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[The Way We Were]
[Episode 19]
Sleeping in the morning and drinking at night...
Gone back to your old ways so quickly?
Your new job keeps you later than that restaurant did.
I'm used to it.
How is your brother?
I went to the hospital as soon as my plane landed.
I told my mom I came to do the matching test.
I'd mentally prepared myself to give Adam a kidney.
And?
And then...
And then, life happened. I wasn't a match.
To be honest with you...
I was secretly kind of relieved when I got the results back.
But then I immediately felt awful for Adam.
He has to keep waiting for a kidney. Who knows how long that wait will be?
He'll be on dialysis until then.
He's only nine.
At least now I don't feel that I owe anyone anything anymore.
They'll find a way.
You know, when I got off the plane and came back here...
as I saw this house from the distance
I thought of the fact that all of you were in here
and it suddenly occurred to me that this isn't just a house.
Somehow, it turned into a home.
Here.
Hi, boss.
Why did you ask me to come so early?
Well, Xiao, I heard you've been learning how to bartend from Jack.
How's it going?
Not bad. Do you need to test me?
Okay!
Bartender, give me a Tequila Sunrise!
No problem.
- Tequila Sunrise. - Thank you, bartender.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
Listen, Xiao. I received a phone call today
for a party order this Saturday afternoon.
Now, they want our bar to provide the wine, the liquor...
cold meals, sandwiches, et cetera.
And they happen to want a waitress that also knows how to bartend.
- Can you do it? - No problem!
- Can I go to work so quickly? - Yes you can!
Really, very good!
Thank you!
[Field Technology]
Yes, you'll see a tall building. When you get there, go left...
Hold on, give me a moment.
Did Miao Ying invite you?
Are you just back from a business trip or about to run away from home?
Go on in.
- Oh, nothing. - Bartender!
This is the bar. You'll mix everyone's drinks over here.
I'm Annie. Let me know if you need anything.
Okay.
- Hey, Xiao! - Boss?
Can you find someone to replace me here?
What happened to you today? Are you not feeling well?
It's not that.
The owner of the company is someone I know.
Many of my friends are here too.
I see. You're afraid they're going to find out about your work.
Well, Xiao, listen. I booked you for the job today
because you were specifically requested by the client to do it.
Why me?
Look, I don't know. I just followed the order.
Xiao, I'm counting on you to do a good job today, okay?
Okay. Bye.
Xiao Qing!
Shu Che invited you, right? He didn't even tell me!
He didn't invite me. I came here to work today.
- To do what? - I work at a bar.
Someone requested that i come mix drinks here, so here I am.
I didn't realize that this was Shu Che's company's opening party.
Congrats.
Who arranged this?
I'm not really sure.
Hi, can I get another glass please?
Sure.
Then, I'll leave you to it.
What's the deal with Xiao Qing? I thought you invited her here.
You didn't invite her?
- No. - Why is she mixing drinks?
She said she's been working at a bar off-campus.
That bar happens to be the one providing our drinks today.
That's why she's here.
Illegal off-campus work?
But I thought Professor Anderson got her an on-campus job.
- I have no idea then. - How do you not know?
I thought you were in charge of drinks.
Luca said she had friends that could get us a discount
so she took charge of it.
I didn't think anything of it.
Do you think... Luca arranged this intentionally?
What are you doing here?
Obviously I told her to come.
Waitress, give me ten glasses of Tequila Sunrise.
Sure.
What are you trying to do?
Isn't this the same concept as you giving her tips every day?
I'm helping her out.
Don't you know that by doing this
you're making her look bad in front of her friends?
What a backwards way of thinking.
Customer service work lowers people in the eyes of others?
Isn't independence something to be proud of?
Isn't she invincible to humiliation?
Why wouldn't she be able to look anyone in the eye?
Unless what you're worried about is she's lowering you in the eyes of your friends?
You're crossing a line.
This area is our workspace, and there's a small office over there.
You should be honest with yourself.
You and her are from two different social classes.
You're two peas from different pods.
I don't care about that.
This place is really great.
Do you think of yourself as a teen in love?
You understand love all of a sudden?
You can't get her, so now you're fixated?
You love her, but does she love you?
That's her business, and me loving her is my business!
What are you two doing?
Get over here.
Come with me for a sec.
Enough, enough, come on.
Thanks. Your work here is done. You can go collect your payment.
Why?
Because there's already a lot of liquor here.
We don't need a bartender anymore.
So please leave.
Is it because you think my presence here will make you guys look bad?
I'm afraid you'll make yourself look bad.
I'm doing my job.
Being a server and being served doesn't represent a difference in status.
