♫ Love has started to play a role in our story ♫
♫ Bit by bit, it has written down the emotional chapters ♫
♫ I want to collect for you the most beautiful moments ♫
♫ Quietly accompany you in waiting for that day ♫
♫ This love is too strong, it allows no hesitation ♫
♫ Whether my heart can fill all the emptiness ♫
♫ Love is a promise in the wind ♫
♫ The promise made is eternal ♫
♫ Will never be broken ♫
♫ When I gaze into your eyes ♫
♫ Can you see that ♫
♫ Happiness has always been quietly keeping watch by your side? ♫
Boss & Me
Episode 6
(Notice:) "Official Employee Enrolment Notice" - Everyone, come and see!
- You're on the list! - You too. You too.
- Sorry! Excuse me! Please let us through! - Hey! You must treat us lunch!
- Congratulations! - Congratulations!
Xue Shan Shan. Huang Shi Jia.
- We made it! - So good!
- Congratulations! - Congratulations!
So happy, so happy!
We're on the list!
So good!
- Hey, you all passed as well? - Yes, we did!
(Text:) "Congratulations on officially becoming an employee. - Feng Teng"
Boss is actually congratulating me?
Can't be. This must be some type of strategy to promote employee motivation.
It's probably a system-generated mass-message.
Cheng Juan
I've passed my probation period and I'm now officially a permanent employee.
If I've done anything wrong in the past, please forgive me.
The thing about the Boss...
I did help him out to the best of my ability.
But I never intend to use my association with him to boost my position.
Please understand.
I know I'm not smart enough.
But I will do my best to complete any task you assign to me.
So, from now on, please don't attack me regarding the matter with the Boss.
Thank you very much.
Why are you saying these things to me? I'm leaving the company soon anyway.
If other co-workers don't mind, then it's fine.
Shan Shan
Come out for a while.
Did you bring your phone?
- Phone? Yes, I have it with me. - Take it out.
I'm going to transfer something to you.
Last time, you shared your ideas with me regarding "Life Energy" app user experience.
I've just made a "Life Energy 2.0" beta. Try it out.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me, they are such an inspiration to me.
I inspired Qi Shuai!
(Sign:) "Inspirational Teacher"
Oh by the way, congratulations! You are now a permanent employee.
Thank you.
Okay, it's done transferring.
Remember to use it, okay? And if you have any suggestion for improvement, tell me.
Your opinions are especially important to me.
- Okay. - Alright then, I have a meeting to go to.
Let's talk another time, okay?
Let me help you make coffee, I'll bring it to you later.
- Okay, thank you then. - No bother at all.
- Thanks. - You're welcome.
- Morning! - Morning, Du Fan.
Congratulations on becoming a regular company employee.
Let's have lunch together.
- Okay, no problem, my treat! - Okay.
Shan Shan, you owe us a proper explanation.
You've already passed your probation period anyway, you have nothing to worry about.
It's been 3 months, you should trust us enough by now to tell us the truth!
Exactly, we're all colleagues from the same department, it won't hurt to know more about each other.
- Also, some day, we might end up offending a highly-favoured person without even knowing. - That's right.
Shan Shan, we really can't make sense of the situation.
Who is really your backer --- Qi Shuai or the Big Boss?
- I... I am not connected to Qi Shuai or Boss in anyway. - How can you be not connected?
If there's no connection, then how come you go and have lunch in Boss's office almost every day?
And how come Qi Shuai comes looking for you all the time?
Just give us a simple two-syllable answer: Boss ("lǎo bǎn") or Qi Shuai?
- Tell us! - Just tell us! - Yes, you have to tell us!
Enough! Stop it, you guys!
The situation is not particularly good. Let's now look at the third line of Article 5.
Come in.
Qi Shuai!
There's a serious problem! Shan Shan is quarrelling with some other co-workers!
What?
Over there!
Did you guys work so hard to get a job in Feng Teng, just to spend your time on this senseless gossip?
