Green Tea (2003) - full transcript

You have a Master's degree?

I am studying for it

What are you studying?

Comparative Literature

Comparative Literature

Compare what literature?

The coffee here tastes nice

Would you like a cup?

No, thanks. I don't drink coffee

I have a friend who loves coffee

She makes it at home



The entire place smells like coffee

She has a coffeemaker that's this tall

I don't think it looks nice

You won't believe how much it costs

More than two months of my stipend

Hello, I am Chen Mingliang

I am Chen Mingliang

I am Wu Fang

How do you do?

What would you like to drink?

Anything

What would you like to drink?

Coffee

Green tea



One moment please

Hello?

Thanks

Enjoy Thanks

I have a friend who tells
fortune with tealeaves

Upon first meeting

she can tell most people's characters...

and their general fate

Actually I don't believe her

We've known each other
more than 10 years...

ever since junior high

I was surprised that she suddenly
acquired this skill

She never tells my fortune

Only others

Especially those she's just met

A lot of people say she is accurate

They bring their family and
friends to her later

I don't believe it

Whatever

Why don't you ask her over and
tell my fortune?

If she is really good
I'll take her to dinner

Do you take her as a waitress?

You beckon and she dashes over?

She doesn't dare, right?

Scared of the real stuff

Whatever

It's not whatever

I hate con artists

She's not a fraud

She just tells fortunes

Call her

Come soon

She can't

She's out of town

So she is a fraud

OK, let's just say she's a fraud

Why do you go on blind dates?

Why do you go on blind dates?

Do you want to get married?

Don't you?

Have you had boyfriends before?

Check please

I'll pay

Well, goodbye

Thanks for the tea

Not at all

Anything else?

How about chatting
some more in that hotel?

Let's get a room

Does slapping me make you pure?

Like a virgin?

I don't think you are

How do you know I'm not a virgin?

Don't think you can badmouth me just
because you paid the bill!

Slow down. Let me pay

Are you angry? I didn't mean bad

Why are you angry?

Fang!

It's me, Chen

Don't walk away

Let me carry these books for you

Gosh they are heavy

How did you know I was here?

I also have a friend who tells
fortune with tealeaves

Stop it!

Give me my books

Let me carry them for you

When can you finish reading them all?

None of your business

Why are you here?

Take me to a hotel room?

Is that the only thing you can think of?

What do you want?

Where did you go after
slapping me the other day?

Another blind date

More blind dates?

Anyone suitable?

What's it to do with you?

Give me the books

Why are you being so nosy?

They are too heavy for you

If there is no suitable suitor

let us chat some more

About what?

Let's have a drink somewhere

Maybe tea

Didn't your friend teach you
how to tell fortune?

Tell my fortune

You want to meet my friend?

Is that why you are here?

No, it's not

Let me help you

I said something rude last time
when we first met

You should have slapped me

So we are even now

You are smiling. Let's have a drink

I waited several hours for you

I'd only been here an hour

That's because you came the other way

How many blind dates have you had?

I don't remember

How many times?

Fifty or sixty?

What about you?

Just once with you

You are too good for blind dates

Am I good?

Pretty good

I was just dumped by my fiance

We bought a house together
and I lost her

Do you know why?

Why?

She had another man

I scolded her for
stepping onto two boats

She said she was the boat

Me and the other guy were oars

She picked the one that rowed better

We were together for years and
I was just an oar?

I was furious so I hit her

The way you hit me the other day

It couldn't be the same

You are much stronger

You're right

She fell down right away...

and cried

I said you should laugh

Good thing you said I was an oar

If you took me as a knife

you'd be dead now

Anyway

It's the most despicable thing...

for a man to hit a woman

for her I must go now

Why are you walking back?

I don't want coffee

Let's have tea then

I don't want tea either

What's wrong?
What did I say that offended you?

Don't smile at me

Why did you come back to me?

