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Nurse.

Can you please raise the bed up?

I want to see my leg.

Don't worry.

The diagnosis report will include photos.

We will provide you a copy.

What the hell is that?

Don't pretend politeness

and speak so impolitely.

My husband just wants to see his leg.

What's that to do with photos?

Excuse me.

Mrs. Zheng.

Can I have a word?

Mr. Zheng's condition was untreated for too long.

If we don't amputate

there's a risk of death.

Amputate?

Is there no other way?

Mrs. Zheng.

This is something I've had to
tell many patients' families.

Keep the leg and lose your life

or keep your life

and lose the leg.

If you feel uncomfortable

let us know anytime.

We can give you drugs

to let you sleep through it.

Alright?

I'm fine

I'll stay awake.

Great.

While you're awake

let me explain the details.

Usually

our amputation surgery

employs this electric saw.

In one second

it vibrates 1,000 times.

But I personally feel

it doesn't cut well.

It's not smooth.

Well...

Today we're using this stainless steel saw.

It cuts great.

Very smooth.

We'll be using this saw to assist you today.

If it's fine with you.

We will begin.

Here

scalpel.

Doctor.

Put me to sleep after all

midazolam 5mg.

Here

Mr. Zheng.

Please think back to

something pleasant.

Let's count to ten.

Something pleasant.

One.

Honestly speaking

all pleasant things are in the past

a past that is often disappearing.

It's only when I feel pain
and reluctance that I learn

what the pleasant things actually were.

Life always seems to be that way.

We are like train passengers watching scenery.

In the moment,
you think the scenery isn't beautiful.

But once you travel further away.

You realize

we've already passed the beauty.

We can only carry the sorrow and remember.

If the bed...

If there aren't enough beds this week.

Ask for some from General Surgery

I received a critical condition alert.

Wait a moment.

Wait?

Why'd you tell me to come immediately?

I was performing,
I couldn't even change clothes.

Calm down first.

Mr. Zheng's septicemia

is more serious than anticipated.

Dr. Gao said your condition isn't good.

He said you need to intubate.

He said if you intubate

there's a very high chance

you'll never wake up.

But if you don't intubate

you won't live past tonight.

Zi-han.

Will you intubate?

What do you mean my granny loves getting sick?

No.

It's serious.

I mean this time it's really serious.

Can you not be like this?

I'm at the hospital, come see for yourself

I'm saying I'll...

I'll call you later.

Miss, let me help.

Mr. Zheng, we're getting in the ambulance.

May I ask if you're religious?

Mrs. Zheng.

Are you religious?

What he means is

when we get to the funeral home

the ambulance plays music for the deceased.

If you're Christian

we'll play a hymn.

For Buddhists, it's scripture

ls there dance music?

We have a dance version of
the Great Compassion Mantra.

Brother.

Open your eyes.

Does this lady's manner and dress

look like she listens
to the Great Compassion Mantra?

You should play

a waltz or something.

You mean like

the Blue Danube?

Thank you.

We meet by chance.

It was a simple favor.

As you climb a thousand peaks.

Godspeed.

Brother.

Brother.

Please turn the car around

I want to go back to the hospital.

I want to go back to the hospital.

I don't know what love at first sight means.

I only remember the first time I saw you.

I was pulled hypnotically into your world.

Do you still remember
my senior high classmate John?

The first time I knew you

was at his photo studio.

Besides the shutter and aperture

photography requires two perceptive eyes.

But that's still only the
level of the common photographer.

I also possess a heart that is unlike others.

This photo feels so natural.

You know her?

This is a photo studio

not a dating service.

I was only thinking

she's so beautiful

she must have someone already.

Unfortunately

she does not.

Well?

Should I introduce you?

You know my character.

I don't get close to others so easily.

Her name is Yu-ying Qian.

She's an only child.

She won the folk dance competition in junior high.

I also won a writing competition in junior high

ls dancing related to writing?

Of course not.

But we're both champions.

Want to come closer?

You're soaked.

I'm fine.

I'm used to it

and we've only just met.

Miss Qian.

I don't know if I may have the honor

of asking you be to my dance partner?

I don't know if you have that honor.

But I can give it some consideration.

Of course.

"Waltz" in German means "to turn."

Men and women dancing.

Heads in the heavens.

Feet upon the earth.

Rotating about each other.

Supporting each other's bodies.

In the midst of endless turning

I truly realized.

You were the dance partner I was searching for.

Ladies

and gentlemen.

Next up will be

the International Amateur Modern.

Dance Finals.

First team.

Let's welcome.

Number 227.

Zi-han Zheng.

Yu-ying Qian.

Soon after.

We joined an important international competition.

Although we didn't win the championship

the applause of the packed crowd

filled us with confidence for the future.

This all happened in the brief time since we met.

I scarcely believed happiness could come so easily.

So easily that.

I started to doubt what happiness was.

I'm going to ask you three questions.

You have to answer honestly.

Absolutely honest.

Am I your perfect dance partner?

Do you need to ask?

Then

will you take me to Blackpool Dance Festival?

No doubt.

Are you serious about me?

Is this a proposal?

Then you have to tell me

what's the benefit of marrying you.

That's four questions.

Besides my warm personality and good looks.

I have something no other men have.

What?

My mom died over a decade ago.

If you marry me.

You'll never have mother-in-law problems.

How old are you?

