"This film is based on a real stoy." "And now, some breaking news for you" "This afternoon, an unidentified man in Taipei, on the pedestrian bridge at Zhongxiao West Road and Zhongshan South Road is holding a little girl as a hostage" "He has climbed overthe barrier and is threatening to jump" "This is the middle of rush hour so if hejumps..." "He won't do it lt's too high, he wouldn't dare" "You can see the police cars and ambulance arriving" "He won'tjump" "How d'you know?" "l think he will" "He wants to be famous" "You can see the ambulance standing by" "Bad example for the kids!" "See..." "Criminal!" "What's he doing?" "Criminal!" "Fuck!" "You wanna bet that he'll jump?" "l bet he will" "He won't do it" "This is an unfair society" "Don't come any closer!" "This has been going on for nearly half an hour" "So what?" "Back off!" "Okay, okay..." "Go away!" "We'd better back off" "No problem!" "Just hold fast" "KAOHSIUNG, TWO WEEKS EARLIER" "Come on" "You'll inhale the incense first?" "Bring the weapons!" "The weapons and the incense!" ""The vessel enters the water"" ""May she sail fair!"" ""May her ventures prosper!"" ""The signs are auspicious!"" ""Her prosperity is assured!"" "Here comes the candy!" "Come on..." "Why are you doing the laundy?" "Why don't you sleep more?" "You won't get the clothes clean that way" "You have to trample them harder" "Got it?" "Are you Li Wu-Hsiung?" "Yes, why?" "This child is Chang Yu-Ting?" "Yes" "Chang Ming-Hsiu is yourwife?" "We used to live together" "But we never registered" "But you weren't legally married" "You see?" "It'sjust as I thought" "Are you and Chang Ming-Hsiu the biological parents ofthis child?" "Yes, she's my daughter" "Do you knowwhere Chang Ming-Hsiu is now?" "She left us a long time ago" "We haven't been in touch for many years" "So you're bringing up the child?" "You need to register her at the District Office" "She's not an infant any more" "The Office has notified you more than once" "They came looking for you several times" "But couldn't find you" "They kept sending the papers on to us" "Get him to sign" "Here ..." "Sign here." "This means you've received the papers" "You need to take herto the Office to registerthe household right away" "Then she can go to school lf you don't, and the school admissions people find out they'll fine you hundreds of dollars per day, you know" "Oh, I see" "You're leeching power from the grid?" "You're smart!" "No utilities bill!" "Weird... I was transferred here ages ago, but I never knew about this place" "The port authority must have built this place as a warehouse" "How long have you lived here?" "Around mo years" "Around mo years?" "You have a greatview from here!" "You know howto pick a place!" "Villas have views like this" "So you've been living here for around mo years?" "And no-one ever reported you to the police?" "Why are you so late?" "I was afraid you were tying to sell off the air compressor I was aboutto call the cops" "Sory, sory" "Something came up I was delayed" "Huh!" "You're making some money at last butyou don't give a shit!" "It's not like that" "Hury up!" "The sun's going down" "You don't give a shit!" "Get a move on!" "Everything okay?" "Take care" "Uncle, Uncle, my dad's coming up" "Uncle, Uncle!" "My dad's coming up!" "Here, Mei..." "Hold on to this" "Ah Fa..." "Do you know of any otherwork I could get?" "Anything you can suggest?" "What kind of work do you want?" "I can do prem much anything as long l make some money from it I need to have some savings" "In this bad economy it's hard enough to eat!" "How can you build up savings?" "Well..." "Mei's starting to grow up I need some savings to pay for her schooling" "Mei is going to school?" "That's good" "Come here, Mei" "Listen" "You need to study hard!" "You don't want to be a low-paid worker like me!" "Understand?" "Wu-Hsiung..." "Wu-Hsiung..." "Don't talk about what happened today" "Did you hear that?" "I won't" "You knowwhat I mean I know" "Come on, Mei" "Uncle!" "You're here, Mei" "Ah Tsai..." "This air compressor seems to be broken lt doesn't pump the air" "Can you check it for me?" "Hello?" "Okay, bring it here" "What's up?" "Can you checkthe air compressor for me?" "I don't know what went wrong today, it wasn't pumping the air" "Let's take a look at it" "Have you eaten yet, Mei?" "Not yet I don't know..." "The engine's dy and worn" "When did you last change the oil?" "Listen to it!" "That's whythe pump's notworking" "Oh, I don't know..." "Ah Fa fell asleep while I was in the sea