Scene opens with Dao Ming Si’s teacher, Ah Liang (the one that poured soda on Dao Ming Si in Meteor Garden) having a tire problem with his car in the streets. He’s trying to change the flat tire when he gets up suddenly and collided with Dao Ming Si’s on coming bicycle. When he took a closer look, he noticed that it was Dao Ming Si, so he got nervous and scared.

Ah Liang (stuttering): “Master Dao… Dao Ming Si.”

Dao Ming Si (looking at him): “You know me?”

Ah Liang: “How can I not know you? I’m your teacher.”

Dao Ming Si: “Teacher?”

Ah Liang nods his head and fixes his tie. Dao Ming Si looks at the spare tire on the ground.

Dao Ming Si: “What’s wrong with your car?”

Ah Liang (stammering): “Flat… flat tire.”

Dao Ming Si helps him change the tire while Ah Liang is kneeling beside Dao Ming Si the whole time shocked.

Ah Liang (nervous): “Master Dao Ming Si, I think this low class work should be done by myself. Don’t need to bother you.”

Dao Ming Si: “It’s not a bother. Student should help the teacher to change a tire.”

Ah Liang (has a really scared face on): “No, no… shouldn’t. It’s really not necessary.”

Dao Ming Si: “Teacher, why are you so scared of me?”

Ah Liang (denying while looking more and more nervous): “Not scared… I’m not scared.” (nervous laugh)

Ah Liang starts twisting his tie around and around in his hands, a sure sign of nervousness.

Dao Ming Si (looking at him twisting his tie): “Then why are you so nervous that you are doing that.”

Ah Liang (looks down and quickly unwinds his hand from the tie): “I’m not nervous. (mumbling to the side) I’m afraid that when the day you get your memory back, you’ll remember that you’ve helped me change a tire, then I’m really going to be dead.”

Dao Ming Si: “What?”

Ah Liang: “Huh? No, nothing! Nothing, nothing.”

Dao Ming Si pulls the flat tire out and stands up carrying it. Ah Liang quickly helps him to carry it.

Dao Ming Si (stopping all of a sudden, still holding onto the tire): “Eh, you’re stepping on me.”

Ah Liang (his hands on the tire, looking like he was going to have a heart attack): “I’m stepping on you? Oh, I’m sorry. Don’t move… don’t move.”

Ah Liang quickly drops to his knees and cleans the shoe that he stepped on with his tie.

Dao Ming Si (looking down at him, shocked): “Teacher, what are you doing?”

Ah Liang: “I’m cleaning your shoe for you.”

Dao Ming Si (reaches down to pull him up): “Why are you cleaning my shoe for?”

Ah Liang (getting up): “I’m helping you clean your shoe, clean your shoe.”

Dao Ming Si: “You don’t have to help me clean my shoe.”

Ah Liang: “Nothing. It’s really nothing. It’s always been like this. This has been an agreement that’s between you and I. Ha, ha. Agreement.”

Dao Ming Si: “Agreement? I use to ask you to clean my shoes all the time? I was really that demanding/forceful?”

Ah Liang (not sure how to answer the question, stammering): “No… not demanding/forceful. Not demanding at all. (shaking head) Not demanding.”

Dao Ming Si: “Speak the truth ok?”

Dao Ming Si and Ah Liang both sit by the roadside next to the car each with a soda.

Ah Liang: “Master Dao Ming Si. You really can’t remember even a little?”

Dao Ming Si: “Ah Liang Teacher.”

Ah Liang: “Oh, don’t dare, don’t dare.”

Dao Ming Si (smiling): “You don’t have to keep on saying don’t dare, don’t dare ok?”

Ah Liang: “Oh, ok, no problem, no problem.”

Dao Ming Si: “In the past could I have been… actually… I have a question that I want to ask you.”

Ah Liang: “Don’t dare, don’t… (seeing his mistake and catching himself) If you’re not in a hurry then ask away. Ask.”

Dao Ming Si: “The old me and the new me, which do you feel is better?”

Ah Liang: “Of course, it’s… it’s… do I have to answer?”

Dao Ming Si: “Of course or else why would I ask you?”

Ah Liang: “Oh, answer. How do I say this? The new you… the new you is more cordial, warm, social able. It’s like you’ve taken off the ‘demanding cloak’ that you use to wear. Something like that.”

Dao Ming Si (thinking and smiling): “Oh, I understand. Thank you teacher.”

Ah Liang: “No, no. Don’t say that Master Dao Ming Si. Don’t have to thank me.”

Dao Ming Si: “Can I ask you for your help again?”

Ah Liang: “Yes, yes. Just tell me and I will take care of it.”

Dao Ming Si: “Can you stop calling me master?”

Ah Liang (shocked): “Huh? Don’t call master? Ok, ok. (laughing)

Dao Ming Si: “What are you laughing at?”

Ah Liang: “Nothing. It’s like this, I’ve never thought that I would one day sit with Master Dao Ming Si on the street and talk.” (laughing)

Dao Ming Si: “Oh right, where is teacher going later?”

Ah Liang: “Oh, I’m driving to a dinner. That’s why I’m all dressed up today.”

Dao Ming Si: “Really?”

Ah Liang: “A good friend is getting married. Where… where are you going?”

Dao Ming Si: “I was going to buy groceries.”

Ah Liang: “Buy groceries?”

Dao Ming Si and Ah Liang continue sitting on the street drinking and talking.

San Cai is just waking up from her sleep and was lying on the bed when her cell phone rang. It was Lei calling.

San Cai (picking the cell phone): “Hello?”

Lei: “How was your sleep last night?”

San Cai: “With you guys’ good wishes, of course I had a good sleep. (pause) Hey, why are you awake so early?”

Lei: “Because all of a sudden I miss Ying De.”

San Cai’s mom and dad is outside in the living room. Dad is eating and mom is counting money.

Dad (pointing to the money): “Almost?”

Mom: “What almost? There’s still not enough!”

Dad: “How can that be?”

Mom (wishful face): “If Dao Ming Si master is here then that’s good.”

Dad: “You’re right. (pause) No, wife… it’s no problem. Today when the car is sold, I’ll have the bonus money.”

Mom: “But what if…”

Dad: “No, no what ifs. This time it will be successful.”

Mom: “Right. For San Cai’s tuition, it have to be successful.”

Dad nods his head.

Mom / Dad (together): “That is a definite!”

Then they hear San Cai coming into the living and both quickly sat back down and pretended to be doing something.

San Cai (coming into the living room): “Pa, ma, I’m meeting Hua Ze Lei, so I’m going out now.”

Dad: “Ok, ok.”

Mom (after San Cai walks away, starts talking slowly to dad): “Dad, did you hear who is San Cai going to meet?”

Dad (talking slowly): “Should be Hua Ze master.”

Mom (pronouncing each word slowly): “Hua Ze master?”

Dad: “Yes Hua Ze master.”

Mom: “You are saying that in our San Cai’s life, even though there’s no Dao Ming Si master, but there’s still a…”

Dad (excited): “Handsome and good looking, lovable and caring, very generous…”

Mom / Dad (together, loudly): “HUA ZE MASTER!”

Both are very happy and grabbed onto each other’s hands.

Mom (happy): “Dad, this is very good. Do you feel that this room has suddenly became very bright?”

Dad (happy): “We don’t even need to use light from now on! Because there’s a million watt light that is shining on us!”

Mom (very excited): “Didn’t know that our good daughter San Cai’s future is so bright! (rapidly blinking her eyes) I can’t open up my eyes now!”

Dad (rapidly blinking his eyes also): “Me too. It’s hurting my eyes too.”

Mom: “Too bright!”

Dad: “Too wonderful!”

Both laughs crazily and hugs each other.

Lei & San Cai is sitting on the ledge at the rooftop of Ying De University, the place that they use to go to in MG1.

San Cai (looking up at the sky): “Didn’t know that after you guys graduated, the sky is still so blue.”

Lei (also looking up): “Yes. Feel so unsatisfied. Thought that Ying De’s sky would be less blue.”

San Cai (smiling): “Strange. In the past, you guys are always bullying me and now I’m cherishing the memory of those days when we were in school.”

Lei: “From your words, I feel it too.”

San Cai (looks at Lei): “Then you’ll have to come back to visit often. We can look at the sky together.”

Lei (solemnly): “San Cai, I’m taking an afternoon flight to Japan later.”

San Cai (turns back to look at Lei, with a sad _expression): “How long will you be gone?”

Lei: “Don’t know. (pause) Don’t worry about me. (pause) Didn’t you just promised me?”

San Cai (trying to act brave): “I’m ok. Just that I suddenly feel so lonely. Don’t know where Dao Ming Si is now and you have to leave. So graduating is graduating. We can’t all be like we use to be.”

Lei gets off the ledge to stand in front of San Cai and pinches her cheek.

San Cai (holding her cheek): “What are you doing?”

Lei: “Did you notice that your expressions are less now? You use to have a lot of different expressions. When you are happy, you would of course laugh. When you are angry, you yell. (remembering) When we first met up here on the rooftop, weren’t you also standing up here yelling at us, F4?”

San Cai (smiling): “You still remember?”

Lei: “Do you want to yell again?”

San Cai: “Now? I’m not angry so why would I yell at you guys?”

Lei: “We should be yelled at. If we didn’t come into your life, you should now be a very hard working, very happy studying, weed San Cai. (pause) I really miss the San Cai that use to yell at people.”

San Cai: “I use to really love yelling at people. I forgot how I was yelling at you guys then.”

Lei (smiling): “You wish that we spend so much money that we would go bankrupt. High cholesterol so that we get so fat we die from it. And then to go to hell after dying. Also you called us F4, pig head four.”

San Cai (yelling): “Pig head four! (she runs over to the opposite ledge and shouts out all the while starting to cry) You stupid fools! I curse you all! Wish that every day you are so happy that the bloods runs up to your brains and the blood vessels break, especially big pig head, Dao Ming Si! I curse you to get tripped over by eggs and get hit by the meteor star until you get your memory back! I want you to run, crawl, back to me now! Also Hua Ze Lei. I curse you that you sleep so much every day that your arms and legs don’t have strength! Everyday have a nightmare and dream that I’m yelling at you!”

Lei (coming up behind San Cai): “Yelling what?”

San Cai (turning around to look at Lei): “Yell at you. Yell at you that if you don’t hurry up and come back to Taipei, then I will fly over to Japan and shave your head for you until you are bald.”

Lei (smiling): “Remember. It doesn’t matter what problems you face in the future, you have to take out that brave yelling _expression to face the problem. That’s the San Cai I know. (pause) I didn’t hear.”

San Cai (confused): “Hear what?”

Lei: “Hear your promise to me.”

San Cai (smiling, then turned to yell at the sky): “God, please take notice, San Cai promises from now on not to make Hua Ze Lei worry again!”

They continue standing there staring at the scenery.

San Cai is riding on a bus. When the bus stops to pick up more passengers, Michelle gets on. There was a guy on the bus that was standing a couple of feet away from San Cai. San Cai witnesses the guy putting his hand out and touching the behind of a girl standing next to him. The girl then moves away from the guy to stand in front of where Michelle is sitting, but he follows her to stand next to her. As he puts out his hand to rub her behind again, Michelle also witnesses his actions. Michelle gives him a nasty look while a couple of feet away, San Cai is also giving him dirty looks. As San Cai makes a move to go over to the guy, Michelle suddenly punches him on the chin.

Michelle: “What are you doing?”

Guy (falling back): “Why are you hitting people?”

At that moment San Cai comes up to him and gives him another punch. Michelle stands up from her seat and pushes the guy away in disgust.

Guy: “Why are you hitting people? I’m calling the police!”

San Cai then looks at Michelle and smiles. Michelle also smiles back.

San Cai and Michelle are together at a fast food restaurant.

San Cai (finishes giving her order to the guy behind the counter): “Ok, that’s it. Thank you.”

Michelle and San Cai then stood there waiting for a table to clear.

Michelle: “San Cai is a type of vegetable that we often eat?”

San Cai: “Oh, no that’s not it. Actually, San Cai is like a type of weed, like the type that no matter how hard people step on it, when spring comes, it will grow again.”

Michelle: “Wow, a name that’s full of life! I’m called Ya Sha.”

San Cai: “Your last name is Ya?”

Michelle: “No, Ya Sha means Elsa.”

San Cai: “Oh, Ya Sha.”

The table in front of them cleared and they both go over and sits down.

