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[The White Olive Tree]

[Episode 34]

[This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental.]

Thank you, Ms. Fu.

I hope when I return to China,

he will have forgiven me.

No need to wait until you come back.

He's already stopped blaming you.

The essay topic for the midterm exam was

My Family.

I guess

he wrote about you.

So to me, family transcends the confines

of blood relations.

It's not about living under the same roof and spending each day together.

It's someone who supports me

when no one else believes in me.

It's someone who stands by me unwaveringly

even when I wilfully hurt him.

It's someone who shows me the scenery I've never seen

even when we are apart

and separated by miles.

I pray for the safe return of my family,

so that I can tell him in person

that he's my family.

Jiang Lin,

perhaps I can take your place

and continue to be a good brother.

[Luo Zhan]

Luo Zhan.

Your volunteer service period is almost over, right?

It's time to return to work, isn't it?

You've timed it just right.

You never contacted me over the past six months,

and the first call is to urge me back to work.

There was nothing important,

so why would I call you?

And...

you didn't call me either, right?

You're right.

After Chinese New Year,

my volunteer service period will be over.

I can go back to work after Chinese New Year.

Li Zan, during the past six months...

Forget it. We'll talk after you're back.

Luo Zhan,

the past six months

have been truly worthwhile.

I'm doing great now.

So,

thank you for giving me this half a year.

I'm hanging up.

That's good then.

Hello, Mr. Luo.

I'm just about to clean the room.

Auntie,

I've already cleaned this room.

No need to clean it again.

Okay, Mr. Luo.

[Engineer Li's Office]

Jose.

Song.

I can't believe these kids.

This place is messy, but they're running around.

And they're playing soccer.

It's driving me crazy.

Not all the kids are disobeying you.

You've done a great job already.

This little one has been holding onto you tightly all along.

Dad.

I...

W-Why are you calling me Dad?

I'm not your father. You should call me Brother.

Dad.

Come over here.

Come over here!

Let me teach you a game.

If you play it well,

I'll take pictures for you.

Okay?

Good job.

Zan.

Zan.

What brings you here?

Sasin.

Song.

I'm going to Shen Bei first.

Sasin said he wanted to talk to Shen Bei about something,

so I came with him.

Sasin has been meeting with Shen Bei a lot lately,

discussing the interior design of the orphanage.

I didn't notice he is interested in that.

I noticed

you've become quite a gossip in Eastern Country.

That's not true.

I'm just...

Looks like we need to go back to China as soon as possible.

What did you say?

We're going back to China?

Things here are coming to an end,

and my volunteer service period is almost over.

I...

I'm homesick.

I want to go back.

What about you, Ran?

Do you want to go back?

Yes.

Very much.

I miss my mom.

I miss Liangcheng and Dicheng.

I miss everything at home.

Song!

Song, it's your turn!

Go.

I'd like to see

if you've improved.

Fine.

Watch me.

Look at me, girl.

Papa.

Papa.

Now guys, let's wash hands

and have a break and then help me to prepare the lunch,

okay?

Let's go!

Go! Go!

Song,

no one will disturb you now.

Tell me, do I really

have no talent for this game at all?

Jose managed to score on his first try today.

But still,

I could only touch the bottle.

Let me take you somewhere.

Let's see if you have a talent for this.

Here.

You look so handsome with the sunglasses on.

Really?

It's all the same to me.

Zan.

Done.

Are you seated properly?

Yes.

Guys, have a seat.

Go. Go.

Have lunch.

Go. Sit there.

Sasin,

what are you installing?

I'm installing a TV mount.

TV?

Yes.

In the future, you'll be able to watch TV

if you look up while you're having meals.

What can we see on TV?

You can see cartoons,

people singing and dancing,

and news.

Through the news, you can see what's happening in Eastern Country,

even the whole world.

We might be able to see Song as well?

Maybe.

When I was in the orphanage,

the happiest part of my day

was eating in the dining hall.

It wasn't because the food was particularly tasty,

but because when I was eating,

I could look up

and watch TV.

At that time,

the only thing I could see on TV

was news.

