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Destiny. Is it an accident?

Answer it or not? Answer it or not?

I just caught this bit of news on TV by chance too

At the time I already had an indescribable feeling

I didn't know you then

That's how Xiao Tong became my friend for life

I haven't got a cold

This is the procedure

All right, then.

We often meet and look after each other at the hospital.

If he doesn't come, I worry.

There are too many things that bother me

Take my fiance for example

Zazabo, take another look

Actually McDonald's not too bad, just his nose is a bit big

I just don't like him.

You just take this

I don't feel anything

Feeling's not so important. Security is more important

I think feeling's important, the most important thing

Here comes Xiao Tong

I see you're talking to yourself.

I'm talking to Zazabo

There's no Zazabo

Yes there is

How come you're not at the hospital?

I'm Ok now.

I want to write a book

What book?

A premarital autobiography.

Oh?

I'm not going to marry until it's finished.

You're just avoiding the issue, aren't you?

You'd best be straight with him.

I want all my ex-boyfriends in the book.

Am I the main male character?

Of course not.

Why?

Because you're just not.

West Lake's water's getting much better now.

Two points higher than three years ago

Where were you then?

In Beijing. I was busy working on that great script

People in this world are just like the stars in the sky

They look bright and shiny

But inside they're very Ionely

Their days Ionely,

they just put up with it and survive

That's all that stops them falling out of the sky

Then I saw you. You left a deep impression.

Hello. Hello. Oh, it's you, Baobao.

I miss you too.

I'm in Hangzhou, on the shore of West Lake

I'm notjust sightseeing. Lots of people behind me.

Beautiful West Lake! Glorious West Lake!

This is the twentieth time I've been here.

What am I doing here?

You're a cheat,

a bastard,

a bum.

Tian Shui

Hello. I'm not Xiao Yu.

She's out. Didn't take her phone

Hi, Can I have a fresh coffee

Mmm

This is a nice shop. You the boss?

My name's Qin. What's yours?

Hey, Miss Can I request a song?

Sure.

Happy Birthday to me

In this Ionely love

I feel a bit blue.

Ever 0.01 of a millimetre between us.

I'm your land

Your despair, your helplessness

Are all buried in my heart.

I'll follow the wind

Say goodbye, become air.

And we'll breathe together

We'll breathe together. We'll breathe together

Together Forever

Happy Birthday

Oh, thank you

Can I sit down?

Sit down please.

Delicious!

Thank you.

You sang very well just now

Really?

What made you choose that song?

Who sings it? How come I've never heard it?

A friend wrote it for me.

A handsome boy wrote it for you, eh?

Actually, pretty girls often get material gifts.

Only a few very lucky girls

get such more spiritual gifts.

W... what about me?

You're lucky, of course

You... You can really... really sweet talk a girl

W... what I'm saying is absolu... lutely true

Why do you m... mimic me

I... I'm not mimicking you

You mimicked me. Mi... micked my stutter

I di. Didn't. I... I stutter a bit when I'm n... nervous

Usually I don't stutter at all

Oh, So... so do I.

A Qin

Xiao Yu

The cake's g... good

I m... made it myself. It's c... called Portuguese Princess.

What sort ofjob do you do?

I'm a m... movie screenwriter

A screen writer. What have you written then?

U... up to now I've written a few television series.

But I don't like doing TV series

I like to write movies

I've just finished my first movie script

A Qin? You're... You're not from Hangzhou, are you?

Hey, that's enough. That's enough

I'm not

I think I read about y... your girlfriend in the newspaper.

The newspaper?

The name was...

Peipei

Oh, Baobao

Zhenzhen? Lingling? Which month's n... newspaper?

I guarantee I'm s... straight with them.

It's just my eyes wander a little. Which month?

It seems... she's called Baobao

Definitely can't be. Baobao's my m... most recent

Y... you're having a go at me. How could y... you know?

Hello. Yes, I didn't have my telephone with me.

Mmm, OK. You want to come, then come. OK. Yeah. Yeah.

Your boyfriend?

Mmm.

Is it the songwriter?

Take yo... your time.

The cake's really good

Thanks

I don't want to see him

See who?

McDonald!

Can you act this way?

Yes, I can. I don't want to see McDonald.

Can you really act this way?

Yes. If you want to, you go see him yourself.

