Editor Timing by @DrakorMaksNity
[With You]
One, two, three.
Geng Geng!
Success or failure all depends on this.
You'll call me again tomorrow, right?
Hand it over.
Hello?
Actually, I like this one most.
Didn't we agree that while we were doing this
we would call each other every day and cheer each other on?
Yeah!
I passed?
Our daughter is all grown up.
- Thank you both! - Cheers!
I've been thinking about you this whole time.
I’ve been thinking about you too.
[Geng Geng, I've wasted three years.]
[With You]
Why sleep when you're alive?
You'll be sleeping a long time after you die.
[A point higher could rank you higher than thousands of others.]
You don't have to give me such a big welcome.
I need to go take a piss.
After not seeing you for a few days
you've become more coarse with your words.
You're so dumb. It's hot.
Let me do it. I'll do these things from now on.
You're so clumsy.
I'll do the laundry from now on.
What are you doing? This is a classroom. Can you keep your voice down?
Congratulations, you two.
You escaped the first mock exam.
How was it? Was it hard?
[Geng Geng, I've wasted three years.]
Geng Geng! Hurry up! What's with you?
Wang Zhi Yong, you jerk!
What happened?
Wang Zhi Yong broke up with her.
He said he needed to focus on the college entrance exam.
Hello?
How come you didn't pick up earlier?
I didn't hear it.
How was your competition?
I couldn't ask you at school since there were so many people around.
I didn't do that well.
Then... let's meet up and chat.
Now? Let's not.
It's so late.
Yu Huai.
I'm really worried about you.
Where did you go so late at night?
I went out to take a walk.
Yu Huai, I wanted to ask you...
What are your chances of winning the competition?
I already told you.
First place is not possible?
What about second place?
You got second place last year.
- Mom, what's wrong? - I'm fine.
What sins have I committed?
Oh yeah, didn't the training teacher, Mr. Wang, really like you?
He knows a lot of people.
Do you think you could ask him to use his connections and...
How is that possible?
You've spent so much time
and so much energy for this competition.
How can I tell your father?
[Episode 22: After the college entrance exam, pinky promise.]
Xu Yan Liang!
Yes! 10 to 6!
Push-ups! Push-ups! Hurry up.
Didn't you do poorly in the competition?
What are you so excited about?
All right already. Don't talk about those awful things.
I'll count for you guys.
One, two, three, four.
Two, two, three...
Who counts like that? Scram!
Jian Dan, you're so hardworking.
Ever since you transferred to the humanities classes
we don't see each other as often.
I recently found out that there's a lot I have to catch up on.
Ever since the first mock exam
I've cried many times.
It's all right. You're studying so hard, you'll definitely be fine.
What about you?
You've been so absentminded lately.
Are you busy with the film school entrance exam?
Film school is a long shot for me.
I'm worried about Yu Huai.
I heard he didn't do too well in the competition.
You heard about it?
- Yes. - Did Zhou Mo tell you?
I see him forcefully pretending like he's indifferent about it every day.
I really...
I know better than anyone else how hard he worked.
He really cared about this competition.
But if he continues like this, I'm worried that something bad will happen.
Sometimes I wonder if it's my fault.
Am I overthinking it?
Huh? What did you say?
Nothing.
I think that competition was intense.
If you didn't do well, you'll be knocked out.
What are you doing? Leave! Leave!
Leave! Why are you touching a sore spot?
Leave!
[Rockets: The Rainbow Comes After the Storm]
Zhen Hua's mock exam was written by the teachers.
The first one was a bit easier.
The second one is harder.
The third one is most like the college entrance exam.
Everyone should keep that in mind.
Another thing I wanted to say is, don't get too hung up on your score.
The important thing is to find your weaknesses.
[Songs of encouragement]
For me?
You're welcome. I brought it just for you--
I've already eaten.
Eat some more. Eat more.
I want to ask you something about Yu Huai.
What happened between you two? Are you trying to dig into his past again?
This time, I really can't betray my friend again.
About that...
I think that since the competition
he hasn't been in the right frame of mind.
We played basketball recently...
and I thought he was fine.
He's pretending. I can feel it.
Since you can feel it, just let him continue pretending.
Yu Huai has a strong ego.
It's not like you don't know that.
I'm afraid that he'll continue to be like this.
Hey, what is that?
You've been recommended for admission to Tsinghua?
This is just the application.
Whether I get in depends on my average score on the mock exams.
Does Yu Huai know?
Only a few people were recommended.
Not bad, dude. You've done well.
Hey, what are you doing here?
Looking out so that my eyes won't go bad.
Do you want to listen?
The first dream is firmly in my hands.
