Our Shiny Days
Episode 14
Another Angle of the World (II)
Since you were going to bed,
why did you ask me to come?
To tuck you in?
Miss Chen,
can you close the door for me first?
OK?
Umm...
Excuse me,
could you take a look at my house later on?
I feel dizzy.
Sorry.
There are just too many highlights in this room.
What should I do?
Plug in and then restart.
My assistant said you need to restart.
How?
I will unbuckle the seat belt for you,
and you can come down by yourself, right?
At least that's what other people would be in a handstand.
If I could do a handstand,
you think I would still need this thing?
Miss Chen, you are literate,
help me take a look at it,
and
think of some solution,
OK?
As the saying goes, "He that travels far knows much."
If I hadn't left home today,
I wouldn't have
witnessed this farce.
I think there is an anti-lock system.
Press and hold for ten seconds.
Where to press?
Miss Chen.
Almost done!
You like me,
but what kind of like is it?
We agreed that we will never mention it again.
Look at me like this. Just tell me.
Otherwise, I will feel too ashamed to see you in the future.
What kind of like is it?
I will go to all kinds of troubles for you.
That kind of like.
Just simple as that?
Simple?
Maybe you think
it's a simple thing to be liked.
But it's not the same
for me.
After my heart was broken several times,
and I've wasted so much in vain,
I finally understood.
If love is an investment,
the most cost-effective way would be investing it in myself.
I learned it the hard way.
But still, now in my heart
there is one more person I care about.
So I said I like you in the way that
I will go to all kinds of troubles for you.
Miss Chen, I...
So if you don't have anything else,
I think I am gonna go.
Miss Chen,
Miss Chen...
I know.
You are more afraid than me
that your time might be wasted.
And you didn't drink today,
so you can't even speak perfunctorily.
Right?
See you.
Hexu, let's get it started.
Didn't you call me home to scold me?
Probably we might even shed some blood.
Tell me.
Why did you jump into the pool
wearing someone else's clothes?
The dean criticized me by name at
the teachers' meeting today.
Because I am brave.
Chen Jing,
your bravery
is built on my patience.
Why do you have to be patient?
Because if I am not, I will give in to the thought of hitting you
until you stop acting so arrogant.
Then do it.
I will fight back bravely.
Didn't we fight often when we were kids?
You were more daring than me at that time.
I will wait,
until you come of age.
By that time I will
get it even with you with everything.
You're just getting cold feet.
Hexu,
I found it.
Found what?
Found what I do best.
Isn't what you do best
is wasting your time?
You have found it long ago.
Why did you suddenly become so motivated?
In the past,
I knew I was ordinary
but I was quite content
just being muddling along.
I wanted to do something
to make others feel impressed.
But it was so hard to
find this "something".
I may never find it in my life about
what I do best.
Some people can't find it in their lifetime.
You're still so young,
so you don't have to rush.
But I found it now.
I don't really want to know
what you found.
I won't tell you now.
Hexu,
did you find what you do best?
I did.
I am impressed!
What I do best
is to love myself.
What?
Isn't it simply narcissism?
Every day I feel I am so awesome.
Unlike you,
I already know that there are many things I can't get them done.
I also made many mistakes.
But when I look into the mirror,
I can still say, "It's OK.
I love you."
When you reach my age,
you will know
it isn't
easy to do that.
Hexu.
Has me staying in your place today
gotten in the way of
you and Feng Anyu's date?
Why do you either want to go to the toilet or turn aside from the topic
every time I want to talk something serious?
Because in my age
the phrase "I love you"
has to be told to someone else.
I don't need this process anymore.
Then you still don't love yourself enough.
I mean it!
Loving yourself
will prevent you from loving others?
Then to be honest, your balance of love is insufficient.
Or you're just being stingy.
You have the balance
but you're not willing to spend it on someone else.
But what's the use
of saving love?
Chen Jing,
Why did you?
come to my house
To be scolded by you.
