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| 【Dream-Chasing Knights】8 Scene 61 Time/Night Location / Wen Family Mansion, suburban Shanghai, Aihua’s room △ This suburban area is all high-end villa districts. Rows of magnificent mansions are separated by gardens of flowers and trees. The Wen family mansion is located among them. △ On the second floor, a floor-to-ceiling window is half open, light spilling out. A girl with two braids has just finished playing a piano piece. Sitting beside her, an older girl rests her chin on one hand, lost in thought. Wen Meihua: Sister, what’s wrong with you these past two days? You seem absent-minded. Do you have something on your mind? △ Wen Meihua shakes her head with a serious expression. △ Aihua then takes out three business cards and a clothing photograph from her coat pocket. Wen Aihua: Only two things. One is, after I leave, help me take care of Mom and Dad. The other is, tomorrow go to this clothing shop, buy a dress and a felt hat, and send them to this hotel to a female classmate from Taiwan. Scene 62 Time/Night Location / Hotel room in Shanghai △ In the hotel room, Chen Mengru has just come out of the bathroom wearing a light bathrobe. She dries her hair with a towel while opening her laptop and entering her email inbox to write to Michael. △ Close-up of laptop screen showing typing. Dear Michael: △ Mengru sends the email, then rests her chin on her hand, gazing at the dazzling night view of the city. Scene 63 Time/Day Location / Shanghai hotel entrance, reception desk, elevator, corridor, hotel room △ Wen Meihua walks into the hotel holding a paper bag, goes to the reception desk and speaks a few words to the staff. The receptionist calls internally and speaks briefly. She then walks to the elevator and goes upstairs. △ Wen Meihua walks along the hotel corridor, finds the room number, and knocks on the door. △ Chen Mengru opens the door and invites her in. The two sit facing each other on the sofa. Wen Meihua: Sister Mengru, my sister asked me to bring this outfit for you. △ Mengru escorts Meihua to the door, opens it, and watches her leave. Scene 64 Time/Day Location / Shanghai café △ Wearing a light dress, Mengru carries a paper bag and walks into the café. She sits in a corner seat facing away from the street window, orders a juice, and leisurely reads a magazine. △ Around 10 o’clock, a middle-aged man in a neat suit carrying a small briefcase enters. After he sits down, Wen Aihua in a pink dress appears at the entrance, also carrying a handbag and briefcase. She walks toward the man. They exchange a few words. A waiter approaches. They each order coffee and juice, take out documents, and begin discussing. △ Mengru takes out a small makeup mirror to observe. She indeed notices across the street, in a fast-food restaurant, a girl with a bowl haircut wearing a suit is staring intently through the glass window at Wen Aihua and the client inside the café. Chen Mengru: (OS) That woman must be the one keeping watch. Aihua is really pitiful… △ Time passes. Aihua and the middle-aged man pack up their documents, shake hands. Aihua stands up and walks toward the restroom. The man turns and leaves the café. △ As Aihua passes Mengru, she exchanges a signal glance, then continues into the restroom. After a moment, Mengru also stands and walks toward the restroom, carrying the paper bag. △ Inside the restroom, Aihua wipes off her makeup. Mengru enters. Wen Aihua: Mengru, I’ll leave the rest to you. △ Wen Aihua and Chen Mengru each enter separate stalls to change clothes. Aihua puts on sunglasses and leaves first. Mengru then returns to the window seat, sitting with her back to the street. △ A waiter comes over. Chen Mengru orders a set meal. Scene 65 Time/Day Location / Shanghai café △ The clock’s hour hand approaches one o’clock. Jiang Yang, dressed in a neat and upright suit, enters the café and walks toward Mengru. Jiang Yang: Aihua, I’m here to pick you up. △ Mengru, with her back to Jiang Yang, pretends not to react. Jiang Yang taps her shoulder. Mengru turns around. Chen Mengru: Sir, is there something wrong? △ Jiang Yang turns toward the counter, takes a few steps, then comes back. Jiang Yang: I remember now! Miss, you came to my company the day before yesterday to look for Aihua. △ Mengru’s raised voice attracts attention from customers and the waiter. A manager in a suit walks over. Chen Mengru: (stands up, pointing at Jiang Yang) Manager, this gentleman has mistaken me for someone else and is disturbing my meal. △ Mengru turns and leaves. Jiang Yang tries to step forward to stop her, but the manager blocks him with both arms. Manager: Mr. Jiang, please don’t do this. It doesn’t look good… △ Chen Mengru successfully escapes the café, immediately hails a taxi, and leaves quickly. She turns back and sees Jiang Yang stopping after a few steps. Scene 66 Time/Day Location / Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Departure Hall △ Wen Aihua gets out of the taxi and walks toward the departure hall while making a phone call. Wen