the situation is.
If she really wants to leave, I will help her with the paperwork.
What's wrong? You don't look so good.
Gosh... last night I was up all night tossing and turning.
I didn't sleep well. My diaphragm hurt.
Look at you. You need to take better care of yourself.
In the future if your diaphragm hurts again, come and get medicine from me.
Don't ruin your diaphragm.
Thanks
Luo Zi Jun came to work?
Didn't she drink too much last night?
Yesterday, you seem to have drank too much.
I'm completely conscious now.
I thought you would've taken off today or something.
I didn't ask for a break from you so I definitely will be here.
But I was almost late this morning.
I stopped by the data company and brought you the data you wanted.
This is... I just casually said it yesterday when we were drinking.
I was going to have Xiao Dong to go get them somehow.
That means I didn't drink enough. I remember everything you guys said.
Miss Luo. president He wanted to let me check if you were back.
- When your back, please see him in his office.- sure
- I'm going then. - Sure
They treated you like that yesterday. I thought you wouldn't have returned.
I thought about this.
If i don't come, they would be content.
If I run away, all my previous efforts will all be wasted.
You need to know that you will not only be facing the seclusion of new employees.
I know Ling Ling wants to use this chance to get back at me.
Because of this, I really can't let her get her way right?
You can ignore her. You can definitely go to a place with no private agendas.
You used to always tell me to face things head on.
Why are you telling me to retreat this time?
Before, in other places when you encounter difficulties,
I always know how to help you. But this time,
Let me handle it myself. See how well I do.
The things you saw yesterday, to me, were not the worst.
It's nothing compared to what she's done to me before.
All she can do now is just have her posies make me drink.
And say some nasty things about me.
To me, it's just gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe.
Annoying, but does me no harm.
It's not like this Luo Zi Jun.
Because I watched you come this far, I know you better
You are not as distant as you say you are.
That means I haven't suffered enough hardships.
I'm going back to work.
Anytime or anywhere you encounter any trouble, let me know.
Thank you.
Having the boss back me up really makes a difference.
From what I know, He Han also didn't know that she would come to work today.
He Han is really generous to his friends.
But he really is using Chen Xing as his harem.
He forgets that he has the board above him.
And me? Old love, new wife are all here.
The one that needs to watch himself is me, not He Han.
Did you know, today the board used your case as an example.
I heard.
They were discussing about having you replace He Han.
What a joke. How can I compare to He Han?
Hello?
I right now... just left.
Ok... Then can you wait for me?
Ok
Who is it?
Xiao Dong. She said her computer has some problems.
Then I'm going up. You go home first.
- Should I wait for you?- No need
Miss Tang.
You know why I asked to meet you.
Is it because of Luo Zi Jun?
Yes
You should remember,
I especially bought tea pastries for you and had them delivered to your office,
in hopes you will treat her kindly.
But I didn't think your patience is so low that you can't even last one day.
Miss Tang. Are you talking about the social gathering yesterday?
Actually, I meant well.
I wanted to construct a good relationship wit Luo Zi Jun before she started working.
But I really didn't think it would end up so unhappily.
Miss Tang. Since you're here to talk about Luo Zi Jun,
then I will have a nice chat about her with you.
Actually, in my heart, I'm not that happy about Luo Zi Jun working at Chen Xing.
Her relationship to my husband and He Han
with me working right next to them, I i'll unavoidably be awkward.
What relationship with He Han?
Because He Han is Luo Zi Jun's protector.
In her previous company everyone knew.
It's the same at Chen Xing.
You know that my husband has a close relationship with He Han.
And now He Han and Luo Zi Jun's relationship will have some sway on my husband.
And I work next to them. Us four working together is complex right?
So from this angle, I think that Luo Zi Jun coming to work at Chen Xing
really is not a good idea.
Miss Tang, telling you all this today, i'm really not trying to cause trouble.
I love my husband. It wasn't easy for us to get to where were are today.
I'm not someone who likes to meddle in other people's business. I just want to with my husband
live a peaceful life.
In this world, it's always been the people wanting to achieve fame the most are the ones not getting it.
The people who strives for freedom the most are the ones who won't get them.
It's the same principle. The more you ask for peace and stability, the more you will not get it.
Goodbye.
B&T can be said to be treating you very well already.
