MARS ( VIC ZHOU DAN BARBIE XU)

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It was raining, Ling looked outside the window.

Ling sat up from the couch, looking painful.

"Ling." Qiluo called him. Ling turned to look at her.

"I'm sorry. I ask you to model. In the end, it's forcing you to hurt yourself. I don't want you to model for me any more. I don't want to keep hurting you." Qiluo said.

"It's okay. It's you, I don't mind at all. I'm a little afraid, but I still want to see how I'd look in your painting. Previously, I always thought there was nothing to be terrified in this world. But ever since I met you, I've got a lot of things to be afraid of. Now what I'm afraid most is when you sit on the back seat of my motorcycle. I absolutely can't make any mistake; I can't lose you like that." Ling said.

Qiluo sat across from Ling and kissed him.

"You won't lose me." Qiluo said.

Qiluo and Qingmei shopping in a boutique

"You would look gorgeous in this jacket. Buy it." Qingmei said to Qiluo.

"No. I don't need it." Qiluo said.

"You don't need it? Aren't we going to Japan? Japan should still be quite cool now, you will need it." Qingmei said.

"I most likely will not go to Japan." Qiluo said.

"What? Ling will be racing in Japan, how can you not go?" Qingmei said, surprisingly.

"My mom won't let me." Qiluo said.

"Is your mother thinking that you will get pregnant by spending the night away from home?" Qingmei asked Qiluo.

"No. it's not like that. When I was little, my father died from some accident. The accident seemed to be related to some joy riding gang. So, my mother has always thought Ling is the same as they." Qiluo said.

"What did Ling say?" Qingmei asked.

"He could only say it didn't matter." Qiluo said.

"Qingmei, can you do me a favor? Go there and cheer Ling on for me. I think even though the motorcycle is super fast and noisy, he should still be able to sense the encouragements. Can you help me?" Qiluo asked Qingmei after pausing for a moment.

"Aren't you afraid that I might snatch your boyfriend away from you?" Qingmei asked Qiluo.

Qiluo smiled without saying a word.

"Forget it. I'll never be able to snatch him away." Qingmei said as he turned to put the jacket away.

"Let's go." Qingmei said to Qiluo.

At the Taipei airport

"Hurry up. The plane will take off in 20 minutes. Qingmei is already waiting inside. And you've just got here. Let me tell you. If I weren't nice and waiting here for you, you wouldn't even know where the boarding gate is." Daye said to Ling.

Ling and Qiluo were running.

"Hurry up." Daye said to Ling.

"How can he be so noisy?" Ling said to Qiluo.

"OK. You can leave now. Give me the stuff." Ling said to Qiluo.

"Ling." Qiluo said.

"Don't worry. I'll be fine because I'm a genius. He He..." Ling said.

"Wear this. Didn't you say you won a championship wearing it?" Qiluo said as she took out the bracelet Ling gave her.

"This time it should still be able to protect you." Qiluo said, trying to put the bracelet on Ling.

"No. You keep it. This is yours." Ling said.

"Are you still worried? Then, just take anything from you and give it to me. Anything would be fine as long as it's yours." Ling said to Qiluo.

Qiluo removed her hair ribbon and untied it.

"I'll cheer you on here." Qiluo said as she tied the ribbon around Ling's wrist.

"Don't worry. I'll win the championship." Ling said as he clenched his fist tight.

"Bye Bye." Ling said after hugging Qiluo.

"Hurry up or we'll be late." Daye said to Ling.

"Okay. Haven't you tired of yelling yet?" Ling said to Daye.

Ling turned to wave good-bye.

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At the Sugo racing circuit

Announcement: "No. 2 rider, Suzuki, one minute thirty-five seconds for the preliminary race. Next rider, please get ready."

"Excuse me, why are you here?" A worker asked Daye, who was crouching next to a bike and examining the bike.

"This is my pass." Daye said, showing him the badge.

"May I ask what you're doing here?" The worker asked Daye.

"I'm just browsing around." Daye said and stood up.

Announcement: "Next rider, please get ready."

"Daye, you speak Japanese, don't you?" Abin called when he saw Daye walking behind him.

"You see those show girls. Don't they look great? Can you go over to talk to them?" Abin said, pointing to the racing queens.

"Why don't you talk to them in English?" Daye said and continued walking.

"Hey, I don't understand the English Japanese speak. Please. Hurry up." Abin said, walking along Daye.

Abin bumped into Qingmei, who was staring at some man.

"Why are you staring at him?" Abin asked Qingmei.

"You two are really terrible. Ever since we're here, you two have been just doing this sort of watching." Daye said to Qingmei and Abin.

"That's right. Stop watching and drooling." Abin said to Qingmei.

Announcement: "Now rider is No. 61 Chen Ling from Taiwan."

"It's Chen Ling's turn to do the test run for the preliminary race." Daye said. The man whom Qingmei was staring at heard of what Daye said and turned to look at them.

"Yeah. Let's leave." Abin said. The three of them left quickly.

Minggao, Xiangzi, Daye, Qingmei, and Abin watching Ling race

Xiangzi timed Ling's speed when Ling rode past them.

"So fast." Daye and Abin said.

"How many seconds did it take?" Minggao asked as Xiangzi showed him the stopwatch.

Announcement, "No. 61 rider Chen Ling, one minute and thirty-nine seconds."

Ling stopped his bike.

Announcement: "Next rider, please get ready."

Ling pulled up his visor. Neither Minggao Nor Xiangzi looked satisfied.

Ling shrugged, sighed and shook his head.

At night, Minggao went through some documents

"Today his condition wasn't very good." Xiangzi said to Minggao.

"Um... He barely met the standard." Minggao said, still studying his documents.

"Was it because he hadn't raced for a long time?" Xiangzi said.

"Actually with his current skill level, he shouldn't have had any problem. I'm only worried that he might have been defeated by the pressure he put on himself." Minggao said.

"After all, he's still a very young kid. Stress can sometimes be a terrible thing. Do you think we should look for him to give him some psychological buildup?" Minggao said after thinking for while.

"Good. He probably is very depressed now." Xiangzi said.

Minggao and Xiangzi came outside the hotel.

"Is he around here?" Minggao asked.

"Yes. I heard it's in the direction of the middle court." Xiangzi said.

"One, two, turn. Wow." Ling, Daye, Qingmei, and Abin yelled.

"They're over there." Xiangzi said as she pointed at them.

"I finally got my chance. I haven't even won once for the whole night. You three are dead for sure." Ling shouted.

"Let a lousy guy got his chance. We're dead." Daye yelled.

"Don't talk those things to me. It's my turn to make the question." Ling said.

"I've got some bad hunch." Qingmei said, pointing her finger at Ling.

"The question... All guys present ... Ha Ha...

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In the pit

"I feel that if you are on the straight segment of the track..." Minggao stopped short and looked at Ling.

"Are you listening?" Minggao asked Ling.

"Yes. I'm listening. Don't be so serious." Ling said.

"What are you thinking?" Minggao asked Ling. Ling shook his head.

"I tell you. You have to remember one thing. When you think you've everything under your control, it's usually the time you'll make mistakes." Minggao said.

Qiluo lying in her room, her cell phone started ringing.

"Wei

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MARS...
Episode 5
On the racing track

Ling tried to catch up after being deliberately pushed off the track. His right-hand fingers were injured and could not grip the right-hand handlebar fully.

Qiluo looked at the clock on the wall in the art studio.

"In five minutes, the race will be over." Qiluo said to herself.

At the bleachers of the Sugo racing circuit

"Your friend is really something. I didn't waste my time coming all the way from Europe to watch him racing. After the accident, he has moved up from 14th place to the top 10. But only a few laps remain. Unless there's a miracle, he'll not be able to make the top 3." Minggao's driver friend said to Daye, Qingmei, and Abin.

"I've heard that miracles can happen any time on racing tracks." Daye said to Minggao's driver friend.

On the racing track

Ling's voice-over: "Qiluo, cheer for me."

Ling overtook several riders ahead of him.

Announcement: "No. 61 rider Chen Ling from Taiwan rides at amazing speed and squeezed into the top three in a few laps."

One rider fell off his bike when making a turn. The bike and the rider rolled toward the center of the track. The bike after it ran into the fallen bike and flipped over; both the rider and the bike fell off to the wayside.

Another upcoming bike crashed into the fallen bike on the track.

Ling barely missed the fallen bike.

Daye, Qingmei, and Abin cheered.

"He's crazy." Minggao said, watching the overhead TV monitor.

Announcement: "No. 61 rider skirted around right before the accident scene. It was very dangerous. But he kept on without decreasing his speed."

"The last lap." Xiangzi said.

A flagger was circling two yellow flags.

"Aren't there yellow flags up ahead? Is he going to pass the other rider?" Xiangzi said anxiously.

Indeed Ling changed lane to pass the rider in front of him right before they got to the yellow flags.

Minggao sighed heavily. After checking his wrist watch, Minggao bent his head and smiled resignedly.

"Forget it. Let him do whatever he wants." Minggao said.

"This is not what he cares about. He only wants to pass every body." Minggao said.

"There isn't much time left." Abin said.

"Where's Ling's bike? How does Ling disappear?" Daye said, looking around searching for Ling.

"Where is his bike?" Qingmei said worriedly.

Over the top of the hilly part of the track, No. 3 rider appeared. Ling appeared immediately after him.

"What are you talking about? I can't catch up to him." Ling said to himself.

Announcement: "Now the first one to rush past the finish line is No. 61 rider Chen Ling from Taiwan. After the accident, with amazingly high speed and techniques, he caught up one by one the riders before him along the way. Finally he was able to win over No. 3 rider who had been leading all the way. But according to the regulations, rider Chen Ling has violated some rules."

"Hold on." Daye said.

"What for?" Qingmei asked, nudging Daye.

Announcement: "So ten seconds have to be added. So his final ranking is 7th."

"Ling is moved from 1st place to 7th place." Daye said to Qingmei and Abin.

"Why?" Qingmei asked.

