Mars Episode 11

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Episode 11

In Ling's apartment

After finishing her shower, Qiluo reached for the towel on the hook and found she had lost Ling's bracelet.

She recalled she hit her stepfather when she fought with him.

"Ling. Ling." Qiluo called as she grabbed the towel to wrap herself.

Ling put down the bed sheet and ran to the shower stall.

"What is it?" Ling asked.

"I lost the bracelet." Qiluo showed him her wrist and said. Ling was relieved.

"I thought it was something important. So that's it. It's not important." Ling said.

"But it's the lucky bracelet you gave me." Qiluo said.

"It's really not important. It's just a bracelet." Ling said.

"Instead, you... Do you want to wash the clothes before you put them on?" Ling said to Qiluo.

Ling went to continue making the bed.

Qiluo came out of shower stall, wearing Ling's clothes.

"Ling." Qiluo said and walked toward Ling.

"That looks okay. That's all we can do today. Tomorrow Qingmei will bring some clothes over. Abin will also deliver a bigger bed here and gave us some stuff such as furniture. So, don't worry. This place will look like a home in no time." Ling said.

"Tonight, I'll stay with Ajen. I've made the bed. If there's anything, please knock on Ajen's door." Ling said and was ready to leave.

"Don't go." Qiluo said as she grabbed Ling's hand to stop him.

"Qiluo." Ling said.

"Don't go." Qiluo said.

"After all I'm a man; I don't want to see you suffer any more." Ling said.

"No matter how much I love you, I don't want it to end up that I'm doing things no different than that guy. I don't want to hurt you." Ling said.

"Then take me out of it." Qiluo said and looked up at Ling.

"Help me, Okay? Ling. Help me find myself before the night when I was 16. Let me start from scratch, okay?" Qiluo said, looking up at Ling.

"I beg you. Ling." Qiluo said and raised her hand to touch Ling.

Ling started kissing Qiluo.

"Don't be afraid. Open your eyes. You see. It's me." Ling said.

"I'm dirty. Very dirty." Qiluo said.

"There is nothing more innocent than you now." Ling said.

Scene of Ling and Qiluo first met each other.

Qiluo's voice-over. "Life sometimes has already changed quietly without your knowing it. When you walk toward it bravely, you will find darkness has already gone."

Back to Ling's apartment

"Ling, how I love you." Qiluo said.

Next morning.

"Han Qiluo. Chen Ling. Open the door. Hurry up." Qingmei said.

Ling opened the door.

"You've brought the clothes over. Give them to me." Ling said to Qingmei.

"These clothes are mine. I'll give them to her myself." Qingmei said.

Qingmei tried to peek inside. Ling moved sideway to block her view.

"I can give them to her. Give them to me." Ling said to Qingmei.

"What is it? Let me take a look." Qingmei said.

"Give them to me." Ling said and blocked her.

"Why are you doing this? It's not as if I had never been here. I've been to here many times." Qingmei said. Qingmei jumped to see inside.

"I'll help you to give them to her." Ling said.

"Let me take a look." Qingmei said.

"Let me give them to her." Ling said.

"Why? Does she have no clothes to wear or is she not wearing clothes?" Qingmei asked Ling.

"Han Qiluo." Qingmei yelled.

"You think too much." Ling said.

"Give them to me. Give them to me. It's okay just giving them to me. I'll give them to her." Ling said.

"Help me to carry them. They are heavy." Qingmei said.

"Ah..." Qingmei pushed past Ling when Ling took over the clothes from her.

"Han Qiluo, you're not wearing any clothes." Qingmei said as Ling hurriedly shut the door closed.

They lived together.

Ling worked at the construction site.

Qiluo woke up Ling one morning.

"Get up. Get up." Qiluo woke up Ling another morning and pull the comforter from the bed.

Ling ate lunch at the construction site

Scenes of Qiluo waking up Ling in the mornings.

One morning.

"Get up. Lazy pig." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Get up." Qiluo shook Ling's head.

"Give me a kiss." Ling said. Qiluo pushed him down.

"No. You haven't brushed your teeth." Qiluo said.

"Get up. Look what I'm giving to you." Qiluo said as she turned to get something.

"Look." Qiluo said and showed Ling a cell phone.

"Why do you give me a cell phone? I don't need it." Ling said.

"It would be easier for us to find each other." Qiluo said.

"Look." Qiluo said.

"What are you doing?" Ling said.

"Look." Qiluo showed Ling the cell phone.

"Your expression looks ugly. I help you look better." Qiluo said.

"Look. It looks much better, doesn't it?" Qiluo said and showed the cell phone to Ling again.

"Lunatic” Ling said.

"Off to work. Off to work." Ling said on his way out.

"Hold on." Qiluo said. Ling tried to kiss her.

"No. it's not that. It's the lunch box. I made it especially for you. Very cute. Isn't it?" Qiluo said and handed Ling his lunch box.

"It suits me really fine." Ling said, looking at the pink lunch box.

