Summary
of MG2 Episode 21:
In the office of Dao Ming Corporation, San Cai is working at her desk when her colleague walks over to San Cai's desk and puts a stack of tapes on San Cai’s desk.
Colleague: “Our Manager asked you to deliver this to another department.”
San Cai (looks at the stack): “Oh, thank you.”
The girl walks away and San Cai continues working at her computer, when her cell phone rings.
San Cai: “Hello? (pause) Xi Men's in the hospital? Oh, ok. Ok. I understand. Ok, thanks.”
San Cai hangs up the phone and quickly runs out to the hallway. As she was running out, she meets Dao Ming Si who was talking on the cell phone and quickly running down the winding stairs.
Dao Ming Si (on phone): “Ok, bye.”
San Cai (runs up to Dao Ming Si): “Dao Ming Si. Xi Men…”
Dao Ming Si: “Xi Men’s in the hospital.”
Then they both ran out of the building in a rush.
Meanwhile, Ye Sha just walks into Dao Ming Si’s office. She walks over to his desk and takes out a piece of paper and puts it on his desk. As she was putting a smaller piece of paper on Dao Ming Si’s desk, she sees a picture of San Cai and F4 that was taken the other day when F4 went to find San Cai at work with the red wine.
Ye Sha (looking at the picture and thinking to herself): “The five of them are back to the way they use to be in the past. Very good.”
She smiles as she continues looking at the picture.
In Xi Men's hospital room, Mei Zuo and Lei is in the room with Xi Men. Mei Zuo walks over to the bed with a stack of things in his hands while Lei is standing by the window and looking out.
Mei Zuo: “Come, I brought you some video games, CD and VCD.”
As Mei Zuo was naming the things that he bought he was putting in on the bed besides Xi Men, but in the end he threw something at him as he finishes.
Xi Men (blocking the things that were being thrown at him): “Hey, I just had an operation and you’re throwing stuff at me.”
Mei Zuo (laughing, walks to the other side of the bed where the sofa is): “Ok. Also, DVD.”
Mei Zuo picks up the player and walks over and places it next to the TV.
Mei Zuo: “You can watch whatever you want. (walks back over to the bed) I’ll help you plug it in later. How is it? (He picks up a Pepsi from the table beside the bed.) Is there anything else that’s missing?”
Xi Men: “I am getting out of the hospital soon.”
Mei Zuo: “The way you are now, what’s the harm of staying for another few days? (He takes a sip before putting the soda down on the table again.) Lei and I can come here everyday to see you.”
Mei Zuo turns toward Lei and nudges him.
Mei Zuo: “Right, Lei?”
Mei Zuo walks over to the fridge and puts some cans of Pepsi into it.
Lei (turning to face the bed): “It’s no problem, but I have one request.”
Lei starts to walk over to the bed where Xi Men is laying.
Xi Men: “What request?”
Lei (sits down on the sofa next to the bed): “Just that you have to let me lay on your bed.”
Xi Men and Mei Zuo both looks at Lei and laughs.
Mei Zuo: “Anyway, Xi Men's bed is so big, you both can lay in it.”
Just then, San Cai, holding a bouquet of flowers, and Dao Ming Si, holding a red bag, comes into the room.
San Cai: “Hi, Mei Zuo.”
Xi Men: “San Cai.”
San Cai (walking over to Xi Men’s bedside): “Xi Men, why didn't you tell us earlier that you are in the hospital?”
Dao Ming Si (standing beside San Cai): “Are you ok?”
Xi Men (reaches out his hand to Dao Ming Si): “Seeing you guys, I am fine now. (Dao Ming Si shakes Xi Men’s hand, while San Cai puts the flowers down on the table beside the bed.) Sit, sit, sit.”
Dao Ming Si reaches past San Cai to put the bag that he was holding on the table next to the flowers too. Then they both sat down on the sofa that’s next to the bed.
San Cai: “Are you ok?”
Xi Men: “Why do you have such dark circles around your eyes?”
San Cai (touching her eyes): “Really?”
Xi Men (smiling): “Yes. If you don't believe me, then ask Ah Si to look at it for you.”
San Cai (looks at Dao Ming Si): “Is it bad?”
Dao Ming Si nods his head. Mei Zuo walks over and hands Dao Ming Si a can of Pepsi
Dao Ming Si (taking the soda): “Thanks.”
Mei Zuo walks behind the sofa and grabs a mirror from the table and hands it to San Cai.
Mei Zuo: “Take a look for yourself.”
San Cai (looking into the mirror and then looks up at Xi Men): “My God. It really does look very bad. (she puts the mirror back on the table) But at least there isn't a hole in my stomach.”
Mei Zuo (walks around to sit on the other sofa next to Lei): “Xi Men, she is teasing you.”
Xi Men (looking over at San Cai): “That’s San Cai. The more you push her, the braver she gets. I think the Dowager Empress must have let out all your weed spirit.”
Dao Ming Si (looking around): “Who is Dowager Empress?”
Mei Zuo: “Dowager Empress is your mother, Dao Ming President.”
Dao Ming Si (smiling): “Eh, that name really suits her.”
