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♫ On the surface of the shimmering sea ♫

♫ Blocked by the navy blue sea ♫

♫ It doesn’t matter; time will not be forgotten ♫

♫ My mask is torn; you met me ♫

♫ Wings were burnt by promises ♫

♫ But my faith does not cease ♫

♫ Clowns can still sing proudly among ridicule ♫

♫ My longing is bound by your gaze ♫

♫ Sweat severs the doubt to move forward ♫

♫ Clowns are not afraid to be broken ♫

♫ Time burns to ashes ♫

♫ And it doesn't matter ♫

♫ And it doesn't matter ♫

♫ And it doesn't matter ♫

[Symphony's Romance] ♫ And it doesn't matter to me ♫

[Episode 14]

Let me discuss with you about conducting styles.

Last time, you made your point.

I thought about it and you were right, but—

I still have classes. Don't look for me!

Look! Last time at the gathering,... Don't go!

Wait for me! Let me borrow this.

Li Zhenyan, last time at the gathering,

the point that you made... Why are you walking so fast? I know where you'll be.

This has nothing to do with your conducting style.

A mediocre conductor sets the tempo first,

then mechanically waves his baton with the beat, right?

You have to study the music along with the other works

and learn how to express it. That's really important!

What you are lacking now is the kind of happiness, joy, and excitement on stage.

That's why you reject any body movements.

These movements are actually your expressions. Understand?

Expression through body movements as part of my style?

[Team S's Graduation Performance: Today!]

This long-awaited day has finally come.

I, the lucky charm, finally have a chance to perform with everyone,

especially with this Team S that no one has any expectations of.

We're all together on stage and performing music that belongs to our youth.

I'm so happy. I'm grateful that Fei She'er came.

It was him who discovered us and brought us together

to form our very special Team S.

He took us from our undisciplined conditions in the beginning

to gradually understand and help one another,

so that we can become a strong force.

The only regret is

Li Zhenyan... can't perform with us.

We know that's because he has more important things to do.

Therefore, we all bring him with us in our performance.

This is really Team S's last performance.

So I'm a little sad but also very happy

because I have this group of friends.

We can laugh together, play together, and eat and drink together.

We all work together in the same direction.

To be able to meet you all and Li Zhenyan

is the happiest thing that has happened to me.

I wish these moments will be preserved forever in our hearts.

I wish that our youthfulness will never fade.

Master Fei, why are you here?

Shouldn't you be rehearsing in the auditorium?

I found some time to come find you.

Did Li Zhenyan come here with you?

It's a pity our performance has already ended,

but we have succeeded.

Later, when you all perform, I'll applaud loudly.

You're looking forward that much to our performance?

Because Li Zhenyan is there.

Xiaowo, tell me! What are you going to do in the future?

In the future?

In the future? That's very far away.

Think about it well! For example, what is your dream?

My dream...

is to become a kindergarten piano teacher

and... to be together with Li Zhenyan.

So my dream is to be a piano teacher

and to be with Li Zhenyan at the same time.

I don't want to ever separate from him.

It's embarrassing to say that out loud.

Being with him forever does sound really great

but... that is really hard to come true.

Look! Li Zhenyan has just stepped on his real stage

and he will go even further.

What about you?

If you are always like this, one day...

you won't be enough for him. Do you want that?

What do you mean?

Time is up! I should get on stage.

Little Lucky Charm, to be able to spend time with you these days,

Fei She'er is very happy.

I will gift this to you. This is my lucky charm.

I hope that it will help you.

Xiaowo,

time treats all of us the same.

Hello!

There're a lot of people here today. It's full!

True! It's a performance from Master Fei.

If Song Ran and he performed together, there would be an even bigger audience.

All students from our music school are first class.

Where are you going? The performance is about to begin.

Taking a walk around the area.

This really is exciting but also difficult to bear.

I will tell you this in advance.

Even at this moment now, I still won't go with you in the end.

Okay.

With this stage, let's just enjoy the music.

Let's go!

At this moment, my blood is racing.

My body is entirely filled with excitement and passion.

So this is what it feels like to be on an international stage.

This is the moment I have been waiting for.

I thought that I wouldn't be able to have this opportunity

but right now, I truly believe in it.

It is worth the persistence and the wait.

Li Zhenyan, how you convey the inspirational power of music

to the audience through your body language

is every musician's

most basic and important task.

Li Zhenyan has just stepped on his real stage

and he will go even further. What about you?

If you are always like this, one day...

you won't be enough for him.

Can you feel when Tchaikovsky wrote this song,

the pain in his heart,

the struggle, as well as his yearning for a beautiful future?

