METEOR GARDEN
EPISODE 9
How is that possible? Why is Lei and Shan-cai dating?
I'm sure A Si misunderstood them, getting mad for no reason.
We're all good friends. Let's discuss it with Lei.
I'm sure we can figure it out.
Students, please take out the paper on management of human resources.
Be ready for the lesson to start.
Where's student Dao Ming-si?
Dao Ming-si is not feeling well and has taken the day off.
Lei, let's have a discussion.
Lei, you know that A Si really likes Shan-cai, right?
I know. But I don't think there's anything to discuss.
Hua Ze-lei, what's wrong with you? Are you really dating Shan-cai?
Come on, Lei. Why would you hurt your best friend's feelings?
Lei, don't let the loss of Jing makes you loss your sense
you can find any girl as a replacement. But Shan-cai.../ Xi-men.
A Si.
Lei, listen carefully. From this moment on, you're no longer my best friend.
A Si, are you really willing to break up our friendship for a girl?
The one who broke up our friendship isn't me, but Hua Ze-lei.
A Si, don't do this.
Do you have the notes from the last few days?/ Yes, I do./ Can I borrow them later?
I've been busy working the last few days./ Ok, no problem.
What's wrong with Dao Ming-si? Did you guys have an argument?
Let's go.
Do you want to eat?
This is for you.
Dao Ming-si.
Does that look like A Si's expression? His face should look like this.
You're wrong. There's something missing.
His eyebrows should be as thick as earthworms.
And he's at the peak of his anger right now.
So we have to add a few more indications of his anger.
The drawing looks very similar./ No choice.
I can still remember the look of anger on his face.
I'm sorry./ What for?
If I hadn't gone to the beach to look for you, none of this would've happened.
Your friendship with Dao Ming-si wouldn't have broken up. This is all because of me.
It was because I wanted to kiss you. I'm wrong for kissing you.
Let's go out on a date this Sunday./ A date?
My husband, I'm really struggling.
Do you think that I should use the whitener or the moisturizer?
There's nothing to struggle about.
Use the whitener at daytime, you get elasticity.
Use the moisturizer at nighttime for hydration.
I will listen to you. I will use this.
Shan-cai, you've dressed up so pretty, are you going out on a date?
I'm going out for a bit with a classmate./ Is it Dao Ming-si?/ No.
Then who is it? Guy or girl? How old? The same campus?
Which semester?/ It's pointless to tell you, you don't know him.
Try telling us about him. After that, we will know him, right./ That's right.
Hurry and follow me.
I'm coming...
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Uncle, Aunty, my name is Hua Ze-lei. A classmate of Shan-cai.
This boy is so cute. Such fair skin. Big pleated eyes, sharp nose.
Like a child of mixed heritage. How did your parents give birth to you?
His face is so clear and smooth. Just like when I was young.
It's late. We have to go./ Uncle, Aunty, we're leaving.
See you later.
Come on. Hurry.
Our daughter is very much like me. A superior male harvesting machine.
The arrogant one is Dao Ming Si. The gentle one is Hua Ze Lei.
She can pick whoever./ That's right...
You're a superior male harvesting machine and that's why you have harvested me.
You are my most failure harvest in history.
I'm sorry, my parents are too enthusiastic. You're not shocked, right?
No. I think they're very funny.
You're not dressed the usual way today.
Is it weird?/ No. It looks great.
I woke up late today. So I put on whatever clothes I laid my hands on.
Where would you like to go?
Is there a particular place that you want to go to?
I have no idea. What about you?/ Me neither.
There's a restaurant nearby that I often go to, we can eat there.
Ok. I don't mind. You decide.
Oh man. The situation is really awkward.
Hua Ze-lei so being so quiet. Do I have to choose a topic to talk about?
Hua Ze-lei, do you still remember that spot?
There was a poster of Jing there.
You were gazing at Jing so deeply, then.../ Shan-cai.
Don't talk about Jing anymore.
I'm sorry...I shouldn't have brought her up.
It's ok. Let's go.
Dong Shan-cai, you're such a dummy. He's trying so hard to forget about Jing.
And you brought her up./ Shan-cai, this is the first time...
...that I've formally asked a girl out on a date.
If I've made you bored, I'm sorry.
Come to think of it, since I was a child, aside from A Si and the others,
...I didn't have other friends. I'm not good at socializing.
I don't think so. To me, out of all the F4 members, you have the best personality.
Besides, Wu Yi Lei Qun (a bird will always join its own group).
I'm sure that as long as you're willing, you will be able to make new friends.
Isn't it funny?
Playing with words. Wu Yi Lei Qun, Hua Ze-lei.
Forget it, my joke was weird.
