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Master Szutu is here!

Attend to him, Violet, Sissy, Peach, Scarlet, Fleur

Fleur, Pinkie, Soliel, Pommy and Silhouette

Twenty-third Master Tsou arrives!

He wants Beauty, Orchid, Coquette,

Moon, Fleur, Wind Dancer

Twelfth Master Hua is at Tao Yuen's Yung Hsien Hall

Kind Seventh Master is in Kam Ling's Hunan Hall

Fleur, Soliel, Pearl, Gem, Scarlet

I am Mou Lien Hsien

I miss sentimental courtesan Mai Chiu-chuan

Her voice and personality are admirable

And her talent and appearance, peerless

We are now far apart

So as I keep cool in a boat in the lonesome night

Looking at the setting sun against the pair of swallows

I lean against the window in silent thought

Hearing the autumn sounds of the falling elm leaves

Seeing the bridge with the withered willow in cold mist

Makes me feel more sad and anguished

As I miss her and stare sorrowfully...

Sorrowfully at the full moon

That's too much sorrow

Twelfth Master is dumbstruck

Rich boy!

Chen-pang, you're late

Well?

How many deer testicles did you sell?

Stop joking, please

Why are you so late?

There's a virgin courtesan at Yi Hung...

who was just deflowered last month...

and became a prostitute

She's perfect for you

I've sent for her in your name

Who was that songstress?

The "that's too much sorrow" one

Didn't you hear?

Seventh Master, we're leaving

Where is your next job?

Miss Soliel and Miss Scarlet are here

Greetings, Seventh Master

We're sorry we are late

That's not important

But these two of my friends...

are all alone

Now, that's serious

Scarlet, accompany Third Master Lei

Soliel, accompany Twelfth Master Chen

The ladies have ordered towels

Twelfth Master, I'm Soliel

She was deflowered just a month ago

This smells nice

She knows you like this cologne

Thank you, Twelfth Master

Chai Hua's Piao-paio cares for me

Thank you for your tips, Kind Seventh Master

You tip generously

Why else would they call him Kind Seventh Master?

Seventh master, gentlemen

I, Fleur, have finished my humble song

Before I go, let me drink to you all

Yes, let's drink

Miss Fleur

Miss Fleur, you have a guest

Who is it?

Twelfth Master Chen

Which one?

He was at Kam Ling last night

I don't know him

Please send my regrets

All right

Well, let me see what he's like

Chai Hua's Piao-piao has an advertisement out again

When will you run your ad?

Moon, let me use your rouge

Help yourself

Finally, it's your turn to lose

I've really lost badly

Stop talking and pay up!

Which other one could I have played?

Come on, shuffle

Miss Fleur

Do you remember me?

You're too close for me to see

Last night

Sorrowfully at the full moon

That was just a joke I hope you don't mind

Not at all; I never even frowned

On my way here, I was thinking

If I stood so close to you

Would you step away?

If you did, you would not be the woman I want

Twelfth master Chen; are you really twelfth or the second?

The second

What is your business?

Dried goods shops

Very impressive

We've met and spoken now

I'll be back after four rounds of mahjong

Where is your garoupa?

Still frying

I'm the one who's frying

Master Chiu hasn't been here in a whole month

Something must be wrong

Get Clerk Chen to write a letter for you, and get cough syrup

And say what?

Write: "I've bought cough syrup for you

"Take care of yourself so I won't worry"

That's all you need

Mother likes me to peel oranges for her

To peel off everything, then feed her

Do you have to feed your elder sister?

I have neither elder sister nor wife

And your younger sister?

I have neither younger sister nor wife

Sorry, I don't like oranges

Shall I have an opium set brought to you?

I will stay sober to see you clearly

Are you wearing make-up?

You've seen enough; please wait

The girls want me for four more rounds

Why did you open the door?

I like to watch you walk

There are so many corridors here

Are you following me?

How can I? I'm your "Frying Garoupa"

What?

You girls like to keep the guests waiting

They get upset, but dare not show their anger

That is called "Frying Garoupas"

See how I sizzle

The cool wind brings faith

Fleur

Fleur

It's Twelfth Master again

Fleur, come quickly

Look, he's sitting up there

Look, up there

Now!

Fleur, look at Twelfth Master

He gave you this pair of scrolls

It's beautiful

See what it says

What an interesting idea!

