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Nurse

can you please raise the bed up?

I want to see my leg

don't worry

the diagnosis report will include photos

we will provide you a copy

what the hell is that?

Don't pretend politeness

and speak so impolitely

my husband just wants to see his leg

what's that to do with photos?

Excuse me

Mrs. Zheng

can I have a word?

Mr. Zheng's condition was untreated for too long

if we don't amputate

there's a risk of death

amputate?

Is there no other way?

Mrs. Zheng

this is something I've had to tell many patients' families

keep the leg and lose your life

or keep your life

and lose the leg

if you feel uncomfortable

let us know anytime

we can give you drugs

to let you sleep through it

alright?

I'm fine

I'll stay awake

great

while you're awake

let me explain the details

usuahy

our amputation surgery

employs this electric saw

in one second

it vibrates 1,000 times

but I personally feel

it doesn't out well

it's not smooth

so

Today we're using this stainless steel saw

it cuts great

very smooth

we'll be using this saw to assist you today

if it's fine with you

we will begin

here

scalpel

doctor

put me to sleep after all

midazolam 5mg

here

Mr. Zheng

please think back to

something pleasant

let's count to ten

something pleasant

one

honestly speaking

all pleasant things are in the past

a past that is often disappearing

it's only when I feel pain and reluctance that I learn

what the pleasant things actually were

life always seems to be that way

we are like train passengers watching scenery

in the moment, you think the scenery isn't beautiful

but once you travel further away

you realize

we've already passed the beauty

we can only carry the sorrow and remember

if the bed...

If there aren't enough beds this week

ask for some from general surgery

I received a critical condition alert

wait a moment

wait?

Why'd you tell me to come immediately?

I was performing, I couldn't even change clothes

calm down first

Mr. Zheng's septicemia

is more serious than anticipated

Dr. Gao said your condition isn't good

he said you need to intubate

he said if you intubate

there's a very high chance

you'll never wake up

but if you don't intubate

you won't live past tonight

zhhan

will you intubate?

What do you mean my granny loves getting sick?

It's serious

I mean this time it's really serious

can you not be like this?

I'm at the hospital, come see for yourself

I'm saying I'll...

I'll call you later

miss, let me help

Mr. Zheng, we're getting in the ambulance

May I ask if you're religious?

Mrs. Zheng

are you religious?

What he means is

when we get to the funeral home

the ambulance plays music for the deceased

if you're Christian

we'll play a hymn

for Buddhists, it's scripture

is there dance music?

We have a dance version of the great compassion mantra

brother

open your eyes

does this lady's manner and dress

look like she listens to the great compassion mantra?

You should play

a waltz or something

you mean like

the blue danube?

Thank you

we meet by chance

it was a simple favor

as you climb a thousand peaks

godspeed

Brother

brother

please turn the car around

I want to go back to the hospital

I want to go back to the hospital

I don't know what love at first sight means

I only remember the first time I saw you

I was pulled hypnotically into your world

do you still remember my senior high classmate John?

The first time I knew you

was at his photo studio

besides the shutter and aperture

photography requires two perceptive eyes

but that's still only the level of the common photographer

I also possess a heart that is unlike others

this photo feels so natural

you know her?

This is a photo studio

not a dating service

I was only thinking

she's so beautiful

she must have someone already

unfortunately

she does not

well?

Should I introduce you?

You know my character

I don't get close to others so easily

Her name is yu-ying qian

she's an only child

she won the folk dance competition in junior high

I also won a writing competition in junior high

ls dancing related to writing?

Of course not

but we're both champions

Want to come closer?

You're soaked

I'm fine

I'm used to it

and we've only just met

miss qian

I don't know if I may have the honor

of asking you be to my dance partner?

I don't know if you have that honor

but I can give it some consideration

of course

"Waltz" in German means "to turn"

men and women dancing

heads in the heavens

feet upon the earth

rotating about each other

supporting each other's bodies

in the midst of endless turning

I truly realized

you were the dance partner I was searching for

Ladies

and gentlemen

next up will be

the international amateur modern

dance finals

first team

let's welcome

number 227

zi-han zheng

yu-ying oian

Soon after

we joined an important international competition

although we didn't win the championship

the applause of the packed crowd

filled us with confidence for the future

this all happened in the brief time since we met

I scarcely believed happiness could come so easily

so easily that

I started to doubt what happiness was

I'm going to ask you three questions

you have to answer honestly

absolutely honest

am I your perfect dance partner?

Do you need to ask?

Then

will you take me to Blackpool dance festival?

No doubt

are you serious about me?

Is this a proposal?

Then you have to tell me

what's the benefit of marrying you

that's four questions

besides my warm personality and good looks

I have something no other men have

what?

My mom died over a decade ago

if you marry me

you'll never have mother-in-law problems

how old are you?

This year

28

Who else is in your family?

