I'm really sorry.
I didn't discuss it with you first. I put in the request to give up your next game.
After all, it's tennis.
Once there's a service break,
it'll be too damaging.
Did that sense of adversity make you think of your trauma again?
I know my greatest problem right now
is my inability to overturn a losing game.
In fact, I've never been in the right state of mind.
From the very start, I've...
I've always assumed that I would enact this.
Simply put, I'm scared of losing.
But when I am really about to lose,
there is only despair...
and no opportunity to turn the tides.
Whenever we leave for a match, we leave our luggage at the front desk.
If we won, we'd resume our residence.
If we lose, we pack up and leave.
That overwhelming pressure didn't come from a fear of losing.
It's the fear of not gaining any points.
We'll be wasting the club's expenses for matches, travel, and coach fees.
I know you're in a tough spot.
I don't want to lose again.
Song Sanchuan, I don't want to be a burden to you.
Lately, I've been thinking.
Did I make a mistake?
When I persuaded you to switch to tennis from badminton, I said,
"The score will never reach 18:18 in a tennis match," but in fact...
we were just fleeing from the badminton court.
We didn't let it go.
In the past, my professional opinion
was that competitive sports seem to always be brutal,
heavy, and full of burdens.
As a badminton player who started playing tennis,
the successful switch isn't your greatest achievement.
It's what you told me, that you're improving every day.
The joy that blooms in your heart,
your lack of restraint and indulgence,
makes me very envious.
It wasn't easy for you to switch to tennis.
You're happier.
Screw everything else.
Why are you thinking so much?
Yes,
the club is under pressure. There's always a winner and a loser in a match
but I want to work hard with you.
Let's give it a shot.
No need to feel any burdens. Okay?
One day, when you can't play anymore,
and the club goes bankrupt because of me,
no one can guarantee that something better won't come along.
There's something...
I won't avoid any longer.
Have you really thought things through?
I want to find Tong Lu.
Sure, I'll make the arrangements.
[Guangzhou Railway Station]
Be careful.
Nine, eight, seven...
This is it. We are here.
This is it.
You even bought a soft sleeper.
Of course, a soft sleeper is more comfortable for an overnight trip.
First time taking an old railway train with green carriages? (A cold war design, a slow travel carriage with few amenities, most notably lacking air conditioning.)
Yeah.
We've five minutes before the train sets off. Let's make a bet.
The two seats over there, do you think there will be male or female passengers?
I think it's better if there are female passengers.
What if they're both burly guys who pick their toes?
Why can't they be two handsome lads?
Dream on.
The only handsome guy who would take this old train with green carriages
is sitting right in front of you.
Where is he?
Isn't there a high-speed train? Why did you book this old railway train?
The greatest advantage of this old train is its slow speed.
Is going slowly an advantage?
It's the same as going to Lhasa. The plane might not be the best choice.
You'll lack time for acclimatization. When you land, you might suffer from altitude sickness.
In fact, after our chat the other day,
I was afraid that you were momentarily impulsive.
But now we have 22 hours to slowly consider.
If you have any regrets, we can turn back at any station.
I won't suffer from altitude sickness.
I won't retract a decision I've made.
This matter...
should've been resolved ages ago.
I told An Cong, and he's on his way.
I hope these 22 hours won't be a waste.
You said there's no need to bear any burdens.
I think this doesn't just apply to me.
When we reach our destination,
let's all ditch our burdens.
Deal.
Vice President Jiang, I haven't asked my mom for money since your divorce.
If you cut off my funds, I can only seek your ex-wife.
Dad, I'm really broke.
[¥3,000 has been transferred to your bank account. Balance: ¥3,018.20 ]
I was looking for you. What?
- I've paid you for this month. - Thanks.
Got it. You're pretty punctual with your payment.
I paid you right after I got my salary.
You even brought interest?
Choose the flavor you want.
Tastes pretty good.
Explain what's going on with this.
The club's account is slowly becoming his personal account.
My videos of Song Sanchuan have higher viewership.
Reflect on yourself.
Is this how you talk to your creditor?
Did you read every single post?
Of course, I did.
Why is Song Sanchuan so cool in every post?
As for me, take a look. I've turned into a clown.
Liang Tao, you're ruining my reputation on purpose.
I'm not. Manager Liang already said this.
Everyone needs to be featured based on their unique characteristics.
