Yue-qin's POV

I wake up slowly and find myself in a dark theater sitting on the same beanbag as Zhi-shu, who is checking his surroundings too. I also find Ah-jin, Mei-mei, Xiao-sen, Zi-yu, Zhong-chuan, Panpan, Chun shui, Dong Liu (my dad), Xu teng, and Yu Shu here. What is happening?

Suddenly, a dark girl with curly black hair and black eyes appears in front of us.

"I'm sure you're all very confused. Let me introduce myself. My name is Jade. I come from a different universe, one where your lives are a tv show called Miss in Kiss. I have brought you here today to watch your show so you guys can react to it and see the whole romantic story of Jiang Zhi-shu and Xiang Yue-qin. Any questions?"

Our lives are a tv show? Oh no, they're all gonna see every embarrassing thing I've ever done. Oh no!

"So we'll get to see every single thing that's happened between Zhi-shu and Yue-qin since the beginning?" I hear Panpan pipe up.

"Yep. Shall we start at episode one?"

Oh no.

My POV

Episode 1
Lunar tree: Aaaaah, it's that time of year again.

Mei-mei: The Old Lunar Tree can talk?

Zhi-shu: Yep.

Yue-qin: How do you know that?

Me: You'll see.

Lunar tree: Look at all these young people hanging around under the tree's shade. Every year, on this day, they come to tie a red string of fate and pray for success in love. Many years ago, I crossed the seas to arrive here at this spot. It has been more than 100 years. I wonder where it all started. I wonder when people began calling me the Old Lunar Tree. Being constantly surrounded by couples in love, I have yet to feel the signs of old age. But wait. Something seems to be happening. It's a proposal. I'm getting a strong hunch. It's a feeling I've never had before. Who is it? Which girl is it? (Shows Yue-qin) Is it you? The luckiest girl in the whole world.

Yue-qin: The Old Lunar Tree called me the luckiest girl in the world? I am far from lucky.

Xiao-sen: And isn't this right before you got rejected by Zhi-shu?

Zi-yu: I've always wanted to know how you confessed to him. You got rejected?

Zhi-shu: Of course. I rejected everyone. Including you.

Panpan: But ultimately you didn't reject Yue-qin.

Me: At first I thought he would accept your proposal when the Lunar Tree called you the lucking girl in the world. I was surprised when he rejected you immediately.

Bystander: She's proposing!

Yue-qin: (Holds out a small piece of paper and bows while smiling.)

Zhi-shu: No thanks.

Panpan: Zhi-shu!

Zhi-shu: What? I did that with everyone. Back then, to me, she wasn't anyone special, so why would I accept her proposal?

Yue-qin: I saw it coming too.

Random person 1: Check this out! A new update on the page. The clown from Class F got rejected by the genius from Class A.

Random person 2: Seriously?

Random person 1: The whole school is talking about it.

Rp2: She sure had a lot of guts.

Rp1: Jiang Zhi-shu is the man! Wow!

Rp3: That's sad.

Rp4: Jiang Zhi-shu claims another victim.

Yue-qin: Was it really that big of a deal? That's embarrassing.

3 random people: (To Yue-qin) Confessing to Zhi-shu? Don't you have a mirror at home? I kind of pity her for getting rejected. She knew it wasn't going to work out, but she did it anyway. She was too ambitious.

Other random person 1: Hey! I think that's Xiang Yue-qin.

Orp2: Hey look it's Yue-qin.

Orp1: How pitiful...

Orp3: Hey Yue-qin.

Yue-qin: Stop bothering me!

Random people in hallway: It's Yue-qin. Look at Yue-qin. Hey Yue-qin. She got rejected! It's Xiang Yue-qin! She overestimated herself.

Yue-qin: (Walks into room with Mei-mei and Xiao-sen inside) Mei-mei. I just proposed to Jiang Zhi-shu but it ended up on the Secret Tree Page.

Xiao-sen: You must be out of your mind. Why did you do that? You knew he wasn't going to accept you.

Me: Jeez. A bit harsh don't you think?

Xiao-sen: Well what did you expect? He obviously didn't have any interests in any girls at the time, how could she have thought to propose to him.

Me: To get her feelings out of the way.

