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♫ Hello. At a confused time, ♫

♫ you want to find happiness and carefreeness. ♫

♫ Once you’ve made your promise, don’t turn back. ♫

♫ Hello. At the end of fantasy ♫

♫ is the original promise’s mutual understanding. ♫

♫ The fearless ones, the cute ones. None held back. ♫

♫ I want to use all aspects of love to prove to it you ♫

♫ because I want to pursue sincere inspiration to love you. ♫

♫ Nobody wants to endure the past pains, ♫

♫ but it allows me to cheer loudly after victory. ♫

♫ Just like this, break through the waves. ♫

[My Mr. Mermaid]

- Episode 2 -

Tang Yibai

You still haven't told me why you gave me these goggles

Don't worry. It's definitely not because I fell in love at first sight.

What are you saying? What love at first sight?

If you really want to know why I gave you those, there is a reason why.

All these years, you are my first interviewer.

Come on come on. You have to be okay.

I have high hopes for you! You can't be dead!

Great! The data is still here! That's great.

I should confirm that all the data is here until I tell Teacher Sun.

Left, right, left, right, down.

Left, right, left, right, down.

Hey.

What are you thinking about? Don't tell me you're still thinking about that little reporter?

I'm not thinking about her.

You're still denying it? The way you looked at her today wasn't right . There's definitely something going on.

That's right Brother Yibai. I also thought there was something wrong with you today.

- Go away. I don't have the energy to deal with you guys. - Hey! Where are you going?

-Later, we'll crush their power and prestige. -That's a must. -That's right.

What did you come here for?

What else can we do here? Obviously, we came to train.

To train?

According to last time, our male and female swimming teams came to an agreement.

the training room currently belongs to us. There are still 5 minutes and 31 seconds before it's your turn.

Are you guys here to watch us hotties?

Hotties? Where? I don't see any.

I only see a narcissist loser.

Xiang Yangyang, what do you want?

What about it?

You want to challenge my authority, huh?

I saw you guys were only chatting, not training!

Since you won't use the equipment, don't waste resources.

Not satisfied? Let's have a duel!

Fine. You win this time.

Since I'm in a good mood today, I won't fight with you,

but you better listen up: Today, I am only going easy on her.

Ming Tian, Lingye, let's go.

- Oh, yay!- Sisters, let's go!

- Begin. Prepare for training.- Yes!

[QKVIDEO.CN]

What? You want to interview Tang Yibai?

Yes. Teacher Sun, last night...

Don't tell me. Yun Duo,

how could you ignore my words?

Tang Yibai is merely an insignificant competitor who just passed his school's trial.

How would he be newsworthy?

- But he--- No but's. Let me tell you.

In the current college swimming circle, there are only four males

who are newsworthy.

They are the Four Swim Stars from the four major physical education colleges.

The first is from East Physical Education College. He has unsurpassable leg muscles.

He has shown repeated success in short distance freestyle events.

He once defeated all other Japanese and Korea competitors in the Asia U17 Championship,

taking home the gold medal. His nickname is "Beast of the East," Ding Liangjian.

The second returned to China from America last year.

He is currently a sophomore in the western Yisuo University.

He once won two gold medals for freestyle in 1500 meters and 800 meters in the American High School Championships.

People call him "Hottie of the West," Lin Haoyang.

I won't let you stay arrogant for too long.

Then, we have the one from South Physical.

He won the gold medal at the previous Dream Cup competition in 1500 freestyle with a record-breaking result.

His actions completely confuse people.

But because of this, he has gained the love of swim fans across the nation.

People call him "Madman of the South," Qi Ruifeng.

Lastly, the strongest of the four,

has not lost a single time since his college swimming career.

He's the three-time gold medalist at Dream Cup's 100 freestyle.

He comes from North Physical. He's number one in the Chinese college swimming circle.

People call him "Sovereign of the North," Ouyang Heng.

Sovereign of the North, Ouyang Heng. Madman of the South, Qi Ruifeng.

Beast of the East, Ding Liangjian. Hottie of the West, Lin Haoyang.

Yun Duo, you need to firmly remember these four names.

They will be your future interview targets. Understand?

- Yes. - I'll give you another chance right now.

Who will you interview next?

James Lin, have you made your decision?