"I'm off now." Ling said and kissed Qiluo.

"Be careful." Qiluo said.

"OKay. Bye bye." Ling said.

"Bye bye." Qiluo said.

Lunch time at the construction site

Ling unzipped he lunch box and smiled when he took out the lunch box.

Ling laughed when he saw what was packed inside the lunch box.

Ling started eating the lunch box with a smile but became emotional as he ate it.

In Ling's apartment

Ling lying in bed and Qiluo was sitting on the bed.

"My dad used to tell me that water was very clear and many lighting bugs flying around. It was a great era. So he said people of our generation were very poor, we have nothing. But I feel the world now is also very beautiful." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Times are just like this, keeps turning. When we grow older and are old enough to look back out past. I hope we can be like my father and say the old times were so great." Qiluo said to Ling

Ling sat up in bed.

"Qiluo, let's get married. We can have together what we never have before. We can have a home together." Ling said to Qiluo.

Qiluo smiled and hugged Ling.

Ling was alone in an empty classroom, looking outside.

Two students came in.

"Chen Ling. Have your conscious returned? Surprisingly, you've come to the class today." One of them said to Ling.

"I'm here to pick up some stuff." Ling said and showed the manila envelopes in his hand.

Ling turned to look outside the classroom window.

"I suddenly discovered that our school is actually rather beautiful." Ling said, looking outside.

At the outdoor section of the cafe where Qingmei worked.

"My god, he proposed to you!" Qingmei said to Qiluo.

"Lower you voice. You're working." Qiluo said to Qingmei.

"It feels so happy. I want to be the bridesmaid." Qingmei said, pointing to herself.

"When are you going to try the wedding gown? I don't want to work now. Let's go try the wedding gown." Qingmei said and pulled Qiluo.

"Qingmei, we still have to wait until Ling graduates to get marry." Qiluo said.

"You're right. How exciting." Qingmei said, jumping and holding the tray with Qiluo's order.

"Now can you give me the cookie?" Qiluo said to Qingmei.

"I've forgotten it." Qingmei said, giving Qiluo the plate.

"Have anything happened at school recently?" Qiluo asked Qingmei.

"It's the same. Where I can handle I have taken care for you. What I can't handle, I've taken sick leave for you. By the way, I've brought you the lecture notes. I'll give them to you later on." Qingmei said to Qiluo.

"Did my mom go to school to look for me?" Qiluo asked.

Qingmei shook her head.

"Haven't you contacted her afterward?" Qingmei asked. Qiluo shook her head.

"I don't know what to say to my mom. After all, what she chooses is not me." Qiluo said.

"But you have also chosen Ling." Qingmei said.

Qiluo smiled.

"Here comes our shop manager. I'll give you the lecture notes later. I'm going back to work." Qingmei said and left.

Qiluo saw Ling.

"Ling." Qiluo murmured.

Ling was walking but a woman pulled him to stop from behind.

Ling turned to look at the woman. The woman talked to Ling.

Then Ling went away with the woman.

Qiluo was washing dishes at the sink in Ling's apartment and Ling came to her side to dry dishes.

"I have invited Daye and Qingmei to come over for BBQ tomorrow." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Oh. Remember to tell Daye to contribute some wine." Ling said to Qiluo.

"Did you go to East Borough today?" Qiluo asked.

"No." Ling said.

"I saw someone looked very much like you." Qiluo said.

"You mistook someone else for me." Ling said.

"The dishes are all done." Qiluo said.

"I've quitted school." Ling said.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Qiluo said.

"I didn't mean to deliberately hide it from you. I just want to have everything arranged before I tell you." Ling said.

"Previously. I raced just to ride motorcycles. I don't care the outcome at all. I just wanted to be faster than everyone else. It was just like playing video games, only for instant gratification. But now, what I'm thinking of is our future. I want to be a professional race rider. So I have to quit school. I don't want to be someone who just want to be fast. Instead I want to be a good racer rider who race against time with skills and hardworking. I really hope I can earn a living by racing. This way I can live my life meaningful." Ling said to Qiluo.

Qiluo didn't say a thing.

"You will stay with me, won't you?" Ling asked. Qiluo looked up at Ling.

"Will you stay with me?" Ling asked.

Qiluo smiled and leaned against Ling.

"Of course. I will." Qiluo said. Ling hugged Qiluo.

"Ah...” Qiluo said.

"I don't want to let go of you. Qiluo." Ling said.

Daye and Qingmei walked downstairs

"Do you feel that school has become lifeless since Ling quitted the school?" Qingmei said to Daye.

"Qingmei. Qingmei." A student called from upstairs. Qingmei and Daye looked up but couldn't find him.

"Here. Here." The student called and waved his hand.

"Yesterday I received a strange phone call. And a lot of students in our class have also received such calls. Somebody said that he was Qiluo's father and asked a lot of questions about Qiluo and Ling. Isn't Qiluo's father already dead?" The student said to Qingmei.

Daye and Qingmei looked at each other.

