Episode 14 Even if death is the outcome, one must hang in there.
Who is it?
Why are you holding an iron pan in your hand?
Sorry. Sorry.
I didn't know it was you.
Why did you change the password?
I thought
Sasa might open the door and come in.
So this could be a bit safer.
You're right.
They say some perverts
have been lingering in the street lately
stalking young women.
Don't hang out alone.
Be careful.
How did you know the new password?
Theoretically speaking,
everyone has three passwords
they'll usually use.
You changed the old one,
so I tried the WiFi password,
and it worked.
You're so smart.
Why are you wearing a hat today?
I didn't wash my hair this morning.
Who are you?
Hello, sir.
I'd like to take a look
at "Fashion" exhibition hall.
What are you talking about?
Show me your credentials.
You can't get in without them.
I'll come out in a minute.
Would you kindly make an exception for me?
No, I can't.
I've got credentials.
I invited her here.
Get in, then.
Let's go.
You must be Jiang Yuan,
Youngest associate editor of "Fashion."
You must be Ding Xiaorou.
Yes.
Sister Jiang Yuan,
how do you know me?
I saw your pictures
in the entry materials.
So I recognized you easily.
Besides...
Besides, you joined
a TV show recently.
You're quite popular.
Now I meet you in person,
I think you're a sweet girl.
Thank you, Sister Jiang Yuan.
I've got to work now.
Bye for now.
Hello.
What's the matter?
Oh, no.
Hello.
Could you tell me
if there are other entrances
to this place?
There's one on the other side.
It looks just like this one.
Thank you.
My pleasure.
Due to the size issue,
my show window has to be installed
in the exhibition hall beforehand.
Sister Jiang Yuan, as you know,
I'll have to forfeit the contest
if I fail to finish my work
by tomorrow morning.
But
the workers are now setting up
the site for tomorrow's exhibition.
Besides,
your request has been denied.
What's the earliest time
for the contestants to enter the arena?
Two hours before the contest begins.
Sorry that I can't help you.
How about this?
You get all the materials you need
ready beforehand.
As for the site issue,
we'll try to figure out a solution.
Thank you.
I'll see what I can do.
I'll have to forfeit the contest
if I fail to finish my work
by tomorrow morning.
Sorry that I can't help you.
Your request has been denied.
Hello, ma'am.
Excuse me, do you sell this in your shop?
Yes.
Follow me.
You've got this, too?
Yes.
Great.
I remember plugging it in.
Chi Xin,
why is there water in my power strip?
I'm sorry.
I splashed my coffee on it
by accident this morning.
To prevent an LED short circuit,
I unplugged it.
Oh, no.
I'm done for.
I was trying to fix it
before you came home.
The LED is burnt,
so is the controller.
The program I wrote in the controller
is gone.
In a few hours
all works must be submitted.
What am I gonna do?
How much time do we have?
16 hours.
We can make it.
Chi Xin, you've no idea.
How do you know 16 hours
is enough?
It took me
two nights to make this.
I was told earlier that I can't enter the arena
to set up the window in advance.
However, I've no choice
but to enter the arena in advance
to set up the show window
if I want to enter the contest.
Yes.
You might say
I should forget it. Give it up.
But I just wanted
to give it another shot.
What if a miracle happens?
I don't know
what you've gone through,
but I feel sorry.
I'm truly sorry.
Calm down.
How far have you progressed?
Let's see what we can do
to remedy the situation.
The problem is that I didn't save
before I shut down my computer.
The LED controller software I designed
is gone.
I bought a controller and LED.
Let's replace the old ones.
They're the wrong models.
I'll do shopping on my own.
Hello.
What took you so long to answer the phone?
Hello, Mom.
I didn't hear it.
What's up?
How's your work getting on?
My work?
My work has been going well.
You can fool others,
but not your mother.
You stammer every time you lie.
No, I don't.
I told you
it's hard to find and keep a decent job
in big cities.
Isn't coming home a better choice?
You said
you had to dress mannequins.
You might as well come home and become an art teacher.
Wouldn't it be nice to be a teacher
like your mother?
Mom,
I've been working hard
on my work.
Don't worry.
I'm doing fine.
OK.
Let's cut to the chase.
Are you dating someone?
No, Mom.
That was just a program.
Bring him home to meet me
if it's a serious relationship.
You shouldn't have
joined that show
called... What is it called?
Desert of Love.
It's embarrassing
to see a girl dating a guy
on TV.
Mom, it's not what you think.
It's just a show.
Anyway,
just stay away
from those silly shows.
Our neighbor Ms. Chen asked me
if you're dating someone.
