All language subtitles for The.Rational.Life.S01E25.Episode.25.WEBRip.Netflix.en

Why are you staring at me like that?

I'm not.

Eat up.

You can't even stay quiet
while having porridge.

Stay still.

Ruoxin.

-Sijia.
-Ruoxin.

Take a seat.

-Ruoxin, how are you feeling?
-I'm feeling better.

That's great.

I brought you some clothes.

-Take a look, are they correct?
-Yes, they are correct.

Thank you, Sijia. It's correct.

Why are you being so polite?

Qi Xiao, why don't you go home first?

Sijia can accompany me.

I'm fine. I'm not leaving.

I'm staying here tonight.

What are you saying? Go home and rest.

I need you to fight for me.

Don't worry, everything is fine.

Plus, if something happened tonight,

Sijia is a girl, how can she help?

Right?

That's right.

Ruoxin, I can't accompany you tonight.

I have a movie date later.

You're going on a date?

With who?

Sijia, you can't be dating, right?

What about Su Yang?

-No, I'm calling Su Yang.
-No need.

He…

He already knows about it.

What did he say?

He said…

He can join in.

Join in?

What's going on?

-The three of you--
-Qi Xiao, are you dumb?

Sijia is with Su Yang.

Is that true?

When did this happen?

Why didn't I know anything?

He's doing this to me now.

We talked about it just now.

Don't bother about him, just go.

Okay.

Ruoxin, rest well
and take good care of yourself.

Bye.

Bye.

Qi Xiao.

Are you dumb?

I just didn't realize it.

Hello, everyone.

We'll be going back to Shanghai tomorrow.

We've visited all the attractions
in the ancient town.

You'll have free time today.

You can buy some souvenirs
for your relatives and friends.

But if you want to eat at the hotel,
be back before 6 p.m.

We won't wait beyond that time.

That isn't right, guide.

In the itinerary, wasn't there a temple
that's efficacious for marriage?

-Yes, that temple.
-Did we go?

That…

It's over there.

But there's a distance.

Let's go.

-It's for the children.
-That's right.

What time should we be back?

-At 6 p.m.
-Come back to eat at 6 p.m.

We've been walking so far.

Where's this temple for marriage?

Let's go further.

Do you want to take a rest?

I'll go ask someone.

Ma'am, excuse me.

Do you know if there's a temple here?

Temple?

No.

There is no temple.

That isn't right.

The guide said there's a temple
that's efficacious for marriage.

We want to seek blessings
for our children.

It's not a temple.

It's this tree here.

What?

Isn't this just a normal tree?

Don't simply say anything.

This isn't a normal tree.

This tree here

was planted by Confucius 3,000 years ago.

It's very efficacious.

Especially for marriage.
It's very effective.

Boys and girls from all over
come here to ask for blessings.

Look, the tree is full of ribbons.

How can we do this?

Tie a ribbon to a copper coin
and throw it up.

The higher you throw,

the faster fate will come.

All right?

Where can we buy the ribbon and coin?

Here.

I have it.

Have a look.

How much are these?

A ribbon is 50 yuan
and a coin is 100 yuan.

Do you believe what she said?

Is Confucius known for marriage?

She's sitting under this tree.

She thinks she's a God of Marriage.

She's just putting on coins to the ribbons

and says that the tree
was planted by Confucius.

The tree that Confucius planted
is at the Kong Family Mansion in Shandong.

This tree has been here for 3,000 years?

Let me take a look.

It's just 100 years maximum.

Let's go, it's a scam.

Don't go.

We can discuss it.

Why not…

I'll give you two ribbons and two coins.

150 yuan in total, all right?

150 yuan.

It's cheap.

Here's the coin.

Ma'am, are you taking advantage of us?

Is this a copper coin?

Yes.

It's plastic.

Don't think that
it's written as "copper coin" on top,

so we'll take it as a copper coin.

I think you are very greedy.

Let's talk things out, okay?

Give me a reasonable price.

It's a business, let's make it simple.

Fifty yuan!

You're crazy.

-Fifty yuan--
-You must be crazy.

Didn't you hear what she said?

She's here to do business.

How can we get blessings from here?

She's with the tour group here to scam us.

Fifty yuan is fine.