- What did you just say? - How can you talk to us like that?! - If your wagging tongues are so long, why don't you go and ...
- ...try out for Best Gossipmonger record in the Guinness Book? - You dare call us gossipmongers?!
- Even if she has any connection with Boss, you all shouldn't... - We're asking Shan Shan, not you. It's none of your business.
How is it not my business? She's my girlfriend!
- This matter is settled because I say so. - You're from General Affairs, we're from Finance, ...
- ... you can't order us around! - Yes, go change light bulbs!
- What do you mean, change light bulbs?! - You! Your job is to change light bulbs, go do your job!
- Please everyone, stop fighting please... - Stop!
What on earth are you all doing, crowding around in this tiny pantry?
You are all very curious, aren't you?
Alright, I'll tell you...
Shan Shan is currently not connected to Boss in anyway.
No connection, no connection at all.
But whether or not there's any connection, should it be your focus at a workplace?
I know that workplace gossip is inevitable.
But there needs to be a limit, right?
We're all colleagues, working in the same company. This kind of noisy quarrelling isn't good for anyone.
But he said she's his girlfriend.
That's right! He said so just now.
- A guy who fixes light bulbs... how can he say such things? - She really is my girlfriend, so what?
- Stop lying! You are shameless! - Did she even agree to be your girlfriend?
- Let's go. She's done talking to you all! Let's go. - Hey! Where are you going? We're not done here!
- Let go of her! - No, we're not done talking to her!
You!
Come with me to my office.
Okay, don't crowd around. Go back to work.
Quickly, move along.
You're the man!
You!
Take the next lift.
Unreasonable!
You're the one who asked me to come.
Now you make it seem like I'm the one who is eagerly following you around.
Okay, just this once, I'm going to say everything I've been wanting to say.
Now that I am a regular employee, it is not that simple to fire me anymore.
Although I am particularly good at picking vegetables, it's not my only useful skill.
Also, no one is allowed to order me around in such an undignified way.
No matter what, just this once, I must make it clear to him...
No more picking vegetables, otherwise I won't associate with him at all anymore.
I knew I would see you here.
I was just thinking...
Boss doesn't have the mood to eat again today.
Every time he has lunch with you, he is in a much better mood.
It's good that you're willing to come over.
Today, he seems even more melancholy than any other day.
Fully aware of the danger ahead, must I still move forward?
But then, "no risk, no reward."
(Linda:) Today, he seems even more melancholy than any other day.
Today's dishes are... candied lotus roots, Dongpo pork (pan-fried pork belly),
stir-fried corn with black beans, and also sago milk.
You don't like to eat the candied cores, so I will pick them out and leave the lotus roots for you.
As for the Dongpo pork, I will take out the fatty meat for you.
Sago milk is your favourite so I'll let you have my share too.
But I have something to say...
If you don't like to eat black beans, ask your family chef not to cook them anymore.
This is the last time I'm going to pick them out for you.
I'm done picking. Come and eat!
Let me.
Is the food not to your liking?
But today, I can't tell from your facial expression that you are enjoying your food.
Boss, are you in a bad mood today?
From what I can see, you're not in a good mood either. And yet you're still concerned about me?
That guy, Du Fan... Is he really your boyfriend?
No, no.
Actually, he is a good friend who joined the company at the same time as me.
He just couldn't bear to see those co-workers bullying and mocking me.
So he was just standing up for me.
To put an end to the rumours.
Rumours?
With whom?
With Qi Shuai... No, no, I mean, with Director Zheng.
But that's impossible! How can those rumours be real?
You'd better concentrate on your meal. Stop talking.
Why is the food so unappetizing today?
You'll have to ask your chef.
The coffee here is pretty good. Try it.
Shuang Yi
I have something to confess.
I'm very sorry.
Today, I borrowed your husband for a while.
Since when did I get a husband? Very funny!
A cyber husband is still a husband.
You guys don't know... today, Du Fan announced in front of all those co-workers who like to gossip about me
that I was his girlfriend!