Everybody laughs and smiles. At this moment, Mei Zuo's cell phone rings. He takes his cell phone out of his pocket, checks the caller ID and lets out a big sigh before answering the call.
Mei Zuo: “Hello?”
There was a long pause, while Mei Zuo stands up, looking annoyed and turns with his back facing F3 and San Cai.
Mei Zuo: “Can I not go? (long pause) Ok, ok, ok, ok. Bye bye.”
Mei Zuo hangs up the phone and sits back down on the sofa.
Xi Men: “What is it?”
Mei Zuo: “My mom...”
Everyone in the room is looking at him and waiting for his answer.
Mei Zuo (seeing all the stares): “Nothing.”
Lei: “Your face is so ugly and you still say nothing?”
San Cai: “Yah. I see your whole face looks so troubled. It can’t be match-making.”
Mei Zuo doesn't say anything and just looks a little embarrassed.
Xi Men gives a little snicker on the bed.
San Cai (laughing): “I really guessed right?”
Xi Men (laughing): “It can’t be, Mei Zuo.”
Mei Zuo (embarrassed): “You guys are still laughing at me? I am feeling so depressed already, ok?”
Xi Men (laughing and holding onto this stomach at the same time): “Go, go. Go and see what an ideal daughter in law looks like to your mom.”
Mei Zuo: “How else can she look like? (big sigh) Probably a big butt who can have lots of kids. (Xi Men is laughing in the background again.) And a plain looking face.”
Xi Men couldn’t stop laughing and even Lei is grinning widely too.
San Cai (looking at Xi Men): “Stop laughing already.”
Xi Men (holding onto his stomach, groaning and laughing): “It hurts.”
Mei Zuo grabs a CD on the bed and tosses it at Xi Men.
Xi Men (calls out loudly): “Ow!”
Mei Zuo laughs loudly.
Xi Men (pointing to Mei Zuo): “You better not have an operation one of these days. Let me tell you.”
In a high class restaurant, a man is playing a piano while a girl with long hair and wearing a black dress is playing a cello. Mei Zuo walks in and slowly comes down the stairs, dragging his feet in the process. When he gets to the second landing, he stood there and stared down at the girl that is playing the cello for a few seconds before slowly walking away. Mei Zuo walks over to the table where his mother is sitting and notices that the girl playing the cello is the same girl that he questioned about at Xi Men’s celebration banquet the other night, Ying Xiao Qiao. The girl finishes the piece and she stands up to take a bow while the people are clapping for her. Mei Zuo walks over to his mom and sits down next to her.
Xiao Qiao’s mom: “Haven't seen you for a few years and you have already grown into a young man.”
Mei Zuo's mom (smiling): “This is Auntie Ying.”
Mei Zuo (smiles): “Auntie, nice to meet you.”
Xiao Qiao’s mom (smiling): “Nice to meet you, nice to meet you.”
Mei Zuo's mom (leaning over to speak to Mei Zuo): “Xiao Qiao just came back from America with a Master’s degree in music. She is great with cello.”
Mei Zuo: “I just saw it before.”
Xiao Qiao: “Thank you, everyone. Now, is there any piece of music that you guests would want to hear? I will play it for everyone to hear.”
Xiao Qiao's mom: “Mei Zuo, what do you want to hear? I can tell Xiao Qiao to play it for you to hear.”
Mei Zuo: “Um… The world famous music - Doraemon.”
Xiao Qiao: “Sorry, I don't know that music.”
Mei Zuo: “Don't know? Such a famous piece of music.”
Xiao Qiao looks away from Mei Zuo’s gaze, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
Mei Zuo: “Forget it. It doesn’t matter.”
Mei Zuo's mom: “Then play a music that you like.”
Xiao Qiao smiles and nods her head. Everybody starts clapping again and Xiao Qiao starts to play.
Mei Zuo's mom (leans over and whispers to Mei Zuo): “Not bad, right?”
Mei Zuo doesn’t answer, smiles and looks at Xiao Qiao playing the cello.
After dinner, Mei Zuo and his mother is walking up the stairs in the restaurant.
Mei Zuo's mother: “What’s wrong with being well matched in social status?”
Mei Zuo (sighs, walking behind his mom): “What is so good about being well matched in social status?”
Mei Zuo's mom (walking up the stairs): “Besides being well matched in social status, what else is not good? Education, family background, and she is pretty and elegant. I say everything is good.”
Mei Zuo: “The more you force me, the more I don't think it’s good.”
Mei Zuo's mom (stops walking and turns around to face Mei Zuo): “I’m telling you. I am not forcing you. I am just telling you to make a new friend and see how it goes. Anyway, you change girlfriends one right after the other. Just see it as making a new friend. If it goes well, then of course, that’s good. If it doesn’t go well, then Ma still have a whole list on names in my hands waiting for you to pick.”
Mei Zuo looks like he wants to open his mouth and say something but doesn’t.
Mei Zuo’s mom: “Well? Do you want to try to date her or do you want Ma to change another one for you?”
Mei Zuo (sighs): “Fine. Date, date, date. When I have time, then I’ll ask her out. Ok?”
Mei Zuo's mom (smiling): “Ok. Ma has already arranged it for you. Tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. go to Xiao Qiao’s home to pick her up.”