In the past, if you hadn't helped our company reorganize our finances,

our company would not have survived that financial crisis.

Moreover, we wouldn't have our current success.

I will never forget your help,

so after I heard that you're planning to make your comeback,

I immediately came here from America, in hopes that

you will consider our company as your first comeback stage after your four-year leave.

Really. If you're willing, we'll agree to anything

that you suggest.

I'm sorry, President Wang.

I've already decided my next destination.

What?

Also, don't call me James Lin anymore

because four years ago,

I abandoned this name.

Teacher Sun, say something. Don't ignore me!

Look at how hesitant you were earlier.

No matter what your Tang Yibai has done in the past,

it has nothing to do with news

because nobody would care.

They wouldn't care because they don't know.

Just because they don't know, I think it's a good piece of news.

Yun Duo, I don't want to be too blunt, understand?

Look at that.

- What is that?- This is the name list of the current interns.

Wrong.

That is the newbie performance log that Director Liu purposefully placed there for everyone to see.

Newbie performance log?

Yes.

All the interns will be ranked by Director Liu,

according to your performance. Look at your current rank.

Out of 13 people, I'm 7th. Not bad!

Not bad? Yun Duo,

let me tell you the truth. We currently have 13 interns.

Director Liu will only keep the first two!

Thirteen people fighting for two spots?

Yes.

If I'm in 7th, wouldn't that be risky?

Very, very risky. You finally know?

Hello? Yes, yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Okay.

Teacher Sun, why did I go from 7th to 12th?

Yun Duo, I think it's because Director Liu found out you broke the camera in the water.

I heard that he was very angry after he found out.

You should be glad that he didn't directly fire you.

Aiya,

Yun Duo, don't act so sad, like a stray dog.

I'm telling you,

even if at this stage, I never thought of giving up on you.

Right now, you must do your best to change your image in Director Liu's heart.

How? Write exclusive news reports!

Write exclusive reports that others can only dream of.

Understand? Don't overthink it.

Teacher Sun!

Teacher Sun, you're right.

- Because of this, I need to work harder.- Yes!

I personally saw Tang Yibai's competition.

According to my intuition, Tang Yibai is exclusive news.

Look.

Look who's holding the gold medal in this picture.

- This is...- This is Qi Ruifeng and Tang Yibai.

The one on the side.

- It's Sovereign of the North, Ouyang Heng.- Right! Sovereign of the North, Ouyang Heng!

This was from their National Middle School Swimming Championships.

I already researched it. Tang Yibai did outstanding,

even better than Ouyang Heng.

The gold medalist is Tang Yibai.

Later, I found much more information. Before Tang Yibai turned 18, he won many medals.

The problem is, the latest news I found

was that he successfully passed the Asia Elite Training Team's trial competition,

but later, he was disqualified, and completely disappeared from the swimming circle.

Since then, he has not entered another competition, and there were no more news of him.

He has only now reappeared in the swimming circle, four years later.

He was just about to shine in the swimming circle, but he suddenly left. It's such major news,

but no matter how I researched, I couldn't find anything.

Hey,

are you ready?

You don't want to know why he lost these four years?

It really is a little strange.

Isn't that right, Teacher Sun?

This mystery is making me so torn.

I want to just grab Tang Yibai by the collar and ask him!

I believe that once he achieves great results in swimming, many people will want to do the same.

Teacher Sun, don't you think this is the best exclusive report?

Fine. Keep this for now.

We can investigate this further after we finish

interviewing the competition. Get back to work now.

Hey, Yun Duo,

take this.

Why are you in a daze? Take it.

Teacher Sun, I just broke the camera you gave me.

Are you giving me another expensive one?

It's not expensive. It's a price I won two years ago in the annual convention.

Plus, we work in the field of video news.

Of course you need a good recorder. Just put it up.

I don't even care anymore, so why are you still afraid?

- Take it!- Thank you, Teacher Sun.

Yun Duo, I originally was going to gift this recorder to my baby daughter,

but now it's yours. You must take care of it and not break it again.

Okay! Thank you, Teacher Sun.

Wherever this is, I will be there. I'll treasure it!

Teacher Sun, wait for me!

Teacher Sun!

