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It was published in 1983. 3 00:00:24,695 --> 00:00:30,467 At that time, homosexuality was still taboo. 4 00:00:30,467 --> 00:00:38,076 Despite that, Taiwan didn't have any laws or sanctions against it. 5 00:00:38,076 --> 00:00:43,680 But it was a topic to be avoided. 6 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:12,627 As a writer, I wanted to be fully honest with myself in my literary works. 7 00:01:12,628 --> 00:01:16,572 I didn't want to impose restrictions on myself. 8 00:01:16,572 --> 00:01:19,366 So when I wrote the novel "Crystal Boys", 9 00:01:19,366 --> 00:01:23,053 I didn't take into consideration the prevailing social atmosphere. 10 00:01:23,053 --> 00:01:26,974 I think literature should talk about whatever people want to express. 11 00:01:26,974 --> 00:01:32,601 I think gay issues go along with the democratizing and diversification of society. 12 00:01:32,601 --> 00:01:39,403 Homosexuality has been gradually accepted by Taiwanese society. People had to get used to it. 13 00:01:39,403 --> 00:01:48,984 So when Crystal Boys TV series aired on TV in 2003, 14 00:01:48,984 --> 00:01:56,211 the atmosphere was more relaxed than it was with the novel 20 years ago. 15 00:01:56,212 --> 00:02:02,556 I think this dramatic series really had a big impact on the society 16 00:02:02,556 --> 00:02:06,894 because the topic of homosexuality was introduced into each living room. 17 00:02:16,607 --> 00:02:20,360 In 2014, when I decided to put "Crystal Boys" on stage, 18 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,989 a lot of things had changed in that decade, 19 00:02:22,989 --> 00:02:31,332 a lot of gay-themed literary works were released and a lot of movies. 20 00:02:31,333 --> 00:02:35,913 Ang Lee's, Tsai Ming-liang's... At that time, their works had all been done. 21 00:02:35,914 --> 00:02:40,743 Same thing for TV series. I think homosexuality is no longer a societal taboo. 22 00:02:40,743 --> 00:02:43,974 The gay rights movement is now reaching the point where 23 00:02:43,975 --> 00:02:46,749 LGBT people are fighting now for marriage equality. 24 00:02:46,750 --> 00:02:52,514 I think it's a world trend now. And Crystal Boys, the play, happens at that time. 25 00:02:52,515 --> 00:02:56,579 I think this has a special social and cultural significance. 26 00:02:56,580 --> 00:02:59,757 You could say "it arises in response to the needs of the times". 27 00:03:49,661 --> 00:03:56,661 National Theater and Concert Hall Taipei, Taiwan - 2014 - 28 00:03:56,661 --> 00:04:04,229 Director : Ruiyuan Cao 29 00:05:17,587 --> 00:05:24,422 In our kingdom, there are no days, only nights. 30 00:05:25,241 --> 00:05:36,513 As soon as the sun comes up, our kingdom goes into hiding, for it is an unlawful nation. 31 00:05:36,513 --> 00:05:41,244 It has neither government nor constitution. 32 00:05:41,244 --> 00:05:46,149 We are neither recognized nor respected by anyone. 33 00:05:47,117 --> 00:05:53,157 Our citizenry is little more than rabble. 34 00:06:03,433 --> 00:06:06,703 In this kingdom of ours, 35 00:06:06,703 --> 00:06:15,967 there are no distinctions in social rank, eminence, age, or strength. 36 00:06:17,047 --> 00:06:25,216 What we have in common are bodies filled with aching, 37 00:06:25,217 --> 00:06:36,342 irrepressible desire and hearts filled with insane loneliness. 38 00:06:36,342 --> 00:06:43,106 In the dead of night we are like wild animals that have broken out of their cages, 39 00:06:43,106 --> 00:06:49,179 baring their fangs and uncoiling their claws as they begin a frenzied hunt for prey. 40 00:06:49,901 --> 00:06:55,253 WE... look like a pack of sleepwalkers, 41 00:06:55,253 --> 00:07:01,428 stepping on each other's shadows as we skirt the lotus pond, 42 00:07:01,428 --> 00:07:08,497 never stopping, round and round, 43 00:07:08,497 --> 00:07:17,411 in crazed pursuit of that nightmare of love and lust. 44 00:07:17,412 --> 00:07:25,423 WE... have no distinctions in social rank, eminence, age or strength. 45 00:07:25,424 --> 00:07:31,321 What we all share in common are hearts filled with insane loneliness, 46 00:07:31,321 --> 00:07:37,714 bodies filled with aching and irrepressible desire. 47 00:09:39,467 --> 00:09:44,387 WE... look like a pack of sleepwalkers, 48 00:09:44,387 --> 00:09:51,427 stepping on each other's shadows as we skirt the lotus pond, 49 00:09:51,427 --> 00:09:57,433 never stopping, round and round, 50 00:09:57,433 --> 00:10:03,940 in crazed pursuit of that nightmare of love and lust. 51 00:10:03,940 --> 00:10:13,519 WE... -- You think there's a great big world out there, don't you? 52 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:19,088 Well, someday, someday for sure, 53 00:10:19,089 --> 00:10:27,531 you'll all come flying back to the nest, like good little boys. 54 00:10:39,476 --> 00:10:41,511 Disgusting animal! 55 00:10:41,978 --> 00:10:44,047 Disgusting animal! 56 00:10:44,764 --> 00:10:49,490 Get out ! Get out ! 57 00:10:49,490 --> 00:10:50,978 Please no, Dad ! 58 00:10:52,107 --> 00:10:55,942 Shameful ! Shameless! 59 00:10:55,942 --> 00:10:56,943 Go to hell ! 60 00:10:56,943 --> 00:10:58,244 Dad ! 61 00:10:59,913 --> 00:11:01,447 Disgusting animal ! 62 00:11:02,649 --> 00:11:06,386 Get out ! Go away ! 63 00:11:08,121 --> 00:11:12,959 On the night of May 3rd, at approximately 11 o'clock, 64 00:11:12,959 --> 00:11:16,129 Li Qing, a night-school student in the final semester of his senior year, 65 00:11:16,129 --> 00:11:22,468 was caught in an immoral act with the lab supervisor, Zhao Wusheng. 66 00:11:22,468 --> 00:11:30,043 Student Li, a bad influence, has damaged the reputation of the school with his unacceptable conduct. 67 00:11:30,043 --> 00:11:36,616 Having received three serious demerits, he's hereby expelled as a warning to others. 68 00:11:36,616 --> 00:11:40,553 This is a notice. - Principal Gao Yitian - 69 00:11:40,553 --> 00:11:44,390 May 5, 1970 70 00:11:46,459 --> 00:11:49,095 Disgusting animal ! 71 00:11:49,095 --> 00:11:51,397 Get out ! 72 00:11:52,265 --> 00:11:56,129 You've ruined the reputation of our family ! 73 00:13:24,779 --> 00:13:40,469 "CRYSTAL BOYS" 74 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:56,136 "Sounds ding dong! Sounds ding dong!" 75 00:13:56,137 --> 00:14:02,146 "Such lovely flowers beside my chair!" 76 00:14:02,147 --> 00:14:06,760 "I read and play music." 77 00:14:06,761 --> 00:14:11,443 "Such a happy time!" 78 00:14:18,998 --> 00:14:20,598 Buddy. 79 00:14:24,224 --> 00:14:26,224 80 00:14:26,250 --> 00:14:28,199 Buddy. 81 00:15:09,761 --> 00:15:15,367 The thermometer climbed to 38 degrees Celsius in Taipei. 82 00:15:17,551 --> 00:15:23,494 New Park trees were so overheated they steamed. 83 00:15:25,222 --> 00:15:44,702 A blanket of steamy hot air hung over the stands of palm, green coral and coconut trees. 84 00:15:49,902 --> 00:15:58,344 The concrete steps around the lotus pond gave off steam as they cooled down at night. 85 00:16:01,747 --> 00:16:10,156 The heat rising from the steps was so intense that I fell lightheaded while standing on them. 86 00:16:13,092 --> 00:16:21,767 Walking round and round the lotus pond, swinging back and forth... 87 00:16:29,642 --> 00:16:35,943 Until late at night... Until the moon disappears... 88 00:16:39,318 --> 00:16:46,859 Then I found an old mausoleum that seems as if it's the park museum. 89 00:16:49,495 --> 00:16:56,402 I climbed the stairs, seeking refuge behind the pillar stands, 90 00:16:59,572 --> 00:17:04,516 a temporary place to stay and hide myself. 91 00:17:13,712 --> 00:17:15,454 Hey, Kid! 92 00:17:18,624 --> 00:17:20,459 Don't be scared! 93 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,129 I scared you. 94 00:17:25,298 --> 00:17:26,866 Don't be afraid ! 95 00:17:28,167 --> 00:17:30,136 Your first time here, I reckon. 96 00:17:32,205 --> 00:17:39,779 No need to be nervous, we're all the same here. 97 00:17:41,414 --> 00:17:44,684 I've been the gardener for the park for a long time. 98 00:17:44,684 --> 00:17:50,689 When you youngsters come here you always check in with me first. 99 00:17:51,490 --> 00:17:56,170 Everybody calls me Old Guo. 100 00:17:58,223 --> 00:18:00,232 Old Guo. 101 00:18:00,933 --> 00:18:04,437 Have you ever heard of Youth Photo Studio? 102 00:18:05,504 --> 00:18:07,173 No. 103 00:18:07,173 --> 00:18:11,544 Dumb little kid! How could you not know a famous studio like that! 104 00:18:11,544 --> 00:18:13,412 I run it. 105 00:18:14,380 --> 00:18:16,816 You come with me. 106 00:18:18,031 --> 00:18:20,031 This... 107 00:18:24,657 --> 00:18:28,094 You'll catch a cold if you sleep in the park. 108 00:18:29,729 --> 00:18:35,334 I've got some rice cake and green-bean porridge at home, enough to fill your stomach. 