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Hello?

Who is it?

Speak.

Hello?

Who's this?

Speak!

Hello?

Who is this?

Madame?

Madame!

I wasn't dreaming.

It's the truth.

I see.

Did you hear anything else?

A breath? Footsteps?

There was breathing.

A breath...

But no words.

Man or woman?

Like a man.

My hearing is poor.

Left is fine, right is bad.

No, actually...

Right is good.

Wait! It's the left one...

We've seen this before.

With her age,

and her husband's death,

she can't cope.

Her hallucinations might be from emptiness.

Was she like this before?

No.

Except for the disrupting calls,

all is fine.

Have her live with you.

We would prefer her to,

but she won't leave her home.

She's uncomfortable at ours.

Does she confront with anyone?

I don't think so.

I'm not filing the case today.

Take her home after registering.

After all, she hasn't been hurt.

Are you serious?

You think I'm crazy?

Bring her home first.

Who said you're crazy?

Did I say that?

Mom!

Let's find a solution.

No need to scream.

Let's stop here.

Hold on!

Hold it!

Mom.

Next time you pick him up,

don't bring him here.

Go straight home.

Why?

Kids shouldn't go to nursing homes.

It's not good for them.

What's wrong with it?

Old people aren't dead.

I'm old too.

I didn't say that.

Don't take it personally.

Say bye to grandma.

Bye grandma!

Go back yourself!

We're going!

Go ahead.

Drive safely!

Keep on calling...

I've already called the police!

This is harassment!

You'll go to jail!

Careful. Is it hot?

Did you eat the meatballs I made last time?

I'll make them again today.

What are you cooking?

With this much water?

Aren't you bored mom?

Looking after me every day?

What do you mean looking after?

What's every day?

You're my son.

This old and still unable to live a normal life.

I'm just cooking you a meal.

It's not like l'm looking after you.

What's a normal life?

I don't live well?

Getting married, having kids...

Like my brother. Is that normal?

You know exactly what I mean.

Forget it.

Tell me before you..

come over next.

This is my home.

Your home is my home!

What is yours is mine!

You're nothing without me!

Don't try to keep me away!

I'll come as I please!

Grandma's making you meatballs.

Grandma, we're going to the zoo!

No problem. Don't mind me.

Heat it up to eat when you return.

We're not coming home to eat.

Keep it in the fridge for tomorrow.

Little one likes eating it.

Mom,

don't meet him after school.

It's tiring for you. We'll figure it out.

Why? With all this traffic?

And all these criminals?

Don't keep saying this.

It's not good for him to hear.

Never hurts to be too cautious.

People always say that.

If you always take him on the bus,

how do you avoid the criminals?

We're not only worried about him,

also about you.

Don't worry about me!

Mom,

no need to come so often.

It's too tiring.

We'll figure it out.

Take care of yourself.

Enjoy your life.

I have lots of time!

You're both so busy. If I don't come, who will?

I'm just cooking for you.

Just leave.

Ok, we're going.

Go!

Hello?

Hello?

Hello!

Speak!

Who is it?

I'm telling you,

I know who you are.

Stop calling me!

I'm not involved with your affairs.

I'm following the contract.

And,

stop calling my mother!

If you harass us, I'll...

Who are you looking for?

Jun's wife...

I don't get along with her.

she doesn't want me seeing my grandson.

As if I didn't know how to raise a child.

If I didn't,

how did her husband grow up?

She didn't even know.

As for Bing,

I can't argue with him anymore.

Let him live the way he wants.

Nowadays...

What a bizarre world!

How dare he keep me away!

You see,

if I don't go see him,

he won't come see me.

Have you heard?

Someone broke in during the day.

During broad daylight!

No safety at all.

It's unavoidable.

Ms. Deng,

you've got to be careful

with those harassing phone calls.

They're feeling you out.

You're at home alone, so be careful.

Now it works.

Let me test it.

What's your number?

Here.

Look.

Look. Here's my phone number.

All incoming calls will be displayed here.

You can record them if you wish.

Ok.

Finished!

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I'm going now.

Ok.

That's it.

Goodbye.

Bye!

Jun, I installed the phone you sent.

That technician was great. He even tested it!

Right now,

we can check...

all the incoming numbers.

I'm very well.

Don't worry about me.

Relax.

Tomorrow, then...

Welcoming the new rising sun

We march on a brand new path

We are the excellent children of China

Making new chapters for this era

We march forward against wind and rain

Uniting our minds and strengths

We will transform our beloved motherland

To magnificence and prosperity

Forward, forward, forward

With confidence, we are not fearful of obstacles

Forward, forward, forward

Carrying the hope of the nation

How much will you withdraw?

