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[Old Boy]
[Episode 43]
The fall of the curtain
is every gentle strength in my chest.
Silence, my silence.
I won't let go, I'm no longer seeking.
You already possess my eyes and heart.
The twinkling of lights
is every firm tenderness in my heart.
A testament, my testament.
I will be watching over
your gracious smile, your downcast eyes, and your strengths and weaknesses.
Memories of every time I looked up alone at the stars
grow distant after a kiss from you.
With you warming my hands and you lighting up my desires
I want to share every moment of tenderness
only with you in my embrace.
Ye Zi.
I know you are
a very outspoken, accomplished, and wonderful woman.
Because you are a lawyer
you're used to facing others with a professional and cool-headed attitude.
But I know you also need to be protected and taken care of.
I know that without me, the rest of your life will probably be phenomenal
but without you, I don't know how I will survive.
Thank you for sending me a legal notice
so that we could meet, get to know each other, fall in love
and allow me to be by your side.
I probably can't give you a glorious life like in fairy tales
but I will do all I can to give you happiness.
I also hope
you can be my legal consultant for life.
Will you marry me?
Bravo!
Kiss! Kiss!
Dad, don't move. I got it.
Hungry?
Starving.
Our meal ticket has arrived.
I'll sit here.
Something came up for my brother-in-law so he won't be coming. It'll just be us.
I've already ordered. It's my treat today. Eat all you want.
Yes, I'm in charge of your money from now on.
Eat to your heart's content today
because you won't be getting another free meal from my Shi Fei.
Ye Zi, you don't know your fiancé well enough.
Your fiancé has never treated us to dinner before.
Who paid for dinner two days ago?
You left so early. Nobody paid.
You left us high and dry.
What? You really take after your dad.
My fiancée is here.
I didn't hear a thing.
Waiter, serve the dishes!
It was such a spectacular scene.
Tell them.
No, it was just a simple proposal.
- What? Simple? - Very simple.
I planned for so long. Was it simple?
Think about it. Ask the others if it was simple.
Just imagine the ambience there.
There were about a couple thousand people?
There were a lot of people.
The spotlight hit me so I took to the stage.
Everybody watched me take out the ring and seal the deal.
Look at the ring.
- Isn't it big? - Is that real?
- I don't know. - What did you say?
I was so touched that I couldn't stop crying.
Enough about this.
Where are you going? To pay the bill?
Everybody, I'd like to take up two minutes of your time to sing a song.
I'd like to thank the beautiful woman sitting next to Shi Fei.
Her name is Ye Zi.
She helped Shi Fei complete his transformation from a boy into a man.
Shi Fei and I have known each other a long time.
How long? Well, we were already buddies back when we were only in diapers.
We caused trouble together
did bad things together
and got scolded by teachers together.
We fear nothing because we have each other's support.
Back then, we were innocent and happy.
But we didn't understand life.
Of course, we didn't know what love was either.
I hope that in your future journey, a very long journey
you two will be as in love as you are today.
As Shi Fei's best buddy, I will continue to give you my blessings.
My first blessing will be this song.
This is a song Shi Fei and I wrote when we formed a band.
We sang this at a wedding.
Today, I'll sing this song to you.
These years have been tiring, often spent in a half-asleep state.
I don't know why I keep chasing with all my might
until we each end up exhausted.
From having everything to having nothing at all
many friends have come and gone.
How many would genuinely extend a helping hand in a moment of need?
Don't regret the past.
Hard to say whether past relationships were right or wrong.
Recalling days of old is pointless.
There's no turning back now.
Forget the sorry mess of the past
clean yourself up and slowly find your way.
It's not a loss if you pick up what you've thrown away.
If you fail, you can always just drink it away.
It's the feeling of loving again after being hurt.
It's you who wrapped your arms around me tightly.
Cry or smile, you have to face it either way.
Men are the coolest when they can let go of it all.
Men are the coolest when they can let go.
I'm really going to leave.
What?
After I leave for the U.S., I might...
never be coming back.
There's really nothing you want to say to me?