109 00:18:37,830 --> 00:18:39,571 Let's go. 110 00:18:52,968 --> 00:18:57,323 What's your name, Kid? 111 00:18:59,759 --> 00:19:01,193 A-qing. 112 00:19:03,262 --> 00:19:06,332 I'm A-qing. - A-qing... 113 00:19:07,533 --> 00:19:09,602 You're not at home so late at night? 114 00:19:09,602 --> 00:19:12,071 What's happened at home? 115 00:19:15,308 --> 00:19:17,676 My father kicked me out of the house. 116 00:19:18,244 --> 00:19:20,713 I knew it. 117 00:19:20,713 --> 00:19:22,648 Look. 118 00:19:23,416 --> 00:19:29,021 Look. You aren't even wearing shoes! 119 00:19:30,323 --> 00:19:32,357 And your mother? 120 00:19:34,593 --> 00:19:36,796 Your mother is not there either, is she? 121 00:19:37,763 --> 00:19:40,333 Who else is there in your family? 122 00:19:42,902 --> 00:19:46,105 I used to have a little brother... called Buddy. 123 00:19:47,073 --> 00:19:49,041 And what happened to Buddy? 124 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:06,892 I've seen my share of wild little kids like you over the years, too many of them. 125 00:20:06,892 --> 00:20:09,395 They are all the same. 126 00:20:09,395 --> 00:20:12,064 I can probably guess what happened. 127 00:20:14,233 --> 00:20:18,404 A-qing. Come here. 128 00:20:31,317 --> 00:20:34,320 A-qing. We've arrived. 129 00:20:39,125 --> 00:20:41,961 We've arrived. Come in. 130 00:20:44,758 --> 00:20:50,836 Come here... Rice cake and green-bean porridge. 131 00:20:53,526 --> 00:20:56,600 Thanks, Old Guo! - Good... 132 00:20:59,011 --> 00:21:03,649 You must have been famished. Probably haven't eaten all day, huh? 133 00:21:03,649 --> 00:21:08,692 Eat slower, eat slower, or you'll choke. 134 00:21:10,322 --> 00:21:14,858 The old gardener will tell you about the park history. 135 00:21:16,630 --> 00:21:23,905 This park has been the scene of a history so inspiring and tragic. 136 00:21:23,905 --> 00:21:27,672 You will never have the wild times we had back then. 137 00:21:29,909 --> 00:21:33,312 A-qing. Look. 138 00:21:34,713 --> 00:21:37,049 Have a look at this. 139 00:21:37,049 --> 00:21:39,018 You have to take a look. 140 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:49,662 "Birds of Youth" 141 00:21:50,963 --> 00:21:54,566 Some had spirit, some others were wild... 142 00:21:54,566 --> 00:21:57,002 Exactly what I like. 143 00:21:57,003 --> 00:21:58,537 Look. 144 00:21:59,071 --> 00:22:03,676 They had every imaginable pose and expression. 145 00:22:04,643 --> 00:22:08,581 Some with their heads held high and their chests thrust out defiantly. 146 00:22:08,581 --> 00:22:15,621 Others were cowering, their staring eyes filled with more pain and fear than they should know at their age. 147 00:22:15,621 --> 00:22:19,692 All those guys were from New Park and came to my Youth Photo Studio. 148 00:22:19,692 --> 00:22:22,661 It was I who took pictures of them. 149 00:22:26,699 --> 00:22:31,237 Number 43. Little Hanzai, 1956. 150 00:22:32,071 --> 00:22:35,808 This is my Little Sparrow. 151 00:22:35,808 --> 00:22:40,179 The little guy was only fourteen when he wandered off alone to Taipei from the little town of Yilan. 152 00:22:41,380 --> 00:22:44,984 He lied, blackmailed, stole, everything. 153 00:22:44,984 --> 00:22:48,621 He pestered me day in and day out to buy him some ice cream. 154 00:22:48,621 --> 00:22:57,196 He refused to let me take his picture until I finally bought him coconut ice cream. 155 00:22:58,797 --> 00:23:05,838 Then one day Little Sparrow left after stealing fifty yuan from me. 156 00:23:09,875 --> 00:23:12,845 This one looks a little like Kobayashi Akira. 157 00:23:13,579 --> 00:23:15,748 This one is Momotaro - Peach Boy. 158 00:23:15,748 --> 00:23:20,215 His father was Japanese and died in the Philippines during the war. 159 00:23:20,216 --> 00:23:25,325 He may look delicate and refined, but he had an explosive temper. 160 00:23:26,792 --> 00:23:30,929 He fell in love with a barber, Number Thirteen, from the Westgate district. 161 00:23:30,930 --> 00:23:36,034 They were on intimate terms. They went down south together, to Tainan. 162 00:23:36,035 --> 00:23:39,872 But Number 13 was engaged, so his family went down, brought him back, 163 00:23:39,872 --> 00:23:44,932 and forced him to go through with the marriage. 164 00:23:45,911 --> 00:23:48,641 And what happened to Peach Boy? - Him ! 165 00:23:48,642 --> 00:23:50,882 He attended the banquet, 166 00:23:50,882 --> 00:23:55,020 where he and the bridegroom drank one toast after another, until he was rip-roaring drunk. 167 00:23:55,020 --> 00:23:58,724 Who could have imagined that when the meal was over, 168 00:23:58,724 --> 00:24:06,098 he'd walk over to the Zhongxing Bridge and jump into the Tamsui River? 169 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,437 Number Thirteen went near the river every day to pray, 170 00:24:11,437 --> 00:24:15,242 but Peach Boy's body never floated to the surface. 171 00:24:15,242 --> 00:24:22,414 People say there was so much hurt and anger in his heart the corpse sank straight to the bottom. 172 00:24:25,918 --> 00:24:28,554 Number 50. Phoenix. 173 00:24:31,390 --> 00:24:35,661 Old Guo. Who's this Phoenix? 174 00:24:38,397 --> 00:24:47,058 Of all these youngsters, Phoenix's life was the most bizarre, and the most tragic... 175 00:24:49,141 --> 00:24:53,178 He was a kid with no father and no surname. 176 00:24:53,178 --> 00:24:56,348 Since childhood, he was in a Catholic orphanage. 177 00:24:56,348 --> 00:24:59,018 He was very unpredictable. 178 00:24:59,018 --> 00:25:05,024 When he was seventeen, he ran away from the orphanage and came over to hang out in the park. 179 00:25:05,024 --> 00:25:11,497 Look. Look at this wild strength that could dash out anyone crazily. 180 00:25:14,466 --> 00:25:18,070 I don't know how many old-timers fell under his spell. 181 00:25:19,938 --> 00:25:22,908 He was a wild phoenix, just like his name. 182 00:25:22,908 --> 00:25:27,079 Except sometimes when he listened to me, no one knew how to tame him. 183 00:25:28,047 --> 00:25:29,682 What happened to him? 184 00:25:31,784 --> 00:25:36,588 When Phoenix was eighteen, 185 00:25:36,588 --> 00:25:41,846 the fateful meeting occurred between him and the son of a high-ranking official. 186 00:25:41,847 --> 00:25:49,366 Wang Shangde's only son's name was Wang Kuilong or "Dragon Prince". 187 00:25:49,366 --> 00:25:52,638 Dragon Prince was handsome and well born. 188 00:25:52,638 --> 00:25:56,572 At first, his family had been organizing things for him to go overseas for more schooling, 189 00:25:56,573 --> 00:25:59,378 so he could have a diplomatic career when he came back from there. 190 00:25:59,378 --> 00:26:03,514 Meeting up with Phoenix was something no one could have predicted, 191 00:26:03,515 --> 00:26:10,889 particularly since sparks flew, and nothing could put out the fire. 192 00:26:12,624 --> 00:26:17,196 I had never seen two people so crazy in love. 193 00:26:17,196 --> 00:26:21,233 One person owed much to another one during the past several lifetimes, 194 00:26:21,233 --> 00:26:24,903 and should be payed back in this lifetime. 195 00:26:25,771 --> 00:26:29,475 After a short time without seeing Phoenix, 196 00:26:29,475 --> 00:26:31,677 Dragon Prince searched the whole park for him. 197 00:26:32,778 --> 00:26:34,246 Did you see Phoenix? 198 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,282 Phoenix? Where's Phoenix? 199 00:26:37,282 --> 00:26:40,285 Phoenix... 200 00:26:43,388 --> 00:26:49,762 Those two guys had a really good time together. 201 00:26:49,762 --> 00:26:56,127 But one day Phoenix complained to me, telling me he wanted to fly away, 202 00:26:56,127 --> 00:27:00,939 because Dragon Prince would kill him if he stayed with him. 203 00:27:03,342 --> 00:27:06,411 It was his fate. 204 00:27:06,411 --> 00:27:12,885 Not long after, at New Park lotus pond, 205 00:27:12,885 --> 00:27:18,023 Dragon Prince stabbed Phoenix to death. 206 00:27:20,225 --> 00:27:26,665 Dragon Prince sat down in the puddle of blood and held Phoenix in his arms. 207 00:27:29,501 --> 00:27:31,503 His mind had snapped. 208 00:27:34,006 --> 00:27:36,040 His mind had snapped. 209 00:27:41,580 --> 00:27:46,788 Those little birds are okay as long as feelings aren't involved. 210 00:27:46,788 --> 00:27:52,891 But as soon as they let their emotions take over, there's trouble. 211 00:28:02,067 --> 00:28:06,371 A-qing. Which number will you be... 212 00:28:07,873 --> 00:28:10,309 87. Number 87. 213 00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:13,578 Little Hawk. 214 00:28:15,147 --> 00:28:17,449 I'll call you Little Hawk. 215 00:28:18,283 --> 00:28:20,085 Little Hawk. 216 00:28:20,619 --> 00:28:23,473 You wild youngsters all have this strain of wildness, 217 00:28:23,474 --> 00:28:26,860 just like the typhoons and earthquakes that are part of this island. 218 00:28:26,861 --> 00:28:29,163 It's in your blood. 