You'll scan mine or I'll scan yours?
WeChat or Alipay is fine.

-Just a scan.
-Let's go!

Thirty yuan then?

Twenty yuan, okay?

Twenty yuan is the lowest,
take it or leave it.

Five yuan, last price.

Ten yuan, it's the lowest.

Ten yuan for both of us.

Fine, all right.

I still feel that she's even lying now.

Since we are here and we've come this far,

let's take it
as a local customs experience.

I'll need to tell my daughter
that I've sought blessings for her.

That's right.

-I'm done.
-You are done?

Just tie a knot.

A slip knot or a dead knot?

Isn't there a rule for the knot?

Anything is fine.

Just tie it tightly.

-Tightly.
-Shall I pray first?

Then tell my child's name
and what I'm praying for?

As you like, just say it in your heart
and tell it faster.

I'll need to go home soon.

All right, I'm done.

Okay, just throw it up strongly.

-Throw it higher.
-One, two, and three.

It's up there!

Excuse me, ma'am. Can you hurry up?

Have you tied it?

You just need to throw it up.

-How should I throw this?
-Just throw it up.

-Here, one, two, and three.
-Three.

It's up there now, isn't it?

Look, mine is a bit higher than yours.

Didn't she say that the higher the better?

That's right.

Congratulations to you.

I hope you'll get a good son-in-law soon.

Thank you for your wishes.

I hope you'll get
a good daughter-in-law soon.

That's good.

Let's go.

-Goodbye.
-Goodbye.

-Thank you!
-You're welcome.

May our wishes come true.

We're even sillier than her.

We got cheated.

Never mind, it's just five yuan each.

It's not much.

This isn't about money.

Cheating is wrong.

They said that people in ancient towns
are honest and simple.

I think she's quite crafty.

Forget about it, Yilan.

That's how traveling is, isn't it?

I want to buy a souvenir for my son.

Let's have a look at the souvenirs.

Buy one for your daughter too.

Let's just take a look.
It's just in front, let's go.

Hurry up.

This is so cute.

Look, is this nice?

What's the purpose of this?

My son likes this kind of thing.

I'll pick one for him.

He likes designing and crafting.

You really know your son well.

My daughter is different.

Whatever that I buy,
she'll say that it's old-fashioned.

She won't use it.

It's very difficult to please her.

That's why

I don't buy her things anymore.

Yilan, it's actually easy to realize
what your child likes or not.

Just look at what she likes to buy.

As moms, aren't we buying gifts
for our children out of goodwill?

It doesn't matter if she doesn't use it.

She can feel your care for her
just by looking at it, isn't it?

My daughter doesn't think that way.

The things she likes…

I think she likes bottles.

For tea, coffee, and juices,
all the bottles are different.

What a fussy exquisite.

Yilan, everyone has their hobby.

Just like my son who likes…

What did you say? She likes bottles?

Come with me.

Here, come, hurry up.
I'll take you to a place.

Here, come.

I saw this.

Look at this.

I saw this heating bottle earlier.

Let's ask the boss.

How does the heating work?

This bottle? It's very convenient.

Just add the water in it,
press this button

and it'll become hot water.

For tea or to heat the milk,
it's very easy.

It doesn't take up space in the bag.

Look, I think your daughter will like it.

She's so busy with her work,
she must care about efficiency, right?

To drink hot water in the winter,
you'll need to boil it.

With this, she can have hot water anytime.

There's really everything now.

Sir, are there any other colors?

Other colors? Let me look for it.

Boss, please give us a discount.

No problem.

This is quite cute.

It's all bottles here.

Here.

Thank you.

Is it still painful?

Just some normal pain.

Right.

I saw this book with a bookmark
on the sofa,

so I took it here for you.

I'm feeling quite bored now.

Ruoxin, 30 years of solitude isn't enough?

You want "one hundred years of solitude"?

What do you know?

This is a literary classic.

I know it.

Anyway, I don't want you to be alone.

I'm not lonely.

I'm so busy in the hospital every day,
I can't wait to be discharged now.

Life is life, work is work.

But I'm here now,

I won't let you be alone.

I can't hold the book with my hand now,
can you read it for me?

Sure.

"All over the world, there won't be

a prettier and friendlier house

than this asylum.