Because you hit me

You deserve it

I deserve it

And I owe you money

I have a date tonight

A blind date?

Let me go with you

Stop kidding around

I'm being serious

I'll keep my distance

I promise I won't disturb you

Let me check the guy out for you

How can that be?

It won't do

It's safer this way

Having a male chaperon

Have some water

Thank you

You are welcome

It's a nice day

Aren't you hot?

I'm fine

I'll untie a button

You can do whatever you like

Aren't you bored with studying everyday?

It's OK

Reserved women like you
are rare these days

A friend once said...

the good thing about me
is that I'm conservative

The bad thing is I am too conservative

Boyfriend, or girlfriend?

Would I be here if I had a boyfriend?

Of course it's a girlfriend

Very pretty!

She changes boyfriends
faster than the weather

That woman looks so uncouth smoking

I disagree

My girlfriend smokes as well...

and she looks quite charming

She says cigarettes made for
women don't smell much

Men don't feel repulsed when you
kiss them after smoking

What does your friend do?

She's also a graduate student

Wu Fang?

I am Chen Mingliang

I thought you looked familiar

I looked at you from every angle

I thought it might be you

You are wearing glasses now

You didn't use to wear them

A friend of yours?

The world is so small
My high school classmate

Classmates since kindergarten

Then primary school and high school

Have you forgotten?

Are your teeth whiter than before?

No wonder I couldn't
recognize you at once

1 did it for you

Didn't you see how untrustworthy...

that guy was?

Still angry?

Weren't we classmates once?

Who was your classmate?

Let's end it here

We'll go on our separate ways

And not see each other till death

You look so quiet and civil

But you talk so viciously

Why are you in such a rush
to marry yourself off?

Why do you hurry? For marriage

I want to

So old fashioned

What do you mean?

I am just like what my friend says

Fang, the good thing about you
is that you are conservative

And the bad thing
is you are too conservative

Your friend is funny

What does she do?

Are you interested in her?

I just think what she says is funny

I don't think so

- She is quite cynical
- Really?

Her mother
whose experience affected her greatly

raised her alone

You'll never guess what
her mother did for a living

What did she do?

Anyway
some people look tough in appearance

But it's a sign of weakness

What did her mother do?

Nothing

Don't stop half way

She was a makeup artist

Isn't that nice?

Not for the living

But for the dead

Sounds interesting

She lied to her husband
when they married

She said she was a nurse

Many years later

After their baby was born

her husband learned the truth

Their story was quite bizarre

Stranger than film and fiction

Even the best writer can't dream it up

I must go now

Why?

It's just getting interesting

Don't leave me hanging

Why don't you pick up the bill

We'll be even

Shall we meet tomorrow?

What for?

Can't we just have a chat?

Pure chitchat

I'm busy tomorrow

I really must go

Can't you let me go?

All right!

Are you serious?

When have I lied to you?

Excuse me

Why isn't Lang playing tonight?

I'm sorry sir

She plays between 8 and 10 every night

Thank you

Not at all

What do you think?

Shall we try?

Couldn't find you all night

And here you are

I did something amazing tonight

I've never done it before

Really exciting stuff

I saw an amazing girl

Are you listening?

I heard you. A girl

Really amazing

What's the matter?

A girl. Go on

What's the matter?
I'll take you out for some fun

That friend of yours

What happened after
her father learned...

that her mother was
a beautician for the dead?

Is that what you meant by
having something very important...

to talk about with me?

Yes

Can't you be serious?

How am I not serious?

Is this important?

Of course

I couldn't eat or sleep for a few days

But think about your story all the time

Isn't that important?

I know you're depressed
about losing your fiance

But I don't have time
to amuse you everyday

I think you've got lots of time

You go on so many blind dates

You must have plenty of time

I didn't mean to provoke you

I meant, instead of going on
blind dates with strange men

Why don't you chat with me
and tell me stories

What do you think?

