♫ Love has a kind of ominous feeling ♫
♫ When you are silent for a moment ♫
♫ Oh, I want to keep some yearning ♫
♫ for deeply sentimental attachment ♫
♫ but you simply turn a blind eye ♫
♫ Perhaps it is love's deceit ♫ ♫ Perhaps it is you who is so capricious ♫
♫ accepting everything against your will ♫ ♫ Why bother justifying the right and wrong? ♫
♫ And between me and you ♫ ♫ Why bother justifying the right and the wrong? ♫
♫ Like the winter season ♫ ♫ The heart, dropping to freezing point ♫
♫ Perhaps it is love's deceit ♫ ♫ letting us drift gradually farther apart ♫
♫ And all that you said ♫ ♫ Were only perfunctory excuses ♫
♫ And between me and you ♫ ♫ there no longer is a past ♫
♫ let this feeling ♫ ♫ go to the final terminal point ♫
The Lover's Lies
Episode 13
Ba-by!
Baby? Are you calling me?
You—
How did you...?
I know stop rushing me, why are you so impatient?
I'm coming up right now.
General Manager?
We'll keep your appointment with Deputy Director Wang for you.
Deputy Director Wang, you're quite remarkable.
You opened a bottle of red wine to celebrate... what?
Celebrating your resignation?
Your wife probably doesn't know about your resignation, right?
Your wife also probably doesn't know you're meeting up with other women while you're not working, right?
You—
What are you going to do?
Deputy Director Wang, I know you feel unsatisfied with me.
But you've gone over my bottom line to come together with the other Deputy Directors like this.
Since you're so hard to talk to, how about I talk to your wife?
General Manager, let's talk about this calmly.
Actually... I didn't want to oppose you.
Look, what requests do you have? I'll go along with them accordingly,
but you don't have to have a talk with my wife.
You should know more clearly than anyone else about what to do.
Yes, yes, yes, yes. I understand.
Tomorrow, I'll tell Deputy Director Chen, Deputy Director Huang and the rest of them to come back to work tomorrow.
Also, about General Manager's change of strategy plan,
I will entirely support it, I'll support it!
And your "baby", she won't have to come to work tomorrow.
Fine. Yes. Yes.
Director Wang, your clothes.
Sit. Sit. Sit. Sit and talk.
Director Wang, the contract...?
Xia Lin...
Let's not rush things.
Come, come, come.
We have lots of time.
I'm sorry, I still have some thing to do back home,
how about you just give me the contract?
You are a smart person.
You've already come to my room. Look,
we both tacitly understood. Why are you trying to trick me with pretenses?
I'm going to take a shower.
Just do as you see fit.
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Director Wang! This is bad! There's a fire! Director Wang!
- Director Wang, hurry and run! - What's going on?
- Hurry and run, Director Wang! - There's a fire?!
- Wh—where's the fire?! - There's a fire!
There's a fire! There's a fire! There's a fire--
Hurry and do me a favor, take me away from here.
Fire!
Hurry, hurry, let's go.
I...
That Xia Lin...
You—!
So, to escape, you thought to play this trick on him.
Escaping is just one reason.
Men like Director Wang should be taught a lesson.
I also thought to use that kind of solution while being helpless.
But, seeing Director Wang's defeated expression, it was too enjoyable.
Actually, I don't really understand you.
Why don't you work at your family's wine company?
Why work and earn money from other people
and be subjected to other people's changing moods?
Actually, I was thinking to accumulate more working experiences before returning to BR Winery.
After all, people like us,
apart from being subjected to the burdens of our family, more than that, we come across people's mistrust and doubt.
Rather than having people in the company cut off our contracts,
why not learn more things now, to enrich ourselves
and let ourselves become even stronger.
Actually, apart from being subjected to the burdens of our family,
we also bear the household's destiny.
This is why the two of us met at that boring gathering banquet.
A person should marry another person with the same status? What kind of era is this now?
Our parents are still so old-fashioned.
That kind of gathering banquet was indeed quite boring.
But, my perspective is not quite the same as yours.
Actually, I quite agree with the saying, to marry another person with the same status.
Say, how could two people with different backgrounds and familial lineages live together for the rest of their lives?
For example, I watch the share prices and return rates every day.
