"Your eyes remind me of my first girlfriend" "Are you free tonight?" "Let's go to my place" "I'm like my daughter." "The first time I met Ma Zhen Cheng was also on a summer's day." "I was 16" "At that time, from his classmates, he found out that my name was Isabella" "He said that I, like my name, was beautiful" "We started to talk" "Not long after, we were together" "From that day, I became his "Isabella"" "Can I get you a drink?" "Do you come here often?" "Actually, I don't really like coming to these types of places" "However, it was my friend's birthday today and he asked me to come" "I prefer quieter places" "Actually, there's a cafe that's quite nice in Taipa" "It's a little stuffy here" "Actually, this type of man is not worth your time" "Don't give up the forest for the sake of one tree" "Shall we go" "If I was you, I will let it go for one night" "If you can't see it, then it's your shout" "Right" "Is it your shout?" "Good" "Cheers" "The bill, please" "Is it really true?" "Of course" "Thank you, it comes to $390" "Keep the change" "Well?" "You've followed me for the whole day now" "Who is she?" "Some prostitute" "Sleep a night and couldn't take it" "Officer Ma, what's the matter?" "Seven o'clock" "Where?" "Nan Kwang Pier" "You won't get his money tonight" "After this, I'll go down to get the money for you" "July 8, 1999." "The Macau police busted a gang involved in multiple shooting and kidnapping in ZAPE." "US made machine guns, grenades, revolvers and bullet-proof vests were confiscated." "6 of the 7 people arrested were policemen." "Ma Cheng once said that after he graduated, he wanted to become a police officer because he wanted me to feel proud if I came across him on the street" "The weather's really hot" "Who would come and have hot-pot in this weather?" "It's so hot" "Look at the beef, it's so fresh, so fresh" "You see" "How can depend on those Portugese?" "Why?" "Well, what were they in the past?" "What?" "Pirates" "Yeah, pirates." "Trust him?" "You'll die for sure" "So what?" "So what?" "What's it got to do with him?" "He'll go back to Portugal to enjoy his pension" "Win it?" "You're crazy" "How can it be easy to win this lawsuit?" "And so what?" "All you can do is wait, In the end, use your last resort" "Kill the snitch" "Don't say that you're a cop" "Yeah, I'm a cop, why am I saying this?" "Pretend I never said a word" "No, no, pretend I didn't hear anything" "The beef is so fresh" "Tell me, who would have hot-pot on a day like this?" "I tell you, you can't trust the Portugese" "Why?" "There's a reason" "What did their ancestors do?" "Pirates." "Are you alright?" "Call the ambulance" "Get a towel" "I'm alright" "Are you alright?" "Im OK" " Exactly what happened?" "Crazy bitch" "That girl is underage." "Be careful, OK?" "Alright, take care." "You're not 18 yet" "and you're a working girl?" "Don't jerk me araound" "Huh?" "Let me tell you" "No matter who asks, you are to say that you've never slept with me" "Say it." "You did not sleep with me." "You did not sleep with me" "But you slept with my mum" "My mum is Zhang Li Hua" "I am your daughter" "Zhang Bi Xin" "Ah Cheng, I went so see the doctor" " What was the matter?" "The doctor said that I was pregnant" "Ah Cheng, what are you doing?" "Look at your hand" "This amount should be about enough right?" "Are we getting married?" "I'll wait for you outside" "You knew that you were my daughter yet you still did "that" with me last night" "You cared?" "I thought that you didn't" "You do so many women, what's so surprising about doing your daughter" "What do you want?" "$3,000" "Don't let me see you in Macau again" "That day, Ah Cheng gave me $3000 because he didn't want the child" "People are gambling with their fates everyday, seeing if it allows them to live until tomorrow" "But now, the child's fate is in my hands awaiting my decision today" "Give me the bill" "Leave" "Get up" "Liar" "I am a police officer" "In the court, who do you think the judge will believe?" "Get out" "Go" "Stop screwing around" "I didn't" "When did your mother ..." "June of last year" "Lung cancer" "What now?" "I didn't come looking for a father" "I just wanted $3,000" "My landlords' locked me out" "Haven't I already given it to you?" "The