My name is Chen Xiao Xi
The most important thing in my life is drawing
and...
uh, just drawing
But when I was sixteen,
the most important thing was...him
[In 2005]
His name is Jiang Chen
We live in the same apartment complex and we go to school together every day [IQ of 200, genius, arrogant but good-looking guy...]
Jiang Chen, let's go to school together
No thanks
He often asks to study together
so we can help each other and improve our studies together
He treats me
very warmly and never gets mad at me
Chen Xiao Xi!
It's just that he walks too fast!
I can never keep up with him
Even though it seems like my youth was spent pursuing him,
but it's okay.
I'm sure he is secretly waiting for me
Episode 1: Dear Jiang Chen
Let your dreams rise in the rays of the beautiful morning
Welcome to the new school year at
Chen Xi Middle School
Today, you are proud of going to (a school like) Chen Xi
Tomorrow, Chen Xi is proud of having (students like) you
Jiang Chen!
We're in the same class again this year
Match made in heaven
Don't you think it's such a coincidence?
Seems like the test scores for getting into Chen Xi lowered again this year
It lowered by 5 points from last year
Good thing it went down five points
Otherwise I also wouldn't make it into Chen Xi
Luck must be on my side
Jiang Chen!
I like you
I don't like you
Then....
let me think of a way
think of a way...
[how to make a guy like you]
1. Be pretty: small face...
2. has quality/class:has good grades in school...
Let's take a look at this little face
It wasn't even the least bit good of a read
you little girl
you're just not at the same level as me
Chen Xiao Xi
Let me a recommend a new book to you
It's a famous book
Not interested
Hand in your homework
You're so desperate, Chen Xiao Xi
you're even taking mine
You're always copying copying copying
How did you even get into Chen Xi Middle School?
The homework today was pretty easy, right?
I finished it so fast
So embarrassing
Have you been eating that one bun for the whole class?
What are you talking about? This is my fifth one
The listening portion on the midterm was just too easy this time
Oh...really?
it's Jiang Chen! So good looking!
The test was pretty easy
The essay part was a little hard, the prompt was a bit biased
about...what was it...pursuing your dreams
Jiang Chen, what did you think?
I didn't write that much
About 1000 characters worth
If I'm not careful, sometimes I write too much
Pursuing your dreams was the model essay
The test prompt was about Justice
You didn't know...?
Look at your grades for English
You even went off topic on the essay
Let's take a look at your class rank again
Oh yes. You fell back 75 spots.
At the rate you're going,
you just need to take two more tests
and you can have the lowest rank in the school
Take a look at Jiang Chen
Since he's started middle school
how is that each time, he's consistently scored number one
and each time, your grades get progressively worse!
Teacher, I get it!
I'll definitely look towards Jiang Chen as a goal
Good bye, Teacher
I think our grades are about the same
let's form a group
called dragon brother tiger sister, what do you think?
Jiang Chen
May I take a couple minutes of your time?
Her name is Li Wei
Uh is something the matter?
I didn't really understand the grammar we went over in class today
Would you be able to help explain it to me?
Tiger sister,
At least look like it
Okay, what part did you have problems with?
Do you think her face is smaller or mine?
Her?
Her
My face is too big
I can't be in your group
it's okay, it's okay
Tigers have big faces
How can you use grades to judge someone?
3. Gentle and thoughtful
"starting with breakfast, make him food filled with love to show how feminine and gentle you are..."
Morning
A bun for you
Stop giving me buns
The 2nd day, 7AM
Fried dough
Classmate Jiang,
The book I recommended to you yesterday
I read a different version of it
It wasn't bad
but it was lacking a bit of a critical perspective of society
Wow, you are so cultured!
it's nothing
Classmate Chen,
You are the most cultured person I know!
Jiang Chen wouldn't have left already, would he...?
It's 8 already
This is already your fifth time this month
Upper Eighth Class, Chen Xiao Xi
It's only the seventh of this month today...
the third day, 6AM
A love filled breakfast doesn't work
4. Show your sincerity
Stand
Good morning, Teacher
Good morning, class
Open the book to where we last left off
"beautiful se (instrument) playing fifty strokes in a row"
"each stroke, with a thought of youth"
This poem is extremely poignant and beautiful
It was written by Li Shang Yin to Wang Qi, as a love letter
each dream is like a lost butterfly
[Chinese poetry...]
