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{\an8}[Legend of the Magnate]

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{\an8}[Episode 37]

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I thought to myself back then

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even if it meant falling into hell
and never getting out,

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I couldn't stay poor.

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Father!

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You told me...

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your mother has forgiven me.

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What about you?

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I pity you.

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Father.

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Father.

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Father.

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If you don't want to stay here,

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you can go down the mountain too.

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Father...

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Let's go down the mountain together.

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You don't need to care about these things.

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Father.

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Look.

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You and I—

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aren't we doing just fine?

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That bastard Gu

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and that crazy woman—

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we don't even know them.

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He's just

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an exile from Ningguta,

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a dirt‑poor tea farmer.

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But you're Li Million.

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You are...

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Father.

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You're the wealthiest man

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in the capital's business world,

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a businessman with a red official's hat

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who is trusted by the imperial court.

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Father.

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Forget all of this.

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Just be my father, and mine alone.

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Alright, Father?

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Let's go down the mountain.

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A mistake this big is too much

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to make even once, let alone twice.

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Now do you see

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why I didn't let you

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associate with that Gu?

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Child,

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you truly are clever,

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but far too competitive.

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The family wealth I'm leaving you

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is enough for you
to live a lifetime in comfort.

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Don't go into business.

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Go back to the capital

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and do whatever you want except that.

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Father...

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You want me to go back alone?

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I don't have the strength

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to step out this door.

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Coming here

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at this time

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was heaven's will.

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I will die here,

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live through 10 lifetimes,

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and end up becoming the most lowly dust.

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{\an8}[Composure and Equanimity]

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Repay my debts,

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make amends,

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and atone.

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The person who set me up
in the imperial examination back then

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was you.

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I knew you came to the capital.

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I was afraid
if you really passed the exam,

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the show couldn't go on.

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You just think I can't

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compete with Gu Pingyuan.

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You underestimate me.

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Let me make a bet with you.

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I'll compete with him fairly

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in business.

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When I crush him

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and make his entire family

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disappear,

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I'll come to pick you up.

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{\an8}[Li's Draft Bank, Nanjing]

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Sir.

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I want to make a deal with you.

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I'm just a small merchant.

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How dare I do business with you?

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You must be joking.

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Am I joking with you,

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or are you joking with me?

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I heard your father

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became a monk
and is now living in seclusion.

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You're in charge now.

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How about this?

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However much your family

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spent on the salt fields,

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Jiangnan and Jiangxi
will pay you back in full.

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Go back to the capital.

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Sir.

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You were the one who invited us here.

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This draft bank

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was also opened at your request.

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The Li family invested so much money

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in Jiangnan and Jiangxi.

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Do you expect us

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to just obediently go back
because you say so?

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The Li family's business

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doesn't belong solely to us.

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If you want to get your hands on it,

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you should first ask the others involved.

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Stop trying to intimidate me
with big names.

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Indeed.

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I know your Li family

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has the Sixth Prince's capital behind it.

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But when it comes to the livelihood
of Jiangnan and Jiangxi

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and the imperial court's tax revenue,

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even if His Highness were here,

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I doubt he could protect you.

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Let me remind you of something:

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the one I invited was your father,

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not you, a little nobody.

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Everyone abandons a sinking ship.

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Without your father,

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do you think
the Sixth Prince will still shield you?

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As for the business in Jiangnan and Jiangxi,

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it has nothing to do with your Li family.

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Since your father has retired,

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you should go back now.

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By the way,

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This
"Complete Library of the Four Treasuries"

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is for you.

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After you go back, read it,
and learn some sense.

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Come back

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only when you've learned

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how to be a proper man.

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Do you understand?

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Sir.

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According to what you said,

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our previous bet no longer counts?

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You really thought you would win?

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Why don't you take a look at the accounts?

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That's only because

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the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office

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has been backing Gu Pingyuan.

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The Salt Monopoly
and Distribution Franchise System

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is an outdated system now.

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It's pointless to still talk about

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the legality of salt these days.

