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Timing and Subtitles done by the ♡ Once Upon in Love♡ Team @Viki

♫ Misty dawn and tender dusk, the whole world seems gentle ♫

♫ A young boy in uniform gallops under the blinking stars ♫

♫ His eyes are so loving, determined, and happy ♫

♫ Looking back, what transient beauty ♫

♫ Winter, the season when snow falls ♫

♫ But you have spring in your arms ♫

♫ The fragrance of sweet flowers fills the world ♫

♫ During the sunny summer days ♫

♫ Our feelings grow stronger ♫

♫ I'm so in love with you in autumn ♫

♫ Every falling leaf speaks of my love ♫

♫ Dancing and swirling in the air ♫

[Fall in Love]

[Episode 18]

Commander Tan, what do you want to do?

If I hadn't sent someone to keep an eye on you, you would have drowned by now.

Don't you want to know who did this to you?

Come with me. Let's go meet someone.

You should meet him.

Close the door.

[Shanghai St. John Hospital]

Please hold on.

Thank you.

Newspapers, selling newspapers!

- Thank you. - Newspapers!

Selling newspapers!

Newspapers!

Newspapers, selling newspapers!

Are you trying to starve to death?

I'm dying for food though.

Such great devotion.

You're willing to give your life for your daughter's future.

It's just that Cui Lianfeng committed suicide.

Your precious daughter, who has little skill but a big temper,

was kicked out of the Mu Mansion by Mr. Mu.

Why? You don't believe me?

By now,

Mu Wanting should be on a steamer going from Shanghai to Hong Kong.

But when she was getting on board the ship, she was deliberately pushed into the sea.

In your opinion, who would do this?

How is Wanting?

Don't worry. Calm down. She's pretty lucky.

She was saved by my brothers in the militia.

The Mu Family also announced that Cui Lianfeng died of a sudden illness.

As for Mu Wanting's family background, they did not mention it.

Aside from the Mu Family, only Xu Bojun and I,

who participated in the trial, know about this.

Who do you think would attack a girl who was already in trouble?

Xu Bojun.

He promised that he would let Wanting marry into the military governor's mansion.

That he would personally see to the proposal, too.

That's true. That's because back then, Mu Wanting's identity was not exposed yet.

Xu Bojun needed the support of the Mu family to deal with the Revolutionary Army.

He would have proposed to the Mu family, with or without you.

But the situation has changed, and now,

Mu Wanting's true identity has become a huge problem.

If someone follows the clues and discovers the truth,

to him, that would be a huge threat.

So, he'll surely get rid of her before it's too late.

He fooled me.

You should have known that he was like this ten years ago.

He fooled Mu Zhiyuan, and he fooled Governor Luo.

Do you honestly think that you, a gang leader, would matter to him?

Okay.

Mu Wanting was frightened when she fell into the water.

I've asked a female in the army to change her into dry clothes.

Besides, I can promise you this.

As long as you tell me the truth of Mu Yuanheng's death,

Mu Wanting will be sent to Hong Kong safely.

I can agree to your request.

But I have one demand.

I want to see Wanting.

I need to see her.

As you wish.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wanqing, Hongshen and Shaojun asked me to play pool later.

Do you want to come along with us?

A lot has happened in your family during this time.

You can come with us and relax.

I don't know how to play pool, so I'll pass.

The Command center still has some documents that need to be reviewed. I'll go there.

Okay. Take care of yourself.

Go home early and take some rest.

I'll get going.

Commander Tan, can you leave me alone with Wanting for a while?

Wanting,

I heard

that Commander Tan will send you to Hong Kong.

It will be your first time there.

You'll be a stranger to the area.

You must stay safe.

Oh right.

I have some friends there.

I wrote them a letter.

You can go to them. They'll take care of you.

There's no need.

I have no interest in getting help from your gang.

Wanting,

do you still blame me?

Blame you?

I don't blame you. I hate you.

Why did you suddenly show up?

Why did you get my mother killed? Why did you take everything from me?

I might as well go drown. At least the troubles will all end!

How dare you hit me! Who are you to hit me?

You have to stay alive!

Yes, I shouldn't have hit you.

This slap was for your mother.

You could care less about my life but not your mother's life!

She sacrificed her life to give you a chance to live!

Then...

Then what do I do?

I've lost everything

because of you.

Wanting.

Wanting. I know...

I'm not a good father.

But I'm able to see you today.

I just wanted to tell you that

everything in my life, everything that I did

was for you. For you.

Did you know?

I respected Governor Xu,

and I did so many bad things for him.

All because I wanted you to live a good life.

I wanted you to marry into the governor's mansion.

But now,

it's all meaningless.

I know that nothing I can say

can change things.

Wanting, all I wish for

is for you to live well.

For your mother.

For me.

You must live on.

Don't worry.

I'll live well.

Only by living

can I regain everything that belongs to me.

Yes.

Wanting. Stand up.

Come on, get up.

The floor is cold. Stand up.