"Love Letter"
What are you looking for?
Do you have that...
Love letter collective
What collective...?
Collection of essays
Love is a temple...
What the heck is this?
Why are you coming up from behind me?
Chen Xiao Xi
you're looking at these as a sample for your love letter?
What do you know?
You don't know the good from the bad
I'm telling you
the person sitting in front of you
Is Chen Xi middle school's famous,
Love Guru
Let me tell you
I've received more than fifty love letters
why do you think they keep writing love letters to me?
why?
Because I'm talented, delightful, and funny
and I understand women's hearts
I believe you
I'd rather trust this book
bowing before your legs
and laying a long kiss on your legs
Or how about...you share about your experience with love letters with me?
Lu Yang
I'm eating
Eat, eat more
Lu Yang
Chen Xiao Xi
My dad told me
I can't date until I'm ranked in the top ten
I still have to write a draft
Okay
You help me, and I'll teach you to write the letter
Trade my chicken wing
You received all these letters?
These are all letters I wrote
Aren't you the Love Guru?
Why are you writing love letters?
How can I always only receive?
do onto others as you would have them do onto yourself
I just want to give two
to give back to them
how are you able to keep up with it
you help me deliver them and I'll teach you to write one
so much nonsense
okay okay, I'll deliver it
I'll do whatever you say
okay, so let's start with the first sentence
that starting sentence needs to
captivate the reader to keep reading the letter
Respected love,
You're hopeless
you need to have a strong start, get it?
Hot/passionate
I'll speak, you write
I love you
That's too strong
Let me finish
I love your eyes
I love your eyebrows
I love how you are sometimes projected on my heart
Oh yes
Reverse
In life,
a person has many memories
as long as you are willing to recollections of me,
my love will be like the tide
love like the tide
pulling me towards you
Where do you live?
By Chen Xiao Xi's home
are you going home?
Li Wei, is it on the way for you to come with us?
I...
I'll leave first
See you tomorrow
I wrote a poem today
I'm not sure if it's good or not
Do you want to hear it?
My love is like the tide
Love like the tide, pulling me towards you
What do you think?
it rhymes, doesn't it?
if you have time to memorize song lyrics, wouldn't your time be better spent on homework?
Lyrics?
Ever since I've had you,
The world has become beautiful
let us wander and drift together
for all the years
Ah! They are song lyrics!
Hello?
Xiao Xi, it's an emergency, get on QQ (messaging system)
I invited you into the group
We'll talk there
Tomorrow there is a Chun Chun campaigning event
at the Jie Xin garden
We have to be ready
Tomorrow is my grandma's birthday, I can't go
I'll ask my friend to go in my place
Will you come tomorrow?
Actually, I'm busy with something
Why are you all flaking on me?
I can help you fix whatever "something" is
I have to write a love letter
I'm helping a friend
That's too easy
I'll help you
Stand right there
I'm not the kind of person to spout nonsense
But today, I'm going to tell you
I've taken a liking to you
If you don't give me an answer/say yes,
I have a-
I have a hundred ways to make it
hard for you to stay at this school
whoever dares to steal you from me,
I'll ax them to death!
Who are you?
Why are you eavesdropping on me?
I wasn't eavesdropping on you
The school is so small,
and you are so loud
Classmate,
The school is so chaotic
you're the boss
of a triad, right?
yes
So,
provoke me if you dare
Is Fei Mao reliable?
It's probably better for me to write it myself
broken
Okay, they're all right
Come, Lin Jing Shao
Pick a classmate
Chen Xiao Xi
Okay
Chen Xiao Xi
Chen Xiao Xi!
Hurry up
Pick up the pace!
Respect
Organize
Balance
b-a-l-a-n-c-e
I know this one
You're the new student Wu Bo Song, right?
Yes
That is me, your majesty
Didn't I say to report at 8?
What time is it now? It's already 9!
