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[Once and Forever]

[Episode 18]

Bye-bye.

♫It's unforgettable♫

♫When you get close to me at that time♫

♫It's hard to figure out, I'm bewitched♫

I don't know

how many times we'll say goodbye in our lives

and which one means a promise to meet again

or a real farewell.

♫It's rare♫

♫I'm trying to reach out my hand♫

What's her name?

I'm Xie Qiao.

I'm here to see my girlfriend.

♫I'm afraid it'll break if I touch it♫

Yang Cheng.

What's the point of teasing me?

Xie Qiao.

I might really like you.

♫Maybe what I can't get is the most precious♫

♫Who is absurd and unrepentant♫

♫Who'd be willing to see the ending of the story♫

♫Will♫

Thank you.

♫The burning aftertaste♫

I've never received

such a special gift.

♫Be found one day♫

How can I leave Xie Qiao alone?

♫Goodbye♫

She's my girlfriend.

♫Love♫

Come on.

I've never

let a girl spend money on me.

♫Goodbye♫

Go back and pack up now.

I'll pick you up at school.

♫You're still there one day♫

Qiaoqiao.

I don't want to lose you.

♫We♫

Is this your first time?

I'll take it seriously.

♫Are the smallest dust♫

This time, Yang Cheng and I

♫We met and we became unique♫

are really breaking up.

Suddenly,

I feel like I'm thrown back to

our 18-year-old.

This

♫Maybe the person I'm waiting for♫

doesn't seem to work.

A beautiful boy

said he dreamed of me

♫Has been waiting for every journey of mine♫

and then intended to kiss me.

♫I went a long way before I suddenly turned around♫

Qiaoqiao.

When I come back,

let's get married.

This is a long dream.

♫Maybe what I can't get is the most precious♫

♫Who's the one who's trying to be tough♫

♫Who can't be blamed for what they've done♫

♫Will♫

♫The burning aftertaste♫

♫Be found one day♫

♫Goodbye♫

♫You're still there one day ♫

Why are you still up so late?

[Imperial College of Technology]

Are you still outside?

I just finished recording.

Recording?

Xiaozhou.

I'm going to have my own single.

I'm going to debut.

Listen.

Let me sing it for you.

This song is called "Worth".

I must

sing it to you first.

Okay.

♫The longer the night♫

♫The brighter the dawn♫

♫Shining into every corner of my heart♫

♫The twists and turns along the way♫

♫It's all worth it♫

♫Dark clouds always go away♫

♫They can't hide the rainbow♫

♫A million storms♫

♫Pave the way for a dream♫

♫The longer the night♫

♫The brighter the dawn♫

Who is it?

What?

Did Xie Qiao tell you?

What now?

Xie Qiao and Yang Cheng broke up.

Yang Cheng broke up…

You broke up

with Yang last night?

How did you know?

Really?

So it's true

that you no longer have feelings

for Yang?

If you're here for this,

drive me back to the office.

Why?

Why are you in such a hurry to go back?

Come on, I have to work.

I have a lot of manuscripts to do.

Tell me then.

Did you

fall in love with someone else behind Yang's back?

Who is it?

Is he from your office?

That can't be.

There is no good-looking person

in your office.

Are you crazy?

Then why?

Why did you break up?

No reason.

I wanted to break up.

See? I told you.

You're the problem.

Can you stop doing this?

Since young,

you always make trouble

as you please.

You won't give me any time to prepare.

Tell me.

Who do you like now?

I like an idiot.

I know.

What do you know?

San Gou.

Right?

Who?

San... San Gou?

Look.

You're stuttering.

Am I right?

Are you

out of your mind?

Yes.

I don't like Yang.

He is not good,

but he's better than

San Gou.

You can't blindly admire San Gou

just because

he published a book.

If you

live together

and he does pair show for you every day,

"One chicken on the left,

and a duck on the right",

can you stand it?

You are out of your mind.

Drive me back.

Hurry up.

Sit over there.

Talk to her.

Is it because of Ren Siyu?

No.

I've made it clear with Yang Cheng.

I have no feelings for him.

Feelings?

Yang Cheng wanted to marry you.

Do you know

what marriage means

to people like us?

He wants to drag you into his life.

I'm not showing off,

but this is a new world.

Is there anything more sincere than this?