landlord said if I don't pay the previous 3 months rent he wont let me return" "Isabella's still inside" "My dog" "What rotten luck, getting involved in these things if it wasn't for her mothers' death, I would have already thrown everything out" "Officer, if there's anything missing, don't put it on me" "So troublesome" "Whats this smell?" "Does she have a dog?" "The dog?" "I threw it out." "On the street" "Why did you throw out my dog?" "Pay you rent." "If you'd paid, I wouldn't have" "Why did you throw out my dog?" "Give Isabella back to me" "Pay your rent" "Ok, cut the crap, where did you throw out the dog?" " I didn't pay your rent, and you threw out my dog?" "You don't pay, so I throw out your dog" "Of course I will throw it out" " You throw where?" "Where did you throw it?" " its alright im a cop" "Fuck, where is my dog?" "Quieten it down a bit, OK?" "Get back in your room, this has nothing to do with you" "You, tell me what you did with the dog" "He threw away my dog!" "Go find it on the streets" "Where?" "Where's my dog?" " You threw away her dog?" "You're insane" "I threw it onto the street, how would I know where it is?" " Get back in your room" "Where is it?" "Crazy bitch" "Who told you not to pay the rent?" "Shut up!" "Where is it?" "Go look for it on the street" "You must know where the dog is" "Go find it yourself" "Hey, pay your rent!" "Isabella!" "You wont find her like this" "Where would you take her, in the past?" "Isabella!" "Who picked the name for your dog?" "My mum" "Why?" "Nothing" "My mum got the dog for me, after she found out she was sick" "At the time, I didn't understand why she picked this name for the dog" "After she died, I found out that my mother was originally called Isabella" "So I promised myself that Isabella can not be discarded by anyone again" "If a puppy goes missing, there is still a chance that it can be found on the street" "But if a child is lost, where can you go to get it back?" "Its OK." "If you're busy you can leave first." "Where will you sleep tonight?" "When she was young, Little Xin would ask me why her father was never at home" "Each year, I would lie to her and say, "Your father is travelling the world, looking for the best birthday present for you"" "One day, Little Xin said that, this year, she did not want any birthday presents" "She just wanted her father to come and tuck her in when she went to sleep" "August 27, 1999." "9 policemen were sacked for extortion, gun theft, possession of drugs, and association with triads." "Miss, your medicine" "Ah Cheng," "Father really doesn't want to see you" "But firstly, don't think that my father and others are conspiring to decieve you" "This matter of Curry testifying for the prosecution is suspicious to not only you, but my father as well" "In the past he cheated my father out of several million" "Everyone knows about it." "If you don't believe me, ask around" "But then so what?" "Does that mean I need to kill him?" "The Handover is coming." "You still think things are like in the past." "Ah Cheng, do you actually understand?" "Alright" "Help me out" "I want to eat Portugese meal" "Have a look at this, look" "Waha" "Look at that meat" "Look at those noodles, so nice" "What's so good about eating Portugese meal" "Hey, Ah Cheng, if I find anything, I'll call you" "While you're there, get the staff to help look for this" "Hey, there are three Which one are you after?" "Go for a walk" "What are you doing?" "Go watch a movie at Guo Hua." "Do you need money?" "They're already closed" "$300 should be enough" "Go" "Condoms?" "What do I need these for?" "I never use these." "I know." "If you did, how would I be here" "I don't want to suddenly have another sister" "September 20, 1999." "A retired Portuguese policeman was gunned down at Rotunda de Carlos da Maia." "He was sent to the hospital." "He was shot in the face and neck." "Anyone here?" "What's the matter?" "I'd like some take-away" "What would you like?" "Do you have Portugese meal?" "What type of Portugese meal do you want?" "What do you have?" "We have the authentic Portugese meal and the Pirate Portugese meal" "Pirate Portugese meal" "Who are you?" "Where did he go?" "He doesn't like anyone asking" "Do you always ask?" "Someone