Can you feel it?

He thinks that, for you to completely understand,

you'll need to have first-hand experience.

Amazing! This smooth and exciting rhythm.

He really is a master.

Actually, every master musician in the world

has experienced rock-bottom in life.

If they hadn't had copious emotional support, they might not have a future.

This piece, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, when it was first written,

was heavily criticized and received many complaints.

However, Tchaikovsky still staunchly believed in himself and didn't change a single note.

After it was performed, it received a warm and enthusiastic reaction.

He finally received the world's approval.

At long last, he had people listen to a tune encompassing the sentiments of youth.

He let them listen to such grandiose momentum

and a high-spirited and radical melody.

Is it going to end? I don't want it to end.

I want him to teach me even more. I want to listen more.

I want to experience this kind of music more and this kind of stage.

Can you feel it? This type of whole-hearted reverberation

is like coursing through all lives.

I can feel it. This moment of reverberation is true happiness.

I hate to see it go. I don't want it to end.

Truthfully speaking, I didn't really understand it in the beginning.

That's why I rejected you.

you still invited me to perform this piano concerto, now I understand.

What do you understand?

This kind of experience, this kind of stage,

you wanted me to look for, among the purity of the music,

a sense of happiness and joy.

What do you think? Do you want to go with me?

- Right now, it's not too late. - Don't think too much!

I won't change my decision after I've made it.

This stubbornness is the same as your father's.

It can't be helped.

To be honest, Master Fei.

I'm really thankful for you.

Did you know? Tchaikovsky

wrote three piano concertos in his life.

Among them, Piano Concerto No. 1 in 1874 is the most popular one.

He said before, the reason why he wrote music

was because through music, he could fully express his emotions and feelings.

Throughout his life, he persistently expressed what he wanted to.

And what made him express his feelings the most through music

was his themes.

Almost all his pieces were successful.

Of course, his hard work and efforts were behind that.

Kiddo, almost every musician,

goes through an unknown period of pain and struggle.

This pain should not become shackles

but instead, should spark a transformative change within you.

Let this pain motivates and drives you,

and places your hope within it.

All right, count this as the last class

I'm teaching you before I leave.

Okay, I'm heading back to sleep.

Okay.

Li Zhenyan has just stepped on his real stage

and he will go even further. What about you?

If you are always like this, one day...

you won't be enough for him.

Master Fei, are you really going to leave?

Leaving now

is the most suitable.

I can understand.

However, Masters like you,

being able to come to our school and teach the students

is an honor of every student and teacher at this school.

I want to emphasize again,

what the students of Team S and Team A have learned,

will affect their whole life.

Director Meng,

all musicians have their own habits and personalities.

These kids are the same.

I just hope the school can provide more opportunities

and have more patience to find their potential.

A miracle is created at the right time and place with the right people.

Our Paci,

every nook and cranny is a place of creation,

every day is a time of creation,

and every person is the creator.

- Don't you agree? - Okay. Don't worry.

I will definitely remember your words in my heart

and put your idea

into our school's teaching in the future.

Take care!

There's no time, 5 minutes.

- I know. - I'll wait for you in the car.

This time,

you're really leaving.

You won't suddenly come back again?

If you want me to, I can buy an airplane ticket to fly back immediately.

I guess I'm going to save you from buying the airplane ticket.

Okay, I really have to leave now.

Do you still remember the watch you gifted me?

These years, I've always had it with me.

My entire lifetime, I've always chased after time.

I always wish to go before time and do more.

I've chased and rushed, I don't regret anything.

But I realize now, everyone's time is the same.

I'm already at this age.

I'm too tired to run and I don't want to anymore.

I just want to walk slowly,

just like how we often take walks around the school.

Actually, every stage of life is already set.

I've already entered the second stage of life.

I should pass the baton to these kids.

I understand what you mean.

Thank you for sending me off.

In this lifetime, the two of us did everything for music.

You and I both didn't marry.

But why can't we be together?

That year we didn't properly say goodbye,

we'll do it properly today.

This isn't goodbye.

You still have a long way to go, She'er.

Take care!

When we see each other again, marry me.

I will consider it.

♫ On the surface of the shimmering sea ♫

Why didn't you all go to classes?

Master Fei, why do you suddenly have to leave?

- Don't go, Master! - If you leave, what are we supposed to do?

That's right, Master. Don't leave!

- You finally found your disciples— - All right, all right, all right.

I hate these kinds of emotional scenes.

If I knew earlier, I wouldn't have told you all.

Actually, I'm not a full-time teacher,

it's about time for me to leave.

I need to earn money, right? I also need to support myself, right?

