San Cai and Ye Sha are sitting at the bowling alley together.

Ye Sha: “San Cai, we really understand each other. I was just going to call you and your phone call came through.”

San Cai: “It could be that the two of us always think about the same things.”

Ye Sha: “You go play first.”

San Cai: “You first. I don’t even know how to play.”

Ye Sha: “Ok then.”

She gets up from her seat and goes over to pick up a bowling ball.

San Cai (calling out to her): “Play seriously, Ye Sha!”

Ye Sha looks back at San Cai, smiles and nods her head. Then she walks over to the lane and after rolling the ball and knocking the pins down, there was still two left. She looks at the two left over pins with a sigh and then goes back to sit down next to San Cai.

San Cai (looks over at the pins): “You are still so good, Ye Sha.”

Ye Sha: “Not really. Only knocked down eight.”

Then she gets up again after the two left over pins are put back in place. She rolls out another bowling ball to knock the left over pins but it was still a miss.

Ye Sha (sitting down again): “Even if I play again, it is still going to be like this. (smiling at San Cai) But you are not the same. It could be that you have improved greatly. Your turn.”

San Cai (smiling back): “Orh.”

She picks up a bowling ball and rolls it out, but the ball rolled onto the side and didn’t knock down any pins at all. Ye Sha looked on with a sad expression on her face but then she quickly covers it up.

Ye Sha (calling out): “San Cai, jia you!”

San Cai rolls three more times and all three times, the bowling ball rolls off to the side and misses the pins. Finally, in her fourth try, Ye Sha gets up from her seat and walks over to San Cai.

Ye Sha: “San Cai!”

San Cai turns around with the bowling ball in her hands and looks at Ye Sha.

Ye Sha (standing next to San Cai): “When you roll the ball out, your body has to be a bit lower. Your arm has to be straight. Don’t move your wrist. Your head can’t be lowered. (pointing to the pins ahead) Stare straight ahead at that pin over there.”

San Cai nods her head.

Ye Sha (stepping aside): “Go!”

San Cai rolls the ball out and finally knocks down 3 of the pins. Ye Sha giggles in happiness and San Cai looks on with a very happy look on her face. She turns back to look at Ye Sha.

Ye Sha (smiling): “Very good!”

San Cai runs back to where Ye Sha is standing.

Ye Sha: “Do you want to try again?”

San Cai: “Ok.”

Ye Sha (sitting back down, calls out): “San Cai, jia you!”

San Cai turns to face the lane, bowling ball in her hands and a smile on her face. With a look of determination on her face, she knocks down another 3 pins. San Cai looks on with happiness then runs back to where Ye Sha is sitting.

Ye Sha: “See? I told you, you would improve!”

San Cai: “I’m trying my best! No, should say that I’m doing the best I can. Doing the best I can to play and get my highest points. But I still lost to you.”

The smile disappears from Ye Sha face and San Cai sits back down.

San Cai (looking at the screen with the scores, smiles): “I only have 25 points.”

Ye Sha (looking at her): “San Cai.”

She looks over at Ye Sha for a brief moment before turning back to the screen.

Ye Sha (quietly): “I’ve fallen in love with Ah Sing.”

San Cai’s smile falters and she looks down at her thumb.

San Cai: “I know. (pause) Actually, I should say that I knew it long ago. Ever since, without a care for your own life, you jumped into the water to save Dao Ming Si. Ever since, you said that in your past life, you are a dolphin yearning to travel around the world but until now, you still haven’t left. Even as far as when we first met each other, you were constantly complaining so much that your forehead is all wrinkled up, but your eyes would still grow brightly, when you talk about your homeless dog… I knew it then already. But, it’s just that I didn’t dare face it.”

San Cai gets up from her seat and walks over to the other seat to get her backpack.

Ye Sha (follows San Cai’s movement with her eyes): “Why aren’t you scolding me? (San Cai picks up her backpack and sits back down.) Scold me for opening my eyes and speaking false words. (San Cai searches in her backpack.) Scold me for saying stuff that I don’t mean. Scold me for not being loyal. For not being a good friend. (San Cai takes a package of band aids.) Scold me for lying to you all this time. (pause) San Cai… if you don’t want to care about me anymore, then there is nothing I can say.”

San Cai (finally looking up from what she was doing): “Ye Sha, love is suppose to be selfish. (She goes back to peeling the paper off the band aid.) When I was working very hard for Dao Ming Si, aren’t you feeling very hurt?”

Ye Sha takes the band aid out of San Cai’s hand and they both looked at each other.

San Cai: “Actually, I don’t blame you for even a bit, Ye Sha. Instead, I want to thank you. If it wasn’t you who have been constantly encouraging me, (She holds out her thumb, and Ye Sha puts the band aid on for her.) giving me a chance to work hard, then I wouldn’t be like this now and accept life as it is… so calmly… give up.”

Ye Sha: “San Cai. It’s not because I’m telling you the truth that you…”

San Cai (interrupts her): “Didn’t you say that the two of us really understand each other? (pause) Actually, I was looking for you to tell you that… the two of us… there’s only suppose to be one person that can stay by Dao Ming Si’s side. (pause) That person is not me. It’s you.”

Ye Sha: “But you are already improving! You’ve been constantly improving. Ah Si is also improving. (pause) When he regains his memories, he will surely love you all over again.”

San Cai (quietly, without looking at her): “Are you afraid of that day, Ye Sha?

Ye Sha (thinks for some time before answering): “I’m afraid.”

San Cai: “Then do you want to keep waiting for this day?”

Ye Sha doesn’t answer and just looks over at San Cai.

Like last time, at the same place where Ye Sha decided to leave, she and San Cai are standing next to each other on a bridge somewhere and staring out to the scenery of the night.

Ye Sha (turns to face San Cai, smiling lightly): “Still the same old rule?”

San Cai (nods her head): “We should still depart here.”

Ye Sha: “San Cai. You must take care. (She turns to the side so that San Cai only sees her side view and starts crying.) You have to jia you!”

San Cai: “You too. (laughing lightly) Dao Ming Si is the most difficult to handle. Why am I worrying for you? You must have a way of handling him.”

Ye Sha wipes her tears from her face with her hand.

San Cai: “Don’t be like this, Ye Sha. You can’t cry. Isn’t it the same old rule? (pause) You go that way. I’ll go this way. Don’t look back. Don’t feel bad.”

Ye Sha (turns to face San Cai again): “Right. We can only be happy for each other.”

San Cai (nods her head): “Then I’ll count one, two, three and then we turn around.”

Ye Sha: “You didn’t turn around last time. This time you can’t.”

San Cai (nods her head, and starts counting): “One, two, three.”

She turns around first and then Ye Sha also slowly turns around. This time no one turned around as they both walked further and further away from each other.

San Cai is back home and sitting on her bed facing the window.

San Cai (thinking to herself): “I really want to cheer myself for my own courage. But I know that actually I’m not prepared to face this decision. So I can only run away… the farther away the better.”

San Cai leaves a letter on top of her pillow for her parents and prepares to pack away a few pieces of clothing.

Letter: “Pa, Ma. I’ve suddenly decided to visit a friend in the countryside and also to take a few days of vacation as to award myself for all the hard work.”

After packing her things, San Cai takes a train off to the countryside. In the middle of her ride, she picks up her bag and walks down the aisle toward the door of the train. As she nears the door, a guy opens the door from the other side and in the process, pushes San Cai aside causing her to drop her backpack to the floor. The guy picks up her backpack and hands it back to San Cai before walking over to his seat. After a few minutes, San Cai comes back into the car of the train and walks back to her seat while searching in her backpack. She sits down and searches around some more, but couldn’t find what she was looking for. At this moment, the train stops and pulls into a station. San Cai looks up and sees the guy that pushed her before, getting up and leaving. She suddenly grabs her bags and runs after the guy in a rush. She follows him off the train.

San Cai (running and calling after the guy): “Hey, don’t leave!”

She catches up with him and grabs his hand to stop him from walking.

San Cai: “You stole my wallet, right?”

Guy: “What are you talking about?”

San Cai: “You purposely ran into me on the train so that you can steal my wallet, is that right?”

Guy (throws San Cai’s hand off): “Are you crazy?! You said I stole your wallet, then I stole your wallet?”

San Cai (grabbing hold of his arm again): “I’m warning you! Give me back my wallet!”

Guy (points to San Cai’s hand that is holding his arm): “You better let go of my arm. Or else I’ll flatten you, I tell you.”

He throws off her hand again.

San Cai: “I’m calling the police! (grabs his arm again) Hurry up and return my wallet to me! (He throws her hand away.) Where did you hide it!”

San Cai grabs his arm once again.

Guy: “Don’t think that you are a girl and can act like this.”

He starts walking and San Cai follows him since she’s holding onto his arm.

San Cai: “Don’t think that girls are easy to bully! Where exactly are you hiding it! Give it back to me!”

Guy (throws her hand off again): “Let go, you!”

He turns to walk away and San Cai grabs onto his shirt.

San Cai: “Hurry up and return it to me!”

Guy (trying to get San Cai’s hand off his shirt): “Hey, watch what you are doing!”

San Cai: “You thief! I’m going to start yelling. I’ll yell for everyone to come and look! You return it to me right now!”

At this moment, a girl with two braids rapidly walks over to San Cai and the guy.

Guy: “Can you please get it straight? I really didn’t take your wallet! You crazy…”

San Cai: “Return it to me! Where is it?”

The girl runs up to the guy and slaps him on the face.

Girl: “Go home!”

Guy: “What are you doing?”

Girl (looks at San Cai): “You leave too!”

San Cai: “Who are you?”

The girl doesn’t answer and just looks slowly back over to the guy.

Girl (meanly): “Go home!”

Guy: “I didn’t do anything wrong! (points to San Cai) It’s her…”

Girl (interrupts): “Go home!”

The guy stops explaining and turns around in a huff and walks away. San Cai starts to go after him.

San Cai: “Hey, you come back!”

Girl (grabs San Cai): “Hey! Did you hear? Stop bothering him! Go back to your home!”

San Cai: “What are you talking about?! He stole my wallet! (turns around to go over the guy) Hey, come back!”

Girl (stops San Cai again): “HEY! What right do you have to criticize my brother?! Is the previous money that he gave you not enough? Turning a good person into this. If you still have a conscience, then stop confusing him. Or else I’ll bash you until you are looking all over the floor for your teeth!”

San Cai: “Miss, I think you must be mistaking me for someone else.”

Girl: “Mistaking who? My eyes are very sharp. All fox spirits [vixens] look like you!”

San Cai (out of patience): “Fox spirit is not me! Before I even got on the train today, I’ve never met him before!”

The girl stares at San Cai for a few seconds before grabbing San Cai’s hand and dragging her along.

At a small shop, the guy that San Cai excuse of stealing her wallet is rummaging around. Two guys sitting on a table outside is looking over at the guy and talking among themselves.

Guy A: “Who’s he?”

Guy B: “Ah Mei’s big brother maybe.”

Another guy rides up on his bicycle and leaves it on the side before walking over to the other two guys that are sitting at the table.

Guy B: “You’re just coming now?”

Guy A: “Aren’t you a little too slow?”

Guy C: “Sorry. Sorry. (looks at Ah Mei’s brother, and sits down at the table) Who’s that person?”

Guy B: “Ah Mei’s big brother maybe.”

Guy C: “Ah Mei’s big brother? Why didn’t we ever hear of him before?”

Guy B: “Ah De.”

Ah De (looking over at the three guys): “Hey, do you guys have any problems?”

Three guys (laughs nervously): “No, no. Nothing.”

Guy C: “Then can we still eat ice today?”

Guy B (nods his head): “Yes, yes, yes.”

Guy C (gets up): “Then let’s go help ourselves.”

The other two follow suit and the three of them walks into the shop. Ah De is sitting at a table and eating his own bowl of ice. The three guys walks up to him and stands behind Ah De, surrounding him on all sides.

Guy B: “Hello. I want to ask if you are really Ah Mei’s big brother.”

Guy A: “But then, we never heard Ah Mei mention anything about a big brother.”

Ah De: “That’s because you guys don’t know her well enough.”

Guy C: “Who says that we don’t know her well? Our Da Da comes to the ice shop everyday because of her.”

Guy B: “Right.”

Ah De: “What Da Da [Chinese character for big], Xiao Xiao [Chinese character for small]?”

Guy A / Guy C (points to B): “Him.”

Da Da: “Hi, big brother. I am Da Da. Nice to meet you.”

At this moment, Ah Mei walks back into the shop, dragging an out of breath San Cai along.

Da Da: “Ah Mei.”

Ah Mei walks up to Ah De and pushes him on the head, causing Ah De to almost fall over from his chair.

Ah Mei (grabbing Da Da and pulling him toward the front of the shop): “Go out!”

She goes to push Guy A and Guy C, calling out, “Go out! Go out!”

Guy C: “But we’re here to eat ice.”

Ah Mei (pushing Guy C): “Eat what ice? You guys like eating ice so much? Go! Go!”

After pushing the three guys out of the shop, Ah Mei walks back angrily to where Ah De is standing.

Ah De: “Why did you hit me for?”

Ah Mei: “Why did you steal other’s wallet? Give her back the wallet!”

Ah De: “I didn’t take her wallet! How many times have I said that!”

Ah Mei: “You want to lie to me too? Every time you come back, I would find other people’s wallet by the garbage can. If you weren’t stealing her wallet then why did you knock into her on the train?”

Ah De: “I’m telling you I didn’t do it!”

The three guys starts to slowly walk into the shop again.

Ah De (turns to San Cai): “Eh, you are very weird. Why are you continuously falsely accusing me?”

Ah Mei (turning to the three guys sneaking back in, shouts): “What are you looking at?!”

Ah De (stilling talking to San Cai): “Are you scheming something? You want to give me trouble, is that it?”

San Cai: “You have a wishful thinking illness? I don’t even know you, why would I give you trouble?”

Ah De: “You’re not…”

Ah Mei (grabs him and pushes him aside): “Stop talking nonsense! Take out her wallet!”

Ah De: “I don’t have the wallet!”

Ah Mei (searching his pant pockets): “Where’s the wallet?”

Ah De: “I said I don’t have it. Why would I lie to you?”

Ah Mei walks over to Ah De’s backpack and searches in it.

Ah De: “Look all you want. (She throws the bag at him after not finding anything.) Told you I don’t have it. Don’t have it.”

Ah Mei (stands in front of Ah De again): “Where did you throw the wallet to?”

Ah De (exasperated): “I don’t have any money on me. Why would I take her wallet and take her money?”

Ah Mei: “Did you use all the money already?”

Ah De (with an incredulous tone): “How can I be that quick?! I just came…”

San Cai (interrupting): “Stop arguing already! The important point is what to do know.”

Ah Mei (looks at San Cai): “Sorry. I misunderstood you before.”

San Cai: “That’s not important.”

Ah Mei: “Then what are we going to do?”

San Cai: “I’m saying that I don’t even know what this place is. Moreover, I don’t even have one dime on me now.”

Ah De (to San Cai): “Is it any of our business that you don’t have any money? What? You want to pretend to be pitiful and ask us for money?”

Ah Mei (yelling at the three guys again): “What are you looking at?!”

Ah De (to San Cai): “I’m telling you. You think you can just invite yourself here?”

Ah Mei (walks over to the guys and pushes them away again): “Go! (walks back to Ah De) Eh, go tidy up your room.”

Ah De: “It’s ok. I’m a man so I can sleep anywhere. If I tidy it up today, it’ll become messy again tomorrow.”

Ah Mei: “Tidy it up for her to sleep in! Who wants to let you sleep?”

She pushes him to get moving.

Ah De: “Who am I letting to sleep?”

Ah Mei (pushing): “You’re letting her sleep! (She walks back to where San Cai and the three guys are standing and yells at the guys again.) Hey, what are you looking at? Never seen anything before?! (She pushes them out of the shop again.) Go! Go! (She walks back to San Cai, looking back at Da Da standing in front of the shop.) Still looking!!!”