Let's have dinner together tonight

I have a class tonight

Since you are here

can't you look happier?

Smile to me

When I was in junior high

I saw her father a few times

His face was of a strange color

Have you ever seen
the stalk of a bok choy?

Yes

White with a green tint
translucent almost

He had long and messy hair...

and an eccentric voice

Once I was at their house at lunchtime

her mom put a plate of food on the table

Her dad tapped the plate
hard with a chopstick

Asking her if she had put poison in it

I was shocked

Why would she poison the food?

Her mom looked down in silence

Her dad said

don't show me that dead face

Marrying you was the worst
blow fate had dealt me

You not only smell like the dead

you look dead as well

Her mom whispered that
she didn't poison the food

Her dad swept
all the dishes onto the floor

Laughing one moment and crying the next

Saying, please put some poison in it!

Kill me with poison!

I was so scared

I had never seen anyone like this

On our way to school

my friend told me that
her dad was demented

Her mom was very pretty and very gentle

With beautiful hands

I heard about her profession after
I had gone to college

I didn't think it mattered

You're in a different
position from her dad

Some issues are more sensitive
between husband and wife

Don't look at me that way

I despise this kind of man

Incompetent and violent to women

He not only beat his wife

but his own child when he was drunk

Sometimes her sleeves
couldn't cover the bruises

You are really skinny

But your skin is fine

Why cover yourself up?

Being shy?

You're at it again

I haven't seen a shy woman
for a long while

I have to go

Shall we meet here again tomorrow?

Don't push your luck

If you don't come
I'll go to your school everyday

And wait for you at the gate

And go into your classroom

Why do you go on blind dates?

I want to get married

Why do you want to get married?

Because like me, you are lonely

Which is perfect

I can drink tea with you
and talk with you

Why are you avoiding me?

The first time I saw you

I knew you were a scoundrel

Actually I'm quite nice

Eventually

you'd know what an asshole I am

To tell you the truth

I think I am the man you are looking for

As a matter of fact

I am as good as ten men

Instead of seeing ten other men

you are better off chatting with just me

You really know how to flatter yourself

Is that self-flattering?

I just want you to know me better

I know you already

Then let me know you better

See you tomorrow

I have classes tomorrow
I really must go

The day after tomorrow then

OK

See you then

You can take her away if you like her

Impossible

I don't believe it

Nor did I in the beginning

I wouldn't have believed it
If you told me so

But it's true

What's that guy doing?

You waited too long

You have to be decisive and act fast

You missed your chance today

Is it that simple?

In junior high
she was nicknamed Wrinkly

Our literature teacher once joked...

that her face was
too wrinkled for her age

That's how she got her nickname

So it meant her face

I thought it meant something else

What happened later?

Later, her dad got worse

Beating her mom everyday

Saying he couldn't stand her hands

And asked her to wear
gloves at all times

Even in her sleep

There was a long plastic rope...

on a wall in their house

On it hanged a few dozen pairs of gloves

Later on

her dad became dissatisfied with gloves

He said they still
emitted the smell of the dead

He said as soon as he smelled it

he'd want to die

Just let him die

Are you God?

People die at your command?

What could they do?

Why didn't they get a divorce?

Her mom did ask for a divorce

But her dad didn't agree

He said her mom's hands
had ruined his life

He'd divorce her

if she'd cut off her hands

Have you made this story up?

I seem to have seen it in some movie

What did I say that gave me away?

Nothing

Thank you

I don't think you lied to me

Why?

My ex-girlfriend was
the kind of people...

who couldn't open
their mouths without lying

You don't seem to be that type

Don't miss your chance tonight

Rush over as soon as
she sits at the piano

Here she is

Did you hear me?

Actually I'm not that anxious

Are you a man or not?

Just you wait

Fang?

What did you say to her?

She is Fang

You must be mistaken

She is that graduate student

Impossible

All the men here want her

Why does she need to go on blind dates?

