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Why so much anger all the sudden?
I don't know why either. I can't help myself.
I'm a failure.
The family fortune handed down for generations disappeared on my watch.
That's just one thing. We've been married for eight years of which I've been sick for six.
And I've lived separate from you for two or three.
My little sister is still young, you've been the only one around to take care of her.
I don't want to see you continue to suffer like this...
Spending your days doing needlework in little sister's room.
Living such a desolate life, day after day.
I don't know if it's better if you leave me or if I leave you...
Don't go on like this.
We can't go on like this.
We need to have a real discussion.
What's there to talk about? All you need to do is take good care of yourself.
Pushing open the door to my own room...
Sitting down on my own bed.
I don't know how I can get through the days that lie ahead.
The days pass by, one just like the next, one after another.
I'll take my needlework and go over to his sister's room.
It seems the sun is especially nice sitting in this room.
I've long since forgotten the past.
I'll never think about anything again.
Who could have known that someone would come?
He came from the train station.
He walked through the city wall.
I had no idea that he would come.
How does he know I live here?
[Zhang Zhicheng (the guest) -- Li Wei]
He recognizes the back gate to the house.
He stops.
He steps through the medicine dregs.
Yes, he studied medicine.
He knocks on the door but no one hears him.
He knows his way around Liyan's house so well.
He goes around the lane and into the garden in back
Liyan! Liyan!
He even calls out Liyan's name.
I didn't know that Liyan was his friend as well.
He climbs through the wall of the flower garden.
Liyan!
Liyan recognizes his voice.
Zhichen?
It really is you!
Surprised you, didn't I?
I knew it was you as soon as I heard someone call "Liyan."
Zhang Zhichen!
I yelled for a while, when no one answered I just came through the garden wall.
What wind blows you here?
The east wind, the south wind, and the northwest wind!
Let me take a look at you...
It's you alright.
It's me alright.
It's you.
It's me.
Ten years.
Ten years.
Ten whole years...
...since we saw each other last.
I had no idea. Where have you been all these years?
These last years?
Hankou, Chungking, Changsha, Hengyang, Guilin, Kunming, Guiyang
You were moving along with the war.
You must have graduated?
I've already a doctor now.
Congratulations!
What about you?
Me? I was a refugee from the war. When I came home and found the house destroyed,
I just sat and waited for you to come back.
Oh really? So no big changes in your life?
One thing. I got married.
Oh! Congratulations to you!
Young master. There's a guest come to visit.
Lao Huang.
Oh! It's Young master Zhang.
Yes, it's me.
You haven't even gone gray yet, Lao Huang.
Liyan, he watched us grow up since we were little kids...
Young master Zhang, where have you been all these years?
In the interior.
Lao Huang, clean up the studio very nicely so that he can stay with us for a few days.
Tell Yuwen that we have a guest so that there will be an extra place set at dinner.
- Yes. - Don't go to so much trouble.
You really must spend a few days with us. Our young master has missed you so much.
I'll go get your things.
Don't bother about that.
Alright then. I'll go tell the madam first.
I almost forgot to ask. How's your little sister?
She's gone to school.
We really can have a long talk this time...
Spanning 5000 years...
...and bridging 9000 miles.
Madam!
When Lao Huang told me for the first time,
I still couldn't have known that it was him.
Madam.
What is it?
We have a guest. He's come all the way from Shanghai.
The young master wants him to stay with us and you to cook a chicken.
- All right. - Very good.
Madam, The young master wants the guest to stay in the studio rooms.
I've cleaned and arranged the rooms for him.
Does the guest have luggage?
Yes. I've gotten everything ready and made the bed.
What's the guest's name?
His last name is Zhang. He was a classmate of the young master.
Young master Zhang.
Now he's saying that the guest's last name is Zhang
maybe it's him, maybe not...
Madam, The young master wants you so he can introduce you to young master Zhang.
I feel flustered. I maintain my composure. I don't think it really could be him.
Change my clothes.
Fix my hair.
I'm sure it's just an ordinary guest.
I stand in the covered veranda and look but I can't tell for sure who it is.
Here she comes.
He couldn't have known that I married Liyan.
Why did you come here?...
What point was there in coming?...
How can I face you now?
This is my wife, Yuwen.
This is Mr. Zhang Zhichen. A classmate from long ago and a close friend.
Big sister. So it's you
I've become his "big sister."
You know each other?
We're from the same town. We grew up next door to one another.
That's great!
Let's go inside and sit down.
- Lao Huang, where's Big sister? - In her room.