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[Old Boy]
[Episode 8]
You've already written so much in two hours?
This is easy. It's just describing what I usually do at work.
I'm just making the dull parts sound more interesting.
I understand what those individual words mean
but all together, I don't understand.
Every profession is a closed book to those outside of it.
So, uh... let's not be like this.
As I've said, just let me be good to you.
No...
I think...
Be together! Be together!
Good job.
Uh, Sis, Wu Zheng really doesn't want you to leave!
He said your name a dozen times in his sleep last night!
He really scared me!
You can stay longer. I'm going out to eat.
We shall meet again! Goodbye!
Stop right there! Xiao Han!
What?
Where are you going?
I'm not going to be your third wheel. I'm going out to eat.
Give me the house key. I'll go make a copy.
Go eat.
Don't look at the screen so long. You can barely keep your eyes open.
What's going on with the kid today?
His attitude towards me did a complete 180 degrees.
He gets epileptic fits.
Don't try to make excuses.
The kid said you were saying my name in your sleep.
Tell me. Are you playing hard to get?
I'm not some player.
But you're a mile-high player.
I'm a simple man. I say what I mean.
I mean it when I say we're broken up.
Let's be serious now.
You gave the kid a key. You're really planning on letting him stay long-term?
You don't have to worry about my business.
Let's just establish and keep to our boundaries.
You get like this whenever I get serious.
You're so heartless to me but so tolerant with him.
How old is he and how old are you?
He's still a kid.
I get it now.
Did you reject me because of this kid?
It's okay. We can face all problems together.
My life is already a mess.
Please don't make it more complicated.
Leave me be.
Thank you.
Oscar! Oscar, stay. Stay.
Hand.
Yes! Good dog.
No.
Okay.
Stay! Give me five!
Oscar!
Let's take a picture of you two. Good boy! Come here!
Good boy, good boy.
You should know a lot of customers have been asking about Oscar
and if you're interested in rehoming him.
No way. Oscar is my family. How could I give him away?
By the way, the fostering fee renewal will be due soon. So...
I know.
I'll come get him in a day or two.
Are you writing your lecture?
Here's your key.
Have you eaten yet?
Do you like pets like cats or dogs?
I know the way you are.
Whether I say I like them or not
you'll still bring one back tomorrow.
Don't bother me.
Go find somewhere else to sit. I'm busy.
Hey, there's a new toilet. What do you think? Do you like using it?
Don't play dumb.
Aren't you the one who decided to buy a new toilet?
Installation took a whole hour and made me late.
I'm improving your life and turning you into a sophisticated man.
Not only are you not thanking me, you're even criticizing me?
It's so difficult to be a good person.
Good person?
You call me "hey" all the time. Is that the manners of a good person?
What do you want me to call you?
- Dad? - No, don't.
You'd better not.
I rather you call me Wu.
Can you play outside?
I... You were playing the opera in the middle of the night.
Did I say anything?
I couldn't even sleep. You can bear with this.
An 80 square meters apartment
can't even accommodate a quiet place for a desk.
Stop exaggerating. This place is no bigger than 50 square meters.
Are you acting up? If so, you can step outside.
I can come and go as I please. You can't control me.
All right.
- Where's my toothbrush? - How would I know?
You can keep track of your own things. Nobody's keeping an eye on them for you.
Don't blame me if your guitar gets stolen tomorrow.
Just a warning.
Don't blame me either if it drops from the second floor and breaks.
Maybe it'll be used as firewood.
Just a friendly warning.
I'm not playing. I'm tired.
Don't be a coward. Play.
I'm resting.
Meng Ni Sha Furniture?
Meng Ni Sha? More like dupe you silly.
Lu Da Zhi is definitely up to no good.
Thanks. You sure are resourceful.
I got the phone number for you
but you should think about whether you'll give it to Xiao Han.
Why?
Think about why Lu Da Zhi changed his number.
It's because he wants to say goodbye to the past.
He could throw away a 16-year relationship with his son.
Would Xiao Han want to find him?
Lu Da Zhi may not be Xiao Han's biological father
but legally, he still has ties to the Xiao family.
Most importantly, I need to have a talk with Xiao Han's real father
and discuss Xiao Han.
Focus less on your students
and spend more of your time video chatting with my brother.
If I can't be sure that Xiao Han is doing all right
how can I concentrate on chatting with your brother?
