1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:37,834 --> 00:00:43,126 If Shao-hua didn't have such a father... 4 00:00:44,001 --> 00:00:51,751 I might never have met a writer called Shen Shao-hua. 5 00:00:52,334 --> 00:00:54,792 Shao-hua! 6 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,167 Shao-hua! 7 00:01:09,459 --> 00:01:10,959 Come down! 8 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:16,917 Let her out! 9 00:01:17,751 --> 00:01:19,126 Shao-hua! 10 00:01:19,834 --> 00:01:22,959 How cruel can a father be! 11 00:01:24,417 --> 00:01:25,542 Shao-hua! 12 00:01:27,751 --> 00:01:28,917 Shao-hua! 13 00:01:30,251 --> 00:01:32,126 Shao-hua! 14 00:01:34,084 --> 00:01:35,459 Shao-hua! 15 00:01:36,501 --> 00:01:37,542 Shao-hua! 16 00:01:38,292 --> 00:01:40,376 I'll be back! 17 00:01:40,584 --> 00:01:41,626 Wait for me! 18 00:01:41,834 --> 00:01:43,709 Jade orchid, also called "white-jade", or "yearning-for-spring"... 19 00:01:43,917 --> 00:01:47,292 ...since its flowers are pure as jade, fragrant as orchids. 20 00:01:47,501 --> 00:01:49,834 Jade orchid, also called "white-jade", or "yearning-for-spring"... 21 00:01:50,042 --> 00:01:52,501 ...since its flowers are pure as jade, fragrant as orchids. 22 00:01:55,459 --> 00:01:57,001 You needn't look down upon me! 23 00:01:57,209 --> 00:01:58,876 When I'm rich, I'll be back for your daughter! 24 00:01:59,084 --> 00:02:02,167 ...since its flowers are pure as jade, fragrant as orchids... 25 00:02:03,792 --> 00:02:07,626 Let me out! 26 00:02:07,834 --> 00:02:15,126 Father, let me out! 27 00:02:26,209 --> 00:02:27,917 Miss, please eat something. 28 00:04:39,709 --> 00:04:41,709 Go, find mother... 29 00:05:12,751 --> 00:05:16,667 Master, she tried to kill herself! 30 00:05:18,167 --> 00:05:21,792 How stupid! She won't die! 31 00:05:22,417 --> 00:05:26,251 Leave her alone! 32 00:05:49,209 --> 00:05:55,751 Boyfriends wasn't the only reason why she was locked up. 33 00:05:56,292 --> 00:05:59,334 In one of her articles, Shao-hua wrote... 34 00:05:59,626 --> 00:06:04,376 ... Her mother never loved her father. 35 00:06:04,584 --> 00:06:10,501 When she died, he dumped his frustrations and hatred... 36 00:06:10,792 --> 00:06:14,292 ... on their daughter. 37 00:06:24,292 --> 00:06:27,459 Miss, you can get out now! 38 00:06:27,667 --> 00:06:32,334 Your father has died! Go take a look! 39 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:17,626 "Jade Orchid stood at the master's backdoor, waiting to be called." 40 00:08:18,417 --> 00:08:23,417 "With her parents dead, her uncle sold her to be a bond servant." 41 00:08:23,709 --> 00:08:28,417 "Japanese propaganda covered the walls. But she couldn't read." 42 00:08:29,126 --> 00:08:31,417 "Not long after she arrived..." 43 00:08:31,667 --> 00:08:34,126 "...her master raped her." 44 00:09:03,459 --> 00:09:06,459 Does writer Shen Shao-hua live here? 45 00:09:06,459 --> 00:09:08,709 Writer? 46 00:09:09,376 --> 00:09:11,126 You mean the new tenant upstairs? 47 00:09:11,334 --> 00:09:12,459 Is she a writer? 48 00:09:12,459 --> 00:09:14,334 Yes, she's quite a character! 49 00:09:14,542 --> 00:09:17,292 Always playing her records really loud. 50 00:09:17,501 --> 00:09:18,709 Follow me. 51 00:09:19,501 --> 00:09:20,501 Thanks. 52 00:09:25,501 --> 00:09:26,792 Come in. 53 00:09:29,501 --> 00:09:31,626 This is her room. 54 00:09:38,417 --> 00:09:40,667 Go in. It's alright. 55 00:09:48,501 --> 00:09:51,167 What is it? 56 00:09:52,501 --> 00:09:54,334 A letter for me? Come in. 57 00:09:55,417 --> 00:09:57,251 Afraid I'll bite you? 58 00:10:00,501 --> 00:10:01,626 Bring it over. 59 00:10:06,292 --> 00:10:07,542 Miss Shen. 60 00:10:09,542 --> 00:10:11,542 Wait... 61 00:10:16,542 --> 00:10:17,542 Thanks. 62 00:10:20,292 --> 00:10:24,626 "Jade Orchid was pregnant. When her mistress found out" 63 00:10:25,542 --> 00:10:27,459 "...she took her revenge on the girl." 64 00:10:46,167 --> 00:10:49,334 Mr. Chang, need this for self-defense? 65 00:10:54,667 --> 00:10:58,751 Who are you looking for? Miss Shen upstairs? 66 00:10:59,167 --> 00:11:02,167 You've a visitor. 67 00:11:03,626 --> 00:11:07,709 A man to see you! 68 00:11:10,584 --> 00:11:12,126 Who is it? 69 00:11:12,584 --> 00:11:15,042 Miss Shen, you must have received my letter. 70 00:11:15,251 --> 00:11:17,584 My driver brought it two days ago. 71 00:11:23,292 --> 00:11:24,626 Letter? 72 00:11:41,751 --> 00:11:44,251 Such fine handwriting... 73 00:11:44,501 --> 00:11:46,626 I don't mind meeting him. 74 00:12:03,584 --> 00:12:04,709 Mr. Chang. 75 00:12:09,542 --> 00:12:11,209 I am one of your readers. 76 00:12:14,501 --> 00:12:15,584 Please sit down. 77 00:12:16,792 --> 00:12:20,542 My landlady's sitting room. We can stay awhile. 78 00:12:26,667 --> 00:12:29,667 Why do you want to see me? 79 00:12:30,417 --> 00:12:35,251 I read one of your articles. 80 00:12:35,667 --> 00:12:39,209 Just can't get it out of my mind. 81 00:12:51,709 --> 00:12:57,709 At night I wrote a letter, to a woman writer, a stranger. 82 00:12:58,334 --> 00:13:00,626 It's embarrassing. 83 00:13:08,334 --> 00:13:12,709 I thought: she is such a fine writer. 84 00:13:13,584 --> 00:13:16,084 Without the right background, 85 00:13:16,376 --> 00:13:18,751 she couldn't have this disposition. 86 00:13:23,251 --> 00:13:28,709 Aren't you too generous to tip my driver with this? 87 00:13:29,751 --> 00:13:32,751 I am not good with money. 88 00:13:33,417 --> 00:13:36,751 Actually, I know about your father. 89 00:13:38,709 --> 00:13:40,751 He was general manager of Mobil Oil Company. 90 00:13:41,209 --> 00:13:43,126 My father is dead. 91 00:13:43,751 --> 00:13:45,751 My stepmother doesn't like me. 92 00:13:46,751 --> 00:13:49,751 I've nothing to do with my family now. 93 00:13:58,542 --> 00:14:01,209 Like being on your own? 94 00:14:02,501 --> 00:14:05,542 I'm used to it. There is a war on anyway. 