- Why would I look bad? - Okay, I don't want...
my office to become you, Luca, and Cheng Ran's second battlefield.
- Is that okay? - I don't believe I did anything wrong.
You bring trouble everywhere you go. I want my office to be spared, okay?
Do you understand?
Why do you keep thinking of me like that?
The financial office is over there.
Xiao Qing!
I'm sorry about today.
You were humiliated because of me.
You've misunderstood.
What other people think is their business.
However, I don't think I have anything to be ashamed of.
See you.
Let me use a few minutes of everyone's time.
Please excuse me.
I...
Speeches aren't really my thing.
Because, in the words of my dad, I'm an absolute public disgrace.
But I can't help myself, I have a few things to say today.
Some of you may have noticed, and some of you may have no clue.
The bartender that was there just now has left the party.
She's a good friend of my sister's.
A schoolmate from Standord.
She's in law school getting a J.D.
Someone wanted to put her in her place today.
They meant for her to wait on her friends and schoolmates.
Unfortunately for that person, she didn't think of it as such.
My friends and I let her leave...
but... to her, it came across as condescending pity.
Actually, I want to talk about myself.
All of us, including me, hurt her through different means.
Some with evil intentions, and some out of kindness.
Yes, she's not affected by any of it.
But I still have to point out
that our self-righteousness comes from our privilege.
You all praise being independent...
but in reality, you're just spending your parents' money.
You all sing praises about making it on your own
but who doesn't envy having a life of leisure?
You say you're proud of working, but you secretly look down on it.
What you advocate through words, you find secretly find disdainful.
What you find disdainful, you secretly admire.
Take me for example.
I'm actually even worse than all of you.
I don't even make an effort to try to work.
My words and actions are synonymous.
I take pleasure in announcing the fact that I live a life of wealth and leisure.
I'm that rich kid others simultaneously hate and are jealous of.
I don't work hard and don't improve but my life is still better than others.
The girls in my life are prettier and more plentiful than others.
Even if you think it's unfair, what can you do about it?
You say I live off my dad, well that's right, that's what I do!
I deeply apologize that none of you were fortunate enough to get a rich dad.
You might get luckier in your next life.
It wasn't until I met this girl...
that I suddenly began to feel ashamed of my sense of entitlement.
She really made me start to think that maybe...
that maybe the values you hold on the surface are the right ones.
Because not only does she uphold these values, she commits to them.
The reason you all advocate one thing, and do the complete opposite in reality
is because you don't believe that it's possible
for you to be much more powerful than a freeloader like me
based off your own hard work and efforts.
But she believes it's possible.
Only her.
She's also the one who made me realize that I...
I have the same blood as anyone running through my veins.
I thought of everyone poorer than me as a loser.
Feeling a sense of purpose spending my dad's money...
it's not something to be proud of, and it's practically...
it's practically shameful.
What's wrong with coming from poverty?
Poverty is just a circumstance of birth, social class being just a birthmark.
It doesn't represent who you are now and it doesn't represent who you will be.
It doesn't have to be the present and it doesn't have to be forever.
She allowed for me to see this.
This was my first time meeting a girl with nothing
and she made me aware of my own unworthiness.
What's wrong with being poor?
A person shouldn't be humiliated over being born poor.
Every single effort made towards changing one's circumstances
should be admired.
When she left today, I...
I thought she'd been dealt a heavy blow and I ran out to comfort her, I...
I...
I stopped her. I said, "Xiao Qing, I'm sorry."
"You were humiliated because of me."
But I was mistaken.
She is much stronger and more steadfast than I thought.
Sorry, I'm a bit drunk.
But this is what I wanted to say.
Sorry Shu Che, I stole your thunder.
Do you... know Xiao Qing well?
You could say that. What do you want to know?
I heard that Professor Anderson from the law school gave her an on-campus job.
I even witnessed this American girl named Laura say
that Xiao Qing cried to the professor and stole her job underhandedly.
No wonder she quit that job and started working illegally off-campus.
She quit the campus job?
She said she didn't want special treatment.
You're saying she got the job because of the professor's special treatment?
She's not experienced enough. She wasn't supposed to get that job.
But Professor Anderson just wanted to help.
Think about it, her mom was in an accident and in the ICU for over 50 days.
Her recovery will take at least a year.
Xiao Qing almost dropped out. Is his special treatment so misplaced?
Did I hear right just now? Who?
Xiao Qing?
Her family went through something that huge? When?
About two or three months ago.
I'm the only one who knows.
No wonder she needed a job.
Her mom's hospital fees aren't covered by insurance.
They have to pay it all, so her family fell into a financial crisis.