But what if she is watching what kind of lifestyle products can save the most money?
Another example, a cup of coffee. In my eyes, it's just a cup of coffee.
But she separates it into whether she likes it or not and whether it tastes nice or not.
I would not worry about whether it is ¥20, ¥50, or ¥100.
So say, two people with different backgrounds and familial lineages can never live together.
This all proves,
that two people with different value systems, their way of thinking
will never be the same.
So...
You are in agreement with blind dates and marriages for business?
Yes.
I call it the eugenics theory.
Dragons match with dragons, phoenixes with phoenixes. Dragons can never match with a rat.
- Do you not agree? Huh?
Don't tell me, you're the kind of person who believes that love wins over everything else?
I didn't think this man would be harder to handle than I thought.
I thought he would hate marriages between people of equal status, I didn't think he would really agree with it.
Wouldn't I have done something foolish with the intention of looking smart?
Then...
what do you look for in a woman?
Xia Lin!
- Xia Lin! - What is the issue?
- Where is your Sales Department? - What is really the matter?
I'll go find it myself if you don't tell me!
- Ms. you can't go in. - Why can't I go in?!
Get that vixen to come out!
-You really can't go in. - Move!
Xia Lin! Which one is Xia Lin?
Which one is Xia Lin?!
Excuse me what do you need?
Get Xia Lin to come out!
Hello, I'm Xia Lin.
So, it's you!
- You dare to seduce my husband?! - Don't, don't , don't!
What a shameless woman you are!
- Seriously! - Let's discuss the matter!
You dare to seduce my husband?!
- What are you doing?! - How ridiculous!
- You dare to do something so shameful! - Stop fighting!
- You'll get what you deserve! - Stop! Don't fight anymore!
It might just be a misunderstanding!
- Let's discuss the matter! - Look!
- I'm going to hit you! I'm going to hit you! - Don't fight anymore!
- Si Ji, are you alright? - I'm fine.
- Enough! - Shameless!
- Please respect yourself. - Who are you?!
I'm Fu Kang Foods' Director of the Sales Department.
Director? Alright then, let me ask you.
Is this what your company teaches your employees to get their pay checks, to seduce men?!
- I didn't! - Didn't?
Then how will you explain this?!
Please calm down.
Manager, please take this lady
- to my office. - Yes, sir.
Xia Lin, you come along too.
- Lessen your anger. - Just you wait!
Come, come, come. Lessen your anger.
Xia Lin, are you alright?
I don't need you to bother.
Xia Lin!
I knew she would do something like this.
- It's great now, someone was able to get real evidence. - What?
Are you envious of Xia Lin?
Don't blame it on Xia Lin after just hearing about what one person said.
It might just be a misunderstanding.
Enough, let's disperse.
- Go, go. Disperse, disperse. - Let's go, let's go.
Tong Si Ji, aren't you too naive?
Are you stupid?
I did go to the hotel to meet Director Wang, but I didn't do anything.
I am not guilty.
Not guilty?
- Does your company teach all of your employees to be like this? - You—
Madam Wang, please mind the way you speak.
I'm already being polite! I still haven't said the worst words yet!
I'm telling you, I won't leave this issue like this!
If you want to protect your employees, including such dirty things, I won't let you go easily!
Xia Lin, you have the responsibility of explaining this issue to Madam Wang.
How do you want me to explain it?
Do you possibly want me to admit to something I didn't do?
Let's not worry about what the truth is.
You should apologize to Madam Wong for inciting her misunderstanding.
Why should I apologize to her? It was Director Wang who tried to be inappropriate with me!
I did go to his appointment, but I did nothing!
Why should I apologize to her even though I was subjected to such an unfair situation?!
All of you listen to her, could you possibly be wanting me to apologize to you?! What a joke!
Xia Lin, don't act on your emotions.
Wang Ma, starting from tomorrow,
move Xia Lin to Customer Service, we'll talk about it again after we've investigated.
I don't agree with the company's decision.
If you force me to move, then I'll resign!
Look at what kind of employees you have here.
What kind of quality is this? Employees like that should have been fired a long time ago!
What use is there to keep her here?!
She must be doomed this time.
Of course. You can already tell from her expression.
Director Xiang must not have believed her.