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It doesn't matter if you don't accept it.

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The date of our wager is almost here.

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If you lose,

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just hurry up and leave.

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Don't forget to leave the shares to me.

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Don't embarrass yourself here.

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His Excellency is returning home!

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{\an8}[Salt Industry Guild]

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This Li Qin

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is getting more and more outrageous.

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He even sent people

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to my salt store to poach workers.

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And he's already taken away

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a few well-trained hands.

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They say he offered them

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double the pay.

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Who does business

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like that?

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Exactly!

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Exactly!

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Yes.

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All my staff have left.

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Mr. Tu,

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which are the largest
salt-producing regions

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in our country right now?

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There are 5 major

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salt-producing regions.

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The Changlu Salt Region

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covers Leting,

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Tanghai,

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Tanggu, and nearby counties.

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The Fengtian Salt Region

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is the largest salt-producing area
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though transportation there
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Then there's

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the Laizhou Bay Salt Region

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along the Shandong coast,

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which was once

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the fief of Jiang Ziya

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and later

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the territory of the Kingdom of Qi

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after the fall of the Shang dynasty.

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There's also

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our Lianghuai Salt Region,

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and finally the well salt region

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in Fushun, Sichuan.

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The salt we sell

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in our store today

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is a mix

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of Lianghuai salt and well salt.

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In terms of taste,

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well salt

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is slightly superior.

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Actually, I have some

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rough ideas

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and would like to hear your thoughts.

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I've been thinking,

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people consume salt

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in limited quantities, right?

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You can't possibly eat salt

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as your main food for every meal.

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We already have enough

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salt shops now.

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Opening another one

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would at most

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take a bigger slice
of the market's profits.

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It's not a wise move

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and not worth doing.

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The problem is Li

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has already come knocking.

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With his abundant capital,

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if we open one new shop,

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he can open two next door.

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What should we do?

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Do we have to

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lower our prices again?

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-Yeah.
-We can't do that.

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A price war

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is just a desperate measure.

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If we continue this war like this,

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everyone will end up losing everything.

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That's no longer business.

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It's just being stubborn.

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Besides,

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I can't keep this up much longer.

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{\an8}[Tranquility of Autumn]

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It got stained.

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It's okay, Mother.

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I'll have your son buy me another one.

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Yu'er.

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Let me.

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Mother still refuses to drink it.

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Mother,

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I had someone bring

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goose‑fat cakes for you from Jiangning.

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Take your medicine first,

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and then you can have the cakes.

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I'm not a child.

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Why bother coaxing me?

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If something is bothering you,

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just tell me.

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But you must

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take the medicine.

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Pingyuan,

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help me up.

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Let me sit for a while.

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Why do you look so pale?

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Are you stunned?

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There's been too much going on lately.

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Pingwen scolded me,

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saying I never should have

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taken you away from home,

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and that I've only harmed you
by doing this.

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I think he had a point.

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If I hadn't insisted
on going to the capital

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for the imperial examination back then,

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none of this would have happened.

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Were you ever in control?

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There's no immortal

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who tells us

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what we're supposed to do.

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If I had known

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he would never return,

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I wouldn't have let him go.

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Wouldn't that have solved everything?

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But what's the point

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of saying this now?

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It's all fate.

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Even if fate really exists,

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I'm going to fight it.

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Mother,

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you must stay well.

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One day you'll have

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grandchildren.

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You still have
a long, long life ahead of you.

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You can't just let go.

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Be honest with me.

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Do you want

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that man to come back

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to see you?

289
00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:38,960
If you do,

290
00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,559
no matter how I feel about it,

291
00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:41,829
I can go beg him—

292
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,470
I can go kneel to him

293
00:17:45,069 --> 00:17:46,069
and kowtow to him—

294
00:17:46,269 --> 00:17:47,549
as long as it makes you happy,

295
00:17:47,549 --> 00:17:48,549
I'll do anything.

296
00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,539
What would I want him back for?