Don't call me by my full name anymore. Just call me Lei.
Lei.
I'm sorry.../ It's ok.
Why are you gasping for breath?/ It's nothing.
It's so spicy. The food at this Thai restaurant is good and cheap.
Especially the Pad Kra Pao. Do you want to try it?
Don't you like Thai food?/ I don't really like food that's spicy.
I'm sorry, I should have been more thoughtful.
I should have asked you what your favorite food is.
It's ok, the important thing is that you like it.
We can order something else that's not spicy.
It's ok, I'm not that hungry.
This is really spicy.
Shan-cai, that's for washing your hands.
You're so cute.
Are you still hungry? Come on, let me give you more food.
You're kidding. Your date was over just like that?
Yes, when I saw that it was time for work, I came here right away.
My god, you call that a date? It doesn't sound romantic at all.
I don't know either. And I don't why it all felt so awkward.
I felt so tense around Hua Ze-lei. Like I couldn't be comfortable.
What about when with Dao Ming-si?/ Him?
Didn't you both go out a date before?
When you were with him, did you feel uncomfortable too?/ That wasn't a date.
But from what you said, I felt freer being with Dao Ming-si.
That's because my heart wasn't moved by Dao Ming-si,
...and we end up arguing often.
He likes to think he's always right, and make people feel irritated.
That didn't give me time to behave anxiously, tense or shameful.
That means that you didn't feel free to be yourself when you're with Hua Ze-lei.
It's because I want to show the best of me to Hua Ze-lei.
That's why I care so much. The more I care, the tenser I am.
The tenser I am makes it harder for me to relax.
Does liking someone have to be based on whether your heart was moved by him?
Isn't freedom more important?
Next time, if you're going to lend me your jacket, you should at least pick a better one.
The temperature has dropped these past few days, hurry and put it on.
No no no... Relax...
The one I like is Hua Ze-lei, not Dao Ming-si.
Watch out, grandma!
Walk carefully, did you not see my bike?
You have really crossed the line.
Don't you know how to ride a bike? You hit this old lady and made her fall.
Take her to the hospital right away./ Who the hell are you?
She wasn't watching where she was going. This has nothing to do with me.
Stop. Take her to the hospital./ Move over!
Yell again and I'll hit you./ I'm not scared of you!
Bullying a little girl. Are you a man?
Hurry and apologize.
Take this old lady to the hospital, you hear?/ Yes...I will.
Come on, this is my fault. Are you ok, grandma? Come on. Bye...
Are you ok?
Yes, thank you./ You've hurt your hand and you say you're ok.
Let's go to my home and clean it up./ That's ok. I will take care of it myself.
No, this wound looks bad. Let's go to my home.
I'm really ok./ Stop being fussy. Let's go to my home and treat it.
It's a bad wound, how can you fix it yourself.
Why did this lady bring me to Dao Ming-si's house?
What is her connection to Dao Ming-si?
It'll be bad if I ran into Dao Ming-si here.
Miss, my wound isn't that bad. I will go home and medicate it.
No you can't. What do you mean it's not bad? It's still bleeding.
Don't be tense. Consider this your own home.
My name is Dao Ming-zhuang. Just call me Sis Zhuang.
She's Dao Ming-si's older sister?
I can see your face getting paler, we have to medicate your wound immediately.
Uncle Liu, I'm home.
A Zhuang, welcome home.
Miss Shan-cai.
You know each other?/ Miss Shan-cai is from the same school as A Si.
What a coincidence. That means you can feel at home here.
Uncle Liu, please bring me the first aid box. And tell A Si to come tend to his friend.
Ok./ Wait. Zhuang, I just remembered I have something important to do at home.
I forbid you to go. Uncle Liu, please take her to go wash her wound.
Darn little girl, do you not understand an elder's command?
This way please.
Maybe I should quietly make an escape now.
Dao...Dao Ming-si./ What are you doing in my house?
This is a coincidence./ A coincidence?
You came to show off your new found love, right?
No I didn't. Don't misunderstand.
Stop pretending, Dong Shan-cai.
Do you think that you're that important? I'm not sad at all.
My heart towards you is totally dead.
It really hurts.
How can talk that way to talk to a girl? You're embarrassing our family.
Are you ok?/ Yes.
Sister? Why are you here?
Why not? Why can't I come home?
It's been a long time since you've seen your sister, don't you miss me?/ I do miss you.
Don't I video call you all the time?
We only talk about unimportant stuff.
Then what should we talk about?
I'm taking this big eyed girl to get her wound medicated first.
No.
My bandage is pretty good, right?
Thank you, Sis Zhuang./ It's nothing.