After this piece...

you can leave with her

I told her I'd wait for her at the door

I didn't know you
played the piano so well

Do you drink green tea?

I want to lose weight

Besides
tea is especially thirst-quenching

You are thin enough

Am I?

Fang?

You are Fang. Stop pretending

Want a cigarette?

No thanks

I'll have one

Ok I'll smoke one

Why don't you admit you are Fang?

Who is Fang?

You

Do you have a girlfriend?

Not now

How many have you had before?

Three

Only three?

How did you break up with them?

The one in senior high...

didn't work out because we went to
different universities

The one in my freshman year...

broke up after a fight

The last one broke up last month

For what reason?

I already told you once

About being an oar

You're funny

Let me tell you

I've seen hundreds of men

Whatever your motives

don't play games with me

Who is playing games?

Not me

You look just like her
You even sound like her

Who? Fang and I?

You speak the same way

You are Fang

Don't be so juvenile

Fang and Lang. They even sound similar

What a cliche way to pick up a girl

Have you no other name...

than Lang?

Do you plan to come over to my place...

and verify who I am?

At least 7 or 8 men have had
the same idea before you

Your hand is so big. It can wrap mine

Like a glove?

That's right

Have you heard the story of gloves?

No

No?

A friend of mine told me a story...

about a girl whose mother was
a beautician for the dead

Her husband initially didn't know

When he learned about it later

he developed psychological problems

And asked her to wear
gloves all the time

You've never heard this story?

Is it a true story?

How could it be possible?

Which of the three girlfriends
was this girl?

None. What are you thinking about?

If you don't want to tell me

I'll stop asking

Why are you doing this?

What?

Doing this with men?

Doing what with men?

Drinking and chatting

What's so bad about drinking and
chatting with men?

I didn't mean that

What did you mean?

You know what I meant

It's just like playing the piano

It's my job

A relaxing way of making money

What's wrong with it?

It wouldn't be so relaxing
if you meet a bad guy

What is a bad guy?

Aren't these people
on the street bad guys?

There aren't any bad guys in this world

Only businessmen

You work at night
What do you do during the day?

You work during the day
What do you do at night?

Sleep of course

You are so cute

I'm off

Shall I escort you a while longer?

That's not necessary

Why aren't you eating?

Eat some more

Do you intellectuals only care about
spiritual stuff and not material?

That depends

Why are you looking at me like that?

Have some food

Women I used to know all loved money

I think that's fine

I feel secure when women love money

I knew you were a smart woman when
I first saw you

Don't you like smart women?

See, you are smart

There is nothing wrong with that

But it's difficult to set standards

Do you understand?

Eat something. Why aren't you eating?

We can be friends

Come to me if you need help

I'll do what I can

If you have financial problems...

You are too kind

How nice it is for men to have money

I have a friend. She's very pretty

She says men can't be too poor

A poor man is a bitter man

The poorer, the bitterer

And difficult to be with

She only befriends rich men

Filthy rich men...

who drive Mercedes and BMW

And talks of tens of millions of dollars

Much richer than you

But like you, they have standards

All successful men have standards

I don't love money that much

It's like having clothes

A piece more feels
the same as a piece less

My friend is different

She turns men's heads...

even in a pair of 20 dollar jeans

She is so beautiful

I'm the other way around

Nobody would look at me

Even if I were wearing something
worth 20,000

Hi

Am I late?

No. I'm early

I made green tea for you

Thanks

What's with you lately?

Obsessed with this place

Don't you like it here?

Other cafes are always too dim...

with sofas that feel like beds

Even a nice guy like me would have
unorthodox thoughts after a while

Let alone you

You are quite pretty

Are you trying to comfort me?

No. You are the type...

that looks ordinary initially

But becomes prettier with time

Why can't you be serious?

How can others trust you?

They admire my morality

Have some wine

What are you doing?

Give them back to me!

I want to see what you look like
without your glasses

Give them back to me

Just one look

Give them to me!