95 00:14:14,167 --> 00:14:17,792 May I come again in a few days? 96 00:14:18,751 --> 00:14:20,251 Yes. 97 00:14:23,334 --> 00:14:25,626 Then can I go now? 98 00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:39,334 It's cold. Keep yourself warm. 99 00:14:46,459 --> 00:14:48,751 I brought you a toy. 100 00:14:53,626 --> 00:14:56,667 When I was a child, my mother gave me one just like it. 101 00:14:58,417 --> 00:14:59,834 How do you know? 102 00:15:00,251 --> 00:15:02,084 From your articles. 103 00:15:53,709 --> 00:15:56,792 "I'm Jade Orchid. Who are you?" 104 00:15:57,167 --> 00:15:59,001 "Spring Hope." 105 00:16:15,876 --> 00:16:16,917 Let me have some candied apples. 106 00:16:17,126 --> 00:16:17,709 Here. 107 00:16:17,917 --> 00:16:18,667 Give me four sticks. 108 00:16:18,876 --> 00:16:22,584 Thank you. 109 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,251 Look out! 110 00:16:36,626 --> 00:16:37,751 Hold these! 111 00:16:40,209 --> 00:16:43,209 It's so cold. Even the ground is going to crack open. 112 00:16:43,459 --> 00:16:46,584 Get up. We've a guest. 113 00:16:46,792 --> 00:16:48,167 Old Ku, you're at home? 114 00:16:48,376 --> 00:16:49,417 Have some peanuts. 115 00:16:49,626 --> 00:16:51,376 Go out. Enjoy yourself. Don't just read all day. 116 00:16:51,584 --> 00:16:52,542 I must edit those articles. 117 00:16:52,751 --> 00:16:54,376 Finished your piece? Is it long or short? 118 00:16:54,584 --> 00:16:55,667 Short. 119 00:16:56,084 --> 00:16:59,167 Thought you needed money. Why not make it long? 120 00:17:00,959 --> 00:17:03,459 I can. But you'll have to pay more. 121 00:17:03,667 --> 00:17:05,126 Don't talk about money. We're friends. 122 00:17:05,334 --> 00:17:08,584 Can't you see we're poor? 123 00:17:08,792 --> 00:17:10,292 I still want to be paid more. 124 00:17:10,501 --> 00:17:11,959 Give me a long article then. 125 00:17:12,334 --> 00:17:15,542 Alright. But that man is still taking a bath. 126 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:17,126 Who is taking a bath? 127 00:17:17,417 --> 00:17:19,917 Crazy! 128 00:17:21,542 --> 00:17:22,501 Women! 129 00:17:22,876 --> 00:17:25,834 A hot water flask for your new apartment. 130 00:17:26,084 --> 00:17:28,209 Pay me more! 131 00:17:28,417 --> 00:17:30,209 Take this cup too! 132 00:17:30,876 --> 00:17:32,292 Pay me more! 133 00:17:32,501 --> 00:17:33,667 Take this egg! 134 00:17:34,709 --> 00:17:36,042 Pay me more! 135 00:17:36,251 --> 00:17:37,959 Take this banana! 136 00:17:38,667 --> 00:17:40,126 I insist! 137 00:17:41,626 --> 00:17:43,501 More, more, more! So inconsiderate! 138 00:17:43,709 --> 00:17:45,834 Take these magazines too. Can't sell them anyway. 139 00:17:46,042 --> 00:17:47,667 What a friend! 140 00:17:48,126 --> 00:17:51,084 Take after the boy. Don't just read the newspapers. 141 00:17:51,292 --> 00:17:52,751 Goodbye. 142 00:17:53,501 --> 00:17:55,126 I'm going for a walk. 143 00:17:59,751 --> 00:18:01,834 You're old enough to look after yourself. 144 00:18:02,042 --> 00:18:04,417 I've to use the toilet. Don't mess up my things! 145 00:18:11,792 --> 00:18:14,542 Don't use this envelope anymore. 146 00:18:14,751 --> 00:18:15,709 Have you met him yet? 147 00:18:15,917 --> 00:18:16,876 No. 148 00:18:17,376 --> 00:18:19,251 It's me who gave him your address. 149 00:18:19,459 --> 00:18:23,001 If you're nice, you call him a cultural attache. 150 00:18:23,209 --> 00:18:25,584 If you're nasty, you call him a collaborator! 151 00:18:28,209 --> 00:18:29,626 Want some? It's hot. 152 00:18:31,084 --> 00:18:34,167 If Old Ku weren't his classmate, I wouldn't tolerate him. 153 00:18:34,376 --> 00:18:37,667 You're clean. Stay away from him. 154 00:18:38,042 --> 00:18:39,209 Honestly, you haven't gone out with him? 155 00:18:39,417 --> 00:18:40,334 No. 156 00:18:40,542 --> 00:18:41,542 Just don't, remember? 157 00:18:41,751 --> 00:18:42,917 I remember. 158 00:19:01,376 --> 00:19:03,501 Mr. Chang, stay for dinner. 159 00:19:05,376 --> 00:19:06,751 Let's go to a restaurant. 160 00:19:08,792 --> 00:19:11,376 Alright. Please wait for me outside. 161 00:19:21,084 --> 00:19:22,542 Close the door. 162 00:19:24,334 --> 00:19:27,792 Hide these! Don't let anyone see you. It's dangerous. 163 00:20:07,584 --> 00:20:08,917 You want to die? 164 00:20:09,126 --> 00:20:10,459 If he goes to the police, we're dead. 165 00:20:12,292 --> 00:20:16,542 What you wrote about your family, is it true? 166 00:20:17,376 --> 00:20:18,459 Yes. 167 00:20:19,667 --> 00:20:21,417 I feel sorry for your mother. 168 00:20:21,834 --> 00:20:25,334 She fell in love while studying abroad... 169 00:20:26,376 --> 00:20:29,334 but had to come home for an arranged marriage. 170 00:20:30,417 --> 00:20:31,709 How tragic! 171 00:20:32,167 --> 00:20:36,167 Ever since I can remember, I've never seen her smile. 172 00:20:37,167 --> 00:20:39,209 She was just over 30 when she died. 173 00:20:40,542 --> 00:20:42,876 My father didn't even shed a tear. 174 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:45,334 He hated her. 175 00:20:46,876 --> 00:20:48,167 What are you looking at? 176 00:20:48,542 --> 00:20:50,167 Your shawl! It's pretty. 177 00:21:05,167 --> 00:21:06,251 Excuse me... 178 00:22:25,584 --> 00:22:28,417 These days, I can't listen to this music either. 179 00:22:28,792 --> 00:22:30,709 It always makes me sad. 180 00:22:34,334 --> 00:22:37,126 I work for the Japanese... 181 00:22:37,334 --> 00:22:38,376 You probably know. 182 00:22:42,876 --> 00:22:45,251 Ever killed any Chinese? 183 00:22:46,709 --> 00:22:48,292 No. 184 00:22:51,334 --> 00:22:55,334 My uncle is Japanese. He worked in China as a teacher. 