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♪There are sunny days and gloomy days♪

♪Red and green signals are flashing♪

♪The crowd are like ants♪

♪So small that their identities are ignored♪

♪Zebra crossing intersects like the Milky Way♪

♪It’s a good sign that the world becomes slower♪

♪The besieged city♪

♪Who’s the person in the race between the hare and the tortoise♪

♪My waiting for you is the most romantic process♪

♪Be crowned as the greatest lover in the universe♪

♪Wait for the moment to click the shutter♪

♪Do my best in youth♪

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Episode 27

I think our lab

should be free of individualism.

The achievements are shared.

Like you said,

lots of researchers

have contributed to PLAN O.

So my opinion is,

it's not a good time for you to go.

Mr. Sun, we're counting on you.

The liaison abroad

will contact you later.

Mr. Huang, is your decision

kind of irrational?

Are you questioning the head office?

By the way,

we've received

Zhou Xiaoshan's resignation.

However,

I hope the lab can persuade

him to stay.

We need talents.

And we appreciate them.

So we don't want to lose

such an excellent researcher.

Jianing,

how could they kick you out of the meeting?

Who told you that?

Didn't you just come out of the meeting?

Everybody in the lab knows.

It's so unfair.

Whether it's fair or not,

I respect the company's decision.

You're the project leader.

Zhou Xiaoshan

broke up with you and resigned.

And Zhang Yu and Li Chunran

had feelings for each other before.

How could they blame it on you?

Alright.

Get back to work.

I'd like a moment alone.

Zhu, get out!

What's up?

Is everything OK?

Zhou Xiaoshan's resignation

was kept a secret from the head office.

Did you tip them off?

I don't know what you're saying.

You don't?

You like Zhou Xiaoshan.

You knew he was seeing Jianing,

so you hated her.

You got your revenge, didn't you?

What nonsense is that?

I like Zhou Xiaoshan?

Don't try to deny it.

Everybody can see it.

You're like his shadow.

Xie Xiaoxiao, be careful with what you say.

Don't give others a reason

to question Qiu Jianing's management.

Thank you for the tip.

I'll discipline my staff.

Let's go.

Jianing, why are you afraid of someone like her?

I'm not afraid of her.

Remember.

Not everyone is qualified to be your rival.

Qiu Jianing, what are you implying?

She means you.

Zhu, Zhu.

Ignore her. Calm down.

Does it help to argue with her?

Jianing, I'm sure Zhu reported it.

100% sure.

Whoever it was,

it doesn't matter now.

Can your condemnation change anything?

Do you remember what I told you

after your dad's incidence?

In a tough time,

we must work harder.

Don't make a fool of yourself.

I'm sorry, Jianing.

I was carried away by emotions.

Don't be sorry.

I know

you wanted to help me.

I'm fine.

When I came back from abroad, I had nothing

but a notorious reputation for academic misconduct.

But it's different now.

I have you, Mr. Sun,

and everybody's support and trust.

That's enough.

We'll support and trust you forever.

Thank you.

Come on.

♪The one wearing a face mask♪

♪When the disguise is given up♪

♪How can the exposed secret♪

♪Be accepted ♪

♪Frozen the world and stop the moment♪

♪Let's give up the so-called entanglements♪

♪To win the battle for you♪

♪To win for you♪

Uncle Zha.

Come on in. Let's eat.

If we make sure secondary materials

21, 19 and primary material 24

react fully

at a certain ratio, temperature and pressure,

we can produce the end product, No. 1

after nitrocyclization

and a reduction reaction.

That will reduce half of the reactions

and save costly materials such as,

the 15 and the 13

in order to produce the 7.

The problem of waste is solved too.

Jianing,

I remember we discussed

the key to the success of this method

is the ratio and HTHP conditions.

So we need to purchase high-quality

and high-density reaction tanks from abroad.

But the price of such reaction tanks

is 10 times higher than that of home-made ones.

It increases the cost greatly.

Besides, we're not sure

about the stable reaction ratio,

temperature and pressure.

