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{\an8}[Legend of the Magnate]

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{\an8}[Episode 14]

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Sir.

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When I went to the military camp
to rescue her,

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I had already thought of

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all 3 possible outcomes,

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including this second situation

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you mentioned.

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Here's what I thought:

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as long as Yimei

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could return safely,

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she would still be your daughter

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and still be my wife.

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Being able to survive

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in these chaotic times

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is already difficult enough.

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To pursue accountability
for those things any further

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would be too cruel.

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You see, I'm a condemned official
of the imperial court myself,

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someone who fled back from exile.

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If others start asking questions about me,

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how is Yimei

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supposed to face them?

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Sir,

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I've always kept these thoughts to myself.

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I only dared to say these out loud today
because you asked me.

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If, by any chance, Yimei…

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I hope

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you can keep an open heart

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and never blame her.

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None of it would be her fault.

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The wind is a bit strong.

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It's making my eyes sting.

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Before the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva,

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I, Bai Yimei, make this sincere prayer:

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may the villagers of Shanjian Village

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be spared from all suffering,

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may there be no more famine,

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and may the tea plantation be restored.

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Please bless the entire village
with happiness and peace.

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I pray that my father remains healthy

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and protected from all harm,

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and that Mrs. Gu and Pingyuan

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may reunite as mother and son,

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never to be separated again,

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and may all their wishes come true.

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Here.

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You're breaking the rules
by bringing this here.

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Put it away

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before anyone else sees it.

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Every night,
when your pain was at its worst,

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I was here chanting sutras for you
to ease your suffering.

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The Bodhisattva is merciful
and compassionate.

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She responds to all who earnestly pray.

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My injuries are mostly healed now.

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What are you still praying to her for?

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I'm praying that you can become
a good person.

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A good person?

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Back when we fought
in Huzhou and Hangzhou,

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I was already the commanding general.

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I can't even count

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how many people I killed
with my own hands.

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The Bodhisattva won't save me.

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But I will.

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I will.

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I will.

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If someone else

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is about to be harmed,

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and they call upon the name
of Guanyin Bodhisattva…

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Go.

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Open all those crates

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in that corner.

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Yes.

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Come in with me.

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Take a look.

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See if there's anything you like

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among all these treasures and jewelry.

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You can take whatever you want.

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So many?

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Of course.

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Waging war costs money.

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I can't let my soldiers

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live on air, can I?

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Enough talk.

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Hurry and pick something.

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I don't want anything.

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You don't?

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But these are all valuable items.

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Check this out.

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Beautiful, isn't it?

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Keep it safe.

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You might find it useful one day

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when you get married.

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It's so pretty.

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I'll pick a few more items for you.

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Where did this come from?

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Does it matter?

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Just keep it.

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The person who used to wear this headdress

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must have been very beautiful—

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otherwise, she wouldn't be worthy of

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such exquisite jewelry.

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Is she dead,

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or did she escape?

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Was she buried,

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or were her remains never found?

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I really don't know
whether the owner of this

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is dead or alive.

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All these treasures in this room

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were originally taken from
the common people

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by corrupt officials,

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and I confiscated them.

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Just take them.

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You can certainly give me a gift,

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as long as it truly belongs to you.

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Belongs to me?

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All I have left is this last breath,

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this one life—

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and I still need it

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to lead my troops.

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Just take it as doing me a favor.

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If I could not repay you for
saving my life,

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I would die in anguish.

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Here.

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If you truly want to repay me,

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you need to take better care of yourself.

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This life of yours—

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I worked day and night to save it.

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Even if there were
mountains of gold and silver here,

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could any of it be worth
more than your life?

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After you're fully healed,

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take me back,

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and we'll be even.

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I'll send you back today.

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We're breaking camp.

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Where to?

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To attack Hefei.

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In a while,

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follow this mountain path

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westward

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and ride for 40 li.

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I know the way.

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After you return,

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don't speak of anything

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that happened in my camp,

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and especially don't tell anyone

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that you treated my wounds.

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Otherwise, the authorities will accuse you
of aiding the enemy,

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and who knows what nonsense

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those simple‑minded villagers
of yours might make up about you.

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I'm not a child.

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You don't have to worry about me.

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Alright.

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I have a request.

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Will you agree?

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What is it?

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Still want me to become some good person

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who cherishes his life?

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Put this on.

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This was left to me by my mother.

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I hold it day and night
to pray for blessings,

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and I never let it leave my side.

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It's just a pity

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that there's too much blood on my hands.

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Even if I wear it,

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I'm still going to hell.

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Then I'll come

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see you in hell.

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Pingyuan!

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Pingyuan!

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What's wrong? Why are you running?

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Is there a dog chasing you?

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Bai...

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Miss Bai is back!

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Miss Bai is back!

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It's Miss Bai! She's back!

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Auntie.

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Sister-in-law.

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Mr. Xu.

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I'm back.