Hexu!
A shooting star!
Make a wish.
What did you wish for?
So childish.
My wish is
you and Feng Anyu can make rapid progress in your relationship.
See, blood is thicker than water.
I think of you at such critical moment.
Come here.
You guys sit here.
Where did the casting director get these extras from?
They look so young.
We are like adults trying to pretend a teenager.
Are my eyeliners
too much?
No. They are very natural.
Yina.
I am a big fan of you.
Can I take a photo with you?
This is the shooting site.
Everyone please act professional.
Hey, you!
Get back to your place.
Come on.
Let me help you take the photo.
Thank you, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Anyu.
I like you too.
You and Yina are a perfect couple.
Really.
I hope you can be together forever.
OK, go back.
Look at you so happy.
I adore Huang Yina.
Why haven't they start filming?
I'm so thirsty.
I brought strawberries.
Strawberry?
I like strawberries the most.
You love Huang Yina the most.
and your favorite is strawberry.
There are so many things you like.
Then
what do you like the most?
I...
My favorite is picking strawberry leaves.
Lights!
Guys!
We're ready to shoot.
Those who are eating or on the phone,
take it away!
The stand-ins for light adjustment for the two stars are in place.
Watching from afar,
it feels so good.
Yes.
When we both go in there,
that's the drama immediately.
Do you still have a favorite thing now?
For me
there are only types of things.
Things I can give up,
and things I must get.
It doesn't matter
if I like it or not.
But I have a favorite person.
Who is it?
You.
Just give me a break.
You have been in this business for so many years,
and you can still be fond of others?
Why do I find it so difficult?
I hear so many people say they like me every day.
Sometimes I feel
this sentence is like arms
that drag me
and lift me up.
And I can only try to jump to a higher place.
I dare not look down or respond to them,
or I might fall.
If I fall,
I will fall directly into the sea of people.
You are crazy.
Why do you take this kind of fan worship seriously?
The child said he likes me the most
and he wanted to take a photo with me.
But his phone screensaver
is the Hong Kong female singer who recently has been in vogue.
My assistant Sun said
that I am her favorite.
But before she became my assistant,
she was Su Yi's assistant.
She was so nice to Su Yi that
she was called good nanny for celebrities in entertainment circle.
But after Su Yi's scandal,
all her offers were suspended.
I sent someone to poach her with a high salary.
She came immediately.
I have a makeup endorsement, right?
My agent just received the letter two days ago
that they don't want me for the next season anymore.
They already contacted a new candidate.
Some little girl from an idol group.
They signed a three-year contract.
The also said they liked me and that
I was their only choice.
They said this kind of thing.
But they didn't hesitate to change me.
Just admit that you're afraid.
Why did you need to make it like an extraordinary thing?
What about this line of business?
There is no easy money for any line of business.
I never see any.
Look at that
battlefield female doctor played by Song Hye Kyo.
She might die in any minute,
but she still dares to fall in love with a special forces soldier.
Why can't I get to play in such a TV show?
But...
Isn't it just a TV show?
My point is,
you dare to take a role of a high school girl
who is prone to be
shy or blushing.
On the contrary, you really find it difficult to love in real life?
You're just getting afraid to fall in love.
So
how can you tell whether you like someone or not?
You stare at this person
for ten seconds.
Ten seconds.
Nobody talk or move.
Just stare at him,
and have a nice look of his face,
from his eyelids to pores.
Don't miss any detail.
After the ten seconds,
if you still want to kiss him,
you like him.
Yina,
have you fallen in love with someone lately?
I told you I like you.
Great. We're back to square one.
Anyu,
why are you personally driving today?
So that I can lose in my thoughts
while driving.
Do you want to lose in your thought?
You can pull over and let me get off.
I can take the subway.
Your home is on my way anyway.
Don't you have a cat?
Hurry back, don't let the cat wait for you.
Thank you.
My cat is very needy.
Basically it's like my wife.
