Game of Hunting (Hunting Ground / Lie Chang / 猎场)

The marriage alliance made our family business even more powerful.

I had to tell Zhao Jian Ting.

My life without hope had already begun.

So, let our short separation turn into a permanent farewell.

You didn't think about going to America to find him?

I'm not that strong.

My father and brothers aren't bandits. They didn't tie me down with chains.

I was just too useless.

I knew it would be too hard for our relationship to continue on.

I could have walked away from everything.

But I have a family that loves me.

I couldn't bring myself to turn my back on them.

After all, they had taken care of me for over 20 years.

It was time for me to repay them.

Indeed.

Love shouldn't become a reason to trample on kinship.

That is exactly it.

My fiance at the time, now my husband, and I

knew each other well.

I can't say I liked him, but I didn't hate him either.

The day Zhao Jian Ting showed up...

I finally understood...

being loved is a wonderful feeling.

That was when I knew...

he was always in my heart.

He used to be a young scholar.

When he appeared before me that day...

I could see the changes in his face. He looked as if he had aged years.

I was standing dumbstruck at the door.

I just looked at him.

Words failed me.

I could only rush to him and hug him with all my might.

I cried at the top of my lungs

before I could tell him how much I loved him.

He had a smile on his face.

But his eyes were red-rimmed.

I didn't care about anybody around us.

I kissed him with everything in me.

I didn't dare let him look into my eyes.

I was afraid he would see I was ready to betray him.

He wasn't sad.

Nor did he weep a single tear.

I'm guessing he was confident he could take me back to America.

That night

my brother stepped in and invited him to dinner.

I knew what would be happening.

Our family has ties to the underworld.

I only told my brother

to politely ask him to return to the States.

If he dared touch a hair on his head

I would kill myself.

The next day, they sent me to my sister-in-law's house in Nantou.

They said it was so I could learn the ropes of business.

In reality, they were hiding me.

Zhao Jian Ting returned to the States.

He left so soon?

I was so naive.

I believed what my brother told me

and really did think he returned to the States.

All that time, he had never left Taipei.

Every day, he would go to my house on Ren'ai Road

and wait for me at the door.

I can imagine how much he wished to see me.

But he didn't know where I was.

One month later

he saw news of my engagement in Nantou in the newspaper.

He lost all hope.

I remember it was typhoon season.

I could imagine

the heavy rains outside

and how much pain and suffering he must have been in

as he walked along the streets alone.

He traveled hundreds of miles

but he couldn't see me.

I had dashed his hopes.

An idea came to me then.

A voice told me...

Cai Wan Yu, you are the devil incarnate.

You owe Zhao Jian Ting, a pure soul.

How did you find out about this?

It was Master Huai Yun who told me.

After Zhao Jian Ting reached Nantou

he was even more worse for wear, suffering even more hardship

with nobody he could rely on.

In the end, he went to Chung Tai Chan Monastery to make a wish.

He carried a large can of pesticides up the mountain with him

with the intention of ending it all.

That happened?

He was saved by Master Huai Yun and disciples.

He requested to be made a monk.

The master didn't accept him.

A bitter fate.

He was tired of living, but couldn't die.

How did he survive?

He didn't become a monk.

He joined a charity education corps and devoted himself to charitable work.

I suppose he was also recovering from the hurt I caused him.

In the next year, I became pregnant.

I went to Chung Tai Chan Monastery to pray.

I didn't expect to see him.

Such a coincidence?

It must have been arranged by fate.

We were so close.

I was in the car and watched him talk to Master Huai Yun.

He didn't see me.

How far were you?

Very close.

If I rolled down the car window, I could have touched his shoulder.

You didn't get out of the car?

I was rooted to the spot.

I didn't know what I should do.

I pressed my nose against the glass and watched him.

I didn't know what I could say.

I only knew I mustn't get out of the car.

If I appeared before him with a pregnant belly...

that would have been much too cruel to him.

I looked into his eyes.

He seemed at peace.

A forlorn voice suddenly spoke in my mind.

Bid farewell.

But fate won't allow it.

His face was clean and neat.

I desperately wanted to roll down the window

and reach out and touch him.

I wanted to wrap my arms around him and talk to him.

On pure lands enlightenment comes.

I finally realized...

what I felt before was passion, not love.

True love...

True love begins at farewell.

In Taiwan, it's said one goes to Tzu Chi to do charity

and to Chung Tai to comprehend life and death.

I believe it.

Perhaps in that moment, he had truly forgotten you.

You took all the pain that remained.

If that is truly what happened, I can accept that.

I later told Master Huai Yun about our story.

He also told me about Zhao Jian Ting.

That's how I found out.

That was the second time you saw him?

Yes.

I later asked Master Huai Yun

to use his prestige and wisdom to kindly urge Zhao Jian Ting to go home.

After all, he has an elderly mother.

I also asked my husband and sister-in-law to help me put on an act

at the entrance of Chung Tai Chan Monastery...

to tell him I had died

and ask Master Huai Yun to perform religious ceremonies for me.

That is a photo of his mother.

Mama Zhao.

I'm sorry.

Jian Ting and I are both filial children.

We often cannot find a way to satisfy everybody.

She has aged.

Her back is now stooped.

Why does time fly so fast?

The next photo is one his mother kept all this time.

Mama Zhao visited America once.

This photo of me was taken at the school campus.

She was very nice to me.

She kept it?

I might see them when I go back.

Do you need me to bring back any message?

Don't say anything.

The dead remain dead.

Zhao Jian Ting was true and loyal.

Yet, he met a profane woman like me.

Only my death will make things seem fairer.

That is what God planned.

And...

There is one thing about Zhao Jian Ting's life

that has been subjected to others' criticism.

To this day, he is still single.

[Every butterfly is a reincarnation of Romeo's infatuation. Love, Jian Ting.]

I'm sorry, President Yan. There was traffic.

Sit.

I should be the one to say sorry.

I should have gone to your office instead.

You're being too polite.

I'm young. I should be the one to make the trip.

Don't hesitate to tell me what you need.

I'm a sentimental person.

The talents Te Hui recruited for me in the past

have been to my satisfaction.

I was very pleased.

I'm seeing you today to give you a new case.

Please do not say anything yet so as to avoid leaking any secrets.

It's like this.

I will be leaving Te Hui very soon

to partner up with a few friends to run our own headhunting firm.

If you would still like to go to Te Hui with your new case

then I will introduce you to a new agent.

If you have more faith in me

you can take your case to my new company.

You must consider this carefully.

Entrepreneurship?

I guess so.

I want to do something of my own with a few friends.

I don't want to work for someone else my whole life.

That was exactly what I thought when I first founded Sheng Huang.