The Way We Were
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The Way We Were
Episode 49
♫ Whenever I felt hurt ♫
♫ I would leave without saying anything and escape far away ♫
♫ How long and how far does it take to heal? ♫
♫ Why not 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 ♫
That's why, after you're done with your app,
we just need to attract a large investor.
Anyway, for matters like that,
I still haven't thought up to that point. I'm thinking...
Xiao Qing.
I actually... had some words that I wanted to tell you all this time.
You mustn't feel apologetic and guilty
when you have done nothing wrong.
Miao Ying!
No matter how you look at me,
I don't want to lose a friend like you.
We will forever be friends.
Thank you! Thank you! ["Guardian Grandpa" Action Monitoring Instrument Patent Authorization Ceremony]
Please allow me, on behalf of an American company, Young,
to express my sincere thanks and respect for Ning Ming,
the inventor of the "Guardian Grandpa Monitor".
Thank you for trusting Young.
Thank you for allowing us to manufacture and promote
this loving and caring patented invention.
On behalf of Young,
I promise Ning Ming and Miao Ying
that in two years, we will equip thousands of elders
in the nursing homes in America
with the application that Ning Ming invented.
"Guardian Grandpa" is a proud symbol
of Ning Ming and Young.
Please welcome, Ning Ming!
I'm grateful to Young
and their team for fulfilling my dreams.
The idea of Guardian Grandpa
originated from a year ago when my grandpa had left home
because of his Alzheimer's.
It's an invention of a family bond.
It's also an invention of love.
I hope that loved ones can always be together.
Lastly, I want to say that we also guard Grandmas.
Miss Miao, please join us!
- Congratulations! - Thanks!
Thanks...
Wait. Shouldn't he drink more?
Say, who's side are you on?
Your hard times are over and the good times are beginning.
- Drinking more is a must. Okay? - Okay already.
- Come. Come. Thank you everyone. - Congratulations.
Cheers.
Huh? Why are you all not drinking?
We are women.
Too bad. It would be better if Chen Ran and Shu Che were here.
So sorry. I didn't intend to make anyone cry. I'll punish myself with one glass.
Come. Let's continue drinking.
This one...
let's wish that they both will be back soon.
Come... Have a taste of the top grade tea that my father brought from China.
- Is it red or green tea? - This is a red tea.
I have red, green, black, and white teas. You can drink whatever you want.
Thanks.
You all just drink.
It's so fragrant.
You won't be able to sleep after drinking this.
You won't.
Really?
Why are you alone in here?
I needed to quiet myself down alone for a while to confirm things.
Confirm what?
Come.
Confirm... that my life now
is real and not a dream.
Why do you feel that it's a dream?
Because my life for this past year
was totally like a miracle.
Every day, I actually
repeatedly confirmed that it was real.
But for me, it still feels like it's a bit of a dream.
You only used a year
to fulfill a four-year plan.
You now have the ability to make the person you love blissful.
You have no more excuses to use for asking me to abandon you.
Okay.
Miao Ying, do you know that a year ago,
I thought that success for me was too impossible?
Even though I was able to get your love by relying on
persistently sticking around to pester you,
there was never a minute that I believed that I was capable
of shortening the distance between us.
But you were able to do it.
Because I never believed that I would succeed,
I never focused on going after success.
What I've been trying hard to chase after has always been love.
After chasing it, success just came by itself.
I want to interview you then.
Boy Wonder, Mr. Ning Ming,
may I ask what your secret trick is for success?
Because of you. Because of love.
For that "chicken soup" answer, I'm giving you a perfect score.
Now, you have $3 million.
How do you plan to spend it?
I plan to invest all of it
in Shu Che's Field Technology Ltd.
I'll restart the market promotion of his DNS project and sustain its continued development.
[Field Technology Ltd.]
I'm not your investor,
I'm just Shu Che's friend.
I hope that I can continue with the things that he liked to do.
Let us, Chinese, also have our own DNS
and not be restricted by other people.
You all know too
that although, Shu Che was forced to cease the business of Field Technology Ltd.,
he never thought of abandoning this team.
It's just that...
he put more importance on his personal values.
So, even though he's not here now,
let us continue helping him fulfill the venture that he envisioned,
while we wait for his return.