Mei Zuo’s mom turns and starts walking away.
Mei Zuo: “How can you be like that? I am not going!”
Mei Zuo's mom (walking up the stairs with her back to Mei Zuo): “Fine, then I’ll help you arrange a date with Fu Guo Hotel’s daughter.”
Mei Zuo (whining voice): “Ma.”
Mei Zuo's mom (continuing walking): “Going or not?”
Mei Zuo (dragging his feet up the stairs): “Going.”
After visiting Xi Men at the hospital, Dao Ming Si walks back into his office sighing deeply. At this moment, his phone on his desk starts ringing. He quickly walks over to answer it.
Dao Ming Si: “Hello? I am Ah Xi... (pause, catching himself) I am Dao Ming Si. (pause) Ma, nothing. Xi Men is sick so I just went to see him. (pause) San Cai is his friend, so why can't she go? (pause) Fine. I know. Ok. Bye.”
Dao Ming Si hangs up the phone and picks up the piece of paper that Ye Sha left behind on his desk early that morning. He opens up the cover and sees a drawing of a van on the first page. On the second page is a drawing of the design of the interior of the van. As Dao Ming Si looks at the drawings, he slowly begins to smile. Then he quickly walks out of his office with the drawings in his hand. Dao Ming Si goes over to the department that San Cai works in. When San Cai's manager sees Dao Ming Si walking into their department, she quickly goes over to him
Manager: “Dao Ming Si Master, why are you here in person? If you needed anything, you could have just call and…”
Dao Ming Si (interrupts her): “I am looking for San Cai.”
Manager: “Oh… Ok. (looks over to where San Cai is sitting) San Cai.”
San Cai looks up from her desk.
Manager: “Come.”
San Cai gets up from her desk and runs over to where Dao Ming Si is standing.
San Cai (whispering to Dao Ming Si): “What’s the matter?”
Dao Ming Si started to say something but since the Manager is still standing there, he kept his mouth closed and just stared at the Manager. The Manager picks up the signal that Dao Ming Si is trying to give.
Manager: “You two do your thing.”
Then she quickly walks away to stand over by the desk of another employee.
Dao Ming Si (whispering): “Heard that your dad is a car salesperson.”
San Cai (whispering): “Right.”
Dao Ming Si: “Eh, can you do me a favor then?”
Dao Ming Si shows the pictures of the design to San Cai.
Dao Ming Si: “Can you help me order a car? And then I want it to be designed in the exact same manner as this design.”
San Cai (looking at the drawings): “It’s very cute.”
Dao Ming Si (proudly): “Ye Sha designed it.”
San Cai (looks in surprise at Dao Ming Si): “Ye Sha designed it?”
Dao Ming Si nods his head.
San Cai (looking down at the designs): “She’s so talented.”
Dao Ming Si: “Eh, it has to be. It has to be exactly like this car.”
San Cai: “I’ll try my best.”
Dao Ming Si: “That’s great! (he puts both his hands on San Cai’s shoulders) Thank you. I just knew that you would definitely help me.”
San Cai (smiling): “Your welcome.”
Dao Ming Si: “I’m leaving now. Bye.”
San Cai: “Bye, bye.”
Dao Ming Si leaves and San Cai continues to stand there looking at the drawings.
San Cai (thinking to herself, while looking at the drawings): “No wonder Dao Ming Si likes Ye Sha so much. (she looks up and stares at Dao Ming Si’s back) She’s beautiful, smart and talented. What can I use to compare with Ye Sha?”
As San Cai continues to stand there staring, her manager walks over to her.
Manager: “The person’s long gone and you’re still staring?”
San Cai (bows): “Sorry, manager.”
San Cai quickly runs back to her desk with the drawings in her hand. The manager shakes her head at San Cai and walks away.
In the hospital, Xi Men’s dad is sitting on the sofa next to Xi Men's bed, while Xi Men is sleeping. Xi Men slowly wakes up and sees his father sitting there. His dad was dozing on the sofa and his pen dropped on the floor which woke him up. He looked over to the bed and saw that Xi Men was awake.
Dad (taking off his glasses): “Did I wake u?”
He puts the file that he was reading on the seat beside him and reaches toward the floor to pick up the pen that fell. After picking up the pen, he walks over to stand next to Xi Men’s bed.
Dad: “Well, are you hungry? You want me to warm some milk for you to drink?”
Xi Men: “Why don't you go back and rest?”
Dad: “It doesn't matter. I’m not tired.”
There is a few seconds of silence before Xi Men’s dad talks again.
Dad: “So, you can't sleep?”
Xi Men: “I slept too much in the daytime.”
Xi Men’s dad sees a book on the table next to Xi Men’s bed and picks it up.
Dad: “This book is quite a good read.”
Xi Men: “I have only just started reading it.”
Xi Men’s dad sits back down on the sofa with the book and then puts on his glasses.
Dad (reading from the book): “Maybe I am getting too old and getting more and more mature. All that I have to say have been said. Other people’s eagerness in listening to me speak has faded. Maybe I’m just tired of all the hundreds of questions and prying that this unnecessary era/time has for my story. Living a life like that of a middle school student taking a biology class fiddling and poking a drugged frog – observing the origin of life. (pause) And in the end, killing the poor thing.”
