(Lost in 1949)
Listening to music?
Brother, the music we are listening to...
might not be suitable for you.
Why would it not?
Isn't that a symphony? I'm not deaf.
I can listen to it.
Isn't it a symphony?
It changed real fast.
Li Wen.
This record...
is from the album of the famous American composer,
Cole Porter.
He's known as the most romantic songwriter...
of the upper half of this century.
Listening to it, it sounds beautiful.
However, I don't understand English.
Thus, I have no idea what he is singing about.
It's fine, if you don't understand.
I can translate it for you.
The song title...
is named...
"In the Still of the Night"
The content of the lyrics roughly says...
in the still of the night,
as I gaze from my window...
at the moon in its flight.
My thoughts...
all stray to you.
Li Jie.
What are you doing? Your as soft as a mosquito.
I'm still here and I can't hear you.
Speak up.
In the still of the night.
All the world is in slumber.
All the times without number.
Darling, when I say to you.
Are you my life to be,
my dream come true?
You...
Look at these. Li Wen. Li Wen.
I've got goosebumps.
Don't you think this foreign language...
is too sickening?
Li Wen.
It's probably because of...
my poor English translation.
How about this?
I can teach you English,
if you are interested in these music.
If you learned the English language,
then you would understand...
all English related...
works of art.
Learning English just to listen to a song?
It's pretty good to learn English.
But...
look, I'm not very bright.
I'm afraid I can't learn it well.
That's right.
Please enjoy the music.
I'm a little tired from shopping.
I'll be heading upstairs for a rest.
-Please enjoy. -I'll be upstairs in a bit.
Li Jie.
Don't you think the lyrics are really nice?
In the middle of what night,
with the moon in its flight,
you gaze out of the window.
I'm tired...
of helping your Li Wen...
massage her legs and rubbing her shoulders.
I get so tired.
How romantic you are.
I miss you so much.
I want to see you...
but I can't.
Don't blame me.
Are you tired?
Still good.
Today, Li Jie and I went to find...
Doctor Dai from the Red House Hospital.
His technique...
is comparable to Doctor Tang's.
Therefore, I think...
let's make an appointment tomorrow and let him have a look.
Tomorrow?
Tomorrow... I can't make it tomorrow.
Li Na and I have a meetup tomorrow.
I'm accompanying her to buy fabrics.
Again, tomorrow?
How can Li Na be so unthoughtful?
You're pregnant...
and still you wander with her all day.
She just wants to buy a few pieces of...
better fabrics for mom.
Forget it. Just stay home and rest.
I'll let her know.
Don't tell her.
She may get upset about it.
Upset maybe, but...
You are my life
You are my soul
We love each other like two lovebirds
Living happily together
-Qiao Zhi Cai. -You are...
What...what are you doing?
Nothing.
Did my night singing scare you?
I was thinking that...
Li Jie wants to play English songs...
for this child every day,
but he simply can't understand.
So, I thought I should sing him Chinese songs.
Sleep. You just sleep.
I will lower my voice.
No.
The...
vocal tone of Zhou Xuan is so high.
Your voice doesn't exactly fit, right?
That's right. I can't sing it.
I'll sing another then.
I've read from the newspapers that...
we have to communicate more with the baby.
It can be either singing...
or storytelling.
Then...then, I'm telling him a story.
I will lower my voice.
Alright.
I'll be shy, having you watch me like that.
Close your eyes.
Son.
Daddy's going to tell you a story.
Once upon a time.
Once upon a time,
there was an uncle named Cao Cao.
He had a friend who gave him...
a very precious gift.
It was an elephant.
What is an elephant? It is...
an animal with a very, very...
long nose.
However,
they did not know the weight of the elephant.
What should they do?
Uncle Cao Cao...
had a kid who called Cao Chong.
He told his father,
I can let you know the weight of the elephant.
(Da Guang Ming Hotel)
I want to...
divorce Qiao Zhi Cai.
I married him...
because of the child.
I was afraid that a child without a father...
will be the joke of the town.
Qiao Zhi Cai understands me very well.
He has been covering for me.
He even...
took to being the father of the child...
from the bottom of his heart.
He cares about me every day...
and also the child.
Everyone in Qiao family treats me very well...
since I got married to him.
Just because I got pregnant,
they keep changing their way to better accommodate me.
But...
Xiao Guang,
now that you're back.
I can supposedly...
come back to living with you.
But now, I have to go back to the Qiao family...
and lie to their faces every day.
I...
I am really tired of this.