So how can you prove its feasibility?

First,

the reaction tanks are for long-term use.

It increases the cost of this project,

but from the long run,

it shortens the reactions by 50%

and reduces the cost

on manpower and materials by 20%.

What's more, less reactions, less mistakes.

It also cuts the failure cost by over 5%

and the cost on pollution treatment

by 10%.

All in all,

it cuts the total cost by about 35%.

And the tanks' life cycle is 10 years.

On average, the cost increased each year

is less than 15%.

Counting the cost it reduces,

it lowers the total cost by 20%.

But the point is,

what are the best ratio,

temperature and pressure?

And is the conversion rate stable?

Are you sure about it?

I wasn't sure 3 days ago,

until the day before yesterday,

I found the best ratio,

temperature and pressure.

And the conversion rate can reach

95% at least stably.

Oh my God!

That's great news!

Look,

let's prepare for a test right now.

Sure.

Move, people.

♪Like the leaves leave the season with north wind♪

♪I leave your world♪

♪I would be invisible♪

♪In your vision♪

♪The silent determination♪

♪But your promise is still vague in my ears♪

♪Collapse on my left shoulder♪

♪Kiss me to stop saying goodbye♪

♪The love I give♪

♪Makes you boiling♪

Qiu Jianing.

Qiu Jianing.

Qiu Jianing.

What are you doing?

Stop.

Why did you push me?

Let me go.

Let go!

Get your hands off me.

Let me go.

Get out.

Go.

Get out of here.

OK.

Get out of here.

Get out!

Stop it.

OK, it's OK.

Are you OK, Xiaoshan?

Let me get you up.

Xiaoshan,

it's been 2 weeks.

You gambled every day.

Aren't you tired?

You can't keep doing that.

Let me gamble.

Only when I'm gambling

can I feel that I'm still alive.

If I'm on my own,

I'm afraid I'd lose the hope for life.

Xiaoshan.

Uncle Zha,

I'm here to ask a favor of you.

Please let Xiaoshan go.

Let him go?

He's alive,

but inside, he's dead.

Who is gonna spare me if I let him go?

Besides,

I'm not the one who is punishing him.

He's punishing himself.

But he has no intention to work for you.

There's no use to keep him.

Give it a second thought.

If I let him go, what about you?

Uncle Zha, I don't understand.

If I let him go,

you'll never be together.

You like him

and love him. Do you?

His love belongs to Xianglan.

I dare not to love him.

Why not?

He fell in love with Qiu Jianing.

And he'll fall in love with other women.

Mo Li,

you're the one in his world.

Hold Zhou Xiaoshan back.

Don't soften up for temporary pain.

When he gets over the depression,

he'll be the man you knew.

I'm afraid he'd be crushed.

What's more,

I spent

so much money and effort

on his training.

How am I gonna get it back?

I'll pay for him.

You?

Mo Li, it's too much for you to pay.

Uncle Zha,

I'm young.

I'll do whatever you ask

for the rest of my life.

Come in.

Ms. Qiu,

this is found in Zhou Xiaoshan's dorm.

I think you should have it.

I'll leave you alone.

Is everything alright?

The composition reactions are about to be completed.

Would you like to take a look?

Let's go.

Mr. Sun.

Hold on.

The mascot.

You believe in that?

What's the result, Mr. Sun?

Did we make it?

Mr. Sun?

Sun.

Check it yourself.

Just tell me if we did it.

Come on. Somebody checks it.

I'd rather not.

It's not good.

We must have failed.

Jianing.

The experiment

is a success.

We did it!

I'm so happy.

We did it!

Our mascot worked.

Jianing, you're our mascot.

Thanks to your persistence,

we saw the silver lining.

We did it together.

Thank you.

We did it!

We did it!

What are you doing here all alone?

I want some fresh air.

Let's go have something to eat.

Come on.

Let me get my coat.

It's cold.

Lei,

are you upset

because Jianing can't go to

the meeting?

How did you know?

I know a way to get her in the meeting.