185 00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:59,209 Before he died, 186 00:22:59,584 --> 00:23:01,876 he arranged this job for me. 187 00:23:04,292 --> 00:23:05,792 It's just an excuse. 188 00:23:06,459 --> 00:23:08,501 Those who drift with the tide... 189 00:23:09,417 --> 00:23:12,334 ... will come to a bad end. 190 00:23:17,334 --> 00:23:19,334 Your wife is also Japanese? 191 00:23:25,376 --> 00:23:28,667 No, we've separated. 192 00:23:29,376 --> 00:23:32,459 No children, so it wasn't painful. 193 00:23:51,334 --> 00:23:53,334 Here we are, Mr. Chang. 194 00:24:58,292 --> 00:24:59,792 Traitor! Damn you! 195 00:25:14,292 --> 00:25:18,376 Use the side gate! Don't fall! 196 00:25:45,709 --> 00:25:47,459 What do you want? 197 00:25:49,126 --> 00:25:52,459 Baby, don't cry... 198 00:25:54,459 --> 00:25:57,459 Kill me! Think that will save China? 199 00:25:57,459 --> 00:25:59,292 What's the use of telling us this? 200 00:25:59,501 --> 00:26:04,501 Run! Get away! 201 00:26:19,584 --> 00:26:21,792 Pick it up! 202 00:26:25,501 --> 00:26:27,251 Stab me here! 203 00:26:27,792 --> 00:26:32,209 Want me to do it myself? I won't even feel the pain. 204 00:26:42,542 --> 00:26:45,292 I don't want to see both of you again. 205 00:26:51,126 --> 00:26:53,334 Take this money to move somewhere else. 206 00:26:53,542 --> 00:26:55,792 What's left is for the kid. 207 00:26:56,542 --> 00:26:58,334 Life is hard for all of us. 208 00:26:59,501 --> 00:27:03,084 When I'm not around anymore, take care of Miss Shen. 209 00:27:03,542 --> 00:27:04,042 What is it? 210 00:27:04,251 --> 00:27:05,084 Nothing. 211 00:27:18,292 --> 00:27:20,001 If they had killed you... 212 00:27:20,209 --> 00:27:22,209 I wouldn't want to live. 213 00:27:26,334 --> 00:27:28,334 Be prepared... 214 00:27:28,792 --> 00:27:31,209 ...I may disappear anytime. 215 00:27:45,584 --> 00:27:48,792 There's something else... I'm embarrassed to give it to you. 216 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:51,751 I put it on the water-tank in the bathroom, 217 00:27:54,584 --> 00:27:58,084 This is headquarters of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. 218 00:27:58,292 --> 00:28:02,667 Manchoukuo is the base of this holy war for a Pan-Asia. 219 00:28:03,334 --> 00:28:06,459 To support our plans for a new order, we address... 220 00:28:06,667 --> 00:28:11,542 ...the political, military, security, commercial... 221 00:28:11,751 --> 00:28:16,042 Transport, farming and labour sectors... 222 00:28:16,251 --> 00:28:19,167 to carry out our vigorous preparation work. 223 00:28:19,792 --> 00:28:21,626 Like it? 224 00:28:58,667 --> 00:29:00,751 But you said you'll disappear. 225 00:29:29,584 --> 00:29:31,709 Do you love me? 226 00:29:31,709 --> 00:29:34,501 I'm here. 227 00:29:34,751 --> 00:29:39,792 Fool, you fool... 228 00:29:51,667 --> 00:29:55,709 "Jade Orchid, I've asked you many times." 229 00:29:56,042 --> 00:29:57,376 "Have you decided?" 230 00:29:57,584 --> 00:29:59,084 "They'll never let me go." 231 00:29:59,292 --> 00:30:02,459 "Never mind them. Run away with me." 232 00:30:03,501 --> 00:30:06,709 "The master raped me." 233 00:30:07,376 --> 00:30:11,459 "I was pregnant. Do you still want me?" 234 00:31:00,209 --> 00:31:02,334 It's me! 235 00:31:02,584 --> 00:31:07,626 Me, Yueh-feng! 236 00:31:22,292 --> 00:31:24,001 I got your letter and came right away. 237 00:31:24,542 --> 00:31:27,709 Stupid girl! Ran away with a man to join the resistance. 238 00:31:28,417 --> 00:31:30,542 Not a word all these years. 239 00:31:30,751 --> 00:31:36,834 I'm a romantic. With love, who needs to write? 240 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:40,167 Men can come and go. 241 00:31:40,501 --> 00:31:43,834 But I always carry your photo. 242 00:31:44,501 --> 00:31:46,501 At least you remember me. 243 00:31:46,834 --> 00:31:49,834 No, just too lazy to change it. 244 00:31:49,834 --> 00:31:52,126 Silly! 245 00:31:52,834 --> 00:31:54,042 Did you graduate? 246 00:31:54,251 --> 00:31:56,376 Am I the studious type? 247 00:31:58,209 --> 00:32:00,167 I followed him around... 248 00:32:00,459 --> 00:32:02,584 ...performing street theatre. 249 00:32:02,792 --> 00:32:05,417 "Hey, put down your whip!" 250 00:32:06,001 --> 00:32:10,834 Nice place. I still remember this. 251 00:32:12,459 --> 00:32:16,292 Do I see romance on your face? 252 00:32:17,042 --> 00:32:18,042 Crazy! 253 00:32:18,251 --> 00:32:22,501 Tell me the truth! 254 00:32:24,126 --> 00:32:26,334 Take off your shoes. 255 00:32:28,042 --> 00:32:29,834 Big slippers! 256 00:32:31,876 --> 00:32:33,959 Well, well!... 257 00:32:45,167 --> 00:32:45,792 Where is he? 258 00:32:46,376 --> 00:32:47,876 We're through. 259 00:32:49,001 --> 00:32:51,209 He must still be with the resistance. 260 00:32:52,167 --> 00:32:53,334 Did you leave him? 261 00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:57,626 He only cares about saving China. 262 00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:00,792 One day, I couldn't stand it. 263 00:33:01,459 --> 00:33:03,834 asked, "What's more important: China or me?" 264 00:33:04,417 --> 00:33:05,709 He refused to say. 265 00:33:05,917 --> 00:33:09,917 I wouldn't let him sleep... I pinched him, pushed him. 266 00:33:10,667 --> 00:33:12,917 Finally, he said, "China." 267 00:33:14,917 --> 00:33:18,042 I said,"Without love, how can you save China?" 268 00:33:19,834 --> 00:33:22,501 I slapped him and left. 269 00:33:24,834 --> 00:33:26,209 What is so funny? 270 00:33:26,417 --> 00:33:28,917 That you slapped him! 271 00:33:29,251 --> 00:33:30,917 Silly! 272 00:33:35,667 --> 00:33:37,667 Felt better after that? 273 00:33:37,959 --> 00:33:42,501 Neng-tsai, my best friend Yueh-feng is back. 274 00:33:42,917 --> 00:33:46,167 Of course you can come. 275 00:33:46,709 --> 00:33:50,209 I want her to know about us. 276 00:33:51,167 --> 00:33:55,209 Isn't he Hsiao-chien? My first boyfriend? 