Anyway, I'll just hold on to this business card
and give it to Xiao Han when necessary.
Ye Xin is the least important person in the world right now.
Thank you! You're the best!
Dad.
I said call me Wu.
Dad, don't leave.
I was wrong.
When has life ever been kind to anyone?
It always comes up with new ways to be harsh
leaving us with no choices and no way of escaping.
Not everyone will experience life's tsunami.
I hope its violent tremors can strengthen your character
and its wild waves can strengthen your will.
I hope you carry the wisdom of savoring the taste of life
and not be defeated
and be able to walk away from loss.
I'll do my best as one who has experienced the same
to provide a helping hand at your side.
There are no pointless paths in life.
Every step counts.
[Days till I'm 18]
You're quite hardworking.
There's no helping it. I'm too capable.
I've been grounded, but they still need me.
I'm darn awesome, you know?
Impressive.
There's bread on the table.
Eat it if you want. If not, there's money underneath it.
Buy what you like.
I'm not going to get you everything you want like your dad did.
Save the bread for yourself.
- I'm taking off. - Not taking the money?
Buy food for yourself. You can't say I'm mistreating you.
There's 20 yuan more?
Very nice. Did you have a nightmare or has your conscience caught up to you?
I have a clear conscience.
Unlike you, living here
and still calling out for that dad of yours in your sleep.
Are you really dependent on him?
If you want to depend on him, I can help you find him.
Then we'd be free of each other.
Why would you look for him?
Are you trying to hand me off to someone else?
You haven't paid off your debt to me yet.
I don't want your fake mercy.
I shouldn't have felt any compassion for you!
20 yuan!
You don't seem to have just landed or about to takeoff.
What's going? Were you laid off?
What have you been busy doing?
I can't explain. I have to get back to work after eating.
Tell me.
A top student like me has fallen to the level of
brewing coffee for a low-achieving student like you.
If not because you're unemployed, I wouldn't bother serving you.
Low-achieving student? That was Shi Fei.
He was really an underachiever.
You were the top student.
You got into medical school with top marks.
I wasn't too bad either. I later got into the flight academy.
Let me tell you, Yue.
I went from the third from the bottom in our class into the top five students.
I'm not too bad.
It was my own choice to quit being a doctor to open a cafe.
You're not the same. Flight academy is difficult to get into.
Don't ruin your career over some trivial things.
All right. Is the coffee done yet?
Just the right amount of heat.
Hold on, it'll be ready soon.
By the way, what happened to
the coffee beans I asked your colleague to bring back from South Africa?
- Did you give him your address? - No.
I got a package yesterday.
Maybe he sent them to me?
- Hold on. Let me go to my car to check. - All right, hurry up.
Hello, this is Lin Xiao Ou. Who are you?
Hello? Who are you looking for?
Really.
These grades are a reflection of your recent performance.
You can only change your current situation by studying.
Don't tell me you're giving up on yourself so soon.
Didn't you say grades don't mean much?
Besides, this is just one time that I've scored poorly.
I'll have many more exams in my life.
Grades aren't enough to represent everything
but you have been performing poorly lately.
Every teacher has reported this to me already.
You're either not focused in class or not turning in homework.
I think there is a need to notify your parent of your recent condition.
Him? He can't help me in any way in my studies.
No need to see him.
That's not up to you to decide.
I have no way to contact your parent and you won't let me follow you.
I think there's a need to exercise my privileges as your homeroom teacher.
I'll be calling your basketball coach and suspending your training.
When your grades improve, you can resume training.
That again?
Can you come up with something new?
It's always suspending a student's extracurriculars
and making him focus on studying.
All right, go ahead with it.
The inter-school competition is in a few days anyway.
If our school doesn't make it into the finals, it won't be my fault.
I don't know who will be to blame then.
Now you're even threatening me?
Okay. You won't tell me your home address?
I'll find out on my own.
So you just want to arrange a home visit?
Why didn't you just say so? I could've just written it out for you.
Beating around the bush for nothing.
Hello. Who are you?
Hello. I want to ask if there's a teacher named Lin Xiao Ou at this school?
Yes. Do you need to see her about something?
Can you please ask her to come out?
Right now?
It's class time right now.
Why don't you sign in first?
- You can then go to her office-- - No, really.
I...