Right. You want to lose in your thoughts.
I will shut up.
Anyu,
I have to bother you just for a while.
Jiayi asked,
have you read
the script she suggested you take?
Which script?
Just the costume idol drama.
The producer of that TV show asked for an answer again
saying they like you so much
and you are their only choice.
You can name the offer whatever you like.
They said so?
And is it true that
I am the only one?
Jiayi said
the producers are also in contact with Li Junfeng.
So she's afraid you will miss the chance if you hesitate.
Anyu
Why don't you put on a mask?
Silly.
How to do the breathalyzer test with a mask on?
Dig a hole on it?
Hello.
Please do a breathalyzer test.
Ok. Thank you for your cooperation.
Feng Anyu!
Super star!
I like you so much.
Thank you, officer.
Sorry, we have a schedule waiting.
If he passes, can we go now?
Sure.
The big star is still driving by himself.
Officer.
Why do you like me?
I...
Actually, it's my wife who likes you.
If she knows that I saw you
in my patrol tonight,
She will die because of excitement.
But I am on duty now,
so I can't ask you for an autograph.
If only I could bring an autograph back home.
I would live like a king for the rest of the month.
I just spoke for her.
If she saw you,
she would have said the same thing.
Give me a pen.
Say thank you for me to your wife.
And I voluntarily
gave my autograph to you.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Where can I buy this stuff?
A pharmacy, I think.
Mr. Wang.
I want to
apologize for
what happened that day again.
Mr. Wang.
You are such a nice guy.
Miss Chen.
Mr. Wang is so nice.
Really.
You had a long day.
You should go back to rest early.
I'll clean up your kitchen and leave.
You cooked for us.
I should wash the dishes.
I can't do that.
Cooking is a creative activity.
I enjoy doing it.
But washing dishes is purely a manual labor job.
That's not right
that I just leave
after I made a mess in your kitchen.
Your cooking is good.
I like to study it.
I saw you only have some water or
salad vegetable in the refrigerator.
You lead a healthy life, don't you?
I'm just afraid of trouble.
I do not have very high demands for food,
as long as it can maintain my basic vital signs.
And
I like to give solutions to trouble.
So
maybe you can teach me to cook as the start.
I need to teach you
by both words and deeds.
But over the years
I have figured out a common sense of cooking.
Mr. Wang,
do you want to hear it?
I'm all ears.
Maybe you will laugh at me.
But this is something I learned the hard way.
That is
sometimes
when you eat two ingredients separately,
they are both delicious
and nutritious.
But if you have to put them in the same pot,
maybe the outcome is not so good.
A long time ago
I cooked cold noodles with grapefruit once.
It was a disaster.
I thought it might be refreshing.
But the taste turned out to be
sour, astringent,
and a little squishy.
Those are good grapefruits.
And the noodles
were also chewy good noodles.
But if you have to put them in the same pot
and force them to accommodate each other,
you weren't doing neither of them justice.
But what if the grapefruit
wants to be in the same pot with noodles?
It doesn't mind
accommodating himself a bit.
But there are so many dishes right for it,
why bother?
The perfect state of
cooking is
the moment when all the ingredients meet in the pot,
everything is in harmony.
If there is even one ingredient who has to sacrifice,
you will taste the bitterness.
You just don't want to cook.
if you are willing to,
I am afraid you will become the best cook.
I'll get it.
You?
First of all,
I didn't drink.
Look for yourself.
And then...
What is this all about?
Don't talk.
Fine.
Oh, you have a guest.
Let me introduce...
I am Wang Fenghe. A colleague of Miss Chen.
Feng Anyu.
Her boyfriend.
I never heard you mention him before.
I was notified just now, too.
Mr. Wang came to her home to discuss work?
Sit down and talk in detail.
It's nothing serious.
Don't bother. I am leaving.
Mr. Wang, I'll see you out.
It's OK.
I shall not disturb you two.