Careful!

I've seen this bed, it's imported

It costs over two hundred dollars!

So expensive!

Careful!

Where is Fleur?

Where did she go?

She must be seeking a divination at Wen Wu Temple

Watch out for the pillar!

Is it Twelfth Master of the dried goods shops?

Why didn't you take it apart for delivery?

Twelfth Master Chan specified it must be shipped whole

They say a prostitute is every man's wife Customers are like floating logs

This bed can hold many logs

How rude of you

Fleur, your Twelfth Master...

is full of tricks

That's right

Fleur

Open the door

The bed will be here soon

Fleur, come quickly

Come on up

I've been a madam for twenty years...

all over Hong Kong

I have never seen a man...

who knew how to pamper a woman...

than your paramour

From my hand to your mouth

You have many different looks

Which ones?

Heavy makeup, light makeup masculine makeup. No makeup

Also, dream-like as an imagined moon, hesitant as a falling flower

Which is your favourite?

I like them all

whether separately or together

Which is the real you?

You want to know so soon? I'll frighten you

Real things are always ugly

I want to see it anyway because I love you

You have a look that I want to see now

Which one?

I'll tell you later

You're lustful

I know

You're still here?

I'm leaving soon

Ting, I just got the call

Beauty pageant losers are telling scandalous secrets at a disco

You're on your own tonight

Chu

I bought you a present

Give it to me tomorrow I can't take it with me

It's in my drawer

You didn't ask if I like this colour

How can you be sure I'll like it?

You've worn out your old shoes

Stay back

Do your feet stink?

When did you smell my feet?

Thank you

I can't join you for supper

Go home, be a good boy

Sir

Yes?

I want to place a Missing Persons ad

Please wait

Miss, how do you want it worded?

Write: "Twelfth Master, 3811

"Waiting at the Same Place; Fleur"

Twelfth Master?

3811, Waiting at the Same Place; Fleur

Just like that?

Classified ads are $15 per column

Other ads are $110 per square inch...

with a three square-inch minimum

That's $330 a day

How big is three square inches?

This size

It's so small; is there anything larger?

It's fated; you will meet if you're meant to meet

A larger ad costs more money

I'm sure he will see it

Write down your name, address, phone number and identity card number

Please pay in advance

In advance?

That's right

I didn't know it would costs so much I didn't bring enough money

May I come back later?

We're closing now; come back tomorrow morning

Anyway, there is no room for your ad in tomorrow's paper

Your ad won't come out till the day after tomorrow

Then I must wait another day

Have you waited long?

This year is 19...

It's 1987

Are you all right?

What is today's date?

It's March 6

So, the day after tomorrow is March 8

I'll come back tomorrow

What is your name, sir?

My surname is Yuan

Thank you, Mr. Yuan

What a coincidence, Mr. Yuan

Did I frighten you?

Yes

I'm so sorry

I didn't know you were behind me

I'm light

What is the matter?

I have lost my way

Where do you want to go?

Shek Tong Tsui; how should I go?

It's too far to walk

But you can take a taxi from here...

or a minibus from over there

I live in Shek Tong Tsui, too

Really? So did I

Hong Kong has changed so much

Did you come from up there?

I didn't think so; you dress differently

Are you from another country?

I came from below

From down there? It's quite a walk

It's all right

You can take a taxi here

Goodbye

You're not going to Shek Tong Tsui?

I'm going to have some supper

Didn't you go to Shek Tong Tsui?

No

Why not?

I want to go with you

Please sit down

Why are you following me?

I'm not what you think

Which is?

A sexual pervert

Miss Fleur, I don't know you

I don't know, or care, who you are

You came to my paper to place an ad

And ran into me at the stairs...

no, you followed me

You've been following me

What on earth do you want?

It's no use following me

I'm going home soon

How much is it these days to have your fortune told?

You want to have your fortune told?

Just a Word Prediction

$20 - $30 will do

You don't have enough money?

I don't have any money

Once, people paid to touch my hand

A hunchback with two parcels

What?

$500; the 5 looks like a hunchback

The zeroes look like parcels

I've never heard of that

Did you let him touch you?

He offered two more hunchbacks with two parcels...

to touch my ear

Never mind, I've heard enough

There should be enough left to get you home

I will repay you

Stay here

Yes, Miss?

Please sit

How much for Word Prediction?