In this joint warm-up match of the four southern physical colleges,

the most exciting competition is this male 4x100 meter mixed relay race.

You can do it!

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Okay. Right now, lane three's

second swimmer, Competitor Ming Tian, has gotten a good jump start.

- He has broken through the uniform speed from the first round of backstroke swimmers.- Yes.

Oh, no.

The competition already started!

Yun Duo, hurry.

Good! A beautiful turn around.

South Physical's Team A competitor, Ming Tian, at lane three has distanced himself 1/4 of a body length from the others.

Yes.

He is 0.86 seconds ahead of the second place swimmer, Zheng Wenjie from South Physical's Team B.

Excuse me. I'm a little late.

Yun Duo! Come.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

Ming Tian has passed on the race to the third swimmer of South Physical's Team A, who is doing butterfly swimming.

Hurry! Qi Ruifeng is about to go!

Qi Ruifeng is so fearless.

So many cameras are pointing at him, but he's not nervous at all.

This is why Qi Ruifeng is known as the Madman of the South.

He's very confident in his swimming techniques.

The more people watching, the better he does.

So that's how it is.

Tang Yibai, listen up: don't embarrass me!

You must win Qi Ruifeng!

Qi Ruifeng, good luck to you, too. You're the hope of South Physical.

Teacher Sun, Tang Yibai and Qi Ruifeng are from the same swim team. Why are they swimming in different lanes?

This is where you're clueless.

To the famous colleges like Nanyang, Sinuoliya, Hongda, and Jinshan,

the competition results aren't important.

The most important thing is to rehearse early for the Dream Cup.

They mix up their main and secondary teams

to form two teams. Qi Ruifeng is in South Physical's team A.

The one you're rooting for, Tang Yibai, is in team B.

There is so much knowledge behind a mere warm-up match.

Of course.

Firstly, this way, the inexperienced swimmers can gain experience,

and secondly, they can test out the other schools' capabilities.

Really?

Isn't that the boss of Jisu, Ouyang Ji?

Why is he here?

Jisu! It's the leading sports brand company in China right now.

Is he here because he's looking for a new spokesperson?

South Physical Team A's butterfly swimmer is maintaining the slight lead.

Yibai, if I'm in first place under these conditions, that makes this competition boring.

Don't be too arrogant. The match isn't over yet.

Sure. Tang Yibai, I'll wait for you at the finishing line.

I'm telling you, Qi Ruifeng is sure to win.

The match isn't over yet. You can't be sure that Qi Ruifeng will win.

Don't you see that? Qi Ruifeng is their final swimmer.

Unless a miracle happens, the results of this competition is already decided.

The competition has now reached its most exciting portion.

The third round swimmer of South Physical Team A, leading with 1/4 of a body length,

is passing the race over to their final swimmer, Qi Ruifeng!

That's right. Very exciting.

Great. The competition is in its last round.

No surprise. Qi Ruifeng is going full out.

He has left all other competitors in the dust, slowly making the distance--

That's not right! Tang Yibai of South Physical's Team B in lane four is not going easy.

With extremely fast speed, he is catching up to Qi Ruifeng.

He is not giving Qi Ruifeng a chance to increase the distance.

That's right. This is very nerve-wracking.

Where did Tang Yibai of lane four come from?

- Why is he so fast?- That's right. He's not any worse than Qi Ruifeng.

Tang Yibai of lane four was, at first, closing the distance between he and Qi Ruifeng.

Ye, but Qi Ruifeng is not relaxing. He has once again sped up, keeping the distance between the two

- at a distance of 1/4 of a body length. - Yes. The competition is making us hold our breaths.

- Tang Yibai tried to surpass twice, but failed both times.- Yes. Whenever he speeds up,

Qi Ruifeng is also speeding up.

♫ This is arranged by fate. ♫

Beautifully done! Qi Ruifeng is not giving his competitor any opportunities.

Tang Yibai's turn around is also very quick.

♫ Never be afraid. There is nothing to fear. ♫

♫ The lighthouse on the shore ♫

Okay, we are approaching the last 50 meters. Tang Yibai and Qi Ruifeng are going at very similar speeds,

but this distance has already determined the race's results.

