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You've stood in line for a while for some sensational milk tea,

haven't you?

Also,

rock is your favorite music genre.

You're always rocking out while working.

-Just like this. -Hey... Liu Rui.

Aren't you scared I'll fire you for prying into my personal life?

Then you'll miss out on lots of fun.

I want to buy you all your favorite snacks

and go to concerts with you.

I don't mind getting fired

if it means I can see you every day.

That way I could openly...

share and enjoy all the fun...

with you.

Don't leave.

Okay, I'll stop joking around and walk you home.

Have some cake.

It seems like Zhan Nanxian

can still stir up your emotions.

Am I right?

Have you been crying?

No.

I know exactly what he said to you.

You still care about him.

You wouldn't be acting like this if it wasn't for him.

Don't move.

Nuan, listen.

I'm a little tired.

Just leave me alone, please?

You're still waiting for him.

You're not who you were seven years ago.

How are you so oblivious of the scandal

-between him and Yi Xin? -That's enough.

He can date whoever he wants.

It's none of my business. Can you please leave me alone?

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to lose my temper.

I'm just really tired.

Can we talk later?

I just really hope that someday

you can cry for me.

Okay, gotta go.

Slow down...

I kept wondering why you were always so cold to me.

You guys were having fun together.

Are you still in love with him,

or are you playing hard to get with me?

You're still waiting for him. You're not who you were seven years ago.

How are you so oblivious of the scandal between him and Yi Xin?

That's enough.

He can date whoever he wants.

It's none of my business.

What happened between us?

Bickering, sadness and misunderstandings

are all we have left now.

-Slow down. -We're fine. Just hold tight.

-Did I wake you? -Sis.

You're home.

Why aren't you sleeping in your room?

I've been waiting for you.

I've missed many of your birthdays.

Now that I'm here, we need to celebrate this one together.

Drink with me.

Sure.

This is the best birthday ever.

Because I'm with my dearest sister, here,

let's get drunk.

-Happy birthday. -Thank you.

This is good.

Sis,

are you happy because of me,

or because of the person you celebrated your birthday with earlier?

Is it so obvious?

Fine, I'll be honest with you.

This guy has been very attentive to me.

He asked me out today.

He gathered a bunch of people to sing and dance, just like a concert.

He said it was a special birthday present from him

Then I remembered that he'd been trying to figure out

my favorite food and music.

It was all for today.

It was hilarious.

He sounds pretty sweet.

So, Sis,

what do you think about him?

I'm not sure.

When I'm with him,

I feel quite relaxed and happy.

He's different from my previous boyfriends who only showered me with lavish gifts.

Right, he cares about what you like, and he's willing to spend time with you.

He obviously cares about you.

Maybe.

When I was in my twenties, I often measured love by

how much money a guy spent on me.

As I get older and become more mature,

I've come to realize that a good relationship

doesn't need to involve material things,

but genuineness.

You've really thought it through.

But it also made me realize that...

this will never work.

Breakups don't hurt so badly

if you don't let yourself fall too hard.

Sis, you trying to avoid falling too hard,

is it because...

Let's stop talking about me. What about you?

Look at you.

All you care about is work and more work.

When will you start caring about your own life?

I've only made a few birthday wishes.

One of them was for my sister to be happy

and find her true love.

Nuan,

will you make my wish

come true?

I promise.

I'll try...

harder.

Here.

-Have some more. -Let's have a drink.

Thanks.

Be careful. It's an expensive shirt.

Hey.

Come on.

Nuan, are you tired?

No.

Sis, you sure can drink.

You've been drinking too. It's all gone.

I'm a lucky birthday girl.

-Here. -Take some of mine.

No.

-Have some more. -Thanks.

Thank you for being here.

Who sent this?

I don't think it was here before.

Zhan Nanxian...

stopped by today and left it here for you.

He hasn't sent me a birthday present in years.

He must have stopped by to see you.

By the way,

when did Linlu leave?

Did they see each other?

They did, didn't they?

Are you caught between the two again?

Sis, let's not talk about it on your birthday

Nuan,

I also want to know

what's going on...

between you and Zhan Nanxian.

There's nothing between us. He's marrying Yi Xin soon.

Then what about you and Linlu?

He may seem like a playboy who takes love lightly,

but you know that's not who he truly is.

I don't care if you don't like it.

It's my birthday, so I'm going to say it.

Nuan,

I can see that

you're always smiling when you're with Linlu.

But Zhan Nanxian just brings more tears to your eyes.

I think you know exactly

-who the right guy is for you. -Sis,

-I can't see a future with Linlu. -But you can see one with Zhan Nanxian?

It's your birthday.

Can we stop talking about this?