Dad is silent after reading that last sentence. He took off his glasses and gave a big sigh.
Dad: “It has been 25 years and I don’t think I have ever read a book to you before.”
Xi Men: “And we never talk together either - because you never come home.”
Dad: “It is not that I don't come home, it is just that I can't come home.”
Xi Men: “Because of mom…”
Dad: “For my whole life, I have only loved one woman but she has never loved me for even one minute. From the… from the first time that I saw your mother, I told myself, ‘That it doesn’t matter what it takes - I have to have her.’ Her fiancé was your grandpa's employee. (pause) To separate them was an easy thing to do. I thought, in my heart, that to win one woman's heart can be really easy. But I was wrong. Running a business in the market for decades, devising strategies at the headquarters, defeating many enemies, overcoming many difficulties but I was never able to overcome this one barrier. (pause) And I have no way of defeating this person. Because he is constantly in your mom’s heart. (pause, shaking his head) Can't catch. Can’t touch. (pause) In the end, I finally understand I will never have a chance to defeat this person.”
There was silence for a few seconds before Xi Men speaks up.
Xi Men: “Pa, can you finish reading that story?”
His father smiles and puts on his reading glasses again, while Xi Men wipes away the tear at the corner of his eyes.
Dad (continuing to read): “Doesn’t matter what the reason is. In any case, I’ve discovered that with each passing Christmas, the number of people that are narrating the Christmas treasure box story is becoming less and less.”
Xi Men lies on his bed with a satisfied smile on his face as he listens to his father read the book.
At the Dao Ming mansion, Dao Ming Si is in his room, sitting on his bed, talking on his cell phone.
Dao Ming Si: “Xi Men also said to me that San Cai’s weed spirit is forced out by the Dowager Empress. Do you know who the Dowager Empress is? (pause) The Dowager Empress is my mom! (laughs) Isn’t that funny?”
Ye Sha is sitting on her bed in her room on the cell phone.
Ye Sha (gives a fake laugh): “Very funny.”
Dao Ming Si: “Oh, that’s right and your design picture, I have handed that over to San Cai. She said she will help. And she was constantly praising, saying that you are very talented. Then I said well, of course. My Ye Sha is the best. (pause) Ye Sha, you have to draw more. If you work very hard and try very hard, then I will definitely help you open up a gallery.”
Ye Sha is sitting on the bed, listening to Dao Ming Si talk with no expression on her face.
Dao Ming Si: “Did you hear me?”
Ye Sha slowly takes the cell phone away from her ear and stares at it.
Dao Ming Si: “Ye Sha? (no answer) Ye Sha?”
Ye Sha puts the phone on the bed and slowly lies down on the bed and lifts her hands high up and stares at them above her.
Dao Ming Si: “Ye Sha?”
He takes the phone away from his ear, looks at it and gives a big sigh.
Dao Ming Si: “She must have fallen asleep. (talking loudly at the phone) You lazy pig!”
Ye Sha is still lying on her bed with her hands held up above her. She is turning her hands from side to side and staring at it. Then she puts her hand over her face and turns to her side on the bed. When she takes her hands away, she had a very sad look on her face and her eyes were a little watery. Then she gets up from her bed and goes to her painting room. She walks into the room and stands in front of the big canvas and stares at it. After awhile, with a paint brush in her hand, she walks over to the canvas and as she tries to bring her hand up to the canvas to draw, her hand suddenly started shaking. She drops to her knees on the floor and losing control of her hand, she drops the paintbrush. As she holds onto her right hand with her left hand, kneeling there on the floor, she starts to cry.
Next day, Mei Zuo is leaning against the hood of his car outside of Xiao Qiao’s home waiting for her. When she comes out, she gives a small bow toward Mei Zuo. Mei Zuo stands up from where he was leaning, letting out a big sigh and then walks over to Xiao Qiao. He doesn’t say anything but gives her a small smile before opening the car door for her. Xiao Qiao smiles and bows lightly before getting into the car.
Mei Zuo (closing the door and says sarcastically to no one in particular): “This is going to be fun.”
He walks over to his side of the car and gets in. Mei Zuo starts driving and then later, stops in front of a mall. He turns the engine off and lets out a big sigh.
Mei Zuo (staring straight ahead): “Pick you up at 8 p.m. Get out of the car.”
Xiao Qiao looks at him and doesn't say anything.
Mei Zuo: “Maybe 8 p.m. is a little too early. A rich girl like you would really know how to shop. Then, I’ll come at 10 p.m. (looks over at Xiao Qiao) See you at 10. Get out of the car now.”
Xiao Qiao stares at Mei Zuo for a few seconds, before giving a small smile.
Xiao Qiao (looks over at Mei Zuo): “May I ask why?”
Mei Zuo doesn’t answer and just lets out a big sigh again. Xiao Qiao just smiles and then opens the car door and gets out. The minute that she got out of the car, Mei Zuo drives away, leaving Xiao Qiao standing there staring at the car. As Xiao Qiao turns around with her head down, Mei Zuo’s voice is narrating.