Yue-qin: But I've had a crush on him for the past two years.

Panpan: Two years?! I really was right from the beginning. Oh! She had a crush on him for two years! That just makes this all the more romantic.

Yue-qin: I can't just let my highschool years end without him ever knowing how I feel. I spent the whole last night writing a love letter. I wrote countless drafts, over and over.

Past Yue-qin: Hello, my schoolmate, Jiang Zhi-shu. I'm Xiang Yue-qin from Class F. I'm sure you have no idea who I am, but I know pretty much everything about you. Since I never got the chance to talk to you, I decided to write this letter to convey my feelings. I wish to get to know you better. I like you, Jiang Zhi-shu.

Panpan: It gets cuter every time I hear it.

Dong Liu: I never even knew my daughter was capable of such a thing.

Zhi-shu: What did you mean by you know pretty much everything about me?

Yue-qin: *Nervous laughter* You don't need to know about that.

Xiao-sen: Stop dreaming the impossible! He's Jiang Zhi-shu. (Zhi-shu walks up to his desk filled with presents and sighs exasperatedly).

Panpan: You really are popular.

Zi-yu: You always have been.

Mei-mei: So what if he's Jiang Zhi-shu? He's just a top student that scored the highest in the national mock exam, has an IQ of 200, handsome and rich. So what? It doesn't justify him being a jerk.

Yue-qin: You don't have to make me feel better. I'm a fool. I'm stupid.

Yu Shu: You sure are.

Yue-qin: What do you have against me? I thought we made up at the wedding?

Yu Shu: Just because my brother likes you, and I told you that secret as a gift, doesn't mean I like you.

Panpan: I think he thinks of you as his sister.

Me: I second that, and I've seen the whole series, so I for sure know he sees you as his sister.

Yu Shu: Be quiet.

Yue-qin: If I could turn back time to the first day of school, I wish I didn't meet him then.

Past principal: Next we have our school representative, Jiang Zhi-shu, to give a speech on stage.

Everyone: (Claps)

Past Zhi-shu: Good morning to the principals, teachers, and fellow students.

All girls: (Whispering)

Past Zhi-shu: My name is Jiang Zhi-shu. Firstly, I'd like to express my happiness and excitement in being a part of the Xingdou family on behalf of the new students.

Zi-yu: You don't sound very excited.

Zhi-shu: I never sound excited.

Panpan: This is why I wished I had a girl.

Past Yue-qin: Wow. He's so handsome!

Past Zhi-shu: I really hope we can make wonderful memories...

Past Yue-qin: If only we could be in the same class.

Yue-qin: But we weren't.

Past Yue-qin: (Sneaks to Class A and peaks through the window to see Zhi-shu reading. Smiles and runs away) A, B, C, D, E, F. I just need to jump five levels to be in his class.

Me: Wouldn't that be extremely hard to do?

Yue-qin: Well I know that now.

Ah-jin: (Walks into room and bends down to Yue-qin's height, putting a hand on her shoulder) Yue-qin. You're my woman.

Zhi-shu: No she's not. She never has been.

Ah-jin: Yeah yeah I know.

Panpan: Are you saying you've had a crush on her since the beginning?

Zhi-shu: No. But she's always liked me. That means she was always mine.

Me: *Internal awww.*

Ah-jin: Mine.

Yue-qin: Ah-jin?

Ah-jin: Did you not even notice I was there?

Yue-qin: No...

Yue-qin: What are you doing?

Ah-jin: I heard you proposed to a guy from Class A. Is that true? You actually like a nerd like him?

Yue-qin: Can you stop pestering me about it?

Ah-jin: I have to know!

Panpan: I don't like you.

Ah-jin: Well obviously.

Ah-jin: The whole school is talking about it. I'm about to go crazy! ...Two years ago, I've already claimed you...

Me: That's quite creepy...

Ah-jin: No it's not. Haven't you already claimed the person you like?

Me: I have not done that, no. He can date whoever he likes.

Ah-jin: Pssh, Americans.

Past Yue-qin: (Runs away happily and bumps into Ah-jin.)

Ah-jin: ...after our hug of love.

Past Ah-jin: (Catches her hand before she falls and pulls her back into him, flipping her around so she lands in his arms tango style.)