297
00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:58,690
All my life,

298
00:17:58,750 --> 00:17:59,349
I've been holding on

299
00:17:59,349 --> 00:18:01,549
to this one thing—

300
00:18:03,269 --> 00:18:06,140
I never knew if he was dead or alive,

301
00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,089
where he died,

302
00:18:08,549 --> 00:18:09,349
and whether his remains

303
00:18:09,349 --> 00:18:10,920
were left out

304
00:18:11,069 --> 00:18:12,349
in the wind and rain.

305
00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:16,109
But as you've seen,

306
00:18:16,549 --> 00:18:18,029
he's living just fine,

307
00:18:18,309 --> 00:18:19,769
even changed his surname.

308
00:18:21,349 --> 00:18:22,480
Isn't that

309
00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,509
the biggest joke on me?

310
00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:26,920
Pingyuan,

311
00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,559
now that I've finally
let go of this burden,

312
00:18:34,109 --> 00:18:36,480
I feel empty inside.

313
00:18:39,029 --> 00:18:40,480
No medicine can fix that.

314
00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,200
Just let me be.

315
00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:47,400
No.

316
00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,319
You can't think that way.

317
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,700
That man changed his name,

318
00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:55,009
and his heart changed too.

319
00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:58,089
The person you've been waiting for

320
00:18:58,289 --> 00:18:59,349
died on his way

321
00:18:59,349 --> 00:19:00,789
to the imperial examination.

322
00:19:00,789 --> 00:19:02,069
He is a dead man now.

323
00:19:02,109 --> 00:19:03,680
But we are still alive.

324
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,200
We can't let a dead man

325
00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,309
trample over us,

326
00:19:08,549 --> 00:19:09,160
can we?

327
00:19:34,269 --> 00:19:34,880
Pingwen.

328
00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,859
Why do you have to be angry with me?

329
00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:58,589
Take good care of Mother

330
00:19:58,589 --> 00:19:59,720
these next few days.

331
00:20:00,309 --> 00:20:01,369
I'm going on a trip.

332
00:20:07,309 --> 00:20:08,440
Where are you going?

333
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,759
I'm going to Jinshan Temple.

334
00:20:11,349 --> 00:20:13,009
Are you going to bring him back

335
00:20:14,349 --> 00:20:16,279
or acknowledge him as your father?

336
00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:19,200
It's too late.

337
00:20:20,349 --> 00:20:21,509
He has a son now.

338
00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:23,750
And you, Gu Pingyuan,

339
00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:25,000
are nothing to him.

340
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,769
You think hiding away solves everything?

341
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,440
I've seen enough of the past,

342
00:21:07,549 --> 00:21:09,750
and I don't want to look at what's ahead.

343
00:21:48,670 --> 00:21:49,440
Kid...

344
00:21:49,549 --> 00:21:50,549
Don't call me kid!

345
00:21:56,589 --> 00:21:58,250
Your kid is down the mountain.

346
00:22:12,279 --> 00:22:14,539
Seeing how devoted you are to your mother

347
00:22:16,750 --> 00:22:18,309
makes me feel gratified.

348
00:22:21,630 --> 00:22:22,789
When I saw her that day,

349
00:22:22,789 --> 00:22:23,960
I knew

350
00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:28,259
the dream had to end.

351
00:22:29,750 --> 00:22:31,829
I couldn't keep pretending anymore.

352
00:22:32,109 --> 00:22:33,440
What do you mean by that?

353
00:22:34,269 --> 00:22:36,119
You don't want to deal with anything
anymore?

354
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,700
I won't hold it against you

355
00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,279
how you wronged me back then.

356
00:22:41,109 --> 00:22:43,710
But now my mother's life
is hanging by a thread,

357
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,940
and she won't even take her medicine.

358
00:22:46,509 --> 00:22:47,160
As her son,

359
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:48,960
I don't know how to persuade her.

360
00:22:50,349 --> 00:22:50,960
I just hope

361
00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:51,920
you can go see her

362
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:54,819
and say something, anything,

363
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:56,990
to ease her heart

364
00:22:58,309 --> 00:22:59,569
so she can keep living.

