Original subtitles

[Forever and Ever]

[Episode 2]

[To: Shi Yi]

You’ve been staring

at the screen for the whole night,

but you haven’t typed a word.

What’s so important

that you are this

cautious about it?

Just a girl I recently met.

You have a lady friend

whom I do not know of?

I’ve just met her,

and I’ve only seen her three times by chance.

Is she the kind that would marry you?

I notice

that when it comes to my marriage,

you are more anxious than anybody else.

She came to Xi’an for a trip.

She’ll leave the day after tomorrow.

I want to write her an email

to say goodbye,

but I’m not quite sure

how to word it.

Who would

write emails nowadays?

My suggestion,

give her a call

or ask her out for dinner.

That’s what normal people would do.

One last question.

What’s her name?

Shi Yi.

Shi Yi.

Thinking about that chemistry professor?

Rumor has it

the Junior Prince of Nanchen

only had one soul mate,

who was

the crown princess.

It was said that

after he died, the crown princess

jumped off a building and died for love.

She may have jumped off the library

or the city wall.

It reminds me of that story

when I stood here.

I can’t believe you!

We’re surrounded by stunning scenery

and all you could think about is that?

I’ll stop thinking about then.

Let’s go.

I wanna bring back some local specialties.

Would you like to eat Paomo one more time?

You want something spicy? How about hotpot?

Anything’s fine. You decide.

You bought so many.

Is your suitcase big enough?

It’s okay. I’ll cram them in.

They are not breakable.

Excuse me.

How may I help you?

I’m looking for a guest.

I have something for her.

Do you know

her room number?

I only know her name is Shi Yi.

I don’t know her room number.

According to our policies,

we can’t contact our guests.

You can call her

and ask her to come down.

I don’t have her phone number either.

I’m sorry, then.

Sir,

how about this?

You can leave the stuff here.

We can help you give it to her.

Please fill in the form.

Thank you!

You are welcome!

It’s such a nice place!

If it’s not for work,

I’d really love to stay for a few more days.

Then you stay. I’ll leave by myself.

Stop your nonsense!

Hello, this is the front desk.

Hello.

I’d like to know

if you offer printing services?

I need to print out

a document.

We have a printer at the front desk.

You can print it here.

Okay. Thanks!

I’m going to the front desk to print something.

All right.

All done.

Thanks!

Could you show me your ID?

I only have my work ID with me.

I didn’t bring other documents.

That’ll do.

Here you go.

[Work ID Visitor Register]

Okay. Thanks!

All right.

Thank you for your help!

You are welcome!

Excuse me.

Yes, ma’am?

Please help me

print out two copies of the file

in this USB driver.

Sure.

What’s your room number?

I’ll have it delivered to your room later.

312.

312.

Miss Shi?

There’s a package for you.

A gentleman just brought it here.

You came before I could deliver it to you.

His name is Zhousheng Chen,

from an institute.

When was he here?

Just a while ago.

He just left.

Thank you!

A college student asked me

to help him sell these.

He just graduated and thought it was

too much trouble to bring them home with him.

Have you met anyone

that keeps crabs as pets?

No one will ever buy them!

How much are they?

[Xi’an Museum]

A colleague of mine

at the institute gave this book to me.

If you like it,

you can keep it.

Zhousheng Chen.

[Mail To: Zhousheng Chen From: Shi Yi]

I got the book.

Could you give me your lab number?

I want to give you a call.

What have you been looking at?

Where did you get this?

Zhousheng Chen gave it to me.

He left the book at the front desk and left.

I tried to look for him, but he was already gone.

I was only a few minutes late.

[I’ve got the book. Could you give me your lab number? I want to give you a call.]

You sent him an email?

Let me feel your heartbeat!

Got butterflies there, huh?

He personally brought you a book!

Be careful!

There are many sticky notes inside.

Don’t drop them.

Sticky notes?

Some extra information

he added.

[An E-mail from Shi Yi]

[Sent]

[Zhousheng Chen]

[I’ve got the book. Could you give me your lab number? I want to give you a call.]