277 00:33:55,417 --> 00:33:58,334 Didn't even invite me to his wedding! 278 00:33:58,751 --> 00:34:00,376 And a father soon! 279 00:34:00,584 --> 00:34:04,292 I almost killed myself because of him! 280 00:34:04,501 --> 00:34:06,667 Lucky I didn't die! 281 00:34:16,209 --> 00:34:22,209 Save China! What about saving me? 282 00:34:24,209 --> 00:34:27,501 Damn it! He has no feelings! 283 00:34:32,501 --> 00:34:34,376 But I still love him. 284 00:34:37,376 --> 00:34:39,084 A dog must have eaten his heart! 285 00:34:48,584 --> 00:34:52,459 For a woman, does her heart control her body? 286 00:34:52,667 --> 00:34:53,792 What do you mean? 287 00:34:54,001 --> 00:34:58,334 Did you and Hsiao-yung... 288 00:35:00,334 --> 00:35:03,042 What about you and "Big Slipper"? 289 00:35:07,626 --> 00:35:12,459 Are we slaves to our emotions? 290 00:35:12,667 --> 00:35:15,626 I am. But men aren't. 291 00:35:16,084 --> 00:35:17,209 You're sure? 292 00:35:17,417 --> 00:35:18,834 Of course. 293 00:35:19,876 --> 00:35:21,792 Men just aren't human! 294 00:35:22,667 --> 00:35:25,584 Sure I won't be electrocuted? 295 00:35:27,167 --> 00:35:28,709 You want to be pretty? 296 00:35:29,709 --> 00:35:31,876 Because of your boyfriend. 297 00:35:32,292 --> 00:35:35,084 You're doing this for him? 298 00:35:35,376 --> 00:35:37,251 For my best friend's lover! 299 00:35:39,542 --> 00:35:41,126 What's so funny? 300 00:35:42,167 --> 00:35:45,459 Don't worry. You'll look good with a perm. 301 00:35:49,084 --> 00:35:52,459 What happened? I look like my mother! 302 00:35:52,792 --> 00:35:54,626 I can't see anyone! 303 00:35:55,501 --> 00:35:57,251 Don't worry. 304 00:35:57,751 --> 00:36:00,376 You're back, Mr. Yu? 305 00:36:00,584 --> 00:36:01,084 Yes. 306 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:02,459 Did a lot of business? 307 00:36:02,667 --> 00:36:03,751 Yes. 308 00:36:04,084 --> 00:36:06,251 I'll use the iron. 309 00:36:06,459 --> 00:36:07,792 Will it work? 310 00:36:08,084 --> 00:36:09,667 No problem. 311 00:36:09,876 --> 00:36:11,542 Just a bit longer. 312 00:36:11,751 --> 00:36:13,167 Be careful! 313 00:36:13,542 --> 00:36:16,084 It's so hot! 314 00:36:16,292 --> 00:36:18,001 Be patient. 315 00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:20,459 There is a man at the door! 316 00:36:20,667 --> 00:36:22,459 Where? 317 00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:23,626 I'm sorry. 318 00:36:23,834 --> 00:36:27,292 Miss Shen, try these tongs. 319 00:36:27,709 --> 00:36:29,917 Clip them on and you'll get nice curls. 320 00:36:30,167 --> 00:36:32,667 But I've just straightened them! 321 00:36:33,126 --> 00:36:34,501 Who's he? 322 00:36:34,709 --> 00:36:37,126 A travelling trader. Lives next-door. 323 00:36:38,251 --> 00:36:40,417 Miss Shen... 324 00:36:40,626 --> 00:36:42,126 What is it? 325 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:44,251 Nothing... 326 00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:47,876 He's a bit strange. 327 00:36:48,126 --> 00:36:49,792 Let's finish it. 328 00:36:51,126 --> 00:36:53,292 Isn't it fine now? Let's go. 329 00:37:03,417 --> 00:37:05,167 What are you worried about? 330 00:37:05,584 --> 00:37:10,042 Miss Shen. Take this silk to make a dress. 331 00:37:10,251 --> 00:37:12,001 Now, with this war... 332 00:37:12,209 --> 00:37:14,459 ...silk is hard to find... 333 00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:19,251 But I'll do anything to get what you like. 334 00:37:20,167 --> 00:37:21,167 That's it! 335 00:37:43,167 --> 00:37:48,209 If not for this war, we'd be leading a normal life. 336 00:37:48,917 --> 00:37:51,209 Wouldn't that be nice? 337 00:37:52,626 --> 00:37:55,792 Have some chestnuts. 338 00:37:56,709 --> 00:38:00,209 I wish we were born 10 years later. 339 00:38:00,584 --> 00:38:03,209 Ours is an unfortunate generation! 340 00:38:10,251 --> 00:38:13,209 We're like a family. 341 00:38:23,501 --> 00:38:26,792 Let's go to eat. I've ordered a banquet. 342 00:38:27,209 --> 00:38:29,251 Good, we'll eat till you're broke. 343 00:38:29,542 --> 00:38:32,334 The weather is like fate, so changeable. 344 00:38:32,542 --> 00:38:33,751 Isn't it? 345 00:39:24,167 --> 00:39:25,292 Wait! 346 00:39:33,417 --> 00:39:35,334 Do you have a special pass? 347 00:39:45,292 --> 00:39:47,542 Sorry. Thanks. You can go. 348 00:40:07,459 --> 00:40:09,459 I'm not going. I don't feel well. 349 00:40:10,209 --> 00:40:12,876 The ride will do you good. 350 00:40:13,251 --> 00:40:14,626 I said I'm not going! 351 00:40:19,334 --> 00:40:21,334 Can I telephone from the office? 352 00:40:22,126 --> 00:40:24,501 I need to cancel our reservation. 353 00:41:29,459 --> 00:41:35,417 Look at me, who is this man? 354 00:41:36,709 --> 00:41:40,417 Tell me! 355 00:41:41,584 --> 00:41:43,084 He's my lover. 356 00:41:43,292 --> 00:41:46,209 He's the man with the whip! 357 00:42:28,459 --> 00:42:30,251 Our time has arrived. 358 00:42:30,459 --> 00:42:32,459 Neng-tsai, are you hurt? 359 00:42:36,459 --> 00:42:39,501 Yueh-feng, I've no blood on my hands. 360 00:42:49,834 --> 00:42:52,167 Being locked up made me a writer. 361 00:42:53,167 --> 00:42:56,501 If only we met earlier... maybe I'd be someone else. 362 00:42:57,251 --> 00:43:00,167 You make me feel secure, give me a feeling of home. 363 00:43:00,501 --> 00:43:02,459 I only gave you a paper tiger. 364 00:43:03,501 --> 00:43:06,501 I am happy enough. 365 00:43:08,626 --> 00:43:10,459 Who are you really? 366 00:43:12,667 --> 00:43:15,542 Why did we meet? 367 00:43:17,501 --> 00:43:20,501 Are women so easily fooled? 368 00:43:23,542 --> 00:43:25,709 Men are just the same. 369 00:43:26,542 --> 00:43:29,542 You had a plan? 370 00:43:30,167 --> 00:43:31,542 You fell for it! 371 00:43:33,834 --> 00:43:36,209 You had it all planned? 