365
00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,119
What did your mother say?

366
00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,140
She said now that she's finally seen you,

367
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,599
her wish has been fulfilled,

368
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,579
and she doesn't have the strength

369
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:22,880
to hold on.

370
00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:37,109
What should I say to her?

371
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:40,589
How should I say it?

372
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:42,880
Indeed.

373
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,000
It seems

374
00:23:48,069 --> 00:23:49,589
you've never regretted

375
00:23:49,589 --> 00:23:50,849
a single thing you did.

376
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,109
You really are shameless.

377
00:23:57,480 --> 00:23:58,569
I told my mother,

378
00:23:59,920 --> 00:24:02,180
"You don't need to wait for him anymore."

379
00:24:02,549 --> 00:24:04,000
"He died long ago,"

380
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:07,849
"on the road to the capital"

381
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,740
"for the imperial examination."

382
00:24:11,549 --> 00:24:12,690
"That man is dead,"

383
00:24:13,829 --> 00:24:15,430
"and his heart has changed."

384
00:24:42,109 --> 00:24:43,069
Well said.

385
00:24:46,549 --> 00:24:47,400
Well said.

386
00:25:00,150 --> 00:25:01,000
Well said.

387
00:25:02,079 --> 00:25:04,730
{\an8}[Tranquil Mind]

388
00:25:12,509 --> 00:25:13,769
Since that's the case,

389
00:25:15,029 --> 00:25:17,150
Master, I wish you a long life

390
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,119
and an early ascent to paradise.

391
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,900
{\an8}[Tranquil Mind]

392
00:25:39,589 --> 00:25:40,509
Mr. Gu!

393
00:25:41,829 --> 00:25:42,880
Gu Tanyue!

394
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:45,509
Sir!

395
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,079
What happened to him?

396
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:01,880
Suicide.

397
00:26:07,170 --> 00:26:08,150
How did he die?

398
00:26:08,630 --> 00:26:09,359
Poison.

399
00:26:09,589 --> 00:26:11,450
He carried his medicine with him.

400
00:26:13,250 --> 00:26:14,670
Did he ask you to call me?

401
00:26:15,349 --> 00:26:17,410
He said he wanted to give you closure.

402
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,000
Amitabha.

403
00:30:04,829 --> 00:30:05,430
Pingyuan?

404
00:30:08,799 --> 00:30:10,130
Why are you back so late?

405
00:30:47,109 --> 00:30:47,589
Mother?

406
00:30:48,829 --> 00:30:50,359
Are you feeling better now?

407
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,200
I dreamed about him last night.

408
00:30:59,349 --> 00:31:00,880
He was standing at the door,

409
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:09,880
right there,

410
00:31:13,029 --> 00:31:14,240
just like the day

411
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,349
he left,

412
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:18,380
with his backpack on his back,

413
00:31:18,750 --> 00:31:20,000
his basket in hand,

414
00:31:21,349 --> 00:31:24,880
and inside were brush, ink, inkstone,

415
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,109
and the rice balls I made for him.

416
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:31,880
He said to me...

417
00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:33,269
He said,

418
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,240
"I failed the exam."

419
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:37,269
I told him,

420
00:31:37,269 --> 00:31:38,880
"So what?"

421
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,349
"Our son has made something of himself."

422
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,750
"Isn't that even happier news"

423
00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:46,400
"than you passing the exam?"

424
00:31:48,829 --> 00:31:50,069
He said he was tired

425
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,400
and wanted to sleep a little,

426
00:32:00,069 --> 00:32:01,930
and that's when I knew he was dead.

427
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,829
He regretted it after all.

428
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,029
Yes.

429
00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:12,789
He regretted it.

430
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:15,349
He said

431
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,059
he really wanted to come back.

432
00:32:29,509 --> 00:32:32,069
So I didn't wait for nothing.

433
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,920
There's so much temptation

434
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,480
out there in the world.

435
00:32:44,789 --> 00:32:46,339
You took a wrong turn

436
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,349
but still managed to come back—

437
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,400
that's a blessing.

