He who once was ｜ Promise of an Ideal lover Vanishes, Leaving a Heartbreaking Mystery

Goodbye kids. Be careful. Weiwei, a pizza place opened next door. Let’s go try it out. Ok, let’s go. Weiwei, I brought you food. Miaomiao, let’s eat together. Ok. Not sure if Xiang would agree. Of course. Weiwei, Here’s rice. This is the fruit I just bought. I cut them already. Super sweet. Never mind, I’ll go eat pizza by myself. See you. I’ll eat with you tomorrow. Ok. Weiwei, Eat it while it’s warm. I need to get back to work. I’m off. Xiang, take care of yourself. I know. Xiang, look at those ducks. They're so cute. They jumped in. Look, they are all one family. This is my boyfriend, Xiang. We met in university. We had many years of happiness together. Now, I teach kids at an art studio. He is a diligent factory worker. Even though I don’t know what the future holds, but as long as Xiang is with me, I feel very secure and full of hope for the future. Weiwei, I really don’t know where or how I got blessed to be with you. In this lifetime, you are my only love. I swear that if I do anything unforgivable to you in the future, I’ll suffer heaven’s wrath. What’re you saying? I believe you. Not only will we be together forever, we will never be separated life after life. Weiwei, I'll love you forever. He Who Once Was Later, I found a small place for rent. Xiang helped me spruce it up once he got off work. He said that a girl's home must be adorable. Weiwei, What do you think? Xiang, let me help you. Weiwei, Come, sit. How’s your leg? It’s fine. Show me your hand. It’s fine. Really. In the future, don’t do these dirty and tiring tasks at home. Making money, supporting the family… Just leave it to me. You only need to look beautiful. Ok. Make a wish. Ok. I wish that we are together forever and remain happy forever. I win! My glasses fell. ♪That summer, do you still remember?♪ ♪Alone, I quietly made a wish♪ Xiang I feel so happy every day. It's like I'm living in a dream. Say, will all of this disappear? Weiwei, what're you saying? Listen, even if the Earth disappears my love for you will still last. I'll always be by your side. I won't allow you to say these kinds of things anymore. You got it? Xiang, you're so nice. Why’re you crying again? Don't cry. ♪Faintly smiling, her face also exudes beauty on an angle♪ ♪It made me grin at the textbook all day♪ ♪That day, the breeze was light and the sunlight was just right♪ ♪I can only remember your faint smile♪ ♪When my eyes shut, your smiling lips♪ ♪Are what I’m afraid to lose♪ ♪If only time could stop and age could still ♪ ♪To be with you until the end of time♪ ♪No matter how high the kite flies♪ ♪I’ll always hold on to the string♪ ♪With my dear life♪ ♪Do you remember that moment♪ ♪You sat still by the window sill ♪ ♪The sunlight splattered across the canvas♪ ♪And you, gently♪ ♪Leaned on my shoulder♪ Weiwei, Whether poor or rich, I won't leave your side. Will you marry me? Yes! Let me put it on for you. Today, you're the most beautiful girl in the world. Bros, let's go. Xiang, enough for today. Let’s go drink. Drink? I just got engaged. I need to work more to make money. Buy a house. How much can you make with overtime? You ignore your bros after you get a wife. What're you saying! Us three grew up together. How can I forget you guys? You hear that? I expect big cash gifts from all of you at my wedding. Fine, just tell us the date and we'll be there. Notify us when the time comes. Go have your drink. Let's go. Get out of here. Let's go drink. Welcome. I want this one. Ok. Sure. Thank you. That'll be $25. Are you ok? What's wrong? Are you alright? Should I call an ambulance for you? I think the operation will be extremely difficult. There are many unpredictable factors. We need to be very cautious. You have a thoracic aneurysm. The tumour's location is quite unfavourable. With a surgery, the probably of success is also very low. You must be prepared. Before, all those wonderful moments now became fragile, broken pieces. I just worry about Xiang. For someone so nice, what would he do if he knew. I don’t want to destroy his entire life. You cooked all this by yourself? Here, taste my cooking. Eat more. I can't believe we have a master chef hidden here. Weiwei, why're you crying? I'm not. I’m just happy to watch you eat. Weiwei, you love me so much. In the future, you have to take care of yourself. Of course I'll take care of myself. But what I really want is to take good care of you. Come on, eat. Eat. Weiwei, I'm back. I bought the most tasty thing. It was on sale at the supermarket. I got lucky. Hello. The customer you're trying to reach is unavailable. Please try again later. Xiang… In the future,you have to take care of yourself. Hello. The customer you're trying to reach is unavailable. Please try again later. Where’s Weiwei? Is she not with you? Where is she then? To my dearest Xiang, I'm sorry. I left. I went to a faraway place. Don't look for me. I wish you a happy future. Weiwei. Where's Weiwei anyways? If something happens to her, I'll never let you off the hook. What exactly is going on! What? You gave the client all the money? If you have no money, then why am I wasting my time with you? Geez. Who is it? It's me, Xiang. Xiang？ Ma'am. I'm Xiang, Weiwei's boyfriend. I just want to know… Why're you here? Sir. Sir, you're here as well? It's good that you're here. I just want to know if Weiwei has been home recently. She hasn't been here for years. She doesn't see eye to eye with her mother. They argue every day. Sir. No matter what, Weiwei is your daughter. You must know where she is. Please tell me, ok? I really want to see her. Please, I beg you. I really don't know. You must know. Please tell me. If I knew, I would tell you. I think Weiwei sent me an address a few days ago. Ma'am, so you know where she is. Can you please tell me? I really want to see her. When? How come I don't know about this? This is a matter between women. You don't understand. Of course I can tell you. Two hundred Sure, two hundred. I'll e-transfer to you. Two thousand? You want such important information for only two thousand? That's right. Twenty thousand? Sir, Ma'am. I'll tell you the truth. I only have twenty to thirty thousand. This is what I saved up for the wedding with Weiwei. I was planning to invite you to the wedding. You can't even find the person and you're still talking about marriage? Don't you know what's more important? Let it go. Deal. Twenty thousand. I'll transfer to you now. Ok, I’ll send it to you. It's not fair! I win! I'm on a roll. Aunt, please tell me where Weiwei is. Please tell me. Come on. Give it to me. I won by discard. You got any more money? If you don't, then we're leaving right? We're leaving. Wait! You have any money? You can't leave yet. That’s all I have. Hurry up. Xiang, this is for you. Aunt, I don't want it. Can you tell me where Weiwei went? Please. Weiwei, If I receive any important mail, please mail it to this address. Ok, I won't keep you. Then I'm off. So annoying. Come with me. Don’t give me trouble. It's this. This is what Weiwei gave me. Listen. If you didn’t look for this, I would’ve thrown it away already. This is an international address. Aunt… Thank you. Are you out of your mind? What is it now? We live a decent life. Why did you have to accommodate that distant relative of yours? Plus, I'm pretty sure that she's sick. Don't talk nonsense. I'm her only relative overseas. Who else can she rely on? Besides, our basement is unoccupied right? Now I'm even more annoyed. She's been here for two days and fifteen hours. Where's the rent? The amount of water and electricity used these two days… Are we going to starve? Aunt. Uncle. Sorry, I had to go exchange money that's why I was delayed. Here's this month's rent. That's ok, we're not in a hurry. It's you who's not in a hurry. Weiwei, laundry can only be done on Saturday nights. I got it, Uncle. Utilities are very expensive in Canada. I'll remember that. I'll get going. K Anyone want this? Yes? No? Two. Dagang. You’re late. Sit. We’re missing a person. Join us. Not today. I got the visa. I’m going to Canada tomorrow. Let me borrow your money. Tomorrow? This weekend is my birthday. I’ll make it up to you when I’m back. Transfer it to me first. Love trumps friendship, huh? What did you say? Fine. I’ll transfer to you now. It’s done. Remember to pay it back. Of course. Thank you. Xiang… Xiang… Weiwei. Why did you leave all of a sudden? Don’t you love me anymore? It's not like that, Xiang. Then why? Why! Do you know how much I suffered searching for you? I know. I know, Xiang. Then why? Didn't you promise me that you won't ever leave me in this lifetime? Why did you leave? Why? Xiang, stop asking. Fine. Let's not leave each other again, ok? Don't leave me again, ok? What're you two yelling about? Who's he? Uncle, he's my friend. Friend? You guys are making so much noise in front of my house the neighbours may complain. Enough, come in. You can speak inside. How unacceptable! Even brought an outsider back. Who's this person? You just bring a random person home? Who'll be responsible if anything happens? Stop. Who doesn't have a friend? It's not a big deal. Drink some water. The key is that we don't know him. Come on. Just be quiet. Listen to me. Keep your eyes on him. Weiwei, sit down. Have some water. Xiang, what happened to your hand? It's nothing. Drink the water first. Tell me what happened. It's really nothing. Have you eaten? I'll go make something for you. Weiwei, I don't want to eat anything. Weiwei, tell me what happened. Just tell me, ok? Xiang… I left you because I didn’t want to burden you. What burden? What're you talking about? Come on. You’re killing me! Please, Weiwei. Tell me, ok? Come on, tell me. Xiang, before I left you, I went for a physical examination. So? I have a thoracic aneurysm. I can only live for a few more months. Xiang, are you ok? Yeah. Xiang, what should I do? Weiwei, I can't believe that it's like this. In the remaining time, I'm already very satisfied having you by my side. Thoracic aneurysm death A rupture would be life-threatening. The odds of dying from aortic aneurysms are 50%. Weiwei. Why did you sleep here last night? Don't catch a cold. Weiwei. It's morning. Let's go eat breakfast. Xiang… Aunt, where's my friend, Xiang? Your uncle said he left. Hubby. Left? Hubby. What is it? Where's her friend? Gone. He left at dawn. Gone? You didn't know? No… I get angry when I think about it. Early this morning he passed by right in front of me. I thought that he would greet me. But like a rabbit, he hopped onto a