Hector and the Search for Happiness Page #6

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- You are cheating.

- You're cheating.

- Lighten up, lighten up.

Alright, alright, alright.

(CARS HONKING)

Will I see you again?

What hotel are you staying at?

Hyatt on the Bund.

What a coincidence.

(SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

Welcome back

to Hyatt on the Bund.

(EXHALING)

Well, I'm, uh...

I'm not sure what the custom is

for escorting a young lady

to her room.

I'll be right back.

I'm not sure

what the custom is...

for undressing in front of...

- Hector?

- (SNORING LIGHTLY)

Hector?

Hector.

(SNORING LIGHTLY)

(THUNDERCLAPS)

(BOAT HORN)

(YANG Ll SINGING IN CHINESE)

(PHONE RINGING)

This is Hector.

EDWARD:
Did you have

a good time last night?

- Yeah, you know happy.

- (EDWARD LAUGHING)

Hey, I gotta go-

Um, I'd really like

to take you to lunch.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Um, you pick.

Just text me when and where.

(GONG CRASHING)

- (SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

- Yeah.

Yeah, it's nice.

I like it.

- What are you doing?

- Nothing.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

- Hi.

- Hi.

Listen, this is China.

You're Chinese.

I'm clueless.

I need to get

to the mountains.

Why don't you come with me?

- Too soon?

- Hmm.

It's preamble, Hector.

Preamble.

No.

It's just... you're different.

You're kind.

I'm not used to it.

(SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

- They look very happy.

- (CHATTING, LAUGHTER)

YING Ll:

They're with their friends.

HECTOR:
Why are they sitting

in the middle of the street?

They have nowhere else to go.

It's their day off.

They have no money

to stay in cafes.

They send their income

to their families,

so they meet here

on the street.

They come from

the countryside like I do.

My sisters and mother

are still there.

Look at them, they're like

a happy little island

in a sea

of grim businessmen.

Makes you wonder.

Hey, listen.

Your mother and your sisters,

we could pay them a visit,

you know on our trip.

Oh, Hector.

The difference between

those three ladies and me...

is that there's no shame

in how they make their money.

They can show

their faces back home.

I can't.

Oh.

Oh, why is that then?

- Ying Li!

- (MOTORCYCLE REVVING)

(GASPING)

Hey, wait.

- (SHOUTING IN CHINESE)

- Sorry. Sorry.

- (SPEAKING IN CHINESE)

- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Your friend paid

for last night.

Who's paying for today?

(SHOUTING IN CHINESE)

But you seemed so real.

You tricked me.

You tricked me.

(GROANING)

What are you doing?

What are you...

(SHOUTING)

(YING Ll CRYING)

(MOTORCYCLE REVVING)

Ying Li!

Ying Li!

(MELANCHOLIC SONG PLAYING)

(TRAIN CHUGGING)

(CHIMES JINGLING)

(MELANCHOLIC SONG PLAYING)

It's Monday, we are closed.

Oh, yeah, but I've come

a very long way.

I'm a psychiatrist. I'm trying to

discover what makes people happy.

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