Summary of MG2 Episode 16: 

Dao Ming Si is inside his apartment all by himself.  He’s sitting on the sofa with the tin box that San Cai left behind on the table in front of him.  He slowly opens up the box and takes out the first item that was on top.  He picks up the red tag and stares at it for a long time.  Then he drops it on the table and takes out the picture frame that has framed the birthday cracker.  He stared at that for some time before putting it down also.  The next item in the box was a pair of white canvas sneakers – the ones that Dao Ming Si cut a hole at the toe of the shoe in order to fit his feet into back in MG1.  He looked at that for a few seconds before putting it down.  Then Dao Ming Si picks up the meteor necklace that he gave to San Cai.  He was staring so intensely at it that the hand he was holding the necklace with, started shaking.  Suddenly, he threw the necklace back inside the box and scrambled to put the cover on top of the tin box again.  After he covered it up, he sat there thinking and then his head started hurting him again.

A little later, Dao Ming Si is sitting aside with the phone in his hands.  He sighed deeply and then started dialing a number.

Dao Ming Si: “Grandma, I am…  (pause)  Right.  (pause)  I… I want to say I’m sorry to you because I can’t help you look after your house in Taiwan anymore.  (pause)  Right.  But don’t you worry, I will give the keys over to that Auntie.  (pause)  Yes, sorry.  Then when you are coming back to Taiwan with Grandpa, you have to remember to get in contact with me.  Ok, good.  Ok, I understand.  Ok, then that’s it.  Good, bye bye.”

Dao Ming Si hangs up the phone and then dials another number.

Dao Ming Si: “Hello, Mei Zuo.  It’s me.”

Next morning, Xi Men is in a room with his assistant, a client and the client’s assistant.  The client is looking at a contract and nodding his head as he is looking at it.  The client then slides the contract across the table to his assistant for him to put a stamp of approval on it.

Client (turns to speak to Xi Men): “I think this contract doesn’t have any problems at all.  We’ll agree to this collaboration to work together between us.”

Xi Men: “Thank you Mr. Lin.  I believe this collaboration will bring a great deal of interest and benefit to both of our companies.”

The client’s assistant hands the stamped contract over the table to Xi Men’s assistant.

Client: “Xi Men, the plan this time – I am very surprised over your ability.  You really did a great job at it this time.  I believe that your father must be very proud of you.  (laughs slightly)  It’s definitely, like father, like son.  You are really worthy of Xi Men Enterprise’s second generation smarties.  I think, Xi Men President, could actually retire early.”

Xi Men: “You are over praising.  I, the younger generation, still have a lot to learn from my father.”

They all get up from their seat and Xi Men shakes hands with the client.

Xi Men: “Thank you Mr. Lin.”

After the meeting, Xi Men and his assistant are walking out of the building.

Assistant (walking beside Xi Men): “Manager, the car will be here right away.”

Xi Men nods his head and stands there waiting.  His assistant suddenly turns to the back and starts wiping his tears.  Xi Men turns to look at him.

Xi Men: “What’s wrong?”

Assistant (turns to face Xi Men): “Manager, we… we finally did it.”

The assistant starts crying again and Xi Men looks at him smiling.

Xi Men: “Xu Xiao Yeng.”

Assistant (wiping his tears again): “Yes, Manager.”

Xi Men: “Thank you.”

Assistant: “Thank you manager.”

Just then Xi Men’s cell phone starts ringing.  Xi Men reaches inside his jacket to get the phone.

Xi Men: “Hello, Mei Zuo.  (pause)  Ah Si is looking for us?  (pause)  Ok.  Ok I know.  Ok, bye bye.”

Next scene Xi Men and Mei Zuo are both looking around Dao Ming Si’s apartment.  Mei Zuo picks up a coconut lantern that was cut with a big smile and laughs at it.  Xi Men seeing the lantern starts laughing too.  Lei is standing all by himself out on the balcony area when Xi Men and Mei Zuo walks out to join him.  While F3 was outside by the balcony area, Dao Ming Si was inside the kitchen, frying eggs.  He was frying 3 eggs in the same pan all at once.  Afterwards, he brings the 3 plates outside to the table that is set on the balcony area.  Mei Zuo and Xi Men was sitting down by the table and Lei was standing with his back facing the table, looking out at the scenery.  Dao Ming Si sets a plate in front of Mei Zuo and then sets another in front of Xi Men.

Dao Ming Si (to Xi Men): “So you are saying that we’ve known each other for more than 20 years but you have never tasted the eggs that I’ve fried?”

Lei turns around quickly when he hears Dao Ming Si’s voice and slowly walks over to the table and sits down.

Dao Ming Si (sitting down): “Sorry, this should be breakfast and not something you eat in the afternoon.  But I…”

Mei Zuo (interrupting him): “Who said?  This is F4’s afternoon lunch.”

Mei Zuo then picks up his fork and tastes a bite.

Mei Zuo (chewing): “Not bad.  Very good.”

Xi Men: “Really?  Lei, then let’s give Ah Si’s cooking a try.”

Xi Men puts a piece of egg inside his mouth and chewed very slowly.

Dao Ming Si (looking at Xi Men): “Did I forget to add salt?”

