Fifteen Years To Wait For Migratory Birds (十五年等待候鸟 / Shi Wu Nian Deng Dai Hou Niao)

Fifteen Years Of Waiting For Migratory Birds

CEO Pei, what you wanted is already in the study room.

Okay. You've worked hard today.

Hello, Li Jun? I need you to help me with one more thing.

So the one that asked me out wasn't Xiao Jun, but you?

Is there meaning behind you two playing this game?

If I were to ask you out alone, would you have come?

If we both had the time and were available,

of course, I would.

Then, that's great. Just treat this as if I asked you out alone.

I bought a new painting.

I wanted my old friend to evaluate it. Is that okay?

You should look for a professional for that.

I don't think I can help you.

This painting is different.

Do you remember the last time you came to this reed field,

I asked if you had a wish?

You said that you wanted to have a small observatory,

so that you could see the whole reed field when standing on it.

Back then, you drew it on a transparent piece of paper

and I held this up against the distance.

When you look at it, it was like there really was an observatory there.

Your design isn't bad.

Over here a little.

This way.

This side! How is it?

That piece of paper doesn't exist anymore.

What meaning is there if I remember it or not?

Look this way.

Is this what you built?

Four years ago, I made my first profit

and came here to construct this.

My work partner asked me

if I were to invest in this land.

I said, I only wanted to implant a home here,

to wait for my migratory bird to return.

Let's go. Let's go in and check it out.

Is this the painting you were talking about?

This is your painting.

Even if it doesn't have a signature

or any marks,

I was able to tell, with just this feather,

that you painted this.

That's right. The gallery

told me that someone bought my painting,

so it was you.

If I were to evaluate my own painting, I would be too biased.

You should still look for someone else.

You still have me inside your heart.

Li Li,

there's a million ways to paint migratory birds.

Why did you choose to paint a feather?

I thought of it, so I painted it. Do I need a reason?

Perhaps you do, perhaps you don't.

But I remember that we held such a feather

on this reed field while watching the birds.

We made a promise and

said that we would come back the next year.

Do you remember?

It's been way too long ago.

I don't remember it clearly.

Even if I do, what are you going to do about it?

You said that migratory birds were best at holding promises.

They migrate over ten times during their lifetime, over ten thousand kilometers each trip.

After passing so many places, not one would change.

If you like migratory birds,

as long as you're willing to wait,

they'll definitely come back. Am I not right?

But I didn't tell you

that their migration might change their mindset.

Even if it were to fly back,

it wouldn't be the same as it was before.

I am also not the person I was before.

I once thought that there were a lot I wouldn't be able to do,

but now, I only have one wish.

I can do anything for it.

I only have one goal,

and it's to wait for my migratory bird to return.

You can't hold a migratory bird.

After a season, it will leave.

Like how it is right now,

it's not the season to observe migratory birds.

We should leave.

You have already come back.

You're standing there, right in front of me.

How do you expect me to let you go?

What do you want me to say for you to understand?

We are already over.

We ended 7 years ago.

Life is like a train.

Once you enter a station, some people will enter

and some people will have to leave.

After being together for a trip,

you must let go when you must.

This is the best ending for the both of us.

Can you understand that?

Hello?

Qianren.

I'm catching up with an old classmate, Pei Shangxuan.

Wait for me for dinner.

You should be able to understand now.

Qianren is the only one who can take care of me for my entire life.

Qianren. - Dad.

Li Li didn't come home with you?

She went to go meet up with an old friend. She should be back soon.

I want to ask you one more time.

Do you really want to marry Li Li, or is it because Mrs. Li asked you to?

Li Li...

Don't cry anymore.

With you guys accompanying me here, I can leave peacefully.

The only thing I regret is not being able to see you get married,

not being able to see you wear a wedding dress,

and not being able to see you as a pretty bride,

before leaving this world, leaving you guys.

I don't want this. I don't want this, Mom.

I am sorry.

Qianren. - Yes?

I'm going to hand Li Li over to you.

Mrs. Li, don't worry.

From now on, no matter if she becomes old or dies,

I will stay beside her and never to leave or abandon her.

Thank you.

Thank you, Qianren.

Mom.

Dad, Li Li is a strong girl.

I believe that she doesn't need anyone's pity or care.

In the 7 years that she was healing,

rather me taking care of her, it was instead her encouraging me.

The strength that Li Li uses to face her illness makes even a man like me feel humbled.

So whenever I encounter an obstacle, I always think of her.

Whenever I think of her smile, I believe that there's nothing I can't overcome.

Li Li is definitely a good girl.

She's like her mother.

It's just that God is too cruel.

Son, I want to thank you.

You've fulfilled Mrs. Li's last wish.

I'm willing to do it.

Here, here. Li Li,

drink the duck soup.

I've prepared the soup for a long time.

What's more important is that Qianren researched online

for a long time to find this duck factory that sells clean

and organic ducks.

Drink it while it's hot.

Thank you, Mr. Liu.

Thank you.

Hurry and drink it while it's hot.

Oh right,

what did the doctor say about the report?

We still have to wait a few more days until the report comes out.

She still needs to go through with the therapy, though.

How's the search for bone marrow donor going?

There isn't any news from the hospital,

but I've posted on some overseas listings, maybe they will have it.

Li Li, from now on, you have to tell me and Qianren whenever you feel sick.

Don't hide it from us like the previous years.

If you do it alone, it's called suffering, but if you share it with us, it's called sharing the burden.

Suffering and burden are different, understand?

I understand, Mr. Liu.

Bringing your mom here back home

is accomplishing one of my biggest goals.

What's next for me is to prepare your wedding with Qianren.

The only thing your mother felt regretful of when she left

was that she wasn't able to witness you walking down the aisle in a wedding dress.

Qianren and I are both willing to fulfill your mother's last wish.

What's more important is that when I can see you and Qianren walk together,

I can feel at ease.

But, I already... - Marry me.

Li Li, being able to marry you,

other than fulfilling Mrs. Li's wish,

is also the biggest wish of my life.

Here.

Dad, you should also have some. - Okay.

Hello? - Hello, Pei Shangxuan?

Did you talk it out with Li Li yet?

Did she have a change of heart?

Thank you, Li Jun.

Li Li told me a lot.

We're completely over now.

What?!

She didn't tell you anything after all of that?

What do you mean?

Is she hiding something from me?

It's nothing.

It's just that in the 7 years that she was gone, it wasn't easy for her.

It's nothing. That's all.

I can feel that she went through a lot.

Liu Qianren really cares for her.

This is maybe why she chose Liu Qianren in the end.

Probably.

I can't talk any longer, I have to finish my draft.

Bye.

Let go of me!

I'm not going to! Apologize to me first.

They always fly back here around this time of the year.

As long as you're willing to wait, you'll be able to see them.

Pei Shangxuan, do you still remember this?

In the beginning,

you gave this to me as a present.

It was this that gave me courage whenever I felt sad.