came looking for you today" "Who?" "Don't know" "Male or female?" "Female" "Did you say what I was doing?" "No" "You didn't ask her?" "I had no idea who she was" "You stayed here the whole day?" "You didn't need to go to school?" "I needed to go" "And why didn't you?" "My school uniform is at home" "Can you lend me the keys tonight?" "I want to go out" "Where?" "Back home to get my uniform" "During that time, because we were broke, we constantly had to move home" "Each time carrying large and small bags of things, walking down the street" "A little girl, lugging a bag as tall as she was" "Was hard for her mother to watch" "Each time Little Xin lugged the bags, she would move haltingly" "Walking one step before putting them down again" "Although she never said, I knew that she was imagining her father holding her hand, and, step by step, taking her for a stroll" "Ah Xin, is everything alright?" "You haven't been to school for a week." "Everything's fine" "These are the notes for last week" "Thank you" "You moved out" "How do you know?" "I happened to pass by your place yesterday, ... and I saw." "Yes" "Was that your boyfriend?" "Yeah, he is a police officer" "He seems a lot older than you" "It doesn't matter." "I like maturity" "He loves me, so he's asked me to move in with him so he can take care of me." "Its the place where you bought me food last time" "You don't need to wait downstairs for me anymore" "He doesn't like me to talking to other guys" "So, if theres nothing in particular, don't call me out any more" "Hey, the powers' back on" "Are you hot?" "Your telephone rang" "Ah Jie, its Ma Cheng, whats up?" "Ok, I'll come and have a look." "Thanks" "We're going to Taipa" "What for?" "There seems to have been a traffic accident there" "By the wayside, there was a ... dead dog" "Its ahead in the gutter" "Where?" "In the gutter." "Between the two trees" "About 30 meters from us" "Can you see it?" " Yeah" "Thank you" " No need to be polite" "Do you have that dogs picture?" " Yes" "Wait for me here" "Do you want to see for yourself?" "What?" "I never said it was her." "All I asked was if you wanted to go and have a look" "How can you joke about these things?" "Then should I go play with the on-off switches at home?" "Ah Cheng always has his own peculiar method making me both angry and happy at the same time" "Each time that I saw him, he was always smiling or acting like a dope" "I asked him why he was like that" " You scared me" "His said that it was because the person he loved was nearby" "You have the right to remain silent" "But anything that you say can be used in a court of law" "Understand?" "Oh" "When a police officer asks you if you understand you answer "I understand" or "I don't understand" Not "Oh"." "OK?" "OK, Officer Ma" "Zhang Bi Xin, have you have a boyfriend recently" "Speak" "Come over" "Before my lawyer is here, I will not say anything" "Good" "The boys of the school don't suit me" "How about the one that bought you the food last time?" "That one." "He's nice" "He loves me, but" "He doesn't like me talking to other guys" "So, from now, you better not take me to school" "When have I ever taken you to school?" "Whatever." "As long as you don't" "Halt" "Macau Police" "Hello everyone" "Friends of the Ruins of St. Paul's, how are you?" "I, Zhang Bi Xin, am very happy today" "I want to introduce a special guest to everyone today" "My big dopey father" " Ma Zhen Cheng" "I am No.1" " Ma Zhen Cheng" "Hello to all of my Macau neighbors" "I, hereafter, will put all my effort to doing my best" "Hope everyone knows I actually am a bad person" "Its true, he really is a bad person" "Thank you" "Drunk and causing a commotion" "The people here will say I'm uncivilized" "Come over" "I will teach you how to break a bottle" "Breaking the bottle properly is very difficult" "Last time, you broke it in the middle and it rebound to hit you, right?" "The point is to focus on the side, as it is tougher" "Also, last time you stopped after you hit so it rebounded" "What should you do?" "Ever played tennis?" "Get up" "You have to swing through, like in tennis" "OK?" "Cool huh?" "Apart from breaking single bottles we can also break two bottles" "Why?" "Don't know." "Looks Cool" "But