The reporters on TV

were calm and composed,

reporting on big and small events.

It allowed me, an orphan in the orphanage,

to see so many things happening outside.

At that time, I thought

it was a cool profession.

This place will do.

You're going to teach me archery?

Do you want to try?

Here.

When did you learn archery?

When I came to Eastern Country this time.

Have you tried this before?

No.

Stand like me,

feet shoulder-width apart.

Hold the bow with your left hand.

Hold it steady.

A little lower.

Eyes focused straight ahead.

Nock the arrow.

Like this?

Your right hand should be like this.

Three fingers.

Focus on the target.

You're not concentrating.

I'm just thinking...

I hope I won't hit that tree.

It wouldn't be good to damage the forest.

Don't worry.

You won't hit it.

Let's try.

Take aim.

Three.

Two.

One.

There must be something wrong with the arrow.

You really are good at making excuses.

You missed the shot,

and you're blaming the arrow.

Then you do it.

Show me.

To prevent you from accusing me of damaging the forest,

I'll aim the arrow at that paper bag.

Okay.

I told you you couldn't hit it.

I'll try again.

Go ahead.

I won't let you succeed.

I can't hit it alone.

We need to do it together.

♫A blue pen♫

♫Gently leaves ink stains♫

♫Writing down your name♫

We really hit it.

♫Pretending not to care♫

♫The yellow halo♫

♫The messy vibe♫

♫The accelerated breathing♫

This is...

♫Naturally remind me♫

your reward for distracting me earlier.

♫I'm getting way into it♫

♫Do-re-mi-fa-sol-sol-sol-mi-re♫

Do you want to try again?

♫Do-re-mi-fa-mi-fa-mi-re-do♫

♫The melody hidden in my heart is made for you♫

♫How I wish I could hear you say♫

This time, I want to do it on my own.

♫I'm so into you♫

♫Marshmallows like clouds♫

♫Adorning the hot cocoa for you♫

♫The bus is heading the wrong way♫

♫I'm humming your favorite song in a daze♫

♫The rain outside the window♫

♫Blurring the road♫

Here.

♫Going farther and farther away♫

It's so hard.

♫A song reminds me♫

You did pretty well.

Pretty well?

♫To hurry back to you♫

Just now, weren't you...

♫Do-re-mi-fa-sol-sol-sol-mi-re♫

aiming the arrow at the air?

♫Do-re-mi-fa-mi-fa-mi-re-do♫

You're the one aiming the arrow at the air.

♫If the wind has a color♫

♫Will you♫

♫See the ordinary me?♫

A sneak attack again?

That's what you get for always mocking me.

♫Do-re-mi-fa-sol-sol-sol-mi-re♫

♫Do-re-mi-fa-mi-fa-mi-re-do♫

♫The melody hidden in my heart is made for you♫

♫How I wish I could hear you say♫

♫That you like me too♫

♫If the wind has a color♫

♫Will you♫

♫See the ordinary me?♫

♫Do-re-mi-fa-sol-sol-sol-mi-re♫

Then I'll have to punish you more severely this time.

♫Do-re-mi-fa-mi-fa-mi-re-do♫

♫The melody hidden in my heart is made for you♫

♫I really want to tell you♫

♫I'm so into you♫

♫I'm so into you♫

Zan, you're...

My volunteer service period

is about to end.

I'm packing up in advance.

Right,

everything is almost finished.

Of course you'll go back.

Well, it seems

I can only ask for your help one last time.

What is it?

According to the information,

Ark is hiding in the valley ahead.

There's only one path into the mountain,

but the problem is

Mount Cangdi used to be a mine.

It has many tunnels left from excavation.

So we have to take them all down

in one go.

If we alert them,

Ark could easily escape through any

of the mine entrances.

If so, it would be much harder

to trace him.

Those who are hiding in the mountain

are the last main forces of the armed insurgents.

There should be about 40 to 50 people.

According to our reconnaissance

and related geological data,

there are a total of 19 escape tunnels.

I don't have enough troops

to secure all the 19 tunnels.