219 00:28:30,696 --> 00:28:32,764 Go on, A-qing. 220 00:28:32,764 --> 00:28:35,200 Go on. 221 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,736 Now it's your turn to fly. 222 00:29:05,631 --> 00:29:10,057 This bunch of fledglings have lost their nests. 223 00:29:10,057 --> 00:29:16,175 Each one of the sea swallows crossing the ocean, 224 00:29:16,275 --> 00:29:22,748 struggling to keep flying ahead, 225 00:29:22,748 --> 00:29:29,554 with no idea where they'll wind up... 226 00:32:03,475 --> 00:32:06,978 A-qing. A-qing! 227 00:32:08,947 --> 00:32:11,216 Wu Min. It's you! 228 00:32:11,550 --> 00:32:14,586 When did you leave the hospital? -- This afternoon. 229 00:32:16,188 --> 00:32:17,722 Does your wound still hurt? 230 00:32:20,125 --> 00:32:24,329 Why do you look so pale? You've not eaten dinner yet, have you? 231 00:32:26,832 --> 00:32:28,633 Wait. 232 00:32:31,473 --> 00:32:34,806 Take this. First, go eat a bowl of noodles. 233 00:32:36,675 --> 00:32:38,476 Thanks. 234 00:32:43,523 --> 00:32:48,469 A-qing. Could you look for Mr. Zhang for me, please? 235 00:32:50,021 --> 00:32:52,657 Don't mention this guy to me again. We went to his place. 236 00:32:52,657 --> 00:32:55,727 He packed all your things together and told us to leave. 237 00:32:57,262 --> 00:33:00,119 I would have never thought you could get out of there alive. 238 00:33:00,119 --> 00:33:02,234 I thought you were close to dying. 239 00:33:04,269 --> 00:33:07,828 How stupid you were to have been the slave of this Mr. Zhang. 240 00:33:07,828 --> 00:33:11,710 It has only resulted in being kicked out of his house. 241 00:33:11,711 --> 00:33:16,349 And it was not enough. You even deserved to attempt suicide for this heartless guy. 242 00:33:16,349 --> 00:33:20,485 And you hurt my own little body by taking 500cc of blood out of it! 243 00:33:20,485 --> 00:33:23,355 Jump from a building next time, it'll be quicker! -- Enough... 244 00:33:23,355 --> 00:33:26,191 Little Jade. Enough. - Better off that way! 245 00:33:26,191 --> 00:33:30,296 And this Mr. Zhang... He's seeing someone else. 246 00:33:30,296 --> 00:33:32,163 Little Jade！ 247 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,604 That day when we went at Mr. Zhang's home to get even with him, 248 00:33:38,604 --> 00:33:41,940 he and Little Fairy were hugging together watching «Night of the Stars»! 249 00:33:41,940 --> 00:33:42,707 OK. Little Jade. Enough! 250 00:33:42,707 --> 00:33:48,079 They were as sweet as Qingshan and Wanqu together. 251 00:33:48,947 --> 00:33:52,017 "Pineapple, sweet as honey" 252 00:33:52,017 --> 00:33:53,652 Little Jade！ 253 00:33:53,652 --> 00:33:58,456 "Pineapple, just like you." 254 00:33:58,456 --> 00:34:02,727 "Loving you, loving you. I love you." 255 00:34:02,727 --> 00:34:06,865 "I'll love you forever." 256 00:34:06,865 --> 00:34:08,366 "I'm hungry." 257 00:34:08,366 --> 00:34:10,835 No, you're not hungry! 258 00:34:11,469 --> 00:34:13,338 I can see a bee foraging from miles away. 259 00:34:13,338 --> 00:34:15,840 You're so flirty singing with such loudness in your voice. 260 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,476 You're not afraid to have the police show up! -- Master！ 261 00:34:21,213 --> 00:34:28,453 A shirt with a turned-down collar, tight pants, shined shoes, prancing back and forth... 262 00:34:29,755 --> 00:34:33,292 Which sugar daddy sponsors this honorable body of yours? 263 00:34:33,992 --> 00:34:39,064 Master Yang's disciples need not lose varnish. 264 00:34:39,064 --> 00:34:42,234 True. I like treasures so much. 265 00:34:42,234 --> 00:34:46,404 Let's see how much those bones of yours weigh. 266 00:34:48,607 --> 00:34:57,716 Master. In New Park who doesn't know how influential and powerful our Master Yang is? 267 00:34:57,716 --> 00:34:59,750 Isn't that right? -- Ah, you! 268 00:34:59,751 --> 00:35:01,486 Master! 269 00:35:07,025 --> 00:35:11,162 You smell very good. What perfume do you have on? 270 00:35:11,162 --> 00:35:13,131 A high quality one, from Japan. 271 00:35:15,667 --> 00:35:20,038 With this peacock look you can now enjoy eating sashimis. 272 00:35:20,038 --> 00:35:24,075 Which overseas Chinese from Japan do you have as a godfather now? 273 00:35:24,075 --> 00:35:26,911 My damned father is an overseas Chinese from Japan. 274 00:35:26,911 --> 00:35:30,081 That year when he was selling cosmetics in Taiwan, 275 00:35:30,081 --> 00:35:32,050 he met Mother at Black Beauty Restaurant. 276 00:35:32,817 --> 00:35:34,719 At that time, they were deeply in love. 277 00:35:35,787 --> 00:35:40,119 But that jerk didn't even give me anything from Tokyo. 278 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:44,030 When he took off, he only left twelve bottles of perfume for Mother. 279 00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:46,731 People really like to play tricks these days. 280 00:35:46,731 --> 00:35:52,447 Little Jade plays with cosmetics all day long, as he'd like to become a woman. 281 00:35:52,448 --> 00:35:54,124 What are you saying? 282 00:35:54,124 --> 00:35:58,576 When Mother was pregnant with me, she went to the Goddess of the Sea Temple and prayed for a daughter. 283 00:35:58,576 --> 00:36:04,816 Just her luck that the Goddess had a cold that day and couldn't hear very well, and heard "to have a son." 284 00:36:04,816 --> 00:36:07,519 So she gave me a pee-pee... 285 00:36:08,887 --> 00:36:11,056 You're such a little fairy! 286 00:36:11,056 --> 00:36:14,659 If you were not a boy with a penis... 287 00:36:14,659 --> 00:36:16,160 Master. 288 00:36:16,528 --> 00:36:20,498 If you were not a boy I would marry you. 289 00:36:23,702 --> 00:36:25,570 Master. - Ah, you! 290 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:32,110 Mousey. Have you seen Mousey? 291 00:36:32,844 --> 00:36:34,912 Mousey. Have you seen Mousey? 292 00:36:39,984 --> 00:36:41,986 You come here! Come closer! 293 00:36:41,986 --> 00:36:45,023 Bring me a knife over here! I'm going to cut off these hands! 294 00:36:45,023 --> 00:36:48,093 Please! No, Master! - Ah, you don't want me to! 295 00:36:48,093 --> 00:36:50,261 Have I not been good toward to you? 296 00:36:50,261 --> 00:36:52,997 You and your sticky-fingers! You think about stealing things from others all day long. 297 00:36:52,997 --> 00:36:55,399 Why don't you spend your time having fun instead of looking for trouble? 298 00:36:55,399 --> 00:36:58,903 I introduce you to big shots, who allowed you to steal things from them? 299 00:36:59,270 --> 00:37:02,440 You've ruined the reputation of your Master. 300 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:06,467 I just played with his fountain pen, I don't consider that as a theft. 301 00:37:06,467 --> 00:37:08,338 Don't talk back to me! 302 00:37:11,649 --> 00:37:14,819 What a cruel fate I have! 303 00:37:14,819 --> 00:37:21,960 I got little imps as my disciples. Yes, you are. 304 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,897 I had so much trouble with you, but I helped you to find respectable jobs, even so. 305 00:37:25,897 --> 00:37:27,665 And what's the outcome? 306 00:37:28,533 --> 00:37:30,635 Guys, you're acting like a movie star with me. 307 00:37:31,803 --> 00:37:35,440 You can't stick to anything most of the time. 308 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:44,416 The Buddha of a Thousand Arms is always ready to take a tormented soul under her wing. 309 00:37:44,416 --> 00:37:46,618 You, guys! You... 310 00:37:48,119 --> 00:37:52,424 You. Wu Min. Come here. Come on. 311 00:37:55,693 --> 00:37:57,962 You raunchy thing! 312 00:37:57,962 --> 00:37:59,831 Going as far as slashing his wrist! 313 00:37:59,831 --> 00:38:02,634 I'd have liked to cut this off. 314 00:38:02,735 --> 00:38:05,870 Do you know the commotion you've caused for sending you to a hospital? 315 00:38:05,870 --> 00:38:08,173 Do you know how much it cost? Guess how much! 316 00:38:08,173 --> 00:38:11,443 800$! - What? 800$? 317 00:38:11,443 --> 00:38:13,545 57 000$! 318 00:38:15,413 --> 00:38:17,382 57 000$! 319 00:38:17,382 --> 00:38:19,017 Where did I get that money? 320 00:38:19,017 --> 00:38:21,319 Indeed, it's you, Master! 321 00:38:21,319 --> 00:38:23,421 Wu Min is Master's favorite disciple! 322 00:38:23,421 --> 00:38:27,258 Bull shit! Master has not opened a bank yet. 323 00:38:27,258 --> 00:38:29,661 It was Papa Fu who gave over the money. 324 00:38:29,661 --> 00:38:31,729 Papa Fu. Again. 325 00:38:32,697 --> 00:38:34,398 Wu Min. 326 00:38:36,468 --> 00:38:40,738 You go set up a memorial tablet to Papa Fu's goodness. 327 00:38:40,738 --> 00:38:43,341 Your life is his will. Do you understand? 328 00:38:43,341 --> 00:38:45,477 You're living a second life. 329 00:38:46,211 --> 00:38:48,145 I know. I know. 330 00:38:48,413 --> 00:38:54,853 OK. Listen to this. You need to remember this well. 331 00:38:54,853 --> 00:38:58,923 Papa Fu is a living Buddha, our benefactor. 