The first 200 lines.
Is it true what Cheng Wen-liang said?
You got Li Tzu-chi killed.
The next one
will be me.
What do you think
I waited 30 years for?
Why are you hurting people?
Li Tzu-chi jumped because she couldn't take it.
Couldn't take what?
Why do you think
you're able to write those poems
and no longer see hallucinations?
I gave these gifts to you
to make you mine.
So
you were only nice to me
so you could use me.
You only shared your past with me so you could use me.
You never actually thought of me as your friend.
Yes.
I approached you to just use you.
I want you to give yourself to me completely,
so I can possess you and take revenge.
Take this.
This talisman will keep you safe.
A positive response.
City God has agreed to send Fang Jui-hsin away.
Where will she go?
I don't know.
She has so much resentment and hurt so many people.
She's probably going to hell.
It's all up to City God.
Yin, yin, and yang.
Okay.
Think about her and make one last toss.
Yang.
Yang.
The upper trigram is "qian."
"Qian" stands for "heaven."
"Gen" stands for "mountain."
Mountain below heaven.
This forms dun.
Jui-hsin's hexagram is named dun,
representing retreat or avoidance.
"When faced with issues that can't be resolved,
you have to withdraw and stop."
What does it mean to stop?
It probably means
both of you should stop interacting with each other.
I need to use the restroom.
That's all we can do for now.
When the temple holds ceremonies for suppressing evil,
we'll have it cleansed.
If you're still worried about her, I will recite the scriptures for her.
We'll conduct more rituals later.
Wen-liang.
Cheng Wen-liang.
Why haven't you come home for dinner?
It's my mom.
Wen-liang, why didn't you tell me you were bringing a friend home?
Hello, Mrs. Cheng. My name is Liu Yun-hsiang.
I just transferred to Greenwood this semester.
Cheng Wen-liang has been a really good friend.
I'm sorry for the intrusion.
You're so well-mannered and beautiful.
Jeez.
Why do I get a son like you instead?
Wen-liang has never brought a friend home before.
All right, stop it.
Why? It's the truth.
Yun-hsiang.
Stay and have dinner with us.
Wen-liang's dad will be home soon.
Stop it.
Yun-hsiang, have some more.
You're too skinny.
Mrs. Cheng, I'm full. The food is delicious.
Do you like it?
Then you must have more. Here.
Stop it. She's full. Don't force her.
She's just being polite. Not everyone is rude like you.
Listen, if you ever feel like you're having bad luck,
just come and pray at our temple.
I'll let you know that our City God is very effective.
He was a Qing dynasty scholar who appeared to our ancestors in a dream.
The history of this temple is the history of Jinluan.
-Everyone in Jinluan-- -Enough already.
She didn't ask for a history lesson.
-Boy, are you complaining? -You just won't stop.
If you like giving lessons, why don't you be a teacher?
-Why? -I chose not to.
-Or I would've been a professor. -Is that so?
-You're one to talk with your bad grades. -Exactly.
Your family is so close.
Bullshit. How are we close?
We're always bickering.
Plus, the temple work is such a pain.
Look, once I save up enough money,
I'm getting out of here.
Why do you want to leave so badly?
I don't want to be like my dad.
He doesn't have the skills,
but he keeps doing this job.
But I don't see how that's bad.
He's still helping people.
Do you think so?
You and Shen Hua seem close lately.
Really?
You can come to me about anything.
If you have problems at school, I can help too.
You can come to the temple anytime.
But some things
can never be fixed.
What is it in the world that can't be fixed?
You know it's not vitamin C in my pill bottle, right?
My illness can't be cured.
I'll never get better.
There are a lot of incurable diseases.
My grandpa's diabetes never got better.
My dad's hair loss won't get better.
"Come to our temple when you have time.
Our City God is very effective."
He says that so often that I can recite it.
Thank you.
Anyway, you can always count on me for help.
Liu Yun-hsiang.
Are you okay?
-It's Instructor Pai. -It's Instructor Pai.
Stand.
Attention.
Salute.
-Good morning, sir. -Good morning, sir.
Stand straight.
You must be wondering why I'm here for your lesson.
Mr. Shen Hua
and a particular student
have been getting too close.
That is a breach of school rules.
He'll no longer be teaching this class.
Class two-one.
is the model class for the school.
All of you ought to bear that in mind.
Anybody who violates the school rules
and behaves shamelessly
will pay the consequences.
You know where you need to go.
What's going on?
This was already handled with leniency.
You replaced me with Pai Kuo-feng.
What does he know?
Isn't this entirely your own fault?
As if flirting with a female student at school wasn't enough,
you even appeared as a couple in public.
Do you want a taboo romance?
It was to help the school.
I mentored her and took her to public events,
so she could win honors for Greenwood.
Haven't I told you not to be so short-sighted?
Where can your literature take you?
You're the heir of the Shen family.
Stop focusing only on trivial literature.
The Contemporary Literature's chief editor requested a submission from Yun-hsiang.
If it garners a good response,
they'll consider supporting her future work.
If things were done my way,
Liu Yun-hsiang would've been expelled.
If she hadn't been shortlisted,
I would've disbanded your poetry club too.
Anyway,
you can't teach Class two-one anymore.
Sir.
We won't give up because of a minor setback.
Soldier on.
Our results will prove our value.
One day,
when your poems are published,
you'll look back on this.
This is the process.
I can't write anything.
-I can't write anything. -Yun-hsiang.
Yun-hsiang, take a break.
Sorry, I'm too impatient.
I'm pushing you too hard.
Of course this would happen.
What if I can't come up with anything again?
That won't happen.
Yun-hsiang.
You're very talented.
What if I'm actually not that good?
I'm so scared.
What if the real me
is nothing at all?
I'm just as scared.
My confidence
is actually just an act.
I often feel that
everything I have was handed to me.
The person I really am
is nothing.
Sir.
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