Only my father

is left now

only your father

your father

what's his work?

Mom

Let me go out some fruit

take your time

mom, I'll come with you

Miss, what's the matter?

I'm looking for Dr. Gao

Dr. Gao's shift has ended

you're that

Mrs. Zheng

I was Mrs. Zheng

now I'm miss oian

miss qian

Dr. Gao's shift really is over

get me a doctor of the same seniority as Dr. Gao

to help me

okay

please wait for me

we need a little help

right

thank you

Are these senior doctors?

Why are they dressed like doormen?

Miss

is there an issue?

What's all this?

Are you surrounding me

to intimidate me?

No one's intimidating you

we just want to understand the issue

at hand here

my husband died three hours ago

he was amputated before he died

I only wanted to come retrieve

his leg

our hospital follows a fixed protocol

therefore

please go home and wait for a notice

a notice?

My husband's lying in the ambulance downstairs

is it so hard to give me an answer now?

You're determined to stay

give me the leg

we'll call the police

Officer

this woman's been making a scene

it's seriously disturbing peace in the ward

no, no

I wasn't called in for this

the call was for adverse possession of property

officer

I made the call

you move quick

I called before I came upstairs

who called the police?

About someone making a scene at the hospital?

Our hospital called you

rookie, shouldn't you be on drunk-driving patrol?

What are you doing here?

Old-timer

shouldn't you be in a bar squeezing Vietnamese chicks?

What brings you here?

Look at the balls on you

balls so big you're tripping over them

senior

please be more professional

I'm currently on duty

miss

please show your ID

what ID?

I got here first

let me finish talking

miss

may I ask

what happened

to put you in so much pain?

When my husband stayed in the hospital

the doctor told me he needed to amputate

if he didn't amputate, there was a risk of death

I had no choice in the end

I let them saw off the leg

three hours ago

he died

I know this hospital

is full of medical malpractice

but life and death are ruled by fate

I don't blame them

I really don't blame them

I just want to ask

if they can return that leg to me

and reunite it with his body

but they're not even willing to look

and want me to go home and wait

senior

they've gone too far

junior

calm down

let's clear up the situation first

messy hair

ls what the lady said true?

No, no

we never said we wouldn't look

it's just the time is so late

we can't do anything right now

why've you been trying to brush me off?

I've been matter-of-fact

do I look like I'm brushing you off?

Even your hair looks like it's brushing me off

officer

you can't just one-sidedly believe her

isn't she making a scene right now?

Senior

you believe what messy hair's saying?

Whether she's making a scene or not

you need to have more empathy

and understanding for families

Officer

let's go

officer

- you're kidding - senior

you're kidding

you're kidding

senior, no

didn't you say we need empathy?

Officer

officer

why am I the one handcuffed?

Miss

we sympathize deeply with your loss

but in our official duties

if you continued making a scene at a hospital

we'd have a problem

senior

what should we do now?

Junior

isn't it obvious?

By our official duties

we need to remove her from the scene

didn't we do that?

And we did it brilliantly

but after leaving the crime scene

she escaped custody

we pursued without success

we both witnessed it

officer

what should I do now?

Junior

in this situation

what would you do?

Senior

I'd like to hear your ideas

in the hospital

the people who breathe

stay on the 1st floor and above

those who don't breathe stay in the basement

to find that leg

you'd go to the basement

where would the leg be?

Wouldn't you know

by checking the records?

It's that simple

I'm telling this

only to you

no one else is listening

I'm listening

who are you?

I'm an ambulance driver

can I help you?

Mr. Zheng's body is still in my car

You can enter the venue

That day was a very important day

after today

we'd have a chance to compete in england

but I didn't show up

I know you must have been very hurt

I should start explaining from the day before the competition

fuck

this guy's badass

his company went bankrupt

but he took his last dollars to the casino

classmate

capa is my idol

the coolest thing isn't how many war photos he took

it's that he was tall and handsome

elegant as fuck

tons of girls

is that so?

And he had a quote:

If your pictures aren't good enough

you aren't close enough

what's that mean?

It means

if your photos aren't good enough

that means you're too far from the action

I knew it

that's great

John

you know the biggest lesson I got from this book?

What?

I've got ten grand on me

do you know where

I can turn this into twenty grand?

Some say, you can climb your whole life

and fall in an instant

once you start down a crooked path

the gates of hell open wide

I remember soon after coming here

as those false casino chips piled before me

I realized how foolish

my step-by-step efforts seemed

I thought I could buy you a car

we could buy a house

a house with many rooms

full of our children

when I came out

I had not only twice what I entered with

but five times

almost twenty times more

altogether 1.83 million

Thank you, I don't smoke

these are for people who don't smoke

Sir, what do you do?

Ballroom dancing

ballroom dance

did you know?

I also love ballroom dance

I didn't know

First time here

yeah

incredible

winning so much your first time

just luck

want to play again?

