【FULL】Crossroad Bistro EP13 | 北辙南辕 | Wang Luodan 王珞丹, Lyric Lan 蓝盈盈, Gina Jin 今晨, Chuo Ni 啜妮 | iQiyi
[English subtitles are available.] [Crossroad Bistro] What a good day! Cheers. Thank you, Mr. Chen. Come on. Thanks, Mr. Chen. Cheers. What are you doing here? Who is this? She’s an intern at our firm. Her name’s Wei Lan. So it’s one of our own. Come in. Add a chair. Mr. Chen. Mr. Du.
I’m sorry to interrupt. I’ll apologize with this wine. Can you just transfer me to Asset Valuation? I won’t let you down. You followed me here, didn’t you? I don’t know what you’re talking about. You listened outside for a while before you came in, right? Why did you say that? If you didn’t,
How come you called him Mr. Chen directly? I won’t feel sorry for you after what you did. You only made me resent you more. Don’t touch me. Let me help you. I’ll call a designated driver for you. [Ep13] It’s so beautiful. Don’t you think so? Which is more beautiful, that or my sister?
Don’t be ridiculous. How could you compare a camera with your sister? I’ll admit it. The camera is more beautiful. Xiaoyu, why are you even jealous of a piece of iron? I’ll tell you why. This is a fatal question. On behalf of my sister, I’ll give you another chance. Xiaoyu is the most beautiful.
How beautiful is that? You know the words. A face that could launch a thousand ships. Drop-dead gorgeous. A beauty who would obscure the moon and make flowers blush. A heavenly beauty. Enough. Don’t keep us guessing. Come on. Tell us. What words? She’s so beautiful, I’m dead. You finally smiled once for the night.
Honestly, I envy all of you. Each of you has your own career and your hobbies. Look at me. I don’t have any hobbies. And I never used what I studied. Right. I never asked you before. What did you study? Xiaoyu studied marine… Marine ecology and climate. It sounds like something profound.
How is that profound? It’s as simple as this. Tangled clouds forecast rain. Chickens and ducks won’t go inside the coops. When the walls of the vat get wet, clouds are forming over the mountains, ants are moving, snakes are coming out, and fish are jumping, you know the rain is coming.
You’re talking about patterns. I studied the relationships. I’m also talking about relationships, Sister. Why do the fish in Houhai Lake keep jumping out of water before heavy rain? Because the air pressure disrupts the relationship between the fish and the water. Am I right? I almost forgot. What?
Mr. Chai will invite some guests at our restaurant tomorrow. He ordered two emperor fish. So expensive. They should arrive this evening. I have to remind Feng Xi. It’s called empurau fish. It’s a kind of fish in Malaysia and it’s rare. No wonder you didn’t drink today. You’re ready to drink a lot tomorrow.
I need to make a call. Go ahead. Do you think that Chai Yong may have ulterior motives towards Xiaoyu? I think so. Why are you so nervous? Trust me. My sister knows well what to do. She would never fall for Chai Yong even if she had a hideous face.
So, you can rest assured. I’m so relieved. Don’t be relieved so soon. Nothing can be sure. Are you waiting for me? I really didn’t drink much. I’m just tired. So you’re tired from drinking. You can’t even straighten your tongue. What is that on your shirt? What? What’s this? I have no idea.
Maybe I got it while eating. Take it off while my hands are still wet. I’ll wash that along. Sure. I’ll take it off and you’ll wash it. Maybe you can wash me right after that so that I don’t need to wash myself. Here you are. Can’t you just hand it to me?
What a child. Who did you have dinner with? Chen. Mr. Chen of Pengfa Aluminum. I told you. Did he bring any women? No. Did you go to karaoke? No. They did. I just came home. You can go to business dinners and socialize all you want. I don’t care.
But can you just tell me the truth next time? I just told you the truth. If I had gone to karaoke with them, I wouldn’t have come back this early. Are you kidding me? What are you talking about? [Crossroad Bistro] See you next time! You’re still here. Yes. Xiaoyu just called.
She said that Mr. Chai will invite some guests here tomorrow. Some fish will be delivered later. So I need to stay here. You can go home. I’ll wait for them. No, thanks. Li Xiang usually calls me after midnight anyway. I have to stay up until he’s off work.
So I won’t sleep even if I get home. All right. Then I’ve got something to remind you. Come with me. We performed maintenance on this refrigerator today. So the power is still off. Remember to plug it in an hour later. I’ve moved everything in it to the freezer. Look.