today lt'sjust as well Mei was there" "When I wanted to come up" "Or it might have been very serious" "Was the tube kinked?" "_nked?" "Could have been" "When the boat's out at sea" "That happens sometimes" "What are you talking about?" "The tube gets kinked because the pump isn't working!" "How can you dive without even knowing that?" "is it really that serious?" "Ah Fa always hires unlicensed workers like you" "Don't work for him again lf something happens again, you won't even know how you die" "What's the name of Mei's mother?" "You mean Ah Hsiu?" "is her surname Chang?" "Yes, it's Chang" "Why?" "Have you heard from her?" "The cops were here earlier" "They were looking for someone called Chang Ming-Hsiu with a daughter around the age of Mei I wondered if itwas you theywere looking for" "Did you tell them anything?" "Nope, I said nothing" "Didn't want to get you into trouble" "What?" "You still miss her?" "The woman's gone" "Stop thinking about her" "That's about it, let's ty it" "I'm just testing it!" "Why did you touch that?" "Dad, there are four today" "Good" "Come here, Mei" "Wash your face" "Okay" "When you've washed, we'll have dinner" "Will she come to live with us?" "Uh?" "It's too small here, there's no room" "Who do you mean?" "Chang Ming-Hsiu" "Oh..." "Don't wory about that I have no idea where she is now" "She's your mother" "Hello, Mr Li... please don't stand up" "And this must be Chang Yu-Ting?" "Yes, right" "Vey cute, and so grown-up" "Yes" "Her mother is Ms Chang Ming-Hsiu?" "Yes" "Can you ask Ms Chang to come here too?" "She...she can't" "Why not?" "I ..." "I don't knowwhere she is I see" "Then... ltwould be alright if Mr Hsieh Nien-Tsu came" "Hsieh..." "Who's he?" "Actually, we've been checking..." "Ms Chang's husband is Hsieh Nien-Tsu" "So Mr Hsieh could also do the registration" "She's married?" "Yes, the record shows that Mr Hsieh is Ms Chang's spouse" "The regulations specify that only legal guardians can make the registration" "So either Ms Chang or Mr Hsieh could do it" "No" "You've made a mistake" "This child is mine and Ah Hsiu's" "Nothing to do with that Mr Hsieh" "Excuse me..." "We don't know about your relationship" "But I have to tell you that... the child's legal guardians are Chang Ming-Hsiu and Hsieh Nien-Tsu" "No ..." "This is wrong lt's Ah Hsiu's business who she married after leaving us l'm the child's father" "This has nothing to do with that man" "Butthe record shows that Ms Chang married Mr Hsieh eleven years ago" "Long before the child was born" "Eleven years ago?" "Yes" "You didn't know that she was married?" "You mo lived together for mo years!" "How could you be so naive?" "Butthis is a weird regulation" "You are Mei's biological father" "So you should be able to register her" "Why should there be a problem?" "Take a DNA test, then they'll know" "What are you talking about?" "What problem is there bemeen me and Mei?" "Why should I take a DNAtest?" "I knowthere's no problem bemeen you and Mei" "Everyone knows you're her father" "They can do whatthey like, I'm not scared ofthem" "But what if they take Mei away?" "Or if the Social Welfare Department steps in?" "I know, I know, they don't scare you" "You just wory that Mei might be taken away" "So you have to find some solution" "Hey, d'you remember that guy Lin Chin-Yi?" "Lin Chin-Yi?" "Right, our classmate in primay school" "They say he's a legislator in Taipei now" "We can ask him to help" "Yeah, he'll knowwhatto do" "Let's find his phone number and call him up" "That's no good lt's been years, and he's a legislator now" "He wouldn't even remember us" "Come on..." "He's a Hakka too, and we help each other" "He'll help whether he remembers us or not" "The main thing is to make sure thatyou and Mei are registered as members ofthe same household" "Don't forget" "The wayyou live with Mei now isn't legal" "The police could arrest you" "Really?" "It's that serious?" "Mei" "Go live with your mother!" "Okay?" "Mei..." "Go live with your mother" "Yeah, the problem goes away if you live with your mother" "Mei..." "Go live with your mother" "Here we are" "Why don't you get off?" "Eh?" "Wu-Hsiung!" "I can see you!" "Don't hide!" "You wanted more work, didn't you?" "Why are you hiding?" "Open the door!" "TAIPEl" "You have to apply first" "Then I can give you a permit" "Butyou will need someone to escortyou inside" "You can'tjust show up and expect me to arrange it all foryou lt won't take long, please just tell him that I'm here" "If everyone behaved like you the