The Way We Were (归去来)

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You are me now. Bro, my fate is in your hands.

You must pass it for me. Or else, I'll get in trouble with my father again.

Don't worry.

Bro!

Stay calm.

Hello, Monica. I'm done with my exam and on my way to the clinic. You should also be leaving the house soon.

Okay. See you later. Bye-bye.

Hello, mom. Was the matching successful?

Mom, what's wrong? Don't cry and talk first.

It matched. Adam's kidney matching was a success.

Thank you, Monica.

I have never told you this.

Thank you for everything that you did for your brother

when you came back here to New York last time.

You are always my beloved daughter. Will always be.

How was it, bro?

Not good. I encountered a bit of a problem.

There's a problem? We got found out?

Not to that level. It's just that...sorry, bro.

What is it?

Today, should I have wrongly answered at least 2 questions.

I shouldn't have answered it all correctly. Or else, won't it look too fake?

You scared me!

Look at how cowardly you were.

Let's go!

Sorry, the phone you are calling is powered off. Please try later.

When you closed your phone, I just knew that you're not going to appear anymore.

Sorry. My mind is a bit confused lately.

Were you hesitating these past days?

Hey, my mother called me to say a very good news.

Adam has finally waited for a kidney donor. The matching today was a success.

Really? That's great!

So, your praying yesterday was also because of this, right?

Yes.

Once Adam has a new kidney, he can be the same as other normal people.

He can go to school, court girls, work, get married, and have children like other normal people.

He can now live an ordinary and boring life.

This is really worthy to be celebrated. We should have something delicious tonight.

Okay. For an ordinary and boring life.

Actually, before I was 18,

I frequently hated to be alive. I frequently has this...

...impulse to sleep and forever shut off this disgusting world.

Good thing that at that time...

...I used partying wildly

and numerous drinking spree to suppress this idea.

I have never been like this now...

Feeling that an ordinary and boring life is worthy to be lived.

That's why, I've decided to give birth to this child.

Really? You really have decided?

I know that having a child is troublesome, a very big trouble.

Just like how I was with my mother. Right?

Do you know that after age 13, I have always been alone.

No one belonged to me, and I didn't belong to anyone.

If I give birth to this child now,

I will have the first person that's totally belonging to me.

The two of us can then form our own home.

Should you look for who the baby's father is?

No. Because I'm sure that I don't love him and I won't give him the chance to share this child with me.

The future father of this child doesn't need to be related to him by blood.

As long as he's the one that I love, then it's okay.

Then Monica, for this decision that you made,

It means that for a long time in the future,

you must become a single mother.

You must change from being idle to even take responsibility for oneself

to bearing the living responsibilities for two people.

Also, there's no escaping, no turning off and just restarting, and the more, no returning.

I understand.

I don't care about that much anymore. Anyway, you'll be here for these next 2 years.

I have decided to have this baby.

I support you.

Come in.

I'm sorry. This is not my room.

Hey! You're not wrong. It's this place. I'm Rudy!

- Oh, so you look like that. - Sit.

I will call you later. Thank you.

Bro, the scores for the high-level mathematics exam has come out.

How did it go?

A.

I'm at ease then.

Bro, you're so great.

Based on our deal, the highest pay, $5,000.

I initially thought of transferring it to you through WeChat. But after rethinking, it's still cash that has a more powerful effect.

I initially thought of putting it in an envelope.

But rethinking it again, that giving it to you bare naked will give you more sense of achievement.

Yes...

Bro, here. Keep it well. We still have some serious matter to discuss.

Today, let's carry on past traditions and forge ahead. Let's not go home until drunk.

We're still forging ahead?

Waitress!

Wow.

Rudy.

Can I tell you the truth?

Say it. I will listen.

I think what you're doinhg is inappropriate.

What's inappropriate about it?

You ask me to take the test for you. That's academic cheating.

That is a crime.

Why didn't you reject me and criticize me before the test?

You committed a crime with me.

I was desperate.

This time I'm in America,

for money, I lost my principles.

Taking the test for you this time...

is a giant stain in my life.

What do you mean?

You are sitting here with the stain of your life.

Eating the fancy Japanese food he paid for.

You accused him of cheating. Does that make you noble? Weren't you in it together?

I am not targeting at you. I was blaming myself.

I really let myself go.

So I'm morally corrupt?

You stepping on yourself is like stomping on me as well.

I will stop. Are you happy?

I still want to give you some advice.

You should behave yourself.

You can't ask others to do everything for you.

I admit.

This time I was wrong.

But my purpose is beautiful.

I just don't want my father to be disappointed by me again and again.

Even if it's just a beautiful bubble.

In fact, whether it was my test scores or going to university,

he just cares about if it looks good. He doesn't care if it's a bubble or not.

If one day, I spent the USD my father gave me on his mental health instead of having fun myself,

he will admit,

that it was because of my respect for him.

That really makes sense.

Bro, I will not get mad no matter what you say.

Because you are always right.

But, some people's lives are destined to be a certain way. Like me.

No matter how I get through school,

or how I got my diploma and graduation certificate,

it will not get in the way of me becoming a playboy and a CEO of my father's company in the future.

If I want beautiful girls and grandchildren around me, I have to do it myself.

Nobody can do that for me.

So, no matter how I live, my path will go down that way.

You don't need to care about if it's decent or not.

There is really success that you don't have to work for.

Bro. - Huh?

Now, I am going to tell you something really serious.

What?

A bigger case.

Case?

Next semester, there is a really intimating course.

Financial engineering.

Now you're starting to make appointments for cheating six months earlier?

Are you sure you will fail yourself?

It's not only taking the test for me,

you have to go to class for me. It's a package.

Going to class?

How can I do that for you?

From start to finish, you pretend you are me.

You show up in every class and every test as me.

You act the role of me.

I can't do that.

You have to. This course is attended by students from a few majors.

Over 100 students in a big classroom. The professor won't be able to tell the difference.

Nobody knows me either. Don't worry about being recognized.

I'm afraid that if the teacher...

10,000 USD.

This is not about money.

What's not about money? 15,000.

Bro, you told me...

that not everyone can study abroad.

You can pretend that your dream of studying overseas is coming true.

You make my money and you live the overseas student's dream that you didn't dare to dream of.

Two birds, one stone. Why can't you do it?

The difference is just the diploma. Do you really care about that?

Hey. If you care about it, it's buy one get one free.

I will get you a diploma from an American university.

I make sure the peasants back in China won't be able to tell that it was paid for.

It's not that I care about the diploma.

I feel like I am only hurting you...

Bro. Are you ok?

Ok with what?

15,000 USD. Deal?

Bro.

What do you think of...

this place?

Great.

Here. This kitchen fan...

is really good at sucking smoke.

This table looks...

really good.

Redwood.

This fridge looks old but is really good.

Look at this bed.

This bed is very bouncy. You can try it when I'm gone.

Last,

this will be your home.

Mine?

You live here.

I paid for 6 months of rent and bills.

You act as me patiently. That's all you need to do.

Ok.

It's about less than 20 minutes drive from here to the school.

I have made a few rules for you in school.

Six "No"s.

I called it the principle of six "no"s.