Look, look, she did wrong, but she still has that attitude.
Right.
I don't understand, why would she do something that?
Xia Lin, what are you doing?
- What is she trying to show by putting on that expression? - Keep talking!
Just keep on talking then!
I am not guilty for things I've never done!
Xia Lin.
- Xia— - Move!
If my mum knew I did something like that, she would beat my legs until they broke.
Right, why would she do that?
The girls these days, to climb higher—
You are all despicable!
If you have the time to worry about others, why don't you worry about yourself?
Otherwise, the next person who leaves could be you.
Leave it, leave it. Don't say any more.
Hello, where are you all?
Sorry. I'll be there soon.
Grandma He Hua always yells at me when I'm home.
If she's not complaining that I'm stupid, it's that I'm lazy or that I'm a freeloader.
Anyway, she just doesn't like me no matter what.
Grandma's just like that, doesn't she always treat me like that too?
Look, I'm not missing any pieces of me.
You don't have to face her every day.
You don't have to either.
Wouldn't it be fine if you went home? You're the one who wanted to stay at my house.
You think I want to stay at your house?
If it wasn't for Grandpa forcing me to be with Xiang—
Xiao Chun, come, come, come over here. Come over here.
Sit.
Let me ask you something, alright?
What's the relationship between Xiang Yang and Si Ji?
Xiang Yang?
How do you know Brother Xiang Yang?
Don't you guys talk about him a lot at home?
Also, doesn't Grandma talk about Xiang Yang and Older Sister Si Ji a lot?
Brother Xiang Yang and Older Sister Si Ji...
Nothing has ever been between them.
It's my Grandma who is making things up.
She's worried that Older Sister can't get married, that's why she's making chaos everywhere.
Then, what's the relationship between Xiang Yang and all of you?
About Brother Xiang Yang and us, our sentiment runs deep.
He can be counted as a childhood friend, it's just that we lost contact afterward.
Childhood friends?
Your experiences are quite bizarre, it's enough for me to write a novel about them.
Then... doesn't Xiao Qui have an older twin sister?
What happened with that?
Hui Hui, you better not mention this in front of Older Sister.
Mention it once, she'll cry once. Even now, she hasn't stopped looking for Xiao Xia.
But...
In this vast sea of people, it's really not easy to find just one person.
Isn't that exactly right?
My Older Sister said, without Xiao Xia for one season of the year,
it's not four seasons (Si Ji) then.
Whoa, puppy!
Come, come over here to older sister.
You're so cute!
Where's your owner? Are you lost? Are you alone?
Poor thing, how about this, I'll buy you something to eat, alright?
Xiao Chun! What are you looking at? Hurry and come over.
So cute! Look at me.
Come, look at me.
Come.
Hui Hui.
Do we... count... as a couple?
Tong Xiao Chun, you must be dreaming. A toad like you is trying to get luxuries?
I—
Hasn't the toad... already gotten the luxuries?
Enough, enough. Stop thinking so much. Here, give me money.
G-G-Give money for what?
I'm buying food for the dog. Hurry up!
You're buying food for him and not me?
Hurry! Give me money! Okay, okay, okay.
Hurry!
Come on! Come on! Run!
Luxuries?
Have I gotten it or not?
My brain... it goes numb the moment I drink too much alcohol.
I can't even remember this important information.
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- You are...? - I'm Li Ruo Han.
You're Older Sister Si Ji, right?
I am.
- Come, take a seat. - Thank you.
- What would you like to drink? - Water is fine.
Okay.
- Here, drink some water. - Thank you.
- You— - You—
I'll go first.
I heard from the Dean at the orphanage that you don't remember your childhood, right?
Then... what about your mum and dad?
You don't remember them either?
Then what about me? You should probably remember me, right?
Then... Xiao Chun? Oh, and Xiao Qiu?
He's your twin, you should at least remember him?
Sorry, I don't remember any of it.
Oh, right.
These were the clothes I wore to the orphanage.
Does it remind you of anything?
- Xiao Xia! - Older Sister Xiao Xia!
- Xiao Xia! - Xiao Xia!
Xiao Xia!
- I'm not your younger sister, am I? - No...
There are a lot of of possibilities.
Like, what did you encounter before you were sent to the orphanage.
That's why... also...
