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Next time, together forever

Episode 17

Please come inside.

Tao Tao...

Sit inside.

This place is not bad.

It has both Korean and Chinese food.

It is pretty good.

Dad, where should we leave

our little house?

Just take it with you.

But I want you to be able to see it often.

If you want it,

then I will come and visit you.

And what in the unlikely event that I am far away from you?

It will not happen.

Have I not said it already?

No matter how far you are, I will find you.

Mom...

Are you going back to the US?

I am hungry. Let’s order something.

Come, you order. You know the menu.

Honey melon salad.

Do not put any nuts in it.

It is rare that you remembered it.

How could I not

How many times have we argued about it?

You said you had a headache when you ate nuts.

Tao Tao, what do you want to eat?

Auntie Sheng Xia!

What a coincidence?

You also… you also came to eat

to this place..

Come, come, come, sit with us.

No, no, no.

I was waiting for a friend to grab a coffee.

Uhm...

Qiu Yang is lately taking care of Tao Tao.

I am afraid that you would mind...

It’s all right, I do not mind at all.

I will be leaving first then.

I will see you off.

No need, no need, really.

I...

I am running late.

Tao Tao eat a lot. Goodbye!

All right.

Good bye.

Sit down.

You really did not send her off.

Did she not say she doesn’t want it?

Does she really not mind?

She said that she doesn’t mind.

Then she is stronger than me.

Su Yun... Su Yun!

What’s wrong with you?

You really want to ignore me?

Were you actually looking for me?

I know you were angry

When will you finally let it go?

I am still angry.

I want to talk to you.

I have something to do, I will be going first.

What I want to tell you

concerns my marriage to your boss.

I am done with it.

That’s it.

Is it true?

Have I ever lied to you?

Let me tell you.

Everything I said to you about this fake marriage

cannot be mentioned to anyone,

including Pang Da Hai

and your mom.

When you call her, do not tell her it is a fake marriage.

If your mom knows it,

my mom will know it too.

When she learns that her daughter has to go to such lengths

to nurture the next generation,

she will be very scared.

Sheng Xia, I am telling you.

if I were you

I would seize the opportunity now.

Don't you want to have a baby?

You can bear one now.

Why are you waiting for half a year?

What kind of test tube baby do you have to wait for?

I am going to tell you this once more.

My marriage to your boss

is based on the contract

According to the agreement,

we are not different than strangers or passers-by.

We are not suitable for each other now

and we won’t be suitable in the future.

And I think

I feel particularly tired recently.

I do not want to go on like this.

Why?

Because he is

a man who did not want to marry from the beginning.

So you say...

that if he wants it one day,

I still have a chance?

That’s between you two.

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

What is it?

Let’s turn around and make another circle.

I drove that road twice. It was not there.

How can I be so unlucky?

Forget it, forget it, forget it.

If you did not lose your wallet,

how long would you keep your distance?

Have I not told you it before?

We must maintain our relationship as ordinary friends now.

I was serious about it.

You thought I was joking?

Will you go that far?

As far as I'm concerned, yes.

Send me home.

I will owe you once.

What’s wrong?

No oil.

Pang Da Hai,

why did you not refuel?

Tomorrow, the price of oil will be reduced by a dime.

If I refuel today, I will lose money.

Pang Da Hai,

I cannot wait to kick your butt!

Are you all right?

My bike is pretty sturdy.

I cannot wait to kick you to death.

Can you ever find a girlfriend being like this?

I am telling you if you ever find a girl

that would like to marry you,

make sure to tell me.

After I verify it, I will send you a really big red envelope.

With 100,000 in it!

I will scare you to death with it.

People like you

will never appreciate someone like me.

I bet

you must be looking for a very extravagant boyfriend.

Do you want to piss me off?

Are you cursing me now?

I have been hungry the whole evening

and you are treating me like this.

I will treat you to a meal.

Let’s go.

Push it.

Mr Pang, your spicy Sichuan food. Please enjoy.

Su Yun, look.