I can't go in. Why don't you ask her to come out?
You're really living in this neighborhood?
- You're not lying, are you? - I wouldn't dare.
As your friend, I sincerely suggest you don't go.
He's very unreliable and he's almost lost his job.
When you see him, you'll definitely dislike him very much.
But if you really want to go, I won't stop you.
I just hope you can help me with a tiny favor.
Why don't you suggest to him that he give me a bit more spending money?
What I'll tell him isn't what you should be worried about.
Your top priority right now is to study.
Yes, right.
Are you going today or tomorrow?
Are you trying to fish information out of me?
Or are you going to welcome me with great fanfare?
I haven't decided on a specific time yet.
Hello?
Hello, Ms. Lin? Someone is here to see you at the school entrance.
Okay, thank you.
I'm stepping out for a moment. Don't leave. I'm not done yet.
You're still not done?
I've already given her the address. What more does she want?
How did you find me here?
What do you want?
Didn't you say you hadn't seen my sunglasses? What's this about?
I hadn't seen them.
But you were bent on blaming me and I did indeed borrow them from you before.
So, all I could do was buy you a new pair.
How did you find an identical pair when you say you haven't seen them?
Isn't that suspicious?
My sunglasses were limited edition and not produced anymore.
Even if one can be found on the market, it won't be cheap.
You didn't do something to my pair out of spite, did you?
You're so hard to please.
You're getting a new pair, so take them. Don't make such a big fuss.
My sunglasses were my lucky pair.
Good luck comes to me when I wear them.
I don't care. I want them back. Send them back to me.
How can you be so unreasonable?
I spent a lot of money to get this pair for you.
You're not suffering any losses. Don't be so unappreciative.
I don't care even if these were made out of gold.
I want my original pair.
I'll give you three days. Send them back to me.
I don't care what shape they're in.
Where am I supposed to find them?
And send them to you? What's your address?
Add... How did you send these?
You can't even come up with lies.
You're teaching students with your IQ?
This is what I feel for those parents who pay tuition: not worth it.
Three days!
Let's put together a few more pieces. When Xiao Han gets here...
Morning.
- Speak of the devil. - You made it.
Let's practice together. We just made a few edits.
I'm in no mood.
I don't want to play.
Wait.
What happened?
Did the teacher lecture you for doing poorly on the exam?
She didn't just scold me. She also wants to make a home visit.
Home visit?
You didn't give her the address, did you?
I wouldn't put it past the she-devil to hire a private investigator
to track down my address.
Private investigator?
That'd be making such a big fuss over nothing.
She just wants to make a home visit for your own good.
She knows what happened to you.
You were late to an exam. It must've been because of Wu Zheng.
Just let her go.
I really don't need her concern.
You know I don't want Wu Zheng to have his way.
I'm only collecting on a debt.
I'm always reminding Wu Zheng he owes me and my mom.
He's a bitter pill to swallow.
When Ms. Lin visits, I'll exaggerate everything.
I won't let him have his peace.
Every unfortunate family has its own kind of misfortune.
My mom is on my case every day but I'm still at the bottom of the class.
Wu Zheng doesn't care at all and you're a top student.
Care about me?
He's so absorbed in writing lectures that he won't recognize his own kin.
Besides, I'm a thorn in his side. Would he care about my studies?
What happened with your English exam? How are you going to explain to your mom?
I'm not even scared.
One exam can't decide anything.
Besides, you're a top student and even you didn't score high.
So I... Right?
Using me as a shield?
All right, enough. Let's practice.
Let me tell you about what we changed.
- Come on. Let's practice that part. - Okay.
- Bye, Ms. Lin. - Goodbye.
Ms. Lin! Ms. Lin!
Mrs. Zhou? Are you looking for Zhou Zhou? He might be in the activities room.
No, no. I came to see you.
Me?
Zhou Zhou didn't do very well on the exam this time.
I came to discuss this with you.
The results were just announced this afternoon. You already found out?
Actually, he didn't do that badly this time.
He just made some common mistakes.
That can't be taken lightly!
What if his grades take a nosedive?
So I just wanted to discuss
whether you can tutor him in English outside of class.
I'm sorry, the school has a rule that
teachers aren't allowed to take private tutoring jobs outside of school.
Why don't you find him a cram school?
I'll pay you double the rate of the cram school.