438
00:32:54,509 --> 00:32:55,640
How did he die?

439
00:32:57,069 --> 00:32:57,789
He...

440
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,000
he just died,

441
00:33:03,309 --> 00:33:04,240
without pain.

442
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,269
I know that, of course.

443
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:10,940
What's wrong with you?

444
00:33:11,109 --> 00:33:11,680
I...

445
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,480
I haven't been feeling well
these past few days.

446
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,309
Yesterday I went to see the doctor.

447
00:33:17,309 --> 00:33:17,789
This morning,

448
00:33:17,789 --> 00:33:19,450
when I went to get my medicine,

449
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,549
he told me...

450
00:33:27,349 --> 00:33:28,539
I'm pregnant.

451
00:33:41,539 --> 00:33:43,380
What are you doing? Are you stunned?

452
00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:43,920
Yu'er,

453
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,799
go back to your room now and rest.

454
00:33:45,829 --> 00:33:47,859
When I recover,

455
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,150
I'll help you take care of the baby.

456
00:33:50,309 --> 00:33:51,200
Mother is right.

457
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:52,640
Come on, let me help you back.

458
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:53,640
I don't need your help.

459
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:54,779
I can walk on my own.

460
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,119
What are you waiting for?

461
00:33:58,130 --> 00:33:58,480
Mother.

462
00:33:58,480 --> 00:33:59,720
Go and ask

463
00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:01,440
who examined her pulse.

464
00:34:03,589 --> 00:34:04,109
Well...

465
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:04,880
You...

466
00:34:48,230 --> 00:34:48,840
Thank you.

467
00:34:48,860 --> 00:34:49,500
Take care.

468
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:53,139
{\an8}[Tongji Pharmacy]

469
00:34:53,670 --> 00:34:54,199
Pingwen!

470
00:35:30,110 --> 00:35:38,210
{\an8}[Memorial]

471
00:36:12,579 --> 00:36:14,429
The host bows in return!

472
00:36:16,940 --> 00:36:19,659
{\an8}[Memorial]

473
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:29,780
Pingyuan?

474
00:36:30,590 --> 00:36:31,309
Pingyuan?

475
00:36:31,550 --> 00:36:32,380
Pingyuan,

476
00:36:32,510 --> 00:36:33,780
snap out of it.

477
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,110
Yu'er has fainted from crying

478
00:36:35,110 --> 00:36:36,230
several times already.

479
00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:37,230
What if something happens

480
00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:38,230
to her child?

481
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,110
Mother,

482
00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:56,190
wouldn't it be better
if we went back to Huizhou?

483
00:36:56,190 --> 00:36:57,710
The host bows in return!

484
00:36:58,460 --> 00:37:04,920
{\an8}[Memorial]

485
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,840
You haven't seen me get married yet.

486
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,320
Mother...

487
00:37:27,710 --> 00:37:28,880
Why didn't I

488
00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:30,230
stay longer in her room?

489
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,590
When Mother fell asleep,

490
00:37:45,860 --> 00:37:46,789
she was smiling.

491
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:50,440
She passed away in her sleep.

492
00:37:52,190 --> 00:37:53,360
The elders say

493
00:37:55,190 --> 00:37:56,440
it was her time to go,

494
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:58,969
and that she didn't suffer.

495
00:38:01,110 --> 00:38:04,710
That was the result of the blessings
she accumulated in her life.

496
00:38:05,230 --> 00:38:06,590
As her children,

497
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,219
we should be happy for her.

498
00:38:16,070 --> 00:38:17,400
Ten years of wandering,

499
00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:21,030
ten years of struggle.

500
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,730
We never had a chance
to truly care for her.

501
00:38:30,190 --> 00:38:31,320
I hate myself.

502
00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:37,360
Even if I had the strength of nine oxen,

503
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:40,630
I couldn't

504
00:38:40,630 --> 00:38:42,559
pull her back from the underworld.

505
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:04,289
She knew
she was going to be a grandmother.

