[The Way We Were]
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[The Way We Were]
Episode 5
Can you give this to him for me? Don't let anyone know.
Would this be considered a secret between us then?
Think whatever you want.
Okay!
But you should tell me what happened between you two and why he gave you a car.
After time passes, I'll tell you.
Okay.
Remember! Make sure to hand it to him yourself. And don't let anyone know.
Don't worry.
Okay, I'm leaving.
I'll drive you.
No need. I want don't want to see this car anymore.
I meant I'll drive my car.
I plan to cross-examine the patrol officer
and question his Chinese listening skills.
Then I'll have his colleague come out as a witness
to indicate that he misheard your conversation.
If everything goes as planned at this point,
we'll be able to have the obstruction of justice charge dropped.
Next is our turn to provide evidence.
I'll present your plane ticket showing you left in June and returned in August.
I'll also include your border stamps,
to prove that you didn't receive the notice of traffic violation in time.... - My client at this time
suffered destructive crushing injuries on both of her legs.
This led to a high level bilateral leg amputation, very close to the hips.
She was determined to be a class 5 disabled patient and has forever lost the capabilities of ambulation.
She won't be able to care for herself on her own.
Everyone, please look at this picture
These are the photos taken of my client
moments after the car accident.
Defense lawyer, do you still have any words to say?
Temporarily none on the narration of the case.
Shu Che.
-Huh?
Do you have any thoughts?
No.
Good.
What are you thinking about?
I'm thinking of the girl six years ago again.
I never told anyone.
Whenever I go back during my vacation breaks every year, I would go near her house to look around.
Intentionally and unintentionally waiting for her to appear. Seeing how she's doing.
I have a lot of energy. During lunch today,
I ate a huge cup of rice.
Just sit. Hold here.
Darling, your hand.
We still have to push it a bit forward.
I watched her until she got married.
I saw her marry a deaf-mute husband.
On her face, she has this blissful smile
that you see during every wedding.
I looked at her from afar and kept thinking.
If I didn't commit that mistake,
she would probably be happier and more blissful now.
But you didn't do it on purpose.
Also, your parents have compensated her enough for her to not worry for the rest of her life.
All the pain
whether it's physical or mental,
can they really all be comforted by money?
But you all have done your best.
What best have I exerted?
For some things, just let bygones be bygones.
Things can pass, but...
the definition of right and wrong...
It will always stay here.
What actions are right? What actions are a must?
Aren't those two the same?
What should be done are the right things.
When we were little, we were taught to do the right things.
But once you grow up, you realize
that what's 'right' and what you 'should do'
are usually 2 different things, and they are of the opposite poles.
What you should do might not always be the right thing.
And what's right might not be what must be done.
Will choosing to do the right thing
disappoint and hurt those
loved ones and friends that wanted what's good for you.
And in choosing what you should do,
is that preserving oneself
or hurting oneself?
[He that violates his oath profanes the divinity of faith itself. - Cicero]
All rise
Please be seated. Court is now in session.
Morning, Mr. Shu
Good morning, Your Honor
According to your profile, it looks like your
in your studies at Standard University
and you're in the final year of your undergraduate studies
Yes, Your Honor
Well, the material submitted by your defense attorney
have been included in your transcript. It looks like you're doing very well at university
Yes, Your Honor. My client has always been an excellent student
and enjoyed a good reputation.
I'd like to hear what the prosecution has to say first
Officer Schiller, would you please give us your opening statement?
On August 6th, 2013
When I was on duty, I say the accused speeding his car
with the license plate: 4D0Q678
While I was trying to speed up and ask him to stop and pull over,
he ignored my warning and continued to speed up and go off the highway.
When i arrived to the stop where the accused had stopped,
him and a lady that had been with him,
had already gotten out and were standing at the driver's side of the door.
While with my gun, I was approaching them; I heard the accused
ask the lady in Chinese,
to tell the police that she was the driver, not him.
He said his license was revoked because of traffic violations.
Therefore, I arrested the accused on the spot.
On behalf of the San Francisco Police Department, I would like to submit
a lawsuit against the accused, against four charges
Driving without a license. Driving with excessive speed.
Dangerous and Reckless Driving, and Obstruction of Justice
And you understand what they were saying in Chinese?
Your Honor, I've been studying Chinese for two years
"I can speak Mandarin really well"
My Chinese is excellent
Defense Attorney, please provide us with your statement
I need a word, my client denies these charges.
In the court, I will submit information of his flights.