"He sped up when the yellow flags were up. According to the regulations, ten seconds have to be added to his time. But it was very exciting and interesting. It's worth my time coming from Europe to watch him. Ah, when you guys see Minggao later on, please tell him for me that an old friend from Europe has come by to see him." Minggao's driver friend said.

"The race is over. I wonder how he feels now." Qiluo said after looking at the wall clock in the art studio.

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After the race

"Mr. Chen, are you okay?" A race personnel asked Ling.

Ling saw Minggao and Xing waiting for him.

"I'm sorry." Ling apologized to them.

Suddenly the audience and people around Ling started cheering and clapping loudly. Ling looked around and pointed to him self. Minggao put his hand up. The audience stood up and gave Ling a standing ovation. Ling pointed to himself again. Ling waved his helmet at the audience.

Qiluo in the art studio.

"Wei

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In Teacher Shi's class

On the board:
National College Joint Auction
(1) Program (2) Auction items (3) Responsible unit

Students were whooping and clapping.

"Classmates, don't get too excited. Now that we have decided on the program, next to discuss is the auction items. Any ideas?" Teacher Shi said, pointing backward to the board.

"How about selling a painting of Qiluo's

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End of Mars episode 5 - part 1

Episode 5 (Part 2)

On the basketball court

Ling did an air shot. People cheered for him. Ling was overjoyed.

"You're too awesome." Abin said.

The three of them formed a circle, jumping.

"Chen Ling." Shazhi called as she came toward Ling.

Shazhi slapped hard across Ling's face when he turned around.

"Shazhi

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After the tax left

"Sorry. It's a rare festival day for you guys and we've spoiled it. So does the necklace. I think you deliberately gave it up, didn't you?" Zhuyi said to Qiluo.

Qiluo didn't say a word. She smiled awkwardly and turned to walk away. Zhuyi followed her.

"In fact, ever since I saw the painting, I've felt vaguely. You're Ling's girlfriend, aren't you?" Zhuyi said to Qiluo.

Qiluo stopped walking and turned to look at Zhuyi.

Inside the taxi

"Are you okay?" Ling said to Shazhi.

"I feel much better because you're here." Shazhi said to Ling. Ling turned to look outside the taxi window.

"I suddenly feel like going to the seaside to watch the ocean. Okay?" Shazhi said to Ling.

"Driver, can you take us to Baisha?" Shazhi said to the taxi driver.

"Wei." Ling said to Shazhi.

"Don't forget I own you the whole day today." Shazhi said to Ling.

At a table in a courtyard cafe

"How should I put it? Actually, Shazhi is like a child. She didn't mean to harm. She's just a bit self-centered with everything. You've seen her yourself. She's so cute. So everyone spoils her and protects her. In school, she is everyone's darling. If you want to blame, blame us for spoiling her." Zhuyi said to Qiluo.

"Shazhi is Ling's ex-girlfriend, isn't she? When she spoke those words, I knew it." Qiluo asked.

On the beach

"Wow. How beautiful!" Shazhi said, taking off her shoes.

"It's been a long time since I smelled the ocean. Ling, hurry up." Shazhi said, running toward the sea.

Ling followed her without any smile.

"Are you angry?" Shazhi said to Ling.

"I'm just a little bit surprised that you're still the same as before." Ling said.

"I really didn't feel well a while back." Shazhi said.

"You haven't changed at all, still as selfish and willful as before. And you're fickle." Ling said to Shazhi.

"Like the sea. I thought you've completely forgotten it. So you still remember those words you said to me. So, you haven't forgotten those words you said to me when we were here. You said, "Shazhi, why are you and the sea are so alike? Selfish and fickle. You never consider other people's feelings. You just go on changing the way you look. But, " " Shazhi interrupted Ling.

"But, I just like it, forever and forever. I can't help loving you, no matter how you change your look today. I still want to be with you." Ling interrupted and finished it.

"So you didn't forget it. So, you still remember it." Shazhi said, starting sobbing.

"So, you still remember it." Shazhi repeated as she ran and embraced Ling.

"Why did you vanish? Why did you leave me and disappear?" Shazhi said as she held Ling.

"I'm sorry. sorry." Ling said.

"Ling, do you still like me now?" Shazhi asked. Ling kept quiet.

"Now I still like you. No matter what, regardless what happens, even if Sheng is still alive, I like you the same." Shazhi said after she released Ling and faced him.

Shazhi embraced Ling again.

At the courtyard table

"So you also know about Sheng's suicide." Zhuyi asked Qiluo. Qiluo admitted silently.

"After that, Ling changed. At that time, we all thought his pain would be just short-term because Ling was always very strong. Come to think of it, when we weren't paying attention, he had started collapsing from inside bit by bit. Until one day, our teacher told us Ling had to go to a psychiatric hospital resting for a while. After the winter break and then the summer break, Ling still didn't coming back. Shazhi almost went crazy." Zhuyi said.

"If Sheng hadn't died, they wouldn't have separated. Am I right?" Qiluo said.

"You don't seem to know why Sheng committed suicide, do you?" Zhuyi said.

"Wasn't it because of school violence?" Qiluo asked.

"So you really don't know." Zhuyi said.

"Shazhi started dating Sheng first. Ling snatched her away from Sheng. Not long after that, Sheng committed suicide by jumping off a building." Zhuyi said.

Sheng was standing at the edge of the rooftop

Zhuyi's voice over: "I was the first one who saw Sheng standing on the rooftop. I was also the one who hurried to get Ling. When Ling was running desperately upstairs, I went to look for teachers. Shazhi was left alone downstairs, watching them."

Shazhi saw Sheng jumping off the building and started crying.

At the courtyard table

"When teachers and I got to the scene, it was too late. But what I could hardly believe was that Ling would something say like that." Zhuyi said.

On the ground outside the high-school building

"It was I who pushed him off the building." Ling said.

"No. Ling didn't push him off. Ling didn't push him off." Shazhi started yelling.

"Shazhi! Shazhi!" Zhuyi got hold of Shazhi.

"Sheng jumped off himself. I've been standing here watching. Believe me. Why did you say that? Believe me. I've been here all the time. Sheng jumped off himself." Shazhi yelled.

At the courtyard table

"Sheng committed suicide. It's an unshakable fact. Police arrived and collected all the evidences. There was no evidence to prove that Ling had pushed Sheng off the building. But after that, everyone started guessing about Sheng's death. But it's really hard for me to believe Sheng die for Shazhi. Sheng was always very honest and patient. He dislikes all sorts of bad behaviors and violence. More important is that the two brothers were like two unseparable people. They clung to and depended on each other. Each always used different methods to protect the other. Each was afraid of losing the other. It was impossible. Absolutely impossible. Ling could never kill Sheng and Sheng was not someone who would revenge. The reason that I'm coming here this time is to find out the truth. Why did Sheng commit suicide? And why did Ling say those words? What is the truth?" Zhuyi said to Qiluo.

At night by the sea

"We're back. We've finally all come back." Shazhi shouted to the sea.

Ling took Shazhi home

"Thank you. I have a good time today." Shazhi said to Ling. Ling didn't say a word.

"It feels good to be alive." Shazhi said. Ling remained silent.

"When will we see each other again?" Shazhi asked.

"I don't know. I may not have the time and energy to play with you." Ling said.

"Oh. Thank you for this. Today is such a rare opportunity. Can you help me put it on?" Shazhi said, holding up the necklace.

Ling took the necklace and put it around Shazhi's neck but he had a hard time clasping the necklace together.

"Take it easy. The more hurried, the more difficult it is to clasp it together. You are so anxious to go back. Is it because she's waiting for you? But I think the two of you will not be together in the end because she doesn't really like you. I just stared at her a little bit, she let me have you without saying another word. If it had been me, I wouldn't have done it for the life of me. Regardless what other people think of me, I will not let any other girl come close to you. Regardless how other people denounce me or say I'm a dislikable woman, I'll never leave someone I like." Shazhi said while Ling struggled to clasp the necklace together.

Ling finally was able to clasp the necklace together.

"Thank you." Shazhi said. Ling smiled but said nothing.

"Ling, you're mine. Goodnight." Shazhi said.

Qiluo sitting on the steps waiting for Ling.

"Ling, where are you? What are you doing now? I'm so stupid. All I know is waiting." Qiluo talked to herself.

Daye showed up and Qiluo stood up.

"Daye, why are you here?" Qiluo said.

"Because it's already pretty late, I'm a little bit worried. I though I come over to see if you're still here. I never thought you would still be here." Daye said.

"Because Ling told me to wait for him here. So.. I'm really stupid. I don't know how to adapt at all. I just wait stupidly. Every time I want to leave, I think he may appear the next second. He will surely return to his girlfriend. Actually I should have left long time ago. Am I right?" Qiluo said.

Qiluo started crying. Daye hugged her.

"Ling" Qiluo called. Daye let go of Qiluo.

"Don't take it wrong. Daye and I were just..." Qiluo said.

"What happened to you now? Having seen your ex-girlfriend, you become undecided. I'm telling you, I haven't completely given up on Qiluo. Even with an opponent like you. I won't give up easily. If you still don't cherish her, I'll snatch her back." Daye interrupted before Qiluo could finish.

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Daye walked away.

"We're celebrating at WOLF. Stop by if you want to." Daye said to Ling when he walked past Ling.

"Ling, you know Daye didn't mean it. He was just worried that I was here alone, so he came to check." Qiluo said.

"I know it. I know he deliberately wanted to get me angry. He's not someone who would snatch other person's girlfriend. He's different than I. Shazhi is not my ex-girlfriend. Sheng was the one who dated her. It wasn't me. They said they were dating, but they had never even held hands. That was probably what was called spiritual love. It was tough on Shazhi. She always complained Sheng didn't even kiss her. So I snatched her from him. Shazhi shouldn't have felt any difference. For her, Sheng and I should hardly make any difference, except that I have less morale. I'm like an animal in that aspect." Ling said.