I don't want to hurt them.
I don't want to feel guilty every day.
I can't stand it.
I'm sorry.
I have made you suffer.
It's all my fault.
Stop saying that.
I never blame you for it.
But I can't stop blaming myself.
I want to keep you by my side too.
I want to give you a good life too.
Treat you like how they did.
However, I am like the living dead now.
No job, no identity.
Moreover, I can't be seen.
If I had found the spy earlier,
we wouldn't be living like this now.
Now, I'm collecting information every day.
However, the results are not promising.
You can't come back to me now.
You will only suffer if you come back.
I am not afraid, Xiao Guang.
I am not afraid.
I will not hold you back.
I am not afraid, no matter how hard it is.
Don't let me live through this life anymore.
Let me think about it.
What more do you need to consider?
The mission of the organization.
What mission?
Qiao Li Jie.
Mom.
There's my good son-in-law.
Come in! Come in!
How is Li Wen?
Have you found her a new doctor yet?
I have already found the doctor.
You can be rest assured now.
If you really want me to be at ease, you should've brought Li Wen along.
Didn't she go to buy fabrics with Li Na?
Buy fabrics, you say?
Li Na?
Didn't she go?
She's sleeping upstairs.
I wanted to wait...
until everything has settled and when we get to the bottom of it all,
before coming to you.
But now,
the Homecoming Operation of the organization seems to be exposed.
What operation?
The organization decided to help...
the last batch...
of professionals and democrats...
stranded in Guangzhou and Shanghai...
to get to the Liberated Zone.
This major programme...
is known as the Homecoming Operation.
But as far as I know,
this programme...
has been discovered by the secret agent from the Nationalist Party.
Then you should...
report the situation to the organization.
I‘ve thought about...
reporting the situation to the organization.
However, after thinking it through,
I decided not to.
Because once I return to the organization,
I am back to the situation...
where I'm up against the invisible enemy again.
Who knows what kind of actions...
will the spy take this time?
Such a critical operation leak...
I bet it must be the work of that spy too.
That's right.
Why are you still sleeping, Li Na?
What's wrong if I want to sleep?
Don't you have a meetup to buy fabrics with your sister?
Buy fabrics? What fabrics?
Your sister said... you asked her to go fabric shopping.
She's been out for a long time.
Fabric shopping.
That's right. That's right.
Look, brother-in-law.
I just woke up...
and my mind is still messed up.
That's right. That's right.
I did ask her to go fabric shopping together,
but... I wasn't feeling well.
So, I let her go first.
-Right. -You let her go, alone?
Li Na!
How dare you let your sister go alone?
She shouldn't even be out right now.
Stop pestering your sister to go shopping with you from now on, got it?
When have I pestered her to go out?
Li Na.
It's not that brother-in-law...
doesn't allow you to take your sister out for shopping.
But it's getting too frequent lately.
Shopping yesterday, movies the day before, and fabric shopping today.
Your sister's body is not made of steel.
Moreover, she has a kid in her belly.
Please be more understanding.
I...I know that.
You don't have to see me off.
Don't be upset about today, okay?
Brother-in-law.
Is there anything else?
I was financially sanctioned by Master Six.
Did you know?
Financially sanctioned? What does that mean?
That means...
he has banned me from attending all the socials,
dinners and entertainment.
No wonder you're so upset.
Why didn't you say so?
I could help you figure out something.
Brother-in-law, are you...
doing well with my sister?
Of course.
Why, what's the matter?
What did she say to you?
No.
What would she say to me?
I'm just worried.
I heard pregnant women tend to have hormonal imbalance...
and get short-tempered.
I was just afraid that she...
Your sister has always been like that.
She has her tempers.
I'll suit her.
Not to mention, she has a baby in her belly.
Alright.
Leave Master Six to me.
I will figure out a way.
I'll definitely think of something.
Alright.
Get on in.
Welcome. Please come in.
(Chinese and Western Style Customization).
Please come in.
Li Wen.
Let me help you.
Why didn't you buy something for yourself?
It doesn't matter.
Li Na bought a lot.
Isn't Li Na sick at home?
I meant I bought a lot for Li Na.
How did you know that she was sick?
You went to my house?
Yes. I went to visit our mother...
with some milk powder.
It just so happens that I met Li Na.
What did you tell her?
I didn't say anything.
We just had a casual chat.
I told her that, I said...
stop pestering your sister to go shopping.
You will get tired.
She didn't get mad.
She wasn't angry at all.