San Cai: “A name that sounds very nice. Is there any special meaning to it?”

Michelle: “Well in the Si Bo La language, Elsa means ‘An agreement with God.’”

San Cai: “That’s so special. (smiling) An agreement with God. Then what’s the agreement on?”

Michelle: “That’s a secret.”

San Cai nods her head.

Michelle (laughing): “I’m so happy I met you, San Cai.”

San Cai: “I’m also happy to have met you, Ya Sha.”

The waiter comes by with 2 fruit slushies.

Waiter: “2 fruit slushies. Please pay first.”

Michelle / San Cai: “Ok.”

Both girls reach for their money.

San Cai (stopping Michelle): “Hey, let me pay for it. Treat it as a present to welcome you to Taiwan.”

Michelle: “Ok. Thank you.”

San Cai (hands the money to the waiter): “Thank you.”

They both pick up the spoon and start eating.

Michelle: “San Cai, let me ask you a question. Does your hand hurt?”

San Cai (putting the spoon down and shakes out her hand, laughing): “Hurts. Hurts very much.”

Michelle (laughing): “Mine’s too! Can’t believe that I would meet a girl that would use a fist like me. But then your boyfriend must really respect you.”

San Cai grows silent, stopped eating and puts her spoon down. She gets up out of her seat and goes to get some napkins.

Michelle (noticing something wrong): “I’m sorry. I said the wrong thing.”

San Cai (sitting back down): “Eh, no. (she hands Michelle a napkin) Here, for you.”

Michelle (taking the napkin): “Thank you.”

San Cai: “Well, what about you? Your boyfriend must really respect you, right?”

Michelle: “I don’t have a boyfriend. I’ll tell you secretly, I’ve never been in love.”

San Cai (surprise): “You’re lying. You’re so pretty and your character is so cute, I don’t believe that no one has every asked you out.”

Michelle (laughing): “It’s the truth.”

San Cai: “I don’t believe you.”

Michelle: “What kind of feeling is it to love a person?”

San Cai (smiling): “To love a person… when you fall in love with a person, no matter what happens, the first thing you would think about is him. When you think about him, your heart would beat faster. (pauses, the smile gone from her face) When you lose him, your heart feels like there’s a hole in it. Doesn’t matter where you are, what you’re doing, there will always be a wound that you can’t see or touch, that would silently hurt.”

Michelle (seeing San Cai’s sad face): “So, you’ve been in love before?”

San Cai doesn’t answer and just smiles. At this moment, the waiter comes back with the change.

San Cai (to waiter, picking up change): “Thank you.”

San Cai (putting her change away): “Hey, I forgot that I have to go to work.”

Michelle: “Where are you going to work?”

San Cai: “I work in a pastry shop.”

Michelle (looking at her): “Pastry shop?”

San Cai starts eating really fast.

Michelle (looking at her): “Are you in a hurry?”

San Cai nods her head because her mouth is full.

Michelle: “May I go with you?”

San Cai mumbles an agreement and Michelle mumbles back, both eating very fast.

At the pastry shop, Michelle is looking all around.

San Cai: “How is it?”

Michelle: “It’s a very cute shop.”

San Cai (pouring a glass of water and handing it to Michelle): “Here.”

Michelle (taking it): “Thank you. (looks at San Cai’s uniform up and down) “Even the uniform is so cute. It must be really lucky to be working here.”

San Cai (moping the floor): “Right. I also feel that way. But the other workers don’t think this way, so our shop constantly doesn’t have enough help.”

Michelle (thinking): “Not enough help? Well, then may I work here?”

San Cai (pausing from her moping): “You really want to work here?”

Michelle: “Yes.”

San Cai: “Then I’ll speak to Lao Ban Niang about it.”

Michelle (happy): “Ok. That’s great. I have to rush home and tell Ah Sing about it.”

San Cai (looks up from her moping again): “Ah Sing? The first thing you think about is to tell Ah Sing. Who’s Ah Sing?”

Michelle: “Eh, it’s a wandering dog.”

San Cai: “A wandering dog?”

Michelle: “He’s lost so the only thing I can do is look after him. One day, I’ll bring him to see you.”

San Cai: “Ok, ok. (thinking that it really was a dog) Well, then is it a male or female?”

Michelle (smiling slightly): “Male.”

San Cai: “Is he violent?”

Michelle: “Sometimes.”

Michelle is back at the apartment telling Dao Ming Si about the job offer through the bathroom door.

Michelle: “$80 an hour and this pastry shop is really cute. My new friend is also very cute. Hey, you should come and take a look. I’ll introduce the two of you.”

Dao Ming Si (walking out of the bathroom, with a towel around his neck): “Ok.”

Michelle: “Come tomorrow.”

Dao Ming Si: “What’s the rush?”

Michelle: “San Cai is really very good. I have a feeling that you will definitely like her.”

Dao Ming Si: “San Cai? (pauses thinking) What a weird name.”

Michelle (defending San Cai): “Well, then to be called Dao Ming Si is not weird?”

Dao Ming Si: “Ok, ok. I’ll pick you up from work tomorrow ok?”

Michelle: “You said it. Don’t lie to me.”

Dao Ming Si: “Ok, already. Don’t you have to go to work early tomorrow? Hurry up and go to sleep.”

Michelle: “I don’t want to.”

Dao Ming Si: “Hurry up and go.”

Michelle: “No.”

Dao Ming Si: “If you still don’t go, I’ll beat you.”

Michelle gets up and goes over to the bed, but then jumps back up and walks over to the calendar and writes, “Meet San Cai.” on the calendar for that day. Then she gets into bed.

Dao Ming Si (walks over): “Have to cover with a blanket or will catch a cold. Little kid.”

He helps her with the blanket then sits down on the foot of the bed. Suddenly, Michelle sits up, clutching her stomach, groaning in pain and grabbing Dao Ming Si’s arm. Dao Ming Si thought she was still fooling around.

Dao Ming Si (brushes her hand away, with back to Michelle): “Stop playing ok? Go to sleep. (pauses, looking at Michelle) Ya Sha. (sees her groaning in pain) Ya Sha!”

He grabs her by the shoulders.

Dao Ming Si: “Are you in pain again? (he quickly runs to get her bag and brings it back to the bed) Where did you put the medicine? Is it inside your bag? Where inside your bag?”

Dao Ming Si frantically searches inside the bag, then turns it upside down on the bed and shakes everything out.

Dao Ming Si (frantic): “Where’s your medicine?”

Michelle can’t answer him because she was in too much pain.

Dao Ming Si (grabbing her shoulders again): “Ya Sha! Does it hurt very much? Wait a minute, wait a minute…”

Dao Ming Si runs away quickly. Michelle tries to stop him and falls off the bed and fainted. Dao Ming Si ran outside to a store.

Dao Ming Si (hitting against the pulled down gate and shouted): “Hey open up! I have to buy medicine! Hey!”

Voice from inside: “It’s so late, stop your shouting.”

Dao Ming Si: “My sister is in pain and I need to buy some pain killers!”

Voice: “What time is it already. Who’s going to sell medicine? Send her to the emergency room.”

Dao Ming Si (angry): “Who cares about the time! Where’s the emergency room?”

Voice: “Stupid, at the hospital.”

Dao Ming Si quickly runs back home. When he gets home, he finds Michelle and Grandma sitting by the table talking.

Dao Ming Si (running up the stairs): “Ya Sha! Ya Sha! I’ll bring you to…” (he stops when he sees Michelle all better and Grandma there.)

Michelle (talking happily to Grandma): “Let’s all go to Kan Ting ok? Let’s find a day, Grandma, me and Ah Sing, and go to Kan Ting. To look at the sea, look at the sky full of stars. How about it Grandma?”

Grandma: “Say it again? Don’t talk to me about any promises and all.”

Michelle: “I want to talk about promises and stuff.”

Grandma (getting up): “What are you saying? You foreigners don’t make any sense.”

Michelle (smiling): “It’s a deal. We’ll find a time to go to Kan Ting.”

Dao Ming Si (walks into the room): “Go to the hospital with me.”

Michelle (looking up at Dao Ming Si): “I took the pain killers from Grandma and it’s not hurting now.”

Grandma: “Pain killers are only for a short term and not for a long term.” (then she walks out)

Dao Ming Si: “Did you hear? Go with me to the hospital and get it checked out.”

Michelle: “Are you nuts? Didn’t I tell you I’m fine now? It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Dao Ming Si: “You were in such pain before and now you say it doesn’t hurt. Last time at the winery it was the same thing.”

Michelle: “Girls having pains once in a while is very normal, ok?”

Dao Ming Si: “Not ok.”

Michelle: “If it’s not ok, then forget it. (turning away from Dao Ming Si) I hate going to the hospital.”

Dao Ming Si (quietly): “I’m really going to get mad.”

Michelle (looking back at him): “You’re really going to get mad? (pause) Really. I understand my body very well. It wants to hurt a little but it’s ok. It’s not a big deal. Don’t be mad.”

Dao Ming Si doesn’t answer and looks away. Michelle reaches over the table and grabs a hold of a coconut lantern.

Michelle (talking to the coconut): “Rotten egg, what to do? Ah Sing is mad. Ah Sing’s face when he’s mad is very scary. I’m really scared.”

Then she looks down and sees that Dao Ming Si didn’t have any shoes on.

Michelle: “Your feet. (pause) You ran out without putting your shoes on? (putting down the coconut) Don’t move. (she picks up her drawing pad) Don’t move. Let me borrow your feet.”

Dao Ming Si: “What are you doing?”

Michelle (pointing to her drawing pad): “Step here. (Dao Ming Si follows) Thank you.”

She makes him imprint a picture of his foot on the pad. Then she writes on the drawing pad next to the imprint: “The foot of Ah Sing’s, who, because of helping Ya Sha to buy medicine and forgot to wear shoes.”

Michelle (getting up to stand in front of Dao Ming Si): “Please don’t be mad. I promise you. If I hurt next time, I’ll go to the hospital to check it out. Don’t be mad.”

Dao Ming Si: “Do you know why I’m mad? (he holds onto her hand) Because you scared me before. I’m really afraid to lose you do you know? Doesn’t matter who I am now, but I want you to know something. (pause, voice filled with emotion) I care about you. (he pulls her to him and hugs her tightly) I will take really good care of you. I want to be with you forever.”

They continue standing there hugging each other.

Next morning, San Cai wakes up and sits there staring at the lights again. She then packs up her things to go out. San Cai’s mom is helping dad with practicing how to sell cars in the living room. Dad is dressed up with a tie and mom walks through the door in a dress holding a purse.

Dad: “Welcome. Mrs. Do you want to buy a car?”

Mom hits him over the head with her hand and dad cries out, “Ow.”

Mom: “Call me Miss. If you want to do well with female customers, then you have to remember that they are pretty and young. Now if you want to do well with male customers, then you have to say that they are handsome and rich. Understand?”

Dad: “Ok. I understand. Now mom, let’s try again.”

Mom: “No wonder you couldn’t sell any cars.”

Dad: “Oh, give me another chance.”

Mom: “Miss.”

The phone rings at that minute and mom picks up.

Mom (sweet soft voice): “This is sweet San Cai’s home. Oh, hi, Lao Ban Niang. Yes, she’s here. Just a minute. (turns and yells very loudly) San Cai, phone! (turns back to speak softly on the phone again) Lao Ban Niang, thank you for watching San Cai all the time. Please come to visit when you have time, ok?” (mom hands the phone to San Cai)

San Cai: “Hello, Lao Ban Niang. Yes, I’m coming now. Buy oranges. How many should I buy? Ok, no problem. Bye, bye.”

San Cai hangs up and walks over to mom who is looking at a toy car.

San Cai: “Ma, ma.”

Mom (looking at the car): “San Cai, look, do you think this car is suitable for me to drive? (pointing) This one?”

Dad: “Of course, it’s suitable. I said Mrs… (Mom corrects him, “Miss) Miss this is our newest model of car. The style of the car is very nice and also is the most popular color this year, silver. The car looks very good with the two of you, very high class, very beautiful. The two of you looks so much like two beautiful sisters. Like SOS from television. This car is most suitable for you to buy. There’s no one else that is more suitable than you two.”

San Cai: “What are you two doing?”

Mom / Dad (together): “We are practicing.”

San Cai: “Practicing?”

Mom: “It’s all because your dad’s experience with selling cars is so little. So being the mom, I have to help him practice or else how can he sell cars?”