This girl is really dense.
Her family is already in a crisis and she's still obsessed with her ethics.
She turned down the professor's kindness and started working illegally off-campus.
She was even harassed by the head chef.
I ended up ruining that job for her.
Why did she fall asleep in class that day?
How was she supposed to stay awake
when she'd spent the entire night in the hospital?
Was she ill?
Not her, her landlord.
Her landlord attempted suicide, but Xiao Qing arrived just in time
and saved her life.
What else are you curious about? I'm practically Xiao Qing's ambassador.
Does Xiao Qing have a Japanese car?
One that she only drives when Miao Ying and I aren't around.
You're talking about the car my dad used to bribe Xiao Qing.
- A white car, right? - Yes, that's the one.
- I know a lot about that. - How do you know?
She was so determined to return that car
she blockaded Assistant Wang in the men's room.
He only got rid of her when he went back to China.
She returned the car?
She never managed to. She asked me to give it to my dad.
When? Before the trial or after?
A couple of days before.
How did I not hear about this?
My dad has no idea either.
He doesn't? Then how did you return the car?
- I never did. - Where is it then?
I... used it to pay off a gambling debt.
I...
Cheng Ran!
You're really something! A real winner!
I'm sorry, okay?
I...
How did you know my dad gave Xiao Qing a car?
This was my first time hearing of it.
Before the trial, I saw Assistant Wang give her the car key.
But you didn't know she tried to return it?
So you've been judging her this whole time?
I've misjudged her this whole time, and even wrongly confronted her.
It's not your fault.
Your actions today have destroyed my last shred of patience.
From now on, we're strangers.
You can wait for the court to finalize our divorce in six months.
Cheng Ran! I know I was wrong! I really know!
I've been doing serious self-reflection in the last two hours.
I've been reflecting on my entire life!
I've been courageously facing my shamefulness!
The discipline I experienced in this one night
surpassed any discipline I received my whole life!
Then tell me. What did you do wrong?
I set Xiao Qing up for humiliation, and set the stage for myself
to turn my love opponent into dust at the flick of a finger.
Cheng Ran, you have no idea, you were so damn hot!
If you weren't talking about me at the time...
I'd have been talking back to you like crazy!
The stuff coming out of your mouth sounded completely alien coming from you!
It was like you were this whole new person.
Why do you sound like you're dissing me when you're complimenting me?
Really? I'm genuinely complimenting you.
You should do some more self-reflecting.
The stuff you said at the party was like an ugly mirror
that made me see an ugly version of myself.
Ugly how?
You showed me my shallow, base values...
You showed me the ugliness of my privilege...
my mean personality and my narrow-minded feelings!
I screwed myself over.
I wanted Xiao Qing to feel ashamed but the opposite happened.
I wanted to flaunt superiority but pushed you to her side.
I want to right my wrongs. I really want to change myself!
Because I saw you in love for the first time.
So that's what you're like when you're in love!
What am I like?
No one could turn you back on the right track, but Xiao Qing managed to!
I can't think of her as the enemy. I need to think of her as my idol!
She'll be my role model! I'm going to learn from her!
I'm going to turn into her!
How can you possibly turn into her?
I don't want to turn into her, I want to make myself better!
I want to turn myself into the kind of person you'll love!
Then I'll be able to see the better you, the more loving you!
Thank goodness she doesn't want you!
I have a chance. I have time.
Luca, do your best. You can do it!
I feel better after letting it all out. Now I can go over there tonight.
Hubby, I'll leave you now. I'm going to do more self-reflecting.
She's completely revolutionized...
We are finished, thank you!
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
Hi.
Do you need something?
Yeah.
Annie already cleared the bill with me.
Not that bill... the one between us.
What bill is there between us?
I wanted to... apologize to you.
Why?
For being presumptuous about you, for judging you when I knew nothing...
for misunderstanding you so many times and for my arrogance and prejudice.
For standing by and doing nothing when you needed help.
I apologize.
It's okay.
At the same time, I hope you'll consider my invitation.
Of course, this isn't to make up for anything...
I just genuinely think you're the most suitable choice.
Invitation to what?
Are you willing to join my company as a legal adviser?
This job is relevant to your major...
and after this year, you can apply for a CPT.
That way, you'll be able to work legally.
Of course, if you don't want to, and seeing me upsets you...
I won't force you.
All right.
All right?
I'll do it.
Okay! Then you're welcome to come to work any time.
You know the company address.
That's all I had to say. See you!
Bye.
And there's one more thing that's kind of belated...
but it's really nice to meet you.
Hello? Dad?
Why are you calling so late? It's already past midnight there.