I don't want A Qin to see him.

Can you really act like that?

Yes, I can. Yes, I can. I don't want to see him.

Don't want to see him. Don't want to see him.

No need to shout. Don't shout. I'll lock you in.

You dare.

You think I don't dare? Come here.

Ah.

Zazabo doesn't want to see McDonald

because something happened again yesterday.

Zazabo, we need to have a good chat with McDonald today.

We need to have a serious talk.

But you must be a bit patient.

Xiaotong said it. You can'tjust hide.

I don't want it on my mind the rest of my life.

My parents really like you.

They want us to go home. Marry in America.

My mum and dad set up the teahouse.

I changed it to look like this.

I want to stay. Hangzhou. Carry on with the shop.

I'm just thinking about your happiness.

You're thinking of my happiness? I'm sacrificing for you.

I don't want to go back to being white collar.

Not white collar. To be my wife

Well, I'll have to ask Zazabo.

Who's Zazabo? Is it your grandmother?

I like talking to myself.

I mean, me and myself

My brain talking to my heart

Do you understand?

I mean I have another name for myself.

Who's Zazabo?

I've already told you. Zazabo's me.

This is called speaking from the heart.

No it's not. No it's not,

It's called schizophrenia.

What's that?

It's you, but not yourself.

No. All right. I'm just schizophrenic! Right?

I also want to tell you

I'm not human. I'm a cat!

Communication failure.

Hi, Mr McDonald, hello.

Where's Xiao Yu?

She went out. Something urgent.

All right. I'll wait for her.

Okay.

Please take a seat.

Don't be angry. She's new. Don't be upset.

Not enough training.

Sorry. We'll be more careful next time.

I beat you.

- Hello. - Thank you.

You are welcome.

- Hello. - Thank you.

- Is the tea in here? - Yes, it is.

Open it, the tea is in here.

Smell's great!

Come on, have a cup of tea.

Sip it slowly.

You know something? Every birthday I run away.

From what?

Girlfriends

You don't like them?

I DO like them.

But you know, if you're with this one

You feel s... sorry for the others

You're with that one, you feel sorry for this one. You know.

I understand.

How about y... you? Your boyfriend?

You have a boyfriend. Is he coming?

Seems he's a bit busy today, so we changed the day.

You're the first girl

I've spent my birthday with for a few years.

You've got a smooth tongue.

But I really mean it.

Oh, that's not what I mean.

Forget it.

What's wrong? You seem a bit unhappy.

It's nothing.

Would you cry in front of your girlfriend?

Why?

This house... er... this house... How old is it?

What you said reminded me of something painful.

I'll tell you everything. It started yesterday.

The boss came. Director Liang came too.

Director Liang?

That's right.

Why did HE come?

Boss Wu, what do you think of my. Script?

Main thing is I've added a few new scenes,

a few new characters. For example, a middle-aged man.

Because he's always tried to be a real gentleman,

In the end he becomes deeply depressed and goes mad.

What's wrong? Is he mentally ill?

He isn't mentally ill. Nothing to do with mental illness.

So what's his deal?

Lf, for example, he sees a drunk driver kill someone

he wants to do something. Any crazy incident,

he wants to be involved

In the end, he refuses to just be depressed...

Hey! Pay me back for my car!

He goes beserk.

You've improved a lot on the original.

There was no way we could use that.

Boss Wu, Director Liang is here. Is it for...?

Well, he's the director.

Didn't you say I was to be director?

But the stars lack confidence with a new director.

For over a year I've spent every day writing this...

I didn't take any pay for it.

That was because you'd told me I could direct it.

That's the only reason I did it.

Is there something else?

The writer said you could change what you liked.

Any revision's all up to the director's creativity,

But if one word is his

It still has only the writer's name.

Not much different from the Mafia!

You said fifty thousand.

Boss, it's 30,000 an episode for a TV series -

an episode a day. I put my soul into this.

Boss, this is ridiculous, don't you think?

If this is not good enough for you, then it's a pile of trash.

Too ridiculous!

No conscience. No conscience. Not a shred.

Why is life so cruel?

Can't you show a bit more interest?

What's wrong? You're crying.

No way.

Look.

Baobao. Sweet Baobao.

You and I don't know each other very well.