Sorry.
Hello?
Okay, I'll come right away.
Shi Fei, I have to leave right away for something urgent.
I don't want to ruin everybody's fun. Keep on eating.
Follow Shi Fei's orders after you finish eating.
- I have to go. - Okay.
- Call me. - Okay.
- Full yet? - Almost.
Please help me ask your friend in Los Angeles
which schools have psychology courses.
The sooner the better.
I only want to audit. I don't need a diploma.
Thank you.
I'm sorry but you are not a compatible match.
How unfortunate.
I remember you told me Li Li Qun is your father.
Well, this is strange. You have blood type AB.
Logically speaking, neither of your parents should have blood type O.
What are you saying?
Li Li Qun... is not your birth father.
Good job.
He ate four today.
These dumplings are good.
Take care of your body so you'll be ready for surgery.
Give up on that thought.
I said I wasn't going to do the surgery.
My brother took a blood test. The results come out today.
What did you say?
Mom, don't ask. He didn't want me to tell.
Wu Zheng wants to donate his liver to you?
Help me up.
Give him a call.
Tell him to come.
I have something to say to him.
Mom, what do you want to say? Don't say anything.
- He-- - Call him.
Hello?
Wu Zheng, where are you?
I'm at the hospital.
Can you come upstairs? Dad says he wants to talk to you.
Okay.
Your blood type... won't be a match with mine.
So you knew from the start that I'm not your son?
Your mom wasn't your birth mother either.
Where are my birth parents?
Your mom and I were married for three years.
The factory sent me to Inner Mongolia to help develop the border.
Your mom was already three months pregnant at the time.
I was a bit hesitant to leave but your mom encouraged me to go.
She said she would take care of herself and the baby.
After half a year in Inner Mongolia, I requested a leave of absence.
I wanted to come back to take care of your mom after she gave birth.
I didn't expect
to come back to find your mom with a flat stomach
and a two-year-old boy by her side.
That was you.
Keep going.
I was taken aback.
I asked your mom what happened.
It turns out there was a fire at the factory five months prior.
Your mom bravely tried to help put out the fire
was injured, and had a miscarriage.
She was devastated.
She was in the hospital for over a month before she recovered.
She later heard a married couple who worked in the same workshop
perished in the fire.
They left behind a child who was sent to the orphanage.
Your mom rushed to the orphanage and took you home.
She even changed your name.
She gave you her maiden name and named you Wu Zheng.
Why didn't you discuss such a serious decision with me first?
Why didn't you discuss this with me first?
Li Qun, it happened too suddenly.
I didn't want this to happen either. Do you know how much pain I was in?
But he--
If my memory serves me...
your father was named Feng Da Qing and your mother was named Jia Hui Lan.
I held you in my arms when you were a child.
Feng's son suddenly became my son.
I couldn't fully accept that.
I tried to discuss with your mom.
I asked if we could send this child to another family
and we could try for another child.
She wouldn't agree.
We had a lot of arguments over this.
Later on, in a fit of anger
I returned to Inner Mongolia to continue my work at the border.
I sent money to your mom every month
but she sent it back to me untouched every month.
Hey, Yang.
Li, your mail seems to have been returned again.
- Bye. - Thanks.
Your mom was a stubborn woman.
She was also a strong woman.
Not long after, we filed for divorce.
Two years later...
I started a new family in Inner Mongolia.
I later had your sister.
I no longer had any contact with your family.
But this matter...
will always...
be a burden in my heart.
I wondered.
I wondered why in all your years in Inner Mongolia
you never mentioned your time in Shanghai.
So why...
did you return?
I don't know either.
Perhaps it was by chance.
By chance, I saw this...
this house.
I happened to have enough in my savings to buy it.
I don't know.
Perhaps I was returning to my roots.
Anyway, I have returned.
So you knew from the start.
I kept coming to you.
But you would rather die from sickness
than accept any help.
You lost your parents at such a young age.
When you most needed help, I abandoned you.
Now that I'm in this state...
I have no right to accept your help.