Legislative Yuan wouldn't have time to meet!" "This is the Legislative Yuan!" "I know it is...but... I'm sory, but I've come all the way from Kaohsiung I made a special trip, so please... I knowyou've come a long way" "You've said that several times" "Some people come from as far away as America lt's not that I don'twantto help you" "But these are the rules here, aren't they?" "I know... but I've driven all the way from the south specially" "Please, just let him know I'm here I can wait here" "Why can't you understand?" "You can wait ifyou wantto, but move to the side" "And you'll have to move the motorcycle" "Legislators' cars come this way" "Don't block the way" "You won't necessarily see them" "They might not come this way I'm soryto keep asking" "Then where are they?" "Sir, are you waiting for someone?" "I'm looking for Legislator Lin Chin-Yi I'm from his hometown" "You're looking for Mr Lin?" "Do you have an appointment with him?" "The security guard told me to wait here" "Oh, then... I can call his office foryou I'll see if he's there." "If he's out someone else can probably take a message" "Another time" "You canjust come to the counter and ask" "You don't need to sit here!" "I thought you were waiting for someone" "Oh, I see." "Soryto botheryou" "Not at all." "Thankyou so much" "You saw me on TV?" "No, Ah Tsai did" "Ah Tsai?" "The one who couldn't keep his mouth shut in class?" "Yes, Ah Tsai" "He lives in Kaohsiung too?" "Together" "Oh, together I don't get backthere much Except for festivals" "Like the Qingming festival" "Little girl..." "Can you understand Hakka dialect?" "She can't understand" "Can't she?" "So you don't speak Hakka that often?" "Not much" "Ah Tsai told me to ask foryour help" "Alright!" "I have to go to the Legislative Yuan" "Urgent business They'll kill me if I'm not there" "Don't wory" "Whatever problem you have, I'll help you" "Thank you" "Chung-Chih!" "No need to thank me I'm here to help!" "Chung-Chih..." "This is my classmate from primay school" "Hello" "Sort out his problems as if they were your own" "Fine, no problem, I'll do it I have to go" "Thank you" "Have you been in Taipei before?" "Firsttime in Taipei?" "I'll give you some orientation" "This is the special district around the Presidential Palace" "All government buildings are in this area" "Such as the Executive Yuan, the Legislative Yuan and the National Police Agency" "Which is where we're going now" "Here!" "In front of us..." "That's the Presidential Palace" "You must have seen it often enough on TV" "But in reality it's larger and more beautiful than it looks on TV" "This is the National Police Agency i've contacted them already" "Go directly to the security desk, and they'll take you upstairs" "Okay I won't come with you" "They might think that Legislator Lin was pressuring them" "And that would complicate everything" "Sure, right" "Remember..." "The Department of Household Registration Affairs on the second floor" "Go directly to Chief Wang l've told them you're coming" "Chief Wang?" "Yes, ask for him personally" "This is from Legislator Lin" "There's no need... I've already given you" "All this trouble I can'ttake this" "Don't say that" "The legislator was too busy to look after you himself this time" "We're the ones who should be sory" "He said you musttake this" "OtheMrise I'll be held responsible!" "I see." "Thankyou very much" "Then that should do it" "Thanks so much" "Thank you I'll be on mywaythen" "Remember, ask for Chief Wang" "Thank you" "Thank you" "Bye now, Mei" "Bye" "Come in!" "Chief, Mr Li is here" "Which Mr Li?" "Legislator Lin's office called us earlier about helping him" "Ah, Mr Li..." "Come in, Mr Li" "Take a seat please" "Sit down" "It's fine to putyourthings on the floor" "Legislator Lin's office called us" "Actually, this is very simple" "We wantthe child to go to school soon" "Right?" "I'll explain..." "Mr Li, you need to go backto your local household registration office" "There, you need to see Assistant Director Lin" "He will prepare all the papeMrork and submit it as a special case" "And once it reaches us I will do all I can to help you, okay?" "So everything can be sorted out if I find that Mr Lin?" "That's right" "Just look for Assistant Director Lin" "So please go there I've contacted him" "Just go back and find him" "Once the papers reach my desk I will do my best, okay?" "Thank you" "You're welcome" "Thank you" "Little friend...how old are you?" "Seven" "Seven..." "She should be at school I'm a fathertoo, I know howyou