It's not a matter of money. It's really because the school won't permit it.
I understand school regulations.
Ms. Lin, the cram schools are only tutoring students for the money.
They're not like you. You truly want the students to do well.
Zhou Zhou will be going abroad soon.
Given his current English proficiency, he won't be able to survive abroad.
My worrying doesn't help. He doesn't listen to me.
He respects you and listens to you.
Can you please understand, Ms. Lin?
All right, then. But I really can't accept payment.
And it can only last until the end of this semester.
I'll take some time every week to tutor him.
Thank you, thank you!
Not at all, not at all.
All right, my dear Ye Zi. Don't be mad.
I'm making a home visit to Xiao Han's house tomorrow
so I'm checking out the area in advance and lost track of time.
Just hold on. I'll bring back a big feast for you.
- Hello, do you have a menu? - Yes.
- Thank you. - Take a look.
I'll have an Anthony's lobster paella to-go. Thank you.
Okay. That's all?
Go make it.
- It'll be ready soon. - Thank you.
Hello.
Your Anthony's seafood paella is ready.
- Thank you. - Have a good day.
What are you looking at?
That looked like a dead friend of mine.
A ghost?
Maybe.
Why are you writing here instead of at home?
- There's someone at home. - Oh, drop it.
There isn't even a cockroach there. How could there be someone there?
Is there a woman who won't leave your place
and crying for you to take responsibility?
Someone even more annoying than a woman.
What are you writing anyway?
My supervisor assigned me to writing up a lecture.
I've only finished half of it.
Is this still the Wu Zheng I know?
You would butter up your supervisor?
I remember you wouldn't apologize to a teacher back in school
and you were punished to stand all day.
You've opened my eyes to a new you.
Everybody hits a low point in life sometime.
It's time for mine.
Understood. Indirectly saving the day and hoping to be flying again earlier. Yes?
All right. Keep writing.
All these years
you've been handed everything and lived an easy life.
You don't have any life experience.
You don't even know how to cook noodles.
Do you know if you're supposed to place the noodles or water in first?
You don't even know how to cook simple dishes.
How will you be independent?
Yue.
How come there's a guitar by the restroom? Where did it come from?
Shi Fei left it there.
Since you're not flying, you can play it to relieve your boredom.
Shi Fei is usually quite stingy
but he's quite generous when it comes to guitars.
He said you'd be turning to drinking if you can't fly.
He said playing music and singing would be better than drinking.
Play a tune. Nobody's here.
My girlfriend demands too much.
She wants a hot car and a bling watch.
I'm a student. How can I afford those?
I'll have to steal some wallets.
I'm really grateful I'm closed so there are no customers
or you'd have scared them all away.
Since you're grounded, can you brush up on your guitar skills?
Who's been grounded?
I'm focusing all my efforts into returning to the blue skies.
All right.
Keep up the efforts.
When your place is closed, it's so lonely.
It's such a somber mood.
I'm not staying.
I'm taking off.
Now you're complaining about the atmosphere here?
Don't come tomorrow, then.
- Bye. - Get going.
What a terrible guitar player.
Xiao Han.
Xiao Han? Get up to eat.
I'm not eating.
- What? - I'm sleeping.
I spent my precious time to make noodles for you.
Get down here.
Eating a bowl of noodles won't take much time.
Look at these noodles.
It looks delicious.
Hurry up and try them. You can go back to sleep later.
How is it? Isn't it delicious?
This was made with our Wu family secret recipe.
Make sure there's enough water and heat control is the most important.
If the heat is too high, it won't look good.
Boil for three minutes, take them out, and then rinse with cold water.
Add some soup and there's a delicious meal.
If you learn to make this, you won't go hungry anywhere.
What's the use in just looking good? To get girls?
You're still young.
Were you crying again?
Real men don't cry easily.
Don't keep things inside.
If you miss your mom, do it openly.
See that bookshelf over there? There's space, isn't there?
Find a photo of your mom and place it there tomorrow.
You can look at her when you miss her.
Why are you looking at me? You want to thank me?
Forget it. I'm doing this for your mom.
I'm not like your other dad, waiting upon you every day.
You'll start from zero here.
You can start learning what you don't know how to do.
I know you've never done chores before.
You had a bunch of people spoiling you and serving you.
Take your time learning. I'm willing to wait.
[Old Boy]
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