How wonderful food is this.

If I knew it earlier,

I could have eaten something light with Sheng Xia earlier.

You met Sheng Xia?

Yes. we reconciled.

No way.

Such an important thing.

Why did you not tell me that in the beginning?

Why should I inform you about it in the first place?

Who are you to me?

I know that you are drawing a line now,

but this is not a matter of principle, right?

By the way, Su Yun,

what do you think about the whole matter?

You don't need to know what I think.

In short,

I am not angry at all.

I finally let go.

It was weighing on my heart like a heavy stone.

Da Hai,

I bought you some beer.

Beautiful girl, this is yours.

Thank you.

Thank you, sister Zhang.张姐

This is yours

Thank you. Thank you

Da Hai, this girl is really great.

Jiayou.

Sister Zhang, you misunderstood.

It is really not like that.

Still getting embarrassed?

How can I not be?

This is not like that.

All right, enjoy it.

Thank you.

You are welcome.

Thank you.

Su Yun,

I think I should really congratulate you

and Sheng Xia on restoring your friendship.

By the way,

does it restore our friendship as well?

It does not.

It was an accident.

Fine. You have the final say in it.

The meat is cooked.

Here. Hurry up and try it.

All right?

Seeing how sincere you are about this,

I will give it a try.

If the meat is delicious,

I will forgive you for not cheering me on earlier.

All right.

How is it?

Very good.

I told you.

Come, let’s have some beer.

Come.

It is l really good.

There is a gas station in front.

Go and put some oil in.

I am tired of you.

Persist in.

It would be a waste to give up now.

Did I not persist already?

Your rotten bike

has a capacity of no more then ten litres.

You’re doing it just to save few cents!

If I did not lose my wallet before,

I would pay the difference to you.

This is the principle of being a man.

Look, it is few cents today.

What about in a month?

In half of a year?

In one year?

Stop!

Pang Da Hai

I am telling you,

Today was just an accident.

In a moment, let’s go back to our own lives

and not interact with each other until we are both old.

Moreover,

I will give you an advice basing on our friendship till now.

If you continue to be like this,

you will never be able to get Sheng Xia

I did not have a chance to get Sheng Xia.

You will have a chance.

Wait for her to divorce in few months.

You should then run after her.

What do you mean I should wait until she divorces?

Su Yun, what are you trying to say?

Sheng Xia did not want me to tell you...

A wallet!

What brand?

Whatever you choose.

Seal it.

Breaking this sill is not possible for the next hundred years.

Stamp it.

This will not do.

You have to promise me first.

You must never let Sheng Xia know.

I swear that I will never tell Sheng Xia

Actually, Sheng Xia and Qiu Yang are in a fake marriage.

She is having a hard time.

What are you “aaah”-ing about?

It is actually like this.

You’re back.

Just in time. Eat something.

I am not eating.

I know.

I know that your guidelines

say it is not allowed

to break two appointments in a row for no reason.

But it was really a special situation today.

In the art gallery this afternoon

Tao Tao discovered an adventure game.

She had to play it.

I could only help her to do it.

Do not explain yourself.

It was just a ticket.

It’s not a big deal.

You are really not angry?

I am really not angry.

Great. Sit down and eat something.

I am hot.

I will not eat.

You did not eat in the evening, right?

Who told you I did not eat?

They told me

that it was what you ordered, am I right?

You did not eat it so I brought it back.

Eat some.

I will stay here until you eat something.

Qiu Yang...

I actually think

you can now have a...

a normal home.

You mean...

Gu Xiaoman.

We have been divorced for eight years.

We’ve been separated for eight years.

Do you think it’s possible for us to go back?

Of course it is.

Because you have Tao Tao now.

Your daughter

can let you put the lost years behind you

and make you go back.

You love Tao Tao.

Your daughter’s mother is also here.

So you can have a completely

normal home now.

I think there is no need

for our marriage to exist anymore.

besides, your company’s difficulties have passed.