Sis, I just promised you that

I'll try very hard

to find my true love.

How will you try?

Forget it, I don't care anymore.

I'll support all your decisions as long as you stop running away from me.

Just go with the flow.

Everything fades with time.

Zhan Nanxian.

I just want to drag him here and ask him what's wrong with him.

Maybe I should clear things up with him.

Xiaodai.

Yes?

Has Mr. Zhan changed his schedule today?

No. Besides, you're always the first one to know when he updates his schedule.

Wen Nuan, is it something urgent?

No.

Morning, Mr. Zhan and Miss Yi Xin.

Morning.

Wen Nuan.

Mr. Zhan and Miss Yi Xin seem inseparable now.

Is Miss Yi Xin wearing

Mr. Zhan's sports jacket?

This key staff conference made me realize

that we have valuable team members in Dai Zhong.

As valuable members of staff,

you guys should demonstrate that value as well as your capability.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of anyone

who gets paid as a key staff member

without behaving like one.

I really hate...

lazy leeches.

Okay, let's start this meeting.

Our goal today is working on putting strategic transformation in action,

especially the R&D department.

Mr. Zhu,

the R&D department is flattered

that you constantly send us

the best talent.

However, ethical standards

are just as important as talent.

Mr. Zhu paid top dollar to hire someone who got kicked out of Shallow Cosmos.

What an insightful decision.

If the R&D department did their job properly,

I wouldn't have to also work as a recruiter.

Listen,

no matter where you come from,

we welcome you with open arms

as long as you're capable,

are beneficial and add value to Dai Zhong.

Today, I'd like to introduce a new team member.

Ruqian.

Who is he?

Who is he?

My name is Guo Ruqian. Nice to meet you.

Come here.

I believe you've heard of Ruqian

and you're fully aware of his capability and talent.

I'm now announcing that

Ruqian is part of Dai Zhong, as a core member of the R&D department.

Let's welcome him.

Awesome.

Mr. Zhu,

I didn't know you were serious about it.

Now it seems like you actually enjoy

other people's leftovers.

You actually recruited him.

I like to joke around.

Sometimes I might cross boundaries,

but I never make jokes about my job.

I think eating leftovers

from someone else is better

than having nothing to eat.

You...

What about you?

Think positive.

Let's continue.

See you, Miss Yi Xin.

See you, Wen Nuan.

Wen Nuan, did you see that?

Miss Yi Xin was wearing a different outfit.

What do you think she was doing with Mr. Zhan upstairs?

She changed her outfit.

Come upstairs.

Okay.

Come in.

I've gone through these.

They're good to go.

By the way, you'll have to recheck

this list of our clients.

Please write down every condition requested by the clients,

then report to me.

I see, when is the deadline?

ASAP.

Anything else?

Wen Rou said thank you.

For what?

That'll be all for now.

It was wishful thinking,

wanting to clear things up.

Mr. Gao.

List of clients?

Thank you, excuse me.

Are you all right? You look pale.

I'm fine.

I guess I didn't sleep well.

-I should go. -Okay.

Come in.

Nanxian, I just saw Wen Nuan

and I glimpsed the list of clients in her hands.

Those are all the key clients Dai Zhong is preparing to work with.

Preparing to?

So they're not Dai Zhong's clients yet.

Of all the possible clients, why are you interested in theirs?

Won't it complicate things?

Or is it because Dai Zhong recently hired our ex-employee, so...

Are you talking about Guo Ruqian

being recruited into Dai Zhong?

How is that related to my plan?

I see.

So I guess it's because of Wen Nuan.

You've been manipulating her in the competition against Dai Zhong

since the bidding for Alpha.

You kept forcing her to choose sides. Is this your new move?

You know I treated her like a queen

when we dated.

I've totally spoiled her.

That's why she could break up with me so easily.

I've been wondering

how you broke up with Wen Nuan.

Was Yi Xin involved?

I'm confused too.

She broke up with me, and...

it had nothing to do with Yi Xin.

I was aware of Yi Xin's intentions.

I tried to keep my distance from her. I even told Wen Nuan that

we could hang out as long as she didn't bring her.

Then I'm really confused. If it wasn't because of Yi Xin,

why did you break up?

I'm confused as well.

All these years,

I tried forcing her and begging her to tell me the truth.

And?

Then one day,

I saw her in Zhu Linlu's car.

Our relationship was fine,

but suddenly you want to break up with me.

I won't leave you unless

there's a reasonable explanation.

I told you we should stop seeing each other.

Wen Nuan, let me give you a ride.

Is it because of him?

Is it really?

Tell me.

Wen Nuan.

What's wrong?

Let's not stand in the rain.

-Okay. -Come on.

Wen Nuan.

Zhu Linlu?