Why do you tell me such personal stuff?

Don't you know? Talking personal matters with a stranger

is the safest.

Talk with a friend, next day the whole city knows.

So you put all your feelings into your singing?

Only when singing, you can really express your feelings.

Hard to believe. Too hard, I'd say.

You're really perceptive.

I'm a Hangzhou girl, you know

West Lake is magnificent.

Poets of every dynasty have written about it.

The waters of West Lake are virtually composed of poetry.

West Lake itself is a fairytale.

Every piece of architecture here has literary allusions.

Most have several hundred or a thousand years history.

The past, the present, the future are all entertwined.

Real stories and old legends

All crowd together in one space.

West Lake is a timeless, misty world.

(Beijing)

Baobao. You're up, eh.

I got back from Hangzhou at midnight last night.

I didn't want to disturb you by calling.

Uh... too fast? I wouldn't call it too fast.

About 90 steps a minute

Usually I walk at more than 100

In Hangzhou I only did about 40 a minute.

I crawled like an ant.

Hey, here's a riddle for you.

OK, but not too hard.

No, it's not hard. It's "Two questions about a Sparrow"

The first: There were more than ten sparrows in a tree

Then a hunter aimed his gun at the sparrows. And 'bang! '

One shot. Why was the last sparrow killed?

I can't guess. Too hard.

You're so dumb. How about the second one.

On a tree sat a single sparrow

The hunter aimed at the sparrow. 'Bang! ' the gun went off.

There were three holes in the sparrow's body. Why?

I don't know.

How dumb can you be?

Do you want to know? I'll tell you.

First one. There were about ten sparrows, weren't there?

Then the hunter aimed at the sparrows, right?

The sparrow just sat there waiting

Finally, the last sparrow was very curious and said

Why's he taking so long to shoot? Why so long?

Why hasn't he fired? "Bang! ' And he fell down dead.

You're the sparrow.

Shut up! There's still the second question.

The second one, there was one sparrow, right?

Then the hunter aimed at the sparrow, right?

Then, the sparrow said, "You can't hit me,

you can't hit me!" 'Bang! ' Got him.

Very silly.

One, two, three and all the bullets hit him.

Funny, isn't it.

Waitress, have you got Portuguese Princess?

What sort of geese?

Portuguese. Forget it. Forget it. Can I have the bill?

Let's go see Xiao Wu.

Who's Xiao Wu?

She's amazing, Xiao Wu. There's the money there.

It's not here.

Where's this?

It's here somewhere.

Miss Wu?

Get in the queue. Can't you see all those people waiting?

Hey, waiter, have you got Portuguese Princess?

Is that some sort of wine?

What? No. Forget it.

What's Portuguese Princess?

Ever since Hangzhou, you've been looking for it.

It was a dessert on the plane. Very nice.

Hey, it's you turn.

Me. OK. Let's go.

First read the characters on the screen.

Uh, fortune-telling is just for fun. It's not real.

OK, who's going first?

You first. I'm going to the bathroom. Excuse me.

We're getting married. Can you see if it'll work out or not?

No.

Can you tell? You didn't ask my birthday character yet.

We won't be together very long?

You won't even marry her.

That can't be. I love her very much.

You just feel sorry for her.

You know why. How many times?

Once. Only once.

Really? No.

Too many abortions will affect a girls' chances for children.

You be sorry then.

We have a lot in common.

What do you mean by in common?

For example, I really like aromatic oils. I bought her a bottle.

I have a present for you, aromatic oil.

Ah, hey, you didn't!

Wow! The brand and the scent are exactly the same.

Another example, we have the same ideas about things.

Zhang Ziyi describes herself as the sexiest of women.

She's probably never seen Shu Qi.

We often come up with the same things. That's true.

I guess you're very nice to the girls.

I guess so. Either way, when I'm with any girl

I immediately know what size clothes she wears,

What styles she likes

Then take a look at me

Spread your arms out. Size 34. Right? What about your shoes?

Size 34. I'm definitely right.

Usually, I read their palms too.

But I'm not professional like you.

Take a look at mine then.

OK then. Man left, woman... this one.

What's your star sign?

Virgo

Hard to get along with. What's your blood type?

B.

B type people use both sense and sensibility.

Still, hard to get along with. Wind signs.

Hey, what are you doing?