These are also other possibilities.
Then what about this? Did your younger sister have this birthmark?
You must be a good older sister.
If I was a good older sister,
I wouldn't have lost my younger sister.
Do you know, I've always wished I had a sister like you who was searching for me.
You will definitely find her.
Tong Xiao Chun, you're too funny!
When you were young, you did mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a fish?!
What do you know? I was just being loving,
respectful, and kind to every living thing.
Loving?
Alright, then just don't eat meat from now on.
- Just change to being a vegetarian. - Laughing, laughing...
What's there to laugh about?
He Xiao Bao!
It's time to eat, do we have to personally escort you out for dinner too?!
What happened to Grandma today?
Older Sister still hasn't come back yet.
Older Sister Si Ji isn't back yet... why is she mad about that?
Why am I mad? You have no brains.
Si Ji went out to find your younger sister and hasn't come back yet.
Both of you still have the heart to laugh in here?!
I'm back.
That... Older Sister, it's time to eat.
I'm not hungry, you guys eat.
What happened to... Older Sister Si Ji?
What else could have happened? The person she went to meet probably wasn't Xiao Xia.
We can tell just from thinking about it.
You could tell by the picture that it wasn't her.
Older Brother Xiao Chun, don't say any more. Did you not see how upset Older Sister is?
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. I told her that already.
Are you done talking?
I say, can you not speak so much?
Grandma, why do you always put your anger on me?
It wasn't my fault Xiao Xia was lost.
- It was your fault no matter what. - How was it my fault?
Is it my fault that she can't be found?
Then, is it also my fault that Li Ruo Han isn't Xiao Xia?
If you're not to blame, who should I blame?
Older Brother Xiao Chun!
- Wait! - I've had enough!
Can we not mention Tong Xiao Xia anymore?
So, many years have passed, without Tong Xiao Xia,
haven't we lived happily too?
- How can you say this? - Am I wrong?
Maybe... maybe she doesn't care about us, she's avoiding us!
Otherwise, wouldn't it be easy for her to find us?
Why doesn't she come to find us? Why?
Maybe she doesn't know where we are.
Really? Then where could she have gone?
Older Brother Xiao Chun, for a long time,
we've been together as a family, but what about Xiao Xia?
Xiao Xia has always been alone.
So, do we have to forever feel sorry to her?
She was the one who ran away first that time.
Why do we have to live forever in guilt?
What are we sorry to her for?
So, to you all, my existence
is only a painful memory.
Older Brother Xiao Chun, I know you actually don't think that.
Both you and Older Sister has been blaming yourselves equally for Xiao Xia's disappearance.
I really... I only...
I only just don't want Older Sister Si Ji to suffer so much for her matter.
It's been so many years, whenever I see Older Sister Si Ji, for Xiao Xia,
going through so much torture,
I feel so tormented!
She has already sacrificed enough for us.
No matter what, we have to find Xiao Xia.
I know. I know.
I really... I really wish,
that she had never left us.
I've had enough! Can we not mention Tong Xiao Xia anymore?
So, many years have passed, without Tong Xiao Xia,
haven't we lived happily too?
She was the one who ran away first that time.
Why do we have to live forever in guilt?
What are we sorry to her for?
One year ago, when the police solved a case of child kidnapping and trafficking,
she was sent to this orphanage.
This child has been through a lot.
When she first arrived, she had bruises all over her.
She wouldn't talk either.
This child, still isn't willing to talk now?
Yes, It's been over a year.
She has not changed at all.
Here, while the children are playing over there,
she's always sitting alone blankly. It hurts to watch her.
I hope, when this child goes with you,
with love from parents,
that she doesn't suffer anymore.
Dean, don't worry. I'll definitely take good care of her.
I will care for her like my biological daughter. Don't worry.
Thank you.
Please!
- Get out, you don't live here for free! - Please, sir.
Just let me, one day more. Please!
Hey cutie, need some help?
Hey, don't be shy.
- We'll be gentle. - Baby, what are you doing here so late?
- Leave me alone. Please! No! - Hey, come on.
No, no, no, no, no.
Xia Lin.
Don't be scared, it's me. I'm Mei Le Di.
Xia Lin, I'm Mei Le Di.
My bodyguard has beaten them up and they ran. It's fine now.