[Anti-Corruption and Bribery Bureau]
Xiao Qing, I asked my Immigration friends
to investigate Shu Che's entry and exit records in our country.
Is there any news?
There indeed is.
He did indeed leave China.
To which country?
After the trial, he traveled to a lot of countries.
His last stop was Cambodia.
Cambodia?
That's right. Afterward,
he only has one record of returning to Beijing.
He then requested a work visa from the Cambodian Embassy.
He is shown to have returned there.
A work visa?
What is he doing in Cambodia?
I also requested my friend to ask the nearby Embassies.
They only told me that they've confirmed that Shu Che entered Cambodia twice
and hasn't left since he last arrived.
As to where he is now, they too have no way of finding out.
How will I find him then?
My friend over there promised me that he will continue to help me find him.
Once he has any news, he will immediately inform me.
At the very least, we now know where he is.
In the summer of 2017, I from the Law School of Stender University,
Miao Ying from the College of Business,
and Ning Ming from the College of Internet Programming of Francisco University,
all graduated that same year and obtained our Master's degrees.
Our foreign student life ended.
Whether to stay or to go back
became a choice that we all had to face.
The Silicon Valley's
giant tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Apple
usually contact me around this time of the year and ask my recommendation on outstanding graduates.
If you decide to stay,
they can promise to get you an H1-B visa by May of next year. (allows US employers to employ a foreign worker)
Getting into one of these giant internet tech companies,
means that you'll be in the middle class.
You'll earn up to $80,000 a year.
Be part of the American mainstream.
Not only that, these
internet tech companies have very stable growth.
You'll have a stable income and a safe, shadowless life path ahead of you.
Why are you still hesitating, Ning Ming?
I know that if I choose to stay, it means
I can get into a safe box and live a worry-less life.
I would have safety and stability.
I know what your family is like.
And I know your personal life experience quite well.
What you have here is a small miracle
that you've achieved with your dedication and using your intelligence.
It's a dream that you've come from a working family that you couldn't even afford to study abroad.
It's a dream that's only achievable in America.
If you go back to China,
will you have a stable income in a safe and free market?
Please, reconsider carefully.
[MTA Law]
[Resignation Letter]
You're giving up your dream of becoming an American attorney
and an official post at MTA,
so that you can join a 6-month internship with the United Nations,
in which you have to pay for your own round trip ticket
and your own accommodations.
All this so you can look for somebody in Cambodia.
I truly don't understand.
- Are you sure that you want to do this? - Yes.
Well... I hope you find him.
Thank you.
Professor Eric is genuinely thinking of you.
You should stay here.
The United States is a country that encourages self-determination.
You depend on self-determination.
You've earned such a great career opportunity.
In the future, you can rely on the industrial and geographical advantage of Silicon Valley
to develop and grow Field Technology.
Whether it's for you, your company, or your team, staying in the US
signifies superiority, stability, and progress.
Stability is the most important.
Didn't you always want to make your dad and mom's lives a little better?
This will safeguard their lives when they get older.
Isn't this what you've been striving for?
But I want to be with you.
But our careers aren't the same.
The roads people take aren't necessarily the same.
Besides, going back was already decided before I came here to study.
Now, what happened to my dad makes that more than just necessary.
This past year, Weiye was punished.
We no longer have the right to be a part of the subway car project.
Our stock has plummeted.
We still owe a huge amount of money to the bank.
At this point, company operations are basically at a standstill.
The banks are pressing us to re-pay them.
We haven't paid any salaries.
It's one disaster after another.
When I go back, I will be facing that mess
surrounding a company in the imminent danger of collapse.
I don't even know if I have the ability to bring it back to life.
That's why at this time, I want even more to be by your side.
And your current career, your life,
everything you fought so hard to realize,
can you really just give them up?
If you come back with me,
the industry's competition there is intense.
Your career will be full of uncertainty.
Moreover, the progress of your technology company will lose the advantage that is Silicon Valley.
I don't think this a sensible decision.
And if we're together and both of us don't succeed
or because I don't do well, I'll become a burden to you.
What's the point of us staying bound together?
This time you're really leaving?
This time, you won't be coming back, right?