$20 for each word

Pick a word

What do you want to predict, Miss?

Missing Person

It's the word "Dark", Miss

Let me see

Miss, it's the best fortune

Really?

Yes, it breaks down to "you will hear soon"

You will find this person very soon

He is still here?

Yes, the two sun radicals means...

he's very much of this world

Is he in Hong Kong?

Yes

Mr. Yuan, does this tram go to Shek Tong Tsui?

Yes

Who is this Twelfth Master to you?

Twelfth Master is my paramour

What's a paramour?

Nowadays, it would be "darling"

His name is Chen Chen-pang

His family owned three dried goods and herbal shops

When was this?

There were twelve children in his family

No, he was second-eldest

His eldest brother died young

It was popular to have a big family

So all the rich sons added ten to their family rank

What is your family name?

What is your family rank?

I only have one elder sister

Women don't count

So you would be Eleventh Master Yuan or just Master Yuan

You sound like an old Cantonese movie

Where is Tai Ping Theatre?

I remember there used to be a Tai Ping Theatre here

I used to watch Cantonese operas there

Have we passed it?

It was taken down long ago; now it's a shopping mall

I used to go to Tai Ping as a child...

and watch Chan Po-chu movies

Who is Chan Po-chu?

You don't know Chan Po-chu?

You've never watched her movies?

No, I only liked Cantonese operas such as...

The Gold-leafed Chrysanthemum, Night of Autumn Happiness,

And Chan Sai-mei

We used to buy front-row seats

Ten couches in a row; $3 a seat

We always went to see Master Five

One of the girls, Violet...

we used to say she supported the actor

She was a huge fan of Master Five

Master Five?

Who is that? When did this happen?

I was only twenty-three then

You say it's 1987

So it was over fifty years ago

What are you talking about?

Are you out of your mind?

Who are you?

You're not human!

You're a ghost; why are you following me?

You said we would meet if we were meant to meet

I meant if you were fated to meet a person

Not if you were fated to meet a ghost

I never did anything to you

You were the first person I saw when I came

Where did you come from?

Down there

Twelfth Master and I committed suicide for love

We agreed we would always be together

But somehow I arrived first

I waited and looked, but he was not there

So I came up to look for him

I wish you can help me find him

Why me?

I was a virgin courtesan at 16

My deflowering price was very high

Then I became a prostitute at Yi Hung Brothel

And was one of its stars

At that time, there were three other...

brothels in addition to Yi Hung

Collectively called The Four Kings

I failed O-level History

The day after tomorrow is March 8...

the anniversary of our death

I will definitely find him this time

Mr. Yuan, please just keep me for two days

So that I can meet with Twelfth Master?

We'll repay your favour in our next lives...

no matter what we reincarnate into

What do you mean to "keep"?

You're coming home with me?

You also live in Shek Tong Tsui

You're a ghost; you can live anywhere you want!

Those are stray ghosts

I've been one for over fifty years I can't take it any more

An ad costs $330

How can you place it with no money?

And you still owe me $50!

People used to pay to touch my neck

I don't want to touch your neck!

We're here?

Please go away

I beg you

Why are you crying?

This is Shek Tong Tsui?

It's all changed now

This was the Kam Ling Restaurant...

a long time ago

Kam Ling

This slope is still here; Yi Hung was at the top

What are you laughing about?

Yi Hung Brothel is now a kindergarten!

We agreed to meet at Yi Hung

I wonder if he can find this place

Why did you agree to keep me?

You're not too horrible and you're piteous

You're soft-hearted

Twelfth Master was that way, too

Ting, this is Chu

Chu, where are you?

I had to get a story

Otherwise I would have been home

And not have to be bored by those beauty pageant losers

and their complaints

Where are you?

Why? You must be happy...

watching me suffer

If you were here...

you would know what's going on

Something happened to me tonight

What?

I brought a woman home

What?

No, I, I brought a woman home

Why are you so romantic tonight?

First, a gift of shoes...

then, excuses to get me to rush home

Yes, I'm so scared!

I must get home right away!

I must see what happened to you!

You'll see when you get home I can't explain it over the phone

You have a long wait

Do you think I can finish work soon? Bye!

You haven't eaten in over fifty years

Are you hungry?

Why didn't you tell her...

you brought home a woman ghost?

She won't believe it

Would she believe you brought a woman home?