"You're not that kind of person. You really like Shazhi. Even Sheng was your opponent, you still couldn't control your true feelings. You have been so considerate of Daye, let alone Sheng? You obviously wanted to withdraw but you couldn't control yourself not to fall for Shazhi. Wasn't it?" Qiluo said.

Qiluo and Qingmei were talking, leaning against a railing

"Have you straighten it out? Has Ling really broken up with Shazhi?" Qingmei said to Qiluo.

"Um. That's what he said." Qiluo said.

"What do you mean by that's what he said? You have to make sure of it. Don't give them any chance. This is your responsibility as a girlfriend. Do you understand or not?" Qingmei said.

"If you really like Ling, don't ever let him go. Do you know it or not?" Qingmei said.

"Does it have to be that way?" Qiluo said.

"What are you talking?!" Qingmei said

"I'm just thinking if Ling really wants to leave, even though I cry or ask him to stay, they won't work with him. Then why should I worry that much?" Qiluo said.

Qingmei looked downward and saw someone. She left abruptly.

"Qingmei, where are you going?" Qiluo asked and followed her.

Shazhi flanked by two guys

"You don't go to our school, do you?" The guy on her right-hand side asked her.

"Aren't you that beautiful girl who bought Ling?" The other guy asked.

"Yeah. Which school are you attending?" The first guy asked.

"I'm from Changxin University." Shazhi said.

"Changxin University." The two guys repeated.

Qingmei ran down the stairs. Qiluo followed her.

"Qingmei, Qingmei. Don't go there. Qingmei!" Qiluo yelled.

"What do you mean by causing a disturbance? Who told you to come here?" Qingmei yelled at Shazhi as she walked to the front of Shazhi.

"I'm only here to see Ling. Am I not allowed?" Shazhi said.

"I warn you. I don't care what your relationship to Ling is. Ling's current girlfriend is Qiluo. Don't try to break them up. You're so shameful." Qingmei yelled at Shazhi. Qiluo tried to hold back Qingmei.

"Qingmei, I only want to visit my high-school classmate. Why do you have to be so nervous?" Shazhi said.

"You. Qingmei." Qiluo stopped Qingmei as Qingmei moved toward Shazhi.

"The way you're so desperate, I think they probably are not very committed to each other." Shazhi said.

"Go to the hell. shut up your dirty mouth." Qingmei yelled.

"Don't act like that." Qiluo stopped Qingmei, pushing Qingmei away from Shazhi.

"Don't push me back." Qingmei yelled at Qiluo.

"Don't push me back. I don't want it." Qingmei said.

"Forget it. Qingmei." Qiluo said, still holding Qingmei back.

Shazhi saw the bracelet on Qiluo.

Shazhi remember it was the same bracelet Ling used to wear in high school.

Ling was eating a lollipop.

"Wow. What a beautiful bracelet! Can you give it to me?" Shazhi said and held Ling's wrist.

"No. This is my lucky charm. It's very important." Ling said.

"Why?" Shazhi said.

"It's just very important. I can't possibly give it to you." Ling said.

"So beautiful. Can I borrow it for a little bit?" Shazhi asked Ling.

"No. I won't let it leave me. No." Ling said.

Shazhi stared at the bracelet.

"Forget it. Forget it." Qiluo was still shouting at Qingmei.

Shazhi pulled Qiluo's arm and looked at the bracelet.

"Why do you have this? This isn't yours. You can't have it. Give it to me." Shazhi shouted at Qiluo and tried to remove the bracelet.

"No." Qiluo shouted.

"Please stop it." Qiluo said.

"You can't do this. Let her go." Qingmei shouted at Shazhi. Shazhi pushed Qingmei away.

"Give it to me." Shazhi shouted.

"Please don't touch my bracelet." Qiluo shouted.

Shazhi was standing at the edge of the top step and fell down the stairs.

"I'm sorry." Qiluo said to Shazhi.

"Shazhi." Ling showed up and came to Shazhi's side.

"Are you okay?" Ling said to Shazhi.

"It hurt so much." Shazhi said as she clung to Ling. Ling hugged her.

"It hurt so much." Shazhi said.

"They bullied me." Shazhi said as Ling helped her to stand up.

"I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose." Qiluo said.

"It's was obvious that you did it on purpose. In fact, you did it on purpose. You view me as an eyesore. You pretend to be gentle in front of Ling. I don't like you. You hate your kind of people most." Shazhi yelled.

Ling slapped Shazhi's face.

"Isn't that enough?" Ling scolded Shazhi.

Qiluo waiting for Ling and Shazhi in front of the building

Ling and Shazhi walked toward Qiluo.

"Is she okay?" Qiluo asked Ling.

"Nothing. It's just some minor scratches and has been dressed." Ling said to Qiluo.

"Apologize to Qiluo." Ling said to Shazhi.

"I'm sorry." Shazhi said to Qiluo, still with tears on her face.

"Please leave. Don't ever come here again. I don't want to see you. Let bygone be bygone. For everyone's benefit, let this be the last time we see each other." Ling said to Shazhi.

"Let's go." Ling said to Qiluo as he took her hand.

"Ling." Qiluo said.

"Don't pay attention to her." Ling said to Qiluo.

Ling and Qiluo left.

"Hurry up. Go home." Ling turned to say to Shazhi, after they walked a few paces.

"Go." Ling said to Qiluo.

Shazhi walked slowly and walked in front of an oncoming car.

Ling saw it and ran to grab Shazhi. The two of them rolled to the side in time.

"Ling." Qiluo yelled.

"Why did you do that?" Ling asked Shazhi.

"Except for death, there's nowhere for me to go. Sheng is already dead. If I don't have you, what am I going to do? I don't want to go on living. Ling, I don't have anything at all." Shazhi said, crying against Ling.

"Are you two okay?" The driver asked Ling.

"It's just some shock. Sorry." Ling said.

"What I meant is your right hand." The driver said.

Ling looked at his hand; it was bleeding.

Shazhi waiting on a bench in a hospital

Qiluo came and stood in front of Shazhi.

"I'm sorry. You must think I'm a disgusting woman, don't you? Do you think I'm just a weirdo popped up out of nowhere? But you don't know how I live my life these days. I was waiting. I was waiting. I was waiting for the day I would meet him again. I was waiting for the day I could reunion with him. That was before you met Ling. I was waiting every day. If Sheng hadn't died, Ling and I wouldn't have separated. I beg you. Please return him to me. I beg you to return him to me." Shazhi said to Qiluo.

"Shazhi, please stop. I haven't clutched Ling and not let him go. I like him so I stay by him. I think this is not a question of I return him or not. I don't have the rights to restrict him." Qiluo said.

"Can I like him? Can I see him? You won't interfere." Shazhi said.

"He has the freedom to choose." Qiluo said.

"I remember now. I always thought you remind me of someone. I finally remember it. You and Sheng are very much alike. Sheng said the same thing to me when I told him I liked Ling." Shazhi said.


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MARS
Episode 6
At a hospital's waiting area

"I beg you to return him to me. I beg you to return him to me

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Outside Shazhi's room

Shazhi's mother, bearing a tray of food, knocked on the door.

"Shazhi. Shazhi! It's fine if you don't want to go to school. But you have to eat something." Shazhi's mother said to Shazhi, standing outside the door.

"Shazhi." Shazhi's mother knocked again.

"Shazhi, why don't you open the door? Shazhi, have you heard what I say? Shazhi, Open the door quickly." Shazhi's mother said to Shazhi, standing outside and knocking on the door.

Inside, Shazhi, lying in bed, ignored her mother.

Shazhi remembering

Shazhi and Zhuyi were hiding behind a column, watching Ling and Sheng who were leaning against a railing.

"Shazhi, Look at those two new transfer students. They are from Log Angeles. They look exactly the same." Zhuyi said to Shazhi.

Ling saw Shazhi and they looked at each other.

"Wei, Sheng. Look at that girl." Ling called Sheng, who was looking downstairs. Sheng turned around.

"She looks like the dog owned by Aunt Guangzi." Ling said to Sheng.

"You mean that dog Bomei." Sheng said to Ling.

"Almost exactly the same." Ling said to Sheng.

"You are so bad." Sheng laughed and said to Ling.

Qiluo sat alone in the art studio room

Ling came to see her.

"I've heard that you're a convenience store. Are you? So you will do whatever I say, won't you?" Ling said to Qiluo.

"Um. As long as you say it, I'm willing to do it." Qiluo nodded her head.

Ling put down his backpack and crouched in front of Qiluo. He held Qiluo's hands in his hands.

"Then, I beg you. Do not dislike me. Okay? I'm not as gentle and considerate as Daye and I'm reckless. I'm also a big fool who doesn't know how to refuse women. But I still hope you would stay by my side with me. Okay?" Ling said to Qiluo.

"Thinking it over, you really don't seem to have anything good in you. But I still like you very much." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Fool. Let's go watch a movie. But today my hand is injured, I can't ride my bike. Let's stroll over there." Ling said to Qiluo.

Qiluo nodded.

Ling and Qiluo walking on the main campus road

Ling tried to hold Qiluo's hand.

"We're at school." Qiluo said to Ling.

"It's okay." Ling said and held hands with Qiluo.

Zhuyi ran to the front of Ling.

"Fortunately, I make it in time." Zhuyi said, short of breath.

"Ling, can you come with me to Shazhi's home?" Zhuyi said to Ling. Ling didn't say a word.

"Shazhi hasn't been in school for several days. I called her at home. Her mother said that she had been locked herself inside her room for several days and wouldn't eat anything. Ling. you know she isn't strong physically. Something will go wrong if she continues like this. Please come with me to see her. Can you?" Zhuyi said to Ling.

"I beg you. Please let go of me, will you? I don't want to live that kind of life any more. I don't want to be controlled by others like a puppet on a string. I only want the life I'm having now. I beg you. Don't ever come to see me." Ling said to Zhuyi.

"Let's leave." Ling said to Qiluo and took her hand to leave.

"Ling." Qiluo said.

"Ling." Zhuyi called to stop Ling.

"Ling, wait a minute." Qiluo said. Ling let go of Qiluo's hand.