I'm sorry, Monica.
Actually, I've always kept a secret deep in my heart.
One I never dared to let you know.
Because I was afraid, if I told you, you'd run away.
You've often told me
I should find someone who could bring me happiness.
I never had the courage to tell you that I'd already found that person.
She was always by my side.
If I could protect her, just see her,
I would be happy.
I was afraid if I told you, that person was you,
I would scare you into running away.
I never thought that even though I endured it for so long,
you'd still leave me.
Miao Ying, let me go with you.
You've been my everything. In the future, you'll continue to be my everything.
As long as you're there, I can start all over again.
Marry me.
I'm sorry. I can't accept.
Why not?
In order to save me, you decided to go back with me, right?
You don't need to sacrifice yourself like some tragic hero.
Sacrificing your own future
won't be of any help with anything I will be facing when I go back. It's completely meaningless.
You're afraid you'll drag me down, so you're trying to push me away, right?
Trust me! Right now, you need me most, Miao Ying.
Right now, I don't need anyone's help.
Don't worry about us. Go on.
Don't cry...
Don't cry. It's okay...
Have a safe trip.
You too. Have a safe trip.
When you get back, you must take good care of yourself.
In Cambodia, you also need to take good care of yourself.
- Okay. Bye-bye. - Bye.
What are you doing?
What a coincidence. We're on the same flight home.
Why are you so hard to shake off?
My love completely depends on sticking to you.
My success totally depends on pestering you.
Miao Ying...
I've finally come to understand one thing.
It's not that you need me...
it's that I need you.
♫ I am here ♫
♫ Always been here ♫
♫ Here, waiting for you ♫
♫ With you forever among the stars ♫
♫ There's not enough time to say I love you ♫
♫ I want to be with you forever ♫
[San Francisco to Phnom Penh, Cambodia]
[Royal Palace]
[Tonle Sap River]
[Samdech Chuon Nath Statue]
[Tonle Sap River]
[UNESCO Headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia]
Xiao Qing.
Looking at your expression, you have some news.
It's like this. I have a buddy who is also working in Cambodia.
He works at the Youlian Real Estate Company,
China's largest real estate investment company here.
Their company is really doing great.
It has successively developed several projects in Kohkong Province.
He told me, two years ago, there was a Chinese guy called Shu Che
who arrived at the Bo Dong Sha Gu National Park.
This Shu Che, was really an odd guy.
During the two years he's been in Cambodia,
his identity, background, and profession,
was never brought up by him.
He's always with the local fishermen, deep in the rainforest.
He's helping the locals improve their living conditions and education.
Last year, the Youlian Real Estate Company funded the building of a school.
Shu Che brought that about.
It was through this project,
they found out Shu Che has an MBA from Stender.
Youlian offered him a high salary to work for their company.
But Shu Che wouldn't do it.
He'd rather stay with the fishermen and be their teacher.
Do you have a way of contacting him
or the address where he's living?
I don't.
He doesn't use a cell phone. There's no way to contact him.
Address? Youlian's people weren't certain of that.
We really don't have any way to contact him. He didn't give us any information.
It seems like he doesn't want to be found.
He is indeed like that.
Brother, there's has to be some way.
We really have to find him.
Try going to the local fishing village, maybe you'll find some clues there.
Or you could go to the school we funded.
He sometimes goes there to teach classes.
- Okay, let's go then. - Okay.
Thank you for giving us some ideas.
You're welcome.
I'm sorry. We know so little
we couldn't help much.
What you've told us is invaluable.
- Let's go. - Hey.
- Are you going to the rainforest? - Yes.
I'm familiar with the local people.
I can speak a little Khmer. I'll go with you.
That would be great!
Oh, thank you very much.
No problem. Let's go.
Brother, is all of this Youlian's?
Yes. This whole section.
All of this.
Have you seen this person?
Do you know this person?
Have you seen this person?
It's very important for us to find him.
Have you seen this man?
Please, look carefully. Have you seen this man?
Have you seen this man?
Have you seen this person?
Thank you, everyone.
Anything?
Not a single person has seen Shu Che.
Timing and Subtitles Brought to you by the Can We Go Back? Team @ Viki
♫ 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 ♫