[Yanzhou] I just managed to get off work.
Your mom went to bed, so now I have time to tell you some good news.
Your mom was discharged today.
Dad, you scared me! Next time can you tell me good news at a normal time?
Will you be okay by yourself with Mom home?
Sure. I hired a daytime caretaker to cook and bring your mom to therapy.
I'm fine by myself at night, plus your mom can go to the bathroom herself.
Really? That's great!
So you can go back to work now, right?
Yep. Everything is slowly returning to normal.
I'm relieved to hear that.
How are you? Is school stressful?
Is work difficult?
Everything is okay. Nothing I can't handle.
Oh yeah, Dad, I got a job as a legal adviser today.
It's at a classmate's tech startup.
They just got a three million dollar investment
and has a lot of potential.
Can you do legal advising off-campus in your situation?
I'll apply for Curricular Practical Training after one year.
Then, I'll be able to work legally off-campus.
- That's great. - Don't worry.
Dad, all our efforts have paid off. Everything is getting better now.
Yes, things are looking up.
- Let's keep doing our best! - Together.
You should get some rest. Bye!
Oh my gosh, Xiao Qing, you're finally back!
I've been waiting for two hours!
I promise not to see Cheng Ran. You forced me to go to the party.
I apologize for that fiasco! From today on, let's start fresh!
- Start what? - Our amazing friendship!
Xiao Qing, I think you're amazing!
Will you be my mentor? I want to learn from you.
- Learn what? - How to get Cheng Ran to fall for me.
- I really can't help you there. - Why did he fall in love with you then?
I didn't ask for it.
I want to learn how you get people crazy for you when you don't even care!
Okay, will you let go first? You're about to break my hand.
Sorry, sorry...
Enough, enough.
Xiao Qing, I haven't had a drink in the last two hours.
Do you mind giving me a cup of coffee?
Come on in.
What are you doing here again? Who let you in?
What's going on with you two?
My mentor let me in.
Xiao Qing, how can you be friends with someone like that?
You know that before you got home...
she waltzed into our house putting on airs and flaunting around.
She said she was going to take you with her. Are you leaving with her?
- When did I say I was leaving with you? - Mentor, I have a wonderful desire.
I want to bring you to my house to live.
That way, you won't have to pay rent, and you'll be able to teach me
You stop talking first. Let's let Xiao Qing decide, all right?
Xiao Qing, are you seriously going with her?
I never said I was going to do that.
Mentor, come with me for free rent and meals.
If Xiao Qing wants it, I'll let her stay for free.
You want to fight over who's offer is more enticing?
My house costs over three million!
She can drive all the luxury cars she wants!
She can borrow my mom and dad too! Want to compare our family influence?
Mentor, I'll definitely change that nasty habit of mine.
Where are your bags? Come on, come home with me!
- I'll help you pack! - You should go home.
I like my home here, I won't go back with you.
Mentor! Think about it!
You're the one who needs to do some thinking!
You already heard Xiao Qing say she doesn't want to go with you.
So get out of my house now, or I'll shoot you!
I'll say you were breaking and entering.
Katherine? Benjamin? You'll be my witnesses, right?
- No problem. - All right, we're down.
Hurry and go, she has a temper. I won't be able to control her.
I can't guarantee your safety. Hurry, go on home!
I've never seen such a shameless snob!
- Is it loaded? - You think I was kidding with her?
Shu Che.
I'm really glad you hired Xiao Qing.
Hello?
Frank.
Tomorrow morning. At Weiye?
All right. Okay, see you tomorrow.
Frank says he has a job for us.
- Really? - Do you know about it?
Nope.
I really don't know!
There's an office automation job that I want Shu Che's company to do.
I'm friends with Hualong Group's boss. They do business with Weiye as well.
Their North American headquarters is huge.
Thousands of employees.
This time, their whole company is upgrading their systems.
They're investing a lot into this. I want this partnership to work out.
As they say, you can't let outsiders have such great opportunities.
I want Shu Che to earn this money.
Office automation system upgrading?
That's not what Field Technology specializes in.
I know, but it's not an impossible task for you.
And Hualong's OA system manager, Tony, is here right now.
I asked you guys to come today so we could all meet.
Chat.
He's still waiting in the lounge. I'll take you there.
Come on.
You should go.
This is VP of Hualong Group's North American headquarters, Tony.
This is Shu Che, CEO and founder of Field Technology.
You're truly a young genius. Nice to meet you.
Thank you.
And this here is President Cheng's daughter and Weiye's successor.
I've heard a lot about you, Ms. Cheng. It's really nice to meet you in person.
Please call me Miao Ying.
Let's sit and talk.
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