Letting you trouble them with this and that but not showing you any attitude.
It means that the company still needs me.
It's like with people. When they haven't found a replacement for you yet, they will stay with you all the time, not leaving you.
When they found a replacement,
no matter how you beg and plead, they still will kick you out.
- Come back to get married.- With He Han?
If not with him, with whom?
I'm not accepting it.
It's totally just marriage phobia, trying to delay it as much as possible.
Zijun, what do you think?
Make it the end of the year then, the earlier the better.
Let's listen to Zijun then. End of the year. Let's not wait anymore.
Wasn't it when I called you yesterday, you are already near your house?
How come you ended up in Wusong Road instead?
Haven't you always been a proponent of settling down as the course of fate will take you,
not marrying just for the sake of marrying?
It's another thing to marry or not.
But one's social relationship should still be enriched.
Each person has their own plans.
You might not really know all of them that well.
Luo Zijun
Zijun, where are you now?
I have something to tell you.
I'll go there right away then.
Coming.
Who is it?
It's me, Tang Jing.
Hurry and come in.
Just get a drink by your own.
After I finished the work I'm doing, I'll talk to you.
Out of hangover now?
You still remember what happened yesterday?
I really am quite thick-skinned now. After sleeping, I get to be fully energized.
Where is Ping'er?
He has already slept. He has to go to school by 7 am tomorrow.
Does he stay here in your place more or at Chen Junsheng's?
He still stay here more.
Whenever I have the time, I will go fetch him from his school.
Whenever I am unable to leave from work, he also can understand.
He will then obediently go home with Chen Junsheng.
I never thought that the two of them will treat him quite well.
How about you?
What about me?
You don't really plan to live the rest of your life just like this, right?
For example...last night, you were really drunk.
If not because Chen Junsheng and He Han brought you home
and guarded you the whole night, you probably wouldn't know where you are now.
What happened last night is just a special situation.
Why would I still get drunk in the future?
What are they thinking, those people...even letting my superiors take me back home.
Good thing that my superiors are Chen Junsheng and He Han.
Or else, I would have been fired already.
Don't you feel lonely living like this?
Before, when I think about living alone, I'd rather just die.
But now, I feel that living singly is quite good, very free.
That's why, no rush. Will just slowly meet people.
Let's just talk about it again when I meet a suitable guy. Right?
But oppositely, you are now rushing to live the married life.
Loo, the two of us are slowly getting turned upside down just like that.
What do you mean by suitable? What kind of person is suitable for you?
If you ask me to think of what kind of man I want to live with
when I was still in my twenties,
I might be able to say a more detailed description.
But now, I'm almost forty,
is a divorcee, and has a child.
If you want me to say what kind of person I want to live the rest of my life with,
I really am not able to say one.
What do you think about He Han?
What do you mean?
I am saying that you should also find someone like He Han.
Tang Jing, the person who likes you might not like me.
What's suitable for you might not also be suitable for me.
What's wrong with you? Suddenly coming here today saying these strange things.
Did anything happen?
Do you have free time tomorrow after work? Let's have a meal together.
- Sure.- You, me, and He Han.
Tomorrow is my tenth year anniversary at B&T.
My colleagues originally wanted for us to have a celebration but I don't want to gather so many people.
Just the three of us, at Jiangzi, let's try to commemorate it a little.
Okay. I'll then go to the office early tomorrow so I can finish all my work early and go there early.
I really didn't know it in the past but now, I can really totally imagine how hard it is
to do one thing to perfection within ten years.
It's decided then. I'll go make reservations with Old Zhuo.
Okay.
Changyu
- You two are finally here.- You're here early.
Waiter. Help me wake this wine.
So sorry, this is a Japanese restaurant.
What you brought is red wine.
Luoluo!
When did you come back?
Can't recognize you anymore. I even thought it was a new waitress that Old Zhuo hired.
I also thought the same way too earlier.
Was it Old Zhuo who searched for you and got you back?
You don't know that since you left, there was not a day that Old Zhuo was happy.
Who wasn't happy?
Whose wine is this?
I brought it.
What good wine?
Changyu
This couldn't be the wine that I gifted you, right?
That's right.
This is the meeting gift that Tang Jing gifted me on her first day as an intern at B&T.
How long ago was that?
Ten years.