Dad: “But San Cai. What did you think about dad’s performance before?”

San Cai: “Pa, you are so hard working. I believe that this month’s bonus would be very good.”

Dad: “Yah! Mom did you hear? With San Cai’s words, I feel that I’m filled with confidence. I believe that this month’s bonus would be a new level!”

San Cai: “But Pa, I believe that selling cars, you have to be a little more mature. Please don’t say anything like very high class, very beautiful, those touchy words in order to get to the customer.”

Dad: “Is it really dramatic? San Cai, do you feel that saying that is too dramatic? But at your mom’s age, she still wants me to call her Miss that I feel was too dramatic. (mom makes some noise in the background and dad quickly changes the subject) San Cai, do you have an suggestions about selling cars?”

San Cai: “Eh, actually I don’t really know much about it.”

Dad: “Oh.”

San Cai: “But from my experience with selling cakes, the first thing we ask is the reason why the customer wants to buy the cake. Do they want to give it as a gift or eat it themselves or is it for a party or a birthday? This way it’s easier to suggest a flavor to them. So dad, you can ask the customers why they want to buy the car. Find out about the customers’ needs, then it would be easier to convince them.”

Dad: “Yes, San Cai is right.”

Mom: “San Cai, you are very smart. That’s my good girl.”

Dad: “Right. San Cai is the smartest. Mama, we’ll follow San Cai’s suggestion and try again.”

San Cai: “Dad then you jiao you. I’m off to work now. Bye.”

San Cai leaves and her parents continue with their practicing.

Back at the Orange Café, Yi Ling is once again looking into a mirror. Da Xin is listening to his discman and moving to the music. Dao Ming Si is getting ready to leave when Da Xin grabbed his arm and handed him an earphone.

Da Xin: “Listen to it.”

Dao Ming Si listens to it for a few seconds then hands it back to Da Xin.

Da Xin: “How is it?”

Dao Ming Si: “Not bad.” (he tries to walk away again)

Da Xin: “Wait… wait… this part is the best.” (he hands the earphone back to Dao Ming Si)

Dao Ming Si puts it in his ear and listens again, then gives it back to Da Xin.

DMX: “Not bad.”

Da Xin: “Hey, what’s the hurry?”

Ah Lun (overhearing): “Hey, what business is yours?”

Da Xin: “I’m just concerned about him.”

Yi Ling (calling out): “He told Ya Sha that he would pick her up from the pastry shop.”

Da Xin (understanding): “Oh… (hands Dao Ming Si the discman) Take it with you to listen.”

Dao Ming Si had no choice but to take it.

Da Xin (calling after Dao Ming Si): “Hey remember to report back to me! (talking to himself) I should hurry up and find a girlfriend. If I act more serious then I could be like him. (sighs) And also can get off work early too. That’s so good.”

Ah Lun (walks up to Da Xin): “You dare?”

Da Xin: “Hey, you are so unfair.”

Ah Lun: “Hey, I care about you. (pause) Because you are my best friend.”

Da Xin (hitting himself on his chest): “I’ll listen to you.”

Ah Lun: “Really?”

Da Xin: “I promise.”

Ah Lun: “Go wash the dishes.”

Da Xin: “Huh?”

Ah Lun (reminding Da Xin): “We are friends. Good friends.”

Da Xin: “You are so unfair.”

Da Xin walks away toward the back and Ah Lun starts laughing.

Ah Lun (pulling Yi Ling next to him): “Wife… look at how beautiful the sunset is.”

He starts laughing loudly while Yi Ling stands with her arms crossed.

Yi Ling: “It’s only mid afternoon, so where’s the sunset?”

San Cai is slowly walking back to the pastry shop with the bag of oranges. Dao Ming Si is standing about a block away from her, staring at some pictures on a billboard, with the earphone on. San Cai looks up and sees the back of Dao Ming Si and stood there staring at him. Dao Ming Si slowly walks to the left side and San Cai follows, slowly walking to her left too but not moving forward. She stands there for a few seconds more, staring, then starts to slowly walk forward toward Dao Ming Si as if afraid the image in front of her would fade away. Dao Ming Si on the other hand, sees the bus and starts running. San Cai seeing him running, she started to run too. As Dao Ming Si runs toward the bus, San Cai is running after him in the back. Once Dao Ming Si got on the bus, he was standing, facing the right side of the bus. San Cai finally catching up, didn’t get on the bus, but walked to the side of the bus and looked in. She peers at Dao Ming Si through the windows and finally seeing his whole face, she was shocked.

San Cai (finally waking up from her shock, cries out softly): “Dao Ming Si. (more loudly) Dao Ming Si!”

Dao Ming Si didn’t hear her calling because he was listening to the discman that Da Xin lend him early. He found a seat and sat down. San Cai runs up to the side of the bus where Dao Ming Si is sitting and knocks on the side of the bus. However, the bus starts moving.

San Cai (yelling): “Dao Ming Si. Dao Ming Si.”

The bus is moving faster and San Cai started chasing the bus all the while calling out Dao Ming Si’s name. The bag of oranges started falling out of the bag and eventually San Cai let go of the bag to run faster after the bus. San Cai couldn’t catch up and dropped down in the middle of the road on her knees and started crying uncontrollably.

Later, San Cai is riding on the bus and remembering the time when Dao Ming Si ran after the bus to try to get to her.

San Cai (thinking): “It feels like it was only yesterday that Dao Ming Si was running after the bus that was carrying me. Running for such a long road. From Taipei to Barcelona. No matter how bitter, no matter how tired. He finally made me get off the bus. I only just realize how strong his body is. This time, it’s me chasing after Dao Ming Si, no matter from Taipei to wherever, I have to chase him back.”

Dao Ming Si arrives at the shop to pick Michelle up.

Michelle (coming out from the back of the shop and calling out): “Lao Ban Niang, goodbye.”

Dao Ming Si (seeing Michelle): “Hey hurry up.”

Michelle: “What’s the hurry?”

Dao Ming Si: “Aiyo.”

Michelle (walking around the cake display case): “Hey, why is San Cai not here yet? I’ve been waiting for her.”

Dao Ming Si (putting his arms around her shoulders): “We’ll find another day to meet, there’s plenty of time. Hurry.”

Dao Ming Si & YS returns back to the first house they stayed in.

Michelle (following Dao Ming Si up the stairs): “Why are we coming back here for?”

Dao Ming Si (stopped and turned around to face her): “Come back to get your drawing stuff.”

Michelle: “Why?”

Dao Ming Si: “You… every time you draw something, you throw the crayons and pencils aside. There should be a lot of crayons and pencils here.”

Michelle: “Right.”

Dao Ming Si (continuing up the stairs): “Lately the drawings don’t have much color in it.”

They walk through the door and finds stuff all over the floor.

Dao Ming Si (kneeling down): “Look, you forget to put things away every time. I have to put it away for you.”

Dao Ming Si is picking stuff up from the floor and Michelle is staring off to the opposite wall.

Dao Ming Si gets up and sees Michelle standing there.

Dao Ming Si: “Hey, I was talking to you. Did you hear? (he takes her hand and puts her crayons in it) Your crayons. (noticing that Michelle wasn’t moving) What are you staring…”

Dao Ming Si turns his head, his voice trailing off and notices the writings on the wall.

Michelle: “There’s someone that’s waiting for you. Someone that seems to love… no, should say, it’s definite that this person loves you very much.”

Dao Ming Si just continues staring at the wall.

Michelle: “You are not the only one that is wandering - the love that she has for you is also wandering.”

Dao Ming Si still stares at the wall, then turns to look at Michelle, but finds her gone. He stood there and seem to see San Cai writing on the wall and hear her voice calling out his name. He started hitting his head as though in pain. Then he slowly walks over to the wall and leans on it.

Summary of MG2 Episode 11:

After leaving the apartment where Dao Ming Si was staring at the wall of writings, Michelle is walking on the streets all by herself and walked back to the pastry shop to see San Cai.

San Cai (looks up and sees Michelle standing there): “Ya Sha.”

They both go to a café and talk.

Michelle: “How was your day today?”

San Cai: “Not too good. What about you?”

Michelle: “Not too good also.”

San Cai: “I could tell from your expression. What’s wrong?”

Michelle: “You first.”

San Cai: “Actually it wasn’t anything. I… Actually, it’s just a little not good. You say it first.”

Michelle: “I’m not saying. If you don’t say, then I’m not saying.”

San Cai: “It wasn’t anything. It’s just that… my boyfriend…”

Michelle: “He left you?”

San Cai (nods her head): “You could say that.”

Michelle: “This guy must be a pig head.”

San Cai (laughs a little): “I use to always call him pig head.”

Michelle: “Well he is. Our San Cai is so cute and pretty, only a pig head would not know how to cherish.”

San Cai (defending Dao Ming Si): “But it’s not all his fault. Actually he’s…”

Michelle (interrupting): “Of course it’s his fault. That’s so bad. Giving up on you. But don’t you worry, he would definitely meet up with something bad.”

San Cai: “But he really did have something bad happen to him.”

Michelle: “See. There’s going to be more bad things that will happen to him. This kind of guy, I have to put a curse on him.”

San Cai: “No, that’s not necessary. He’s…”

Michelle (interrupting San Cai again): “Have to. And I also have to use all the strength in my body to curse him. I curse him… (pause) to step on dog shit every day that he goes outside.”

San Cai: “Huh?”

Michelle: “And when he has to go to the bathroom, he will run into the bathroom that doesn’t have toilet paper so no matter where he goes, everybody will know that he stinks.”

San Cai starts giggling.

Michelle: “And… From today forward, his nose hair will grow very long.”

San Cai: “Nose hair will grow very long?”

Michelle nods her head and starts laughing.

San Cai: “That’s so ugly.”

Michelle: “It will grow longer and longer. Longer and longer till it starts growing toward the inside. Then longer and longer up to his brain and then have it wrapped around his brain, so that it becomes total cloudy and he won’t be able to think. His hair would all fall off and then the nose hair will grow out from the head.”

San Cai (makes a face): “Ew, that’s so disgusting.”

Michelle: “Your turn.”

San Cai: “My turn?”

Michelle: “Your turn to curse him.”

San Cai: “Um, then I’ll curse his nose hair to continue growing and then grows out from his ear. And growing so much around his ear, that he can’t hear me calling him.”

Michelle (giggling): “More, more.”

San Cai: “More? Um, his nose hair will grow out of his eyes, so that he can’t recognize anyone.”

Michelle: “That’s good. So ugly a guy, who would want him? Very funny.”

San Cai (laughing): “Very funny. Really very funny.”

When they finally stopped laughing, Michelle rest her hand on top on San Cai’s on the table.

Michelle: “Are you better now?”

San Cai (nods her head): “Yes, much better. (then starts laughing again) Whole body covered with nose hair. Very funny.”

Michelle: “San Cai, if he really becomes like we said, would you still continue to love him?”

San Cai (becoming very serious): “Yes.”

Michelle: “You really love him very much. (pause) Well then, for your happiness, I’ve decided to take back all my curses on him.”

San Cai: “Thanks.”

Michelle: “San Cai. Love, is it very painful?”

San Cai: “There are times when it is very painful but there are also times when it is very sweet. Ya Sha, what’s wrong with you?”

Michelle: “Nothing. My wandering dog has found its owner.”

San Cai: “But you already started having feelings for it. So you’re feeling very bad, right?”

Michelle nods her head.

San Cai: “Ya Sha, why don’t you talk it over with the owner and share the job of taking care of it?”

Michelle: “Take care of it together?”

San Cai: “Yes. You could come up with a plan, for example, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, he’ll live in your house and Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, he’ll live in his old owner’s house.”

Michelle: “That’s a good idea. If he was really a dog, then that would be what I’d do.”

San Cai: “You are saying…”

Michelle: “Too bad he’s a grown adult.”

San Cai (gets up from her seat to sit next to Michelle): “Ya Sha.”

Michelle: “It’s ok. It’s good that I haven’t fallen in love with him. I’ve decided to return him to his owner.”

San Cai: “Even though my shoulders are not wide enough, however, it’s still very good to use. If you want to cry, then cry. Just go ahead and cry.”

Michelle: “Actually I don’t want to cry at all. Instead, I feel very relieved. Thank you, San Cai.”

San Cai: “You’re welcome. Then, the next time I want to cry, you have to lend me your shoulders.”

Michelle: “Definitely.”