"Can you go and see Shazhi?" Qiluo asked Ling.

"No. I'm not going." Ling said to Qiluo.

"Why not?" Qiluo asked Ling.

"Because I don't want to go." Ling turned and yelled at Qiluo.

"I don't want to deal with her unreasonable behaviors. I don't want to have to do anything for her. I don't want to have anything to with her any more. I don't wan to... I don't want to be tied up because this is all over and done with." Ling turned to face Zhuyi and said loudly to him.

"Is it really over and done with?" Qiluo asked Ling. Ling turned his head to face Qiluo.

"Why do lie to yourself? It's not over yet because you haven't really faced your past. You're just being afraid. You're afraid of meeting Shazhi again. You're afraid of being reminded of what happened. Why are you running away? Running away hurriedly would only prevent you forever from seeing the truth clearly. And you'll never be freed." Qiluo asked Ling.

Images of Sheng's jumping off the school building and his conversion with Sheng about Shazhi mingled together and started flashing through Ling's mind.

"I'm just fooling around with Shazhi. You know I tend to act more casual." Ling said to Sheng.

"Why do you lie to me?" Sheng said to Ling.

"I know you're very worried about Shazhi." Qiluo said to Ling.

Image of Sheng saying to Ling, ""I know you really like Shazhi."

"You're just concerned that I might imagine and get wrong ideas, so you lie." Qiluo said to Ling.

Image of Sheng saying to Ling, "I don't want to tie you up."

"It's okay. Ling." Qiluo said to Ling.

Image of Sheng saying to Ling, "I don't want to tie you up at all."

"Because I don't want to tie you up at all." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Don't talk to me like Sheng." Ling shouted at Qiluo.

"I'm not Sheng. Please don't overlay and confuse me with Sheng." Qiluo said to Ling.

Qiluo left.

In Qiluo room

The cell phone rang. It took Qiluo a while to answer the call.

"Wei." Qiluo said.

"I absolutely have no intention to overlap you and Sheng. It I let you feel this way, I apologize for it. To tell you the truth, I don't know if I have been thinking you as a substitute for Sheng. I only know when I'm with you, my mind is peaceful and I feel very comfortable. I don't know how to put my feelings into words. Will you not be happy with what I've just said?" Ling called her from a phone booth.

Qiluo didn't say a word.

"Qiluo! Qiluo! Wei! Wei." Ling said over the phone.

"I just hope you stop running away from it. I hope you face yourself truly. Ling, go and seek the truth of the matter. After you find the answer, if you'll still want to come back, I'll be here waiting for you." Qiluo said to Ling over the cell phone.

Outside Shazhi's home

Ding Dong. Ling rang the door bell.

Shazhi's mother opened the door and saw it was Ling.

"Come in." Shazhi's mother said to Ling, looking very annoyed.

Inside Shazhi's room

"Shazhi." Ling called Shazhi who was lying in bed, face inward. Shazhi turned and saw Ling.

"Ling." Shazhi said. Shazhi jumped up and embraced Ling. Ling hugged and patted her.

"Look at yourself. Pull yourself together. Okay? Do you know how worried your mother has been?" Ling said to Shazhi.

Shazhi's mother left the room.

"I don't like my mother. I hate her. I hate her so much. She won't allow me to see you." Shazhi said to Ling.

"She is doing it only because she's worried about you. You shouldn't talk of her in such a way. Okay. Be good. Come down." Ling said to Shazhi.

"No. I don't want." Shazhi said.

"Be good. Come down." Ling said.

"I don't want to. I don't want to." Shazhi said.

"I really think you shouldn't always do things to have us worried. Okay." Ling said to Shazhi.

"Every year around this time, I always miss you very much." Shazhi said. Shazhi unwind her hands.

"Don't you remember what day is today?" Shazhi said to Ling.

On campus before classes began

Daye, standing upstairs and resting his arms atop a railing, was watching Ling who was downstairs and sitting on the stairs.

Qingmei came and stood next to Daye.

"What's Ling doing over there all by himself?" Qingmei asked Daye.

"I don't know. He has been sitting there by himself for a long time. I wonder if something has happened." Daye said to Qingmei.

"It seems that Shazhi has been seeing Ling quite often." Qingmei said to Daye.

"Forget it. Even Qiluo doesn't seem to care. Why should we be bothered by it?" Qingmei said to Daye.

"Just as long as you know it." Daye said to Qingmei.

"Even if they are not together in the end, there's nothing we can do." Daye said to Qingmei.

"Then you can go back to pursue Qiluo." Qingmei said to Daye.

"Hey." Qingmei nudged Daye.

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Qiluo came to school and saw Ling sitting on the stairs.

"Hi." Qiluo said to Ling, stopping in front of him.

"Hi." Ling raised his head and said to Qiluo.

"Classes will begin. Won't you go upstairs?" Qiluo said to Ling.

"No. I'm not going." Ling said, shaking his head.

"Oh. I'm going to the class now." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Can you sit with me for a little bit?" Ling said to Qiluo as Qiluo was to climb up the stairs.

Qiluo put down her bag and sat next to Ling on the stairs.

"I can't stand those two. I'm going to the class." Qingmei said to Daye.

"Are you coming?" Qingmei said to Daye when she saw Daye stay put.

Daye followed her.

Ling and Qiluo sat together on the stairs.

"Will you tell me what's going on with you?" Qiluo asked Ling.

"Today's is the anniversary of Sheng's death." Ling said after pausing for a moment.

"Is it today?" Qiluo asked.

"I'm thinking about to visit his grave. But I just couldn't remember where he's buried." Ling said.

"Haven't you ever been to his grave?" Qiluo asked Ling.

"Because I always feel it isn't real. I can't admit... I can't admit the fact that Sheng is already dead. In fact I can't remember anything happened after Sheng's death. I don't have any recollection of it. I can only remember I went to a police station. I seemed to faint there. When I woke up, everything related to the funeral had all finished." Ling said.

"Ling, you said you pushed Sheng off the building. Is that true?" Qiluo asked Ling.

"Probably." Ling answered after a long pause.

"If you want to visit Sheng so much, why don't you ask your father?" Qiluo said to Ling.

"He will not let me go. He doesn't like me to visit Sheng's grave." Ling said.

"Why?" Qiluo asked.

"Because he doesn't like Sheng and me." Ling said after a long pause.

"How can parents dislike their own children? Every time when you mention your father, why do you always make him sound so awful? Why do you dislike him so much? Why is it?" Qiluo asked, looking puzzled.

"I don't know. I really don't know why. It was my mother. She kept telling us." Ling said.

Images of Ling's mother

Image of Ling's mother telling them, "Don't ever come close to your father. Your father is very cold and ruthless and he hates children. And he is very frightening. Don't ever depend on him. Don't believe what he says. Do you understand?" Ling's mother said to Ling and Sheng.

"You're looking more and more like papa. Ling. It's true that you're looking more and more like papa." Ling's mother said to Ling as she stretched her arm out to touch Ling.

Back to the stairs

Ling was in deep thoughts and frowning.

"Ling. Has your father ever done anything terrible to you two?" Qiluo called.

"No. My old man has never done anything." Ling said, after considering for a while.

"Then, why did your mother say things like that? Ling." Qiluo asked.

"Yeah. Why? Why did my mother always say such awful things of my old man? Every time we met, she always kept reminding us of it. But then, she would say to me, looking very happy, that I was looking more and more like my father." Ling said as he stood up and started walking.

Ling was getting a headache and leaned his arm against a column to support himself. Qiluo walked to his side.

"My mother always acted like that, saying words with contradictory and confusing meaning. Why did she say things like that? Why did I believe her? Why do I dislike my father so much?" Ling said.

Ling retracted his arm.

"Every time I try to think it through. But whenever I strained hard to think about it, my whole body felt very ill. So, my doctor told me not to think about it." Ling said.

"The doctor?" Qiluo asked.

"A Psychiatrist. He was my attending doctor when I was in the psychiatric hospital. He told me if I couldn't think about it, don't think about it; be it my father or my mother, they are all the same. So after that, I stop thinking about them. So is the matter of Shazhi. Even if I keep on telling myself not to look it that way. In the end, I still connect her with Sheng's death. You tell me not to avoid Shazhi, but I don't know if I can handle facing her. I don't have any confidence at all." Ling said.

"Ling." Qiluo.

"I don't want to go back to those days. She is not the problem. It's me. I've reached my limit." Ling said. Ling leaned against the column.

"I'm sick and tired of those days of taking medicine and staying in the psychiatric hospital. I don't want to go back to those days." Ling shouted, pressing his forehead against his palm.

"Ling

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Zhuyi ran upstairs.

"I'm fine...." Ling said and walked staggeringly. Ling pushed Qiluo's hand away. Ling and Qiluo entered the building.

Ling got weakening again when he looked up the flights of stairs to the rooftop.

"Ling..." Qiluo shouted when Ling fainted with images flying around in his head.

Ling came to his senses.

"I remember it now. I remember it all now. Shazhi didn't do anything at all." Ling said. Ling pushed Qiluo's hand away and ran upstairs.

Ling and Qiluo got to the rooftop.

Shazhi crouched by the railing along the rooftop. Zhuyi was with her. Ling walked and crouched in front of Shazhi.

"I was going to jump. But when I looked downward, I became so scared. I was so scared. I really feel so sad. I don't know why he did that." Shazhi sobbed and said to Ling.

"Shazhi." Ling said, hugging her.

"No. It wasn't like that. Sheng didn't commit suicide because of you. It was because he knew that we weren't our father's real sons." Ling said to Shazhi. Ling let go of Shazhi. Ling and Shazhi looked at each other.

"We are love children from our mother's extramarital affair. Sheng couldn't take the blow, so he chose to give up on himself. It wasn't because of you." Ling said to Shazhi.

"No. it wasn't..." Ling said as he hugged and patted Shazhi again.

Teacher Shi's class

Teacher Shi walked into the classroom and looked around.

"Class begins." Teacher Shi said to the class.

"Is Chen Ling the only one absent today?" Teacher said to the class.

