Original subtitles

(Adapted from the novel "Counterattack" by Chai Ji Dan)

(Episode 3, The Apprentice Has Graduated)

(Da Bao)

Hello?

Lend me some money.

How much?

About 200,000 yuan.

If you're worried,

you can lend me less.

I'll surely pay you back as soon as possible.

Add me as your friend.

Is this the number?

Yes.

Okay.

(Chi Cheng)

(Chi Cheng)

What do you need the money for?

I want to buy some snakes.

I went to the snake farm a few days ago.

The snakes I bought last time...

are fine.

I think it's because of the change of season.

They got a new batch of snakes again this time.

I heard they are artificially bred premium snakes.

There's no risk in keeping them.

The returns are high too.

He's buying snake eggs?

(Your account number received 200,000 yuan)

That's fast.

Darn it.

He didn't stop you.

He also didn't ask you...

why you have his contact information?

He didn't say anything.

How sure are you then?

If he doesn't want to get involved in this,

if he's out to get you,

you'll suffer big losses this time.

One hundred percent.

One hundred percent?

(Snake World, Wang's Snake Farm)

Mr. Wang.

You're here.

By the way, I've prepared...

the 2,000 snake eggs you wanted.

This time, they're striped racers.

Each snake weighs more than a pound.

It's only for you.

If it were anyone else, I wouldn't be willing to sell them.

Mr. Wang, then...

let's settle the bill.

Aren't you going to check on the snake eggs?

I don't need to check.

I'm sure the snake gallbladders have been removed.

Mr. Wang.

Even if I don't trust others,

I trust you.

Of course.

By the way, these snakes...

cost 180 yuan each in the market.

I'll give it to you at the price I bought it.

It's 110 yuan per snake.

There are 2,000 in total.

I'll take...

220,000 yuan.

Mr. Wang.

I only have 200,000 yuan.

Then 200,000 yuan, it is.

You can take all 2,000 of them.

Consider the 20,000 yuan I lost...

as my sponsoring your start-up.

Young Master Chi, be careful.

Young Master Chi.

Our farm...

is a small business.

We can't afford pet snakes.

We can't even afford snake boxes.

Mr. Wang.

Don't worry.

I'm not here to conduct a search.

I'm here to sell snakes.

Sell snakes?

That's perfect.

Young Master Chi, I'm short of some snake eggs.

If you have some available,

I don't need to order them.

Isn't this the batch of snake eggs I sold to Wu Suo Wei?

A thousand striped racers.

Two thousand kingsnakes.

But there are only 200 of them here.

How is that possible, Mr. Wang?

Look.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Five.

That's five snakes.

How can there not be 1,000 of them?

Yes.

There are 2,000 more outside.

They're all striped racers...

weighing over a pound each.

It's just that...

the snakes' gallbladders are gone.

Mr. Wang.

Why don't we...

discuss the price?

There's no need.

The price is negotiable.

Ask whatever you want.

Don't act this way, Mr. Wang.

Business is all about...

being fair and just.

We have to follow the rules.

Right?

Of course.

Striped racers are small.

The market price is 61 yuan each.

Kingsnakes are big.

The market price is 180 yuan each.

Mr. Wang.

Is my boss asking for too much?

No.

Then 420,000 yuan it is.

I heard that to encourage youngsters to start a business,

you gave a 20,000 yuan discount.

I should learn from you.

Let's round it down.

Four hundred thousand yuan.

(Your account number ending 6857 received 200,000 yuan at 8:33)

Darn it.

He transferred another 200,000 yuan to you.

Watch me.

(Chi Cheng)

Hey.

Why did you transfer 200,000 yuan to me again?

I'm returning it to you.

You're returning it to me?

Are you kidding?

I borrowed 200,000 yuan from you,

not the other way around.

I sold those two batches of snakes for 400,000 yuan.

What?

They'll be on the market in half a year.

The price will triple then.

You sold them at a low price? To whom?

(Call Ended)

I got 200,000 yuan.

Darn it.

You really did it.

How are you going to spend it?

Buy snakes.

Again?

How many times are you going to trick him like this?

I'm really buying them this time.

Take an inventory of this order again.

- No problem. - Okay.

Here.

Let me see it.

Give it to Gang.

And these too. Check the figures again.

Okay, got it.

Mr. Chi.

We've been at the Storage Department for over a month.

This is complete.

We've checked the personnel and vehicles.

There's no news.

Do you think the chairman has gotten rid of the snakes?

He wouldn't dare.