Xi Men (laughs slightly): “Actually I would have thought that you would not be able to tell the difference salt and sugar in this life.”

Dao Ming Si: “Huh?  Did I put sugar in it?”

Lei (smiling, shakes his head): “No.  It tastes just right.  It’s just that in our heart, all the five tastes are there.”  [Means that they feel very happy that they are able to taste Dao Ming Si’s cooking.]

Xi Men: “I can’t believe that I’m able to eat the cooking that Ah Si made with his own hands.  Thank you for serving us.”

Dao Ming Si: “It wasn’t anything.  I should be the one to say thank you.  (pause)  Thank you all for being willing to come into my life.  (pause)  Doesn’t matter what happened in the past, I am me.  It won’t change.  So, don’t know if you guys are willing to accept the present me – be friends with me all over again.

Lei: “It doesn’t matter what you change to.  You are still our good brother.”

Xi Men: “That’s right.”

Mei Zuo: “I have a small request.  (smiling)  I really miss your old saying.  Can you say it one more time?”

Dao Ming Si (with a blank face): “Old saying?  What old saying?”

F3 together: “Did I ask for your opinion?”

F3 laughs.

Dao Ming Si: “Huh?  That’s it?”

Xi Men: “Each time that you didn’t want to apologize, you would say that phrase.”

Dao Ming Si (small laugh): “I would say something like that?”

Lei (smiling): “So, very childish right?”

Dao Ming Si: “It’s very childish.”

Mei Zuo: “Truthfully speaking, I really like the present Ah Si but I really miss the Ah Si that refuses to ever apologize too.”

Xi Men (looking at Mei Zuo): “Don’t be crazy.  Little rabbits are always easier to handle than dinosaurs.”

Dao Ming Si (looks up): “Did I ask for you opinion?”

Everybody started laughing at that.  Then they all opened up their drinks and had a cheers. 

At night, Qing He walked into a restaurant and is looking around for someone.  Mimi, sitting at one of the tables, sees him and gets up to call out to him.

Mimi (waving): “Qing He Senior.”

Qing He waves back and goes over to the table.  They ordered some food and is eating.

Qing He: “So you have to remember the following important points and you would have a good time at Ying De University.”

Mimi (nods her head): “Yes, please advise Qing He senior.”

Qing He: “First, you have to study diligently.  If there’s anything that you don’t understand, you can come ask me.  If I don’t even know it, then I can take it to San Cai and ask her.  San Cai is so smart.  She can definitely help you solve many difficult/hard problems.”

Mimi: “Qing He Senior, you really are taking good care of me.  You thought of everything for me.”

Qing He (eating and thinking): “Second, your body must be in very good shape.  Even though, I, Senior, would help you whenever I can, but there are lots of times that you can meet up with some unreasonable students.  So you should know when to get away from them and start running really fast.  San Cai is very good at it, so you can go ask her to exercise with you and help you get into shape.”

Mimi: “In order to hide away, so that’s why there’s a need for a good health.  Qing He Senior, what you said is so right!”

Qing He: “Third… um… third.  I can’t think of any now.  I’ll ask San Cai if there is anything that is missing and will let you know.”

Mimi: “I am so lucky to be able to meet Qing He Senior.”

Qing He (embarrassed): “Aiyo, it’s really nothing.  Don’t worry.  I and San Cai will take good care of you.”

Mimi: “Qing He Senior kept on talking about San Cai Senior.  Can it be that you… have a crush on San Cai Senior?”

Qing He (chewing): “I don’t have a crush on her.  If it wasn’t because of her boyfriend…”

Mimi (excited): “It is F4’s very handsome, very rich, very powerful leader, Dao Ming Si!  (recognizing her own outburst)  Oh, sorry, I like talking about nonsense.  Qing He Senior, please don’t mind me.”

Qing He: “I don’t mind.  Everybody says that he and San Cai are so good together.”

Mimi: “Qing He Senior is such a good person, you must have a girlfriend.”

Qing He (boasting): “Aiyo, there are lots of girls that are after me but I don’t like any of them.”

Mimi: “Then… what type of girls does Qing He Senior like?  Maybe… maybe I can keep an eye out for Senior.”

Qing He (thinking): “What type?”

Mimi: “I think she must possess an optimistic, kindhearted, positive, always forging ahead spirit.  And she’s not the kind of girl that would easily have any social contact with guys.  Am I right?”

Qing He: “That should be it.”

Mimi: “Is there anything else?”

Qing He (thinking): “And…”

Mimi quickly puts down her fork.

Mimi: “Qing He Senior, hold on just a minute.”

Then Mimi reaches inside her bag and pulls out a little organizer.  Qing He looks at her in surprise.

Qing He (eyes wide): “What are you doing?  You’re writing it down?!”

Mimi: “Yes.  (pause)  I’m afraid senior, you might be speaking too fast so…  (she takes out a small voice recorder)  I think we better record it down instead.”

Qing He: “Do we really need to be that serious?”

Mimi: “Of course.  In order to repay Qing He Senior’s help to me, I have to be extremely serious.  (she hands him the recorder)  Please start.”