Aihua: Ah Tang? It’s Aihua. I’m at Hongqiao Airport now. I’ll arrive at Taoyuan Airport at 3 o’clock. Come pick me up. △ Aihua puts away her phone, and like a bird escaping from a cage, walks happily toward the check-in counter. Scene 67 Time/Day Location / Taoyuan Airport Arrival Hall △ At Taoyuan Airport arrival hall, Tang Huaimin stretches his neck, eagerly waiting. △ Arriving passengers pour out in crowds. Wen Aihua is among the flow of people. Huaimin spots her and raises both hands, waving. △ Aihua sees Huaimin and also raises both hands to wave. The two run toward each other at a light jog and embrace warmly. △ The two arrive at the entrance of the hall. Tang Meilan drives the car over. Huaimin opens the door for Aihua to get in. Meilan opens the door and sits in the back seat. Huaimin enters the driver’s seat. The sedan drives away. Scene 68 Time/Night Location / Wen Family Mansion, suburban Shanghai △ In the Wen family mansion living room, the Wen family sits on the sofa. Jiang Yang paces back and forth, looking completely lost and anxious. Wen Zhijian: (exhales a thick puff of smoke) Jiang Yang, sit down first. You’re like a headless fly. △ Jiang Yang sits on the sofa next to Meihua. Wen Zhijian: I didn’t expect that girl would actually come up with “the cicada shedding its shell”… Wen Huyan: That girl must have run to Taiwan to see that man. We must go and bring her back. Wen Zhijian: Of course we must go to Taiwan. Jiang Yang, go buy the tickets. Tomorrow we will go to Taiwan. Jiang Yang: Yes, Uncle. Wen Meihua: Dad, Mom, actually you should respect sister’s own choice. Wen Huyan: You little girl, what do you know about your parents’ intentions! Wen Meihua: (looking at Jiang Yang) I really sympathize with Brother Jiang Yang, but matters of love must be mutual. They cannot be forced. Wen Zhijian: The arrangements I made were also for your sister’s happiness, but now she has been enchanted by that boy from Taiwan. Wen Meihua: But sister doesn’t appreciate it at all. Wen Huyan: Enough, girl. Don’t say any more or you’ll make your father angry. △ Wen Meihua pouts and makes a face in protest. Scene 69 Time/Day Location / Taoyuan Airport Arrival Hall, women’s restroom, Chen Mengru’s home at Sun Moon Lake △ At the exit of Taoyuan Airport arrival hall, the Wen family and Jiang Yang each pull their suitcases and walk out in single file. Wen Meihua: Mom, I need to use the restroom. △ Wen Zhijian and Jiang Yang stop and wait. Wen Zhijian: The airport feels much smaller. △ Wen Meihua enters the restroom and goes into a stall to make a phone call. Wen Meihua: Sister, we’ve arrived at Taoyuan Airport. △ Cut to scene. The group of four leaves the airport entrance in a taxi. △ Cut to scene, interior of Chen Mengru’s home at Sun Moon Lake. Wen Aihua: My sister called. My parents and Jiang Yang really came. Scene 70 Time/Day Location / Mountain road, Dabang tribal settlement, Tang Huaimin’s home △ A sedan drives along a winding mountain road. Along the way, tea plantations, coffee fields, and fruit-and-vegetable farmland scenery deeply attract Wen Meihua, who presses against the car window, looking freely at the distant and close scenery. △ The sedan enters the Dabang tribal settlement and stops in front of Tang Huaimin’s house. △ Cut to scene. Inside the Tang family living room, the Tang and Wen families sit facing each other. Tang Meilan brings tea and places it on the table. Tang Zhongyi: Mr. Wen, Mrs. Wen, please have tea. △ Except for Wen Aihua, none of the guests pick up their tea cups. Wen Zhijian: Since we came all this way, I’ll speak directly. Bring my daughter out and let us take her away, and I will treat this whole matter as if it never happened. Tang Zhongyi: Mr. Wen, your daughter is indeed not here. Wen Huyan: You are the ones who hid my daughter. Hand her over immediately. Tang Pan Xiuyue: Your daughter really did not come up the mountain. How are we supposed to hand her over? Jiang Yang: If you have no sincerity in releasing her, we will have to call the police. Tang Huaimin: I was the one who hid Aihua. Unless you agree to respect Aihua’s choice, she said she would rather not see you. Wen Zhijian: (angrily) Kid, you clearly kidnapped my daughter and restricted her freedom, and you still dare to negotiate conditions with me?! Tang Meilan: (retorts) Sister Aihua is already an adult. How can we restrict her freedom? Jiang Yang: Then let us meet Aihua in person. Tang Huaimin: If you agree to respect Aihua’s choice, I will take you to see her. △ The Wen family and Jiang Yang look at each other. Wen Zhijian: Fine. After meeting her, if Aihua insists on staying, I will respect her decision. Wen Huyan: (anxious) Sir, how can you… Wen Zhijian: What do you know! At this point, rather than losing a daughter, it’s better to gain a son-in-law. △ Jiang Yang sees that Mr. Wen has made up his mind. Although his face turns dark, he does not say anything further. Scene 66 Time/Day Location / Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Departure Hall △ Wen Aihua gets out of the