"He's been here a few months, I've seen him four times, but he never noticed me." "Too pre-occupied, I suppose..." "To notice what's going on around him." "You're late this morning." "Only a little bit." "I've made duplicates." "Here you are." "Want to go to a movie after work?" "Sure." "Mr. Zhang." "How's the machine?" "It's almost fixed." "That's good." "They're waiting." "I know." "Has your wife delivered?" "Yup." "Boy or girl?" "A girl." "A girl?" "Yes." "When I was young, I did a lot of things for no reason, and saw a lot of faces that I soon forgot." "Until that day..." "When she suddenly appeared." "Is it the first time you spend New Year away from home?" "Mother said it'd be so much fun if I went back to Nanjing." "I rather thick it's tedious." "My parents are so happy that you are staying with us." "That's good, I love you mother's cooking." "Uncle, do stay for dinner tonight." "I want some rice cakes." "Do you?" "Come with me." "Manjing." "Fancy seeing you here." "So you're also here?" "Come, sit" "Do you know each other?" "We're all colleagues here." "This is Miss Gu, Gu manjing." "Shen Shijun, my schoolmate." "Mr Shen." "Miss Gu." "This place is so dirty." "Here is the tea." "Can you get me some paper to clean the cups?" "Sorry, I don't have any!" "We'll wash them with tea." "Three, four, five, six." "Let's me check what king of food they have." "Okay." "Manjing." "Thank you." "How much lucky money did you get this year?" "I'm getting less and less every year." "Well, it's because you're getting older from year to year." "What a thing to say!" "Eat slowly." "Clams for New Year, it's for good luck." "Since they look like Yuanbao (gold ingots)." "Clams are Yuanbao, yams are Yuanbao," "Even dumplings, and egg dumplings are Yuanbao." "Everything is related to money." "For some people everything means money." "Let's eat." "Let's eat." "Shijun, what are you drinking?" "Tea." "I know." "But it's been used for washing chopsticks!" "Never mind." "Never mind." "I'm used to this." "You're going to drink again." "Don't drink anymore." "Let's eat." "Let's eat." "Shijun knows that I am a photographer." "Yes, He does." "When I was a child, I wanted to be a photographer." "Take a photo for me later." "Okay, why not?" "Please act more natural." "I'm turning into a popsicle!" "Don't stand there looking so solemn, I am not punishing you." "Come on, cheese." "Can you be more natural?" "Ready..." "One." "Two." "Wait..." "There's dirt on your face." "If you send this photo to your mother, she might think that you're a gangster in Shanghai." "Thank you." "It's okay now." "Let's go over there." "Okay." "Here." "Is it okay?" "Yes." "Ready." "One, two, three, four..." "Hey, what are you doing?" "five, six..." "That's good." "It's called natural beauty." "Natural beauty?" "Now take one of me." "Hold it." "Manjing, can you lend me your comb?" "Comb?" "You set the focus first." "Mirror, please." "Mirror?" "Give him your lipstick as well." "Do you want lipstick?" "No, thanks." "Done." "I want to take one with Shuhui." "But I don't." "I insist." "I desist." "Come on, just here is fine." "Come on, Shuhui." "Ready?" "Ready?" "One, two, three." "Done." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Okay, let's go." "What about Shijun and me?" "No?" "Never mind." "Let me see, yes, really you didn't." "Closer, please." "Closer, closer, please." "Right." "Okay, here we go." "One, two, three." "What's wrong?" "I think I'm out of film." "It's snowing." "Shijun." "Manjing was talking to me about you today." "About what?" "She said..." "When we were together." "I was always doing the talking." "She said I bully you." "Yes, she's quite right." "Do I bully you?" "You do." "I never bullied you..." "You are now." "Stop it." "Shuhui, your call." "I'll let you off this time." "Manjing." "I don't know." "I really don't know." "It wasn't me." "Come on, it really wasn't me." "Do you know what time it is?" "All right, I'll look for it." "Bye!" "It's Manjing." "She said she lost one of the red gloves, and she insisted I hid it." "I wouldn't do a stupid thing like that." "Neither would I." "Is your child feeling better now?" "He's taken some medicine." "No water, I'll get some." "What are you doing here?" "There're no machines to repair today." "I must get cracking." "Shijun, come here." "What is it?" "Turn around." "It should fit, since you and Shuhji are about the same size." "Gu Manjing, the manager is looking for you." "You're still here?" "Manjing." "You found it, thank you." "Well, that settles it." "I got to go." "Wait for me after work." "Can I have one, please." "I find out that when I am not even thinking it," "I have in fact fallen in love with her." "This evening, Manjing's brother brought the office keys." "to Shuhui." "The boy said his sister's ill, and had to stay at home for two days." "I want to visit her, but can't find the pretext." "Uncle." "Jiemin, where are you going?" "I always worry that Shuhui will come to my home to get the keys." "I think everyone has things he doesn't want others to find out." "Miss, Mr. Wang said he's not coming." "You're burning, did you take you medicine?" "You too." "Never mind, I just had a few drinks." "Weimin is made class monitor." "Really?" "I was class monitor too." "But didn't he get into a fight last week" "That was Jiemin." "Jiemin?" "Jiemin." "Your ashes..." "Who are they?" "Oh, my colleagues." "The one on the right is better." "Why?" "Well, I