Maybe it’s the only

that makes you doubtful right now

is that you feel responsible for my test-tube baby,

but I want to tell you

that I do not need it.

Really.

Find some time and we'll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau

to get a divorce.

I think you are still angry.

I am not angry.

Look how rational I am right now.

How logical.

eat something.

Where should we put

our little house?

Just take it with you.

If I want to see it,

I will visit you.

And what in the unlikely event that I am far away from you?

No matter how far you are, I will find you.

Honey melon salad.

Do not put any nuts in it.

It is amazing that you still remembered.

How could I not.

How many times have we been arguing about this?

You said that your head hurts when you eat them.

Yes, Yu Liang?

Qiu Yang, how is it going?

Have you given yourself a holiday?

Not at all.

I told Li Fei about it.

Should you not come to the company meeting?

It’s all right. Do not worry. I have it covered.

I had a special situation.

How about this.

When I will be taking care of Tao Tao today

I’ll make some time

and me, you and Li Fei

will call a few executives.

let’s have a video conference, all right?

Very well then.

Good, let’s do that.

Your abnormal sperm ratio

has been accounted for around 80%.

The situation is very difficult

From our point of view

50% of your sperm

have something we call a high deformity rate.

I hope that you two

can mentally prepare yourself.

The probability of getting pregnant is very small.

But do not worry, let’s proceed with the treatment first.

Let’s divorce.

Without delay.

Do you love her?

I do.

Then why do you say so?

No one is going to tear you apart.

If it’s an illness, you have to cure it.

Even if you cannot cure it, you should not give up.

Divorce is not an easy matter.

If you have feelings for someone,

divorce should be the last thing on your mind,

because it is very painful.

So do not mention divorce so easily.

One week is over.

When are you leaving?

On Monday.

Things are packed up already?

Everything’s packed.

Get rest early.

I am leaving.

Wait a moment.

How about

going for a drink with me?

As a farewell.

Right now?

Fine. Let’s go.

Wait a moment.

I will leave a note for Tao Tao.

I will leave her my phone number.

In case she wakes ups and there is no one she shall call me

The week is over.

I am leaving with Tao Tao.

I know.

Tao Tao is reluctant to part with you

but in the current situation

I have no other way.

I can't stay for you.

I can't let Tao Tao stay with you.

I know that I am very selfish now

but Tao Tao

is my only companion in the world.

You probably do not know

but without Tao Tao by my side

I wouldn’t survive.

Every time I love someone

it does not end well.

In the end, it is Tao Tao who welcomes me back.

You also do not know

that every time I lose my love

I drink a lot in a bar.

I drink myself unconscious.

In the end, Tao Tao is finding me

She holds me saying

Mom,

I am with you.

A child that is only a few years old

is looking for me,

taking me back home.

And so I cannot give Tao Tao to anyone.

Not even her biological dad.

I understand.

You need Tao Tao

I do not want you to leave her.

My only request is

to fix a time each year

that I hope

to spend with Tao Tao.

That is not too much, right?

It is not.

Thank you...

for stepping into Tao Tao’s affairs.

Drink less.

It’s all right.

I promise you

that after coming back this time

I will definitely turn

into a normal and qualified

mom that Tao Tao can rely on.

In fact, Tao Tao is very strong.

Stronger than you and I imagine.

Even stronger than many children of her age.

Sometimes

I don't want her to be like this.

I really hope that she can be like the other children.

That she can cry and laugh to her heart’s content.

And so

in the future we will try our best

we will make the greatest efforts

to let her be a happy child.

Qiu Yang, you have changed a lot.

Really.

I am quite surprised.

It is just me

who stayed the same all these years.

I can’t find this right person for me.

I wonder

why is God so unfair to me.

When I, Gu Xiaoman, love someone,

I do it with no reservations.

I cannot wait to use all my pent-up energy

and release it.

But just when I think that I

finally found the right person,

it goes not as I have imagined.

It is not as extreme as I want it to be.

And so

I am just picking and picking...

and just I cannot find the right person.

