Dao Ming Si Episode
DaoMingShi was beaten up by a bunch of people. He suddenly exploded with anger and beat up a guy until he was half dead. The police arrived.
XiMen, MeiZuo and Lei are at a pub. Lei is playing with his handphone. Suddenly, the news about DaoMingShi beating up a guy appears on the television. DaoMingShi enters the pub at this moment. The guy's father insists on sueing DaoMingShi. DaoMingShi is in an extremely bad mood.
MeiZuo: I think they want you in jail.
DaoMingShi: Doesn't matter. I'm not scared of anything.
XiMen: Don't drink anymore. I sugguest you get someone to keep this nder
wraps. We're entering YingDe this year. Don't get into any more trouble.
Lei: Listen to us. Just go back first. Although your mother is not in Taiwan, but I'm sure she'll have a way to solve this problem.
The F3 forces DaoMingShi to go home.
A bunch of reporters are gathered outside the DaoMing house and the housekeeper is trying hard to keep them away.
Housekeeper: There's nothing I can say. Please leave.
DaoMingShi watches from afar. He calls XiMen.
DaoMingShi: Ximen.. It's me.. DaoMingShi.
XiMen: I know. The cops have been to my home. I'm sure MeiZuo and Lei are being targetted too. They suspect the 4 of us went into the fight together. How's the situation there? You okay?
DaoMingShi: I'm okay. Call you another time. Bye.
DaoMingShi hangs up and walks away.
The housekeeper is trying hard to maintain order in the house. At that moment, he receives a call from DaoMingShi. He rushes off to look for DaoMingShi after that. DaoMingShi is sitting in a pub.
Housekeeper: Master, please go home with me.
DaoMingShi: How can I go home with so many cops outside the house?
Housekeeper: Don't worry. Madam has passed down the orders.
DaoMingShi: My mum? She's back?
Housekeeper: Errr.. Master... Madam is busy is New York. I don't think she can make it back. She's really very busy.
DaoMingShi: Busy?! Do you know.. a few days later is my birthday. I bet she's forgotten about it. She promised me she'll be back.
Housekeeper: *looking helpless* ... Master...
DaoMingShi: Every year I spend my birthday either with you pig heads or alone. This year I can spend it in jail.. That's quite new. Perhaps I could make some better friends.
Housekeeper: You won't go to jail. This time it's because the media blew
up the matter. As long as you confess, Madam says the matter will be settled. She says it is a small matter.
DaoMingShi: Small matter? Her son beating someone to death is a small
matter? Then what is a big matter? Is anything to do with me a small matter?
Housekeeper: Master, listen to me...
DaoMingShi: Shut up! She thinks money can solve everything? Anyway she
doesn't care about my existence. I might as well disappear.
Housekeeper: If you disappear the matter will get worse!
DaoMingShi: I won't let her resolve this matter with money!
DaoMingShi storms off and is held back by the house's bodyguards. DaoMingShi beats them up and runs off. The bodyguards chase. They lose him at the train station when DaoMingShi hopes onto the train.
DaoMingShi sits on the train alone. He realizes he has lost his handphone
and he has no idea how to contact the rest. At that moment, the train
conductors board the train and DaoMingShi runs away. The train conductors
chase him but he has jumped off the train.
DaoMingShi is wounded as a result of jumping off the train. He has a big
cut on his knee. He limps around in pain, not knowing where he is. Soon,
he blacked out.
A little girl, XinXin is sewing a piece of cloth until she is called to
have dinner. She runs out and sees DaoMingShi lying on the ground.
DaoMingShi stirs around on a bed with XinXin standing next to him, watching him. XinXin's father, Ah-Yuan appears and touches DaoMingShi's forehead.
Ah-Yuan: Don't worry. Daddy has bandaged his wound. If his fever still doesn't go away tomorrow, we will send him to hospital.
XinXin knods.
Ah-Yuan: Come, go and bath.
XinXin takes another look at DaoMingShi and walks off. Suddenly, DaoMingShi starts mumbling, startling XinXin.