What if he sent them to small investors in batches?

He wouldn't dare, all the more.

This must be checked.

That's true.

Your snakes are so delicate.

If he sends them to small investors,

it's a different story if they die.

If a dense person sells them,

how would he explain it to you?

My snakes...

are surely in the office.

The cafeteria food has been good lately.

Yes, the food is surprisingly fresh.

I heard the newly-built cafeteria...

has a good chef.

Let's try it.

You go ahead.

I don't eat at the cafeteria.

You don't eat rice or snacks.

How did you grow so tall?

It's none of your business.

Go ahead.

Okay.

Sir.

I'm here again.

Last time, I bought a bunch of snakes from you.

In just a couple of days...

Sir.

My friend sold my snakes in just a few days.

- I'm so furious. - Gentler.

That's why I'm thinking of coming here...

to buy 2,000 more.

I don't feel at ease buying from others.

That's why I came to you.

- Be gentle. - Sir.

- Got it. - This won't do.

- You... - Sir.

Take me to see the snakes.

I messed with someone I shouldn't have.

Same price as the snake eggs before then.

It's 100 yuan each,

2,000 snakes in total,

so 200,000 yuan.

What do you think?

- Okay. - I'll get going then.

Bye.

Are you crazy?

How can we survive like this?

That batch of snakes will be on the market in a few months.

This is our only batch of good snake eggs.

If you sell them, we'll waste a year's hard work.

If I don't sell them,

we'll waste half of our lives' hard work.

Look.

I bought back...

all my snakes.

What do you think?

You're really silly, but you think you're smart.

Me?

How am I silly?

You sold my snakes,

so I have to buy a new batch.

Otherwise, how can I make money?

All right.

Thank you.

Okay?

I'll give you a present, all right?

Did you make this?

Of course.

I won't be like you.

You always put Green-Eyed Monster in a plastic box.

This box I made for Green-Eyed Monster...

has a balanced and stable small ecosystem.

Has it been quarantined?

Of course.

It's for Green-Eyed Monster.

We have to feel at ease.

So do you like this gift?

It's not bad.

What about mine?

Yours?

Green-Eyed Monster is your son.

It's for your son, so it's for you.

Green-Eyed Monster and I...

are separate entities.

Fine.

Come on. Pick one.

You're just giving me this?

On the spur of the moment,

I only have this.

All of these...

have big bellies...

and short legs.

They're so ugly.

Blow me a new one.

What do you want then?

A snake.

Blow me another one.

If I wasn't trying to seduce you,

this plate of sugar would be on your face again.

All right.

I'll blow another one.

You're really good.

My skills were just second-rate.

In order to seduce you,

I had no choice but to practice.

I can use this when I go home on Saturday.

You're bringing a sugar figure home?

You're not bringing Yue Yue home, are you?

Are you free this Saturday?

I want to talk to you.

I only do sex.

I don't date.

Do you want a new one?

Do what I just asked.

Fine.

Blow another one.

It's so cute. Where did you buy it?

I didn't buy it.

A friend made it.

You have such a talented friend.

I want one too.

This doesn't suit you.

I'll ask him to blow another one for you next time.

Da Bao?

Why do you have the same taste as my ex-boyfriend?

Ex-boyfriend?

He likes this brand.

He bought a bottle when he was a freshman...

and used it for four years.

He still hadn't used it all up after graduation.

Of course you're different from him.

This brand has great moisturizing effects.

Come home with me this Saturday to meet my parents.

Meet the parents?

But I've got pimples on my face lately.

Do well when you meet them.

Let me make a call.

Go home.

Visit the chairman of the group.

Fancy wedding car parade.

My dream wedding hall.

Upper-class people attending and congratulating me.

You bastard.

Hey, Gang Zi.

Do you know which brand of blankets are good?

Okay.

Got it.

Is Wu Suo Wei here?

Yes.

You have a delivery.

Please sign it.

A delivery?

I didn't buy anything.

Okay, thank you.

Your ex-girlfriend wasn't this nice to you, right?

I think Mr. Macho isn't bad either.

Why don't you date him?

After all, your ex-girlfriend is so wicked.

Why don't you team up with Mr. Macho...

to take revenge on her?

Don't fail someone who truly cares about you.

He only sent a few boxes.

Does this prove his sincerity?

It's not like you don't know who his dad is.

Maybe all these things...

were trash he found in a corner of his house.

How can he have this many boxes of ready-made clothes...

and all in your size?

They're not my size.

Why don't you give them to me?

They're all my size.

Just take one.