506
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:08,880
This child came at the perfect time,

507
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:11,960
yet also too late.

508
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,280
You two must stay well.

509
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:27,090
Understand?

510
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,079
I won't allow you to get sick.

511
00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:32,710
I won't allow any misfortune.

512
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,000
Both you and the child

513
00:39:35,510 --> 00:39:36,480
must be safe.

514
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,030
The host bows in return!

515
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,630
The host bows in return!

516
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:13,719
Young Master,

517
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:15,230
the Liangjiang Viceroy's Office

518
00:40:15,230 --> 00:40:16,960
has sent people
to offer their condolences.

519
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,090
Would you like to greet them in return?

520
00:40:22,630 --> 00:40:23,429
I'm not going.

521
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,320
They invited my father.

522
00:40:26,070 --> 00:40:28,670
They didn't invite me to Jiangnan and Jiangxi.

523
00:40:28,670 --> 00:40:30,920
The Sixth Prince's Mansion
sent the funeral gifts.

524
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,710
I had the account office
issue the reward money,

525
00:40:32,710 --> 00:40:33,690
and in your name,

526
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:35,130
wrote a thank-you note.

527
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:37,400
Some of the old managers

528
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:38,110
who have been working

529
00:40:38,110 --> 00:40:39,150
for the Old Master

530
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,539
want to ask you a few questions in person.

531
00:40:41,630 --> 00:40:42,840
Do you have time to see them?

532
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:43,630
I don't.

533
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:45,190
If they want to ask questions,

534
00:40:45,190 --> 00:40:45,920
tell them to go ask the Old Master

535
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,150
in the underworld.

536
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:48,500
There's one more...

537
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:49,559
Will this ever end?

538
00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:02,469
Young Master,

539
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:03,760
today,

540
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:05,809
you really can't yell at me.

541
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,920
I've already
written my resignation letter.

542
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:10,480
After the seven days of mourning,

543
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:11,809
I'll retire and go home.

544
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:14,489
This business is yours now.

545
00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:16,469
You can run it however you like.

546
00:41:17,070 --> 00:41:19,530
But the Old Master's spirit
hasn't left yet,

547
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,969
and I can't ignore my responsibility.

548
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,019
I worked for him my whole life,

549
00:41:26,670 --> 00:41:29,130
and I don't want to leave things
unfinished.

550
00:41:33,670 --> 00:41:34,730
The mother of Mr. Gu

551
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,530
has passed away.

552
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:38,070
Should we

553
00:41:38,110 --> 00:41:39,360
send some funeral gifts?

554
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:41,019
The Old Master made mistakes—

555
00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:43,829
it's not my place to say that—

556
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:44,480
but he did

557
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,010
feel regret before he died.

558
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:47,769
Sending something over

559
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,440
would fulfill his last wish.

560
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,260
You're quite thoughtful.

561
00:41:59,510 --> 00:42:00,480
So tell me,

562
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,159
do you think my father was wrong?

563
00:42:08,030 --> 00:42:09,230
If he was wrong,

564
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:12,800
that means he shouldn't have married

565
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:13,880
into our Li family.

566
00:42:15,150 --> 00:42:16,190
And if he hadn't,

567
00:42:18,550 --> 00:42:20,030
I wouldn't have been born.

568
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:25,150
What did I do wrong?

569
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:28,190
Why do all of you

570
00:42:28,190 --> 00:42:29,230
hate me so much?

571
00:42:38,190 --> 00:42:39,989
Do you have anything else to say?

572
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:41,730
The Salt Industry Guild

573
00:42:42,230 --> 00:42:44,110
asked you to go for the account review.

574
00:42:44,110 --> 00:42:45,039
Account review?

575
00:42:45,190 --> 00:42:45,989
What account?

576
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,369
Back then you and Mr. Gu

577
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made a wager for 6 months.

578
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There's one month left.

579
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I told them you'd go

580
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after the seven-day mourning period.

581
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Is Gu Pingyuan ready

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to hand it over?