Ten years?! And you still saved this?!
Maybe because he don't like this wine so he didn't drink it.
That's a local wine.
I brought it in the supermarket with just a hundred plus yen.
For me then, it was already quite very expensive.
I bought it with her. I can serve as the witness.
It's like this. The quality of a wine
is not with the year, nor with it being imported or locally made,
the more not with its taste.
In drinking this kind of wine, what we drink is the sentiment that comes with it. Am I right?
Why didn't you go join in the fun today?
Are the dishes ordered okay already?
I'll just listen to the boss.
The fish soup today hasn't been cooked with enough time yet.
There is a box of eggs delivered that isn't fresh anymore. I already threw it away.
And that other table, what kind of teriyaki sauce must we give them?
You tell me.
Probably that one with a slightly sweet taste.
Let's listen to the boss then.
Let's leave it for a little more while before drinking. It might taste better.
Come, I'll give a toast with tea instead of wine
to celebrate Tang Jing's splendid ten year career life.
And also, to commemorate our ten years of friendship where we never abandoned each other.
And I probably has the most right to give proof
on how Tang Jing has worked hard and excelled these past ten years.
The two people who are the most important people to me for these ten years are here.
I hope that in the next ten years, we can still be like this today,
frequently getting together.
Come. Let's eat.
My colleague in Hong Kong, Jonas, will get transferred here to Shanghai already.
He is single.
I want to introduce you two to meet. What do you think?
Ha?
Jonas?
Is he single? I remembered that he is already married.
He got divorced last year.
His wife is in Singapore. After living far from each other for so long, they naturally just got a divorce.
He is quite a good guy, right?
He and I actually are not that close.
We didn't really have much interaction when I was still in B&T.
Have you already told him about Zijun's situation?
I already did.
Jonas said to meet up. If it feels good, then good.
Others are not really important.
I...actually feel that I'm doing quite fine right now.
No rush to find a boyfriend and I don't still want to get married.
And I don't want to use this blind dating method
and so rushing to find a guy around the world.
Could it be that you already have a boyfriend and is just not telling me?
None.
Would you not know if I have a boyfriend?
Hey, it's your day to reminisce about your difficult and happy past.
Stop transferring the main point to me.
I was thinking that I must successfully marry you off.
This way, I can really be at ease.
Or else, if you keep being single for ten more years,
do you plan to keep being our third wheel for ten years?
I know I've been constantly troubling both of you recently.
I've used up too much of your time.
I'm sorry. I will watch my self from now on.
I really will watch myself.
So you don't need to introduce anymore of your male coworkers to me anymore.
You're overthinking. Tang Jing doesn't mean it like that.
I also wont think of you as a hassle.
Tang Jing was only kidding.
As for other things. Your life and future,
It will mostly be based on your own decisions.
And Tang Jing, She only wants to provide you with extra options.
You can decide whether to accept or not.
I just wanted to introduce a nice boyfriend for you.
No need to be so nervous.
This liquor is still not good.
Not all liquors can be kept for decades.
Hey. Oh yeah. You can't drink and drive.
- Bai Guang!- Yes!
Send president He back.
Sure
Thanks
Is Tang Jing not in a good mood today?
Even you felt it?
Make sure you think about your decisions.
Bye
Bai Guang let me ask you something.
If you like someone what would you do?
How did you court her in the past?
I just asked her out on dates.
And when she's here, I immediately hold her
and told her "I like you"
and then?
and then...and then she...
she was baffled...
and then she agreed...
and then... you know...
What if she said she doesn't like you?
Doesn't like you?
If she doesn't like you, then she doesn't like you.
But I think that if she agreed to go out with me,
90% chance she likes me.
Have you had girlfriends before Zi Jun?
I've had two.
You wooed all of them like this?
Yeah. How else?
I'm a man.
How can I make a girl chance me?
As a man, you have to take the initiative.
Why are you laughing so happily?
I'm laughing because I think your right.
Something wrong?
I have something to say to you.
Today was not the ten year anniversary of her entering the state.
It wasn't?
She came in June/July.
I clearly remember that the air conditioning was broken at the time.
Because it was drought season, the city was very hot.
Most people went home in the afternoon.
But because she was new to the company, she was scared to leave early.
She almost got a heat stroke.
