♫ Time, do not leave ♫
♫ Allow me to be vulnerable
for just one minute ♫
♫ How long do I need before I
grow used to being let go ♫
♫ My mug is empty ♫
♫ But its warmth ♫
♫ Still remains in my hands ♫
♫ Nobody can leave ♫
♫ That is a type of luxury ♫
♫ But I just want to
tightly hold your hand ♫
♫ I would rather wait than to miss out ♫
♫ On the moment when you smile at me ♫
♫ I am still willing ♫
♫ To give my best effort just
for the sake of the future ♫
♫ Even if life is not gentle ♫
♫ Even if I am refuted by
happiness once again ♫
♫ I want to believe that all my wounds ♫
♫ Are just there to polish me ♫
♫ I want to believe that all my wounds ♫
The Evolution of Our Love
Episode 40
Have a seat, Qingqing.
We got engaged quite awhile ago.
Technically, when we got engaged,
we should have talked about
setting a date for the wedding.
For you, I've been waiting
and holding back.
This year I'll be thirty-three years old.
My mother went to a Master a few days
ago to have my fortune calculated.
The guy said that this year,
at thirty-three years old,
- I definitely need to get married.
 - I know.
Besides that, my parents are getting older.
They also want to have
grandchildren sooner.
I'm a filial son, you know.
I want my parents to be able
to enjoy a complete family.
Don't you want to become
a wife and a mother?
Can't you sacrifice a little for me?
Getting married early or
later, both are marriages.
You're really good to me.
Your family is also great.
However, I want to make my
own decision on the timing.
No problem. You decide the time.
You can decide when we register the
marriage, when we have the wedding.
I'm saying that I want to
decide my own life's timetable.
I don't want to be pressured
into getting married.
Didn't I just say?
Right now is the best time of our life.
This is the year. The best
year for my own marriage.
What exactly is making you hesitate?
Qingqing, can you hear what I'm saying?
I'm sorry. I still can't promise you that.
I know. All this time,
I feel grateful for how
you've taken care of me.
I've thought about it for a long time.
I've said this before.
"My dream is to be able to get married
and become a good wife and a mother."
But not right now. Maybe, that's
for sometime in the future.
I really don't understand
what you've just said.
I know that the person I used to be
might not understand others.
I could just blindly agree with others.
This time, I can't make the same mistake.
The way I see it, my life
doesn't have an answer key.
I just want to follow my heart.
I'm so sorry.
I'm a man. I respect your choice.
I'm telling you. I want to
marry you because I love you.
I have feelings for you.
But I don't want our feelings to be
used up over meaningless time together.
I wish you happiness.
Oh, right. People who date not for the
purpose of marriage are all lowlifes!
You're back!
It's so great. You finally
have finished wandering.
What wandering? I went to work.
You have the nerve to say that.
Both work and travel.
Your hair has grown out.
Let's go.
Are you feeling better?
You can relax!
Perfect. There's something
I need to confess to you or
it might burst out of me.
No, it's not that. It doesn't
have anything to do with that.
Nothing to do with that.
Eh, actually, if you're really
going to marry Matthew,
I would have allowed some things to rot
inside of me forever, and never tell you.
But now, I'm afraid my conscience will
wake me up in the middle of the night...
I think I've done you and Lu Fei wrong.
How did you wrong Lu Fei?
Actually, it's not my fault.
It's mostly your fault.
When you and Matthew were a couple,
Lu Fei came to see me.
He said he really loves you
and wanted to fight for you.
I told him I was against it.
Because... at that time you and
Matthew were together, right?
Later, when Matthew proposed
to you at the airport,
you'd just turned your back on Lu Fei.
He wanted to come rushing over.
I just looked at him like this,
and he didn't come over.
Can you blame me for that?
I'll say again, you and Matthew
were a couple at that point.
I know... I-I know I chose
to support the wrong couple.
It's already super awkward.
You, you, you!
You sided with the wrong couple!
You kept it and said it only just now!