This year

28

Who else is in your family?

Only my father

is left now.

Only your father.

Your father.

What's his work?

Morn.

Let me go out some fruit.

Take your time.

Morn, I'll come with you.

Miss, what's the matter?

I'm looking for Dr. Gao

Dr. Gao's shift has ended.

You're that.

Mrs. Zheng.

I was Mrs. Zheng.

Now I'm Miss Qian.

Miss Qian

Dr. Gao's shift really is over.

Get me a doctor of the same seniority as Dr. Gao

to help me.

Okay.

Please wait for me.

We need a little help.

Right.

Thank you.

Are these senior doctors?

Why are they dressed like doormen?

Miss

ls there an issue?

What's all this?

Are you surrounding me

to intimidate me?

No one's intimidating you.

We just want to understand the issue

at hand here.

My husband died three hours ago.

He was amputated before he died

I only wanted to come retrieve

his leg.

Our hospital follows a fixed protocol.

Therefore.

Please go home and wait for a notice.

A notice?

My husband's lying in the ambulance downstairs.

Is it so hard to give me an answer now?

You're determined to stay.

Give me the leg.

We'll call the police.

Officer.

This woman's been making a scene.

It's seriously disturbing peace in the ward.

No, no

I wasn't called in for this.

The call was for adverse possession of property.

Officer

I made the call.

You move quick.

I called before I came upstairs.

Who called the police?

About someone making a scene at the hospital?

Our hospital called you.

Rookie, shouldn't you be on drunk-driving patrol?

What are you doing here?

Old-timer.

Shouldn't you be in a bar
squeezing Vietnamese chicks?

What brings you here?

Look at the balls on you.

Balls so big you're tripping over them.

Senior.

Please be more professional.

I'm currently on duty.

Miss.

Please show your ID.

What ID?

I got here first.

Let me finish talking.

Miss.

May I ask

what happened

to put you in so much pain?

When my husband stayed in the hospital

the doctor told me he needed to amputate.

If he didn't amputate,
there was a risk of death.

I had no choice in the end.

I let them saw off the leg.

Three hours ago.

He died.

I know this hospital

is full of medical malpractice.

But life and death are ruled by fate

I don't blame them

I really don't blame them

I just want to ask

if they can return that leg to me

and reunite it with his body.

But they're not even willing to look

and want me to go home and wait.

Senior.

They've gone too far.

Junior.

Calm down.

Let's clear up the situation first.

Messy Hair

ls what the lady said true?

No, no.

We never said we wouldn't look.

It's just the time is so late.

We can't do anything right now.

Why've you been trying to brush me off?

I've been matter-of-fact.

Do I look like I'm brushing you off?

Even your hair looks like it's brushing me off.

Officer.

You can't just one-sidedly believe her.

Isn't she making a scene right now?

Senior.

You believe what Messy Hair's saying?

Whether she's making a scene or not

you need to have more empathy

and understanding for families.

Officer.

Let's go.

Officer.

- You're kidding.
- Senior.

You're kidding.

You're kidding.

Senior, no.

Didn't you say we need empathy?

Officer.

Officer.

Why am I the one handcuffed?

Miss.

We sympathize deeply with your loss.

But in our official duties

if you continued making a scene at a hospital

we'd have a problem.

Senior.

What should we do now?

Junior.

Isn't it obvious?

By our official duties

we need to remove her from the scene.

Didn't we do that?

And we did it brilliantly.

But after leaving the crime scene.

She escaped custody.

We pursued without success.

We both witnessed it.

Officer.

What should I do now?

Junior.

In this situation

what would you do?

Senior.

I'd like to hear your ideas.

In the hospital.

The people who breathe

stay on the 1st floor and above.

Those who don't breathe stay in the basement.

To find that leg

you'd go to the basement.

Where would the leg be?

Wouldn't you know

by checking the records?

It's that simple.

I'm telling this

only to you.

No one else is listening.

I'm listening.

Who are you?

I'm an ambulance driver.

Can I help you?

Mr. Zheng's body is still in my car.

Go.

You can enter the venue.

That day was a very important day.

After today

we'd have a chance to compete in England.

But I didn't show up.

I know you must have been very hurt.

I should start explaining from the day
before the competition.

Fuck.

This guy's badass.

His company went bankrupt

but he took his last dollars to the casino.

Classmate.

Capa is my idol.

The coolest thing isn't
how many war photos he took.

It's that he was tall and handsome.

Elegant as fuck.

Tons of girls.

Is that so?

And he had a quote:

If your pictures aren't good enough

you aren't close enough.

What's that mean?

It means

if your photos aren't good enough

that means you're too far from the action.

I knew it.

That's great.

John.

You know the biggest lesson I got from this book?

What?

I've got ten grand on me.

Do you know where

I can turn this into twenty grand?

Some say, you can climb your whole life

and fall in an instant.

Once you start down a crooked path

the gates of hell open wide.

I remember soon after coming here

as those false casino chips piled before me.

I realized how foolish

my step-by-step efforts seemed.

I thought I could buy you a car.

We could buy a house.

A house with many rooms.

Full of our children.

When I came out

I had not only twice what I entered with.

But five times.

Almost twenty times more.

Altogether 1.83 million.

Thank you, I don't smoke.

These are for people who don't smoke.

Sir, what do you do?

Ballroom dancing.

Ballroom dance.