7,000.00

Take my seat.

Thank you.

Perfect.

Why so many people here today?

It's an open house for the new location for the year after next.

That's why they're now here.

So many people already?

Yes.

We can't accommodate everyone.

People's ideas are changing nowadays.

Sure.

Sign here.

The young are busy making money,

who's caring for the elders?

Even 60 year olds are signing up themselves.

Children aren't dependable anymore.

That's the trend.

Look at this brick! So big!

Really big!

Yes really.

So dangerous!

It could have killed someone!

It could.

What a rotten person!

Ms. Deng,

are you hurt?

Everyone,

starting tomorrow,

we will start early...

and split into two groups...

to patrol the area.

Especially at night.

It might be related to the calls.

I warned him at the construction site.

He refused to admit to it,

even swearing on his finger.

Check the incoming calls?

I did!

All made from landlines.

Construction site is in the West,

but some calls came from the East,

and some from the South.

Even if it was Fat Liu,

no way he could call from all these locations.

Mom,

how about...

you move in with us?

No.

It is said that

You have your own life.

If I came,

I'd be intruding.

Mom,

please move in with me.

No way!

What a bizarre place.

I don't want to bother either of you.

I'm fine here.

I have your father here,

and the nursing home is not far.

It's easier to visit your grandmother.

Nowadays,

you can't rely on the children.

If you don't object,

I'll also move into the nursing home.

Mom,

what are you talking about?

How about I come live with you?

Good.

Let Bing move in.

I don't need your worries!

Say hi to your wife.

Drive safely.

Dismissed.

Stop testing the water,

it won't electrocute you.

Says who?

It'd be too late

if it did.

Why such a fancy tub?

Just boil water, and use a normal one.

Why?

It worths a lot.

Mom,

it's too dark.

Can you buy a brighter bulb?

Unnecessary.

What do you have against me?

Nothing.

So, if nothing...

I'm going to bed.

I'm going to my salon later...

to collect some clothes.

That's unnecessary.

It doesn't suit you here.

I feel awkward.

It's good that you visit me occasionally.

Just go home.

You have your life.

We can't carry on like this.

I'll move to Jun's place for a bit,

so you won't worry about me.

His wife's nice.

But has a tongue like a knife.

Don't busy yourself...

when you're there.

Just relax.

As for the calls,

I spoke to Jun.

Probably some kids playing pranks.

Don't be nervous.

Mom,

I know you love me.

And I must have disappointed you.

But it's not what you imagine.

Forget it! Look at you!

If you're unhappy with me,

I'll call my brothers tomorrow.

Let them decide who to take care of you.

I've already told you,

it wasn't my wish to keep you here.

I have so much to do everyday.

There is nothing wrong

with living in a hospice these days.

When I can't take care of myself anymore,

I'll move in too.

No need to trouble the kids.

Let me tell you.

I've reserved your place here.

Once you move out,

I will move in.

So stubborn!

Mom, let me help.

Is there any beverage?

Look in the fridge.

Careful! It's hot!

Mom, leave, we're almost done.

Just stop.

Where's the cornstarch?

Did you throw it out? Yes.

You didn't use it?

Not yet.

I still need it for the fish.

Mom, don't worry!

Just get out!

It's burning! No worry!

Don't worry! It's not burning!

Don't burn it!

Leave!

What can I do?

Nothing.

I'm leaving.

Go! Go!

What else?

Bring the chicken soup.

Ok.

Let me! Let me!

Let me!

Careful! Hot!

Careful! Hot!

Done using that?

Mom, really.

Please leave.

Let's eat! Take a seat!

What else?

Let's go!

Come eat, little one!

Make some room.

It's fine.

Come on, little one.

What grade are you in?

Fifth.

Do you have a girlfriend?

Watch what you say!

Here you are. Thanks brother.

Here...

Fish! No, thanks.

Eat more. And help your Grandma.

Come on.

Today, we eat together as a family.

Let's make a toast.

What do you need?

Let me get it!

You already have one.

Ah! Yes...

We forgot to set a place for our father.

Although it's not a holiday...

Little one...

Go get grandpa a glass.

No need.

Grandpa isn't here anymore.

Shush!

How come?

Grandpa is always with us.

Here's a shrimp for dad.

Mom,

let's have a toast with dad.

First off,

wishing

mom and grandma good health and longevity!

Good health to grandma!

Good health to grandma!

Mom, to your health!

We've been busy lately.

Haven't had time to visit his great-grandma.

Let's go visit her together.

Yes!

We have to visit great-grandma often.

Mom, eat more!

Mom, where are you going?

To the bathroom.

Did I say something wrong again?

