Second Time is a Charm
Episode 48
Well, wipe your mouth.
Let me first remove the table.
OK.
Who's here at this time?
Those old foxes
may send someone to negotiate with me.
Don't worry. I'll send them away.
Grandpa. Grandpa.
Doudou is coming.
Doudou.
An An also comes.
Quickly.
I know you don't lack anything here,
so I asked my friend who runs a homestay in Suzhou
to send me a box of white-fleshed loquats
which can nourish your vitality.
Doudou comes today,
which is the best gift for your grandpa,
right?
Grandpa, what, what's wrong with you?
I'm sick.
Then when will you recover?
I also don't know this time.
Your grandpa will recover.
Do you forget you once said
you never saw your grandpa sleep
or have a vacation?
Your grandpa is a superman.
Then I don't worry.
I always think I am a descendant of superman.
This is so important.
By the way,
take Doudou to the canteen.
It's Friday
when they serve chocolate puddings.
Go now,
or nurses
may eat them up.
Go, go.
Mom, can I go?
Yes.
- Go. - Go.
Let's go to have chocolate puddings.
Sit.
Thank you for coming to see me.
I should have come early.
Don't you hate me?
Yes.
I did hate you.
But then I suddenly found
I forgot it soon.
I only remember your kindness to me.
And you're the grandpa of Doudou.
Doudou loves you and adores you a lot.
I need to take good care of his mood.
You can think that,
but my son
wants to break up with me.
But he didn't say that
at last.
Yes.
He is not as decisive as me.
The decided matter
changed temporarily,
disgracing me
before so many media
and making me frustrated on both sides.
This is just
Yu's advantage.
You're so bold to say this.
Aren't you afraid to piss me off
as you don't make it clear?
No.
You aren't that vulnerable.
You set up Yu's Group
and have gone through various difficulties.
Such a small difficulty
can't baffle you.
For me, it's a difficulty,
but Yu Feifan thinks I deserve that.
It seems
you care about Yu's idea so much.
Sure.
He's my only son.
He's the only heir to Yu's Group.
Dad.
Is it so strange to call you dad now?
I don't think so much.
Dad,
if you really want Yu's Group
not to fall into the hands of others,
and you really hope Yu can come back,
make sure to forget
he is the only heir to Yu's Group.
You just need to remember that he's your son,
your only son.
Easier said than done.
The grudges between my son and me
have not been untied for so many years.
In your opinion,
he can forgive me
as long as I just admit he is my only son.
Let me tell you. He hates me
and Yu's Group.
He thinks of us
as killers of his mom.
But it's the only way.
And I promise you that
he'll come back.
Why are you so sure about that?
Because I was his wife.
Because I loved him for 10 years
and was married to him for 6 years.
Because I know him well.
OK.
Tell me
what he wants.
It's actually very simple.
He just wants you to say sorry to him
in person.
Ridiculous.
Is it out of your expectation?
It's actually that simple.
Impossible.
It's no use even if I say sorry to him.
How do you know if you don't try?
You won't lose anything.
Even if I am willing to say,
he won't come to see me.
He's totally disappointed with me.
He believes I engaged in money laundering
as those old foxes said.
This is only temporary.
You know Yu well.
When the truth comes to light,
he'll change his mind.
You believe I didn't do it?
Sure.
I once went against you.
How could your means be so low
and easy to find?
There's so much evidence left behind.
I don't know if you're praising me
or irritating me.
You just need to take good care of yourself right now.
I'll take Doudou to see you from time to time.
Why?
What?
I thought
you wouldn't want to see me forever.
No.
Because of Yu and Doudou,
you're
my family.
Grandpa. Grandpa.
Doudou.
Cakes.
Sorry. Sorry.
I know we interrupted your talk.
I asked him to eat downstairs,
but he just wants to share the cakes with his grandpa
after taking them.
He grew up
and becomes sensible.
An An is a good mom.
Grandpa, here you are.
Let's eat together.
OK. OK.
Well. Slowly. Slowly.
Two cakes.
Have one first.
Well.
Like this?
Well, is it so strong that you can't bear it?
No, it isn't strong at all.
Let me tell you.
I don't like its taste.
Your drinking way is so gaudy.
With lemon and salt,
it affects the way I drink.
Let's order some traditional drink then.
Would you like beer or foreign wine?
Beer.
Waiter, two bottles of Corona.