He went to Beijing from San Francisco on June 29th
The return, August the 1st
I will also submit immigration records to support his words.
because he had left the U.S. and couldn't have received at traffic ticket
that his driver's license was revoked, so he had no subjective
legal intention with driving without license
Besides this, I wan to submit evidence provided by my client's landlord.
It will explain another reason
Why my client had license revoked was that two months ago,
he needed to rush the landlady
who had a heart attack late that night, to the hospital, and drove through a red light on the way.
which punishment to traffic offense
This shows my client has good character and loves saving people.
In addition, I suspect the authenticity of the testimony
from the prosecution of Officer Schiller.
And will provide new evidence to prove Officer Schiller get overconfident about his Chinese language level.
because mishearing and misunderstanding
He had fabricated allegations
of my client inciting other people to take the blame for him.
Are you saying I misunderstood?
I will demonstrate that we are not sure that you understood what my client said on the spot.
But Ms. Xiao, who was with him at the time,
already verified with her testimony that my understanding was correct
I'm deeply interested in what Ms. Xiao will say in court today
Is Ms. Xiao here?
Yes, she's seated here.
Ms. Xiao, please take the witness stand
Place your hand on the Bible
[Holy Bible]
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you, God
Yes, I do
Please make your statement as to whether the accused asked you to take the punishment for him
Ms. Xiao, please answer the question
Your Honor, please forgive me to interruption
May I explain the reason for my lawyer's statement?
Shu Che.
Okay, what your statement?
My lawyer denied the four charges against me
because I have reserved information for him
As for the four charges, Your Honor...I
plead guilty
I confess because I was busy preparing for exams
and went back to China to attend my girlfriend's Commencement.
I failed to get my license restated in time
after it was revoked.
I confess
On August 6th,
the day when it happened,
I had not planned to drive in the first place,
But my friend who agreed to drive me to the airport went out of contact.
Therefore, I had no choice,
but to pick up my girlfriend myself.
and then cause unlicensed driving.
I confess. Because my girlfriend had been sent to hospital for a certain illness that happened on the plane.
I was so worried about her
that I overspeeded.
At last, I confess.
When I was about to be arrested my Officer Schiller,
I asked Ms. Xiao
to take the blame for me
as I worried that
I could not get to the hospital on time
once I got arrested when my girlfriend was in surgery then
The accused, why didn't you tell your attorney
about this in the first place
and now you tell it in court?
Since this incident transpired
I have struggled between doing what was best for me personally
and what is actually the right thing to do.
In the past, I have been avoiding to admit my own faults
I have always acted in my own self-interest
This is why I asked Xiao Qing to take the blame for me.
I would like to thank Officer Schiller
for being to understand my words
in such.
He has prevented me form obstructing justice
I want to thank Xiao Qing for denying my selfish request.
In doing so,
She has avoided perjuring herself in court today on my behalf.
At this moment, I realize I finally have an answer to the issue
which has haunted me for so long
From this point forward, I promise to always do what is right
regardless of the consequences
I sincerely apologize for my past acts
of cowardice and selfishness
Oh I like your honesty and courage today
If it so, we can speed ahead the trial process. The accused, please sit down
Thank you, Your Honor
Ms. Xiao, do you have any objections with his confession?
No objection, Your Honor
Do you have any further questions for Ms. Xiao?
I have none, Your Honor
Me either, Your Honor
Ms. Xiao, please be excused.
Defense attorney, do you have any further witnesses to testify?
Since my client pleaded guilty, we shall provide no more witnesses.
I apply to the court to submit his
flight arrival records, payment of fines
consideration for reinstatement for his driving license and statements from the landlady.
I hope the court considers them.
In spite of short time, I believe Your Honor has learned that my client has good character.
And he had no subjective intention for what he was accused of.
And as you can see, my client is also a man
who had the courage to bear responsibility.
To face up to whatever it takes.
Therefore, I expect the court to give him a reasonable judgment
So that he can get more opportunities to serve society.
Instead of just taking the punishment.
This is very justice, my client wishes and welcomes.
There is something I'd like to say before making an announcement on this.
To confront is the precondition of correction.
As well as the beginning of all proper cognition.
To confess ones own sin
is the greatest bravery for everyone.
Again, I'd like to express my admiration for Mr. Shu.
For your courage and making a comforting trial.
Now I am ruling the accused Shu Che
is guilty of all four charges, and is fined one thousand dollars
and to perform one hundred hours of community service.
Thank you your Honor.
Xiao Qing, Thank you.
- I'll leave first. - Okay.
Sorry. Forgive me for being unappreciative of your efforts.
I'm proud of you. I love you.