372 00:43:36,751 --> 00:43:40,667 I'll buy you a paper tiger everyday. 373 00:43:42,542 --> 00:43:45,334 Did you really plan this? 374 00:43:50,542 --> 00:43:55,126 Call me a schemer, alright? 375 00:44:00,417 --> 00:44:02,501 Let me kiss your ear. 376 00:44:06,584 --> 00:44:08,417 Shall we dance? 377 00:44:10,542 --> 00:44:11,667 Alright. 378 00:45:18,542 --> 00:45:20,376 Let's get married. 379 00:45:20,584 --> 00:45:23,126 What I do will hurt you. 380 00:45:40,417 --> 00:45:44,334 The fortune-teller's predictions on my life are in here. Keep it. 381 00:45:50,417 --> 00:45:52,667 I don't have much to give you. 382 00:45:57,126 --> 00:46:01,084 Just remember this moment for the rest of our lives. 383 00:46:26,751 --> 00:46:30,417 Are you tired? Hungry? 384 00:46:35,042 --> 00:46:35,709 Miss Shen! 385 00:46:35,709 --> 00:46:36,709 We speak outside. 386 00:46:37,709 --> 00:46:40,709 I was your neighbour, remember? Please help my husband. 387 00:46:41,417 --> 00:46:43,709 The Japanese took him away. Said he's in the resistance. 388 00:46:44,084 --> 00:46:48,459 It's not true! Please help him! Miss Shen... 389 00:46:48,667 --> 00:46:49,792 Get up. 390 00:46:50,126 --> 00:46:53,751 Only your friend can help him. 391 00:46:54,126 --> 00:46:57,751 Please help us. Child, kneel down. 392 00:46:58,751 --> 00:47:02,751 - Auntie, please help my dad. - Miss Shen! 393 00:47:02,751 --> 00:47:04,751 Go home first. 394 00:47:08,751 --> 00:47:11,334 Miss Shen... 395 00:47:11,751 --> 00:47:15,751 It's your lover who turned my husband in! 396 00:47:20,126 --> 00:47:24,709 Neng-tsai, you can't come here again. 397 00:48:10,792 --> 00:48:14,834 That night, I left Shao-hua. 398 00:48:15,834 --> 00:48:21,376 When would we meet again? I didn't dare to think. 399 00:48:23,292 --> 00:48:29,251 I missed her so much. Come to think of it. 400 00:48:29,501 --> 00:48:34,417 ...I've never told her I loved her. 401 00:48:41,167 --> 00:48:46,834 Japan surrendered. China suffered heavy casualties. 402 00:48:48,376 --> 00:48:52,459 Soon after, civil war broke out. 403 00:48:55,126 --> 00:48:58,751 This time, the Chinese are fighting each other. 404 00:48:59,709 --> 00:49:03,251 The Nationalists against the Communists. 405 00:49:12,876 --> 00:49:17,751 As for me, I was someone without a future. 406 00:49:32,376 --> 00:49:35,792 Yueh-feng, you're back? 407 00:49:44,167 --> 00:49:46,917 I'm back, because he's gone. 408 00:49:52,126 --> 00:49:56,876 He's the second man in your life to leave you. 409 00:49:59,667 --> 00:50:03,042 But I still love him. 410 00:50:05,542 --> 00:50:07,251 Be careful. 411 00:50:08,709 --> 00:50:12,334 We women must be careful. 412 00:50:18,209 --> 00:50:24,167 Come back... Shao-hua... 413 00:50:27,209 --> 00:50:29,709 Shao-hua... Come back... 414 00:50:31,251 --> 00:50:33,042 Come back... Shao-hua... 415 00:50:35,542 --> 00:50:36,959 Shao-hua... Come back... 416 00:50:38,917 --> 00:50:41,376 Come back... Shao-hua... 417 00:50:56,251 --> 00:51:00,251 Miss Shen, where is Cheng Neng-tsai hiding? 418 00:51:00,459 --> 00:51:02,917 He killed my husband! He must die for it! 419 00:51:11,959 --> 00:51:13,834 Miss Shen, here I come! 420 00:51:17,501 --> 00:51:21,501 Hooligans! Go away! 421 00:51:21,917 --> 00:51:24,376 If she doesn't turn him in, we'll be back everyday. 422 00:52:38,167 --> 00:52:39,709 Don't catch cold. 423 00:52:46,459 --> 00:52:47,251 Are the beans fresh? 424 00:52:47,459 --> 00:52:48,542 Yes. 425 00:53:12,126 --> 00:53:14,792 Shao-hua, you're here. 426 00:53:15,209 --> 00:53:18,251 Don't worry. I wasn't followed. 427 00:53:20,126 --> 00:53:22,126 I don't mean that. 428 00:53:29,417 --> 00:53:33,251 My landlady. She does my cooking and laundry. 429 00:53:34,126 --> 00:53:35,126 She takes care of me. 430 00:53:35,584 --> 00:53:37,417 I didn't ask. 431 00:53:40,834 --> 00:53:42,751 Let's buy some cloth. 432 00:53:44,126 --> 00:53:46,834 How much for one foot of cloth? 433 00:53:47,167 --> 00:53:51,501 You need at least 8 feet for a short-sleeve dress. 434 00:53:51,709 --> 00:53:54,167 Don't worry. I'll give you a good price. 435 00:53:54,167 --> 00:53:57,626 How much should I cut? 436 00:53:57,834 --> 00:53:59,917 We'll come back. 437 00:54:00,167 --> 00:54:00,917 Never mind. 438 00:54:01,292 --> 00:54:04,459 I want a thimble and some red thread. 439 00:54:04,667 --> 00:54:07,167 They're hard to find in the city. Get them for me. 440 00:54:17,876 --> 00:54:19,459 How long will you stay? 441 00:54:20,167 --> 00:54:23,334 I've moved all my things here. 442 00:54:33,751 --> 00:54:36,209 It's late. Where are you going? 443 00:54:36,667 --> 00:54:39,209 I'll be at my brother's for a few days. 444 00:54:39,667 --> 00:54:41,876 You fool! 445 00:55:04,209 --> 00:55:07,209 How can you say the same thing to her? 446 00:55:07,209 --> 00:55:08,751 What did I say? 447 00:55:09,834 --> 00:55:11,459 "You fool!" 448 00:55:12,459 --> 00:55:15,251 You always say this when you hold me in your arms. 449 00:55:15,626 --> 00:55:17,417 What does it matter? 450 00:55:18,334 --> 00:55:22,751 She is only my landlady. 451 00:55:23,459 --> 00:55:26,334 Did you tell her the same about me? 452 00:55:26,751 --> 00:55:27,792 No. 453 00:55:29,542 --> 00:55:32,251 She's nothing compared to you. 454 00:55:40,459 --> 00:55:42,709 Do you know why I am here? 455 00:55:43,709 --> 00:55:45,251 Because I love you. 456 00:55:46,167 --> 00:55:49,751 But since I arrived, you've said nothing about love. 457 00:55:51,459 --> 00:55:53,292 You call me unfair. 458 00:55:53,501 --> 00:55:55,792 ...and compare me with other women. 459 00:55:57,667 --> 00:55:59,334 I love only you... 460 00:56:00,751 --> 00:56:03,417 But there are other women in your life. 461 00:56:05,667 --> 00:56:08,292 Shao-hua! 462 00:56:09,251 --> 00:56:11,792 I don't need you or anyone else to shelter me from the rain! 463 00:56:15,709 --> 00:56:16,834 Shao-hua! 464 00:56:27,667 --> 00:56:32,334 "Jade Orchid fell ill. She and Spring Hope finally married." 