Do you?

Tell me about it.

But,

if Jianing goes,

you won't be able to.

It's been your dream to go to the science seminar.

Will you give this opportunity

to someone else?

I'll feel a little blue for a while

if I can't go.

But you have to remember

it's Jianing who contributed

a great deal to our progresses

and saved the project from total failure.

So Jianing deserves

the right to go to the seminar.

Do you remember

I sabotaged Jianing's experiment?

I was such a child.

All I wanted was

to remove all

your rivals.

But I forgot

what I did was an insult to you.

You're proud and arrogant,

but you're also a decent man.

So connecting all the dots,

sometimes,

I still don't get you.

No,

you said you knew a way to get Jianing to the seminar.

That idea coincides with mine.

So you do know me.

Xiaoxiao,

you became mature really fast.

OK, a quick quiz for you.

You said I became mature fast.

Do you like the old me

or who I am now?

My answer is this.

Time won't change anything.

I like you

for who you are.

So is this the right answer?

I can accept that.

Tell me about your idea.

Qiu Jianing,

I knew I was right about you.

♪Every day♪

♪Every night♪

♪I miss you♪

♪Sometime in the future♪

♪When you are♪

♪By my side♪

♪Will you hug me♪

♪When love comes♪

♪I wish I could know♪

♪I believe one day♪

♪You will show up♪

♪With the most beautiful smile♪

♪Every day♪

♪Every night♪

♪I miss you♪

♪If love falls upon me♪

♪Like starlight♪

♪It illuminates my heart♪

Zhou Xiaoshan,

I did it.

I knew

you could succeed.

♪Don't let go of my hand♪

But why aren't you by my side

when I need you the most?

♪You'll really show up♪

♪I believe I'll meet you again♪

♪If by any chance♪

♪We meet in the crowd♪

Jianing,

I'm always here.

I'm never away.

♪When your love is gone♪

♪Don't let go of my hand♪

Zhou Xiaoshan.

♪You'll really show up♪

♪I believe we'll meet again♪

The application for patent was submitted last week.

I guess we can get the approval

for clinical trials next week.

Then we can get on with

the first phase of clinical trials.

Mr. Sun,

have you prepared

everything for the seminar?

Mr. Huang, there's an urgent business

I'd like to report to you.

Our trials on primates

are outsourced to a company in Guangzhou.

So I'll go on

a long-term business trip to Guangzhou.

The business trip and the seminar

overlap.

So...

You mean

you can't go to the science seminar.

Mr. Sun, you know

the science seminar is a great event

to present yourself to the world.

Can't a researcher go to Guangzhou for you?

Mr. Huang, before I reported to you,

I had made my decision.

I decide to go to Guangzhou.

So I'd like to ask Ms. Qiu

to go to the seminar.

Before Mr. Wang was stricken,

Ms. Qiu's name had been in the list to the seminar.

Besides,

she studied there for a long time

and knew about the city.

So I think she's

the best candidate.

As you wish, Mr. Sun.

Ms. Qiu,

I hope you won't let us down.

I'll do my best.

Mr. Sun.

Jianing.

Is the matter in Guangzhou that urgent?

Won't you regret

for giving up such a good opportunity?

If I didn't make that excuse,

Mr. Huang wouldn't have let you go.

Other than Mr. Wang,

you've been on this project for the longest time.

You deserve the chance more than I do

to introduce PLAN O to the world.

Do you know why I didn't like

researchers like you

who studied abroad?

Because we're

obsessed with publishing papers.

The real reason is,

in the last year of my college,

I won full scholarships

of a university in the US.

But I gave it up,

because my family was too poor.

The scholarships could pay my tuitions,

but what about my living expenses?

My family couldn't afford it.

So I saw those

who were inferior to me went abroad.

When they came back,

they climbed fast up the ladder and became my boss

due to their experience abroad.

I was furious.

So I resigned and joined Mr. Wang's team.

But you

changed my view.

You often compliment me, Mr. Sun.

