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[Negotiator]
[Episode 24]
How come you thought to drop by today?
I haven't seen you in a while.
What's this?
Have you forgotten about an old friend like me
now that you're dating Xie Xiao Fei?
No such thing.
Something's on your mind?
Work has been very stressful lately.
Wei Wei, I thought I was merely unqualified to be your boyfriend.
But I should be more than qualified to be a friend, right?
So, I can't believe you didn't tell me when something so serious happened.
He's missing.
You're looking for him.
How did you know?
Actually, I know where he is but I'm afraid to tell you.
Where is he? Tell me quickly.
He is at Zhao Chen Xi's house.
He's at Zhao Chen Xi's house?
He's over there having the time of his life with another woman.
I'm only telling you this because I can't stand to watch it.
Xiao Fei isn't like this.
Wei Wei, stop being so dumb.
He's always been well-off.
Now, he's fallen from heaven to hell.
It's human nature that he would do something like this.
But Xiao Fei told me he would get back onto his feet.
Compared to Zhao Chen Xi
it's obvious to see which of you can help him more in his cause.
If you want to know whether he has betrayed you, it'll be simple.
Come with me to Zhao Chen Xi's house and find out.
Wei Wei?
You aren't confident either, are you?
Think on it.
Remember, no matter what happens, I'll be here for you.
Tong Wei, I have to tell you something.
I have a friend who saw Xie Xiao Fei with another woman.
Was it her?
I don't know if was her. This woman...
Tong Wei, forget about him already.
He's gone too far.
I think Tian Yu is a nice man.
Give Tian Yu a chance!
He treats you so well!
[This is the address of Zhao Chen Xi's house.]
Stop being so immature, will you?
Out of sight, out of mind?
I say you should go straight to her door and ask what is going on.
You are Tong Wei.
Everyone else is beneath you.
You're a capable woman who dresses up just to go downstairs to buy gum.
What's the matter with you now?
You let yourself fall into this state over a man who ran off?
Is he worth it?
- No. - That's right.
What's the big deal, right?
Come.
- Come on! - Where to?
Come with me to catch the cheater.
Forget it.
Just pretend it was a dream.
No!
You two can break up.
But if he did something to betray you
I will stand up for you!
Come on. Hurry up and let's go.
Step back and think about it.
Are you not in the slightest bit curious?
What happened between you two for Xiao Fei to suddenly betray you?
Even if it's over, you should know why.
Let's go! Hurry it up.
Are you leaving?
I've already imposed for two days.
I'm sorry.
Stop it, Xiao Fei. You know I don't want you to leave.
I heard everything your mom said.
Don't take it to heart.
Everything she said was for your own good.
She's not wrong at all.
If you're with me and help me
you'll just be dragged into trouble and have more to worry about.
But we're friends.
It's precisely because we're friends. I can't let my friends get hurt.
If you continue to help me, there will only be more instances like last time.
This is a way I can protect my friends.
I'm detested by all right now.
Others can't get away from me fast enough.
Why are you helping me so much?
I really don't want to get you involved or hurt you.
Let me go, all right?
I won't let you go!
- Stop it. Let go. - I'm not letting go.
I won't let you leave.
- Let go! - No!
Xie Xiao Fei, come out!
- Xie Xiao Fei! - Who are you?
- Sorry, we're looking for someone. - Xie Xiao Fei, come out!
Where is he?
Stop hiding if you have guts, Xie Xiao Fei.
Get out!
Is he upstairs?
- I'm calling the police! - Auntie, I'm looking for someone.
- Who you're looking for isn't here. - Auntie Tang.
I know them.
Go do your work. I got this.
Miss, call for me if anything happens.
- I'll call for security. - Okay.
Xie Xiao Fei, you're Tong Wei's boyfriend.
You leave without a word and drop off the radar.
Now you're staying at this woman's house. What do you mean by this?
You should leave.
We're not leaving until you explain.