Qiu Yang,

counting them all in,

you are the one

I hate the most out of them

I know.

In fact, for so many years

I was also thinking about it.

I thought about it few times.

I now think

I should have not...

I should have not entered the relationship soon after my first marriage failed.

I was not mentally prepared

to accept a second marriage.

It seems now

that I was wrong.

Maybe at that time...

At that time, my heart.

You were

carelessly treating me as a tool for your healing then.

Unfortunately, I didn’t treat you well.

I let you handle everything yourself.

In fact, apart from the wedding affairs,

I still owe to tell you one thing.

You probably did not know

that when I turned your computer on one day

I unintentionally disc overed

the emails you used to write to Yang Liu.

I saw the date.

You wrote her every week.

You really loved her.

I was so touched when I saw them

because you never

said anything like that to me.

Not even once.

So I was able to see

that you still missed her at that time.

That you still were thinking about her.

From that moment on

my heart

just stopped beating.

And at that moment I thought

that this is not the marriage I want.

At that moment I decided

to leave you.

Stop drinking.

Qiu Yang...

have you ever thought...

for Tao Tao’s sake...

that we should give it another try?

Are there not many parents now

who get together again for the child’s sake?

You are not a person who would do that.

Why are you asking about that?

Do you really want me to say it out loud

that I cannot forget you?

I am married.

Do not use Sheng Xia as your excuse.

Although I don't know what happened,

I can clearly see

that you have no normal husband-wife relationship with her.

Or are you desperately trying to hide something?

Tell me.

Do you love me?

I do not know.

This morning

Sheng Xia put the divorce papers on the table.

I looked at it.

But in the end,

I do not know why,

but I took the divorce agreement

and threw it in the trash can.

Maybe

I do not know what I feel.

I drank too much.

I drank too much.

Let’s go back.

Wait a moment. I will get the car and send you back.

No, I can go back by myself.

How can you go back by yourself so late at night?

I told you not to bother.

I can go by myself.

You cannot go back by yourself.

Wait.

I will repeat it again.

I can go by myself.

For so many years I have been

walking at night by myself.

You should give me some dignity.

All right?

Do you like him?

Why do you like him?

He likes to play with me,

unlike any other uncle from the United States.

I won't take Tao Tao away from you.

I just hope that I can accompany her

so she can familiarize herself

with me, her estranged dad.

Tao Tao,

what are you writing?

I am writing my wish list.

I came up with five more wishes.

Just five.

Five?

Let me see.

They are really small.

Climb the Great Wall?

All right, let’s forget about this one for now.

Come.

Mom wants to ask you some questions.

Do you like to stay here

or come back to the United States?

Should I tell the truth?

I would like to stay here.

But you do know

that we are going back tomorrow.

I know.

How about this.

If Tao Tao was all grown-up now

and you had the right to choose,

where would you choose to stay?

I do not want to go back.

Tao Tao...

You know

that mom has kept

a fact of your existence secret from your dad.

Do you hate me for that?

Should I tel the truth?

Yes.

I know that lying is bad.

I always tell me not to lie,

right?

And so

I am

officially apologizing to you now.

It’s all right.

Anyway, I got to know my dad,

right?

And the dad you got me is very good.

I really like him.

We’re all right then?

Then we continue to write the wish list

Try to guess what my first wish is?

I guess you wrote...

Zoo!

How did you know?

I just saw

what the first one is

let’s continue to write them down.

Did I disturb you?

During this time, me and Tao Tao

must have caused you a lot of trouble.

In fact, I wanted to contact you sooner

but I found out I have no contact information.

In fact, you really don't have to care too much about my feelings.

To you and Qiu Yang

I am just an outsider.

And I already said it during our last meeting.

When it is necessary,

I will bow out.

Qiu Yang told me

that he threw away the divorce documents.

In fact,

I can clearly see

that your marriage with Qiu Yang

is not a normal marriage.

There must be something wrong with it.

Of course, this is just my feeling.

You do not have to tell me about it.

There is another thing

I think I should say.