Your behaviors made me realize

how prejudiced I was.

Our backgrounds don't matter.

It's what we do

that decides how far we can go.

Anyway,

thank you, Mr. Sun.

Did the doctor say anything else?

For Mr. Wang,

perhaps no news

is the best news.

Mr. Wang,

our clinical trials have been approved.

I'm going to the science seminar tomorrow.

Rest assured.

I won't let you down.

Jianing,

my department elected me

to go to the science seminar abroad.

We can fight side by side again.

Welcome to PLAN O.

The time difference

is 3 hours.

However,

I'll keep my phone on 24/7.

So call me in case of emergencies.

Master, how long are you gonna stay there?

Let's say 5 days.

All scheduled for business meetings?

Xin,

just tell him what you want him to buy for you.

Right.

Anything you want me to buy for you?

Don't be shy.

I do have a favor to ask.

But I want you to get something there.

It's not something prohibited, is it?

No.

Give this to Mo Li.

What's in it?

That's our girls' little secret.

Don't open it.

Is it something prohibited?

No.

Alright.

I'll give it to her.

Hello, this is Qiu Jianing.

We're out of the airport now.

Where are you?

Hi, Ms. Qiu.

I'm here. Over here.

Hi!

Hi!

Hi, Ms. Qiu,

I'm your liaison

during this science seminar.

I'm Jiang,

Jiang Jibo.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Qiu Jianing, and this is Dr. Qin.

Pleasure, Dr. Qin.

Pleasure.

Welcome!

Let me take this for you.

Thank you.

Ms. Qiu, please.

Thank you.

Coming.

Come on. Let's get something to eat.

It's a little bit early.

Let's drop by the City Hall.

OK.

Just a moment. Let me get my bag.

Lots of people here.

Where is the venue?

Ning.

Long time no see.

It's been a long time, Professor.

Do you know each other?

An old friend. Let's go inside.

Ning, why do you want to leave so soon? We just met.

What's going on?

Is he a trouble?

That's Professor Harry.

This is

Ning,

my excellent former employee.

Six months ago after she left my laboratory

she went to Wang Qitian's lab.

Although she betrayed me,

I'm so proud to have trained

such an excellent researcher.

But Harry, I heard

the source of PLAN O

is similar as yours.

Even more interesting,

as soon as she went there,

their project

made immediate progress.

I'm glad to hear compliments

from my former mentor.

You might not know,

what's more important than knowledge,

Professor Harry taught me

how ugly a man can be

and practiced

what he

preached.

Professor, I should say thank you.

As for the research,

I'm honored

that we strive for the same goal.

Three days later,

PLAN O will be promoted to the world here.

I sincerely hope

you can come, Professor Harry,

to share this delighting moment.

See you there.

It'll be great if you'd be here.

Thank you.

Jianing, you're amazing.

Can I interview you?

How did you learn all those languages?

The more, the merrier.

Try it.

As you ordered,

hot, soup and no cheese.

How do you like it?

Jianing,

I'm so lucky to have you

by my side on this trip.

I know more about you.

Don't be dramatic.

It's my pleasure.

John Lennon?

Yes.

Do you know this song?

His father left him when he was 3.

His mother didn't think she could look after him,

and left him at his aunt's.

This song, Mother,

was in his first album

after the Beatles broke up.

Thanks.

Thank you.

You remind me of being abandoned.

Such a beautiful woman.

How could anyone abandon you?

So beautiful.

Why didn't you get in?

What are you doing here?

Why didn't you go in and meet her?

Let go.

Let go of my hand.

That song

reminded of your mom, didn't it?

Jianing,

it's been years.

And you still cannot face it.

How long are you gonna run away?

Go to her

and talk to her.

Don't let it haunt you for your life.

Zhou Xiaoshan,

may I ask

who are you to me

to talk to me like that?

Come with me.

What are you doing?

Let go.

Let go.

No.

Qiu Jianing,

if you miss out some people,

you'll never see them again.

This way.

Is the Lily you're looking for

Lily Tao?

