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Troublemaker!
You really are a troublemaker, you
You've been causing so much fuss for the last two days
Just when are you going to stop all this nonsense?
Enough already
Son
is it that Mr Wu so-and-so that has been giving you a hard time
and is forcing you to quit your job?
If that's the case, tomorrow I'll go find him and settle things out
This doesn't have to do with anyone else; quitting the job is my own decision
And just why is that?
Son, you don't have to get married
but in order to get this job
you've sacrificed and worked so hard to pass the examination
and become a civil servant
this is no small feat
As a result, your father and I are very honored by your success
But now you want to quit your job
What will our neighbors think?
Quitting my job is my own business
Do I need to first check with everyone else if that's okay?
You don't have to see them
But we do
Where will your father and I be able to show our faces without being shamed?
Well, just who is forcing you to go out and
tell the neighbors all about my life
Hedong, you're out of line
Just look at you and your appearance
Look at this shaved head of yours
There's no difference between you and a vagrant off the street
What's wrong with shaving my head?
How did I become a vagrant all of a sudden?
This is the same as (brothers) Hexi's and Hebei's haircuts
But their haircuts aren't as short as yours
What's the matter, will my hair never grow again?
You...
You're doing this intentionally on purpose to anger me, aren't you?
No I'm not
Tomorrow we'll go back to your job together
Alright, son? I'm not going
You, my son...
Just what has gotten into you?
You never talked to us this way before
Today, I'm turning over a new leaf
and ask you
Father, mother
All my life, has everything that you two have done
always been in my best interests?
When have we ever not done something that isn't in your best interests?
We've always looked out for you
Everything that we've done
has been for your best interests, son
Alright then, next I want to ask you
Has all the quarreling you two throughout my whole life also been done in my best interest?
Has it?
Father, I still remember when we talked that one time
You asked me
if your quarreling with mother would affect me
In what way could my attitude towards marriage
not be affected by your quarreling?
You both have been quarreling in front of me ever since I was a child
I am honestly so scared
I am so scared that you two will divorce
Scared that you two wouldn't want me anymore
That's why I was so obedient when I was younger
and did everything that you liked
did my very best not to never upset you or cause any trouble
But even though this is the way it has always been
if you two are going to be like this and continue to argue
combined with the fact that I'm now grown up and can take care of myself
If you two are going to continue to argue so much
then I think you two might as well get divorced
It's true, the way that we argue so much
is not in your best interest
We admit that
But Hedong, I got to tell you,
aside from this
we don't have any other family problems
It's just as your mom says
We have always thought of you first
I honestly disagree
I think you're always thinking of yourselves and your pride first
How is it that we're only thinking of our pride first?
Son, your words are too cruel
Your job is your own
You make your own salary
What does that have to do with our pride?
But it was you that just said
that by quitting my job, the two of you
won't be able to show your faces without being shamed
I
It's been 27 years
Everything that I have ever done
has always been in accordance with your wishes
I've become an upstanding young man that everyone can respect
To satisfy your expectations, I'm getting married
that's when I suddenly had the realization
that this is not the life I want for myself
How can I live my life only according to your expectations?
If I put all my eggs into the same basket with (my fiance) Quanzheng
then won't that mean the end of my life?
We have never forced you
into a marriage with Quanzheng
Mother, before I started working
you never allowed me to go dating
Let's not talk about high school, consider me too young to date back then
But during university
If a female classmate were to call me at home
You two would grill me about it for half an hour
Who was it that introduced me to Quanzheng?
By whose request did I agree to meet her?
Do I have the right to make my own decisions?
Do I?
Fine fine fine
Mother promises you
that your love life is entirely your own business
But for that, you have to promise me
that we'll go back to your work tomorrow (and sort this out)
Okay, son?
I've gone over this with you a hundred times already
How can you still not understand what I'm telling you?
Mother, everything that you and father have arranged for me
are things that I don't like
A school I don't like
A career I don't like
A job I don't like
These are all things that I don't want
In that case, Hedong, tell us
Just what is it that you like?
Just what is it that you want to do?
Whatever it is that makes you happy
Whatever it is that you two find acceptable to your pride
in terms of co-workers, class mates, and friends
I've long forgotten what it is that I personally like
"What do I like?"
But one thing's for sure: I'm going to get back that which I've lost
Father, mother
I want to thank you both for
providing me with a loving family to grow up in
Thank you so much for raising me up from a child
All these 27 years
And, in return I've given you
a completed check-list of all your requirements
I have no regrets
But today, right now
I'm going to start living for myself
Breaking up with Quanzheng is the first step
Quitting my job is the second step
And after that they'll be a third step, and a fourth step
I am fully determined
The "spring of my youth"
I am going to re-live it again
I absolutely am not going to regret it
Son, son son son
As I just said
You don't have to get married
As well, you have every right to scold us for having done you wrong
but this job is something that you absolutely, positively can not quit no matter what
Quitting is easy
but if you wanted to get your old job back
it would be harder than getting into heaven
I don't have the heart to watch you throw away your future
Fine now, I know you must be tired
Tonight you'll have a good rest
and then tomorrow morning I'll accompany you back to your work unit
I'll have a word with Director Wu
At any rate, he and your father
are old war buddies back from the time when they served together
Because of this respect, our request is one he can't refuse
There's no way that he can give you a hard time about this
We've all been in the same boat together
Go back to work, alright?
Stop twisting my arm, there's no use in urging me to do this
Son, mother isn't urging you to do this
Mother is begging you to do this, begging you
What are you doing? Get up this instant!
Leave me be! Get away!
Son, don't quit your job
Mother is begging you to not quit your job
I am begging you in return, stop forcing me to do this, okay?
But I'm not forcing you, I'm helping you!
You two have been helping me out all these years
just this once can't you let me be in charge of my own life?
Anything else I can let you do
but this is something that I absolutely can not agree with
If you don't go back tomorrow
then I will continue to kneel here until you do
I'm not getting up
Fine, then I'm going to kneel right here with you
Is that alright?
What the tarnation are you two doing?
What is this? Both of you, up this instant!
Hedong, are you satisfied with yourself for all this fuss you've caused?
Please! Stop being so headstrong, alright?
Fine, you want a life for yourself, right?
You want to relive the "spring of your youth"?
Leave this house right this instant!
Consider yourself not my son anymore
Get! Get lost right now
What just happened?
He, he's just going to walk out like that?
You... oh, you!