She hired someone to clean the house,

changed the furniture,
restored the garden,

sowed new flower seeds,

and opened up the windows

so that the summer rays
would shine upon the bedroom."

"She announced the end
of her mourning period.

She took off her dull and old clothes

and put on new, youthful clothes.

The music of the pianola

made the house merry again.

When she heard it,

Amaranta remembered Pietro

and the gardenia that he was wearing

during the sunset."

Let's take a temperature.

It's normal.

I'm so jealous of you.

Rest well.

What's so great about it?

There's nothing great about it.

If you play well, you can do that too.

Who wants to learn?

There are so many rules.

I'll play it the way I want.

I think

it's just like making friends at school.

Your friends will treat you
the way you treat them.

So now…

The drum is your friend.

You want to say something to it

and it wants to say something to you too.

You can't just think about yourself,

you need to cooperate with your friends.

I don't understand what you are saying.

I see.

Look, although you are the one
holding the drumsticks,

cooperation is important too, right?

At this stage, you should cooperate
with your teacher.

Then you can learn something.

I saw how you played earlier.

You're not good at counting beats yet,

that's why you can't follow it
when you play.

You can't be stubborn.

You can't be perfect in the beginning.

Just like making friends,

you'll get to know each other slowly,
all right?

But…

I think my drum doesn't like me.

I've said it just now.

It's because you are not good
at counting beats yet,

so you can't follow it when you play.

It's not the drum that doesn't like you,

it's you who's being impatient.

Ma'am, did you even realize this?

You're awesome.

I think if you have more patience,
you'll get better at counting beats.

But the condition is that

you need to practice more.

Ma'am, can you teach me?

I want to be friends with my drum.

I--

Ms. Song, you didn't tell me
that you are here.

I heard the drumbeats from afar.

I wondered who was playing so well,
so I came to have a look.

I just reached here a while ago.

I saw him playing the drum
so I took a look.

-I forgot to greet you.
-It's all right.

-Shall we talk outside?
-Sure.

Ma'am.

Can you teach me?

I'll let you know later, okay?

Ms. Song, I believe in you.

You have the potential
to be a good teacher.

I've never taught before.

And…

I'm not a professional.

The kid's name is Midou.

He signed up for one-on-one teaching.

But he's assertive
and he has a strong personality.

I've changed a few teachers for him,
yet he's not satisfied.

I'll soon need to refund his fees.

You won his heart once you came.

Actually, I'm not confident either…

Especially with kids.

You can give it a try.

Midou has good potential.

I won't force you.

If you think he's not up for it,
we can discuss this again.

What do you think?

Okay.

I'll try for one class then.

That's great.

QI XIAO

Qi Xiao, you did well.

Ruoxin, I finished early this afternoon.

I've done the inventory list
and Xiaoliu took it back to the office.

-I'll come to take you home earlier.
-No, don't worry.

I'm hanging up. My mom is calling me.

Okay.

-Mom.
-Xinxin, I'm back.

-Are you home?
-Mom, I'm on a work trip.

But I told Ziyan to pick you up.

Why are you on a work trip again?

Please tell Ziyan then.

I have to go now, the guide is chasing us.

I'm hanging up. Goodbye, Mom.

Hello, dear. It's urgent.
Please do me a favor.

What happened? Tell me.

My mom is back.

That's a good thing.

How is that urgent?

My mom doesn't know
that I'm in the hospital.

You don't know how my mom is?

I had a sneeze last time,
she cooked me something bad.

If she finds out I had surgery this time,

she'll make me vomit.

All right, I'll go pick up your mom.

I told my mom that I'm on a work trip.

We must be consistent with our story,

I'm getting discharged this afternoon.

You're nagging. Goodbye.

The purple one.

HANGZHOU TO SHANGHAI

-Thank you.
-Goodbye.

-Goodbye!
-Goodbye!

Yilan!

-You took everything?
-Yes.

Don't leave anything behind.

I bought you a gift.

No, you are too kind.

-No.
-I cant--

You must accept it.

Take it.

Thank you, then.

-Can I open it?
-Of course.

Have a look and see if you like it.

-Such a beautiful shawl.
-That's right.

I'll surely keep it
until my daughter gets married

and I'll wear it.