Move these with sticky notes back to the refrigerator once it’s plugged in. Or, if we thaw them tomorrow, we won’t be able to run the restaurant at all. Got it. As to the fish you mentioned, don’t forget to put them in the refrigerator. Don’t worry. Got it? No problem. I’m off then.
See you. See you. Dai Xiaoyu. When we were about to leave, Liu asked you out for dinner the day after tomorrow. Why did you say no? I can see it on your face. Something must be going on. I don’t think we should get any closer. What? Why? You like him, don’t you?
What’s the problem? Maybe I liked him for a moment. But that doesn’t mean we’re right for each other. What do you mean by “right”? Tell me what “right” is. Why do you have to be so materialistic? You just want to be with someone
Who has a big house and a luxury car, don’t you? No. It just occurred to me that I’m already 30. I can no longer take risks on impulse. He’s a nice guy. But he has no plans for the future. He could just spend all his money on something useless.
I can’t live with him like that. If I’m with him, I may be happy for a while. But we won’t have a stable life. You don’t need to rush anything. Look at Yu Songyang and me! Even though we seem to get along, we are different in many aspects.
It takes time to know someone. You two have different hobbies. But Liu and I have different values. This isn’t something that time can solve. It just won’t work out between us. So I don’t want to waste his time. I’ll just gradually withdraw from him. Wait. Sister, in my opinion,
Don’t draw conclusions too early. You already thought about your future together. It means that you still have feelings for him. Give each other a chance. Maybe he will change for you. Right? I won’t ask anyone to change for me. Because I’ll never change for anybody.
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. Nothing is definite. The only thing predictable about life is its unpredictability. Thanks. Good night. Just think about what I said. Hello? I’m not disturbing you, am I? Not at all. I’m home now. Where are you? I’m at the restaurant.
I haven’t shown you our restaurant, have I? Let me show you around. Feng Xi, I’ve got something to tell you. Sure. We should break up. Wait a second. Hang on. Hello. It’s your delivery. Thanks. No problem. Feng Xi, I know you’re upset. Me too. But I have to be honest with you.
I don’t want to waste your time. You don’t want to waste my time? Oh, you’re so generous! We’ve been together for ten years. Now you’re telling me that you don’t want to waste my time? Li Xiang, how could you be so heartless? Go ahead. I’ll accept anything you say
If it makes you feel better. May I know why? Feng Xi, I don’t think we are compatible in terms of temperament. Temperament? When you were pursuing me, have you thought about our temperaments? I stayed by your side from your middle school to postdoctoral study. Why have you never mentioned our temperaments are incompatible?
When I took care of you like your mom, have you ever thought about our temperaments? When you wanted to sleep with me, why didn’t you consider that our temperaments are incompatible? Now you’re so successful, a promising scientist. Suddenly, you feel that we have incompatible temperaments? Li Xiang,
Why did you do this to me? You ungrateful jerk! Feng Xi, can you calm down? I really want to talk to you. If you want to curse me, go ahead. I’ll listen to every word you say. I’ll wait for you to calm down so that we can talk. I don’t want to talk.
Don’t imagine anything. There’s no one else. You know, during my time abroad, I realized that it’s my first time to live on my own, the first time to live without you. I’ve learned to take care of myself. I realized that it’s not so hard to take care of myself.
What’s more, it occurred to me that my feelings for you have always been an emotional attachment instead of love. I don’t want to lie to you. Now I just want to focus all my time and energy on my research and career. To be honest, every time I come back to my dorm,
I start thinking about us. It just distracts me and exhausts me. If I have some time to my own, I just want to read more or talk to my tutor. At this stage of my life, I don’t want to spend time on relationships. But I love you so much.
Li Xiang, how could you? What do I need to do to make you come back? Feng Xi, you don’t need to do anything. Just start your own life. I’m sorry, Feng Xi. I don’t love you anymore. That’s all I want to say. [Crossroad Bistro] Who’s there? Why did you sleep here?
How much did you drink? Not much. Did you cry? No. Did you put the fish in? Yes. Where is the fish? Here. You froze the fish? Are you an idiot? Get out of my way. I forgot. You forgot? Here. Take a look yourself. Look at it! Even if you had put it outside,
It would’ve been OK with all the ice packs. You just ruined the fish by freezing it. Do you know that? It’s all ruined. And also, I told you to move the food from the freezer back to the refrigerator. Did you do that? Are they still in the freezer?