Then... why did she have to do that?
I think she wants to find an excuse to get us all together.
Because she suspects us.
Suspects us...
You and I. She suspects us to have relations.
What are you doing?
Calling Tang Jin.
Doesn't she suspect us? Let's explain it to her.
You didn't explain it to her? You didn't go find her?
I thought you already talked to her.
I didn't. I came to you first.
Because I have something to say to you.
Don't say anything to me.
What you have to say to me now is not important.
What's important is that Tang Jin suspects us.
What you need to do now is quickly rush to Tang Jin
and comfort her so she doesn't have to suspect us.
You need to quickly set a wedding date
and I need to keep my distance from you guys.
Stay away from you guys and stop being a third-wheel.
I can't merry Tang Jin!
Because I'm in love with you.
Take it back. I can pretend you didn't say it.
I cant take it back.
Since I said it, I don't plan on taking it back.
You know I love you.
You just didn't think I would say it out loud.
Not like you, hiding everything in your heart.
I don't hide. I don't have anything I need to hide.
He Han, I think it's because we've been working together too often recently.
You now that when people spend too much time together will develope
strange feelings.
But it is not as serious as you think. Definitely not love!
I'm almost 40.
I know who I love.
You can love anyone,
except me.
I can also love anyone, except you.
Don't you understand?
I understand. Of course I understand.
But I just unknowingly fell in love with you.
Yes...this is unfair for Tang Jin.
She probably will tell at me, hate me and even take revenge on me,
I can understand it all and accept it.
But I can't lie to myself because of that.
We should face our feelings!
I don't have to face anything!
I don't have anything.
He Han, If there was no Tang Jin,
Then being loved by you will be the happiest and proudest thing.
But Tang Jin is my best friend.
She's not only my friend, but also my kin.
My family.
When I divorced my ex-husband and didn't have the will to live on,
It was Tang Jin who grabbed my hand and didn't let go.
She gave me the will to live on.
If not for her, you wouldn't have met the Luo Zi Jun you see now.
My life was saved by Tang Jin!
But you know that I love you.
And you love me. Right?
I'm not so dumb to not know your feelings.
You are He Han,
You are very outstanding, very proud,
As long as you show this kindness to any other woman, they would instantly fall for you.
But this woman cannot be me.
Tang Jin is my best friend.
If I do this, I will become a scumbag that even I hate.
I can not date or marry.
I can love someone in my heart for my whole life,
but I can't back stab Tang Jin. Dont you know He Han?
He Han, you are my teacher, my friend,
the fiancé of my bestfriend.
I ask you to think about it again well. Okay?
The heaven falling and the earth rending is not enough to describe my feelings that time.
My heart split up into two Luo Zijun.
One Luo Zijun is getting passionately teary-eyed just because He Han told me he loves me.
While the other bigger Luo Zijun
is grasping my throat and warning me that I've committed a grave mistake
that's against good conscience and morality. I must do my best to make up for it.
- Hello.- Hello, Tang Jing.
About that Jonas guy from Hong Kong you mentioned earlier when we were eating,
how about you just set up as for a meeting?
I'll just treat it as meeting some more new friends.
Although I feel that I'm living quite fine alone,
I do feel that I look forward in having someone living the rest of my life with me.
Maybe we might really click when we meet.
Are you sure? Don't you back out when I have already asked him to meet.
You called this late just to tell me this?
That's right.
I just feel that when I'm are with you two,
or when I work in the office,
or at home when Ping'er is here, I don't find anything wrong.
But being at home alone like tonight and I don't have my child with me,
I still will feel that it's quite cold and lonely.
Okay. I'll help set up a meeting with him.
Goodnight.
- It might not be very suitable to do this.- It's fine.
Because it is usually Xiao Dong who does this.
I know. When I go there, I'll just try to get familiarize with the situation.
- Good morning.- Ceo He, good morning.
CEO He...
CEO He, you're quite early today.
Aren't you all earlier than me?
For the second half of the year, the Angel Company is going to switch into convenience store business. Do you all already know what to do?
For the current situation and overview of all known convenience stores from Beijing, Shanghai, Guanzhou, and Shenzhen,
we probably will be able to submit it by Thursday.
Can you make it earlier?
I'll try to make it tomorrow.
Tonight.
Very good.
CEO He.