I'll surely invite you to the wedding.

That's great.

Yilan, since we share a bond,
you must have a meal at my house.

My son is very good at cooking.

Then I'm inviting you to my house too.

I'll teach you
how to make Red Bean Barley Soup.

You can't keep waiting for your son
to come home and cook for you.

You must learn.

That's right.

-Thank you.
-I finally have something to do.

Ziyan!

She's your daughter? So pretty.

No, she's my daughter's friend.

My daughter is busy, she's on a work trip.

She came to pick me up.

-Hello, ma'am.
-Hello.

She's a friend I met during the trip.

Your son isn't picking you up?

He has a meeting today.

He's stressed out.
I don't want to disturb him.

Then let's send her home too.

Sure.

No, don't trouble yourself.

I'll just grab a cab.

Ma'am, it's all right.
You're taking so many things.

Here, I'll send you back first.

Then I'll send Ms. Zhou back.

-Let's go!
-Let's go.

-Thank you, miss.
-Let's go.

-Thank you.
-No worries.

-I'm sorry, it's quite heavy.
-It's all right.

The sales for the campus campaign

aren't as good as expected.

It's less than we estimated.

You should give it some time.

Buyers who find the car good
will surely recommend it.

It'll spread by word of mouth.

No need, I'll do it myself.

It's all right.

Right, Qi Xiao.

When you send me home later,
find a hotel nearby to stay at.

-I'm not going home.
-What happened?

My mom is back.

She'll find out if she sees me like this.

Then don't go to the hotel.
Come to my house.

I mean you can stay in my room,

I'll share a room with Su Yang.

Do you have a room?

Hello, Su Yang?

Go for a date with You Sijia tonight.

Give me some space.

Why? Who are you bringing home?

Ruoxin just got discharged.

She doesn't want her mom to find out
so she'll rest at our place for a night.

My goodness.

There's too much room for imagination.

Go away!

What are you thinking about?

We are very pure.

She just had surgery.

All right, I know it.

Okay, tidy up before you go. Goodbye.

Speaking of Xinxin…

She has always been busy.

It's a weekend and she's on a work trip.

Where does she have the time

to find a boyfriend

and have a serious relationship?

Ruoxin is always like this.

She's very hardworking.

She won't change anymore
since she has always been like this.

Ms. Zhou, don't worry.

She knows what she's doing.

Does she?

What does she know?

Ziyan, you grew up with Ruoxin.

I've seen you growing up.

Let me tell you something from my heart.

I'm really jealous of your parents.

Look at you.

When you were at school,
you weren't the top student.

But you were a good kid.

When it's time for university,
you went to one.

When it's time to work, you worked.

When it's time to get married,

you got married.

You saved a lot of worries
for your parents.

Ms. Zhou,
every family has its difficulties.

When I argued with Zou Cheng,
you saw it too.

I'm getting old.

I can't understand everything anymore.

You said that you don't want to have kids.

Ruoxin doesn't want to get married.

What's wrong with you guys?

Ms. Zhou,
did you have fun during this trip?

Let me tell you,

it's the best season now
to visit the ancient town.

It's not too hot.

That's true.

I've been mingling around on the trip,

I didn't like any of their kids.

What a waste.

So you went to arrange blind dates
for Ruoxin?

Of course.

I even sought blessings for her marriage.

Ziyan, if you have any friends

or if any of your husband's colleagues
are still single,

introduce them to us if it's suitable.

No problem, Ms. Zhou.

If there's a suitable one,
I'll introduce him to her.

Thank you.

Come in.

I haven't washed my hair for many days,
it feels so oily.

Can I borrow the bathroom?

Sure, let me help you wash.

What?

I mean…

You need to bend down to wash your hair.

It's better if I help you.

Then if you help me wash it,

I don't have to bend down?

I can't believe you know how to wash hair.

That's right.

If I can't find a job one day,

I can still work at the hair salon.

You have such a strong desire to survive?

Hello?

-You were kicked out from the house?
-Yes.

Qi Xiao is an ungrateful buddy.

They finally have a chance to be alone.

As his buddy, can't you tolerate him?

Am I not tolerating it out here now?

Don't you have some work to rush?

Where are you planning to go?