Are you all trying to stop me from becoming rich?

- We don't want you to leave. - We don't want you to leave, either.

Don't be like this, be good!

The next time I come back, I hope every one of you

can be shining on the stage

with your own talents.

Okay,

- I should leave now, good bye. - Don't leave!

- Fei She'er. - You can't leave today.

No one can make you leave.

Don't leave anymore.

Just head back!

What are you thinking about?

You came?

These days, I could never find you.

You didn't pick up your calls and you were not in the dorms.

Where did you go?

I wanted to be alone.

Things are already like this, we should think of the good side.

I found some recruitment information for the big orchestras in Europe

and their competitions. Take a look!

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Did you pass your interview to study abroad?

- I passed. - When are you going?

Don't worry! No matter when I'm going,

I'll wait until your things are settled

and leave with you.

You actually don't have to do that, Caiwei.

You don't have to look up these things for me.

I found a way to go abroad.

What is it?

There is an agent that's really interested in me.

He said there is a foreign orchestra that wants me.

So, I might go there to be the assistant conductor.

That's so good!

I just knew people would find you.

In the past, I hesitated if I should study abroad.

But every time I see how hard you're working for your dream,

I tell myself I can't hesitate anymore.

Besides, I don't want to let you face so much pressure by yourself.

Yisong, fate doesn't go your way but I do.

This way, we can be together forever.

Caiwei, what I want to tell you is...

What do you want to say?

Thank you for doing so much for me.

Silly! Do we need to say these things between the two of us?

Xiao Ran, your coffee.

- I'll put it here. - Thank you. Sure.

I wanted to say I'm sorry.

Why are you apologizing?

Have I asked you recently about your persistence and dreams of music?

I said that was for you but that's just what I thought.

Also, you are the one I look up to the most, Brother Zhenyan.

All of the decisions you've made are absolutely the best and the most correct.

Originally, I always thought you should be standing on a higher and better music stage than me.

However, I discovered later,

you were happier and more joyful in the past few days than what I've seen before.

Now I understand, when you're standing on the most suitable stage,

it will be the best version of you.

I will always be your strongest supporter. I support you!

I am so moved by what you've said.

That includes my feelings, too.

Feelings?

- Classmate Xiaowo... - Xiaowo.

- Good luck! - Thank you.

I'm happy that I have your blessing.

What about her? Where is Xiaowo?

She just usually comes here to freeload food but she doesn't live here every day.

- Really? - If you don't believe me, just take a look.

She didn't come by today so I'm still not quite used to it.

You enjoy it.

It's okay, it's okay.

- If you don't drink it, it'll get cold. - Okay.

Actually, it was already hard enough to take a long holiday this time.

Afterward, I've got several overseas performances.

- It's time for me to go back. - Okay, good luck!

- You have to come to see me. - I know.

Keep in touch with me!

- Deal? - Deal.

Promise?

I promise.

I'll wait for you.

I'm going now.

What's wrong with this girl?

You're not hungry these days?

I've interviewed with several companies but I haven't gotten any offers.

I've also interviewed with several orchestras.

But the competition is so intense.

In such a short time, we'll have to leave school.

Yes, but we've been very happy these days.

Before, I thought I wouldn't have any chance to join an orchestra in my four years at Mario Paci.

In these last key moments, being able

to have these memories with Team S is really wonderful.

We haven't had our farewell dinner for Team S yet.

Right.

Let's go to the noodle restaurant.

Let's ask Mr. Qin to throw us a big seafood party again.

Wait, wait! Can you ask for my opinion first?

Also, I haven't decided whether to disband Team S or not.

I will continue to run Team S.

Me too! I want Team S to continue.

I was a bad student before.

No matter what I wanted to, I always wanted to do a good job

but I always didn't have the ability.

If it weren't for the opportunity of Team S,

I couldn't imagine where I would be and what music I would be playing.

At least, I wouldn't be doing the things I like now.

If I didn't have the help from you all,

I probably would just rush forward foolishly.

In the end, nothing would be achieved.

If I was just me,

not a member of Team S, I probably

wouldn't care about anything around me and would just bury myself in my own world.

But now, I can't imagine

who I will become after leaving Team S.

This period of time, every time we perform on stage,

I can feel the audience beneath is enjoying the music with us.

This feeling is really beautiful.

I think this is my entire motivation.

I can't be the only one who thinks like this.

A farewell dinner is just a meal.

- Conductor! - Senior!

Actually, I think that with us and our hearts,

we can make the whole world hear our voices.

It's not like we don't have the abilities.

We just need to do the best within our abilities.

Actually, I really envy you all.

You still have time to continue playing.