Play what?

Texas hold 'em

here?

Of course not

interested?

I'm busy later

no problem

if you're busy, you can go

you can barely fit the money in your bag

want a new bag?

This one's fine

young man

what's your name?

My surname's zheng

Mr. Zheng

this is my card

you'll be back in two days

This must cost five, six thousand

don't worry

we'll perform tomorrow

think of this as an early celebration

why do you seem strange?

Do I?

You do

you seem elsewhere

yes

my mind was elsewhere

because I was thinking

about the man in the casino saying

"you'll be back in two days"

I didn't need two days

I wanted to go right now

Sign here

leave your ID cards here

In three days, put down 6 million

for this check

After leaving the casino, I didn't know where to go

but my legs brought me unthinkingly to the contest venue

when I arrived

I saw you still waiting alone for me

I suddenly felt ashamed

why did I return for you?

I should go wander the earth

change my name

and forget you forever

I hid in a rural motel for three, four days

time was slow

like the world had stopped

how are you doing?

I'd rather not think about it

Young man

want some company?

Grandma

may I ask you

is there someone here

named zheng?

Handsome guy

staying here

only chen

chen?

Think back again

he just called my friend

telling me to deliver his money here

you're speaking carelessly

when I asked neighbors, they said he was here

the neighbors wouldn't know

think carefully

that's right

think carefully

his mother asked us to deliver money

that's right

we aren't messing around

let us look upstairs

save us the trouble

we're just delivering money

I'm not lying

why did the auntie next door say he was here?

She didn't say

she doesn't know him

grandma

can I use your bathroom?

I'm telling you

there's no bathroom upstairs

there's no bathroom upstairs

Jumping was the stupidest thing I ever did in my life

I destroyed myself

and destroyed our future

When I awoke, I saw

a teardrop on your cheek

I wanted to tell you many things

but besides the guilt in my heart

I couldn't say anything

if time could return to that moment

I would tell you I'm sorry

tell you

I only wanted to be with you

only wanted you to live happily

but I didn't know such a simple thing

could be so hard

Thinking back now

for the two of us, this was both the worst

and our best moment

the next day, you brought me to your home

I kneeled in front of your parents

not because I was asking for 6 million dollars

but out of deep remorse

not to mention

I had married their daughter

without notifying them

all right

stop kneeling

let's eat

I'm looking for Dr. Gao

our outpatient hours are over

it's fine, let her in

you're still after the same thing, right?

Yes, Dr. Gao

I'm still after the same thing

from our hospital's perspective

everything belongs to the patients

including medical records

or the patient's parts or organs

those are all patients'

we have no reason to hold them

so you making a scene yesterday

was actually pointless

Dr. Gao

I only want my husband's leg returned

I know

this Taiwanese custom of

burying the body intact or whatever

I don't believe in it

Dr. Gao

I only want my husband's leg returned

Hello. Pathology?

This is Dr. Gao

can you help me find

a Mr. Zheng's

pathology report?

Okay. Thank you

I'll wait for your call

I'm going to eat

I'll come with you

what for?

I don't know when I'll see you again

Am I disturbing your meal?

Yes

it's better if you sit

thank you

This is my first time eating with a patient's family

with a dead man's family too

You've got humor

I'm a sensible person

ifeelhke

you and your husband

didn't get along too well

why do you say that?

I saw his medical record

he was sick for a long time

but seems like no one looked after him

Sorry

I shouldn't have asked

Hello

pathology

okay

got it

miss qian, this is director Yang

our hospital forbids

non-employees from entering

but I told them about you

so

When they're done here

hurry up and take your husband's leg

Mr. Zheng's specimen is 8503482

jul-o5

second shelf

sorry

Is there an issue?

8503482

right?

Right

second shelf

can't find it

check every shelf

okay

What the hell

why aren't things put where they should be?

Director

what's going on?

These two days' specimens

should all be on this shelf

the specimens we sent down should have slides

of course

I don't get what you're saying

what specimen slides?

What's that mean?

Your husband's cut-off leg is called

a specimen

slices of a specimen are put into glass slides

so you're saying

my husband's leg vanished

and changed into glass?

Your husband's leg wouldn't change into glass

I think

maybe

there were problems when it was being delivered

what problems?

Yeah, what problems?

Director, I want to know too

we sent the specimen from surgery

directly to pathology

if there's a problem, it's with pathology

don't throw blame left and right, director

I'm not throwing blame, just clarifying

technician wang

bring me the past few days' forms

okay

Yes

it's July 5

sent directly

from surgery

we signed it

but

miss qian

before your husband was operated on

you already signed the consent form

what consent form?

The consent form asked you

if you wanted to keep the specimen

you checked "no"

are you not giving it to me

because you can't find it

or are you not giving it to me

because I signed "no"?