OK.
Can, can I spit it out?
Yes.
Anyhow, I tried it.
Let me hide it so that he won't see.
Hello, your beer.
OK. Thank you.
Lad, your drink is good.
Very good.
Good.
Beer is good.
Now you begin to drink again?
Occasionally.
It's been so many years. Do you still remember?
I can't forget.
My son
just drank dizzily
all day long.
That was hell
for you.
It was also hell for me.
Dad,
I was thoughtless,
making you worried back then.
It's my fault.
Son,
you've been a very good son
since childhood.
You didn't do anything wrong.
Dad,
I know you're trying to comfort me.
Everyone told me I didn't do anything wrong,
but I know I did it wrong.
And I can't bear the consequence.
I haven't known how to face it
until today.
I've vented my anger on you many times.
Even now, every time I see my mom,
I don't know how to face her.
I can only be polite to her
as if she were a guest.
I know she feels uncomfortable, so do I.
However, I think only in this way,
can we live together peacefully.
Son,
no matter what you think right now,
and no matter whether or not our family
has come out of the gloom
of that matter,
do we have to continue to live?
Life will become better and better.
Now,
at this time,
each of us
is drinking
an expensive bottle of beer,
80 yuan per bottle, in such a bar.
Imagine.
Is it an extravagant hope
for many people?
Son,
I used to be a policeman.
I've seen so many people who don't give up,
heard so many people who repent
and known what a felony
that really takes a lifetime to repent is.
But, son, you need to trust me.
You didn't commit a felony.
It was just
an accident.
Surely, it was so terrible.
But that was not your sin.
You have to let yourself go
and forgive others.
Dad, I tried,
but I can't.
Then try again.
Now you have Guoguo
and An An.
Dad.
An An's appearance is very timely.
I've seen your change.
I'm very happy.
I don't know which way
An An uses.
It's enough that
she can make you smile gradually.
Son,
don't do stupid things.
In the past,
you were gloomy
and seemed to
live in memories
and the past.
Now you've
changed totally.
You enjoy the present and look forward to the future.
You can't hurt the people around you now
with your past.
If you do that,
you'll regret it in the future.
In the past,
I must have asked you
to take your time,
but I don't do that now.
Now I want you
to lose no time
and hurry up.
The second time of love
doesn't come easily.
Remember
it's better than the first time of love.
I wish my mom could think the same way as you.
She will.
I know your mom better than you.
Your mom isn't as principled
as you imagine.
Since you know her well
and you're so principled,
when will you pick her up from my place?
She is so troublesome.
How, how can I pick her up personally?
I, I also have face.
Well, even if I am retired,
I also care about my face.
Am I useless even if I am retired?
Well.
Even if I am useless, don't I care about my face?
I can't understand what you mean.
Then, then what can I do?
I'll find you a way
to let my mom come back to you actively.
But you need to catch the chance
yourself by then.
OK. OK.
OK.
Good beer. This is great, great.
I have an idea.
Did you say that
wine was served with salt and lemon?
Yes.
There is also lemon in the beer we are drinking.
Can I add salt to it?
Have a try.
Is it a creative idea?
Yes.
Even if I am retired, I am still useful, right?
After my creative idea is adopted,
will they buy drink according to it?
Yes.
Now the competition among cafes is getting fiercer and fiercer.
It's easy for us to get eliminated
if we don't come up with new ideas.
Let me tell you.
I practiced divination yesterday.
The result tells
coffee helps my career and love.
Stop that. Stop that.
You said I'd find true love on a rainy (yu) day.
There is the character "yu (rain)"
in the name of your boyfriend.
It's accurate, OK?
Your divination doesn't work at all.
Sorry. You first.
Speak.
What do you think of it?
What, what do you mean?
Visit other cafes.
As a saying goes, if you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of 100 battles.
I'll visit those popular cafes right now to see
what their characteristics are.
By then, we'll go and investigate them
on the spot.
Don't always find trouble
for yourself, OK?
I should help my friend.
What about me?
We seldom go shopping
or date,
but you keep making phone calls
and letting me visit clothes shops with you.
Well, aren't you happy?
Happy. I am happy. I am happy.
Why am I not happy?
It's my pleasure to be your little slave.
Go, go, go.
It's boring to visit clothes shops.
Go, go, go.
Where will we go?
Go and buy diamond.
No, let's first visit cafes.
Really?
