, Buenos Aires and Hong Kong are two upside-down cities. They occupy two different coordinates on Earth. He Baorong and I bought a very beautiful lamp at the night market. Above the lamp is a painting of the Great Falls of South America. He and I decided to go to Buenos Aires, Argentina to see the waterfalls.
At that time I didn't know that the opposite of Hong Kong was Buenos Aires. If I knew, I would really understand He Baorong, why we always quarrel. He got into a fight with me after he got lost here.
After the quarrel, I was always afraid that he would say to me, "Li Yaohui, let's start over again." But he said that to me, and I agreed to it. No reason, I have to promise him.
Life will always never satisfy us. We were staying in a dingy, shabby little hotel and had to scrape together to see the falls and to pay for the trip home. Every day I listen to the endless quarrel between the tenant and the landlord downstairs.
The only thing that comforted me was that He Baorong was still waiting for me. I'll give him a call in my spare time at the restaurant. Although I don't sleep with him anymore, that's because I'm too scared to get tired of being together. Zhang Wan in the back is always singing a song with no beginning and no end.
But He Baorong finally left me.
I occasionally play football with Zhang Wan. Those bits of sunlight always made me unable to see the road ahead, but I still kicked it seriously, for the poor few dollars.
Zhang Wan said he was going to the end of the world. He will leave his grief there. I don't know why he is sad, he has a home and I don't. But he said it would help me keep my sadness there. I was in a small shop with him at the time. His ears are very sensitive, so I had to look at his answering machine. But I can't say a word. I cried.
Zhang Wan left and I found a job at the slaughterhouse. Every day when I wash off the blood on the floor, I can always think of He Baorong's injury. I scrub his wounds and feed him, and that seems to be a long time ago. I later saw He Baorong in the dirty public toilet, but I avoided it. It's the same when everyone is alone.
He Baorong called me, he just wanted to get back the visa that I hid, but I didn't want to see him again, I was afraid of what he said. I called my father who I hadn't seen in years. I want to go back, although it's not my home.
Before going, I went to see the waterfall by myself, the waterfall is spectacular and beautiful. But I am sad. Because I always feel that there should be two people standing here.
I came to Taipei. I went to an all-night snack shop in Taipei, where I saw Zhang Wan's parents. They are very humble. But I still stole a photo of Zhang Wan, because I believe that Zhang Wan will always go home.
I took the high-speed rail and traveled alone through this city shrouded in the bustling night, day and night. I'm glad I left my sadness at the end of the world, and at this moment, I can finally smile for the upside-down city of Hong Kong.
He Baorong
every time I say to Li Yaohui: "Hui, we have come here again." He has never rejected me, so I know that I always have a chance. As long as people don't give up, they will always have a chance.
And now, when I sit in his room. I understand that I never have another chance. He left me at the end of the world. I can never say that to him again. I saw the light and it was still there. At the moment, it is like the only witness of our affection.
The man who used to light my cigarette outside the glass window of the tavern, went out to buy a cigarette for me in the middle of the night, and the man I threw it on the ground is gone.
The waterfall above was still shining brightly. I suddenly found that there was only one person standing under the waterfall. It turns out that everything seems to have been arranged in the dark. I threw the lamp to the ground, and I understood that it all made no sense. And right now, I can't do anything but cry.
A passport is just an excuse, but what does a passport actually prove? Only I know who I am.
Zhang Wan
I came to the end of the world to forget a girl. There is a lighthouse there. That light is like the sunshine when we play football at the intersection of the street, shattered forever. It's three dollars for me, two dollars for him, two dollars for him, and three dollars for me, it doesn't matter.
As long as everyone is happy, I find that everyone is equally disappointed no matter where they are. Because we are always alone when we should be two.
I don't know what happened to Hui's half. Did they fight? I only heard intermittent sounds like crying on the answering machine.
In fact, home is very simple, there is a place waiting for you all the time. Home can be anywhere. Is Hong Kong Fai's home? I don't know, but I know that Hong Kong is on the other side of the world. One day, when I brushed shoulders with him on the street, we wouldn't recognize each other. Because we can't see each other's faces, but I can definitely feel that on the other side of the earth, gravity is holding us all together.
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