On the rooftop of Ling's apartment building

Qiluo just finished hanging laundry on the clotheslines.

Ajen came up to the rooftop.

"Ajen." Qiluo called.

"Hey. Qiluo." Ajen said.

"Are you coming to dry your clothes?" Qiluo said.

"No. I'm coming to collect clothes." Ajen said.

"Qiluo, have you finished hanging clothes?" Ajen asked Qiluo as he started collecting his laundry.

"I'm done. The wind is pretty strong." Qiluo said.

Ajen saw Qiluo walking toward the fence.

"Qiluo, watch out. The fence over there has become rusted. Don't come too close to it." Ajen said to Qiluo. Qiluo touched the fence.

"Really. Thank you." Qiluo said.

"I heard this year the apartment building will be torn down. So no one comes to repair it." Ajen said.

"It's to be torn down this year, isn't it?" Qiluo said.

"That's why the rent is so cheap." Ajen said.

"Is it?" Qiluo said and looked at the broken-down fence.

"That means this place is soon to disappear." Qiluo said, putting her hand on the fence.

"What a pity. I like here so much." Qiluo said, looking back at Ajen and put both hands on the fence.

Ajen looked around the rooftop.

"You like this place?!" Ajen said.

"Because I have been here only for a short time, but I have many wonderful memories." Qiluo said.

Qiluo leaned closer to the fence and looked downward. She saw the woman, who talked to Ling, walking down below in the alley. She seemed to be looking for something.

Qiluo ran off.

"Qiluo, where are you going?" Ajen asked.

Qiluo came outside the apartment building.

Qiluo saw the woman had already past the apartment building. Qiluo ran to her.

"Excuse me." Qiluo said to the woman. The woman looked at Qiluo over her shoulder.

"Are you looking for Ling?" Qiluo asked the woman. The woman turned to face Qiluo.

"Are you Han Qiluo?" The woman asked. Qiluo nodded.

Qiluo and the woman went to a restaurant.

The woman drank some water. The server arrived with their orders.

"Thank you." The woman said to the server.

"I didn't expect you to be so quiet." The woman said to Qiluo.

"I'm sorry. May I ask how you know of me?" Qiluo asked the woman.

"Of course, Ling told me." The woman said to Qiluo.

"Was it the afternoon on the day before yesterday in East Borough?" Qiluo asked the woman. The woman nodded.

"It was awful. I finally persuaded Ling to go back with me to meet Chongzhi." The woman said.

"Chongzhi is Ling's father." The woman added.

"So you are..." Qiluo hesitated.

"Chongzhi's current girlfriend. You didn't guess it right, did you?" The woman said. The woman picked up the water.

"But, as a girlfriend, I haven't enjoyed many benefits. I haven't experienced the fun of being a girlfriend yet. I've been spending days and nights for that miserable father to take care of the issues between him and his son." The woman said.

"Miserable?" Qiluo said.

"Isn't a father miserable who has been constantly rejected by his own son?" The woman said.

"The one who rejects should be Ling's father. Isn't it?" Qiluo said to the woman.

"Chongzhi is Ling is father. Why would he reject him?" The woman said. Qiluo looked down.

"It seems that Ling has told you everything. It's correct. Indeed, Ling is not Chongzhi's nature-born son. But Chongzhi treats him no different than his own nature-born son. Let's take you as an example." The woman said.

"I ... Qiluo said.

"This time when Ling goes back, he asks to severe the father-son relationship. There are two reasons. First, he wants to race. Secondly, he wants to get married with you."

"So, you two think I'm the problem." Qiluo said.

The woman shook her head.

"No. We're only worried about you two. Of course, I feel that it's a rare thing that two people want to create their own future with their own hands. But can you really take the pressure from reality? Today I'm not looking for Ling. I come to ask you a favor. Please tell him not to resolve everything by himself. I think he will listen to you when such words are coming from you. The real world is completely different from what you two think." The woman said.

"May I ask, in your eyes, what kind of person Ling's father is?" Qiluo asked the woman.

"He is such a useless and miserable man, to the extent of being pitiable." The woman said.

The woman drank more water.

Qiluo returned to Ling's apartment

Qiluo saw the door was open.

"Why did you come home so early today?" Qiluo said and ran up to the door.

"Ling." Qiluo called. It was her stepfather inside the apartment.

"Qiluo, Dad is coming to take you home." Her stepfather said to her.

The cell phone rang at the construction site.

Ling picked up the cell phone.

"Wei." Ling said.

"Thank god. You finally answer the phone." Qingmei said on the other end.

"What is it?" Ling said.

"I heard that Qiluo's father was asking around about you two. I looked hurriedly for Qiluo, but she hadn't answered her cell phone. Wei, Ling. Have you heard what I'm saying, Ling." Qingmei said.

"Um." Ling said and put down his cell phone.

Ling recalled what Qiluo said, "I remember when I was a kid, every time I went out to play with other kids, there was always some parent came to call their kids home. At the time, the more fun we had, the more heartbroken we were, as if it had been the end of the world. Did you feel the same way when you were kid?"