Only then will they leave an impression.
Do I look like a clown?
No idea, but the sight of you makes me laugh.
I make you laugh?
Other than being funny, there's another possibility.
That's love.
Could you be in love with me?
Like hell I'd fall in...
Don't worry, I won't. I'm not worthy of you.
As for you, you even chose the peach-flavored soft drink.
I wonder if you're in love with me instead.
I see your true nature now.
You are only nice to me when you pay me back every month.
I've never seen such a pragmatic person.
Okay, fine. I'll post a cool photo of you later.
I'm off.
You're not good at anything. You're number one in infuriating people!
Did we buy too much?
No. Let's treat this as a spring excursion.
It has a full sense of ritual.
There are also sausages. Let me give you one.
- Okay. - Okay.
Do you mind if I use my teeth?
Yes.
I cut my nails because of tennis.
I can't open it without using my teeth.
Show me your nails.
Here.
You cut these?
It looks like a dog chewed them.
I think they're neat.
I have a question that has always been on my mind.
Do all guys avoid using nail clippers?
Yeah.
Dogs don't even use them.
What about toenails?
Toenails...
You know we live in the dormitory. It's more convenient to help each other.
We chew each others' nails.
Your relationship is so good.
I also have a question that's always been on my mind.
- Can I ask? - Go ahead.
That night between us, does it mean anything?
Here, have some water.
Why are you suddenly asking this?
I just want to know.
Is it like what you said?
Was it impulsiveness due to alcohol...
or was it just me?
Why was it such a coincidence?
It had to be at my old school.
You had to be standing at the notice board that displayed the outstanding students.
At that moment,
you really broke through my shell.
It seemed like I was never hurt.
That 20-year-old Liang You'an
and 20-year-old Song Sanchuan.
I said, drinking at a bar and becoming happy and then...
How can that be possible?
That 20-year-old person is mine.
Same for that 30-year-old person. Can't run away.
Did you bring a pen?
What are you doing?
Writing down the biggest burden at this moment.
Write it down on paper.
[Fear of losing]
[Getting fat]
- Write properly. Be serious. - I am really afraid of being fat.
Really afraid of being fat?
You're not fat at all. Such a humble bragger.
Be honest.
[Fear of losing!]
Quick! We are arriving soon.
I am also afraid of losing.
[Fear of losing!]
Where are you going?!
When we get off, we will head straight. Right?
Are you ready?
Yes.
[Avoid funerals with regrets, care for your elders to ensure a peaceful end.]
She left six years ago.
This is the final year the ashes can be kept here.
If no family members retrieved them,
we'd scatter the ashes according to her wish.
A thin thread of fate shimmered.
In the final month, Ms. Liang found us.
[Tong Lu]
During her final moment,
did she suffer?
Yes.
She wasn't conscious during her final moment.
She closed her eyes and yelled two words,
"Hurry up. Hurry up."
[Tong Lu]
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
She loved to tell me this.
It's...
"Hurry up."
"Xiao Chuan,
♫ Expectations disappear ♫
"hurry up and grow up."
♫ Everything I love ♫
♫ has been extinguished by reality ♫
♫ At the end of the regret ♫
♫ My heart was riddled with scars, and meeting you ♫
♫ opened everything up ♫
♫ Every moment of embarrassment when you hug me ♫
♫ makes me feel like my heart jumps ♫
♫ How lucky I am to be with you ♫
You shouldn't be here.
♫ I have imagined the ending of countless stories ♫
♫ Afraid of failing to live up to the difficult journey ♫
♫ Can I say goodbye this time? ♫
♫ I can't sleep well even in my dreams ♫
She left a request...
saying she wanted to be buried at sea.
Scatter them.
Anyway, I can't lie to myself anymore.
It's fine.
You will be free...
and not have to manage your wig store in the future.
Scatter them.
[Tong Lu]
Farewell.
Chuan'er...
Tong'er.
Nothing can confine you now.
Leave in peace.
Chuan'er is doing well.
He's not playing badminton now.
Don't be angry, either.
He is happier compared to the past.
He has a goal, friends,
and someone who cares about him.
I've done everything according to your instructions.
Thinking about when we were together,
I have always followed your wishes.
However, today, I think I have the right to say this.
You left us without saying goodbye.
What you did, was wrong.
In this world, anyone...
each and every single person,
if he has the opportunity,
should have a proper farewell!