Back at home, Michelle looks at the past drawings of Dao Ming Si that she has drawn. She feels very sad, but when she looks up in the sky and finds her star, she started smiling again. Next scene, she picks up her bag and puts it on her shoulder getting ready to walk out, when Dao Ming Si steps in front of her.

Michelle: “What are you standing there for?”

Dao Ming Si: “I’ve been thinking about all I can remember about my past the whole night. It was like I was in a movie theater all by myself. Watching a movie starring me. However all night long, all the scenes that I’ve seen, besides seeing myself in it, every one is you. Every scene is you. There’s no one else, only you.”

Michelle: “Even though you don’t remember her, but after you saw everything, don’t you even feel a little bit touched?”

Dao Ming Si (getting upset): “Touched is not love.”

Michelle: “But how can you guarantee that you’ve never loved her?”

Dao Ming Si (turns away from Michelle): “Love or don’t love I don’t know because I’ve forgotten. I’ve forgotten!”

Michelle: “Did you not ever think how innocent she is?”

Dao Ming Si (with his back to her): “Ah Sing is not innocent? (pause) What about you? Are you not innocent? (pause) Why can’t I choose to only be the me that I am now?”

Michelle: “That’s your decision. And I…”

She starts to walk away, but Dao Ming Si grabs onto her arm to stop her.

Dao Ming Si: “Then you have chosen to leave me, right?”

Michelle: “I’m only returning you to her.”

Dao Ming Si (finally turns and pulls Michelle to face him): “How to return? You tell me how to return! (shouting) I’ve already fallen in love with you, do you know? I can’t go back!”

Michelle: “Even if you can’t go back you have to go. Because no matter what, you are still Dao Ming Si.”

Dao Ming Si: “Ok, I’ll go back. If you look at me and tell me directly that you’ve never liked me, never loved me. If you can say it out loud, then I’ll go back and be my Dao Ming Si. (pause) Say it. (shouting) SAY IT!”

Michelle (looking at him): “I don’t love you. (says it again with a firmer tone) I don’t love you. (starting to cry) I don’t love you!”

Dao Ming Si (looks away): “You’re crying. After speaking your heart’s true words, you should be happy. (looking back at her) Then why are you crying now?”

Michelle: “Can you stop forcing me?”

Dao Ming Si (puts both of his hands on her shoulders): “Being with me is really making you feel so painful? (no answer) I won’t force you anymore.” (he pulls her along and starts walking)

Michelle: “What are you doing?”

Dao Ming Si: “Don’t you want to leave? Ok. Let me send my memories away.”

Dao Ming Si holds onto Michelle’s hand and brings her to the train station.

Standing outside the train station:

Dao Ming Si: “There’s more than 1 million people that comes through here. I don’t recognize them. They don’t recognize me. At this moment, it doesn’t matter how many people passes beside me, the one I’m holding is your hands. Ya Sha, I’m afraid I can’t walk with you any further. I will try my best to forget that this is the hand that I’ve used to hold on to. But you have to promise me one thing, when you leave, don’t look back. I have to look at your back. I have to remember your back.”

He slowly lets go of her hand and Michelle turns and slowly walks away. She walks through the turnstile and up the escalator. At the top of the escalator, she turns around and remembers all the scenes that had happened in the past between her and Dao Ming Si. Michelle then turns and continues walking. Dao Ming Si is still standing outside, with his hand out stretch and looking down at it. He looks up at where Michelle walked off to and he suddenly gives chase and runs through the turnstile and up the escalator. He runs all around the platform searching for Michelle. There was a train there and as it leaves the platform he runs after it to try to see inside each car. After the train leaves the station, he turns and sees Michelle sitting on a bench. He walks up to her and she stands up.

Michelle: “I suddenly remember that I have a responsibility to help you find your memories. Since your memories are on vacation now and my reasonings are also on vacation, so let’s just say that I…”

She never finished the sentence because Dao Ming Si grabs her and hugs her.

Back at San Cai’s home, her mom is counting money once again.

Mom: “Didn’t you say yesterday that the customer would sign the contract?”

Dad: “How was I suppose to know that I’ve met up with ‘what if’?”

Mom: “Then what are we going to do? San Cai has to go register today.”

Dad: “How do I know what to do? (suddenly think of something) Aye, ma ma, I know. We can call and ask Hua Ze master.”

Mom (looking up from counting): “Hey, right. We can call Hua Ze master. But we don’t have his phone number.”

Dad: “Go ask San Cai.”

Mom: “You go ask.”

Dad: “Can’t. I’m not good at acting. I will definitely mess it up. You are better. You can act. You go ask her.”

Mom: “I don’t know how.”

Dad: “Stop playing dumb. Didn’t you use to be in some drama class before? You love acting.”

Mom: “I… I…”

Dad: “Go ask.”

San Cai is in her room packing up her stuff. There was a knock on her door.

San Cai: “What is it?”

San Cai’s parents open the door and walk into the room.

San Cai (seeing her parents): “Pa, ma, what’s wrong?”

Mom (a little nervous): “Eh, it’s your dad…”

Dad (quickly denies): “No, not me, not me.”

Mom: “Eh, it’s your mom. Me.”

Dad: “Her, her.”

Mom: “I really miss Hua Ze master. I want to give him a call and talk to him.”

San Cai (confused): “Ma ma, you want to talk with Hua Ze Lei?”

Dad: “But I promise you San Cai. Your mom would definitely not open her mouth and ask Hua Ze Lei to borrow money.”

Mom hits dad over the head with her hand.

San Cai: “Pa, Ma”

Mom (to dad): “You stupid fool.”

San Cai: “What’s the problem?”

Dad: “Yes, you scolded right. I’m a stupid fool. It’s because I’m a stupid fool, that’s why I can’t take out the money to pay for your tuition this semester. And I’ve saved for a long time. (starting to cry) I’m so useless. Really.”

San Cai: “You don’t have to worry about the tuition. I have money from work and the money from student loan from school is enough.”

Dad (shouting): “Really?”

Mom: “Really?”

San Cai: “It’s really not a problem.”

Mom (very happy): “Daughter. You are very good.”

San Cai: “I’m leaving now.”

San Cai leaves the room, her parents are still jumping up and down in happiness.

San Cai (turns back to her parents): “Also, don’t ask people to borrow money in the future, ok?”

Mom / Dad (bowing): “Yes, yes.”

San Cai: “Ok, bye bye.”

Dad (waving to San Cai’s back): “San Cai, bye bye.”

Mom: “Good thing we have such an understanding, obedient, hard working good daughter.”

Dad: “It’s my fault for being so useless. Can’t even take out money for the daughter’s tuition.”

Mom: “Pa pa, you don’t have to talk like that. The economy is doing so bad now, of course, it would be hard to sell cars.”

Dad: “Yes.”

Mom: “So at a time like this, me being a wife, can’t just sit around and not help out.”

Dad: “I said that I married a good wife.”

Mom: “Thank you for saying this. So, I’ve been thinking, I must come up with some sort of an idea to help out.”

Dad: “Well then what good ideas do you have?”

Mom: “My good idea is that I saw when they are selling cars on the television, on the side, there is always a sexy girl nearby standing there posing.”

Dad (thinking): “That’s right. It’s like what people call, ‘Good car and beautiful lady.’ It seems like good cars always have a sexy girl standing next to it. Well, ma ma, then you mean…”

Mom (walks over to the table and demonstrates as she is talking): “At a time like this, the only thing I can do is to decide to help you out. Starting from today, I will follow you to sell cars. On the side of the car, I will crawl over, flip over, go up and come down, and stand up and lie down and put out this sexy pose.”

Dad (looking like he was going to throw up): “Eh, ma ma. I feel that you are very mighty and a great woman but if you really roll back and forth on top of my car like that, then I’m sure the more you roll, the more I’ll sell.”

Mom (happy): “You really are the only person in this world who knows where my glamour lies.”

Dad: “Right, right, right. Because the person who will buy these cars is not other people, but it’s me.”

Mom runs over to hug dad tightly.

Mom (feeling touched): “You make me so touched! I didn’t know that the cars that I’ve rolled over, you would not dare part with it and sell it to other people. I’m so touched! Pa Pa.”

Dad: “Wife, you really don’t have to be this touched because all these cars will be damaged by you. How can I not buy it? Who will want to buy a car that’s damaged by being rolled on? I have to go to work now.”

Dad leaves and Mom waves goodbye.

San Cai meets Qing He in school after paying her school fees.

Qing He (calling out): “San Cai.”

San Cai (seeing him): “Qing He.”

Qing He (running over to San Cai): “San Cai. This is so great! At last, school is opening again, we can see each other everyday now.”

San Cai: “Right.”

Qing He: “Well, this tuition…” (starts to look inside his back pack)

San Cai: “Is not a problem anymore.”

Qing He (dejected face): “Then there’s no chance for me to prove my friendship.”

San Cai (smiles at Qing He): “To me, the Valentine’s day gift that you gave me, is the best prove for our friendship.”

Qing He: “Really?”

San Cai: “Of course. You should go and register now.”

Qing He: “What about you?”

San Cai: “I’ve already register and now have to go to the pastry shop.”

Qing He: “Huh? You still have to work today?”

San Cai nods her head.

Qing He: “I thought I could talk with you.”

San Cai: “School is opening soon. We’ll be able to talk everyday now. I’m leaving first. Bye bye.”

Qing He (waving to San Cai): “The power of friendship is just so great. Seems like I’ve finally made San Cai stand up again.”

Qing He, counting his change (on 2nd floor) after paying for his tuition, hears an administrative staff shouting at a student below.

Staff (yelling at a girl): “Did you even look at the register letter?! Did you see it?! Can you speak?! You come here like this, are you alright?! The letter obviously said that the tuition fee is $158,303.50. You only brought $30,000 and you want to register?! Is there a problem with your eyes or is there a problem with your head?!”

Mimi (with her head down): “Reporting. Sorry. I know I didn’t bring enough money but doesn’t the school have school loans that can help students?”

Staff: “Take a closer look. Student loans are only for those students that have outstanding grades to apply. Why don’t you pay you tuition first? (seeing the stares of the other students) What are you looking at?”

Mimi: “Reporting. You mean if I don’t pay my tuition, then I can’t study in Ying De?”

Staff (sarcastic): “You still have to ask? Next person.”

Mimi: “Reporting. Please allow me to ask another question. Is there no other way?”

Staff: “If you can’t pay for Ying De’s tuition, then don’t show off. Besides money, there’s no other way.”

Suddenly, money started floating down from above onto the table. The administrative staff stands up and looks up to see Qing He walking back and forth.

Staff (shouting): “Who is it?”

Qing He: “When a person’s poor, then she should be looked down upon by other people? When a person’s poor, then she doesn’t have the right to study?”

Staff: “What are you doing?”

Qing He: “ A person may not have any money but she can’t not have the support of a friend. (talking to Mimi) Xue Mei, I’ll lend you the tuition money.”

Staff: “You…”

Qing He sticks his tongue out at the staff and leaves happily while Mimi keeps looking at up at the place that Qing He was standing with a grateful smile on her face.

San Cai and Michelle is at the pastry shop. Michelle is opening up a box of food and San Cai walks over to see what is inside.

San Cai (peering into the box): “Wow. What a pretty breakfast. Did you make it yourself?”

Michelle: “No. It’s made by my friend at the breakfast café.”

San Cai: “Oh, your friend can make such a pretty breakfast?”

Inside the box is filled with flowers all along the side and in the middle of the box are two hearts made of pancake or bread – one small heart and one big heart. The hearts are also decorated with pink flower icings all around.

San Cai (suddenly thinks of something): “Yesterday you were still unhappy over the wandering dog and today you have two little hearts. You better tell me the truth.”

Michelle doesn’t say anything but just has a small shy smile on her face. San Cai goes outside to put up the chalk board ad and Michelle calls to her through the window.

Michelle (knocking on the window): “San Cai, come in and eat.”

San Cai (sitting down and teasing Michelle): “I wouldn’t dare share the breakfast that Ah Sing, the wandering dog made for you.”

Michelle: “There’s two boxes.”

San Cai (opening up the 2nd box): “Ah Sing. A very bright name.”

Michelle (taking a bite): “Do you like it? I picked it for him.”

San Cai: “You picked it for him?”

Michelle nods her head since her mouth is full.

San Cai: “Then what is his original name?”

Michelle: “His original name…”

At this moment two customers walked in through the door.