There is one thing that I want to explain about.
It's about that day when we had a social gathering. We indeed had too much drink.
But we actually act appropriately when it come to our work.
I know already.
Oh, today, we have to go to Wujiaochang because the data there are not that complete.
It is actually Xiao Dong who handles this matter.
But Luo Zijun told me today that she wants to go.
And she even told me to let her do the store to store data collection.
I actually feel that it's a bit not proper because it will be quite exhausting.
But she was very persistent so I agreed.
I know already. It's not your fault. Go back to work.
Okay.
CEO Heo, you're still not leaving?
They are still doing overtime. I'll just go home a bit later and see how much they can finish.
You go back first.
Okay. I'll get going now.
Luo Zijun.
Why are you avoiding me?
I went to the stores this afternoon.
It's already 6 pm when I returned. I'm just normally doing my job.
I'll take you home later when you're done with work.
No need.
I have something to tell you.
I already am meeting someone for late night snacks.
It's going to be twelve midnight already when you're done with your work. Who is going to have late night snacks with you that late?
Jonas.
Jonas works on the building in front. He also is working overtime today so we agreed to meet up for late night snacks.
Both are businesses operating with foreign capital that works until the sky is dark, that's why we can understand each other.
You are doing this deliberately, isn't it?
You deliberately asked him to meet up.
No matter what kind of person is this person you're going to meet,
you will still tell Tang Jing that you are willing to try it with him, am I right?
You think that by doing this, you can already eliminate Tang Jing's suspicion against us. Is that it?
I must go back to work already or else, Ling Ling will scold me for idling around.
Coming here this late to see me, why didn't you tell me beforehand?
It's already late but Luo Zijun still invited Jonas to have late night snacks together.
Oh? Isn't that good?
Why must you suddenly find Luo Zijun a boyfriend?
You came to see me just to ask that?
No.
Then what?
What really is it that you want to tell me?
Why are you suddenly not talking now?
Tell me how you've been taking care of my best friend in my behalf all this time.
From her life to her work.
From Su Manshu's market research company to the current Chen Xing.
And also talk about that night when she got drunk from her social gathering with Ling Ling's team.
How were you able to save the damsel in distress and how did you guard her the whole night?
You guarded her the whole night and was so guilty that you won't even let me know about it.
When I went to her house, you hid
and even let Chen Junsheng lie to me
that he drove your car there.
Then who drove his car?
She was so drunk.
There must be someone who should stay to take care of her.
And Chen Junsheng can't stay that long.
- Ling Ling--- You could have told me the truth.
If you still remember that she is my best friend, shouldn't you have told me?
I just wanted to limit any trouble as much as possible.
But she is Luo Zijun! She is not some other women.
We still are not married. You are still single.
You can go travel the world and spend the night together with ten Vivian's and hide it from me.
You have your freedom. Just do as you like.
But Luo Zijun is my best friend.
There shouldn't be anything between the two of you that you must hide from me.
That's why you made up a ten year anniversary getting into the job celebration.
You used it to test my relationship with Luo Zijun.
That's why you come up with a Jonas to test my reaction.
I tested you
because I was still harboring a bit of hope towards you.
I felt that I might really be just overthinking.
You and Zijun are not hiding anything from me.
You two are still my two best friends
that I can rely and trust the most.
I believe you two like how I believe that the sun will rise everyday.
Those messed up things are just Ling Ling trying to drive a wedge between the three of us.
Ling Ling?
What does this got to do with Ling Ling?
She already told me everything.
She detailed to me all the stories spreading in the company about you and Luo Zijun
during the time I left Shanghai and stayed in Hong Kong.
A wave will not form without wind. We all know that even if it's just hearsay,
it won't come out of nowhere.
Why must she tell you these?
Provocation, agitating me, an insult. I don't know what her purpose is.
I don't care what her purpose is
because I don't really care about her! What I care about are you two,
you, He Han, you and Luo Zijun, you two!
What are you two really planning to do?
I never saw you treat any woman this good.
You have always been hesitating to get married.
So it's not because you don't want to get married.
It's only because you don't want to get married with me.
You said that you don't really know how to cherish a person.
It is actually just because I am not that person you really want to cherish.
I can buy my own pretty ring.
I also will cherish myself well.
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"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 ♫