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[ To Be A Better Man ]

Episode 3

Auntie Li, I don't have the time to help you buy groceries.

My kid still hasn't gone to sleep.

Who are you looking for?

I'm looking for Liu Jing.

That's me. Who... are you?

I contacted you before. I'm Peng Hai's friend, Lu Yuan.

Sorry about earlier.

I thought the lady next door wanted me to help her buy some groceries.

Has his funeral been taken care of?

I've scattered the ashes. You can say he's gone back to his roots.

Is this your son?

He's starting school soon.

So, are you a full-time wife now?

Full-time wife? That's a term the rich use.

We folks just call it a housewife.

These online job posts... Who's looking for work?

Me.

We can't only rely on his dad's fixed salary.

Everything's expensive now, whether it's food or clothes. We consume so much.

He'll start school soon.

If we go on like this, we won't even be able to find a decent school for him.

I have to start working.

It's really hard for a housewife to find a job nowadays.

Stop pressing this all the time.

I... I didn't come alone. Jia He is here, too.

Downstairs.

She actually really wants to come and see you,

but she's too embarrassed to say it.

How come you got off work so early today?

Who's this?

Come inside, I'll explain it to you.

What's she playing at?

How old is she that we need to raise her?

- Be quiet... - What for?

I already work like a dog to raise the two of you.

Why would I raise the daughter you had with someone else?

- What are you shouting for? - Why can't I shout?

You don't make any money. You just leech off me.

I'm telling you, you're not allowed to meet with her!

It will just bring trouble!

Go ahead and meet her, if you dare!

Who are you?

I'm sorry, but we can't entertain guests right now.

Please leave.

What are you doing? Why are you treating him like that?

Why can't I?

Don't...

The child is here, don't fight. I'll go.

So, are you going to meet her or not?

Stop.

Move aside.

- You... - Move aside!

I say... Who are you?

It's not important whether she'll meet her or not.

I'm the head of the household. What I say goes.

I just don't understand what all this has to do with you.

You come to someone's house for no reason and just push into their life.

Can you really be at peace with yourself?

Are you done?

Get out!

Get out, you hear me?

Wait!

You've seen what situation I'm in.

Jia He...

I want to, but I can't.

This...

Tell Jia He not to hate me.

Give this to her.

Leave it for your son.

It's not easy for you.

- No, take it. - No...

Take it!

Don't let her hate me.

You were right.

Your mother is quite heartless.

She won't recognize me?

She's forgotten me?

How could that be?

Your mom's remarried.

She married some other guy.

And she sold this house and moved away.

Really heartless.

Alright. Rain must fall from the sky and a woman must marry.

You can't stop that kind of thing.

Did you expect her to remain pure and wait for your dad?

If she did wait for your dad, that would be too bad for her. This isn't something to wait for.

Alright, let's go.

- Bastard. - Exactly.

Just too terrible.

Did she really move away?

Are you lying to me?

If she moved, then why were you up there for so long?

I had to ask the neighbors and go house to house.

You moved away, but where did you move to? And you even sold this house.

Your mother really is too cruel. How can she do things like this?

Alright, that's enough.

It's normal for a woman to turn things upside down.

What you said was really right.

She was so heartless that she could leave you on your own in America, without a care at all.

This kind of person is really too cruel. She doesn't deserve our time.

Hongqiao Airport. Visibility is clear. Landing permitted.

What happened?

Tell me the truth. What did you do to Chen Fang?

No matter what I did, it was in Lai Lai's best interest.

That's all you need to know.

What was she just carrying?

They weren't ashes, were they?

How could you bring something like that into our house?

It's so ominous.

Why don't I go talk to her.

Mom, Mom...

Everything is very recent.

Just let her be for now.

There are some things she can't see clearly now, and I don't blame her.

One day, she will realize that in this world,

only family genuinely looks out for her.

Can't find a place to drop me off? I don't mind.

I'm helpless anyway, with just you as a guardian.

I won't make things hard on you.

Send me back to the US to a foster family.

I'm nearly 18 anyway.

That won't do.

Your dad made me your guardian. I should at least fulfill that role.

So what do you say we do?

Adding me as another burden to all your problems won't leave either of us happy.

It's best to send me off. I'll go back to America.

What are you laughing at?

You're holding back your bad habits so I'll send you back to America?

Trying to trick me?

You still have a grandma in Shanghai, isn't that right?

What if my grandma also remarried?

Your grandma's already more than 70 years old. Why would she remarry?

Tell me, where does she live?