think he comes from a better family." "You know, you need to hold on to your chances, you're still young, besides... don't you like to hear me talk?" "Okay, I'll sing." "The southern breeze is blowing, so mild..." "Still not finished?" "That's done, it is another one." "Who's taking Shuhui out to lunch?" "Sun." "He won their bet" "Here you are." "Enjoy." "Thank you." "Let's start." "It's much warmer today." "That day I met your brother." "That's my kid brother, Jiemin." "Shuhui said you must have some family secret." "To send your brother to deliver the keys" "You must by an only son." "You think I am spoilt?" "You might have elder sisters, but not any brothers." "You're wrong." "I have an elder brother." "But he is dead." "Beside my parents, I've got a sister-in-law and a nephew, they live in Nanjing." "Where are you from?" "Liuan." "Tea-growing country." "Have you been there?" "Just once, for my father's burial." "He died when I was fourteen." "My father used to word in a bookstore, the whole family lived on his pay." "When he died, we panicked." "We were young and didn't know anything." "My sister was older." "She didn't have much schooling, so she became a ballroom hostess." "There are decent ballroom hostess." "the don't earn enough to feed a big family." "Please don't mention it to Shuhui." "I won't." "I wanted to tell him but I never did." "You've told me." "That's good enough." "Let's eat." "Okay." "Here is the soup." "Two bowls of rice, please." "Coming, How's the food?" "Not bad." "Thank you." "Coming soon." "Give me some soy." "Okay." "Mom is back from homeland." "Are we having guests?" "No, Mr. Wang didn't come, only his friend Mr. Zhu is here." "Mr. Zhu?" "The guy who's like a cat when he smiles, and like a rat when he doesn't." "Hey, mind your words." "Miss Manjing." "Off duty?" "Mom." "You're back." "Manjing had a fever two days ago." "No wonder she lost weight." "Bullshit!" "I want him with me?" "Thanks." "I don't need a matchmaker even no one wanted me." "Okay." "See you around." "Tell me the truth, is Wang carrying on with Fina?" "Want's got no taste." "Fina?" "Pig." "What are you talking about?" "She's young." "She's no match for you." "I don't need you sweet-talking me." "This is your sister." "When was it taken?" "Which one is my sister?" "Who is it?" "Did I change that much?" "If your sister follows your footsteps, she'll be a killer." "How dare you expect my sister to do this as well?" "What's wrong with you today?" "I'm just kidding." "Okay I was wrong, I apologize, alright?" "You're all dressed up." "Are you going out?" "Where to?" "Are you treating?" "Mother, it's late." "Stop busying yourself." "The weather's nice, I want to take them down and clean them." "Damn!" "That meat is still raw." "It's your lipstick." "Is she asleep?" "Already." "She needs to get up very early." "She has grown up..." "I'd rather not have her live with me." "I mean, people talk." "I just hope she will get married soon." "She's still young." "She can wait another tow years." "It's you that I'm worried about." "You stay out of my business." "You're getting on 30." "You can't help being in this trade, but can you do this for the rest of your life?" "You should plan for yourself." "So now you consider me a disgrace, and want me to get married." "But to whom?" "I am telling you this for your own good." "You needn't shout at me." "On this trip to our home town, I heard." "Zhang Yujin has become the head of the country hospital." "And he hasn't married." "So what?" "Do you think he still wants me?" "Why did you get into a fight?" "I feel bad." "What can I do?" "I need to work to feed my family." "Take good care of yourself." "Who disturbs us from playing mahjong?" "Mr. Wang, you moved your quarters and didn't tell me." "Whose turn is it now?" "Let's drink." "Zhu." "What's the matter with you?" "It's your turn." "Coming" "Do you want this?" "No." "Game!" "Zhu, you lost." "I am lucky today." "You brought me luck." "You've got the talent." "So you win again." "Manlu, sit net to me and be my lucky lady." "Fiddlesticks." "Come, have some tea." "Mr. Wang likes to drink beer when he's playing Mahjong." "Come one, one more game, come on..." "Excuse me, would you like to order something?" "I'd like some fried chestnuts." "I want dumplings." "Bring us some fried chestnuts." "Would you like anything else?" "Just fried chestnuts." "Really?" "Manlu, don't go yet." "You play." "If you lose, I foot the bill." "Who says I'm leaving." "Let's play." "Come..." "Let me pay." "Here you are." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Thankyou." "You're welcome." "See you tomorrow." "My sister is getting married." "Really?" "You seem happier than I am." "What is his family name?" "Zhu." "Zhu... give her my best wishes." "See you tomorrow." "see you tomorrow." "Can you open the door please, Uncle Shi." "Coming." "You're back." "Shujun is so happy." "I think he must have minded my sister's profession a lot, even though he saw me home often, he's never asked to come upstairs." "Shuhui is going to Nanjing with Shijun tomorrow morning, and he wants to go out now!" "A rare visitor." "Come on in." "Upstairs!" "Is Shuhui going out to see that Miss Gu?" "Here it is." "Mother..." "My mother." "Auntie." "Miss..." "Miss Gu." "So you are Miss Gu." "Do come in." "Mom, please take care of her." "I will be back soon." "Shuhui!" "I have an appointment." "This son of mine!" "You're