My brother used to get into fights all the time. Having wounds all the time,
...I'm the one who bandaged them up.
It's no wonder that he likes to fight.
You're hungry, right? Let's eat dinner together.
It's ok...I don't want to bother you./ Not at all.
If I say we're going to eat together, then we're going to eat together.
The whole family's authoritarian.
If the factory's the same, the products won't be different.
A Si said there's a very important class on campus so he's left.
Did I hear correctly? He's not having dinner with me?
When he comes home, I'm going to beat him up.
You may go.
Come on, Shan-cai, have a drink with me./ I...
Ok. I'll drink some./ Just this one glass. Come on.
Sis Zhuang, there's something I want to tell you./ Tell me.
Some time ago, Dao Ming-si took me out to have fun.
I did something unspeakable.
I hurt his feelings.
I also caused him and Hua Ze-lei to argue.
That's why he's mad at me. This is all my fault.
I feel really uncomfortable sitting here.
Hua Ze-lei?
Speak louder. I can't hear you.
I truly don't want Dao Ming-si to be sad and hurt.
I'm not a good person.
This silly girl! Her past drunk experience haven't taught her a lesson.
A Si, is this your girlfriend?
She's a classmate.
This classmate of yours is special. She defends justice like me.
She saw an old lady on the street being treated unfairly.
She and I made sure the bully took responsibility.
It's obvious that she's feeble, but she's still willing to help others.
Who are you talking about?/ Of course it's her.
Sister, your kick really hurts./ Do you miss the days of my beating you up?
Miss what?
What happened to Dong Shan-cai's hand?
What? Your heart hurts?/ No way.
I don't even care at all.
A Si, carry your Shan-cai to the guest room so she can rest.
No. Why must I be the one to carry her? You're the one who brought her home.
If I told to carry her, you do it. Am I supposed to drag her?
This is an order.
Sister.
I miss you the one that cares about me most Tell me that I'm the one you love
After losing you has made me brave to admit that I'm the one who loves you most
I think about you and it's made me almost crazy
Heavy as a pig.
Are you missing me too?
It's irritating. You can still sleep so well at this time.
When I miss you, a smile followed by a breath causes pain
Losing you, is losing it all
That's the story about Miss Shan-cai.
So that's what happened. A Si is broken hearted because of her.
This child causes problems even when dating.
Come drink this honeyed water so your hangover will go away.
Thank you, Sis Zhuang.
I'm sorry, drinking a bit of beer can make me fall asleep easily.
It's ok, you can go back to sleep./ No...
Shan-cai, I hope that you can give A Si another chance.
Sis Zhuang, I think you've misunderstood./ I know.
You know?
I've heard about it from Uncle Liu. I'm able to guess what your relationship is like.
You're the first girl A Si ever brought home.
Don't think that A Si is a player. He's actually a guy who loves deeply.
I know he's used to being stubborn.
That's because since we were young, our parents were busy running Dao Ming Group.
There wasn't anybody around to take care of me and A Si.
We were free to do whatever we wanted.
When we were in a bad mood, we would take it out on others,
...causing us to act the way we do now.
Aside from Xi-men, Mei-zuo and Hua Ze-lei whom he's known since little,
...A Si can't make friends with others.
If you play with me, I will give you this.
Play with me. A ball for each of you. There's no need to fight for it.
Dao Ming-si, are you dumb?
He doesn't exactly know how to socialize with others.
But the more others avoid him, the more he wants to vent out his frustration.
I was still too young at that time.
I could only educate him by hitting, scolding him harshly.
Shan-cai, A Si is actually kind hearted. He's not a bad person.
He doesn't know how to express his feelings.
He's a guy who starves for attention.
The love I want, will spoil me
Just like a child who only knows about being in your arms
I'm not forcing that you must be with A Si.
But I can tell that your heart doesn't totally not care about him.
So I hope that you will think about it.
Lei.
Who says you can talk to him?/ A Si, how long do you insist on staying this way?
Yeah, A Si, stop it. Will there no longer be an F4?
Shan-cai...
Shan-cai, I've brought you bananas from my village.
What's wrong with you guys? I didn't prepare your portions.
Who says F4 will not exist?
From now on, he's a member of F4.
What?
Shan...Shan-cai, did you hear what Dao Ming-si just said?
I'm in F4. / And from now on, I forbid you to talk to them.
How can that be? Shan-cai is my best friend and is also a friend of F4, right?
A Si, do you have to be this cruel?
So what? I'm trying my best to make them suffer as much as possible.
Who told them to betray me?
A Si, if you do this, our friendship can't be saved anymore.
I don't care. What friends?
Since nobody cares, it's better to break it up.
A Si, that's enough. You've really made me disappointed.