Wang Ying.

Maybe I'm not in the same world as you

by nature.

Maybe you can find someone

you don't hate

and get into a relationship

like partners.

It doesn't matter anyway.

You've seen too many big things.

Maybe family and marriage

are not that important to you.

But for me,

it's not like that.

I grew up

in the mega family.

I live on human connection.

In my memory,

two people in marriage

must love each other.

Wang Ying.

I want love.

I want to be loved.

I always picture that when I get old

and look at the person next to me,

I'll feel so happy to have him.

No matter how hard my life is,

it's worth it to have him.

Do you know how many people are lining up

to marry Yang Cheng?

Yes.

Marrying Yang Cheng

is as if you've won five million yuan.

There's someone who's trying to cut in line.

But I don't want to line up anymore.

Way to go for them.

Maybe I've been used to it for so many years.

I can't imagine the fact

that the person around him

won't be you.

You are so picky.

I didn't expect

you thought highly of me.

He won't stop finding new girls anyway.

It'll be someone else even if it's not you.

At least you're more familiar to me.

Why are you so giggling?

How did your chat go?

Is it San Gou?

What is San Gou?

Did you persuade her?

I did.

She's willing to make Ren Siyu take advantage.

What can I do?

Ren Siyu?

Who is it?

You...

Do you have a girlfriend?

Don't ask him.

Tonight,

I promise he is single.

I really don't have a girlfriend.

We officially broke up.

Do you have one now?

Yang Cheng.

Screw you!

Are you okay, Yang Cheng?

What are you doing?

Don't move!

I've wanted to hit him for a long time.

Come here.

Why do you just lock me in?

What do you think?

He's in the hospital now because of you.

Please be gentle.

He's still

locked in, right?

Yes.

Wang Ying, listen.

Don't look for someone to get him out.

I won't show mercy

to anyone for what happened today.

I thought

I'd never see Yang Cheng

after we broke up.

I didn't expect

to see him so soon.

I thought you wouldn't come to see me again.

Well...

No.

I haven't told you what it is.

What can it be?

Are you asking us to get back together?

Qin Chuan is imprisoned.

That's the police enforcing the law impartially.

I can do nothing about it.

But I also asked them.

It's said that as long as you can write a letter of apology,

he can…

Why should I?

I'm sorry.

Why are you sorry?

He did that because of me…

That's why I'm even more upset.

I don't know what to say.

But Yang Cheng,

didn't you say

that I could ask you for help

in the future?

Can you do me a favor?

Please.

I want to lock him up forever

if I can.

Maybe you will marry me.

No.

I promise it won't happen again.

Thank you, the government.

You've gone too far this time.

Can you not survive

by brutality and violence?

No.

Did someone

bully you inside?

It's good that I didn't bully others.

Luckily nothing happened this time.

It's only been ten days.

If you broke Yang Cheng's face,

he wouldn't write the letter of apology.

I don't need his forgiveness.

Besides, I won't forgive him.

I could make him

lose the ability to give birth.

He wouldn't be a playboy anymore that way.

Qiaoqiao,

he'd made you

suffer a lot.

To be honest,

I didn't want you

to beg him

for my business.

Do you think I should scold you

or thank you?

Try scolding me.

Then thank you.

Thank you for your letter of understanding.

You're not pregnant, are you?

Why?

Do you think you took precautions?

My pregnancy

must be bad news to you.

If it were Xie Qiao's,

it would be

great news.

I can't accept it.

Why?

Xie Qiao and I have never done something

that would make her pregnant.

So, Xie Qiao won't get pregnant.

It's unnecessary

for you to lie

just for this.

At least

I wasn't lying about

you and I always being together.

It's all in the past.

It's all in the past?

Anything can be in the past in your eyes.

Right?

Listen.

I can't let it go.

You can't always

be dominant all the time.

You don't care at all.

No matter what happens,

you won't even care.

How can I

make you remember me?

I can't make you love me,

but I can make you hate me.

I'm sorry.

I'm actually afraid of

women going crazy,

because I thought

I just needed to make it clear that I didn't love you

at the beginning.

But I didn't expect

it would end up like this.

When I just broke up with Xie Qiao,

she told me

love would bring a sense of security.

But the sense of security

is not built by not loving someone.

She hopes

I can find someone

I really like in my life.

