♫ Love has started to play a role in our story ♫
♫ Bit by bit, it has written down the emotional chapters ♫
♫ I want to collect for you the most beautiful moments ♫
♫ Quietly accompany you in waiting for that day ♫
♫ This love is too strong, it allows no hesitation ♫
♫ Whether my heart can fill all the emptiness ♫
♫ Love is a promise in the wind ♫
♫ The promise made is eternal ♫
♫ Will never be broken ♫
♫ When I gaze into your eyes ♫
♫ Can you see that ♫
♫ Happiness has always been quietly keeping watch by your side? ♫
Boss & Me
Episode 7
But there is a beauty in being infatuated. Anyway, it is less exhausting than maintaining a relationship.
But I've decided... from now on, no more of this obsession!
I've already become a permanent employee.
I came to Shanghai for my career, didn't it?
So I've decided that, from now on, other than work, I won't think about anything else!
That felt so good.
I've finally said out loud everything in my heart.
What a relief.
Let's drink a toast!
- To our dreams... Cheers! - Cheers!
Okay, carry on.
Hi.
Qi Shuai, here's coffee for you.
Thank you.
Take a seat.
How have you been lately?
Pretty good.
Feng Teng is not back yet.
Why do you mention the Big Boss?
Qi Shuai
I... these days...
I've made a major breakthrough in my life.
I've made a big decision... From now on, I will no longer be infatuated with you.
If I've caused you any trouble in the past, I'm deeply sorry.
Xue Shan Shan, to tell you the truth, I like you as a person.
But "like" is not the same as "love", do you understand?
I understand, of course I understand. Especially these past few days, I'm starting to understand a lot.
Thank you for being so honest with me.
No matter what the future holds, you will always be my idol --- a delight to my heart and my eyes.
I'm not talking about love, okay? Just pure admiration.
Actually, when you give up a tree that doesn't belong to you, you will find that there is an entire forest waiting for you.
Thank you for your well wishes.
But I've decided... I'm going to be a little more infatuated with just myself for a while.
Then, I'm going to get back to work.
- Bye-bye. - Bye.
Xue Shan Shan, press on! You can do it!
Press on! Press on! ...
I'm back!
- Time to get off work! Time to get off work! - Time to get off work!
- I've got to go. Happy New Year, everyone! - Bye! - Bye!
- We're off too. Bye! - Okay, bye! - Bye!
Wait, wait!
- Where are we going tonight? - Going to watch a concert.
- Sounds good! - Let's go.
- We're going now, Shan Shan. Bye! - Bye.
Bye.
These past few days, not having to go to Boss's office to eat and not having to listen to inane gossip...
The dating ban is really quite useful.
It feels like I can finally be just like any other ordinary office worker
and live the kind of life I wanted when I first came to Shanghai.
I've woken up from my Cinderella dream... There's no prince, pumpkin coach, or glass slipper.
But being down-to-earth and realistic is a truly good feeling.
It's already eleven-thirty.
How did it get so late?
It's New Year's Eve tonight, I can afford to be a little luxurious and take a taxi home.
But now...
Shanghai's night view is so beautiful!
I never thought that my very first New Year's Eve in Shanghai would be this peaceful.
Shanghai! Happy New Year!
Big Boss!
Boss, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
I... I didn't mean to... I thought there would be no one here tonight.
I didn't mean to intrude, I'm sor-
The countdown has begun!
Two! One!
It's the new year!
Boss, look, such beautiful fireworks! Look!
♫ Annoying sound of summer insects ♫
♫ Lazily spinning windmills ♫
♫ Very unusual ♫
♫ The sky and my mood are both blue ♫
- Actually, every New Year's Eve before this, I would come here to watch fireworks by myself. ♫ Secretly singing by myself ♫
♫ Hoping you can hear it ♫
This feels so surreal... Am I dreaming?
Can't be.
Could it be that fairy-tales can really come true?
Could this be the real-life version of Cinderella?
♫ Your face appears as calm as the River Thames ♫
- Boss, I'm sorry! I'm sorry! ♫ Making it hard for me to move ♫
I didn't mean to force you to share this private moment of watching fireworks.
- I... I also didn't mean to intrude on your personal space. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! ♫ But I'm afraid to be away from you ♫
- I'll get out of your sight right now. ♫ I plucked up my courage ♫
♫ To write down these lyrics ♫
♫ I'm a cloud ♫
♫ And you're the wave that I accidentally casted a shadow on ♫
In fact, this place doesn't belong only to me anymore.