San Cai (jumping out of her seat and runs over to the customers): “Welcome!”

At the Orange Café, while closing shop, Da Xin is trying to grill Dao Ming Si to tell him more stuff about his relationship with Michelle.

Da Xin (flipping over a chair and putting it on the table): “Hey are you going to tell the truth?”

Dao Ming Si (flipping another chair on another table): “What truth?”

Da Xin: “Hey, are you playing dumb? Good little kid, if you still don’t speak, then I’ll have to use force.”

Dao Ming Si: “What?”

Da Xin: “Tell me a little. Tell me a little.”

Dao Ming Si refuses to say anything and at that moment Da Xin look outside the café and pretends that Michelle is coming.

Da Xin (looking out and waving his hand): “Hi, Ya Sha.”

Dao Ming Si quickly walks over to the entrance with a smile on his face. When he gets to the entrance and sees that there was no one there, he turned around and gave Da Xin a look. Da Xin, on the other hand, is looking very happily and smugly at Dao Ming Si.

Dao Ming Si (hitting Da Xin): “I’ll beat you up.”

Da Xin: “And you still said there’s nothing going on. Aye, don’t be like this, if you don’t spit it out, you can get internal injuries.”

Dao Ming Si (softly with a very sweet smile on his face): “I’m in love.”

Da Xin (leaning closer): “Huh?”

Dao Ming Si (still softly): “I’m in love.”

Da Xin (leaning even closer and louder): “HUH?”

Dao Ming Si (turns into his ear and shouts): “ARE YOU DEAF?”

Da Xin (rubbing his ear): “Are you for real? Wow, you finally did it. Aye, is it all because of my help, tell me? Is it? Is it?”

Ah Lun (looking at the two of them with his arms crossed): “Hey, hey. You two, even though you didn’t start working on the same year, same month, and same day, but do you guys want to get fired on the same year, same month, and same day?”

Da Xin: “Hey, hey. Are we not closed?”

Ah Lun: “And so what?”

Dao Ming Si quickly getting back to work to finish cleaning up.

Dao Ming Si: “Coming.”

Da Xin (calling behind Dao Ming Si’s back): “Did you hold her hands? (following Dao Ming Si) Did you kiss her? Did you? Tell me a little.”

Back at the pastry shop, San Cai receives a phone order for a birthday cake.

San Cai: “Hello? How are you? Yes, we do deliveries. You want it tomorrow? Ok, not a problem, please hold on. (getting a pen and paper) Ok, please place your order. 12 inch birthday cake. Recipient is Ms. Zhang, right? Ok, Ms. Zhang. And your name is, sir? Mr. Gao. And what is the address? 3 Duan. Oh, ok. Mr. Gao can you please leave your phone number too? Ok, tomorrow is no problem. We’ll have it delivered. Thank you. Bye.”

Xi Men and his assistant comes out of a meeting at the office.

Xi Men: “It’s 11 o’clock already. Haven’t eaten any breakfast, no wonder my stomach is making so much noise.”

Assistant: “What does manager want to eat? I’ll go buy it for you.”

Xi Men: “Let’s go. I’ll treat you to lunch.”

As Xi Men and his assistant walks past Orange Café on their way to lunch, Xi Men stops and sees Dao Ming Si inside the shop mopping.

Xi Men (to the assistant): “I see a friend. I’ll treat you another day.”

The assistant nods his head and walks away. Xi Men slowly walks over to the café and stands there observing Dao Ming Si, who is inside the shop, mopping. As Dao Ming Si was mopping the floor, he spots a coin and picks it up, wipes it then puts it in his pocket. Then he gets up and continues mopping. Xi Men walks up to the door.

Xi Men: “Are you working here?”

Dao Ming Si looks up and sees him standing there, he nods his head.

Dao Ming Si: “We’re closed.”

Xi Men backs away from the doorway and Dao Ming Si walks out then pulls the gate down, closing the shop.

Xi Men: “Where do you need to go, I’ll take you.”

Dao Ming Si (walking over to his bicycle): “There’s no need. I have a bicycle.”

Xi Men: “Ah Si, can I talk to you for a little bit?”

Dao Ming Si nods his head and they both start walking.

Xi Men: “I can’t believe how you learned everything now. In the past, you…”

Dao Ming Si (interrupting him): “I don’t want to talk about the past. The present me is very good. Have a lot of friends, learned a lot of new things, and also have a job. The past, to me, has no meaning at all.”

Xi Men: “But we are very worried about you.”

Dao Ming Si: “I’ve said that I’m very good. (gets on his bike) I’m leaving first.”

Xi Men (calling out): “Ah Si, is there anything I can help you with?”

Dao Ming Si: “If you want to do something for me, then can you please don’t come and bother the life that I have now?”

Dao Ming Si rides away with Xi Men standing there looking at his back.

San Cai arrives at the address to deliver the cake and finds a delivery boy, who just got the door slammed in his face standing there.

Boy (walks away): “What a weird lady. Stupid old grandma.”

San Cai walks up and rings the bell three times before someone opens the door. It turns out that Grandma (Dao Ming Si and Michelle’s landlady) is Ms. Zhang.

San Cai: “Hello.”

Grandma: “Not taking it. (She goes back inside and slams the door.)

San Cai (repeating to herself): “Not taking it?”

She tries the door bell again and this time the door was opened after 2 rings.

San Cai (holding up the cake): “This is the cake from Mr. Gao to Ms. Zhang.”

Grandma: “I said I’m not taking it. Leave!”

San Cai: “You can’t not take it. Then what should I do with this cake?”

Grandma: “Send it back for me.”

Grandma walks back in and slams the door. San Cai then stands outside and try to call the phone number that Mr. Gao left behind to inform him of the situation, but she couldn’t get through to the number. So, San Cai starts walking away, but then turns back to try one more time. As San Cai is ringing the door bell outside, Dao Ming Si is slowly walking toward the door. Just as Dao Ming Si was about to open the door, Grandma stops him.

Grandma: “Wait a minute. I’ll get it.”

Dao Ming Si then walks away while Grandma opens the door again.

Grandma (seeing San Cai): “Why is it still you?”

San Cai: “Ms. Zhang, I’m sorry…”

Grandma (interrupting her): “Not taking it, not taking it. How many times do you want me to say it? You are so bothersome. If you still don’t leave, I’m going to call the police.”

San Cai: “Aye, can you please listen to my explanation, ok? It’s like this, I can’t get in contact with the gentleman that reserved this cake, Mr. Gao. But I’ve already accepted the money, so if I don’t deliver the cake, then I would feel very bad.”

Grandma: “Well, if you feel bad, then take it to feed the dogs!”

Grandma walks back in and slams the door.

San Cai: “Hey, Ms. Zhang, I…”

After standing there staring at the door for a few seconds, San Cai decides to leave the cake with all the other cakes that were left on the side of the house and then walks away, but she turns back later and picks up the cake again. Grandma standing inside the doorway, listens to see if there are any other noises, then she turns to walk back inside when Dao Ming Si calls out to her.

Dao Ming Si: “Grandma, why didn’t you accept her cake? Is today your birthday?”

Grandma: “It’s none of you business.”

Grandma walks away.

Dao Ming Si (calling after her): “Hey, I’m just being kind hearted. (talking to no one in particular) What a weird, strange old grandma.”

Back at the pastry shop.

Michelle (handing change to a customer): “Thank you and please come again.”

San Cai walks back with the cake.

Michelle (looking at the cake in surprise): “Why did you bring it back?”

San Cai: “I met a strange old lady. No matter what I say, she won’t accept the cake.”

Michelle: “Why won’t she accept it?”

San Cai: “I don’t even know. Not only will she not accept this one that I’m delivering, when I got there, there were already a whole bunch of cakes by the front door. I think she must have refused those too.”

Michelle: “Then what are we going to do?”

San Cai: “I don’t know. I can’t get in contact with the gentleman that reserved the cake, Mr. Gao. This old lady told me to take the cake and feed it to the dogs! Feed it to the dogs, then I’ll feed it to the dogs. When I get off from work, I take it over to the dogs. (San Cai opens the box up and looks at the cake.) Wow, what a beautiful cake! What a waste of the chef’s time.”

Michelle: “And it also wasted the kind feelings of the person who was sending the cake.”

San Cai: “I have a feeling that there is a story behind this cake. Or else who would refuse someone’s good wishes and to throw such a temper when refusing.”

Michelle: “Right. Why wouldn’t she accept it? (pause) What if this cake is sent not out of concern and not out of showing good wishes? Hey, it must be sent by a disobedient son who just wants to casually send a cake to celebrate his mom’s birthday. So that’s why the lady is so mad. Yes, it has to be that.”

San Cai: “It doesn’t matter what’s the story behind all this, but the thing that we do know, is that there has to be some misunderstanding involved.”

Michelle: “Right.”

San Cai: “So, even if we’re not able to send the cake out, we should still let the person who is sending the cake know that the misunderstanding between them has still not been cleared yet.”

Michelle: “I agree.”

San Cai: “The problem is I can’t find Mr. Gao.”

Michelle: “There’s no one answering the phone?”

San Cai: “This phone number seems to be a number for a company. I got transferred all over the place and can’t get in contact with anyone.”

Michelle: “Then what can we do? (suddenly thinks of something) We can call and ask them for an address and then personally go there to look for Mr. Gao.”

San Cai (happy): “That’s right. Why didn’t I think of it? Two heads are better than one!”

San Cai calls the company and gets the address. As she is on her way to the company, she passed through a park. She was almost hit by a basketball but she ducks and the ball hits an old man sitting on one of the benches.

San Cai (running over to the Grandpa): “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. If I knew, I wouldn’t have ducked. Are you ok, Grandpa?”

Grandpa: “Oh, no problem. Accidents will happen.”

San Cai (calling after the guy with the basketball): “Hey, shouldn’t you apologize?”

Guy (turning around): “Did the ball hit you?”

San Cai: “No, but it hit this Grandpa so you should apologize to him.”

Guy: “If apologizing works, then… whatever, I’m sorry.”

The guy then turns away and San Cai stares at him remembering Dao Ming Si’s words, “If apologizing works, then what are the police for?”

Grandpa (walks up to San Cai): “Hey miss. You really are a justice person. Thank you for standing up for me.”

San Cai (turning to look at San Cai): “You’re welcome. Grandpa good thing you are ok, then I still have something to do, so I’m leaving first. Bye bye.”

Grandpa (calling after San Cai): “Bye bye.”

San Cai reaches the company and walks over to the visitor’s desk.

San Cai (speaking to the lady behind the desk): “Hi Miss. How are you? I’m looking for a Mr. Gao.”

Lady (pushing a sign-in book toward San Cai): “Then can you please sign in for me?”

San Cai: “But I don’t know his name. I only know he’s called Mr. Gao.”

Lady: “Then do you know which department he works in?”

San Cai: “I don’t know.”

Lady: “Do you want to ask first and then come back?”

San Cai: “Ok, Thank you. Sorry for the trouble.”

San Cai then stands near the exit and asks every male who passes by if he’s Mr. Gao and every female if there’s a Mr. Gao working in their department. When the security comes over and stares at her, San Cai turns away to leave.

San Cai: “Sorry. (turns her back to leave then turns back to face the guard): “Are you Mr. Gao?”

Guard: “No, I’m not.”

San Cai: “Sorry.”

Then San Cai walks out of the building through the revolving doors.

Summary of MG2 Episode 12:

Scene opens up with the continuation of San Cai searching for Mr. Gao in the lobby of the company’s building. Back at Grandma’s apartment, Dao Ming Si opens the front door to find lots of boxes of cakes on the ground. He kneels down on the ground and started picking each of the boxes up.

Dao Ming Si (reading the sender’s name from the box): “Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao. Still another Mr. Gao? How did Grandma meet so many Mr. Gao’s as friends? So many cakes. A birthday without relatives, Grandma must be very lonely.”

Dao Ming Si then proceeds to bring all the cakes back into the house with him. Then he uses a coconut and turns it into a birthday coconut putting one candle on the top. He takes it upstairs to Grandma’s room and knocks on the door.

Grandma (through the door): “I’m busy.”

Dao Ming Si knocks again.

Grandma (folding her clothes): “I said I’m busy, did you not understand?”

Dao Ming Si is persistent and knocks again, so Grandma goes to open the door. When she opened the door, she was ready to scold him but he started singing.