332 00:38:58,923 --> 00:39:04,462 I heard that Fu Chongshan, Papa Fu, was well known, number one on the Mainland. 333 00:39:04,462 --> 00:39:06,398 He was the commanding general. 334 00:39:06,398 --> 00:39:09,667 People in military and police circles here were all his former subordinates. 335 00:39:09,667 --> 00:39:16,875 Without the help of those guys, we couldn’t live in the park anymore. Do you know that? 336 00:39:16,875 --> 00:39:18,609 Got it. 337 00:39:19,177 --> 00:39:21,045 OK. 338 00:39:22,580 --> 00:39:25,650 A-qing. Come here... - Master. 339 00:39:25,650 --> 00:39:28,152 A-qing. You're the best-behaved. 340 00:39:28,152 --> 00:39:31,022 Tonight you go to Papa Fu's house early. 341 00:39:31,022 --> 00:39:35,727 I heard that Papa Fu may not be in the best of health. His heart often acts up. 342 00:39:35,727 --> 00:39:39,430 Sleep with one eye open. When Papa Fu calls you, go see him straight away. 343 00:39:39,430 --> 00:39:40,998 OK, Master. 344 00:39:41,833 --> 00:39:46,204 He's so nice but now all alone. 345 00:39:46,204 --> 00:39:48,973 Unfortunately his only son passed away a long time ago. 346 00:39:48,973 --> 00:39:53,611 A-qing. Recognize and cherish your good fortune. 347 00:39:53,611 --> 00:39:56,881 You need to know that you may find this mission really hard. 348 00:39:56,881 --> 00:40:00,952 I recommended you highly to Papa Fu. 349 00:40:00,952 --> 00:40:02,720 I want you to put your heart in it. 350 00:40:02,720 --> 00:40:05,657 No perseverance, and you'll fail and come down off your pedestal. 351 00:40:05,657 --> 00:40:08,927 Don't worry, Master. I'll do it right. -- Good. 352 00:40:08,927 --> 00:40:11,996 Good things only come from A-qing. 353 00:40:11,996 --> 00:40:15,832 Each time Master sees A-qing, she's like... 354 00:40:20,004 --> 00:40:22,307 Hens with chicks. 355 00:40:22,607 --> 00:40:28,012 Yes. As you say, Master's heart's off center, sometimes crooked to the east or to the west. 356 00:40:28,780 --> 00:40:31,749 Yes. Crooked... Master's heart is crooked. 357 00:40:31,749 --> 00:40:37,088 Frisky little devils, only A-qing is well-behaved enough to set a table properly. 358 00:40:37,088 --> 00:40:39,290 What are you fussing about now? 359 00:40:40,158 --> 00:40:43,227 A-qing. Don't pay attention to them. Hurry up. Go! -- OK, Master. 360 00:40:43,227 --> 00:40:49,734 Good... A-qing! Pay my respects to Papa Fu for me. -- Yes, I will. 361 00:40:49,734 --> 00:40:51,202 Hurry up. 362 00:40:53,538 --> 00:40:57,375 You! How foxy you are! 363 00:40:57,375 --> 00:40:59,777 Papa Fu is a respectable man. 364 00:40:59,777 --> 00:41:02,847 His house has no place for a frisky little devil like you. 365 00:41:03,948 --> 00:41:08,620 You can sometimes be so sweet but sometimes so bitchy! 366 00:41:08,620 --> 00:41:14,025 I think I'll just tear your mouth into pieces. 367 00:41:14,025 --> 00:41:15,626 Master! What are you doing? 368 00:41:21,566 --> 00:41:23,668 Why did you hit me? -- This is Old Zhou! 369 00:41:25,003 --> 00:41:28,039 Why hitting someone? -- You tell me! 370 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:33,077 Where've you been out selling it these past few days? How much did you get? 371 00:41:33,077 --> 00:41:35,380 Where did I go to sell? How much did I get? 372 00:41:35,380 --> 00:41:38,649 Old Zhou doesn't have a contract that tells me what I can do with my body. 373 00:41:38,649 --> 00:41:40,318 Don't expect a commission! 374 00:41:41,552 --> 00:41:43,287 Don't... 375 00:41:43,287 --> 00:41:46,491 Old Zhou. Don't be like that. Say things slowly. 376 00:41:46,491 --> 00:41:50,962 What's there to talk about? I'll sort you out! 377 00:41:50,962 --> 00:41:52,597 Me? 378 00:41:52,597 --> 00:41:58,302 As you wished, he found a bad godfather, an overseas Chinese from Japan whom he got involved with. 379 00:41:59,070 --> 00:42:02,607 You guys, you all stick your noses into another's business! 380 00:42:04,342 --> 00:42:09,681 Little Jade! Last week I bought you a watch. 381 00:42:09,681 --> 00:42:14,719 A watch is handy and great to get noticed, but it's just a watch, nothing more. 382 00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:16,287 Who cares about this thing? 383 00:42:16,287 --> 00:42:17,621 What are you doing? 384 00:42:17,689 --> 00:42:20,091 These are also clothes that I bought you. 385 00:42:20,091 --> 00:42:23,528 A lot of men give me clothes! You're wrong if you think I'll be short of them if I give this back to you! 386 00:42:23,528 --> 00:42:25,363 Here they are and stop your endless talk. 387 00:42:25,363 --> 00:42:28,766 Don't you have any pride? Take this! Take them all! 388 00:42:30,368 --> 00:42:33,571 You shameless piece of shit! 389 00:42:33,571 --> 00:42:36,874 Tell me! How much did that overseas Chinese from Japan give you for one night? 390 00:42:37,742 --> 00:42:39,277 You're talking about Lin San? 391 00:42:39,277 --> 00:42:42,880 I'm Little Jade Wang. I don't want Lin San's money. 392 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:46,617 Did you hear that? This is so low-class! 393 00:42:46,617 --> 00:42:48,586 Old Zhou... 394 00:42:51,322 --> 00:42:56,127 Just because the guy's an overseas Chinese, you can't wait to wiggle your ass. You do it for nothing! 395 00:42:57,361 --> 00:43:03,701 I'm low-class? And you? If you're not, then why do you wiggle your ass for me? 396 00:43:06,904 --> 00:43:10,508 The police are coming! Go away! The police are coming! 397 00:43:10,942 --> 00:43:15,213 What are you doing? 398 00:43:16,614 --> 00:43:18,850 Watch out... - It's nothing. 399 00:43:19,817 --> 00:43:21,318 Don't run away! 400 00:43:28,493 --> 00:43:30,161 You dare to run! 401 00:43:31,896 --> 00:43:34,398 GrandPa. Was that guy who just left your grandson? 402 00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,335 The guy that you caught when he escaped. 403 00:43:39,103 --> 00:43:40,772 He wanted nothing. 404 00:43:42,306 --> 00:43:44,942 He threw all of them here on the ground! 405 00:43:46,110 --> 00:43:51,048 Those rascals escaped and I'm stuck with the old man now! 406 00:43:51,048 --> 00:43:52,483 Don't let yourself be caught by me! 407 00:43:52,483 --> 00:43:56,554 This is really... GrandPa, you don't have to do this. I'll pick them up for you. 408 00:43:56,554 --> 00:43:58,089 I'm not your grandfather! 409 00:43:59,724 --> 00:44:01,592 You're right. I'm not your grandson. 410 00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,295 I'll catch them for you! I'll be back. 411 00:44:30,488 --> 00:44:33,558 A-qing. - Papa Fu. 412 00:44:34,859 --> 00:44:40,231 How are you? Are you getting used to living in A-wei's bedroom? 413 00:44:40,231 --> 00:44:42,300 The room is very comfortable. 414 00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:46,504 To tell Papa Fu the truth, I never had my own bedroom at home. 415 00:44:49,974 --> 00:44:51,876 He already left this world. 416 00:44:54,178 --> 00:44:57,014 I've never touched his things. 417 00:44:58,883 --> 00:45:05,089 A-qing. Feel free to use whatever you like. 418 00:45:05,089 --> 00:45:06,924 I know, Papa Fu. 419 00:45:09,126 --> 00:45:14,065 Your Master told me you were reliable and thoughtful, 420 00:45:14,065 --> 00:45:17,568 so that's why he wanted you to keep me company. 421 00:45:17,568 --> 00:45:20,304 I am at your service if you need me. 422 00:45:20,304 --> 00:45:21,805 Good. 423 00:45:25,109 --> 00:45:27,278 Papa Fu. I'll serve you. 424 00:45:27,278 --> 00:45:28,979 OK... 425 00:45:32,216 --> 00:45:35,186 I heard you're the son of a military man too. 426 00:45:39,023 --> 00:45:42,326 My father was a regiment commander back on the Mainland. 427 00:45:42,326 --> 00:45:48,065 He often told me with pride that he fought three times in the Battle of Changsha during the war of resistance 428 00:45:48,065 --> 00:45:50,233 where he brought down a lot of Japanese. 429 00:45:52,503 --> 00:45:54,538 Dad was decorated. 430 00:45:58,276 --> 00:46:01,279 Your father was from which army? 431 00:46:02,046 --> 00:46:05,216 It seems to be the fourteenth. 432 00:46:06,617 --> 00:46:08,286 The fourteenth. 433 00:46:09,353 --> 00:46:12,223 They were excellent at the Anti-Japanese War. 434 00:46:12,223 --> 00:46:14,225 Their military discipline was good too. 435 00:46:16,394 --> 00:46:18,896 But they had a sad ending. 436 00:46:18,896 --> 00:46:22,767 The Communist military forces were almost completely annihilated in Shandong. 437 00:46:22,767 --> 00:46:27,004 Then General Chang ended his life. 438 00:46:27,004 --> 00:46:30,440 My father escaped, but he was drummed out of the service when he came to Taiwan 439 00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:33,377 and he was never reappointed. 440 00:46:33,377 --> 00:46:38,215 It's because he'd been taken prisoner. 441 00:46:41,252 --> 00:46:45,456 So your father suffered a great loss. 442 00:46:46,324 --> 00:46:51,129 To no longer be in office was for Dad a great shame in his life. 443 00:46:51,129 --> 00:46:54,932 He stayed at home year round and didn't want to see anyone. 