You are right.♫ Why are you still hesitating? ♫

♫ Never stop. Across the Pacific, ♫

♫ heading for the ocean. ♫

♫ Never be afraid. ♫

♫ You will get used to fighting against fear. ♫

♫ Earn courage. ♫

♫ You were born to fight. Don’t say that you’re dull. ♫

♫ You know the reason for persistence. ♫

Wait! Tang Yibai is speeding up, closing the distance between the two!

Tang Yibai, well done! Catch up to him!

♫ You chose to be strong. ♫

You can do it!

- Qi Ruifeng has also sped up!- Yes, they are both picking up pace.

But I think Tang Yibai is a little faster.

- Yes, the distance is shrinking.- That's right!

♫ Break through the barriers and reach your destination. ♫

Oh, my. Tang Yibai is still speeding up.

Qi Ruifeng has not giving up, either. Only 10 meters remain.

Can Tang Yibai catch up? Let's wait and see.

These two competitors, good luck.

Good luck!

You can do it!♫ Across the Pacific, heading for the ocean. ♫

♫ Never be afraid. ♫

Five meters.

Four meters.

Three meters.

One meter.

Okay, the race is over. The winner is...

[The Southern Four Joint Warm-Up Sports School]

Okay, let's see the final results. The last swimmer of South Physical's Team A, Qi Ruifeng,

has a time of 52.23 seconds.

The total time of the four swimmers if 3 minutes and 46.22 seconds.

As for South Physical's Team B,

the last swimmer Tang Yibai has a time of 51.32 seconds.

The total time is 3 minutes and 46.02 seconds.

Tang Yibai has led South Physical Team B to make a comeback and win!

- That's right. The two results differ in only 20 milliseconds; a distance of less than one second.- Yes.

Even shorter than the blink of an eye, but this short moment,

- determined the results of the race.- That's right.

That was so exhilarating!

I can't believe it.

Teacher Sun, I just knew that Tang Yibai would do well.

Fine. You have a good eye.

The famous Qi Ruifeng lost to the unknown Tang Yibai.

The press conference later will surely be fun. Let's hurry to the awards podium and save a spot.

Hurry!

Wait.

Yun Duo!

Be careful. Don't fall again.

I'm fine, Teacher Sun.

Yun Duo, hurry! Why are you standing there? Rush up there!

- Oh!- People are already walking. Hurry!

What are you doing?

Qi Ruifeng is there! Hurry! Quick, quick!

Okay. Excuse me! Thank you. Pardon me.

Pardon me.

Hey, why it is you? No wonder you are my number one fan.

Qi Ruifeng, can you talk about your performance today?

Qi Ruifeng, what are your thoughts on today's match?

Everyone, don't be anxious. One at a time.

You can go first.

I'll allow you to ask me the first question.

Okay. Qi Ruifeng,

not only did your personal time lose to Tang Yibai's,

you lost your team's original lead in the race.

How do you feel about losing at this 4x100 meter mixed relay race?

This question is so shrewd.

Where is she from? So brave.

Qi Ruifeng, please answer my question. Did you not hear me clearly? I can repeat it.

- Qi Ruifeng...- Next question.

- Okay, next question.- Qi Ruifeng.

I pick you. You look like you're good at asking questions.

Pretending like you didn't hear me?

It's fine. I didn't want to you interview you, anyway. You're just a genius with a short circuit brain.

Who do you think is better, you or your competitor?

Teacher Sun!

Teacher Sun.

Why did you come back? Over there...

That guy refused to accept my interview.

Tang Yibai, what have you been doing these four years?

- Training. - Why did you choose to do freestyle swimming?

Because I like the freestyle.

- Don't push. - Excuse me.

Hello, Tang Yibai. I'm a reporter from QKVideo.

Although today was not a formal competition,

how do you feel after winning gold medal after a four year haitus?

Being able to come back is so great.

Tang Yibai, you were once the gold medalist of the nation's Secondary School Swimming Championships,

but in the four years you've attended South Physical, you haven't competed. Why?

Why didn't you compete?

Tang Yibai, or you can explain

the situation four years ago when you were suspended due to drug usage.

- Drug usage? - Suspension?

- Drugs?- Explain, please.

Please answer.

Four years ago, did you use drugs to improve your own results?

You did so well today. Was it all your own effort?

- That's right. Was it all your own effort?- Please explain.