Yes, we're going to graduate.

Otherwise, I would love to continue and go on with you all.

Oh my God! I'm sorry, it's time for one of my interviews.

I've got to go!

- Oh right, I need to go to the recruitment seminar, too. - Bye! Bye! Bye!

- See you at the farewell dinner. - Wait!

Let him go.

- Bye! - Bye!

Senior, remember to invite Fang Xiaowo to the farewell dinner.

Right! Where is Fang Xiaowo?

Senior, haven't you seen her lately, either?

No, I haven't seen her these past few days but I always hear her practicing.

Practicing? What is she practicing for?

Is she constantly practicing after listening to the concerto I performed?

Why is she suddenly being so active?

You said you saw Fang Xiaowo being strange that day,

- what happened? - Yes. After the performance,

I saw her in the piano room the very next morning.

She seemed like she hadn't slept all night.

Ji Mo, why are you here?

You even brought me breakfast, and... and my favorite soy milk.

I usually buy two portions of breakfast, as well as the soy milk.

Why?

You stayed here overnight, why?

I want to play a piano concerto with him.

I don't want to get further and further away from him.

Li Zhenyan?

Fei She'er told me! If I don't play well,

I might never be able to be with him.

I will play it well. I-I-I'll practice now, I can definitely play it well.

Don't practice right now, eat your food first.

Practicing constantly is not good for your hands.

It's okay! My hands are fine.

Don't worry! It'll be fine.

These days, she's been practicing piano every day at home.

She's afraid she won't be able to keep up with you.

She thinks this is the only way she has to perform on stage with you.

Is that what she told you?

Wait!

Why were you with her that early morning?

I brought her breakfast that day and met her in the piano room.

Breakfast? You... was it the first time you brought it to her?

I've been bringing it to her every day in the last few days.

Besides breakfast, have you sent any other meals to her?

I brought her all three meals.

Sometimes, I'll even brought a late-night snack.

Time to eat!

I have no appetite.

You must be eating too much cheap take-out every day so you hurt your stomach.

Take-out? Didn't you make that?

How could it be my cooking? Didn't someone bring you take-out every day?

I thought that was your cooking. No wonder, I... this...

I even thought that maybe you were tired so you didn't cook as well as before.

That's...

Was it really not tasty?

It was really not tasty.

Okay, try it and see if my cooking skills have really declined or not.

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Eat!

Li Zhenyan,

- that concerto... - You can't play it.

- I can. - You play it randomly every time.

You even add your own music to it so how could the orchestra follow you?

I can read the music very well now and I can play it very well too!

I really can do it.

Well, eat your meal first, I'll see your attitude while eating.

If you eat with a good attitude, I'll listen to you play the piano tomorrow.

Your Tchaikovsky's piece is a duet concerto.

Come to the classroom tomorrow and I'll play with you.

Just like last time, the piano duet, right?

- Okay. - Eat now!

♫ Let me tell you about the weird things I love about you ♫

♫ Let me tell you how when I think of you, it's from a secret at the bottom of my heart ♫

♫ Open the door to the most beautiful encounter ♫

♫ People who love each other should be together ♫

♫ Let me tell you about your steadiness and self-confidence that I love ♫

♫ Let me tell you about how I see your sweet smile when I think of you ♫

♫ Let's see the most beautiful scenery together ♫

♫ People who love each other should be together ♫

♫ Gently holding your hand (My hand) ♫

♫ Be at ease (So at ease) ♫

♫ A panoramic view of pure and transparent love ♫

♫ We're like little fish in love ♫

♫ Smart and clever ♫

♫ People who love each other should be together ♫

♫ Quietly watching your heart (My heart) ♫

♫ So at ease (So attentive) ♫

♫ Love is like an endless cloudless and clear day ♫

♫ We're like little fish in loveHappy and cherished ♫

♫ People who love each other should be together ♫

♫ Together ♫

♫ If you want to love, you have to bravely be together ♫

♫ Persisting for beautiful memories ♫

♫ Together ♫

♫ To the end ♫

♫ Gently holding your hand (My hand) ♫

♫ Be at ease (So at ease) ♫

♫ A panoramic view of pure and transparent love ♫

♫ We're like little fish in loveSmart and clever ♫

♫ People who love each other should be together ♫

♫ Quietly watching your heart (My heart) ♫

♫ So attentive (So at ease) ♫

♫ Love is like an endless cloudless and clear day ♫

♫ We're like little fish in love Happy and cherished ♫

♫ People who love each other should be together ♫

♫ To the end ♫

♫ Together ♫

♫ Together ♫

♫ Together ♫

♫ To the end ♫