Qing He (taking the recorder): “She should have a justice nature.”

Mimi: “Justice nature?”

Qing He (nodding his head, continuing): “Treats friends better than she treats herself.  Is more kind to poor people than rich people.”

Mimi: “Exactly.”

Qing He: “When faced with a problem, she will not back away from it.  The bigger the problem, the bigger her ambition.  That’s the kind.”  (Qing He is smiling very widely after saying this.)

Mimi: “Really?  (pause)  Oh, what I mean is that Qing He Senior’s foresight is very good.”

At this Qing He starts grinning crazily and as he has this dreamy look on his face, images of San Cai working at the pastry shop, working at the little restaurant at the fishing village floats into his mind.

Qing He (very, very happy look): “Also, she’s very diligent, not afraid to work hard, works everyday, and never complains that she’s tired.”

Mimi (looking up from her writing): “Work?  (pause)  Have to work?”

Qing He: “Eh…  No, not that.  I mean working can help build up the work ethic.”

Mimi: “Oh…  Ok.  Then I’ll start working tomorrow.”

Qing He (with a confused look): “Huh?”

Mimi: “Oh, I meant that every word that Qing He Senior said, I’ve written it all down.  Then… Qing He Senior, where are we going after this?”

Qing He is driving Mimi back to her home in his car.  When they get there, Qing He stops the car.

Qing He (looking at Mimi): “Is it here?”

Mimi (nods her head): “Qing He Senior, thank you very much for bringing me back today.  Drive carefully.”

Qing He: “Then we’ll see each other when school starts.”

Mimi (nods her head): “See you when school starts.”

Mimi gets ready to open the car door, but then looks at her watch and stops.

Mimi (sitting back in her seat): “Qing He Senior, actually there is something that I don’t know if I should say or not.”

Qing He: “Doesn’t matter.  Say it.”

Mimi: “The time now is 9:57 and 28 seconds.”

Qing He (looks at his watch): “Almost 10:00 o’clock.”

Mimi: “My dad use to say that if a guy brings a girl home before 10:00 o’clock on their first date, then this guy is a guy that you can spend the rest of your life with.  (pause)  Good night Qing He Senior.”

Mimi opens the door and quickly gets out.  Qing He just sat there staring at her seat confused.

Qing He (talking to himself): “Go home before 10:00 o’clock?  There’s really a saying like that?”

Qing He shrugs it off and starts driving.  Mimi is calling out to his car.

Mimi (waving): “Qing He Senior, thank you for giving me such a romantic night!”

Mimi then walks away and Qing He stops his car and sticks his head out the window.

Qing He (talking to himself again): “Romantic?  A guy that you can spend the rest of your life with?  She doesn’t mean…  (calls after Mimi)  Hey!  Junior!”

But Mimi has walked away already.  Qing He quickly pulls his head back into the car and pulls the rearview mirror to look at himself in it.

Qing He (talking to himself in the mirror): “These past couple of days I’ve become quite handsome.  Starting to get some luck with the peach flowers.  (pause, smiling widely)  Hmmm, should find some time to get closer to San Cai.”  [peach flower in Chinese culture represents, love, romance, couples… so in this sentence it means that he thinks that the cupid is starting to help him out.]

Sha Ge is in the hospital going to see Ye Sha again.  He’s holding two bags of things, probably food.

Sha Ge (running into Ye Sha’s room): “Ba bo, ba bo.  Taiwan’s very own ice cream cone is here!  Taro flavored.  And also, delicious flavored meat too.  It will make you want to eat… eat… eat…”

Sha Ge looks around the room and notices that Ye Sha is not there.

Sha Ge: “Where...”

He quickly puts down the two bags on the table by the bed.

Sha Ge: “Where did she go?”

He was just about to run out of the room to look for Ye Sha when she skips back in happily.

Ye Sha: “Hey, why did it take you so long to come back?  (holds up a folder and walks toward the bed)  I’ve already taken care of the paperwork for leaving the hospital.”

Sha Ge (following behind her): “What did you say?  You want to leave the hospital?  You can leave the hospital already?”

Ye Sha pops down on the bed.

Ye Sha: “You agreed to it yourself.”

Sha Ge (stuttering): “I… I… I… I… I did agree, but I had hoped that you would stay for a couple more days and gain your strength back first.  After you have gained your strength, then leave the hospital.  Isn’t that better?”

Ye Sha (spreads her arms wide): “My strength is all back already.  (Sha Ge sits down next to her on the bed)  Don’t need to rest anymore.  I have to hurry up and go laugh, go feel, go live.  I have to go see the world that God has made.”

Sha Ge stares at her, gives a big sigh and doesn’t know what to do.

Ye Sha: “What did you bring?”

She jumps up and gets an ice cream cone from the bag and starts eating. 

Sha Ge: “Ye Sha.”

Ye Sha: “You’re not going with me anymore?  Hurry up and come.”

She picks up one of the bags that was on the bed and carrying it over her shoulder starts to walk out of the room with the ice cream cone in her hand.  Sha Ge is still sitting on the bed and calling out to Ye Sha’s back.