I told Susan.
This is the last chance.
Hello.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Hello, do you have a membership card?
No.
OK.
Excuse me,
my wallet's gone.
My cell phone is in the car.
Can you keep these goods for me?
I'll go and get them later.
Yes, OK. It doesn't matter.
Let me pay for you, OK?
We're in the same line.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Scan my QR code.
OK.
Thank you.
We can add each other WeChat later.
I'll transfer the money to your WeChat.
OK.
Hello, 534 yuan in total.
Please give me the receipt.
Sorry.
Let me help you.
OK.
Well. Wait a moment. Wait a moment. Wait a moment.
Well.
Dawang.
Do you have something to talk to me?
Don't be so bashful.
Just speak.
Go ahead.
Well.
Well, we want to take a vacation.
Yes.
How long?
We haven't thought it well.
Then think about it again.
After you decide, tell me.
No.
Speak.
Well, in fact, we plan to...
We're so busy. How can you take a vacation now?
Well, Dawang,
in fact,
we want to leave.
Leave?
Is it because of my news which was newly exposed?
Besides that,
in fact, we, we
want to develop better.
Develop better?
Well, you should have told us
you made your name
by plagiarism.
We were kept in the dark.
How do the people outside
think of us?
What are you doing?
What are you doing? I just tell the truth.
OK,
you can leave.
Let's go.
No, go on.
Well,
what else do you want to say?
Well,
how about the fee for the last issue?
OK,
I'll transfer it to your accounts.
After you transfer it, please send us WeChat messages.
Well. Let's go. Let's go.
Quickly.
When will Linsu
take us to make a big deal?
Stop talking nonsense.
You don't need to worry about food and clothing here.
Why do you still complain a lot?
So annoying.
It's none of your business.
So ungrateful.
If I hadn't introduced you to come here,
you wouldn't have work to do.
Linsu.
Catch it.
Nice motorcycle.
Is it cool?
Though it's secondhand,
it runs normally
and has a favorable price.
Wait, wait a moment.
Linsu,
where did you get the money?
Did you run out of the money
your girlfriend transferred to you again?
Don't make a fuss.
Her money is also the money of Linsu.
Even if I ran out of the money,
I want to prepare for our deals.
Yes.
With a motorcycle,
it's easy for us to escape later.
Are you crazy?
As burglars,
we need a truck at least.
The motorcycle is useless.
Can we put the things we steal on the back seat?
You fool.
Now burglars
don't take away
those heavy domestic appliances.
We just take away those valuable.
Those light and small things are more valuable,
such as cell phone,
computer and jewelry.
An art work of the rich
in the high-grade community is worth one million yuan.
Is a truck useful?
Put the things we steal in a big bag
and ride a motorcycle.
No one can catch up with us.
What Linsu said is so reasonable.
Learn from him.
Linsu, then let's begin.
Don't be anxious.
We should find those rich families
we can enter easily.
We need to observe slowly.
Yes.
Then, then you have the final say.
Let's do as you say.
Is it OK?
Wow.
See?
Wow.
How is this housing estate?
So pretty.
I went to observe it in advance.
It's a housing estate of the rich obviously.
Sorry! The subscriber you dialed is powered off.
You look so unhappy
at the sight of me.
Hasn't Mr. Yu come back?
He sent all of us e-mails,
saying he would turn off his cell phone,
and didn't ask us to find him
in order to adjust himself for a few days.
And then there has been no news.
Is there something wrong with him?
No.
Don't worry blindly.
Listen to me.
Be good. Go home.
Leave the hospital, and have a good rest
so that I can smoothly complete the task
Mr. Yu gave to me.
Or he may blame me later.
When will Mr. Yu come back?
I don't know.
He didn't do this before.
Well,
so many things have happened recently.
He is in such bad luck.
It's good for him to adjust himself, right?
Don't think so much.
Treat me to something good
to drive away your bad luck.
OK, I'll treat you whatever you like to eat.
I can eat anything I like?
Ms. Dawang,
you must participate in the judgment of the Star Comics Award this time.
You must participate in the whole process of the Star Comics Award
until the award comes into being.
Why?
What are you going to do with me?
I'll make it public that the work which made you famous
is a plagiarism.
This is the proposition of the extra competition.
Just tell Mr. Yu according to it.
You just need to make sure
An An doesn't make it.
You're not allowed to leave the panel
until the end of the competition.