You don't know how manly Du Fan was today, not to mention how loyal and self-sacrificing!
The incident also alerted the whole Finance Department, Qi Shuai and even the Big Boss!
But Du Fan still continued defending me --- totally unblinking and unflinching.
But then...
I still feel obligated to explain this to you...
Du Fan's favourite person is you... only you!
Please don't be mad.
Well, he's already declared in front of so many people that you are his girlfriend.
You must be the one he likes.
If you were there, you would have been angry enough to declare that the two of us are a lesbian couple!
It was that serious?
Never mind.
As long as someone was there to defend you, all is well.
If I were there, I probably would've beat them up.
Shan Shan, you just said that both Qi Shuai and the Boss were alerted.
Then, how did Qi Shuai react?
Qi Shuai? He most probably misunderstood.
At that time, I really wanted to explain the situation to him
but the Big Boss was there so I didn't have a chance to talk to him.
Qi Shuai surely misunderstood!
What am I to do?!
What am I to do?
What shall I do, Shuang Yi? Qi Shuai has misunderstood, how do I fix it?
Let me think, let me think, ...
Let me tell you...
He may not have misunderstood.
As a relationship expert, speaking from my experience, if a man has feelings for a woman,
the more desirable this woman is to other men, the more the man cares.
So it's good that this happened! Maybe tomorrow, Qi Shuai will confess his feelings for you.
Please spare us your overly sentimental and unrealistic relationship expertise.
Shan Shan, don't listen to her.
Let me tell you... If you want to clarify things, do it soon. The longer you delay, the bigger the mess.
- I suggest you text him right now. - Really? Okay.
I'm doomed!
What's the matter?
I'm doomed!
Human Resources Department advisory notice:
In view of the fact that recent rumours of personal nature have severely affected the efficiency of company employees,
the HR Department hereby initiates guidelines for proper workplace conduct and work ethics.
Any interpersonal relationship between employees, beyond normal camaraderie, is strictly prohibited.
Is this dating ban tailor-made for you?
This time, I'm in big trouble.
Let me ask you...
What is this all about?
Dating ban?!
Let me tell you...
You are this high and mighty Big Boss.
How can you be so petty?
To go so far as to enforce a dating ban?!
Please think about it, okay?
You don't need a relationship expert to tell you that there's nothing going on between Xue Shan Shan and Du Fan.
I am simply reminding the employees of how much the company values efficiency.
I didn't hire them to gossip.
The rumours that I've heard...
how come they are all about you and Xue Shan Shan?
Me?
Can't be!
All I've heard is about you and Xue Shan Shan!
Whom did you hear it from?
You are just blindly guessing on your own! Stop guessing.
Tell you what... You should go and chit-chat a bit more with Ah Mei and the other girls.
Every day, it's no one but you, Big Boss, who orders Xue Shan Shan to have lunch with you in your office.
Bro, here's my advice.
When you can kiss, don't simply stop at hugging. When you can hug, don't simply stop at holding hands.
You've got to make the first move.
Xue Shan Shan is not some rich socialite.
Anyone can pursue her, her standards are not that high.
Having said that, you'll be one of her best suitors.
But with this kind of unclear situation right now... do you think a girl can feel secure in a relationship with you?
Or are you simply afraid to make the first move?
Of course not.
If not, then pursue her! And use normal ways of wooing a girl.
This way, Xue Shan Shan can also maintain a good standing in the company
and disruptive incidents like today won't happen again, right?
My energy is now fully recharged!
If you don't woo her, I will.
Press on!
You don't believe me, do you?
Really pretty! Look at these lights!
Let me tell you... The flirtatious glances and romantic intrigue that you share every day at office are not working.
- In my opinion, be straightforward, hold a proper party. - A party?!
I throw a party every year.
During Christmas, I invite a lot of friends from my publishing house.
This year, since you are around, you should come as well.
You can invite your Mr. Zheng Qi.
If you find it awkward, I can invite more friends.
As for Mr. Du, you can invite him too if you want. Hey, Liu Liu, what do you think?