Is there a difference?

Of course it's different

I want it back now

have you eaten at a restaurant before?

What about it?

When you finish chewing a chicken bone

and the waiter cleans your table

and asks you

if he can clear away your chicken bones

you say "yes"

after he's taken them

you turn and tell him to bring the bones back

you want to chew it more

you want to taste it again

does that seem right to you?

Thank you

Dr. Gao

I could no longer dance

the day the doctor told us

we were both very quiet

to comfort me

you cut the hair you'd been growing for twenty years

and told me you didn't want to compete either

we searched for a place to teach dance lessons

fortunately

your dad, besides paying my debt

also provided us a classroom

he even lent us money

at first

we hesitated

did we need such a big classroom?

But in the end, we reserved it

this was not only where we danced

to save money

we also lived here

During that time, I witnessed many different lifestyles

I realized how living wasn't easy

I started to worry about our future

Hello

this is our new ballroom dance studio

please visit if you have time

hello

this is our new ballroom dance studio

please visit if you have time

see our classes on the back

I'm sore here

- here - yeah

good work

you had it tough, running around outside

you had it tougher

zhhan

I heard a joke today

what joke?

There's a bird couple

on a treetop

below the tree

is a flock of grazing sheep

suddenly one of the sheep slips and falls

the bird wife

says

"husband

it's wet down there!"

Are you flirting with me?

That joke's so old

then have you heard

the one about the frog and the kangaroo?

One day, a frog and a kangaroo

went to a brothel

in a short time

the kangaroo came back out

he heard the frog in the next room

"one two three hey"

"one two three hey"

"one two three hey"

the kangaroo was envious

and thought "wow"

the next day

the kangaroo met the frog

and asked him

"brother frog

you're amazing, going all night."

The frog told the kangaroo

"shit"

"I jumped all night and couldn't land on the bed."

Zhhan

aren't you worried?

Worried about what?

We have so few students

It'll get better

Is there something unsettled between us?

Something just reminded me of you

I wonder if I could ask a favor

what is it?

I recently opened a dance studio with my wife

business is slow

I remember

you said you liked dancing

you stopped dancing?

I think

if you like to dance

my wife is really a good teacher

I believe you also have

many friends who dance

if you don't mind

give us a try

when people reach a dead end

they'll dig any hole to escape

that's the situation that made me

ask Mr. Chen from the casino

he promised nothing

but in a few weeks

students gradually increased

today, two more

the next day, four

the students seemed refined

not covered in tattoos

most had their own dance partner

the classroom became more crowded

you were happily busy

and even hired an assistant

Keep smiling

Later, I called Mr. Chen to thank him

he didn't take my calls after that

long ago, someone told me

life is rarely smooth sailing

as soon as you ride one wave

you need to race for the next one

only those who seize their chance

can create their own turning points

my first turning point after the classroom's success

was the foreclosed home

can I help you?

I'm the homeowner

the homeowner

the tenant is over there

take it easy

the homeowner

boss

the homeowner

Mr. Homeowner, hello

I'm the tenant

make yourself at home

this house

I bought it

are you all

moving out?

Did you

bring it yet?

It is the...

Relocation fee

I already bought this house

how could there be a relocation fee?

Young man

you don't know the unspoken rules?

What rules?

You can look it up online

Where online?

Ask brother Google

"house roaches"

what do you know about foreclosed homes?

I did my research

there're two types

one with handover, one without

no handover is cheaper

I bought one with no handover

so it...

How much did you pay?

8 million

how much do they want?

2.5 million

what's the market value?

10 million

How many people do they have?

About ten

You're dressed so neatly

and brought a gift

I thought you were polite

but your relocation fee

is even less than your husband's

we only have this much

if you don't take it

and don't move

I still can't give you

the number you want

if anyone knew I took such a small amount

how could I show my face in society?

Fuck you, you wanna die?

How can we show our face?

Fuck you, you wanna die?

Brother

bringing so many friends here each day

must cost a lot

it's like a choir in here

I really don't have that much money

if you take it and leave

one day, I'll sell this house make a lot of money

and gift it to you

in this business

we'll be seeing more of each other

brother

if we can treat each other

like friends

wouldn't that be better?

Yu-ying

we got into the foreclosure business

the two of us

wouldn't it be like the return of the condor heroes?

The return of the condor heroes?

The guy lost his arm

the girl was raped

have you even read that book?

Miss qian

you can't keep following me

this is our place of work

I must ask you to leave

because of you

I didn't finish my lunch

I have more surgeries this afternoon

can you have mercy?

I can wait here until your surgery's over

what'll you do when my surgery's over?

Didn't you sign the form

saying you waived the specimen?

I need to get my husband's leg back

I need his leg before he's buried

I'm an orthopedic doctor

but the doctor you need is a psychiatrist

Is oian wang here?

He's next door

next door

Is oian wang here?