I was wrong.
Hey, what are you going to do?
Buy a ticket!
Y-You... you're going to go to Hong Kong?
What else?
Does Lu Fei know that you
haven't gotten married yet?
Of course, he doesn't know.
He waited so long to make his confession.
He made me suffer for so long.
It's just right that I keep him hanging.
Let me tell you. This airline company...
♫ After you’ve thanked every past lover ♫
♫ Do your best to protect the balance
between your body and mind ♫
♫ After every kiss, after
every liter of tears,
use your brain to see
if it was worth it ♫
♫ After you’ve forgiven
certain foolish moments ♫
♫ You’ll become better at
enjoying the beautiful life ♫
♫ Eat and sleep to your heart’s
content, reject any worries ♫
Is anyone here?
♫ Everyone wishes to have the
perfect amount of love ♫
♫ It’s enough to decide to love yourself ♫
♫ The heavens and earth both
know, only you don’t know ♫
♫ Happiness requires a little
deviated fermentation ♫
♫ La la la, L-O-V-E (To be the crazy one) ♫
♫ La la la, L-O-V-E (To be the bold one) ♫
Surprise!
I'm so sorry! So sorry! Are you okay?
- Who are you?
- I...
I'm a friend of Lu Fei.
- Are you from Beijing?
- Yes.
Then where's Lu Fei?
That's what I want to ask you.
♫ Looking forward for fate to
send down the perfect man ♫
♫ That corresponds to the script
that I've written on my mind ♫
♫ Is he stylish, is he
sincere enough, it's
enought that it gets
carefully promulgated ♫
♫ So what if the audience gets offended ♫
♫ The people in front of the
camera are well-restrained ♫
♫ Move forward a step, move
back a step, it feels so good ♫
♫ Releasing them one by one ♫
In this life, our routes
don't ever seem to cross.
You didn't tell me you
were coming to Hong Kong.
- When did you go back to Beijing?
 - Yesterday.
What a coincidence. What
did you go back for?
There was an issue at the clinic.
- What incident?
 - You're interrogating me.
I'm dying of hunger. Let me eat first.
During this time, I haven't contacted
you and you haven't contacted me.
We're very busy. I can understand.
Busy? Being busy is great.
We both have scheduled work.
I'm getting married.
What do you plan to do?
I'm asking about your plans with He Xin.
You haven't given me any news.
It's still like that.
What? Just dating and not getting married?
I could pretend to get married.
Would He Xin agree to a pretend marriage?
Of course, she wouldn't.
So, other than He Xin,
is there someone else?
Someone you recently met?
Aren't we talking about future plans?
Of course, I'm talking about a future girl.
Even though I don't love her,
I can still take care
of her and respect her.
That I can do.
For a lot of people, the people they marry
and end up being with them until old age
is not their greatest love.
Compared to those who are so in love,
but got defeated by time,
the hurting is less.
All are people, there will always
be times when one is weak.
For example, when the children
and my wife are sleeping,
I'll lock myself on the
balcony, light a cigarette,
and just sit in a daze for hours.
Another example, at some
New Year's gathering,
using the holiday as excuses
to have a few more drinks.
Messily vomiting in the bathroom,
even vomiting out one's heart.
There will always be those weak times,
and life will keep
reminding you about them.
But good thing...
These moments are very rare in life.
I can surely endure them.
I'm unable to endure them!
Your imagination is quite big.
You've planned quite far!
There are even so many details
and specific emotions!
That traitor Sunnie, she
actually told you everything!
And I even trusted you two so much,
but you instead connived to trick me.
I was just cooperating with you.
In acting, that's called
monopolizing the scene.
Slow down! Don't get lost!
Why did you come find me?
You left something at my place.
There's no more battery. I
don't have any charger.
Didn't you say that if
there's no more battery,
- I can come to you to have it charged?
 - Yes.
But didn't you charge it already?
I have very high power consumption.
- We're outside.
- It's not illegal.