You must make sure I get the gold prize.
No matter it's because An An had bad luck
or someone deliberately framed her up,
she deserved it.
I'll win this time on my own.
I'm different from someone
who plagiarized other's work.
Ms. Dawang.
I'm coming. I'm coming.
I'm sorry that I come late.
You said you wanted to have Rice with Stewed Chicken Leg.
But this is the nearest restaurant.
So many people are queuing up.
I may not have Rice with Stewed Chicken Leg.
If so many people queued up
or the restaurant was so far,
you could change another restaurant.
Well,
do you think I am so unreasonable
that I even argue with you for a meal?
No.
Forget it.
Eat now.
After eating, we can stay up late to go on with our work.
Since I boasted that
my studio would win in the CNF,
I have to strive for it.
I'm not aiming at you.
Today Wu Bai and Tim came to me
and said they would leave Dawang Studio.
I understand them,
but I'm sad
as they followed me for so many years.
Seeing I am in a slump,
they left directly.
I don't know what to say.
Then don't say anything.
I can't listen to whatever you say.
In a bad temper,
I am not favored by people,
so a lot of people kick me
when I am in a slump.
Is there anything else I can do for you?
Without doubt,
be shortlisted in the exhibition at the opening ceremony of CNF
and beat down Wang Lei.
It should be said
you must beat down all the people
and make your drawing the most competitive work of the day.
Let me know
I do at least one thing right this year,
that is, being your teacher.
Yes, I'll try my best.
No.
You must win.
I believe you can make it.
But I have no faith in myself.
Do you think why "Pet Lovers"
was not selected in the exhibition
at the opening ceremony of CNF?
I thought I knew it,
but I'm not sure.
But I think Ms. Qiu
said something right.
That is, all the character settings
in my comic works from my school days to now
have hardly changed.
Fortunately,
readers have always liked
these characters.
Readers don't like your work
because you're lucky.
If a stunt which has been used for years
is still loved by people,
it means it isn't a simple stunt.
It's a theme and classic.
It's something that can be summed up.
For example,
date sincerely
and enjoy a meal.
The basis of any good work
is to find the subject
that is to be understood
in any time
and in any group.
What about the design
you submitted to CNF?
I...
Any brand that is willing to connect with a comic role
either feels that the image is very interesting
or that the image
and the value of its own brand coincide naturally.
No brand connects with a comic role for its beauty.
Without doubt, beauty is the basis.
But I am afraid
it's more cost-effective to work with painters and designers
for this.
Copyright in an image is not cheap.
I see.
I, I see.
What?
I, clumsy of speech, don't know how to express.
To put it simply,
the brand parties hope
those images printed on their products
can tell stories.
You can say that.
From the point of view of the image,
"Pet Lovers" is indeed threadbare,
but it can stand out
in terms of the story
and the values.
Then think it over.
Is the design you gave to them
really telling a story?
No.
Readers like
the sentence in "Pet Lovers" best:
"In the world,
only dream and food can never be betrayed."
Think about it again.
What exactly are you trying
to express in your heart?
Dawang.
If you want to say
thanks to me now,
forget it.
It's good
to have a simple meal
without so much etiquette.
I know.
But there is no assistant in your studio now.
Will you be extremely busy later?
Since the news that I made my name by plagiarism was exposed,
especially after I terminated the agreement with Extraordinary Comics,
I've had nothing to be busy with.
I focused on Extraordinary Comics
and published a work every year.
I was not greedy,
but at last
I gained nothing.
Yu won't leave you alone.
This is only temporary.
Mr. Yu is actually so kind to me.
He tries to protect my interests in the termination articles.
However, now he also
has a hard time.
I'd better not bother him.
I can take a vacation
in these free days.
There is no one in the studio,
so I don't need to run it again.
I'll stop
renting this house.
Dawang.
Don't comfort me.
The most important thing for you now
is to focus on your work,
and think how to make it be shortlisted in the CNF
as the most competitive work of the day.
Don't worry about other things unrelated to it.
I see, Ms. Dawang.
Mrs. Xu, if you want to eat anything, tell me
and I can buy for you later.
Really?
Yes.
That's great.
I can't buy online yet.
I can.
If you like anything,
tell me later.
OK, that
really solves
my pressing need.
Why are you off work so late today?
Well, Mrs. Xu,
I'll leave.
Why do you leave so quickly?