taxi and left. What an uncivilized person. You youngsters are so immature and untrustworthy. So unreliable. Xiang… Hello. The customer you're trying to reach is unavailable. Please try again later. At that moment, everything in the world withered. Pain was the only thing I could feel. The day that Xiang reappeared, I thought that it was warmth lost and found again. At the end, it was all just a fantasy. In this lifetime, you are my only love. My heart died completely. Weiwei, It’s time to eat. What’s wrong? Aunt, I’m not hungry. I don’t want to eat. Look at you. You haven’t eaten in days. You can’t go on like this. I’m not hungry. What happened to you exactly? Is it because your boyfriend left? Why’re you crying? Weiwei… I’m sick. The doctor said it’s a terminal illness. What? Weiwei, Aunt will find a solution, ok? Aunt will find the best hospital for you. There must be a way, ok? I’m going to die soon. Don’t say that. Weiwei, Weiwei, there will be hope. Go! Go! Brat. Drinking by yourself? Drink up. The test results indicate she’s in critical condition and at a high risk of losing her life at any moment. What！ Doctor, are there other options? How about medications, or surgery? Unfortunately, Ma’am, we project the effectiveness of medication to be minimal due to the size of the aneurysm. And surgery is a high risk as well. Thank you for telling us. Aunt. Weiwei. There’s no hope right? Child, Your situation… Even the doctors here don’t have a good solution. Let's go check it out. Hey, babe. Are you alone? Little beauty. Drinking alone is so boring right? I know of a good place. Let's go have a few drinks. Don't touch me. I can drink. Here. Let's go. Drink...right here. Stop. Come on. Let's go over there. What're you guys doing? Who the hell are you? Mind your own business. This is my business. Canada is a country governed by law. You can't treat a girl this way. Who're you trying to impress? Get him. How dare you hit me? I'll call the police. Let's go. Come on. I'll take you home. No, it's ok. It's dangerous for a girl to be alone. I'll take you home. Leave me alone. I don’t have much time to live anyways. Miss… be careful. Let's go. I'll take you home. Don't mind me. Miss, It's too late. Let me take you home. Xiang? You heartless… Why did you abandon me? Didn't you say you would accompany me forever? It's too dangerous for you to be out here alone. Let me take you home. Ok? Weiwei, you can’t drink excessively like this when you go out. What'll we do if something happened to you? That's enough. Only you can't distinguish the right from wrong. The wound on your head, let me treat it for you. It's fine. I'll take care of it when I get home. Are you sure? It's fine. Ma'am, Sir, I won't trouble you anymore. I'll drop by another time to see how she's doing. Ok. Thank you. Weiwei. The guy who brought you home yesterday is here. Come in. Have a seat. Hello. You two talk. Are you alright? Pretty good. Thank you for yesterday. Is your head ok? It's really nothing. It's just a minor scratch. Are you facing a tribulation? Nothing much. Even though I don't know what you've been through, but everyone has down periods. Take me as an example. What I was small, I had autism. Life was painful then. My mother took me to doctors everywhere. She was very desperate. Later, based on a friend's recommendation, she came into contact with Falun Dafa. I was also fortunate enough to start cultivation with my mother. It changed my life. Oh right, let me show you this. This pamphlet. Inside are true stories about Falun Gong practitioners and what happened to their health. Many people with terminal illnesses regained their health through practicing Dafa. Examples like this are too many to count. When you have time, try reading it. Weiwei, is that you? I followed the address. Have a look. Can I learn? Aunt, you’re here. Hello, Ma’am. I know that you come here to practice daily so I decided to drop by. Look at you. Your complexion is getting better and better. Since you started learning these exercises from Yuanfan, you’ve become more energetic. Yuanfan, please continue to help her. For sure, Ma’am. Have some water. Thank you Aunt. You’re welcome. Congratulations to the newlyweds on their happy marriage. Bride, Weiwei. How can you still eat? What do you want! Let me ask you. Didn't you say that Weiwei had an illness and was close to death? Why're you bringing her up out of the blue? Why? Look at this. You! You're just a loser who got dumped. Be a man. Just say you got dumped. You lied to us bros. How shameless! Give that to me. You. You worthless scum. Give that back to me. What a loser! Where were you? Why're you back so late? You didn't even make dinner. I'm a bit late from working overtime. Hold it. Try coming back late again. Try not making dinner again. Are you still thinking about your ex? Sir. Learn about the truth of Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa… Did you know that three years ago I had a terminal illness. The doctors told me that I only had a few months left. But since I practiced Falun Dafa, as you can see, I'm completely cured. I'm very healthy now. Really. Then I better look into it. Now, I’ve found the direction in life. Every day I live to the fullest. I believe that all the kind people out there will reap this warmth.