8696656.

Hello? May I speak to...

You got the book?

Yes. Thanks!

The book is quite nice.

It’s not one of those

travel books published just for money,

and it doesn’t have any ads inside.

I will read it carefully!

I saw there were many people at the bus station that day.

It took you quite a while to finally get on.

It was the first time I took a bus.

I didn’t expect it’d be that crowded.

I was going to give you a ride.

But turned out you guys left early,

and we had to trouble He Shan

to call us a cab.

No trouble at all.

You didn’t do it,

of course you’d say so.

Please thank him for me!

So,

are you having a good time in Xi’an?

Yes.

I went to the Ancient City Wall today.

Have you been there?

The Ancient City Wall?

I haven’t had time

to visit that place.

Then I recommend you go there.

You can get a very nice view of the city standing up there.

Most importantly, you can feel the history of that place.

Sure. I’ll visit that place when I have time.

Say something flattering!

What are you talking about?

Is your friend beside you?

It’s Hong Xiaoyu.

Then I’ll go back to work.

Okay.

Ask him out!

Tell him you are leaving!

Goodbye!

I’ve been curious

about what the institute looks like.

Could you show me around?

The institute is kinda boring actually.

But I happen to have some time today.

I think I can

give you a tour.

Okay! Then I’ll go look for you,

right now!

Here’s my address.

Hang on.

Okay. Go ahead.

[Xi’an Comprehensive Technology Research Institute Xi’an Modern Engineering Research Institute]

How may I help you?

Hi. I’m here to see Professor Zhousheng.

Do you have an appointment?

Yes.

Could you

give Professor Zhousheng

a call?

What’s your last name?

My last name is Shi.

Okay. Please wait a moment.

Thank you!

Professor Zhousheng.

A lady named Shi

is here to see you.

Okay.

Please wait here.

He’ll come out.

Okay. Thanks!

Hello? Meilin.

Hello?

Will you come back tomorrow?

If you’ll come back tomorrow,

I’ll book a recording studio

so that we can get to work tomorrow evening.

I will.

Oh, dear!

Thank God!

Say, Shi Yi,

you’ve secretly married

a low-key rich guy, haven’t you?

Or else,

how could you leave work

and go on a trip in a heartbeat like this?

I’ve only taken

one holiday this year, right?

Plus I’m not interested

in rich guys.

Tell me the kind of guy

you like.

I can keep an eye out for you.

[Entrance]

The person I like

must be a professor,

and

he must be a chemistry professor.

What?

A professor?

I have to go now.

You’re here.

I’ll help you register first.

Okay.

I can fill it in for you.

Let me.

Do you have your ID?

Yes.

Here.

Thanks.

All right.

All done.

Let’s go inside.

[Xi’an Modern Engineering Research Institute]

You look

a little different today.

I can’t describe it, though.

Sorry.

It’s such a quiet place,

but my shoes make noises.

It’s okay.

Many of the ladies here

also like wearing high heels.

Being in a research institute like this makes me feel

like I’m here to steal national secrets.

What are you thinking about right now?

This place smells good.

What do you do here?

I came this time for a visit and to attend seminars.

My lab is not here.

So what are they working on?

Halogen-free flame retardant composite materials.

Could you make it

easier to understand?

The materials used for wire insulation.

They need to be resistant to corrosion, not degrade in high temperatures, be fire resistant,

and need to last a long time.

Got you!

But your explanation

makes it sound ordinary now.

Don’t we already

have this type of material?

In fact, many of the techniques

need to be further improved.

Many cable insulation materials

in the tier one cities

need to be replaced,

which will cost a lot of money.

If

we can improve the manufacturing techniques

and make them

last longer,

it’ll save

a lot of money.

Now that you’ve put it that way,

it sounds like a worthy cause.

Miss Shi Yi?

It’s really you!

How did you know I was here?

I just came back

and they told me

that Professor Zhousheng brought a lady here.

I immediately thought of you.

You’ve never brought a friend here?

No. Never.

Now that you are here,

let’s have dinner together.