I don't know

if what she said is right.

But

I want to give it a try.

That won't be me,

right?

You should look for it too.

What is it?

Tell me.

I'm going back to England.

I know.

That's why I'm here to see you off.

Qiao told me

you tried your best

to help me get out

and begged Yang Cheng.

I wasn't helping you.

I was just worried

that no one would take care of my business.

Don't worry.

I'll make enough pocket money for you.

Right.

Our agreement is also going to be canceled.

What agreement?

Think about it.

The agreement is that I'll help you

get into a non-existent relationship.

Deal.

Now, Yang Cheng and Xie Qiao

have broken up.

We don't need to play the show anymore.

Thank you, Wang Ying.

Thank me later.

If you're pursuing Xie Qiao,

I have to

explain to her

what happened between us these years.

Otherwise,

she can reject you 100 times.

with her emotional burden.

You're so thoughtful.

You

won't be able to get her for a while.

It's not proper to say

that I'll get her.

Everything happens naturally between us.

Xie Qiao

got together with Yang Cheng naturally.

Well,

if you need,

I can explain it for you too.

Who should you explain to?

You don't like anyone now.

But you may meet the right person in the future.

Right?

How do you know

I don't like anyone?

Wang Ying.

Why are you here?

I heard

that you're going back to Great Britain alone.

I have to see you off.

Why won't Yang Cheng go with you?

He hasn't recovered yet.

He needs a few more days.

I heard about it.

To be honest,

I thought you'd fight sooner or later

when we were in college.

It's not fun

to win easily.

It'll be fun

if you stay in prison for a few more days.

Don't rub it on me.

Did you wash your hands?

Hold on.

What's hooking me up?

Your Bodhisattva pendant

doesn't want me to leave.

The pendant is really good.

Since we're destined to meet,

why don't you leave it to me?

No.

You're the top entertainment reporter in the capital now.

How can you snitch it?

I can't help it.

I love taking advantage of you.

You're preying on my stuff

like a thief.

My daughter is back.

I'm back.

Where's your ring?

See? What did I tell you?

Did you lose it?

No.

I gave it back to him.

I broke up with Yang Cheng.

Have you decided to break up

or are you two having a fight?

We really broke up.

Wait.

Is there

any problem?

I'll talk to him.

No need.

We have a deal.

Usually, when something like this happens before getting married,

either a man cheats on the woman

or the woman falls in love with someone else.

What does cheating mean?

He has an affair.

I don't.

Then it must be

Yang Cheng

Qiao, it's true?

Not exactly.

That's basically it.

Breakup is no big deal.

Don't let your emotions

affect your work.

We don't need him.

Right?

Yes, I didn't agree

Qiaoqiao marrying him,

as if we wanted something from him.

Exactly.

What do we need from him?

Power?

We don't have an official.

Money? We…

He's not necessarily

richer than Qin Chuan's family.

Yes.

And he cheated?

That's right.

Our daughter…

Did he cheat on her?

He'll regret it.

He can't find someone else like our daughter.

Let me tell you.

Cheng won't succeed.

Go wash your hands and eat.

Let's eat.

Yes, let's eat.

Let's eat.

What kind of…

When I was 24 years old,

my love went to zero, but I had a perfect family.

The first act of women

during a breakup is

gluttony.

That's right.

Wait.

She used to eat a lot.

Qiaoqiao used to eat a lot because of her appetite.

Now, she has an internal secretion disorder.

The second act of women

during a breakup

is working hard.

I knew it.

She must be

rushing to submit the manuscript at the end of the month.

She's not rushing for the manuscript,

but emptiness.

The third act during a breakup

is being semi-psychic.

No, Long.

I think the main responsibility

is Psychic Lu.

Whoever is with her

becomes semi-psychic.

It's hard for her

to bear the breakup herself.

She can easily rely on something else.

Have you heard of

the story of a camel plucking out its fur?

It's very difficult

if the camel wants to

pluck out all its fur on the legs.

But as long as it's covered with a layer of mud,

peel it off

when the mud is dry,

the fur

will fall off.

too.

Her ex-boyfriend

is like fur.

A backup

is like mud.

Anyway,

things that are being thrown away

won't end well.

Who did you learn this

from?

It's on the bottom page.

[What's the psychological change after a woman breaks up?]