Phone rang in Ling's apartment

"Okay? Come back with me." Qiluo's stepfather asked and walked toward her. Qiluo turned and ran.

"Qiluo. Qiluo." Her stepfather called her and got hold of her hand.

Qiluo pushed his hands away and ran to the rooftop.

"Qiluo." Her stepfather called and followed her up to the rooftop.

Ling rode his bike back to the apartment.

On the apartment rooftop.

Qiluo ran but was stopped by the fence.

"Don't come closer. If you come any closer, I'll jump." Qiluo yelled at her stepfather.

"Qiluo. You... Don't do foolish thing. Don't be afraid. Dad will protect you. Come with Dad, okay?" Her stepfather said, raising his hand.

"I'll not go back with you. Don't come closer." Qiluo said. Her stepfather kept walking.

"I told you not to come closer." Qiluo yelled. Her stepfather had walked to in front of her.

"Qiluo, why are you hiding from me? I love you so much." Her stepfather said.

"That's not love. You don't love me at all. You just want to satisfy yourself and make yourself happy. That's not love. That's not anything at all." Qiluo yelled.

Qiluo looked downward and was ready to jump. Her stepfather pulled her away from the fence. Qiluo tried to run away but her stepfather got hold of her.

"Qiluo, you've misunderstood me." Her stepfather said.

"Ahhh." Qiluo screamed.

"Why are you hiding from me? I love you so much. I love you with all my heart." Her stepfather said while Qiluo struggled to get away from him.

"Qiluo." Her stepfather said.

"Let me go." Qiluo screamed.

"Qiluo." Her father said.

"Ah... Let me go." Qiluo screamed.

Ling came to the rooftop

"Let her go." Ling said to her stepfather. Qiluo and her stepfather stopped.

"It's you." Qiluo's stepfather said to Ling. He walked to the front of Ling and grabbed Ling's T-shirt. "It's all because of you. Why do you kidnap my daughter? Why do you intend to do, taking her here?" Qiluo's stepfather said to Ling.

"Take your dirty hands off me." Ling said to Qiluo's stepfather.

"Return my daughter to me." Qiluo's stepfather shouted at Ling.

"Do you know what you've done to your daughter?" Ling said to Qiluo's stepfather.

Qiluo's stepfather punched at Ling. Ling knocked him off.

"You're not qualified to be any body's father." Ling said to her stepfather and hit him.

Qiluo's stepfather was hit to the ground.

"The more violence you use, the more advantageous it is to me. Do you know that?" Qiluo's stepfather said to Ling, propping himself off the ground.

"Originally you've already committed the crime of kidnapping, now you also commit the crime of assault. I can suit you. You little SOB. You're quite strong, but you're nothing except for younger than I. Actually, Do you think I don't know the dirty things you're thinking in your mind? Aren't they just those things?" Qiluo's stepfather said to Ling.

Ling looked at Qiluo's stepfather.

"They aren't that great." Qiluo's stepfather said to Ling and spat blood out of his mouth.

"You sleazy guy." Ling said to Qiluo's stepfather. Ling grabbed his clothes and pulled him up and started hitting him again.

"I get angry when I see the color of your blood is the same as mine. I get even angrier when I think your life is as important as mine. I get so angry that I can die when I think that you have the right to live." Ling said to Qiluo's stepfather as he hit him.

Ling grabbed the collar of Qiluo's father's clothes and threw him at the fence. Qiluo's father was tripped by the broken metal pipes and fell over the fence.

He grabbed the edge of the rooftop in time.

"Help! Help! Don't play jokes! I may die. Help!" Qiluo's father yelled.

Ling picked up a broken metal pipe and walked to the fence.

"You can't just let me die. You can't kill people." Qiluo's father yelled.

Ling stood at the edge and looked down at Qiluo's father, raising the broken metal pipe.

"Qiluo, Hurry up to save me! I'm about to fall off. Qiluo, forgive me. I'm wrong. Qiluo. Qiluo. Help!" Qiluo's stepfather shouted.

"You die." Qiluo said to her stepfather.

"Qiluo. Help!"

Ling raised the broken metal pipe up.

Image of Tongdao flashed through Ling's mind. Tongdao was saying to him, "Haven't you already enjoyed the fun of killing people? Actually I'm quite moved. Such an outstanding life has finally had a companion. How can I not be happy?"

"I'm about to fall off." Qiluo's stepfather said.

Ling stretched out his hand to hold Qiluo's stepfather's hand.

"Why do I save this kind of person?" Ling murmured to himself.

Ling pulled Qiluo's stepfather back to the apartment rooftop.

Qiluo's stepfather crawled around and was scared of Ling. He picked up a metal pipe and waved angrily at Ling, trying to hit him.

"Help! Help! Murder! Murder!" Qiluo's stepfather shouted, facing downward at the alley.

He came back, waving the metal pipe at Ling.