Let's go home.
That Shu Che . . .
overturned the lawyer's strategy to plead innocent.
He admitted his guilt in court.
All of our previous work was in vain.
The result?
The result was good. He was fined a small amount of money.
Ordered to serve 100 hours of community service.
It could be that his open and honest attitude
made a good impression on the judge and his sentence was light.
But he will still have a criminal record.
I suppose he thinks this a good outcome.
Just blame me. I didn't handle this well.
You did all you could. I can't blame you. Besides, it's done now.
Ok, no more about that. How are the negotiations on the project going?
Ah, we've basically reached an agreement.
The CEO of CE Asia learned about our firm stand on refusing to become a assembly plant business operating on foreign capital.
He offered to introduce core technologies and to train independent technologies.
Letting the Chinese party have
an independent intellectual property rights kind of partnership plan. He is willing to accept them all.
But the final decision is still with the board of directors of CE.
Next, it depends now on the old Americans
if they are willing to break the technological barriers just for the market.
You must remember that the main lead of this bidding is still a purely foreign investor or a collaboration investment.
Their battle plan must still be made in China
or made by Germany, or made by Japan
That's why, you must tightly grab hold of the intellectual property rights.
This is your only winning card.
I understand.
Goodbye.
Where are you taking me?
To a good place.
Why did you bring me here?
In a minute, you'll know.
Be careful. There's a rock here. Don't hurt your foot.
Dig. It's just below this rock wall.
What am I digging?
There's a treasure hidden below.
A treasure that I've prepared for you.
Is today April 1? April Fool's Day?
Do I look like I'm joking with you?
If I'm unable to dig up anything, you're a little dog.
- What did you hide in here? - Fighting!
Why did you bury it too deeply?
Just a little more.
Wow!
This
When did you bury this?
A long long time ago.
Don't you want to open it?
I'm going to open it.
Those are all yours.
Today is the 10th successive day that I'm eating IN-N-OUT. Miao Ning,
I'm going crazy in wanting to eat the sweet and sour cabbage and red braised spareribs that you make.
Although you usually put too much vinegar and your spareribs were usually under cooked,
that is the taste that's I'm lost in reverie in every day.
This is the 14th time I got harassed since I arrived here in the States.
It is also the 10th time that I insisted on preserving my virginity.
Miao Ying, there were a few seconds that my heart wavered,
wanted to just let my body have its way, and to treat her as you.
But those few seconds will just disappear.
Because no one
can be similar to you by even a bit.
Is it really hard to wait for someone for 6 years?
At the start, I felt that it was so hard.
But when the yearning turned from sadness to a daily habit, I realized
that a thing being hard is because you weren't persistent enough.
Thank you, Miao Ying.
You use 60 days of every year to keep proving to me
that the 300 plus days of persistence are very worth it.
You made me learn that doing something in a calm and persistent manner,
even if this something is waiting for 6 years, it's not really that hard.
Because it's been a long time since I approached any women, others are treating me like a weirdo.
They think that I'm unimaginably queer.
There are people that think that I'm a weirdo.
Being a chaste young man is really hard.
Miao Ying! Miao Ying, are you thinking about me?
Miao Ying, there are still 1778 days
before you arrive.
During the years I was in America
when I'm doing nothing, I would come here to stand.
I would stand here and look at the sea
Because I knew
that you're on the other side of the ocean.
Sometimes, after looking for a long time, it's as if
I could see you waking up in the morning, brushing your teeth and washing your face.
Eating, studying
closing your lights at night and going to sleep.
Do you know?
When I wrote the first note and placed it inside the bottle,
It was my third day in America.
This reef beach
heard all the words that I wanted to tell you.
It knew my loneliness and my yearning.
It also bore witness to my 6 years of
fidelity, chastity, and single hood.
I actually planned to take you here on your first day of arrival.
Miao Ying, are you willing to marry me?
I mean right now, immediately, ASAP.
Okay. Right now.
immediately, ASAP.
I finally was able to wait for you to come here from the other side of the ocean.
Shu Che, Miao Ying already told me the court happenings.
The result wasn't that bad.
Sorry that I'm too busy with my business deals lately. I wasn't able to help out on your matter.
It's fine. This is the result that I hoped to get.
Handling my own matter by myself. Bearing the consequences of my own mistakes.
Cheng Ran, when can you learn from Shu Che in being this independent and autonomous?
Father, I have been alone here in the US since I was 14. How independent do you still want me to be?
Right. Your spending skills really show your independence.
I'm asking you to learn how to be a responsible man.