It's true.

There really is a camel.

So you mean

you fall in love with someone

who you don't know

his feelings for you

and gave up

Prince Yang Cheng

who loved only you and wanted to marry you?

What "loved only me"?

What prince?

I did the math.

He cheated on me all along

when we were together.

Okay.

Can you tell me

who you like then?

I want to open my eyes.

Someone in this room.

In this room?

No.

Even if Yang Cheng is not a prince,

he's a descendant of a noble family.

You dumped him

and fell in love with a pancake seller?

He makes a living

on his own.

My God.

I really want to

kill myself.

As a scriptwriter,

look at Long's face,

can you bear

to have something happen between you two?

Who told you it was Long?

Long's brother?

Go to hell.

Enough.

Let me tell you.

I'm not interested in

being a lesbian.

Except for the three of you,

isn't there

another living person?

Is it Qin Chuan…

Shh.

No way.

How is that possible?

Why not?

No, after all this,

it turns out

to be him.

Did you two just meet?

You've been together since you were zero.

What were you doing earlier?

Well,

I didn't feel it before.

Then your feelings were so inaccurate.

I'll send you a thousand miles away from here.

You remain silent.

In the…

Why did you turn it off?

What

thousands of miles away?

Qiaoqiao,

Listen.

Don't think too much.

What should I think?

Yang

is

a thousand miles away now.

I didn't think of it until you told me.

Enough. Don't try to be brave.

Look at you.

You've been eating

so much

and being a workaholic.

Your behaviors

obviously reveal

that you're severely hurt by the breakup.

What hurt?

I dumped Yang Cheng, okay?

He's the one who gets hurt.

His injury

was caused by me.

Enough. I know you.

When you were little,

you could even cry all night over a dead pigeon,

not alone

over someone you've been with

for so long.

Anyway,

don't do

anything abnormal.

Especially don't believe

the camel plucking out fur thing.

Did you read the "Analysis of Women"?

I read half of it

last night.

I got so sleepy

that I went to bed.

Stop reading it.

That book doesn't suit you.

Just don't put your mind to it,

especially...

Especially in terms of love.

Don't be anxious.

It's useless to be anxious.

What?

Nothing. Drive safely.

Alright.

Stop thinking about it.

Guess what they wrote for the last line of

"Time together across the strait"?

"The night of the spring river".

Zhang Jiuling and Zhang Ruoxu

could jump up

and scold them together.

Even if

ancient music is popular these years,

they can't graft one twig on another.

You're so good at correcting mistakes.

I guess Lu Territory

will be mad at you again.

I have to say it even if he is mad.

As a graduate student of

the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Beiqing University,

if I sang the song,

the university wouldn't have let me graduate.

Aren't you afraid of the company

making things difficult for you?

They are the boss.

You have to think for them.

Don't go against them on everything.

I'm going to release an album in June.

Unfortunately, you won't be here.

I want to sing them

one by one.

Who says I won't be there?

Diamond Six.

My research project won an award.

I'm going back to visit you.

Really?

Great! Great!

Xiaozhou is coming back.

Director,

the film has been checked,

we can send it to be printed.

So soon?

Youngsters

do things quickly.

Xie.

How much fixed price of the first quarter

[Fixed price: The total price of the book printing]

have you finished?

Almost one million yuan.

That's almost enough.

The Editor-in-Chief asked me to tell you

as long as you finished

a-million-yuan fixed price,

I'll let you

pick another topic.

Internet novels will do too.

Really?

Normal people's lives

are like two straight lines that intersect in the middle.

You and Qin Chuan

share the same straight line.

How could you

allow others to surpass you?

What a coincidence.

You two are

the most tragic

childhood sweethearts.

Who said that?

There are Jimmy Kudo and Rachel Moore.

Here, this is yours.

Here, this is yours.

Xie Qiao.

Can I ask you a question?

Do you have enough

fixed price now?

My dad went to the shop yesterday.

He saw

the bookshelf

filled with your

"Abnormal Psychology".

He was furious.

The fixed price is almost done.

But

there's a new problem.

What topic should I choose?

Qin Chuan.

How did you

notice

San Gou's novels

among the entertainment gossip?

I was browsing

the photos of Ms. Lotus online.

And his novels were below it.

Then look for it again online.

Nine out of ten netizens write.