He's downstairs

downstairs

Mr. Wang

are you Mr. Wang?

Dr. Gao asked me to find you

what is it?

My husband was amputated

but he died soon after

I want to retrieve his leg

Dr. Gao told me to find you

go ask pathology

pathology couldn't find it

Mr. Wang

Mr. Wang

don't follow me

Mr. Wang

Mr. Wang

enough

Mr. Wang, can you help me?

Please

Mr. Wang

When was his surgery?

Jul-05

only two days ago

according to hospital regulations

amputated specimens

are kept at pathology

for at least two weeks

when did he pass away?

Yesterday

yesterday

be careful

your husband

is still active in this world

seeing his friends

listening to them

he could even

be talking to you

you simply can't hear it

right now

you must

avoid dishonesty

and deceit

let me ask

did you sign the consent form waiving the specimen?

Then you should stand by

what you've said

but they didn't follow hospital procedure either

and lost it

you can't use others' faults

to ignore your own faults

so

What should I do?

What should you do?

Go home

arrange your husband's affairs

forget that leg

Dr. Gao didn't send me here

to hear you say this

miss

I'm just a janitor

how should I know what Dr. Gao

wanted me to tell you?

Pathology

must have seen your waiver

and sent it down directly

but

you regret it now

Mr. Wang

you look like

you understand the world more

than the doctors and nurses upstairs

do you know why we regret things?

Miss

you don't need to split us into upstairs-downstairs

everyone has done

and understands

different things

let me ask

why do you regret it?

I signed the waiver

because after my husband was amputated

we could still spend many decades together

compared to those years together

thatleg

isn't worth anything

ineverthought

he'd be gone immediately

That was your vision

not necessarily his

Mr. Wang

all the stuff sent from pathology

gets piled up here

usually, on Fridays

a medical waste truck

comes to pick it up

but

it just came by three days ago

so

If your husband's leg came down in the past two days

you have a chance

what if I don't find it?

If you don't find it

it'll go to a medical waste disposal plant

and be incinerated within 84 hours

incinerated in 84 hours?

Incinerated in 84 hours

all their trucks

have GPS

whether they're eating or shitting

our computers monitor it

so they can't trick us

you want to search?

Yes

okay

put these on, then

what are these for?

You'll know in a moment

do you have new ones?

Cleaner ones?

You think we are a department store?

When you go in, I won't join you

when you go in, you'll see

yellow bags and red bags

don't look inside

the yellow bags

those are recycled

you can look into

the red bags

when you open them

you'll see many small bags

never open

the small bags

they're filled with formalin

even if it doesn't splash on you

if you breathe too much

we'll be holding a

double funeral

for husband and wife

then how do I search?

By touch

feel the bags

by shape and size

and you'll know

What?

I'll slap your ass

you're not afraid?

I'm afraid

you're not afraid?

I'm afraid

but she took the kids to compete

she won't be back until late

Louder

Don't stop

Get the fuck out

Did you use my bed?

It's not what you think

did you?

I suspected this for a long time

I just didn't want to believe it

You only

wash my feet

telling me lewd jokes

I was so naive

flirting along with your jokes

you laugh like I'm nothing

but with other women?

You said it's not what I think

what is it then?

This photo

is of a couple

who came here for a wedding photo after the notary

I was even their witness

none of their families and friends came

it was a somewhat cold scene

but though it was a bit sad

I still captured their smiles

the two gazing into the distance

from their expressions

the distance doesn't seem so far away

I also feel honored to have known this couple

this was a really good shot

Good shots don't sell anymore

photo studios now

are all run by uneducated middle-aged women

who only know how to say

"come on"

"lift your head"

"yes"

"smile"

the people in their photos

all smile like idiots

How's your dance studio?

Great

and the wife?

Also great

After that incident

you didn't mention divorce

you kept the dance studio going

but you moved out

besides teaching in the classroom

you started teaching in the dance hall

the dance hall had good male dancers

you would share a moment of happiness

I used to think dance

was all about the steps

raising your hands

turning

these past few years

I slowly realized

dance is not only the posture

it is the spilling of emotion

it is love

and hate

anger

and sorrow

I had this realization

only after I stopped dancing

Director Yang

it was so cold

that I felt faint

and got confused

let me try again

I'll find it for sure this time

miss oian

you've already broken our hospital rules

technically speaking

we can't help you open these bags

all I can do

is let you to take one bag back to your husband

director Yang

are you trying to get in my way?

Women shouldn't be hard on women

miss oian

you don't need to tell me these

outdated feminist slogans

I peer down a microscope every day

you can't tell men from women under the microscope

President

president

the secretary told me today

about this matter

I was very shocked

director Yang

how long have you been working at this hospital?

About 15 years

how could such a huge mistake occur?

This family's in so much pain

isn't it our physician's duty

to relieve the people's suffering?