Leave.
Have a good journey.
Leave.
Tong'er,
you are free now.
We are free, too.
After we're back, I'll clean up the house that your mom left to you.
You can move there.
You are right.
Sooner or later, we must part ways.
Let's do it now.
[TopSmash]
Great!
Take over for me.
Go take a look now. Song Sanchuan went to the badminton court.
I am fine.
I'll sit here for a while and go back later.
There was one day, I had told Luo Luo a story.
I think it was quite nice. Want to hear it?
Don't.
I'm most afraid when you treat me like a kid.
Many adults don't understand this story.
Fine. Go ahead.
The story is called "Hole."
It's about a nice boy called Hao Zhi.
One day,
he wanted to dig a hole in his backyard.
Many people were curious and asked why he was digging a hole.
He didn't respond and kept digging.
He would only dig and dig, and the hole became deeper and deeper.
Someone suggested that he could turn the hole into a fountain...
or a well.
And someone else told him to stop digging.
"Stop now."
Of course, Hao Zhi ignored them and continued to dig.
But his father would go there every day to check on him.
He didn't persuade him or give any advice.
He let the boy dig the hole alone.
Finally,
when the hole was deep enough,
Hao Zhi jumped in.
He looked up...
and saw that the sky was exceptionally blue.
Seemed like a butterfly flew past his face.
He then got up and filled the hole.
That's it?
That's it.
Seriously.
How absurd. That's it?
The hole is filled.
Do you think Hao Zhi was satisfied?
I think so.
Besides, in this story,
this father is very important.
He was lucky to have him accompany him every day.
Do you want to play badminton?
Did you bring the rackets?
♫ If we don't talk about worldly principles ♫
♫ Let your emotions run free, stop running from them ♫
♫ Do you want to go down the path ahead of you? ♫
♫ If all the reason and emotion ♫
♫ realize the answer was you in the end ♫
♫ How resolute do I have to be for you to believe it's true ♫
♫ We're always thinking about how to do this ♫
♫ In order to not make any mistakes ♫
♫ That type of carefulness ♫
♫ Is so rare to find ♫
♫ You will be loved, you will be loved ♫
Liang You'an,
♫ I'm by your side ♫
I'm fine now.
Thank you.
♫ Listening to you say, it's alright, you've got me ♫
♫ I will become that person ♫
♫ Walking towards you with a smile ♫
♫ Saying I'm not afraid of the hardships, because there's nothing but you ♫
Here you go.
- Take care. - Okay.
Dad, what are we having for dinner?
You look for me only when you are hungry.
Just now,
what did you call me?
There's something I wanted to tell you a long time ago.
If Tong Lu was found alive,
I would still choose you.
I'll support you till your final day.
Rascal,
how old am I? I don't need you.
Your father is not cooking today.
Let's go for seafood buffet.
- The head. - That's right. It doesn't eat.
Is the key with you?
Yes.
[Wigs]
♫ If the answer isn't for others to determine ♫
♫ Ask yourself how will you let go of your dreams ♫
♫ When your wishes start to make waves ♫
♫ Then be a total fool ♫
[Song Sanchuan versus Li Qing]
♫ When training, endless destruction happens before you're resurrected ♫
♫ No one is born great or insignificant ♫
♫ It's a miracle, hold on a little longer ♫
♫ Go for it! Brave young man ♫
♫ Please jump out of this vicious cycle of fate ♫
♫ Only ask for passion mixed with hot tears ♫
[TopSmash Tennis Club]
♫ Go for it! Brave young man ♫
[First Place: Song Sanchuan]
♫ Please jump out of this vicious cycle of fate ♫
Song Sanchuan really has this air of a model.
How many female members can we recruit by hanging this photo on the wall?
This is their last solo picture. How big do you want it?
Print as big as you can. I want to hang it in the corridor of TopSmash.
I plan to change their ranking positions based on their winning rates and accumulated scores.
That's too much effort. You are applying pressure on them.
Of course, it has to be like that.
Young people are full of ideals and positive initiatives. No one wants to be left behind.
Okay, take off your jacket. Let's take one more.
- Do I still need to hold the racket? - Yes.
Don't throw it.
Straighten your back.
Okay, next shot.
- I'm done? - Yes.
- Drink it. I'm not thirsty. - Drink it.