444 00:46:54,932 --> 00:46:57,902 One day, a former subordinate came to the house to wish him a Happy New Year. 445 00:46:57,902 --> 00:47:01,806 He hid himself in the bathroom and told me through the door: "Hurry up!" 446 00:47:01,806 --> 00:47:04,275 "Tell them I'm not at home..." 447 00:47:05,676 --> 00:47:08,980 A-qing. You don't understand. 448 00:47:10,281 --> 00:47:15,119 A military man attaches the utmost importance to honor. 449 00:47:15,119 --> 00:47:21,359 If I had been removed from office I would feel ashamed to see anyone. 450 00:47:23,861 --> 00:47:26,097 So, what is he doing all day at home? 451 00:47:27,164 --> 00:47:31,769 He sits down all day long on his bamboo chair and reads the novel "Romance of Three Kingdoms". 452 00:47:31,769 --> 00:47:37,675 His copy of "Romance of Three Kingdoms" became dog-eared. He often used to say to me: 453 00:47:37,675 --> 00:47:45,616 Here's the story for today: Unity follows long periods of division; division follows long periods of unity. 454 00:47:47,551 --> 00:47:50,855 So why did you and your father disagree with each other? 455 00:47:54,025 --> 00:47:58,061 I... broke the rules of the school. 456 00:47:58,062 --> 00:48:00,164 I got kicked out of school. 457 00:48:00,164 --> 00:48:03,567 Then, Father kicked me out of the house. 458 00:48:05,169 --> 00:48:09,040 He was angry and he laid a hand on you. 459 00:48:12,543 --> 00:48:15,379 He was as hurt as you. 460 00:48:15,379 --> 00:48:26,524 You should be more understanding toward your father. You, kids... 461 00:48:28,492 --> 00:48:30,127 Go to bed early. 462 00:48:32,430 --> 00:48:35,833 Papa Fu, I'll help you to go. - No need. 463 00:48:39,770 --> 00:48:41,205 Good night, Papa Fu. 464 00:49:10,101 --> 00:49:15,473 Our home was on Longjiang Street. 465 00:49:15,473 --> 00:49:17,908 Longjiang Street, on Lane 28. 466 00:49:19,643 --> 00:49:24,348 The whole lane was living quarters for low-ranking military officers. 467 00:49:24,348 --> 00:49:30,254 It was lined on both sides by low wooden buildings, black with age, and spotted with dry rot. 468 00:49:30,254 --> 00:49:38,829 That dead-end had a unique sense of dilapidation and bleakness. 469 00:49:40,231 --> 00:49:50,975 At the foot of the lane, the most broken-down, oldest, darkest little building was where we lived. 470 00:49:50,975 --> 00:49:54,411 Our slum house was deathly inside as it quietly rotted. 471 00:49:55,479 --> 00:49:58,149 Our clothes had a strong mildewy smell. 472 00:49:58,149 --> 00:50:01,619 Mother washed them but no amount of washing could ever remove that smell. 473 00:50:01,619 --> 00:50:09,960 And yet, Father told us: "We are lucky to even have a place like this to live in!" 474 00:50:14,231 --> 00:50:19,203 Mother was only nineteen when she got married to Father. 475 00:50:19,203 --> 00:50:22,673 She was thirty years younger than him. 476 00:50:24,175 --> 00:50:29,346 Mother was probably quite a flirt in her younger days. 477 00:50:29,346 --> 00:50:33,851 Her satiny black hair was long, down her back. 478 00:50:34,952 --> 00:50:39,456 A baby face, white and looked like a little girl who'd never grown up. 479 00:50:44,695 --> 00:50:50,634 But she followed behind Father, one looked proud, and the other looked weak.. 480 00:50:50,634 --> 00:50:57,007 A couple that was comical to see. 481 00:51:00,377 --> 00:51:02,078 A-li ! 482 00:51:02,446 --> 00:51:04,080 Keep up! 483 00:51:18,195 --> 00:51:21,398 But, when I was eight years old Mother left home unexpectedly. 484 00:51:21,398 --> 00:51:34,211 She'd run away with a trumpet player of a dance troupe and she never came back. 485 00:52:10,347 --> 00:52:12,382 Is there anyone in here? 486 00:52:14,285 --> 00:52:16,754 Is there anyone out there? 487 00:52:18,255 --> 00:52:21,425 Where do we go after we die? 488 00:52:22,293 --> 00:52:26,096 Huang Lixia. Is Huang Lixia in? 489 00:52:33,470 --> 00:52:35,539 Who? 490 00:52:41,011 --> 00:52:45,215 Mom. Mom, it's me. 491 00:52:46,050 --> 00:52:47,618 It's A-qing. 492 00:52:53,190 --> 00:52:59,196 A-qing! It's really A-qing. 493 00:52:59,196 --> 00:53:01,231 Mom. 494 00:53:02,700 --> 00:53:04,268 A-qing. 495 00:53:05,903 --> 00:53:08,405 I want to pee. 496 00:53:08,405 --> 00:53:16,313 I can't hold my urine any longer. Hurry up! Take me to my chamber pot there. 497 00:53:16,313 --> 00:53:18,348 Hurry up... 498 00:53:22,119 --> 00:53:23,686 Mom. 499 00:53:24,088 --> 00:53:26,089 Be gentle. 500 00:53:29,326 --> 00:53:30,860 Mom. 501 00:53:42,806 --> 00:53:52,015 I'm living in their place. They saw me sick as hell and dumped me here. 502 00:53:53,217 --> 00:53:58,021 I shouted for help until I was hoarse, but nobody paid any attention. 503 00:54:01,191 --> 00:54:03,627 A-qing. I feel better now. 504 00:54:03,627 --> 00:54:06,029 OK. Come here. 505 00:54:08,866 --> 00:54:11,201 I'm lucky you came. 506 00:54:14,571 --> 00:54:16,506 Be careful, Mom. 507 00:54:20,043 --> 00:54:23,013 I don't want to drag you down with me. 508 00:54:24,648 --> 00:54:27,718 I can still breathe. 509 00:54:32,389 --> 00:54:37,094 A-qing. How did you find out I was staying here? 510 00:54:41,265 --> 00:54:43,066 Buddy told me. 511 00:54:43,801 --> 00:54:45,969 He was looking for you once. 512 00:54:45,969 --> 00:54:50,274 He told me you took him to the Westgate district to eat dumplings. 513 00:54:51,141 --> 00:54:55,078 But after he had finished his meal, you told him not to come back for you. 514 00:54:55,078 --> 00:54:57,514 Buddy was sad for a long time. 515 00:54:58,682 --> 00:55:00,884 Buddy, this child. 516 00:55:03,921 --> 00:55:04,922 Mom. 517 00:55:06,023 --> 00:55:07,224 Mom. 518 00:55:07,991 --> 00:55:12,563 I have to talk to you about your Eastern Treasures Dance Troupe. 519 00:55:12,563 --> 00:55:18,836 When you were performing dance, I brought Buddy to Sanchong City to see you. 520 00:55:20,571 --> 00:55:23,507 You're two little devils! 521 00:55:23,507 --> 00:55:25,976 Running away to see your old mother dancing. 522 00:55:25,976 --> 00:55:27,577 Yes. 523 00:55:28,378 --> 00:55:31,949 One after the other you appeared on the stage, dancing the can-can. 524 00:55:31,949 --> 00:55:35,018 The girls were heavily made up, with lots of rouge. 525 00:55:35,018 --> 00:55:37,955 Buddy jumped onto the bench, to be above people. 526 00:55:37,955 --> 00:55:40,857 It took a while before recognizing you among the performers. 527 00:55:40,858 --> 00:55:45,996 He shout "Mama!" and started to cry. 528 00:55:47,998 --> 00:55:50,601 Poor Buddy! 529 00:55:53,670 --> 00:55:55,973 It was all my fault. 530 00:55:56,740 --> 00:55:58,809 Please forgive me. 531 00:55:58,809 --> 00:55:59,476 - Don't... 532 00:55:59,476 --> 00:56:04,381 It's me who abandoned you guys to run away with someone. I shamed you. 533 00:56:04,381 --> 00:56:08,118 No, you didn't, Mom. You didn't. 534 00:56:09,720 --> 00:56:11,288 A-qing. 535 00:56:13,223 --> 00:56:19,930 The doctors said the infection has entered my bones. 536 00:56:19,930 --> 00:56:24,101 He told me also that my legs will have to be amputated. 537 00:56:24,101 --> 00:56:26,103 Mom... 538 00:56:27,170 --> 00:56:32,209 Seven thousand a leg! Are you kidding me！ 539 00:56:33,076 --> 00:56:37,581 I don't have that kind of money, and I wouldn't let him do it if I did. 540 00:56:37,581 --> 00:56:40,751 OK... Mom. Mom. Sit down. 541 00:56:41,952 --> 00:56:47,858 What difference does it make if a woman like me lives or not? 542 00:56:47,858 --> 00:56:49,960 Mom. Don't say things like that. 543 00:56:52,796 --> 00:56:59,202 A-qing. You'll promise something, OK? 544 00:56:59,836 --> 00:57:02,039 OK. Whatever you want. 545 00:57:04,341 --> 00:57:17,455 When I die, go to a temple and kneel down in front of the Buddha, and put in a good word for me. 546 00:57:19,068 --> 00:57:31,509 I've done a lot of bad things in my life, but ask the Buddha to forgive me and not condemn me to an eternity of suffering. 547 00:57:31,510 --> 00:57:34,137 OK, Mom. I'll remember. 548 00:57:34,137 --> 00:57:35,638 Mom. 549 00:57:35,973 --> 00:57:40,277 Mom. What's wrong? Why are you shivering so much? Mom... 550 00:57:45,649 --> 00:57:52,522 Last night, I dreamed about a group of little devils. 551 00:57:53,957 --> 00:57:57,260 They wanted to catch me with a rope. 552 00:57:59,863 --> 00:58:03,037 I don't want to. I don't want to! 553 00:58:04,940 --> 00:58:07,359 Don't touch me! - They won't. 554 00:58:07,359 --> 00:58:11,092 Don't touch me! - Mom... 555 00:58:11,092 --> 00:58:15,052 Get the hell out! Don't touch me! I don't want too. 556 00:58:15,052 --> 00:58:18,155 Go away! - Mom... Look. Mom... Come here. 557 00:58:18,155 --> 00:58:21,292 Mom. Look. Apples! 558 00:58:21,795 --> 00:58:25,532 Look. - Apples! 559 00:58:25,532 --> 00:58:27,701 Apples are my favorite fruit. 