Sir, why are you saying that Tang Yibai used drugs?

- Do you have any evidence.- I was questioning Tang Yibai. None of your business.

Little girl, which media are you from?

I'm an intern reporter at QKVideo.

Intern reporter? Okay, okay.

That's right. Although I'm just an intern, I know that

everything needs to be backed by evidence.

Since you're saying that Tang Yibai used drugs,

what is your evidence?

I do! Think about it.

His drug test came out positive, and was suspended.

It's a fact. What evidence is needed?

- That's right.- It's the fact.

Tang Yibai, four years ago, you and Ouyang Heng were fighting over the only spot

in the Asia Elite Training Team

Did you use drugs in order to defeat him?

That's right. Is that the reason?

Four years ago, it's true I was suspected due to a positive drug test,

but I did not use drugs in order to win or surpass anybody.

A positive drug test means that you purposefully used drugs.

How does a positive drug test mean that he purposefully used drugs?

The athletes overseas often receive positive drug tests due to accidentally eating certain foods.

There are many examples of this.

For example, foods that haven't been thoroughly inspected, or special medications prescribed by knowledgeable doctors

can lead to a possible positive drug test.

Even the most careful person can sometime take the wrong medication.

That's right.

What do you mean? Who are you saying took the wrong medicine?

It's just an example.

You've been a reporter for many years. Can you not tell the difference between facts and analogies?

- I...- Even if Tang Yibai really failed his drug test,

you can't conclude that he took drugs on purpose.

If you say that he took drugs on purpose, please have evidence.

- That's right. Where's your evidence?- Fine, fine.

I won't argue with an intern like you. Tang Yibai,

I'm asking about you. Please answer me.

- Please answer.- Yes, say something.

She has already said everything I wanted to say.

Tang Yibai, that means it's a fact that you failed your drug test.

It's true, right?

Yes. I really did fail my drug test,

and I also really was suspended,

but I didn't use drugs for the competition.

I never have, and never will.

Tang Yibai, can you please explain why you failed your drug test?

Everyone, listen up. How come the media

doesn't know about this important issue?

Enough. I'm sorry, everyone. The interview session is over.

Tang Yibai, please answer! Explain yourself!

Tang Yibai! Why?

Please explain.

Little Yun Duo, what kind of question was that?

Yun Duo.

Tang Yibai.

Thank you for taking my side today.

You're welcome. I didn't do anything.

This is for you.

This...

As you said before, people must repay favors.

I can't believe you're quite a loyal friend.

As the saying goes, heroes respect other heroes. I won't hold a grudge

for that stupid question you asked earlier. Since you helped Yibai,

I'll give these flowers to you. Don't be too touched.

- Can I reject this?- Don't, don't. Thank you.

Sister Yun Duo, this is also for you. You were so handsome earlier!

Thank you!

Qi Ruifeng,

her name is Yun Duo. We are both from QKVideo. Please take good care of us in the future.

- We'll leave now. You guys can go back. - Okay, okay.

Please take good care of us in the future.

- Sister Yun Duo, bye bye!- Bye bye!

- Goodbye. - Bye bye!

- Bye bye!- Impressive.

When did you get so close with Qi Ruifeng?

Yun Duo, oh, Yun Duo. You really shouldn't have said those things earlier.

We are reporters, not the managers of those athletes.

Your job is only to interview them or record their responses.

I'm sorry, Teacher Sun.

Honestly, I don't know what happened earlier.

When I saw that reporter picking on Tang Yibai, I wanted to speak up for him.

I don't understand. It's none of your business.

Why did you help him?

It's none of my business, but I think it's unfair to Tang Yibai.

He hadn't answer yet, but he was already accused of purposefully using drugs.

Even if he had committed a mistake in the past, he's already been punished.

If nobody spoke up for Tang Yibai,

wouldn't his first award at his first competition after a long four years of waiting, be excused?

That's unfair!

I can't believe how righteous you are,

but we are reporters, Yun Duo.

We can't bring our own stances into the interviews.

If you openly take Tang Yibai's side,

you will first lose your professionalism as a reporter.

I got it, Teacher Sun. I was too impulsive today. I'll be careful next time.

Yun Duo, you are hardworking and sincere.