Umm, Mr. Wang,
Keep it to yourself
what you just saw, for me, OK?
I
didn't see anything that needs to be kept secret.
Just a man and his girlfriend...
But
it's me.
Don't I look familiar to you?
Miss Chen knows my character.
Thank you for understanding.
The situation is quite special for me during this period.
I can't afford to be exposed yet.
With your promise,
we will be friends in the future.
I know as a teacher
you probably don't have much entertainment in life.
When we're both available,
let me take you to have some fun.
I know
why you look familiar now.
Anyone with a TV at home
will find me familiar.
That is not the case.
My uncle's company asked you to shoot a commercial once.
Since it's a family business,
I have a little share in it.
When choosing a spokesperson,
the board needed to vote.
I saw your picture on the desk at that time.
You look better in person than your photo.
Did you
vote for me?
Well, the voting
was just a standard process.
My little niece likes you very much.
She's a big fan.
I am afraid I
dote on the child very much.
I will buy her
anything she likes.
She should take a photo with you
on the day of your shooting.
This child was so happy.
Endorsement of Changrong Group's Bird's Nest.
I don't know if you still remember it.
Mr. Wang.
I'll wait for you to take me to see the world.
See you.
Mr. Wang.
The person who dislikes the trouble most
often loves to challenge the most troublesome trouble.
I particularly understand.
Because I'm also this kind of person.
Mr. Wang,
don't waste your time on me.
You
saw it yourself.
I have my own criteria
about what is a waste of time.
Do not worry.
I definitely won't give you trouble.
Hurry back, Mr. Chen.
See you tomorrow.
I'm going to dub a cartoon tomorrow.
I won't have to be in front of a camera.
So I can have dinner today
without worrying about swelling of my face.
You
made yourself at home.
I came following the good smell.
Miss Chen,
you look like you can live on photosynthesis.
I didn't expect you are such a good cook.
Mr. Wang cooked it.
It's too greasy, don't eat it.
Let's continue.
Continue what?
You don't have to act tomorrow.
What about today?
I finished work today.
Aren't you acting
right now?
You didn't pay me.
Why should I act?
But when I think about it,
Miss Chen,
the guests in your home
are just...
What does the poem say
about an ordinary house
with unordinary people?
What is the line?
You mean "Erudite scholars come in good spirits to talk with me"?
Yes, yes, that's it.
You see,
you just sent away a silver-spoon kid,
before you greeted me,
the Most Commercially Valuable Male Star
of year 2017.
That Bird's Nest Endorsement
was just
my pocket money.
I don't remember you were so garrulous.
Mr. Wang is just a colleague.
A colleague ran to your house to cook for you?
Today we invited parents of a student to have dinner.
His home is inconvenient.
What's inconvenient?
A hidden wife or girlfriend at home?
You are the one
who hides his girlfriend as a secret.
I...
I don't mean it.
Miss Chen,
now that we're officially dating,
I will solve whatever I need to solve.
Wait for me.
Rest assured that
I will protect you.
What needs to be protected?
You are
going to date mem
an A-list star.
If you're exposed,
you will be sucked into a media maelstrom.
But
even if we're exposed,
I am making my promise in advance.
You are my woman.
And I
must protect you.
I will give you what you deserve.
But I don't want
to be exposed.
Fingers crossed no one knows about us.
Can you know what I am talking about?
Whether you are a celebrity or not,
I don't want to pull you around to show others.
Dating should
be done sneakily, right?
What?
I feel like
you find it embarrassing to date me
from what you said.
I assume you didn't do very well in Chinese in middle school,
especially for reading comprehension.
Hear it yourself!
You just think I am uneducated.
Or should we sign a contract, too?
Both of us will make sure
not to be exposed during the time we're dating.
I want to be exposed, but I can't.
But you don't even want it.
Why not?
I can explain to you.
But can you calm down first?
Don't treat me as one of your students.
We are equal.
Sit down.
I want to be serious in this relationship this time.