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Yimei!

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Father.

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-Father!
-My child!

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Father!

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Father.

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Father.

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Father.

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Yimei.

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It's windy out here.

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Let's talk inside.

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Let's go home.

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Okay.

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Let's go.

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Let's go home.

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You can't delay this matter any longer.

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{\an8}[Blessings and Auspiciousness]

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Just call off the wedding right away.

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Besides,

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Pingwen's not married yet.

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Right.

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Don't end up

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dragging all of us down with you.

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Besides, Pingyuan

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can't afford to

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be arrested by the government again.

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He's here.

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Go find out

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what people are saying outside.

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Hurry.

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Yes.

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Miss Bai is back?

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You already heard, Mother?

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I was just about to

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share this good news with you.

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Mrs. Li and the others

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came over just now and told me about it.

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What did they say?

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They said she...

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That she...

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What did they say?

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Why are you like this?

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So fierce.

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Mother.

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This time, it was only because
Yimei risked her life

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to treat that commanding general

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that all the women in our village

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got to return safely.

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But just now,

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I noticed the looks
on those people's faces—

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they didn't seem friendly.

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So I wondered what they said.

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They said she

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submitted herself

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to the Southern Army's commanding general,

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and that she might have come back
to take her father south

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to enjoy a better life.

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Were you even raised by humans?

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What are you doing?

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Are you trying to eat someone now?

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It's not like that.

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Mother, listen to me.

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That commanding general

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was just one breath away from dying.

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If Yimei hadn't saved him,

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all the women in our village
would have been massacred.

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That man was already injured

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so badly

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that even healing him
would be a waste of medicine.

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What could he possibly do
after he woke up?

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How could they say
she "submitted herself" to him?

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And all that talk about
running off to the south.

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Those despicable people,

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I wish I could just…

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Wish you could what?

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Kill them?

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Are you the same as they are?

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No.

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But Mother, you have to trust Yimei.

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Yimei waited for me all these years.

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She's such a gentle, fragile woman,

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yet she stepped forward to save everyone.

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If that's not a heart of gold, what is?

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All right.

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All right.

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But let me ask you this:

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if the government sends people here

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and they start asking questions,

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do you think they'll believe it?

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What if they accuse her of
aiding the enemy?

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What then?

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Those...

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Those soldiers

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don't care about

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mercy or compassion.

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They'll just grab onto her and kill her.

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Son,

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if you trust her,

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take

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Yimei along with Mr. Bai

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and leave as soon as possible.

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I won't go.

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I'm not going anywhere.

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I've finally made it back home.

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Mother,

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I don't want to leave your side
even for a moment.

286
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I'm a person, not a tree.

287
00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,880
I don't want to be moved around anymore.

288
00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:12,140
Who's that?

289
00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:13,650
Pingwen got into a fight!

290
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:32,920
Hit him! Hit him!

291
00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,240
Two against one, shameless!

292
00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,000
Chop him up!

293
00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:36,109
Go away!

294
00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:39,339
Stop it!

295
00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:43,230
Stop it!

296
00:18:45,269 --> 00:18:46,069
Get back here!

297
00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:47,440
Get back here!

298
00:18:48,269 --> 00:18:49,269
Come beat him up with me,

299
00:18:49,269 --> 00:18:49,869
Pingyuan.

300
00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:52,650
Listen to what they're saying!

301
00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:53,240
So what?

302
00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:54,859
Say that again if you dare!

303
00:18:57,380 --> 00:18:59,309
If they don't want to say it, leave it.

304
00:18:59,309 --> 00:18:59,970
You tell me.

305
00:19:00,950 --> 00:19:01,769
They said

306
00:19:02,029 --> 00:19:04,069
Miss Bai and that commanding general
had an affair.

307
00:19:04,069 --> 00:19:05,180
You filthy-mouthed bastard!

308
00:19:05,180 --> 00:19:05,980
Did you see it?

309
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,259
She was alone in the military camp.

310
00:19:07,259 --> 00:19:08,660
Who knows what happened?

311
00:19:09,109 --> 00:19:09,720
You should go back

312
00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:10,849
and ask your own wife

313
00:19:11,349 --> 00:19:12,789
how she managed to come back.

314
00:19:12,789 --> 00:19:13,349
In the military camp,

315
00:19:13,349 --> 00:19:14,029
if Bai Yimei

316
00:19:14,029 --> 00:19:15,829
hadn't treated that commanding general,

317
00:19:15,829 --> 00:19:17,690
none of them would have returned.

318
00:19:19,109 --> 00:19:20,710
Each of you is big and strong,

319
00:19:21,549 --> 00:19:22,589
but where were you

320
00:19:22,609 --> 00:19:23,849
when your wives were being kidnapped?

321
00:19:23,849 --> 00:19:25,440
Did a single one of you
dare to step forward,

322
00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,099
even just to try and stop them?