She was very considerate too...
and said she would go shopping alone next time.
What's wrong?
I told you,
stop minding my business.
Li Wen.
Sister-in-law.
How much did you spend on...
that piece of wool in the afternoon?
Two dollars for 4 feet.
That's expensive.
Where did you buy it?
Yang Ji Textiles.
Why did you go so far?
Yang Ji Textiles aren't any good.
The fabrics from Lao Xie Tailor right outside our alley...
are much thicker than theirs.
Plus, I can buy 8 feet...
with 2 dollars.
Elder sister-in-law.
In fact, the thickness of the wool materials...
isn't relative to its price.
If the wool material...
contains the expensive cashmere,
it will be highly priced...
even if it is very thin.
That's right.
The textiles that Li Wen bought for me...
must contain cashmere.
It feels different at the touch.
However, Li Wen,
with your body's condition,
it's best you don't go so far for me.
Mom appreciates your kindness.
Come.
You're right, mom.
Well, it was a rare occasion anyway.
Alright.
Mr. Zhang is indeed, the legendary...
secret agent, 64513.
You escaped unnoticed at the end...
after having snuck undercover into the communist party for over a decade.
That's impressive.
I have long heard of you too,
Master Six.
What did you find?
How was comrade Si Nan murdered?
Huai Shan says it's not yet determined.
So far,
it wasn't the work of the Garrison Command.
But there was not follow up...
from the Secret Service either.
Si Nan's incident...
was so sudden.
It was truly alarming.
I'm afraid it was targeted at the Homecoming Operation.
Si Nan is no longer with us.
We have to slow down our movement again.
There is not much time left for us...
to gather new talents.
The waterworks expert, Xu Ze Wen,
electric expert, Chu Hui,
and the construction expert, Xiao Ying Zhen.
How are things there?
We've already made contact.
Qiao Li Jie is the last one left.
May I know what's your plan for future, Master Six?
Are you interested in...
getting some political capital?
When it comes to political capital,
I suppose Mr. Zhang...
is aware of the Homecoming Operation?
Do tell, Master Six.
Li Wen.
You told me that...
you didn't understand the English record...
that I played before.
I was unwise for being inconsiderate.
Therefore, today, I've gotten an album in...
Chinese...
of Gong Qiu Xia.
The melodies are harmonic...
and the lyrics are very poetic as well.
I believe you will like it.
It's suitable for a baby too.
The song you are listening now...
is my favourite shanty.
Because in the past,
I was either experimenting or writing papers...
when I studied in Massachusetts.
The only activity I joined...
was boating on the Charles River.
Mr. Zhang must have...
confidence in Qiao Li Jie.
It seems like Master Six...
knows me very well.
I'm more than willing to serve you, Master Six.
I will eliminate every single person...
who hinders my plan...
to avoid future troubles.
For those who are beneficial to the plan,
I will also make the best of out them.
Pleasure working with you.
Pleasure working with you!
Master Six.
Babe Ruth.
I'm not sure if you have ever heard of...
this Western term called Babe Ruth.
Babe Ruth?
Never.
Why?
Nothing.
Apple.
Li Wen.
The first sound have to be pronounced full.
Apple.
Very good.
Come here.
Zhi Cai.
Why are you standing here?
Have some fruits.
Apple. Uh, no thanks.
Mom, the light bulb upstairs is broken.
Keep learning then.
Here.
Have some apples, you 2.
I just washed them.
Thanks, mom.
Just now,
you asked Li Jie to teach you English?
That's nice. Thank goodness...
Li Jie can still chat with you.
I think he is...
feeling much better these days, right?
Do you want to learn too, mom?
-Why not. -Look,
we were just pronouncing...
apple.
And then you served...
the apple, mom.
I like to eat "apple".
-Is that right? -You speak well, mom.
Apple.
Hello.
Li Na.
Are you free today?
Let's meet up.
Just right.
I would like to talk to you too, sister.
We'll meet at Huangpu Park, is that good?
Alright. See you later.
Oh yeah.
Don't tell brother-in-law...
that you are with me again.
He's so protective of you,
I might just get criticised again later.
Got it..
Alright. See you later.
Young Mistress Li Wen!
Are you going out?
I'm going out to get some quilling paper.
Let me do it.
Madam told us that...
you have to get more rest.
You shouldn't get tired.
-It's fine. -Let me go.
It's fine. I'm just going for a walk.
Didn't the doctor say...
pregnant women will need some moderate exercise?
Young Master Zhi Cai.