She won't believe anything I say

Coca-cola? It's foreign herbal tea

How long have you known each other?

Four years

Why don't you marry her?

Maybe because there is no pressure

How long had you known Twelfth Master?

Six months

Why didn't he marry you?

Why did you have to commit suicide?

His family objected

I'm not hungry but I feel like eating

Chu

Chu

Chu, she is not human

No, then, what is she?

You dare bring home a woman and you dare ask me to see her

Don't try to fool me into thinking she's a ghost

But she is a ghost

I gave her an apple to eat she spat it out...

with some black stuff

It turns out ghosts can only smell but not eat

Chu

He says you are a ghost

My name is Fleur

Please remove your head and comb your hair for me

I don't know how

Really? Then how can you be a ghost?

Can you fly, and go through this wall?

Can you stick out your tongue and wash your face with it?

Can you suck blood?

Oh, Chinese ghosts don't suck blood

I remember now, they suck manliness

Do you do that?

I don't know how

Why are you such a stupid ghost?

But, dressed the way you are...

one can say it's nostalgic style...

but really you're ghostly!

When did you die?

In 1934

More than fifty years ago

This fabric has held up well...

for all that time

How can it be buried for fifty years...

and I still can't tear it?

Do you dare come into the bedroom with me?

What are you doing?

A post-mortem

Take it off, I want to see your antique brassiere

She really has no heartbeat

Why did you bring a ghost home?

Miss Chu, please call me Fleur

So as I keep cool in a boat in the lonesome night

Looking at the setting sun against the pair of swallows

I'm going to see your mother tomorrow

I've told her

We look like a couple

We don't look alike

Your mouth is perfectly placed

Mine is a bit off

That's why we look like a couple

Haven't you heard them say...

A fat woman matches a thin man?

or an ugly wife matches a handsome husband?

Your mouth is off, that's why mine is perfect

See, let's match it

Don't

What did your mother say?

She asked me to help her put on her earrings

Mistress, Miss Fleur is here

Madam

Bring tea

Tailor Wen, please excuse me

All right

Please come in

Please sit down

Miss Fleur, you are a woman of wonder

Last night, Chen-pang told me...

that you wanted to see me alone

This is my first time doing this

I suppose it must be the way...

you worldly women do things

Excuse me, I do not know etiquette

Please don't be so formal

I admire women who are spirited

Your tea, Mistress

Bring some snacks

Have some tea

This smells nice

Haven't you had this?

In early spring, when Hangchow girls go to the hills to pick tea

They pick the tenderest leaves and put them in their brassieres...

to keep the leaves warm and moist till they get home

It's called Breast Lung Ching tea have you ever heard of it?

But the best leaves are brought by real virgins

Those are the most exquisite

Neither you nor I can make those

Neither can they

Madam, Chen-pang and I really love each other

I know a girl of my background...

cannot dare to hope for much...

but I just want to become an honest woman

Since you are so frank, let me also speak directly

We have never met anyone below our social stature

You know Chen-pang has a cousin Shu-hsien

I hope they can get married soon and create their own family

So he can start his own business

The Chen bloodline depends on him now

As for whether he would take you as a concubine, let's wait

With your personality, I think you will be true to him

But he is only twenty-four

In a few years' time, I'm more worried about him

You must know men well

Chen-pang and I will always be true

That's great; I'm happy for you

Tailor Wen

What?

Madam

Please wait

Of course Shu-hsien's dress fabric...

looks terrible on you

Miss Fleur, would you mind trying this?

I found an apartment

Move in tomorrow

Can't I just touch your ear?

No

At least I can smell your collar

Two bills to touch your calves

One for each toe?

More

You're making so much money to support your paramour?

I don't know

They say no one can sleep on this bed...

except Twelfth Master

I'm on it now

But I'm not

I am willing to spend any amount of money

We can even do it on the floor

It's wrinkled

New clothes are better wrinkled

And old clothes?

Throw them away

And people?

Throw them away, too

What are you worried about? You have so many looks

I throw one away, you have another

Uncle Hua, just a small gift

Please buy some ginseng with it

Why does a rich man want to learn opera?