This bad news came suddenly.

I still don't know.

I haven't thought about it.

I have a perfect place.

It won't hold up your work
and it can inspire you.

Are you interested?

Yes, I'll be right there.

Su Yang.

I chose this one for you,
it could be helpful to you.

Sijia.

I don't think
I can continue with this job.

I feel like

I'm wasting my time every day.

I feel demotivated.

I can support you.

Just focus on drawing the webtoon.

I'm your loyal fan.

I wish to work full time
in drawing webtoons too.

But living in the city
with the high expenses isn't easy.

It'll be easy if you are this talented.

Su Yang, I sent your artwork,
this image of a little cat

to a few of my WeChat groups.

Everyone likes it so much.

They even asked me,

if there's an emoji pack of this cat.

They are willing to pay for it.

Su Yang, you are very talented.

I have faith in you.

Thank you, Sijia.

I'm braver now after being with you.

Don't worry.

After saving up some money,
I'll try to work full time on it.

Actually, we can start
with this little cat emoji pack now.

I also heard that Weibo and forums
are difficult to earn money.

Why don't you try to open
a WeChat public account?

I can't.

Those public accounts,
with so many fans, are run by a team.

I don't have a team yet.

Didn't you say that you are braver now?

Why are you discouraged again?

You have a team too.

I'm your team member.

Keep it up.

Ruoxin, do you have to be so hardworking?

You were discharged yesterday
and you're back at work today.

New Energy has just started,
we can't relax now.

What's more,
Liu Pei and Ruan Ye are watching us.

I'm worried.

All right.

HOST IT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS
WHERE THERE'S MORE DEMAND.

STUDENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY CARS.

Ruoxin, look at this.

Why didn't we think about this?

Some time ago when I was
in the lift going back home,

I heard a couple talking about
changing their car.

They must be mainstream consumers.

This idea is quite good.

But if we want to enter
the residential community,

we need to get approval
from the management and committee.

Also, the best day to hold an event
is on Saturday and Sunday.

During weekdays, everyone is working.

I'll handle the committee and management.

Okay.

Listen to me, our time is precious.

Excuse me, we are really busy.

-No, you--
-Help yourself.

Don't reject me first.

Listen to me.

We just want to hold a promotional event

for our new energy car in the community.

Didn't I tell you just now?

No.

This new energy car is
strongly promoted by our country.

So why not?

Look at you, selling cars until here.

There are elders and children
in this community.

Yet you are going to do a live test-drive?

Tell me, is there a guarantee of safety?

We won't test-drive here.

It's guaranteed to be safe.

No, the exhaust smoke is strong.

There won't be any smoke.

This new energy car is made
to protect the environment.

Qi Xiao.

-Ms. Zhou.
-What are you doing here?

I discussed with Ruoxin
to hold a promotional event

for new energy cars in the community

so that everyone knows about our car.

I've been trying to persuade,
yet the community committee disagrees.

You are the head of our community?

These are young people's affairs.
You should try to be supportive.

Look at our community,

there are so many people and cars.

Everyone is driving a car.

How bad is the pollution?

The new energy car
that he's talking about,

I've heard of it.

Because my daughter is selling this car.

This type of new energy car
is environmentally friendly.

They are using batteries, not gasoline.

If everyone changes to this type of car,

then the air purifier at home
would be useless.

Ma'am, let me be honest.

I'm worried that they will disturb others

and I'll get some complaints.

Complaints?

Why would they complain?

They are here to introduce a new car,

not yelling on a high-pitched speaker.

How is that disturbing others?

That's right.

We promise not to yell
and we'll not disturb anyone.

Also, they are not here for free.

Qi Xiao.

Are there any free goodies
for the event this time?

Yes, all signed customers
will get organic eggs.

Tell him that directly.

Sir, all of our signed customers
will get organic eggs.

Isn't this a great thing
that benefits everyone?

You should support it.

Ma'am, we'll do as you said then.

Thank you very much.

Don't shake my hand first.

There's one more thing.

Is there a program for this event?

Let my manager check on the program.

If there aren't any issues,
then we'll let you in.

Sure, there'll be no problem.

-That's it.
-Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you, sir!

Subtitle translation by: Shin Hui Loo