Ms. Tong, it's already very rude of you to come in uninvited.
Xiao Fei has asked you to leave but you still won't.
Do you really think nothing of me?
Xie Xiao Fei, what happened?
I'll be staying here from now on. You don't have to worry about me.
Hurry up and leave.
At least give me a reason.
What reason do you want?
I've fallen in love with another, okay?
I love someone else. Okay?
Xie Xiao Fei, are you a man?
- Calm down. - Are you a man?
Tong Wei has done so much for you.
Auntie Tang, call security! We have trespassers!
Don't call.
Can I speak to you in private?
There's nothing to talk about.
It's okay. I'll wait for you outside.
I'm not leaving until you come out.
Why didn't you tell me you left Luo Bin's place?
Why should I tell you?
So I could go back to your house and be subjected to your family's criticism?
Can we talk nicely?
I can't endure anymore.
I can't stand being like a stray dog, disliked and unwanted everywhere I go.
- Who dislikes you? - Me!
I dislike myself.
I watched Qin Tian Yu give you a gift in front of so many people.
And I? I couldn't do anything.
I could only flip a few somersaults to make you happy.
I said your somersaults were the best birthday gift I ever received.
Stop joking, will you?
If it were before, I wouldn't care about anything Qin Tian Yu gave you. Why?
Because if I wanted to, I could give you an even more thoughtful gift.
But things are different now.
I have nothing.
What will I use to compete with him?
I am a man. I have a man's dignity.
Dignity is earned with your own efforts.
I can't stand it.
I can't stand looking at the faces of those mocking me.
I've had enough.
Don't be like this.
- Find your fighting spirit. - I have no fight left in me!
I give up, okay?
I have nothing left.
I don't believe it!
Tong Wei, let me go, all right?
I played at love with you before
because I never had a hard day in my life.
Now I've had enough.
I'm over it.
What's the use of bing in love?
So stop bothering me, will you?
I've fallen in love with Zhao Chen Xi. Why do you still keep bothering me?
Xiao Fei, are you hurt?
Ms. Tong, why would you do that?
Xiao Fei already made himself very clear.
You two deserve each other.
Tong Wei!
You don't know what you had.
I'm sorry for using you, Chen Xi.
It's okay.
I was willing.
Won't you stay?
I have nothing now.
What I have now...
is what little dignity I have.
That's why I have to leave.
But where can you go now?
You don't have to worry about me.
You're a good woman.
You will find your true love.
I hope you will one day become the person you want to be.
Goodbye.
Mom, what should I do?
I can't hang on anymore.
I don't have anything left.
If I jump, will everything end?
Will I not bring anymore trouble to others?
It's freezing cold!
I'm going home!
It's really cold.
I... I guess I won't.
Hello, Cui Xi?
Manager, something big is happening. Where are you?
Is Director Qu here?
They're in the conference room.
I'll go there now.
Director Qu, Director Zhou.
Tong Wei, have you made a decision about what I told you about Xie Xiao Fei?
What I should do or what?
Please hand over the photo of the Chinese partner
and all information you know
and cease all inappropriate activities.
I'm sorry, I can't do that.
Tong Wei, don't forget your identity.
Director Qu, it's precisely because I haven't forgotten my identity.
All these years, many companies have tried to poach me.
Headhunters have offered me more than double my salary.
I've never thought of leaving because I value my job.
As a negotiation officer
the honor I feel whenever a deal is sealed
cannot be bought by any amount of money.
Since you value this job so much, you should be cooperating with us.
But what the company asks me to do now makes me sick.
Everybody knows by what means Xie Tian Cheng took control of X-Group.
It was by despicable means.
When did CAEA become an accessory to others' interests?
When did we become a tool in a business's internal power struggles?
Is this still the company I was so immensely proud of?
Ms. Tong, if you help X-Group, X-Group will return the favor.