♫ One night, we met over the ocean ♫
♫ Each of us going in a different direction ♫
♫ Perhaps it is accidental that we met and sparks flew ♫
- What kind of dream is this? ♫ I plucked up my courage ♫
- Did I actually just celebrate New Year with the Big Boss? ♫ To sing these lyrics out loud ♫
♫ I'm a cloud ♫
♫ And you're the wave that I accidentally casted a shadow on ♫
No, that can't be right.
- Boss must have been trying to strangle me, not to hug me. ♫ One night, we met over the ocean ♫
♫ Each of us going in a different direction ♫
- Xue Shan Shan! Wake up, wake up! ♫ Perhaps it is accidental ♫
- Big Boss is just like the fireworks, so beautiful but far away. ♫ that we met and sparks flew ♫
If you like smoke (yān), you can have it. If you like fire (huā), you also can have it.
- But if you like fireworks (yān huā), ... ♫ It's all accidental ♫
it can only be an infatuation, followed by disappointment
because after all the excitement, there will be just silence.
Xue Shan Shan!
(Text:) I'll take you home, see you at the main entrance.
The more formidable the enemy you face, the calmer you must be.
Can't these couples be a little more subtle?
Isn't there a saying? "If you show-off your happiness, you die faster."
Boss, I'm home.
Then... I'm going up.
Hold on.
Take this.
Thanks, Boss.
It's cold outside, go up quickly. Otherwise, the gift might become frozen and spoilt.
Happy New Year.
Are you a pig?
It's getting late, you should rest early.
Then I'll take it that you agree.
What did I just agree to?
Lunch!
You... You tricked me!
Shan Shan, what's the matter with you?
Shan Shan
What's up with you?
The Big Boss seems to be pursuing me.
Come here.
No fever.
- Is she a Pisces? (Zodiac: Tends to live in a fantasy world) - No.
Where did you get the confidence to say something like: "The Big Boss seems to be pursuing me"?
If this is not your wild imagination or wishful thinking,
then I have to regretfully tell you...
you need to resign immediately because your Big Boss is a total pervert.
Lu Shuang Yi, that's not a very nice thing to say!
Of course, it's not nice. My words are rough, but the logic behind them isn't.
Why would he, the Big Boss of Feng Teng Group, pursue you, a lowly Finance Assistant?
Did you think that he's going to marry you and make you Mrs. Feng?
Think about it clearly.
This prince, who is used to lavish meals of fish and meat, just wants to try the taste of vegetable porridge like you.
Let me tell you, people from these old and rich families are all carnivores.
Since he is a Boss, it indeed puts him at the top of the food chain.
By the time you realize what's going on, you'll already be eaten until not a scrap is left.
Have you ever seen such a fat and tender vegetable porridge?
That's what make you so tasty... so appetising.
Also, didn't your company just impose a dating ban? Isn't all this contradictory?
Let me tell you...
When an office romance ends badly, it's almost always the girl that pays the price.
There's an old saying:
"A man can indulge in pleasure and get away with it. A girl will never get away with it."
Understand?
She's uncultured too.
In other words, you are a lowly assistant, and you dating your Boss will only lead to one outcome.
So you'd better leave now while your integrity is still intact.
How can you not understand?
So after all, Boss is trying to woo me so that he can fire me, is that what you mean?
That's a very weird argument!
Shan Shan
Didn't you say that you're going to stop being infatuated?
Liu Liu, you really bring a person back to reality with just one sentence.
I can't allow Boss's return to disrupt my life plans.
If he thinks that he can use his pretty-boy act to make me continue picking his vegetables,
then he is really underestimating Xue Shan Shan.
I will not give in that easily.
Truly worthy of his reputation as a great capitalist...
He used the "carrot and stick" (reward and punishment) method so skilfully.
It's getting late, you should rest early.
Then I'll take it that you agree.
Boss is so mean.
Using "carrot and stick" method combined with pretty-boy act... The worst part is that I fell for it!
I can't let these sugar-coated bullets defeat me. I will return the gifts to Boss tomorrow.
Xue Shan Shan, you have to stay calm.
Returning the gifts to Boss like that... Wouldn't that be considered rude?
A gift already accepted is just like spilt water (no return). If I return his gifts, will Boss be angry with me?
Worst case scenario, I'll work overtime to make up for the cost of these skincare products.