Da Da quickly walks away and gets on his bike. Ah Mei takes San Cai by the arm and leads her to sit down near a table.

Ah Mei (sitting down): “Sorry. What is your name?”

San Cai: “San Cai.”

Ah Mei: “San Cai. (pause) Since my brother stole your wallet, and we can’t let you live outside, so before your friends find you, I think, you should stay here, ok?”

San Cai looks over at Ah Mei and then gives a very big annoyed sigh.

Later, San Cai is in Ah De’s room and she is looking around when there comes a knock on the door.

Ah Mei (through the door): “San Cai.”

San Cai (sitting down on the floor and leaning back on the bed): “Who is it?”

Ah Mei (through the door): “Ah Mei.”

San Cai: “Orh. (She starts to open up her bag that’s on the floor.) Come in.”

Ah Mei opens the door and sits down next to San Cai.

Ah Mei: “San Cai, dinner is ready. Do you want to come down and eat?”

San Cai: “Orh, thank you. But I’m not hungry. Why don’t you eat first?”

Ah Mei: “Then I’ll save some food for you.”

San Cai (nods her head and smiles): “Thank you.”

Ah Mei (looks at the things that are stuffed in the crack between the wall and the bed): “How can this Ah De be so dirty? (She gets up to pick up some of the things that are lying around.) Sorry.”

Ah Mei tidies up the room while San Cai sits there and continues to unpack her things. Then Ah Mei takes out a piece of paper from her pockets.

Ah Mei (hands San Cai the paper): “San Cai, this is our address and telephone number. If your friend can’t find it, then tell him to call over here.”

San Cai (taking the paper): “Thank you.”

Ah Mei: “Can you stop thanking me back and forth? I don’t know how to respond to that. (pause) If there is anything that you need, then you can tell me. Don’t need to say thank you.”

San Cai nods her head and smiles at Ah Mei.

Ah Mei (standing up): “Hurry up and come down to eat.”

San Cai nods her head again and Ah Mei leaves the room. San Cai sat there on the floor looking at the sheet of paper before putting it on the bed and continuing to unpack. After unpacking, San Cai takes out a book and sat on the bed reading. In the middle of reading, she gazes out the window and sees a passing train. So she puts down her book and walks over to sit by the window and stares out. After sitting there for God knows how long, she gets up and walks around the room again, staring at a map of Taiwan. Then she notices the piece of paper that Ah Mei left with the address and phone number. She slowly picks it up and stares at it. Then she takes her cell phone out of backpack. She scrolls down her address book stopping briefly at Lei’s name and then moving on to Dao Ming Si’s name. She stood there, debating whether to call or not and then, making up her mind, San Cai puts the paper and cell phone down. She turns off the light and sat there in the dark.

Next day, Mei Zuo and Xiao Qiao are in a car on a highway. Mei Zuo is driving while Xiao Qiao is sitting in the back with her cello.

Mei Zuo (acting like he is a chauffeur): “Is there any place that Miss would like to go?”

Xiao Qiao: “Why is your tone so weird?”

Mei Zuo: “Is it weird? Isn’t that the way that chauffeurs talk to their masters/owners?”

Xiao Qiao (smiles lightly): “Sorry. You should know that cellos are very afraid of being bumped so that’s why I’m accompanying it and sitting in the back seat. Sorry. (pause) Also, may I trouble you to drive a bit slower?”

Mei Zuo (smiling): “Fine.”

They kept on driving down the road and Xiao Qiao looks around at their surroundings.

Xiao Qiao: “The landscape here looks very nice.”

Mei Zuo smiles and continues driving. After a while, he stops the car. With the car parked, he gets out and walks over to open the door for Xiao Qiao. She gets out of the car and then fixes her cello nicely before walking toward the sea area. Mei Zuo looks at the cello and shakes his head before closing the car door and following Xiao Qiao.

Xiao Qiao (taking a deep breath): “It’s really very comfortable.”

Mei Zuo: “Why don’t you hold your musical performance here? That way the atmosphere would be so great.”

Xiao Qiao (sitting down on the steps, shakes her head): “Won’t do. The damp air by the sea is too heavy. It’s not good for the cello.”

Mei Zuo (slightly amused, kneels down next to her): “I feel that you are very suitable to have a romance relationship with your big cello.”

Xiao Qiao (looks at him): “What does that mean?”

Mei Zuo: “Nothing much… It’s just that you are really protective of your big cello.”

Xiao Qiao: “When I was young, I fell in love with a boy. But before I had a chance to tell him, I was sent by my family to study abroad. I really miss him. But I don’t have any way of finding him. (pause) After I began learning how to play the cello, that’s when I started to treat the cello as him. Every time that I play the cello, it would seem like I’m talking to him.”

Mei Zuo: “You came back this time to look for him? Have you seen him?”

Xiao Qiao looks at Mei Zuo and doesn’t answer him. Mei Zuo looks away with a very serious expression.

Mei Zuo: “We are dating now. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll be jealous of your big cello?”

Xiao Qiao smiles and looks over at Mei Zuo’s expression. She gets up and then walks over to the car. Mei Zuo turns to look at where she’s going before facing the water again. Xiao Qiao returns from the car with her cello in her hand as she walks over to Mei Zuo. She walks close to the edge of the water and gently strokes the cello with a loving hand. Then she looks out to the water and smiles before picking up her cello. As she holds it with both hands stretched out in front of her, Mei Zuo gets up and stands looking at her. Without a second thought, Xiao Qiao throws the cello into the water and stood there looking at the floating cello.

Mei Zuo (with an anxious look): “What are you doing?”

Xiao Qiao (looks at him): “Now you don’t have to be jealous anymore.”

Mei Zuo looks away with an exasperated expression. Then after looking at Xiao Qiao one more time, he jumps into the water and starts swimming toward the cello.

Xiao Qiao (anxiously shouts out to him): “Hurry up and come back! What are you doing?! Don’t save it! I don’t need it! Hurry up and come back!”

Mei Zuo (holding onto the cello, dripping wet and looks over at Xiao Qiao): “Don’t you have any sense of humor at all?”

Xiao Qiao stood there staring at Mei Zuo with a very big smile on her happy face.

In the living room of the Dao Ming mansion, Dao Ming Si is sitting on the edge of the sofa with his back to F3, Sha Ge and Ye Sha, staring off into space and lost in his own thoughts.

Xi Men (teasing Mei Zuo): “You said before that you won’t jump into the water to save Xiao Qiao. And now, you jumped into the water to save her cello.”

Sha Ge (teasing along with Xi Men): “Where’s the cello now? Is it dead to the flooding?”

Xi Men and Sha Ge is smiling widely at each other and very amused.

Mei Zuo: “It’s not dead. It’s waiting for an operation.”

Sha Ge laughs and drinks his wine.

Mei Zuo (looks over to Lei): “Lei, do you know anyone who can repair big cellos? Xiao Qiao is very protective of her cello. I hope to be able to repair it for her.”

Lei: “I know that there is only one person in all of Taiwan who can repair big cellos. Giving Xiao Qiao’s cello for him to repair should be the safest.”

Mei Zuo (gets up to pick up his glass and the bottle of wine on the coffee table): “Fine. Then do you know where he is now? We can go look for him tomorrow.”

Lei (gets up from the sofa): “He’s always traveling all around Taiwan for vacations. He goes to different forests to look for wood. (walks over to where Mei Zuo is pouring a glass of wine) But recently, I heard that he seems to have left Taipei.”

Xi Men: “It doesn’t matter. Anyway, Xiao Qiao’s attitude has been made very obvious already. Wants you and not the cello. Without a rival in love, then the love between you two would be much sweeter.”

Mei Zuo (throws the cork of the wine bottle at Xi Men): “Did I ask for your opinion?”

Xi Men (laughing): “Ah Si. This fellow is copying your words. Aren’t you going to protest?”

Dao Ming Si (wakes up from his stupor): “Huh?”

Ye Sha (getting up and kneeling on the sofa to look at Dao Ming Si): “What’s wrong? What are you thinking about?”

Dao Ming Si: “Uh… my stomach is very hungry. Why isn’t dinner ready yet?”

Sha Ge: “We’re waiting for San Cai. When she comes, then dinner will be served.”

Dao Ming Si (annoyed): “Why are we all waiting for just her?”

Xi Men (laughs slightly): “Weird. San Cai is never late.”

Ye Sha looks at Dao Ming Si before sitting back down without a word.

Lei (looks at Ye Sha): “Did you guys call San Cai to contact her?”

Ye Sha (nods her head): “Yes, I left a message on her cell phone.”

Mei Zuo takes out his cell phone and makes a call.

Mei Zuo (looks at his phone after a few seconds): “Yo. The cell phone is turned off.”

Ye Sha: “Turned off again?”

Mei Zuo (makes another call): “Hello? Dong Ma Ma, how are you? I’m Mei Zuo. I want to ask if San Cai is around? (pause) She went on a vacation? (looks at Lei with confusion on his face, pause) Oh, ok. Thank you.”

Lei turns over and looks at the back of Dao Ming Si while Dao Ming Si just sits there, thinking about what he heard, with his back still to everyone.

Later, inside a pub, Mei Zuo is standing aside and making a call on his cell phone. Xi Men and Lei are sitting by the bar and drinking wine.

Mei Zuo (takes the phone away from his ear and looks at it): “What is San Cai up to now? Without making a sound and ran off for a vacation?”

Lei: “Tired, maybe.”

Mei Zuo (leans against Lei’s shoulder): “What time is it now? You are tired already?”

Lei: “I’m talking about San Cai.”

Mei Zuo: “I, Chauffeur Mei Zuo, am the one that’s tired.”

Xi Men (slight laugh and pours himself more wine): “San Cai undergoes a lot of hardship. During the day, she has to wait on the Empress Dowager (He picks up his glass and swirls the wine around.) and after work, she has to work hard to be friends with Ah Si.”

Lei (quietly): “They can’t become friends. (Xi Men looks over at Lei slowly.) Love and friendship cannot exist at the same time.”

Xi Men and Lei both take a sip of their wine while Mei Zuo sighs and walks over to sit next to Xi Men at the bar.

Xi Men: “If San Cai can give up Ah Si, then she won’t be called San Cai.”

Mei Zuo: “But Ah Si is together with Ye Sha now. With his character… he can’t be together with San Cai anymore.”

Mei Zuo tilts up the can of his beer and finishes it off.

Xi Men: “Right. Ah Si is still Ah Si. Doesn’t matter if he lost his memories or not, he’s still the Dao Ming Si that we know.”

Mei Zuo: “Lei. Say something. What should we do in order to help San Cai?”

Xi Men looks over at Lei, waiting for his answer, but Lei remains silent, deep in thought and takes a sip of his wine slowly.

Xi Men (looks over at Mei Zuo and answers): “Don’t do anything. San Cai is hiding all by herself. Isn’t that telling us to not do anything?”

Mei Zuo (holding his empty beer can): “Bartender. Bring more Bar Beer.”

Lei sighs lightly and is still deep in thought.

Back on a train, the conductor is going around checking tickets. He notices a red wallet on the floor and picks it up. Upon opening it, he finds a piece of paper inside the wallet and unfolds it.

Conductor (speaking to a passenger): “Is the wallet yours?”

Passenger (shaking his head): “No.”

The conductor then folds the paper and puts it back inside the wallet.

Meanwhile, at the ice shop, Ah De is sitting aside reading a comic book. He drops the book and picks it up and continues reading. Ah Mei comes into the shop after getting the clothes that she hung out to dry. She passes by the kitchen table and sees the table of food that is still left untouched. So, she goes to the room where San Cai is staying.

Ah Mei (calling out): “San Cai. (no answer, she walks up the stairs to the room) San Cai, are you sleeping? (still no answer, so she continues climbing the stairs) San Cai.”

Ah Mei walks up to the room to see that everything is very neat but San Cai is not around.

Downstairs, Ah De is still sitting there reading his comic when two girls walk into the shop and heads for a table to sit.

Girl: “Lao Ban.”

Ah De (without looking up from his book): “Want to eat ice?”

Girl: “Right.”

Ah De: “All sold out.”

Girl (to her friend): “Then let’s go to another shop to eat.”

The two girls walk out and a guy comes in.

Guy: “Lao Ban.”

Ah De (without looking up from his book again): “Want to eat ice?”

Guy: “No.”

Ah De: “If you’re not eating ice, then why are you here at an ice shop?”

The guy doesn’t answer, so Ah De looks up from his comic. At this moment, Ah Mei is walking over to them.

Ah De (stands up to look at the guy): “Why are you still standing there for? Even if you want to eat ice, we don’t have any ice to sell to you.”

Ah Mei (pushes him on his arm): “If there’s no ice, don’t you know to call out?”

Ah De: “Orh. Then I’ll get make the phone call.”

Ah Mei (counts some money): “If I wait for you to call, then my shop would have closed down already. (hands the money to the guy) Sorry about that.”

Guy: “Ah Mei, I think it would be better if you look after the shop.”

The guy leaves the block of ice and walks out.

Ah Mei (closing the door where the ice is kept): “Eh, you don’t even close the door. (walks over to where Ah De is sitting with his comic book) Crush the block of ice.”

Ah De reluctantly walks over to the block of ice.

Ah Mei: “Eh, where is San Cai?”

Ah De: “She’s out walking again.”

Ah Mei: “What do you mean again?”

Ah De: “Don’t you know? These past few days she stays in her room every day and don’t know what she does in the room. (He walks over to the fridge and gets soda.) And when she leaves the room, she goes out for a walk. I think she just doesn’t walk to talk with us.”

He pops open his soda and starts to drink.

Ah Mei (turns around to look at him): “Eh, you stole her wallet. (He almost choked on his drink.) What right do you have on picking on someone’s attitude?”

Ah De (wipes his mouth, exasperated): “I told you already… Fine. If it’s like this, don’t you think that it’s very weird? Did she tell you when her friends or her family would come and pick her up?”

Ah Mei (shakes her head): “No.”

Ah De: “That’s exactly right.”

He walks back over to where the ice is, shaking his head and sits down on a chair. He takes another sip of his soda and picks up his comic book again.

Ah Mei: “Eh! Why are you sitting down and being lazy again? Crush the block of ice.”

Ah De looks at the block of ice and putting down his book and soda, nods his head.

Ah Mei (picking up her wallet): “I’m telling you. I’m going out to buy fruits. There’s ‘fen yuan’ cooking on the stove. If I come back and see that it’s burned, then you are finished for good.”

Ah De: “Fine. Hurry up and go. I’ll take care of it.”

Ah Mei (looking on the floor): “Don’t leave the block of ice on the floor!”

Ah De: “Fine, fine, fine. I know.”

The minute that Ah Mei leaves the shop, he picks up his book and sits back down to read.

San Cai is walking around by herself on the streets looking at things. Ah Mei sees San Cai from far away and stops to look at her.

Passerby: “Ah Mei, what are you doing?”

Ah Mei: “Nothing.”

She slowly walks over to where San Cai is standing, staring at something.

Ah Mei (running over to her): “San Cai! (San Cai turns around and smiles at Ah Mei.) What are you doing?”

San Cai: “Oh, nothing. I was just looking around.”

Ah Mei: “Then why don’t you accompany me to buy fruits, ok?”

San Cai hesitates and didn’t know what to say. Ah Mei grabs her hand and pulls her along.

Ah Mei: “Let’s go. Anyway, you’re not doing anything.”

San Cai let’s herself be dragged away after Ah Mei.

At the fruit stand, there are lots of fruits lying all around.

Ah Mei: “Lao Ban.”

Vendor: “What do you need?”

Ah Mei (picking up a fruit): “How much is this?”

Vendor: “1/2 kilogram for $40.”

Ah Mei: “So expensive?”