Dao Ming Si (holding out the coconut to her): “Happy Birthday to Grandma, Happy Birthday to Grandma, Happy Birthday to Grandma, Wish that Grandma will be happy everyday after seeing me.”

Grandma (with a pleased smile on her face): “What the heck are you singing?”

Dao Ming Si: “I wish Grandma would be forever pretty and not grow old, be beautiful, be generous, be cute, and young. Also the voice that you use to scold people will get louder and louder.”

Grandma (getting loud): “I love scolding people? It’s all because you are asking for it.”

Dao Ming Si: “Ok, ok… I was asking for it. Then this old grandma who’s voice that is use to scold people which is getting softer and softer, will you try this fruit juice that I have made especially for you to celebrate? It’s very good.”

Grandma: “Are you trying to give me a stomachache?”

Dao Ming Si: “Come on, come. Let’s go, let’s go.”

Dao Ming Si pulls Grandma downstairs to the living room table and sets the coconut in front of her. Grandma gets ready to blow the candle when Dao Ming Si stops her.

Dao Ming Si: “Hey, make a wish first Grandma.”

Grandma puts her hands together and makes a wish.

Dao Ming Si: “Done? Then let’s blow the candle. One, two, three.”

Grandma blows the candle looking very happy.

Dao Ming Si (clapping his hands): “Happy Birthday!”

Grandma: “Thank you.”

Dao Ming Si then pulls the candle out and sticks a straw into the coconut.

Dao Ming Si: “Try it.”

Grandma takes a sip.

Dao Ming Si: “How is it?”

Grandma (swallowing): “What’s that weird taste?”

Dao Ming Si: “Hey, what are you calling weird taste? I made it especially for you.”

Grandma: “It’s a little weird, but I believe that once I’m in Canada, I will miss this weird taste.”

Dao Ming Si: “Why would you miss it? If Grandma likes it, I’ll make it for you for your birthday every year.”

Grandma: “Then you must remember how to make this weird taste. I won’t want any other taste.”

Dao Ming Si: “That’s not a problem at all. Simple.”

Grandma: “Really?”

Dao Ming Si: “Grandma how long are you planning to be on vacation?”

Grandma: “Who said I was going on vacation? I am going to emigrate.”

Dao Ming Si: “Emigrate? Why so sudden?”

Grandma: “It’s not sudden. I’ve decided to emigrate a long time ago. If it wasn’t because you two moved in to the 2nd floor, I would have sold the house already.”

Dao Ming Si: “You’re going to sell the house?”

Grandma: “However, since you two came that’s good, can help me look after the house. I’m warning you. You better take good care of my house.”

Dao Ming Si: “But why would you want to sell the house? And also there’s me and Ya Sha living with you, every year celebrate your birthday with you…”

Grandma (interrupting him): “No need, no need. You don’t need to treat me this way. You have to take care of Ya Sha, understand? Don’t be like a no heart, no brain, stupid guy, who always says love her but doesn’t have any idea what her heart is thinking about.”

Dao Ming Si (boasting): “Of course, I know Ya Sha.”

Grandma: “What do you know about her? ”

Dao Ming Si: “I…”

Grandma: “Do you know what perfume she likes, what flavor cake she likes to eat?”

Dao Ming Si: “She… (laughs) I’ll ask her next time.”

Grandma (with an incredulous look): “Next time? What if there’s no next time? Men are all like this. Think they know everything, and act all strong and all but doesn’t really know what us women’s hearts are thinking about. (she starts getting mad) Men is men. (smacks both of her hands on the table and gets up) NOT ONE GOOD ONE.” Dao Ming Si jumps back a little and Grandma walks away angry.

Dao Ming Si (talking to no one in particular): “Why did she throw such a big tantrum for? What did I do to her?”

Outside on the street, the Grandpa that San Cai met early was standing around thinking about something then he started to slowly walk. Meanwhile, San Cai is still at the company looking for Mr. Gao. Grandpa is right outside the company and sees San Cai asking all around for this Mr. Gao. The security guard finally walks up to San Cai.

Guard: “Miss, you’ve been looking like this for a whole hour already. If you continue like this, I’m going to get scold at from upstairs.”

San Cai: “I’m sorry mister. But I have to find Mr. Gao.”

Guard: “Miss, can you please don’t make this so hard for me?”

At this moment, Grandpa walks in through the door and up to where San Cai and the guard was standing.

San Cai: “Mr. Can I also ask you to please don’t make this so hard for me? I really have to find Mr. Gao.”

San Cai turns away from the guard. The guard sees Grandpa in the back of San Cai and started to call out, but the Grandpa made a motion with his hands to show the guard not to say anything.

San Cai (turning around, sees Grandpa): “Hey, Grandpa. What a coincidence. You were coming here too?”

Grandpa: “I saw you from outside and you seem to be very busy.”

San Cai: “Oh, I’m here to look for a Mr. Gao.”

Grandpa: “Oh, well you just helped me at the park, so now let me help you, ok?”

San Cai: “Eh, that’s not necessary.”

Grandpa: “Let’s go up the elevator first. You first, you first.”

Grandpa makes San Cai start walking in front of him. All the employees that pass by, bowed to the Grandpa and for each one that passes by, Grandpa makes a motion with his hand to let them know not to call out to him.

San Cai (looking back): “Grandpa, where are we going?”

Grandpa: “We’re going up to find Mr. Gao.”

There was a whole bunch of people waiting at the elevator bank and everybody scooted aside when Grandpa walked by as if to let him walk first. Grandpa sees this and told everybody to get in the elevator all together. Inside the elevator, everybody is staring at Grandpa.

Grandpa (turns to a young man behind him): “What floor are you going to Mister?”

Young man (has an amazed and happy look on his face at the same time and stammers): “Twe.. Twelve.”

Grandpa reaches over to push the button for the twelve floor but it was already pushed.

Young man (bowing): “Thank you, pres…”

Grandpa holds up his hand and stops him from finishing his sentence.

Grandpa (talking to San Cai): “Miss, why are you looking for Mr. Gao?”

San Cai: “Oh, yesterday there was a Mr. Gao that reserved from me a cake to send to Ms. Zhang but there seems to be some misunderstanding between the two of them, because Ms. Zhang won’t accept the cake. I thought maybe their misunderstanding might become more and more serious, so I have to come and find Mr. Gao.”

When they finally reached the 12th floor, the minute that the doors opened, the employees standing there all called out, “Good morning, President.”

Grandpa rubs his head with his hand, he wanted to keep his identity a secret from San Cai and now all his good intentions were ruined with a ‘good morning, president.’ San Cai just stood there staring at Grandpa, not knowing what to do. Grandpa turns to San Cai, takes the cake from her hands and waves her to follow him.

In the waiting room, outside of the President’s office, Dao Ming Feng is sitting on the couch waiting. An assistant brings a cup of tea over to her and leaves it on the coffee table.

Dao Ming Feng (impatient): “How long will I still have to wait?”

Assistant: “Sorry, Dao Ming President. Our President really didn’t say.”

Meanwhile, Grandpa and San Cai was walking down the hall and as they were walking, all those that pass them would call out, ‘Hello President’.

San Cai (walking behind Grandpa): “Grandpa, you really are this building’s president?”

Grandpa: “I’m also the same old man that was sitting in the park day dreaming.”

San Cai (smiling): “No wonder you said you could help me.”

Grandpa (smiling): “Come on in.”

Grandpa opens the door and goes into the waiting room while San Cai stands outside the doorway. The assistant walks up to him.

Assistant: “President. Dao Ming President is here waiting for you.”

Dao Ming Feng (calling out from the couch): “Gao President. I’ve been waiting a long time for you. (walking over) Shouldn’t we discuss about the merger contract?”

Grandpa: “Today we are not discussing. I have a very important guest.”

Grandpa walks over to the door and pulls San Cai in.

Grandpa: “Little miss, come in, come in.”

Dao Ming Feng and San Cai see each other both shocked and surprised.

Dao Ming Feng: “She is your very important guest?”

Grandpa: “Right. She is my important guest. Let’s change the discussion to another day.”

Grandpa then pulls San Cai with him into his office.

Dao Ming Feng (calls after him, angry): “Gao President. Gao President!”

Inside the office, the assistant is standing there while Grandpa is looking over some documents and San Cai is looking around the room.

Grandpa: “Is there anything else?”

Assistant: “No. President. Dao Ming President insist on waiting for you.”

Grandpa: “Let her wait.”

The assistant then walks away. San Cai is smiling slightly to herself.

Grandpa (catching her smile): “What are you smiling at?”

San Cai: “Oh, nothing much. I just never thought that such a bossy person would have to resort to this in front of Grandpa.”

Grandpa (pointing to the sofa): “Sit, sit. You also know this woman?”

San Cai (sitting down): “Eh, she is… nothing.”

Grandpa: “There are a lot of people that would do anything for money.”

Assistant (bringing over a cup of tea): “President. Here’s your tea.”

Grandpa: “Give her a fruit juice.”

Assistant (bowing): “Yes.”

San Cai: “Eh, there’s no need for the bother.”

Grandpa: “It’s not a bother. Look at you, all sweaty. Drink a cup of orange juice is good.”

San Cai: “There’s really no need, Grandpa. I want to hurry up and find Mr. Gao and give him back this cake. I still have to go back to the pastry shop. Also don’t you have a guest waiting?”

Grandpa: “Eh, I don’t think I asked you what your name is.”

San Cai: “I’m called San Cai.”

Grandpa: “San Cai, let Grandpa tell you something. First, this woman outside is not my guest. She is someone that I don’t like. Second, your job has been finished. So, you can sit there and wait to drink the fruit juice.”

San Cai (confused): “My job has been finished?”

Grandpa: “Right. I am the person that send the cake, Mr. Gao.”

San Cai (surprised): “So you are Mr. Gao?”

Grandpa: “Actually I should thank you because you did a lot in order to find me. I am very touched over your ‘never give up spirit.’”

San Cai (picking up the cake box): “Mr. Gao, this is to return to you. I need to tell you something. Ms. Zhang didn’t even look at it and refuse this cake. Also she told me to take it to feed it to the dogs. Sorry but I’m just telling you what she said so please don’t be mad.”

Grandpa: “No need to apologize. It’s all my fault because I can’t remember what flavor she likes.”

San Cai: “Flavor? But she didn’t even open it how would she know that it’s not the right one?”

Grandpa: “She… never mind. Just thank you very much.”

San Cai: “You’re welcome. Then I must leave now. Goodbye.”

Grandpa: “Huh? You’re not drinking the fruit juice?”

San Cai (stands up to leave): “No that’s ok. Thank you Grandpa.”

Grandpa (standing up also): “Is it because you are feeling that I was playing you for a fool so you are now mad at me?

San Cai: “No, not all. It’s just that I don’t want other people to misunderstand that I’m trying to win Gao Grandpa’s favor.” (She was referring to Dao Ming Feng.)

Grandpa: “Trying to win the favor of an old man day dreaming in a park because he has a lot of things on his mind and is upset – I really admire this kind of person. Now do you want to drink a glass of fruit juice with this old man who is upset?”

San Cai nods her head smiling. Meanwhile, Dao Ming Feng is walking in the hallway outside, still waiting for Grandpa to see her. Finally the door to the office opens and San Cai comes out. San Cai and Dao Ming Feng stared at each other for a couple of seconds and then walked pass each other.

Dao Ming Feng (to the assistant, angry): “This is unacceptable!”

Assistant: “Dao Ming President really sorry.”

Dao Ming Feng: “I’ve been waiting for so long and still won’t let me go in.”

The assistant stops Dao Ming Feng from walking further.

Assistant: “Dao Ming President, really very sorry.”

Dao Ming Feng (calling out): “Gao Lao, I know you can hear me talking. If you refuse this merger, it won’t do any good for you.”

Assistant: “Dao Ming President, we apologize, but our President is really in a meeting right now.”

Dao Ming Feng: “Can you please tell your Gao President that I will definitely not give up so easily.”

Dao Ming Feng walks away very angry.

Back inside the office.

Assistant (looking at the cake): “President. I don’t remember that today is your birthday.”

Grandpa: “It’s really not my birthday today. (pause, looking at the cake) It’s a regret. (picks up the box and hands it to the assistant) Here, bring it outside and share it with everybody. Don’t waste the chef’s hard work who made this cake.”

Assistant: “Yes.”

Grandpa: “Dao Ming Feng has left?”

Assistant: “It seems like she wasn’t willing. I believe that she will come to see you again.”