Even if I can get enough troops,

once they enter the mountain

and spread out to each tunnel,

they'll be noticed immediately.

I understand what you mean now.

You want me to see

if we can use explosives

to block these tunnels simultaneously.

I want to take a look ahead.

What's wrong?

It's him.

Zan.

I know him.

He got my face.

Look at you! Coward.

Ben,

in this USB drive,

there are specific blasting plans for each tunnel,

including the blast point locations,

explosive amounts,

and the methods of planting the explosives.

All the details are in there.

The blast points are very discreet.

Each tunnel only requires one or two people

to get it done.

You just need to be a little cautious,

and the enemies shouldn't notice you.

When do you plan to launch the attack?

Next Wednesday,

which is your Chinese New Year's Eve.

Many people in Eastern Country

like to celebrate Chinese festivals.

They're lively.

We'll take advantage of their relaxation

and launch the attack,

catching them off guard.

Good.

According to the plans in this proposal,

when you launch the attack,

you'll detonate the 19 tunnels simultaneously.

Within five minutes,

you should be able to block

all their escape routes.

Then,

give them a surprise,

and catch turtles in the jar.

Zan,

those Chinese girls

didn't teach me such difficult idioms.

Does Dr. Pei know

you have other Chinese girls?

You're bragging again.

You...

I didn't see you guys all day yesterday.

Where did you go?

Why are you here again?

I'm the captain.

Do I need to report to you where I go?

It's confidential. Don't pry.

You went to Mount Cangdi?

Just the two of you?

We went for reconnaissance.

Should we have taken the entire special forces team?

Why are you...

What?

Don't be nervous.

Didn't you just hear what Zan said?

Catching...

Catching turtles...

Um...

Catching turtles...

Catching you in the jar.

Why are you still standing here?

Zan and I are about to discuss the operation plan.

Your rank isn't high enough.

If there's something, we'll talk later.

Go out.

Yes. Captain.

My rank is not high enough?

Your rank is not high enough

to see my picture either!

Zan.

That difficult idiom you just used

gave Sasin a chance to show off.

Can you teach me a few more

so that I can show off a bit too?

Sure.

When you go to China,

I'll teach you properly.

I almost forgot.

You're about to go back to your country.

Ben.

There's something I want to tell you.

Go ahead.

I'm not going with you

on the last mission.

Ran and I plan to return to our country in three days.

I'm actually a bit surprised

to hear those words from you.

Yes.

I never thought

I would make such a request.

But...

this is something I owe Ran.

I want to go home with her as planned.

I don't want any more unexpected events

to derail our plan.

And I don't want her to worry about me anymore,

not even...

once more.

For Ran,

I want to be selfish, just this once.

Zan,

for the girl you love,

nothing you do is too much.

And

you've done so many things

that others can't do.

You and Song are the most perfect couple I've ever seen.

Right now, all I feel is jealousy.

But please, make me jealous forever.

Song Ran,

why are you standing there grinning?

Back at the station,

I would never believe

Shen Bei would do something like this.

Really?

What's even more surprising is

I plan to do these things

for a long time to come.

I resigned.

What?

I guess it's because of this orphanage,

I received

a job offer from a children's rescue organization.

I thought about it for a long time

and decided to accept the offer.

On one hand, I want to try a different way of life.

On the other hand,

I want to go find Sia.

Do you think I'm being too restless?

No.

I actually understand you completely.

When I first returned to Liangcheng from Eastern Country,

I had a restless urge

in my heart.

I didn't want to go back

to that so-called normal life.

I wanted to return to Eastern Country.

I wanted to find Li Zan.

I wanted to live

a different life.

Maybe that's what you call

"reckless."

That's pretty much it.

Then I can rest assured.

Because I've found a kindred spirit.

Shen Bei,

what I'm about to say

might disappoint you.

What are you going to say?

Li Zan and I will return to China in three days.

His volunteer service period is over,

and I've gathered enough material for my book.

We...

We plan to go back

and return to our normal lives.

I hope that one day,

I can also find someone.

Someone

who makes me want

to return to a normal life with him.

If I say you will

find someone like that,

would it be a bit...