taxi and walks toward the departure hall while making a phone call. Wen Aihua: Ah Tang? It’s Aihua. I’m at Hongqiao Airport now. I’ll arrive at Taoyuan Airport at 3 o’clock. Come pick me up. △ Aihua puts away her phone, and like a bird escaping from a cage, walks happily toward the check-in counter. Scene 67 Time/Day Location / Taoyuan Airport Arrival Hall △ At Taoyuan Airport arrival hall, Tang Huaimin stretches his neck, eagerly waiting. △ Arriving passengers pour out in crowds. Wen Aihua is among the flow of people. Huaimin spots her and raises both hands, waving. △ Aihua sees Huaimin and also raises both hands to wave. The two run toward each other at a light jog and embrace warmly. △ The two arrive at the entrance of the hall. Tang Meilan drives the car over. Huaimin opens the door for Aihua to get in. Meilan opens the door and sits in the back seat. Huaimin enters the driver’s seat. The sedan drives away. Scene 68 Time/Night Location / Wen Family Mansion, suburban Shanghai △ In the Wen family mansion living room, the Wen family sits on the sofa. Jiang Yang paces back and forth, looking completely lost and anxious. Wen Zhijian: (exhales a thick puff of smoke) Jiang Yang, sit down first. You’re like a headless fly. △ Jiang Yang sits on the sofa next to Meihua. Wen Zhijian: I didn’t expect that girl would actually come up with “the cicada shedding its shell”… Wen Huyan: That girl must have run to Taiwan to see that man. We must go and bring her back. Wen Zhijian: Of course we must go to Taiwan. Jiang Yang, go buy the tickets. Tomorrow we will go to Taiwan. Jiang Yang: Yes, Uncle. Wen Meihua: Dad, Mom, actually you should respect sister’s own choice. Wen Huyan: You little girl, what do you know about your parents’ intentions! Wen Meihua: (looking at Jiang Yang) I really sympathize with Brother Jiang Yang, but matters of love must be mutual. They cannot be forced. Wen Zhijian: The arrangements I made were also for your sister’s happiness, but now she has been enchanted by that boy from Taiwan. Wen Meihua: But sister doesn’t appreciate it at all. Wen Huyan: Enough, girl. Don’t say any more or you’ll make your father angry. △ Wen Meihua pouts and makes a face in protest. Scene 69 Time/Day Location / Taoyuan Airport Arrival Hall, women’s restroom, Chen Mengru’s home at Sun Moon Lake △ At the exit of Taoyuan Airport arrival hall, the Wen family and Jiang Yang each pull their suitcases and walk out in single file. Wen Meihua: Mom, I need to use the restroom. △ Wen Zhijian and Jiang Yang stop and wait. Wen Zhijian: The airport feels much smaller. △ Wen Meihua enters the restroom and goes into a stall to make a phone call. Wen Meihua: Sister, we’ve arrived at Taoyuan Airport. △ Cut to scene. The group of four leaves the airport entrance in a taxi. △ Cut to scene, interior of Chen Mengru’s home at Sun Moon Lake. Wen Aihua: My sister called. My parents and Jiang Yang really came. Scene 70 Time/Day Location / Mountain road, Dabang tribal settlement, Tang Huaimin’s home △ A sedan drives along a winding mountain road. Along the way, tea plantations, coffee fields, and fruit-and-vegetable farmland scenery deeply attract Wen Meihua, who presses against the car window, looking freely at the distant and close scenery. △ The sedan enters the Dabang tribal settlement and stops in front of Tang Huaimin’s house. △ Cut to scene. Inside the Tang family living room, the Tang and Wen families sit facing each other. Tang Meilan brings tea and places it on the table. Tang Zhongyi: Mr. Wen, Mrs. Wen, please have tea. △ Except for Wen Aihua, none of the guests pick up their tea cups. Wen Zhijian: Since we came all this way, I’ll speak directly. Bring my daughter out and let us take her away, and I will treat this whole matter as if it never happened. Tang Zhongyi: Mr. Wen, your daughter is indeed not here. Wen Huyan: You are the ones who hid my daughter. Hand her over immediately. Tang Pan Xiuyue: Your daughter really did not come up the mountain. How are we supposed to hand her over? Jiang Yang: If you have no sincerity in releasing her, we will have to call the police. Tang Huaimin: I was the one who hid Aihua. Unless you agree to respect Aihua’s choice, she said she would rather not see you. Wen Zhijian: (angrily) Kid, you clearly kidnapped my daughter and restricted her freedom, and you still dare to negotiate conditions with me?! Tang Meilan: (retorts) Sister Aihua is already an adult. How can we restrict her freedom? Jiang Yang: Then let us meet Aihua in person. Tang Huaimin: If you agree to respect Aihua’s choice, I will take you to see her. △ The Wen family and Jiang Yang look at each other. Wen Zhijian: Fine. After meeting her, if Aihua insists on staying, I will respect her decision. Wen Huyan: (anxious) Sir, how can you… Wen Zhijian: What do you know! At this point, rather than losing a daughter, it’s better to gain a son-in-law. △ Jiang Yang sees that Mr. Wen has made up his mind. Although his face turns dark, he does not say anything further. |
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