Mei Zuo: “This date is organized by my mom and your mom. I think we both have the power to make our own independent decisions. (Xiao Qiao starts walking toward the entrance of the mall.) There’s no need for us to follow this silly arrangement. Have fun shopping. See you at 10.”
Later that night, Mei Zuo is sitting in the car in front of the mall waiting for Xiao Qiao. He starts to get impatient and looks at his watch. The time is close to 10:40 p.m. He sat there for a couple more seconds, getting more impatient and looking at his watch 2 more times.
Mei Zuo: “Showing some personality, huh?”
Mei Zuo gives a small smile before putting on his seat belt. As he started to drive away, he stops and remembers the words his mom said to him.
Mom: “Anyway, you change girlfriends one right after the other. Just see it as making a new friend. If it goes well, then of course, that’s good. If it doesn’t go well, then Ma still have a whole list in my hands waiting for you to pick. Well? Do you want to try to date her or do you want Ma to change another one for you?”
Mei Zuo sat there thinking for a few more seconds before driving off.
San Cai is still working in the office and her parents are at home waiting for her to come home.
Mom (standing with a pot in her hands and looking up at the sky outside): “The sky is so dark. The wind is blowing so hard. San Cai is at work. Why is she still not back yet?”
Mom starts to walk over to the table with the pot. Dad is sitting at the table and eating.
Mom sees Dad eating and runs over, shouting out loudly.
Mom (shouts): “Papa!!!”
Dad drops his chopsticks in surprise at mom’s shouting.
Mom: “What are you doing?”
She puts the pot on the table.
Dad (with his mouth full): “I’m not eating. I’m not eating.”
Mom sits down on dad’s right hand side and then uncovers the lid to the pot that she put down on the table before.
Mom: “Here.”
Dad (sticking his head over): “Wow. This is great.”
Mom: “Just look at it for now.”
Mom / Dad together: “Plain egg porridge!”
They both laughed. Mom reaches over for a big spoon and begins to spoon the porridge out into a small bowl.
Dad: “But mama. I suddenly have this ominous premonition.”
Mom: “What?”
Dad: “I feel that sooner or later, our family would be killed by Dao Ming Feng this woman.”
Mom: “Right. This woman from beginning to end, didn’t have any good intentions. Every night, making our daughter work overtime, and her salary is only this little.”
Dad: “Right. (shakes his head) No. Money is not the most important problem. The important thing is that every night, San Cai comes back so late. This is basically deliberately trying to starve me to death! So I will absolutely not let that woman’s cunning scheme be succeeded.”
Dad picks up his chopsticks and reaches over for the food. Mom quickly holds onto his arm.
Mom (taking his chopsticks from his hand): “You can’t eat!”
Dad (exasperated): “Aiyo!”
Mom gets up from the table.
Dad (sulking): “Fine, fine, fine. I won’t eat.”
As mom walks back to the kitchen, San Cai walks through the door.
San Cai: “Ma, I’m back.”
Mom: “San Cai, you’re home?”
San Cai: “Smells good!”
Mom: “Hurry up and go eat and re-nourish, huh? That way you would have the strength to fight against that evil woman.”
San Cai: “Who’s the evil woman?”
Mom: “Who else is there? Of course, it’s that Dao Ming Feng.”
San Cai (laughing): “Ok.”
San Cai walks over to the table, where dad is staring at all the food in front of him looking like he was going to gobble it down any minute.
San Cai: “Pa, what are staring at it so hard for? Hurry up and eat.”
Dad (gets up out of his seat): “Right! You should have said it early! I have waited so long for those words! Why are you so late? Sit, sit, sit.”
He pulls San Cai to sit down on the chair.
Dad: “Eat, eat. Come.”
San Cai: “Let me put my bag down first.”
Dad (sitting down): “Ok, ok. Then hurry up.”
Dad picks up a bowl of porridge and rapidly starts to spoon it into his mouth. Mom walks back in with another dish in her hands and sees dad.
Mom: “Hey, hey, hey. Eat slowly.”
Dad (mouth full, reaches over with his chopsticks for the dish that mom just put down on the table): “Still more food?”
San Cai (picking up a bowl of porridge): “Ma, this is for you.”
Her parents are eating while San Cai spoons porridge from the pot into her own bowl.
San Cai: “Feels very lucky to have dinner with the whole family around.”
Mom and dad both agrees.
San Cai: “Pa, is everything set for delivering the car tomorrow?”
Dad (nods his head): “Eh, mama, your plain egg porridge is so good!”
Mom smiles at dad.
Dad: “Really has good standards. Will not get sick of eating it over and over again.”
Mom: “If it’s not because your performance for this month is good, we would not even have any white rice to eat.”
Dad looks up from his eating. Mom laughs and gets up from her seat. She walks over to get a box of tissue.
Mom: “San Cai, from now on, you have to introduce more gold owners, eh, no, no… these good friends to your dad. (she sits back down in her seat) It doesn’t matter who it is. As long as your dad sells cars, that way we will have a good performance. (she takes a tissue and puts it next to dad) Like last time, this Hua Ze Lei Master, he’s really our family’s savior.”