The other posts.

It's not that easy.

Now I remember.

I ran into a peer

when I was in Hengdian

who was writing a serialized novel.

It's quite popular.

What's the novel called?

Let me search.

It's called "Kiss The Me in Your Heart".

It sounds like

it's imitating Korean literature.

Ever since "He Was Cool"

went popular,

I've seen many counterfeits

such as

"He's Handsome".

"That Boy is Cool".

"He's So Handsome."

"Bad Boy is Handsome".

Why don't you read

"Kiss The Me in Your Heart" first?

It's really popular.

This name

doesn't sound like a book that can be published.

I don't want to waste time.

What should I do?

Who should I go to?

I'm back.

Time to eat.

You should get changed too.

Time to eat.

Hurry up and eat.

Wait.

What are you reading?

You don't even move your butt.

"Kiss The Me in Your Heart".

Why does it

sounds so familiar?

Maybe

from the moment they meet each other,

they are destined

to be what they are today.

Don't cry.

The low cry

makes his heart ache.

[Kiss The Me in Your Heart]

Sikong Yan steps back

and holds her

cold face tenderly,

making a bossy and gentle order,

"If you cry,

I won't give you

a crown pencil."

Hurry up.

Stop reading it.

Time to eat.

Wait.

This novel is appealing.

Psychic Lu,

you must introduce

to your peer,

Ms. Sese.

Seul.

I thought you always

despised the title of the book.

That's because I was ignorant.

It's not a problem

to introduce you to her.

But

I'm not sure

if you can sign the contract with her.

She's super weird.

Is she as weird as you?

She's so weird that I can't even figure out what she's thinking.

Mom,

let's go back to Beijing.

Are you homesick?

I miss my dad.

We can go back anytime.

But have you decided

what to do when you go back?

Not yet.

How about this?

Since you miss your dad,

you can go back and help him.

Don't always stay at home.

Otherwise, what's the difference

between Beijing and Haikou?

But I don't know how to sell furniture.

You knew nothing

when you were in Shanghai.

But you still opened several shops.

I had Yihui.

He taught me that.

Then don't let his efforts

go down the drain.

To be honest,

the furniture in our furniture center

is old-fashioned.

It shows no sense of design.

I'm not interested in it.

Your dad started from combined cabinets.

He doesn't know any design.

He makes it this far

by practical and strong furniture.

That's all in the past.

People used to be poor.

They were extremely

frugal.

They expected a sofa

to function as a bed too.

It's different now.

People have to choose good food when they go out.

I'll make

high-end furniture instead.

There is a market too.

This cabinet looks nice.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Where did you

get the goods of the cabinet?

My boss

imported it from Italy.

It's not sold in China.

No wonder I've never seen it.

I heard it cost more than 100,000 yuan.

Tell your boss.

I offer 150,000 yuan.

Ask if he'll sell it.

How much?

150,000?

I make furniture.

I've seen all kinds of cabinets.

150,000?

Qianqian wants to buy it.

Then I must satisfy her request.

Buy it.

It's rare that she likes something.

Do you have that much cash

in your hands?

It's not all in the stocks, right?

I'll just sell some tomorrow.

Honey,

my share of "Electrical Energy"

is enough for several cabinets.

Don't put all the money in the stock market.

This stock market is different from the bank.

It changes every day.

Don't worry. I know what to do.

I gotta go.

Ms. Seul.

These are my reviews and opinions

about your manuscript.

Our press is one of the national big presses.

Authors such as

Su Tong, Mo Yan and Bi Feiyu

published their books at our press.

So the sales channels

are guaranteed.

If you

sign the contract with me,

you'll be the first online author

of our art press.

It's very meaningful.

You'll receive a lot of attention from the media.

By then, I can get the recommendation page of

web portals,

including

Dangdang.

I'll try to

get you

6% of payment

and first printing over 10,000.

When the book comes out,

you can

do a book signing at Xidan

or a lecture in Beiqing,

or go to the book fair as you please.

I don't care about that.

Yes.

I see.

I've read

the books you edited.

I didn't plan it.

I don't think

an editor who could discover authors like San Gou

shouldn't make those books either.

Lu Qianran said

you were close to San Gou.

Yes.

I can sign the contract with you,

as long as you take me

to see San Gou once.