560 00:58:27,701 --> 00:58:30,037 It's very sweet. Taste this. 561 00:58:36,677 --> 00:58:41,415 A-qing. Do you know how mean they are? 562 00:58:43,584 --> 00:58:46,754 They just give me slop to eat. 563 00:58:49,256 --> 00:58:52,226 Better to die of starvation! I don't like to eat slop! 564 00:58:54,762 --> 00:58:58,632 OK. Mom. Eat slowly. 565 00:59:02,102 --> 00:59:08,042 Do you have any money on you? I want to eat a watermelon. 566 00:59:08,042 --> 00:59:10,210 I haven't a penny. 567 00:59:10,210 --> 00:59:12,446 Do you have any money on you? 568 00:59:12,446 --> 00:59:14,982 Let me see. - Do you have money? 569 00:59:17,051 --> 00:59:18,685 I only have 300 yuan. 570 00:59:19,753 --> 00:59:25,259 I'll hide this, otherwise they would steal everything from me. 571 00:59:31,932 --> 00:59:35,969 A-qing. Do you hate me? 572 00:59:39,173 --> 00:59:41,375 Why should I? 573 00:59:41,375 --> 00:59:43,677 Do you hate me because Buddy was my favorite? 574 00:59:44,645 --> 00:59:54,822 You don't know this. When I gave birth to you, the bed was full of blood. 575 00:59:54,822 --> 00:59:57,357 I nearly died. 576 00:59:58,992 --> 01:00:02,062 I know. You used to tell me this all the time. 577 01:00:02,062 --> 01:00:07,835 I was a demon sent to torment you. - No. 578 01:00:07,835 --> 01:00:10,604 When you were young, you had the temper of an ox. 579 01:00:10,604 --> 01:00:14,208 I told you one thing while you told me ten. 580 01:00:14,875 --> 01:00:20,414 I know. Buddy was your favorite. All the good things were left to him. 581 01:00:24,184 --> 01:00:35,787 It's different with my Buddy. When I gave birth to him, I dreamed of Guanyin bodhisattva. 582 01:00:37,965 --> 01:00:44,571 Buddy looked like a jade doll. He was so adorable! 583 01:00:48,842 --> 01:00:54,515 Mom. Do you remember that day when you cleaned Buddy, 584 01:00:54,515 --> 01:01:00,320 when I got in the water and took a bite out of Buddy's arm? 585 01:01:01,188 --> 01:01:03,357 He cried very loudly. 586 01:01:03,790 --> 01:01:08,395 I got a big hole on my head when you hit me with a pair of fire tongs! 587 01:01:14,334 --> 01:01:20,308 A-qing. Buddy is your little brother. 588 01:01:20,308 --> 01:01:24,410 You need to be better to him, you know? -- I know. 589 01:01:25,712 --> 01:01:28,348 I was good with him already. 590 01:01:28,348 --> 01:01:31,985 When he graduated from primary school, I gave him a harmonica. 591 01:01:31,985 --> 01:01:37,257 He loved it so much. He played "Plum Blossoms in Snow" everyday. 592 01:01:40,093 --> 01:01:44,798 Those years when you were not there, it is I who took care of him. 593 01:01:46,533 --> 01:01:50,904 A few days after you left home, Buddy had a lot of fears. 594 01:01:50,904 --> 01:01:53,807 The night, he climbed in my bed and cried the whole time. 595 01:01:55,008 --> 01:02:00,781 All I could do was hug him and sing to him the song you used to sing when you put us in bed. 596 01:02:02,216 --> 01:02:04,284 Really? - Yes. 597 01:02:08,021 --> 01:02:40,020 [Singing Taiwanese song "Gu lian hua"] 598 01:02:49,830 --> 01:02:51,832 I remember now. 599 01:02:54,768 --> 01:02:58,071 In fact, your father was not that bad to me. 600 01:02:59,573 --> 01:03:04,077 We slept in the same bed, sharing the same quilt. 601 01:03:04,077 --> 01:03:06,580 It was such a long time ago. 602 01:03:06,580 --> 01:03:09,316 He used to tell me: 603 01:03:09,316 --> 01:03:12,085 "Taiwanese women like you know nothing." 604 01:03:14,788 --> 01:03:20,394 Old man. What do you know? 605 01:03:22,996 --> 01:03:31,004 I'm the adopted daughter of a family. I got married when I was nineteen. 606 01:03:32,739 --> 01:03:37,377 At that time, I had never deceived anyone. 607 01:03:40,314 --> 01:03:45,778 Mom. Mom... 608 01:04:00,467 --> 01:04:07,507 Until I came across that song-and-dance troupe and Wuxiong, the trumpeter. 609 01:04:08,709 --> 01:04:20,288 Each time I heard his music or smelled him, I knew no shame. 610 01:04:21,388 --> 01:04:27,527 He understood me and knew how to make me happy. 611 01:04:45,278 --> 01:04:54,140 [Singing "Jasmine in June"] 612 01:04:54,141 --> 01:05:00,555 Mother had probably been afraid of something all her life. 613 01:05:00,556 --> 01:05:07,380 Her eyes radiated so much fear, like a startled deer desperately seeking escape. 614 01:05:07,381 --> 01:05:16,086 She had been running away, roaming, searching. 615 01:05:16,086 --> 01:05:34,028 She'd gone with one man after another, drifting all her adult life to end here, with a body wasted by disease, waiting to die. 616 01:05:34,028 --> 01:05:39,499 At that moment, I felt very close to my mother. 617 01:05:39,499 --> 01:05:50,043 After all, I've followed in her footsteps, always running away, roaming, searching. 618 01:05:51,578 --> 01:05:53,413 I'm back! 619 01:05:53,413 --> 01:05:55,282 Why isn't there anyone home? 620 01:05:56,583 --> 01:05:58,585 A-qing. Where's your mother? 621 01:05:59,319 --> 01:06:01,254 I don't know! 622 01:06:04,791 --> 01:06:07,761 Buddy! Be a good boy! Don't cry! 623 01:06:08,962 --> 01:06:11,464 A-qing. Take your little brother in your arms! 624 01:06:17,771 --> 01:06:20,340 Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet! 625 01:06:20,340 --> 01:06:21,808 Don't cry! 626 01:06:23,210 --> 01:06:24,811 A-li! 627 01:06:27,914 --> 01:06:29,515 A-li! 628 01:06:35,822 --> 01:06:37,423 A-li! 629 01:06:47,634 --> 01:06:50,337 Mom... Mom. 630 01:06:50,337 --> 01:06:52,105 Mom, come here. Sit down. 631 01:06:52,105 --> 01:06:54,508 Mom. Sit down properly. 632 01:06:54,508 --> 01:06:56,476 Whatever you want, tell me. It's OK. 633 01:06:57,277 --> 01:06:58,778 Mom. 634 01:06:59,779 --> 01:07:01,581 I want to drink water. 635 01:07:05,218 --> 01:07:09,523 A-qing. How's your father? 636 01:07:10,824 --> 01:07:13,260 Is he still drinking everyday? 637 01:07:18,732 --> 01:07:22,802 I don't know. It has been a long time since I have seen him. 638 01:07:25,071 --> 01:07:26,740 Your father, guys... 639 01:07:28,808 --> 01:07:32,412 Dad... Dad kicked me out of the house. 640 01:07:34,714 --> 01:07:36,583 Really? 641 01:07:39,653 --> 01:07:44,090 If so, Buddy is the only person who remains with your father. 642 01:07:46,126 --> 01:07:49,829 It's been long time since I saw Buddy. 643 01:07:49,829 --> 01:07:54,534 A-qing. Could you bring Buddy here? I'd like to see him. 644 01:07:54,768 --> 01:07:59,606 It's been a long time since I have seen him. Could you bring Buddy here? 645 01:07:59,606 --> 01:08:02,342 I beg you! I'd like to see my Buddy. 646 01:08:02,342 --> 01:08:05,412 I want to see my Buddy. Bring Buddy here. 647 01:08:05,412 --> 01:08:07,414 Mom! 648 01:08:08,548 --> 01:08:10,450 Buddy is dead. 649 01:08:13,720 --> 01:08:15,922 What are you talking about? 650 01:08:17,958 --> 01:08:28,001 Buddy ran a high fever. The doctor said it was only a bad cold, so he gave him injections only. 651 01:08:28,768 --> 01:08:32,172 He wouldn't have thought it was pneumonia. 652 01:08:33,006 --> 01:08:36,309 The third day Buddy became unconscious. 653 01:08:37,711 --> 01:08:42,415 He was up all night, coughing. His whole body was so hot. 654 01:08:42,949 --> 01:08:52,158 Dad and I took Buddy to the emergency room at the hospital, where they put him in an oxygen tent. 655 01:08:52,158 --> 01:09:02,202 Buddy spent the whole night gasping for breath or shouting：“Mom!". 656 01:09:02,202 --> 01:09:07,440 Buddy! Nice Buddy! Everything's all right! Don't be afraid. 657 01:09:07,474 --> 01:09:10,910 Buddy. Don't be afraid. Buddy... 658 01:09:12,012 --> 01:09:14,848 He was in my arms the whole time. 659 01:09:14,848 --> 01:09:20,420 He died at dawn. 660 01:09:22,389 --> 01:09:33,073 Not long after, when the hospital attendants wanted to take his body away, I screamed at them: Go away! 661 01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:39,305 I don't want you to! 662 01:09:42,008 --> 01:09:51,651 Father pulled me away so the attendants could cover Buddy up with a white sheet and take him away. 663 01:09:52,519 --> 01:09:54,487 Buddy! 664 01:09:55,455 --> 01:09:57,123 Buddy! 665 01:09:57,657 --> 01:09:59,325 You're fooling me! 666 01:10:01,061 --> 01:10:04,431 It's all my fault. 667 01:10:04,431 --> 01:10:07,734 Why was it Buddy who had to die? 668 01:10:07,734 --> 01:10:09,269 Mom. 669 01:10:15,075 --> 01:10:17,711 Little devil, you could have taken me! 670 01:10:17,711 --> 01:10:21,648 Why did you take my Buddy? You could have taken me! 671 01:10:21,648 --> 01:10:26,820 Why did you take my Buddy? Give me back my Buddy! 672 01:10:26,820 --> 01:10:29,656 Buddy has already been buried. Mom! 673 01:10:36,329 --> 01:10:37,830 Mom. 674 01:10:41,601 --> 01:10:43,636 It's you... 675 01:10:46,539 --> 01:10:49,409 It's you who killed my Buddy! 676 01:10:50,376 --> 01:10:52,445 Buddy had pneumonia, Mom! 677 01:10:52,445 --> 01:10:56,082 What pneumonia? I don't understand! 