"Ling. Hurry up. Let's leave. Hurry up." Qiluo came to Ling's side and said to him.

Ling and Qiluo ran off.

"Don't run. Come back. Help!" Qiluo's stepfather shouted.

Ling and Qiluo went to a hotel

Ling was lying in bed; Qiluo was sitting on the bed.

"What if he really reports to the police? What should we do?" Qiluo said.

"No, he won't. He was just saying it." Ling said.

"But what if he really does it?" Qiluo said.

"Kidnap, assault, attempted murder. At least locked up for 7 to 8 years." Ling said.

"But you haven't really done anything at all!" Qiluo said as she turned around to face Ling.

"But Law is scrupulous and based on evidences. Unless I can prove I haven't done anything." Ling said.

"I'm sorry. I've got you involved in this." Qiluo said.

Ling sat up in bed and faced Qiluo.

"Actually it's my fault. I'm not capable of protecting you at all. I always thought myself capable of doing anything. Actually I don't have any ability at all." Ling said.

"Don't say things like that." Qiluo said, moving to comfort Ling.

"What he said is right. I'm just younger." Ling said. Qiluo leaned against Ling and then sat up abruptly.

"I thought of something. We can go look for Miss Fangmin. She came to see me and said that no matter what happens." Qiluo said. Ling turned his face away.

"I rather die than go back to beg them." Ling said.

"But after all he's your father." Qiluo said.

"I've already severed the father-son relationship with him. I've said that I will never go back to ask him for anything. I practice what I say. There's got to be a way." Ling said. Ling turned to face Qiluo.

"Believe me. There has to be a way. At least we can run away." Ling said. Qiluo looked up at Ling.

"Where to?" Qiluo asked.

"Anywhere. We can leave here early tomorrow morning." Ling said. Qiluo was quiet.

"Are you afraid if we start run away now?" Ling asked.

"When I'm with you, I'm not afraid of anything. But, is this really a good idea? How about your dream? And your future. You've promised Minggao-dage ...” Qiluo said.

"Qiluo, I cannot think that far now. There is only one thing I can think of now. As long as we can be together forever” Ling said and pulled Qiluo closed to him.

Ling was sleeping in the hotel room.

Qiluo leant against Ling.

"Ling, have you heard of a fairy tale? There was a young-man tree and a young-girl tree in a forest. They loved each other but they were located in the opposite parts of the forest. No matter how hard they tried, they could never touch each other's bodies. But when the wind blew, their branches would move with wind. But the young-girl tree still felt very lonely. Later, there was a big fire in the forest. They both died in the blaze and burned to ashes. Their smokes flew lightly into the air. But the young-girl tree felt very happy” Qiluo said.

Qiluo sat up.

"Because they finally could be forever together." Qiluo continued.

"When I heard the story, my heart broke and cried nonstoppingly. But now I'm so envious of them." Qiluo bent to kiss Ling.

Ling woke up early in the morning.

Ling turned and found Qiluo wasn't beside him. Ling was wide awake.

"Qiluo." Ling called.

Ling ran back to his apartment.

Ling saw a letter on the bed.

Qiluo's voice-over. "Ling, even if tragedy is our final destiny, I simply can't watch you being hurt by him. So, I'm going home. Thank you. Thank you. Ling."

At an office building

Ling ran across the big lobby.

"Hold on. What are you doing?" A securities guard yelled at him.

"I'm looking for someone." Ling said.

"Looking for someone. You should go to the reception desk." The security guard said as he grabbed Ling.

Another security guard came to stop Ling.

"Go away, you two." Ling yelled and pushed them away. Another security guard came.

"Go away. Go away” Ling yelled and struggled to get away.

"Call the police." One of the security guards yelled.

"Go away, all of you." Ling yelled.

"Something happens here. Please call the police for us." The reception said to the phone.

Fangmin happened to come downstairs.

"Go away, all of you." Ling yelled.

Fangmin stopped on the stairs.

"Go away." Ling yelled.

"Chen Ling." Fangmin said.

"Go away, all of you." Ling yelled.

"Stop! All of you stop!" Fangmin yelled.

"Go away." Ling yelled and pushed the security guards away.

"Chen Ling. Come up." Fangmin said to Ling.

"Miss Fang, he is..." One security guard asked Fangmin as she walked downstairs quickly.

"He is the president's son." Fangmin answered. Ling moved forward to the security guard closet to him.

"That's enough!" Fangmin yelled and pulled Ling to go upstairs with her.

"Your salaries will all be reduced!" Ling yelled as he pointed to the security guards.

Outside the office of Ling's father

"Miss Fang." The secretary greeted Fangmin as she stood up.

Ling and Fangmin walked up the front of the secretary.

"You go up yourself. He already knows that you're here. Next time when you come, can you please call ahead? Don't come in such a style. Okay?" Fangmin said to Ling.

Ling paused before the stairs and then walked upstairs.

Ling turned to face his father.

Ling walked into his father's office.