I told you what to do specifically, didn’t I? What can we do now? Tell me! Should we even open the restaurant today? Maybe we’ll just serve vegetarian dishes! How could you fail at something as simple as that? I’m sorry. All right. Stop crying. Stop crying. Tell them immediately. We can’t do it today.
Please. There might be other ways. Feng Xi. Li Xiang again! Can you think of anything other than him? Not only do I want to yell at you, I also want to punch you in the face! Wait for my call. Hello? I’m up. What? How did that happen? Xiaoyu, I’m sorry. You feel sorry?
Maybe I should thank you. Thanks to you, I’ll become famous across the company. Do you have any idea? I promised to my boss and clients, and you promised to me. Your promises are just jokes, huh? I didn’t mean it. I was too sad. Go home if you’re sad! This is business!
Do you think we invest in your personal growth? Maybe we should hug you and cry for you. Do you know how important this guest is for Mr. Chai? Do you have any idea how difficult it was even to buy that fish? This is literally a dinner for the fish!
What can I do now? Any alternative? How do I tell Mr. Chai? Back then, I actually didn’t trust your ability. But You Shanshan trusts you. Do you know why? Because even though you’re not young, you have little experience, especially with men. Xiaoyu, I’m also responsible for this. If I hadn’t…
Don’t speak for her! If I don’t scold her hard this time, she’ll just do it again. Are you clear? Enough! We should focus on the problem. Control your emotions a bit. What’s the point of yelling at her? We should figure something out instead of wasting time here.
Even if you cursed her to death, the fish would still be ruined. Listen. I’ll go to every seafood market to find the fish. Post on your WeChat Moments to ask if any of your peers can help. Of course. Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu. Calm down. Give Chai Yong a call and tell him everything. Don’t lie.
No matter how angry he gets, you’ll have to face it. At least, you can show him a good attitude. I’m off to find that fish. Don’t be upset anymore. Do you know who my guest is? Liu Zhaoxi, the founder of Mache. Do you know how important this dinner is?
It’s a project of hundreds of millions. Do you know how much trouble I went through only to get this empurau fish? Do you have any idea how much money I spent and how many calls I made? Mr. Chai, it’s all my fault. I’m also responsible for this. Please calm down.
Let’s find a solution. No matter what happens, this dinner is on us. Do you think I need you to pay for this dinner, Dai Xiaoyu? You know that I chose your restaurant as a favor to your business, right? Dai Xiaoyu, did you tell me so confidently that everything would be OK? Did you?
Then why didn’t you keep a close eye on it? I pay you every month so that you can ruin important deals for me, right? Mr. Chai, I think it’s more important that we figure something out first. You may yell at me all you want. But the problem is still there.
Who can figure anything out? Me? I spent all the money only to find out that you ruined my fish. And I need to figure something out? Sorry, I can’t! Just search every seafood market in Beijing to find that fish. Ms. You has gone to the best seafood markets in Beijing
And bought the best leopard coral trout and hairy crabs. Do you think I can’t eat these anywhere else? Do you know what empurau fish is? Anyway, you must give me a solution. I already told the clients about that fish. The dinner will start at six this evening. If you embarrass me
Because of this, I’ll fire you and refund my membership card here. I’ve never heard of something as stupid as this. OK, I see. I’m not scaring you. But if anything goes wrong today, Mr. Chai will refund his card and you’ll cover the loss. Thanks, Dad. How’s it going? Yi Tang, prepare the soup.
Use sea cucumbers, abalone, matsutake, and chicken as the base. Meanwhile, prepare eight Lion’s Head meatballs with crab meat. OK. Got it. Fan, make an M7 steak, half-cooked. Steam the crabs and fish that Ms. You bought. And prepare a bottle of Qinghua Lang wine. Sure. Sun, get me the best soft tofu immediately.
How much do you need? How many of them? Six. Then six servings. I’ll call my driver. Come with me. Just wait here. I’ll let you know when to come in. OK. The courses I ordered today are nothing special. You’re too kind. Just like homemade dishes. Mr. Chai. Let me introduce this lady.
Mr. Liu, this is my friend and the owner of this restaurant, You Shanshan. Mr. Liu. Nice to meet you, Mr. Liu. Nice to meet you, Ms. You. I don’t feel comfortable when people call me “Mr. Liu”. Even in my company, nobody calls me that. Then how do you prefer to be addressed?