You're the disappointment.
That's enough. Our friendship means more than anything.
Why has it turned out this way?/ Why? Is it because of me?
It's because of you, Hua Ze-lei.
A Si, if you have a problem, you can call me out.
That's very good, I will do that.
Wait.
I just want to say two words, after that I will go away.
You have one word left.
All of this began because of my mistake.
Whether or not you forgive me, I'm still going to apologize to you.
I'm prepared to take full responsibility but you guys have been friends since children.
I beg you to not forget about your friendship because of me.
There were many that bullied on you, you never bowed your head.
But now, for his sake, you apologize to me.
You're that worried of him getting hurt?
Fine, you want to take full responsibility, right?
Yes. As long as you'll let Hua Ze-lei go.
Dao Ming-si, I'm the one who should take full responsibilty.
Hua Ze-lei.
As you wish, I will make it come true.
Make a fair bet with me.
Don't sit there.
It's ok. Sit down./ That's Lei's seat.
Lei isn't part of F4 anymore. This will be your chair now. Sit down.
A Si, that's enough./ Can you be more mature and speak nicely?
Talk about what?/ Talk about why you're so angry at Hua Ze-lei.
Aren't you guys good friends?/ It's because of that so I can't forgive him.
In your opinion, does Hua Ze-lei truly like Shan-cai?
The only one he likes is Teng Tang-jing.
But Jing's getting married soon. He wants to use Shan-cai to forget about Jing.
That dumb girl doesn't realize it.
So are you guys still going to defend that selfish boy?
You guys are saying that Hua Ze-lei is playing Shan-cai?
Is that true?
Is it?
Listen, Dong Shan-cai is really annoying.
Everyday she.../ She's standing over there. You didn't see her expression.
Shan-cai.
Shan-cai, what happened between you and Dao Ming-si?
This is my fault. What they're saying is true.
The relationship between Dao Ming-si and Hua Ze-lei is tense because of me.
Shan-cai, I really don't understand.
Dao Ming-si is so nice to you, why would you pick Hua Ze-lei?
I don't know either.
If you and Hua Ze-lei win, what will you bet on?
I...only hope that their friendship won't be over.
But friendships can't be fixed with bets.
Then I hope that Dao Ming-si would at least be able to forgive me.
During the vacation, we were clearly happy being together.
Why did it suddenly become like this?
Miss Shan-cai, A Si's not home yet.
Is Sis Zhuang home?/ Yes.
Sis Zhuang, you have to help me find a way.
This is red tea, good tea from the Wu Yi mountains.
I especially bought it from Xi-men's family.
If you like it, I will ask Uncle Liu to send some to you.
Have some of these treats too. I can't finish them by myself.
Sis Zhuang, have you heard me?
Yes. You said that A Si gave you the Joker card.
Hua Ze-lei also received one.
You have to find a way to advise him.
Why have A Si and Hua Ze-lei been fighting like this?
Because of me./ Then what's the point of me advising him?
You're his sister. He will obey what you say.
This situation happened because of you. You must be the one to fix it.
You mean if I left him, Hua Ze-lei would be ok?
You're a big girl but your brain isn't working well.
What I mean is, only you can change A Si.
Only you can fix this problem. Do you understand?
Only I can change it?
Do you mean that I should just play Bridge with Dao Ming-si? And then make him lose?
That's impossible.
No.
But by using this.
Use my heart.
Hua Ze-lei, teach me how to play Bridge. I will learn it seriously.
Dao Ming-si, let me remind you. Don't think that I'm scared of you.
I didn't come to your house to give up.
I've thought it over carefully.
Hua Ze-lei and I will join together to play Bridge against you.
I don't know how to yet but maybe after practicing...
...I can become a good player.
Besides, Sis Zhuang said that as long as I make a real effort, I will probably succeed.
You...What is your point of staying silent? Don't think that...
As long as you tell me that you like me, I will cancel the bet.
Just one word. Just say it.
It really hurts. Let go of me./ Say that you like me.
You...don't be like this.
Do you hate me that much?
Why are you asking me something I can't answer?
Why do you have to pick Hua Ze-lei? Why must it be my friend?
I'm really dumb. Why do I like you?
You're plebaien, ugly, wide faced, have a wide waist, stupid.
Are you positive that you and Lei will play Bridge against me?
Yes. I am also prepared to accept the bet.
What if you lose?/ I will learn seriously. I won't lose.
Then don't you cry while you're regretting it.
And also, I won't be generous during the competition.
Prepare your mentality.
Dao Ming-si.
I will not lose. I won't regret it either.
This is the Dong Shan-cai that I know.
Maybe there will come a day in the future that I will regret my decision today.