This is a song that I really like.
The place that I want to go to most...
How can I give up when I'm halfway there?
I'll definitely reach my dream.
Announcement! Announcement!
Will the following students please turn in
your Tsinghua recommendation applications as soon as possible.
Zhang Lei from Class 1.
Zhou Mo and Liu Xin Lei from Class 2.
Yao Jia Ming from Class 7.
I'll repeat.
Zhang Lei from Class 1.
I think this is a cover of a Japanese song.
Do you like listening to Japanese music?
Wow! A wild goose!
How rare to see a wild goose at this time of year!
Geng Geng.
Did you want to see me crying like a coward?
Did I disappoint you?
I--
So annoying!
I have to write a bunch of essays every day.
It's never-ending. It feels like I'll never finish.
The important thing is that the Rockets are playing.
I'm not interested.
Just treat it as a break and relax.
With my competition results, how can I just relax?
Is it my fault that you didn't do well?
Get out of the way.
What's with you?
Look at yourself right now.
You're being a coward.
What, just because you've fallen, you're going to abandon yourself?
Do you know who you should feel bad for?
Geng Geng.
What about Geng Geng?
[55 days]
Wang Zhi Yong.
We just got our results from the second mock exam.
How come you're not worried at all? Look at everyone else.
My recommendation to a college in the city is all set.
My dad even gave me a cell phone as a reward.
[Countdown until the college entrance exam: 55 days]
The mock exam results are out.
For the other subjects, I've talked to
the other teachers to better understand the situation.
I'm sure that you all know without me telling you
that you didn't do well
and for some of you, your grades got a lot worse.
Everyone is under a lot of pressure during senior year. I understand that.
As teachers, we're under a lot of pressure too.
And I know that the mood of our class has been really bad lately.
It's very restless and scatterbrained.
The last part is the hardest.
I don't want to see anyone fall behind in the final moments!
[Countdown until the college entrance exam: 54 days]
How did you do on your exam?
Your exam questions must've been pretty hard too, right?
Political science is so annoying.
Prove this and prove that. It's all just mumbo jumbo.
I remember reading an essay in the past.
Marx said that if there's anything that he doesn't remember
that that thing is dialectical.
How did you do? How did you do?
Rank 20.
Really? Give me five!
You've worked so hard. Eat some more.
You must replenish your energy.
- You guys are so sappy. - Thank you.
Where's Yu Huai?
I don't know. I haven't seen him since class.
Here. That's how you solve it.
That's not right.
From this step to this step, it wasn't right.
Where did you go?
I went out for a walk.
I want to ask you a question.
Draw a line between these two points.
So that's what you have to do!
You understand now?
You're amazing. I asked so many people and I still couldn't understand.
It's nothing.
Someone committed suicide!
Come out! Someone committed suicide!
Is this a joke?
Zhu Yao? Is that Zhu Yao?
Is it Zhu Yao?
Mr. Zhang, these are Zhu Yao's things.
Thank you.
You two can leave.
Have Xu Yan Liang organize and run the next class as a study period.
What are you doing?
How is Zhu Yao doing?
She's been resuscitated.
But I'm afraid there will be aftereffects.
She'll need to rest for some time.
It's just a test!
Why is she like this?
What's wrong?
I regret it.
I've been her classmate for three years
but I've never really talked to her.
She's actually kind of nice.
If she had time, she'd explain things to me.
Yes, I'm done! Take a look.
Hey, not bad.
Of course. After you explained it, it was a lot easier.
Actually, you've gotten better
so you were able to understand as soon as I explained it.
But look here, you could actually leave this step out.
You could've gone straight to the next step.
And you didn't really use this formula correctly.
What's with you?
Nothing. I just think that you've become gentler.
Hurry and look at this. Stop being crazy.
[Countdown until the college entrance exam: 46 days]
Chen Lin wept.
He didn't know what to say.
How boring.
Let me tell you something.
When I take things seriously, this is how incredible I am.
Come here.
When you go home today, memorize this and this.
And tomorrow, I'm going to check what you memorized before.
It's called a review.
Hey! Are you serious? You're more strict than Mr. Zhang.
And how is this important? It's not important!
If I say it's important, it's important.
Is it important?
Yes.
Good boy.
I didn't even assign you anything from the end.
Look, this one is hard to memorize.
Memorize this first. I'll check tomorrow.
No, the day after tomorrow. I'm checking that other one tomorrow.
Geng Geng.
Geng Geng, I'm Yu Huai's mother.
We've met before.
Hello.
It might not be too appropriate for me to say this.
But there's something I need you to help me with.
Go ahead and tell me.
