你害怕我遇到危险
“you were afraid I might be in danger,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
后来怀表不见了
“Later when the pocket watch disappeared,”
你 害怕 我遇到 危险
“you were afraid I might be in danger,”
就来到了海州
“so you came to Haizhou”
“I know you only came here because you were worried sick about me.”
In Chinese relationships, affection is often shown through worrying about someone's safety and taking concrete protective actions rather than direct declarations of love.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
encounter danger; run into trouble
A common verb-object collocation used when describing hazardous situations or expressing protective concern.