Vendor: “Not really. It’s very sweet.”

San Cai is looking around at the other fruits while Ah Mei is speaking with the vendor.

Vendor: “We just got them, so it’s very sweet.”

Ah Mei puts the fruit down and looks over at San Cai.

Ah Mei (calls her over): “San Cai, what do you want to eat? Pick it yourself.”

San Cai walks over and seeing the strawberries, she stares at them.

Vendor (pointing to another fruit): “This one is much sweeter than the other honeydews. It also just came out. So, very sweet.”

Ah Mei: “That’s a ‘xiang gua’.”

Vendor: “This is a ‘yang xiang gua.’ There is another one that is green – much greener in color, but we don’t have them today. This is much sweeter.”

Ah Mei looks over at San Cai and sees her staring at the strawberries.

Ah Mei: “You like to eat strawberries?”

San Cai turns to Ah Mei and smiles without answering. Ah Mei picks up a strawberry and looks at it.

Vendor: “Strawberry? Strawberries are imported. It’s very good to eat. Do you want to try it?”

Ah Mei: “The strawberries now are very expensive and sour. Not good to eat at all.”

Vendor: “Not really. Do you want to give it a try?”

San Cai: “Isn’t that how strawberries are? When it’s sweet, it’s very sweet. When it’s sour, it’s very sour.”

Ah Mei (putting the strawberry down): “A strawberry’s sourness is not considered sour. (She reaches over and picks up another fruit.) If you really like sour stuff, then I’ll bring you to a place.”

San Cai: “What place?”

Ah Mei brings San Cai to a place with lots of trees and a bridge. They walked to the middle of the bridge and stopped.

Ah Mei: “Look, that house is very old. (points to the small stream below the bridge) And this brook, there’s lots of fishes and shrimps.”

San Cai looks over to where Ah Mei is pointing. Then she looks over at Ah Mei and sees her climbing on the ledge of the bridge and reaches over to pluck a fruit from a tree branch.

Ah Mei (hands the fruit to San Cai): “Here. Try it.”

San Cai looks at the small round thing in her palm and picking it up, gives Ah Mei a questionable expression.

Ah Mei: “It’s not poisoned.”

San Cai smells it and then takes a small bite of it. After a few seconds, her whole face screws up.

Ah Mei (laughing): “Isn’t it very sour?”

San Cai nods her head with her whole face scrunched up.

Ah Mei (smiling): “So sour, that your tears are about to come down.”

San Cai couldn’t speak and just nods her head at Ah Mei.

Ah Mei (leaning on the ledge of the bridge): “When I was young, I was very naughty. I was always getting into trouble everywhere and when I get home, I would get beaten by my mom. But I seem to have a very weird sickness. It doesn’t matter how my mom beats me, I just can’t cry out. If I don’t cry, my mom would think that I’m not scared. So she would beat me even harder. But it’s really very weird. The more my body hurts, the more I can’t cry out. Later, I figured that it won’t do me any good. So every time I know that when I get home I would get beaten, I would run over here and pluck some fruit to eat.”

She walks over to the tree branch and plucks some more little fruits.

San Cai: “Why?”

Ah Mei: “Because it’s sour enough. So sour that it makes the tears fall down. That way, I can hurry up and run home and act pitiful. Then my mom wouldn’t have the heart to hit me.”

San Cai (smiling): “You really are very naughty.”

Ah Mei (with a serious face): “To be naughty, you need to have that kind of life. Every since my mom passed away, then I don’t need to act pitiful again. As time passes by, I can’t be naughty anymore. (puts on a happy face again) But I still can’t change my bad habit. There are times when I come across a problem, I get so angry but I can’t cry out, so I would run over here and eat fruits. (They both slowly started walking as Ah Mei continues to talk.) Eat until both of the eyes are swollen up like a bun, then I would feel much better.”

San Cai (looks at Ah Mei and becomes a little sad): “Actually, your theory is the same as a friend of mine who likes to do handstands.”

Ah Mei: “Handstand?”

San Cai (nods her head): “He said that when you want to cry, then you do a handstand. That way, your tears will not be able to fall down.”

They continued walking when Ah Mei stops and turns to face San Cai.

Ah Mei: “San Cai… Actually… you never called your family or your friends, right? (San Cai looks down on the ground and didn’t answer.) You don’t have to answer me. I’m not trying to get into your business. I may be a little dumb, but I can see that you are not a bad person. (pause) Our home is very care free. If your mood is really not too good, then you can stay as long as you want. No one will bother you. (pause) Anyway, when my brother has had enough, he’ll leave and I’ll be all by myself again. Two people being bored are better than one person being bored! Right?”

San Cai doesn’t answer and just smiles at Ah Mei. Then she takes a bite of the little fruit again.

San Cai (scrunches up her face): “It’s really very sour!”

Ah Mei (laughing): “Very sour, right?”

The two of them continue to walk happily.

Back at the ice shop, the three guys are sitting around waiting for Ah Mei again. San Cai and Ah Mei walks back to the shop both of them carrying bags in their hands.

Da Da: “Ah Mei, you’re back!”

The three of them stand up from their seat to greet her.

Guy: “Ah Mei.”

Ah Mei (holding a bag in her arms): “Can you guys not come to eat ice for one day?”

Guy A: “But if Da Da doesn’t eat your ‘fen yuan dou hua’ for a day, then he won’t be able to sleep.”

Guy C: “Right, right. Me too.”

Da Da (shouts at the Guy C): “What business is yours?! (tries to take the bag out of her arms) Ah Mei, I’ll help you.”

Ah Mei (pushes his hand away): “No need! (turns to face San Cai) San Cai, you can put the fruits in the back.”

San Cai (holding the bag): “Ok.”

As she walks into the shop, she sees someone sitting at a table eating ice and stops dead in her tracks.

San Cai (stunned, cries out): “Hua Ze Lei!”

Ah Mei walks over and stands next to San Cai as Lei slowly raises his head from his bowl of ice and smiles sweetly at San Cai.

San Cai (happy to see him): “Why are you here?”

Lei: “I’m here to eat ice.”

They stared at each other for a few seconds, smiling. Then Lei gets up from the table and walks over to San Cai.

Lei: “San Cai, go get your stuff. I’ve already rented a place. It’s nearby.”

San Cai, still stunned at the suddenness of the situation can only utter, “Orh.”

She turns to look at Ah Mei who was staring at Lei with a very curious look.

San Cai: “He… this… My friend.”

Ah Mei nods her head and still staring.

San Cai (looking back at Lei): “Then…”

Lei: “Hurry up and go.”

San Cai (nods her head): “Orh.”

She quickly walks away with a happy smile on her face.

Lei turns around to smile at the back of San Cai. Ah Mei is still standing there like a statue staring at Lei. The three guys walk up and looks at Ah Mei strangely.

Da Da: “Ah Mei, what are you doing, still hugging onto the watermelon?”

Ah Mei looks down at her arms to see the bag still there and quickly puts it down on a table.

Ah Mei (speaking to Lei with a soft tone): “May I ask, are you San Cai’s boyfriend?”

Lei (looks at Ah Mei): “I’m not.”

Ah Mei: “Then are you her brother?”

Lei (smiling, amused): “Also not.”

Ah Mei (pulls out the chair at a table): “Then sit here.”

Lei: “Ok. Thank you.”

Ah Mei: “Do you want to eat some ice?”

Lei (sitting): “I ordered some already. Thank you.”

Ah Mei: “Then do you want some watermelon?”

Lei: “No. That’s ok. You go do your things. I’m ok. Thank you.”

Ah Mei (pulls the bowl of ice toward Lei): “There’s still some more. Have to finish it.”

Lei doesn’t answer, just smiles and picks up the spoon.

After his ice, Lei stands outside the shop to wait for San Cai. Ah De comes back to the shop and finds Lei standing there and gives him a weird look. At this moment, San Cai walks out with her bag in her hand, followed by Ah Mei walking next to her.

Ah De: “Eh, San Cai. Your family’s here to pick you up?”

San Cai (nods her head): “My friend.”

Lei (speaks to Ah Mei): “Lao Ban, how much money?”

Ah Mei: “It’s ok. You are San Cai’s friend. I’ll treat you.”

Lei (smiling): “I never let a girl treat me.”

Ah De: “Eh. That’s right. Just like me.”

Ah De turns to walk away and Lei takes out a wallet from his back pocket and asks Ah Mei again, “How much?”

San Cai (looks at surprise): “My wallet!”

Ah De quickly walks back out from the shop.

Lei: “Someone found it on a train.”

Ah De: “Eh, did I hear wrong? Is this the wallet that you lost? (San Cai nods her head.) Ha! (looks at Ah Mei) You see! How many times did I say it. You still didn’t believe me. Weird.”

San Cai (bowing to Ah De): “Sorry, Ah De. I misunderstood you. I’m really very sorry.”

Ah De (looks at Ah Mei): “Don’t accuse me again, ok?”

San Cai: “Sorry.”

Ah De turns around and walks into the shop. Lei hands Ah Mei some money and Ah Mei turns to go into the shop for change.

Lei: “Keep the change.”

Ah Mei: “I never owe the customers money.”

Lei (smiling lightly): “You’re a very cute girl.”

Ah Mei doesn’t know how to respond and just stood there staring at Lei while Da Da is standing next to Ah Mei and staring at her.

San Cai: “Ah Mei. Thanks for taking care of me these past couple of days. Then… I’ll contact you again. I’m leaving now.”

Ah Mei nods her head at San Cai and looks at Lei again.

San Cai: “Bye bye.”

Lei reaches out his hand and takes San Cai’s bag for her and then they both walk away from the shop. Ah Mei continues to stand there and smile at their backs.

Da Da (nudging her arm): “Ah Mei.”

She turns back to look at him without a smile on her face and walks into the shop pushing the other two guys aside, “Out of the way.”

As she goes back inside the shop, she notices that she still haven’t given the change back to Lei so she starts to run out again.

Ah Mei (calling out): “EH! Your money!”

She trips and falls on her knees in her rush and Da Da rushes over to her.

Da Da (anxiously calls out): “Ah Mei!”

Ah Mei (pushes him aside): “Go away!”

Da Da: “Are you ok?”

Lei and San Cai is slowly walking up a small road of some sort with lots of trees around.

San Cai: “What a pretty, small road.”

Lei doesn’t answer and just gives a fond smile. They continue walking up the road and it brings them to a very nicely built wooden house at the top of the stone road. San Cai stops walking and stares at the house with a smile on her face.

Lei (walks up behind her): “Do you like it?”

San Cai (smiles and turns to look at him): “You still haven’t told me how you found me.”

Lei smiles and puts down her bag. He reaches in his back pocket, takes out a wallet and pulls out a piece of paper. He hands the paper to San Cai without saying anything. San Cai takes the paper and unfolds it to look at it. She opens it up and sees the picture of the sea and sun that Lei drew for her at the hospital.

San Cai: “Originally I wanted to secretly leave Taipei and to find a place where no one would know me.”

Lei (hands her the wallet back): “Isn’t it the same thing now? (San Cai takes the wallet from him.) The San Cai that I know is a San Cai that would scold F4 at the top of Ying De’s roof. She’s also one that no matter how many setbacks she faces, she can still be like a weed and not yield to anything. (pause, sighing loudly) Even though this San Cai is hiding temporarily now… but I know she’s still here. (San Cai slowly looks up at Lei.) I believe that I would be able to find her soon. (pause) Let’s go tidy up some things. Let’s go in.”

He picks up her bag again and turns to walk toward the house. San Cai stares at him for a few seconds before following him up the stone steps toward the wooden house

Summary of MG2 Episode 26:

Ah De and Ah Mei are sitting on the floor while Ah De is rubbing Ah Mei's foot since she fell when she was trying to run after Lei with his change. Ah De looks like he is using all his strength to rub her foot and Ah Mei’s face is frowning in pain.

Ah Mei: “Eh, can you be a little bit gentler? It hurts!”

Ah De doesn’t answer and just roughly rubs and twists her foot.

Ah Mei (pushing his hands aside, crying out): “OW! (glares at him) It’s not your foot, so you don’t hurt, is that it?”

Ah De: “When you sprained it, did it hurt?”

Ah Mei: “Nonsense!”

Ah De: “Then won’t it hurt if you bend/twist it back? If it doesn’t hurt, would you get well?!”

Ah Mei (rubs her foot and stares at him): “Then you should say it clearly. Why are you being so violent for?”

Ah De: “If I’m not violent, would you listen? How many times did I tell you that I didn’t take San Cai’s wallet? You just wouldn’t believe me! Still have to accuse me!”

Ah Mei (quietly): “Fine. Then this time I’m the one who’s wrong. (Ah De gives a big sigh.) But who told you to have been a thief originally? You had a past like that before, how can I trust you?”

They sat there in silence for a while and then Ah De slowly gets up and walks away. He stops outside the door in the hallway and sighs loudly. Then he turns around and walks back to the room and leans his head on the door. He takes a deep breath before turning to look at Ah Mei.

Ah De (serious expression): “Ah Mei. I have decided not to make any mistakes again. (Ah Mei looks down at the floor and quietly listens to what he’s saying.) I really have decided. This world – I have already seen through. (She looks up at him.) Whatever feelings, love, it’s all fake. (pause) Money is the most important. Without money, there is nothing.”

Ah Mei: “So?”

Ah De: “So… this time I come back, I won’t leave again. (pause) I want to stay beside you and take good care of you.”

He slowly walks over and sits down in front of Ah Mei again.

Ah De: “Ah Mei. Let the both of us take good care of this family, ok?”

There was complete silence while he waits for her answer.

Ah Mei (finally speaks): “Ah De. That ‘hu li jing’ [vixen] left you, right?”

He doesn’t answer and just looks away.

Ah Mei: “You go and steal other people’s wallet, steal other people’s money, it’s all to give to her. (pause) But each time that something happens, I’m the one that would help you out. (pause) Do you think that this kind of girl would really like you?”

Ah De: “I know. I know that she doesn’t truly love me. (pause) I’m good for nothing. That’s why the situation is the way that it is now. (pause) I also feel very bad. At first, I wanted to find a place and just hide away. (pause) Slowly wait for death. Just like that. (pause) But when I thought about you being here all by yourself… then I don’t have the heart to do it anymore. (pause) After mom died, there is only the two of us left. I can go ahead and die, but if I didn’t take good care of you… then I would never be able to… never be able to forgive myself.”

They sat there in silence for a while again before Ah Mei breaks the silence.

Ah Mei: “Eh. Have you said enough already? (Ah De looks at her.) I’m telling you, you owe me a lot. If you really have this kind of heart, then you have to use 800 years to return it to me. Moreover, you have to stop saying what you have and don’t have. (reaches over and pushes his head) Or else, I would hit you until your head explodes. Do you hear?”

Ah De doesn’t answer and just looks at her with a slight smile on his face. Ah Mei stares at him for a while more, before sticking her foot in front of him again.

Ah De (puts his hands on her foot): “Does it still hurt?”

She shakes her head lightly and he begins to rub her foot again.

Ah Mei (hits him on his arm): “Gentler!”

Ah De smiles and just continues to rub harder.

Ah Mei (pulls at his arm, cries out): “WEI!”

Ah De: “If you keep on being this violent, then you really won’t be able to get married.”

At the Dao Ming mansion, Ye Sha and Dao Ming Si is inside Ye Sha’s studio. Dao Ming Si is sitting on top of a ladder and posing for Ye Sha while she is drawing a picture of him. As she is drawing, the phone started ringing, but no one was picking it up. Finally Dao Ming Si makes a sound and signals Ye Sha to get the phone.

Dao Ming Si: “Eh.”

Without breaking his pose, he tilts his head slightly toward the phone. Ye Sha gets up, putting her sketchbook on the chair before walking over to the phone.