I’ll take you

to an authentic Xi’an restaurant!

Professor,

since you’ve invited her here,

you should be a good host

and treat her to a meal, right?

Would you like to have dinner with us?

I’m free tonight,

but

I want to look around a little more.

May I?

Then let’s

go to dinner

after touring the lab.

This way please.

Miss Shi Yi.

Instead of wine, I’ll use tea

to make a toast to you!

Thank you!

Miss Shi Yi.

What do you do?

I’m a dubber.

Oh, I’ve heard about this job.

It’s a very popular vocation nowadays!

I watched a TV program

where they invited dubbers as guests

or interviewed

the dubbers.

That’s right!

I’ve watched that program before.

You didn’t eat much.

In every episode, they invited...

You’ve been talking with them.

You didn’t see that I ate a lot.

Full?

Yes.

They all have appealing voices.

Excuse me for a moment.

Making them more charming.

Exactly.

Miss Shi Yi.

What works have you dubbed for in the past?

I did a lot of documentaries.

I rarely dub dramas.

But this year I dubbed

a new drama named One and Only.

Have you watched that?

Yes.

Sir, do you need a receipt?

No need. Thanks.

Professor Zhousheng.

I’ve told you

that the meal is on me.

It’s fine.

It’s on me.

Miss Shi Yi.

Are you his girlfriend?

No.

Careful about what you say.

I heard

Professor Zhousheng has a fiancee.

I’m sorry, Miss Shi Yi.

I didn’t know that.

It’s fine.

I still have things to do. I have to go now.

Let me take you back.

It’s okay.

I can easily get a ride.

It’s already late.

It’s not safe for you to go back alone.

Sorry, guys!

I have to leave now.

Bye-bye, Miss Shi Yi.

See you next time!

Bye.

I heard

the conversation between you and my students

at the restaurant.

They misunderstood the situation.

It’s not true.

I am thinking about getting married,

but I haven’t found the one I want to marry yet.

Okay, I’ll head in.

♫ Those familiar eyes ♫

♫ Lost the past when we shed tears ♫

♫ It won’t change ♫

♫ Our fate of encounter ♫

Do you believe in fortune-telling?

♫ The poem I’ll continue to write ♫

Fortune-telling?

♫ With your name in each line ♫

Technically

I do not believe in it.

But

if the result is

♫ If it started all over again ♫

good enough,

I’d subconsciously

♫ I’d still remember our love ♫

tell myself

that it’d come true.

♫ It took ♫

May I read your palm?

♫ Hundreds of centuries ♫

♫ For our love to begin ♫

You know how to read palms?

I’ve learned a little.

♫ There’s no way it’d end ♫

Kinda useless, though.

It may not be correct.

♫ When our story became history ♫

♫ In another world ♫

♫ There are another ♫

♫ Pair of longing eyes ♫

♫ Have been waiting ♫

♫ For that everlasting romance ♫

What do you see?

♫ The poem I’ll continue to write ♫

I can see your past.

♫ With your name in each line ♫

My past?

♫ If it started all over again ♫

Do you believe in reincarnation?

♫ I’d still remember our love ♫

We knew each other

in our previous lives.

♫ It took ♫

♫ Hundreds of centuries ♫

♫ For our love to begin ♫

♫ There’s no way it’d end ♫

Just kidding.

Hope you don’t mind.

I believe you.

It’s fate that bring

people together.

It’s really not like

something he would say.

So,

you’ll leave tomorrow, huh?

I have a lot of work waiting for me.

I have to go back.

Could you please

give me your

phone number?

Then when I

don’t have internet access,

I can at least call you.

It’s okay if you mind it.

I don’t mind!

But you don’t have a cell phone,

and I didn’t bring pen and paper.

Wait a sec!

It’s okay.

Just tell me.

I can remember it.

13141152099.

Got it.

Then I’m leaving.

Careful on your way back.

Okay.

Can’t sleep?

Then let’s stay up.

We have an early flight tomorrow anyway.

If someone tells you

that he’s thinking about getting married

but he hasn’t found the one he wants to marry,

how would you interpret it?