I just want to have one look

Give them to me!

I think you are prettier without glasses

I am really, really sorry

I didn't mean badly

I was just kidding around

Although we aren't
exactly childhood sweethearts

we are still friends in away, aren't we?

We've had a few cups of tea together...

and a few cups of coffee

You can tell I'm a nice guy

I am honest and kind-hearted

Anyway I am sorry

If you like

as long as it can ease off your anger

you can do whatever you want to

As long as you can stop being angry

just do whatever suits you

Can you really keep a promise?

Yes

Ok, our friendship ends here

You walk on your wide road...

and I'll cross my single-plank bridge

As if we'd never met

Ok, on one condition

What? You take the wide road...

and let me cross the single-plank bridge

I can't let a bespectacled female graduate
student take the single-plank bridge

I'll take it

Why are you such a butthead?

Yes, I can be quite shameless

Sometimes you're too much to handle

That depends on whom you compare me with

With that father of your mysterious
friend as the bottom line

there are no unbearable
men in this world

Why compare yourself to him?

He's been dead more than 10 years

How did he die?

Murdered

By whom?

Who exorcized this devil for the world?

You have no compassion

I have compassion. It depends for whom

Tell me what happened exactly?

There is no answer

It stirred up such a sensation

Wife killing husband

Everybody talked about it

This type of story always gets distorted

Some said her mom stabbed her dad 30
times with a sharp knife

Some said she chopped him with an axe

Some even claimed that her mom slit
her dad's throat in his sleep

spilling blood all over the wall

Actually when it happened

my friend was there

And saw the whole thing

She said she had a
premonition that morning

She was really scared

After her father died

she became famous in her school

People gossiped about her behind her back

A long time later

when talking about it

she said she killed her father

How old was she?

Fourteen or fifteen

Why?

Nothing

She didn't have to die for murder

She was under the legal age

Before she told me about it

her mother was sent to jail for
unintentional manslaughter

Why?

Her mother admitted in court that
she had killed him

Was there any evidence?

Does confession count as evidence?

Her father was killed in the kitchen

Her mom was cooking in the kitchen

Her dad was drunk...

and attempted to rape her mom

Her mom resisted

Her dad became angry

He knocked her mom's head on the wok

You know that kind of thick
cast-iron wok

He knocked so hard that her head broke

Blood ran all over her face

My friend was frightened

She went over in tears and
pulled her dad's legs

But she was too weak for him

He kicked her in the heart

She fell down and couldn't move

Her mom was enraged

She picked up the wok and
threw it at her dad

knocking him over

It wasn't fatal

But when her dad fell

he bumped onto a potato peeler

It slit an artery on his neck

That's how her dad died

What?

I'm telling you a story

You've taken it seriously?

What happened later?

I told you it's a story

What later?

All stories have an ending

Her mom was sentenced to 20 years...

for unintentional manslaughter

Eat together?

The story is finished. Stop following me

Have dinner with me?

I have a class tonight

You are lying

Learned how to identify truth from
fake from your girlfriend?

Let me follow you to your school

If you really have classes

I promise I won't harass you again

Can't you stop being such a butthead?

I swear I am serious

Ok. I'll tell you

I don't have classes tonight

I guessed as much

But I do have a date

A blind one?

Can you not go?

I'm almost late

I really must go. Bye bye

Wait

What do you think of me?

What do you mean?

How about me?

Would you like to be my girlfriend?

Can't you be serious?

I am serious

You are never serious

Right now I am

I'll seriously answer you: no

Why not?

What about you?

Why do you want me as your girlfriend?

I can't articulate it

But I know it in my heart

How should I put it?

Like, the way you talk

Especially when you are angry

What kind of reason is that?

Yes I often go on blind dates

I enjoy doing it

I know I'm ugly and men don't like me

But I'd rather be
rejected by other men...

than accepting your offer

What do you take me for?
An aid recipient?