Then it's not considered taking them for free, right?
L ... L - O ...
I know all these letters individually... but when put together into words, what do they mean?
Is this French?
Shall I just leave these skincare products unused until they expire?
No.
After all, I will be working overtime for the next N years to make up for the cost of these.
I can just copy the words down and ask Linda to translate them tomorrow.
- Linda! - Shan Shan, are you here to have lunch with Boss?
- No, no, no, I'm here just to find you. - Me?
The thing is... My friend brought some skincare products for me from overseas
but I don't understand the words written on them so can you please help me translate them?
It's this brand!
I also used this when I was in America. It's not imported here.
Sure enough, it's a high-end product.
If I tell her that I got it as a gift from Boss, I will never be able to live this down.
Yes, yes, this friend of mine is really generous, she even brings back gifts for me from abroad.
So what do those words mean?
Shan Shan
This is written in French.
Boss's French is very good.
Xue Shan Shan
My secretaries are here to work for the company.
Come in and have lunch.
"Speak nicely to someone you've eaten from. Act nicely towards someone you've taken from."
I've both eaten and taken from him. If I refuse to do as he asks, it would seem as if I'm ungrateful.
(In French:) Believe in my recommendation that this is a great brand.
But if I don't refuse, I'll have to continue eating from him and probably also continue taking from him.
It's a vicious cycle.
Then I'm slowly turning from his vegetable-picker into his slave, am I not?
No, I'd rather be an ungrateful brat than his slave.
The first one concerns my integrity, but the latter concerns my whole life.
If you really don't understand, you could have searched it on Baidu.
Bringing this to the company... even if you don't feel ashamed of it, I feel ashamed.
Is not understanding French something to be ashamed of? Is forgetting to search on Baidu something to be ashamed of?
I'm just a lowly Finance Assistant.
Please, high and mighty Boss, don't expect me to live up to your super high standards.
Besides, even if there's something to be ashamed of, it's my own shame, how does that concern you?
Come here.
The first line says: "Pore-tightening and skin-rejuvenation essence".
The second one says: "Ingredients".
The third one says: "Tea tree extract".
The fourth one is: "Glycerine".
The last one is: "Hyaluronic acid".
Got it?
Hiring you is really one big mistake by the HR Department.
Fine, fine! Go ahead and belittle my capability.
You're just trying to prove to me that I'm only good at picking vegetables.
Why do I feel, in spite of everything, that Boss looks so gentle when he is writing?
His impatience was so obvious just now.
No, no, no... I must be going insane! How did I end up with such a delusion?
Here you go.
Thank you, Boss.
Let's eat.
(Heading:) "VAT Tax Returns"
I've got an idea.
Boss
To improve my qualifications so that I can serve the company better in the future,
I'm planning to take the CPA exam, so I must do my revisions during lunch hour... so...
so I cannot be your vegetable-picker during lunch anymore.
So you feel that your office is too noisy.
From tomorrow onwards...
you will study right here.
Xue Shan Shan! Xue Shan Shan!
With your IQ, you can only be a vegetable-picker.
You dared to tell Boss that you're going to the take CPA exam!
Are you trying to pressure yourself to death?
I'm very happy that members of the media as well as the viewers who are watching this ...
... can all be here with me to witness the most important moment of my life.
Good afternoon to all our viewers.
It has been confirmed that Miss Yuan Li Shu is the target of Mr. Jiang Lian's affection.
She is also the owner of the very well-known "Li" bookstore in Beijing.
She has just opened a branch here in Shanghai.
Needless to say, she is a very outstanding and cultured individual.
- Let's direct our camera to the scene of this grand occasion. - I hope that when I propose, ...
Miss Yuan will turn to me and just say yes.
Miss Yuan?
Isn't she the best friend that Feng Yue mentioned?
She is going to be proposed by a famous TV presenter.
Indeed, people who are capable of being Bosses are no simpletons.
(Sign:) Xue Shan Shan, will you marry me today?
(Sign:) Xue Shan Shan, will you marry Feng Teng today?
Miss Li Shu is here!
Li Shu
I love you.
Will you marry me?
Why am I thinking of Boss?
- Marry him! Marry him! - Marry him!
- So romantic! - Look! Such a beautiful ring.
Li Bookstore is a newly open store.
Thank you for inviting so many reporters and friends to come and show us their support.
Mr. Jiang, you've caused quite a stir.
Li Shu
I've gone to great lengths to create such a spectacle, to show my absolute sincerity.