I want to get married,

but I haven’t found my Miss Right.

He said that to you?

It’s a good thing.

I think it’s his confession to you!

Is it?

I don’t think so.

You sure are happy about it!

Stop pretending!

Stop pretending!

Now,

let me analyze for you

what Professor Zhousheng is thinking about.

He’s thinking about this!

[Shanghai]

[Starting a business is like drinking. Set your dream free.]

[Recording Studio]

He’s a scientist?

From Xi’an?

I’m not sure.

Not sure?

I don’t think so.

He said

he’d leave Xi’an this week.

I guess he’s leaving for home.

Guess?

I can’t

keep asking him questions!

Fine.

So where is he from?

I’ve never asked.

Are you sure he’s not from Shanghai?

I’m sure.

No matter what,

it’s a long-distance relationship,

which is not good in the long run.

When your relationship develops,

would he move to Shanghai for you

or would you move

to his place?

All the jobs you have

and the studios you work with

are in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

If you move to another place,

it’d be very tiring traveling all the time.

Don’t you think you’re worrying too much?

People that don’t plan ahead will face troubles.

You can’t go further until you’ve

solved the practical problems.

Otherwise, you are just

wasting your time.

You need to ask him

about his home and family

in a subtle way.

Let’s talk about this another time.

Time to work.

You need to find out!

You...

Long-distance relationship.

[Zhousheng Chen’s lad]

Hello?

Hello. May I speak to Zhousheng Chen, please?

Professor Zhousheng?

He just left

Xi’an today.

He already left?

Yes.

Okay. Thanks!

In the library,

there was an unfinished poem of hers.

She even took it as one of her secrets.

After she grew up,

she started to understand

the real meaning of the poem.

“The woman’s beauty is offered,

while the man’s soul is taken.

For the affinity between one another,

the heart is overturned.”

She’s given her beauty and soul,

and I’m head over heels in love with him.

[Zhenjiang]

Chen.

Chen. Wenchuan.

Jiaren.

Mei Xing.

Chen. Wenchuan. Miss Tong.

Mr. Mei.

Chen.

You’ve grown up!

You’ve lost weight!

Have I?

His work is tough and his schedule is tight.

And he also works too hard.

Your brother is an innate workaholic.

So, how have you been doing?

Good.

Ren,

you’ve grown taller and stronger.

At least you know you need to come back.

Someone has been missing you like crazy,

but he’s too shy to tell you that.

Instead, he can only throw a tantrum.

What can we do?

He’s 14 now, going through a rebellious phase!

A rebellious phase!

Ren,

it happened to be your 10th birthday

the last time I came back.

Mei Xing, did you miss me?

Of course I did.

Let’s go.

How have you been doing?

How’s your studies?

Same old.

Not bad.

Since you are back,

I want to ask you

a few questions.

My mom told me you’d come.

I thought it was a lie.

When I called you last month,

you didn’t mention anything

about coming to Zhenjiang.

I didn’t say anything

because I was afraid you’d be upset

if I couldn’t make it.

I wouldn’t be upset.

But I’d be disappointed for a couple of days.

Really? Just a couple of days?

When you were little, it’d usually

take you at least a week to forgive me!

It’s way in the past!

Can’t believe you’re still bringing it up!

I’m not petty.

I just vividly remember it.

You are my only sister.

Of course I won’t forget it.

Let’s go.

You didn’t eat much at dinner.

Don’t like the food?

It was a long trip.

Your younger brother will get married before you do.

I’m not

so happy about this.

The girl I love hasn’t showed up yet. It can’t be forced.

Mom, Chen has just come back

and changed his clothes,

but you’re already nagging him about getting married.

He’d be even more reluctant to come back in the future.

I said that only because

he rarely comes back.

Since you are home now,

you should set a date for your wedding.

I hope you can get married in May.

I’ll make my own

decisions about my marriage.

Mom, I’m the one who’ll get married in April.

Would you think of me and Jiaren first?

Are you trying to help

your brother out?