Shuang Yi
This dating ban has just been issued.
Can you give it a rest?
Your brains are not working properly!
Dating ban is meant for relationships within the company. What we're talking about now is an external matter.
Besides, the party would have nothing to do with the ban.
A lot of friends will be invited. Some of them can turn into couples, right?
Your argument is so flawed.
If you want to invite Du Fan, then frankly say it!
Then tell me... If Du Fan is invited, is he considered your date or mine?
Consider however you wish.
Fine, my date. So what?
- I knew that you have an ulterior motive! - You're so annoying!
How about you? You can invite some girls who are not as pretty or as cute as you.
- That way, you will have fewer rivals. - What nonsense are you saying?
- You're so annoying, annoying, annoying, ... - So what do you think? What do you think?
Oh ya! Liu Liu, what about...
Wouldn't it be nice to invite your boyfriend to join us as well?
If we get to know one another like this, it would be less awkward, right?
The thing is...
You can't over-control a good man this way.
We're all such good friends, relax!
It's not that. He's just been very busy with work these days.
I don't know whether he would have time.
Party pooper.
That's unlikely, right? Does he have to work overtime on Christmas Eve?
Liu Liu, I only got a glimpse of him last time when you were moving house.
Not bringing your boyfriend to meet your best friends... That's unacceptable, right?
- That's right. Don't be so stingy. - Okay! I'll ask him.
- It's a deal. - We all agree then? Yay!
So... at the party...
These writers are so unreasonable...
who wants to sit with whom, who doesn't want to sit with whom,
who wants to sit with their backs turned to whom...
My head is about to explode.
This early in the morning, what are you so busy with?
This is the Christmas Eve Opening Party for the bookstore!
Brother, do you want to invite Xue Shan Shan to join us?
Why are you suddenly thinking of inviting Xue Shan Shan?
And when did you start managing the bookstore?
Because... Li Shu is in Europe and cannot get an air ticket to come back before Christmas
so I'll be managing the bookstore on her behalf.
As for Shan Shan, I think she's so adorable and I want to get to know her more.
So, are you going to invite her or not?
I'll be leaving the country to discuss an acquisition.
Acquisition? Which one?
KM Korea.
Going abroad on Christmas Eve to discuss an acquisition?
Then our dear Yan Qing also has to go? No one will be with me for Christmas and I'll be so lonely, no!
Never mind. We'll celebrate the New Year's Eve together, okay?
Yan Qing, you don't have to go this time. I'm going with Zheng Qi just to suss out their potential.
- After all, seeing is believing, hearsay is unreliable. - Okay.
Don't worry.
I will let myself calm down for a while...
and carefully think this through.
Calm down?
Are you referring to KM or Xue Shan Shan?
My dear sister
Being too clever is not good.
What a pain.
What kind of party has Qi Shuai not seen?
How can I make him agree to come to ours?
- What are you doing? - Oh, Ah Jia! Good morning!
Why are you not going in?
Shan Shan, I totally understand you.
I know it must be hard for you right now.
But you need to think of this from another angle.
Boss is acting this way out of jealousy. That's why he came up with this dating ban, am I right?
Of course, Boss's actions are a little excessive, mixing personal feelings with work matters.
But jealous men are truly the most attractive ones!
Shan Shan, I really envy you.
So... please don't be angry with Boss.
As the saying goes, "Couples fight getting into bed and make up before they fall asleep."
Isn't that right?
Also, this dating ban can be simply regarded as his way of demonstrating his love for you.
That's so romantic!
Ah Jia, what are you talking about?
What's the matter, Qiao Qiao?
Shan Shan, did you have a falling-out with Boss?
- Yes, yes, what did he say? - What's going on?
Yes, I did.
So from now on, I have no connection with him whatsoever anymore.
You all have squeezed me dry.
Shan Shan, we are sorry.
Actually, as you also know, this dating ban has huge consequences.
Besides, don't we all join this company with some hope of finding a competent young man to marry?