Fortune-telling.

Who's telling whose?

Baobao.

Hey, Baobao! Why so serious? I was just playing.

I truly love you only.

Crap!

Life's already stressful enough. Don't be...

Talking rubbish with that girl doesn't relieve any pressure.

You think only you've got pressure? I've got pressure too.

Every time I see you smooth-talking another woman -

that's MY pressure.

You think only you have such great pressure.

I have too. You bastard. Leave me alone. I hate you.

Driver, see that she gets home safely.

Be good. I'll call you.

Hello. Peipei. What? Now's not too convenient.

I'll give you a call tonight. OK? Good girl

Crap!

It'd be good if you'd asked him his phone number.

What can you do now? Nothing.

Can you just shut up for a bit, eh?

Now you're sorry. There's no cure for regret.

You can't buy medicine for it, I tell you.

Do you know how annoying you are?

A West Lake Moment

You want Tian Shui? She hasn't come back yet. OK?

You don't need to look. It's McDonald for sure.

That guy hasn't got your phone number.

You didn't give your number and you didn't ask for his.

Just shut up for a bit.

Nobody'll think you're dumb.

Who are you waving to?

There's a customer coming. Just shut up.

That's your reflection. Hahaha...

Hi, Xiao Yu. I've got something to show you.

This is a picture of Earth from the satellite.

Look up the top. Russia is mostly green.

Two thirds of our country is yellow.

How can it be that terrible?

It's just something ecology students

like you have invented, isn't it?

Just sensationalism.

Once, the Eight-Power Allied Forces prepared to attack us.

The Empress Cixi asked her ministers what to do.

The ministers said

Empress Cixi, don't listen to their nonsense.

There aren't that many countries in the world.

There is no America, Britain, Japan, France, and Russia

There just aren't.

You take me for an idiot?

Not at all. Universities here never had this major before.

People have just begun to care about the environment.

No one ever thought before we could destroy our planet.

Well, what can we do now?

Now we have to gradually rescue it.

It'll take decades, or more than a hundred years.

Anyhow, we've made a start.

Only through understanding death, do you begin to live.

Sorry, I didn't mean to make you unhappy.

It's OK. What about your girlfriend?

I met someone recently.

That's good, isn't it?

But he seems more like a playboy.

Does he like you?

I don't know.

You seem confused.

You can't dream ALL the time.

That's why I'm with McDonald.

Because he makes me feel safe.

But?

But? Zazabo doesn't like him.

Zazabo again.

Zazabo likes YOU

But?

But? But? I still think you're too young.

I graduated from university two years ago.

But you're still young, you know.

Girls always like to be with a more mature man.

You should call me 'Big Sister'.

But my hand is bigger than yours.

Yes, bigger than mine. Much bigger.

My shoulders are wider than yours.

I'll play a game with you. If you win,

I'll call you big sister.

OK, OK.

Come on!

Right. Put out your hands. Do this. Count to 100.

Close your eyes. If your hand doesn't touch mine,

You win. A hundred times? OK?

Ready? Start.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

eleven, twelve. Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

sixteen, seventeen, eighteen

Come over! Come on!

Come on! Come over!

Did you come to Hangzhou just to eat this?

Really, I couldn't find it in Beijing.

You looked for it?

Yeah, I looked.

There's no way you'd find it.

True, I couldn't find it.

Because I sprinkled special green tea powder on the top.

Really? What green tea powder?

A secret.

That's it. Nice music. Very nice cake.

But I really hope you can come for a walk with me.

What's the matter?

I'm to get married, but I don't really feel comfortable.

I feel like I'm falling into a black hole.

Everyone probably feels a bit uneasy before they marry.

Are you getting married too, then?

No.

Liar!

Summer. Lots of flies.

It doesn't worry me to tell you straight what I really feel.

That's right. You said if you talk to me as a stranger,

it feels safer.

Yes, that's about it.

Not long ago a drunk driver hit four people.

Two died and two were seriously injured.

That was me. Me and Xiao Tong.

I know about this.

My inspiration to revise the script came from this news.

Really.

How's Xiao Tong now?

Xiao Tong has become my best friend.

You two are...?

No, we're not, but we're very close.

We're always just 0.01 of a millimeter apart.

