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[The Way We Were]
[Episode 12]
You still have to eat, no matter what happens.
Miao Ying.
I've made things difficult for you. I'm sorry.
Shu Che... didn't make things difficult for you, did he?
No.
Don't take this too harshly.
Time can fix everything.
Once there's a crack, it will always be there.
Your relationship with Shu Che's father...
isn't just about him helping you win the subway manufacturing rights, is it?
What else do you think there is to it?
For example...
personal gain.
You must pay back those who help you in times of need in multitudes.
Benefits and relationships aren't exclusive from one another.
If they were, what would we use to express our relationships?
I'm really afraid... If Shu Che finds out about this--
And so what if he does?
He'll suspect that this was all part of your meticulous plans.
That even I am a part of your plans.
And then...
he'll assume that our feelings for each other are no longer pure.
That maybe they never were.
Pure...
I agree. Love is great when it's pure.
But that is where the benefits of pureness ends.
Because nothing can remain pure forever, but personal gain is everlasting.
If you want your relationship to last, it's not dependent on how pure it is.
What it relies on is how mutually beneficial you are to each other.
and whether it can help both of you gain the most from each other.
You must understand this concept.
Shu Che will also understand it one day.
Of all the people in my life...
not a single one that is still in my life today
is there purely because of our personal feelings.
They're all symbiotic relationships where both parties stand to gain.
That's why love can't withstand trials or temptations.
The pure love that you embrace today
could be the source of your pain tomorrow.
You can only be together forever
if the relationship remains mutually beneficial.
You either prosper together or suffer together.
Do you understand?
Are you telling me all this because you want me to accept a marriage
where love is exchanged for personal gains?
I just want you to understand
the symbiotic relationship our two families share.
Not only does it not stain the pureness of your love right now...
rather, it ties you and Shu Che closer together.
It ensures the solidity of your future marriage.
What's the point of being tied together when our love has lost its authenticity?
You may not understand what I mean right now...
but in the future, you will definitely agree with me.
Let me rest. I'm exhausted.
Have a good night's sleep.
Don't think too much.
Miao Ying.
I owe you a wedding.
Goodnight.
Your place has turned into a man cave without Miao Ying.
I can't find anything other than instant noodles.
Come eat it while it's hot, before it clumps.
Look at you wolfing down your food.
Were you planning on starving to death if I hadn't come?
Why don't you go bring Miao Ying back tomorrow?
The two of us... need some space to cool down.
- How long do you plan on punishing her? - I'm not punishing her.
I just want a reason for why she backed out of the marriage.
Is that an unreasonable request?
Mom.
Did you guys pressure Miao Ying behind my back? Especially Dad.
Did he demand that she not marry me?
No. Of course not.
If your dad didn't agree to the marriage, he'd tell you to your face.
Why would he need to pressure Miao Ying behind your back?
- Really? - Really.
Then I really can't figure out why she'd flip 180 overnight.
What would turn her from being ecstatic about getting married
to running away from it?
I keep thinking... that something happened the day or night before.
Something made her change her mind suddenly.
Have you asked her if anything happened?
She said nothing did.
I just keep thinking she's hiding something from me.
The Miao Ying of the last two days suddenly made me feel like...
she's never been such a stranger to me.
Shu Che.
I'm a woman.
Men like to be logical, but women are emotional.
Sometimes there are feelings we can't explain or understand.
There's no reason to it.
You have to give Miao Ying the time and space to digest it.
I believe, and have always believed, in her love for you.
What I mean is, this postponement has nothing to do with faltering ethics.
You're a guy, don't be so unreasonable.
It's like she really destroyed you or something.
Bring Miao Ying back tomorrow.
Just be like you were.
Rejecting a marriage is something you consider insignificant?
I just want an explanation. That's unreasonable?
[Find My Friends]
Are you ready for your class? I think you all know the topic...
The Road to Success.
You're going to have your own journey of course, but let's start with one.
So much for today! Class is over!
Are you from China?
- Uh, yes. - Cool.
I actually had a question about the Chinese economy.
If the U.S. dollar continues to appreciate...
how will that affect Chinese currency values?
Sorry, my friend is waiting for me. Sorry, see you later.
Let's get lunch together.
Can you give me an explanation yet?
I've already explained everything. There really isn't any other reason.
Forget it.
I'm afraid that if I keep facing you, I'll keep thinking about this issue.
I'll keep wanting an explanation from you.
Acting this way makes even me hate myself.
We can't go back to the way we were
if I don't give you an explanation that you find reasonable?
- Sorry, I'm late! - No problem.
What's up, new bride? How is married life?
You're also on flight CA985 to San Francisco?
You too?
Oh right, this is the gift I prepared for you.
It's not very expensive, but a lot of effort went into it.
- I wish you the best. - Thank you!
- This is... me and Shu Che? - You can tell, right?
That means it's not so bad.
I really love it, thanks.