still up." "Miss Gu, this place is a mess." "Shujun, quick." "Show Miss Gu inside." "Thank you." "It's hot." "When is your train?" "7:00 am." "I'll set the alarm at 5:00 am., will that do?" "Didn't you say you didn't want Mrs. Xu to get up early" "to make you congee?" "Tomorrow will be real early." "Since you don't want her to bother, you'll go hungry, so I brought you something." "You forget the cap." "Thank you." "Please try this sweater." "Thank you." "Let me help you." "No, it's okay." "Let me do it." "Or your family will say, you can't even pack a suitcase properly." "Just put it there?" "Yes." "Hurry up." "Put it there." "The young Master is back!" "Sir." "Ah Kan." "Take these." "Wang Ma, the guest is here." "Shujun." "Mom." "Welcome back." "Wang Ma." "Shijun." "Shijun, you're back." "Mom, do meet..." "My best friend, Shuhui." "You must be Master Xu." "Auntie, nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Here is a little something for you." "Oh, you shouldn't have." "It was nothing." "Wang Ma." "Help me." "Prepare dimsum." "Cuizhi, eat., Shijun." "Wang Ma, is the salted duck ready?" "Right in front of you." "See what a state I'm in." "Let me." "No, you're a guest!" "Wang Ma, more rice." "Shijun." "I wouldn't have given you a dog if Shijun lived at home..." "He hates dogs." "I never said that" "Cuizhi, why don't you show them around tomorrow?" "Right it's a long time since you saw each other." "Mr. Xu, is it your first time to Nanjing?" "Yes." "Shijun." "Have some soup." "Are you and Mr. Xu colleagues in Shanghai?" "Are you going back tomorrow?" "Miss, you're back." "It's stopped raining." "Would you like to come inside?" "No, it's very late." "Thank you." "Okay, than I'll call you tomorrow." "Okay." "Goodnight." "Ah, your girlfriend?" "If you're interested, she's yours." "I don't dare cross class barriers." "Let's go." "Want some?" "She doesn't eat food from the street." "Chestnuts in Shanghai taste better." "No, they're not bad here." "Not to me." "Can we all get in?" "Yes." "Come." "Receive the money." "Be careful." "Are you okay?" "My heel is broken, how am I to walk?" "Shall I go home and get you another pair" "That's... too much trouble." "Never mind." "You don't know your way around Nanjing." "I'll go." "You two have fun." "Okay, here it goes." "You will pass here if you come to Nanjing by water." "How beautiful." "You're teasing me." "What are you smiling about?" "Nothing." "Love is such a strange thing, we didn't see each other three days, and I felt we were ready to talk about marriage." "The fact was I never even held her hand and it's the first time I visited her family." "Manjing went tutoring, she'll be back soon." "It's okay." "Mom, my neck itches." "Don't move." "It's almost done." "Clear out." "Hurry up." "Too many kids in the house." "Dinner is going to be modest." "Hope you don't mind." "Mr. Shen, it's such a mess here." "Do sit inside." "Thank you." "Please go in." "Please." "Have you been here long?" "No." "I'm so sorry." "The traffic today was impossible." "I am happy to come out alive." "It must be tiring to go tutoring after work." "I've got one more part-time job an hour later." "I don't want to use my brother-in-law's money." "That doesn't leave a lot of time for us." "We have time now." "Didn't you have something to tell me this morning?" "Dinner is ready." "Come... eat." "I'm coming." "Let me..." "You're the guest." "Mr. Shen, you're used to helping out at home?" "Let's eat." "I'm full." "Me too." "Weimin, bring Mr. Shen a bowl of soup." "Mr. Shen, Manjing is stubborn." "Please put up with her at work." "I know." "How do you know?" "Let's use soy sauce." "No, he can see it." "Use salt." "I put salted pork in the soup, please try." "How is it?" "It's delicious." "Then... have some more." "I'm so happy today." "I thought you weren't." "I thought you hadn't understood." "It was still very warm this morning, but it's a bit chilly now." "Really?" "Yes, it's really cold." "Shuhui's mother said" "I stole his girlfriend." "If Shuhui really fell for me, will you fight with him?" "I'm glad he doesn't." "Or else you'd go away without a word, and I'll never know what happened." "If I knew that you wanted me to fight, then I will." "Here it is." "Let's walk a little more." "You are so..." "I don't know if you're a real fool or just pretending." "Some day you will find out that I'm really a fool, then you'll regret it." "Wait." "I got to go." "The fortune teller said the misses brought good luck to her husband." "Right after they got married, the master made a fortune." "Ah Bao." "What's wrong with my sister?" "It's her stomach, maybe she drank too much." "is she still drinking?" "Of course." "How are your feeling, better today?" "Much better." "Ah Bao, bring some dimsum, and bird's nest soup too." "Yes." "Don't." "Have some, you don't get them at home." "You're put on weight." "Really?" "I'd rather be slim." "This is a nice house?" "It's very pretty." "You must come here more often." "I have to go tutoring after work." "I may not have the time." "Nonsense..." "Zhaodi!" "Who's that?" "His daughter, by his wife in the village." "Is she here too?" "She's dead." "Poor thing." "What do you mean?" "Do I look like an evil stepmother..." "See if you like them." "I made too many of them." "I can't wear them all." "Take what you want." "No, they'd so costly." "Why not?" "Just put it over there." "Let's eat first." "How about this