No.

Don't worry.

Just eat.

It's fine.

I've been busy all day, but for what?

It's menopause!

Shut up!

How old she is? Nonsense.

Who is it?

Who's there?

Who did this?

Jun!

What's wrong?

Look!

Who did this?

What's going on?

It must be Fat Liu!

Take the elevator. I'll take the stairs. Catch him!

Lu, call security!

Go inside!

Anyone?

Fat Liu!

That's enough!

I warn you!

I'll call the police!

Fat Liu is not answering.

Just pay him.

It's not for me to pay,

it's for the contractor!

I've lived here for years,

have never encountered this!

What do you mean?

You think it's because...

I'm here today?

I told you...

This is your house,

but also my son's, and my grandson's!

I'll come when I please!

Otherwise, I won't come even if I'm invited.

Don't beat around the bush.

You think it's because of me.

Who said that?

Did I say that?

You just did! What do you mean?

Am I wrong?

I've lived here this long and this has never happened!

Stop getting in the way!

In whose way?

Aren't you just getting in that way?

I cannot keep it up, honey.

I cannot hold the family together.

Jun's fine.

But look at his wife,

and Bing.

They are retribution for me.

I don't know why...

Since Huang called to tell me of

Zhao's death,

I've had a feeling that something is wrong.

As if a shadow were following me.

Jun is right.

I shouldn't be too worried.

But if I don't get worry,

at my age,

I can't help it...

Stop thinking, stop thinking...

Hello?

Hello!

What do you want?

My son's business...

has nothing to do with me.

Deal with him! Not me!

Dear... Is that you?

Don't scare me!

Zhao?

Zhao?

Is it you?

If you don't speak, then it's you!

Have you come for my debt?

I see.

How should I repay you?

Just tell me!

I know it's my fault.

I'm sorry,

to you and your family,

and especially to Xufang.

I'm sorry!

It's all my fault!

Please...

don't hurt my sons and grandson.

Ok?

Mam.

Do I know you?

It's you again?

I don't have money.

I can't help you.

Stop following me, ok?

Relax, Madame.

According to our policy,

you can't return it.

Yours has been used for a long time.

It's worn out, and now...

we already have a newer model.

Really, we can't help you.

You can't do anything?

So get me your manager!

Right here!

I am the manager.

Are you?

Yes.

Great! Then solve my problem!

Well, Madame...

I have an idea...

I'm giving you the address of the manufacturer,

and you find out

what they could do.

Excuse me.

Where's the electronics factory?

Keep going north.

It's still quite far.

Really?

I'm not sure it's even still there.

Going north.

Thank you.

No problem.

Put the watermelon on the table.

Have a seat.

I'll get you some water.

Kid,

can I ask you...

why I keep running into you lately?

Those are old photographs.

Have some water.

This house is so big.

Excuse me?

Are you hungry?

I'll make you some meatballs.

I'm not allowed to make them for my grandson.

I make them for you.

Meatballs!

My grandson's favorite.

Have some.

Here. Eat.

This boy is from Guizhou.

He's here to find a job.

No.

No?

I was mistaken.

Who are you speaking to?

No one.

My husband.

Help yourself.

Do you have somewhere to sleep?

Yes.

Shouldn't kids your age be...

preparing for college entrance exams?

It must be a ghost.

What ghost?

What's happened?

Since last month,

after Huang called to tell me...

that Zhao passed away.

Then those prank calls started.

That boy...

...must be Zhao's ghost.

What boy?

Who's Zhao?

I'll tell you later.

His ghost is here...

to collect my debts.

Mom,

be reasonable.

People get sick and pass away,

it's natural.

There's no ghost.

Your father talks to me everyday.

How do you know Zhao...

can't become a ghost?

It's him.

It must be him!

The red cap!

The red cap!

It's him!

I've seen him before.

That day,

when there was trash in front of your door,

I saw him in the elevator.

It's clear now.

We're also looking for this man.

Besides the prank calls,

he's also accused of

a few break-ins...

and a murder.

According to our investigation,

it was during the course of a break-in,

the victim suddenly returned home.

He panicked and killed him.

The victim..

was also an elder living alone.

We've reported to the city bureau,

and he's been put on

a nationwide wanted list.

Madame,

the clues you've provided are critical...

...keep us informed.

How strange...

I definitely saw him.

Jun... Yes.

Why's mom becoming so odd?

She's always grumpy with me.

It's kind of annoying.

You have no right to say that!

When she was pregnant with you,

we lived in...

a factory in the Guizhou mountains.

After the Cultural Revolution,

when the factory stopped producing supplies for the army,

everyone wanted to return to Beijing.