Then I hope you and Shu Che are always together and happy like them.
- We actually didn't get married. - You didn't?
Why?
After some thinking, we decided that it wasn't the right time.
After all, we both still have a lot of school left.
But I really like this a lot, can I keep it?
Of course. I had it specially made for you guys.
Thank you. I'm really grateful.
Don't be.
[From Mom]
Ming'er, are you still in America?
Mom and I miss you.
Son, aren't you coming home yet? Are you eating properly out there?
Mom, Dad, I'm almost done here in America.
I'm heading back to Beijing in a couple days.
Don't worry, I'm doing fine.
I have neither time nor money.
I have to go back to Beijing, since I'm broke.
However...
Am I able to leave Miao Ying like this?
Even if she has no knowledge of my presence...
[Shu Che]
- Hello? - I'm right outside your house.
Can you come out for a second? I have some things to say to you.
Okay, I'm coming.
I came... to ask you something.
Go ahead.
I never would have thought this before, even though we were apart for six years.
But...
If...
If there's...
Please tell me. I can understand, and even accept it.
Miao Ying...
Have you ever... loved anyone, or still love someone, besides me?
- Why would you ask me that? - Shouldn't I?
Especially after your rejection.
So you suspect that I've been cheating on you?
We've been apart for so long and you're so talented.
You must have had a lot of suitors.
And there must have been those that caught your eye, that's normal.
Listen, there wasn't a single one and it wouldn't have been possible anyway.
I've known you since I was 12, and since then, there's only been you.
And Shu Che, I've told you this...
Anything could make me hesitate...
but it would never be because I didn't love you enough.
No matter how long we were apart...
and how many things could have changed, my feelings for you would never change.
So?
Why, then?
You came all this way just to ask me that?
Can I sit here?
Xiao Qing! Is anyone sitting here? Mind if I join?
- Sure. - Thanks!
- Hi Laura. - Hi Katherine.
Let me introduce you. This is Laura, and this is my roommate, Xiao Qing.
Hi, nice to meet you.
- Actually, we've met. - Really?
I'm sorry, I don't remember.
Of course you don't remember, you didn't pay any attention to me.
- You were crying. - What? I was crying?
- When and where? - Professor Anderson's office.
How could you forget that?
Sorry you had to see that.
You really brought into my view...
Chinese women are living up to their reputation.
Using two techniques to control everything.
Being coquettish, and crying.
You are entitled to your opinion
but how could you insult me in public like this?
Who gave you the right to insult me?
You did.
If you weren't so good at women's natural advantages
and taking other people's jobs...
Do you honestly think you're interesting enough to be humiliated?
- Who's job did I steal? - Mine!
Why don't you tell everyone here about your new little job on campus?
- I... - That was mine!
Professor Anderson terminated my contract and gave it to you because you cried.
You might feel fine about this and maybe you think you deserve all of this
but I'll never feel sorry for what I'm about to do.
Apologize.
Apologize to her...
for your rude behavior.
Sorry.
Please help me check out.
Are you leaving?
Yes, I'm going back to China today.
I have a job there.
The girl you brought back from the bar, is she all right?
Probably, she is back to her daily life.
- Are you willing to leave her? - Actually, she...
She doesn't need me.
I think she does.
Thank you.
I'll miss you, child.
- I will miss you too. - Thank you.
- Bye. - I'll walk you out.
[Find My Friends]
- You... - I've seen you before.
You're Miao Ying's schoolmate from Tsinghua, right?
- Yes. - What are you doing here? Studying?
No.
Then you came for fun, or for work?
No.
You came for Miao Ying.
- No. - Then tell me why...
you'd turn up at the motel she was staying at a few days ago?
You saw me?
Are you still going to insist you didn't come here for her?
It's true that she's the reason I came.
- But I didn't come to see her. - Are you playing games with me?
You came for her, but not to see her.
Next, are you going to tell me that you stopped her from getting married
but as for everything that happens after, it's all none of your business?
Stop her from getting married?
How could I have that ability?
What did you say and do to her before the day we were supposed to marry?
I didn't do anything. We didn't even see each other.
She doesn't even know I'm here.
What did you major in?
Computer science.
No wonder.
You can't even come up with a decent lie.
We looked in every hotel in San Francisco before we found her at that motel.
She avoided all her friends and family.
You're the only one who knew where she was.
You're still going to insist that you two never met?
It's true that only I knew where she was before you arrived.
But that's because I...
I followed her from the court to the motel.
But she really wasn't aware that I was there.
You flew all the way to America...
yet you don't meet her or contact her.
You witnessed her run away, then followed her the entire way.
To that place where it was just the two of you...
you didn't go meet her, and didn't tell her you came.
You followed her all the way to Standord, where I found you.
Do you believe your own words?
Tell me why you came to America.
I didn't come to do anything.
I just heard she was getting married, so I wanted to come and see.
See what?
I wanted to see her get married with my own eyes.
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