one?" "This one's pretty." "I see brother-in-law treats you well." "He's good-for-nothing." "But he makes me happy with gifts." "Yesterday, he bought a refrigerator," "I didn't like the color, and right away he had it sent back." "Shit!" "Calling me at all hours for one lousy refrigerator!" "Brother in-law." "Oh, it's you." "When did you get here?" "I had been here a while and I'm just leaving." "I see you off." "I insist... come on." "Have you been to my study?" "Have a look." "No, thanks." "I am in a hurry." "Come..." "What's this madness?" "I know you like it." "Who told you?" "Your sister." "I will be good and stay home with you, but on one condition." "Condition?" "You won't agree to it." "How come your sister is getting so pretty?" "I know what you're thinking about." "There are girls pretties than she is, but for some reason," "she's the one I always think about." "Quit dreaming!" "I'm telling you, I won't agree to it even if she's willing." "She's my only sister," "I don't want her to be someone's concubine." "I'm just kidding." "Who do you think you are?" "You think because you're rich you can buy everything?" "Leave my sister alone!" "You remember what you were when I married you?" "A pauper and a brown-nosier..." "Shut up!" "Don't you call me names!" "so I was a pauper." "What were you yourself?" "You're a shameless slut." "How dare you!" "Not only that, I'll hit you too!" "Do it!" "Go on, kill me." "You heartless brute." "I don't want to live." "Did you visit your sister?" "Yes." "You sister is lucky to find a good husband." "You really need know how to find the right man." "Exactly." "Let me help you." "Don't mess up." "Never mind." "Why are you so early?" "If we got married, we can be together everyday." "We are together everyday at the office." "I don't get to eat your cooking at the office." "When I went back go Nanjing last time, my parents wanted me to get married." "My father getting old and I am his only son." "Let's talk about this later." "My family needs me." "But two people together can work things out better." "I'm sorry." "Let's go down first." "I don't want to drag you into this, your careers just starting." "Let's go down for supper." "when a man proposes to a woman, no matter what her answer, she should be very happy." "Because she can make the most important decision in her life." "After that, there's not mush she can change." "Yujin!" "You're back." "I heard you've become head of a hospital" "You're so young." "That's brilliant!" "This is nothing, as you know the saying," ""No.1 in the village, no.7 in town."" "You're too modest." "What brings you to Shanghai?" "Just here to buy some new equipment for the hospital." "Yujin, will you take me to a movie this time?" "A movie, sure." "Do you want to read my composition?" "Sure, go get them." "Why don't you stay with us?" "Yes." "A hotel can't be too convenient." "Right." "I won't be troubling you?" "Since Manlu got married, her room has been vacant." "You know Manlu got married?" "I've heard about it." "How is she?" "She's fine." "She is lucky, married a good business man." "They have their own house on Hongqiao Road." "That's good." "Yujin." "Manjing?" "You are still up?" "I know you like reading, so I brought you these." "I'm half a villager now, I hardly read." "Not bad." "Have you read it?" "No." "It's our misfortune... that we won't have such a fine son-in-law." "That's life." "Mom, where are the light bulbs?" "In the drawer on your left." "What is it for?" "The light bulb is not bright enough in Yujin's room." "I want to get him another one." "Actually, Yujin and Manjing make a good couple." "It will be perfect if Manjing married him." "But Manjing already has Mr. Shen." "I'm not so sure about Mr. Shen." "It's been a long time, and not a word about marriage." "Make sure he doesn't ruin her." "Mr. Shen is nice, but he's slow." "That's "Sitting on the toilet and not doing a shit."" "Grandmother." "Auntie, where is Manjing?" "she went out tutoring." "Yes." "Today is Sunday!" "I'll come around some other day." "See you." "Careful." "I just saw someone standing over there, it's strange." "I'll take a look." "Mom, was Shijun here?" "Who's Shijun?" "Mr. Shen." "Please try some of the tea, I brought it from Liu An." "Thank you." "How is it?" "Very good." "Actually, tea is about..." "Liu An's only specialty." "You like it?" "I do." "I have a few packets with me." "Let me give you some if you like it." "No, please don't." "Do take some home." "No." "Please..." "Really, no, thanks." "Never mind." "Shijun, take it." "Yujin is family." "Just take it." "Okay then." "Thanks." "Excuse me." "Manjing." "I use my own." "Manlu, it's you." "Your skirt is very beautiful!" "Yujin, try these on." "Okay." "When is your train?" "8:30 pm." "Then I can't see you off." "I have to go tutoring." "That's alright" "Do they fit?" "They are too small." "Small?" "Excuse me, do you have a bigger size?" "This same kind." "Try this pair." "Manjing," "Can you visit me in the village over spring vacation?" "It is still a long time from now." "Then take a few days off next month." "I don't think I can do that." "I really hope you can come and stay for a few days." "It is a nice place." "Besides, you can have a better..." "understanding of me." "Are they too big or small?" "A bit big." "Big?" "You must think me pushy." "It's been just a few days, and I say such things to you." "Can you wrap them up for me?" "How