- So now ... - Exactly! So you see, now that the dating ban is enforced,
all it has done is to give all the male staff a valid excuse to return to single status.
- So the ones suffering most are us girls, isn't it? - Exactly!
- Shan Shan! - Shan Shan!
- Please, can you go and talk to Boss? - You are the best.
Please convince him to withdraw the ban, okay?
Please, please, ladies!
We are here to work, not to date!
Besides, I am just a lowly Finance Assistant.
How can I talk to the Big Boss about it?
Maybe, you want me to say to Boss:
"Boss, please allow us to date within the company.
Please allow us to turn our office into the broadcasting studio for 'If You Are the One' (A dating game show)."
Of course not, Shan Shan, that's not what we meant.
- Actually, if you don't help us with this, we also understand. - Of course, we understand.
Think about it, if two people are attracted to each other, even with this ban, they can still secretly date.
But no one can feel a sense of security in a secret love affair, isn't it true?
Exactly, that's what we're trying to say.
You see, when a person cannot reveal her claim on her romantic partner, she would feel anxious every day.
- That way, who can really focus on work? Don't you agree? - Exactly!
What you said is also true.
- There are so many people connected to our workplace, if we can't date someone from work, who do we date? - Exactly!
Then, we'll end up as "leftover women". (Older unmarried career women)
What if Qi Shuai uses the dating ban as an excuse to reject me?
Okay then, no matter what, this matter concerns me too.
I will go and ask Boss not to be so tough on us.
I'll give it a go then.
Shan Shan, that's so kind of you!
Shan Shan!
Boss is not here today!
- Not here? - That's right.
What about this afternoon?
Boss is abroad. Together with Qi Shuai.
- Qi Shuai is gone too? - That's right.
Then when are they coming back?
Boss is calling.
Hello? Boss?
Ah Mei, help me compile a report on KM Korea's operations for the past three months.
Okay, for the last three months... Right away.
Boss, Xue Shan Shan is looking for you.
Looking for me?
What did she want?
Nothing...
Xue Shan Shan said she misses you.
You... Ah Mei!
- Boss, I've already sent it, do you see it? - Ah Mei!
Okay, thanks.
Who? Who is looking for you?
Never mind.
Seems like I made the right decision.
What decision?
Leaving the country.
Ah Mei! What did you say?!
I thought you miss him?
I don't!
But didn't you come here specifically to see him?
Stupid Ah Mei! So embarrassing!
When Boss comes back, do I still have to continue picking vegetables?
What's worse, I can't invite Zheng Qi to my Christmas party.
Hey, you guys, come and look! It's Qi Shuai with that Korean star that is super popular right now!
"Today, I met a gracious and beautiful 'real' woman."
A real woman?
- He means, we are not real women? - Exactly!
I really feel like an innocent bystander being insulted for no reason.
What's so pretty about her? Fake nose, fake eyes. One look at her, and you know it's all plastic surgery.
Forget it! Girls like us, who has no money or courage to get plastic surgery, can only comfort ourselves this way.
- But then again, Qi Shuai is really milking it for all it's worth. - Milking it? What do you mean?
Think about it... If it were our Big Boss, he would surely be standing further apart from her.
Look at Qi Shuai... he just met her at the party,
and he has already progressed to waist-hugging and face-touching... Isn't that milking it?
That's true.
But anyway, these so-called "Mr. Right" (slang: tall, rich, handsome) are actually very shallow.
They like the kind of girls like this Korean star.
Girls like us, with authentic, natural, unenhanced and unaltered beauty,
why can't we attract our own "Mr. Right"?
Stop being so vain.
- About Qi Shuai, continue, continue. - Okay, so about Qi Shuai...
I've been with this company for three years, right?
During this time, there have been at least 7 or 8 girls rumoured to be Qi Shuai's girlfriends.
That many?!
Musicians, dancers, models ... every one of them is some rich, high-flying goddess.
If you put them all together, it will look like a stage for Miss China pageant.