Mom hands San Cai a tissue and San Cai takes it. Then she points to the tissue near dad and makes a “wiping mouth” motion with her hands. Dad gets the point and picks up the tissue.
Dad: “Is there rice on my face?”
He wipes his mouth with the tissue.
Mom: “San Cai, who is the person that help us order a car this time? It must be Qing He Master, huh?”
San Cai: “No.”
Mom: “Then it makes be some noble friend that you just met.”
San Cai: “Actually it is Dao Ming Si.”
Mom and dad both choked on their food at San Cai’s words.
Mom (speaking carefully): “Eh, he… he regained his memory already?”
Dad: “That’s so good. Then you and Dao Ming Si’s relationship is like this plain egg porridge. Thickly dense. So thick that it can’t be dissolved. You’re thick and I’m thick.”
He starts to laugh crazily.
San Cai: “Pa. Don’t be making up your own play over there. Dao Ming Si didn’t regain his memory. He ordered the car for Ye Sha.”
Mom and dad both is quiet and stopped eating.
Mom (with disgust in her tone): “Ye Sha. Are you saying that weird princess?”
Mom pause and looks over San Cai who has stopped eating.
Mom: “San Cai.”
San Cai: “Dao Ming Si and I are not like what you guys are thinking about. All I can say is that our relationship now is friends. It can be that you guys can’t imagine how that can be. But now, that is the best suited for me and Dao Ming Si’s relationship. At least now, he won’t reject the concern that I have for him. This is the most important thing to me. It’s really very, very important.”
Mom and dad doesn’t say anything, but just continues to eat slowly and looks at San Cai.
San Cai: “Why are you both looking at me this way?”
At this moment, San Cai’s cell phone starts ringing. She puts her bowl and chopsticks down and goes over to get her cell phone inside her bag.
San Cai: “Hello? Dao Ming Si. Tomorrow morning at 9 a.m., you can go straight to find my dad. (pause) You’re welcome. Bye bye.”
San Cai's parent is eavesdropping on the side and then quickly turns back to eating when San Cai hangs up the phone.
San Cai (sitting down again): “Pa, tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. Dao Ming Si will come and get the car from you.”
Dad: “Oh, no problem. I know.”
San Cai (looks at mom and dad): “Hurry up and eat.”
San Cai (eating and thinking to herself, while mom and dad looks at her sadly) “In Dao Ming Si' story, I have become from a main actress to a supporting actress. Even if everyone thinks I am stupid, feels that it is inconceivable, but there is no other choice. There’s no way that I can get out of Dao Ming Si’s story. There are less and less choices now.”
Ye Sha is sitting in the garden of Dao Ming Si's house and looking up at the sky, thinking. Dao Ming Si runs up to her from behind. After standing there for a few seconds behind Ye Sha, he covers both her eyes with his hands.
Dao Ming Si: “Guess who I am.”
Ye Sha (smiles): “What are you doing?”
Dao Ming Si takes his hands away and wraps his arms around her.
Dao Ming Si (bending so that his head is next to Ye Sha’s): “Are you thinking about something?”
Ye Sha: “No.”
Dao Ming Si: “Eh, let me tell you something. But it is a bad news, so don't be sad.”
Ye Sha: “What is it?”
Dao Ming Si: “You must first promise me that you will not be sad.”
Ye Sha: “Hurry up and say it.”
Dao Ming Si (smiling, leans close to her ear and whispers): “The breakfast car is done.”
Ye Sha (very happy): “Really? You’re sure?”
Dao Ming Si stands up straight and holding onto Ye Sha’s hand.
Dao Ming Si: “Right.”
Ye Sha (jumps up from her chair): “How did you know?”
Dao Ming Si: “I just saw it.”
Ye Sha (holding onto Dao Ming Si’s hand and walks around the chair): “Really? You saw it?”
She puts both her arms around his neck and he puts his hands on her waist.
Ye Sha (laughing) “Or did they tell you?”
Dao Ming Si: “What do you think?”
Dao Ming Si wraps both arms around her and picking her up, swings her around and around, while Ye Sha is giggling.
Next morning, Mei Zuo is at the hospital visiting Xi Men. He is sitting on Xi Men's bed playing a game of chess on his cell phone while Xi Men is reading a magazine next to him.
Xi Men (looking over at Mei Zuo’s phone): “Why is your score so low? You’re so bad.”
Xi Men goes back to his reading, while Mei Zuo stares at him.
Mei Zuo (looks back at his phone): “Fine, play once more. I definitely beat you.”
Xi Men (flipping a page on his magazine): “You have said those words many times today already.”
Mei Zuo (looks over at Xi Men): “Are you looking down on me? There are some things that you can beat me, but today I am definitely going to win.”
Xi Men (flips another page): “Yah. You are the best. (sarcastic tone, pauses and looks over at Mei Zuo) You have been so distracted. What exactly are you trying to hide?”
Xi Men flips a page on his magazine and Mei Zuo slowly looks over at him from his game before continuing to play again.
Mei Zuo: “Who’s distracted?”
Xi Men: “If you have something to do, then go. Anyway, I’m leaving the hospital today.”
Mei Zuo: “Didn’t you say I have nothing to do?”