Sha Ge: “I’m not going.  If you want to go, then go by yourself.  (He lies down on the bed)  Go by yourself!  (he turns over to the other side of the bed with his back to the door)  I’m not leaving.”

After a couple of seconds, when he sees that Ye Sha was not coming back, he quickly gets up from the bed, grabs the other bag and runs after Ye Sha.

Sha Ge (whining and running): “Ye Sha.”

Ye Sha and Sha Ge is going back to the first apartment that she and Dao Ming Si stayed at when they first came to Taiwan.

Ye Sha (opening the door): “You are so slow.  Don’t you ever exercise?”

Sha Ge (coming in behind her): “Don’t exercise?  You’re the one to talk.  You come and carry these bags then.”

Ye Sha walks into the room slowly, then sits down on the sofa.  Sha Ge comes in, puts the bags on the sofa and then goes to open the windows.  Ye Sha is looking over at the wall and notices that all the writing is gone.

Sha Ge: “The window won’t open.”

He walks back over to Ye Sha.

Sha Ge (looks around): “How can anyone live in this place?  This kind of place.”

Ye Sha (looks over at him, smiling): “You are the one that introduced it.”

Sha Ge (pointing to himself): “Oh, sorry, sorry.  (Ye Sha turns back to look at the wall)  Next time, we’ll live at a better place.  I forgot that I still have a lot of other relatives.  Sorry.”

Sha Ge notices that Ye Sha keeps on staring at the wall so he gets close to her face.

Sha Ge: “What are you looking at?”

Ye Sha (sad): “The words are missing.”

Sha Ge: “What words?”

Ye Sha (looks at Sha Ge and smiles): “It’s stuff from the past life.  Forget it.”

Sha Ge: “Stuff from the past life?  Then I… I have a present here from the past life.”

He takes out a small round box from one of the bags and holds it out.

Ye Sha: “What is it?”

Sha Ge: “It’s an antique that we need to sell.”

He sits down next to her with the box in his hands.

Ye Sha (holds out her hand): “Let me see.”

Sha Ge starts pulling back.

Ye Sha: “Let me see.”

She takes the box out of his hands and opens it.  Inside the box, she takes out a meteor star ring, exactly like the one that Dao Ming Si bought San Cai.

Ye Sha (looking at the ring in her hands): “Ah Si’s ring.  (turns to look at Sha Ge)  Why do you have it?”

Sha Ge: “One time I was at this marketplace.  The moment that I went in, I saw this ring.  And I suddenly remember the time when Ah Si was in the hospital, when he saw the ring and had such a violent reaction to it.  So I asked the seller.  The seller said that actually there are two of these rings.  So I was thinking that Ah Si has so much feeling toward the ring, then it must be that the ring has some sort of special meaning.  That’s why I brought it back with me this time and hoped to give him a surprise.  But now it’s…”

Ye Sha: “Even if I and Ah Si did not separate, the rings still can’t be together.”

Sha Ge: “Why?”

Ye Sha (staring at the ring): “The first day we got to Taiwan, Ah Si’s ring was stolen by a thief.  (pause)  It was right here.  (pause)  It’s the same place.  It’s the same ring.  It’s also from Barcelona to Taiwan.  (pause)  So, it’s also still all alone by itself.”

Sha Ge: “No wonder.  This seller said that if you only have one of the rings, then this person’s relationship is fated to be separated.”

Ye Sha slowly puts the ring back in the box looking very sad.  Sha Ge sees the look on her face and takes the box from her hands.

Sha Ge: “I think I should take it and sell it to afford having it affect me in the future.”

Ye Sha (holding out her hand): “It doesn’t matter.  Just give it to me.”

Sha Ge (looks at her out stretched hands): “That’s not good.”

Ye Sha (still holding out her hand): “Sha Ge.”

He reluctantly puts the box back into Ye Sha’s hands.

Ye Sha: “At this time, who is more suitable than me to have this ring?  (pause)  This is a gift to me from God.  (looks over at Sha Ge)  You better not fight for it with me.  Or else if you can’t find a wife, then you would blame it on me.”

Sha Ge: “I feel that I’m very crazy already, but you are even more crazy than me.”

Ye Sha: “Don’t you always say that the crazy ones are usually the lucky ones?  That’s why I met you, right?”

Sha Ge gives a big sigh.

Ye Sha: “What else did you bring over?  Take it all out.”

Sha Ge gets up and goes over to one of the bags.  He takes out a big bottle of red wine.

Sha Ge (holding it out for Ye Sha to see): “Look!”

Ye Sha (she quickly grabs it happily): “My favorite, Mas La Plana!  (she hugs Sha Ge happily)  Sha Ge you are a genius!”

Sha Ge (laughing): “You’re right.  You’re right.  Actually I have everything planned out already.  If you want to learn about this treasure island, then you would definitely need me, a native from Taiwan, to show you around.  Our first stop is to go to Ping Dong!”

Ye Sha: “Why?”

Sha Ge: “Do you know that in Ping Dong, they have Wan Lun pig’s fuet?„

Ye Sha (makes a face): “What a weird name for a place.”
Sha Ge (excited): “It’s not a name of a place.  It’s really pig’s feet.  Do you know that if we go there, we can have a sip of Mas La Plana and a bite of pig’s feet.  A sip of wine, a bite of pig’s feet.  A sip of wine, a bite of pig’s feet.  That feeling is… (raises both hands up in the air and shouts)  Oh, Mama Mia!”