Qiluo looked at Ling's empty seat.

"It's rare that he has been attending classes more often lately." Teacher Shi said.

Qiluo opened the door of Ling's apartment

"Ling. Ling..." Qiluo called as she walked into the apartment. Ling was lying in bed.

"Ling. Ling." Qiluo called and shook Ling. Ling opened his eyes and saw Qiluo.

"How come you're here?" Ling said and immediately closed his eyes again.

"You didn't come to school. I'm worried if you've got sick." Qiluo said to Ling.

"I feel drowsy and my head aches acutely." Ling said. Qiluo touched his forehead.

"You have a temperature. Have you caught a cold? Where is your thermometer? Do you have any cold medicine?" Qiluo said.

"How would I have any of those things? Don't worry. I'm fine. I'll be in good shape after one good night of sleep." Ling said and turned in the bed.

"No. Is there any hospital around here? I'm taking you to see a doctor. Okay?" Qiluo said to Ling.

"Are you kidding? I hate doctors the most and you're telling me to see a doctor. I'm fine. All I need is to rest for a night." Ling said.

"But you're sick and alone. You need someone to take care of you. How about I ask Shazhi to come over?" Qiluo said.

"Shazhi. If she comes, my temperature would get even higher. She doesn't know how to take care of people." Ling said.

"How about I contact your father?" Qiluo said.

"I'm fine. I can handle it. You hurry up. Go home and rest. I'm really fine." Ling said.

Qiluo called her mother.

"Wei. Mom. It's me. Can I spend the night outside tonight? Oh, with Qingmei. She keeps asking me to stay overnight. Ha Yeah Yes. Yes. I understand. Um. I'll go home right away after school tomorrow. Ha. Yes. I know it. Mom. See you." Qiluo said to her mother.

"I also need to call Qingmei." Qiluo murmured and starting punched numbers.

Qiluo finished shopping, carrying some grocery bags.

Qiluo walked back to Ling's apartment.

Qiluo's voice over, "Every one lives alone in this world. I know this. But Ling's loneliness seems to be lonelier than loneliness."

Qiluo sitting by Ling's bedside

Qiluo picked up and held one of Ling's hands.

Qiluo was sleeping in bed in the morning.

Qiluo woke up and sat up in bed. Ling was taking a bunch of celery out of the refrigerator.

"Ling¡

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Sheng was sitting in bed

"Wei, Sheng." Ling called and came to sit down on the floor by Sheng's bed.

"I've found something very interesting. You see." Ling said to Sheng and handed him the photo.

"Look. Look at the photo. The guy in the photo looked very much like us, didn't he? Do you know where I found it? Our mother had an extramarital affair. So you actually are not the naturally born son of the old man whom you respect most." Ling said to Sheng as Sheng was looking at the picture.

Back to Ling's apartment, Qiluo stood up and walked up to Ling.

"Why? Why did you do that? You knew Sheng best and you valued him more than anyone else. Why did you still.... You should have known very well that, when Sheng found this out, what could have happened? Why did you do that anyway?" Qiluo asked.

"Because I disliked him. Because ever since we were kids, he always liked to act like an emissary of justice in front of me. He always spoke of being proper and morality. But he was so fragile and broke down easily and was a crybaby. The person I dislike most was him. It was just like my father's disliking us; how he wished we would vanish before his eyes. I also wished... I also wished he would never show up in front of me." Ling said.

"You lie. How could it be possible that you dislike Sheng? You specifically told me that it was because of him, you didn't feel lonely. You specifically told me that the two of you were inseparable." Qiluo said.

"That was because we didn't any choice. Our mother was dying. Our father didn't like us. He was all I had. He also only had me to rely on. I was left with him as my only companion, so I had to take care of him. We didn't have the choice to choose." Ling shouted.

"We had to be co-existent. But our co-existence relationship completely changed after we returned to Taiwan. It all changed. Sheng just wanted to please our old man whereas I argued with the old man almost every day. Finally one day the two of us argued. It was the first time we argued; the first time we completely revealed our dissatisfaction with each other. We had never seen each other so not eye-to-eye. When we were kids, if we didn't see each other for just a little while, we would feel so uneasy. We grew up relying on each other's body heat. But in the end... I killed him. Maybe there were other things he couldn't handle, but the one who compelled him to go up to the school's rooftop and helped pushing him from behind." Ling said.

"No. You can't think like that. Your heart has also been hurt." Qiluo said, crouching down before Ling.

"Why are you trying to console me? I don't want to run away from it any more. My psychiatrist once told me that people tend to forget things that look most unfavorable to themselves. Isn't this what I am? Because I couldn't rescue my own younger brother, I became frustrated, repellent and caused the nerve system obstructed. Looking at it from another perspective, how touching it is! I have been trying to persuade myself in this way. But now I've remembered everything. My nervous breakdown actually was not caused by frustration and responsibility. It was because I deeply sensed the true distorted personality inside me." Ling said.

"Distorted personality." Qiluo said.

"In fact, vaguely I've found it out myself. In my heart, there's a part which is very evil and cruel. I couldn't do anything about it. I had been straining hard to return to normal; however the thought withered whenever I was with Sheng. He was too innocent and too naive. Every time when I was with him, he was always right whereas I was always destined to act the distorted role. Whenever he showed his censoring attitude, I just got antagonized. When he cried, I got furious. When he buttered up my old man and be my old man's boy with the same face as mine, it made me sick. So..." Ling said.

"So you showed him your mother's letter. Do you really dislike Sheng so much? Is it true?" Qiluo cut in.

"Who told him to treat me with the same attitude as my old man? I protected him at all cost, but then why did he always look at me accusingly? I was a person who understood him very well and also his only family. I had protected him as my mother asked. But the protection he wanted was just a mother's embrace and tenderness. But I couldn't do it. I couldn't give him the kind of protection he wanted because I had never even owned it myself. How would I know how a mother protects her own children? I'm not a mother. Neither am I a father. How would I know how to protect somebody?" Ling said.

"You must be hoping someone can protect you, right? You, even more than Sheng, are aching for someone to support you by your side. But you don't have time to think of those things. But protecting Sheng had already kept your hands full and you didn't have time to take a break." Qiluo said.

Ling was crying.

"Don't look." Ling said as Qiluo stood up to hug him.

"It's okay. Go ahead and cry. Don't suppress yourself. It's a very natural thing." Qiluo said, crying and hugging Ling.

"But it's already too late. No matter how many tears I shed, it won't change anything and couldn't bring anything back. Sheng will never come back. I can never even hear his voice. It's too late." Ling said, both crying.

Ling and Qiluo were in a convenience store

After Ling paid for two bottles of water, the two of them came out of the store. Ling opened one water bottle and gave it to Qiluo.

"Thank you." Qiluo said.

"Ha. It tastes so good. I've never known that water could taste so good." Qiluo said after drinking from the bottle. Ling was drinking from his bottle of water.

"Both our eyes are so swollen. People who don't know might think we're lovers after a fight." Ling said.

"Yeah. We don't look like brother and sister." Qiluo said.

At a subway station

"Sorry. I've troubled you so much for these two days. Thank you." Ling said to Qiluo.

"Don't mention it." Qiluo said. Qiluo opened her bag to take out a ticket.

"Bye Bye." Qiluo said to Ling and went through an automatic ticket gate.

"Um... Can you kiss me? What I mean is the kind of kiss between friends in foreign countries." Qiluo turned and said to Ling.

"Bye Bye." Qiluo said silently to Ling.

"Bye Bye." Ling said silently.

Qiluo turned to look at Ling while she was walking.

Qiluo's voice-over: "If we can be like this forever and forever, laugh together and cry together. How wonderful it will be. It doesn't matter if we can become boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Ling, it feels so great to know you. I feel lucky to have met you." Qiluo said, facing Ling.

Qiluo turned and took the down escalator to the platform.

In a school hallway.

"Are you an idiot? Spend the night at Ling's apartment and all you did was cooking for him and taking care of him. Aren't you becoming a true convenience store?" Qingmei said angrily to Qiluo.

"If you keep going like this, Shazhi will steal Ling away." Qingmei lowered voice and said to Qiluo.

"There's nothing I can do if Ling really can't forget Shazhi." Qiluo said and started walking.

"Are you becoming a plaster statue after painting too many of them? Don't you feel sad?" Qingmei said.

"I'm willing if this can make Ling happy, because I like to see the way Ling laughs. As long as he can be happy, I'm contended." Qiluo said.

"But I like to see Ling with you. You don't know how happy Ling looks when he's with you. How irresponsible Ling used to be. How hot-tempered he used to. He was very cool but sometimes he looked scary. Actually, he was difficult to get along. But when he is with you, how should I put it, he suddenly becomes cute. It's you who have changed him." Qingmei stopped walking and said to Qiluo.

Ling arrived on his bike at the school parking lot

In Teacher Shi's class

Teacher Shi was teaching

Ling walked past him.

"Chen Ling. Do you think you're invisible?" Teacher Shi called to stop Ling. Ling turned to face Teacher Shi.

"Why did you come to the class so late?" Teacher Shi said to Ling.

"No. I went to remove the stitches." Ling said, showing his hand to Teacher Shi.

"Reasonable reason but rejected. You're marked tardy once." Teacher Shi said.

Ling walked to his seat and told the student who took his seat to move. Ling sat down. Lind and Qiluo smiled at each other.

"Hey, where are we? Can I borrow your textbook, I didn't bring mine?" Ling turned backward and said to Daye.

"Idiot. You're here to sleep. Why do you need the textbook?" Daye said to Ling.

"Sleep. You think I sleep every class. Anyway, Hasn't Teacher Shi taught you? You should give more encouragements to student who went astray but are now striving hard." Ling said to Daye.

Teacher Shi dropped his chalked and turned to face the class.

"Chen Ling." Teacher Shi called. Ling turned to look at the teacher.

"Do you think I'm deaf? Can you lower your voice while we're in class?" Teacher Shi said to Ling. Ling nodded his head.