As long as you hand over the photo
X-Group will guarantee your place in U.S. headquarters
working alongside Jonathan
fulfilling your long-time dream.
What do you say?
That sounds like an attractive deal.
But I'm sorry. I can't do it.
I'm sorry, Director Zhou. You will receive my resignation letter tomorrow.
I'll be leaving now.
Please get out.
Is my brother doing well?
You're concerned about him?
Ms. Tong, I don't want to make an enemy of you.
On the contrary, I'm very grateful to you.
Grateful to you for speaking up for me to my brother that day.
That's why you should know I take the side of reason.
What you've done has exceeded my allowable limits.
I greatly admire your courage, but I have to warn you.
My uncle isn't a good person.
He never forgives the ones who oppose him.
Then please help me tell Xie Tian Cheng
I've encountered many bad people in my life.
Let him come at me. There's no need to hold back.
I can put in a word so that you can stay.
You're not forcing me to leave.
I'm choosing to leave.
CAEA has disappointed me.
I don't want to work here anymore.
You resigned? Are you out of your mind?
Sorry, I'm absolutely normal.
If you were still passionately in love with Xie Xiao Fei
I wouldn't say a thing.
But you two are broken up and he clearly has another woman.
Now you throw away your job because of him? What are you thinking?
I know you'll all say I let love go to my head. Right?
Don't say you did it in the name of justice.
- That's exactly what I was going to say. - Are you an idiot?
I believe if my parents were still alive, they would support me.
There's nothing more important than insisting on doing the right thing.
Have you considered this?
What will you do now that CAEA has fired you?
What will happen?
I have a healthy mind and body. Do you think I can't support myself?
Enough about this.
Have you found anything on that partner I asked you to find?
Are you kidding?
You're already broken up. Why are you still concerned about his business?
Finding that partner is a promise I made to his father.
So, even if he doesn't do it, I will.
Wei Wei, you've gone crazy.
You're beyond saving.
How's the patient?
- Stable. - Great.
That girl is so like you.
Brave and stubborn.
I'm really afraid our tragic story
will be repeated on Xiao Fei and that Chinese girl.
- Okay, thank you. - You're welcome.
Tian You.
The doctor just gave me a report.
He said Xiao Fei's mother's condition is stable.
You don't have to worry.
But...
But what?
I didn't want to alarm you with this
but I think it's best to inform you.
The hospital has decided to
change the drug imported from Switzerland to something else.
However, I've inquired and the drug efficacy is still good.
You don't have to worry.
This must be Tian Cheng's doing.
After all, the monthly medical expenses are very costly here.
If you're not happy about this, I'll speak with Xiao Tian
and make sure they cover the medical fees for Xiao Fei's mother.
Kiki, send over all files regarding X-Group's 18 Secrets
to Manager Xiao's group.
Kiki?
All right.
Traitor!
Manager Tong, we've decided.
The only reason the 18 Secrets project was a success
was all because of you.
Why should we hand it off to someone else
let alone to someone as disgusting as Xiao Xiang?
If it were you, what would you do?
That's simple.
If we are a bit sloppy with the handover
then Xiao Xiang's team will definitely be thrown into a confusion.
Director Zhou will then remember all the good work you've done.
Then you'll be able to come back.
Who did you learn that from?
Where CEO Chen is concerned, be it us or Xiao Xiang's team
we only have one name.
That is CAEA.
If we have internal strife, we'll only be making fools of ourselves.
Manager Tong, don't be mad.
We just don't want to see you leave.
I won't be able to work with you from now on.
But you have to remember this.
The worst harm that our enemies can do to us
is to turn us into people just like them.
Stay at CAEA and do a good job.
That would be the best way you can repay me.
I'm going now.
[Resignation Letter]
I'm leaving.
I came to say goodbye.
I'm very disappointed in you.
I'm sorry.
What are your future plans?
I haven't decided yet.
Don't forget you signed a non-compete when you were hired.