Mei Le Di!
- It's fine, it's fine. - Mei Le Di...!
Don't worry.
Why?
Why did the gods take everything from me, Mei Le Di?
What did I do wrong?
What have I really done wrong?
That all of you had to abandon me?
For all these years, all of you have been living happy lives.
What about me? I've been forgotten in this world,
I've been forgotten by all of you.
Don't trust everyone anymore, Xia Lin.
In this world,
you don't have a family. Not even one.
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Xia Lin!
Xia Lin! What's wrong with you? Why did you get home so late again?!
I'm talking to you, what's wrong with you?
What wrong? Why are you crying?
Did you get bullied by someone?
It's alright, it's alright.
Why am I the only one with this bitter life?
Why doesn't my family want me?
Is it because I'm not good enough?
Is that why, they don't want me?
Why does everyone want to hurt me?
Okay, okay, stop crying.
Xia Lin, forget about them then.
Remembering is really difficult.
It's the same as insomnia.
It's not right no matter how you sleep.
Also, don't always live in the past.
Maybe, the ones in your memories have already forgotten about you.
Xia Lin, but you're not alone. Don't you still have me?
Right! My Dad and my Mum too, aren't we a family?
So, you're not alone.
Stop crying.
May I know, is Chef Xu here? Which one is Chef Xu?
That's me. Miss, do you need something from me?
Chef Xu, right?
I am Tong Si Ji from Fu Kang Foods. This is my business card.
It's Fu Kang Foods again.
I've already said many times,
the sauces that we use,
all have set manufacturers and providers. We're not thinking of changing any of our sauces.
Sorry.
Don't be anxious yet. It's like this,
I heard that, you created a whole new line of dishes.
I wondered if you could give Fu Kang's new product a try?
This is Fu Kang Foods' Broad Bean Sauce.
It tastes especially good. Have a try.
How is it?
Not bad. Fu Kang Foods really has a well-deserved and good reputation.
The moment this Broad Bean Sauce is in the mouth,
it's fragrant and spicy. Immediately, there's a
slight sweetness.
It will improve the food's grade.
If you feel really satisfied, I can help get you the best offer.
The taste is not bad, but at our restaurant,
the customers who come have come to taste my culinary skills,
not to eat Fu Kang's products.
Young lady, I am not considering to use your sauce.
I'm sorry.
Chef Xu, please consider it again!
The taste is not bad, but at our restaurant,
the customers who come have come to taste my culinary skills,
not to eat Fu Kang's products.
It's obviously really good, but why won't they buy it?
It's after work hours, why haven't you left yet?
Grandfather, you still haven't left yet either?
Is there something bothering you?
Is it this?
Today, the customers I visited,
they all think this product tastes good,
but they just aren't willing to buy it.
Don't they say, as long as a product that tastes good is made,
the customers will automatically come?
Do you know the Fu Kang Foods' story?
I've seen it before in the handbook.
A young chairman, from a Master with years of experience,
learned to make sauces.
But because of a big change in his situation and the Master's death,
he stopped producing for many years.
But in the end, the chairman, through many difficulties,
carried forward his craft again.
You're very serious.
But Fu Kang still has a lot of things that people don't know about.
- Things that people don't know? - That's right.
The modern day Fu Kang
is not only for carrying forward the Master's craft.
In this Broad Bean Sauce, there is a promise.
It is a promise for a friend.
Also, when the chairman was young,
there were his memories, longing for his family,
and the taste of friendship.
Even though he developed many more and much better products,
he still would never be able to replace
the traditional taste.
Grandfather, how do you know so much about Fu Kang?
If you want to understand something, you must put your heart into it.
These days, many people aren't looking for new creations,
they're looking for reminiscences.
Reminiscences?
To shops that have been here for a long time,
creating new business must be built on top of traditions
and not just constantly making new and fresh items.
If you want to sell items,
you must let the customer relate closely to the product,
not have your customers cater to your product.
Right?
The taste of reminiscence?
Thank you, Grandfather. You've pointed it out to me.
I know what to do now, I'll follow what you've told me.
I'll try my best to make it happen. Thank you, Grandfather.
- Thank you, Grandfather. - Welcome.
If our Hui Hui
was half of what she is, how good would that be?