Did you know?

I also love ballroom dance.

I didn't know.

First time here.

Yeah.

Incredible.

Winning so much your first time.

Just luck.

Want to play again?

Play what?

Texas hold 'em.

Here?

Of course not.

Interested?

I'm busy later.

No problem.

If you're busy, you can go.

You can barely fit the money in your bag.

Want a new bag?

No.

This one's fine.

Young man.

What's your name?

My surname's Zheng.

Mr. Zheng.

This is my card.

You'll be back in two days.

This must cost five, six thousand.

Don't worry.

We'll perform tomorrow.

Think of this as an early celebration.

Why do you seem strange?

Do I?

You do.

You seem elsewhere.

Yes.

My mind was elsewhere.

Because I was thinking

about the man in the casino saying.

"You'll be back in two days."

I didn't need two days.

I wanted to go right now.

Sign here.

Leave your ID cards here.

In three days, put down 6 million

for this check.

After leaving the casino,
I didn't know where to go.

But my legs brought me
unthinkingly to the contest venue.

When I arrived.

I saw you still waiting alone for me.

I suddenly felt ashamed.

Why did I return for you?

I should go wander the earth

change my name

and forget you forever.

I hid in a rural motel for three, four days.

Time was slow.

Like the world had stopped.

How are you doing?

I'd rather not think about it.

Young man.

Want some company?

No.

Grandma.

May I ask you

ls there someone here

named Zheng?

Handsome guy

staying here.

No.

Only Chen.

Chen?

Think back again.

He just called my friend

telling me to deliver his money here.

No.

No?

You're speaking carelessly.

When I asked neighbors, they said he was here.

The neighbors wouldn't know.

Think carefully.

That's right.

Think carefully.

His mother asked us to deliver money.

That's right.

We aren't messing around.

Let us look upstairs.

Save us the trouble

we're just delivering money.

No

I'm not lying.

Why did the auntie next door say he was here?

She didn't say.

She doesn't know him.

Grandma.

Can I use your bathroom?

I'm telling you.

There's no bathroom upstairs.

There's no bathroom upstairs.

Jumping was the stupidest thing
lever did in my life.

I destroyed myself

and destroyed our future.

When I awoke, I saw

a teardrop on your cheek.

I wanted to tell you many things

but besides the guilt in my heart

I couldn't say anything.

If time could return to that moment

I would tell you I'm sorry.

Tell you.

I only wanted to be with you.

Only wanted you to live happily.

But I didn't know such a simple thing

could be so hard.

Thinking back now.

For the two of us, this was both the worst

and our best moment.

The next day, you brought me to your home.

I kneeled in front of your parents.

Not because I was asking for 6 million dollars

but out of deep remorse

not to mention

I had married their daughter

without notifying them.

All right.

Stop kneeling.

Let's eat.

I'm looking for Dr. Gao.

Our outpatient hours are over.

It's fine, let her in.

You're still after the same thing, right?

Yes, Dr. Gao

I'm still after the same thing.

From our hospital's perspective

everything belongs to the patients

including medical records

or the patient's parts or organs.

Those are all patients'

We have no reason to hold them.

So you making a scene yesterday

was actually pointless.

Dr. Gao.

I only want my husband's leg returned.

I know.

This Taiwanese custom of

burying the body intact or whatever

I don't believe in it.

Dr. Gao.

I only want my husband's leg returned.

Hello. Pathology?

This is Dr. Gao.

Can you help me find

a Mr. Zheng's

pathology report?

Okay. Thank you

I'll wait for your call.

I'm going to eat

I'll come with you.

What for?

I don't know when I'll see you again.

Am I disturbing your meal?

Yes.

It's better if you sit.

Thank you.

This is my first time eating
with a patient's family.

With a dead man's family too.

You've got humor.

I'm a sensible person.

I feel like

you and your husband

didn't get along too well.

Why do you say that?

I saw his medical record.

He was sick for a long time.

But seems like no one looked after him.

Sorry.

I shouldn't have asked.

Hello.

Pathology.

Okay.

Got it.

Miss Qian, this is Director Yang.

Our hospital forbids

non-employees from entering.

But I told them about you.

So...

When they're done here

hurry up and take your husband's leg.

Mr. Zheng's specimen is 8503482.

Jul-05.

Second shelf.

Sorry

ls there an issue?

5503482

Right?

Right.

Second shelf.

Can't find it.

Check every shelf.

Okay.

What the hell.

Why aren't things put where they should be?

Director.

What's going on?

These two days' specimens

should all be on this shelf.

The specimens we sent down should have slides.

Of course.

I don't get what you're saying.

What specimen slides?

What's that mean?

Your husband's cut-off leg is called

a specimen.

Slices of a specimen are put into glass slides.

So you're saying

my husband's leg vanished

and changed into glass?

Your husband's leg wouldn't change into glass.

I think

maybe

there were problems when it was being delivered.

What problems?

Yeah, what problems?

Director, I want to know too.

We sent the specimen from Surgery

directly to Pathology.

If there's a problem, it's with Pathology.

Don't throw blame left and right, Director.

I'm not throwing blame, just clarifying.

Technician Wang.

Bring me the past few days' forms.

Okay.

Yes.

It's July 5.

Sent directly

from Surgery.

We signed it.

But.

Miss Qian.

Before your husband was operated on

you already signed the consent form.