678 01:11:02,622 --> 01:11:04,290 I got it. 679 01:11:05,258 --> 01:11:11,865 I went to eat with Buddy once without taking you, so it's why you killed my Buddy! 680 01:11:12,832 --> 01:11:15,866 How evil you are! 681 01:11:15,866 --> 01:11:22,025 No, Mom! - How evil you are! 682 01:11:22,025 --> 01:11:26,475 You killed my Buddy! 683 01:11:28,297 --> 01:11:31,151 Give me back my Buddy! - Mom. 684 01:11:31,151 --> 01:11:35,955 Give me back my Buddy! 685 01:11:38,124 --> 01:11:44,030 Buddy! My darling! 686 01:11:44,030 --> 01:11:47,433 Mom's calling you! Can you hear? 687 01:11:47,433 --> 01:11:52,238 Buddy... 688 01:12:06,619 --> 01:12:11,658 The moonlight in Shandong, my hometown, is really brighter. 689 01:12:15,829 --> 01:12:20,533 The moonlight tonight is really disappointing. 690 01:12:21,901 --> 01:12:24,571 And the Mid-Autumn Day is coming. 691 01:12:33,313 --> 01:12:46,359 "Compared to a bird in a cage, I have even less chance of taking flight." 692 01:12:59,806 --> 01:13:06,539 Mother died, the second time I went to see her, in the middle of the night. 693 01:13:16,740 --> 01:13:30,670 She must have been unbelievably lonely and desperate in her final hours. 694 01:13:56,062 --> 01:14:02,969 According to her last words, I went to the Temple of Grand Compassion at Dragon Cavern. 695 01:14:04,737 --> 01:14:09,342 I went to the main hall of the Buddhist temple and burnt a joss stick for her. 696 01:14:14,247 --> 01:14:16,115 I kneeled down in front of the Buddha, 697 01:14:17,650 --> 01:14:24,424 asking the Buddha to let her transcend death, and forgive her for a lifetime of sins. 698 01:14:36,669 --> 01:14:48,514 In the storm, I brought Mother's ashes home before Father's duty. 699 01:14:49,382 --> 01:15:00,660 I climbed over the exterior wall without making any noise and then got into our home to bring Mother's ashes back to Father. 700 01:15:21,781 --> 01:15:30,823 In the days since I'd left home, my knowledge of the terrible agony he was enduring pressed down more and more heavily on my heart. 701 01:15:32,992 --> 01:15:39,565 Even with my eyes closed I could smell the pervasive smell of mildew in our home. 702 01:15:39,565 --> 01:15:42,101 It made anyone feel like suffocating. 703 01:15:44,037 --> 01:15:51,077 I thought that Mother was afraid to see the look of anguish on Father's face. 704 01:15:52,812 --> 01:15:59,619 Only death, and being burnt to ashes, allowed her to come back home. 705 01:16:01,788 --> 01:16:08,628 After all, she was deeply attached to this chaotic home of ours. 706 01:16:10,129 --> 01:16:17,418 After all, she didn't want to be left in the cold to become a lonely ghost, a rootless spirit. 707 01:16:44,330 --> 01:16:51,270 Dear Father, Mother died the day after the Ghost Festival. 708 01:16:51,270 --> 01:16:53,572 This urn contains her ashes. 709 01:17:01,013 --> 01:17:02,615 A-li. 710 01:17:03,516 --> 01:17:05,184 A-li. 711 01:17:06,152 --> 01:17:15,695 Before she died she left instructions that her remains be taken home and buried next to Buddy. 712 01:17:15,695 --> 01:17:17,896 Your son, Qing. 713 01:17:22,602 --> 01:17:24,470 A-qing! 714 01:17:30,676 --> 01:17:32,378 A-qing! 715 01:17:37,617 --> 01:17:39,285 A-qing! 716 01:17:44,423 --> 01:17:46,192 A-li. 717 01:17:50,563 --> 01:17:54,300 A-li. 718 01:17:55,935 --> 01:17:57,904 A-li. 719 01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:03,609 A-li. 720 01:18:05,244 --> 01:18:07,780 A-li. 721 01:18:07,780 --> 01:18:16,222 Although Father detested her fall from chastity, his feelings for Mother hadn't died. 722 01:18:18,391 --> 01:18:21,928 I believe that he loved her with all his heart, at one time, 723 01:18:22,762 --> 01:18:27,300 although you wouldn't have known it from his violent behavior toward her. 724 01:18:37,577 --> 01:18:39,845 Father had once had such high expectations for me. 725 01:18:40,713 --> 01:18:47,687 He was hoping that I would enter the military academy and become a respected officer. 726 01:18:47,687 --> 01:18:50,489 I could finish his uncompleted work and vindicate Li's family, 727 01:18:50,489 --> 01:18:56,629 wash away the shame of his being captured by the enemy and discharged from the army. 728 01:19:09,242 --> 01:19:11,710 This medal is now green and rusty. 729 01:19:12,445 --> 01:19:17,316 One day, after I'd passed the high-school exam, Dad called me into his room. 730 01:19:17,316 --> 01:19:20,820 He solemnly took out his medal. 731 01:19:20,820 --> 01:19:24,457 I was so intrigued by the medal that I reached out to touch it. 732 01:19:26,225 --> 01:19:28,026 What's the rush? 733 01:19:28,294 --> 01:19:31,030 Did I tell you about the great battle at Changsha? 734 01:19:31,797 --> 01:19:35,067 It's the General You Xueyue who led it. 735 01:19:35,067 --> 01:19:40,239 In the battle, we defeated the Japanese devils! 736 01:19:40,873 --> 01:19:48,914 I gave up my life in that bloody battle with the Japanese devils, in exchange for this glory! 737 01:19:52,184 --> 01:19:54,453 Stand up... 738 01:19:57,723 --> 01:19:59,725 My hands were hanging stiffly at my sides. 739 01:19:59,725 --> 01:20:01,360 Stand up straight! 740 01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:05,765 Dad picked up the medal and pinned it on the lapel of my uniform. 741 01:20:10,670 --> 01:20:12,471 Salute! 742 01:20:14,307 --> 01:20:21,847 A-qing. I want you to remember that your father received a medal. 743 01:20:35,748 --> 01:20:40,833 I... got expelled from school. 744 01:20:42,568 --> 01:20:51,577 Father's last hope had been shattered. 745 01:21:27,980 --> 01:21:29,815 Phoenix! 746 01:21:30,716 --> 01:21:32,551 Phoenix! 747 01:21:44,430 --> 01:22:00,446 No matter how far you have flown, one day, you flock of birds, will all come back to your old nests. 748 01:22:02,081 --> 01:22:07,453 10 years. 10 years is a long period of time. 749 01:22:08,521 --> 01:22:21,500 He finally came back. He came back to our Kingdom. 750 01:22:21,500 --> 01:22:33,078 On the darkest night, he started walking around the lotus pond again... Looking for something... 751 01:22:33,078 --> 01:22:35,514 Looking for something. 752 01:22:35,514 --> 01:22:38,250 Looking for his lost heart, maybe. 753 01:22:38,250 --> 01:22:43,189 Looking for his wild Phoenix, the bird that would never die. 754 01:22:43,189 --> 01:22:48,461 Looking for the soul that he lost many years ago. 755 01:24:38,671 --> 01:24:45,881 Phoenix! Do you know that? On the very first time I saw you in New Park, 756 01:24:45,881 --> 01:24:55,487 I knew that, incarnation after incarnation, we are destined to be with each other. 757 01:25:35,327 --> 01:25:39,531 There is nothing I could do about it, and the same for you too. 758 01:25:40,399 --> 01:25:43,135 This makes me love you with all my heart, 759 01:25:43,135 --> 01:25:55,514 love you dearly, pity you, and cherish you always... My love for you is as wide as the heavens and will last until the end of time! 760 01:25:55,514 --> 01:25:57,382 For a lifetime. 761 01:25:59,051 --> 01:26:00,852 Forever. 762 01:26:59,678 --> 01:27:07,152 The Heavens were not fair to bring you into this world, and give you so much suffering and regret! 763 01:27:09,121 --> 01:27:11,657 Let me make up for all that ! 764 01:27:12,524 --> 01:27:16,261 Phoenix! You're mine! 765 01:27:23,769 --> 01:27:29,241 Phoenix! You are forever my own! 766 01:31:44,896 --> 01:31:47,833 Phoenix! Where are you? 767 01:31:50,669 --> 01:31:54,106 You're coming back with me! You're coming back home with me! 768 01:31:55,040 --> 01:31:57,809 Our nest is your home! 769 01:32:03,715 --> 01:32:05,684 You're out of your mind! 770 01:32:05,684 --> 01:32:12,858 You said that you can't in this life, but in your next, you'll reincarnate as a person from a good family to repay me! 771 01:32:12,858 --> 01:32:14,860 How can you repay me? 772 01:32:15,727 --> 01:32:18,730 You took my heart along with you. Do you deserve it? 773 01:32:18,730 --> 01:32:22,200 My heart is broken into pieces already! Do you want to make up for it? 774 01:32:22,200 --> 01:32:23,869 Phoenix! 775 01:32:28,340 --> 01:32:31,843 You said you got a disease and it was in your blood! 776 01:32:31,843 --> 01:32:34,546 You like to cry. You can't stop crying. 777 01:32:34,546 --> 01:32:38,583 You said that you wanted to cry, so your tears would clean up your sins. 778 01:32:38,583 --> 01:32:42,220 Let me use my tears to clean up your body. 779 01:32:42,220 --> 01:32:44,990 Phoenix... 780 01:32:58,070 --> 01:32:59,671 Phoenix. 781 01:33:02,140 --> 01:33:03,975 Did you see Phoenix? 782 01:33:05,077 --> 01:33:07,946 Phoenix... 783 01:33:09,281 --> 01:33:12,350 Did you see him? Phoenix! 