Yue-qin: I've told you many times before. That wasn't even a hug.

Past Ah-jin and Yue-qin: (After his attempt to catch her, he slips and they both fall onto the ground.)

Yu Shu: *Laughs extremely hard* You're such an idiot! You never had a chance with Yue-qin.

Yue-qin: Are you saying I'm too smart for him?

Yu Shu: *Stops laughing immediately* W-well just for him. Everyone else is smarter than you.

Ah-jin: Your resistance is futile. Our relationship is destined by fate.

Me: Or is it?

Ah-jin: Alright alright I get it.

Yue-qin: What?

Mei-mei: (Softly tugs on Yue-qin's skirt, pulling her away from Ah-jin.)

Yue-qin: (Plops onto the couch and hugs Mei-mei, cuddling with her.)

Ah-jin: By the way, girls... (plops onto couch next to Yue-qin and puts his arm around her. The rest scramble off the couch trying to get away from him and run away.)

Chong: It's time! It's time for our lesson. Get back to your seats. Today we're going to be talking about the year of 1977. Which one of you can tell me what happened in 1977?

Everyone: (Looks around and shrugs, not knowing the answer.)

Yu Shu: You're class is stupid just like you.

Mei-mei and Xiao-sen: Hey!

Chong: Anyone? Xiao-sen? (Xiao-sen shrugs in response.) Mei-mei? (Mei-mei shrugs in response.)

Ah-jin: (To Mei-mei) Stupid.

Yu Shu: Probably the only thing you'll get correct in this series.

Chong: Not knowing the answer is fine. It's important to enjoy learning. Don't feel pressured. Advanced learning is not class F's goal anyway.

Zhi-shu: That's why you guys don't do well. You're not pushed.

Chong: We will learn what we can...

Ah-jin: (Whispers) Yue-qin!

Chong: ...through communicating.

Ah-jin: (Whispers) Yue-qin!

Chong: Anyway, something big happened in the year of 1977 (puts his guitar strap around him), which is, I, your teacher, released my first album!

Everyone: (Groans in protest) Not again! Here he goes again.

Chong: (Starts strumming on the guitar and singing.)
The fancier love is
The more it hurts
I'm weary so I just want
to live a normal life alone...

Zhi-shu: That would be another reason.

Chong: (Walks up to a student playing on his phone and smacks him in the face) Hey! How could you play with your phone while you're in class?

Yu Shu: This is what you call class?

Chong: You better watch it or else I will turn your phone into... a paper airplane! Put it away!

Student: Sorry.

Ah-jin: What's all the fuss about? Just put it on the airplane mode so that it can fly (laughs)!

Everyone else: (Groans) Seriously?

Me: *Hardcore facepalm* That was terrible.

Ah-jin: No it wasn't.

Everyone: Yeah it was.

Chong: (Fake laughing) Hahahaha!

Ah-jin: Was it not funny?

Everyone: No!

Chong: Jin Zhi-zhu.

Ah-jin: Not funny?

Chong: Was it funny?

Ah-jin: Wasn't it?

Chong: (Groans.)

Everyone: (Laughs.)

Chong: Jin Zhi-zhu. Before you try to act all cool, please take a good look in the mirror. You always try to be a hero by helping others and upholding justice through rash actions. But listen to this. You've just accumulated two big demerits points!

Everyone: (Laughs.)

Ah-jin: What are you guys laughing at?

Yu Shu: You.

Chong: Since the youth cooking competition finals is around the corner, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself. If you do well, you would make the school proud and secure your entry to college. Ah-jin. This is the right path. Stop wasting your time on other things!

Ah-jin: Sir.

Chong: Yes.

Ah-jin: I've already got a plan.

Chong: Huh?

Ah-jin: When I win the cooking competition and when they ask me to give a speech, I'll propose to Yue-qin. I will defeat Jiang Zhi-shu!

Zhi-shu: I wasn't even entered in that contest.

Ah-jin: No as in I will have Yue-qin.

Me: That wouldn't have defeated him. He didn't like her.

Ah-jin: Ok on with the show!

Class: (Cheers.)

Chong: Ok good!