"Strange. Every time you come to the class, I can't teach." Teacher Shi said to Ling.

"Hey. What's going on? The whole class worked with the teacher to bully me. Do you actually want to bully an aspiring young man who intends to get back on his feet?" Ling said and stood up.

The whole class laughed.

"Which part of you wants to stand up? Sit down." Daye said to Ling. Ling still stood there.

"Sit down!" Daye said and slapped Ling's hand. Ling sat down. Teacher Shi smiled resignedly.


***************************End of Episode 6 ***************************

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The end-of-the-class bell rang

"Your textbook." Qiluo said to Ling and handed him the book.

Qingmei stepped out of the classroom.

"Qingmei, this is the 500 dollars I borrowed last time, which I can pay you back now." A girl followed and stopped Qingmei and gave her some money.

"So quick." Qingmei said to the girl.

"I just got my paycheck. I'm leaving. Bye Bye." The girl said to Qingmei and left.

"Bye Bye." Qingmei said to the girl and looked inside the classroom.

Ling accidentally scratched his left palm against the desk and was touching and stretching his left palm. A girl came up next to Ling.

"Chen Ling, these are the summaries of Chinese and English and lecture notes of other various subjects for you two." The girl said, giving Ling some notes. Ling took the notes and read them.

In the hallway

Daye appeared and saw Qingmei looking into the classroom. After watching Ling and Qiluo, Qinmei turned to leave and saw Daye was standing next to her. Qingmei turned to look in the classroom again.

"Hey, I wonder what those two will become of." Qingmei said to Daye. Daye looked dejected and started walking without saying a word. Qingmei followed him.

"Suppose. I mean suppose. What if those two break up, Qiluo will be alone by herself. Will you pursue her again?" Qingmei asked Daye. Daye remained silent.

"You still like Qiluo, aren't you?" Qingmei said to Daye, pointing at him.

"You're talking of yourself." Daye said.

"It's none of your business. Even if I'm so bored, I will not cling to people shamelessly. Further, it's unlikely Ling will like me at all. I'm neither as independent and strong as Qiluo nor as adorable as Shazhi. In a nutshell, I'm not cute." Qingmei said.

"Who says that? I think you're quite cute." Daye turned to look at Qingmei and said to her.

"I'm cute? Really?" Qingmei looked at him and asked.

"Which parts?" Qingmei asked, putting her arm on Daye's shoulder.

"When you scold people as if scolding dogs, you look quite cute." Daye said to Qingmei.

"You're belittling me!" Qingmei said, raising her leg to kick Daye.

"I mean it. You've an honest and genuine personality. When you're angry, you show it. When you抮e happy, you show it too. It's what being cute is about." Daye said. Qingmei walked ahead.

"You're really not good at words. No wonder Qiluo doesn't like you." Qingmei turned and said to Daye. Qingmei left by herself.

Inside the classroom

Ling was turning and reading the notes. Qiluo was putting her stuff into her book bag.

"Um. These two are the same." Ling said, still reading the notes. Qiluo came close to get her set of notes.

"Is your hand really okay?" Qiluo said as she picking out pages of notes.

"Uh. It's fine for me to ride bikes." Ling said.

"That's great. I feel you look more like yourself riding a bike.

"Qiluo, how about going for a ride?" Ling asked Qiluo.

Ling and Qiluo was walking down the stairs

"Where should we go, seashore or mountains?" Ling asked Qiluo.

"Can I really ride on your bike?" Qiluo asked Ling.

"Huh." Ling said.

"What I mean is that this might not look nice to Shazhi." Qiluo said.

"To be honest, I can't image how she'll look on my bike." Ling said.

"After that day, have you talked to Shazhi yet? I just hope that you won't avoid facing your true feelings because of me. It is most important to face yourself truly." Qiluo asked.

"I've thought about it. I've really thought it over seriously. I have to come to understand one thing. That's the relationship between me and women will never be just pure friendship. Women, I either like them or don't like them. That's how it is." Ling stopped walking and said to Qiluo.

"I can't think as clearly as you. So... 揕ing said, turning to face forward and saw Zhuyi walking toward him. Seeing Ling stopping talking, Qiluo turned and saw Zhuyi, too.

Zhuyi stopped in front of Ling.

"What is it now?" Ling said to Zhuyi.

"I'm sorry for keeping bothering you. But, I think this is the last time. Shazhi said she would like to meet you. She said she would wait for you until you show up." Zhuyi said to Ling.

"If possible, I also hope that you can talk to her." Zhuyi said to Ling after glanced over Qiluo.

"Okay. I'll go." Ling said to Zhuyi after thinking a little bit. Zhuyi nodded. Ling turned toward Qiluo.

"Can you wait for me? I'll going to straighten out my own feelings. I'll be right back." Ling said to Qiluo. Qiluo nodded.

"There's a park by the station. I'll wait for you there." Qiluo said to Ling.

Ling nodded and left.

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On a sidewalk

Ling was parking his bike on the sidewalk by the roadside, with Zhuyi standing next to him.

"Qiluo, she is a really nice girl. She's such a nice girl and yet I keep treating her cruelly. I think she probably hate me in her heart." Zhuyi said to Ling as Ling took his stuff from his bike.

"She is not that narrow-minded." Ling said to Zhuyi and then started walking. Zhuyi followed.

"Ling, I know that the way I say it may sound unfair. But are you overlapping and mixing her up with Sheng? Shazhi says that it is because Qiluo and Sheng are much alike, that's the reason you 揨huyi said to Ling.

Ling stopped walking and turned to face Zhuyi angrily.

"If your feeling toward Qiluo is just a substitute. It's not love. It's just weakness, using emotional transference to pretend that Sheng is still alive. I don't believe you're such a wimp." Zhuyi said to Ling.

"I'm a wimp. I'm not only weak but also ugly. I'm the one who told Sheng about our parents. I've always thought that I would be free if Sheng didn't exist in this world. It ends up that I'm not only not being freed. Instead, I have been bonded even more tightly. It's very funny, isn't?" Ling said to Zhuyi. Zhuyi kept silent.

"This is my weakness. I hate Sheng but I also love him. I can't tell at all which one is the real me. Tell me how I am able to be strong. Don't worry. I'll make decision on Shazhi and Qiluo." Ling said and then started walking again.

"Ling." Zhuyi stopped him and said, 揑n fact, you do love Sheng, don't you?" Zhuyi asked. Ling turned to face Zhuyi.

"I only know that if there's a chance, I'm dying to see him again." Ling said.

Shazhi was waiting for Ling in a pub

"It's been 22 minutes and 20 seconds. I knew you would be here." Shazhi said to Ling after checking her watch, when Ling arrived at the pub.

Qiluo waiting on a bench at a park

A little girl walked toward Qiluo with a sketch book in her hands. The little girl sat down next to Qiluo on the bench.

"memei (younger sister), what are you drawing." Qiluo asked the little girl.

"A little bird." The little girl said.

"A little bird? Does a bird have so many legs? What kind of bird is it?" Qiluo said.

"A swan." The little girl said.

"A swan?" Qiluo said.

"Jiejie (older sister), are you waiting for somebody?" The little girl said to Qiluo.

Qiluo didn't answer. She just patted the little girl's head.

Ling sat opposite Shazhi at the pub

"Ling, You see how foolish we both are! After going around such a big circle and wasting so much time, we are finally able to sit face-to-face like this. But, we'll never separate from each other again, right? We can laugh happily once again as before. We can make it up and fill in the space previously left blank. Starting from today, we'll work hard to bring back our happiness." Shazhi said to Ling.

"Um. I believe we definitely can. Previously, I always felt what I had owned was just some unpleasant memories. But now that I think it over, they weren't all that bad. With you and Sheng, many things have happened among us. But there were happy moments. For us, you were the first time. In terms of our thoughts and the things we liked, Sheng and I were drastically different. It was the only and the firs time that we both were interested in the same person. It was you. We often discussed about you, how you smiled and how you got mad. You were really cute, like a proud and confident little VIP. I felt quite happy simply looking at you." Ling said.

"In fact even now, I still think you're very cute. But that's all, just a feeling that you're cute. Shazhi, for me you're a dream, but not a woman. This is not love to embrace. Learn to take good care of yourself. Moreover, remember. cherish all the things you own now." Ling continued.

"I'm leaving." Ling said and stoop up. Shazhi pulled him to sit down.

"Qiluo is waiting for me. If I don't hurry up and go back, I feel that she's about to cry." Ling said.

"I'm the one who would cry." Shazhi stretched her hand to stop Ling again.

"Previously when you or Sheng cried, I would risk my life to eliminate the sources that made you two cry. Qiluo also cried. But do you know? When she cried, I just felt helpless and didn't know what to do. I'm not kidding. At those times, even I felt like crying." Ling said.

"You're only worried about her crying, aren't you?" Shazhi said and started crying.

"Shazhi, there's someone in this world, and I believe there's such a person who will be so very important to you

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On the grassy field of a riverside park

Ling was set up and adjusted a bike for Qiluo.

"Okay. The shock absorber is also okay. Next are up to skills." Ling said to Qiluo. Ling started the ignition.

"Do I ride around here?" Qiluo asked, sitting on the bike wearing a helmet.

"You're dumb. Off-road bikes are specially designed for this kind of grass and hills. They are different from regular bikes, so they're suitable for beginners like you. Pay attention. When you ride a bike, relax your wrists and tuck in your chin." Ling said. Qiluo tucked in her chin.

"Um." Ling said.

"Is there anything else to watch out for?" Qiluo asked.

"What else? Make sure you don't ride into the river." Ling said, bending lower and pointing to the front.

"Are you ready?" Ling said as he pulled down the visor of Qiluo's helmet.

"Okay." Qiluo said.

"Okay. release the clutch slowly, slowly. release more, slowly, just release a little bit more." Ling said, one hand gripping the back seat of the bike.

Qiluo accelerated.

"Increase the gas flow gradually, gradually. gradually. That's right. Be careful." Ling said, standing and watching.

"Ling, the bike is moving forward." Qiluo shouted.