You can't take them all.

You won't wear them anyway.

Why keep them?

These expensive clothes on me...

are such a waste.

I'm going to make an account in a second-hand goods platform...

to display all these things.

Don't bother.

I have an account.

I'll sell them for you.

I can sell them myself.

How stingy.

It's so comfortable.

Did you get them?

Throw away...

your torn shorts and socks.

I'll see you at the park on Saturday afternoon.

(Wu Suo Wei: I'll see you at the park on Saturday afternoon.)

I just want to wait for you on the big bed at the hotel.

Come if you want.

(Wu Suo Wei: Come if you want!)

Didn't someone say...

he was going to sell all of this?

Why are you covering yourself with it?

I'm selling them because they don't suit me.

This blanket is good.

Why would I sell it?

Besides, there are so many clothes.

What's wrong with selling one?

I don't feel bad selling it.

There is only one blanket.

If I sell it, what would I use?

Once you have the good stuff,

you don't care...

about my rags.

You just won't stop, will you?

What are you doing?

Do you have no respect for your teacher, kid?

If you keep this up, I'm going to recite the Band-tightening Spell.

Go ahead.

I'm not even wearing it.

I'm really going to recite it.

(Chengyu Snake Garden)

If Chi Cheng finds out that your garden of snakes...

is being kept so well...

and they're similar to the ones he lost,

I wonder how angry he'll be.

Still no news about his snakes?

No.

He's been at the Storage Base...

for over a month.

He still hasn't found them.

I suspect the snakes aren't there at all.

I think...

Chi Cheng's intuition is right.

He just hasn't found the right place.

What do you mean?

There's one place...

he surely won't search.

Where is it?

The cafeteria.

He won't go to a place...

like the cafeteria.

So are you saying...

we're going there to help him find the snakes?

Do you think I'm that kind?

Of course we're going to rob the snakes.

He took someone from me.

I'm stealing his babies.

It's not too much, right?

Lightning.

Here.

Good job, Lightning.

Feed them all to him.

Here, Mr. Guo.

Look at the place.

The environment is so nice.

Come on, Chen.

Come here. This is our cafeteria manager, Chen.

- This is Mr. Guo. - Mr. Guo.

Chengyu Company's general manager.

He's also the chairman's godson,

Young Master Chi's good friend.

Welcome, Mr. Guo.

I heard...

your cafeteria is operating very well.

That's right.

That's why I especially came to tour it.

Let me show you the kitchen.

- Come on. - Okay.

This way, please.

This way.

These people's builds are too big.

They don't look like cooks.

Mr. Liu.

You can go if you're busy.

I'll take a look around.

I'm sorry for not entertaining you well.

Mr. Guo, feel free to look around.

- I'm going to make a call. - Okay.

Call me if you need anything.

Your environment is terrible.

Sir.

Do you see all this oil?

Yes, it's all greasy.

There's trash too. It's full of trash.

How can you put trash in the kitchen?

Why didn't you clean it up?

Right?

Exactly.

- Am I right? - Yes.

- I'm standing guard now. - Look. The floor is covered in oil.

Mop it! What are you doing?

The environment is terrible.

It's incomparable to the outside.

Look at this.

Here. And here.

It's so dirty.

There's snake food indeed.

Can you do this?

Are you even a veteran chef?

Is this how you work?

How can you do this?

What's wrong?

Mr. Liu.

Look at your chefs.

Their hands are so dirty.

They're working without even washing them.

- How can they do this? - We'll fix this.

The environment is so dirty.

Stop. Do something about it.

- Don't worry. - Fix it.

Hurry up. Fix it.

- Fix it now. - Where's Mr. Guo?

The potatoes will oxidize if you leave them like this.

I knew something was wrong earlier.

I just didn't dare to ask in front of them.

Why don't I get the medical kit from the car?

Let's dress your wound first.

There's no need.

No, you're bleeding so much.

Let's go...

to Jiang Xiao Shuai's clinic.

Organize these medical cases.

- And when he comes later... - Dr. Jiang.

Dr. Jiang.

Stop the bleeding for Mr. Guo.

He has a cut on his arm.

He's bleeding.

Hey, Dr. Jiang.

You...

You should hurry up.

Come with me to the back for a tetanus shot.

Turn around.

If you want me to inject from the front,

that's fine too.

Dr. Jiang.

You're so liberated.

Get out if you're going to talk nonsense.

Okay.

Darn.

There's some action so quickly.

I...

Why does it sound like Mr. Guo's voice?