Class: Ah-jin! Ah-jin! Ah-jin!

Chong: A man should have dreams!

Yue-qin: (Looks off sadly in the distance in the direction of Class A) I know I was being too hasty. But what's so great about a guy that won't even read my letter? I must have been blind. Heartless jerk. I'm moving on from you. From this moment on, you no longer exist in my world.

Zhi-shu: *Leans down really close to Yue-qin's face* Yet you still liked me.

Me: Gosh now I have to experience the teasing in real life?

Panpan: What teasing?

Me: That thing that he's doing right now happens a lot in the show. A lot.

Panpan: *Happily* Really?

Class A Teacher: All right, that's the basics of the Large Hadron Collider. Now I have some good news to share with you guys. Our classmate, Jiang Zhi-shu, has been invited to visit the Central Institute of Physics to learn about their study on the Large Hadron Collider. Zhi-shu, please stand up. Give him a round of applause.

Everyone: (Claps.)

Teacher: That's great. Thank you. Let's turn to the fourth part of our lesson. Einstein's photon theory.

Ah-jin: (Off in the distance and muffled) Jiang Zhi-shu! I can't stand you!

Yu Shu: You are so loud.

Teacher: Shut the windows. Don't be affected by the others. Let's continue.

(After school, everyone is walking out.)

Ah-jin: Yue-qin, why do you look so down?

Mei-mei: (Slaps his arm and puts a finger to her mouth.)

Ah-jin: Hey, Yue-qin. Isn't your new house all organized? We should all go and have a housewarming party sometime.

Xiao-sen: Yeah that's right.

Yue-qin: What? I don't think that's a good idea?

Dong Liu: Why not?

Yue-qin: It was just... a bit off...

Yue-qin: My house is filled with things my dad made from scraps. It's really different from other houses.

Me: Your house was cool though!

Yue-qin: Eeeeeh...

Xiao-sen: Right. You guys always make things on your own. How cool!

Mei-mei: Yeah!

Yue-qin: Actually, I really wish to live in a house with white window frames, and I want it to look like the one from the European fairytales.

Dong Liu: I'm sorry. It's just that your mom-

Yue-qin: Yeah I know.

Panpan: Good thing I decorated your room the way I did right?

Ah-jin: Don't worry. I'll build one for you.

Mei-mei: Ah-jin. Yue-qin grew up with her dad and he only has one precious daughter. It won't be easy to marry her.

Ah-jin: Dad. Why'd you allow Zhi-shu to marry her?

Dong Liu: She loves him and he loves her.

Ah-jin: But I love her.

Dong Liu: But she doesn't love you back.

Me: Oooooh that's gotta hurt.

Ah-jin: It's fine. I can just join her family.

Yue-qin: Join my family?

Ya-jun Du: (Behind them, talking to Zhi-shu) How about you? Let's go to the bookshop.

Yue-qin: (Runs over and hides behind Xiao-sen.)

Zhi-shu: A bookshop?

Ya-jun Du: Yes.

Ah-jin: Hey! The letter Yue-qin wrote. You didn't even read it. Arrogant Class A jerk.

Ya-jun Du: So? What's your problem with Class A?

Ah-jin: (To Zhi-shu, who is walking away) Hey! Mistreating Yue-qin means you're picking a fight with me. You better watch it!

Yue-qin: Ah-jin! Stop it!

Ah-jin: Who gave you the right to hurt Yue-qin? Say something! Are you deaf? Or are you mute? Are you dumb?... Listen up. Yue-qin is under my protection. Also, your brain must be fried! How could you reject a girl like Yue-qin?

Panpan: Yeah. How could you?

Zhi-shu: I rejected every girl so why would I not reject her?

Yue-qin: Yeah. I'm nothing special.

I look down and see Zhi-shu hold Yue-qin's hand. Aaah. His weakness is seeing her sad. I try very hard not to scream as I press play.

Zhi-shu: Because I dislike stupid people.

Yu Shu: Me too.

Panpan: *Slaps his arm* Oi!

Ah-jin: (Walks towards Zhi-shu and Ya Jun-du, who are walking away) I'm going to kill him!

Mei-mei and Xiao-sen: (Pull his arm back) Ah-jin! Stop!

