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(Fate of Southern Love)

(Episode 22)

I love you.

Let's go home.

Okay.

No one is allowed to leave.

Before dawn,

Jin Zhu has to die by my sword

to complete the story where she dies on her wedding night.

Otherwise, nothing can be undone.

Lou Si Yi. You're only hurting her by doing this.

So, you've been aware all along.

Jin Zhu.

No one can imagine the pain I feel every time I have to hurt you.

Zhou Nan Zhi. Choosing to hurt her as a price to pay

only proves

you're nothing but a coward.

The price of defying the script isn't as simple as you think.

You keep forcing the story to play out

just because you want to see her again

in this endless cycle.

Do you even know what she really wants?

Do you know what she truly cares about?

Saying it's for her own good

is just you being selfish.

You don't get to judge me.

We're just characters in the world of a storybook.

I have to love Luo Li and kill Jin Zhu, even if I don't want to.

No matter how much my will goes against the script,

the truth is, nothing can be changed.

Do you know what the truth is?

The truth is, we can't make any changes in this storybook world.

The truth is, we have to obey these darn rules and plot.

The truth is, if she defies the script,

her character will vanish completely.

What?

Disappear.

Your rebellion is pointless in the end.

The moment you fell in love,

you completely defied the script.

Before dawn,

Jin Zhu's story will end.

She'll lose all meaning in this story.

This character will be gone forever.

Jin Zhu will never exist in this story again.

How is that possible?

Why?

The Jin family's daughter will be crowned as the Princess Consort of Ning.

It is an imperial edict. Take it seriously.

- Jin Zhu! - As decreed by His Majesty.

That place you talked about is real.

The place you drew has come true.

If any of you dare speak of this,

you're going against Prince Ning's Residence.

Yes, Your Highness.

Fate says you should marry Zhou Nan Zhi.

I don't want that. Fate wants me to love someone else.

I don't want that either.

All I want is to be with you.

I want to spend an ordinary life with you here.

To do whatever we want.

To love whoever our heart chooses.

Your Highness. What kind of place is this?

- Why is it only snowing here? - Let heaven and earth be our witnesses.

Let the sun and moon bless our union.

Jin Zhu.

My heart belongs to...

Me...

Lou Si Yi!

The story will start over.

But it won't be you, Jin Zhu, anymore.

Your Highness, be...

Only those who awaken can break free.

So,

you've awakened too.

Why?

She just doesn't want to.

She just doesn't love me. Why do you have to kill her?

Listen up.

Even without my interference,

if she completely defies her role,

she'll lose all meaning in this story.

Jin Zhu will disappear completely.

Once Jin Zhu disappears from the comic world,

the story will come to a halt.

The entire storyline will fall apart completely.

The chessboard that fate has set up,

no matter how you play your pieces, it's always the wrong move.

None of you can change a thing.

So, as long as the story starts over,

she'll forget everything.

Then she won't defy the script anymore.

And you won't show up again, right?

Let go. What are you doing?

I won't let you hurt her.

Your Highness, it's dangerous!

Lin Lan!

Jin Zhu.

We're just characters in a storybook world.

How could we ever fight the author who wrote this story?

All I can do is kill you over and over again.

I'm afraid you'll be erased if you go against the story.

I'm even more afraid you'll disappear for defying the script.

There's only one way for us to survive.

We have to go along with fate.

Not a single step out of line.

When the first rays of sunlight break through the clouds,

the moment dawn breaks, you'll disappear completely.

Now,

tell me, Lou Si Yi.

What can you do to change these facts?

There's still an hour left until dawn.

If I will disappear the moment dawn breaks,

then Lou Si Yi,

for the time I have left,

I just want to spend it with you.

Jin Zhu, I'm sorry.

I can't let you do that.

Lou Si Yi. Do you really want to watch her disappear?

If fate can be resisted, if the script can be changed,

no one would want to be just a character in a play.

Let go!

Who says we can't fight back?

A life that's been arranged for us,

a story that loops forever,

a fate we can't fight.

Zhou Nan Zhi.