President

when my husband was hospitalized

I did sign the amputation waiver

but now I regret it

I want it back

I want to return it to his body

no problem

you don't need to explain

lheislong

we all have some regrets

but truthfully speaking

even if we get your husband's leg back

and reattach it

it wouldn't do much good

after all, it's been severed

and soaked in chemicals

wouldn't you agree?

Speaking for all my hospital colleagues

we offer our deepest apologies

forget this leg

I'll get you a trunk of the finest wood

and make you the best prosthetic leg

truthfully

yesterday

my colleagues informed me of your situation

I wanted to

find time to speak with you

but my morning was busy

I forgot

but I privately called

my sculptor friend in the mountains

I asked him to reserve

wood that was intended to carve the goddess guanyin

that wood

is from a century-old temple

that renovated its beams

very beautiful

very rare

if you don't mind

we'll use this wood

to carve a leg for Mr. Zheng

and fulfill your wish

Mr. Zhu

thanks for your work

hello

this is miss oian

miss oian

wemome

miss oian

we took photos from pathology

of your husband's leg

to make a 3D model

for Mr. Zhu

so he can sculpt custom measurements

the pathology photos

were swollen and black before amputation

yes

Mr. Zhu

is a famous artist

he only needs to see a 3D model

to recreate in his mind

your husband's leg when it was healthy

we can complete it tomorrow

and then

your husband's leg

toenahs

skin

will all be precisely represented

it will look brand new

President

miss oian is here

director Yang is here too

president

I'm here representing pathology for Mr. Zhang's leg

You can smell the aroma

If this wasn't accompanying your husband's body

I'd want to keep it here as an art display

This leg

looks more like my husband's leg than my husband's leg

beautiful

really beautiful

miss oian

may I ask

regarding your husband's funeral

is there anything else we can assist with?

President

Mr. Zheng's funeral is only awaiting this leg

we can attach it this afternoon

after that, there's only the funeral procession

cremation

and interment

in that case

let me know when it happens

okay

when it's time, I'll go

pay my respects to Mr. Zheng

will this leg

be cremated with my husband?

Of course

when this leg is returned to your husband's body

they'll be cremated together

after it's cremated

won't this leg

become ash?

Miss oian

human beings

after we're cremated

don't we all become ash?

When humans

are cremated, we become bone ash

when wood burns, it becomes only ash

bone ash and ash are not the same

miss oian

what...

What do you mean, the ashes are different?

Isn't it all ash?

When some people die

we burn a benz

burn a mansion

burn servants for them in the afterlife

isn't it all ash?

It's not the same

a benz and a mansion

are external things

bone ash is our selves

this leg is the same as a benz

it's a burnt offering

it's not originally his

what is this bullshit?

I used a piece of the finest wood

to carve your husband's stink-ass leg

now you say

you don't want it?

You want to me to display it

in my office

for visitors

to ask

"so pretty

whose leg is it?"

How the hell do I answer?

This isn't my husband's leg

look

here are your choices

one

face the facts

and go burn your husband

when he reincarnates

he'll grow a new leg

two

you take this leg

and put it with your husband's body

when it's cremated

this will all be over

three

stick your husband in a freezer

wait a while

and see if one day

he starts

sprouting

a new leg

president

I'll see you in court then

ma'am

when we opened clinics in the past

we'd hang a plaque with a philanthropic inscription

to express our

charity in thought and deed

but now, when we open hospitals

there's no plaque

do you know what's behind the wall now?

An army of

ruthless lawyers

get this woman out of here

then take this

my god

take this filthy thing out of my sight

Hello

yeah

I am

He died two days ago

is something wrong?

Health insurance

How long has it been?

About

half a month

has your leg

been injured before?

In the past

I had a car accident

I think you'd better get a hospital exam

doctor

tell me

it's fine

I can handle it

if you want my honest opinion

with your situation

it could be bone cancer

Will I need amputation?

Mr. Zheng

bone cancer treatment is

very advanced now

it's rare that amputation is needed

but surgery to clean out the disease

is definitely necessary

what are you saying?

You're talking about a crime

there are 2 kinds of insurance cards

one has a photo, the other doesn't

mine happens to have no photo

if there's no photo, they still need to see your national ID

John

when you see the doctor

besides your national ID photo

does anyone care if the rest is real or fake?

I'm telling you

health insurance cards

are impossible to forge

but national ids

aren't hard

even if I give you a totally clean health record

and apply for insurance

you'll still need to wait before getting a checkup

is it fine to drag out your illness?

The doctor said my symptoms

only just started

cancer isn't some fast-acting disease

if I wait 3 or 6 months

it should be fine

I think you've gone crazy

you know I haven't been doing well the past few years

not well?

Don't you always say you're doing great?

John

you know I'm a charming man

have you ever heard a charming man

say he's not doing well?