I am sorry.

I almost got stuck here in this time.

Fortunately, I am leaving tomorrow.

The illusion that some moments with Qiu Yang

brought to me,

will be completely eliminated.

You do not have to apologize to me.

In fact, it makes me very touched that you

said those words to me.

As I said

I am just an outsider in comparison to your relationship.

You are not.

There is this saying, how did it go...

It says

those closely involved cannot see as clearly as those outside.

I know Qiu Yang very well.

He is in love with you.

And you love him too.

Maybe you don’t feel it in your heart now.

I admire you.

Really.

You were able to make Qiu Yang fall in love,

you were able to touch him.

That’s not an easy thing to do.

Oh, right.

I want to invite Qiu Yang,

his sister and brother-in-law to eat.

Come together.

All right.

Gu Xiaoman,

I already had plans with Zhang Chenglong today,

we almost did not make it.

You suddenly called us all here telling us

you have something to say.

What do you mean?

Xiaoman,

Tao Tao’s matter

should be resolved between Qiu Yang and you.

I feel the same way Qiu Yue does.

I also feel that you are a bit selfish.

Yes,

I am not as big-hearted as Qiu Yang.

Xiaoman, what do you want to say?

Come,

I will drink three cups as punishment first.

The first one...

is for me appearing here during this time.

I am sorry for all the troubles I have caused you.

The second cup

is for me not being sensible before.

It’s for you, sister, brother-in-law

and Qiu Yang.

I want to apologize

that I made you suffer.

In fact, I have regretted it at the beginning

but

you all know my temper,

Sometimes it’s hard to take it back when you say something.

I have concealed Tao Tao’s existence for many years.

I do hope however that you can accept my apologies.

This third cup

is for me leaving to the US tomorrow.

I want to ask for one more favour from you all.

I want to leave Tao Tao in China.

Xiaoman, what do you mean by that?

Do you really mean it?

I do.

I want to leave Tao Tao in China.

To be exact

Tao Tao wants to stay in China.

Are you not imaging this?

it’s true.

First of all, I want to respect Tao Tao’s decision

I also have to consider her development.

I think she likes being here.

And if she can stay here,

she should stay here.

There’s another thing.

I, Gu Xiaoman,have to admit my mistake

done to Qiu Yang

sister and brother-in-law

many years ago.

Indeed,

Taking Tao Tao away so abruptly

was unfair to your family.

Xiaoman, did you think about it well?

I did.

I will be leaving alone

on a plane at noon tomorrow.

I will send Tao Tao to you tomorrow in the morning.

Do you really want to leave Tao Tai behind?

Yes.

In fact, I have nothing to worry about.

During my time here I got along with Qiu Yang.

I believe

Qiu Yang can do a great job as a dad.

And Sheng Xia...

although we have not interacted for a long time,

but I believe that you are a human being.

You will be definitely nice to our Tao Tao.

The last cup….

The last cup

is for Sheng Xia and Qiu Yang.

I think

you two are very suitable.

I am wishing you a happy life together.

Xiaoman,

I hope

you did not make

too hasty decision in Tao Tao’s matter.

Do not be like that.

Tao Tao wants to stay here.

It is not me who wants to leave her here.

It’s tao Tao’s own decision.

For so many years

she has been following her unreliable mom.

It must have been hard for her.

So this time I want to listen

to her own thoughts.

I want to let Tao Tao stay here.

But if this decision

will make Tao Tao leave you,

I cannot accept it.

Then what should we do?

There is no easy solution to this question.

The two of us

cannot give Tao Tao a complete home.

But it does not matter.

If Tao Tao misses me,

we can chat on the phone.

I can also come back to visit her.

Qiu Yang, do you still remember this place?

I do.

What is this place?

A place where I proposed to you.

No.

is this not this place?

It is the place,

but it was not you who asked me to marry you.

It was the place where I was going to jump in the river.

Qiu Yang!

If you don’t marry me,

I will jump!

But now

the place is still the same, it’s the people who have changed.