Ye Sha: “Hello, I am Ye Sha. Ah Si is keeping me company while I’m drawing. (pause, nods her head) Hold on a second. (She covers the speaking part of the phone and turns to look at Dao Ming Si.) Eh. (no movement from Dao Ming Si) Psst! (still on movement) Hoi!”

Dao Ming Si still doesn’t answer or move and has his eyes closed.

Ye Sha (speaking on the phone again): “Maybe I have been drawing too slow. Ah Si has fallen asleep. (pause) Ok, I’ll tell him.”

She hangs up the phone and quietly walks over to Dao Ming Si. Standing in front of him, she lightly taps him on his knee but he still doesn’t move. So then she tries tickling his chin, but still no movement. Next she starts blowing air on his face and he finally opens his eyes and looks at her.

Ye Sha: “Did you have an argument with your mom?”

Dao Ming Si (breaking out of his pose): “No.”

Ye Sha: “Then why is that ever since you came back from the hospital, you’ve been ignoring her? Don’t even want to say anything to her.”

Dao Ming Si: “I never had anything to say to her.”

Ye Sha (puts a hand on his knee): “Actually your mom cares about you a lot. You said to her that your health hasn’t recovered yet, you don’t want to go to work…”

Dao Ming Si (turns his head to look at her and interrupts her): “Hey, you are very strange! Didn’t you never liked her? Why do I suddenly have this feeling that you talking for her?”

Ye Sha just looks at him cautiously and slowly pulls her hand away from his knee at his sudden outburst. Dao Ming Si turns his head away and looks to the side.

Ye Sha (changing the subject): “Do you want to drink tea or coffee? I’ll go make it.”

She slowly walks past him and he reaches out a hand and stops her.

Dao Ming Si (holding on to her arm): “Ye Sha, sorry. I didn’t mean it.”

Ye Sha (stands in front of him again): “It’s my fault. You just got back from the hospital and I’m pulling you along to accompany to do this.”

She walks away again to get the drinks and Dao Ming Si turns his head to stare at her leave. After she left, he gets off the ladder and stood around the room. Feeling restless, he takes a deep breath and walks out of the studio.

Meanwhile, Da Xin, Yi Ling and Ah Lun are driving on the road with their breakfast van and they are singing “Happy” all together. As they were driving by, Dao Ming Si sees the van in his own car and starts to chase after them. When Dao Ming Si gets behind the van, he started honking, for them to stop, but Da Xin looks in his side mirror and ignores him.

Da Xin: “This car… this car…”

Ah Lun (looking over at the mirror): “Eh, really. This car seems to have been following us for a long time already.”

Dao Ming Si speeds up and keeps on honking his car. His car windows are tinted so it’s hard to see who’s inside the car, therefore, Da Xin can’t see who it is.

Da Xin: “Right. Why is he continuously following us? Not use to seeing such a cute van, is that it? Come on!”

Yi Ling (cautiously): “What are you going to do?”

Da Xin steps hard on the gas and everybody was thrown back on their seats.

Da Xin (shouting): “Come over here!!!”

Dao Ming Si’s car and Da Xin’s van was going side by side, when Dao Ming Si pulls ahead of the van and tries to slow down.

Da Xin (shifts the gear and steps on the gas again): “Not a problem!!! Come again!!!”

He shifts left and right, left and right with the van and was finally able to pass Dao Ming Si’s car. Inside the van, Ah Lun and Yi Ling was being thrown left and right, left and right. But Da Xin only has a very determined and ferocious look on his face as he tries to lose DMS’s car. Ah Lun and Yi Ling are both holding onto each other tightly with scared looks on their faces.

Ah Lun (cries out): “Be careful! Be careful!”

Da Xin (with a very ferocious look): “No problem!! Fast!!!”

He pulls away from Dao Ming Si’s car and puts a long distance between them and then finally loses sight of Dao Ming Si’s car.

Da Xin (cheering loudly): “WOOOOOOO!!!!”

Ah Lun (finally looks relieved, claps his hand): “Finally got rid of him!”

Da Xin (driving at a normal speed now): “Before racing a van, he should have first try to find out who gave us this van, right?”

Ah Lun (happy): “Exactly!”

They continued to drive happily down the road and singing “Happy.” All of a sudden, Dao Ming Si’s car drove out from the side street and stops a couple of feet right in front of the on coming van. Everybody in the van shouts and Da Xin steps on the brakes and screeches to a stop. Yi Ling, sitting in the middle of Ah Lun and Da Xin, reaches out with her left hand and covers Da Xin’s face and the right hand covers Ah Lun’s face as she tries to stop herself from being flattened against the windshield of the car.

Da Xin (looks at the car angrily, takes off his seat belt and opens the door): “This kid wants to play huh?!?!”

He angrily gets out of the van and walks over to the driver’s seat of the car.

Da Xin (points to the driver’s window and shouts): “Get out!! GET OUT!!”

Ah Lun and Yi Ling also gets out of the van and comes over.

Ah Lun (holding a spatula in his hand, like a weapon): “Get out!!! Get out!!! Let’s talk about it!!”

Da Xin (staring into the tinted window): “Get out!!”

The window slowly rolls down and they see a very cool Dao Ming Si sitting inside, starting straight ahead.

The four of them found a place to park the van and car and they set up a table and some chairs to sit around. Dao Ming Si is very quite and lost in his own thoughts. Yi Ling walks over to the table with a tea cup and sits down between Da Xin and Dao Ming Si.

Ah Lun (sitting on the other side of Dao Ming Si, clears his throat): “What’s wrong, Ah Sing?”

Da Xin: “Aye, you couldn’t have broken up with Ye Sha?”

Ah Lun: “Huh?”

Da Xin: “Hey, say something. This is not ‘answer and get a gift.’ Say something. Eh. Talk a little.”

Everybody is staring at Dao Ming Si, but he just keeps on looking down and being very quiet.

Yi Ling: “The two of you look forward. (pushes Da Xin’s head) Look forward and don’t look back. (The three of them looks straight forward.) From now on, the three of us, no matter what we hear, it will have nothing to do with Ah Sing. Understand?”

Da Xin / Ah Lun: “Orh.”

Dao Ming Si looks up and slowly looks at them before reluctantly speaking.

Dao Ming Si (quietly): “I’ve regained my memories.”

Da Xin turns his head to look at Dao Ming Si in surprise but Yi Ling uses her hand to push his head to face forward again.

Dao Ming Si: “I remember that I once told you guys before that I had a girlfriend that really loves me. Now… I have finally remembered. (pause) I remember that I actually… really love her.”

Da Xin (not daring to move his head): “But… (keeping his head still, he moves his eyes to the side before looking straight again) don’t you love Ye Sha also?”

Dao Ming Si: “I really love Ye Sha. All this time, it’s Ye Sha that is constantly beside me. Without her, then there would not be the present me. But how was I suppose to know that God wanted to play such a big joke on me? I also don’t want to be a half-hearted person. But I have unexpectedly said to the both of them that… I will love them forever.”

Ah Lun (forces a small laugh): “Then… does Ye Sha know about this?”

Dao Ming Si: “No one knows. (pause) Before I met you guys today, I didn’t know who I should speak to.”

Ah Lun: “Ah Sing. I don’t want to you to be unfair to Ye Sha, but your old girlfriend have been waiting so long for you… the least you should do is confess everything to her.”

Da Xin: “Moreover, you must not forget… that time when Ye Sha wanted to leave, you were the one that was so firm on having her stay behind. Now, she’s your fiancé. You can’t not be responsible. You have to confess to her.”

Dao Ming Si looks very confused and troubled.

Ah Lun: “It doesn’t matter. In any case, you have to must make things clear.”

Da Xin: “Right. Moreover, you can’t, because God is not being fair to you, be unfair to the two of them. This is no different than cheating on both of their feelings.”

Ah Lun: “That’s why I say that you must hurry up and tell Ye Sha the truth.”

Da Xin: “No, it’s telling her old girlfriend the truth.”

Ah Lun (looks over at Da Xin): “Why would he go and tell his old girlfriend the truth?”

Da Xin: “Of course, it’s tell the old…”

Ah Lun (interrupting him): “Should tell Ye Sha the truth.”

Da Xin (arguing back): “The old one.”

Ah Lun: “Not right. It should be go and tell Ye Sha the truth. You know that Ye Sha is now very pitiful.”

Yi Ling (interrupts their argument, loudly): “Can’t tell either one the truth.”

Da Xin / Ah Lun: “Why?”

Dao Ming Si is holding his head in his confusion.

Yi Ling: “You two really don’t understand girls. (pause, speaking to Dao Ming Si) When a girl truly loves you, she will not be able to bear to see you in pain. When this girl finds out that there is another girl that truly loves you, then she would rather sacrifice herself, in order to help you achieve your happiness. So, once you tell them, it’s the same as losing the both of them forever.”

Da Xin and Ah Lun is listening closely with very confused expressions on their faces while Dao Ming Si is also listening very closely.

Yi Ling: “Ah Sing, the pain is already created. Now, the only choice you can make is to stop regretting. (pause) Before you have cleared up on who you really love… don’t tell anyone. (looks at Dao Ming Si) Really. Don’t tell anyone.”

Dao Ming Si sits there thinking for a while before pushing the chair back and stands up. Everybody is quiet as they all think about what just went on.

Back at the countryside, San Cai and Lei are both shopping in a grocery store.

Lei (following behind San Cai with a shopping bag): “You said that you want to treat Ah Mei them to dinner, you meant that you are going to make it yourself?”

San Cai: “Right. This way I feel that it’s much better.”

Lei: “What do you mean?”

San Cai: “Because when I think about how I accused Ah De before, I would feel very bad in my heart. So I want to use my hands and help them do something. This way, it’s much better to express my feelings than specially buying a gift and apologizing.”

Lei nods his head as he follows her around the store. As they walked out of the store, an old lady holding a basket walks by them.

Lady: “Hey, young people. Come and buy some vegetables. I picked them this morning. Just picked them. (walks over to her area where all the vegetables are laid out) It’s very fresh. Tastes very good.”

San Cai: “Did you plant them yourself?”

Lady: “Right, I plant them myself. There are no freshly planted vegetables around here. I water these myself. When you cook them, it tastes very good.”

Lei and San Cai is standing there and looking at her vegetables.

San Cai (pointing to a green vegetable): “What kind of vegetables are these?”

Lady: “These are ‘da tou cai’.”

San Cai: “Da tou cai?”

Lady: “Yes, if you use it to make soup, they will taste very delicious.”

San Cai (looking at Lei): “Use for a soup?”

Lady: “You young people come and buy some. You two are dressed so nicely, going on a date to walk around? What a life!”

San Cai (smiling): “No. You plant your own, so your health must be very good.”

Lady: “I planted them myself. I exercise and sow seeds. My body would be a bit strong. You young people have to exercise. Exercise is good!”

Lei: “Then we’ll exercise more and help you sell, ok?”

Lady: “No need. You are dressed so nicely. Your clothes will get dirty. You two go and continue walking and not help me sell vegetables which will dirty your clothes. Not good.”

San Cai: “It’s ok. Let him try it.”

Lei sits on a small chair and helps the old lady to sell her vegetables. He holds a vegetable in his hands for a customer.

Lady (standing next to Lei with a bag): “I’ll sell it myself. This is ½ kilogram for $20. (to the customer) You give me $20 is ok.”

The customer holds out the money as Lei helps the old lady with bagging the vegetable. Lei continues to help the lady while San Cai sits in the back and looks at them with a smile on her face.

Afterwards, Lei and San Cai is slowly walking down the street. Lei holds the $100 in his hand and stares at it.

San Cai: “What’s wrong? Is it that you never thought that the grandma would give you a $100?”

Lei: “Right. This is the first time that I earned money with my own hands.”

San Cai (smiling): “Then should we celebrate a little?”

Lei smiles and nods his head.

San Cai (points to another vegetable selling vendor): “I’m going to look at the vegetables.”

Lei: “Ok.”

As San Cai is looking at the vegetables, Lei looks up and sees a vendor selling flowers a couple of feet away. He slowly walks toward the vendor with a smile on his face.

Lei (walks up to the vendor): “Hello. I’ll look around myself.”

After looking at all the flowers around, he sees one that he likes.

Lei (pointing to a bouquet): “Lao Ban. How much is this?”

Vendor (picking the bouquet up): “This? $100 is ok.”

San Cai is slowly walking over to where Lei is.

Lei: “$100? (hands her the money in his hand) Here. For you. (He takes the bouquet in his hands.) Thank you. No need to wrap it.”

Vendor: “Ok. Thank you.”

Lei turns around and sees San Cai walking over. San Cai stops walking and smiles at him. He slowly walks over to her and hands her the bouquet of flowers.

Lei: “This is for you.”

San Cai stares at the flowers and then looks up at Lei.

San Cai (smiling): “Thank you.”

She takes the flowers and looks from the flowers to Lei and then back to the flowers again, with a happy smile on her face.

That night, San Cai, Lei, Ah De, and Ah Mei sets up a table with chairs outside on the balcony area for dinner.

San Cai (bringing a pot to the table): “The soup’s here.”

Ah De (impressed): “Wow! San Cai, the food that you make is very pretty. Seems like the color, the smell, it’s all there. So great!”

San Cai: “Then let’s start eating.”

Ah De: “Ok, ok. I’ve been waiting for so long. So hungry!”

San Cai: “Eat more.”

Ah De (after tasting): “Um, this is good.”

Ah Mei: “Our town really don’t have that much fun things to do around here. (points to the back of her) But the waterside behind here is really not bad. You guys could go and see.”

Ah De: “I always go there to get a tan. It’s great!”

San Cai: “Well, we don’t really have any special places to go and don’t have any plans. Like today, we are very happy.”

Ah Mei: “Where did you guys go today?”

Lei: “But groceries. Prepare dinner.”

San Cai: “And also bought flowers.”

Ah De: “That’s it?”

Ah Mei: “Then what about tomorrow? What do you want to do tomorrow?”

San Cai looks over at Lei for an answer while chewing her food.

Lei: “Don’t do anything.”

San Cai (explains): “Because he has to sleep.”

Ah Mei: “Why are you two so weird?”

Ah De: “Sleep only? (looks at Ah Mei) Look at how these rich people’s thinking are so very special.”

Ah Mei (looks at Ah De): “How do you know he’s rich?”

Ah De (chewing): “Of course I know. (looks at Lei) The car that is parked out front by the door – is it yours? (Lei nods his head.) Then that’s right. Someone who can afford to buy that kind of car must be very rich.”

Ah Mei (accusing tone): “Why are you taking so much notice of other people’s car for? What crooked thoughts are you thinking about now?”

Ah De (tries to defend himself): “Eh! We came in through the door and saw the car parked out front for a few times already. So of course I would know that it’s his car. What crooked thoughts are those?”

Ah Mei: “Your occupational illness, is that it? Which part of your brain is not working?”

Ah De: “Guys should know how much a car costs!”

San Cai (interrupting their argument): “I’ll help you guys get some soup, ok?”

Ah Mei (looks at Ah De): “Weird.”

San Cai: “The calms are very fresh. I bought it today.”

Lei: “Right. The food is getting cold. Let’s eat first.”

Ah De (to Ah Mei): “You really have some sort of illness, you.”

Ah Mei (retorts back): “You are the one that is so baffling!”

San Cai (changing the subject before Ah De can say anything): “Ah Mei, this water side, if we want to go, then how do we get there?”

Ah Mei (points to behind her): “The beach is over on this side. But if you guys want to go, then I’ll bring you guys there.”

San Cai: “Approximately how long does it take to walk there?”

Ah Mei: “Doesn’t take long at all.”

San Cai (puts a bowl in front of Ah Mei): “Give you this bowl first.”

After dinner, Ah De is standing by himself over at the balcony area while San Cai is washing dishes and Ah Mei is helping to clean up. She brings more dishes over for San Cai to wash.

San Cai: “Thank you.”

Ah Mei turns her head and looks over at where Ah De is standing.