323
00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:29,279
And now you gossip

324
00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,089
behind their backs,

325
00:19:31,829 --> 00:19:33,559
slandering an innocent woman?

326
00:19:34,029 --> 00:19:35,359
What kind of men are you?

327
00:19:37,029 --> 00:19:37,559
Let's go.

328
00:19:39,029 --> 00:19:40,000
I'll beat you so bad

329
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:40,960
that even your own mother
won't recognize you!

330
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,440
She treated his wounds. How could there
possibly be nothing between them?

331
00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:43,920
Tell me.

332
00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:45,200
Just like when there's meat
right in front of you,

333
00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,259
which one of you wouldn't take a bite?

334
00:19:52,309 --> 00:19:52,940
I dare you to say that again!

335
00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:53,589
Let's go. Let's go.

336
00:19:53,589 --> 00:19:54,420
Pingyuan! Pingyuan!

337
00:19:54,420 --> 00:19:55,349
Pingyuan! Pingyuan!

338
00:19:55,349 --> 00:19:57,109
We can't afford to get involved in
a case where someone might die.

339
00:19:57,109 --> 00:19:57,589
You're not like me.

340
00:19:57,589 --> 00:20:00,650
Y-You don't know your own strength
when you hit people.

341
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:16,640
Daughter,

342
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:18,440
eat something.

343
00:20:20,269 --> 00:20:21,109
Open the door.

344
00:20:31,470 --> 00:20:34,529
If you listen to all that gossip,
where does it ever end?

345
00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:37,589
That's just how people are.

346
00:20:39,069 --> 00:20:41,269
No one's even running this country now,

347
00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,160
so who's going to bother
asking about your little issues?

348
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:45,289
Just eat something.

349
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:46,640
Don't make me worry.

350
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:49,240
Be good.

351
00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:51,569
Sir.

352
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:56,480
Wait.

353
00:20:56,509 --> 00:20:57,109
You two brothers

354
00:20:57,109 --> 00:20:59,440
look like you just came off a battlefield.

355
00:20:59,549 --> 00:21:00,279
Wait, you...

356
00:21:01,559 --> 00:21:03,759
Sir, my mother requests your presence.

357
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,890
My mother requests your presence.

358
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,599
I'll be there in a minute.

359
00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:09,170
Pingwen.

360
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:10,240
Come here.

361
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:11,289
Help me up.

362
00:21:11,349 --> 00:21:12,210
Let me help you.

363
00:21:26,710 --> 00:21:27,769
She won't come out.

364
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,769
Keep an eye on her for me.

365
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,099
Don't let her commit suicide.

366
00:21:35,309 --> 00:21:36,039
Understood.

367
00:21:39,829 --> 00:21:40,460
Pingwen.

368
00:21:41,349 --> 00:21:41,880
Let's go.

369
00:21:52,829 --> 00:21:53,529
Yimei.

370
00:21:55,509 --> 00:21:56,210
Yimei!

371
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,009
Open the door.

372
00:22:00,109 --> 00:22:02,400
Do you really want to
break your father's heart?

373
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,660
We can talk things out.

374
00:22:03,829 --> 00:22:04,960
Why shut the door?

375
00:22:05,789 --> 00:22:06,400
Yimei!

376
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:21,640
I know

377
00:22:22,109 --> 00:22:23,509
you feel upset right now.

378
00:22:25,549 --> 00:22:26,150
Talk to me.

379
00:22:27,549 --> 00:22:28,410
I'm listening.

380
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,490
What's there to talk about?

381
00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:32,789
No one will believe me.

382
00:22:32,789 --> 00:22:33,599
I will.

383
00:22:34,509 --> 00:22:35,309
I believe you.

384
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,599
I've seen with my own eyes
how brave you are.

385
00:22:39,859 --> 00:22:40,440
Yimei.

386
00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:42,000
Between us,

387
00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,309
there's no need to ask
whether I believe you or not.

388
00:22:44,309 --> 00:22:45,880
If I had known things would
turn out like this,

389
00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:48,680
I might as well have just died
in the military camp.

390
00:22:49,309 --> 00:22:50,440
Don't say things out of anger.

391
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:51,750
I'm not saying it out of anger.

392
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:53,289
What is it then?

393
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:55,000
Let me ask you.

394
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,170
If you had the chance again,

395
00:22:57,549 --> 00:22:58,240
would you

396
00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,039
still step forward to save them?

397
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,049
In these chaotic times,

398
00:23:02,150 --> 00:23:03,349
since when has saving people

399
00:23:03,349 --> 00:23:05,019
ever come with the expectation
of getting anything in return?

400
00:23:05,019 --> 00:23:06,480
Would you stop saving them

401
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:08,940
just because they don't appreciate you?

402
00:23:12,750 --> 00:23:13,509
I know.

403
00:23:14,789 --> 00:23:16,289
But I'm just so angry.

404
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,279
I understand.

