Better Days (2019)

Dongyu Zhou: Chen Nian

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• Chen Nian : Can you protect me? I don't have money to pay you.

• Zheng Yi : Concentrate on the college entrance exam.

  Chen Nian : Right... Once the exam is over, we become adults. My mom said the advantage of getting older is that, "you begin to forget things... don't let anything affect you... you forget it all in the end." However, what they don't teach you is how to be an adult.

  Zheng Yi : Chen Nian, listen to me. Growing up is like diving. Don't think. Just close your eyes and jump in. There will be sand, rocks and clams in the river. That's how we all grow up.

• Xiao Bei : What do you want?

  Chen Nian : Study, take the exam and go to a good school. Become one of the smart ones and find answers. If possible, protect the world.

  Xiao Bei : Can you do it?

  Chen Nian : I want to try.

  Xiao Bei : It's a deal. You protect the world. I'll protect you.

• Zheng Yi : Have you ever seen the eyes of wild animals, just before they're killed? They have no expression. None at all.

  Chen Nian : It's because they're afraid. You can see it in their eyes.

  Zheng Yi : You don't need to be afraid anymore.

• Chen Nian : Maybe I'm not who you think I am.

  Xiao Bei : What did you say?

  Chen Nian : I ignored Hu Xiaodie because she wanted to be my friend. I actually liked her. Don't you realise that I don't deserve your kindness?

  Xiao Bei : What did you just say?

• Chen Nian : Do you want to get away from here together?

  Xiao Bei : How?

  Chen Nian : There must be a way. One day, we'll walk proudly in broad daylight for the world to see.

• Chen Nian : Mom, do you believe in me?

  Chen Nian's Mother : Of course! Of course, I believe in my little girl.

  Chen Nian : I'll be all right.

  Chen Nian's Mother : Okay. I'll be waiting for your good news.

• Xiao Bei : Chen Nian! Take a good look. Don't you see? I'm a man with nothing. No brains, no money and no future. But I love someone. I want her to have a happy ending.

  Chen Nian : I won't leave you.

  Xiao Bei : I'm a minor. I won't get a harsh sentence. Once you graduate form University, I'll already be out.

  Chen Nian : I'm not going anywhere.

  Xiao Bei : If you succeed, I won't be a total loser... You go first. Find somewhere safe first.

  Chen Nian : No.

  Xiao Bei : Chen Nian, when you're all grown up... we'll meet again, right?... Don't forget. You still owe me one.

• Chen Nian : Was it my fault that I got bullied?

  Undercover Female Cop : I'm sorry about what you've been through, but if you had trusted us adults, we could have helped you.

  Chen Nian : Who can help me? The ones who filmed me? Or the onlookers? Or the ones who blame me for being targeted?

  Undercover Female Cop : You took matters into your own hands. You confronted Wei Lai and took revenge.

  Chen Nian : Revenge may seem normal to most people. But those of us who keep enduring it just to get through the college entrance exam are considered wrong? If this is how the world works, would you want to bring a child into this world?

• Chen Nian : Does it hurt?

  Xiao Bei : I'm used to it.

  Chen Nian : Since when?

  Xiao Bei : Since I was 13.