Don't let your decision be swayed by them.
I'm still kneeling.
Mr. Jiang, I'm sorry.
Thank you. Thank you, everyone.
- What just happened? - Why did she reject him?
You always find all kinds of reasons to reject me.
You said you have someone else in your heart, but as far as I know, you definitely don't have a boyfriend.
I've come here all the way from Beijing, I've created such a spectacle, put in such effort.
Are you still not satisfied?
I didn't ask you to do any of that.
I'm begging you, okay?
In any case, I'm considered quite a celebrity.
If you reject me in front of so many reporters, I'm going to lose face.
Just accept my proposal.
Marriage has nothing to do with reputation.
If you really care so much about your reputation, before doing all this, you should've thought about it carefully.
If reputation is not the issue, then is it about my capability?
You can surely see how talented I am.
Since you are not the right man for me, I have an issue with everything about you, inside and out.
Have I made myself clear this time?
- Mr. Jiang, what's going on? - Please say a few words, Mr. Jiang.
Stop laughing.
I am embarrassed to death.
Actually, you handled it very well.
At first, I thought that the reporters were hired by you to create publicity for our bookstore.
You and that famous TV presenter... what's going on between you two?
He is a super-VIP member at our bookstore in Beijing.
He has helped us with media coverage for our bookstore quite a few times.
He's quite nice and also very polite.
My feelings for him are just normal.
He is a well-known TV presenter.
Just now, I checked him out a bit on the internet.
His education, family background and job experience are all quite good.
Although his proposal was a bit old-fashioned, I think you can give him a chance.
Since you think he is that good, why don't you give him a try?
Yuan Li Shu, how can you say that? That's not fair to Yan Qing.
How annoying. I'm being serious here.
I'm also serious.
I just found someone to manage my bookstore in Beijing.
Then I came to Shanghai to take care of everything here.
Now it's time to rest and relax.
Career and love-life... you shouldn't neglect either one of them.
I'm not in the right frame of mind to think about these things.
Ever since the bookstore in Beijing first opened, I've been trying to prove myself.
You know what kind of social standing you and Feng Teng have in Shanghai.
If I don't do well, wouldn't I be a disgrace to both of you?
When I asked you to join the company to help my brother, didn't you say that you want to start your own business?
And now, you are stressing yourself out over it.
Later, when you can't get married, don't blame it on our Feng family, okay?
It's not our fault.
I thought you were thinking about my happiness.
Now I realize that you're only thinking about your own guilty conscience.
Frankly speaking...
It's not that I don't intend to get married, it's just that the person I want to marry ...
... would scare you to death.
Go ahead! Hurry up and scare me to death!
Why are they still here?
Should I call my brother?
Don't!
Can you please don't make a big fuss?
I just got back to Shanghai.
I don't want a scolding from him once I see him.
You call yourself fearless, why are you so scared of my brother?
- You're not scared then? - Me?
I'm a little scared.
I'm also only a little scared.
If you want to scold me, then go ahead.
Just get it over with.
Mr. Feng, is there a reason why you want to see me?
Please sit.
I wanted to have a word with you.
Being pursued by a person you don't like is harder to deal with than loving a person that doesn't return your feelings.
And what's more, you are forcing your so-called love on the other party so blatantly... Is this really love?
This is harassment.
How can you know about happiness of a fish when you're not a fish yourself?
Besides, ...
- This is Li Shu's personal matter. - You're right.
One: Even if I don't know when a fish is happy, I definitely know when a fish is utterly unhappy.
Two: ...
Yuan Li Shu's personal affairs are under my care.
Li Shu?
He does have the final say in all my affairs.
Does that mean... he is the one you have in your heart?
- I ... - That's not important.
What's important is that she has clearly rejected you.
I hope that from now on, you will stop harassing her.
Mr. Feng
How do you know that you are the one in Li Shu's heart?
Are you her boyfriend?
I am the person she is closest to.
I am her brother.
Li Shu, why haven't I heard of you having a brother?
Now you know.
Two bottles of Rio... One orange flavour, one blue-rose favour.
- Make one of them iced cold. - Okay.
Stop looking at me like that.
I'm sorry ...
I just got off the plane and straightaway gave you trouble.
Never mind. As your brother, I'm used to it.
Welcome back, Li Shu!
Just now, that guy Jiang Lian said that you already have someone in your heart.
Did you tell him that just to deter him?
Or is it true?