What consent form?

The consent form asked you

if you wanted to keep the specimen.

You checked "No".

Are you not giving it to me

because you can't find it

or are you not giving it to me

because I signed "No"?

Is there a difference?

Of course it's different

I want it back now.

Have you eaten at a restaurant before?

What about it?

When you finish chewing a chicken bone

and the waiter cleans your table

and asks you

if he can clear away your chicken bones

you say "Yes"

after he's taken them

you turn and tell him to bring the bones back

you want to chew it more

you want to taste it again.

Does that seem right to you?

Thank you.

Dr. Gao.

I could no longer dance.

The day the doctor told us

we were both very quiet.

To comfort me

you out the hair you'd
been growing for twenty years

and told me you didn't want to compete either.

We searched for a place to teach dance lessons.

Fortunately.

Your dad, besides paying my debt

also provided us a classroom.

He even lent us money.

At first

we hesitated.

Did we need such a big classroom?

But in the end, we reserved it.

This was not only where we danced.

To save money

we also lived here.

During that time,
I witnessed many different lifestyles.

I realized how living wasn't easy.

I started to worry about our future.

Hello.

This is our new ballroom dance studio.

Please visit if you have time.

Hello.

This is our new ballroom dance studio.

Please visit if you have time.

See our classes on the back.

I'm sore here.

- Here.
- Yeah.

Good work.

You had it tough, running around outside.

You had it tougher.

Zi-han.

I heard a joke today.

What joke?

There's a bird couple

on a treetop.

Below the tree

is a flock of grazing sheep.

Suddenly one of the sheep slips and falls.

The bird wife

says.

"Husband.

It's wet down there!"

Are you flirting with me?

That joke's so old.

Then have you heard

the one about the frog and the kangaroo?

One day, a frog and a kangaroo

went to a brothel.

In a short time

the kangaroo came back out.

He heard the frog in the next room.

"One two three hey."

"One two three hey."

"One two three hey."

The kangaroo was envious

and thought "Wow".

The next day.

The kangaroo met the frog

and asked him.

"Brother Frog.

You're amazing, going all night."

The frog told the kangaroo.

"Shit."

"I jumped all night and couldn't land on the bed."

Zi-han.

Aren't you worried?

Worried about what?

We have so few students.

No.

It'll get better

ls there something unsettled between us?

No.

Something just reminded me of you.

I wonder if I could ask a favor.

What is it?

I recently opened a dance studio with my wife.

Business is slow.

I remember

you said you liked dancing.

You stopped dancing?

I think

if you like to dance

my wife is really a good teacher.

I believe you also have

many friends who dance.

If you don't mind

give us a try.

When people reach a dead end

they'll dig any hole to escape.

That's the situation that made me

ask Mr. Chen from the casino.

He promised nothing.

But in a few weeks

students gradually increased.

Today, two more.

The next day, four.

The students seemed refined.

Not covered in tattoos.

Most had their own dance partner.

The classroom became more crowded.

You were happily busy

and even hired an assistant.

Keep smiling.

Later, I called Mr. Chen to thank him.

He didn't take my calls after that.

Long ago, someone told me.

Life is rarely smooth sailing.

As soon as you ride one wave

you need to race for the next one.

Only those who seize their chance

can create their own turning points.

My first turning point
after the classroom's success

was the foreclosed home.

Can I help you?

I'm the homeowner.

The homeowner.

The tenant is over there.

Take it easy.

The homeowner.

Boss.

The homeowner.

Mr. Homeowner, hello

I'm the tenant.

Make yourself at home.

No.

This house

I bought it.

Are you all

moving out?

Did you

bring it yet?

It is the...

Relocation fee.

No.

I already bought this house.

How could there be a relocation fee?

Young man.

You don't know the unspoken rules?

What rules?

You can look it up online.

Where online?

Ask Brother Google.

"House roaches."

What do you know about foreclosed homes?

I did my research.

There're two types.

One with handover, one without.

No handover is cheaper

I bought one with no handover.

So it...

How much did you pay?

8 million.

How much do they want?

2.5 million.

What's the market value?

10 million.

How many people do they have?

About ten.

You're dressed so neatly

and brought a gift

I thought you were polite

but your relocation fee

is even less than your husband's.

We only have this much.

If you don't take it

and don't move.

I still can't give you

the number you want.

If anyone knew I took such a small amount

how could I show my face in society?

Fuck you, you wanna die?

How can we show our face?

Fuck you, you wanna die?

Brother.

Bringing so many friends here each day

must cost a lot.

It's like a choir in here.

I really don't have that much money.

If you take it and leave.

One day, I'll sell this house make a lot of money

and gift it to you.

In this business

we'll be seeing more of each other.

Brother.

If we can treat each other

like friends

wouldn't that be better?

Yu-ying.

If...

We got into the foreclosure business

the two of us

wouldn't it be like
The Return of the Condor Heroes?

The Return of the Condor Heroes?

The guy lost his arm.

The girl was raped.

Have you even read that book?

Miss Qian.

You can't keep following me.

This is our place of work.

I must ask you to leave.

Because of you

I didn't finish my lunch

I have more surgeries this afternoon.

Can you have mercy?

I can wait here until your surgery's over.

What'll you do when my surgery's over?

Didn't you sign the form

saying you waived the specimen?

I need to get my husband's leg back

I need his leg before he's buried.