much?" "Whom are they for?" "For Mr. Shen?" "Take care." "I got to go." "Sop this." "You plan to stay here for rest of your life?" "Mom, you have been sweeping since I came back, do you want to sweep me outside?" "Okay, let me call him for you." "This way you can go home without losing face." "You think he will be at home?" "I'm not finished yet." "It is getting cold, don't drink it." "Am I such a nuisance?" "I think it will help if you can have a baby with him." "He knows I can't have a baby." "In the good old days, the misses could just borrow someone's belly..." "Rubbish!" "I know you won't listen." "Why didn't you tell me Yujin is back?" "We just don't want him to feel embarrassed." "For you, it is not a problem..." "A nice husband, you have everything." "He's still single just because of you..." "I want to see him." "You'd better..." "Don't!" "Daughter, if your husband finds out?" "I have nothing to hide." "Besides, Yujin is getting along quite well with Manjing." "So..." "Are you leaving right away?" "Yes." "You shouldn't have come here." "You should be enjoying yourself since you don't come to Shanghai often..." "We must let bygones be bygones." "Manlu, I heard you married well," "I am happy for you." "Must you go?" "Isn't this Manjing's?" "Yes." "She gave it to me." "You dropped some change." "Never mind." "All those things in the past child and really ridiculous..." "I'm really naive." "What do you think?" "Not bad, thanks." "What?" "Now you don't need to give me a pair for smokescreen." "Even if I were using you, you still got a few things." "Well, you can say that." "Did you and Shujun have a fight?" "He told you that?" "No..." "He used to talk about you all the time, and now he's quiet." "Came back for lunch?" "Yes." "She is ill." "What is it?" "Heart trouble." "Have one more." "I don't know where he has gone." "It's okay." "Thanks." "Hey, Manjing is serving us her wedding cake." "Come to eat." "I was looking for you." "I knew you would run away if someone came after me." "And I know even if someone came after you, you won't run away." "Come and have dinner tonight, I don't need to work." "Your granny and mother seems a bit strange." "Don't worry." "I already talked to them." "Really?" "I'm starving." "Wait, he is not here yet." "No, I don't want to wait anymore." "Why don't we just eat while waiting?" "Yes, he's family anyway." "We're all waiting for you." "I have to take the night train to Nanjing." "What happened?" "I got a telegram from my mother, my father is ill." "Want to go up and sit down for a while?" "I don't have the time." "Then, I'll see you off instead." "Is your father's condition serious?" "My mother sent me the telegram, but she didn't know." "My father has another home." "You never told me about it." "I will be back very soon." "Give me your address, I will write to you." "I don't have paper." "Write it down here." "I will see you in a few days, the factory won't let me leave for so long." "I want to go with you." "I don't have to show my face." "In case anything happens," "I can be there will you." "Well..." "Wouldn't be nice if we got married?" "Please, not now." "I'm going." "Shijun, I went to visit Shuhui yesterday." "I knew he wouldn't be at home." "I just wanted to see his parents." "You've been staying with them, and I hoped they'd mention you..." "You're back!" "Yes!" "Since you're back, I can throw the letter away." "Shijun, yesterday..." "Stop it." "I..." "I went to visit Shuhui's family." "Don't read it." "Hey, I resigned." "Father's illness was very serious." "Mother worried that all the money would go to his concubine." "The only solution was for me to stay and take care of the family business." "I don't want to depend on my family, but since father is so ill" "have no choice." "It sounded strange, but after I agreed to stay, father quickly recovered." "When Shijun decided to stay in Nanjing," "I also had to make up my mind to stay with him or not." "I think we all have had experience when we lost control, like Shijun giving up his idea and going home and me agreeing to go and meet his parents." "Bring the luggage upstairs." "Right away." "Who is the lady who came from Shanghai?" "From Shanghai?" "She certainly isn't fashionable." "Miss Gu, Have you visited Nanjing before?" "No." "I think I've seen you somewhere before." "Miss Gu has always lived in Shanghai." "Perhaps you'd seen her there?" "Mr. Fang and Miss Shi are downstairs." "Cuizhi must be managing her dowry." "Shijun, go downstairs and invite them to join us." "Let's go downstairs." "Yipeng." "Shijun!" "It's been ages." "Congratulations!" "When is the wedding party?" "Very soon, look, we're here to get her clothes ready." "Yipeng, congratulations!" "This is Miss Gu." "How do you do?" "She's a friend of Shijun and myself." "This is Fang Yipeng." "He's our old school friend." "Oh, let me introduce," "this is my fiancee, Shi Cuizhi." "You haven't met her, have you?" "They've met." "the last time Shuhui came to Nanjing..." "Really." "Mr. Xu, this is not the season to invite Miss Gu here, it's so cold..." "I wanted to come myself." "I heard that there is a temple nearby, where the monk has a wife." "So is his wife a nun?" "How is you Japanese coming?" "Japanese?" "Say something" ""This way please."" ""Good morning."" ""This way please."" ""Good morning."" "I think that Mr. Xu is cute." "I can tell you're interested." "No, I wasn't." "How can I?" "I just met