Nobody in the same industry will take you in.
You're on your own now.
I understand.
Thank you for looking after me all these years.
You're selling all of these?
Give me a moment.
This... will be this much.
Okay, wait a moment.
Take this.
Mr. Fei, please leave Tong Wei.
If you truly love her, you should help her instead of ruining her.
Do you know your uncle, Xie Tian Cheng, is livid because Tong Wei is helping you?
If you two remain together
I'm guessing Tong Wei's career at CAEA will soon reach an end.
Even when you were the sole heir to X-Group
I did not support your relationship.
There was only one reason for that.
Tong Wei's dream
shouldn't be destroyed by a man who suddenly shows up in her life.
If you truly love her, you should help her.
- Who-- - Me. What about it?
You... Then I won't fight you.
Did I say you could leave?
Who are you to stop me?
Tell me what you're sneaking around here for.
Who's sneaking around?
Were you afraid to admit you still had feelings for Tong Wei
in front of that rich girl yesterday?
So now you come over today to get back on her good graces
and make her forgive you?
Let me just tell you. In your dreams!
You're jumping to conclusions. I was just passing by.
I don't want to two-time her.
Don't let me see you again! I'll beat you up every time!
Wei Wei, eat fish.
Tong Wei, eat more.
Time flies by so fast.
It's the 20th again.
It's time to hand out living expenses. I know.
No rush, no rush.
There's something I need to tell you.
I'm not working at CAEA anymore.
You're not working there?
They fired you?
I resigned.
Why did you resign from such a nice job?
Honestly, why are you making such a big deal out of it?
Tong Wei is so capable.
She must have found a job that pays better. Right?
Did another company poach you?
No. I'm unemployed.
Does your resignation have to do with Xie Xiao Fei?
I'm telling you this to ask that you be a bit accommodating.
Can I wait to give you this month's living expenses until I find a new job?
What are you saying? We're family. It doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter to you.
Tong Wei, you didn't do something wrong to make the company fire you, did you?
Listen, if that is the case, other companies won't hire you.
Don't worry, I won't starve to death.
Bo Wen, I think this is bad.
Something terrible must have happened.
I think that Xie Xiao Fei must have fooled Tong Wei out of money and love.
What is that nonsense?
Think about it.
Xie Xiao Fei didn't say a word and left quietly.
Now Tong Wei said she resigned.
Something must have happened in between.
- Stop making wild guesses. - How are these wild guesses?
Tong Wei suddenly resigned from a perfectly good job.
You asked her why today and she tried to cover it up.
There must be something fishy about this.
- Say, that is quite strange. - Yes.
I've been watching TV lately.
There are tons of half-witted women.
They'd do anything to keep a pretty boy.
Tong Wei seems to be tough on the outside
but she is soft on the inside.
Her bark is worse than her bite.
Could it be that she wanted to accumulate money for Xie Xiao Fei
so she misappropriated company funds, and was caught and fired?
Oh no, oh no!
You have to take control of this.
What if this situation blows out of hand
and our family is implicated?
But Wei Wei won't say anything. What are we to do?
That's true.
Tian Tian is a little girl but she is full of ideas.
I'll have her think of something.
- Who is it? - Me.
I'm tired. We can talk tomorrow.
No, we have to talk now.
I'm really tired. I don't want to fool around with you today.
I saw Xie Xiao Fei today.
He was just downstairs outside our house.
I asked if he came to see you but he said he took the wrong bus.
Are you done?
Don't you think he doesn't seem to like that Zhao Chen Xi very much?
I know he's using Zhao Chen Xi to put on an act.
Then why are you angry?
I'm not angry because of this.
I'm angry that his convictions have wavered
and he has lost his will to fight.
I think the scariest thing in a relationship
isn't that he falls in love with someone else.
It's that he becomes the type of man I look down on the most.
He went from being an insufferably arrogant man
to a coward who submits to reality and just goes with the flow.