I'm an orthopedic doctor

but the doctor you need is a psychiatrist.

(Ask for Qian Wang,B2)

Is Qian Wang here?

He's next door.

Next door

ls Qian Wang here?

He's downstairs.

Downstairs.

Mr. Wang.

Are you Mr. Wang?

Dr. Gao asked me to find you.

What is it?

My husband was amputated.

But he died soon after

I want to retrieve his leg.

Dr. Gao told me to find you.

Go ask Pathology.

Pathology couldn't find it.

Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang.

Don't follow me

Mr. Wang.

Mr. Wang.

Enough.

Mr. Wang, can you help me?

Please.

Mr. Wang.

When was his surgery?

Jul-05.

Only two days ago.

According to hospital regulations

amputated specimens

are kept at Pathology

for at least two weeks.

When did he pass away?

Yesterday.

Yesterday.

Be careful.

Your husband

is still active in this world

seeing his friends

listening to them.

He could even

be talking to you.

You simply can't hear it.

Right now

you must

avoid dishonesty

and deceit.

Let me ask.

Did you sign the consent form
waiving the specimen?

Then you should stand by

what you've said.

But they didn't follow hospital procedure either

and lost it.

You can't use others' faults

to ignore your own faults.

So...

What should I do?

What should you do?

Go home.

Arrange your husband's affairs.

Forget that leg.

Dr. Gao didn't send me here

to hear you say this.

Miss.

I'm just a janitor.

How should I know what Dr. Gao

wanted me to tell you?

Pathology

must have seen your waiver

and sent it down directly.

But

you regret it now.

Mr. Wang.

You look like

you understand the world more

than the doctors and nurses upstairs.

Do you know why we regret things?

Miss.

You don't need to split us
into upstairs-downstairs.

Everyone has done

and understands

different things.

Let me ask.

Why do you regret it?

I signed the waiver

because after my husband was amputated

we could still spend many decades together.

Compared to those years together

that leg

isn't worth anything.

I never thought

he'd be gone immediately.

That was your vision

not necessarily his.

Mr. Wang.

All the stuff sent from Pathology

gets piled up here.

Usually, on Fridays

a medical waste truck

comes to pick it up.

But

it just came by three days ago.

SO

If your husband's leg came down
in the past two days

you have a chance.

What if I don't find it?

If you don't find it

it'll go to a medical waste disposal plant

and be incinerated within 84 hours

incinerated in 84 hours?

Incinerated in 84 hours.

All their trucks

have GPS.

Whether they're eating or shitting

our computers monitor it

so they can't trick us.

You want to search?

Yes.

Okay.

Put these on, then.

What are these for?

You'll know in a moment.

Do you have new ones?

Cleaner ones?

You think we are a department store?

When you go in, I won't join you.

When you go in, you'll see.

Yellow bags and red bags.

Don't look inside

the yellow bags.

Those are recycled.

You can look into

the red bags.

When you open them

you'll see many small bags.

Never open

the small bags.

They're filled with formalin.

Even if it doesn't splash on you

if you breathe too much

we'll be holding a

double funeral

for husband and wife.

Then how do I search?

By touch.

Feel the bags

by shape and size

and you'll know.

What?

I'll slap your ass.

You're not afraid?

I'm afraid.

You're not afraid?

I'm afraid.

But she took the kids to compete.

She won't be back until late.

Louder.

Don't stop.

Get the fuck out.

Did you use my bed?

It's not what you think.

Did you?

No.

I suspected this for a long time.

I just didn't want to believe it.

You only

wash my feet

telling me lewd jokes.

I was so naive

flirting along with your jokes.

You laugh like I'm nothing.

But with other women?

You said it's not what I think.

What is it then?

This photo

is of a couple

who came here for a wedding photo after the notary.

I was even their witness.

None of their families and friends came.

It was a somewhat cold scene.

But though it was a bit sad.

I still captured their smiles.

The two gazing into the distance.

From their expressions

the distance doesn't seem so far away.

I also feel honored to have known this couple.

This was a really good shot.

Good shots don't sell anymore.

Photo studios now

are all run by uneducated middle-aged women

who only know how to say.

"Come on."

"Lift your head."

"Yes."

"Smile."

The people in their photos

all Smile like idiots.

How's your dance studio?

Great.

And the wife?

Also great.

After that incident.

You didn't mention divorce.

You kept the dance studio going.

But you moved out.

Besides teaching in the classroom

you started teaching in the dance hall.

The dance hall had good male dancers.

You would share a moment of happiness.

I used to think dance

was all about the steps

raising your hands

turning.

These past few years

I slowly realized

dance is not only the posture.

It is the spilling of emotion.

It is love

and hate.

Anger

and sorrow.

I had this realization

only after I stopped dancing.

Director Yang.

It was so cold

that I felt faint

and got confused.

Let me try again

I'll find it for sure this time.

Miss Qian.

You've already broken our hospital rules.

Technically speaking

we can't help you open these bags.

All I can do

is let you to take one bag back to your husband.

Director Yang.

Are you trying to get in my way?

Women shouldn't be hard on women.

Miss Qian.

You don't need to tell me these

outdated feminist slogans.

I peer down a microscope every day.

You can't tell men from women under the microscope.

President.

President.

The secretary told me today

about this matter

I was very shocked.

Director Yang.

How long have you been working at this hospital?