Are you going to tell me or not?

Do you believe me, that I'll just leave you here to become an orphan?

I'll count to three.

One.

Still not going to talk? Two.

I'll give you one last chance. Three.

You'd best think it over. All of your dad's insurance money is with me.

You only have 20 dollars in your pocket.

If you want to be an orphan, you'll have to start with getting food.

I wish you success.

Lu Yuan, let's split the insurance money fifty-fifty, okay?

Went the wrong way.

You can keep half and stay here, and I'll take half and go back to America.

We'll part ways from here on, neither of us knowing the other.

Forty-sixty?

Thirty-seventy?

Lu Yuan, you can't do this. That's too evil! This is my bottom line.

Twenty-eighty? Is twenty-eighty, okay?

Let's do twenty-eighty, okay?

You can't want ten-ninety? That's too cruel!

Look at your hair, your earrings, your braces.

Your pants...

None of your business. Everyone has their own style.

I don't care how you dress.

Right now, I'm concerned about what I should say to your grandma.

Why do you need to care so much? Just drop me off and go. What's it got to do with you?

But what if, on the small chance, your grandma doesn't want you?

A 70 year-old woman.

Her granddaughter comes back from America to announce a death.

An elderly person sending off their child first? What if she collapses?

Then what do you think we should say?

I say that we don't say anything.

Just say that your dad is opening a new restaurant in America and couldn't come back.

So he sent me to bring you back because you missed her and wanted to see her.

Should we? Lying to people?

She's already more than 70 years old. How long will we be lying to her for?

How can you utter such nonsense?

I was just telling myself.

Let's go.

Hurry.

Gently!

You're going to poke my eyes out!

I'll do it myself.

Alright, you take care of it. I'll help you with your hair.

It hurts.

I...

Your hair is all stuck together. There's no way to fix it, just leave it tied up.

You're really going to leave me here?

You're really planning on leaving me here and going back to America on your own?

Is your mind at ease?

I'm leaving you with your grandma. I'm not leaving you at the Lion and Tiger Mountain.

What's there to worry about?

Am I really so troublesome?

That you want to get rid of me so quickly.

In your eyes, everyone else is a burden to you, right?

You got it backwards. I'm worried I'll be a burden to you, not that you'll be one to me.

Got it?

You're the only friend my dad had in America, and you're the only person I know.

Although you're an asshole, at least you're an asshole I know.

It's better than a stranger, right?

Let me see your passport.

I'm holding onto it.

What are you doing?

My dad's insurance money is with you.

What if you just leave me here?

Where do I go to find you?

So before I turn 18, don't think of going anywhere.

This kid... I'm your guardian, how could I do something like that?

You can't even take care of yourself, so how are you going to take care of someone else?

Take the bags. Follow me.

But keep some distance between us.

Give me back my passport.

Hurry up.

- What about this bottle?- Carry it.

What are you doing?

What right do you have to hit me?

What are you doing?

I'm telling you now. No matter when, you cannot...

You cannot... play with your life!

Let go of me!

Chen Fang's life wasn't a life, but my life is a life?

He's not important at all!

He's dead! But you're alive.

You're my little sister. You're alive.

Since he's dead, I don't want to be alive!

Don't touch me. Don't touch me!

- I know that you're having a hard time. - Don't touch me!

I know you're having a hard time.

But you can't play around with your own life.

Fine.

I'm not going to touch you.

You can do whatever you want!

Just promise me one thing. Don't hurt yourself.

I'll let you do whatever you want.

You said it.

I said it.

Then drive this car until you hit 180 mph,

and then start driving on the wrong side of the road over there.

If you come out of the tunnel,

I'll forgive you.

Afraid? Jiang Hao Kun?

You sounded so sincere just now.

But now you're afraid?

Our family owes Chen Fang a life!

Sooner or later, it must be returned.

In any case, I've always been the source of trouble in our family.

Might as well let me exchange (my life).

Come in quickly.

What was so important that you rushed off to Shenzhen?

I had to take care of some things regarding Jiang Lai and Chen Fang.

You went to oppose them again?

From the first day they got together, you opposed them.

After trying for so long, you still haven't split them up.

I think this time Jiang Lai is really serious and she's fallen in love.

Why don't you give them a chance?

Not all loves are beautiful.

Some loves will pull a person down into oblivion,

body torn and bones crushed, with no hope of reprieve.

There are some men who are just like a cliff.

If you stand at their side, there will always be dangers.

I can't just watch her as she jumps off.