I've always wanted to learn opera; I never liked to do business

He sometimes practices his arias

But a good foundation is essential in learning opera

So he wishes to learn from you

And hopes to be outstanding some day

Life imitates drama; drama imitates life

Acting is to show all of life's passions...

scene by scene

But after the opera is over you still cannot avoid life

Just like being an apprentice...

before learning even one line...

he must first serve his master

Serving his meals, giving him massages emptying his spittoon

There is a lot of work to do

I'm afraid your rich boy may not be able to take it

That's why he needs training

You must carve a piece of jade before it becomes a work of art

Let me hear your voice

Sing any song

"Come Home, Hu", you know this one?

Stop

Come home, Hu; come home, Hu

Cuckoos sob under the peach blossoms

Too sad, too sad

Cuckoos lament the miserable world

All right

General is insulted at the city gate he will die by the hand of a weak woman

Which one is Twelfth Master?

You can't see? There he is

I can't recognize him under all that makeup!

Poor thing

He has many hard years ahead of him

Men!

Yes

Attack the enemy with me

Are you Demon Woman Fan Li-hua?

Precisely

Dismount and surrender, if you know what's in store

You must be Hsueh Ting-shan

We must be fated to fight

Thus we meet here at the city gate

I don't want to make you my enemy

Take that!

Please sit down

We'll use our own makeup next time

This is bad for your skin

Chen Chen-pang, you have visitors

Father, mother...

Shu-hsien

Sir, Madam

Auntie told me to come visit you

Chen-pang, come home with me

Immediately

I can forget your mistake with this courtesan

Sir, please wait till he finishes this show

Stay out of our family affairs

Chen-pang, you're on

Five soldiers, you're on

It's your turn

Hurry

Come on

Miss Fleur, you are an understanding woman

Let him go; he'll come back to you

I know my son well

If you keep holding on to him

He will eventually come back to me

Sir, don't be so angry

If he's meant to be our son...

he will always be our son

If not, you can't keep him...

even if you tied him up with a rope

I bought this at the trinket stall just outside the theatre

The handwork is nice, but the rouge must be changed

"Years of beauty tied with silk

"This is the time to find a husband

"Your dream bodes well

"If you bear a child, it will be a boy"

I got this fortune when we first met

I asked about personal life

The interpreter said it's an ideal match and a good friend is here to help me

It's of the best fortune

"A mutual wish can be fulfilled in time

"It is best to start at the bottom

"A slender waist must not give in to a man's embrace too soon

"But slowly dance together to the music of the flute"

This is also of the best fortune

The interpreter said if the wish is mutual, a wedding will occur...

but I must be patient

"There are so many forks in the road

"You are confused, what to do?

Suddenly, a good friend guides your way

"That's how you get out of your troubles, and you are happy"

This is of medium fortune; I was asking about good friends

Since I became a virgin courtesan

I went to Wen Wu Temple to have my fortunes read...

on the first and fifteenth of every month

I have more than two hundred fortunes

Most of them have portended well

I had them, now I have you

My life has been worthwhile

The next day, March 8, 1934...

at 11 p.m...

we committed suicide at Yi Hung Brothel

I later heard from the prostitutes who died...

that prostitution was banned the following year

Why did you kill yourselves?

We wanted to always be together

I must place the ad today but I still have no money

Don't worry, we'll help you

It will be in the papers tomorrow

And you will see Twelfth Master at 11 p.m. tomorrow night

"3811, waiting in the Same Place" right?

It's dawn; is it bad for you?

I don't know

Thank you for letting me stay here

It's nice to be so close to Yi Hung Brothel

He sits at the window every evening...

to watch as Fleur goes to Yi Hung

Whether he is alive or not...

it seems to make sense that she has come to take him away

Our newspaper collection...

goes back to 1938

Where can we find ones from 1934?

The shop was Shing Fung; its boss was Chen Shing-fung

His son was Chen Chen-pang, whom people called Twelfth Master Chen

Shing Fung? That was ages ago

Do you know him?

No

But I remember the name of the shop

I was very young then

No more than 8 or 10 years old

They say his son died by eating raw opium, is that true?

Who knows? We couldn't get any for ourselves

My father might know

Can you please ask him for me?

He's dead

Buddy, a paper, please

All right

It just came out; all the latest news

Thank you

Look

I've placed the ad in most major newspapers in Hong Kong

Twelfth Master will definitely see it

Fleur

What's wrong?

Too much worldly energy

You were fine last night

I've been here three days, I'm getting weaker

You will find Twelfth Master tonight and be able to go back

Help me up

This lipstick is waterproof

I just do this?