- I have never kissed a friend before.
- You already did.
♫ The light I turned on
yesterday is still on ♫
♫ Yet your world has turned dark ♫
♫ Your nonchalant smile
is making my heart ache ♫
♫ I won't ask you what's going on ♫
♫ I'll just tightly hug you ♫
♫ Silently let your tears dilute
the agony and the bruises ♫
♫ Stop crying, stop being sad.
You still have me ♫
♫ At this moment, stop feeling regretful ♫
♫ No matter how many
stupidity and mistakes,
just move past them
with a laugh ♫
♫ Please don't cry,
everything will be fine ♫
♫ Put down all your regrets ♫
♫ After you turn around, you
have me to protect you ♫
♫ A scabbing wound is still awake ♫
♫ But you already are
naively in a deep sleep ♫
♫ You don't look forward to love
anymore, I should understand it now ♫
♫ You said that you once was loved by him ♫
♫ But he left with her ♫
♫ I understand that I'm just a
third person in your story ♫
♫ Stop crying, stop being
sad, you still have me ♫
♫ At this moment, stop feeling regretful ♫
♫ No matter how many wound and pain,
all will just become dreams ♫
♫ Please don't cry,
everything will be fine ♫
♫ Embrace your courage ♫
♫ After you turn around, you
have me to protect you ♫
♫ We once surpassed the complications ♫
♫ We once had losses and gains ♫
♫ We once laughed over life,
having you is enough ♫
♫ Stop crying, stop being
sad, you still have me ♫
♫ At this moment, Stop being regretful ♫
♫ No matter how many wound and pain, all
will eventually become just dreams ♫
♫ Please don't cry,
everything will be fine ♫
♫ You'll meet love again one day ♫
♫ Even if you forget me,
I'll still be guarding you ♫
Isn't it just cooking a simple meal?
Why buy so many?
If you want to cook something
delicious, don't be afraid of troubles.
I am exactly afraid of troubles.
You wash the dishes then.
No! I'm afraid of dirtiness.
You are even afraid of getting fat.
Don't eat it, then.
Before, I was sometimes harsh on you.
You won't take revenge, right?
Of course, I will.
It's so great. I'm not afraid of it.
Good friend, what do you
think about Lu Fei?
Nothing to criticize about. Your
taste in men finally improved.
(Shameless...)
Cursing me?
I didn't. Since you want
me to choose Lu Fei,
if I ever get into a fight
with him in the future,
you must stand on my side.
Since you chose Lu Fei, you should be clear
that there might not be too many
earth-shattering moments
in your relationship.
But you'll be able to live ordinary
days with a lasting charm.
We also will fight, have arguments,
but we have endless words to say.
We will immediately share every novel
thing that happened to us to each other.
You will still have a
lot of different views.
Have perspectives and values
that run parallel to each other.
But you two will learn to respect
each other, listen to each other,
tolerate each other, and
rely on each other.
While at home, I already told
you not to bring so many things
that we'd surely pass the luggage limit.
You just wouldn't listen.
All are for him.
We can just buy what we lack over there.
Will we be able to buy them?
All of those things were
bought by me online.
- Right, baby?
- Fine...
Here!
You're here.
There was traffic. Get out of the way.
- Oh, my... my good godson.
- Look who's here.
You get to ride a plane before
you even turn one year old?
Why did you make me come here?
I won't be able to come
back before your birthday.
I bought you a gift.
It's... Go search that box.
Her gift is in that box.
Forget it... Just give it
to me once you're back.
You guys still have to
hurry to board the plane.
Okay. Come, let me carry you.
Enough. Look, the announcement is starting.
I'm guessing that your flight
will be checking tickets soon.
Quickly, go...
We'll get going then.
Bye-bye.
Hurry up.
- Fine...
- We'll be late. Don't you know that?
- Okay... Just carry him and walk in front.
- What do you mean?
I won't take you out for vacations again.
Fine. I got it.
We won't bring father out
to play anymore, right?