I don't regard you as an aid recipient

I don't want to talk to you

Don't follow me

Why don't you want to talk to me?

What the hell! What?

Are you nuts?

I want to talk to you

My girlfriend is here

Come back tomorrow

Let me put down the beer. It's heavy

Come tomorrow

I'll sit here

I promise I won't look that way

I need to talk to you

Otherwise I'm too depressed

Are you crazy?

Get out!

Or I'll call the police

Go ahead and call the police

I'll talk to them...

and stop bothering you

You didn't drink

Why are you acting drunk?

Why don't you go downstairs?

I'll follow you down later

What's wrong with saying a few words?

I won't look your way

You can do whatever you like

Just regard me as a blind man

What's wrong? Bad mood?

I seem to understand women less and less

Girlfriend of many years...

became someone else's wife

Just when we were about to marry

There used to be
many bitter women before

Now there are more and more bitter men

I'm not bitter but full of hatred

I don't hate her

I hate myself

She had an affair right in front of me

And I didn't detect it at all

Ain't I the stupidest
idiot in the world?

You are not stupid

You just trusted her too much

All my friends

including myself

think I am a complete idiot

People think I am a hooker

We don't live our lives for others

In reality, I'm playing the role
of a psychotherapist

You are the prettiest therapist
in the world

I thought you were nice

But you are quite slick-tongued

I'm telling the truth

Did I tell you that my
ex-girlfriend was a pianist?

Really?

We went to the same university

She was studying music

She played the piano at bars
in her spare time

She made a lot of money

We bought a house together

Had it all done up

We even had our wedding photos taken

And she married someone else

Maybe you two weren't
meant for each other

That's for sure

Maybe when we leave this bar later

you'll meet the girl of
your dreams at the door

You say I'm slick-tongued

I think you are

I'm not being slick-tongued

I'm just being professional

You pay for me to talk to you

And I must make you feel good

You are so nice

Why don't you take me home?

Now the truth comes out

I didn't mean that

I don't want to do anything to you

I just don't like going home

It makes me depressed

Reminding me of many unhappy events

The way you describe your girlfriend...

makes me jealous

Is she pretty?

Not as pretty as you

Her name is Fang?

No

Fang is someone else

Your new girlfriend?

She is not my girlfriend

She is just a friend

What are you complaining about...

now that you've got a new girlfriend?

I've said she is not my girlfriend

She rejected me

She is avoiding me now

Her mobile is always off

No wonder

Sorry, the subscriber you have
dialed is powered off

Sorry, the subscriber you have
dialed is powered off

Sorry, the subscriber you have
dialed is powered off

I want to talk to you about something

Will you swap houses with me?

Are you nuts? No way!

You don't want to exchange your dump
for my 3-bedroom apartment?

I hate going home

Do you understand?

I'll keep harassing you

So what some bitch dumped you?

Must you hang yourself on that tree?

None of the trees will let me
hang myself on them

Do you want the pianist or
the graduate student?

I'm not giving you a hard time

Listen to me

Stop fancying Lang

She's the forest type...

who appears to be full of roads

But after going around a while

you find yourself in the same spot

Apart from delusions and traps

there are no roads at all

How do you know?

Don't forget I went around
the forest before you

Is there another type of women...

who appears to have no roads

But is in fact full of them?

Yes

They are called the Rome type

All roads lead to Rome

Try to concentrate
on that graduate student

An ugly wife is priceless...

as the old saying goes

She's not ugly

She becomes prettier with time

Then what are you doing here?

You asked me over

Don't come to me any more

Why not?

It's not necessary

If you are lonely

find yourself a nice girlfriend

Who said I'm lonely?

I have a girlfriend

Really?

It's that graduate student
I told you about

The story I told you...

happened to her friend's parents

She tells fortune with tealeaves

She is full of surprises

Do you think I like her?

Judging by the way you act

I can tell you like her a lot

I don't deny it

You two are different

How so?