Yes.

Who are you to her?

Why is she a janitor now?

She's senior in age.

Good posts are taken by young staff.

The boss pitied her

and asked if she'd like to be a janitor.

How is she?

At her age,

it's just enough to feed her.

Lily Tao.

Lily Tao,

you have a visitor.

How are you doing?

Don't you see?

I want to hear it from you.

Mom,

are you doing great?

What did you call me?

Mom.

Maybe you don't know.

The day when I came to you 6 years ago

was my 22nd birthday.

You refused to recognize me.

I was devastated

and even thought about death.

I thought as a mother,

you were a disaster.

I hated your guts.

But now,

after a love relationship

that everybody

thinks it's ridiculous,

I understand you.

The man I loved

has a complicated background

and a huge burden.

When he broke up with me,

he even said he never loved me,

and I just looked like someone he knew.

But do you know?

If I could do this all over again,

I would still fall in love with him.

Because he makes me realize

how beautiful it is

to love someone.

Is it the man behind you?

To be honest,

I did so many things

that many of you don't understand.

I don't regret it

even now.

I know.

If you could choose again,

you would still divorce dad

and leave with that unbelievable man.

Mothers show their love

in different ways.

Some are caring.

Others are strict.

As for you,

you're the bravest.

Thank you.

I got the bravery from you.

And I'm grateful

you brought me to this world,

so I could know how to love.

Don't worry.

I'll be fine.

So just go

live the life in your dreams.

Even I'm not by your side,

I'll always be your daughter.

In the month since I came back here,

I dreamed of you every night

and of the time we spent together.

Jianing,

I miss you

so much.

Zhou Xiaoshan,

I don't get you.

You wooed me.

You broke up with me.

And you resigned.

And now you come to me.

What do you want?

I figured out

one thing in those days.

The woman I love from the beginning

is you,

Qiu Jianing.

If you said those earlier,

I'd be exhilarated.

A few days ago,

when the new synthetic process succeeded,

I cried.

Everybody cried.

I thought

I could face problems sensibly

like I used to.

However...

Love is

harder than any experiments.

You know,

I told myself that I didn't hate you

after you left.

That I respected your decision.

But in fact,

I hated

your guts.

And I often thought of you.

When the tears dried and the hatred was gone,

I found

I'd better bury the love in my heart.

But I still love you.

I can't imagine the life

without you.

Do you know

how painful I am in these days?

You want to bury it in your heart,

but I want to keep it.

Jianing,

I'm sorry.

I really am.

Can you give us another chance?

♪Each time when I see light♪

♪Touches the horizon♪

If you miss out some people in your life,

you'll never get them back.

♪Not far behind the mountains♪

♪The destination is just there♪

♪When you're around, I'm strong♪

♪Once lost in dark corners♪

♪Trying to find the way home♪

♪But now we sing loudly♪

♪Our song♪

♪I want to tell you♪

♪My struggling life has something to hope♪

♪You have my shoulders on the bumpy journey♪

♪I open my hands and hold♪

♪That piece of little glow♪

♪Tenderness reposes all hope♪

♪My struggling life has something to hope♪

♪You have my shoulders on the bumpy journey♪

♪I open my hands and hold♪

♪That piece of little glow♪

Excuse me, are you Ms. Qiu?

Yes.

Please.

♪I lost your news because of occasional deafness♪

♪I changed my old habits, leaving traces in life♪

♪Flowers wither and summer dies♪

♪Once stars shine and I feel pitiful♪

♪Our paths cross I heard the whisper♪

♪The invisible chains tighten♪

♪It’s unlucky that time is merciless♪

♪I can’t write it off♪

♪The reputation you left behind♪

♪You come, go, and squander time♪

♪In the crowds, sometimes distant, sometimes close♪

♪It’s not your fault I can’t let go of my feelings♪

♪Let your lonely shadow♪

♪Leave a mark in my youth♪

♪Please don’t turn around from now on♪

♪The sorrow you left for me♪

♪Is so gentle♪