Walk in front...
Be good.
Men are all the same.
Once they get you, they won't cherish you.
Before, he even knew when
I'd grow my wisdom teeth.
But today, on my birthday, he
didn't even express anything.
Long-distance relationship.
It's fine if he doesn't come back today,
but he should at least send some
message or greetings. Right?
There are none at all.
Last year, there was
still a hateful e-mail.
But this year, none at all.
He even forgot to mock me.
He always has time to
update his public page,
but has no time to send me an emoticon?
I should just accept my fate.
In front of life, you're
the greatest masochist.
Every time you bear some hope in life,
it will then give you a
forceful and a beautiful slap.
Telling you that it will never be charming.
It's never going to be perfect.
Hi.
Man Man, happy birthday.
I didn't forget your birthday.
It's your mother who stopped
me from greeting you.
She said that I was too showy every
year, making her appear cold.
Starting this year, our family
will be changing its style.
She said it will be a strict
father and a benevolent mother.
She will say the nice words and
will be the one to care for you.
She said that there should
be a sense of novelty
in managing a family life.
I feel that my mother is right.
I agree. Let's do that from now on then.
How can I allow that?
It'll look like I don't
love my daughter enough.
Man Man, tell me the truth.
Do you love your mother more
or me, your dad?
You're so childish.
Dad, I'm about to be thirty.
That's a question for a
three-year-old child.
She can't even remember your birthday.
 She forgot it last year.
This time, she refused to admit it.
Dad, you've become so bold.
You know how to tell on her now.
It's okay.
She's in our room and had closed the door,
currently inhaling some oxygen.
She won't hear us.
Oh, right! She won't even let
me buy you a birthday cake.
Isn't that too much?
But we ate a cake earlier on your behalf.
I even secretly made a wish for you.
I can't say it. Or else,
it won't come true.
Daughter, no matter when,
I'm always proud of you.
I will forever love you.
Okay. I won't talk to you anymore.
I also love you two. Forever love you two.
I'm going back to work. Bye-bye.
Happy birthday to me...
Happy birthday to me—
Surprise!
-  ♪ Happy birth—
- Stop!
Stopping there? Did you
do that deliberately?
Oh, she's talking to you, Brother.
How many children do you two plan to have?
I'll try my best.
Stop singing here!
Disturbing the neighbors.
Go in...
Hurry...
♪ Happy birthday to you  ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you  ♪
Happy birthday!
Thanks.
You really gave me a big
surprise and shock.
I think someone doesn't need
to make a wish anymore.
Didn't she already have a tongue
slip earlier by the door?
Right, Sister-in-Law?
I am indeed your sister-in-law.
What's wrong?
Are you going to make your wish or not?
The candles are about to get extinguished.
I'm blowing now.
- I'll answer the phone.
- Okay. Go.
Hello.
Good friend, do you have time?
No time. I'm accompanying my girlfriend.
But... I so want to complain
about my boyfriend right now.
Say it. I'll help you analyze it.
Analyze? I called you just to vent.
If I want it analyzed, why wouldn't I
have called the television hotline?
Are you not joining our
high school reunion?
Of course, I will join.
This is our first grand reunion
after graduating from high school.
Cut it out. How many times have we
organized it and you never came.
And you were even the class president.
Was it me who didn't join
or I didn't get invited?
Moreover, I'm just one
of the class presidents.
You guys chose another one after me.
Got it. I will surely go.
Who made a promise that he would do legal
business and not sell fake products again?
Have you forgotten that
incident where you got fined?
I remember. But I also got swindled, okay?
But fake products now are so
similar to the real ones,
that even I couldn't distinguish them.
Just cancel those that
haven't been delivered yet.
Those that have been delivered, just
try to get back as many as you can.
Don't make me regret joining
this venture with you.
Okay already. I got it.
♫ This is enough ♫
♫ I can stand from afar and
watch your silly smile ♫
Thank you, Brother Lu Fei.
Thank me for what?