Your words have a double meaning, don't they?

You're talking about Lu Yuan.

Your feelings can't be cut off.

I know that.

I won't make an extravagant demand for you to treat me the same way you once treated him.

But I can promise that I won't treat you how he treated you.

Then can you tell me

why exactly did he disappear?

You must know something.

I saw that your expression was kind of strange when you two met the other day.

Do you know something?

Should I tell Gan Jing about this?

No.

Don't say anything.

Take good care of her for me.

I'm going to be out soon.

That year, he just left because he wanted to.

He didn't leave any words for us.

I searched with you for half a year.

I'm the same as you. I didn't see him then.

Stop grumbling. Hurry, let's go.

Wait.

Your expression.

Who is it?

Wh-Who are you looking for?

I'm Peng Jia He.

Who?

Peng Jia He. You don't recognize me anymore?

If you call her Grandma, then won't she understand?

Grandma.

Jia He.

My granddaughter?

Jia He!

Jia He, look at you!

You came back! Let me look at you.

You've gotten tall and pretty.

This...

Da Hai.

I wished on the stars and the moon.

You two have finally come back.

Come in quickly, come in quickly.

You've finally come back. Hurry.

Sit, sit. Sit down.

Let me look at you.

The land and water in America really is different.

Look at you. You've gotten darker.

Thinner.

How did your eyes get smaller?

You must be tired.

Why are your hands so cold?

You're cold?

I'll make you a cup of hot water.

Wait for me.

What's this situation?

Even if her eyesight is bad, she can't be mistaking you for my dad.

Alzheimer's?

Be quiet.

What are you doing?

Going to explain things.

You're the one who insisted on finding my grandma.

Feel foolish now?

Tried to steal a chicken, but lost some rice (to lure it in)?

I still haven't said anything about being left with an ancient, old woman like my grandma.

Hot water.

Son, hot water.

Take it.

It's really true.

Let me hug you.

Thank the stars and the moon.

What was I doing?

I, I...

You're blaming me for that, too?

I'm not the one who gave her Alzheimer's.

I'm an orphan.

My grandma is an lonely old woman.

Don't you love being the guardian?

Go ahead. Protect the both of us.

Why should I? I'm not your dad.

Let me tell you, Peng Jia He. I've completed my mission by sending you back here.

I have to return to America now.

Explain things clearly then.

Go, explain things to my grandma.

And when you're done, make sure to tell my grandma how my dad died.

Be quiet!

- Looking for me? - Take this!

What is it?

- Um... - Say it!

Do the dumplings have fillings?

Silly son!

If dumplings don't have filling, how can they be dumplings?

And you like to eat the large meat dumplings.

I remember!

My son is home.

He's home.

Leave.

I won't make it difficult for you.

But seeing my grandma's frail body and mental state,

I'm not sure if she'll just go crazy or fall and break her head.

Forget it, you've completed your mission.

Leave. Bye.

You're not telling me to leave.

You're trying to poke at my conscience.

I knew it. I knew it was no good being your guardian.

You think I wanted this?

There's nothing else I can do, and I can't get rid of you right now.

Because my dad hired you with his death.

Hello?

Can we meet up and have a calm talk?

Can I calmly kill you?

We found your luggage. It's with me.

If you want to fight, we can.

After that, we'll have a talk.

Okay, wait for me.

I'll arrive soon.

What are you doing?

Then what are you doing?

Don't cause trouble. Watch over your grandma.

But will you come back again?

My passport is still with you.If I don't come back here where would I go?

I'm scared you won't be able to come back.

Are you going to find your ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend?

Make sure you don't attack him, you hear me.

If you do, take it easy on him. Don't beat him up.

Even if you beat him up, you can't cripple him or kill him, got it?

If anything very bad happens,

listen to me. Buy a plane ticket and keep running.

Take this back.

Take it.

Be careful on the road.

Although I hate you, I won't sell you out.

What if I perish together with that guy?

Then you have to wait until after I turn 18.

If you're not thinking for me, you should at least consider my grandma.

Look at her. She just lost her son to a car accident, and with her Alzheimer's, she's recognized another one.

But then, not long after, he perishes with someone else.

Where do you expect me to find another dad?

You're really treating me as your dad?

You went along with it.

Here.

This way.

Which room is it?

This one.

Okay, you don't have to send me. I know the way.

Thank you.

You're both here?

You're making a woman your shield?

You weren't this scared in the past, Jiang Hao Kun.

I asked him to let me come along.

Have a seat.