Rub harder against it

Would Twelfth Master make her do a "frying garoupa"?

No

What will happen if he became...

a mouse, or a garoupa...

in this life?

Don't think like that

Please, don't let a cat or a dog come out now

What time is it?

Five minutes to eleven

Was he often late?

He was always punctual

He became a woman

See how she's dressed

That's right

What time is it now?

Half past eleven

He is seldom late

What a strange woman

She's making eyes at you

No, at you

No way

But she's quite pretty

She's your type; go ahead

She's your type!

What time is it?

Ten minutes to twelve

Fleur

It's clearly not March 8, 11 p.m.

Might 3811 be his identity card number?

Identity cards have six numbers

Maybe it's the middle four?

That's easy, I'll check with the Immigration Registrar

No, there are so many people

This way is too difficult

If this code is not related to a...

birth certificate or identity card, it could still be

a bank account...

tax bill, car licence or credit card

Televisions, refrigerators, watches...

even the shoes I got you, have serial numbers

Our lives are consumed by numbers

Or perhaps his address is...

3 Princess Margaret Road, 8th Floor Block 11

Or 381 Des Voeux Road 1st Floor

That would be totally different

Or perhaps a telephone number

Or a pager

Pager? That's easy

There are only a few pager companies in Hong Kong

Mr. Yuan, I'm 3811

It's $1,000, or $2,000 for the whole night

I'd like to page 3811

Please leave your name and number

Paging 3811, my name is Yuan

What now? We've called all the pagers

She's crying

Let her

Fleur, I know it's like looking for a needle in a haystack

But we still have a few more days; we'll find him

We'd like to meet Twelfth Master, too

She is jealous of me

Of course, I am so nice to you

Do you know how to be nice?

Am I not nice?

She said, a fortunate woman...

can rely on one man all her life;

but an unfortunate one can only become a prostitute

But I think being with one man all your life, is restricting

If I had known Twelfth Master, so handsome and romantic

And willing to die for his woman

I would love him

Would you love Fleur?

Tell me

Don't avoid the question

She's too passionate for me

I only want you

Would you kill yourself for me?

We're not that romantic

Just answer me

No; would you?

No

You want to buy antiques?

I pass this shop twice a day

For all these months

But never thought to buy anything to please you

Let's see if they have a rouge box

You're copying Twelfth Master

Do you think you'll be like him?

And I'll be like Fleur?

How much for the rouge box?

That's an Indian incense bag

1934, the year Fleur died

What is this "Bone"?

It was a dating journal from long ago...

which ran gossip columns about local courtesans

It was at least fifty years ago

It cost one cent per copy then, but now they're valuable

"Yi Hung's Star Fleur Dies for Love

"Rich Boy Wakes and Survives" what does it mean?

Twelfth Master didn't die

He didn't die

Fleur, you said you died from eating raw opium

Why does the paper say doctors found...

that he also had sleeping pills in his system?

He told the reporters...

he did not take sleeping pills

Why not?

Who gave them to him? You?

Yes

I really wanted to die

I was afraid that with just opium I might die...

but he would not, and leave me alone

I would not let him be with Shu-hsien

Would you help Shu-hsien put on her earrings?

Yes

I would even pick her ears

But as I do that, I would think of you

Would you help Shu-hsien dress?

Yes

I would even fasten her buttons

But as I do that, I would think of you

I hated watching you suffer in the theatre troupe

You won't see that any more

Will you regret this?

This is the best way; we can ignore everyone else

We will be together forever

There were sleeping pills in the wine?

I put them in beforehand

How many?

Forty pills

He drank it all?

He drank three glasses; I had one

I'll get you more wine

Chen-pang

Today is March 8

It's now 11 p.m.; 3811

Remember this code

If in our next lives we are different...

or if we forget this

When you see 3811

You will know I am looking for you

And I will know you are looking for me

Don't be afraid; we're going together

Why didn't you tell him about the sleeping pills?

I was afraid

Why did you make him drink the wine?

He was afraid

So even if he was afraid to die, he couldn't escape

Why? Why didn't he die?

If his heart were true, he can die again even if he survived that

But he lived on, and left me behind

Why not?

Why didn't he die?

Nonsense; who want to die?

To be with you, he made so many sacrifices

While you distrusted him and poisoned him

He would die whether or not he ate the opium

That's murder

Why should he die for you again?