Dai Zhong was already

an industry leader.

Compared with Dai Zhong's success,

I was just a fresh college graduate.

I was a poor student with a dream.

I asked Wen Nuan

if he was the reason we broke up.

She wouldn't tell me.

So I vowed that

someday I'd be more successful than Zhu Linlu.

I'll earn back twice as much as I've lost.

But Wen Nuan doesn't seem like a materialistic girl to me.

Well.

By the way, Zhu Linlu didn't just hire Guo Ruqian.

He's been recruiting everywhere

and got top talent from many different firms.

Zhu Linlu hired Guo Ruqian

to do Wen Nuan a favor,

and something more.

There's definitely something more.

What worries me is that

Wen Nuan will get hold of these clients,

and some of them are Dai Zhong's loyal partners.

Then Dai Zhong will find out.

Once they find out, Wen Nuan will find out too.

I don't really care if they find out.

I don't think Wen Nuan will find out anytime soon.

I've handpicked these clients.

They're new clients for Dai Zhong's new products.

They're not that loyal yet.

They're only loyal to higher profits.

When Wen Nuan negotiates with them as our representative,

they'll use Dai Zhong as their bargaining power.

Wen Nuan will take it as their negotiation strategy.

How about that?

Director Zhu,

please sign the approved budget for

the R&D department for the second half of the fiscal year.

I'm not signing anything.

I thought you said your funds were running low.

Mr. Zhu mentioned in the meeting that he's recruited

top talent into the R&D department.

Now that we have that top talent,

I don't think we'll need too much money.

We'll figure things out.

What's with Zhu Linghong?

Members of the R&D department are loyal to him.

Most of them are not too tech-savvy.

They kept asking for more money to buy technology and equipment.

Who knows how much they've stolen?

That's why you've hired some technical employees

to make him less influential, right?

Right, I have to do something.

He's holding on to the lucrative R&D department.

I need to show him that

the R&D department can still function without him.

But the rest of us have become collateral damage

in the war between you two.

-We're innocent. -Don't you worry.

He's a mere figurehead now. He can't hurt you.

One more thing.

I need to thank you and Nuan

for introducing me to Guo Ruqian, so I can finally kick this guy out.

It was your idea anyway.

Did Zhan Nanxian stop by yesterday after I left?

He did.

What did he say?

Honestly, I didn't have the time or energy to deal with him.

Did you start a fight?

Well.

That's beside the point,

but now I'm really curious. Tell me,

which side would you choose if we were fighting?

You mean business fight, not a physical fight, right?

Right.

I'll double Guo Ruqian's previous annual salary in Shallow Cosmos.

Plus a bonus.

An offer like that is hard to compete with in the industry.

When Shallow Cosmos finds out,

it'll shatter their employee morale.

As a worker at Dai Zhong,

my boss wants to poach talent from Shallow Cosmos with money.

So I'll try to find money for my boss.

You're my right-hand woman.

My top assistant.

But please remember that

no matter how ugly this war gets,

don't let Nuan get caught in the middle.

The only difference between me and him is that Nuan is always my top priority.

-Director. -Director.

-Miss Director. -You scared me to death.

Did I? Are you dead? No.

This is a professional work environment.

That was a bad joke.

-And it was very inappropriate. -Yes, Director.

Here...

-Hey. -Take it.

You didn't dress warm enough last night.

You might have caught a cold.

Leave it in your office.

Thanks.

Wanna take a ride with me?

I know a place with incredible ocean views.

Director, do you think it's a proper report?

GRAL & BOY CONCERT TICKETS

Reports are about facts, not about being proper.

So take it back and think it through.

It's your favorite band. Don't waste the opportunity.

How do you know these things about me?

It's not too hard if you pay attention.

Liu Rui,

I'm your supervisor. Don't try to sweet-talk me like I'm a young girl.

Besides, what you're doing is very immature and I don't like it at all.

Listen, Wen Rou. I'm not trying to annoy you.

What did you just call me? Wen Rou?

Please call me Miss Wen in the office.

I don't think having small talk with me is the best use of your time.

-I'm just-- -I think

you should get back to work now.

It was just last night.

Women change their moods just like changing clothes.

COLD RELIEF

Do all young guys these days bug women like that?

WEN ROU, YOUR MAJESTY

LIU RUI

I'm sorry if I annoyed you.

I'll try to control myself. No matter how much I want

to talk to you and look at you.

I'll seek your approval first.

It's driving me crazy.

Sense and sensibility are pulling me in opposite directions.

With all your experience with relationships,

you still feel hesitant.

If you really meant it, I might actually fall in love.

But what if I fall in love

and you didn't mean it?

Subtitle translation by Wanyin Tsai