Still Lala (我是杜拉拉 / Wo Shi Du La La)

Episode 1

What time is it?

I have to wake up.

Make me breakfast.

Make it yourself.

Start now.

Hubby.

Good morning.

What a handsome and impressive husband cooking breakfast!

Oh right, make sure to come back early today. You've been working overtime a lot.

Today is the celebration for Mr. Huang's promotion.

You know, Mr. Huang!

Once he gets promoted, we from HR will all be in a higher position.

I need to get some of their spotlight and fawn a bit, right?

Climb up along the pole of promotion. Look at your face.

What are you saying?

Let me tell you, your position represents your value.

I'm already thirty. Having the title of Director of Human Resources,

how cool!

Can't believe you have such a addiction to being an official.

At a foreign enterprise, whoever doesn't want a promotion is a hooligan.

It‘s like being an entrepreneur

who doesn't put profit as their sole aim. It's horseplay.

All in all, today, even if you're going to the promotion ceremony, don't drink alcohol, okay?

Don't worry. I won't.

Let's go to work.

Who's that so early in the morning?

Da Wei Ge, there's a big problem.

The driver that was suppose to pick up President Ye couldn't make it.

I could only come beg you.

What are doing? Am I your driver as well?

It's not like that. I think of you as a brother, that's all.

Um... Honey. Today...

You can't take me to work.

Da Wei Ge, we need to go quickly.

Sister, bye.

Bye bye.

Hello?

I'm already outside.

Yes, I read the contents for the meeting last night.

Okay. See you later.

Sorry.

Sorry...? What does that mean?

Didn't you see me waiting in line? So immature.

I'm going to 986 Jin Zhong Road, Ling Kong Soho.

Okay, I got it. That's a big transnational company.

It's well-known.

I've finally caught a taxi. It's so hard to catch a taxi on a Monday morning. There's about

forty minutes until I arrive. Please arrange the contents for the meeting before I arrive.

Hello, Mother-in-law. What's the matter?

Hello, Lala. How come I can't connect to Xiao Wei's phone?

Ah. - Let me tell you.

Yes, please tell me.

I'm lovelorn.

Lovelorn?

I was trying to side with you younger people.

When I talk, it needs to be more cool.

What I'm trying to say is that I've broken up with my boyfriend.

I only met a few times with that man.

Your Mother-in-law is...

My twilight love only had a little remaining.

If you kept concealing it and covering it, it will disappear.

So I asked him

if he was willing or not.

He said no, so we broke up.

Lala, we're different.

If I lived with you two, how wonderful would that be?

That's right.

You- live together?

Yes, live together.

We think alike.

Yeah. But, Mom, I'm afraid we're not prepared yet.

What? Prepare?

There's no need. What would you need to prepare?

I'll live just like how you guys live.

Lala, I'm already on the way to Shanghai. I'm on the bus already.

The bus? - Probably 40 more minutes.

Make sure to come and pick me up.

Okay, no more. I'll call you when I get there.

No, Mom-

Sir, can you go the bus terminal instead.

Alright, I understand.

An Wei Wei, I won't be able to make it in this morning. I'm calling for a half day off.

Can you take care of some scheduling?

Schedule in this afternoon's employee interviews.

Talk to the cleaner auntie about her dismissal.

Mom, mom!

Hey, Lala. You're here.

Did you wait too long? It took a while. - No, no. It's fine.

It's fine.

Where's Xiao Wei?

Didn't you say he was busy at work? I didn't call him.

I said that, and you just took it as it was?

What about Wang Li?

You're sure you wanted Li Jie to come? - She didn't come either?

I must have brought these siblings in from the garbage.

Their mom is here, and they didn't even come to greet her.

Mom, let's not care about them. - You're good.

You're me, Lu Ai Hua's, good daughter in-law.

Thank you, Mother. I'll take you back now.

I'll help you. - I can do it myself.

I'll do it. Careful. - Okay.

Mom, we're here.

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The house is pretty good.

But there are problems.

It's such a huge house.

Why did you guys install so many ceiling lights? And they're still turned on during the daytime.

How much do you even pay for the electricity bill?

Mom, we use energy saving lights.

We're always going to have to use lights. If not these lights, what other lights?

You should install a big crystal chandelier.

That's even-

I know.

A house's living room is the home's eyes, the focus.

It has to be bright. - Okay, Mom.

Next time, we'll install a huge crystal chandelier.

Today, I don't have much time.

Can I take you out to eat? I only took off half a day.

You don't know how to cook?

Today's a special occasion, and I'm short on time.

Special occasion?

You still need to go to work.

I'm easy to get along with.

Anything will do.

Cook some noodles, or rice. I'm fine with anything.

Really anything casual?

Xiao Wei's not here. It's just us two.

Anything casual will do.

Mom, sorry. This is pretty casual.

Well, this is very casual.

But it's alright.

Lala, you white-collared workers get busy.

Having instant noodles now and then is fine.

But you can't treat it as real food.

Don't worry, Mom. That won't happen.

But today I'm- - I understand.

You have work this afternoon. Also Xiao Wei isn't here.

Good steel should be used to make the blade. (To use resources where they are needed the most.)

We will use them on dinner.

What dinner?

You don't want to cook a few dishes for me tonight? Let me have a little taste?

Alright. I'll cook.

Um, Mother, you eat first.

You eat too.

Mom,

I didn't wash these after last night's dinner.

It's fine, as long as it's clean in the end.

Right.

Hey, turn it off.

You just wash it like this?

You don't use any dish soap?

Right,

the dish soap.

Thanks, Mom.

We had this at home?

Are you crazy? Does this not cost anything?

Just three small drops will do.

Although you were a bit confused back there,

there were some qualities of a virtuous wife in that confusion.

Thanks, Mom.

You're different from my daughter Wang Li.

She does not do housework at all.

She even grew her nails out so long.

Why do you even need to grow out your nails like that?

Can you sell it as money? You can't.

Mom, Li Jie's nails are French manicured. It's really popular these days.

Are all 'liu xing' (popular) things good?

How about 'liu xing bing' (epidemic disease)?

Nails that are painted red and green

can only be monster-like.

You say, you're even paying money to become monster-like.

Do you think a monster can get married?

This daughter of mine was my foe in our previous life.

She just wanted to avenge me, so she came at me like that.

I don't see eye to eye with her physical or inner appearance.

Oh, Mom, your standards are too high.

Li Jie is such a good catch and she's also a 'three high woman'. (Refers to a career woman who has a high income, position in career and education level.)

She's also the Chief Financial Officer. She has lots of tall, handsome, and rich men to choose from.

Yes, you're correct.

She always nitpicks here and there. Then tell me, won't others be the same way to her?

She looks like a left-over woman.

And she's so stubborn.

Mom, even Wang Wei can't help with the grudge between you and Li Jie.

I don't dare say anything.

It's good that I have both a boy and a girl.

My daughter isn't neat, but my son is.

And so is my Daughter-in-law.

Thank you, Mom.

Mom, time's up. I have to go to work.

Then, you rest.