San Cai: “Ah Mei, (She turns her head to look at San Cai.) you have to trust Ah De more.”

Ah Mei: “What does that mean?”

San Cai: “Because a person who is starting all over from the beginning, not only needs a lot of courage, but he also needs a lot of support.”

San Cai looks over at Ah De and Ah Mei also turns her head to look at where Lei and Ah De is standing there talking.

Ah Mei: “San Cai.”

San Cai: “What?”

Ah Mei walks over to stand next to San Cai.

Ah Mei: “You and this Lei – are you actually boyfriend and girlfriend?”

San Cai (amused): “What do you mean actually?”

Ah Mei: “I feel that the two of you have a very close relationship. I asked him before. But he said no.”

San Cai: “We are only friends.”

Ah Mei: “Really?”

San Cai: “I don’t have a boyfriend. Moreover, what I need now is a friend and not a boyfriend.”

Ah Mei doesn’t answer and looks from San Cai to Lei and back again. Then she continues helping San Cai to clean up. San Cai looks back at Ah Mei before looking out at where Ah De and Lei is sitting.

San Cai (thinking to herself): “Tonight, all four of us are very happy. Especially, for I and Ah De, who are working very hard for a new beginning.”

Afterwards, Ah De and Ah Mei is leaving and Lei and San Cai are standing there and saying goodbye to them.

San Cai (waving): “Bye bye.”

Ah De / Ah Mei: “Bye. Goodbye.”

San Cai (calls after them): “Be careful! It’s very dark outside.”

Ah Mei (turns back to wave again): “Bye bye.”

San Cai / Lei (waving back): “Bye bye.”

San Cai (to Lei): “Let’s go in.”

She turns and walks back toward the house, with Lei following behind her.

San Cai (thinking to herself): “This road is very hard and maybe also very long, but I’m not scared anymore now. Because today I received a great, very great gift.”

San Cai is looking at the bouquet of flowers that Lei gave her and spraying some water at it.

Back at Dao Ming mansion, Dao Ming Si is sitting outside and staring at two coconuts on a table. Ye Sha comes out with a big brown bag in her hand and sits down at the table.

Ye Sha: “You still didn’t finish drinking?”

Dao Ming Si: “You like drinking it the most. (pushes the coconut to her) You should drink more.”

Ye Sha (smiling): “Really?”

She quickly pulls the straw out of her coconut and sticks it in Dao Ming Si’s coconut. She starts drinking nonstop and Dao Ming Si just sits there and stares at her. Finally, she pulls her straw out of the coconut and gives Dao Ming Si a sheepish smile.

Ye Sha: “I accidentally drank all of it.”

Dao Ming Si just looks at her and smiles lightly.

Ye Sha: “No wonder Sha Ge says that if you spoil me like this, sooner or later, you will spoil me bad.”

She smiles but Dao Ming Si doesn’t say anything. There was complete silence for a few seconds before Dao Ming Si finally speaks.

Dao Ming Si: “If I’m able to spoil you bad, then that would be a kind of happiness.”

Ye Sha: “When you went out to buy coconut before, I found a lot of things in the house.”

She picks up the big bag that she brought out with her before. She opens the bag up and shows him.

Ye Sha (takes out some carving material): “Look. (rummages inside the bag for more stuff) And also these. (shows him the cookie cutters in her hands)”

Dao Ming Si: “What’s it for?”

Ye Sha (smiling): “Help rotten egg to carve a girlfriend. (She opens up a box and takes out a carving knife and hands it to him.) Here.”

Dao Ming Si doesn’t take it and just looks at her.

Ye Sha: “You carve one and I’ll carve one.”

Dao Ming Si slowly takes the knife and stares at it while Ye Sha takes another knife out of the bag and happily begins to carve her coconut. Dao Ming Si stares at her and doesn’t do anything.

Ye Sha (stops carving): “What’s wrong?”

Dao Ming Si smiles and shakes his head.

Ye Sha (points to his coconut): “Hurry up.”

She goes back to carving her own coconut.

Ye Sha: “It has to be very cute.”

Dao Ming Si just sat there and continues to stare at her carving.

Next morning, Lei is standing on a bridge and looking down at the small creek below. A man rides by on his bike with three pieces of big wood attached to the back of his bike. He seems to be wobbling around and after he passes by Lei, there was a loud noise as all his wood fell off his bike. Lei turns his head and looks over at the man. He slowly walks over and stands to the side as he watches the man pick up one of the wood pieces and hoists it back on his bike.

Lei: “Need any help?”

Man: “I can do it myself. Thank you.”

He reaches down and picks up another piece of wood. In the process of picking it up, Lei walks over and gives him a hand.

Man: “Thank you.”

They both pick up the last piece of wood.

Man: “It’s very heavy.”

Lei helps him to use the rope to tie it to the bike so that it won’t fall again. Afterwards, he helps the man bring the wood back to his workshop. As Lei is bringing in one of the pieces of wood, he stares in surprise at all the violins and wood pieces around the shop.

Man (reaches over to relieve Lei of the piece of wood): “Come, give me the piece of wood.”

He takes it from Lei and puts it aside.

Man: “Do you want something to drink?”

Lei (shakes his head): “No need. Thank you.”

As the man walks away, Lei walks into the workshop and goes over to where San Cai is standing.

San Cai: “Lei, lots of violins.”

Lei: “It’s all handmade.”

San Cai: “You’re saying that it’s all made by that person?”

Lei: “I think it must be by him. I know in Taiwan there is only one ‘shi fu’ who makes violins. He used to study music in the past. After that time that his shoulder was injured, he can’t continue to the play anymore so that’s why he started to make violins. Because he said that he hopes to create much more beautiful music.”

Man (hands a drink to both San Cai and Lei): “Here, have some drinks.”

San Cai / Lei: “Thank you.”

Man (to Lei): “So you know about my story already.”

San Cai: “Because he plays the violin too.”

Man: “Really? Then you should take a look around.”

San Cai: “Thank you.”

Lei: “Teacher. (points to a violin that is hanging) Can you let me look at that violin?”

Man (reaches to get the violin that Lei wants): “This violin? (Lei nods his head.) Of course.”

Lei puts down his drink and reaches for the violin after the man brings it down.

Man: “In about 2 more days, I would be able to finish it. At that time, you would be welcome to come and try it out.”

San Cai smiles at Lei and Lei smiles back.

Lei: “Teacher. Can I bring another friend here to look around?”

Man: “Of course. Welcome.”

Meanwhile, Mei Zuo and Xiao Qiao are at a music shop. Mei Zuo is walking around the store looking at stuff while Xiao Qiao is sitting down with a cello and she’s slowly stroking it with her hand.

Mei Zuo (walks over to her): “It’s still not ok?”

Xiao Qiao (nods her head): “There aren’t many people who play the cello.”

Mei Zuo: “Where did you buy your original cello? I’ll go book plane tickets immediately and we’ll fly straight over there tomorrow. (Xiao Qiao smiles at his words.) I don’t believe that we can’t buy one that will satisfy you.”

Xiao Qiao (smiling): “Mei Zuo. Sometimes buying a cello is a kind of fate. It can’t be rushed.”

Mei Zuo: “If you don’t try it, how would you know?”

At this moment, Mei Zuo’s cell phone starts ringing. He answers it while Xiao Qiao starts trying out the cello.

Mei Zuo: “Hello? (pause) I’m busy. (pause) Lei?”

Back at the workshop, the man who makes violins is looking at Xiao Qiao’s cello. Mei Zuo, Lei, San Cai and Xiao Qiao is anxiously standing aside and waiting for an answer from the man. While everybody is waiting for the man’s answer, Ah Mei is walking around the shop and looking at things. Then she walks over to where the whole crowd was standing.

Ah Mei: “Eh, I don’t believe that there lives someone who makes violins over here.”

The man looks briefly over at Ah Mei before looking back at the cello. San Cai tries to tell Ah Mei to be quiet.

San Cai: “Shh.”

Ah Mei: “Shh, what?”

After silence for a few seconds, Ah Mei opens her mouth to talk again.

Ah Mei (pointing to something): “Hey, we have that at our ice shop too.”

The man looks up at Ah Mei again at her sudden outburst. Lei taps her on her shoulder and pulls her away. The man goes back to looking at the cello.

Man (finally speaking): “It can be fixed. (Xiao Qiao smiles in relief.) But it would need some time.”

Mei Zuo (happy): “Great! Then how long is some time?”

Man: “Because it needs some materials. So, if I can’t find it within this country, then I must go abroad to find it.”

Xiao Qiao nods her head in understanding.

Mei Zuo (with a worried tone and expression): “Then can it be fixed before her musical performance?”

Xiao Qiao: “Teacher said that he needs some time. So, stop asking already.”

Mei Zuo (sighs deeply): “Fine. If you are not anxious, then why should I be anxious?”

He walks out the room and San Cai walks in to stand next to Xiao Qiao.

San Cai (smiling, whispers): “Xiao Qiao. Do you know? I’ve never seen Mei Zuo this anxious, this serious before.”

They both secretly smile at each other.

Lei is standing aside in the workshop and staring up at the hanging violins again. Then he bends down on his heels and looks at the things that are on a table. Ah Mei walks over to him and looks at him.

Ah Mei (bending down on the table also): “What are you looking at?”

Lei: “I’m looking at shu ji.”

Ah Mei: “What’s shu ji?”

Lei (smiles and stands up): “It’s a sticky material.”

Ah Mei stands up also and the man brings over a violin to Lei.

Man: “Last time you were looking at this violin, it’s finished already.”

Ah Mei: “It’s such a pretty violin.”

Man (to Lei): “Do you want to try it and see?”

Ah Mei (reaches for the violin): “Ok.”

She takes the violin and starts to pretend to play it while she’s making sounds with her mouth. Everybody is standing around and smiling happily as they watch Ah Mei playing around.

Ah Mei (hands the violin out to Lei): “This violin is not bad. Your turn.”

Lei (very amused): “You are really very cute.”

Lei takes the violin from her hands and Ah Mei turns away to look at other things. San Cai is standing aside and looking at Lei. As Lei starts to play, he catches the attention of everyone in the room. Ah Mei looks up and over at Lei in surprise as she hears real violin sounds coming from his direction. As though mesmerized, Ah Mei slowly walks to stand in front of Lei and stares at him while he continues to play, lost in his music. After playing solo for a while, suddenly there came the sound of a cello playing. Everyone, except Lei, looks over to see that Xiao Qiao is sitting down with her cello and playing along with Lei’s violin. San Cai stares at Xiao Qiao playing before slowly looking over at Mei Zuo. Mei Zuo is looking at Xiao Qiao play and Xiao Qiao looks up from her cello to smile at him. He returns her smile and continues to look at her play. Meanwhile, Ah Mei is still standing in front of Lei, mesmerized either by his music or by his good look with the violin!

That night, back at home, Ah De is sitting at a table and waiting for the bathroom anxiously.

Ah De (calls out): “Are you done yet?”

No answer from the bathroom – just the sound of water running.

Ah De (out of patience): “Miss, I beg you to be quicker ok? (no answer, so he stands up quickly) Say something! (He sits back down in a huff.) What are you doing in there? (He stands up again and calls out.) If you still don’t come out, then I’ll have to think of a way myself! (no answer) You forced me!”

He pushes the chair aside and runs out of the house in a hurry. Inside the bathroom, Ah Mei is standing in front of the mirror and wiping her face with a tissue.

Ah Mei (speaking to the mirror): “I hate it when people say that I’m cute.”

She glares at her image and pulls more tissues from the box to wipe her nose.

Ah Mei (looking at her image again): “Where is the cuteness?”

She stares some more and then smiles at herself in the mirror.

Next morning, San Cai and Xiao Qiao is planting some small pots of flowers while Mei Zuo and Lei is standing to the side and speaking.

Xiao Qiao: “Planting it now, wonder how long it would take before it grows up.”

They both stand back and stare at the little pots that they were working on.

San Cai: “Next time when you come with Mei Zuo again, it might be grown up.”

Xiao Qiao (with a serious expression): “It’s so far away. Who will know.”

San Cai: “So that’s why you and Mei Zuo must jia you.”

Xiao Qiao (smiles at and looks at San Cai): “San Cai, then it’s a deal. You and Lei’s plant must also jia you. At that time, we will come back together.”

San Cai: “Didn’t Mei Zuo tell you? I and he and Lei are all good friends.”

Xiao Qiao (looks at the plants again): “It doesn’t matter. Just as long as you take good care of it then I believe that there will be a day, when they will become very healthy and strong. (looks over at San Cai) No?”

San Cai smiles and nods her head.

Back over at the porch where Lei and Mei Zuo is standing.

Lei (leaning against the wall with his arms crossed): “Mei Zuo. When you go back, remember not to tell everyone that San Cai is here.”

Mei Zuo (with his left hand in his pant pocket): “Why?”

Lei (looks over at San Cai): “She needs more time.”

Mei Zuo: “Then you should use this time wisely.”

Lei (looks back at Mei Zuo): “What does that mean?”

Mei Zuo: “You know what I mean. San Cai has had enough pain.”

There was complete silence for a few seconds as Mei Zuo looks over at where San Cai and Xiao Qiao are standing.

Mei Zuo: “Should leave now.”

Lei (nods his head and stands up straight): “I’ll see you out.”

Mei Zuo reaches down to pick up his bag and they both walk away. Outside where Mei Zuo’s car is parked, he puts the bag in the trunk.

San Cai: “You guys have to be careful.”

Xiao Qiao: “You too. Have to take care.”

San Cai nods her head. Mei Zuo closes the trunk and walks over.

San Cai (waves): “Bye bye.”

Xiao Qiao (waves back): “Bye bye.”

Mei Zuo (to Xiao Qiao): “Let’s get in the car.”

Xiao Qiao slowly walks to the passenger side of the car. Mei Zuo walks over to the driver’s side, opens the door and stood there for a few seconds before turning around to face San Cai and Lei.

Mei Zuo: “You two have to take care of each other. Ok?”

San Cai: “The two of you also.”

Mei Zuo smiles and looks down.

San Cai: “Mei Zuo. Xiao Qiao is really good.”

Mei Zuo (smiling): “Lei is also really good.”

San Cai (looks to her side briefly, where Lei is standing): “I’m telling you the truth.”

Mei Zuo (teases): “So does that mean I’m saying that Lei is really good is false?”

San Cai smiles and looks down, not sure how to answer.

Mei Zuo (sighing): “But San Cai… let the past be the past. Because all of us really hope that you can hurry up and come back.”

San Cai doesn’t answer and Mei Zuo and Xiao Qiao gets in the car. Lei slowly walks over and knocks on Mei Zuo’s window before nodding his head and watches Mei Zuo drive away.

At the ice shop, the three guys are eating ice and Da Da is standing near Ah Mei again.

Da Da: “Go, Ah Mei. Let’s all go singing tonight.”

Guy A & C: “Right. Let’s go sing together.”

Ah Mei (brings a bowl of ice to a customer): “Don’t want to.”

Da Da (follows her): “Then let’s go see a movie.”

Ah Mei: “Not interested.”

Da Da: “Then let’s…”

Ah Mei (interrupts him loudly): “Hey! Why are you so bothersome today? (calls out for her brother) Ah De.”

Guy A (with his mouth full): “Ah De he just went out.”

Ah Mei: “Where to?”

Guy C: “Don’t know. He said that he has something very important to do.”

Ah Mei: “What important thing does he have to do? He’s just being lazy. He better not come back or else I’ll break his leg.”

That night, Ah De is walking up the small road toward the place that San Cai and Lei is staying.

Ah De (sitting in the living room with Lei and San Cai): “Lei, San Cai. I have a favor to ask you guys. Ah Mei’s birthday is almost here.”

San Cai (sitting next to Lei): “Ah Mei’s birthday is coming soon?”