About 15 years.

How could such a huge mistake occur?

This family's in so much pain.

Isn't it our physician's duty

to relieve the people's suffering?

President.

When my husband was hospitalized.

I did sign the amputation waiver.

But now I regret it

I want it back.

I want to return it to his body.

No problem.

You don't need to explain.

Life is long.

We all have some regrets.

But truthfully speaking

even if we get your husband's leg back

and reattach it

it wouldn't do much good.

After all, it's been severed

and soaked in chemicals.

Wouldn't you agree?

Speaking for all my hospital colleagues

we offer our deepest apologies.

Forget this leg.

I'll get you a trunk of the finest wood

and make you the best prosthetic leg.

Truthfully.

Yesterday

my colleagues informed me of your situation.

I wanted to

find time to speak with you.

But my morning was busy

I forgot.

But I privately called

my sculptor friend in the mountains.

I asked him to reserve

wood that was intended to
carve the goddess Guanyin.

That wood

is from a century-old temple

that renovated its beams.

Very beautiful.

Very rare.

If you don't mind

we'll use this wood

to carve a leg for Mr. Zheng

and fulfill your wish.

Mr. Zhu.

Thanks for your work.

Hello.

This is Miss Qian.

Miss Qian

welcome.

Miss Qian.

We took photos from Pathology

of your husband's leg

to make a 3D model

for Mr. Zhu

so he can sculpt custom measurements.

The pathology photos

were swollen and black before amputation.

Yes.

Mr. Zhu

is a famous artist.

He only needs to see a 3D model

to recreate in his mind

your husband's leg when it was healthy.

We can complete it tomorrow.

And then

your husband's leg

toenails

skin

will all be precisely represented.

It will look brand new.

President.

Miss Qian is here.

Director Yang is here too.

President

I'm here representing Pathology
for Mr. Zheng's leg.

You can smell the aroma.

If this wasn't accompanying your husband's body.

I'd want to keep it here as an art display.

This leg

looks more like my husband's leg
than my husband's leg.

Beautiful.

Really beautiful.

Miss Qian.

May I ask

regarding your husband's funeral

ls there anything else we can assist with?

President.

Mr. Zheng's funeral is only awaiting this leg.

We can attach it this afternoon.

After that, there's only the funeral procession

cremation

and interment.

In that case.

Let me know when it happens.

Okay.

When it's time, I'll go

pay my respects to Mr. Zheng.

Will this leg

be cremated with my husband?

Of course.

When this leg is returned to your husband's body

they'll be cremated together.

After it's cremated

won't this leg

become ash?

Miss Qian.

Human beings

after we're cremated

don't we all become ash?

No.

When humans

are cremated, we become bone ash.

When wood burns, it becomes only ash.

Bone ash and ash are not the same.

Miss Qian.

What...

What do you mean, the ashes are different?

Isn't it all ash?

When some people die

we burn a Benz

burn a mansion

burn servants for them in the afterlife.

Isn't it all ash?

It's not the same.

A Benz and a mansion

are external things.

Bone ash is our selves.

This leg is the same as a Benz.

It's a burnt offering.

It's not originally his.

What is this bullshit?

I used a piece of the finest wood

to carve your husband's stink-ass leg.

Now you say

you don't want it?

You want to me to display it

in my office

for visitors

to ask

"so pretty.

Whose leg is it?"

How the hell do I answer?

This isn't my husband's leg.

Look

here are your choices.

One.

Face the facts

and go burn your husband.

When he reincarnates

he'll grow a new leg.

Two.

You take this leg

and put it with your husband's body.

When it's cremated

this will all be over.

Three.

Stick your husband in a freezer.

Wait a while

and see if one day

he starts

sprouting

a new leg.

President.

I'll see you in court then.

Ma'am.

When we opened clinics in the past

we'd hang a plaque
with a philanthropic inscription

to express our

charity in thought and deed.

But now, when we open hospitals

there's no plaque.

Do you know what's behind the wall now?

An army of

ruthless lawyers.

Get this woman out of here.

Then take this.

My God.

Take this filthy thing out of my sight.

Hello.

Yeah

I am.

He died two days ago

ls something wrong?

Health insurance.

How long has it been?

About

half a month.

Has your leg

been injured before?

In the past

I had a car accident.

I think you'd better get a hospital exam.

Doctor.

Tell me.

It's fine

I can handle it.

If you want my honest opinion.

With your situation.

It could be bone cancer.

Will I need amputation?

Mr. Zheng.

Bone cancer treatment is

very advanced now.

It's rare that amputation is needed.

But surgery to clean out the disease

is definitely necessary.

What are you saying?

You're talking about a crime.

There are 2 kinds of insurance cards.

One has a photo, the other doesn't.

Mine happens to have no photo.

If there's no photo,
they still need to see your national ID

John.

When you see the doctor.

Besides your national ID photo

does anyone care if the rest is real or fake?

I'm telling you.

Health insurance cards

are impossible to forge.

But national IDs

aren't hard.

Even if I give you a totally clean health record

and apply for insurance

you'll still need to wait before getting a checkup.

Is it fine to drag out your illness?

The doctor said my symptoms

only just started.

Cancer isn't some fast-acting disease.

If I wait 3 or 6 months

it should be fine.

I think you've gone crazy.

You know I haven't been doing well
the past few years.

Not well?

Don't you always say you're doing great?