Shu Che, next year you're graduating. Do you have any plans?
Is it to return to the country to establish a business or stay here in the US to work?
I probably would be staying here in the US to continue studying.
I want to study another year of graduate course in law school.
Continue studying? That's good.
The same course as Xiao Qing?
You'll be becoming a junior from being a senior then.
When did you have such an idea? How come I never heard of it?
Quite some time already.
It's just that I feel like I have a lot of questions in my mind that I want to look for the answers through studying law.
That's why, I thought of studying it a bit deeper.
Does your father prefer that you go into business?
That's their wish, not mine.
Learning law doesn't mean you can't go into business.
Hey, dad, I want to use this chance today to formally introduce
the project that Shu Che is currently developing.
It's called domain name analysis service center.
Called...
Domain name analysis service center.
What's that? Tell me about it.
For example, domain name is the internet address
of businesses, financial institutions, banks,
and online shops.
Once they get attacked by hackers, or say that
the system itself developed some leaks, it will lead to some problems.
Even to the point of losing their address.
Hence, others will end up being unable to find them and their online service will get paralyzed.
What a domain name analysis service center does is to prevent them from getting attacked by hackers.
Ensure their safety online.
This is a product concerning online security?
Its market potential is very huge.
I really am looking forward to it. Have you found an investor?
Honestly, it's not that easy to find an investor right now, but I have confidence on my product.
I think that finding an investor is just a question of time.
Why still look for an investor? Just directly ask my father to be one.
Won't that solve 2 things?
May I ask if you will give me the honor to be your investor?
- I can't accept your investment. - Why?
Because we have this kind of relationship.
Even if it's a usual investing practice,
I'm still afraid of bringing my father trouble and risk.
You have considered it very thoroughly.
After all, your father is in politics. I understand. I totally understand.
Let's eat.
There's something that regards me and Miao Ying.
I want to tell it to you and Cheng Ran.
What matter is there that still needs my approval? Hurry and say it.
Me and Miao Ying have decided to get married soon.
Wow! You two are finally getting married? Congratulations!
I wish you two to be together forever and to have children as soon as possible.
You two still haven't graduated and still haven't determined the life direction that you want.
Why are you in a rush to get married?
In marriage, you just need to determine the direction of love and that's okay already.
Say less. We're talking serious matter here.
Actually, marriage has always been part of my plan.
I've waited for Miao Ying for a long time.
Six years. Miao Ying is finally here.
I feel that it's time that we get married.
Although I'm not sure what will happen in the future,
But one thing I'm sure about is
I love her, I want to be with her forever.
Yes, I understand everything that you're saying right now.
But marriage is a very complicated matter.
For example, here in the US, what are your plans? When you go back to China, what are your plans?
Also, after getting married, where are you going to stay?
Will you need to renovate and buy furniture?
Also your parents and I have never met before.
Miao Ying and I have talked about this before.
We don't plan to have a grand wedding. We just want to proceed with the legal process first.
We'll register first then she'll transfer to where I'm living right now and we'll start our new life together.
Just that simple?
That's right, it's that simple.
Anyway, Shu Che and I have the same idea.
Isn't this matter too hurried?
Marriage doesn't only concern just both of you.
Think about it. Your family has a lot of relatives and friends, right?
Our family is also the same. We need to inform all of them.
Isn't that right? The most important question is
have you spoke to your parents about it?
I haven't talked to them about it, but I will.
Dad, just express your stand first. Are you giving your permission or not?
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♫ Love and Hate's margin ♫
♫ Gathering and dispersing ♫
♫ Asking why do you care ♫
♫ Until now, I'm still longing ♫
♫ And I'll still go back to you ♫
♫ I rely on you ♫
♫ Separated but the heart comes back ♫
♫ Remember this love, we understand ♫
♫ That this is just love ♫
♫ Whenever I feel hurt ♫
♫ Do not leave and go far away ♫
♫ How long and how far does it take to heal? ♫
♫ Why don't you just return to the place you fell in love? ♫
♫ Did not say goodbye and silently left ♫
♫ The room is cold and no longer has the warm sun ♫
♫ How much I want to keep the time of you and me ♫
♫ Never forgetting and longing for the love to come back ♫
♫ Love and Hate's margin ♫
♫ Gathering and dispersing ♫
♫ Asking why do you care ♫
♫ Until now, I'm still longing ♫
♫ And I'll still go back to you ♫
♫ I rely on you ♫
♫ Separated but the heart comes back ♫
♫ Remember this love, we understand ♫
♫ That this is just love ♫