I won't seek for lessons from my past,
and I don't want to think about our future now.
Then you just want to play with me
Quiet.
Now I
have a job to support myself.
I have something to do that I like.
I have already established my perspectives
about this world, and about life.
I'm quite satisfied.
As an independent person,
I like my lifestyle
and I don't want to change it.
So as far as I see it,
this stage
is like when I was a kid,
and I was only half through the summer vacation
but had already done all my homework.
For the rest of the vacation,
I just wanted to have fun while I still could.
But I didn't want anyone to know
that I had finished my homework.
Some things
will make you the happiest
when they are your secret.
Am I clear?
Who taught you Chinese?
Why can't I understand a word?
Don't worry, take your time to think.
What's your homework
for the summer vacation now?
You have tackled
both work and private life?
Is that what you mean?
But I don't think you.
You are not married, nor children.
You still have a long way to go to do
what needs to be done.
The problem is
I don't think those are things need to be done in life.
Some people are suitable for marriage.
Some are suitable as parents.
For these people,
starting a family with children
is their necessary life choice.
And I am not one of these people.
So you think I'm like you.
Aren't you?
Your relationship can't afford to be exposed,
and I don't need to be exposed.
I don't have many friends.
I only contact my parents during festivals.
Colleagues at work?
I don't want to share my private life with them.
I don't like going out,
because too many people and too noisy.
I rarely use social media
for the same reason:
too many people and too noisy.
I also don't like to go to other people 's home.
if it is possible
I hope we date
ay my home every time.
If I weren't dating you,
it should be difficult
to fulfill my wish to secretly fall in love.
But because it's you,
we have the same need, right?
Miss Chen,
Can I ask a question?
Just one question.
Go ahead.
What you mean
is that you have become a nun mentally.
It's a pity you don't have many friends.
If you can find four friends who want to follow you and
are willing to carry your luggage,
you can pilgrimage to the West for Buddhist Sutra.
So
You really love me?
How can you tell?
Do you remember
my cousin Chen Jing?
I do.
She has a crush on a boy in our school.
A pianist.
She wants the whole world to know that she likes him.
Also because of her crush,
she causes trouble all the time
which cause her detention.
Once I was very angry
and I went to talk to her
where I said
teenagers at her age
often exaggerate their crush on someone
while in fact
they just enjoy the feeling of
having something to pursue.
Chen was scolded
and left unhappily.
That night
she came to me
and asked me,
"Do you really know what it feels like to
love someone?
Actually it's a feeling of lack of pursuit."
I asked her why she said so,
she said when she thought of
the boy she liked,
she couldn't study anymore.
She felt quite anxious about it,
but
she couldn't help it.
I often want to refute her words.
And then one day when
I read at home,
suddenly I thought of you
and I couldn't focus on reading anymore
But I am an adult
with my own rules of conduct.
I didn't want to break
the comfort zone built over the years.
Thinking of you when reading
and feeling the impulse
were already happy enough for me.
I love you
and I know you love me back.
That's enough.
I can secretly fall in love
without taking any risks.
It feels so safe for me.
I am really happy.
What did you eat growing up
that makes you such a strange girl?
How did
you do that?
Kissing me while you didn't drink?
This watch is
borrowed from the brand
for the shooting in the afternoon.
I was too anxious to see you
I just ran away right after the wrap.
This ring
is also something borrowed.
I can return it tomorrow.
The tie is
also borrowed.
The suit,
well I don't know who it was from.
The shirt is mine.
Also
the pants.
Everything borrowed is removed.
The rest is just my own stuff.
I forgot what I just asked you.
You asked me why I love you.
Oh, yes.
I love you
because my face can relax
by your side.
Then let's go on sneakily for some more time.
Can we go out for a date occasionally?
No!
Miss Chen,
isn't your school
Zhongxia Conservatory of Music?
Yes?
What are the odds?
We will be shooting there the day after tomorrow.