But,

only one family could leave.

Both our family and Zhao's

were qualified, as we were both from Beijing.

They were also contending,

and their political background was better than ours.

But since mom wanted you to be born here,

she did all that she could.

At the time,

she participated in various leftist movements,

knowing all about Zhao's profile.

From the beginning of the Revolution,

Zhao was also an activist.

Just like mom.

They publically humiliated and tortured people,

causing many to even die.

Mom...

fervently denounced him in letters to Beijing.

So, finally...

it was us who returned to Beijing.

And you were born here.

Not long after Zhao found out,

he had a stroke.

And was bed ridden for almost forty years,

until his death last month.

His family...

has remained in the mountains.

So, without mom...

it would be us living there.

Mom...

has felt guilty about this all her life.

So, you have no right to criticize her.

A long and narrow winding path

To a misty place faraway

I will follow this long narrow path

To the battlefield where my love is

I will follow this long narrow path

To the battlefield where my love is

Snowflakes covered his footsteps

Without footsteps and songs

How time flies!

It's already been forty years.

Our old colleagues...

have become sick and passed away.

Dear,

I want to go back for a visit.

Be careful.

Is the factory still operating?

Yes.

But many workshops have been contracted.

The factory relies on renting its space.

And the workers?

Most of them are contracted laborers.

All locals.

Nowadays, there isn't any prestige for the workers.

Singing sweeps over the water at dusk

The factory flickers at a distance

Train rushing by

The glowing lights behind the window

Two youth under the hawthorn tree yearning for me

Oh, the lush hawthorn tree

Blooming with white flowers

Oh, the lovely hawthorn tree

Why are you sad

The loud siren stops

I walk toward the tree on the small path

Soft breeze touches me

Under the lush hawthorn tree

Messing up the hair of the workers

Oh, the lush hawthorn

Blooming with white flowers

Oh, the lovely hawthorn tree

Why are you sad

Are these houses all abandoned?

In the late 80s and early 90s,

new houses were built and

most of the workers relocated.

But a few households,

like...

What's it called?

Life Bridge.

Yes. Life Bridge...

They're still remaining.

So the Zhao's...

still live at Life Bridge?

Yes, How do you know?

At the time,

there were two choices.

Either to a small place in the city,

or stay here.

If choosing to stay here,

more space were allocated,

but be far from the city.

So most people chose to move out.

I've dreamt of this.

Of what?

This. Right here...

By this tree.

This same conversation...

I'm going to visit Zhao.

Deng...

It's in the past. Let it go.

Who is it?

Xufang,

I am Meijuan.

Deng Meijuan.

I'm here to visit you.

Grandma, who is it?

None of your business.

1-1-0(Police)

Deng,

are you feeling alright?

I'm ok.

I probably ate too much.

The boy I saw at Zhao's,

was that his grandson?

Yes.

A few days after Zhao's death,

the boy suddenly disappeared.

Xufang searched everywhere.

She was worried to death.

The boy had never left home before.

He recently returned,

saying that he went to the city to find work.

Why do you ask?

Nothing.

What happened after I left?

You could only imagine...

Soon after you left,

everyone learned what you did.

His eldest son said he would go...

...to kill your whole family in Beijing.

Then, we started to be out of touch.

His two daughters rarely returned.

Xufang had a difficult time.

Not only having to take care of Zhao,

but also solely raising her grandson.

Now her grandson is all she has left.

Deng,

I wrote you letters to Beijing.

Since you lived in the capital,

I thought you were close to the government.

You could help report our situation.

But you never answered.

Huang,

that's nonsense!

What could Deng have said?

Right.

It's pointless now.

We only hope to be redressed

before we pass away.

Equality!

Save your words...

I told my son,

after I die,

you don't bury me in my real hometown of Shanghai,

nor in Guizhou, this place where I was exiled...

I belong to neither...

Just let me fly to the sky after my body burned.

A few more apples, please. OK!

Pick some good ones.

They're a gift.

Miss.

What is it?

Do you know where Zhao's house is?

Go past the hills,

by the Life Bridge.

Do you know this person?

Yes. It's his grandson.

Ok, thank you.

Anything else?

No.

How much?

60 RMB.

Xufang!

Hurry!

You came again?

Please, leave my house.

There's no time to explain.

Your grandson must run!

The police are looking for him.

For him?

Why?

Xufang...

Xufang, I beg of you.

I know I've wronged your whole family,

but this time it's not me!

I promise, it's really not me.

I beg of you...

Tell him to run, he's in big trouble!

The police will be here any minute.

There's no time!

Quickly! Quickly!

Go boy! Go!

Don't come over here!

Or I'll...