Ye Sha (laughing): “Then what are we waiting for?  Let’s go now!”

Sha Ge: “Go!”

Ye Sha (stands up from the couch): “A bite of pig’s feet!  (Sha Ge joins in, shouting)  A sip of Mas La Plana!  Mama Mia!”

Back in Dao Ming Si’s apartment, he just finished putting an X on one of the dates on the calendar.  He is keeping track of when the one week would be up.  Then he is picking change up from the sofa and putting it in his jean pockets.  He had his bag in one hand and turned around.  Just as he turned, he looks down at the table and sees all the things from San Cai’s tin box.  As he was reaching for the red tag that was on the table, he had a flashback of the words that San Cai said to him last night.  Dao Ming Si slowly pulls his hand back, sighing.  Then he grabs the phone and dials a number.

Dao Ming Si: “Hello.  I am Dao Ming Si.”

At San Cai’s home, San Cai is on the phone.

San Cai: “Ok.  I understand.  Ok, then it’s settled.  Bye bye.”

San Cai hangs up the phone and just stood there staring down at the floor.  Just then her parents walked through the door and saw her.

Mom (calls out hesitantly): “San Cai, you look very pale.  Did something happen?”

Dad: “Aye, who was that on the phone before?”

San Cai (slowly looks over at her parents, with a shocked, happy look on her face): “It’s Dao Ming Si.”

Mom: “You found him!  You must be very happy!”

Mom starts to walk over to San Cai but Dad reaches out and pulls her back.

Dad (speaking softly): “Mama, did you forget?  Ah Si Master has lost his memories.”

Mom (looking over at San Cai): “Don’t worry.  This is only temporarily not remembering you.  You just need to think of some way to wake up his memories, then that would be good.”

San Cai (staring down at the floor again): “I’ve already did that.  So that’s why he just called me and asked me to go meet up with him.”

Dad: “Then… then isn’t that good?”

San Cai (turns to look at her parents with no expression on her face): “It’s not good.  (suddenly, her face turns to one of complete happiness)  It’s VERY good!  Very, very good!  It’s so good that I thought I heard wrong!”

Mom (running over to San Cai, very happy): “San Cai!”

San Cai (holds out her arms): “Ma!”

Mom (hugging San Cai): “I’m so happy!”

Dad runs over and they have a group hug, putting their arms on each others shoulder and hopping up and down and round and round in a circle.

Dad: “San Cai, I’m also very happy!”

San Cai (very happy): “I really want to go mad!”

Dad: “Papa and mama will go mad with you, ok?”

They continue jumping around for a couple more seconds, laughing all the while, then stops jumping, but still continuing to laugh crazily.

Dad: “Then that means Ah Si Master has started to remember you.  Right?”

San Cai (shakes her head): “Not yet.”

Both dad and mom is taken back from San Cai’s comment and stopped laughing and smiling.

San Cai: “He said that no matter what, he still couldn’t remember.  (looking at her parents face)  But, I’ve been trying for so hard, so long, this is the first time that he made a move to call me.  This proves that he is improving.  And I have hope again, right?  It must be that he wants to get to know me all over again.  Right?”

San Cai’s parents are looking very skeptical through all this, like they don’t believe that it would happen at all.  They looked around not knowing how to answer her.

San Cai (looking from her dad to her mom and back again): “Pa, ma, please, I need a definite answer.”

Mom & Dad (very reluctantly): “Right!”

Dad: “Right.  Definitely.  San Cai, especially when Ah Si Master loves you so much, he will definitely remember you.”

Mom: “Right.  If not, then Mama could help you out.  I have some very good memories with him also.  Like when he was leaving the country that day, I especially went to the airport and gave him a lucky charm.”

Dad: “No, no.  I’m more suitable to go then you.  We men talk with men.  That’s how it is.  What do you women know?”

San Cai is smiling on the side as her parents continue to argue.

Mom: “I’ll go.  You, pig head, always messes things up!”

Dad: “You are the one that always talk about nonsense!”

Mom: “I gave him a lucky charm!”

Dad: “What are you talking about lucky charms for?  You went to the temple and won’t even help me to light the lantern.  What lucky charm?”

Mom: “I was thinking that nothing can help you now.”

At the Dao Ming mansion, Dao Ming Feng is slowly walking down the stairs.  When she got to the living room area, she walked around restlessly.  Just then, Yu Tian walks into the room.

Yu Tian (walking up to Dao Ming Feng): “Madam, you were looking for me?”

Dao Ming Feng (with her back to him): “I think I don’t need to remind you that the time limit that I gave you is almost up.”

Yu Tian: “Madam, you don’t have to worry at all.  I have found all the information that I need on the whereabouts of Miss Ye Sha.”

Dao Ming Feng: “Then you should be very clear on what the next step is.”

Yu Tian: “Of course, Madam.  Please rest assure.”

At the place that Ye Sha and Sha Ge is staying at, Ye Sha quickly runs down the stairs with the bottle of red wine in her hands.  Sha Ge is downstairs putting all their bags into the trunk of the taxi.