Grandpa (laughing): “This woman has a lot of power but too bad she’s a failure as a person in life.”

At the apartment, Dao Ming Si is taking down the clothes that were hung up to dry on the clothesline when Michelle comes home.

Dao Ming Si (seeing Michelle): “Hey, you’re home? Are you hungry? Would you like some cake?”

Michelle: “Huh? I have to see cakes everyday, why would I want to eat it?”

Dao Ming Si: “No choice. We have a whole pile of cakes today.”

Michelle: “A whole pile of cakes? Why?”

Dao Ming Si: “Today is Grandma’s birthday and there was someone named Mr. Gao that sent all the cakes. Very weird.”

Michelle (surprised): “Mr. Gao?”

Dao Ming Si nods his head.

Michelle: “Then is Grandma’s last name Zhang?”

Dao Ming Si (thinks for a few seconds): “Yes. But Grandma is really weird, she won’t take any of the cakes. If it wasn’t because I was afraid it was such a waste. I secretly brought all the cakes…”

Grandma (yelling from downstairs): “AH SING!”

Dao Ming Si and Michelle looked at each other.

Dao Ming Si: “Hurry, hurry.”

Michelle: “Leave the clothes.”

Dao Ming Si (yelling): “Coming!”

They both run downstairs to see why Grandma was calling. Grandma is in the kitchen and angrily taking all the cakes out from the refrigerator and slamming it down onto the table. Dao Ming Si and Michelle sat outside the kitchen and didn’t dare go in. Grandma finishes taking out all the cakes and walks over to Dao Ming Si and Michelle, hitting her hands on the table.

Dao Ming Si (talking to Michelle): “Take a look at this dog…”

Grandma: “Hey you two. Who told you to stick your nose in other people’s business? Throw all of it away for me.”

Dao Ming Si: “But Grandma, you want to throw all the cake away and not let me eat? That’s such a big waste.”

Grandma: “I said to throw it away, so throw it away. If you want to eat, then go buy it yourself.”

Dao Ming Si (getting angry): “Hey, you…”

Michelle jumps up and stops Dao Ming Si.

Michelle: “Ok, ok. Grandma said to throw it away, so throw it away. Ok? Quick, go throw it away for Grandma. (pushes Dao Ming Si into the kitchen) We have no choice. Grandma doesn’t like these flavors.”

Grandma: “Hey, how did you know I don’t like those flavors?”

Michelle: “If that’s not the case, then why do you insist on throwing it away?”

Grandma doesn’t answer.

Michelle: “Did I guess right?”

Grandma starts walking away but Michelle stops her.

Michelle: “Aye Grandma, then what kind of flavors do you like? I’ll tell Ah Sing to buy it for you.”

Grandma: “No need. Who cares about what flavor it is.”

Michelle: “Then what is all this business about Mr. Gao?”

Grandma doesn’t answer and walk back to her room. Dao Ming Si comes out of the kitchen, his hands full of boxes of the cakes.

Dao Ming Si (asking Michelle): “Really throw it all away? Let’s it eat ourselves.”

Michelle (walking after Grandma): “You eat.”

Dao Ming Si: “I eat? Ok, ok.”

He then proceeds to happily lay out all the cakes on the table. Meanwhile, Michelle is in Grandma’s room and Grandma is telling her all about Mr. Gao.

Grandma: “He is one year older than me and is my school mate. That year our department in college had a car outing. I was sitting in his car and half way we met with a car accident. I was lying in the hospital for 3 days and he was perfectly fine. He stayed with me in the hospital for 3 days. (sighs) And then we started dating. In the beginning everything was going really well but then later once he graduated and found a job, he changed. When he is with me, he is always absent minded. Out of 10 dates, there would be 9 times that he would be late, and the other one time, he didn’t even show up at all. The thing that makes me the most mad is that he even forgets about my birthday.”

Michelle: “Oh, that’s the end. Grandma must have been so mad.”

Grandma: “Well, of course. Then the 2nd day, he bought a birthday cake and came to find me, but I threw him out. He doesn’t even know what he did wrong. I said to him that the things that he did wrong are one too many. For example, I hate eating chocolate cake and you still go and buy me a chocolate cake to eat? He really thought that the problem was in the cake. So he said what kind of cake do you like? I’ll buy it for you tomorrow.”

Michelle: “Then Grandma, exactly what flavor do you like to eat?”

Grandma: “When he asked me that question, my anger that I felt all started coming up. I remember the time when we both shared a cake together, that sweet happiness feeling. The more I think about it the more my anger started boiling over. So I said to him, you don’t even know what cake I like to eat and you said you love me? When he heard that, he got mad too. He said I was being unreasonable. He asked me to give him two more days, and then he would definitely buy me the cake. We were arguing, so I pointed him in the nose and said I’ll give you 30 years of time and you still won’t be able to buy it. (sighs) Today is exactly 30 years.”

Michelle (incredulous voice): “30 years? Because of a cake you have argued for 30 years?”

Grandma: “30 years and this man still doesn’t understand, so what’s the point in remembering him?”

Michelle: “Really? Is that really what you are thinking about in your heart? Then why did you waste 30 years to wait for his reply? (Grandma doesn’t answer) So what’s so good about this cake that you were willing to waste 30 years for?”

Grandma: “It’s only a…”

Michelle is running toward a pay phone to call San Cai and let her know the good news.

Michelle (out of breath): “San Cai. San Cai, it’s a sponge cake. Sponge cake.”

Next day, San Cai runs quickly back to the company to look for Grandpa. She ran past the security guard in the lobby with him yelling, “Hey miss, you can’t go up.” The security guard follows her upstairs to the hallway outside of Grandpa’s office.

Guard: “Miss, you can’t just barge in here like this.”

San Cai: “I have something that’s very, very important. I have to see Gao Grandpa immediately.”

Guard: “Who’s Gao Grandpa?”

San Cai: “That’s your Gao President.”

Guard (blocking San Cai): “Miss, I’m sorry. The President is waiting for a very important guest. You can’t go in.”

San Cai: “Then go tell him I’m San Cai, he will definitely see me immediately.”

Guard: “Miss, I’m sorry, but it was an order from upstairs, that no one is allowed inside.”

San Cai: “But this thing is very important to your President’s happiness for the rest of his life. He has done so much for your company for his whole life and now that he is old, are you willing to let him live the rest of his life alone all by himself?”

Guard: “Miss wait, then how about this? You write it down and I’ll find a way to bring the message in for you.”

San Cai (taking off her back pack): “Oh ok.”

She takes out a pen and a piece of paper and kneeled down to start writing out her message. At this moment, Dao Ming Feng walks in from behind.

Guard (as Dao Ming Feng was walking by): “Dao Ming President.”

Dao Ming Feng looks down and sees San Cai.

Dao Ming Feng (in a not so friendly tone): “It’s you again.”

The assistant walks out of the office to greet Dao Ming Feng.

Assistant: “Dao Ming President please go in. The President is waiting for you inside.”

Dao Ming Feng walks into the office and the assistant turns and notices San Cai.

Assistant: “Miss, why are you here again?”

San Cai smiles at the assistant, the assistant walks back into the room and San Cai hands the piece of paper over to the guard.

San Cai: “Thank you.”

Inside the office:

Dao Ming Feng (walking over to Grandpa): “Gao President. This has been a difficult meeting time to come by. I’ve finally get to see you.”

Grandpa: “Dao Ming President. Today’s meeting is all planned because of you. Let’s hope that it will do good for your idea today.”

Dao Ming Feng: “I have everything prepared already.”

Grandpa: “Good. (to the assistant) Let’s show the presentation. (to Dao Ming Feng) Please.”

Assistant (walking over to Grandpa and handing him San Cai’s note): “President.”

Grandpa (after reading the note, whispers): “Sponge cake.”

He quickly turns to face Dao Ming Feng.

Dao Ming Feng: “Is there something wrong, Gao President?”

Grandpa: “I suddenly have something really important to take care of.”

Dao Ming Feng: “Gao President. If you want to measure my sincere ness…”

Grandpa (interrupting her): “I have never doubted this point, but this thing is really important to me and I can’t waste any time. If there’s anything else, we’ll talk about it some other time.”

Dao Ming Feng (calling after Grandpa’s back): “Gao President!”

Grandpa goes out to the hallway and looks for San Cai.

Grandpa (calling out): “San Cai! San Cai! San Cai!”

San Cai: “Grandpa.”

Grandpa (grabbing San Cai’s arm): “Let’s go buy sponge cake.”

San Cai: “Grandpa. Then do you remember which pastry shop it was from?”

Grandpa (pulling San Cai along): “When I saw your note, that’s when I remembered. It should be at Zhang Hua.”

San Cai: “Zhang Hua? My God… then to go and come back would take almost 5 hours! But early tomorrow morning, Ms. Zhang is off to Canada.”

Grandpa: “Aiyo. We will definitely make it. We have to make it.”

As San Cai and Grandpa is standing at the elevator bank waiting for the elevator, Dao Ming Feng walks up.

Dao Ming Feng: “Gao President. I really don’t understand. (turning to look at San Cai) San Cai, what the heck are you doing?”

The elevator came and Grandpa rushed San Cai in.

Grandpa (in a rush): “Let’s go.”

Dao Ming Feng (the door closes with her calling after them): “Gao President!”

San Cai and Grandpa are riding in a limo toward Zhang Hua.

Grandpa (sighing): “She really knows how to torment people.”

San Cai: “Grandpa.”

Grandpa: “I can’t believe that she would remember such an ordinary sponge cake.”

San Cai: “It could be that it was related to some sweet memory with Grandpa.”

Grandpa: “That time I was studying in college and one day I picked up my courage and asked Xiao Hong (Grandma’s name) for a date. She actually accepted. (laughing) That was our first real date. The day before the date, I had to hand in a report. I was working on it for one whole day and one whole night. I even forgot to eat dinner. When I was waiting for her, my stomach kept on rumbling.”

San Cai (smiling): “So that’s why you bought the sponge cake.”

Grandpa: “Right. I randomly ran into a pastry shop and randomly picked up a cake. When I was shoving it down my throat, that’s when Xiao Hong showed up. She asked me, is it really that good? I didn’t even have a chance to answer her and she grabbed it out of my hands and took a bite and said Hey, this is really good. That’s how we shared the sponge cake. At that time I was very excited and happy, so I promised her and said that after I graduated and found a job, when I get my first wage, I would come back and buy 10, 8 sponge cakes for her to eat. Until now, I still remember the smile that was on her face. (pause) Too bad I actually forgot that I have said such important words to her before. (with regret in his voice) 30 years I have forgotten.”

Back at the apartment, Michelle is walking around and around in the house.

Dao Ming Si (sitting on the sofa): “Hey, can you relax a little? If you continue like that, Grandma will find out.”

Michelle: “But why are they taking so long to come back?”

Dao Ming Si: “How am I suppose to know? Can you sit down?”

Michelle walks over to the couch and sits.

Dao Ming Si: “Where did they go to buy?”

Michelle: “Um, it’s Zang something. (thinking) Zang Hua.” (the Chinese characters mean ‘dirty word’ and not the Chinese words of the place Zhang Hua.)

Dao Ming Si: “Zang Hua? Is it very far?”

Michelle (gets up from the couch): “Don’t know. Heard that it was very far. Don’t know if we would make it on time before Grandma…”

Grandma suddenly walks into the room.

Michelle (surprised): “Grandma.”

Dao Ming Si (getting up from his seat): “Grandma.”

Grandma (hands a box to Michelle): “This is for you.”

Michelle (taking the box): “Why?”

Grandma: “It’s only a piece of clothing. What do you mean why? Anyway, I don’t fit it anymore. I’m going to sleep now. The two of you better be quiet, don’t make so make noise. Tomorrow morning, you don’t have to send me off. I really hate those scenes.”

Michelle: “Huh? We can’t even send you off?”

Dao Ming Si: “Yeah.”

Grandma: “I said there’s no need for it, so there’s no need.”

Grandma turns and walks back downstairs.

Michelle (walking over to the coffee table): “What are we going to do? Why?”

Michelle puts the box down on the table and opens it up.

Dao Ming Si (recognizing the dress): “Aye, isn’t this the dress that Grandma lend you to wear last time?”

Michelle (taking the dress out of the box): “Right.”

Dao Ming Si: “I beg her for a long time before she would lend it for you to wear.”

Michelle: “Really?”