You have a will to improve,

and you are also kind. In my eyes, you are full of potential,

but as a professional reporter,

you have too many weak spots.

- Weak spots?- First of all,

you brain is missing a screw.

Or, this screw is loose and always falls out. That wouldn't do!

Second of all, even if you're a righteous person,

it doesn't mean we can say whatever is on our mind.

As a reporter, you need to report the news objectively.

You can't judge another person based on your own morals.

- Third of all...- Teacher Sun, wait!

Talk slower. Wait, wait, wait.

Let me write it down. What's third?

Third of all, you're too stubborn.

You take everything too seriously. I was just nagging at you.

You thought I was lecturing you?

You were going to write it down?

Alright, don't write it down anymore.

Hey, you don't say,

but this argument might not be all bad news.

I can tell that Qi Ruifeng and Tang Yibai have a good impression of you.

We can utilize this relationship to get an exclusive interview.

It's not good to use people like that.

We're not using them! As a reporter,

having a good relationship with your interviewee is very important.

Otherwise, you won't have the most truthful reports.

Yun Duo, this is your fourth weak spot.

Your brain is too slow.

The way you analyze things is too extreme.

It's not good that you see things only as either black or white. We are definitely not using them.

As a reporter, we need to gain the trust of our interviewees.

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Little girl, hurry. The whole bus is waiting for you.

Soon, soon. I'm searching for my wallet. Please wait.

It's fine. I'll pay for her.

Just enough for two.

Hello. Thank you. It's not that I don't have money. I just couldn't find my wallet.

How about you give me your contact information? I'll repay you later.

It's fine. It's not a lot of money. Don't worry about it.

No, I have my own principles.

Even if the whole world is in debt to me, I can't owe people money.

Give me your contact information. I'll come find you later.

How about

you give me a flower as your way of repaying my bus fee, okay?

I've arrived at my stop. Bye bye.

What a weird person.

Yibai, everything about your performance today was great,

except your attitude during the interview.

If you answer that way, you'll offend many reporters.

Be careful next time, okay?

Did you hear me?

Coach Wu, I was just telling the truth.

You feel wronged,

but you're a man! You should be able to let go.

Don't let those reporters' questions affect your mood.

You haven't made many achievements in swimming yet. Without them, you have no support.

Why is Qi Ruifeng so arrogant? Because he has

a Dream Cup gold medal. What about you?

At most, you are the gold medalist at a secondary school championship, isn't it?

Coach Wu, did anybody ever tell you

that whenever you start lecturing, you're like a woman?

What woman? I'm being serious with you!

- I'm not joking with you! You think I'm naggy? Fine.- No, no, no.

After I say one more thing, I'll leave right away.

What happened four years ago wasn't your fault. Nobody blames you.

Okay?

But we will use time and your achievements to prove

that your capabilities

were gained and earned through hardworking training!

Alright, rest early. You still have practice tomorrow morning.

Coach Wu.

What else?

Thank you so much for these four years.

Without you, I wouldn't be back here.

You want to thank me? Do it with your achievements.

Definitely!

♫ It's beautiful. ♫

♫ My courage to love you ♫

♫ is an intention that doesn’t need to be faked. ♫

♫ It’s a heart that is no longer perturbed. ♫

♫ Time will not stop. ♫

♫ Even if the skies heartlessly change, ♫

♫ I will stay with you. I will embrace you until the end. ♫

♫ The world is so big, ♫

♫ even if this lifetime is so small. ♫

♫ Fortunately, with you on my mind, everything has a meaning. ♫

♫ This time, I will not let go. This time, there is no right or wrong. ♫

♫ Start now, because of your touched heart and smile, ♫

♫ I will believe in the impulse to love. ♫

♫ This time, I must say it outloud. ♫

♫ Forgive my slow retreat. ♫

♫ Start now, because of your existence and reliance on me, ♫

♫ we will not miss out on the future. ♫

♫ This time, I will not let go. ♫

♫ This time, there is no right or wrong. ♫

♫ Start now, because of your touched heart and smile, ♫

♫ I will believe in the impulse to love. ♫

♫ This time, I must say it outloud. ♫

♫ Forgive my slow retreat. ♫

♫ Start now, because of your existence and reliance on me, ♫

♫ we will not miss out on the future. ♫