I'm his super fan.

Really?

Seul is a fan of San Gou?

Yes.

Then why are you frowning?

Isn't this settled?

It's not as simple as you think.

A female fan?

Forget it.

No. I won't see her.

I used to have a fan group

called "Gou's Fan Club".

There were

two women.

One

didn't read

any novels.

You know?

She thought it was a pet group.

I met with the other one

and treated her to a meal.

She quit the group the next day.

To be honest,

it can be hard for people

to accept

San Gou's looks,

temperament,

and pace of speech.

He's not a people person.

So his

fragile heart

was hurt.

He decided

to cherish life and focus on writing.

I've been persuading him

all this afternoon

but he still refused.

He would rather

write a book for me

next year

than seeing Seul.

What should I do?

I promised her.

Seul

is waiting for my reply.

They can chat online.

If he is

as handsome as Chuan.

San Gou's looks…

I'm afraid

you won't be able to sign her if she sees him.

That makes sense.

Let me take a seat.

If San Gou

is half as handsome as me,

he can even go for

Nobel Prize for Literature.

Seriously.

What?

You finished reading

"Old Stories of Northeast China", right?

Yes.

Didn't we read it

together?

You're going to see Seul.

Name.

San Gou.

Gender.

Male.

Birthday.

January 8, 1981.

Family address.

Are you checking the household registration?

You're talking about cooperation.

Why would she ask me about my address?

I don't care.

Remember.

You grew up in Peony River.

You speak Mandarin.

You can't

speak in the Beijing dialect.

Don't worry.

I can totally play the role of San Gou.

I'm so good at it.

She's coming.

No.

Why are you wearing glasses?

I'm going to play a writer.

The writer has poor eyesight.

How should I act like a writer?

She's coming.

Ms. Seul.

Here.

Let me introduce.

Ms. Seul.

This is Mr. San Gou.

You're San Gou?

Hello.

You're really him?

Yes.

You're not lying, are you?

How is that possible?

What's wrong?

I finally see you.

Mr. Chen, are you looking for me?

Lu Yu, give her the room card.

To me?

This is the apartment the company rented for you.

Do you plan to

stay in the student dorm forever?

Xiaochun.

Go and say hello to Qianxi.

Qianxi, I'm your assistant.

Just call me Xiaochun.

Assistant?

Yes.

You'll have more things to do in the future.

Although I'm your agent,

I can't follow you

24 hours a day.

Things will be more convenient

with Xiaochun.

Qianxi,

you can call me if you need anything.

You can let me

take care of your life too.

Thank you.

In one week,

your life

will be much more different from before.

Get ready from now on.

Thank you, Mr. Chen.

San Gou,

can I have your autograph?

No problem.

[Old stories of Northeast China]

Write another word for me.

What?

Just write,

"To dear Seul."

No problem.

I didn't expect

you to be like this.

[Old Stories of Northeast China It records the social changes in Northeast China over 20 years. To dear Seul]

I always thought

you were similar to Zhao

in the novel.

That can't be.

Absolutely not.

Think about the way he treats Xiaohong.

How can I be like him?

He can't even protect

his childhood sweetheart.

It makes me angry.

Then why did you write that?

That's because…

I want to hear it from San Gou.

Look.

This book

is not about myself.

I want to

emphasize the character's

That kind of...

His

complexity.

Complexity.

It can be said the book

are the chronicles of the Northeast

in the 20 years of reform and opening up.

In terms of emotion,

I want to express

a heavy and helpless power,

so that I can show

the vicissitudes of life in the era.

I see.

Thank you for that, San Gou.

You've inspired my work.

Right?

In that case,

Ms. Seul,

our contract…

Of course.

You can finish the contract

and give it to San Gou.

He can bring it to me next time.

San Gou,

you're experienced.

Please help me check the publishing contract.

No problem.

Well,

can I ask you out?

Sure.

Great.

Can we make an appointment in private?

A private date?

San Gou has a girlfriend.

Her girlfriend will be upset.

I don't have a girlfriend.

What?

Really?

Yes.

I don't have a girlfriend now.

How could you say

you didn't have a girlfriend?

Believe it or not, I'll prioritize justice

and punish you on behalf of Wang Ying.

I really don't have a girlfriend.

Ask Wang Ying if you don't believe me.

Did you break up?