We call him Dr. Liu. You can also call me Charles. Then I’ll do as everyone else does. Dr. Liu. Actually, I’m here to apologize to you. How come? Let me explain. Due to the omission in our work, we accidentally froze the empurau fish Mr. Chai bought it specially for you.
I know you must have heard that empurau fish must be cooked fresh. It’s our fault. I apologize with all my heart. Ms. You, you don’t need to do that. Don’t… Shanshan… It’s our fault. …sit down. You shouldn’t have. Sit. Ms. You, you’re too kind. I came here today not just for dinner.
What matters is that this afternoon Mr. Chai and I had a good meeting. In my view, what’s most important is that our companies cooperate successfully on this project. You’re right. As to what kind of fish we eat, I don’t think it really matters. What do you think, Mr. Chai? Of course.
You see? I told you that Mr. Liu is a generous person. Of course. Thanks for your understanding. Please allow me to make an apology. No worries. Thank you, Mr. Chai. Suit yourself. Mr. Chai, actually, people in the IT industry are quite different. We don’t stick to the rules.
I don’t have a dress code for my employees. It’s OK as long as they’re comfortable. In my view, we don’t need to force anything. What is meant to happen will happen. Do you agree? Absolutely. It’s just so hard to have a boss like you. Right? Definitely. To show our sincerity,
We especially changed the main course. Can we serve it now? Sure. Go ahead. Feng Xi, serve the main course. OK. What our chef is making for our guests is called hydrangea tofu. The tofu is cut 80 times horizontally and 80 times vertically. Then the tofu is slightly shaken in the water
So that it blooms into a hydrangea flower with 6,400 petals. Steamed Lion’s Head meatballs with crab meat, coupled with hydrangea tofu. And the soup has sea cucumbers, abalone, and matsutake as its base, 海参 鲍鱼 松茸吊的汤 enhanced by the aroma of white wine. Enjoy. Dr. Liu,
The tofu was cut 80 times horizontally and 80 times vertically. It even turned into a flower with 6,400 petals. The chef’s cutting skill is just magnificent. It’s amazing. What an exquisite dish! The spring rain promises a good year, and the lions and hydrangea flowers symbolize good luck.
Mr. Chai, Dr. Liu, I wish us a successful cooperation! Thanks. Dr. Liu, I took the liberty to change the main course from empurau fish to hydrangea tofu. I hope you like it. Mr. Chai. Even though empurau fish is very rare, I’ll always have a chance to taste it.
I’ve heard so much about hydrangea tofu. But I never had a chance to see for myself how it’s made. Today I’m so lucky to watch the whole process. Don’t mention it. What’s more, I like what it symbolizes. Enlighten me. The hydrangea flower symbolizes a promising future that we will make together.
Dr. Liu knows it too well. You totally got our intentions. Right? Come on. Fill your glasses. Come on. Shanshan, Xiaoyu, raise your glasses. Let’s wish that Dr. Liu and I will work together successfully. Wish us all good luck! Good luck! Thanks. Have a taste. I can’t bear to see it ruined.
I’ll prepare a big red packet for Zhao Haonan. Absolutely. Why are you washing the dishes? That’s OK. Just go home. All right. Why are you still here? Get on. I’ll ride you home. ♫ Bitter, spicy, savory, sweet, sour♫ ♫ Love, hate, emotions, revenge, grudges♫ ♫ My mood is on a rollercoaster ride♫
[Please wear a helmet and drive safe. Do not imitate this scene.] ♫ We are on the crossroad♫ ♫ Don’t look back♫ ♫ Just let me go♫ ♫ Give me a warm hug♫ ♫ A kiss that feels distant♫ ♫ I can’t curb my enthusiasm♫ ♫ I will always remember my dream♫
♫ Forever and ever♫ ♫ It’s the promise I’ll never break♫ You saved the day. Thank you. Don’t thank me. You should thank my dad. He taught me how to make that dish. He taught you via the phone? Are you kidding me? It was on the first day
I started to work as a chef. He taught me that after I got home. Your father is a chef, too? Yes. Please send my gratitude to your father. I didn’t know you just broke up. I kind of lost my temper. I hope you don’t mind. But I have to say something.
Even though we got through today, I don’t have a lot of skills to save you every time. If this happens again, I’ll just quit.