405
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:22,309
Human hearts can be so cruel

406
00:23:22,309 --> 00:23:24,109
that even dogs won't touch them.

407
00:23:24,349 --> 00:23:25,269
Back in Ningguta,

408
00:23:25,269 --> 00:23:26,000
I thought

409
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,029
everything would be fine
if I could just get out.

410
00:23:29,029 --> 00:23:30,759
But only after coming back here

411
00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:33,170
did I realize life is even harder.

412
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:34,829
Compared to those

413
00:23:34,829 --> 00:23:36,230
passionate men in exile,

414
00:23:36,829 --> 00:23:37,890
the people here...

415
00:23:50,549 --> 00:23:51,420
Gu.

416
00:23:53,069 --> 00:23:54,599
I haven't even asked you yet

417
00:23:55,420 --> 00:23:56,859
how your years

418
00:23:56,890 --> 00:23:57,910
in exile were,

419
00:23:58,750 --> 00:24:00,950
and here you are, asking about me first.

420
00:24:01,980 --> 00:24:04,180
How could they possibly have been good?

421
00:24:04,549 --> 00:24:05,950
In my first year of exile,

422
00:24:06,069 --> 00:24:07,470
I was sent to pan for gold.

423
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,640
The ice on the river hadn't even melted,

424
00:24:10,750 --> 00:24:12,230
and when I put my feet in,

425
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:14,279
it felt like 10,000 needles

426
00:24:14,279 --> 00:24:15,880
piercing the tops of my feet.

427
00:24:16,349 --> 00:24:17,549
That feeling was like

428
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,660
dying and coming back to life.

429
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,250
But I always had one belief.

430
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,200
I told myself

431
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:25,930
that as long as I'm still alive,

432
00:24:26,069 --> 00:24:26,750
I'd have a chance

433
00:24:26,750 --> 00:24:27,880
to see you all again.

434
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,079
You've suffered so much.

435
00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:32,509
Yimei.

436
00:24:33,789 --> 00:24:35,250
Staying alive isn't easy,

437
00:24:36,099 --> 00:24:37,960
and meeting again is even harder.

438
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:40,609
Your father just told me

439
00:24:41,029 --> 00:24:43,359
he's worried you might take your own life.

440
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,789
Do you know during these days
you were taken away,

441
00:24:45,789 --> 00:24:46,680
he practically lost half his life

442
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:47,880
from the worry?

443
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,029
Now that you're back, are you going to
keep making him worry?

444
00:24:51,029 --> 00:24:53,960
Do you really not care about
his well-being anymore?

445
00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:57,880
I understand now.

446
00:24:59,509 --> 00:25:00,920
I was being childish.

447
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:07,160
Yimei.

448
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,190
Back there,

449
00:25:11,309 --> 00:25:12,069
I often lay alone

450
00:25:12,069 --> 00:25:13,109
in the snow,

451
00:25:13,549 --> 00:25:14,950
watching the snowflakes

452
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:15,960
slowly covering me

453
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:16,960
like a blanket.

454
00:25:18,349 --> 00:25:19,680
I would look up at the sky

455
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:22,750
and wonder,

456
00:25:23,789 --> 00:25:25,509
under this same sky,

457
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,289
what were you all doing?

458
00:25:30,589 --> 00:25:31,400
Perhaps

459
00:25:32,309 --> 00:25:33,640
you were already awake,

460
00:25:34,789 --> 00:25:35,650
boiling water,

461
00:25:37,109 --> 00:25:38,970
preparing to make tea for Mr. Bai.

462
00:25:41,309 --> 00:25:42,750
Perhaps those children

463
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,700
were noisily arriving at the classroom,

464
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,960
and you had to tap each of them
on the head

465
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,549
with your little pointer

466
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:52,680
before they'd settle down
and recite their lessons.

467
00:25:52,750 --> 00:25:53,589
Gu...

468
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:55,000
Yimei.

469
00:26:10,789 --> 00:26:11,670
Gu.

470
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,000
I won't upset my father anymore.

471
00:26:18,349 --> 00:26:20,950
I need some time alone
to think things through.

472
00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,410
There's just too much going on.

473
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:25,509
I-I'm going to rest now.

474
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:56,029
In-law.

475
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,029
Rumors cut like knives.

476
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:03,200
I fear my daughter has been torn apart.

477
00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,589
I tried to persuade him just now.

478
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:09,119
I told him to take

479
00:27:09,690 --> 00:27:11,799
you and Yimei

480
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,789
and run far away from here,

481
00:27:14,509 --> 00:27:15,940
but he actually refused.

482
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,480
I'm at my wit's end.

483
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,140
Please try talking to him.

484
00:27:24,069 --> 00:27:26,660
I can talk to him,
but who's going to talk to me?

485
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,079
Besides, even if we run away,

486
00:27:29,109 --> 00:27:30,509
what about you and Pingwen?