How old am I?
It's normal that there's someone I like.
Then why haven't you let me and Feng Yue meet him?
Because he probably has no idea that I like him.
If I am the one to confess, then I have no self-respect.
Hearing you speak that way makes me even more curious.
Who can resist the charm of our dear Li Shu?
Come here, come here.
Can't you give me a hint?
You don't have to worry. You are the standard I use to judge men.
Yuan Li Shu
There is only one Feng Teng in this world.
Your expectations are that high.
Aren't you afraid that you will never be able to marry?
If I really can't find anyone to marry, I will...
I will just rely on you. I will make you take care of me for the rest of my life.
Okay.
Cheers!
What are these?
CPA textbooks.
I finally understand what it means to shoot oneself in the foot.
What are those?
These are CPA textbooks.
You don't even know how to choose textbooks. How are you going to pass the exam?
The thing is... Boss...
"No pain, no gain", so I have decided that I cannot use your skincare products for free.
so I've decided to work overtime as repayment for their cost.
You've started using the skincare products?
It seems you're using them correctly.
Very good.
Look through the books that Linda has prepared for you.
You'll be taking a trial exam every fortnight.
Exam?!
Why must there be exams?
Exams! You're not serious!
How are you going to improve without taking exams?
But I also have work!
Then come here on Saturdays.
Saturday is an off day, no need to come to work.
Did I ask you to come here to work?
I am asking you to come here and take exams.
I seem to recall somebody telling me that she wants to improve her qualifications ...
so that she can serve the company better.
Yes, I did. Then... I'll take exam for 1 subject?
2 subjects? 3 subjects?
Passing 5 subjects at one go is impossible!
The exam is one year from now so there is plenty of time.
He even knows when the exam will be held!
This is getting out of hand!
Also, I know a way to make you pass the exam.
Really?
I only need one sentence.
What is it?
"If you fail, I will deduct your pay."
Deduct my pay?!
Please don't deduct my pay!
- Deducting my pay... - Xue Shan Shan!
Go over there.
Hurry up.
Otherwise, I will also deduct your year-end bonus.
Year-end bonus?
Deduct my pay?
I've finally come to a realization...
Fight against the heavens, and you may experience great joy.
Fight against the earth, and you may experience great joy.
Fight against the Big Boss, and you are an utter fool!
- A new year has just begun. ♫ Sometimes you wonder ♫
- How can my life be this miserable? ♫ What if you could rewrite the moment ♫
- Not only do I have to continue picking vegetables, ♫ Sometimes ♫
- but occasionally, I also have to face Boss's manipulations. ♫ you figure out ♫ ♫ There's another ♫
- Also, being surrounded by books all day long ... ♫ luck in imperfection ♫ ♫ Sometimes ♫
- Although I want to stop my infatuation, ♫ you've been hurt ♫
- I also don't want to cut off all my ties to the world! ♫ Then you learn to think about ♫
- Some more meat for you. ♫ and feel more ♫
♫ Sometimes you've been bored ♫
- You want anything from mine? - Vegetables. ♫ With the life you hate ♫
- Okay then, take some vegetables. Your favourite! ♫ Always be amazed ♫
- Then I'll give you some noodles. ♫ Always take a risk ♫ ♫ Always keep the pace ♫
♫ in a lifetime game ♫
Delicious, right?
- Yes, delicious! - Feed me, feed me. ♫ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ♫
- No? Then I'll eat it all up. ♫ Life is rolling the dice, babe ♫
♫ You cannot imagine what would happen ♫
- Wash, wash! ♫ In a second ♫
♫ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ♫
- Annoying! Give it back! ♫ Life is rolling the dice, babe ♫
- Wash, wash, wash! ♫ While you're lost in the dark ♫
♫ Close your eyes ♫
♫ You'll find the lights ♫
♫ Shine in the other side ♫
♫ Love --- it's a complicated game ♫
♫ Once invested, you're afraid to lose ♫
♫ If the purpose from the start was to eventually separate ♫
♫ It's destined to be an ending without a conclusion ♫
♫ Knowing full well that with you, there is no winner or loser ♫
♫ But I think of you, I can't help it ♫
♫ I heart-achingly tell myself ♫
♫ I should forget about such a relationship ♫
♫ I still think of you, always involuntarily ♫
♫ Fully aware that I'm lying to myself ♫
♫ But I still can't summon up the courage ♫
♫ To say I love you ♫
♫ Love you ♫