"You fool. Instead of moving forward, isn't it strange if it moves backward?" Ling said.

"How come the river is coming closer and closer to me?" Qiluo said.

"You're moving toward the river, aren't you?" Ling said loudly.

"Ling, the river is flowing in my direction." Qiluo yelled.

"Wei. Wei. Brake the bike. Brake the bike." Ling yelled and started running. But the bike kept on moving.

"Ah..Ah.." Qiluo yelled.

"Brake the bike!" Ling yelled. Ling picked up a stick from the grass and threw at the one of the wheel to stop the bike.

Qiluo fell off the bike and slid down the slope of the river bank.

Ling caught her and pulled her up to the flat grass field.

Ling and Qiluo resting on the grass

"You can train me to be as good as you are. We can put on a show and collect money." Qiluo said to Ling.

"Hey. I see. You've been with me too long and are getting more and more seriously contaminated by me. " Ling said.

"Do we want to call the environment protection agency?" Qiluo said.

"Stupid." Ling said.

Sound of a horn honking

"Hey, Ling. Yoo." Abin honked and called.

"Abin." Both Ling and Qiluo called.

"What are you two doing out there?" Abin yelled at them, sitting at wheel of a moving truck.

"Practice riding motorcycle. Qiluo said she wanted to learn riding a bike. So I took her here." Ling yelled back. Qiluo nodded.

"How about you? working part-time?" Ling said, looking at the moving truck.

"No. I'm helping out with the family. My dad owns a moving company. It took me seven years to graduate from the university. It's difficult for me to find a job. So my dad told me to inherit the family business." Abin said.

"Seven years. I've never heard you were in the medical school. Ha Ha Ha" Ling said to Abin. Qiluo slapped Ling's arm.

"What are you talking! I thought you would break my record. I never thought it would be all pass for you this year. It looks that I'm ahead in term of studying." Abin said to Ling.

"I'm willing to be defeated. I'm willing to be defeated." Ling said, bowing his hands to Abin.

"Abin come down here to chat." Ling yelled.

"Yeah." Qiluo said.

"No. I can't. I've something to do. I'm leaving. Remember, when there's a need, contact our company." Abin said.

"Sure." Qiluo said.

"Okay. Bye Bye." Ling said.

"Good. See you. Bye Bye." Abin said to them and drove away.

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After Abin left

"Hey, I've never thought that Abin will be the boss of a moving company." Qiluo said to Ling.

"I can't image how he'll look like being a boss in the future." Ling said.

"I wonder what will happen to us. For you, you will become a very famous rider. I don't know what will happen to me." Qiluo said.

"You'll become a famous painter." Ling said.

"It's not that easy." Qiluo.

"Not easy? You're so talented. Moreover, you've just won a prize." Ling said.

"One prize doesn't make much difference. In this world, there are only a few painters who can live by painting." Qiluo said.

"Indeed. It seems pretty tough to be painters." Ling said. Qiluo picked up a can of Pepsi to drink.

"But if you want me to buy that painting, I'll buy it. Of course, it's not because I'm the model in it. He He He" Ling said.

"Ling, I'm sorry. Originally I promised you that I would give you the painting after the art exhibition ended. But when I remembered it, it was already hung in the school lobby." Qiluo said.

"Huh. That's okay. Anyway it's your painting." Ling said.

"Hey. Talking about that Mars, Teacher Lili asked me if my painting could be displayed together with hers in her art show. She said displaying artworks openly would be more helpful for me. " Qiluo said.

"More helpful. But... Shouldn't it be more helpful for her? After all your painting has been well received." Ling said.

"Let me put it this way. You're like the beckoning cat in a Japanese restaurant." Ling said.

"The way you say it sounds like you're saying bad things about Teacher Lili." Qiluo said.

"Yeah. I'm a bad guy." Ling said and turned to walk to the bike.

"No. You're a good guy." Qiluo said. following Ling.

"Am I?" Ling said.

"At least for me, you are. There's no one in this world nicer than you." Qiluo said and hugged Ling. Ling hugged her, too.

In a gallery

"Have all the guests sign the guest book. Someone will deliver water at 2 o抍lock. If they deliver flowers, here are the reply forms. That's all. Are you feeling miserable? Finally you've got a break and we get you here to help out." A girl said to Qiluo.

"No, not at all. I'm free anyway. I have nothing else to do anyway." Qiluo said.

"Is that so? How about dating with Chen Ling." The girl said, pointing to the painting.

"No. He has to work today, too." Qiluo said.

"Then, that's great. Teacher is coming at 5 o抍lock. I'm leaving everything here to you. Bye Bye." The girl said and left.

"Bye Bye." Qiluo said to the girl and sat down.

Voice-over of Qiluo's mother: "It's rare to win such a big prize. Don't worry about the money for graduate school. You simply can't waste your talents. It would be a shame to your late father. I'll find a way for the tuition. You just concentrate on studying."

A man came in and walked past the reception desk.

"Please sign..." Qiluo said to the man. Qiluo left the reception desk. The man was standing in front of her painting. Qiluo walked to the man's side.

"Miss. How much is this painting?" The man asked Qiluo.

"This painting is not for sale." Qiluo said to the man.

"Not for sale, no matter how high the price is." The man asked.

"Um." Qiluo said.

"Is it possible for me to meet the artist?" The man asked.

"I'm the artist of the painting." Qiluo said. The man turned to look at her surprisingly.

"You are the artist?" The man asked. Qiluo nodded her head.

"Then, the young man in the painting is your schoolmate, isn't he?" The man asked.

"Yes. It's because I've already promised him that I would give him the painting if he modeled for me. So I can't sell it." Qiluo said.

"So, that's it. Too bad. I saw a flyer with this painting, so I dropped in to see it." The man said.

"It's really a good painting. It feels glorious and beautiful. You also sense pains within the glory and beauty. In fact, what really moves people isn't beauty and gentleness. Beauty and gentleness can certainly move people, but the feelings won't last. Instead, sadness and anger leave inerasable traces in people's hearts. Even after wounds are healed, he still can't completely forget the pains. Even though many people have experienced such pains, but very few people can express the feelings. I hope you can paint more good paintings in the future." The man said to Qiluo.

In Ling's apartment

"Aren't you stupid? He wanted to pay high price for your painting. Why did you reject and not sell it?" Ling said to Qiluo as he washed his hands.

"Because you're the real owner of the painting." Qiluo said, sitting on the bed.

"Stupid. It depends on the time and occasion." Ling said, walking toward Qiluo.

"I'll leave it as it is. Next time if similar things happen, you have to tell me. I'll negotiate a good price for you." Ling continued, sitting on the bed and drying his hands with a towel.

"Does your negotiation mean threatening?" Qiluo said.

"That man felt really nice. He looked like a gentleman. I've never thought that some gentleman would want to buy my painting." Qiluo continued while Ling playing with the towel.

"Why didn't I find out you were also interested in uncle-kind of men? How about that? You go and seek out that gentleman and date with him." Ling said and then stood up.

"What are you talking? Are you angry?" Qiluo said.

"Why should I get angry?" Ling said and hung the towel on the hook.

"I don't have any suit. I have never sprayed cologne. The smell on my body at most is gasoline." Ling said and threw the towel and smelt another towel on the hook.

"Don't get angry. Are you jealousy?" Qiluo pulled the back of Ling's T-shirt.

"I like the smell of gasoline on your body." Qiluo said and turned Ling around to face her.

Qiluo started playing Ling's hair. Ling started kissing Qiluo.

Qiluo got terrified.

"Ling." Qiluo said, pushing some bottle off the window sill. Ling released Qiluo.

"I'm a little bit hungry. What would you like to eat? I'll cook them." Qiluo said.

"No. You don't need to." Ling said.

"I'm going shopping." Qiluo said and rushed out.

"Actually, what I'd like to eat is you." Ling said.


Ling and Daye bent over a railing talking in school

"Ha Ha. Ha." Daye laughed. Ling looked dejected.

"Hey. Indeed Qiluo is like that. But you... I don't understand it. When have you become so prudent and cautious?" Daye said to Ling.

"There is a beam of light. A beam of light shooting in my direction." Ling said. Daye looked upwards.

"Light?" Daye said and turned to look at Ling.

"There is always a beam of no-no light coming out of her eyes. Every time I meet the beams of light, it freezes all my passion." Ling said and stood up.

"Even I'm losing almost all of my self-confidence!" Ling sighed and bent over the railing again.

"Hey. Probably you're too impatient. Qiluo is not like you. This is her first time. You can't come on every time like that." Daye said to Ling as Ling stretched his body straight and looked at Daye.

"Impatient? Do you really think I'm an animal?" Ling complained.

"I've never thought you as a human being. Tell me yourself. Before you met Qiluo, do you even know how many women have you slept with?" Daye said. Ling looked lost.

"Difficult, isn't it? So, now it's the time for you to suffer a little bit as you were so easy before." Daye said.

"Yeah. Bravo! Qiluo. Avenge for women." Daye said and clapped his hands.

"Stop humiliating me, Daye. I'm telling you. Regardless whether I was an animal before, but what I have for Qiluo... is love." Ling raised his head and said to Daye.

"Do you know what love is? When you're in love with someone, you can't help feel like hugging her, kissing her. This is something very natural. Do you understand it or not?" Ling said.

"I understand. Two people fall in love. He He

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Ling started laughing again.

"Wei. You can't say it." Daye said, pointing at Ling.

"I won't say it." Ling said.

"You're finished if you reveal it." Daye said.

"I won't say it. I absolutely won't say it. I won't talk about you and Qingmei." Ling said.

"Do you have that?" Ling said.

"No. And you..." Ling laughed.

Qiluo and Qingmei sitting a campus-cafe table

"Since you really like him, why not?" Qingmei asked Qiluo.

"It's not that I can't, it's just that I feel our current relationship is already very good. I already feel so happy." Qiluo said.