487
00:27:30,509 --> 00:27:31,299
You would certainly

488
00:27:31,299 --> 00:27:33,019
be implicated.

489
00:27:34,109 --> 00:27:35,000
If we all leave,

490
00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:36,349
our ancestors' graves are still here,

491
00:27:36,349 --> 00:27:37,000
our land is still here,

492
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:37,829
and our tea plantation is still here—

493
00:27:37,829 --> 00:27:39,240
who will take care of them?

494
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,549
Even if we escape,

495
00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:42,779
where could we possibly settle?

496
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,099
Do you expect me, at my age,

497
00:27:44,099 --> 00:27:47,099
to make a living
by kneeling on the ground and begging?

498
00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:55,309
{\an8}[Blessings and Auspiciousness]

499
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,259
Mother, Mr. Bai.

500
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,000
Pingwen,

501
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,119
go boil some water

502
00:27:58,349 --> 00:27:59,890
to make tea for Mr. Bai.

503
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:06,339
Pingyuan.

504
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,160
I've just been discussing with Mr. Bai

505
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,549
and want to hear your thoughts.

506
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,329
My thoughts about what?

507
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:21,900
Mother.

508
00:28:22,039 --> 00:28:22,970
Please sit down.

509
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,250
Take Yimei

510
00:28:28,750 --> 00:28:29,480
and run away.

511
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:32,049
Mother.

512
00:28:32,049 --> 00:28:32,960
We've already talked about this,
haven't we?

513
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:34,289
I'm not going anywhere.

514
00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:35,509
If Yimei runs away,

515
00:28:35,509 --> 00:28:37,240
what do you expect Mr. Bai to do?

516
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:38,109
If I run away,

517
00:28:38,109 --> 00:28:39,440
who will take care of you?

518
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,160
We still have our tea plantation,

519
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:42,420
and I promised Pingwen

520
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:43,960
that I would teach him business.

521
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,799
S-Sure, Pingyuan. I'll go.

522
00:28:46,309 --> 00:28:47,039
Go where?

523
00:28:47,069 --> 00:28:48,329
Where do you want to go?

524
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:50,059
Fine, let's go.

525
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,069
Take Mr. Bai and Mother with us,

526
00:28:52,069 --> 00:28:53,880
and our whole family will leave together.

527
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,559
Why are you so stubborn?

528
00:28:56,549 --> 00:28:57,109
Mother.

529
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,750
Didn't you ask about my thoughts?

530
00:28:59,750 --> 00:29:00,809
I do have a thought.

531
00:29:05,750 --> 00:29:07,150
Then go ahead and tell us.

532
00:29:08,269 --> 00:29:09,269
I've thought it through.

533
00:29:09,269 --> 00:29:09,809
I want to marry Yimei

534
00:29:09,809 --> 00:29:10,940
openly and proudly.

535
00:29:13,789 --> 00:29:16,450
Even though neither of our families
is wealthy,

536
00:29:16,509 --> 00:29:17,160
I'll make sure this wedding

537
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:18,420
is properly arranged.

538
00:29:18,829 --> 00:29:20,490
I want the whole village to see

539
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:22,329
that I am her man.

540
00:29:24,809 --> 00:29:26,210
I know that in this world,

541
00:29:26,750 --> 00:29:27,720
as long as Yimei understands me

542
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:28,920
and I understand her,

543
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:29,779
that's enough.

544
00:29:30,109 --> 00:29:32,039
What does it matter to anyone else?

545
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:33,920
When it's time to harvest and roast tea,

546
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,269
everyone will be busy working

547
00:29:35,269 --> 00:29:37,779
and won't have the time
to spread this kind of gossip.

548
00:29:37,779 --> 00:29:39,160
But if we run away,

549
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:40,829
then we're practically

550
00:29:40,829 --> 00:29:42,269
confirming these rumors.

551
00:29:42,269 --> 00:29:42,720
They'll think

552
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:43,640
we're guilty,

553
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:44,440
that we're scared—

554
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:46,210
that we fled
because we had something to hide.

555
00:29:46,210 --> 00:29:47,029
Who knows, they might even start saying
behind our backs

556
00:29:47,029 --> 00:29:49,029
that our whole family are traitors.

557
00:29:52,369 --> 00:29:54,099
We really were muddle‑headed.

558
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,160
The two of us nearly harmed our kids.

559
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,529
You always have a basketful of reasons.

560
00:30:01,529 --> 00:30:02,940
No one can outtalk you.

561
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,059
Even if everything you said is right,

562
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:05,940
how many years do Mr. Bai and I

563
00:30:05,940 --> 00:30:07,460
have left to live?

564
00:30:09,069 --> 00:30:11,130
What truly matters is that you and Yimei

565
00:30:11,130 --> 00:30:12,589
live a good life together.

566
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:13,720
Mother,

567
00:30:14,589 --> 00:30:16,190
a good life for Yimei and me

568
00:30:16,549 --> 00:30:18,609
means taking good care of you

569
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:20,700
and Mr. Bai at home.