Xiao Tong is a thinker. Since the accident,

he always says

Only through understanding death, do you begin to live.

Just like one who knows he's going on a long journey

putting all his affairs in order

I want to tell you my secret.

All right.

I always have the idea that there's another me inside me

That me is a little child. He's frightened of everything.

You understand?

I mean I've already grown up

but inside I'm still just a little kid.

I don't know how to cope with what goes on around me.

No confidence. Afraid of being hurt.

Sometimes I can persuade him,

but sometimes he can really influence me.

Do you understand what I mean?

Yes.

You're very much like me.

When I was young, my parents always went away to work

So my grandparents were closest to me.

In the teafields you have to shout. Come, shout with me.

Let's see if we're lucky.

Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa! Grandpa!

Oh, Xiao Yu. You're here.

Yeah.

Hello Grandpa.

We were lucky.

Grandpa, I've brought a friend to see you.

Fine. That must be McDonald. 'How are you? '

How come he doesn't look like a westerner?

He not.

I'm not one.

Let's go inside for some tea. Come on.

McDonald. He's a foreigner, huh?

So what?

You haven't brought him to see your grandparents?

No.

Why have you brought me here?

Why not?

We'll drink new tea today.

OK.

Let's try this. It's the real West Lake Longjing tea.

We planted it ourselves. It's this year's new tea.

Come on. Have some fruit.

Thanks Grandma.

Sip it slowly.

You can look at some old photos for a bit.

I'm going to help grandma prepare the fruit.

Xiao Yu, he seems nice.

Quite educated. He talks quite pleasantly.

Aargh!

What's wrong?

What's the matter?

W... Who's this?

It's me.

Is this your brother?

N... No. I... uh... I don't know who he is either.

It's me!

It couldn't be.

Why were we t... together when we w... were little, then?

How come y... your photo's here?

You're my lost sister?

Do y... you have a little sister?

No.

G... grandpa, where d... did this photo come from? Who is this?

I... I don't know. I... I f... f... forget.

Hello. Hello.

Do coincidences like this happen? Pretty cool, eh!

But afterwards it wasn't so cool

I don't really understand how you men think.

First tell me what happened.

After he saw the picture, he started making phone calls.

It can't be, Pa. What a coincidence! Ok. All right.

I'll talk to you later. I'll hang up now. Bye.

My father said that when I was little

We came here and while I was playing at West Lake

I saw a very pretty little girl

and I had my picture taken with her.

Then we met when we were little

Afterwards we sent the photo to your family.

After that he kept looking at his watch.

This is not the right time. I've got to go.

Because I've got a flight to catch.

Xiao Yu. Go after dinner. Go a... after dinner, all right?

He insists on going now.

I'll take you to the airport.

He was very reluctant.

After he got in the taxi, he slept all the way.

Not a word.

When we said goodbye, he turned and said

Actually, I think the photo is definitely a coincidence.

There are many coincidences like that in life, aren't there?

So, we shouldn't take it t... too seriously, right?

Then he just went through security.

What do you think his deal was?

Does he have feelings for me, or not?

Did he look back after he went in?

Hello sir. Can you show me your ticket?

No.

What do you make of it?

In such a situation, if a man doesn't look back

there could be two reasons.

One is to use body language to tell you

he doesn't want to see you anymore.

The other reason then?

The other is that he was crying and didn't want you to see.

Crying? I don't think so.

Then it was the first reason.

You're tricking me. You're jealous of him.

You don't want me to think about him. Right?

Well, just a little.

Still, he really didn't look back.

But he's still on my mind.

You should think of things positively.

People say you should expect the worst,

but I say you should hope for the best.

That way, you won't give up.

Then, what if it turns out for the worst?

If a door closes, a window opens.

No wonder you never give up. Waiting for the window

Lots of flies in summer.

Yeah,

let's go. Let's go.

Don't be too upset. I'm here with you.

One day you're going to marry too.

No way. I want to be with you forever.

Are you so sure? You're still very young.

As long as you're willing to play a game with me,

we'll always be together.

You're going to play a trick on me again?

It's not a trick.

OK, but I'm definitely not going to close my eyes.

All right, but you need to hold your breath for a while.

How long?

Just count to three. That'll do.

We blow out all of our air.

Hold you breath until you've counted to three

And then?

From now on, whenever you breathe,