John.

You know I'm a charming man.

Have you ever heard a charming man

say he's not doing well?

This is the first time I learned
you're a charming man

John.

What are you doing?

I'm in the dressing room.

Doing what in the dressing room?

Adjusting my look in the dressing room.

Why'd you shave like that?

Aren't we taking an ID photo?

Sit here.

Do we need to do all this

for a fake ID photo?

My dad opened this studio.

My dad's named John.

Strictly speaking, I should be John ll.

I always thought this art would never be replaced.

I never thought one day it would end.

This camera hasn't been used in over ten years

and now it's being used to shoot your fake ID.

Come here

I've finished it.

When I tell you to press.

Press down.

Press.

Who're you looking for?

I want to make an ID.

What?

I want to make an ID.

Come in.

National ID photo.

You want it exact or OK-exact?

What's the difference?

"Exact" can pass most police spot checks.

With OK-exact

you can get a bank notarization

or marry your mistress.

OK-exact.

It went smoother than I thought

John got me a clean health report.

I applied to an insurance company.

The company said

the insurance policy

would take effect after 90 days.

In other words

I couldn't go to a clinic for 90 days

to get any cancer exam.

After that, the only thing left to do was wait.

I didn't eat much each day.

I spent a lot of time walking.

I felt very calm.

Sometimes I'd pass John's place.

We didn't talk as much as we used to.

It didn't mean we had a falling out.

It meant that during this time

John was waiting alongside me.

But waiting

is not an easy task.

What's wrong?

It's nothing.

Want to see a doctor?

It's nothing.

You call this nothing?

Take a look in the mirror.

I'll go with you.

When a relationship comes to a deadlock

the best solution is for one party

to evoke sympathy in the other.

I never thought of getting your sympathy.

I only wanted

to quietly do something for you.

I don't remember what happened that night.

When I awoke

I was already in the hospital.

How did I get here?

I taught class all day yesterday.

I didn't see you there.

I visited you in the evening.

You didn't wake no matter how I tried.

Why would you do this?

You're sick but didn't see a doctor.

Are you still bitter?

I'm not bitter

but I thought you'd still be sour.

Hello.

Nurse.

Can you raise the bed up?

I want to see my leg

Mr. Zheng, don't worry.

The diagnosis report will include photos.

We will provide you a copy.

What the hell is this?

Don't pretend politeness

and speak so impolitely.

My husband just wants to see his leg.

What's that to do with photos?

Excuse me.

Dr. Gao.

Mrs. Zheng.

Can I have a word?

Mr. Zheng's condition was untreated for too long.

If we don't amputate, there's a risk of death.

Amputate?

Is there no other way?

Mrs. Zheng.

This is something I've had to
tell many patients' families.

Keep the leg and lose your life

or keep your life

and lose the leg.

What did the doctor say?

Bone cancer?

Of course not.

It's nothing to do with bone cancer.

I got a call from the insurance company yesterday.

They said Zi-han had
20 million in cancer insurance

and the premiums expired just this month.

They couldn't find him so they called me.

I was dazed and confused.

You were Zi-han's best friend.

Had you ever heard about any insurance?

Did the insurance company say anything?

They gave some condolences

and then slithered away

so they didn't pay

a single penny.

Zi-han's insurance was for cancer.

He died of a blood clot from septicemia.

Nothing to do with cancer.

So of course the insurance company wouldn't pay up.

Do you know anything about this?

Last month.

Zi-han's leg was uncomfortable, he saw a doctor.

The doctor said it could be bone cancer.

He came up with a plan.

He told me to get a health exam

and used my health report to buy insurance.

I told him it'd bite him in the ass.

He said cancer cells wouldn't
spread much in 3 or 5 months.

I didn't imagine it'd turn out this way.

You two look so different.

How could that work?

I thought so too

but it turns out

it wasn't so difficult.

How could Zi-han be so dumb?

The doctor said

if he'd just started the medicine early,
it would've been fine.

He believed he put a terrible burden on you.

He wanted to make it up to you with a few million.

This was a photo of you.

I always told him to take it home.

He always said "Next time, next time".

When's the funeral?

I don't know yet.

Why not?

His leg's still missing.

Director Pan.

Does your department

not make much money?

This department looks

different from the others.

Yes.

Our department has no surgeries

no tests

no patient visits.

We don't make money.

That's why we're in this tiny corner.

Then you should have free time.

Miss Qian.

If you keep making trouble

we'll all have a lot of free time soon.

Director Pan.

I just want to ask about the GPS.

Can't you tell me anything?

I don't know what Qian Wang was smoking

when he told you our garbage trucks use GPS.

Qian Wang told me that after the truck left

my husband's leg would be incinerated in 84 hours.

Minus the last two days

all I have left is today.

Director Pan.

Trust me.

If you don't tell me

I will stay here with you.

I will follow you home.

When you go to sleep

I will be there.

And I will tell your wife

you're a man who doesn't take responsibility.

You're really sick.

Should I take you to the emergency room?

After the emergency room,
I'll come back to find you.

Everyone in the hospital knows about your case.

Everyone knows you won't stop.

Sign a consent form, and you regret it.

Give you a new leg, and you don't want it.

Helping a fickle person like you

never ends well.

Director Pan.

Don't be so serious.

Let me tell you one of my husband's favorite jokes.

There's an old couple, married 50 years.