DaoMingShi: Mum.. When are you coming back...
XinXin walks back to DaoMingShi and strokes his arm.
DaoMingShi: I feel terrible...
XinXin puts her arms around DaoMingShi who has started crying.
DaoMingShi wakes up in an old wooder hut. He sees XinXin sitting there, drawing. Ah-Yuan enters and tells him that they saved him.
Ah-Yuan: I bet you didn't know you were unconscious for 2 days.
DaoMingShi tries to get up. XinXin walks towards DaoMingShi.
Ah-Yuan: I know you want to leave. This place is so isolated. You can't go far in this state. You haven't eaten for 2 days. Have breakfast with us.
They sit together and have breakfast. DaoMingShi eats some food that he has ever eaten before.
Ah-Yuan: So how did you end up unconscious on the beach? Do you want me to inform your family?
DaoMingShi: I have no family!
Ah-Yuan: I'm going to work. She will stay at home.
DaoMingShi: I'm leaving after eating.
XinXin keeps shaking her head and pulling DaoMingShi. She talks her chalkboard and writes something on it.
Ah-Yuan: I think you better stay here and rest. She will take care of you.
DaoMingShi: Is she dumb?
Ah-Yuan: She's not dumb! She just refuses to talk. I'm going to work. XinXin will stay here and look after you. She's lonely.
Ah-Yuan leaves for work, leaving XinXin alone with DaoMingShi. XinXin smiles sweetly at DaoMingShi.
Ah-Yuan is working at a wood factory. Meanwhile, DaoMingShi is limping
to the beach. XinXin runs out after him, carrying her chalkboard.
DaoMingShi: (thinking) That person.. Did I really beat him to death?
XinXin turns around and smiles at DaoMingShi.
Ah-Yuan returns home after work. He brings home a birthday cake for XinXin. He tells XinXin to go and wash up.
Ah-Yuan: (to DaoMingShi) A child always looks forward to her birthday. You're here in time. We can spend XinXin's birthday together.
DaoMingShi: What's the date today?
Ah-Yuan: End of the month.. 31st.
DaoMingShi: (thinking) She has the same birthday as me..
Ah-Yuan then gives DaoMingShi a clutch that he made at the factory.
Ah-Yuan: Do you want to bath? Our bathroom might be a bit shabby.
At night, the 3 of them sit together to celebrate XinXin's birthday.
Ah-Yuan: We must sing a birthday song. XinXin, sing with daddy?
XinXin shakes her head and points to DaoMingShi:
DaoMingShi: I don't know how to sing...
Ah-Yuan: Daddy will sing. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you,
Happy birthday to XinXin, Happy birthday to you! Before you blow the
candle, you must make a birthday wish. Come, say out your wish.
XinXin points to her heart.
DaoMingSHi: What does that mean?
Ah-Yuan: She says, just keep it in her heart.
XinXin offers DaoMingShi a piece of cake but he refuses to eat it. XinXin throws the cake at him. XinXin starts laughing. DaoMingShi is affected and laughs too. XinXin offers him another slice of cake and DaoMingShi finally eats it.
DaoMingSHi: (to himself) XinXin, happy birthday. Will you wish me happy birthday too?
After XinXin has gone to sleep, DaoMingShi and Ah-Yuan sit on the beach and chat.
Ah-Yuan: It's quiet here at night. XinXin doesn't talk, so I don't have much to say too. It's extremely rare I have someone to sit here to talk to me. You must find this place boring, but such peaceful life to me is an enjoyment. XinXin is a bit autistic.
DaoMingShi: WHy doesn't XinXin talk?
Ah-Yuan: She just stopped talking one day. Because her mother left. Her mother was an extremely gentle woman. But she just left one day...
Disappeared.
DaoMingShi: You were bad to her mum? Why don't you look for her? Can't you tell XinXin misses her mum?
Ah-Yuan: How to? I have no direction at all.. I also know XinXin hopes that her mother will return soon. Perhaps her birthday wish is for her mother to come back.