him." "Anyway, go for it." "Your hand is so warm." "It's just that yours is cold." "Forget it." "I bought a pair of gloves for you, but I forgot to bring them." "I'll get them when I go back to Shanghai" "Miss Shi and her fiancee... they don't look like..." "...A good match?" "I didn't say that." "What about Miss Shi and myself?" "A real match." "Over there." "Shuhui, where are you?" "Where are you..." "They didn't have an accident." "Did they?" "No." "How did you lose one another." "The four of us went looking for Shijun and Miss Gu And ended up leaving me and Wenxian." "Those who got lost got back." "...while the search party got lost." "At least I'm glad my cousin is with Mr. Xu." "Speaking of the devil." "Are you cold?" "No." "Where is Cuizhi?" "I took her home." "What happened?" "Nothing." "We just got lost." "Why don't you go on and see Cuizhi?" "All right, I'm off." "Wenxian, I'll see you home." "Okay." "See you." "Take care." "Goodbye." "You go home." "I also want to see Cuizhi." "Go..." "Master Xu." "You're back." "Can I speak to you?" "Come, Take a seat." "Okay." "Master Xu." "Where did you meet that Miss Gu?" "We word in the same company." "Actually," "Shijun's father said this Ms. Gu looked like a ballroom hostess he once met." "A ballroom hostess?" "Well, I think it's unlikely," "Ms. Gu looked like a fine young lady." "But who knows?" "I'm not being rude, am I?" "Is Shuhui back?" "Yes." "I feel cold." "Put this on." "Manjing, I've been wanting to give you this." "What is it?" "Here you are." "Is it expensive?" "Only 60 dollars, I used my own money." "I can't afford diamonds." "It's good that you used your own money." "Two hours later, Yipeng called to say his engagement with Cuizhi was off." "I didn't know what happened," "I only knew from that day, everything started to fall apart." "When did you come back to Shanghai?" "Just now." "I took the night train." "Manjing is a already up." "Manjing!" "Please wait for me." "Wait inside." "Go in." "Is it dirty?" "it doesn't matter." "I don't know when it happened." "You don't look like your sister at all." "That's what I think." "But everybody can tell we're sisters." "My father used to know your sister." "I over heard your mother talking to Shuhui." "What do you think?" "I deny you have a sister." "Your sister's business has nothing to do with you." "You've worked in an office right after you were graduated." "But no matter how I explained people wouldn't understand." "I see." "Let me get you the gloves I bought." "Will your father meet my sister in the future?" "We'll see." "But for the moment I think we better not see her." "I feel sorry about your sister," "but other people don't look at it the way we do." "Say something." "Shijun, I know your family is very important to you." "I know." "I shouldn't quit my job." "That's right." "You shouldn't." "I am not willing either." "My father is so old." "You should understand." "If you want to follow your father's footsteps, that's fine with me." "He's conservative, but he doesn't deserve your contempt." "I do not look down on your father." "It's your family who look down on us." "My sister has done nothing shameful." "Immoral?" "I think your father is even worse than my sister!" "Sometimes, you can't have things both ways." "I have sent someone to look for Master, but we can't find him." "Just give him up as lost." "No, we need to find him." "What happens if Manlu's illness get worse?" "Sister." "Mother." "Are you feeling better?" "I don't care." "I'm better off dead." "Don't say such things." "I almost forget to tell you," "Your sister is engaged to Mr. Shen." "Who said that?" "She's so shy." "What's that ruby ring of you finger?" "I already told you, it's just an ordinary gift." "All right." "It's an ordinary engagement present." "That's nice." "Sooner or later a woman has to marry someone." "It's your good fortune to marry someone you like." "I have no such good fortune." "Well of course, you don't care about any of this, you've got so many admirers, unlike me, a tramp." "Who said that?" "That's what I am." "Will you shut up?" "If you're not happy, why don't you just get a divorce?" "No, no." "Divorce?" "How am I to live for the rest of my life?" "You used to be happy without a big house, didn't you?" "I used to have hope, now I have nothing." "So without your stinking coppers you're without hope?" "Stinking coopers?" "If it wasn't for me shamelessly working for those stinking coppers." "Manjing." "You didn't have to blow up like that." "I am in a bad mood." "My back hurts." "Mom, you go on home." "I'll stay with her and spend the night here." "Say something nice to her." "I'm off now." "Not sleeping yet?" "Come out." "It's all your fault, your sister used to have some respect for me..." "Now after this, she must think I'm a..." "Stop it." "She should be nervous." "Look, she's slept with you, she can't put up a fight." "Give her a couple of days and we'd be one happy family." "What if she refuses?" "If you had a baby, she wouldn't leave even if you threw her out." "More likely she will sue you for abandoning her." "That's good." "But will she mind being a second wife?" "I'll give her my place if she minded." "I have to find a way to leave your family an heir." "I promise to be nice to your forever." "What did I do to deserve such a wonderful wife?" "You better remember that!" "Just getting mad won't get you anywhere." "I'm mad too, I had a big fight with