At this moment Mei Zuo’s cell phone rings. Xi Men looks over at him.
Mei Zuo (to Xi Men): “Hold on. (answers the phone) Hello?”
Mei Zuo listens to the caller on the other line and then gets up from the bed.
Mei Zuo: “Didn’t I tell you that I’m at the hospital with Xi Men? (pause) This is not an excuse. It’s a truthful reason. (pause, Xi Men is looking at Mei Zuo from the bed) Ok, ok. I’ll go pick her up. Bye bye. Bye bye.”
Mei Zuo hangs up the phone and gives a big sigh. Xi Men is sitting on the bed and grinning. Mei Zuo picks up a can of Pepsi, walks back over to the bed and plops down next to Xi Men.
Xi Men: “Still match-making?”
Mei Zuo looks over at him and doesn’t answer.
Xi Men (flipping his magazine): “Is it because the other party is too fierce, so you are bored?”
Mei Zuo: “That’s not the problem.”
Xi Men: “Then it must be that the other party is too much of a lady and you can’t handle her.”
Mei Zuo (looks up): “Are you kidding?! Based on I, Mei Zuo...”
Xi Men (interrupts him): “Then go and fix her up. What are you laying there for?”
Mei Zuo: “You have to leave the hospital today. I’m here to send you back home.”
Xi Men (scoffs at Mei Zuo’s answer): “Oh please. I’m leaving the hospital, my dad and mom will come and pick me up. You obviously like her very much and still sits there and pretends otherwise.”
Mei Zuo (reaches over and hits Xi Men’s wound): “Who’s pretending otherwise?”
Xi Men yelps in pain.
Xi Men (looking over at Mei Zuo): “That hurts! I’m a patient! (pause, holding onto his stomach) Ow.”
Mei Zuo: “Fine. Then, I’ll go and fix her. And make her give up and go away herself.”
Xi Men looks at Mei Zuo and laughs with a “yeah right” look.
Mei Zuo (reaches over and hits Xi Men’s wound again): “You still laugh!”
Xi Men (cries out in pain again): “Who has friends like you! It hurts!”
Mei Zuo: “Fine, fine. Sorry, sorry, sorry.”
Mei Zuo hands Xi Men the Pepsi that he picked up before. Xi Men takes the Pepsi from him. Mei Zuo gets up from the bed, but not before hitting Xi Men in the stomach again.
Xi Men (cries out): “OW!”
Mei Zuo laughs and walks away.
Xi Men (calling after him): “Drive carefully!”
Mei Zuo drives Xiao Qiao to the mall that he dropped her off at last time.
Xiao Qiao: “Why are
we here again?”
Mei Zuo (smiling): “Shopping should be a delight for you girls. But I have no
interest in both you and shopping. Sorry about last time. (he takes out a wad
of bills) Made you waste money. Today, whatever you want to buy, it’s all on
me.”
Xiao Qiao looks at the wad of money then at Mei Zuo and then back at the wad of money. Finally she gives a small smile and takes the money from Mei Zuo. Smiling, she puts the money away and then opens the door.
Xiao Qiao: “You don’t need to come and pick me up.”
She gets out of the car and walks away without looking back. Mei Zuo sits in the car with a silly grin on his face.
Mei Zuo: “Don’t need to pick up?”
He seems to be very happy and drives away. Xiao Qiao, on the other hand, is walking into the mall.
Xi Men returns home with his mother.
Mom: “Walk carefully.”
Xi Men (putting his arm around his mom’s shoulder): “Ma. I’m fine already. Stop treating me like a sick patient.”
Mom: “The doctor only agreed to let you leave the hospital but that doesn’t mean that your health is all better now.”
She pulls him over to sit down on the sofa.
Xi Men (with his hand on his stomach, sits down): “I understand. That’s why I didn’t go to the office and come home with you.”
Mom: “You stop thinking about the office. I’m telling you. You have to stay at home and rest for at least a week more.”
Xi Men: “Three days.”
Mom: “Five days.”
Xi Men: “Then what about four days?”
Mom: “Five days. No more discussions. I’m not making a business deal with you.”
Xi Men agrees with a defeated face.
Maid: “Madam. Sir is back.”
Xi Men’s dad walks up to where Xi Men and his mom is sitting.
Dad: “I was just at the hospital. The nurse said that you have come back home.”
Xi Men: “I thought you might be busy. So I didn’t call and let you know.”
Dad walks over to stand next to Xi Men.
Mom: “I’ll go and help you unpack your things. You talk with your dad, ok?”
Xi Men nods his head and his mom gets up from the sofa. Xi Men’s dad steps in front of her and blocks her from walking away.
Dad: “Son just came back home. Let us all have dinner tonight.”
Xi Men (stands up, speaking to mom): “Right, Ma. You should help me re-nourish a bit. Ok?”
Mom (looks at Xi Men): “Then what would you like to eat?”
Dad smiles and feels relieved.
Xi Men: “Of course, it’s hong you chao shou.”
Mom: “You can’t eat spicy stuff anymore.”
Xi Men (with a disgusted look on his face): “Then that would mean eating wontons.”
Mom and dad both smiles.