One morning.

They're sitting at the table eating breakfast.

The husband tells the wife

"50 years ago, we used to take our clothes off

and eat breakfast naked."

The wife says.

"So you think

we should take our clothes off now?"

So.

The two of them

took their clothes off and ate breakfast.

Then the wife says.

"Darling.

Guess what?

My nipples

are burning hot for you, just like 50 years ago."

The husband says.

"That's no surprise.

Because one of the nipples

is drooping into your coffee."

Miss Qian.

If you don't leave.

I'm calling security.

What the hell's this?

What hell are you?

Don't snoop through my stuff.

The hell am I? The hell are you!

What's the problem?

We're fine, you're the problem.

Director Pan.

Just tell me where the truck is.

Is it so hard

to help a widow?

You're the most unwanted person

in the whole hospital.

If you're fine, then get out.

Enough?

Enough?

If you don't go, I'll really call security

I'll fucking sue you.

You won't tell me?

I'll sue you, Director Pan.

Hey, John.

Come pick me up

and pick up some stuff for me too

I'll text you what you need to buy.

You don't have a car?

Can you borrow one?

I have no car either.

My granny can't talk, she's terminally ill

I'll call you later.

Climb a thousand peaks.

Godspeed

I'll call you later.

Since we've met again

can you do me a favor?

Do you have a car?

Yeah.

Can you take me down south?

That's not cool.

I thought your husband just died

and you know

I have a girlfriend.

I'll explain in the car.

It's already past 4:30.

Hold on.

This guy's really daring

driving that kind of car to this kind of place.

You think the woman's in love?

Not with this kind of place.

Why couldn't there be love?

The chances are low.

But I think the woman loves him a lot.

He must've forgotten to pay.

What the hell are you doing?

Can you drive like that?

What the hell?

Mr. Huang.

My name is Qian.

These two are my colleagues

John

and William.

We're radiation specialists from the EPA.

On July 5th.

An irradiated patient was amputated.

The amputated limb was improperly disposed of.

When we got the news, we tracked down your truck.

Isn't that lucky?

I'm going to burn it.

If it gets burned

the radiation will blast everywhere.

Your factory will be toast.

That's so fucked up.

Damn.

Wait, wait.

You aren't anybody.

EPA my ass.

What kind of car is that?

What kind of clothes are those?

You know you're holding a mosquito swatter?

Mr. Huang.

This isn't a mosquito swatter.

This is the newest model

radiation detector.

At 2:00 PM

you were on the National Highway.

On the Nantou Interchange at 4:30

past the culvert.

Besides the EPA

who could track your GPS?

Fuck, you think I'm dumb?

You followed me here

and wrote down the GPS.

You think I don't know?

Okay.

You're so smart.

You know we followed you.

You know how many traffic violations you had?

Speeding.

Illegal lane changes.

Littering cigarettes.

And...

How long did you park at that diner?

Is this waste truck

allowed to park by diners?

Were you playing with your lover?

What do you want?

Brother.

My colleague here may look like Lun-Mei Gwei.

But she only appears naive.

Everything she said is true.

We are EPA radiation technicians.

We by accident

lost an irradiated specimen.

If we don't get it back

we could end up

losing our jobs.

However.

If an accident does happen

the radiation could hit thousands of people.

Fuck, you're confusing me

I don't know whether to believe you

Mr. Huang.

It's fine.

You have two options now.

Option one.

You can call the police.

The police will retrieve the irradiated specimen.

My colleague and I

will be written up

and punished.

You will be written up for your

traffic and parking violations.

Option two?

Option two.

You let us retrieve the irradiated specimen

I'll return it to the EPA.

Our records will remain clean

and your lover at the diner

won't be discovered.

Help us to help you.

This is called a win-win.

How about it?

No.

It's win-win-win-win.

Since there's 4 people

it's win-win-win-win.

Hold on though.

I'm not going up there.

No need

we'll search by ourselves.

Be careful of radiation.

That day when you asked me whether to intubate.

My only thought was not to burden you.

I was lost for words

I couldn't tell you much.

Even if I managed to recover.

I'd end up weighing you down.

My life

started out as an uncertain journey.

It was you.

Now I should call you.

Miss Qian.

After I met you.

I gained a direction.

His body is intact now.

He has let go of worldly things

Buddha will lead him to the other shore.

Please pay your respects.

Could I have a moment alone?

I recall how I loved you at first sight.

How I lost my way.

I remember my regrets

and your tears.

I still remember the first time
you took me dancing.

It felt like

you had taken me flying.

I remember

my palms were sweating

like a girl afraid of heights

on a plane for the first time.

Later

when I saw you getting abused at the seaside.

When I looked down at your face covered in bruises.

I realized.

I love you.

Not because you promised me anything.

I love you

because you're the person I love.

The time is here.

My journey

is finished.

I can only wish you safe happiness
on your journey ahead

to reach those distances I couldn't see.

Zi-han.

Finding your leg

was the last thing I could do for you.

To give you back your wings.

I hope when you reach the other world

you can fly free

and find

what you lost long ago.

Now

I will wait in silence

hoping to meet Miss Qian again one day.

At that time, I'll ask you for a dance.

Because long, long ago

someone once said.

If love is enduring

it will outlast a brief separation.

If it's possible.

I hope in dreams.

I can relive the feeling of

the first time you took me flying