Can you stop disturbing Yu Huai?
Yu Huai isn't good at focusing.
He also doesn't have a great frame of mind.
He already messed up in the competition.
He can't have any problems on the college entrance exam.
Please don't distract him.
Why are you saying that I'm distracting him?
I went to your school this afternoon.
I saw him explaining things to you.
You guys were talking and laughing.
I know that you have questions about what you're studying.
But you can go to the teacher.
Let me put it this way.
I just want you to stop going to Yu Huai.
Don't distract him. Let him focus on studying for the college entrance exam.
I'm afraid that because he messed up in the competition
- he'll-- - Auntie.
I understand what you mean.
You're afraid that Yu Huai won't study because he's explaining things to me.
You're afraid of his puppy love for me.
You want me to ignore him
so that he'll brush me off and go study.
Don't say it like that.
That's not what I mean.
It's okay if you don't understand me.
But you can't not understand Yu Huai.
How do I not understand Yu Huai?
You don't understand the hard work he puts in.
You always ask to switch his desk buddy.
That's because you don't trust him.
You don't trust his maturity and his ability to take care of his own problems.
Yu Huai has always been working hard towards his goals.
I... I just care about him.
You always force him to do things, saying that it is out of love.
You use your so-called love to control him instead of trusting him.
Have you ever truly tried to understand him?
Ma'am, if there's nothing else, I'll get going.
Oh yeah, what you saw at school today
was me helping Yu Huai to recite literature.
With the blink of an eye...
Son, eat more.
Mom, I have enough.
Eat more. Eat more.
I can get it myself.
Eat.
Just put it here.
How did you find this place?
Geng Geng.
Look at how beautiful the sunset is.
Why are you so poetic all of a sudden?
I got the results today.
How did you do?
Not well.
When I went home yesterday, my mom was acting weird.
She cooked so many dishes of food.
She also told me to watch TV.
And then she had a heart-to-heart chat with me.
That's good.
Actually, both of us felt unnatural.
She wanted to chat but didn't know what to talk about.
I was also awkward.
So after a few minutes, I went to my room to read.
"You're not talented."
"Give up."
"No matter how hard you work, it's useless."
I keep hearing a voice telling me that.
Geng Geng.
I'm really tired.
You're someone I admire!
You--
Do you know how I felt when I first came to Zhen Hua?
I thought I was a small fry
that had come to a place full of freaks.
Each and every one of you made me feel inferior.
I felt like I didn't existent.
But you, Yu Huai, you helped me.
You helped me by telling the teacher you didn't understand.
You explained things to me.
You also told me about your passion for physics and your dreams.
Okay, so I thought...
Even though I'm not like you freaks
I worked really hard with your help.
When all is said and done, I will get closer to you step by step.
You're my pillar.
If you're giving up
what am I supposed to do?
Have some meat.
- Eat more. - I have enough. You eat more.
Jian Dan, what a surprise. You're not eating and reading at the same time.
We're taking our third mock exam tomorrow.
I need to relax.
You have to rest so that you can learn better.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
You're giving me goosebumps!
Zhou Mo, how's your recommendation application?
Isn't the third mock exam really important?
I think it's okay.
If I just do as I normally do, there shouldn't be a problem.
What about the physics competition?
Physics competition?
I definitely did better than Yu Huai.
What?
But there is a problem with getting recommended for admission to Tsinghua.
I have to refuse all the other schools.
All right. Good luck on the third exam!
- Thanks, bro! - How come it's just you two?
Let's all do it together.
Let's all do well on the third exam!
Let's all do well!
All right, this is the last mock exam before the college entrance exam.
Remember to write your name and exam ID.
Slow down.
How did you do?
How do I put it? I think I did okay.
In any case, I answered every question.
That's good.
Something bad happened!
What happened?
Something bad happened to Jian Dan.
I heard Jian Dan cheated on the test.
She was kicked out of the exam room.
No way!
- I'll call her. - I'll ask Zhou Mo.
No one's picking up.
- Hey. - Han Xu!
Weren't you in the same exam room as Zhou Mo?
- Yes. - Have you seen him?
No.
Oh, there was an empty seat in the exam room.
It might have been his.
Expelled?
Quiet down.
Are you saying that Jian Dan and Zhou Mo were expelled together?
That's what Zhou Mo told me when he called me just now.
But from his tone of voice, it didn't sound that serious.
Then I'll call Jian Dan to ask her.
Don't worry about that.
I've arranged for us to all have dinner together tomorrow. Ask her then.
Also, don't relax just because you're done with the mock exam.
Keep working on practice problems.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
You learned that pretty fast.