465 00:56:33,584 --> 00:56:37,542 "He took her home, to be looked after by his mother." 466 00:56:37,751 --> 00:56:40,292 "Then he joined the army." 467 00:56:40,501 --> 00:56:46,584 He said: "Men must die for their country." 468 00:56:47,251 --> 00:56:52,876 She said, "I'll always be your wife while I'm alive..." 469 00:56:53,167 --> 00:56:55,501 "...When I'm dead." 470 00:57:15,292 --> 00:57:16,667 Are you wet? 471 00:57:18,376 --> 00:57:20,376 I'm going to the meeting. 472 00:59:21,501 --> 00:59:23,334 Open your mouth. 473 00:59:31,417 --> 00:59:33,501 A dog must have eaten his heart. 474 01:00:28,542 --> 01:00:32,417 American TV shooting in China reports that... 475 01:00:32,626 --> 01:00:36,542 ...the Chinese dollar is on the verge of collapse. 476 01:00:37,084 --> 01:00:41,292 Inflation is... 477 01:00:41,501 --> 01:00:43,376 ...rising by the hour. 478 01:00:43,584 --> 01:00:47,584 A silver dollar used to be 80,000 gold yuan. 479 01:00:47,584 --> 01:00:52,459 Now, the exchange rate is over 1 million. 480 01:00:52,667 --> 01:00:58,084 Except gold and silver, all currencies are worthless... 481 01:00:58,584 --> 01:01:03,501 On January 17, 1949, unconfirmed rumours say... 482 01:01:03,709 --> 01:01:08,209 ...people were allowed to exchange money for gold in 4 banks... 483 01:01:08,417 --> 01:01:10,751 At half the black market rate. 484 01:01:11,126 --> 01:01:15,501 On the first day, 7 people were trampled to death... 485 01:01:15,709 --> 01:01:18,251 ...and the rumours were quickly suppressed. 486 01:01:31,667 --> 01:01:33,626 Come in. 487 01:01:40,709 --> 01:01:42,667 Aren't you going to greet her? 488 01:01:43,459 --> 01:01:44,459 Mother-in-law! 489 01:01:44,667 --> 01:01:46,376 Crazy! 490 01:01:49,626 --> 01:01:53,334 From now on, the three of us will always be together. 491 01:01:55,167 --> 01:01:56,626 About saving China, 492 01:01:57,584 --> 01:01:59,334 I'll let you get on with it. 493 01:01:59,667 --> 01:02:01,709 Think he came back for me? 494 01:02:02,167 --> 01:02:04,042 No, for the student movement. 495 01:02:04,251 --> 01:02:05,001 Let's eat. 496 01:02:05,209 --> 01:02:08,542 I told him, "before you throw yourself into your work." 497 01:02:09,084 --> 01:02:11,167 "exchange this bag of rubbish for a bed sheet..." 498 01:02:11,626 --> 01:02:12,667 Bed sheet? 499 01:02:13,459 --> 01:02:14,751 Are you getting married? 500 01:02:15,667 --> 01:02:17,084 No! 501 01:02:17,709 --> 01:02:20,542 We'll put a nail here, a nail there. Hang up the sheet. 502 01:02:20,751 --> 01:02:23,501 and divide this room into two. 503 01:02:28,626 --> 01:02:30,292 To keep you away from us! 504 01:03:00,584 --> 01:03:04,334 Stay home. Don't get into trouble. 505 01:03:04,584 --> 01:03:06,709 He asked me to go. 506 01:03:09,709 --> 01:03:11,417 Stay here. 507 01:03:11,709 --> 01:03:13,709 He wanted me to go. 508 01:03:15,042 --> 01:03:17,751 Are these anti-government meetings dangerous? 509 01:03:18,334 --> 01:03:19,626 Of course. 510 01:03:20,084 --> 01:03:23,709 When a woman is in love... 511 01:03:24,126 --> 01:03:26,709 ...nothing is more dangerous. 512 01:03:27,542 --> 01:03:29,209 Don't you agree? 513 01:03:29,751 --> 01:03:33,542 Whatever happens is our own doing. 514 01:04:32,251 --> 01:04:33,626 Yueh-feng. 515 01:04:38,792 --> 01:04:40,167 Shao-hua! 516 01:04:44,126 --> 01:04:46,417 Is Yueh-feng dead? 517 01:04:46,792 --> 01:04:48,709 Sit down. 518 01:04:58,834 --> 01:05:00,834 Is she dead? 519 01:05:02,542 --> 01:05:03,751 Yes. 520 01:05:05,834 --> 01:05:07,376 How did she die? 521 01:05:08,042 --> 01:05:14,084 The school was surrounded. The students tried to break out. 522 01:05:15,209 --> 01:05:17,084 and the police opened fire. 523 01:05:25,084 --> 01:05:28,334 There's nothing there anymore. 524 01:05:29,417 --> 01:05:32,459 I've to look for her. 525 01:05:53,751 --> 01:05:56,251 I told you to stay out trouble. 526 01:05:58,334 --> 01:06:01,876 You can't come back now. Is it worth it? 527 01:06:02,876 --> 01:06:04,667 Not coming back isn't important. 528 01:06:04,876 --> 01:06:07,334 We'll stay here forever. 529 01:06:10,834 --> 01:06:12,876 But you're so young. 530 01:06:14,751 --> 01:06:16,709 This is what we wanted. 531 01:06:17,334 --> 01:06:19,917 I am devoted to his ideals 532 01:06:20,209 --> 01:06:22,667 I am devoted to him. 533 01:06:39,584 --> 01:06:43,584 Old man, whose skin and bone are you washing away? 534 01:07:48,709 --> 01:07:51,292 "My husband is dead." 535 01:07:58,959 --> 01:08:02,376 Mr. Yu. How can I leave you? 536 01:08:03,001 --> 01:08:06,209 Look, there are beggars everywhere. 537 01:08:06,626 --> 01:08:09,917 Without you, I'd be like them. 538 01:08:11,334 --> 01:08:14,501 Miss Shen, don't say that. 539 01:08:14,917 --> 01:08:16,917 It makes me feel bad. 540 01:08:17,542 --> 01:08:20,084 Why should you feel bad? 541 01:08:20,709 --> 01:08:23,459 Don't slurp your soup! 542 01:08:23,709 --> 01:08:24,751 It makes me feel bad. 543 01:08:24,959 --> 01:08:26,292 What does it matter? 544 01:08:26,959 --> 01:08:29,084 Not to you, but to me. 545 01:08:29,501 --> 01:08:32,501 Looking at you! Eating like a pig! 546 01:08:35,584 --> 01:08:36,167 You... 547 01:08:36,376 --> 01:08:37,751 Where are you going? 548 01:08:38,876 --> 01:08:40,209 To piss. 549 01:08:40,626 --> 01:08:42,042 Sit down! 550 01:08:48,876 --> 01:08:51,417 You must finish your dinner. 551 01:08:51,667 --> 01:08:53,709 Or I'm going to feel bad again. 552 01:08:57,042 --> 01:09:01,042 Miss Shen, things are getting desperate. 