This one is nice.

I think so too.

This one turned out really nice today.

Look.

There's a handsome guy.

Why does he look like a different person?

You call that handsome?

That's because you haven't seen Chi Cheng.

He's handsome and rich.

I can even use his credit card freely.

I'm benefitting from this.

No wonder you're so loyal this time.

Tonight,

he's letting me go to his house to meet his parents.

When you become Mrs. Chi in the future,

don't forget me.

Keep an eye out for people in his circle for me.

From now on, we're counting on you to find our happiness.

No problem.

Let's go.

Hey, handsome. Can you give me your contact number?

Sure.

Well, I suddenly lost my contact number.

- I'm sorry. - Okay.

Why are you dressed like this?

Like what?

Is that a compliment or an insult?

Let's go.

When you're alone, remember to find a chance to make your move.

Otherwise, he'll marry Yue Yue.

Goodness.

You're so patient. Say something.

The sky is so blue.

Why am I freaking saying this...

to a man?

I'll just hug him...

and kiss him.

What's so scary about kissing a man?

He won't slap you.

He won't call you a rogue.

I'll give him a kiss.

We almost kissed.

- What are you... - There's dust.

A little impatience spoils great plans.

Thank you.

You're not fat,

but you have a big butt.

Darn it.

Teacher said I must respond actively...

to Chi Cheng's physical contact.

What are you scared of?

Spank him.

What's wrong?

You're sweating so much.

Did I hurt you?

No. It doesn't hurt.

It's just a little numb.

I'll massage it for you then.

Sure.

Say sure.

This is a great opportunity.

Maybe if you get through this,

you'll get closer to each other.

There's no need.

Do it.

Hurry up and do it.

Only 300m to the park gate.

If I don't do it now, I'll have no chance.

There's 200m to go.

If you don't hold his hand, he and Yue Yue will get married.

Only 100m to go.

If you don't hold his hand,

they're really going to have a baby.

No.

There's a car.

Charge!

Look how fast my remote-controlled car is.

It's still a car.

Anyway, it's getting dark and there's no one around.

Even if you'll shake off my hands,

I'll still hold onto you.

You took my girlfriend, so I'll take you.

In holding hands with a man,

why do I feel like I'm having an affair?

I'm so sweaty. Luckily, no one knows me.

Darn it.

He's holding my hand.

Darn it. Why is his hand so strong?

(Yue Yue)

- Hello? - Chi Cheng, where are you?

I've already arrived.

I'll be right there.

Are you busy?

I have a dinner appointment later.

Go.

I won't let go.

If you dare to leave, take two bones out of my hand first.

Why aren't you leaving?

Don't make them wait.

It's fine.

Go.

Are you sure the snakes are in the cellar?

Most likely.

Should we make a move then?

Doing it openly...

surely won't work.

Uncle Chi must have heard...

that I went to the cafeteria.

If something happens to the snakes in the cafeteria,

it must have something to do with me.

Let's send a message to Chi Cheng then.

When they make their move,

we'll stop them along the way.

Do you think Chi Cheng is a fool?

It's time to change the dressing.

Are you going to Jiang Xiao Shuai's clinic again?

No. He's not interested in money or sex.

He's a decent person. He's hard to deal with.

Even if you get him later, you must take responsibility for him.

Then you can't get rid of him even if you want to.

I'm serious.

(Yue Yue)

Why aren't you here yet?

I've been waiting for half an hour.

If you're really busy,

give me your parents' contact information.

I'll contact them first so they won't wait anxiously.

Did something happen to you?

Reply to me. I'm so worried.

Something suddenly came up today.

Let's talk another day.

It's already so late and he's still not back.

He must have succeeded.

My innocent student...

just plunged right into it.

I don't know if he's walking into a bright future or a trap.

Did you do it?

Did you go all out?

I...

I guess so.

After all, I didn't let go for hours.

You only used your hands?

Wait. What were you thinking?

We just held hands. Like this.

We held hands. Understand?

I've waited for you all afternoon...

and you just came home after holding hands?

What's wrong with holding hands?

I think things are progressing faster than I expected.

Yue Yue and I only held hands...

after we confirmed our relationship.

Remember this.

The relationship between two men...

and the relationship between a man and a woman...

are fundamentally different.

It's motivated by lust and takes a direct approach.

Today, for your sake,

Chi Cheng stood Yue Yue up.

That means it's working.

From now on,

skip the hand-holding...

and just get to the point.

What should I do then?

No. I can't accept it.

You're both men. What can't you accept?