Ah De: “You both know that these past couple of years, I’ve been away from home. After my mom passed away, it seems like there was no one that helped celebrate her birthday. (pause) I’m really not a good brother. And I’ve never really taken good care of her. So, that’s why her birthday this time, I really want to help her celebrate. And give her a surprise.”

Lei: “Then how do you want us to help you?”

Next morning, Ah De is still sleeping in his bed when Ah Mei is shouting out for him to get up.

Ah Mei (calling out): “Ah De! Do you want to get out of bed?! (pounding of footsteps, as Ah Mei stomps up the stairs to his room) Ah De! (loudly knocking on the door) Get up!!”

She opens the door and barges in.

Ah Mei (standing next to the bed): “Ah De.”

No answer and movement, so she hits him hard on his leg.

Ah Mei: “Get up!”

Ah De continues to ignore her so Ah Mei stands up on the bed and pulls on his blanket.

Ah Mei: “Do you want to get up?! (she gives him a kick on his leg.) Do you want to get up?! (She starts to stomp on him with each word she says.) Get up! Get up! Get up!”

Ah De (groans sleepily): “What are you doing?”

Ah Mei: “Get up!!! (She grabs his bag that is hanging on the wall and starts to hit him with it.) Still don’t get up! Still don’t get up!”

Ah De (tries to block the blows): “What exactly happened?”

Ah Mei (throws the bag at him): “Wake up! It’s time to open the shop.”

Ah De (grabs the clock by the bed stand and looks at it): “What time is it now? You’re telling me to get up?”

Ah Mei: “You have to do all the work today. So that’s why you have to wake up now.”

Ah De (points to himself): “Do it all by myself? (points to her) What about you?”

Ah Mei: “I have something important to do. (She grabs the bag and hits him with it again.) Stop sleeping!”

She gets off the bed and walks out the door, slamming it behind her.

Ah De (calls out after her): “What important thing?”

He sighs deeply and leans back against his pillow. Ah Mei walks back down the stairs and goes into her room and closes all the doors. She starts off with putting on makeup and then she unties her two braids and loosens out her hair.

Later that morning, the three guys are at the ice shop sitting around again. Ah De walks over with his breakfast in hand and sits down at the table.

Ah De: “You guys are always at our shop day and night for what?”

Da Da (pulls up a chair to sit next to Ah De): “Ah Mei’s big brother. What exactly is Ah Mei doing locking herself in her room?”

Guy A (sits down on the other side of Ah De): “Right. She’s been there from early morning till now. It’s been so long already.”

Guy C (also sits down at the table): “Could something have happened to her?”

Ah De: “Nope.”

Guy C: “Why are you so sure?”

Guy A: “Right.”

Ah De: “Because I was originally worried too. But I have went to her door to knock on it already. She replied with one word to me. After I heard it, I felt very relieved.”

Three guys: “What word? Which word?”

Ah De takes a sip of his drink and remembers the scene of what happened. He went to knock on Ah Mei’s door and Ah Mei yells out, “LEAVE!”

Ah De (holds out both his hands after explaining): “There.”

Three guys (finally understanding): “Oh.”

Guy: “Then we don’t have to worry anymore.”

At this moment, Ah Mei walks into the room wearing a long dress and her hair in one ponytail rather than her usual braids. She stood at the doorway fixing her dress while the three guys stared at her like they’ve never seen her before. Ah Mei looks up and notices their stares and yells at them.

Ah Mei: “What are you looking at?!”

Ah De looks up from his drink and also stares with his mouth slightly opened in surprise. Ah Mei ignores them and continues to fix her dress and hair.

Later Ah Mei is sitting behind on Da Da’s bike while Guy A and C is on another bike. The other two guys are trailing behind Ah Mei and Da Da’s bike.

Guy C (on the back seat): “Have to be fast!”

Guy A (peddling as fast as he could): “I don’t have any way!”

Da Da: “Exactly where are we peddling off to?”

Ah Mei: “It doesn’t matter. Just hurry up and peddle!”

Guy C: “Right. Exactly where are we peddling off to?”

Guy A: “My legs are going to break soon!”

Ah Mei: “Hurry up and peddle!”

Da Da: “It’s very far, Ah Mei.”

He starts to wobble a little from left to right.

Guy A (catching up and next peddling next to Da Da’s bike, tries to avoid from crashing with Da Da): “Be careful!”

Ah Mei (to Da Da): “Can you be a little more careful? I’m going to fall over!”

Da Da: “I don’t want it to be like that either.”

Ah Mei (turning back to look at the other two guys who fell behind again): “Peddle faster!”

Guy A: “Fine.”

Guy C (urges Guy A): “Peddle some more!”

Guy A (complaining): “It’s so far.”

Finally they screech to a stop on the small road to Lei and San Cai’s house. There were groans of pain as they almost ran into each other. There are noises of Ah Mei yelling at someone again.

Guy (defending himself): “It’s not me!”

Ah Mei (cries out): “It hurts!”

Da Da (concerned): “Are you ok?”

Ah Mei is walking and trying to fix her shoes at the same time.

Guy A: “What are we here for anyway?”

Guy C: “What is this place?”

Ah Mei walks straight ahead while the other guys are trying to park their bike.

Da Da (calling after her): “Wait a minute!”

Ah Mei: “Hurry up, Ok?”

Guy C: “It’s so big here.”

Ah Mei walks up the small road and opening the screen door knocks on the door behind. When no one answers, she knocks again but harder. Having knocked too hard she cries out in pain. Da Da sees this and helps her knock on the door too. Finally San Cai opens up the door.

San Cai: “It’s so early. What’s wrong?”

Ah Mei doesn’t answer and looks at Da Da who’s standing right next to her.

Da Da (points to himself): “Not me. (points to Ah Mei) It’s her.”

Ah Mei (looks at San Cai): “Where’s this Lei?”

San Cai: “Oh, he’s still sleeping.”

Ah Mei barges through the door and starts walking into the house.

San Cai (following behind Ah Mei): “Do you want me to call him for you?”

Ah Mei doesn’t answer and just starts walking up the stairs.

San Cai: “Ah Mei, let me tell him to wake up first.”

Ah Mei walks up to the top of the stairs following by the three guys right behind and San Cai was left at the foot of the stairs.

Ah Mei (stands at the top of the stairs and looks toward the bed): “Eh! Wake up! (no answer) Wake up!”

She walks over to Lei’s bed and sits down on a chair next to his bed.

Ah Mei (grabbing hold of his arm, starts shaking him): “Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”

Lei looks at her with eyes half closed.

Ah Mei: “Wake up!”

Lei (sleepily voice): “What do you want?”

Ah Mei: “I have something to say to you. Get up.”

Lei (closing his eyes): “If you have something to say, then just say it like this. I’m listening.”

Ah Mei: “Something so important, how can it be just say it like this? (She pulls him up to a sitting position.) Get up! Get up!”

Lei (sits up and looks at her): “Say it.”

Ah Mei (little nervous): “Ok, then I’m going to say it. You have to listen carefully. (She leans closer to look at him.) Are you awake?”

Lei: “Are you going to say it or not?”

Ah Mei (sitting back up straight): “Fine. I hate beating around the bush anyway. (The three guys look at each other and smile as if to say, “Yeah, right.”) Then I’ll be straight forward. I… have decided to be your girlfriend.”

Summary of MG2 Episode 27:

Ah Mei is sitting next to Lei's bed while Lei is sitting on his bed with his eyes half closed.

Ah Mei (sitting back up straight): “Fine. I hate beating around the bush anyway. (The three guys look at each other and smile as if to say, “Yeah, right.”) Then I’ll be straight forward. I… have decided to be your girlfriend.”

Guy A, who is standing at the top stairs, almost fell when he heard Ah Mei’s words. Da Da and Guy C is just standing there with a shock expression on their face while San Cai standing at the foot of the stairs, was slightly amused at what she heard. Lei, on the other hand, just lies back down on the bed with no reaction whatsoever.

Ah Mei (pushes him on his arm): “Hey, what kind of attitude is this? I, being your girlfriend, am giving you face! (She pulls Lei back up to a sitting position.) I’m telling you, I have many people chasing after me! Get up! (points to the three guys) If you don’t believe me, then ask them.”

The three guys look at each other and Guy C and Guy A both points to themselves as if saying, “Me?”

Guy A (stands next to Da Da and puts his arm on his shoulder, looking over at Lei): “Do you know how many people are after our Ah Mei?”

Guy C: “Moreover, our Da Da has liked her for a long time.”

Da Da: “Right. Ah Mei is the prettiest girl in our town. The most popular. The most daring girl! You are so…”

Ah Mei (turns her head and glares at Da Da): “What?”

Da Da (stammering under her glare and looks away): “So…”

Guy A: “So what?”

Da Da (finally spits out): “Lucky.”

Guy A (to Lei): “Right, your life is so lucky.”

Guy C: “Right, right. Our Da Da is not as lucky as you.”

San Cai is standing at the foot of the stairs very amused at the conversation above and smiling to herself the whole time.

Guy A: “Right, life is so lucky.”

Ah Mei (smiling widely, looks back at Lei): “Did you hear?”

Lei just sits there like a statue and doesn’t answer.

Ah Mei (pushes his shoulder, annoyed): “Did you hear?”

Lei (looks over at Ah Mei and smiles): “But I’m not interested in girls who have a lot of people chasing after her.”

Ah Mei suddenly gets up and walks over to the three guys standing near the top of the stairs.

Ah Mei (points to Da Da): “Wei. From now on, none of you can chase me. Whoever chases me will get beaten. Do you hear?”

No one answers her.

Ah Mei (pushes Da Da roughly): “Did you hear, you?”

Guy A (puts a hand out to stop Da Da from falling against him): “Fine.”

Ah Mei (walks back over to sit on the chair next to the bed, smiling): “Hey, it’s settled now. There’s no one chasing me now.”

Lei (looks over at Ah Mei): “I also don’t have interest in girls that have no one chasing after her.”

Ah Mei (the smile gone from her face): “Then what exactly are you interested in?”

Lei: “Sleeping.”

Ah Mei: “So you are rejecting me now?”

Lei looks over at her and fixes her collar.

Lei: “You really are very cute. Today is even cuter. (Ah Mei smiles widely.) But I really don’t have any interest in you.”

Ah Mei’s smile disappears from her face and Lei just lies back down on the bed and closes his eyes. Ah Mei sat there for a few seconds looking at him before getting up from the seat and walking over toward the stairs. The three guys stand aside and watch her walk down the stairs with a disappointed look on her face and follow her.

San Cai (at the foot of the stairs): “Ah Mei, Lei is actually…”

Ah Mei doesn’t listen and just continues to walk down the rest of the steps and toward the front door. Da Da suddenly turns at the bottom of the stairs and runs back up with the two other guys following.

Da Da (pulling Lei up to a sitting position): “Get up! Why do you have to bully Ah Mei?”

Lei (looks up at him): “Why don’t you hurry up and chase after her? (pause) Don’t you also like her?”

Da Da stood there thinking and Guy A pulls on his arm. The three of them quickly walk toward the stairs again.

Da Da (calling out): “Ah Mei!”

They race down the stairs and San Cai quickly steps aside to avoid being run over.

Da Da: “Ah Mei!”

After they ran out of the house, San Cai walks up the stairs and sits down on the chair next to the bed.

San Cai (shaking Lei’s arm): “Get up.”

Lei (looks at her and sighs): “Why are you here also? (pause) You want to be my girlfriend too? I’ll agree to it. But you have to be good.”

He closes his eyes and turns his head.

San Cai (hits him on his arm): “What are you talking about? Aren’t you worried about Ah Mei?”

Lei: “She’s fine.”

San Cai (leans over to Lei): “Do you feel that Ah Mei is very brave? (thinks and then smiles) Lei, how are you feeling right now?”

Lei (looks over at her with eyes half closed): “What do you mean?”

San Cai: “The feeling to be told the truth. (Lei looks away again.) Don’t you feel that Ah Mei is very cute? (sighs) Really envious of her courage. (looks back at Lei and shakes him again) Wake up already. You’ve been sleeping a long time. (no answer, so she shakes his arm) Lei. It’s really late now. (He continues to ignore her.) Pig. Then I’m going to make lunch.”

Lei just goes back to sleep and San Cai walks away.

Outside, Ah Mei is slowly walking down the road with her head down. The three guys are riding their bikes over to catch up with her.

Da Da (getting off his bike): “Ah Mei.”

No answer as she continues to walk.

Da Da: “Ah Mei.”

Ah Mei: “What time is it?”

Da Da (looks at the 2 guys): “What time is it now?”

Two Guys: “After 9 a.m. maybe.”

Da Da (to Ah Mei): “It’s after 9 a.m.”

She stops walking and looks at Da Da then turns to look at the 2 other guys behind her.

Ah Mei: “Then why aren’t you guys hurrying off to school? (She starts hitting Da Da.) How long are you going to be studying before you graduate?!?!?! (She goes over to Guy A’s bike and starts kicking it.) You pigs who don’t even know how to enjoy good fortune!! Stupid!! (Goes back over to kick Da Da’s bike.) Wretch!! (pushes Da Da roughly) Hurry up and go, you!!!

Guy A turns his bike around and Guy C gets onto the back. But Da Da is still standing there looking at Ah Mei.

Ah Mei (kicks his bike again): “Hurry up and go!!”

Da Da (turns his bike around and stands there): “Then I’m going to school now.”

Ah Mei: “Still not going?”

He gets on his bike and slowly rides away looking back at Ah Mei.

Ah Mei (shouting to his back): “Still looking?!?!?”

He rides further away and slowly stops and looks back again.

Ah Mei (shouting after him): “Hurry up and go!!!”

The other two guys have already peddled out of sight. At Ah Mei’s last shout, Da Da also quickly peddles away. After seeing that he is truly gone, Ah Mei turns around and slowly continues down the road with a sad and disappointed look on her face.

She heads off to the beach area and takes off her sandals and is angrily kicking the sand as she talks to herself.

Ah Mei (angrily): “What does that mean? Think highly of yourself because you are good looking?! Think highly of yourself because you can play the violin?”

At this moment, Lei is slowly walking along the sand too.

Ah Mei: “Hair is grown so long. Grown so tall. And wearing white. (Lei is slowly walking along and he hears noises. So he starts to slowly walk toward the sounds that he’s hearing.) Going out at night would definitely scare people to death! Even scarier than a ghost! Giving you a mouth is such a waste. Don’t even talk! Mute!! Don’t like me. You’re picking me. I’m picking you too! (kicks the sand) Weird. (Lei stands from afar and sees Ah Mei kicking the sand.) Reject me again. Try and reject me again! (He smiles and slowly begins to walk closer to her.) Think highly of yourself because you are good looking?! Think highly of yourself because you can play the violin?! Don’t say I’m cute again. Don’t talk to me again! If you say I’m cute again, I’ll make your head explode! (Lei is just a couple of steps behind her now.) Make your head explode! Don’t come close to me again!”

She looks behind her and jumps a little when she notices that Lei is standing right there. She looks at him for a few seconds and then angrily walks over to pick up her sandals. She shakes the sand off and hits one sandal against the tree trunk in her anger. Then she turns to walk pass Lei as if he’s not there.

Lei (speaks up as she walks by): “Narrow minded kid.”

Ah Mei (stops and looks at him): “Who’s a narrow minded kid?!”

Lei: “Can’t become someone’s girlfriend and then don’t want to talk to that person, that’s a most narrow minded kid.”

Ah Mei: “I am not! You are the one that is looking down on me first! Why should I speak to you again?”

Lei: “Did I say that I was looking down on you?”

Ah Mei: “You are!”

She moves past him and walks away. Lei doesn’t say anything and starts walking toward the sea. Ah Mei turns back and sees him walking away and calls out.

Ah Mei: “Wei!”

She walks back to him and stops in front of Lei.