This is the first time I learned you're a charming man

John

what are you doing?

I'm in the dressing room

doing what in the dressing room?

Adjusting my look in the dressing room

why'd you shave like that?

Aren't we taking an ID photo?

Sit here

Do we need to do all this

for a fake ID photo?

My dad opened this studio

my dad's named John

strictly speaking, I should be John ii

I always thought this art would never be replaced

I never thought one day it would end

this camera hasn't been used in over ten years

and now it's being used to shoot your fake ID

come here

I've finished it

when I tell you to press

press down

Press

Who're you looking for?

I want to make an ID

What?

I want to make an ID

comein

national ID photo

you want it exact or ok-exact?

What's the difference?

"Exact" can pass most police spot checks

with ok-exact

you can get a bank notarization

or marry your mistress

ok-exact

It went smoother than I thought

John got me a clean health report

I applied to an insurance company

the company said

the insurance policy

would take effect after 90 days

in other words

I couldn't go to a clinic for 90 days

to get any cancer exam

after that, the only thing left to do was wait

I didn't eat much each day

I spent a lot of time walking

I felt very calm

sometimes I'd pass John's place

we didn't talk as much as we used to

it didn't mean we had a falling out

it meant that during this time

John was waiting alongside me

but waiting

is not an easy task

What's wrong?

It's nothing

Want to see a doctor?

It's nothing

you call this nothing?

Take a look in the mirror

I'll go with you

When a relationship comes to a deadlock

the best solution is for one party

to evoke sympathy in the other

I never thought of getting your sympathy

I only wanted

to quietly do something for you

I don't remember what happened that night

when I awoke

I was already in the hospital

how did I get here?

I taught class all day yesterday

I didn't see you there

I visited you in the evening

you didn't wake no matter how I tried

why would you do this?

You're sick but didn't see a doctor

are you still bitter?

I'm not bitter

but I thought you'd still be sour

hello

nurse

can you raise the bed up?

I want to see my leg

Mr. Zheng, don't worry

the diagnosis report will include photos

we will provide you a copy

what the hell is this?

Don't pretend politeness

and speak so impolitely

my husband just wants to see his leg

what's that to do with photos?

Excuse me

Dr. Gao

Mrs. Zheng

can I have a word?

Mr. Zheng's condition was untreated for too long

if we don't amputate, there's a risk of death

amputate?

Is there no other way?

Mrs. Zheng

this is something I've had to tell many patients' families

keep the leg and lose your life

or keep your life

and lose the leg

What did the doctor say?

Bone cancer?

Of course not

it's nothing to do with bone cancer

I got a call from the insurance company yesterday

they said zi-han had 20 million in cancer insurance

and the premiums expired just this month

they couldn't find him so they called me

I was dazed and confused

you were zi-han's best friend

had you ever heard about any insurance?

Did the insurance company say anything?

They gave some condolences

and then slithered away

so they didn't pay

a single penny

zi-han's insurance was for cancer

he died of a blood clot from septicemia

nothing to do with cancer

so of course the insurance company wouldn't pay up

Do you know anything about this?

Last month

zi-han's leg was uncomfortable, he saw a doctor

the doctor said it could be bone cancer

he came up with a plan

he told me to get a health exam

and used my health report to buy insurance

I told him it'd bite him in the ass

he said cancer cells wouldn't spread much in 3 or 5 months

I didn't imagine it'd turn out this way

you two look so different

how could that work?

I thought so too

but it turns out

it wasn't so difficult

how could zi-han be so dumb?

The doctor said

if he'd just started the medicine early, it would've been fine

he believed he put a terrible burden on you

he wanted to make it up to you with a few million

This was a photo of you

I always told him to take it home

he always said "next time, next time"

When's the funeral?

I don't know yet

why not?

His leg's still missing

Director pan

does your department

not make much money?

This department looks

different from the others

yes

our department has no surgeries

no tests

no patient visits

we don't make money

that's why we're in this tiny corner

then you should have free time

miss oian

if you keep making trouble

we'll all have a lot of free time soon

director pan

I just want to ask about the GPS

can't you tell me anything?

I don't know what oian wang was smoking

when he told you our garbage trucks use GPS

oian wang told me that after the truck left

my husband's leg would be incinerated in 84 hours

minus the last two days

all I have left is today

director pan

trust me

if you don't tell me

I will stay here with you

I will follow you home

when you go to sleep

I will be there

and I will tell your wife

you're a man who doesn't take responsibility

you're really sick

should I take you to the emergency room?

After the emergency room, I'll come back to find you

everyone in the hospital knows about your case

everyone knows you won't stop

sign a consent form, and you regret it

give you a new leg, and you don't want it

helping a fickle person like you

never ends well

director pan

don't be so serious

let me tell you one of my husband's favorite jokes

there's an old couple, married 50 years

one morning

they're sitting at the table eating breakfast

the husband tells the wife

"50 years ago, we used to take our clothes off

and eat breakfast naked."