its even better if you shout out loud" "Come, again." "Shout it out" " Really?" " Yes" "Again" "Hey you bastards, what are you doing?" "Lets go" "Keep yourself up" "So heavy" "Stand well" "Use a bit of effort now" "Falling" "Squashed me so heavily" "Do you know you've hit on me before?" "Last year" "At San Ling Bar" "Your eyes remind me of my first girlfriend" "Are you free tonight?" "Let's go to my place" "Actually, that night, I really wanted to go with you" "Why?" "See your house;" "I've never seen it" "But, I then I thought I probably shouldn't" "You were horny, if I followed you, what would have happened?" "Mum likes this song a lot" "Sleep" "I'll sleep on the sofa" "Why" "I'm horny" "What's wrong?" "Still thinking about that dog?" "I'm thinking about my mum" "Roll it tighter, it will fall apart" "(Chinese Saying) As long as it can face up to man and god alike." "Are yours tight?" "Mum, take these offerings, take them all" "Hey, what do you want to eat later?" "What?" "I can't think of what I want to eat" "Ah Cheng" "You go home first" "Your girlfriend?" "My daughter" "Someone saw you buying a Pirate Portugese meal" "Don't do anything stupid" "All for the sake of your girlfriend?" "I told you, she's my daughter" "What's she called?" "She's called Dang Dang" "Are you well, Dang Dang?" "What?" "I didn't want to make you wait" "When I am facing the most difficult time by myself my only wish is to have the person I love at my side" "Holding my hand tightly" "How old are you?" "How do you know Ah Cheng?" "I work at the betting station." "We met when he came to bet on a horse race" "So you're the one." "Do you know that you're young enough to be his daughter?" "You are too." "I'm 26." "I've been with him since I was 16" "Which one of us do you think he will pick?" "How long have you been with him?" "He said he didn't have a girlfriend" "And you believe everything a man says?" "You know how Ah Cheng is." "He doesn't realize when he hurts someone" "In short, he's immature" "In the past, Zhu Zhu had two abortions for him and moved in with him" "And so what?" "Look over there" "After having moved in, you still have to be prepared to leave" "Ms. Huang, you're different from me" "You are just an outlet for Ah Cheng." "A one night affair" "But, I am his future You see those bags there?" "At the end of the month we're emigrating to Toronto" "You claim to be his girlfriend, then what does that make me?" "I'm his girlfriend as well What is this?" "I've been with him since I was 16." "I'm 26 now." "I can fill a book with the experiences we've shared" "You want to compete with me?" "Give yourself a break." "Do you even know what Ah Cheng wants?" "And what can you provide?" "Happiness?" "Ah Cheng doesn't need that." "All he knows is sex." "Wise up." "It be worse if you get pregnant" "You'll regret it." "What do you want?" "$3,000" "$1,000" "Take it or leave it." "If you can be Ah Cheng's girl, then you should be able to take a drink" "What are you doing?" "Vomitting all over the stairs" "Smile?" "I'm telling you off and you smile" "What are you doing drinking during the daytime" "I helped bring your clothes back, and you just leave it everywhere" "Put it back in your room, don't leave it out in the living room" "Yes" "Hurry up, get up here" "Let's leave" "Go up." "Its beautiful up there" "How beautiful?" "Go up and look through that light" "Macau looks very different through that light" "Hey, you ready?" "Go" "Ready?" "Come on" "Does Macau look very different?" "How is it different?" "Can't you see it?" "Its upside down." "Oh yeah." "If you didn't tell me I wouldn't have known." "Thank you" "Isn't it beautiful?" "Actually, Macau is really small" "Did you know that when I was small, I would run into you a lot?" "Mother never told me that you were my father" "Then how did you know?" "I guessed" "Come, let's go over there.Don't bother Mr Policeman doing his job" "Macau really is a small place" "You will always come across someone from your past whether or not you meant to;" "its unavoidable" "Little Xin never asked who we were avoiding" "I also never asked Ah Cheng, if he had another "Isabella"" "Pay up." "We're on a streak" "If you're losing you're an idiot" "What do you think I should I be