Ah Mei: “If you have someone that you like and you don’t choose me, then I can accept that. You don’t have someone you like and you still don’t choose me, if that’s not looking down upon, then what is?”

Lei looks at her and smiles.

Lei: “Your expression is very cute.”

Ah Mei: “Don’t say I’m cute anymore. Say that I’m cute and don’t love me. (She looks away.) Hua xin. [Chinese characters used to imply guy/girl that is not faithful or have more than one girl/guy in one’s mind.] (She looks back at Lei.) Hua chi. [Chinese character for flower crazy.] Hua Ze Lei!”

Lei (laughs slightly): “Then you don’t love me either. But you still want to be my girlfriend. So you are also hua xin, hua chi, da hua lian.” [Chinese character used to imply dirty face.]

Ah Mei quickly starts wiping her face with her hand while Lei is quietly laughing on the side.

Ah Mei (looks at Lei): “Who says that I don’t love you?”

Lei: “Then give me three reasons on why you love me.”

Ah Mei: “Three? (thinking) Mmm… you said that I look very cute. Mmm, you don’t have a girlfriend. (looks down while thinking) Mmm, (picks up Lei’s hand) your hand is very pretty.”

Lei (amused): “That’s call love?”

Ah Mei (nods her head): “If not so, then what is?”

Lei: “That is like. Not love. (pause) Love must go through understanding.”

Ah Mei (thinks for a few seconds): “Don’t understand.”

She drops her sandals to the ground and puts them back on her feet. Then she kneels down and Lei kneels down next to her.

Lei (holds out his left hand to Ah Mei): “Look closer at my hand again.”

Ah Mei looks at Lei and then looks at Lei’s out stretched hand.

Ah Mei (after examining it for a few seconds): “You have a very good life!”

Lei (laughs and moves his fingers): “Look here.”

Ah Mei: “Lots of callus.”

Lei nods his head and Ah Mei looks at her own hands.

Lei: “So, now you know that my hands are not pretty at all.”

Ah Mei looks at him and then back at her own hands again.

Lei: “When I was young, I really love the sound of the violin. I was very curious as to why this weird shape box would have such a melodious sound. So that’s why I went to study violins. (pause, looking at his fingers) From the tip of my fingers, torn skin, bleeding, to calluses. This painful process has once made me want to give up. (pause) But the more and more that I realize the pain of studying the violin, the more I can’t find a way to leave it. (pause) Because I fell in love with it.”

The two of them knelt there on the sand looking at each other for a few seconds.

Lei: “Understand? (Ah Mei just looks at him.) You like me. I love violin.”

Ah Mei looks away and shakes her head.

Ah Mei: “I don’t understand. (pause) I don’t know if you are talking about violin… or talking about San Cai.”

Lei (smiles): “Of course it’s San Cai.”

He looks away and then stands up. Ah Mei slowly stands up and looks at Lei.

Ah Mei: “You like San Cai, right? (Lei looks away and doesn’t answer.) Because you like San Cai, so you are being friends with her. But you found out that the more you understand San Cai, the more you can’t leave her. So no matter where she goes, you would follow. (pause) Because… because you have fallen in love with San Cai, is that right?”

Lei doesn’t answer and just turns to face the sea.

Ah Mei: “If it’s because you fell in love with San Cai, so that’s why you don’t accept me... (pause) If it is thought of like that, then I would be a little bit happier.”

Lei still doesn’t say anything and walks a few steps forward. Ah Mei follows and keeps on looking at him.

Ah Mei: “San Cai caused you pain, right? (pause) You love San Cai, right? (no answer from Lei) Not frank and straight forward at all! Good thing I don’t really like you that much.”

Lei still doesn’t say anything and just stares straight out at the sea. Ah Mei follows his stare and looks from the sea to Lei.

Ah Mei (pointing out to the sea): “There’s no answer there. (points to his heart) The answer is here.”

Seeing that Lei is not going to answer her, Ah Mei leaves him standing there and walks away. After Ah Mei leaves, Lei stood there for a few more seconds before slowly walking down the beach moving closer to the water. He stood in front of the water with his arms crossed and stares out to the water for God knows how long.

Back at the Dao Ming mansion, Sha Ge is slowly walking into a room with the meteor ring in his hand. He stood there staring at the ring when Dao Ming Si walks in with a bottle of wine in his hand.

Dao Ming Si (holding up the wine): “Sha Ge. I have a good bottle of wine here.”

The two of them stands to the side with the bottle and two wine glasses.

Sha Ge (looks at the glass of wine after a toast with Dao Ming Si): “95 Year Spain ‘feng qing.’”

After swirling the wine, they both take a sip.

Sha Ge (after tasting): “This feeling is full of happiness. (looks at Dao Ming Si) Should we tell Ye Sha to come and let her have a taste of happiness?”

Dao Ming Si: “Sha Ge, this bottle of wine is opened for the two of us.”

Sha Ge (nods his head and puts down the glass of wine, Dao Ming Si also puts down his): “Right. If she came, then it will be finished within two, three glasses. Let us two handsome guys just enjoy this a bit.”

He holds up his wine glass and takes a sip.

Sha Ge: “Say it.”

Dao Ming Si is looking at his glass of wine before turning to look at Sha Ge.

Dao Ming Si: “I’ve regained my memories.”

Sha Ge was drinking his wine and he choked on it as he heard the words that Dao Ming Si just said.

Sha Ge (looks at Dao Ming Si, shocked): “You regained your memories?! Everything?”

Dao Ming Si puts down his glass of wine, turns around and slowly walks a couple of steps away.

Dao Ming Si: “From the day that I woke up in the hospital... I felt like I have slept for a long time. Suddenly, everything... seems like it happened yesterday. (pause) I remember everything. (pause) Including I love San Cai. (pause) I clearly understand... the one I love is San Cai.”

Sha Ge: “You can’t be like this! You can’t love Ye Sha in one minute...”

Dao Ming Si (interrupts loudly): “This is not something I can choose! (pause) I also want to only own one set of memories... doesn’t matter if it’s San Cai’s or Ye Sha’s. Why can’t I only possess one kind of memory? (pause) Why must God play such a joke on me? (looks over at Sha Ge) I also don’t know what to do! Because no matter what I do, I would still hurt the people that I love. (Sha Ge has a very pained expression on his face.) I also want to work hard at finding the feelings that I have for Ye Sha. (pause) I also want to love Ye Sha... but the more and more that I understand my own feelings, when I face the good that Ye Sha has for me... I would feel more and more responsible. How can I deceive Ye Sha?! (shouting) Sha Ge, you tell me! How can I deceive Ye Sha?!”

Sha Ge (yelling): “You can!! You can!! You should be lying to her!”

Dao Ming Si: “Sha Ge. Don’t you want Ye Sha to have some real happiness?”

Sha Ge (shaking his head): “She doesn’t have happiness... without you. (pause) Do you know... how much she sacrificed... in order to get you and San Cai together? (looks at Dao Ming Si) When I came back from Spain, (holds up the meteor ring) brought back this ring, your ring was stolen by someone, she was worried, scared, that this legend’s curse would fall on you, so she has been keeping this ring with herself all this time. The one that she obviously loves is you, but she still wants to return you to San Cai. She would rather you misunderstand her, would rather bear all the pain, hide in a corner all by herself, quietly crying... it’s all because she’s sick. (crying) She’s going to be dying soon!”

Dao Ming Si (confused): “What are you talking about?”

Sha Ge (crying with his back to Dao Ming Si, holds out three fingers): “3 months. Maybe half a year. (turns to look at Dao Ming Si) She could have merely used the remainder of her life to make a deal of a 3 month’s stake with your mom to let San Cai be by your side. So that you can regain your memories and get back together with her. Then would she feel at ease to face death all by herself. (Dao Ming Si is listening to all this in stunned silence.) She sacrificed so much, it’s all for you! Do you know?! (Dao Ming Si looks over at Sha Ge briefly before looking down.) Until that day when she rescued you out of the swimming pool, that’s when she completely broke down. Totally broke down. God can deprive her of her life but there was no way to deprive her of her love for you! (pause) It wasn’t easy for her to finally decide to love you unconditionally. (pause, walking around restlessly) Ah Sing, I beg you. (looks at Dao Ming Si) I beg you. (points to himself) I’m very selfish. I don’t have that much good intentions. I’m sorry to you and San Cai. But I beg you. (pause, Dao Ming Si looks away to the side) I beg you to continue to love Ye Sha, ok? (pause) Ah Sing, promise me.”

Dao Ming Si turns and walks away without saying a word.

Sha Ge (calling after him): “Ah Sing. (no answer, shouts) AH SING!”

Dao Ming Si didn’t answer and Sha Ge is left standing there all by himself.

Ye Sha is in her studio, sitting on top of the ladder and painting on the big canvas. When she hears Dao Ming Si coming into the room, she quickly covers what she was painting and gets off the ladder. In her haste, she drops some paintbrush on the floor.

Ye Sha (smiling, picking up the stuff she dropped): “My stomach is so hungry! It must be that I was too absorbed in what I was doing and forgot to eat something.”

Dao Ming Si has already walked over to stand in front her.

Ye Sha (gets up and walks up to him): “Do you want to go eat something?”

Suddenly she starts to drop to her knees on the floor with a groan, but Dao Ming Si quickly reaches out his hand and breaks her fall. She uses Dao Ming Si as a support to pull herself up to a standing position again.

Ye Sha (looks at Dao Ming Si with a forced smile): “I’m ok. (She stands up straight and puts on a brave expression.) Must have sat for too long before. (takes a deep breath and tries to let go of Dao Ming Si’s hand for support, and smiles at him) Let’s go.”

But as she tries to move forward, her legs suddenly fell out from beneath her again and she falls against Dao Ming Si, groaning in pain. Dao Ming Si tries to pull her up to a standing position.

Ye Sha (groaning in pain and can’t stand up due to her pain): “It hurts!”

Dao Ming Si (concerned): “How are you?”

Ye Sha (grabs onto Dao Ming Si’s shoulder): “It hurts.”

Dao Ming Si puts his arms under her legs and lifts her up in his arms.

Ye Sha: “Pain killers…”

She hides her head on Dao Ming Si’s chest in pain and he quickly carries her away from the studio.

Dao Ming Si brings her back to her room and gently lays her down on the bed. Ye Sha has her hand around her stomach and is scrunched up in pain.

Dao Ming Si: “Ye Sha, where’s the medicine?”

Ye Sha (forces out in pain): “In the drawer.”

Dao Ming Si quickly walks over to where all the little plastic drawers are on top of a table. He frantically pulls each drawer out to search for the medicine that Ye Sha needs. Finally he picks up a large pill box and stared at it for a long time while Ye Sha is groaning in pain on the bed. When the sound of her pain reaches through to him, he quickly runs back to the bed with the medicine and gives it to her.

Afterwards, Dao Ming Si is sitting on the floor leaning against the bed, while Ye Sha is gently playing with his hair.

Dao Ming Si (quietly): “Didn’t we say that you won’t hide anything from me again? (pause) Why didn’t you tell me?”

Ye Sha: “Sorry.”

Dao Ming Si: “I’ll bring you to find the best doctor there is.”

Ye Sha (smiles at the back on his head): “You are the best doctor. (pause) I don’t want a sick room. I don’t want to be stuck with all the tubes. I only want, with the remainder of my life, to love you.”

Scenes of the past: When Dao Ming Si just got out of the hospital in Barcelona and is wondering all by himself on the streets. Ye Sha caught up with him and followed him around. She hands him the loaf of bread that she bought at the bakery shop... Ye Sha teaching Dao Ming Si how to tie shoelaces... Ye Sha stabbing Zhong Ze in the back with the knife when they were being held captive by him...

Ye Sha (puts a hand on his shoulder): “Do you think I’m selfish? A person who doesn’t have a chance, but is still hanging onto you. And then run away forever, without anything.”

Dao Ming Si reaches out and holds onto her hand that is resting on his shoulder.

Dao Ming Si (softly): “Memories.”

Ye Sha: “What?”

Dao Ming Si: “The memories that you leave me with. No one can take that away, no? Ye Sha, (He’s struggling to control his emotions.) when are we going to travel around the world?”

Ye Sha smiles and wraps her arms around him with her chin resting on his shoulder.

Ye Sha: “You must not know how happy I am. I am no longer willing to return you to San Cai.”

With his face full of tormenting emotions, Dao Ming Si closes his eyes and rests his face next to Ye Sha’s face and kisses their clasped hands. Meanwhile, Sha Ge is standing outside the door and looking in at the two of them together.

Sha Ge (quietly, speaking to no one particular): “Ah Sing, thank you.”

He closes the door and slowly turns and walks down the hall.

Later, Dao Ming Si comes out of her room and slowly closes the door. He slowly walks away with his head down, deep in thought. He walks outside to the porch area and remembers the words that Ye Sha spoke to him about. Ye Sha: “I don’t want a sick room. I don’t want to be stuck with all the tubes. (Dao Ming Si is leaning against a wall and looking up at the sky.) I only want, with the remainder of my life, to love you.”

Next morning at the ice shop, Ah Mei is serving customers.

Customer: “More ai yu please.”

Ah Mei (making the ice for the customer, looks at him): “Then why didn’t you ask for ai yu ice?”

She goes back to making the ice.

Ah Mei (speaking to herself): “Why are there so many people eating ice today? Da Da is not here. (hands the customer the bowl of ice) Here. (turns her head to call for her brother) Ah De.”

She picks up a bowl to make another ice for another customer.

Ah Mei: “Ah De!”

Ah De is in his room sitting on the bed and looking at a small square box in his hands. He looks at it for a while and then puts the cover back on the box. Looking over at a huge piggy bank on the dresser, he puts the box down and picks up the piggy bank. He starts shaking it as if to take the money out.

Ah Mei’s voice: “Ah De! If you still don’t come out now, just want and you see!”

Ah De puts down the piggy bank and picking up the square box in his hands, walks out of his room.

Downstairs at the shop, Ah De and Ah Mei are working side by side. Ah De makes a bowl of ice and brings it over to a customer at the table.

Ah De (putting the bowl on the table): “Here. Your ice.”

Ah Mei (picks up a container in her hands): “I’m going to get more xian cao.”

Ah De: “Fine. Ok.”

Ah Mei walks toward the back of the shop to the kitchen area. As soon as she leaves, Ah De takes two plastic bowls and walks over to two customers sitting at a table.

Ah De (to the customer): “Excuse me. Sorry, we have to close early today. Can I trouble you to please take the ice home and eat it?”

Customer: “But I haven’t finished eating yet.”

Ah De: “How about this then. Your ice today, I’ll treat you to it. You guys don’t have to pay any money.”

Customer: “Can’t do. I want to finish it here. I don’t want to go.”

Ah De: “Please, please. Ok? (picks up the bowl of ice that the customer was eating and pours it into the plastic bowl) How about if I add more stuff in the ice for you?”

Customer: “How can you be like this?”

Ah De: “What would you like to add?”

He picks up the other customer’s bowl of ice and pours it into another plastic bowl.

Customer: “How can you sell ice like this?”

Ah De: “Because we really have something very important to do today. Thank you, thank you. (He picks up the bowl of ice and grabs the customer’s hand.) Come, come, come. Just tell me what you would like to add. (The two customers gets up from their seat and follows Ah De.) I’ll add it for you. Come.”

A few minutes later, Ah Mei comes out from the back of the kitchen and looking around, notices that all the customers are gone.

Ah Mei: “EH? It was so busy before and now there’s not even one customer?”

Ah De: “They finished eating their ice, so they left.”

Ah Mei: “It’s because you are too ferocious looking, so you scare all the customers away.”

Ah De: “I’m too ferocious looking? Your face is a couple hundred times more ferocious looking then me, ok?”

Ah Mei: “The problem is that when I’m ferocious, I look good. When you are ferocious, it doesn’t look good!”

Ah De: “When I’m ferocious I don’t look good?!”