It'll be so embarrassing if you're not.
Well,
you used to be obsessed
with window modeling,
and now
you got yourself a boyfriend on TV.
It's called window design,
not window modeling.
Mom,
I won't bring shame on you.
Good.
I said all this
for your own good.
Take your mother's advice seriously
for once.
I shall hang up now.
Where's everyone?
They're all out.
I don't understand a word of it.
Boss, you put it upside down.
Really?
Xiaorou,
I feared the work
would take you a whole day,
so I got them here
to help you
so that it could be finished
within four or five hours.
We're running out of time.
We've been waiting for you.
We've revised
all the mistakes
you made,
the key line
in particular.
=Review repeatedly the words that make my heart beat.=
=I've recited all the lines very fluently.=
=But who pressed the stop button?=
=I don't know=
=who is from Venus and who is from Mars.=
=The brightest star=
=in your eyes is my decision.=
=The heart missing you=
=travels around the radius of earth.=
=You make my love wake up.=
=Stop talking. Let's meet now.=
=I can't wait to profess my love to you.=
=I miss you. While I'm still awake,=
=answer me now=
=that you, you, you love me, okay?=
The big pinwheel keeps spinning in the wind.
The scenery here is amazing.
The sky is beautiful.
The land is fascinating.
Hello, Sister Jiang Yuan.
Xiaorou.
The workers in the exhibition hall
just knocked off.
In other words,
the exhibition hall
will be unoccupied
from now to 8 a.m. tomorrow.
So?
So I shall send you a document
a little later
so that you can come and go freely.
Thank you, Sister Jiang Yuan.
Thank you so much for your help.
Don't mention it.
I've got to hang up.
Bye.
The miracle happened.
We can enter the exhibition hall
in advance.
Hello.
What?
I'll be there in a minute.
Hello.
What?
I'll be there in a minute.
Hello.
To congratulate you beforehand
on the successful auction
of your work,
we've prepared
a little surprise for you.
Are you curious about it?
Absolutely.
But I have to wrap up my work first,
otherwise I won't be allowed access to the arena.
What do you mean?
I'm here at the exhibition hall.
I've got to get the show window ready.
I'm a bit busy here.
I've got to hang up now.
Bye.
So let's work in cooperation
with the division of labor we worked out.
OK.
Thank you, guys.
Let's get started.
=Please be mine.=
=We'll be together someday.=
=Because my baby, I'm the one.=
=Let me fall in love again.=
=Love some day=
=will take us everywhere.=
=When we get all hair gray,=
=we could be in love once more,=
=baby.=
=Baby.=
What are you doing here?
It's too important an occasion
for us to miss.
You came at the right time.
Come on.
I need someone to help me with this.
Why don't you two
stick the small balls
and the double-sided tape
in separate strips
by reference to the picture album?
=Love some day will take us everywhere.=
=When we get all hair gray,=
=we could be in love once more,=
=baby.=
=Baby.=
Xiaorou.
Hello, Sister Jiang Yuan.
Are you all right?
Yeah.
Sister Jiang Yuan, what are you doing here?
I just finished my work,
so I stopped by to check up on you.
You came at the right time.
Guys, let me introduce to you
Sister Jiang Yuan,
who is beauty and talent
rolled into one.
But for her help, we wouldn't have
been able to come here beforehand.
Allow me to introduce everyone.
This is Luo Siwen.
Qi Ling.
Xiaobao.
Zhou Xuan.
Mingzhu.
Zhen Zheng.
Sasa.
And Zheng Ze.
This is Chi Xin.
You...
We met each other
earlier during the campaign.
I didn't know you're all here.
I brought only one coffee.
This is cappuccino.
Do any of you...
I'll drink it.
Thank you.
I'll go get some more coffees
for you.
I'm going with you.
You lost your head over the beauty.
No, it's not what you think.
What is it, then?
Well, I...
What?
What are you trying to say?
Huh?
Go easy on me.
Mingzhu.
You think you can do whatever you like now?
No, Mingzhu, don't be mad at me.
It... it wasn't my fault.
Whose fault was it, then?
Boss, don't blame me
for selling you out.
What are you muttering about?
I'll come clean.
Thanks for helping Ding Xiaorou.
I enjoy helping talented people.
But why are you
helping her, I wonder?
She... she's my MC
and my neighbor.
Neighbors are supposed to help each other.
Hello.
Your matcha latte is ready.
Thank you.
Sorry.
For my sake, you had to drink cappuccino
for years,
but matcha latte is your favorite.
Frankly speaking,
I think Ding Xiaorou
is a nice girl.
I do hope
you'll have a fresh start.