him." "But what's the use?" "It's true he's a scoundrel, but the really loves you." "What are you doing?" "Please, I beg you, let me go home." "Let's not talk about this." "You take a good long rest..." "Where are you going?" "Mother is moving to Liu An," "I've talked to her about this..." "Please don't be like this." "She knows it's unfair to you." "But with a proper marriage, people will shut up." "I won't fight with you over our status." "Imagine that, a martyr from our family?" "If I had been a martyr, we would all have starved to death." "So I became a hostess and got kicked around." "We have the same mother, how come you alone can afford to be noble?" "Come back here!" "I swear..." "You'll never get past this door!" "Sister!" "Please, let me go home!" "Sister, let me go... sister!" "Manjing, I can't believe that you're really leaving me..." "You must be under some enormous pressure." "Will you tell me?" "It's been ages since I received a letter from you." "Is Shanghai snowing?" "Madam..." "It's time to eat." "Ah Bao." "Am I good to you or not?" "You've always been nice." "Then help me." "You want to eat something else?" "No, I want to write a letter." "No, I can't do that." "Madam'll kill me." "Do you like this ring?" "I..." "This is all I have, take it." "Miss." "Quick, help me." "Madam." "Mom, the hospital in Shanghai is very good." "Father will get well soon." "I won't worry any more." "So long as we're together..." "Mom, wait, I want to make a phone call." "Mrs, we may go now." "Brother, please visit us if you have time." "I am leaving." "Mom, let's go." "Hurry up." "Okay, coming..." "Excuse me, sir has this family moved?" "Yes, only yesterday." "Yesterday?" "Where to?" "To Liu An, I heard." "Thank you." "Your family sent this." "Have some," "you..." "The child inside has to eat something." "Mr. Shen." "Sorry to bother you." "It's okay, have a seat, please." "I looked for Manjing yesterday, the entire family has moved to Liu An." "Do have some tea first." "Manjing told me that maybe you might come to look for her." "She asked me to give this back to you." "So she's no longer in Shanghai?" "I would still like to speak to her." "I don't think that is a necessary." "Is she married?" "To Zhang Yujin?" "He's head of a hospital in Liu An." "Since you already know." "I don't need to fill in the details." "I met Jinfang at the hospital where the child was born." "She and her husband took me home." "I didn't bring the child with me." "I took one look." "He's not mine." "He belongs to Zhu Hongcai." "Are you a good boy?" "Mr. Chai." "I went to Xu Shuhui's home today." "They said Shen Shijun was not in Shanghai, nor Mr. Xu." "Never mind, I'll wait till I get better." "Your sister and brother-in-law took the baby." "This is for you." "And this for you." "Thank you." "You're welcome." "Please eat." "If it wasn't for you and your wife..." "Jinfang was so angry she wanted to go to the police." "Have some rest." "I have some other business to do." "I'm really sorry, I even took you bed." "Don't mention it." "Cheese..." "One, two three, okay." "The bride and bridegroom should take one more photo, closer..." "When the person you love most isn't faithful, you feel that the person you hate isn't all that hateful." "On the day my cousin took his wedding portrait," "I saw Cuizhi crying." "I know I don't love her, but at that moment, we felt very close to each other." "Whom are your writing to?" "To a friend." "Is he a good boy?" "Yes, like all of you." "I thought this woman had broken with him." "Now she pretends to be ill and asks him to visit her." "Don't let him see this letter." "Cheers..." "Shijun, cheers!" "Sorry, I already had too much." "Then you don't give me face." "Cheers!" "Don't you bully my brother!" "I'll drink!" "That's enough..." "Now," "Mr. And Mrs. Shen will tell us their love story." "Hear!" "Hear!" "Go on..." "Don't be shy, say it!" "Say..." "Friends..." "Give them a break." "Let's just have them hold hands." "Just hold hands..." "They say to recover from a long illness is to start life again." "Eat." "I never thought Shuhui would have gone to the US." "He's always like this." "He never told us anything." "This time, I had to overhear his telephone conversation to find out he's leaving." "Maybe he wanted to give you a surprise." "It is a good thing to go overseas." "Eat." "People at his age are getting married and setting up families." "You can't compare him with Shijun." "Shijun is steady and reliable." "Come on, eat." "Miss Gu, have you met that Miss Shi?" "Don't you know that Shijun and she..." "They make a good pair." "That really came as a surprise." "Eat more." "Come..." "Miss Shi is very pretty," "I saw her once in Nanjing." "I heard she and Shijun knew each other since they were children." "Eat some more." "It's snowing again today." "I caught a glimpse of a woman who looked like Manjing, but she disappeared in a flash." "Maybe it's an illusion." "Created from longing." "I think everyone, in his old age, will have two or three stories to tell." "If Shijun and I had got married and had children..." "There wouldn't be any story." "The nation has fallen, but mountains and rivers endure." "Spring trees and grasses flourish in the city." "Troubled by the times, the flowers shed tears." "Dreading parting, birds startle the soul." "With warfare raging on for 3 months on end." "A letter from home is worth 10,000 taels of gold." "Scratching these white