Thank you for breaking up with me
and teaching me how to break up.
♫ This is enough ♫
When did I teach you how to break up?
Whether you did or not,
anyway, I know how to do it.
Actually, before loving you, I had
one boyfriend. My first love.
Like you, he was the one
who wanted to break up.
The reason was that I was too clingy.
♫ Is this love ♫
Now, I, this sticky bean bun
that kept being dumped,
can now dare to break up with someone
that's not suitable with me.
Really?
♫ Is this love ♫
For the sake of our happiness,
we should be a bit braver.
You are very brave.
♫ Have you ever cared about
all the sacrifices I made ♫
I believe that one day,
I surely will find that
person who suits me the best.
That's right. You surely will.
By then, I will bring him for
you and Sister Ruoman to see.
♫ This is enough ♫
Then...
I'll get going now.
Okay. Goodbye.
Say hello to Sister Ruoman for me.
Okay. ♫ I need to remind
myself not to bother you ♫
♫ But why does regret drop
from my eyes as tears ♫
Drink less.
Is your mother well?
She's quite well.
That $74,000 I gave you to
buy a house is my own money.
I believe it.
I... regret it now.
I really regret it.
Dad, you remembered it wrong.
The last time that we slept together
wasn't when I was in grade school.
[Yanhai No. 1 High School]
- We're going now.
- Okay.
Sit tight.
That time, I was already in high school.
It was also in this store.
That day was my birthday.
Even my mother forgot it,
but to my surprise, you still remembered.
Dad, although we never lived together,
in all our intimate interactions,
I remember...
every detail of it.
I will forever be your son.
You will forever be my father.
I'm not worthy...
- Let's take pictures over there.
- Let us... Right...
- How?
- Just stand well.
- I'm ready now.
- I must stand like this.
Come... 1, 2, smile!
One more time...
Let's change our pose. Smile.
- Let's change.
- I can.
- Smile, okay?
- I  am smiling the most.
- Hurry up!
Come.
1, 2,
3!
Look at how you look!
This one is a good one.
Send this one to our family group.
- Let the children see them.
- Wait. Don't rush.
Don't rush. Let me edit the picture first.
How is it?
- How do you edit?
- You just press these. Look.
It's different from the one earlier, right?
This is really something.
Old Jia, how come when the children
post messages in our group,
you're always the first one to like it?
I'm unable to beat you to it.
Do you have some trick? Teach me.
Or some notification sound?
I won't tell you.
If you keep nagging,
I'll tell the children to...
delete, delete, delete!
- Let's go.
- What are you doing?
Hold my bag.
- Let's go now...
- Hey! Hey!
Come, bottoms up!
Ai Ruoman, you're not human!
I had a secret crush on you
before, Class President.
You're scaring everyone. Quickly, sit down.
Hurry and eat...
But you?!
In your eyes, there's only studying.
Even if I hang myself in front
of you, you won't look at me.
Ma Lingli, call his wife.
Forget it...
You deserve to be single!
Lu Fei! I also endured you for so long.
During school, I always
inserted notes in your notebook
but how come you never replied to them?
You also wrote notes?
Stop pretending. I also wrote one.
I even wrote my name, but you didn't reply.
What you mean, "reply to you?"
He even wrote you a love letter.
If you don't like me,
I can accept it.
But how can you... like Ma Lingli?
What do you mean by that?
Stop being so straightforward.
Let me dilute that...
Drink this one.
Honestly, this is one incident
that I still can't understand.
Right?
- Maybe... It's an acquired taste.
- Why?
Are you two sick?
You two are ganging up on me.
What? What's wrong with me?
With my current
face and financial strength,
not only Lu Fei,
but even if Ma Fei comes, I won't mind him.
- Cut it out.
- Enough. Enough.
You all don't understand!
That young love is like a
flower that easily withers.
"The flower blooms and withers.
Fate starts and ends."
Everything just goes with the wind.
You think you're the only one who knows?
The all-understanding, Jiang.