Are you quarrelling with Young Mistress Li Wen?
Brother-in-law did say something.
He said something...
particularly strange.
He said, I should stop pestering you...
to go shopping every day.
And he said, I'm not at all considerate about your well-being.
He just misunderstood.
I'm sorry.
Sister, you should make it clear...
if brother-in-law doesn't get it.
Where have you been going every day?
Yet I'm taking the blame.
I'm just...
too bored at home.
Everyone has been too concerned about me.
The more they do,
the more I want to go out and wander the streets.
However,
I feel bad to tell them that.
I feel happy even if I don't buy anything.
Sister.
Can't you tell me the truth?
I am telling you the truth.
I really just go out to wander the streets.
Who was that man?
How long have you been together?
What man?
What do you mean?
That day, I saw it all.
(Chun Zhen) Mom asked me to give you...
the yoghurt to nourish your body.
Brother.
Look at our trending chart.
What trending chart?
The trending chart that...
shows the happiness index we could bring to Li Wen.
Currently, you are here...
and I'm here.
Why are you so high...
while I'm so low?
Lately,
I prepared a lot of records for Li Wen.
I have contributed more...
to the happiness index in this aspect.
In addition, I am now teaching her English.
She has improved herself.
Thus, increasing the happiness index.
Brother, your points will be far behind me...
if you don't taking any action.
In the end,
when I reach the total average...
of 80...
then, I will win.
What average?
What "winning at 80" nonsense?
Do you think that it's as easy as playing basketball...
to make someone happy?
You can get the win...
by accumulating points?
You worked hard...
to earn the points,
but I know more about Li Wen.
I give her what she wants.
That's a strike.
Who wins at the end?
I win.
Gui Fen.
What is it? Young Master Zhi Cai.
Add 2 more dishes for me tonight.
Are these used to comfort Young Mistress Li Wen?
You... How did you know that?
Yet you deny quarrelling.
What is your relationship with that man?
Sister.
Didn't you quite like brother-in-law?
Is Qiao family not treating you well?
-No. -Are you being wronged?
No. They are very kind to me.
Then why are you doing this?
Li Na.
Never ask about this matter again...
in the future.
Fine.
I will not go further about this matter.
But next time,
you can stop using me as an excuse.
Don't you feel sorry to brother-in-law...
when you're having an affair out there?
Anyway, I will...
definitely not take the blame for you in the future.
Plum-glazed pork ribs...
and braised carp with scallion.
What's the occasion?
Gui Fen, why the good food?
These 2 dishes...
are specially requested by Young Master Zhi Cai.
Plum is appetizing.
It just matches Young Mistress Li Wen's taste for sour things now.
And the braised carp with scallion is also...
is Young Mistress Li Wen's favourite back in her maiden home.
Young Master Zhi Cai was afraid that I can't do it well.
He kept commenting as I was cooking.
Li Wen, have a taste.
Zhi Cai, you are too sweet.
That's true.
Tonight, we're all...
blessed because of Li Wen.
Come on, come on. Li Wen.
You take it first, mom.
You need to eat more in this moment.
Thank you, mom. It's enough for me.
Go on.
Does it taste good?
Li Wen.
Do you feel better?
Do you need some water?
It's okay, mom.
Gui Fen. Gui Fen.
Make a bowl of noodles for Young Mistress Li Wen, be fast.
Put more greens in it.
Lessen the salt, make it lighter.
I'll go right away.
Do you need some water?
No. Thank you.
Did you vomit, Li Wen?
You must feel sick, right?
I heard that...
women will stop vomiting...
after being pregnant for a while.
Why are you only starting to vomit now?
What do you know?
How do you feel?
I'm fine.
Li Wen,
should we still do the English class...
since you're not well today?
Maybe rest early instead?
It's alright.
It's quite interesting to be in class.
Mom wants to learn English as well, right?
Yes, I do want to.
By knowing some English,
at least I won't have to be a mute...
when I visit Li Jie in the United States.
I want to learn it too.
If I know English,
my salary will be a few times higher than the others.
-That's right. -Then, let's learn it together.
The more the merrier.
-Right. -What do you think?
That's good. That's good.
-It's great. -Young Master Li Jie.
Can...Can I learn it from you too?
-Sure. -Learn, learn, learn.
Hurry up and cook the noodles.
Alright. Alright. I'm going now.
Li Jie.
I feel a little bit nervous.
It's been a while since I learned new things.
Li Jie.
Our brains might not react as fast.