Ah-jin: What?! Let me go! Get back here!

Yue-qin: (Looks very sad and disappointed in herself.)

(Yue-qin is back at home, scrolling through the Secret Tree Page. She stops at a comment thread talking about her below a silly picture of her.)

Commenter 1: That's Yue-qin from Class F.

C2: What a nice picture.

C3: Who took that nice picture.

Yue-qin: That's ridiculous! The past two years, I was actually in love with... (Starts typing something to post onto the comment thread) Yue-qin is actually a smart girl. She always remembers the daily special at the school cafeteria. She's a professional at cursing and playing card games. She always picks out the best deck. One more thing, Yue-qin was awarded with the Healthy Baby certificate by the City Council when she was born. She was also the champion at the baby crawling competition. Her head was particularly big when she was younger. Clearly, she was a smart child. She was able to answer any kind of question thrown at her. Everybody said she was a smart girl.

Yu Shu: Is any of that actually true?

Yue-qin: Only the part where I remember the daily special at the school cafeteria.

Zhi-shu: Because you always think about food.

Yu Shu: I knew it. No way you were smart.

Dong Liu: (Downstairs, he smells the food he just cooked) This smells delicious! (Yells upstairs to Yue-qin) The meal is ready!

Yue-qin: (Turns her back towards the computer) Ok! (Accidentally clicks the option "Post under username" and then turns around and presses post.)

Me: I don't think they ever made a story out of that.

Yue-qin: Wait I posted that under my username?

Me: Yeah but nothing ever happened from it I don't think.

Dong Liu: Hurry up!

(At the dinner table.)

Dong Liu: Smells good right?

Yue-qin: It's delicious.

Dong Liu: How awesome. I mean our new house.

Yue-qin: (Smiles and admires the house.)

Dong Liu: Here (Puts more noodles into her bowl).

Yue-qin: Thank you.

Dong Liu: You've had it tough in the past under my care. I consider this house a product of our own hard work.

Yue-qin: But Dad, somehow this house looks a little crooked though.

Dong Liu: Nonsense!

Mei-mei: But it was.

Dong Liu: Not in my eyes.

Dong Liu: I designed it myself and built it with my own hands. It's different from those dishonest contractors. Our house is built with good and strong materials. It's going to last for a long, long time.

Me: Except it won't though.

Dong Liu: Well how could I have known that?

Chun shui: But thankfully it fell or you would've never moved in.

Yue-qin: Right. You've worked hard, Dad.

Dong Liu: It was all for you my dearest daughter. Everything I do is worth it. Not hard for me at all.

Me: This is such a cute moment between you two and no other moments like this happen again throughout the series. I wish more stuff like this would happen.

Dong Liu: (Looking up) Dear? Are you watching us? Do you see this house I built for you, up in heaven? We finally have a place to call home. Yue-qin has a place to live now. You don't have to worry.

Me: *Wipes a tear from my eye along with Yue-qin and Dong Liu.*

Dong Liu: (Moves over to a different chair and puts on a new personality) I think it's great. Very good.

Zhi-shu: Are you responding to yourself?

Dong Liu: Well I believe that's what she would say.

Yue-qin: (Confused, she waves her hand in the air) Dad?

Dong Liu: What? Oh I'm pretending to be your mom.

Yue-qin: Oh (laughs)!

Weather woman: (On radio, off screen) Let's look at the weather report. Tropical cyclone Eros that is moving along a strange path continues to grow bigger. Weather experts predict that Eros will turn into a typhoon today.

Yue-qin: Dad! A typhoon is coming!

Weather woman: Please take necessary weather precautions.

Yue-qin: Will our house be ok?

Dong Liu: Don't worry, my dear. Forget about the typhoon. This house will still be standing on the day you get married.

Me: Which is only 3 years away and the house still doesn't stand until then.

Dong Liu: Ok I get it! Over confidence.

Yue-qin: What? I don't plan to stay here after I get married.

Panpan: Don't worry. We'll give you two all the privacy you need.

Zhi-shu: Mom!

Dong Liu: So you're going to leave me all alone, like an unwanted, old man?

Me: Well that's unfair.

Dong Liu: You are so cruel. How did I end up with such a heartless daughter?