The wife says

"so you think

we should take our clothes off now?"

So

The two of them

took their clothes off and ate breakfast

then the wife says

"darling

guess what?

My nipples

are burning hot for you, just like 50 years ago."

The husband says

"that's no surprise

because one of the nipples

is drooping into your coffee."

Miss oian

if you don't leave

I'm calling security

What the hell's this?

What hell are you?

Don't snoop through my stuff

the hell am I? The hell are you!

What's the problem?

We're fine, you're the problem

Director pan

just tell me where the truck is

is it so hard

to help a widow?

You're the most unwanted person

in the whole hospital

if you're fine, then get out

enough?

Enough?

If you don't go, I'll really call security

I'll fucking sue you

you won't tell me?

I'll sue you, director pan

hey, John

come pick me up

and pick up some stuff for me too

I'll text you what you need to buy

you don't have a car?

Can you borrow one?

I have no car either

my granny can't talk, she's terminally ill

I'll call you later

climb a thousand peaks

godspeed

I'll call you later

since we've met again

can you do me a favor?

Do you have a car?

Yeah

can you take me down south?

That's not cool

I thought your husband just died

and you know

I have a girlfriend

I'll explain in the car

It's already past 4:30

Hold on

this guy's really daring

driving that kind of car to this kind of place

you think the woman's in love?

Not with this kind of place

why couldn't there be love?

The chances are low

but I think the woman loves him a lot

he must've forgotten to pay

What the hell are you doing?

Can you drive like that?

What the hell?

Mr.huang

my name is oian

these two are my colleagues

John

and William

we're radiation specialists from the epa

on July 5th

an irradiated patient was amputated

the amputated limb was improperly disposed of

when we got the news, we tracked down your truck

isn't that lucky?

I'm going to burn it

if it gets burned

the radiation will blast everywhere

your factory will be toast

that's so fucked up

damn

wait, wait

you aren't anybody

epa my ass

what kind of car is that?

What kind of clothes are those?

You know you're holding a mosquito swatter?

Mr.huang

this isn't a mosquito swatter

this is the newest model

radiation detector

at 2:00 pm

you were on the national highway

on the nantou interchange at 4:30

past the culvert

besides the epa

who could track your GPS?

Fuck, you think I'm dumb?

You followed me here

and wrote down the GPS

you think I don't know?

Okay

you're so smart

you know we followed you

you know how many traffic violations you had?

Speeding

illegal Lane changes

littering cigarettes

also

how long did you park at that diner?

Is this waste truck

allowed to park by diners?

Were you playing with your lover?

What do you want?

Brother

my colleague here may look like lun-Mei gwei

but she only appears naive

everything she said is true

we are epa radiation technicians

we by accident

lost an irradiated specimen

if we don't get it back

we could end up

losing our jobs

however

if an accident does happen

the radiation could hit thousands of people

fuck, you're confusing me

I don't know whether to believe you

mr. huang

it's fine

you have two options now

option one

you can call the police

the police will retrieve the irradiated specimen

my colleague and I

will be written up

and punished

you will be written up for your

traffic and parking violations

option two?

Option two

you let us retrieve the irradiated specimen

I'll return it to the epa

our records will remain clean

and your lover at the diner

won't be discovered

help us to help you

this is called a win-win

how about it?

It's win-win-win-win

since there's 4 people

it's win-win-win-win

hold on though

I'm not going up there

no need

we'll search by ourselves

Be careful of radiation

That day when you asked me whether to intubate

my only thought was not to burden you

I was lost for words

I couldn't tell you much

even if I managed to recover

I'd end up weighing you down

my life

started out as an uncertain journey

it was you

now I should call you

miss oian

after I met you

I gained a direction

his body is intact now

he has let go of worldly things

Buddha will lead him to the other shore

please pay your respects

Could I have a moment alone?

I recall how I loved you at first sight

how I lost my way

I remember my regrets

and your tears

I still remember the first time you took me dancing

it felt like

you had taken me flying

I remember

my palms were sweating

like a girl afraid of heights

on a plane for the first time

later

when I saw you getting abused at the seaside

when I looked down at your face covered in bruises

ireahzed

I love you

not because you promised me anything

I love you

because you're the person I love

the time is here

my journey

is finished

I can only wish you safe happiness on your journey ahead

to reach those distances I couldn't see

zhhan

finding your leg

was the last thing I could do for you

To give you back your wings

I hope when you reach the other world

you can fly free

and find

what you lost long ago

now

I will wait in silence

hoping to meet miss oian again one day

at that time, I'll ask you for a dance

because long, long ago

someone once said

if love is enduring

it will outlast a brief separation

If it's possible

I hope in dreams

I can relive the feeling of

the first time you took me flying