"But if you really like Ling, don't you want to give him everything? Don't you want to know more about him? Don't you want to know how strong he is? How dependable his shoulder and chest are? Let him hold you tightly and hide your face in his chest, thinking about with him..." Qingmei said. Qingmei laughed and covered her face with her hands.

"Don't I look strange?" Qingmei put down her hands and said.

"No. I think you look really cute, so cute that I envy you." Qiluo said.

"Actually, I'm very scared. I feel my relationship with Ling at this moment is at its best and the happiest. Moreover, I like the current Ling very much. I'm afraid that, if our relationship is changed to that kind, Ling will no longer be like what he is now." Qiluo said.

"Qiluo, actually, Daye and I already..." Qingmei said.

"You two quarreled." Qiluo asked. Qingmei shook her head.

"No." Qingmei said and then whispered to Qiluo's ear.

"So, I think what you say isn't incorrect. Now Daye has changed a little bit. I can't really tell what has changed. But our relationship has indeed changed a little bit. We now are like good friends, but also like brother and sister. This kind relationship feels very happy and sweet. So I think, after two people had that kind of relationship, what have been really changed is the feelings inside your hearts. Now Daye is always in my heart. I believe there's also a place in Daye's heart belonging to me." Qingmei said.

"But I support your viewpoint, too. I'm just worried that you might think the relationship of you two is sufficient, but how about Ling? What is he thinking? He may think you don't like him or he may think you dislike him. What if another girl appears and likes him, what are you going to do?" Qingmei said to Qiluo.

A girl was yelling.

"Why? Why indeed?" A girl in pink shirt yelled. Qiluo and Qingmei stood up to look.

"Why can't you date Jingjing? You got to have some reasons. Tongdao." The girl in pink shirt yelled.

"I said it before. I'm not in the mood." Tongdao said.

"Didn't you tell Jingjing that you liked her? So you lied to her. Aren't you being unfair?" The girl in pink shirt said to Tongdao.

"I like her as a friend. What's wrong with that?" Tongdao said.

"Then at least you two can start from being just friend." The girl in pink shirt said.

"I'm sorry. I already have someone I like." Tongdao said.

"Who?" The girl in pink shirt asked.

"You tongue is tight, isn't it? Please don't just give us some excuse to get out it." The girl said.

"A junior. It is the junior, Chen Ling." Tongdao said.

"What did you say? The junior, Chen Ling." The girl in pink shirt said. Qiluo and Qingmei looked at each other.

"I'm sorry. Except for upper classmate Chen Ling, my heart really can't have any one else." Tongdao said.

The other girl started running.

"Jingjing, wait for me." The girl in pink shirt called and followed her.

"Whom did he say? Did he say Chen Ling?" Qingmei asked Qiluo.

At the school cafeteria

Ling and Daye walked down the stairs into the cafeteria. Every one stopped talking when they saw Ling and Daye walked toward the counter.

Ling and Daye got to the counter and picked up their plates.

"Today the cafeteria is so quiet." Ling said

"Yes. Hey. It wasn't like that when we walked down." Daye said.

"Curry." Ling ordered

"Black pepper beef." Daye ordered.

"Hey. I feel something definitely wrong and it must be related to you." Daye whispered to Ling. Ling picked on his food.

The girl in pink shirt was eating at a table with friends. She saw Ling and stood up. The girl sat next to her tried to stop her. She pushed her friend's hand away.

"I'm running away first. You find a seat yourself." Daye said and took his plate.

"Thank you." Ling.

"Chen Ling!" The girl in pink shirt shouted as she tried to slap Ling but missed it and slapped Daye instead.

"Miss, what are you doing?" Daye shouted at the girl.

"I didn't mean to hit you. Why did you move forward yourself?" The girl yelled back.

"I moved forward. You..." Daye said, pointing to himself.

"Chen Ling, how can you stoop so low? You always like women, but you don't even leave men alone." The girl shouted at Ling.

"I... I won't leave men alone." Ling laughed. Ling and Daye looked at each other.

"It is the freshman Tongdao." The girl yelled.

"Tongdao?" Ling said.

"You mean that freshman Fan Tongdao." Daye said to the girl.

"How can you pretend it? Today Tongdao told my sister and me that the reason he couldn't date my sister was because he'd fallen in love with you." The girl yelled at Ling.

"Fall in love with me. Why does he fall in love with me? Is it because my charming hipline?" Ling said.

"You're so vulgar. I don't know why Tongdao falls in love with someone as vulgar as you." The girl yelled.

"Little sweetie, You got me all wrong. First of all, I'm not vulgar at all. Secondly, even if I'm vulgar; it's only a little bit. I'm not interested in men at all. Since you hit the wrong person today, I抣l let it pass. Next time don't hit people without a reason, it really hurts. Okay. We're leaving." Ling said.

Ling and Daye turned to leave and saw Tongdao standing.

"What are you looking at? You're sickening." Ling said to Tongdao when he walked past him.

Ling and Daye sat down at an empty table.

Ling spooned some food to eat but stopped in the middle.

"It's terrible." Ling said.

"What is it? What's so terrible?" Daye asked Ling.

Qiluo walked down the steps and saw Tongdao crying.

Qiluo stopped when she saw Tongdao crying. Tongdao saw Qiluo walking toward him. Tongdao wiped his tears and stood up to leave.

"Hold on." Qiluo called to stop Tongdao.

"Your name is Tongdao, isn't it?" Qiluo said to Tongdao.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be malicious at all. I know you're upper classmate's girlfriend. I have no intention to break up the two of you. I simply like him. As for the way upper classmate reacted, I'd already anticipated it. But I can't do anything about it since I really like him." Tongdao said.

"Has something happened?" Qiluo asked.

"You don't know? I thought you already knew about what happened in the cafeteria." Tongdao said.

"Cafeteria?" Qiluo asked.

"Actually, he's not to be blamed. To come under the pressure of public opinion for someone you don't even like, of course, no one will be happy about it." Tongdao said.

"Do you really like Ling a lot?" Qiluo asked. Tongdao simply turned and look at Qiluo.

"Then, can you tell me what you like about him?" Qiluo continue.

"Everything. He's my ideal. Be his appearance or lifestyle, I like them all. If I could be like him, I wouldn't be such a boring person. I think God must have misplaced the soul. I've got used to be despised by every one. I've been destined to be the kid bullied since childhood. Upper classmate is my dream that I can never reach in my whole life. For someone like me to fall in love with Ling is simply asking trouble." Tongdao said.

"Don't say it like that." Qiluo said.

"You don't need to console me. I don't hate him at all. Really. As long as I can see him, I'm contented with it. That's enough to make me feel very happy." Tongdao said.

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Ling waiting outside a classroom.

"Looking for Qiluo?" Qingmei asked Ling as she came out the classroom and saw him.

"Qiluo has gone to the art club for some administration stuff. She has taken over as the president of the art club. So she schedules away all the afternoon classes. There are matters such as new members. So, she's been busier lately." Qingmei said.

"Um. That. Has Qiluo mentioned anything to you? For example, various rumors." Ling asked.

"Ohhh. Do you mean about Tongdao? I don't know about various rumors. But as for his liking you, not only have we heard all of it, we heard it straight from the horse's mouth." Qingmei said.

Ling sighed heavily and crouched down. Qingmei crouched down, too.

"Why are so depressed? Qiluo won't get scared for some little thing. Aiyou. It's not the first time something scary happened around you." Qingmei asked.

"Hey... I heard you two haven't slept together." Qingmei asked, circling her finger.

Ling sighed and bent down his head.

"I don't know. Even I can't believe myself any more. Does she dislike me? Does she not like me?" Ling said and sighed again.

"It's because she likes you, she wants to avoid it all the more." Qingmei said to Ling. Ling lifted up his head.

"Sleeping together is not like what is being played on TV, playing some background music, stars, and flowers on the ground. I don't know how you guys look at it. But for us girls, it's a very big break." Qingmei said, nodding her head.

"Is it the same to you?" Ling said.

"Of course. Who isn't?" Qingmei said, playing with her hand.

"I'm really sorry about what happened before." Ling said.

Qingmei put up her hand to stop Ling.

"Hey. Don't talk about what happened in the past in front of me. Anything about you, I have completely forgotten them." Qingmei said. Ling smiled.

"Okay. Then I wish you and Daye can come to blossom smoothly." Ling said and stood up and walked away. Qingmei looked alarmed.

"That Daye. He has told you, hasn't he?" Qingmei shouted.

Ling turned around to face her, smiling and gestured to zip his mouth. Ling left.

Qingmei was embarrassed.

Ling came to the art studio to see Qiluo.

"Qiluo." Ling called Qiluo who was adjusting a plaster statue.

"Why do you never walk in from the front door?" Qiluo said.

"Um..." Ling stopped in the middle when he saw Tongdao.

"Why is it you again?" Ling said angrily. Qiluo pulled Ling to the side.

Ling and Qiluo sitting on the step, talking.

"Why is he here?" Ling asked Qiluo.

"Tongdao is a new member of the art club." Qiluo said to Ling.

"A new member. A new member of the art club. Why did you let him join the club?" Ling said to Qiluo.

"Why can't he join the club? He says he's very interested in fine arts." Qiluo said to Ling.

"So you just let him in like that." Ling asked Qiluo.

"Don't be so prejudiced against him. Do you know he admires you a great deal? He also says he wishes he can be like you. I think I can understand his feelings." Qiluo said to Ling.

Both Ling and Qiluo shot Tongdao a glance.

"Do you know what he means? He wishes to be like you." Qiluo said to Ling.

Tongdao was looking outside the window.

"Wei. that... In the cafeteria, I seemed to be a little bit overreacted. I'm sorry." Ling called Tongdao.

Ling and Tongdao sat next to each other.

Ling looked uncomfortable and tried to strike a conversation.

"Do you like painting?" Ling asked Tongdao.

"Um. I often do some water coloring, but I've never done oil painting. Compared to these regular paintings, I like abstract stuff more. So, I like Moreau and Egon Schiele." Tongdao said.

"Egon Schiele." Ling said.

"You know Egon Schiele too?" Tongdao.

"No. I don't