Ask yourself honestly, who would willingly follow the script,

and just surrender to fate?

I want to go back to the Great Chu.

Your Highness.

If you do that, you'll be leaving Prince Ning.

Nan Zhi doesn't like me.

Why should I keep holding on?

It's all fake.

Nan Yan.

Everything here is fake.

Mother, this world keeps repeating itself.

I'll never have a chance to grow up.

Nan Yan.

Mother, don't be afraid.

Maybe things will change for the better.

If everyone could choose freely,

how many would accept the life they have now?

You and I aren't enemies.

Our enemy is this lousy world.

If every move is doomed to fail,

why not just flip the whole board?

Whether it's me and Jin Zhu, you, or Jing Yun,

if we all defy the script,

when the story collapses,

perhaps it's the author's consciousness

existing with the story which would disappear.

You're crazy.

No one has ever dared to rebel.

How do you know that the ending is doomed to fail?

If all of us follow one thing,

then it's the rule.

But if we all rebel,

then we will become the new rule.

You're gambling with Jin Zhu's life.

Whether it's being erased by the Blade of Fate,

or disappearing for loving someone else,

the worst outcome

is still just that.

But what if you fail?

If we fail,

you'll disappear.

I don't know the answer.

And I don't know

if I can handle that answer.

Only in a story

will life be something you can predict.

We've awakened so many times,

isn't it so that we can look for another possibility?

After all, until the very last moment,

the ending is still unknown.

Lou Si Yi. Jin Zhu.

You two are insane.

Zhou Nan Zhi.

Help us.

Help everyone.

If your guess is wrong,

Jin Zhu will never come back.

I can't let you risk her like that.

Lady Jin!

Lady Jin!

- Fu Gui. - Lady Jin.

That's great. You're okay.

Luo Li. Let her go.

Do you think two side characters can change the story?

Jin Zhu.

I want you to die by the Blade of Fate before tonight is over.

If you don't want Fu Gui to die for you again,

then get over here right now.

Lou Si Yi.

No matter how it ends,

it's a future we create.

See you soon.

See you soon.

Help me or not, it's up to you.

But I will stand before Guangming Hall

and marry Jin Zhu as my wife.

No one can stop me.

Lou Si Yi.

Do you even know what you're doing?

Since I'm marrying the Princess Consort,

I'm committing treason.

Prince Ning.

Fu Gui!

Lady Jin, don't worry about me. Go!

Since you've awakened,

you should know it's best to accept your reality.

You're just a paper character.

And this is just a comic world.

Why bother struggling?

To people who really exist,

we're probably just a few meaningless pieces of paper.

But to us,

this is our whole life.

Only I have a real life.

Because I'm the one who crossed over from the real world.

But paper characters like you don't matter at all.

I won't let you live until sunrise.

I'm ending this story right now.

I'm getting out of this lousy place.

- You're wrong. - Stop with your nonsense about defying fate.

I'm counting down from three.

If you don't end yourself, I'll kill Fu Gui.

No, Lady Jin.

No, Lady Jin!

Three.

Two.

One.

Jin Zhu. This is the Blade of Fate.

It's your paper fate that can be cut.

I'm not a comic character.

I don't even belong in your comic world.

Jin Zhu. You're way too naive.

I said you're wrong.

You've been wrong from the very start.

What makes you think

you're not a comic character?

(Hello, Host. I'm the System of this comic.)

(You had a car accident in the real world and fell into a coma.)

(So, you got pulled into this comic called Li's Reverie.)

(Hello, Host. I'm the System of this comic.)

(Hello, Host.)

(Hello, Host.)

(Hello, Host.)

Luo Li. I've waited so long for this day.

(Host, you've finally reached 100,000 points.)

(You can go home now.)

No.

I want to stay here

and be with Nan Zhi forever.

I love you.

I love you too.

(The End)

Luo Li. I've waited so long for this day.

- I love you. - I love you too.

(The End)

No.

I want to stay here

and be with Nan Zhi forever.

How could a story that loops forever

lose its main character?