She is the type...

that makes one feel close to

You are the type that...

Knocks one over

Yes you knock men over

Do you think you are like a pill?

Or a..

Baseball bat

Do you have a boyfriend?

Several hundred

I mean...

Don't be silly

No boyfriend? Oh well...

Dream on!

Then you do have a boyfriend

Let's just say I do

Actually my dad was also a loser

He wrote a play when he was young

During the Cultural Revolution

And became famous overnight

A young and amorous talent

He had a lot of fans

Although not as crazy as today's fans

My mom was very pretty

Dad picked her amongst
several hundred girls

All his life

he only wrote that one script

And was glamorous for only a few months

Marrying him didn't bring my mother...

any happiness

But lots of pain

She says to me...

she's a walnut

Before marrying she was juicy...

and lovely

Marriage turned her into a tough nut

Dark and jabbing

Later, when the shell was cracked

and the kernel exposed

her life became better

You are the walnut kernel

That's right

What does your mom do?

She runs a glove factory

Glove factory?

Gloves again!

Hello?

It's you!

This is Chen. This is Chen

I know

I can tell

I was really worried these days

Where have you been?

Why is your phone always off?

Why don't you answer my calls?

Conference? What conference?

Can't I call you without any reason?

Ok...

You are tired

Rest for now

I'm happy to know your phone is on

And I can find you

Ok. All right

I'll call you tomorrow

Ok?

See you tomorrow

Ok. Goodbye

Can you help me analyze myself?

Why do I always think of you?

Stop it

What?

Stop making fun of me

How am I making fun of you?

Do you know what's missing in you?

What?

Femininity

A really feminine woman...

would have been flattered by what I said

But you are so stiff

Stiff?

You think I'm a corpse?

Would I regard you as a corpse?

You've studied too much...

without thorough comprehension

Where you should be sensitive
you're not;

and where you shouldn't be
you're too sensitive

What's it to you?

I care about you

I'm worried you might be conned

I went on a date during
the conference in Hangzhou...

with a postdoc, a critic

Fie!

What?

A blind date in Hangzhou?

What's wrong?

Can you stop embarrassing yourself?

You go on one blind date after another

And get despised over and over

If it doesn't hurt your self-respect

it hurts mine

Can't you change your strategy?

Don't you know...

There is a rainbow in front of you

And you needn't
run through thunderstorms

You really like me?

It sounds corny

But when you were away
I really missed you

Other men despise me

why not you?

I'm not other men

I can see what others can't see

Stop going on blind dates

It's so chaotic out there

What if you meet some bad guys?

You're not as tough as other women

You look like a bad guy

How do you know I'm not tough?

Judging by what you just said

Don't you know...

tough women don't talk like you

The tougher they are
the softer they speak

I didn't know you were
so experienced in this respect

It's not experience

It's perception

How is your friend's
mom doing in prison?

She was released two years ago

Oh yeah?

But she went back in after a while

Why?

I'm not quite sure

Where did she go back?

Back in jail?

I think so

Why? Because she likes it so much?

She couldn't get used
to the outside world

Will you let me meet your friend?

I won't

Why not?

I'm afraid you'll fall in love with her

Can you not turn your mobile off?

Just a moment

Nothing much

Don't hang up. I'm not finished

Shall we have dinner together tonight?

With some of my friends

Can't you make an exception?

I've already promised them

Just do me a favor

Come over

I'm begging you please

Just pretend I'm a strange man

And it's a blind date

Hello? I can't hear you

I can't hear her

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dialed is powered off

Hit

What do you want?

You know Where are we going?

I'm having dinner with some friends

But I can't find my girlfriend

Why don't you come in her place?

Where is that graduate student?

If I could find her, I wouldn't...

No, I wouldn't take her even if
I could find her

I'm begging you to do me a favor

I don't look like a graduate student

You do, except for this dress

I don't have anything else

Let's go and buy you something

Ok

Which way? This way or this way?