Don't think that just because you're a specialty student, you can be late
Come,
Come up here
Listening Comprehension
I'm depending on you, boss
Modest
Don't look at me, boss
I don't know it
Why are you just standing there? Hurry up and write
I tell you daily to memorize your vocabulary
is it that hard?
you
you're even copying her
her English is probably worse than yours
You haven't taught me yet, isn't that right?
No laughing
Go sit down
How could you only know one vocabulary word?
Introduce yourself to your classmates
Hello everyone
I am the new student, Wu Bo Song
My focus is swimming
In the future, let's get along well
Go back, you sit down
Teacher, where should I sit?
There
Boss!
Why are you calling her boss?
Just by a bit of luck that brought us together
isn't that right, boss?
Classmate,
Is your class's Jiang Chen here?
He's not here
Where did he go?
That...
That what?
I heard he transferred schools
Transferred to where?
I don't know
Transferred schools?
It's free time now for everyone
I'll do the deed first
[Dear Jiang Chen]
I will go over an important part now
a carbon atom with an oxygen molecule
Water is the dispersing agent
Do a rough sketch of this
Draw it
usually before the molecule splits, the condition is the same
before this happens, like we've gone over previously,
Does everyone remember?
What is this?
Alright, class is dismissed
Good bye, teacher
Jiang Chen
That was-
Chen Xiao Xi
Have you finished your mission yet? Let's go
-something I wrote with my heart
I can't believe you fooled with me those lyrics
What I wrote was so much better than what you wrote
Who wrote it well? Just deliver and you'll know
Classmate
Can you help me get Qin Chong from your class?
He wrote a love letter
for you
Don't take someone else's love letter!
the love letter was delivered all the way to our class
Give it back to me!
Give it to me
The kid from Upper FIrst class has some nerve
In what love is our direction floating in?
I told you to be quiet!
Somewhere far...or in your heart
Be quiet!
Am I in your heart?
Chen Xiao Xi, let's go
The me that is secretly loving you
Even though, I cannot drink (alcohol)
But I think I would be drunk from your embrace
Be quiet!
Chen Xiao Xi, forget it. Let's go.
Where are you rushing off to?
Let me help you give it a try
you had the nerve to deliver such a letter
I could write a better one with my eyes closed!
Chen Xiao Xi and Lu Yang are in trouble
They're in a commotion with Upper Third class
Was it you that wrote this?
Say something!
You had the nerve to deliver it, but not the nerve to admit you wrote it?
He's terrified!
What's going on here?
They're reading the love letter that Lu Yang wrote!
Reading a love letter?
Yeah, I read it
You know all the words, right? Read it
Read it for me to hear
Read it!
No
You think I'm going to read it just because you tell me to?
Tomboy!
Brother, see how dirty your mouth is
I'll help you wipe it clean
Who the heck are you?
A good looking guy
Weirdo
If you like love letters so much, just write your own
There's no need to steal them
Did you get it back?
I'm the big guy
You stole his love letter
is the equivalent of stealing the toilet paper I use to wipe after pooping
You think I can let this go?
Your mouth is so dirty
It can be even dirtier, do you want to see?
you came, Zhang Shi Liang
Loyal
You think you're all grown up now, don't you?
You've learned how to cause trouble in school, huh?
the school will not tolerate this behavior
I didn't even get to hit anyone
Lu Yang, shut your mouth
you think since you're in Upper First class now,
and you're far away from the Gao Kao (college entrance exam)
let's go take a visit over to Upper Third Class
We're so close (to Gao Kao) that even if you wanted to cry, you wouldn't make it
Come
The people who got involved
the ones who were making the mess
get out
and reflect on what you did
Teacher, no matter-
Has nothing to do with who?
I can see it has everything to do with you!
Writing love letters and getting into fights
Upper Third class dared to dish it out
How did they dish it?
They even wanted to have a "big sister little brother" romance (older girl, younger boy)
Teacher Liu,
Let me tell you
Your class of brats
has been causing trouble not just once or twice
If you don't punish them severely this time,
next time, they'll be going to juvenile detention
I'm not just telling you
Where are the remaining love letters?