Yue-qin: Goodness, just eat the food.

Dong Liu: You will get married right?

Yue-qin: I don't know. We'll talk about that later.

Panpan: You do though.

Me: I feel like you and I are one. Everything you do in this series is everything I would do if I were in the show.

Dong Liu: It's about time though.

Yue-qin: What do you mean it's about time? I'm only a high school student.

Dong Liu: (Laughing) High school, right?

Yue-qin: (Laughing) Yeah.

(Outside the house, Ah-jin, Mei-mei, and Xiao-sen are approaching.)

Ah-jin: This is the place right?

Mei-mei: I think so.

Ah-jin: Our sudden visit will be a pleasant surprise for her, right?

Mei-mei: Yeah, we'll definitely shock her. This house looks really cool.

Xiao-sen: Yeah.

Mei-mei: But, why does it look a little crooked?

Xiao-sen: Yeah. I think so, too.

Yue-qin: Well Dad, I loved the house.

Dong Liu: Good. That's all that matters.

Xiao-sen: We liked it, too! We just thought it looked a little crooked.

Xiao-sen: Maybe it was inspired by the Tower of Pisa.

Dong Liu: Oh really?

Ah-jin: Yue-qin, my wife! Father-in-law!

Me: Whoa! I think you just skipped a lot of steps.

Panpan: I really don't like you.

Dong Liu: Who's making a fuss? (To Ah-jin outside) Who's his father-in-law?! (To Yue-qin) Who said he could simply call me that?

Ah-jin: Father-in-law!

Dong Liu: What's with all the noise? Some weirdo... (Slides the door open but the scene switches to Zhi-shu sliding open the door to a lab with Lina behind him.)

Ah-jin: Hey that's Lina.

Zhi-shu: You know her?

Ah-jin: Yeah I bumped into her at the restaurant. She mentioned she knew you.

Yue-qin: She's the smart Russian girl he recruited to tutor Class F before finals but we couldn't understand her, so we went to you.

Me: Anyways we'll see her later so shall we continue?

Professor: (Looks over to stare at Lina's boobs and then, with his eyes, tells the student behind him to look at her boobs, too.)

Me: What a creep. Jeezus.

Lina: (Admires Zhi-shu with her eyes.)

Yue-qin: If I had known she liked you I wouldn't have been so willing to be tutored by her *pouts*.

(Back at the house.)

Yue-qin: Ah-jin?

Mei-mei: Hi.

Ah-jin: Yue-qin, congratulations for getting a new house. I brought a little gift. Here.

Xiao-sen: (Admiring the room) Wow.

Mei-mei and Xiao-sen: Hello Mr. Xiang!

Dong Liu: Hello.

Mei-mei and Xiao-sen: Long time no see. Congrats! (Hand him a present each.)

Dong Liu: Gosh, you guys didn't have to buy these.

Ah-jin: Hello, Mr. Xiang. How are you?

Dong Liu: That might've been the only time you called me Mr. Xiang.

Ah-jin: (Gets down on one knee.)

Me: Of course you had to make it weird.

Ah-jin: I'm your future son-in-law. I'm Jin Zhi-zhu.

Dong Liu: (Looks worriedly at Yue-qin.)

Ah-jin: (Grabs Dong Liu's hand) Please leave Yue-qin to me. I promise to take care of her. I will love her forever.

Dong Liu: No.

Dong Liu: Hey... What's wrong with this young man? You're scaring me. What are you-

Yue-qin: He just likes to joke around.

Ah-jin: I'm not joking. Father-

Dong Liu: No more jokes, please. Yue-qin, show around our house to your friends. I'll get some food ready and we'll have dinner together, okay?

Mei-mei and Xiao-sen: Thanks, Mr. Xiang.

Dong Liu: Go on, now. Give them (the presents) to me.

Yue-qin: Let's go.

Dong Liu: (To Ah-jin) You go, too.

Ah-jin: I'll help you, too, Father.

Dong Liu: No it's ok. Go with them.

Yue-qin: Let's take a tour.

Dong Liu: (Going over to cook.)

Ah-jin: I'm good at this. Can I help?

Dong Liu: Really? You don't want to go?