570
00:30:21,269 --> 00:30:21,940
Mr. Bai,

571
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:23,769
do you agree with me?

572
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:31,960
Dear sis.

573
00:30:34,029 --> 00:30:35,309
In-law.

574
00:30:36,309 --> 00:30:37,119
This time,

575
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:38,970
I won't be listening to you.

576
00:30:39,039 --> 00:30:39,680
Back when I taught him to read

577
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:40,680
when he was a kid,

578
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:41,269
I knew

579
00:30:41,309 --> 00:30:42,240
this child is strong-willed.

580
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:43,750
No one could win an argument with him.

581
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:44,349
Let's just

582
00:30:44,829 --> 00:30:46,509
listen to him.

583
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,069
I'll go back and cheer Yimei up,

584
00:30:49,309 --> 00:30:51,250
and help her prepare her dowry.

585
00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:54,160
Sir, you're a wise man.

586
00:30:56,819 --> 00:30:57,549
Pingyuan.

587
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:12,339
Pingwen.

588
00:31:12,549 --> 00:31:13,920
Come down the mountain with me

589
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,450
to buy the betrothal gifts.

590
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,680
This sedan chair is way too small.

591
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:29,549
It might work for carrying a cat,

592
00:31:29,549 --> 00:31:30,950
but can it carry a person?

593
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:33,960
Well, just for carrying the bride
for a little while,

594
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,230
it'll do just fine.

595
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:36,750
If it were to carry you, Sir,

596
00:31:36,750 --> 00:31:38,410
it definitely wouldn't work.

597
00:31:39,109 --> 00:31:40,569
Well, the two-bearer sedan chairs

598
00:31:40,569 --> 00:31:41,700
are just this small.

599
00:31:41,789 --> 00:31:42,960
If you have enough money,

600
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,220
let's go check out the four-bearer ones.

601
00:31:59,750 --> 00:32:01,079
It truly is a bit bigger.

602
00:32:02,970 --> 00:32:03,789
But my money

603
00:32:03,789 --> 00:32:05,450
has been carefully budgeted:

604
00:32:05,789 --> 00:32:07,269
1 small two-bearer sedan chair,

605
00:32:07,269 --> 00:32:08,650
6 musicians, 2 attendants,

606
00:32:08,650 --> 00:32:09,349
2 matrons to escort the bride,

607
00:32:09,349 --> 00:32:10,069
2 matrons to receive her,

608
00:32:10,069 --> 00:32:10,750
and 12 tables for the banquet.

609
00:32:10,750 --> 00:32:11,720
Nothing can be missing.

610
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:12,789
Don't mess this up for me.

611
00:32:12,789 --> 00:32:13,789
Rest assured, Sir.

612
00:32:13,789 --> 00:32:14,910
Our sedan chairs

613
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,069
are in perfect condition.

614
00:32:16,069 --> 00:32:17,269
The bearers need to shave their heads.

615
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:18,410
N-No problem.

616
00:32:18,750 --> 00:32:20,109
And their clothes have to be new.

617
00:32:20,109 --> 00:32:20,769
Certainly.

618
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:23,440
Peace is just around the corner.

619
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:24,609
How could I possibly

620
00:32:24,829 --> 00:32:26,700
overcharge you shamelessly?

621
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:32,279
This one it is.

622
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:33,059
No problem!

623
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:44,210
The medicine got burnt.

624
00:33:25,069 --> 00:33:25,690
Sir,

625
00:33:25,849 --> 00:33:27,829
all the invitations have been sent out.

626
00:33:27,829 --> 00:33:28,400
I've also spoken with

627
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:29,960
the cooks down the mountain.

628
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:30,630
I think

629
00:33:30,789 --> 00:33:32,789
we should still keep things frugal.

630
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:34,960
Yes, absolutely.

631
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,200
Is she... Alright?

632
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:44,509
She's perfectly healthy.

633
00:33:44,509 --> 00:33:45,640
Why wouldn't she be?

634
00:33:48,069 --> 00:33:49,359
She's just being shy.

635
00:33:49,549 --> 00:33:52,440
As a young girl, hearing things like this,
it's only natural.

636
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:53,619
If this were in the past,
the moment you arrived,

637
00:33:53,619 --> 00:33:55,380
she would've come rushing out.

638
00:33:55,549 --> 00:33:56,589
But look at her now.

639
00:33:56,589 --> 00:33:58,589
She won't even bring you a cup of tea.

640
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:05,819
Ask her to fill my cup.

641
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,920
Mr. Bai asked me to get some water.

642
00:35:05,710 --> 00:35:06,960
That general Li...

643
00:35:09,070 --> 00:35:10,929
He didn't hit or scold you, did he?

644
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:13,900
No.

645
00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:18,719
Why would he hit or scold me?