You are not the only one who wants to see my brother.

My uncles are all waiting to see him too.

Chen, let’s go.

I’ll take my leave then.

Fine.

Have a chat with mom.

She’s so concerned about my brother’s engagement

that she had forgotten about you.

Come here.

Mom.

Uncle.

Chen.

It’s good

to have you back!

Uncles, thank you

for coming here!

You are finally home.

Of course we’d come to see you

even if there’s nothing important.

Don’t just stand there.

Sit down.

Please.

Chen, take a seat.

Okay.

Before I came back,

I’d been working on something.

I think you’ve all heard of it.

We have.

It’s an investment meeting, right?

It’s a good thing.

Yea.

But

no one here has stated their position on

whether you’d join or not.

Why are you all looking at me?

Chen is the future head

of this family.

You should all

listen to him.

Right?

In recent years,

we’ve been

investing in overseas projects,

like buying properties

and utility companies.

This has already shaken

the foundation of our family business.

For generations,

our family

has always had our foundations

rooted in the national industries

no matter

in times of prosperity or decline.

The key purpose for next month’s

investment meeting

is to attract investors

to develop the domestic manufacturing sector.

As the host of the meeting,

we’ll announce then that we are going

to redirect our investment funds

to domestic manufacturing.

That’s why I hope I can

get your

full support.

Chen,

you’ve just come back.

There’s no rush.

Take it slow.

Okay?

Yeah.

You just came back. Have some rest.

Regarding this matter,

it won’t be too late to make a decision

until you and your uncle reach an agreement.

Exactly!

Since we’ve made a public announcement

that we’ll hold an investment meeting,

then we must go through with it.

Moreover,

this is the first thing that Chen

is doing after coming back.

I, for one, will give

my full support.

However,

this meeting seems

more of a show

than of substance for our family.

Chen, you’ve just come back.

Take some rest first.

Some decisions

can’t be made

overnight.

Take a rest first.

Do you believe in reincarnation?

We knew each other

in our past lives.

Where are we going?

Uncle Lin,

how long does it take to drive

from here to Shanghai?

Driving during the night would take longer.

Four hours.

We’d get to Shanghai at about 11:00 p.m.

Let’s go to Shanghai.

Right now?

Yes.

For work?

[Family of Books and Ritual]

To meet a friend.

You have a friend in Shanghai?

Let’s go.

[Starting a business is like drinking. Set your dream free.]

Food is here!

[Recording Studio]

Director Wang, you came!

I knew when you guys would be here!

Come on! Let’s eat!

Come!

Here.

[“Drunk in Love” The Lost Romance]

Shi Yi.

Well...

If you don’t like the food,

I can bring you to another place.

Miss Shi, your phone.

Thanks!

When you were inside recording,

you got several calls.

All right. I’ll go make a phone call.

Thank you, Director Wang!

Thank you!

Cut it out!

Hello?

Who is this?

It’s me, Zhousheng Chen.

Oh! It’s you!

Have you finished work?

Just. That’s why I missed your call.

It’s all right.

If you have time,

would you like to have supper with me?

Sure. Where?

Tell me your address.

I’ll go pick you up.

It’s okay.

You can send me the address of the restaurant.

I’ll meet you there.

Let me pick you up.

Okay.

I’ll send you

my address in a bit.

Okay.

I’ll let you know when I’m there.

Bye-bye.

[Recording Studio]

Are you okay?

I’m fine.

You look so different!

Because of the suit?

This is what I

usually wear when I’m

not at the institute.

Does it bug you?

Not at all!

It fits you perfectly!

Why did you insist on picking me up?

Well, it’s already midnight

and you don’t have any security guards here.

I was concerned

about your safety.

Let’s go then.

Miss Shi Yi. Nice to meet you!

You, too!

Is this your car?

Please get in.

Thanks!

The job this time is quite nice.

They even assigned a driver and a car for him.

Should I say something?

Did you

meet someone important before this?

A few elders.

How come he always gives

short responses

that leads to nowhere?

What a weirdo!

Lucky for you, I don’t mind that!