How could Jian Dan have cheated?
She's been studying so hard
how could she have cheated?
The thing is that the proctor
wouldn't listen to us explain
and wouldn't investigate properly.
So then I went to argue with the teacher.
I talked back and then Mr. Pan came in.
He said something about making an example out of us and expelled us.
That's all?
But then Mr. Zhang Feng came to us and told us that
we can still apply to take the college entrance exam ourselves.
So now you're no longer qualified to be recommended for admission to Tsinghua.
You're going to take the college entrance exam with us?
Here are my thoughts.
If you don't take the college entrance exam, your life isn't complete.
And now, we can all study together and help each other out.
Here, Jian Dan.
Hey, Yu Huai.
Isn't it like we've both gone back to the starting line of the race?
Are you really happy to have the genius come back to take the test with you?
You're such a malevolent girl.
Geng Geng, did you know
in middle school, he was dark, skinny, and didn't like to talk...
Hey! Why are you exposing me again?
Continue. Continue!
Do you know when I started paying attention to you?
Do you remember when our teacher gave us a competition question?
Yes.
Only two people in our class could answer it.
Me and you.
At the time, I had already been in the honors class for over a year.
At that time I wondered
how there could there be another person who could answer it.
I turned around to look.
He was sitting in the corner.
He raised his hand
and his eyes were shining.
Just like they are right now. Really. He hasn't changed at all.
At that moment, I wholeheartedly believed that he really liked physics.
So that's why I asked him to study for physics class together.
Do you remember what you said after the teacher praised you?
All right, stop arousing sympathy.
Fine.
Then let's do this. None of us is allowed to fail.
Good luck on the exam.
Hey, all together.
Okay.
- Good luck! - Good luck!
All right, hurry and eat. The food will get cold.
We won't be eating.
I have to take Jian Dan home.
Okay. Go ahead.
Okay.
We'll get going.
Okay.
We'll get going.
I'm going. Bye.
Oh yeah, Yu Huai.
What is it?
I'm sorry.
I'm serious.
Actually, before...
I know you were working hard to adjust your frame of mind.
But all day long, I was hanging around you with a glum face.
I just wanted you to tell me what was making you unhappy.
Then we could come up with a plan to tackle it together.
This only proves two things.
One, my acting skills are terrible.
Two, it's quite embarrassing how a grown man like me
couldn't get over this small thing.
It's even more embarrassing that I took my anger out on you.
All right, let's not talk about it anymore. Go home and rest.
How old are you that you call yourself a grown man?
I forgot that you were born in the year of the tiger, so you're older than me.
Then since I'm a grown man, you're a grown woman.
You're a grown man!
Oh yeah.
What Zhou Mo said today...
What did you say after your teacher praised you?
All right, stop being so gossipy.
Hurry home and study.
I'm leaving. Bye.
Bye.
[Don't say dreams are unattainable.]
Pay attention to the direction.
This will be the last time I explain these types of problems before the exam.
You still got this problem wrong. Take a good look!
This is a two, not a three.
Whoever wrote three should go back to kindergarten.
Don't take the college entrance exam!
[Countdown until the college entrance exam: 50 days]
Drink some.
Mr. Zhang, aside from drinking this wedding liquor
when will we be able to eat some wedding candy?
Go study!
A distant mountain swallows the Yangtze River.
Vast and hot...
It's a cold rushing current!
Geng Geng.
Eat some more.
With nourishment, you'll have more energy.
You guys eat. Don't mind me.
Dad, sit and eat.
It's okay, I've already eaten.
Geng Geng, what do you want to do when you grow up?
I want to be an inventor when I grow up.
And then?
And then I'll turn all these stage props into real things.
I want to be a scientist and change the world.
Yes! I got everything right!
[Geng Geng: 601]
How could I have improved so much?
Good job. You've made me proud.
Our class has so many potential Peking University and
Tsinghua University students. I'd have to get in line to make you proud.
Who are you referring to?
Yu Huai. He's doing fine, right?
Being a teacher is like being a doctor.
He's the kind who's always been healthy since he was young.
In comparison, a brain cancer patient has become healthy and is being discharged.
Who do you think I'm more proud of?
Go teach class!
Keep up the good work!
I have to say this one more time.
The exam ID barcode is really important.
If you don't stick it on, no one will know who you are.
Even if you take the test, it will all be for naught.
You all have yours, right?
Yes.
Oh yeah, go to the stationary store.
Buy a transparent stationary bag with a seal.
Put all the items you'll need for the exam in there.
Don't lose your things.
Don't mind me for being annoying.
I have to emphasize one more time.
When you finish a multiple choice problem
you must fill in the bubble in the answer sheet.