Sha Ge (pointing to the trunk): “Red wine.  You can leave the red wine here.”

Ye Sha (hugs the wine to her): “No.  I’m afraid you will steal some to drink when I’m not paying attention.”

Sha Ge: “It’s a long way to Ping Dong.”

Ye Sha: “How long?”

Sha Ge (making weird movements with his hands): “This far.  Especially since you persist on sitting in my car, then this travel would be even more far!”

Ye Sha: “Sha Ge, before we leave Taipei can we go buy a cake first?”

Sha Ge: “Huh?”

Ye Sha: “I want to see San Cai’s face now one last time.  If I can see a smile fil|ed gith happiness on her face, then I would not have anymore regrets.”

Sha Ge (pats Ye Sha on the head, smiling): “Ok, let’s go.”

Ye Sha: “Ok.”

Sha Ge closes the trunk then gets into the taxi with Ye Sha.

The taxi stops a couple of feet from the pastry shop and Sha Ge opens the door to get out.

Ye Sha (calling out from inside the taxi): “Sha Ge.”

Sha Ge stops walking.

Ye Sha (sticks her head out the window): “Sha Ge, remember, you can’t…”

Sha Ge (interrupts her): “Let San Cai know that you are still in Taiwan.  Oh, this phrase, you’ve reminded me for 1800 times already.”

Ye Sha smiles and looks as Sha Ge walks away toward the direction of the pastry shop.

Ye Sha (to the driver): “Can you please drive a little forward?”

The taxi moves forward so that Ye Sha has a better view of what is happening inside the pastry shop.  Sha Ge walks through the doors.

San Cai: “Welcome.”

Sha Ge: “I just want to look at the cakes.”

Sha Ge walks up to the display case and San Cai follows him.

San Cai: “What flavor would you like?”

Sha Ge stares at the little chocolate cakes first, then looks over to the mango one right next to the chocolate ones.

Sha Ge (pointing to the mango one): “May I ask what kind of cake is that?”

San Cai: “That’s the mango cheesecake.  But I’m sorry someone has already reserved it.”

Sha Ge: “But I really want that cake and I have to buy it.”

San Cai: “I’m really sorry sir.  Maybe you can come back early tomorrow?”

Sha Ge: “Then that means you want me to give up?  But if you were me and you really like this cake and there’s also someone else that really wants this cake, what would you do?  Also give up?”

San Cai: “I… guess so.  If the other person really likes it and will do anything to have it.”

Sha Ge: “Then how would you know how much this other person likes the cake and what this person will do to have the cake?”

San Cai: “Of course I would know.  If you look at the way the eyes of the person buying the cake is staring at the cake, then you would definitely know.  (she points to the chocolate cakes)  Mr. would you like to try the chocolate ones?  It’s not bad either.”

Sha Ge (looking at San Cai in surprise): “How did you know I wanted to buy…”

San Cai (smiling): “Because you have been staring at the chocolate cake from the beginning till the end.”

Sha Ge looks a little embarrassed that he can be so easily read by San Cai.

San Cai: “Would you like me to pack it up for you?”

Sha Ge smiles and nods his head.  San Cai then walks around to the back of the display case.

Sha Ge: “It must be very miserable being your boyfriend then.”

San Cai: “What do you mean by that?”

Sha Ge: “Because if another girl likes him and really, really likes him…  Then… would you treat it as a cake and let her have him?”

San Cai (a little upset): “A person is not a cake.  I would definitely not give up on him that easily!”

San Cai looks away in embarrassment at her sudden outburst.

San Cai: “Sorry.”

Sha Ge: “Sorry.  I’m asking too much.  Do I look like those kind of boring, with nothing to do, and always looks for young girls to talk to, this type of perverted old man?”

San Cai (smiling): “No you don’t.  You look more like those kind that are born being over zealous, which is more annoying than those perverted old men.”

Sha Ge (a little taken back, but smiling): “Aren’t you a little too straight forward?”

San Cai (smiling): “Actually I feel that being a person, you don’t have to be so serious.  This is something that I learned from my new friend.  When you share your unhappiness with her, then your sadness will be decreased by half.  But when you share your happiness with her, then your happiness would increase by multiples.”

Sha Ge smiles lightly at the things that San Cai is saying.  San Cai wakes up from the stupor that she got into as she was talking.

San Cai: “Oh, sorry.”

Sha Ge: “I… I take back the words that I said before.”

San Cai: “What words?”

Sha Ge: “I feel that not only is your boyfriend not miserable, moreover, being together with you, he must be very relaxed and very comfortable.  I think you two must be very happy being together.”

San Cai: “Happiness is something you have to strive for yourself.  I’m trying very hard.  If only he can feel my sincerity, then I would be very satisfied.”

Sha Ge: “Does he?”

San Cai (hesitating slightly): “Yes.  Yes he does.”

San Cai looks down, smiling to herself.

Ye Sha is still sitting in the taxi and she saw San Cai smiling.