"It was quite an entrance. It does match your style. But this place is not a place where nothing happens the whole day but just wait for you to create a disturbance. Basically, you've messed up my schedule." His father said.

"I'm sorry." Ling said.

"Today your attitude is much unexpected. Say it. Is there anything I can help you?" His father said.

"Except you, I can't think of any other way." Ling said.

"Is it? You need money." His father said.

"No. I hope you can lend me all you have." Ling said.

"What did you say?" His father said.

"I hope you can wield all the huge power that you have to help me rescue a girl. I wish her to be freed." Ling said.

"Last month, you just told me yourself that you didn't need any help. Now you're already asking for help. If you take it for granted that I will help you, you underestimate me. You always ignore my advices. Now you want me to help you, I have to help you. This world isn't as simple as you think. Go back." His father said.

"Go back? I beg you. Please." Ling said and walked to the front of the desk.

"Help me. I'm not afraid of being punished by law. But if I'm locked up in prison because of this, I won't be able to protect her." Ling said.

"You think my attitude is impolite, I'm willing to change. I'll do whatever you say. You want me to study, I'll apply immediately. If you want me to go home, I will go home. As for riding motorcycles, I can quit it, too." Ling said.

"I beg you. I beg you." Ling said and bowed his head.

His father picked up the phone.

"Fangmin, please connect me to Lawyer Ye." His father said to the phone.

In the house of Qiluo's stepfather

Her stepfather was eating at the dining table. Her mother came to place a dish on the table.

"How is it? Is she still not eating?" Her father said to her mother. Her mother didn't say a word.

"Let her be. Sooner or later she'll come to her senses." Her father said.

"Do you still plan to suit that boy?" Her mother asked.

"Of course. He locked up Qiluo for that long and almost killed me." Her stepfather said.

"But it was clearly that Qiluo went to him, wasn't it?" Her mother said.

"What do you mean by it? You want me to let him go and let him continue harassing our Qiluo. Don't you dislike that boy too?" Her stepfather said.

"The point now is not how we think of the boy, it's Qiluo's feelings. Regardless of what kind of person he is, if Qiluo feels happy..." Her mother said.

"You... What nonsense are you talking? Qiluo and that man... that gangster... How can she be happy?" Her stepfather stood up and interrupted angrily. Her stepfather left the table.

"I really don't understand at all. What are you thinking?" Her stepfather said to her mother as he walked past her.

"Even so, can we really make Qiluo happy?" Her mother said.

"What? What are you saying?" Her stepfather said and turned to look at her mother.

The phone rang.

Her stepfather picked up the phone.

"Wei, whom are you looking for?" Her stepfather said to the phone.

"How are you? I'm sorry to have called and disturbed you. I'm lawyer Wu." The man on the other end said.

Qiluo came out and sat on the stairs.

"A lawyer?" Her stepfather said to the phone.

"Yes. To tell you the truth, the reason I call is because of Chen Ling. The incident must have caused a lot of trouble to your family. His father wants me to apologize to you for him." Lawyer Wu said on the other end.

"I don't care if you apologize or not. Anyway I'm going to suit that kid for attempted murder and kidnapping. I'll definitely suit him. I ...¡± Her stepfather said to the phone.

"I can understand how you feel. But in consideration of the future of Chen Ling-gongzi, I hope there's a way to resolve this incident satisfactorily." Lawyer Wu said on the end.

"Who cares about that kid and What happens to him in the future! Anyway I'll see you in court. I'm not talking to you any more." Her stepfather said and was going to hang up.

"Honestly, in my opinion, for your own sake, it's better just let the matter blow over. How do you feel about it? You're also a manager. You can certainly think from the point of a manager. Mr. Chen of course has his own reputation to consider." Lawyer Wu said on the end.

"Wait. What you mean is¡­" Her stepfather said to the phone.

"I... No... I didn't mean that." Her stepfather said to the phone.

"Okay. I know." Her stepfather said and put down the phone.

"How can this be?" Her stepfather said.

"What happened?" Her mother asked her stepfather.

"That kid's old man is the president of OAK group. They used to make stereos. They changed their business model a few years ago. Now they're the leader of the computer industry in our country. It was their corporate lawyer who just called. He said it wasn't advantageous to be up against such a big corporation. Even my factory could..." Her stepfather said to her mother. Her stepfather sighed and shook his head.

Back to the office of Ling's father

Ling's father was talking on the phone call.

"Um. Thank you." Ling's father said and put down the phone.

"The matter is 80% resolved. I'll handle the rest." Ling's father said to Ling.

"Thank you. I'm sorry to take so much of your time." Ling bowed his head and said.

"How about eating together." Ling's father said.

"No. I've an appointment with a friend." Ling said.

"Then, next time. Next time bring your girlfriend along. The three of us eat together." Ling's father said.

Ling bowed his head and gave his bike key to his father.

"This is the key of my motorcycle." Ling said.

Ling bowed to his father and left.

Ling walked downstairs to the lobby

"Mr. Chen." A security guard called him.