Give them to me
Teacher, they're not with me
Oh Chen Xiao Xi
I truly never thought
that you would be his partner in crime
He's trying to date young
what does that have to do with you?
It's not like he can give you a portion of it, like money, can he?
no
he can't
give them to me
Our love
in what direction is our love drifting towards?
somewheere far or somewhere in your heart?
Am I in your heart?
the me that is secretly loving you
even though I cannot drink (alcohol)
I would be drunk from your embrace, drunk in the autumn breeze
Why are all the love letters identical?
You might as well just hand them out as flyers
I'm done for
He's going to read the one I wrote
Teacher,
Even though it's a love letter, it's still private
it's not really appropriate to read them out loud
If they dared to write a love letter,
there's no need to talk about privacy
Don't you know the school policy from the school handbook?
Teacher,
Neither does the school handbook and policy say anything about violating privacy
Teacher Zhang,
Don't read any more
Teacher, we know are wrong, we'll be better
Okay. You few,
write me a self criticism essay
You few, give me one thousand characters
You're not allowed to leave until you finish!
Hey boss
I've only written reports on competitions before
I've never written anything like this before
Can you help me write it?
It seems like you're good at writing
Okay, hold on
When I finish, I'll help you
Hero
You can copy mine
Copy? Thank you
Is it because of me that you stood up today?
No
Oh
Fine
I can teach you how to write self criticism
No need
Oh, you can't say it like that
you have to be more submissive and humble
In regards to the teacher's actions,
they were not in line with the proper teaching practices
You can't say that
It's better if I help you. I can teach you
Earlier, you were so cool
You were getting bullied so bad and yet you didn't even raise your hand
I'm telling you, next time, go straight for it
and smack that group of babies
I really thought that Class 8 is easy to push around
I think the main reason was that his love letter was too poorly written
I was just practicing, that's all
Lu Yang
I thought you said you were the love expert
Fine fine fine
This time, thanks to all of your help
and for not saying anything
When we get out of school, let's go to the internet cafe
wanna go?
I'm not going
I am also busy so I can't go
My boss isn't going, what would I go for?
As soon as I see him, I get him
You're good, Jiang Chen!
You're the second best
Having gone through this fierce battle,
you could say that we've shared a tough time together
Let's make a group
Dragon and Tiger Brothers
You were eavesdropping on my conversation with Xiao Xi!
You were paying attention to me all along!
Let's make a new group
The Strong Kings or G4?
We can call ourselves
T3
Sounds too stupid
No wonder why your love letter was written so poorly
It's better than your gaming skills
Lu Yang, do you take yourself for an airport terminal?
Jiang Chen
You remember my name!
Remembering names isn't really difficult for me
Let's play one more game
Ximen Quan Xiu
Here
Have the woman in the sky arrived?
Here
Is JClove here?
Here, here!
Here
Has Fei Mao Under Three Thousand Inches arrived?
Here
Where is your banner?
Oh yes
How did she fit it in her bag?
I worked on it for a long time
How could you make Chun Chun's head like that?
She didn't even properly care for Chun Chun's banner
How could she call herself a corn (fan-girl name)
Yeah!
I'm sorry. It wasn't on purpose
Okay, settle down. Let's think of a way
We don't have the banner
I have an idea
Can you let me try?
What is she doing?
Help me find a picture of Chun Chun
a nice picture
Help me hold this
Okay that's good
Wow you're so amazing!
Cast your vote for Chun Chun!
Thank you so much for today
if it wasn't for you,
I'd go from a corn to a pit by those other girls (play on words because the fan girl name is corn)
Right
The love letter from earlier...who did you write it for?
How did you know I wrote it?
it's always like that
I was just helping a friend
For Jiang Chen, right?
my friend said
yes
your friend has weird taste
to like such a cold person
and not fear freezing to death
you don't get it
I don't
you get it
I still have to get breakfast for Jiang Chen
feelings are based on destiny, they can't be forced
Let's go
What are you laughing at?
I just feel really happy going to school with you
even though you didn't get that letter,
but I don't know why I feel like you knew anyway
Jiang Chen
Eat some buns