646
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:20,739
He put you through so much.

647
00:35:21,070 --> 00:35:23,000
I get angry just thinking about it.

648
00:35:25,550 --> 00:35:27,010
What are you trying to say?

649
00:35:36,230 --> 00:35:36,760
Yimei.

650
00:35:37,550 --> 00:35:39,480
Do you have something on your mind?

651
00:35:39,550 --> 00:35:40,809
I don't know how to ask.

652
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:44,630
I don't.

653
00:35:54,510 --> 00:35:55,639
Don't we...

654
00:35:56,150 --> 00:35:58,210
Have some unfinished conversation?

655
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:28,590
Pingyuan, are you tired?

656
00:36:29,250 --> 00:36:31,380
Why don't you go back
and rest for a bit?

657
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:36,880
You seem quite distracted these days.

658
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:37,739
What happened?

659
00:36:47,230 --> 00:36:48,360
I just have a feeling

660
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,050
that Yimei has changed.

661
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,119
In my memory,

662
00:36:54,710 --> 00:36:56,110
Yimei hardly ever spoke.

663
00:36:57,030 --> 00:36:58,579
When she did say something,

664
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,320
it was always soft and gentle,

665
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:01,519
with a delicate tone.

666
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,929
But now, she's become...

667
00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:06,119
Very assertive.

668
00:37:07,170 --> 00:37:08,320
The things she says

669
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:09,960
seem logical on the surface,

670
00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:10,880
but when you think carefully,

671
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,440
something's off about them,

672
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,099
yet I can't seem to refute her.

673
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:18,840
That's what happens
when someone's seen the world.

674
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,070
Not to mention her—

675
00:37:20,110 --> 00:37:21,360
just take myself as an example.

676
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,360
These days, I brag to everyone I meet

677
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,070
that my brother and I
charged in and out of

678
00:37:25,070 --> 00:37:26,530
the military camp 7 times,

679
00:37:26,670 --> 00:37:27,969
no worse than Zhao Yun

680
00:37:28,070 --> 00:37:29,800
and even better than Zhang Fei.

681
00:37:30,030 --> 00:37:31,760
What nonsense you're talking.

682
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:33,849
The key issue is,

683
00:37:34,550 --> 00:37:35,519
I just feel

684
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,000
the way she talks to me now

685
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,139
is too polite.

686
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,070
What do you mean by too polite?

687
00:37:40,070 --> 00:37:41,110
She's just very courteous

688
00:37:41,110 --> 00:37:42,039
and very formal.

689
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,599
I feel like I can't get close to her,

690
00:37:44,599 --> 00:37:46,530
like there's a barrier between us.

691
00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:48,769
Now you're just being unreasonable.

692
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:51,150
You've been gone for so many years

693
00:37:51,150 --> 00:37:52,210
and just came back,

694
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:52,840
and with such a major incident

695
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:54,320
having just happened to her family—

696
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,000
how close do you expect her
to be with you?

697
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,059
It's not like that.

698
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:58,360
We've known each other since childhood

699
00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:59,150
and grown up together.

700
00:37:59,150 --> 00:37:59,710
How could I not know

701
00:37:59,710 --> 00:38:00,590
what kind of person she is?

702
00:38:00,590 --> 00:38:01,789
Well, like last time,

703
00:38:02,070 --> 00:38:03,070
I risked my life

704
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:04,710
to rescue her from the military camp.

705
00:38:04,710 --> 00:38:06,480
But as soon as she saw me,
she asked me to leave first,

706
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:07,190
saying she wanted to stay

707
00:38:07,190 --> 00:38:08,840
and save those wounded soldiers.

708
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,280
It's been even worse since she came back.

709
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:11,480
The way she looks at me

710
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,239
is like we're strangers.

711
00:38:14,590 --> 00:38:16,250
Well, not exactly strangers,

712
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:17,190
just slightly better

713
00:38:17,190 --> 00:38:18,449
than total strangers.

714
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,489
Now that Suzhou and Hangzhou
have been captured,

715
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:34,230
I couldn't get any

716
00:38:34,230 --> 00:38:35,630
good silk fabrics at all.

717
00:38:36,110 --> 00:38:37,039
Those silk shops

718
00:38:37,070 --> 00:38:38,869
are only selling foreign stuff—

719
00:38:39,070 --> 00:38:40,590
they all looked like funeral clothes.

720
00:38:40,590 --> 00:38:41,860
I wandered around for two days

721
00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:43,260
and couldn't buy a thing.

722
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,619
I only managed to get some silver jewelry
in the end.

723
00:38:48,590 --> 00:38:50,519
What about the wedding dress then?

724
00:38:52,110 --> 00:38:54,030
A girl needs a red wedding dress

725
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:55,590
when she gets married

726
00:38:55,590 --> 00:38:56,760
no matter what.

727
00:38:59,110 --> 00:39:01,570
You can't have her wear
plain cloth, can you?