Ling ignored him and walked out of the building.

Ling looked at his bike for a while and then left.

House of Qiluo's stepfather

Qiluo's mother opened the door; it was Ling at the door.

"Aunt. I'm sorry to disturb you. I'm here to apologize. Previously I was cocky and did a lot of not so good things and caused you a lot of troubles." Ling said to Qiluo's mother.

"Please forgive me." Ling said and bowed deeply.

"There's one more thing. I hope you will grant my wish. Although now I'm not qualified and can't guarantee anything." Ling said.

Qiluo ran downstairs.

"I don't have anything to be proud of. But starting from today, I'll stay by my father's side and start learning everything from scratch. I'll work hard to let other people recognize me. I'll work hard so other people look at me positively. So, please let me marry Qiluo. I will make her happy." Ling said.

Qiluo ran to the front of Ling.

"Ling." Qiluo said and hugged Ling. Ling hugged Qiluo and looked at Qiluo's mother.

"Please take good care of my daughter." Qiluo's mother said.

Ling waited in the courtyard of the stepfather's house.

"Are these clothes enough?" Qiluo's mother asked Qiluo. Ling heard of her voice and turned.

Qiluo and her mother came out of the door.

"At present, these are enough. If it's not enough, Ling and I can go shopping." Qiluo said to her mother.

"If there's anything we can help. I think there probably won't be anything that we can help." Qiluo's mother said to Qiluo.

"This is your broken bracelet. I've repaired it." Qiluo's mother said to her and gave her a wrapped package. Qiluo unwrapped the package.

"I remember you once said it's a very important lucky charm." Qiluo's mother said.

"Mom. I'm leaving." Qiluo said. Her mother nodded.

"Qiluo." Her mother called to stop Qiluo. Her mother held Qiluo's hands.

"I've always wanted to say something to you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't take good care of you and made you live this kind of life. I even pretended I didn't know anything at all. I'm sorry. Qiluo, promise me. After you leave here, you must live happily. Okay." Her mother said to Qiluo, sobbing.

"Mom." Qiluo and her mother hugged each other and cried.

In Ling's apartment

Ling was lying in bed, reading and waiting for Qiluo to get ready.

"Ling, what do you think? Is it too casual if I'm wearing a jean or should I wear the skirt?" Qiluo said, coming out the shower stall and placing a skirt on herself.

 

Ling looked disinterested.

"Either one is fine. They're all very cute." Ling said.

"Is it? I borrowed it from Qingmei." Qiluo said, walking to the bedside.

"I'm trying hard and yet you take it so lightly." Qiluo said and brushed Ling's magazine.

"Why do you mind so much? It's nothing but having a dinner with my father." Ling looked up at Qiluo.

"It's nothing to you, but this is the first time I'm going to meet your father." Qiluo said.

Qiluo crouched next to Ling.

"Tell me what kind of person your father is." Qiluo said. Ling looked at Qiluo questionably.

"I mean how he looks like. Does he give people the impression of being very stern or gentle?" Qiluo said.

"very dislikable." Ling said after thought a little bit

"No matter what happens, how terrible it is, he's always very calm. He always strikes people right where it hurts. He is cruel and not likable and very self-important. These are the adjectives that I can think of." Ling said.

"Why does it sound very terrifying?" Qiluo said.

"Because he's such a person." Ling said.

"But he has to manage such a big business. He can't manage it just being a nice guy." Qiluo said.

"Why are you lobbying for him?" Ling said, poking Qiluo's forehead.

Ling got off the bed.

"Hurry up. Change your clothes." Qiluo said.

"Why change? This is good. Why change?" Ling said.

At a Japanese restaurant

The hostess showed Ling and Qiluo to the room where Ling's father was.

"Dad." Ling said and walked into the room.

Qiluo recognized Ling's father was the man who wanted to purchase the Ling portrait she painted.

Scene when Qiluo first met Ling's father.

"You're the artist?" Ling's father said. Qiluo nodded.

"I hope you'll paint more good paintings in the future." Ling's father said.

Back to the Japanese restaurant

"Nice to meet you. I'm Ling's father." His father said and gestured Qiluo not to say they met before.

 

"How are you? I'm Han Qiluo." Qiluo said and bowed her head.

"Come. Please sit down." His father said to Qiluo.

The owner slid the paper screen door open.

"Welcome. Welcome. I'm the owner. Are we all here? Can I start serving the food?" The owner said.

"Let's start serving the food." The owner said to someone.

The owner came up to the Japanese mat.

"What a beautiful woman!" The owner said to Qiluo as she sat next to Qiluo. She saw Ling.

"This is the little little master." The owner said, looking at Ling.

"You don't remember it. You often came here when you were little." The owner said to Ling.

"The old master often took them here. They are twins, aren't they?" The owner said to Ling's father.

"He's the older brother." His father said to the owner.