Mom: “Anyway, you just can’t eat spicy stuff.”
Xi Men: “Orh.”
Mom walks away while Xi Men and dad sits back down on the sofa.
Mei Zuo is in the car driving when his cell phone rang.
Mei Zuo: “Ma, what’s wrong?”
Mom: “Did you send Xiao Qiao’s friend home?”
Mei Zuo: “Huh?”
Mom: “I didn’t know that my son is so thoughtful. Ma likes this dress very much.”
Mei Zuo (confused): “What are you saying?”
Mom: “There’s no need to be embarrassed. Xiao Qiao has brought the gift home already. You are so brain dead. Why didn’t you bring Xiao Qiao back first and then drop off her friend? Made Xiao Qiao carry so many things. Just like your dad and don’t know anything about thoughtfulness. Ok. Ma just wanted to say to you…”
Mei Zuo (interrupts her): “Ma. This…”
Mom (continuing): “I am very happy. That’s it.”
Mei Zuo stops the car on the side of the road and stares at his cell phone. He dials a number on his phone and doesn’t look happy at all.
Mei Zuo drives to Xiao Qiao’s home and waits for her outside, leaning against the driver’s side of the car. He gets impatient and walks over to the passenger’s side of the car. Then he hears footsteps and turns and quickly walks over to Xiao Qiao.
Mei Zuo: “What exactly do you want?”
Xiao Qiao: “What do you mean?”
Mei Zuo: “I am saying do you know what you are doing? My mom and your mom, are only thinking about their own wishful thinking, helping us to arrange our future. Don’t tell me that you don’t know it.”
Xiao Qiao (smiles): “I know. That’s why I have been going out on dates with you.”
Mei Zuo: “What you’re saying is that you are willing to accept their arrangements? You are willing to be the same as a puppet? Whatever they tell you to do, you do?”
Xiao Qiao: “It’s true that my parents really encourages me to date with you. But actually, I also feel that based on family background, based on education, we are a really suitable couple. (Mei Zuo smiles at her in disbelief.) Why can’t you be like me, calm down and try dating with me and see? Anyway, you are a guy, so no matter what, the one that is at a disadvantage would not be you.”
Mei Zuo: “But we don’t have any feelings for each other.”
Xiao Qiao (smiling): “Feelings can be nurtured. (Mei Zuo laughs in disbelief again.) And anyway, you don't even know me.”
Mei Zuo (laughing): “You don't know me either.”
Xiao Qiao: “But at least I know that you are a good man.”
Mei Zuo takes a deep breath and thinks.
Mei Zuo: “Fine. Then I will show you exactly how good a man I am.”
He grabs her hand and pulls her along.
Mei Zuo brings Xiao Qiao to a pub. Xiao Qiao sits at the bar with a drink, playing with her straw while Mei Zuo is dancing intimately with two girls on the dance floor. Xiao Qiao looks over at Mei Zuo dancing and smiles lightly to herself before looking away. When they finished dancing, Mei Zuo walks with the two girls over to where Xiao Qiao is sitting. He picks up his glass of red wine and toasts with the two girls.
Mei Zuo: “Cheers.”
The three of them take a sip before putting the glasses down.
Girl: “Mei Zuo, aren’t you going to introduce us?”
Xiao Qiao looks over at them.
Mei Zuo: “Ok. (looks at Xiao Qiao) This is Lulu. (turns to the girl on his right) And this is Gina.”
Xiao Qiao (smiles at them): “Hi. Nice to meet you both. I am Xiao Qiao. Mei Zuo’s girlfriend.”
Lulu (laughs): “Girlfriend? What a coincidence. I am Mei Zuo’s number 8 girlfriend. (looks over at Gina) And she is number 20. What about you? What number are you?”
Xiao Qiao (takes a deep breath before smiling): “I don’t know what number I am. But I am certain that I will definitely be the last number.”
Lulu (drapes herself on Mei Zuo’s shoulder): “I think that maybe you don’t understand Mei Zuo too well.”
Xiao Qiao: “Well, since you both understand Mei Zuo so much, then from now on, if there is anything regarding Mei Zuo, may I ask you two?”
Mei Zuo smiles widely on the side.
Lulu: “You want to ask the two of us? But, Mei Zuo would give us different surprises each time. Which part are you asking for advice about?”
Leaning against Mei Zuo, Lulu runs her hand over his chest.
Gina: “Of course, the most exciting part.”
Lulu: “But then I’m afraid you won’t be able to learn it.”
Xiao Qiao: “Ever since I was little, there is nothing that I can’t learn. (looks over at Lulu and smiles) Especially that which you both are saying is the most exciting parts.”
Lulu (takes off her jacket and looks at Xiao Qiao): “Can you learn that?”
Xiao Qiao looks at Lulu and Mei Zuo. Mei Zuo looks at Lulu and then at Xiao Qiao with a small smile on his face. Xiao Qiao looks at him for a few seconds before looking away. She lowers her head, looking sad. Then she takes a deep breath, smiles and brushes her long hair away from her face and shoulder. She brings her hand up to her shirt buttons and starts to slowly unbutton them. Mei Zuo looks at her with a smile at first, then the smile slowly disappears into a frown.