feel lt's been quite hard foryou" "Anyhow..." "You must go there first" "Come on, ty harder" "Ty again" "This is sweeter Have this one" "Dad" "At school, can I learn to swim?" "At school?" "Maybe" "You want to learn to swim?" "Because" "Because you stay in the water for such a long time I'd like tojoin you" "Mei, I have a question" "When you're there on the deck can you see me?" "Yes, I can" "Butthe water's so deep!" "How can you see me?" "Well, I keep looking and looking and looking" "And then I see you" "Have a seat" "Mr Li, this is nowthe situation" "We've transferred your case to the Department of Social Welfare lt's no longer up to us" "You need to go to the Department of Social Welfare" "Here..." "This is the reply from that Department" "What is this?" "The Department of Social Welfare will visit you" "The man there told me that ifyou came here again I should askyou to contactthem" "And take your child to see them" "But I came here to registerthe household" "Why should I go to Social Welfare?" "I came to register the household" "As I explained lasttime" "You are notthe legal guardian, so you cannot register" "That's why we transferred your case to them ls Assistant Director Lin here?" "ChiefWang in Taipei told me that he would handle this" "Mr Lin is in Taipei on business, he isn't here" "When will he be back?" "ltwould make no difference if he were here" "The legal wheels have started turning lt's no longer up to our office" "Unless ...the law states..." "Unless the legal guardians relinquish their rights lf they don't, then even if you take a DNA test or any other kind oftest, itwon't help" "The fact is..." "You've been living with the child for a long time already without the permission of her legal guardians" "That's already a problem, if you get my meaning lt's a legal issue" "You can visit every official in Taipei but itwon't help" "What's the problem?" "What's the problem if I live with my kid?" "I'm her father!" "I'm her father!" "Why is that a problem?" "Blood test?" "You can take my blood!" "Take my blood and test it!" "What kind of a law is this?" "Why should people have the right to decide if I'm her father?" "Please calm down, Mr Li ltwon't help to get angywith us" "We're just following regulations" "There's nothing more we can do lt's no longer up to us" "Don't waste your breath on him" "Call the police, and reportthis to the Department of Social Welfare" "Daddy!" "Wu-Hsiung, why did ittake so long?" "Mei's been great today" "She taught me howto catch crabs" "How did you teach her?" "She was really great" "How did it go?" "Did you register?" "Did it go well?" "Did it go well?" "How could that be?" "Don't wory about it" "You'll find another way" "I still have things to do in the workshop, I'll head backthere" "Mei..." "Don't wory" "Hey!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Who is it?" "Just open the door!" "Get a move on!" "Where's Wu-Hsiung?" "I haven't seen him" "You haven't?" "Whose motorcycle is that outside?" "You haven't seen him?" "Check in the other room" "Who are you?" "Who are you?" "Nothing there" "What are you doing here?" "Just picking up my stuff" "Your stuff?" "What stuff?" "Nothing special... this I didn't see him when I arrived" "We want to see the Premier of Executive Yuan" "My dear friends" "Today we've all gathered here I thinkwe're all victims of shoddy policy decisions" "The worst example would be the huge rise in gasoline prices" "The price-rise was quite arbitray" "When the price went up he first heard about it on the news" "What kind of policy-making is that?" "And we're supposed to accept it!" "So what should people do?" "Carytheir heavy bags a long way only to find they'd made a mistake?" "I thinkwe can conclude that the policy was not thought through" "Oryou could get Chung-Chih for me" "Legislator Lin's assistant" "He knows me." "Please!" "Hello, is that Legislator Lin's office?" "Okay I'm sory." "He's notthere" "Chung-Chih isn't there?" "No, he isn't" "Did they saywhen he'd be back?" "No, they didn't" "Or ...maybe you could come back another day?" "But I've come from Kaohsiung lt's urgent!" "Please" "Please find him." "Please." "Thankyou" "He's been very busy recently" "So he might..." "Sir..." "Excuse me, are you from the TV station?" "Yes" "Could you please pass this on to ChiefWang for me?" "Chief Wang?" "Right, Chief Wang" "Tell him I'm here from Kaohsiung, my name's Li" "Thank you lfyou can pass itto ChiefWang, he'll understand." "Thankyou" "Justtell him that..." "Sir!" "We're from the politics channel, we don't know Chief Wang" "Ask someone from current affairs" "Or askthe security man..." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Ah Tsai?" "Yes" "Can you make a call for me?" "I've spent the whole day at the Legislative Yuan" "But I haven't seen anyone" "No-one answers the phone" "Please" "Make a call for me" "They're not there?" "Probably having their lunch" "Don'twory, I'll call him in the afternoon" "But I don'tthink itwill help even if I get him on the phone" "Any other ideas?" "No I can't think of anything" "That's why I called you" "Can you do this for me?" "Hang on..." "Lin Chin-Yi!" "I'm looking at Lin Chin-Yi!" "Lin Chin-Yi?" "He's in Kaohsiung?" "No, he's on the TV" "That guy..." "Hang on." "Listen!" "The policy was rushed through" "There was no overall plan" "Hearthat?" "It's him!" "They rushed into it without foresight" "This is notthe firsttime" "Our strategy now is to gather more people here to protest" "We'll intensify the level of protest" "Didn't you see him at the Legislative Yuan?" "He must still be there." "Hury overthere!" "To give us reasonable answer" "Sir!" "Sir!" "Please stop there!" "Sir!" "Please stop there, will you?" "Sir!" "Please stop there!" "Sir, wait a moment, please!" "What's that in your hand?" "Please put it down" "Hold on, please" "Please put down what you're carying" "Can we examine what's in your hand?" "This is fruit lt's okay, we just want to check" "This is fruit" "Let us see." "Can you put it down?" "Can you put it down?" "Put it down slowly" "This is my fruit lt's okay" "Can you put down the board too?" "This is not mine" "Put it on the ground 35th senty received the message" "And your bag too" "These are my things" "Put them down." "Slowly" "Come on." "Please follow us" "What do you want?" "I wantto see the president" "Please come with us l wantto see the president I wantto see the president" "We'd like to have a talkwith you I wantto see the president" "Let's have a talk" "Let me go!" "Where are we going to?" "Have your seat" "Let's have a talk when we get there" "Where are we going to?" "Where?" "Sir..." "At the intersection of Zhongxiao West Road and Zhongshan South Road in Taipei since about four o'clock this afternoon" "An unidentified man in his forties has been holding a young girl hostage" "He climbed over the barrier of the pedestrian bridge lt looks as if he's abouttojump" "Beneath the bridge is the entrance to the Zhongxiao West Road underpass" "As you can see it's a considerable drop" "And furthermore we're in the middle of rush hour lf he were to fall..." "Hey, are the drinks for free?" "Everyone can see how dangerous this is" "The atmosphere couldn't be more tense" "A big crowd has gathered to watch" "The police have rushed..." "He dares notjump!" "It's so high." "He won't lf he will, he had alreadyjumped" "Such a long time..." "The police cars and ambulances are all there" "So many People!" "What a waste ofthe resources!" "Wanna bet if hejumps or not?" "I bet he does" "Not a chance." "It doesn't look like he will" "This society is unfair!" "Back off!" "Why should I give you my daughter?" "So what if we're not well educated?" "What's wrong with being a worker?" "The legislator won't help" "The president won't help" "The stand-off has lasted half an hour" "I justwant my daughterto go to school" "Back off!" "Okay, okay..." "Go away!" "Pull back!" "Pull back!" "Pull back!" "Alright" "Back off!" "Back off!" "Do you want some water, little girl?" "Want some water?" "I justwant my daughterto go to school I justwant herto have an education" "What the hell?" "You screwed it up!" "I've had enough of it!" "Letthe kid out!" "Further!" "He's jumping!" "Back off!" "What are you doing?" "He's cheating?" "Fuck!" "Back off!" "Keep back, keep back!" "Keep back." "It's okay!" "Leave me alone!" "Hold on tight!" "Do you want some water?" "Back off!" "Okay, okay..." "Back!" "Back!" "...from both ends ofthe bridge" "See!" "The ambulances are here" "How do you know that he won'tjump?" "He will." "He wants to be famous" "See the ambulances are standby there lt's too bad forthe kids" "He won'tjump" "He wants to be a hero" "Hero?" "Or a hippo?" "Just want to be famous" "Almost half an hour and he still hasn'tjumped?" "Once hejumps, we can go backto work!" "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "Stop watching it We're just watching the TV!" "What the hell?" "Why did you hit him?" "Just watching the TV!" "Don't do that!" "Why did you hit him?" "Move in closer!" "Get