Drink it. I'm not thirsty.
Why do I look so dumb in the photo?
Look at my hair. So dumb.
Let me check. This strand of hair here—
What is this?
This is unnatural.
Way too unnatural.
- Liang Tao. - What?
What's with that rotten face?
Smile. Stop pretending to be cool.
Let me check.
This strand of hair here is not sticking up.
Let's retake two more photos.
[First Place: Song Sanchuan]
Handsome?
What are you doing? Too much free time?
No. I'm eating candy.
Strawberry candy.
Do you want one? It's good and not too sweet.
Who let you eat it?
I'm running every day to take videos.
My knees are tired.
I prepared these for the players.
Who let you eat them?
Let me show you something
and you will allow me to eat these anytime.
What?
What's this? Why are you showing this to me?
Are you and Song Sanchuan together?
How's that possible? What are you saying?
It's fine if you don't admit it. He has already confessed.
I didn't know you were this kind of person, Manager Liang.
No. How could he...
Let me explain.
We had a situation that day.
- We drank alcohol. - Something really did happen?
I played a trick on you.
Liang Tao,
listen to me.
Lower your voice. This is the entrance of the club.
You are the only one who knows about this.
Don't tell anyone.
What?
- Delete it. Get rid of it. - Impossible.
I'm going back and will hold on to this great evidence.
Think about what you need in exchange.
Okay, the training ends here.
Okay. Thank you.
Manager Liang, why are you here?
I got off work.
Thank you for your hard work.
Go ahead.
- What is it? - Sit and talk.
Don't look at me.
Sit. Take a seat.
Sit down!
- What's wrong? - Don't look at me.
Liang Tao is holding on to something.
It's about us.
- The kind where it can't be seen by others. - Really?
Don't look at me.
Look at the sky. Don't look at me.
How did she know about what happened between us that day?
Not that. It's not what you think.
Anyway, it's not good if that video spreads.
At least, people will talk.
You also said you were going to focus on tennis.
I was thinking,
we should be careful
and keep a distance.
Pay attention to how it will affect us.
- Understand? - Yes.
I understand what you mean.
How to keep it... I don't know either.
Let's give it a try.
Anyway... just be careful.
I'll be careful, too.
I think...
you are thinking too much.
I understand. We are...
That's right.
We have a player and manager relationship.
We should avoid whatever we can,
and limit whatever we can.
But don't worry.
Liang Tao doesn't have the guts to start a rumor.
She definitely... wouldn't dare...
That's right.
Good that you understand.
Also, I need to tell you I won't be staying at the dormitory today. I'm going home.
- An Cong's treating me to dinner. - It's good to eat.
It's good to eat.
I'm leaving now.
Sit here for another minute.
- Do I still look at the sky? - You can also look at the ground.
Today is a good day.
Hello?
I know about this. Let's work together on this.
Too polite.
You are too polite.
It's a given.
♫ If we don't talk about worldly principles ♫
♫ Let your emotions run free, stop running from them ♫
♫ Do you want to go down the path ahead of you? ♫
♫ If all the reason and emotion ♫
♫ realize the answer was you in the end ♫
♫ How resolute do I have to be for you to believe it's true ♫
♫ We're always thinking about how to do this ♫
♫ In order to not make any mistakes ♫
♫ That type of carefulness ♫
♫ Is so rare to find ♫
♫ You will be loved, you will be loved ♫
♫ I'm by your side ♫
♫ I dare to put the whole world aside ♫
♫ Listening to you say, it's alright, you've got me ♫
♫ You will be loved, you will be loved ♫
♫ I want to be in your heart ♫
♫ I'm not afraid to stand still here ♫
♫ Every time I look back, you're there ♫
♫ You will be loved, you will be loved ♫
♫ I want to be in your heart ♫
♫ I dare to abandon the whole world ♫
♫ Listening to you say, it's alright, you've got me ♫
♫ You will be loved, you will be loved ♫
♫ I want to be in your heart ♫
♫ I'm not afraid to stand still here ♫
♫ Every time I look back, you're there ♫
♫ I will become that person ♫
♫ The one who's brave for you ♫
♫ The one who will protect you ♫
♫ I will become that person ♫
♫ Walking towards you with a smile ♫
♫ Saying I'm not afraid of the hardships, because there's ♫
♫ Nothing but you ♫ d of the hardships, because there's ♫