Stop talking about me.
Have a fresh start yourself,
OK?
Perhaps
we should have a bet?
OK. What shall we bet?
Let's bet
which of us shall have
a fresh start first.
The truth is,
Jiang Yuan was Boss's
girlfriend for seven years.
For seven years?
His girlfriend?
I don't mind.
We're sisters.
Girlfriend?
Boss.
Hand out the coffees.
OK.
Here come the coffees.
Come on.
Thank you. I'd like one, too.
Here's yours.
Thank you.
Here you are.
Thank you.
Yuan, wait a second.
Go back with me.
Sorry.
We can't go back.
Yuan,
why are you doing this to me?
Even so,
he shouldn't have chosen to...
Why are you looking at me?
Have I got something on my face?
No.
You've finished your coffee?
It's time to start working.
We shall go back now.
I'll ask them to give me a lift.
OK. Bye.
Bye. Bye.
Thank you for your help.
Bye. Bye.
Don't worry.
I think your work is fantastic.
You said that
because you're my friend.
No.
Because I'm your friend,
I understand you better than others do
and thus my word is credible.
Come on. Let me take you home.
It's OK. Let's go.
No, thanks.
I'll call a taxi on my phone.
It's convenient.
All right.
Take a good break.
I'll pick you up later.
OK.
Bye.
Care for a free ride?
Come on.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
I have to say
you helped me a lot today.
Thank you.
No problem.
Have you heard of a saying?
What?
Scars are a man's medals.
What does that mean?
Pick up
where you left off.
In other words,
if you got the runs
after having spicy hot pot at one place,
it doesn't mean
you'd get the runs
at every spicy hot pot stall.
What do you mean?
I heard about it.
You must have got hurt
really bad
when your seven-year-long relationship
ended that way.
But even if you lost a tree,
there's still a whole forest out there.
You shouldn't have changed
your sexual preference
just because you lost a tree.
You shouldn't have given up trees
for grass.
And we...
What the heck
are you talking about?
Don't be mad at me.
I'm quite open-minded
about people's sexual orientation.
I think a man...
If you want to know my preference,
why don't you test it?
What are you thinking about?
Ding Xiaorou.
We're here.
Earthquake!
Fire!
Are you an idiot?
What a beautiful...
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
I'm quite open-minded
about people's sexual orientation.
I think a man...
If you want to know my preference,
why don't you test it?
He's actually straight.
What have you done
these few days?
What are you doing?
I'm taking a bath.
What are you doing?
I'm answering the call of nature.
Why are you so surprised?
Go back.
You...
How can I take a bath with you here?
Ding Xiaorou,
your life is ruined.
You should have seen him as a sister.
Whatever.
Now I shall treat you
as a dead man.
It's just 2 o'clock p.m.
Dear lord,
why not let me sleep my long sleep?
Let me sleep eternally
never to wake up.
It's not bad.
See you later.
Chi Xin.
What are you doing?
No... nothing.
Why didn't I see
he's obviously straight?
Hungry?
What happened?
You really don't remember
what happened?
Look.
The stupid elevator is broken again.
Yeah.
Luckily, I live on a lower floor.
The top-floor residents are miserable.
Phew.
I thought...
What did you think?
Nothing.
Anyway, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you for introducing to me
to the notion "misfortunes never come singly."
I'm done talking to you.
I need to talk to Zheng Ze.
Don't touch me.
Body contact with the opposite sex is indecent.
It was my fault.
We'd better keep some distance.
Are you nuts?
I wish you good luck tonight.
He's so handsome.
He's definitely my type.
I'd pass out from joy
if he came here to pick me up.
Why are you...
What?
Why are you dressed up today?
What are you up to?
It's a secret.
I'll take you to a place.
Not to a shopping mall again, I hope?
Come on.
Hello, Mr. Zheng.
Hello.
This must be Miss Ding.
Yes.
Hello.
Follow me, please.
Go ahead.
I'll be here waiting for you.
Please have a look, Miss Ding.
This dress
is made of a most precious
French embroidered fabric.
During its design, tailoring
and floral arrangement,
it was entirely handcrafted
by over 40 craftsmen.
It's beautiful.
Sorry.
I'm afraid I can't afford
this beautiful dress.
Someone paid the bill for you.
This one has been reserved for you.
Someone paid for it?
Manager,
these two shirts are new arrivals.
OK.
Hello, Mr. Zheng.
Hello.
We've got two new shirts
in our store.
I'm not shopping for myself this time.
You're looking for...
A dress.
An elegant dress
that is perfect for dinner parties.
OK. Please come with me.
OK.