You are so devious; it's good that he didn't die

Even if he saw your ad, I don't think he will look for you

You murderer

Then I must find him

He does not want to see you

Nor do I; go away

Chu, don't

Leave me alone

Don't

Leave me alone

Fleur

Fleur

You want to kill her?

You think she's so innocent?

Sorry

They did not come

Who?

Neither Fleur nor Twelfth Master came

What are you waiting for?

You

I've known you for so long

You often say you don't care...

but your heart is tender...

and you will come around

I know you well

I've thought about it all day

I should not have forced her to leave

No one is as passionate as that these days

It's so hard being a woman; you try your best, but for what?

I am jealous of Fleur

I admire her

The things she dared to do, I would never do

I had never even thought about it

We are just ordinary people

As long as we are happy together everything is fine

There's no need for suicide

Life is precious; it won't come to that

Fleur didn't come

If she died, would I be a third-degree murderer?

Fate keeps us from being together till our old age

We both sob after parting at the terrace

Like the rain outside, my tears fall till dawn

The empty room is cold, and Shan-pai is lonely

I think of you till I fall ill, as I wallow in infinite sorrow

Ying-tai!

I've called your name a thousand times but you do not answer

Fleur

Fleur

You forgot your wallet

You're not waiting for Twelfth Master?

He's up there

Three years of companionship became a deep romance

That's him?

Miss Chu, you finally understand

Are you still angry with me?

If I were you, if I saw that coward...

I would have poisoned him again

Where were you? We were worried

Looking for him

The worldly energy is too strong, I'm exhausted

I didn't think it would end like this

It may be fate

But I cannot accept it

Do I look very ugly?

Are you going back now?

It's been seven days; I'll drink three cups of the magic tea...

and forget everything

I can be reincarnated in peace

Let me answer this page

We'll decide how we will meet in our next life

Sorry, Miss Ling

I've just returned from abroad

You paged me; how can I help you?

Are you Mr. Chen Chen-pang? Twelfth Master Chan?

What do you want with him?

How did you know his nickname?

I am an entertainment reporter

My paper wants to start a series...

of interviews with former opera stars...

talking about their past

So I want to interview him

What is your relationship to him?

I don't speak to him

When was he an opera star?

He's only a movie extra

Where is he now?

You'll find him at the studio

He hangs around there, even when there is no work

Waiting for his chance to play the lead

He is a movie extra?

At least he's willing to be one

Mother said he squandered away Grandfather's fortune

before I was born

Is your mother Ching Shu-hsien?

How did you know? She passed away long ago

All right

Was that all right, Director?

It was okay

Buddy, I need more wind, more smoke

Hung, let's try another one

You are a hero and a ghost

So when you fly out, you're heroic...

and ghostly

I know it's hard, just do as I say

Heroic and ghostly? How?

Mr. Chen Chen-pang

Mr. Chen Chen-pang

Where is Chen Chen-pang?

I don't know

Are you Mr. Chen Chen-pang?

No

Do you know where Mr. Chen Chen-pang is?

I can't win with these cards

Do you know Mr. Chen Chen-pang?

No

Twelfth Master Chen

No

What Twelfth Master Chen?

You know him?

He always boasted he had...

three dried goods shops

And I had five, the bastard

Where is he now?

Movie extras are everywhere

Is that him?

I used to be powerful, now I'm just nothing

Are you sure that is him?

Mr. Yuan, Miss Chu

Thank you for helping me find Twelfth Master

That's really him?

I will have to repay the favour in my next life

You're really taking him with you?

See you in the next life

Fleur

Looking at the setting sun against the pair of swallows

Twelfth Master, thank you for remembering me

I've worn this rouge box for fifty-three years

I'm returning it to you now

I will not wait any longer

Vows vanish like smoke, all the passion is wasted

How can passion that burns like fire last a whole lifetime?

Continuation is not easy

Your name is "Heartless", I put my passion on the wrong man

Love flows away like the water, I've poured my heart away

I hope we had never met that day

I only hoped we would love each other in spite of all the sadness

As we age, our faces change before the fire of love alters

I pray to meet again someday so I can tell you how I've missed you

Please don't disappoint my amorous concerns again

I have been trapped by love

Please don't disappoint my amorous concerns again

Tell me when we will meet again