- That's so cool! - Was any of them from our company?
How can that be? Qi Shuai's motto is never to find prey close to home.
Also, how can the girls in our company compete with his ex-girlfriends?
Company staff like us -- so ordinary and uninspiring -- are only good for writing reports.
- True. Handsome Qi is like a commander-in-chief, right? (Wordplay: "shuài" means "handsome" or "commander") - Exactly!
We are just the little soldiers under his command.
How can we be worthy of Qi Shuai?
But if you give me 3 days... just 3 days as Qi Shuai's girlfriend, it will be enough.
Even if he dumps me afterwards, I will die with no regret.
You're obsessed.
Shan Shan, what's the matter?
Our Shan Shan's standards are very high, so she's not interested in our conversation.
You can't say that.
Low-level soldiers are used to guard the commander,
not to become the commander's love interest.
I knew it all along, didn't I?
What am I feeling sad about?
Right now, only Liu Liu can understand my heartache.
Missy, I've already told you, she is only a friend.
Your friend needs your chauffeur service every day? No wonder, you're always gone from dawn to dusk nowadays.
I work overtime.
Then you mean to say, while you're working overtime, you manage to send your friend home, again and again.
Listen to me, woman. Can you make some sense?
I, Xue Liu Liu, am not someone who speaks nonsense. And I am making sense right now.
- How does this make any sense? - You Cheng Hao! You're a man!
You have to take responsibility for your own actions.
I'm now your girlfriend, and we work in the same company.
When you do things like this, how will others see you? And how will they see me?
Xue Liu Liu, what have I done wrong?
Look at that couple. Since they first moved in, they fight all the time.
That girl looks quite gentle and refined.
How did she end up this way?
With Liu Liu's personality, she definitely wouldn't want me to see her fighting with You Cheng Hao.
They might even break up right here and now.
Such a scene would be even more difficult for her to deal with.
I'll come back another time and ask her what's going on.
You think, just because you're the Deputy General Manager, that you're so extraordinary?
That you can act as if I don't exist?
That you can just ignore me?
Xue Liu Liu, let me tell you one more time...
She and I are friends, nothing more!
Even a girl as outstanding as Liu Liu cannot control You Cheng Hao.
Around such kind of guys, do girls always feel inadequate?
And even compared to those girls... I am not even in the same class as them.
Even if they are water-injected meat (tampered meat), they are still water-injected beef.
And me? At best, I can only be the unbranded pork sold at the wet-market...
the kind of meat no one would even see the need to inject water.
How could I ever delude myself into thinking that I can be with Zheng Qi?
Zheng Qi is a good man, he treats everyone well.
He has never given me any special treatment.
Is my EQ really so low that I realise this only now?
Okay then.
Thank you, Shan Shan. Then I can go to that party!
Go, go, go...
Shan Shan, I have a college reunion tonight.
Alright, alright.
Shan Shan, you're so nice.
Shan Shan, Boss is not here so I can eat out with friends... unless you want to come with me?
- Okay, okay, just pass them to me. - Thank you so much!
So pretty! So pretty! Hang it here, yes, yes, like this.
Come, let me plug it in and see how it looks.
Our work of art is complete!
You take this one, and that one, that one too... yes, yes, yes...
Wrap them round and round, from top to bottom. Don't take a gold one, take another colour! Silly you!
- This one? - Yes, yes, that's fine, that's fine...
I have a good idea!
Don't move. Hold your hands up like this. Like this!
Yes, like that. Don't move. Please don't move, okay?
Don't move! Don't move! I have something else. Don't move, okay?
The thing is... Shan Shan...
Since our company has now issued a dating ban, the two of us...
I know.
It's a good thing.
From now on, you don't need to be my fake boyfriend anymore.
Come, let me help you.
They are open!
Hello, welcome.
Hello, hello...
Shan Shan!
- Sorry, excuse me for a moment. Feel free to look around. - No problem, no problem.
- Ms. Feng! Congratulations on opening a new bookstore. - You're here!
