Apple in Your Eye

Apple In Your Eye Episode 01

'Eternity' is something that exists beyond time.

So, the sun, the moon, and the stars are all called eternal.

Beethoven's music, Van Gogh's paintings, Tang and Song Dynasty poems...

The sorts of things we all still believe are beautiful even after all this time, these will also become eternal.

Then...

What is 'forever'?

How far is forever, after all?

I will never forget you... You will always hate me...

My forever... Your forever... Their forever...

So, 'forever'...

is measured by a person's life.

There was an artist, hereafter called Woman.

She finally met her other half,

hereafter called Man.

Woman and Man were in love and made an agreement.

They would create a performance art piece utilizing "The Great Wall" and "love" together.

They separately travelled, starting from the two opposite ends of the Great Wall.

Three months later, Woman and Man finally met again.

They embraced each other for a long time.

Because, following the end of the road they had both travelled and treasured together,

they would, in the most elegant way...

...break up.

From then on, they would continue their respective lives without any contact and without seeing one another.

They were taking love’s most beautiful appearance

and leaving it on the eternal Great Wall.

For the sake of creating an eternal piece of artwork,

they sacrificed being together forever.

Because forever is only just one second in the vast eternity.

What about you?

For the sake of 'eternity', would you sacrifice 'forever'?

Our teacher once asked us this.

I figure that I wouldn't.

Because I'm very ordinary, insignificant, unimportant.

Furthermore, his and my story also isn't beautiful enough.

And of course, we didn't have the majestic Great Wall as a backdrop.

Oh, but we had a broken wall that was incomparable to the Great Wall.

You can carefully climb the broken wall,

stand at the top, and look far off into the distance.

Can you see it? My house is right over there.

Apple in Your Eye :: Subtitles by Volunteers @Viki

House of Massage

This is my home.

- Is this okay? - It hurts!

They're my older sisters.

I was born 3 days ago.

- It's a brother! - It's a sister!

Mom, didn't you say you'd give us a little brother?

How come it's another little sister? Why?

Be good. Take your sister to play outside.

Good Ji Xuan wants to eat snacks!

You want to eat snacks? Okay.

Okay, hurry. Take your little sister to go buy snacks.

Yay!

It's ready.

Then, I'll feed her, okay?

The chicken soup is almost ready.

It's the old hen that Grandma Dai gave us.

Have you thought about a name for the baby?

Bei Ai! (means 'sorrow')

Sorrow?

Daughter's are great, I love daughters.

It'd be great if you had seven! Then we could have seven little fairies!

Didn't you say the fortune teller said it would be a boy?

Why is it a girl? It is all your fault!

Yes, yes, yes... It's all my fault.

You better not cry...

People say women cry in the month following childbirth.

Crying hurts your eyes the most... Don't cry...

I feel such sorrow!

Bei Ai! Bei Ai!

Okay, okay...

Bi Ai! Bi Ai!

Now the vegetables are all swollen.

Only the peas are okay, they're just a bit old.

Grandma Dai!

Hi Ji Xuan and Ji Ru, what are you up to?

Our family's little sister has a name!

Oh, what's her name?

Bi Ai!

Grandma Dai, bye bye!

See you...

What? Bi Ai?

Zhou... Bei... Ai...

It's 'very sorrowful'.

How could someone name their child that?

It's probably something said in frustration.

Mrs. Zhou's father-in-law prefers males. He said the daughter-in-law that has a son is a keeper.

If it weren't for these words, how could she have had three daughters in a row?

Everyday she has to take care of Ji Xuan and Ji Ru and work. It's tiring enough as it is.

And I always wanted a daughter but couldn't have one.

What is this...?

God loves to play tricks.

Mom, what about this?

Why don't we have Mrs. Zhou give us her 'sorrow'?

That depends on whether our Yao Qi agrees?

Yao Qi, how about we have the Zhou family's third daughter become your little sister?

Is it okay?

I don't want to.

I don't want to.

Actually, my name is Zhou Ji Wei,

from the name my mom had prepared for a son, Zhou Ji Wei. (different 'Wei' character)

Okay, okay, quiet down.

"Two is just right" really makes sense.

Because one fish only has two eyes and one chicken only has two feet.

So, three is a crowd.

One for Ji Xuan... One for Ji Ru.

Here.

Hey! Why did you hit your sister?

And you're still pushing your little sister? How naughty.

When I was very, very young, I got the message that I was "extra."

So when I could move,

I quickly learned how to run away from home.

Little Ji Wei!

Little Ji Wei! Why are you here be yourself?

Where's your mother?

Your face and hands are all dirty.

Come here, let's go to Grandma's house to get cleaned up.

Good girl. Let's go!

Let me carry you!

Look!

It's just right!

From now on, you can wear the clothes Yao Qi has grown out of.

How great!

Mom, Ji Wei is a girl.

Why do you need to group little children into boys and girls?

Otherwise she'll wear the old hand-me-downs both her sisters have already worn.

She'll be in tatters everyday.

How cute!

Why did he come back at this time of day?

You're not going to work in the afternoon?

What's wrong?

You resigned again?!

The work isn't to your liking? If you smoke a couple of cigarettes won't it be okay?

Why are you resigning again?

If work isn't going well, find other work, right?

Oh, thank you!

Wake up, it's time to take a shower.

I don't want to!

Hey, how could I be short one?

I'm really sorry to trouble you to take care of her.

Just a moment ago I couldn't find her.

She didn't cry when she woke up.

I was scared to death when I couldn't find her just now.

You have to take care of 3 children and work,

and Mr. Zhou is busy working at the post office most of the night.

So he can't help you.

I'm always at home anyway.

She's so good! It'd be great if she could be Yao Qi's playmate.

If you're too busy, you can always bring her over to my place.

How could I bother you like that?

I really liked Grandma Dai.

I really liked their house.

And I really liked wearing Dai Yao Qi's old clothes that smelled like baby powder.

But my favorite would be their homemade food.

Because I finally ate what is said to be the most delicious flavor on the earth.

Yao Qi's favorite... Fish eyes!

Grandma Dai.

What would you like?

I also like to eat fish eyes.

That great. There's another one here. Let me help you.

Grandma.

Why is Zhou Bei Ai always at our house??

It's more lively this way.

But I only have one fish eye.

Why are you so petty?

You're a big brother. What's wrong with giving your little sister one eye?

She isn't my little sister.

Who says she's not?

Let me tell you a secret.

Actually, Ji Wei is your real sister.

The stork just delivered her to the wrong house, so she ended up at Mrs. Zhou's house.

You're lying.

If you don't believe me, you can ask Dad.

Dad says, "rumors stop at wise men."

There's no such thing as a stork that brings babies!

Looking at you, you're just as unromantic as your father.

Grandma Dai.

Yes. What else do you want?

Did the stork really send me to the wrong house?

For the sake of a fish eye, and for the sake of being pampered like a princess,

I really wanted to become Dai Yao Qi's little sister.

Although, it was obvious he didn't need or want a little sister like me.

Bye bye.

Good luck!

Over here!

Don't go over there!

My dad said there's a black hole there.

So all the things around it completely disappear.

Only that old broken wall is left.

Yeah, I think I heard about it as well.

Your dad must have been lying.

My dad says, "rumors stop at wise men."

My dad is a scientist. Why would he lie?

Your dad doesn't know a single thing. That's why he's jobless all the time!

- It's just that no one recognizes my Dad's talent! - Liar!

- He's lying right? - Yeah!

You're the one who's lying!

Then you go inside. Then we'll know who's lying.

Yeah, go.