DaoMingShi, Ah-Yuan and XinXin are playing by the sea. XinXin later gives DaoMingShi a vase of flowers.
The next day, before Ah-Yuan left for work, XinXin gives him a face mask. Ah-Yuan wears it at work. Later when he was having lunch, Ah-Yuan sees a newspaper report and realizes DaoMingShi's true identity and that he is on escape for hurting someone.
XinXin and DaoMingShi are sitting by the beach. XinXin wants DaoMingShi to draw on her chalkboard but DaoMingShi doesn't want to. XinXin starts to pout.
DaoMingShi: Why is your temper so bad? If XiMen and MeiZuo knows that I'm being bullied by a little girl, they will laugh to death. Eh.. Do you know, I'm DaoMingShi.
XinXin just looks at him and smiles. The two of them start drawing on the board. At that moment, Ah-Yuan rushes home. He grabs XinXin away.
XinXin is listening to the radio and there's an announcement that there will be a meteor rain at the end of the month. XinXin insist that DaoMingShi brings her to see the meteor rain, although it's not the end of the month yet.
Ah-Yuan: Eh.. Ah-Shi... Errr.... You are going to see the meteor rain? I heard that if you see a meteor with a circle surrounding it, it means you and your lover are surrounded by the love guardian.
DaoMingShi: Oh.. *laughs* Okay.. I'll remember that.
Ah-Yuan and XinXin are playing on the beach while DaoMingShi watches from the side. Ah-Yuan keeps trying to get XinXin to talk. XinXin wants to play a blindfold game. When Ah-Yuan was blindfolded, he purposely starts walking into the water, trying to get XinXin to shout for him. XinXin just stands on the beach, scared and stuttering. DaoMingShi dashes into the water and grabs Ah-Yuan.
Ah-Yuan: Why won't you talk? If I really jump into the sea, you still won't talk? Do you want to be like this forever? What if you run into bad people one day? What if I leave you one day?
XinXin gets angry and runs away.
DaoMingSHi: Is this really useful?
Ah-Yuan: I don't know.. I don't know what to do..
DaoMingShi: Why don't you send her to see a doctor?
Ah-Yuan: The Austistic Center for children is in US! That's what XinXin needs! I don't have the ability to send her there. What I can give XinXin is just my love..
DaoMingShi: But you shouldn't force her like that! You think this is good for her? You adults are always like that! Doing what you think is right!... I think...
You shouldn't be so anxious. XinXin might have lost her way of communicating in this world. But maybe, she is satisfied just having a father who loves her. Unlike some people, on the surface they seem to have everything, but they actually have nothing.
Ah-Yuan: I'm not her father.
DaoMingShi: Then where are her parents?
Ah-Yuan: It must have been more than a year.. XinXin is my neighbours' child. Her mother is very gentle and quiet. Initially, their family was doing well. But the problem lies with her father. For some reason, he will hit XinXin's mother often. And at the end, even XinXin is not let off. Finally one day, XinXin's mother couldn't take it anymore. She abandoned everything and left. There was no news of her again. XinXin doesn't talk after that. After her mother left, her father got worse. He hit her everyday, hit her terribly. As for me, since my business failed, I was heavily in debt. Even my wife and children left me. Everyone avoided me like a plague. I was a total failure. I hit rock bottom. Even my house was
sold. I was forced to leave, no idea where I could go next. When XinXin grabbed me tightly, I knew I couldn't abandon her. Without much thoughts, I took her with me.
Now, I'm probably a kidnapper. I don't know what is regrets. To a person
who has nothing, to have XinXin with me, I have no regrets. I treat her like my own daughter. My greatest satisfaction now is seeing XinXin happy everyday.
Ah-Yuan goes back to the house and cannot find XinXin. He and DaoMingShi goes around searching for XinXin.
Ah-Yuan: I'm going to town to look for XinXin. You go back first.
DaoMingShi: Why?
Ah-Yuan: How can you go? What if someone sees you? Have you forgot
your status? You're a criminal now!
DaoMingShi: You knew about it...