Why don't you head home first?

I'll take care of this with him on my own.

On your own?

- What are you taking me for? - Exactly.

- A toy? A trophy to be won? - Right.

Isn't that so?

Lu Yuan,

the three of us are all here today.

I want to resolve this matter.

Than can you tell me? That year, why didn't you say goodbye.

What's the reason?

Is there any point to saying this now?

Yes, there is. It means a lot to me.

Lu Yuan, tell me the reason.

Then I can let go of us and live my life properly.

If you don't give me a reason, it's too unfair to me.

I'm an asshole, why would I treat you fairly?

Do you have to be like this towards me?

Wh-What did I do to you?

Do you have to be like this towards me?

Aren't you two a pretty good match?

A match made in heaven.

Lu Yuan.

I just want a reason.

Why did you leave without saying goodbye? Why?

Do you love him a lot?

Do you really love Jiang Hao Kun?

Lu Yuan!

Do you have to be like this towards me?

Do you really love him?

Lu Yuan.

We are doing well now.

You don't have to worry about it.

Have you had enough?

As for me, the reason I came home this time wasn't for you.

And when I went missing in the past, it wasn't because of you.

Let's go our separate ways.

And when you two decide to get married,

let me know.

I'll come to the banquet, and I'll bring a gift.

Let me teach you a trick.

See this?

When you're making the filling, add a bit of this.

The filling will be very fresh after it's mixed in.

Your dad loves to eat this.

Can you stop staring at me? It's terrifying.

I'm looking to see if you've changed.

You're a big girl now, all grown up.

Let me give you a kiss.

No, no, Grandma. Talking is one thing, but can you not touch me?

You've been away from my side for so many years. You're not close with me anymore.

Haven't we come back?

Grandma, don't be sad.

I'm not sad, I'm happy.

Grandma, don't you think that my dad has changed a lot?

Is it possible for him not to have changed?

He has to earn money to feed his family, and then he also has to take care of you.

He's not as fair and clear as before.

Tell me, how was life in America?

Was your dad tired from working?

It wasn't bad.

He doesn't work for anyone anymore. He's his own boss.

He opened a restaurant on the West Coast, and he's preparing on starting a chain and opening one on the East Coast.

I just knew my son had good prospects.

Your dad endured a lot to get to this.

When he was younger, his temperament was very soft, so he was often bullied.

This is good, he's the boss now.

What about you?

Are you doing well in school? Does anyone bully you?

It's pretty good. No one bullies me. We're both well. Don't worry.

Good. Good.

[ America ]

It's okay, it's okay.

It's okay.

How many classes do you have today?

Today, I don't have class in the afternoon.

Okay.

It's coming.

Don't follow me. I want to be by myself for awhile.

Do you still have your wits? How could you skip class?

You'd better explain it to me. Why did you skip class?

Jia He. Jia He!

How could you skip class?

It's Mother's Day today, you know?

Everyone has to give a short speech about his mother in class.

But what am I supposed to say?

LIke, oh, sorry, I don't have a mom, because she dumped me and my father?

Or I just tell them I never had one.

♫ I've heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord ♫

♫ But you don't really care for music, do you? ♫

♫ It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift ♫

♫ The baffled king composing Hallelujah ♫

♫ Hallelujah ♫

♫ Hallelujah ♫

Here, this glass is my treat.

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[ Episode 3 END ]

♫ I often dream that I've grown wings ♫

♫ Free to soar between the heavens and the earth ♫

♫ Flying past the mountains and rivers, flying past my hometown ♫

♫ Flying to be by your side ♫

♫ You also have a pair of wings, shining at your sides ♫

♫ At first, I waved to you with this innocent dream ♫

♫ I worked really hard to fly into our new home ♫

♫ But you're slowly flying into the distance ♫

♫ I just wanted to stay in your dreamland ♫

♫ I stubbornly persisted, refusing to leave ♫

♫ I was afraid of disappearing, of losing my way ♫

♫ Afraid that I was drunk, that this was all an illusion ♫

♫ All along, I've chased after this hope ♫

♫ I've always been heading towards you ♫

♫ I genuinely cherish the time in my dreams ♫

♫ Afraid that once I wake up, all will soon be forgotten ♫

♫ All along, I've chased after this hope ♫

♫ I've always been heading towards you ♫

♫ I genuinely cherish the time in my dreams ♫

♫ Afraid that once I wake up, all will soon be forgotten ♫

♫ Afraid that once I wake up, I will be forgotten ♫