[Temporarily closed]
I've flown all over the world over the years.
The beautiful views I've seen are too many to count.
Sometimes, I sit in the cockpit
and look up to see the starry sky
and look down to see an endless stretch of city lights.
Sometimes, it could be boundless snowy peaks in one moment
and a stormy tropical rain forest in the next moment.
It's a stunning sight when I emerge above the clouds.
I think to myself every time
how perfect it would be if I could share it with you.
Xiao Ou.
My heart is reserved only for you.
It is filled only with memories of you.
This is the only key that opens the door to my heart.
I'm now giving it to the only woman it belongs to.
Sometimes...
I feel such gratification
to be able to see so many beautiful sights as a pilot.
What reason would I have to not live or love to the fullest?
I won't anger you again.
We'll see if you keep your word.
What's your blog name? Let me check it out.
Consider it my little secret.
Are you okay? Should I take you to the hospital?
Why don't you go home to sleep?
I can't step away because there are still customers or I'd take you home.
Xiao Ou.
Who?
Xiao Ou?
Do you want her to come or what?
Didn't you two break up?
How could he be so drunk already?
[Wu Zheng]
- What is it? - Hello? Is it Lin Xiao Ou?
Who are you? Did you find someone's phone?
No, I'm Wu Zheng's friend, Xiao Yue, the owner of the cafe he frequents.
He's drunk and unconscious here.
Why don't you come--
This woman has such a short temper.
Wu Zheng, hang in there. Your rescue troops will be here soon.
- You're quite flexible. - Did you expect any less?
- Who's that? - Xiao Ou.
Why is Xiao Ou calling you?
Hello?
Hello? Wu Zheng is drunk at Host. Please go pick him up.
What has gotten into him lately? Why did he drink so much?
That's strange.
Didn't he just get out of the hospital? Is he allowed to drink?
How would I know why he wants to lay waste to his own body?
That's strange too. How do you know he's drunk?
Xiao Yue called me for some reason.
That's strange too. He called you so that means he wants you to go.
Right?
I... I'm busy right now. I'm-- What?
It's getting to the important part.
Where are you guys?
Ms. Lin, Shi Fei and I were just engaged.
Where do you think we are?
I know you're with Shi Fei.
I'm sorry. I'm only notifying you out of the goodness of my heart.
What Wu Zheng wants is no longer my concern.
He can do what he wants.
Xiao Ou, out of respect for me, can you not interrupt my engagement night?
I'm only making this call out of respect for you.
These fools don't know how to storm the tower.
What tower?
I called Lin Xiao Ou. Why did you two come?
We didn't want to come. Why is he so drunk?
Who knows? He can usually hold his alcohol better.
He's probably troubled.
- Why didn't you stop him? - You think I could?
True, he's stubborn.
Are you okay?
- Why is he still sleeping? - Xiao Ou?
Xiao Ou!
Where are you going?
You guys are here. I'm not needed.
Look. He's already knocked out. Do you still need to avoid him?
You're already here. How can you say you're not concerned about him?
If you leave, we're going to leave too.
We'll throw him out on the street.
Come on. Go inside to check on him. Okay?
- Don't hide. - Stop pushing.
- Look who's here. - You're finally here.
- He's been calling for you all night. - Look who's here.
Hey, don't puke in my restaurant.
All right.
Puking is good.
You're good at this. He's scared sober after seeing you.
I've always been curious.
Why are you so good to such an irresponsible person?
I don't agree with that.
He is quite a mess but he's genuine.
If you call him irresponsible, I can counter that with 100 examples.
We have nothing to do while he's puking so here's an example.
When I was young, I was really cool and all the girls liked me.
Really?
No, no. He's a witness.
Anyway, others often liked to pick fights with me but I was no match for them.
He was a model student and wouldn't help.
Wu Zheng was the only one who protected me every day.
He put two bricks in a backpack and carried it on one shoulder every day.
Don't you see him walking around with uneven shoulders sometimes?
- It's a result of those days. - I really haven't noticed.