Please don't get flustered by us.
-I won't -Exactly.
Mom is not young.
I'm not sure if my memory is able to keep up.
You can do it, mom. Have a seat. We'll take it slow.
Quickly now, here.
We are going to learn...
a vocabulary in the English class today.
It's the vocabulary of this picture.
This is a peach.
The English vocabulary is "peach".
Peach.
Gui Fen.
Peach.
Pi-qi.
Gui Fen. It's peach...
but not pi-qi.
Bi-qi.
Peach.
Just practice it slowly, okay?
The meaning of this vocabulary...
is peach as shown in the picture,
literally. Besides that,
we have actually a lot of uses for this vocabulary.
For example, mom, if your favourite...
fruit is peach,
we can say in English that...
my favourite fruit...
are peaches.
My favourite fruit...
are peaches.
Am I right?
You speak really well, mom.
Do I?
Your pronunciation is remarkable, mom.
Thank you. Thank you.
Brother-in-law. Why are you here?
Li Na.
You...why are you here?
I was depressed.
So, I came out for some air.
Why are you depressed?
Didn't I tell you?
I was financially sanctioned by Master Six.
That's right.
Have you figured out a solution for me yet, brother-in-law?
I have, actually.
Then hurry up and tell me.
Now?
It also has a second meaning.
It represents colour.
Such as, the colour of the clothing...
worn by elder sister-in-law today is peachy.
The word can be used to represent it.
We can say...
a peachy sweater.
A peach sweater.
You pronounced it very well.
We can also use it...
to praise a very cute person.
For example, Li Wen.
We can read it as...
Li Wen is a perfect peach.
-Li Wen. Peach. -Bi-qi.
-Peach.
To solve the financial sanction...
imposed by Master Six on you,
the main thing you have to understand...
is the weakness of Master Six.
Master Six is an over-sensitive, suspicious...
and jealous person.
Moreover, he especially likes you.
Therefore, you can...
I can...what can I do?
You can...
Brother-in-law. Did you really think it through?
Of course I did.
Well.
You spread a gossip...
in these few days...
and say that American tycoons...
are very close to you.
Mr. Smith?
Or Mr. Walter?
Any name you like.
The most important thing is...
never mention about the details.
Be sure to make the thing extravagant and baseless.
Make it seem both fake and true.
Will Master Six...
let me go by doing this?
Listen to me.
The key is...
you have get dressed up...
when you go out now...
by wearing your best necklace...
and diamond ring.
You have to be generous...
especially when tipping.
Just pay dollars.
If I'm doing so well,
wouldn't that make people...
not invite me out to socialize?
Once Master Six sees you still doing so well...
after being sanctioned,
he will stop his sanction.
He will get jealous instead.
He may find other ways...
to please you.
Thus, freeing yourself from his grasp.
Brother-in-law.
You are really a worm inside Master Six's belly.
Why do you say that?
Do I look like a parasite to you?
I am a jackal,
at the least.
Jackal.
A jackal that specializes in coping with...
sneering tigers like Master Six.
How did you that, brother-in-law?
I want to do it too.
Just like this.
This is the ears and this is the mouth.
Do you see it?
Like this.
Ear. Ear.
Ear.
It resembles!
Keep it down, keep it down.
Keep it down, keep it down!
You howl even louder than I do.
You're going to wake everyone up.
Well.
That's it for today.
We will learn new vocabularies tomorrow.
Dismissed.
It's already 9 o'clock.
Time flies.
9 o'clock.
I have to go back to my room.
I have not yet listened to the opera highlights.
Gui Fen, quickly.
Boil me some water for a foot soak.
Teacher Li Jie.
Can I attend your class again tomorrow?
Sure.
That's great.
Li Wen.
Here. Let me help you.
Thank you, Li Wen.
What teacher thanks his students.
I really ought to thank you...
for giving me a chance to be a teacher, Li Wen.
I know that...
you are purposely making me...
communicate with the family...
by teaching English.
You used to say...
I live my life in the laboratory.
I don't know what the real world is like.
I was very ashamed.
I wanted to change too.
I am very happy today.
I never thought that...
I could feel such warmth..
from teaching my family English.
I'm very touched...
you would think that.
But this was not me.
It's your own potential.
In the past, we never knew...
you could be so fun.
So great in teaching.
In fact, sometimes...
I worry that you might be too lonely.
You don't even get a single call...
the whole time when you're at home.
Don't your friends contact you?
Actually, besides Yun Fu,
I don't have any friends.