Every year, there's always someone who doesn't.
You must not treat this test lightly.
Do you all hear me?
Yes.
Do any of you have any questions?
What are you crying for?
Don't cry.
Do well on your exam.
After you're done, I'll take you all out.
As you all know, you're my first class.
Sometimes, you guys made me so mad
that I wanted to burn down the whole classroom.
But sometimes, you guys are great.
You're all so cute.
Geng Geng.
When we first started school, you helped us take a group photo, right?
Where there's a beginning, there's an end.
Let's all take another photo.
Don't cry. Let's take a group picture.
We're taking a group picture. Don't cry!
Come on.
Organize your classmates to take the group picture.
Hurry up.
Come on. Don't cry. Let's take a picture.
One, two, three.
Hello?
Geng Geng, come to Wanqiu.
Am I at your beck and call?
The college entrance exam is tomorrow.
Are you coming or not?
What are you doing so secretly?
I was studying biology.
Isn't today National Tree Planting Day?
National Tree Planting Day? That's in March!
March? Whatever.
Today, I saw that my neighborhood was planting trees.
And then I remembered you had said you wanted to plant a tree.
You don't know how much energy I exerted carrying this sapling here.
Why are you crying?
What's wrong?
Are you crazy?
Why are you planting a tree in the summer?
All right, cry later.
After we plant the tree, we'll need to water it.
It's a waste to cry here.
Come here and help me.
What kind of tree is it?
I don't know.
Do you have a knife?
Wait.
What do you want to do?
What are you engraving?
You can't look!
Here.
Come on. Roll up your sleeve. I need to give you something.
All done.
All right, I'll give you yours.
So childish.
Good luck.
I want to go to the same city as you for college.
I know.
You know what?
I always thought I was really strong.
But after failing in the competition...
good thing you were by my side.
In the future, I don't know what challenges I'll face in Beijing.
I hope you'll be by my side then.
What do you mean by that?
I want to tell you something.
But... I'll tell you after the college entrance exam.
We'll treat it as my reward for you.
How do you know it'll be considered a reward?
After the college entrance exam?
Pinky promise!
With this pinky promise, we can't change in 100 years.
- Whoever changes... - Is an ugly person!
You're already an ugly person.
You said I wasn't ugly!
We should go. It's late.
Let's go.
Oh yeah.
After we finish the test, let's go back to school together to see the answers.
Let's go.
[Countdown until the college entrance exam: 1 day]
[June 10, 2006. Two days after the college entrance exam.]
Over the three years of high school
I don't know how many times this scenario has replayed itself.
I didn't expect that it would repeat itself
one last time after the college entrance exam was finished.
But this was the time when I was most impatient.
We're done!
Come here, Geng Geng.
Here are the answers.
You really weren't anxious at all.
Hey, has Yu Huai come yet?
He was here really early.
He was here looking through the answers just now.
But he didn't say he was leaving.
Hey, Geng Geng, where are you going over the summer?
We're thinking of going on a trip. Do you want to come?
Do you know where he went?
No, I don't.
The phone you have dialed is turned off. Please--
Then let's be desk buddies.
I'll help you.
You should make the decision yourself. This concerns your future.
I'm asking you!
Yu Huai, do you know that
I really like being your desk buddy?
You have to get in!
Then we can both be in Beijing.
Mom, I've already decided.
I want to go to Beijing.
Then we can be in Beijing together.
I want to go to the same city as you for college.
I know.
You have to work really hard.
Otherwise, you won't be able to go to Beijing.
Hey Geng Geng, you're also applying to schools in Beijing, right?
Then we can be together.
I want to tell you something.
But... I'll tell you after the college entrance exam.
We'll treat it as a reward.
How do you know it'll be considered a reward?
Hello, Dad?
Geng Geng, how did it go?
When are you coming home for lunch?
I won't be going home in the afternoon.
What? Are you okay?
I'm fine. Don't worry.
Hey--
[I'll wait for you in Wanqiu.]
[Preview]
Where are the cover photos that I took?
I've wanted to quit for a long time!
Mom, I picked up Geng Geng.
Dad!
Geng Geng, you're back.
But I thought being a teacher at Zhen Hua would make me happiest
so I came back.
Have you been in touch with Yu Huai?
Congratulations. Congratulations.
Look, this is our family photo.
Have you seen Yu Huai?
Yu Huai? I...
No one in our class has any news about him.
Open the door, Yu Huai!
He already moved out.
Marry me.
So... you're saying yes?
What happened to Lin Fan?
Excuse me!
Subtitles by DramaFever Editor Timing by @DrakorMaksNity