At first, I was going to invite you, but then my brother had to go abroad, right?
So I was worried that if you come alone and you don't know anyone here, it would be so boring for you.
Come, see... they are total bookworms and writers, it's all pretty boring.
Come, let's chat for a bit.
Shan Shan
Not hanging out with friends on Christmas Eve?
Month-End Closing is a lot of work, so I stayed behind to work overtime.
That's so cruel.
Overtime on normal days is fine, but they won't let you off the hook even during Christmas!
To tell you the truth, Feng Teng as a Boss... he will bleed everyone dry.
Shan Shan, I know that you've worked hard and that you were wronged so many times at the company.
But please don't abandon my brother out of anger and go for another co-worker, okay?
So what is going on between you and that Du Fan?
She is a true heiress of the corporation.
Even though she is not around at the company, nothing can escape her eyes and ears.
The thing is... Ms. Feng...
Since you don't work at the company, I should be able to tell you the truth.
Actually, Du Fan is my roommate's boyfriend.
That day, he said those things only to get me out of a bad situation -- there's nothing going on between us.
I have to say, that's very good news.
Actually, my brother is cold and detached in appearance, but hot-blooded inside.
In fact, he is very soft-hearted.
If you feel wronged by him in anyway, just give me a call.
I am not his employee, I am not on his payroll.
Thank you, Ms. Feng.
I'm actually quite happy at the company.
Please don't tell Boss that I have any complaint.
Ms. Feng
- An author, named Zhang, is looking for you over there. - Okay.
Then you should get back to your work. I should be going as well.
That roommate of mine is hosting a party, I should go and help out.
Okay, you should get going then. Be careful on the road.
- I'm leaving then. Bye! - Bye!
Dance, you guys! Dance, dance, ...
Faster, faster!
Just like that!
Liu Liu
Why are you sitting here?
Actually... I don't care that Cheng Hao is having an affair.
Our personalities were never compatible from the start.
We both got into this relationship reluctantly.
It's just that the General Manager -- Cheng Hao's dad -- has always been very kind to me.
He's also very supportive of me at work.
Plus, you also know my mom's temperament.
So, I felt that I'd rather stay here and endure him than go home and face my mom.
But now that I've carefully thought this through...
I'm already an adult.
I just managed to escape my mom's control, and now I've put myself under someone else's control.
I shouldn't have to live my life this way.
So I've decided that, after my trip home for Chinese New Year, I must clear things up with You Cheng Hao.
Shan Shan, do you think poorly of me?
Do you think that I've been irresponsible with my life choices before this?
Why would I?
I will never think poorly of you.
These past few days, I've also been thinking a lot.
I think... a girl may outwardly appear to be struggling just for survival...
but inside, she longs for a stable career, also for a happy, even if not exciting, love-life,
and also for an unbreakable friendship.
But out of all these things, love is the most unreliable one.
That's because our idea of love is mostly a fantasy.
So, instead of thinking poorly of you, I envy you.
At least, you know your own heart, you know what you want.
Unlike me... foolishly obsessing over a simple crush...
Not knowing at all what I want to do.
But there is a beauty in being infatuated. Anyway, it is less exhausting than maintaining a relationship.
But I've decided... from now on, no more of this obsession!
I've already become a permanent employee.
The reason why I came to Shanghai is to build a career, isn't it?
So I've decided that, from now on, other than work, I won't think about anything else!
♫ Love --- it's a complicated game ♫
♫ Once invested, you're afraid to lose ♫
♫ If the purpose from the start was to eventually separate ♫
♫ It's destined to be an ending without a conclusion ♫
♫ Knowing full well that with you, there is no winner or loser ♫
♫ But I think of you, I can't help it ♫
♫ I heart-achingly tell myself ♫
♫ I should forget about such a relationship ♫
♫ I still think of you, always involuntarily ♫
♫ Fully aware that I'm lying to myself ♫
♫ But I still can't summon up the courage ♫
♫ To say I love you ♫
♫ Love you ♫