Isn't that right?
I am similar with the name
of this diluted alcohol.
What?
Old driver. (T/N: Internet slang for
somebody who is very experienced)
Give us a break.
That... There's something...
that I want to announce.
What's going on here?!
While we were still in school, I already
noticed that something was not right.
Hello, is this a 110?
- Get it! Get it!
- I'm reporting a crime!
- Stop it already.
- Give me back my phone!
What about Ding Yuyang?
You don't want him anymore? Give him to me.
It's so awkward right now.
Why are you mentioning him?
Why are you saying that?
Let's toast for them.
Cheers.
Teacher?!
Teacher is here.
Teacher.
- Teacher! Teacher!
- Hello, students!
- Zhang Shuai, yours right?
- Thank you, Teacher.
- Okay.
- What's that?
- It's a magnetic tape.
It's a good habit to listen
to Beethoven at a young age.
Why did you confiscate it?
Why do you all like listening to CD's?
- Jiang Guan, look at whose that one is.
- Jiang Guan!
Ai Ruoman!
Let me see!
Come...
It's Xiao Ai's.
Come, Xiao Ai.
- I'll accept it on her behalf.
- I...
Lu Fei! Lu Fei!
"If life can always be like the
first time we met each other—"
- Yours is in here.
- Mine!
Look at you two.
You still haven't grown up.
At this age, you are all
still goofing around.
Those old items that have
overcome the test of time
allows you to look at the
truth of growing up.
You can't recreate happiness.
It's hard to go back to
those intimate moments.
But those warm and touched feelings
will forever be kept in your heart.
Come, come inside! That student, come in!
Which student is willing to share
a seat with Student, Lu Fei?
Teacher, me. Teacher...
Teacher, let him sit by my side.
I'm the class president.
I should take care of
newly arrived classmates.
- Wang Bin, sit at the back, the last row.
 - Yes?
Ma Lingli, sit in Wang Bin's previous seat.
Lu Fei, sit where Ma Lingli
previously sat in, okay?
Okay.
Okay then. You're dismissed.
How come it's the next class already?
It's so annoying.
This is my name.
Okay then. Let's just see
each other next time.
- Okay. Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye!
I'm going now. Everyone, take care!
Bye-bye.
Okay.
Bye-bye...
I'm not leaving. I can't bear to...
- Go now...
- Okay already.
- I'm not going.
- I'm not going!
- Be careful.
- Be careful.
- Be careful.
- Come, let's go, too.
- We'll get going then.
- We're going now.
- Bye-bye.
Treat her well.
You two must stay well.
- Bye-bye...
- Bye-bye!
I'm a person whose good traits
cover up my bad traits.
Everyone easily gets attracted
to my external good traits.
Other than him,
no one has the patience to remove some
of my unattractive shell layer by layer
to discover the shining light inside me.
Only she can see the scars inside me.
Only he can share my shining light.
- Let's go.
- Okay.
♫ I have the reliance you need ♫
♫ Mrs. Right, Mr. Right ♫
♫ No need for narration ♫
♫ Hi, your open mindedness  ♫
♫ My doting love for you  ♫
♫ Hi, a little sorrow is treated gently ♫
♫ All right, all right ♫
♫ There's love outside your door ♫
I don't know what the best love looks like.
But I know that there is one
kind of love called "self."
You have not one bit of pretense,
completely free, totally relaxed.
He can love you wholeheartedly.
Not any bit of yielding or forced.
You also don't need any payback.
Not only does he love your good traits,
he can also accommodate your bad traits.
She never deliberately tries to change
you, and instead makes you better.
By your side, she's like the sun, air,
and water, natural and essential.
She allows your life to become like
standing among the blue sky and clouds,
among the light breeze at the sea
side, relaxing and carefree.
Seeing her is like seeing eternity.
♫ With the attitude of a star ♫
♫ All right, all right ♫
[A moving love story,
isn't found in a fanciful fairy tale,
but in our lives.]