"Isn't he the one very energetic? Aiyo, he's completely different from his younger bother. The younger brother is much quieter. He was very well-behaved. This younger master was fun. He played everywhere and got himself in trouble everywhere. Once he poked all the paper windows on the doors, I almost couldn't open for business the next day. Ha Ha Ha Ha” The owner said.

 

"Obaa-san, shouldn't you go next door to welcome other guests?" Ling said to the lady owner.

"Come. Come. Please help your self. Take your time." The owner said to them as she placed their orders on the table.

"I go fetch your favorite wine." The owner said to his father.

The owner stood up, bowed to them and left.

"I come later." The owner bowed.

"Good." Ling's father said.

The owner closed the sliding Japanese doors.

"Ling has briefed me the situations. Miss Qiluo, have you really decided to marry Ling?" His father said to Qiluo.

Qiluo nodded slightly and looked at Ling.

"Don't misunderstand me. I've no intention to oppose your marriage at all. On the contrary, I owe you a big thank-you. If it weren't for you, I don't know what Ling would become." His father said to Qiluo.

"Actually, I've been saved by Ling. I've come this far because of Ling." Qiluo said to his father.

"Even so, you don't have to sacrifice so much to compromise your own future. I heard you've applied to quit school." Ling's father said to Qiluo. Ling was in shock.

"Quitting school?" Ling said to Qiluo.

"You've already quitted school for me." Qiluo said to Ling.

"You, stupid. Why do you want to quit school? You cancel it immediately. I'll find ways for you to continue school." Ling said to Qiluo.

 

"You can't do anything." His father said to Ling. Ling looked at his father.

"You can't even support yourself. How can you shoulder other people's lives?" Ling's father said to him.

"You're right. Today the two of us can be here is all because of you. Thanks to your huge money and power, so we can sit safely here today." Ling said to his father.

"Here he goes again. What's the matter? You always twist other people's words. Can't you just accept other people's good intentions? What happens to your temper?" Ling's father said to him.

"I'm just like your brother. I don't know if he can just accept other people's good intentions. But he did accept his own sister-in-law. And I'm the son of that bad guy." Ling said to his father.

"I'm sorry. We talk about our dirty laundry in such an occasion. If you don't mind a family like ours and is still willing to become one of us, then we're a family. I'll also be very happy. I hope I can do something for you. From now on, I'll help you with your education and living expenses any way I can. I hope you can come as Ling's fiancée to live in the family with Ling. You mother has agreed to this." Ling's father said to Qiluo.

"Hold on. That's right. The reason that Qiluo was saved and that I can live so freely are all because of you. I'm grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. But this doesn't mean you can control our lives at will. Our matters should be handled by ourselves. Isn't it?" Ling said to his father.

"What a meek ego? How you look at my good intentions is your freedom. But if Qiluo's future is affected because of your boring insistence, I won't agree to it. Can you ask you a favor? Now you have to face the problems of reality and future." Ling's father said.

"You're always like this. When I first sensed it, I found out that every time I was just controlled by you. Frankly, you just want people around you to follow what you say. The same with Qiluo, you say it so sweetly. In the end, you just don't want someone without a college degree to live in our house." Ling said to his father.

"Ling." Qiluo came to stop Ling.

"The reason you want Qiluo to continue her education is nothing but the diploma. You don't even know anything about her painting." Ling said to his father.

"Ling, it's not like that. Your dad had praised my painting." Qiluo said.

"Praise your painting...” Ling said.

"You met before!" Ling said, looking at Qiluo and his father.

 

"It's not like that. When I had the painting of you on display, your dad came to see it and really appreciated it." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? You." Ling said to Qiluo.

"You join together to trap me." Ling said to his father.

"Wait a minute. Qiluo has just found out moments ago that I'm your father." Ling's father said to him.

"I'm leaving." Ling said.

"Ling." Qiluo said

"I can't stay even one second longer." Ling said. Ling got rid of Qiluo's hands and left.

"Ling." Qiluo called.

"Uncle, Sorry." Qiluo said and bowed to Ling's father and left.

In the restaurant hallway

"Ling, wait for me." Qiluo called and ran after Ling.

"I'm sorry. I really didn't know he's your father." Qiluo aid.

"If I had known it, I would...” Qiluo said.

"Listen. My stomach is grumbling. I'm so hungry." Ling said.

At a roadside food stall

 

"Before when I heard you talking about your father, I though he was a cold and terrifying person. But today I met him. He's really just like what Fangmin said." Qiluo said.

"Just like Fangmin said." Ling said.

"a useless and miserable man, to the point of pity. I also feel the same way." Qiluo said.

"What! You're already bought out." Ling said.

"No, not all." Qiluo said.

"The way things are going; pretty soon he'll have us go home." Ling said.

"Wei. Why are you so unwilling? Regardless how long you have stayed overseas, it's still the place where you grew up." Qiluo asked.

"I can't help it. I just dislike it. Moreover, that house is ridiculously big." Ling said.

"Ridiculously big?" Qiluo asked. Ling nodded.

"How big is it?" Qiluo asked.

***************************End of Episode 11 ***************************

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