This way

Let's go

Gosh! Is it true?

On the beach, whack! Head split open

This is Fang

Fang Hello! Impossible!

Come and have a seat

Fang has a master's degree

Beautiful and talented

Are you envious or jealous?

Look at my boyfriend

He's salivating

What are you talking about?

I'm telling the truth

Forgive him

He's been a loser since childhood

Let's drink a toast

For Chen and his charming girlfriend

Bottoms up Jun

When did you learn
to use such superlatives?

When I see a beauty

Every man becomes eloquent
in the presence of a beauty

What beauty? She's just ordinary

Only number 3 in the country

You are so ungrateful

You are quite talkative tonight

So are you

Oh so I'm wrong

I'm sorry my darling

You can tell fortune with tealeaves
right?

Would you like to show them how?

Who says I can tell fortune?

I can only tell something about love

That's great!

How do you do it? How do you do it?

Don't mess up your tealeaves

By just looking
at the leaves in your teacup

she can tell your fate

I'm first. Lady first

Gosh you're anxious

You really want to know? Yes

Are you paying?

Anything

You are a smart woman

Quite manipulative

True

You know how to play cards with men

And have them do
what you want them to do

But you are too anxious and impatient

You can conquer men quickly

But in turn show your flaws too soon

In fact, you look tough but
are actually quite weak

You trick men into loving you

But eventually they'd come to resent you

Normal men don't like you

They'd try to get rid of you quickly

In general, it should be said...

that you can make men fall in love
with you at first sight

That's true

But you can't keep a
long-term relationship

It's hard for you to
obtain everlasting love

Sounds like I should
marry myself off soon

Yes, yes It's useless

It won't change your fate

What is fate?

These dumb tealeaves?

Sometimes, fate is just a few tealeaves

Why did you pinch me?

I didn't

Didn't you ask me to do this?

Right

I was just kidding

Don't take it seriously

I won't

That's great

Let me toast to everyone

It was just a joke

But she is good

Chen, have another one

Stop drinking

Come, bottoms up

I've hit my limit

Yes or no?

Yes or no?

All right, last one

There is no wine left

Waitress, open another bottle

Are you nuts? You are nuts!

Didn't we come out to drink?

Don't overdo it

Who's overdoing it?

Open them all

I'll pay if he won't

Please stop this nonsense
I'll drink with you

But I won't drink with you

I just want to drink with Chen

What's for!

Come, Chen, cheers

I can't

Another one

I'm about to throw up Stop it!

Are you up for it?

You are not a man if you don't drink it

Ok I'm not a man

So, after all

You are not a man

Since you are not a man

1 will drink up for you

Stop drinking

Fill it up

Why must you mess it all up?

Don't yell at me!

I hate it when a man yells at me

Stop it! I'll stop yelling

And you'll sit here quietly

How am I not quiet?

Why am I drinking like this?

Isn't it all for you?

I know you like Chen's girlfriend!

I'll help you

I'll get Chen drunk so
you'll get a chance

Jun!

I hate it when a man hits a woman

Why did you hit my boyfriend?

I'll kill you!

Hi

May we have a room?

What type of room?

Can you help me analyze myself?

Why do I always think of you?

Stop it! What?

Stop making fun of me

How am I making fun of you?

Do you know what's missing in you?

What?

Femininity

A really feminine woman...

would have been flattered by what I said

But when you were away
I really missed you

Other men despise me

why not you?

I'm not other men

You've studied too much...

without thorough comprehension

Where you should be sensitive
you're not;

and where you shouldn't be
you're too sensitive

I didn't know you were so
experienced in this respect

You go on one blind date after another

And get despised over and over

If it doesn't hurt your self-respect

it hurts mine!

Can't you change your strategy?

Don't you know...

there is a rainbow in front of you

And you needn't
run through thunderstorms

You really like me?