locks make them thinner." "As it is, they can barely hold a pin." "Miss Gu, someone is looking for you." "Come in." "Wait outside." "Mother died." "In Liu An?" "I was planning to visit her," "I just found out you are teaching here." "Ill again?" "I know I will not last long." "I don't care about myself, but the child is pitiful." "Look, he's already three." "Would you like tea?" "Cute." "I'm afraid he'll fall into a bad woman's hands when I'm gone." "After all, he's yours." "Come back." "How does Zhu Hongcai treat the child?" "He would have abandoned me if not for the boy." "How about it?" "Manjing, I don't want anything now." "I give them all to you, just come back." "I don't want them." "O, Miss." "I brought up the boy." "The master asked me to come help for a day or two." "It would have been alright but now I got work to do." "I had no one else to turn to, so I thought of you." "Has he seen a doctor?" "Yes, he's got scarlet fever." "Zhaodi." "Where is your brother?" "The medicine's here." "Please feed him one hour later." "What is his name?" "Rongbao." "Rongbao." "Poor kid." "When Madam was alive she treated him like a jewel..." "But now..." "Mama." "She is your auntie." "Auntie." "I've got to go." "Papa." "You're here." "Zhang Ma is busy today." "I cam to help out." "He is getting better." "Dad." "We should send him to the hospital, but it's too costly." "Will you stay for dinner?" "I'm staying over to take care of the child." "Don't you need to work tomorrow?" "It's alright." "Eat it." "Mama." "Is he okay?" "Should he better now." "It's all my fault." "Please don't hate your sister." "To love someone forever is as difficult as to hate someone forever." "I decided to stay, just for my son." "I thought I was different from my sister." "But now," "I find that I've always been trailing her footsteps." "Shuhui has been away for ten years." "When I saw him again he looked the same." "Those ten years were like a few days only." "Maybe all the memorable matters happened ten years ago." "Wonder if he got married." "Stop guessing." "We'll soon find out." "Why you are so cross?" "Mr. Xu, Mrs. Xu." "Shijun, you're here." "Yes, I'm here." "This is my wife, Cuizhi." "Auntie." "How are you..." "Uncle, how are you." "How are you..." "Dabao, Erbao!" "Dabao, Erbao!" "Such grown-up kids!" "Come on, give me a hug..." "Shuhui." "Shuhui!" "Mother!" "You're back!" "Okay, let's go back..." "Dad!" "How are you?" "You've lost weight." "Shijun." "Shuhui!" "Let's go." "How are you." "Let's go..." "Who is this?" "Dabao, Erbao." "This is Uncle Shuhui." "Say hello to me." "Uncle..." "Say it again." "Uncle..." "How come that the ham has hair?" "How can we eat it?" "Go and buy some, now!" "Are you not done yet?" "Shuhui'll be here soon." "What a disgrace." "Don't worry." "He's seen worse." "Buy two bottles of wine on your way out later, black label Johnny Walker is fine." "Shuhui need not drink foreign wine." "We have wine at home." "It's alright." "I'll get changed." "Eat..." "It is good, come on." "Don't go away, eat it." "Are you going out?" "I'm going to fetch Shuhui." "Come back soon." "You kids come in." "It's cold." "Mom is calling you!" "Mom, I want to play for a while." "Shijun, yesterday I went to Shuhui's house," "I knew he wasn't going to be home." "I just wanted to see his parents." "You've been staying with them, and I hopped they'd mention you." "Shuhui's mother said things about you that I never knew." "She said you used to be even more skinny, and funny things that happened when you are at school." "I felt so comforted listening to her." "It's because you have gone a few days now, and suddenly I am afraid." "It's been a long time." "Yes." "How are you?" "It's been a long time." "I came to see Shuhui." "I thought he went to your place?" "I'm just leaving." "Let's go together." "Table for two." "This way, please." "Thank you." "Shijun, are you happy?" "I only hope you are happy." "What happened?" "Remember that morning, when you came and we had an argument." "Later, Ah Bao called to say that my sister is not feeling well..." "Shijun is terrible, keeping us waiting." "You should lock up the door, and not let him in." "You wife, what is she like?" "She..." "Actually, she looks a bit like you, but with a bad temper, also... she is very rich." "I never thought money would be a disadvantage." "Thank you." "Why did you get divorced?" "The truth is I had another woman." "I think you will marry again, and" "your future wife is... young, pretty and rich." "It's all your fault." "Looks like I'm only good for this kind of life." "And now?" "I took the kid back." "Do you have enough money?" "I have a job." "Why didn't you come to Nanjing when you got out of the hospital?" "I wrote to you but I've never got a reply." "I thought you didn't want to see me." "I never got your letter." "Now you tell me all this." "What am I to do?" "It is no use now." "I remember this place." "We used to come here with Shuhui." "How long ago?" "14 years." "Shijun, that night when you gave me the ring, you said you had a secret." "You can tell me now." "It's no use now." "You told me that at school, you wore a torn jacket." "So you stood with you back to the wall, hiding it." "I felt so sad when you told me that, and I told myself," "When we get married I'd never let you suffer for the rest of you life." "Let me think." "I think it's good enough that we can meet again, Shijun." "We can't back in time."