Ye Sha (talking to no one in particular, smiling): “She’s smiling!  (turns to the driver)  Did you see?  She was smiling very happily.  It must be that she’s talking about Ah Si.  That’s why she has that expression on her face.  So that would mean that she and Ah Si is getting along very well.  (turns to the driver again)  Am I right?  Right?”

Driver (quickly agrees):  “Right.  Right.”

Ye Sha: “Then I can be at ease now.”

At this moment, a guy in a black suit walks up to her window.

Guy 1: “Miss Ye Sha.”

Ye Sha (looks at him): “How do you know my name?”

Another guy in a black suit opens the car door on the other side.

Guy 2: “If we don’t know, then why would we come here to find you?”

Back inside the pastry shop, San Cai hands Sha Ge the pastry box.

San Cai: “Thank you.”

Sha Ge (taking the box): “Thanks.”

As Sha Ge turns to walk away, San Cai calls out.

San Cai: “Mr. I wish you happiness.  Because you bought our shop’s most famous “happy cake.”  It means that if you can share it with the person that you like, then the taste of the cake is a taste of happiness.”

Sha Ge (laughs): “Thank you.  Then I’ll also wish you to continue trying hard and be very happy.”

San Cai (smiling):  “Thank you.  Bye bye.”

Sha Ge: “Bye.”

Sha Ge goes back outside and looks around, finding the taxi missing.  He got anxious and ran around calling out, “Ye Sha!”  Sha Ge runs around the streets frantically trying to find Ye Sha.

Meanwhile Ye Sha has just arrived at the Dao Ming mansion.  Her hands were tied behind her back and her mouth was taped close.  The two guys in black suits, pushes her down to sit on the sofa and unties her hands and pulls the tape off.  Once she was free, she got up and tried to run away, but the two guards blocked her off and hold on to her.  Ye Sha struggles with them

Ye Sha: “Let me go!”

Guard: “Stop running!”

At this moment, Dao Ming Feng and Yu Tian walks in.

Dao Ming Feng: “Who told you guys to treat my special guest so unreasonably? Leave!”

Guards (bows): “Yes.”

The guards walk away leaving Ye Sha with Dao Ming Feng and Yu Tian.  Ye Sha looks over to Dao Ming Feng and recognizes her.

Ye Sha: “You are Ah Si’s mom.”

Dao Ming Feng (walking over to Ye Sha): “Sorry Miss Ye Sha.  My people had no manners and made you scared.  (points to the sofa)  Please sit.”

Dao Ming Feng walks over to the sofa and sits down.

Ye Sha: “Why did you bring me here?”

Dao Ming Feng: “You are mistaken.  Actually the person that is looking for you is not me.  It’s my son.”

Ye Sha: “Ah Si?”

Dao Ming Feng: “Speaking of which, I should thank you.  Miss Ye Sha, if it wasn’t because of you, then Ah Si would not have accepted my request to come home.  (pause)  Did you know that he went as far as to discuss conditions with me?  And said that no matter what I do, I have to find you back.”

Ye Sha: “I’m very sorry, Dao Ming Madam.  What you and Ah Si discussed about is no business of mine because I will absolutely not stay here.  My friend should be frantically looking for me now.  Sorry.”

Ye Sha turns around to leave, but Yu Tian steps in front of her and blocks her.

Dao Ming Feng: “Miss Ye Sha.”

Ye Sha turns around and Dao Ming Feng walks up to her.

Dao Ming Feng: “I think maybe you didn’t understand what I was saying.  Ah Si is my only son and he has suffered so much outside.  Being his mother, how can I let him be disappointed?”

Ye Sha: “What exactly do you want?”

Dao Ming Feng (walking closer to Ye Sha): “Since Ah Si loves you so much, then I wish you could hurry up and get engaged to him.”

Ye Sha: “Don’t you think you are too funny?”

Dao Ming Feng: “Getting (she turns around and starts walking away with her back to Ye Sha) engaged to one who is part of the imperial family of the Bu Dan Kingdom, who hides her identity, crosses the ocean and follows a strange guy living the kind of simple life that only beggar’s live – my funniness is nothing compared to yours.”

Ye Sha: “I have no idea what you are talking about.”

Dao Ming Feng (smiles and turns around to face Ye Sha): “You don’t have to act in front of me anymore, Miss Ye Sha.  Or maybe I should call you Princess Ye Sha?”

San Cai is waiting for Dao Ming Si at the ice cream place.  The one that has those cars as seats and a table inside the car.  She sees him looking in from the window area, so she runs out to get him.

San Cai: “Dao Ming Si.  You really came.”

Dao Ming Si: “I’m the one that ask you out, no?”

San Cai didn’t answer but just smiled shyly.

Dao Ming Si: “Why do we have to come here?”

San Cai: “Just go in and you’ll see.”

Inside the shop Dao Ming Si is looking all around.  San Cai brings an ice cream sundae to the table and sits down.

San Cai: “Sit.  It’s rare that I get to treat you to ice cream even though you are still like before, fighting to pay.”

Dao Ming Si sits down and smiles.

Dao Ming Si: “Even a poor person has dignity.”

San Cai swallowing her ice cream looks at him excitedly.