728
00:39:02,630 --> 00:39:04,440
Even if Mr. Bai agrees,

729
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:05,980
Miss Bai

730
00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:07,880
would be furious with you.

731
00:39:09,099 --> 00:39:09,559
Mother.

732
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:11,440
When you got married,

733
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,300
could you afford a wedding dress?

734
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:26,989
Speaking of my wedding dress,

735
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,230
back then, there were hardly

736
00:39:33,230 --> 00:39:35,289
any villages that hadn't heard of it.

737
00:39:38,150 --> 00:39:40,070
It was made of fine Suzhou silk,

738
00:39:42,059 --> 00:39:43,659
and the buttons were coral.

739
00:39:45,679 --> 00:39:47,230
That red color was a bit deeper

740
00:39:47,230 --> 00:39:49,429
than the red of normal wedding dresses.

741
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:52,400
The skirt I wore

742
00:39:53,070 --> 00:39:54,909
had Fushan longevity pattern,

743
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:56,690
embroidered with sea monsters

744
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:00,150
holding jewels in their hands,

745
00:40:02,510 --> 00:40:03,510
which were actually stitched

746
00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:05,590
with real gems.

747
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:07,570
Mother,

748
00:40:07,670 --> 00:40:08,230
are you...

749
00:40:08,230 --> 00:40:10,340
You think I'm crazy

750
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:12,699
and talking nonsense, don't you?

751
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,130
No, of course not.

752
00:40:21,550 --> 00:40:23,079
Later, I found out

753
00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:25,590
that your father

754
00:40:26,150 --> 00:40:28,840
sold his collection of
paintings and calligraphy.

755
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:30,110
He liked things to be

756
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,179
dignified and lively,

757
00:40:32,590 --> 00:40:34,650
and he didn't want me to feel wronged.

758
00:40:41,110 --> 00:40:42,909
Father treated you really well.

759
00:40:46,670 --> 00:40:48,929
I'm not asking you to be like your father.

760
00:40:49,510 --> 00:40:51,309
I was young and naive back then.

761
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:52,599
Actually,

762
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:55,250
wearing a simple wedding dress

763
00:40:55,250 --> 00:40:56,449
would have been fine.

764
00:40:58,710 --> 00:41:00,230
Insisting on things we shouldn't have

765
00:41:00,230 --> 00:41:01,489
often brings trouble.

766
00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:04,010
That's true.

767
00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:06,199
Yimei isn't picky,

768
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,929
so I think a plain cloth dress would do.

769
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:10,079
Really?

770
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:15,760
Don't look at me like that.

771
00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:16,360
It's true.

772
00:41:19,679 --> 00:41:21,219
But you have to ask her.

773
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,289
No matter how much a girl likes you,

774
00:41:24,550 --> 00:41:25,880
if you can't even provide
a decent wedding dress

775
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:26,949
for her to wear,

776
00:41:27,510 --> 00:41:30,110
and she doesn't even complain,
something must be off.

777
00:41:30,110 --> 00:41:31,920
It's not that she didn't complain.

778
00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:33,760
She... She just didn't say
anything at all.

779
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:34,960
I think...

780
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,400
If you ask me, getting married

781
00:41:38,630 --> 00:41:40,429
is the last thing on her mind now.

782
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:43,480
Give it some time.

783
00:41:44,230 --> 00:41:46,659
Follow her lead and give it some time.

784
00:41:47,150 --> 00:41:48,150
But Mr. Bai's health

785
00:41:48,150 --> 00:41:49,030
is getting worse and worse.

786
00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:49,650
Son.

787
00:41:50,190 --> 00:41:52,630
Parents are only matters
for half a lifetime,

788
00:41:52,630 --> 00:41:54,630
but a spouse is for a whole lifetime.

789
00:41:55,460 --> 00:41:57,219
Don't try to make us happy.

790
00:41:58,230 --> 00:42:02,230
What truly matters is that the two of you
live a fulfilled life together.

791
00:42:13,710 --> 00:42:14,170
Father.

792
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,289
Father, what are you doing?

793
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,000
Dear, hold my legs.

794
00:42:23,030 --> 00:42:24,409
Hold my legs.

795
00:42:25,190 --> 00:42:26,920
Father, come down. I'll get it.

796
00:42:30,670 --> 00:42:31,329
Never mind.

797
00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:32,960
Help me down.

798
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:33,440
Okay.

799
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,360
I'm really useless.

800
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,110
Father, what were you doing?

801
00:42:45,110 --> 00:42:46,920
If you need anything,
I can get it for you.

802
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:48,360
You don't have the strength for that.

803
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:48,840
Call the Gu brothers over

804
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:50,559
in a bit

805
00:42:50,670 --> 00:42:52,199
and have them help me get it.

806
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:53,650
All of these are the dowry

807
00:42:53,650 --> 00:42:54,989
I've been saving for you over the years.