calling you?" "What do you mean?" "I feel strange calling you dad" "And I have no reason to call you Officer Ma." "I'm not one of your underlings" "If I call you Ah Cheng, it seems like I'm your girlfriend" "What do you think?" "Whatever" "I'll just call you Ma Zhen Cheng, then" "Two please" "Is it sweet, Ma Zhen Cheng?" "Not sweet, Zhang Bi Xin" "Really?" "Its very sweet, Ma Zhen Cheng" "Just kidding, Zhang Bi Xin" "You bore, Ma Zhen Cheng" "You idiot, Zhang Bi Xin" "Ma Zhen Cheng" " Run" "Ah Cheng" "Don't make things difficult for yourself." "Where can you run?" "What are you doing so many things for?" "You messing with Curry, means you're messing with us." "The Handover's about to occur, just leave things alone" "Don't make so many waves" "Should I ask now or later?" "Over in HuiLi, there is a triad head, called Brother Fei" "Last time, Brother Fei helped me smuggle cigarettes into Macau" "I was responsible for collecting the goods and money" "Last month, customs confiscated a shipment" "And caught Brother Fei's assistant, Curry" "This matter implicated a lot of Portugese people" "The Handover's immenent." "Everyone wants things to look respectable" "So it was agreed that Curry would turn main witness and would point me out" "They want me to be the fall guy." "What do we do?" "Nothing much" "I can run away, then we don't have to go to court or make Curry unable to go to court" "I'll leave with you" "Hey, here are your notes back" "Don't worry about copying any homework for me from now on" "Why" "Nothing important, I'm leaving" "I need to run away with my man" "Isn't your boyfriend a police officer?" "I've changed to another" "The one I'm with now, is in a gang" "The law is onto him, and he needs to escape" "And has asked me to go with him" "Where are you going?" "Don't ask" "I promised him that I wouldn't say." "To prevent any problems." "The police are right on him" "Have you thought about it clearly?" "I can't worry about too much" "In the gang society, its enough if you're able to face up to man and God alike" "What do I need to buy for running away?" "Come and help me choose." "OK" "Who's after her?" "She's already passed away" "Ma Zhen Cheng" "Ma Zhen Cheng" "Where are you?" "Hey, Ma Zhen Cheng, what are you doing sitting there?" "I bought a lot of things" "Do you know what the weather is like in Thailand?" "What blood type are you?" "I am type O, prone to mosquitos" "However I got a bagful of mosquito repellant sprays and creams" "So I'm not worried about being bitten" "I also got some tea-leaves that can relieve spiciness" "Are you worried about the sun there?" "I not worried about tanning, but I don't want freckles so I bought a SPF 100 cream I wonder if its enough?" "Also the toothbrush that you usually use, is that the one with hard or soft bristles?" "This is yours" "This is mine" "I was worried about buying too much and going over the weight limit" "But at the same time I was worried about not getting enough" "What do you think?" "Oh yeah, there's a temple in Thailand where you can pray to Beckham" "Will you take me there sometime" "Did I ever say that I would take you with me?" "When did it happen?" "In June last year." "Lung cancer" "How is Ah Xin, these days?" "She well, and living at my place now" "She thinks that I am her father." "I thought so too" "That's good then" "Not long after you left, Gai La started buying smokes from that grocery store just opposite" "Afterwards, we were together, and had a child" "She never told me." "Even until the size of her belly got bigger day by day" "I could not stop myself from asking her" "She said that she would not have an abortion again and that I didn't need to do anything" "She would bring up her daughter by herself" "Gai La thought that be changing her name that she could forget all about you" "It actually didn't help one bit" "Will you ever want to take back Ah Xin?" "If I was able, I would have already done so 16 years ago" "I think that deep down, Ah La always treated Ah Xin as the child that she intended to have with you" "On this day, Ah Cheng had gone." "Our child had gone." "And finally, "Isabella" left with them." "On the street the other day" "I saw a little girl walking a dog" "She passed by me" "And I knew