Dao Ming Si: “And she had this longing look on her face like she didn’t want to give it up. Why would she give it to you?”

Michelle: “Why would she give it to me?”

Michelle puts the dress back in the box.

Michelle: “What are we going to do?”

Dao Ming Si: “Do you have their phone number?”

Michelle shakes her head and they continue waiting.

San Cai and Grandpa finally arrives in Zhang Hua.

San Cai: “Grandpa, are you sure that it’s around here?”

Grandpa: “Should be around here somewhere. (to the driver) Lao Wang, stop here for a minute.”

Grandpa and San Cai got out of the limo which is parked next to a bar.

Grandpa: “We came from this side and passed by a Chinese medicine shop, right? I still remember that we stood underneath this tree eating the cake. The tree is still here. But this building across the street is completely different. Must have renovated. Not the same anymore.”

San Cai started walking away.

Grandpa: “San Cai, where are you going?”

San Cai: “I want to walk around and ask. If Grandpa you are sure that it was here, then if we go and ask the people around here, they might know where the shop is.”

Grandpa: “Ok.”

San Cai walks into the bar.

Lady: “Welcome, Miss. How many people?”

San Cai: “Oh, sorry, I just want to ask if you know if there’s a pastry shop nearby?”

Lady: “I’m not too sure and I haven’t heard about it.”

San Cai: “Thank you.”

Grandpa (coming up behind San Cai, talking to the lady): “A long time ago, there really was a pastry shop here. I just want to ask if you know where this shop has moved to.”

Lady: “We’ve lived here for more than 10 years and haven’t heard about any pastry shop around here.”

San Cai: “Thank you.”

San Cai and Grandpa walks out of the bar and walks all around asking about this pastry shop. They asked a lot of people and walked for a long time. Finally they went back to where the limo was parked. Grandpa was very sad and wanted to give up looking.

Grandpa: “San Cai, forget it. It’s been so many years. Could be that the people are so old that they don’t even remember about it. And it was only a small pastry shop.”

San Cai (not giving up): “It can’t be. God would not be so cruel.”

Grandpa: “God has been very good to me already. He gave me so many years, but I haven’t saved anything. (sighing) But I haven’t saved anything.”

San Cai seeing Grandpa so sad, refuses to give up and tries one last time to ask someone. Finally, she managed to find out the location of the pastry shop from this person and both San Cai and Grandpa immediately went there to buy the sponge cake.

Next morning, Grandma wakes up and goes into the living room. She was thinking so hard that she didn’t see Michelle and Dao Ming Si asleep lying on the sofa. She walks over to the window, stretches and yawns loudly. Dao Ming Si and Michelle was frightened by the sudden noise and both fell off the couch, in the process making a loud noise and in turn scaring Grandma.

Dao Ming Si (getting up from the floor): “Grandma, you’re awake.”

Grandma: “Why are the two of you sleeping in the living room?”

Dao Ming Si: “We were…”

Michelle: “…afraid that you would sneak out.”

Grandma: “Huh?”

Michelle: “We were afraid we would over sleep.”

Dao Ming Si: “Right. Afraid we would over sleep.”

Grandma: “Didn’t I tell you yesterday not to send me off?”

Dao Ming Si (picking up the soda cans from the floor that had fallen on the floor when he fell off the couch): “You said don’t send, then we don’t send?”

Grandma: “Nonsense.”

Dao Ming Si (persistent): “We have to send you off.”

Michelle (agreeing): “Right, have to send.”

Grandma: “Ok. Then the two of you hurry up and call a taxi to the airport. Then help me take my luggage out.”

Michelle / Dao Ming Si: “Ok.”

Dao Ming Si (getting up from the floor): “Call a taxi.”

Michelle (stops Dao Ming Si, whispering): “Slowly.”

Michelle and Dao Ming Si was trying to stall time so that they can give Grandpa enough time to come back. Dao Ming Si understands and kneels back down to clean up the garbage on the coffee table. He was cleaning in slow motion. Grandma walks by and sees him.

Grandma: “Hey, hurry up! HURRY UP!”

Michelle: “Hurrying.”

Dao Ming Si (speeding up his movement): “Ok, ok. (to Michelle) Why did you eat so many things?”

Michelle: “You ate them.”

Dao Ming Si (handing Michelle the garbage): “You throw it away.”

Grandma (rushing them again): “What time is it now. Do you know?”

Dao Ming Si: “Ok, ok. Faster, faster.”

Michelle: “We’re moving very fast.”

Michelle pulls Dao Ming Si back and makes the motion of ‘slowly’ with her hands.

Grandma (calling out): “Hurry up.”

Dao Ming Si: “Ok, ok.”

Michelle: “We know.”

Dao Ming Si starts walking really slow but he was saying, “Ok, ok, we’re moving very fast. Faster.”

Dao Ming Si is helping Grandma bring the suitcases outside to the taxi.

Dao Ming Si (carrying a big suitcase): “Grandma, why are your things so heavy?”

Michelle (carrying another suitcase): “Right.”

Dao Ming Si: “What do you have in here? (whispering to Michelle) Are they here yet?”

Michelle (looking around and whisper back): “Still not.”

Dao Ming Si (whispering): “Why are they taking so long?”

Michelle (whispering): “I know. Making people so anxious.”

Grandma: “If you know that people are anxious, why are your movements still so slow? It’s only a few suitcases and you two have been running all around for so many times.”

Dao Ming Si (shaking out his hand): “Grandma, these suitcases are very heavy.”

Michelle (stretching her back): “Right.”

Grandma (looking around): “Aye, where’s my small beige bag?”

Grandma looks inside the trunk of the taxi. Michelle and Dao Ming Si both look at each other and repeated, “Beige bag?”

Michelle (looking in the trunk too): “Let’s look around.”

Dao Ming Si (also looking in the trunk): “It’s here. In here.”

Grandma: “It’s not here.”

Dao Ming Si: “But it was just… oh, can it be inside the car?”

Dao Ming Si goes over to open the car door and look inside.

Michelle: “Oh, ok. You go look. (to Dao Ming Si) Is it there?”

Dao Ming Si (closing the car door): “It’s not here.”

Grandma / Michelle: “Not here.”

Dao Ming Si: “Not here. How can that be? (to Michelle) Could it be that you were careless before and left it on the ground?”

Michelle: “Oh, right. Let’s take a look.”

Dao Ming Si: “Could it be? Could it be?”

Both Dao Ming Si and Michelle dropped to the ground and pretended to be looking underneath the car.

Michelle (pointing to something underneath the car): “Eh, is it that?”

Dao Ming Si: “Do you see it?”

Michelle (still pointing): “This one.”

Dao Ming Si (peeks underneath): “Which one?”

Michelle: “The front one over here.”

Dao Ming Si: “You’re talking about that black one over there?”

Michelle: “Yes.”

Dao Ming Si: “That’s the tire! Grandma’s is gray right?”

Michelle: “Oh…”

Dao Ming Si: “Right.”

Michelle (getting up): “Well, it’s really not here.”

Dao Ming Si (still pretending to look): “Not here?”

Grandma (annoyed): “It’s beige!”

Michelle: “Oh beige. Understood, understood. Let me think.”

Dao Ming Si (getting up and looking at Michelle): “Didn’t just bring it down with you?”

Michelle (pointing to herself): “Me?”

Dao Ming Si: “Right.”

Michelle (still pointing): “I was bringing it?”

Dao Ming Si: “I remember that you picked up the beige one.”

Grandma (getting impatient): “Hurry up and go look for it for me!”

Michelle: “Ok, we’ll go look for it. Grandma don’t be so anxious. (turning to look at Dao Ming Si) You go look for it. 2nd floor. 2nd floor.”

Dao Ming Si: “Oh, ok. Ok. Grandma don’t be anxious. I’ll go upstairs and look around.”

Michelle (calling out): “Hey, also… oh, never mind.”

Dao Ming Si goes back upstairs to look for the beige bag while Michelle and Grandma continue waiting downstairs.

Grandma (looking at Michelle): “There’s something strange going on with the two of you today.”

Michelle points to herself and looks innocent.

Grandma: “Don’t think I didn’t notice. What are the two of you up to?”

Michelle: “Up to? Grandma, how can you say something like that? I’ll help you put the suitcases in the trunk, ok? I’ll be very quick. Very quick. I know you are in a hurry.”

Grandma stands off to the side while Michelle looks around trying to decide which suitcase to put in first. At that moment Grandpa calls out, “Xiao Hong!”

Michelle sticks her head out from the back of the trunk and looks. Grandma turns in surprise at the sound of his voice to find Grandpa standing beside the limo. They stood there looking at each other, then San Cai gets out of the limo with the box of sponge cake and hands it to Grandpa. He takes it from San Cai and slowly walks over to where Grandma is standing. The scene was so touching that both Michelle and San Cai started crying. San Cai couldn’t stare at the scene any longer and ran away. Michelle sees San Cai running away and ran after her. At that moment, Dao Ming Si comes back down from upstairs with the beige bag, but he sees Grandma and Grandpa standing there staring at each, so he quickly backs away from the door to give them some privacy.

San Cai is still running and after turning around a corner, she stops and leans against the wall. Michelle catches up with her and slowly walks over.

Michelle: “San Cai, what’s wrong?”

San Cai: “I don’t even know.”

Michelle: “You have used so much physical strength in order to get Grandpa and Grandma to meet again. You should be happy for them and also be happy for yourself.”

San Cai (looking at Michelle): “I’m really very happy, but… Just leave me alone.”

Michelle: “I understand. I understand why you are feeling so sad.”

San Cai: “I don’t even understand it myself. How can you understand?”

Michelle: “Is it because you are afraid of seeing reunions? The reason being that you’ve been waiting for your own reunion?”

San Cai doesn’t say anything and just looks at Michelle.

Back at the apartment, Grandpa and Grandma are sitting with a table and two chairs in the backyard.

Grandma: “If you have anything to say, please say it quickly. I still have a flight to catch.”

Grandpa (stammering a little): “How… how are you?”

Grandma: “I’m good. Very, very good. Is that it?”

She stands up from her seat.

Grandpa (standing up also): “Xiao Hong. (he holds out the box of sponge cake to Grandma) Can… can you give me back my happiness?”

Grandma looks from the box to Grandpa and back to the box again, then she sits back down. Grandpa also happily sits back down and opens up the box and takes out a round sponge cake. Then he slowly holds it for her to see with both his hands. Grandma finally seeing the sponge cake, had tears in her eyes and slowly smiled.

Later, Grandma searches through some old things and pulls out a cake box. She brings it over and compares the box to that with which Grandpa bought the sponge cake from before.

Grandma: “He still bought the wrong one. Men is men.”

Grandma started smiling to herself and shaking her head.

That night, Michelle is once again in Grandma’s room talking.

Michelle (with the box of the dress that Grandma gave to her early): “Grandma, the dress is really pretty. Are you really want to give it to me?”

Grandma (looking at it): “30 years. Because of that special birthday, I especially had someone made it for me. Give it to you.”

Michelle: “A 30 year old dress and you still have it protected as if it was brand new.”

Grandma: “What’s the point of having new clothing? Today when I saw him, I suddenly discovered that I’ve really grown old. (smiling) When he was young, he used to be more chubby. Every time that he comes to see me, my friends would say, ‘Xiao Hong, here comes your big bear.’”

Michelle (looking at Grandma with a smile on her face also): “Grandma, when you are smiling, you are so beautiful.”

Grandma: “What’s so beautiful? The hair is white already.”

Michelle: “Did you ever regret it? Wasted 30 years. I really admired your stubbornness. (pause) Within these 30 years, did your heart ever soften up?”

Grandma: “How can it not soften up? Every year it would soften up once. Sometimes when I think about it, I would be mad at myself. Why do I have to be like this to myself?”

Michelle: “Then now, what have you two decided to do in order to make up for these 30 years?”

Grandma: “What’s there to make up? I’m following with my plans to go to Canada.”

Michelle: “Huh? Why? What about Grandpa?”

Grandma (smiling): “Him? He’s going with me.”

Michelle smiles and goes over to give Grandma a hug.

Michelle: “Grandma, I’m going to really miss you. But I’m really very happy for you. (pause) Grandma, I have a question.”

Grandma: “Ask.”

Michelle: “This sponge cake, is it really that good?”

Grandma: “Think about it, what can be more sweet than for two people in love to share a cake, you taking a bite, I taking a bite, huh?”