Father to Son (范保德)

Van Pao-Te.

Van Pao-Te.

Your mother-in-law is talking, but you just turn a deaf ear.

Mom.

Why have you got a gun?

That's funny, Mom.

I'm going downtown.

There's a water leak at Doc's.

And that's more important?

What about my bathroom?

Registration is in a week.

Have you decided yet?

There's 80 square meters behind that bathroom.

No title deeds.

What if she gets elected?

I served six terms.

- Where will I take a bath? - Mom, have some pigs' feet.

I don't want pigs' feet. I want pigskin.

No pigskin today.

These clothes need dry cleaning.

Dy-Chi can take them.

Why bring them over here?

Their service is better.

Mom, I'm leaving.

If you don't register...

I'm going to run again!

Dad. Could you invent a smog alarm for him?

It'd be faster if you wrote him an App.

Look. It's sixty years old.

Really tough.

Show me.

It's heavy!

Same age as us!

Would've been drafted the same year!

I'll come back tomorrow.

Tell your nurses...

not to use the water trough today.

What's up?

Wait!

Slowly, slowly.

Steady!

Two more.

Steady.

Almost there.

Come on, I've got you.

Slowly.

Let's give you a check-up.

- I don't go to doctors. - I know.

I'm not Doc, just your classmate.

A-Chen!

- What's up? - Come here!

What happened?

I'm allergic to doctors.

A-Chen, you can go for lunch now.

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

And again.

Have you heard?

Mei is sick.

Really?

Cancer.

She's started chemotherapy.

Chemotherapy?

Ah, she's been wearing a hat lately.

Lost her hair.

Hello, Tiffany Laundry.

That's not a job for the boss.

Where is A-Ti?

Off duty already.

You're too good to him.

Both machines broke down?

We've been washing all day.

Both motors are giving up. So temperamental.

Leave it to me and A-Kuan. We'll do it.

Thanks a lot.

Here's your new coupons. At your service...

Thanks.

Ku, good job you're here.

- Don't answer that. - I have to. It's the bosslady.

Look at the time.

It's the middle of the night.

Dad, hurry up.

Okay. Don't push me.

Five-eight-three.

Calling five-eight-three.

Bad news. That thermal tank idea you had...

someone is already doing it.

This one's also made in Japan?

Taiwan.

Can I take a look?

Why do you want to take a look?

Hold on.

Today, your stool color...

still the same?

I'm giving you a phone number.

My classmate. She's at NTU Hospital.

Find some time to see her in Taipei.

Why?

You ask me why?

She was our class belle.

Very pretty.

Class belle?

I know what he meant...

He said the same thing twenty years ago.

Mrs Van, don't worry.

I'll give Yasu another doctor's number.

He'll take you.

Why?

Why?

Nothing, he was my teacher.

And very good-looking!

Really?

You never went to a clinic? Never saw a doctor?

I was there to fix the water pump.

Not cos I was feeling sick.

Then I am not like you.

Whenever I go to a clinic...

the smell always gives me a headache.

A-Kao...

Doc said I needed to check my pancreas.

Just ignore him.

Everyone has something in their pancreas.

From my lungs to my intestines...

there's always something.

Those guys are all the same.

They're always bluffing.

The more frightened you are...

the more money they can make.

A-Kao.

Where is the pancreas?

Pancreas?

Inside the belly!

Girlfriend?

Yeah.

Won't leave me alone.

You're kidding?

Really?

What's the problem?

My back hurts.

Kidneys?

Pancreas, maybe.

Pancreas?

Not Internal Medicine?

Gastroenterology?

Go ask Dr. Hsu for me.

I'll go ask at Doc's.

Yasu isn't faking it.

I'll complete the registration and run myself.

Vote Chuang Su-Ju!

My daughter. She's running this year.

Vote Chuang Su-Ju!

Vote Kuo Yu-Chin!

Mei.

I'm here.

Were you always that tall or have you grown?

C'mon, I'm just the same.

Just like you.

- Are you tired? - A little bit.

In 1987, I failed the college entrance exam.

Mom told me to come down and help with her hotel...

and prepare to retake.

When I arrived...

the boys here, just like bored guys at the pool...

surprised by sudden ripples in the water...

all turning to see what made the splash.

Me?

I didn't care about them at all.

Thinking I was nothing but a passerby...

doing my time and leaving.

Dad, I'm going out. Be right back.

That was my first time here.

How did you find that?

I'd left this place behind ten years before.

I thought I'd have nothing more to do with this town...

but my aunt and uncle...

were in an accident...

and left the hotel behind.

Nobody knew what to do.

They didn't have any kids.

My mom wanted to sell it.

But I just couldn't.

So I decided to come back and run it.

That's what I don't understand. You're not even from here.

I have feelings for this hotel.

You said you came here twice...

but why did you leave in the first place?

My dad and brother didn't want me to come back.

Why not?

I caused trouble here before.

Dad...

I'll go fetch grandma's clothes.

The receipt.

The laundry?

I'll go. You stay here.

I can go, you stay here.

You stay here.

I'll go.

You go. I'll stay.