Annoying.

Then I'm not gonna say it.

Don't go.

I said don't go.

Stay until the orphanage is officially completed.

Based on the current progress,

it'll only keep you here... for five more days.

I've also been waiting

for the day the orphanage is officially finished.

This place

holds special meaning to me.

I want to see it officially completed with my own eyes.

I want to see it become a home for those orphans.

What about you? Don't you want to?

I do.

Okay.

I'll wait with you for the orphanage to be completed.

Okay.

Five days.

In five days,

it'll be the first day of Chinese New Year, right?

That's right.

The orphanage will officially open on the Spring Festival.

How wonderful!

The special forces team will go camping and training in the mountains.

Ben asked me to go with them.

Do you want to come?

You can use it as material for your book.

I'll go to you right away.

It's not for writing the book.

Go live your normal life.

You'll just annoy me here.

Then I'm going.

Zan!

Why did the special forces team invite us

to their camping trip?

Probably because

I told Benjamin yesterday

that we're leaving soon.

I guess this is

the special forces team's unique way of saying goodbye.

What's wrong?

I just promised Shen Bei today

that we'd stay until the Spring Festival.

Why?

Shen Bei said

the orphanage will be completed in a few days.

It will officially open on the Spring Festival.

She wants us to stay until then.

I also want to see it open,

so I agreed.

I haven't had a chance to tell you yet.

Does this count as making a decision on my own?

Yes.

Let's go.

Just... yes?

That's it?

You don't have anything else to say?

You asked me if it counted.

I said yes.

What else is there to say?

Shouldn't you say something

to comfort me?

Something like "it's okay"

or "you can make decisions if you want."

Get on.

I'm not very good at saying comforting words like that,

but I will comfort you...

in my own way.

This way is good too.

I prefer this way.

Let's go.

Sasin always ends up being

the champion except for the captain.

This pattern seems unbreakable.

Sasin, you should accept your fate.

Second place isn't bad either.

That's right.

Come on, come on.

Giving up?

Are you kidding?

Sasin won!

My God!

Sasin won.

Sasin actually defeated the captain.

Great job.

You did great.

It doesn't count

because of my broken leg.

It doesn't count!

Come on.

When you just kicked me,

why didn't you mention your broken leg?

It has to count.

You have to accept the punishment.

Punish!

Okay.

Punish.

Let's see what you've got in mind.

Push-ups?

Or pull-ups?

Swimming in the river.

Swimming in the river!

-Swim! -Swim!

That's a bit too much.

It's winter now.

How could it be a punishment to swim in summer?

Great idea.

-Swim! -Swim!

Ben! Do it.

Every time I won,

I just made you do laundry,

cook a meal, or sing a song for me.

Shut up.

What are you doing?

It's not so cold!

Quite comfortable!

Why don't you all come down and take a bath?

The punishment is for you, not for us.

I don't believe you. It must be so cold!

It's not so cold! Come on!

The water must be so cold!

I don't want to get wet.

No.

We don't want to go.

Fall in!

Attention!

Take off your shoes!

Right now!

Come on!

♫And say, Te Amo♫

♫Still we don't know love♫

♫Just say, Te Amo♫

What happened? Are you okay?

♫I can feel the love♫

I'm okay.

Captain.

Stop it.

I'm ticklish.

What did I do?

Stop pretending.

I'm really curious now.

What exactly did I do?

Why did you pinch my foot?

Forget it. Someone like you would never admit it.

Sasin,

let me see what you mistook for me.

I've found the culprit that's been harassing you.

Can the culprit in your hand

pinch people?

I won't let you wrongfully accuse me.

Hey, guys!

Go down and catch the fish!

Zan! You come down too!

Happo is too short of water!

This is a natural bathing pool!

Zan! He's not lying to you this time!

Come down quickly!

Come on!

Zan, come down quickly!

Come down for a bath!

-Come on! -Zan, come down!

You should go too.

I'll go make some food.

It's really not cold.

Really.

I plan to let everyone taste my cooking.

Don't think about taking the credit.

Go now.

Go.