You can't tell now. He nearly couldn't get into flight school because of this.
He later fixed this problem after becoming a pilot.
Your turn.
It's true. I can testify to that.
He had terrible grades in school.
He later was determined to do better to get into flight school.
In the span of one semester
he jumped from the third from the bottom of the class
up to third in the class.
He was nearly a threat to my number one spot.
I was first from the bottom.
No change to that.
Sprint speed of a 100-meter dash.
How could they break up when they're like this?
So touching.
We're just leaving? Who will take Wu Zheng home?
Isn't Lin Xiao Ou here?
You want them to rekindle their flame?
Wouldn't it be great if they're together?
How so? You can't force them to be together.
What if they don't want that?
I've noticed you're leaning more towards your brother's side.
Aren't you the embodiment of justice?
I'm not! I'm not partial towards my brother.
Your friend, Wu, has been so indecisive about what he wants with Xiao Ou.
Xiao Ou has been feeling so sad.
Even if I speak up for Wu Zheng, I can't convince myself.
Why? I think it'll be great. Think about it.
If your best friend and my best friend get together
all four of us can hang out and have fun together.
I'd like that too but what if they don't think they're right for each other?
Fine, let's just mind our own business.
Give me your hand.
Since you're fine, I'm leaving.
Don't go.
Don't leave.
If you leave, I'll be left with nothing.
Don't go.
Why didn't you all tell me?
My dad isn't my dad.
I already lost my mom.
What are you all afraid of?
Why didn't you all tell me?
Telling me wouldn't affect my feelings for you all.
I don't even have the chance to be a good son anymore.
Don't leave.
Xiao Ou.
Sorry.
If I were able to give you pure happiness
I would never let you leave.
Were you the one who was holding my hand in the emergency room?
Why did you leave before I woke up?
There are two things in life that are the worst.
One is losing the one you love.
The other is losing what you love do.
Sorry.
Didn't we say we would face everything together?
Why is it so hard for you to open your heart?
My life is already a mess.
I don't want to drag you into my messy life.
Sorry.
Forget me.
You said this key opens the door to your heart.
It seems I have no right to own it.
Love might occur with just one word...
or in just a split second.
But forgetting someone...
might take a whole lifetime.
Nobody loses the ability to love.
Unless he doesn't want to love.
I never asked that the one I love be a hero who takes on everything.
You can be weak and helpless.
But you don't even believe in yourself anymore.
You're right.
You can't even pull yourself together.
So how can you love and protect me?
Ms. Lin?
Your dad is drunk. Take care of him.
Ms. Lin, I think he needs you more than he needs me.
Why don't I make myself scarce?
No need. Give him water.
He doesn't need me now that you're back.
Are you okay?
Okay, you can stop pretending to be asleep.
How much did you drink? Want water?
Look at how much pain you're in.
Uncle Shi Fei created such a great opportunity for you.
Why didn't you make use of it?
You're always trying to act strong.
Can't you just show your softer side to Ms. Lin?
Thank you. Keep the change.
Xiao Ou.
I was afraid you were busy so I came directly instead of calling.
Ye Zi happens to be out.
What is it?
My friend in Los Angeles called me
and said there are two schools for recommendation
that offer psychology courses.
You seemed to want this urgently so--
Come upstairs with me.
What do you think?
Thank you for giving so much attention to my matters
but these schools...
How do I put this?
They feel a bit lacking.
They have the vibe of a diploma mill.
It does look a bit questionable.
You could choose to move there first.
You can take your time picking out a school you like.
It's okay. Thank you. You've already helped a lot.
I will compare them on my own.
Do you not want to go anymore?
I will be going.
But I suggest you not waste any more time on me.
Take control of your own life.
Don't change for anyone.
It's okay.
I'm an adult. I know what I'm doing. Don't worry.
I just want to ask one more thing.
You said you wanted to pick a school and leave right away. Now you're hesitating.
Is it because of Wu Zheng?
Stop involving yourself in my personal life.
There is only one way we can remain friends.
Don't cross boundaries.
[Old Boy]
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