784 01:33:34,372 --> 01:33:54,559 [Singing "Egrets"] 785 01:33:55,627 --> 01:33:58,729 How do you know how to sing this Taiwanese children's song? 786 01:33:59,431 --> 01:34:01,599 It's Phoenix who taught me. 787 01:34:03,535 --> 01:34:06,505 We rent a little log cabin on Songjiang Road. 788 01:34:07,339 --> 01:34:16,248 At that time, Songjiang Road had green and lush rice paddies with full of egrets above them. 789 01:34:17,315 --> 01:34:25,624 Phoenix liked to run in the rice paddies, so those egrets got scared and flew away. 790 01:34:25,624 --> 01:34:29,327 The sky was filled with egrets, like sheets of white paper floating. 791 01:34:30,529 --> 01:34:33,932 Then, Phoenix sang this song loudly. 792 01:34:33,932 --> 01:34:49,614 [Singing "Egrets"] 793 01:35:03,995 --> 01:35:07,165 It's been 10 years since I came to Taipei. 794 01:35:08,800 --> 01:35:10,935 I haven't seen any rice paddies. 795 01:35:14,339 --> 01:35:16,775 Even the egrets don't know where they're going. 796 01:35:37,128 --> 01:35:53,278 A-qing. Do you know that in New York, I saw all kinds of pigeons, seagulls, hawks, and even a row of wild geese? 797 01:35:53,278 --> 01:35:55,447 The egrets are gone. 798 01:35:57,282 --> 01:35:59,718 New York has a Central Park. 799 01:35:59,718 --> 01:36:04,491 I often went there to run and feed the pigeons. They are there by the hundreds and thousands. 800 01:36:04,491 --> 01:36:09,894 They don't seem to be afraid of people; they will land on your shoulder. 801 01:36:10,528 --> 01:36:12,563 Really? 802 01:36:14,399 --> 01:36:21,206 I often hid myself for the whole day in the park. 803 01:36:25,243 --> 01:36:29,948 Does New York's Central Park look like our New Park? 804 01:36:29,948 --> 01:36:33,485 Are there people like us out there? 805 01:36:34,653 --> 01:36:42,360 Central Park is around ten times bigger than New Park, but the wooded area is very dark. 806 01:36:43,328 --> 01:36:51,269 On my third day in New York, I went into Central Park and went near the forest. 807 01:36:51,269 --> 01:36:58,109 I was dragged in by a group of men. In the dark, they seemed like a pack of hungry wolves fighting over a piece of meat. 808 01:36:58,777 --> 01:37:02,681 At night, I thought that my flesh was completely gnawed upon 809 01:37:02,681 --> 01:37:05,317 and only my skeleton remained. 810 01:37:09,187 --> 01:37:11,256 Weren't you afraid? 811 01:37:12,357 --> 01:37:14,225 I couldn't feel anything. 812 01:37:17,629 --> 01:37:19,964 I was completely numb. 813 01:37:24,135 --> 01:37:29,275 During those years in New York, I lost consciousness. 814 01:37:29,275 --> 01:37:36,448 One day, I took a knife and cut my own arm. It was dripping with blood, but I didn't feel any pain. 815 01:37:37,882 --> 01:37:40,752 I didn't feel the pain. I knew nothing about pain! 816 01:37:47,292 --> 01:37:57,943 I had been in New York, waiting every day... for 10 years. 817 01:38:01,506 --> 01:38:03,575 What were you waiting for, Dragon Prince? 818 01:38:03,575 --> 01:38:05,443 You waited for a very long time. 819 01:38:09,848 --> 01:38:13,251 I was waiting for my father's death. 820 01:38:17,956 --> 01:38:23,461 10 years ago, when I left home, my father told me: 821 01:38:24,963 --> 01:38:27,465 "You are forbidden to come back as long as I am still alive!" 822 01:38:27,465 --> 01:38:32,303 He bought me a Hongkongese passport and forced me to take a boat to New York. 823 01:38:32,303 --> 01:38:43,601 When he died, last Wednesday, I could finally come back to Taipei and New Park. 824 01:38:47,519 --> 01:38:53,127 What about the lotus flowers? - The lotus flowers? 825 01:38:53,128 --> 01:38:58,904 I mean. So many lotus flowers in New Park are missing! 826 01:39:00,899 --> 01:39:03,668 I heard the city government had them removed. 827 01:39:07,138 --> 01:39:11,509 In the past, those red lilies were in full bloom. 828 01:39:11,509 --> 01:39:17,081 I counted them. There were ninety-nine in total. 829 01:39:17,081 --> 01:39:19,617 They looked like a vast array of red lanterns. 830 01:39:22,220 --> 01:39:28,493 It's where I came across Phoenix, that strange child. 831 01:39:28,493 --> 01:39:33,298 He was alone, crying bitterly next to the lotus pond. 832 01:39:33,298 --> 01:39:36,034 He said he wanted to cry, so his tears would clean up his sins. 833 01:39:37,469 --> 01:39:40,071 I picked a red lily and placed it in his hands. 834 01:39:40,071 --> 01:39:44,375 It was like he was holding a bowl of fire. 835 01:40:18,309 --> 01:40:20,244 Dragon Prince. 836 01:40:22,180 --> 01:40:24,115 Dragon Prince. 837 01:40:25,984 --> 01:40:43,668 Everyone in New Park says that on rainy days you can see the spirit of Phoenix next to the lotus pond going here and there. 838 01:40:50,775 --> 01:40:57,148 That night, for an instant, seeing you crying next to the lotus pond... 839 01:40:58,650 --> 01:41:01,619 I really thought Phoenix had come back to life. 840 01:41:04,255 --> 01:41:08,760 A-qing, why were you weeping so bitterly too? 841 01:41:15,199 --> 01:41:19,938 My... My little brother passed away. 842 01:41:22,340 --> 01:41:26,411 My Buddy passed away. 843 01:41:44,896 --> 01:41:47,465 I'm sure you loved your little brother a lot. 844 01:41:55,206 --> 01:42:00,378 Buddy and I had shared the same bed since we were children. 845 01:42:01,346 --> 01:42:05,617 We were used to hugging each other to sleep. 846 01:42:07,251 --> 01:42:14,058 After his death, I slept alone in my bed and began to have trouble sleeping. 847 01:42:17,996 --> 01:42:20,031 Dragon Prince. 848 01:42:22,567 --> 01:42:25,236 My father kicked me out of the house too. 849 01:42:30,141 --> 01:42:32,243 You too. 850 01:42:35,179 --> 01:42:41,853 I... After having broken a rule, I was expelled from school. 851 01:42:44,489 --> 01:42:50,428 The day Buddy took his last breath, I was sad and confused. 852 01:42:51,396 --> 01:42:54,265 I went into the chemistry lab at the school. 853 01:42:54,265 --> 01:42:56,334 I couldn't stop crying. 854 01:42:57,435 --> 01:43:00,071 The lab manager was a veteran. 855 01:43:00,071 --> 01:43:02,040 He was a nice person. 856 01:43:02,040 --> 01:43:08,846 He was hugging and comforting me, then... 857 01:43:10,183 --> 01:43:14,519 The campus police caught us in the act. 858 01:43:18,589 --> 01:43:24,444 Buddy was dead. I was so confused. 859 01:43:25,930 --> 01:43:31,936 I didn't care about anything. They were going to use everything they could to... 860 01:43:34,005 --> 01:43:35,873 I knew, 861 01:43:40,111 --> 01:43:41,913 I really knew it. 862 01:43:46,617 --> 01:43:53,057 When Phoenix died, I went crazy. 863 01:44:02,266 --> 01:44:04,201 Dragon Prince. 864 01:44:04,869 --> 01:44:10,041 Everyone in New Park says that it's you who killed Phoenix. 865 01:44:21,753 --> 01:44:23,955 The one I killed wasn't Phoenix. 866 01:44:26,791 --> 01:44:36,267 They said that, right at the lotus pond, you plunged a knife into Phoenix's chest. 867 01:44:36,267 --> 01:44:42,783 The one I killed wasn't Phoenix! 868 01:44:42,783 --> 01:44:45,042 The one I killed was... 869 01:44:50,381 --> 01:44:52,784 The one I killed was myself. 870 01:44:54,852 --> 01:44:58,356 Phoenix took my heart along with him. 871 01:44:58,356 --> 01:45:00,658 I wanted him to give me back my heart, 872 01:45:01,726 --> 01:45:05,129 but that wild child, that Phoenix, wanted to go away. 873 01:45:05,129 --> 01:45:08,566 He wanted to leave me! No! He couldn't! 874 01:45:09,634 --> 01:45:12,036 He wanted to take my heart along with him. 875 01:45:12,036 --> 01:45:17,008 I wouldn't let him do so. The heart that I plunged a knife into was mine! 876 01:45:20,611 --> 01:45:25,650 Phoenix died. My heart died too. 877 01:45:28,820 --> 01:45:32,099 I sat next to the lotus pond looking at the sky full of stars. 878 01:45:32,100 --> 01:45:38,363 Each star was falling one by one on my head and my face. 879 01:45:41,199 --> 01:45:50,441 I held Phoenix's body tightly. I was going out of my mind... I was crazy... Crazy. 880 01:45:56,347 --> 01:45:58,248 Phoenix. 881 01:46:02,353 --> 01:46:04,388 Did you see Phoenix? 882 01:46:04,755 --> 01:46:08,025 Phoenix... Phoenix... 883 01:46:08,025 --> 01:46:10,228 Did you see him? Phoenix. 884 01:46:11,329 --> 01:46:13,063 Phoenix! 885 01:46:32,450 --> 01:46:34,151 Phoenix! 886 01:46:35,653 --> 01:46:37,588 Come back to me! 887 01:46:47,365 --> 01:46:50,234 Don't go! Don't leave me! 888 01:46:57,742 --> 01:47:00,611 You can't go! You can't leave me! 889 01:47:04,181 --> 01:47:05,782 Phoenix! 890 01:47:08,986 --> 01:47:10,587 Phoenix! 891 01:47:16,260 --> 01:47:17,728 Phoenix! 892 01:47:23,267 --> 01:47:24,868 Phoenix! 893 01:47:29,173 --> 01:47:31,208 You want to go? 894 01:47:33,210 --> 01:47:34,745 You want to leave me? 895 01:47:43,287 --> 01:47:45,823 Let my heart go! Give it back to me! 896 01:47:49,226 --> 01:47:51,662 Give my heart back to me! 897 01:47:51,963 --> 01:47:54,131 Back to me! 898 01:48:31,936 --> 01:48:33,570 Phoenix! 899 01:48:37,541 --> 01:48:40,177 Phoenix... 900 01:48:42,480 --> 01:48:44,081 Phoenix! 901 01:48:52,089 --> 01:48:55,459 Phoenix! 902 01:49:23,320 --> 01:49:37,168 - End of The First Part -