553 01:09:01,251 --> 01:09:03,542 Listen to the guns! 554 01:09:04,251 --> 01:09:07,084 The Communists will be here soon. 555 01:09:07,584 --> 01:09:10,792 I do business with the Nationalist army. 556 01:09:11,084 --> 01:09:13,459 What will happen to me? 557 01:09:29,417 --> 01:09:31,626 Get out! 558 01:09:31,834 --> 01:09:32,751 Get out! 559 01:09:35,834 --> 01:09:37,417 Sit down! 560 01:09:40,459 --> 01:09:44,167 Miss, buy this piano. Just give me some biscuits for it. 561 01:09:44,376 --> 01:09:48,834 Take the sofa too. My family is starving. 562 01:09:58,459 --> 01:10:02,542 Minister Chang, how have you been? 563 01:10:11,126 --> 01:10:14,542 How much does it cost to eat there now? 564 01:10:17,709 --> 01:10:19,751 Nothing is the same anymore. 565 01:10:25,501 --> 01:10:28,292 What has become of you? 566 01:10:32,917 --> 01:10:34,917 Where are you going? 567 01:10:46,667 --> 01:10:48,209 At least I'm still alive. 568 01:10:49,167 --> 01:10:50,626 You first words are still about yourself. 569 01:10:50,834 --> 01:10:52,251 Ever think about Yueh-feng and me? 570 01:10:52,459 --> 01:10:55,292 How did we stay alive? 571 01:10:56,167 --> 01:11:00,792 Yueh-feng didn't stay alive. She's dead. 572 01:11:01,751 --> 01:11:06,876 I cleaned her body, changed her clothes... 573 01:11:09,667 --> 01:11:15,292 I filled thousands of bullet holes in her body... 574 01:11:15,709 --> 01:11:18,126 one by one... with cotton. 575 01:11:18,334 --> 01:11:21,209 I dug her grave with my hands. 576 01:11:25,209 --> 01:11:28,626 Where were you then? 577 01:11:57,167 --> 01:11:58,251 Shao-hua, come with me. 578 01:11:59,251 --> 01:12:00,292 It's too late. 579 01:12:00,876 --> 01:12:04,417 There's no faith left in me anymore. 580 01:12:04,626 --> 01:12:06,542 Give me another chance. 581 01:12:07,167 --> 01:12:09,251 In the past, I just drifted along. 582 01:12:09,542 --> 01:12:13,417 After I lost you, life became so empty. 583 01:12:15,751 --> 01:12:22,251 Why didn't you say this before? 584 01:12:23,209 --> 01:12:25,251 Let's start all over again! 585 01:12:45,167 --> 01:12:46,626 I love you. 586 01:12:49,834 --> 01:12:53,667 I... love... you. 587 01:13:28,417 --> 01:13:33,334 Aren't you Miss Shen? 588 01:13:35,876 --> 01:13:37,084 What do you do? 589 01:13:37,292 --> 01:13:38,334 Teacher. 590 01:13:38,334 --> 01:13:39,334 What kind of teacher? 591 01:13:39,334 --> 01:13:40,792 Primary school teacher. 592 01:13:53,334 --> 01:13:55,834 Traitor. 593 01:14:05,876 --> 01:14:10,584 Walk. Don't look at her. Nobody cares about traitors now. 594 01:14:11,792 --> 01:14:13,542 Communist! Get him! 595 01:14:13,751 --> 01:14:20,167 Get him, he's a Communist! 596 01:14:20,376 --> 01:14:24,167 He killed my husband. He's a Communist! 597 01:14:24,376 --> 01:14:26,709 Freeze! 598 01:14:30,126 --> 01:14:33,209 Bitch! You seduced my husband! 599 01:14:33,417 --> 01:14:34,834 Now you try to frame him! 600 01:14:35,376 --> 01:14:37,334 I'll take your clothes off! 601 01:14:37,542 --> 01:14:39,292 You bitch! 602 01:14:41,709 --> 01:14:43,792 Who will take her clothes off? 603 01:14:44,417 --> 01:14:48,167 Don't let me see her again! Or I'll really do it! 604 01:14:54,417 --> 01:14:58,417 Shao-hua, the old society is almost over. 605 01:14:59,584 --> 01:15:03,584 Writers like us are out of fashion. Especially you. 606 01:15:04,292 --> 01:15:06,542 Your father was a comprador. 607 01:15:07,459 --> 01:15:10,292 Your ex-lover worked for the Japanese. 608 01:15:10,751 --> 01:15:14,209 Your novels are full of the footprints of the exploiting class. 609 01:15:14,417 --> 01:15:17,751 Shao-hua, reflect on your situation carefully. 610 01:15:18,167 --> 01:15:20,459 Times are changing. 611 01:15:22,459 --> 01:15:24,334 I won't write anymore. 612 01:15:32,626 --> 01:15:34,459 Thank you. 613 01:15:35,709 --> 01:15:37,667 This is for the children. 614 01:15:41,501 --> 01:15:44,459 Here he is again. Let's go inside. 615 01:16:00,126 --> 01:16:04,501 Miss Shen. I know there is... 616 01:16:05,501 --> 01:16:09,501 ...a boat, the last one. 617 01:16:10,542 --> 01:16:14,167 It's for the Nationalist officials and their families. 618 01:16:15,501 --> 01:16:20,334 I spent a lot of gold to buy two tickets. 619 01:16:22,292 --> 01:16:23,501 I... 620 01:16:25,334 --> 01:16:27,751 I've always liked you. 621 01:16:28,292 --> 01:16:31,459 I know you're too good for me. 622 01:16:32,501 --> 01:16:34,667 But these are difficult times. 623 01:16:36,167 --> 01:16:38,584 After leaving China, we can... 624 01:16:38,792 --> 01:16:44,459 After all, we've gone through some rough time together, haven't we? 625 01:16:46,542 --> 01:16:49,667 Please come with me. 626 01:17:18,542 --> 01:17:22,001 Miss, I've no ticket. Take my baby. 627 01:17:22,209 --> 01:17:24,126 It's a boy. A healthy boy. 628 01:17:24,334 --> 01:17:27,209 Please help him stay alive. 629 01:17:27,417 --> 01:17:33,084 Missus, I beg you. 630 01:17:44,626 --> 01:17:46,251 Miss Shen. 631 01:17:46,709 --> 01:17:47,417 You're mistaken. 632 01:17:47,626 --> 01:17:49,251 Sorry. 633 01:17:50,417 --> 01:17:52,751 How many people in your group? 634 01:17:53,251 --> 01:17:54,542 Two. Me and my girlfriend. 635 01:17:54,751 --> 01:18:00,584 You came separately? She won't make it. 636 01:18:00,584 --> 01:18:02,959 The road here is full of wounded soldiers and thugs. 637 01:18:03,167 --> 01:18:05,417 A woman alone won't make it. 638 01:18:05,626 --> 01:18:07,126 Everyone is looking for tickets. 639 01:18:07,334 --> 01:18:09,417 Don't waste yours. Sell it to me. 640 01:18:09,626 --> 01:18:11,334 I'll pay in gold. 641 01:18:36,542 --> 01:18:38,376 I don't want to go. 642 01:18:38,584 --> 01:18:42,501 Your mother's grave is here. I want to stay with her. 643 01:18:42,709 --> 01:18:45,626 Father, we slept here for a week to buy the tickets. 644 01:18:47,126 --> 01:18:50,667 If we leave, 645 01:18:51,292 --> 01:18:54,542 When will we be back? 646 01:18:59,126 --> 01:19:00,667 Will you miss this place? 