that it was Isabella" "Then I went with her to the park" "We played in the park for a long time" "I held her" "And softly called her name" "She responded to me" "That little girl told me" "That the dog was called Dang Dang" "I didn't want to separate them" "I didn't dare tell you" "Because I was worried that after I had found Isabella" "You would want me to move out" "Can you not abandon me any more?" "The food in SE Asia is too hot" "Let's go to Europe instead" "Really?" "I'm kidding" "When mum was free, she liked to take two rubber bands and pull at them" "At the time, I didn't know what she was pulling at" "That day, I saw you doing the same thing in the bar" "I realized that you must have shown her in the past" "Why don't you show me how its played?" "This rubber band game, is very troubling" "You always think that they're bound together" "And you can't pull them apart You see?" "You really can't pull them apart" "Show me again" " I'm not at your beck and call, you know" "But I'll show you again" "Watch carefully now" "Treat her better" "OK" "Accept this offering" "Accept it all" "Accept this offering, Isabella" "Which one is better?" "The bigger one is a bit better" "Yeah?" "This one it looks bright and fresh" "You're running away" "Too fresh is not so good" "This one?" "OK then" "Isn't SE Asia hot?" "He should look hansome with this on" "November 10, 1999." "Police busted an organization involved in blackmailing. 5 were arrested." "The leader and a subordinate are former policemen." "I'm very sorry." "I didn't wait for you that day" "Don't worry." "I will treat Ah Xin as if she was our own daughter" "Sorry, I know that you have already broken up with Ah Xin" "But can you help her" "What can I do to help her?" "Ah Xin tells me that she's become involved with some vagabond" "And wants to run away to SE Asia together" "I know you are a police officer" "Will you talk to her?" "She's only known that guy for a a few days and doesn't know type of person he is" "I'm worried that she's being tricked" "Can't you talk to her?" "What are you to her?" "Friend" "What type of friend?" "Boyfriend?" "I just want her to live a little better" "I talked it over with lawyer this morning" "He says that if I'm willing to confess, then he can appeal to the court's mercy" "I'll go to prison for about 4 years" "With good behaviour, study leave plus holidays" "I can be out in 2 years" "I just pawned by gold watch, and with the money we intended to use to run away" "I can pay 3 years rent" "I am a police officer." "Only the gutless run away." "Here, eat" "When I was 17, I made your mother pregnant" "I was very afraid at that time" "I went around stealing money at Patio da Eterna Felicidade" "To give to your mother to have the abortion" "After I became a police officer" "To buy a gold Rolex" "I looked under flower pots." "and sold the herion that I found" "You know" "Its hard to live in Macau, you need a gold Rolex it's not that people will look down on you, it's that they can't see you at all." "All I could do, was think of a way" "When I found the way" "So what?" "It was all wrong" "I don't want it" "Promise me" "When I get out of jail, we'll quit smoking together" "Ok?" "Have some soup" "December 20, 1999." "Portuguese rule over Macau ended after four centuries." "Macau became a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China." "I'll be waiting for you outside" "Actually, people are gambling with their fates every day." "Seeing if it allows them to live until tomorrow" "Little Xin, Mama knows that she will need to leave you soon" "Sorry." "There were some things that even at the end, I was unable to tell you." "I never regretted being together with Ma Zhen Cheng" "If I could return to when I was 17 years old" "I would still willingly become his "Isabella"" "My man is now suffering in prison." "Do you know why?" "Because of me" "I promised him that after he gets out, we will live together" "Keep a dog." "Cook a meal." "Occasionally gamble a little." "How happy we would be." "Did I tell you that I quit smoking?" "He says that he doesn't like me smoking" "He says that its not so good for girls to be smoking" "Very manly huh?" "However, its alright" "If he doesn't like it." "Then I'll stop"