Ah-jin: It's fine.

Dong Liu: Ok...

Ah-jin: For three, right?

Yue-qin: My dad used a lot of recycled wood to make the house look shabby chic.

Me: Oooh, shabby chic. I should try that in the future. Sounds fun. Looks cute, too.

Xiao-sen: Yue-qin.

Yue-qin: Yes?

Xiao-sen: Your dad is so creative! He actually built a house with an angle. How cool.

Yue-qin: Yep. Totally on purpose.

Yue-qin: Yeah. Well... It's a new house. So it's bound to be slightly tilted.

Me: Mmhmm.

Mei-mei: A DIY house is bound to be a little crooked.

Yue-qin: Actually, I think it's a little crooked, too.

Dong Liu: Betrayal!

Me: We all know it was crooked.

Mei-mei, Xiao-sen, and Yue-qin: (Laugh.)

Yue-qin: By the way, why are you guys here?

Mei-mei: You don't enjoy our company?

Yue-qin: No I was just wondering.

Mei-mei: Ah-jin asked us to come.

Yue-qin: Ah-jin?

Mei-mei: He was worried that you're still sad, so he wanted to come and cheer you up.

Yue-qin: Is that so?

Mei-mei: Yeah.

Ah-jin: Did you ever actually consider me?

Yue-qin: Of course.

Zhi-shu: When was that?

Yue-qin: When you were gonna get married to Sha-sui.

Ah-jin: Why didn't I win?

Yue-qin: You made me happy. Just not as happy as him.

Me: Don't worry Ah-jin. I know who you end up with.

Ah-jin: How?

Me: The other adaptations of this show.

Mei-mei: Ah-jin is a nice guy. He really cares about you a lot.

Zhi-shu: Were you trying to set her up with him?

Mei-mei: Well, you didn't like her back and Ah-jin was really desperate.

Mei-mei: Unlike that heartless jerk, Jiang Zhi-shu.

Zhi-shu: Hey.

Mei-mei: Well you were.

Ah-jin: (Almost drops some potted plants off of a shelf and catches them.)

Everyone else: (Looks at him with worry.)

Ah-jin: (Reassuringly smiles at Yue-qin.)

Dong Liu: Ok, it's ready. We're having steamboat today. Come and sit. Don't be shy!

Mei-mei: Thanks!

Dong Liu: Come on.

Ah-jin: I'll carry it, Father.

Dong Liu: Hey, I told you. I'm not your father.

Ah-jin: (Laughs) Dad!

Me: When I was first watching this, I really wanted to smack you in the head. You calling him dad was super annoying at first.

Dong Liu: Hey, who are you calling dad?

Ah-jin: Goodness, don't be like that. We're going to be family. You're my father-in-law.

Dong Liu: What?

Ah-jin: Let's eat.

Yue-qin: Enjoy the food you guys. My dad is a great cook.

Mei-mei: Mr. Xiang is awesome!

Me: I know right?

Dong Liu: Not at all.

Xiao-sen: He can build things and cook, too.

Mei-mei: We'll dig in then.

Dong Liu: Don't be shy. Eat as much as you want.

Me: Gosh I love it when people say that. I would've not eaten enough had they not said so.

Ah-jin: Why?

Me: I'd be too embarrassed to. But saying,"Eat as much as you want," gives me permission to eat as much as I want.

Yue-qin: Let's eat.

Ah-jin: Dad, take a seat.

Dong Liu: You sit.

Ah-jin: Ok.

Dong Liu: Go on and eat.

Mei-mei: Wow, it smells great.

Dong Liu: Actually, it took me five years to plan and build this house from scratch.

Ah-jin: Five years?

Dong Liu: Yes.

Chun shui: Wow, all that hard work, all for it to collapse that day.

Dong Liu: Well I'm still glad it did. I'm glad to be reunited with my best friend *pats Chun shui on the back*.

Panpan: Are you my husband or his?

Ah-jin: You've worked hard. Dad... I'd like to learn how to raise a family from you, okay? (Is about to give Dong Liu some shrimp but then turns and gives it to Yue-qin) Here, Yue-qin. I peeled it for you.

Yue-qin: (Shakes her head and waves her hand, rejecting it.)