647 01:19:01,667 --> 01:19:04,126 Yes. 648 01:19:05,126 --> 01:19:09,376 In a year or two, 649 01:19:09,626 --> 01:19:13,126 When things settle down, we'll come back. 650 01:19:17,376 --> 01:19:22,292 They may put me in jail, but I won't mind. 651 01:19:23,626 --> 01:19:29,709 I'll wait. Just do one thing when you get out. 652 01:19:30,376 --> 01:19:31,709 What? 653 01:19:34,251 --> 01:19:35,792 Give me a home. 654 01:19:50,584 --> 01:19:52,501 Let me take your photo. 655 01:19:59,292 --> 01:20:01,209 All aboard! 656 01:20:24,626 --> 01:20:27,167 Let me off! I've to look for my girlfriend! 657 01:20:42,584 --> 01:20:46,376 It's a trick! The soldiers are getting on the boat! 658 01:20:46,626 --> 01:20:49,751 There won't be enough places for us! 659 01:21:12,251 --> 01:21:13,792 Don't close the door! 660 01:22:47,751 --> 01:22:50,126 Shao-hua! 661 01:22:51,334 --> 01:22:54,209 - Shao-hua. - Neng-tsai. 662 01:22:54,459 --> 01:22:56,751 Neng-tsai! 663 01:23:00,376 --> 01:23:01,126 Shao-hua! 664 01:23:01,334 --> 01:23:03,126 Neng-tsai! 665 01:23:07,459 --> 01:23:09,042 Run! The boat is just ahead! 666 01:23:09,251 --> 01:23:11,417 If we're separated, don't come back for me. 667 01:23:11,626 --> 01:23:13,834 I'll see you on the boat! 668 01:23:41,459 --> 01:23:44,334 Let me on. I've a ticket! 669 01:23:47,334 --> 01:23:49,334 Those without tickets, go away! 670 01:24:17,084 --> 01:24:20,292 Hold on to your ticket! 671 01:24:21,751 --> 01:24:23,417 We've tickets! 672 01:24:23,626 --> 01:24:25,292 Get them over here! 673 01:24:25,709 --> 01:24:26,959 Here! 674 01:24:54,001 --> 01:24:55,376 Shao-hua! 675 01:24:56,459 --> 01:24:57,751 Shao-hua! 676 01:24:59,459 --> 01:25:01,042 Shao-hua! 677 01:25:04,126 --> 01:25:05,542 Shao-hua! 678 01:25:08,167 --> 01:25:09,751 Shao-hua! 679 01:25:11,042 --> 01:25:13,751 Shao-hua! 680 01:25:24,917 --> 01:25:26,376 Shao-hua! 681 01:25:27,334 --> 01:25:29,126 Shao-hua! 682 01:25:35,917 --> 01:25:37,251 Shao-hua! 683 01:25:37,459 --> 01:25:38,834 Shao-hua! 684 01:27:08,626 --> 01:27:10,376 Miss Shen... 685 01:27:13,209 --> 01:27:17,084 Mr Yu, I'm sorry. 686 01:27:17,292 --> 01:27:21,292 It's alright. 687 01:27:21,626 --> 01:27:23,751 I'm not afraid to die. 688 01:27:24,501 --> 01:27:29,459 We lived through the Japanese occupation. 689 01:27:31,167 --> 01:27:34,376 Surely we can survive under our own government. 690 01:27:36,167 --> 01:27:39,459 I only want to take care of you. 691 01:27:39,667 --> 01:27:44,167 I want nothing else. Don't be sad. 692 01:27:45,167 --> 01:27:48,334 In a few years, when things calm down, 693 01:27:48,542 --> 01:27:51,292 ...Mr Chang will come back for you. 694 01:27:51,501 --> 01:27:53,209 I won't mind. 695 01:27:54,209 --> 01:27:57,209 Don't worry, nothing will happen to us. 696 01:28:11,876 --> 01:28:14,209 Many years later, 697 01:28:14,876 --> 01:28:17,792 I finally got news of Shao-hua. 698 01:28:56,792 --> 01:29:02,542 After years of poverty and self-exile... 699 01:29:02,792 --> 01:29:06,251 No-one asks about my past anymore. 700 01:29:07,251 --> 01:29:11,292 When the political situation has relaxed. 701 01:29:12,209 --> 01:29:15,792 I returned to the place that has haunted me... 702 01:29:16,751 --> 01:29:21,292 ...to find the person who has haunted me. 703 01:29:25,584 --> 01:29:28,834 Mr Chang, our superior is waiting. 704 01:29:31,626 --> 01:29:34,834 How are you? Please come in. 705 01:29:35,709 --> 01:29:37,292 As requested in your letter, 706 01:29:37,501 --> 01:29:40,167 we've found the dossier on Shen Shao-hua. 707 01:29:40,376 --> 01:29:42,459 Just a minute. 708 01:29:52,501 --> 01:29:55,334 Comrade, I want to apply for residence. 709 01:29:59,251 --> 01:30:03,584 We've heard of Shen Shao-hua. She was quite well-known. 710 01:30:04,334 --> 01:30:06,459 But not because of her books. 711 01:30:08,334 --> 01:30:12,376 Just before liberation, she was saved from drowning. 712 01:30:13,292 --> 01:30:18,334 ...by the first PLA soldier entering the city. 713 01:30:18,709 --> 01:30:24,751 When she woke up and saw the red star on the soldier's cap, 714 01:30:25,292 --> 01:30:27,334 he said, "I'm glad to be alive..." 715 01:30:27,542 --> 01:30:30,334 "...or I'd never see new China." 716 01:30:31,334 --> 01:30:37,751 This is Shen Shao-hua, you can look at it. 717 01:30:49,501 --> 01:30:51,501 This is one of her novels... 718 01:30:51,709 --> 01:30:55,251 It was published after liberation. You can't buy it now. 719 01:30:55,542 --> 01:30:56,751 If you want it, 720 01:30:57,209 --> 01:30:58,459 take my copy. 721 01:31:02,834 --> 01:31:06,667 "White Jade Orchid." 722 01:31:14,626 --> 01:31:17,417 "When Jade Orchid heard Spring Hope had died fighting," 723 01:31:17,417 --> 01:31:19,251 "she tried to drown herself in the river." 724 01:31:19,459 --> 01:31:22,876 "A young man from the next village rescued her.' 725 01:31:23,167 --> 01:31:25,167 "She stayed with him." 726 01:31:25,376 --> 01:31:29,126 "But all her life, she hated him for saving her." 727 01:31:29,417 --> 01:31:33,209 "In spite of that, they had a child." 728 01:31:33,417 --> 01:31:38,167 "They brought the baby to register her birth." 729 01:31:38,584 --> 01:31:42,459 People asked,"What is her name?" 730 01:31:43,376 --> 01:31:47,209 Jade Orchid said, "The night she was born, there was..." 731 01:31:47,417 --> 01:31:51,376 "a bright moon. I'll call her Yueh-feng (moon phoenix)." 732 01:31:58,251 --> 01:32:02,459 I thought Shao-hua would grow old and die. 733 01:32:03,251 --> 01:32:08,542 I never thought she would die in another turmoil. 734 01:32:09,667 --> 01:32:12,417 She died in my place. 735 01:32:13,459 --> 01:32:18,376 In her darkest moments, she was all alone. 736 01:32:19,459 --> 01:32:23,001 Maybe her only consolation was... 737 01:32:23,209 --> 01:32:28,251 the whole nation was also suffering with her.