Older Sister, what are you making?
You've been busy in the kitchen even before taking a shower.
Tong Xiao Chun, I've got it!
- What are you doing? - You... do you not watch where you're going?
That's because your house is too small. If it was in my house, we wouldn't bump into each other no matter how we run.
I have some good news to tell you. Do you want to know?
I don't want to know. As they say, no news is good news.
Those who ask if you want to hear good news are liars.
Tong Xiao Chun, I said I have good news to tell you, do you want to hear it?!
I'll listen. I'll listen.
Okay, then listen.
I am thinking of starting a plan to care for runaway animals,
to help all roaming animals find a warm home.
Why don't you find yourself a warm home?
Grandma, you don't understand.
Dogs are humans' most loyal friends.
In the future, all those who abandon puppies will be hit by thunder.
Then the gods will be very busy.
In this world, the people who are in line to get hit,
there are too many.
Xiao Chun, come, come. Come and sit.
Please sit.
Okay, I've decided.
In the future, in the plan to care for runaway animals,
you'll be the second member.
What?
Then in the future, whenever you sell a ship-in-a-bottle, donate...
donate 10 yuan, how about that? As a fund for the plan.
Every time I sell a ship-in-a-bottle,
donate 10 yuan? Wouldn't I be at a loss then?!
Tong Xiao Chun, it's just 10 yuan.
Just 10 yuan will let them get warmth. Are you still unwilling to do it?!
How terrible it is that I used to think you were loving.
It seems like I've judged wrongly. Oh, well, I'll think of a solution myself.
I didn't say that I wouldn't donate.
I knew our Xiao Chun is so loving.
Then donate 20 yuan.
30 yuan?
Tastes pretty good.
It's not enough if only I think it tastes good.
If I convince a picky mouth,
Chef Xu will definitely like it.
Smells good, Si Ji.
Grandma.
What are you making?
Smells so good. Did you invite someone over?
I am currently researching a product.
That... I'll send it to someone to try it after I finish.
Alright, Grandma will try it.
The taste is not bad.
No... this taste is a bit like...
Grandma, there's a lot of smoke in here.
Just wait outside. I'll tell you after I finish making it later.
- How suspicious, what are you doing? - It'll be done in a moment, Grandma!
Really.
Are you off work?
Didn't I tell you, that you don't need to come anymore?
I haven't thanked you for that day when you helped my younger sister.
Also, you treated me to a meal.
I never treated you to a meal.
I just had you help me eradicate those foods,
so that they wouldn't be wasted.
No matter what, I should still thank you, right?
Get in the truck.
You think I'll get in the truck just because you told me to? Who do you think you are?
- Alright, alright, alright. Don't just stand there. - Hey.
Young Master, you can get in the truck now.
Whoa, this truck is so dirty.
Dirty? I guess it's pretty dirty.
Looks like Xiao Chun has been slacking off these last couple of days
Xiao Chun?
You have probably never rode in this kind of truck. Give it a try.
Sit tight.
Seat belt.
Where are we going?
To eat a big meal.
Although, you won't allow me to pay you back anymore,
I am usually a person,
who does indeed like to take a little bit of advantage over other people.
Actually, I still know have a sense of shame and humbleness.
So, I will definitely pay you back.
Whenever you want to drink coffee in the future, just tell me.
This is what I made especially for you.
Ta-da!
Have a taste.
What does this woman want to do exactly?
Try it.
Eat.
Try that one.
How is it? Is it good?
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♫ Love in the sun-blooming afternoon ♫
♫ Memories crept into my mind ♫
♫ Is there a reason for love? Should I hold your hand? ♫
♫ Can I go have? ♫
♫ If we could meet, if we could hold hands ♫
♫ Let all the chaos, fall behind ♫
♫ Holding hands silently, heaven or earth ♫
♫ There are too many words I can't say aloud ♫
♫ The courage of love holds you and I's gentleness tightly ♫
♫ Keep it intact ♫
♫ If we could meet, if we could hold hands ♫
♫ Let all the chaos fall behind ♫
♫ Holding hands silently, heaven or earth ♫
♫ There are too many words I can't say aloud ♫
♫ The courage of love holds you and I've gentleness tightly ♫
♫ Keep it intact ♫