We're having a nice talk.
Don't be anxious.
I still need to go to the kendo club.
I'll talk to you some other day.
Bye.
Send Yilin out.
No need. I can leave by myself.
Bye, Mrs. Xu.
Xu Lang, go and send her out.
Yilin.
Stop.
Your mom invited me here,
and I didn't come actively.
With a clear purpose,
she hopes we can be together.
It's unnecessary.
It's hard for us to forget the past.
It's meaningless
to go back and wander where you were.
It's time to go ahead.
You misunderstand, Xu Lang.
I don't wander where I was.
I decide to go ahead.
But listen,
if I want to know something,
I'm sure I'll figure it out.
The secret you've kept with efforts
is like a child's bubble
which will break when I poke it in front of me.
I look at you, and you look at me.
Time is frozen and the song is out of rhyme.
My words are faint. Mistake I seldom made.
Will our love story
end right on this day?
Babe, babe, babe,
you know that I can't let you go.
I've never seen this as a destination.
I just don't want you to leave tonight.
Babe, babe, babe,
you know that I can't let you go.
Only till time drives my love and my soul away
that I may stop loving you.
We are one.
We ain't two.
How I suppose to survive without you?
We are one.
We ain't two.
What's the very thing in my life,
babe, now I know.
Babe, it's you.
We are one.
We ain't two.
How I suppose to survive without you?
We are one.
We ain't two.
What's the very thing in my life,
babe, now I know.
Babe, it's you.
I'll take you,
the one introduced by Lawyer Lei, seriously.
I should thank Lawyer Lei
for introducing you to me.
Or I don't know
how I can deal with the later matters.
Having talked so much today,
I feel much eased.
Don't worry, Mr. Hu.
Mr. Yu's case seems difficult,
but in fact the other party's evidence is riddled with holes.
If they really sue Mr. Yu,
they may not be able to win.
OK.
After hearing that, I'm relieved.
Mr. Hu,
I'll take this material back today
to study it with my team.
And then let's keep in close touch.
OK.
Lawyer Li,
well,
if you have something later,
call me at any time.
OK.
Thank you.
OK. Bye.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
Hello.
Mr. Hu,
there's something wrong with the Thai homestay line
you're going to buy.
What's the problem?
The legal person of a homestay
doesn't agree to transfer his house.
Which one?
Ming's House on Phuket.
The legal person is Xu Lang.
What did you say?
What's the name of the legal person?
Xu Lang.
The characters "xu (surname)" and "lang (bright and clear)".
OK, send me the information of that house.
OK, Mr. Hu.
Do you know what time I went to bed last night?
Why did you drag me up so early in the morning?
Today is an important day.
Your birthday?
No.
My birthday?
What do you think?
No.
It's the cosplay party of the cafe.
Only girls like that.
Why are you so excited?
Miss Lei Yuhao.
Well,
you don't understand.
Superman is a normal person
before he puts on superman clothes, right?
The cosplay clothes
are like superman clothes
for cosplayers.
After wearing them, they can make them
the people of their dreams.
They can become gloriously radiant
and so attractive, right?
Moreover,
Brother An and I often played this when we were kids.
Our friendship... Well.
You enjoy good friendship, OK?
What do you take me to do?
Buy clothes.
I bought my cosplay clothes.
Really?
I still want to wear lovers' clothes with you.
So childish.
Forget it.
Even if you don't go, no one will find out.
Let me go back and sleep again, OK?
I promise you
I'll take you to a more fun place another day.
I'll give you a lovers' shirt,
OK?
No, you still need to wear it.
OK.
Is it so hard?
No.
I'm really sleepy.
I didn't go to bed
until 3:00 in the morning for my plan.
Girl,
don't sleep that late, OK?
It's especially bad for your skin.
Look, look, look.
There is a pimple on your forehead.
Look.
My heart aches for you.
Let me massage you. Let me massage you. Let me massage you.
Don't use so much force.
Don't use so much force. Does it hurt?
Stop.
I'm wearing high heels.
Well.
Stop. Stop. Stop.
Dawang is a queen
who will never show weakness to others
even if she fails and loses everything.
Are you also here to laugh at me?
You think she only focuses on the work results
like all the bosses.
But she actually has a warm side, too.
She takes care of me and guides me like a teacher.
No matter how late I work overtime,
she's always there.
Come on,
Ms. Dawang.