Ah-Yuan: Now's not the time to discuss this. Let's go back.
Back at the house, DaoMingShi sees the flowers XinXin gave him.
DaoMingSHi: Where can we find this?
They run to an area where the flower was grown and finds XinXin hidden under a tent.
Ah-Yuan: I really don't know... I just want to talk to you.. I don't know what
you're thinking. You can tell me what you're thinking. If you miss your mother, you can tell me. You can tell me what you want. Why can't I give you anything? Why??
XinXin gets up and hugs Ah-Yuan. The two of them cry. Ah-Yuan picks up a photoframe and passes it to DaoMingShi.
DaoMingSHi: This is her mother's photo?
Ah-Yuan: Can't you tell? It's an advertisement for milk powder. She doesn't have a photo of her mother at all.
DaoMingShi goes to a nearby 7-11 to make a phonecall. He calls home.
Housekeeper: Master, where are you?
DaoMingSHi: Is my mum still in New York?
Housekeeper: Err.. Please come back first.
DaoMingShi: My mum right about one thing. Money is very important.
Housekeeper: Have you ran out of money to spend? Where are you?
DaoMingShi: You knew this day would come right? I need money now. Bring it to me tonight, no matter how you do it.
A police appears in front of DaoMingShi. He quickly turns away. However, he is still discovered and the police chase him. He manages to escape.
XinXin has fallen asleep. DaoMingShi and Ah-Yuan sit by the beach and chat.
Ah-Yuan: Are you leaving?
DaoMingShi: THese days are unforgettable.
Ah-Yuan: What plans do you have? Escape?
DaoMingShi: Escape? No. I'm going home and accept whatever arrangements they have for me.
Ah-Yuan: What about your law suit?
DaoMingShi: The law suit and escaping.. With my family background, it's not difficult to resolve. I'm not trying to escape from law. I'm just trying to escape from the DaoMing family.
Ah-Yuan: I know. To you, from another angle, that house itself is a jail.
DaoMingShi: You mean.. Whether I go to jail there's not much difference? Whatever it is, I must thank you.
Ah-Yuan: Ah-Shi, after you leave, don't come back again. You are DaoMing's family next leader. Your every move is watched. Let's not meet again. We cannot be found, otherwise I might have to leave XinXin. And XinXin might have to go back to that terrible place.
DaoMingShi: .... Today... I called home.. And was spotted by the police. The police might come here. I didnt expect what I did would affect you.
Ah-Yuan: Why were you so careless? Did I tell you to be more careful? If police comes to the beach, this wooden hut will definitely be a target.
DaoMingShi: You can leave, but you should at least have some money with you. I've already asked people to send money here. With this money, you can bring XinXin to US.
Ah-Yuan: I really appreciate it. But we really don't have anymore time.
Ah-Yuan quickly wakes XinXin up. He takes whatever little things they have and runs off.
Ah-Yuan: We have to leave immediately. He has found us.
XinXin gives DaoMingShi one last hug before leaving.
DaoMingShi: Ah-Yuan. Please give me a chance to repay you. XinXIn really needs this money. The last sunday of this month, I will bring the money back here to look for you. Please come back.
Ah-Yuan: Thank you. I will definitely be back. You take care.
After Ah-Yuan and XinXin left, the police arrived. DaoMingShi is brought to jail.
DaoMingShi is back home.
DaoMingShi: HOw's that guy?
Housekeeper: He is discharged from hospital.
DaoMingShi: Is this the last Sunday of the month?
Housekeeper: Yes. Do you want to call madam? She's waiting for your call.
DaoMingSHi: Where's the 5000000 I asked you to prepare?
Ah-Yuan and XinXin are walking back towards the wooden hut. Suddenly,
police cars arrive. They try to but are still caught eventually. Meanwhile, DaoMingShi is rushing to the wooden hut. As Ah-Yuan was being held down by the police, XinXin suddenly screams, "PAPA!!!"
DaoMingShi reaches the wooden hut to find it empty. He sits by the
beach alone. Suddenly, there was a meteor rain...
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