Ah-jin: It's for you.

Dong Liu: She doesn't want it. You can have it (forces the shrimp into Ah-jin's mouth). Mmmm. Eat up.

Mei-mei, Xiao-sen, and Yue-qin: (Laugh.)

Dong Liu: To be honest, I'm not an expert. I'm just slightly better than an expert.

Yue-qin: (Chokes on her food and laughs.)

Me: What an ego.

Dong Liu: Wouldn't you be proud if you built that house having never worked in construction?

Me: Not if it collapsed.

Dong Liu: Well I didn't know at the time.

Dong Liu: Are you ok?

Yue-qin: I'm fine.

Dong Liu: It only took me three months to complete this house.

Mei-mei: Three months?

Dong Liu: Yes.

Mei-mei: You can build a house in three months?

Dong Liu: That's right.

Xiao-sen: (Under her breath) No wonder it's crooked.

Dong Liu: What do you have against me?

Dong Liu: The reason I built this house is to fulfill a promise I made to Yue-qin's deceased mother. I promised to give Yue-qin a happy family. So Yue-qin was my biggest motivation to build it.

Ah-jin: Dad, what a coincidence. She's my motivation too.

Dong Liu: You stay out of this.

Me: You do realize you can't just do that with people who you think are your future in-laws?

Ah-jin: Do what?

Me: Never mind.

Dong Liu: Don't call me your dad ok?

Yue-qin: All right, enough. Let's give a toast to my dad and mom in heaven.

Dong Liu: Ok.

Mei-mei: Sure.

Dong Liu: Cheers!

Everyone else: Cheers!

Ah-jin: Mom!

Me: Gosh you annoy me so much! And that's borderline disrespectful.

Ah-jin: Cheers to you!

Everyone: (Stays silent.)

Dong Liu: Ignore him.

(At the Science Lab.)

Automated voice over speakers: Attention please. Inaudible name will start in 5 seconds. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Professor: This Hadron Collider machine uses a super magnetic field to increase the speed of charged particles to the speed of light and then make them collide in order to study the basic properties of matter. The particles used are the size of one femtometer. One femtometer is one millionth of the more common denominator, nanometer. It's very small.

Yue-qin: Ah! You call me Miss Femtometer. Now I get why.

Zh-shu: You never understood why I was calling you that? But I've explained it lots.

Yue-qin: Well, I didn't get what a femtometer was so I still didn't understand.

Zhi-shu: *Facepalms.*

Professor: Even the world's most high-tech microscope will not be able to observe it. If this experiment is successful, we'll not only be able to know more about the material world, but also understand the evolution of our species from the past to the present. Of course, there have been critics who pointed out that the unknown particles created from this machine might create a butterfly effect and cause events such as earthquakes, lightning, or aviation disasters.

Yue-qin: *Le gasp* Did that cause my house to fall?

Zhi-shu: I suppose so. I never connected those dots.

Me: Weeell, not exactly, but you'll see.

Professor: There are no concrete findings to back the assumptions, but they're enough to show that this experiment has some serious risks. Therefore, we're using this computer-generated model to give you guys a better idea of the whole experiment. Here is the most important part of the whole machine. We have yet to push the button. So God only knows what will happen if we push it.

Lina: (Swats away a fly and trips over something, falling towards the start button. Zhi-shu catches her before she can fall but her elbow taps start, starting an earthquake.)

Yue-qin: So everything is thanks to Lina? I'll have to thank her next time I see her.

(Goes to Yue-qin's house, which is shaking.)

Xiao-sen: It's an earthquake.

Yue-qin: You're right! It's getting stronger!

(At the lab, an alarm starts going off.)

(Episode ends.)

Me: We will start the next episode in a bit but take a breath before that.

Yue-qin: I really want to see what happens next.

Xiao-sen: But you lived through it.

Yue-qin: But it's interesting to watch from a different point of view.

Zi-yu: I'm just waiting for me to appear.

Me: And I'm waiting for the 4th episode.

Yue-qin: Why?

Me: Because that's when all the action starts.

You guys, it is soooo hard to type out the episode. Why aren't there any transcripts online 😫? But it's worth it because I've been wanting to type this book out for a long time, so until next time.