At this moment, Lei shows up outside of the shop.

Lei: “Eh, looks like your business is not too good today.”

Ah De (looks at Lei): “Yah, not so good.”

Lei: “That’s good then. San Cai is inviting you guys over for dinner.”

Ah De (pretends to look surprise): “Really? That’s great! (rubs his stomach) I was just feeling hungry.”

Ah Mei (was ignoring the two of them): “I have to earn money. I don’t have time.”

Lei (thinks for a few seconds): “Then fine. (looks at Ah De) Ah De, then let’s go.”

Ah De: “Ok. (to Ah Mei) Um, I’m going to dinner now.”

He starts to walk away and Ah Mei suddenly calls out.

Ah Mei: “EH! What are you guys going to eat?”

Ah De, Ah Mei and Lei are walking up the small road to the wooden hut. Ah Mei is walking in front while Ah De and Lei are walking behind and whispering quietly to themselves.

Ah Mei (turns around): “What are you guys talking about?”

Ah De: “Nothing. Watch where you’re going or else you’ll trip again.”

Ah Mei (keeps walking and turns around again): “What are we eating today?”

Ah De: “Lots of good stuff to eat.”

They reach the wooden hut and Ah Mei calls out through the screen door.

Ah Mei: “San Cai!”

When there was no answer, she opens the screen door and looks around at Lei.

Ah Mei: “Where’s San Cai?”

Ah De: “I don’t know.”

Ah Mei (walking through the door): “San Cai!”

She continues to walk into the house, but since all the lights are turned off, she walks around cautiously in the dark. Ah De and Lei just follows behind her. Ah Mei walks into the living room and stops in her tracks.

Ah Mei: “No electricity?”

She looks back at Lei and Lei just shrugs his shoulders.

Ah Mei: “Why aren’t the lights turned on?”

Ah De: “Don’t know.”

Ah Mei looks over to a small coffee table and notices lots of candles lit up.

Ah Mei: “Why did you light up so many candles for?”

At this moment, the light turns on and San Cai and the 3 guys that always go to the ice shop, comes out cheering and throwing graffiti around. The whole living room is decorated very nicely and Ah Mei just stands there in surprise. Ah De gently pushes her to stand in front of the small coffee table where the cake is placed. Then everybody started singing “Happy Birthday” to Ah Mei.

Guys (after the song): “Make a wish! Make a wish!”

Ah Mei (with her hands clasped in front of her): “Um, I wish... I wish that there is someone to take care of the ice shop with me. And then... I wish... all the guys in the world to return to where they belong.”

Guy C (points at Da Da): “You.”

The two guys and San Cai gave a soft laugh.

Ah Mei: “And then, I wish... this one is a secret.”

She finishes making her last wish in silence.

Ah De: “Ok, blow the candles.”

San Cai: “Blow the candles.”

Ah Mei tries to blow the dozens of candles on the cake and can’t seem to blow them out.

San Cai (to everybody): “Help blow them.”

Ah De and San Cai help Ah Mei blow out the candles and everybody claps and cheers.

Ah De (holds out a small square box): “Ah Mei. Happy Birthday! This is your birthday present.”

Ah Mei just looks at it and didn’t make any moves to take it.

San Cai (urges her along): “Hurry up and open it and see!”

Ah Mei takes the box and opens it up to find a meteor star ring inside. San Cai looks at the ring inside the box and has a startled look on her face as she recognizes it.

Ah Mei: “Where did it come from?”

Everybody is looking at Ah De.

Ah De: “I bought it, of course.”

Ah Mei: “You’re lying. Where would you have the money to buy this?”

Ah De: “I really did buy it. How about if I swear, ok?”

Ah Mei: “The promises that you make, 9 out of 10 times it’s a lie. (Ah De looks away in annoyance.) Why don’t you tell me where you bought it from. When did you buy it. How much money did you spend on buying it.

Ah De (looks back at Ah Mei, irritated): “Why is it that whatever I say you don’t believe me?”

He pushes aside Da Da and one of the guys to stand by the window with both his hands at his waist. Ah Mei just looks at the ring in her hand.

Ah De (turns around in angry and speaks to Ah Mei’s back): “Am I such a useless person in your heart?”

Ah Mei (turns around and walks over to Ah De): “Then say it. (Ah De turns to look at the side.) Where did you buy it?”

Ah De turns to look at Ah Mei in disbelief, then crosses his arms and looks away, totally annoyed. Ah Mei walks back to the coffee table and puts the box with the ring down in anger.

San Cai (to Ah Mei): “This ring is really bought by Ah De. I can testify for it.”

Ah De turns his head quickly to look at San Cai.

San Cai (looks over at Ah De): “Because I’m the one that accompanied him to buy it.”

Ah Mei turns her head to look at San Cai and San Cai looks back and smiles slightly at her. In the background, Ah De uncrosses his arms and looks away.

San Cai (pulls on Ah Mei’s hand): “Ah Mei, it doesn’t matter what Ah De did in the past, made you feel how unhappy. But have you ever thought (Lei walks over to Ah De and pats him on his shoulder.) that in this world who is the one that would always remember your birthday. Who is the one that thinks of all the ways for you to have a happy birthday. (Ah Mei turns her head slightly to look at Ah De in back of her.) And also, who is the one that even if you misunderstands him, he would still give you a birthday present. Do you know? I’m really envious that you have a brother who loves you so dearly.”

Ah Mei (looks at San Cai): “When does he love me dearly? (looks away with her head down) Without even saying anything, he left the ice shop for me. (pause) Every night I would have a nightmare. If not seeing him killed, chopped, then it’s seeing him arrested. (San Cai looks over at Ah De and Ah Mei looks up at San Cai.) When my mom left, she didn’t leave anything for me. Just left for me, him - this burden.”

Ah De turns around to face the window again. San Cai raises her hand and puts her hand on Ah Mei’s arm.

Ah Mei: “I don’t need him to take care of me. (pause, looking down) But at least he should take care of himself. (pause) All I want is for him to not steal, not rob. Be a good person.”

Everybody stood there in silence when Ah De suddenly turns from the window and grabs the ring in his hand and opens the window as though to throw it out.

Ah Mei (grabbing hold of his arm): “What are you doing?! (takes the ring back from him) This is my ring!”

She takes it back and holds on to it. Ah De makes a move to grab it again, but Lei puts out his hand and stops him, while San Cai quickly takes the ring and puts it on Ah Mei’s finger. Ah Mei stood there and looks at the ring on her finger for a while before looking over at Ah De.

Ah Mei (staring back at her ring): “Actually, wearing this ring on my chicken style fingers... (turns to San Cai) looks pretty good.”

San Cai smiles and Ah De puts his arm on Ah Mei’s shoulder.

Later, out on the porch of the wooden hut, Ah De is sitting down and resting all by himself. San Cai comes out and walks over to him.

Ah De (stands up to face San Cai when he sees her, smiling): “San Cai, thank you.”

San Cai (smiling): “You don’t have to thank me. (with a serious look and the smile gone from her face) But, can you tell me the truth?”

Ah De (smile disappears): “I always thought that you look at me as a friend so that’s why you spoke up for me. (pause) So even you think that I’m a thief too.”

San Cai: “I didn’t. (pause) But this ring used to be mine.”

Ah De (sarcastic tone): “It was yours? (San Cai nods her head.) Oh, I understand now. You are saying that I stole your wallet and stole your ring. (San Cai holds her head down.) Don’t forget that you accused me once before. Can you stop blaming it on me? If you want to blame it on me, then please take out some evidence.”

He turns and starts to walk away.

San Cai (calling out after him): “Because this ring can’t be bought in any place in Taiwan. (Ah De stops and turns around to look at San Cai.) It’s from Barcelona. I have a friend who brought it back from Barcelona to Taiwan. In the end, inside an old house, a thief broke in and stole it away.”

Ah De stares at San Cai with a stunned look on his face. He slowly looks away and shakes his head.

Ah De (in shock): “It can’t be. (shaking his head) How can there be such a coincidence in this world? (still shaking his head) It can’t be.”

San Cai walks over to stand in front of Ah De.

San Cai: “Ah De, I won’t tell. For Ah Mei, I won’t say anything. I just want to determine that it is my ring. (pause) Because, to me, this ring is really very important. It made me lose the person that I love. Changed my destiny. And it pushed me to a bottomless pit. Because of this ring, that’s why I’m hiding here, trying to forget everything in the past. But in the end, God still made me meet up with it again.”

Ah De turns to look at San Cai.

San Cai: “Ah De, is that my ring?”

He turns away and brushes his face with both his hands.

San Cai: “Ah De...”

She continues to look at him, but he doesn’t answer her question. Meanwhile, Lei is standing next to the screen door and heard the whole conversation. Then he turns and goes back inside the house.

Ah De: “San Cai, sorry.”

San Cai just gives him a small smile before looking away.

At this moment, Ah Mei opens the screen door and comes outside.

Ah Mei (with a hand to her head): “Ah De.”

She appears to be drunk as she wobbles around on her unsteady feet. Lei is coming out right behind her and trying to steady her.

Ah Mei: “Ah De, head is very dizzy.”

Lei: “I think I better take you guys home.”

San Cai and Ah De starts to walk over to Ah Mei and Lei.

Ah Mei: “No need.”

Ah De (to Ah Mei): “Why did you drink so much?”

Ah Mei (one hand to her head and the other pushes Ah De’s head): “Head hurts! What are you talking about on the side anyway?”

San Cai (reaches out her hand to Ah Mei): “Ah Mei, are you ok?”

Ah Mei: “Weird! (pushes Ah De) San Cai is my friend and not your friend. What are you talking about?”

San Cai: “Ok. Understand.”

Ah Mei (to San Cai): “Don’t talk to him.”

San Cai: “Ok. I understand.”

Ah Mei: “He would make you turn bad too. (holds a hand to her head) Head hurts so much.”

Ah De (tries to steady the wobbling Ah Mei): “Are you ok? You shouldn’t have drank so much.”

Ah Mei: “I want to go back.”

San Cai: “Lei, you should take them home.”

Lei: “Right.”

Ah Mei (waves her hand): “No. No need to take. We’ll go back by ourselves.”

Ah De (to Lei): “It’s ok.”

Ah Mei: “Ah De, kneel down. (pushes him away) If you don’t kneel down, how can I leave?”

San Cai: “Ok, ok.”

Ah De starts to bend and San Cai goes over to help Ah Mei.

Ah Mei: “My head is dizzy, how can I leave? I’m so tired. How can I leave?”

Ah De: “I know. I know.”

San Cai: “Ok, ok.”

Ah Mei (to San Cai): “Eh, your wine tastes very good.”

San Cai (smiles): “Come again next time.”

Ah Mei starts to climb onto Ah De’s back with San Cai’s help.

San Cai: “Be careful. Ah De, stand steady.”

Ah De slowly stands up with Ah Mei on his back.

Ah Mei: “Stand steady, stand steady. (to Lei) Goodbye.”

Ah De (turns to Lei): “Thank you.”

Ah Mei (to San Cai): “Good bye.”

Ah De (to San Cai): “Thank you.”

San Cai: “Be careful!”

Ah De starts to walk down the small road from the wooden hut.

Ah Mei (pushes Ah De’s head): “San Cai told you to be careful.”

Lei and San Cai stood at the porch and watch as the both of them leave.

San Cai (thinks to herself as she stood there): “After a whole summer, the meteor star ring has appeared in front of my eyes again. But it seems that it is destined to never be mine. (pause) Anyway, Dao Ming Si’s and my story has ended. The meteor star ring now, to Ah Mei, has a meaning that nothing can replace. But this ominous legend, what can be done?”

Ah Mei and Ah De’s images are moving further and further away, so Lei and San Cai turns around and goes back into the house.

Next day, Ye Sha is sitting on her bed and drawing a picture of Dao Ming Si’s back as he stood there staring out of the window. Suddenly, Sha Ge runs into the room in a rush.

Sha Ge (out of breath): “Quick! Quick! I’m going to faint soon. (breathing very hard) I’m really going to faint.”

He stood there as he tries to catch his breath. Ye Sha just keeps on looking at him from the bed and Dao Ming Si still hasn’t moved from the window at all.

Sha Ge (looking at Ye Sha): “There is very good news! (Dao Ming Si slowly starts to turn from the window.) I feel that it is a very, very, very good news. The hospital said... (He slowly starts to walk over to the bed where Ye Sha is.) they have found the bone marrow.”

Ye Sha sits up straighter on the bed at this news and Sha Ge sits down next to her and holds onto her hand.

Ye Sha (very happy): “Really?”

Sha Ge nods his head and they both turn to look at Dao Ming Si who is still standing by the window. Dao Ming Si just looks back at them with no expression on his face at all.

At the hospital, Dao Ming Si and Ye Sha are sitting in the doctor’s office with the doctor.

Doctor: “The similarity of the donated bone marrow is very high. (Dao Ming Si is sitting there holding onto Ye Sha’s hand tightly with both his hands.) But the precise match of the operation must be sent to Hong Kong to be checked. The fastest is one week, the slowest is one month, then we will have the results. You can go home with ease and wait for the news.”

Dao Ming Si: “Then during this time, is there anything we can do?”

Doctor: “Like always, just be normal. Eat the medicine on time. Work and rest accordingly. The most important is to always maintain a relaxing mood and wait for our good news.”

Ye Sha smiles and Dao Ming Si nods his head at the doctor. Just then a nurse knocks on the door for the doctor.

Nurse: “Sorry, doctor.”

Doctor (stands up with a file in his hand): “You guys sit for a bit. I have something to do.”

The doctor walks toward the door where the nurse is.

Nurse: “We are prepared for the operation.”

After the doctor leaves, Dao Ming Si turns to Ye Sha.

Dao Ming Si: “What is it? Tired?”

Ye Sha (smiles and nods her head): “At first, I have already decided to live for only 3 months. But I would miss you. Now, I want to live 3 more years... 30 years... for Ah Sing, live 300 years.”

Ye Sha closes her eyes and smiles. Then looks at Dao Ming Si and smiles again.

Ah De is opening up the ice shop when he noticed a police car parked out front of the shop. A policeman walks up to the where Ah De is standing and Ah De quickly turns around to walk into the shop.

Police 1 (calls out): “Mr. Qiu.”

Another policeman walks behind the first one.

Police 2: “Qiu Zhen De. Come with us back to the station for a bit.”

Ah Mei (walks over from the back): “Why does he have to go with you? (stopping in front of the policeman) He was sleeping at home all this time, is that illegal?”

Police 2: “There are a couple of cases that seems to be related with Qiu Zhen De. We must bring him back to investigate. (to Ah De) Go. (to the other policeman) Let’s go.”

The two policeman starts to lead Ah De out of the shop.

Ah Mei: “Wait a minute. (stands in front of Ah De) Didn’t you promise? (loudly) Say something!”

Ah De: “I really did decide already.”

Police 2: “Ok, ok. If there is anything to say, say it when we get back to the station. (to the other police) Go. Let’s go.”

The two policemen lead Ah De out of the shop.

Ah De (looks back at Ah Mei): “Ah Mei...”

Ah De is lead to the police car and was escorted in by the policeman. At this time, Da Da is coming to the shop and sees Ah De getting into the police car. He walks over to Ah Mei while Ah Mei is still standing by the door way not moving at all.

Da Da: “Ah Mei. Why is Ah De getting into the police car?”

Ah Mei: “None of your business. Go to school.”

Da Da walks outside and looks at the police car again. He looks back at Ah Mei and points to the car.

Da Da: “But the car is leaving.”

Ah Mei (looks up at him): “Told you to go to school!”

Da Da stood there and looks from the car to Ah Mei and back again.

Ah Mei: “Hurry up and go!!”

Da Da looks at Ah Mei one more time before walking away. Ah Mei stood there for a few more seconds before slowly raising her hands and takes off the ring on her hand. She holds it in her palms and continues to stare at it.