San Cai: “That’s the phrase!  You finally understands how I feel!  In the past, we always argue about things related to money.  You felt that money is not a problem at all and that I’m just giving you lots of trouble.  Every time you make me so mad…”

She realizes her outburst and stops talking and goes back to eating her ice cream.

Dao Ming Si: “You don’t have to be so nervous when talking to me, ok?  (pause)  Actually, I know that my attitude use to be really bad in the past.”

San Cai: “It’s really not.  It’s just that for things that you’ve never done before, you would tend to… repel against it.  It’s like what you called “The common people’s date.”  Like going to that park to hang out with my good friend and her boyfriend.  And also like when my mom made you wear that lucky charm.”

Dao Ming Si: “Lucky charm?”

San Cai (nods her head): “She got it from Lung Shan Si.”

Dao Ming Si: “Oh.”

San Cai: “Hey, your ice cream is melting.”

Dao Ming Si takes a bite of his ice cream while San Cai just stares at him.

Dao Ming Si: “Why is it so sweet?”

San Cai (getting excited again): “You said that in the past too!  In the past, you took one bite and said that it was very sweet!  (pause)  I’m not saying that it’s anything special.  I only want to say that a person’s taste really doesn’t change.  There are some things that can never be the same, but there are some feelings that, no matter what happens, it still won’t change.”

Dao Ming Si (looks up and stares at San Cai): “San Cai.  (pause)  My past self can never understand what you are thinking about.”

San Cai: “Actually, I’m the same way.”

Dao Ming Si (his eyes are downcast): “Even though I understand now, (he looks straight at San Cai)  I still have to say to you that… (pause, swallowing)  I’m sorry.”

San Cai looks at him with no expression on her face.  Dao Ming Si reaches inside his bag and takes out the tin box that is filled with memories from their past together.  San Cai’s face suddenly has this really scared look, like she doesn’t want to hear what is going to be said next.  Dao Ming Si slowly slides the box across the table until it is in front of San Cai.

Dao Ming Si (looking down at the box): “Thank you for all the happiness that you have brought to me in the past.  But now, all I can do is to return all the memories back to you.  (he slowly looks up at her)  Because I no longer have those memories.  Please give up on me.”

Just as Dao Ming Si is starting to take his hands away from the box and off the table, San Cai reaches out with her left hand and holds onto his right arm.

San Cai (starting to cry): “Why do I have to give up?  If I wanted to give up, then in the beginning, I would have given up already.  That’s what you said in the past.  You said that we will definitely be together.  At that time, you wouldn’t let me give up.  And now I will absolutely not give up!”

Dao Ming Si stares at her crying face, with a sad look on his face.

Dao Ming Si: “Do you know... (pause)  that the lucky charm you mentioned before, I have already given it to Ye Sha?”

San Cai is looking at him with tears rolling down her face.

Dao Ming Si: “There are some things that cannot change.  And there are some things that once changed, it cannot go back to the way it used to be.”

He pulls his arm out of her hand.

San Cai (crying): “Dao Ming Si!  Ye Sha has already left!”

Dao Ming Si (speaking loudly): “I will definitely find her!  It doesn’t matter where she is, I will definitely find her and bring her back.”

Hearing these words from Dao Ming Si, San Cai has nothing to say and only stares at him, crying.  Dao Ming Si then opens the door to the car and gets out.  San Cai just continued sitting there crying silently.

Back at the Dao Ming mansion, Ye Sha is still talking with Dao Ming Feng.

Ye Sha: “You spent all this time trying to find information about me, it should not be just for Ah Si.”

Dao Ming Feng: “Good.  I don’t want to waste any time.  Dao Ming family’s wealth compared with a tiny little kingdom is really not that much of a difference.  So, if I want to get the Dao Ming family to become even more powerful, then I must do something about a title.”

Ye Sha: “Title?”

Dao Ming Feng: “For example, becoming in-laws with Bu Dan Kingdom will help me in the market place.  Doesn’t matter if it’s with position or power, it will be good to me.”

Ye Sha: “So that’s the real reason behind all this.”

Dao Ming Feng: “I, of course, also cares about Ah Si.  But this is what’s called killing two birds with one stone.  So if you are firm on asking between one or two, which one is more important, then I think that it is all a useless question.”

Ye Sha: “Right.  So it doesn’t matter if it’s one or two, my answer is still no.”

Dao Ming Feng (walks to stand in front of Ye Sha): “Miss Ye Sha, you think highly of friendship, right?”

Ye Sha: “What do you mean?”

Dao Ming Feng (crosses her arms): “You’ve only known San Cai for such a short time but you’ve already become very good friends.  Moreover, you used to live a very happy life with Ah Si but now you are firm on leaving.  I think… it’s also because of San Cai.”

Ye Sha: “Don’t you dare do anything to San Cai.”

Dao Ming Feng: “This is the only chance that I will give San Cai.  You would understand.  (she walks over to sit down on the sofa)  With San Cai’s status and background, she definitely cannot come into the Dao Ming family.  But if you are willing to get engaged with Ah Si, of course, it’s in name only, I can make an exception and let San Cai get in contact with Ah Si.  At that time, I can get what I want and maybe San Cai can also get what she wants.  And of course, that would also include your imperial family.”