I'd rather he break up with me because he fell in love with Zhao Chen Xi
than see him become like this.
All right.
But if it were me
I'd rather the man I love become a coward
than let him be with another woman.
That's why I say you're still young.
Can you promise never to mention that person again in front of me?
I really don't understand what you adults are thinking.
Where was this photo taken?
Fangsheng Bridge?
Xiao Fei, let me in.
Don't you want to know how your mom and dad are doing?
Sure. You can talk right here.
How's my mom doing?
All indicators are stable.
- And him? - He's not in any danger.
Okay, good. You can leave.
This is your card. Take it back.
So are you pitying me?
Can you stop trying to act strong?
I said I won't spend another cent of the Xie family's money.
I can prove I can be self-reliant.
I don't want it.
Xiao Fei, hand over the photo of Tang Mi Cai.
In your current situation, you can't possibly defeat Xie Tian Cheng.
Only if I die.
If you release the photo, you and Dad will at least still be shareholders
and enjoy a well-to-do life.
It'll leave you better off than you are now.
There's a Chinese saying, "A wise man knows when to retreat."
You must have heard it before.
I'd rather live a life like this than submit to people like you.
You can be a hero
but have you considered the people around you?
The people around me?
If you dare touch my mom
I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth.
Give Xie Tian Cheng my message. I am a man of my word.
I'm talking about Tong Wei.
We've already broken up.
You have broken up, but she was still implicated.
- What happened to her? - You don't know?
X-Group pressured CAEA to make her hand over the photo.
You people are abominable.
She wouldn't hand over the photo so she resigned on her own.
- Xiao Fei. - Don't say anymore.
You can get lost now.
Do you think you can be proud of making the one you love be hurt?
If I were you, I'd give up my business to pursue love.
Get lost!
Why are you such a fool?
Who is it?
What are you doing here?
Where's Tong Wei?
It's you? Who let you come in?
- Leave. Leave right now! - Tian Tian!
Act like a lady.
Dad, Mom, it's him! He's the one who made Tong Wei like this.
What are you doing here? Leave!
Auntie, I have something important to see Tong Wei about.
What do you want to see her about? You cost her a job!
Leave! You won't leave? Then I'll call the police!
No, Auntie!
Everybody, quiet down!
I don't care who you were to Tong Wei before.
From now on, don't come looking for her. Okay?
Uncle, I really do need to see Tong Wei about something very important.
Tong Wei isn't home. What's the use in staying here?
Then can you tell me where she is?
It's none of your business. Leave.
Leave! You're so annoying.
Don't come again!
Tong Wei, where have you gone?
Were my words too harsh that day?
I'm sorry.
I didn't think you'd do something so foolish.
Shan Shan, I researched all night.
The stone bridge in the photo is Fangsheng Bridge.
There are so many Fangsheng Bridges in China. How are you going to find it?
When I search online for Fangsheng Bridge
the first search result is in the Zhujiajiao town of Shanghai.
I plan on searching there first.
What if it's not the bridge there?
It doesn't matter. I'll check it out first.
This is it.
But how can I find clues about the person in the photo?
Sir.
Is this the place in the photo?
Young man, this is the place.
This is Fangsheng Bridge.
It's the largest Fangsheng Bridge south of the Yangtze River.
Thank you.
You're looking for someone?
With this photo alone?
How old is he? Who is he to you?
When did he go missing?
Did anything strange happen before his disappearance?
Did he leave any words?
You don't know any of that?
Okay, then let me ask this.
How long has he been missing?
20 years.
20 years?
Let me explain.
Miss, I'm very sorry. I can't help you.
I understand but can you help me look up if there are have been
any nearby vendors in the last 20 years
- or-- - Miss.
It's been over 20 years.
So many tourists stop by.
Can you be sure the business owners here can recognize this man?
I think it's best if you go home.
Thank you.
Sorry.
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