a close-up!" "Sir!" "Sir!" "What drove you to do this?" "You can tell us what's wrong" "Sir!" "We're from TV." "Sir!" "This society is unfair!" "Don't!" "Dad!" "Mei!" "Mei!" "Mei!" "Mei!" "Mei!" "Mei!" "Come on!" "Handcuffs!" "Where are the handcuffs?" "TWO YEARS LATER" "Open the door for me" "Do me a favor" "And you go check it out" "Howwas it?" "Did you find her?" "Ifyou can find herthatway I can eat shit" "Fuck!" "There's no point!" "How many schools have you checked since you got out ofjail?" "And how many are there in Kaohsiung?" "I'm prem sure you'll peg out before you find Mei" "I keep telling you, butyou don't listen!" "It's like looking for a drop ofwater in a river!" "How dumb can you be?" "Ah Tsai..." "Do you have any free time tomorrow?" "Why?" "Are you going to the Department of Social Affairs again?" "You've already been to the Presidential Palace!" "What good will it do to go backto Social Affairs?" "Go byyourself. I don't have time" "I'm soryto botheryou again" "Forgive me" "Please don't apologize" "Actually, we're very concerned about this case" "Sure, but..." "We're tying our bestto do" "Whatever we can ls he still going to schools" "To look forthe child?" "Yes, he is" "You know what?" "He often works whole days now" "And you know what?" "He's always looking for more work" "He wants to save more money" "Wants to improve his life a bit" "Yes, yes" "The fact is, his case is very unusual" "But we must comply with the" "Supreme Court decision" "When he's finished his parole we might be able to re-evaluate his situation I hope you knowthat in our position we'll always tyto help ifwe can I knowyou have your point ofview and your difficulties, right?" "And so do we I'm always coming here with him I'm sory to keep troubling you" "Not at all!" "Mr Chang, please don'tthinkthat" "Everytime he comes here.... ...it's actually a way of releasing his frustrations" "Really" "Look at him his frustrations?" "Do you?" "You really think he's releasing" "You're really humorous, Mr Chang I'm notjoking." "You talk a lot" "Hejustwants to knowwhere his child is" "Right?" "Ifyou can tell us he would feel much better the privacy regulations" "But we have to observe lfwe could tell you, we would" "No problem?" "Be careful" "Wu-Hsiung!" "What's wrong, Wu-Hsiung?" "Wu-Hsiung!" "Are you alright?" "Wu-Hsiung!" "Did you reduce the pressure?" "Wu-Hsiung!" "Are you alright?" "Wu-Hsiung!" "You're late!" "Sit here lt's okay." "Do sit down lt's okay." "There's enough room" "Come." "Sit here" "Are you alright?" "Mr Li..." "Thank you for coming today ln a few minutes, our supervisor would like to have a detailed discussion with you" "Hello, Mr Li" "This is our supervisor, Ms Ma" "Nice to meetyou" "Do sit down" "No trouble getting here?" "Thank you" "You're injured?" "I was careless" "What happened?" "I was su_acing from a dive and didn't reduce the pressure" "Vey dangerous I'm okay." "It's no big deal" "Mr Li..." "Do you knowthat Ting is in primay school?" "Mei" "That's what I call her I see" "After this summer vacation Mei will startthird grade" "Her grades are very good" "She's very clever" "Always near the top of her class" "We're not at all concerned about her schoolwork" "Mei is very smart" "May I ask...does she still draw?" "Does she?" "Yes." "She's always drawing" "She loves to draw" "Thank you" "We care about all aspects of Mei's situation" "And development" "And she gives us one cause for great concern" "The reason we asked you to come here..." "How can I put it?" "She is very..." "Vey quiet" "She never speaks" "So this is whatwe'd like" "To discuss with you this time" "But..." "Mei was always well-behaved" "She's naturally quiet" "Mr Li..." "Two years ago..." "Since the mo of you were separated..." "You know..." "She hasn't spoken a word" "She doesn't communicate with anyone" "Not her classmates..." "Not her foster carers..." "Nor us, her social workers" "This is whatwe wanted to discuss" "We've moved her from one foster family to another in these mo years" "Mr Li" "Mei behaves very well" "She's been quiet ever since she was small I know" "Now we really want to... find a solution to this problem." "Don'twe?" "She..." "Has she been alright these mo years?" "She's fine" "She's fine" "Thank you I've just told you about" "Except for the problem foster families..." "She's been with four different ...but the situation hasn't improved" "We're getting very worried that the condition will get worse" "She doesn't speak at all?" "Would you like to tell me..." "Wu-Hsiung!"