Wanting,

you may be leaving soon.

Can you...

Can you call me father?

No,

you don't deserve to be my father.

Wanting!

Such loyalty

but entrusted to the wrong people.

Do you regret it?

Is this how life is?

Living in this world,

you pay the price if you choose to bet.

At least you're not dead yet.

You should consider yourself lucky.

All of this,

I admit it.

You still have a chance to fight back.

Tell me!

Do you promise to send

Wanting to Hong Kong?

I am a man of my word.

Okay.

What you want...

is in the United Overseas Bank.

Safe 57.

[United Overseas Bank]

Commander Tan, this is what you want.

[The Supervisor's Office]

[The Commander's Office]

Wanqing,

it's late. What are you still doing here?

What have you been doing this afternoon?

I…

What's wrong?

I saw Mu Wanting in your car this afternoon.

You said before that there was something important

so you couldn't tell me.

It can't be related to her, right?

You're not hiding a mistress, are you?

What are you laughing at?

I'm not stupid.

If I'm going to hide anyone, it definitely wouldn't be her.

Who else do you want to hide?

No one.

Use your brain.

I already have you. How could I fall for another woman?

What are you jealous of?

I'm a woman. It's natural to be jealous.

At least tell me

if there's something you're hiding from me.

Is everything okay?

Come.

I plan on waiting

until things are more certain.

But now that you saw it,

if I don't tell you,

you might get paranoid.

What happened?

Your brother was murdered

by someone else.

Ten years ago,

Xu Bojun and Governor Luo were competing for control of Shanghai.

Governor Luo's equipment was robbed

so he wanted to retreat to the Mu Wharf to deliver ammunition.

But the Mu family has always been friendly with Xu Bojun,

so they refused to lend him the dock.

Governor Luo sent someone to pose as a kidnapper.

They kidnapped Mu Yuanheng

and locked him up in a warehouse at the dock.

Governor Luo sent troops to occupy the Wharf [Warehouse]

in order to rescue the young master.

At that time, Mu Zhiyuan was out of town.

Ms. Xiao was eager to save her son so she agreed to his demand.

[Mu Wharf] He used it to transport ammunitions.

Enclose the entire dock.

That's when

Cui Lianfeng came to me.

She said she was pregnant with my child.

If I helped to kill Young Master Mu,

Mu Wanting could return to the Mu family.

If she gave birth to a boy,

he would become the sole heir to the Mu family's property.

At the time, although I agreed,

I was really hesitant.

[No Open Flames]

Who knew before I made the move,

Xu Bojun started bombing

the dock with artillery.

Then, the dock where Young Master Mu was hidden was blown to pieces.

Young Master Mu died on the spot.

Xu Bojun's assistant, Xu Yuan, came to me.

He said after this battle, Governor Luo had lost his forces.

[No Open Flames]

Governor Luo's situation is hopeless.

As long as you insist that Mu Yuanheng's death

was caused by Governor Luo,

our Governor Xu will ensure your prosperity.

You have to think it through.

I was out of my mind

and there was no other way, so I agreed to his demand.

At Xu Bojun's command,

I entered the bombed-out warehouse during the chaos

and found Mu Yuanheng's body.

Then, I shot his chest twice

and I adjusted his watch by two hours.

Governor Luo...

retreated after the defeat.

Xu Bojun had finally taken over Shanghai.

The two parties were tangled up in court over the death of Young Master Mu.

Young Master Mu's body was blown up beyond recognition,

and there were no witnesses.

The case was closed.

Then, the Capital Police Department found the two bullet holes in Young Master Mu's body.

The forensic identification showed

that the time of death was 1:00 p.m.

Young Master Mu's watch stopped at 3:00 p.m because of the bombing.

[Investigation Report from Mu Yuanheng's Autopsy]

Therefore, the Police Department decided [The Time of Death is around 1:00 p.m.]

the bombing happened two hours after Young Master Mu's death.

In the end, the case was adjudicated as Governor Luo killed the hostage

before Xu Bojun bombed up the dock.

Governor Luo's murder charge was implemented

because of the killing of a hostage.

He lost all his titles in the Beijing government.

And his official position

was replaced by Xu Bojun.

Xu Bojun knew

that if your mother helped Governor Luo ship in ammunition,

the outcome would be uncertain.

Winner-take-all, in a slip of thought.

So he seized the opportunity when Governor Luo was running out of ammunition

and chose to give up your brother's life.

Wanqing,

I have another piece of evidence here,

but we won't see it today.

Show me.

I want to see all the evidence about my brother's death.

The film you are seeing was left

by a foreign reporter when he was filming the Huangpu River

opposite the warehouse.

He happened to record the scene when Xu Bojun bombed the warehouse.

I was afraid of issues

at that time, so I bought this film.

This allowed me to inadvertently save an important piece of evidence.

Mu Yuanheng's time of death was around 1:00 p.m.

But his watch stopped at 3:00 p.m.

It was adjusted by two hours by me.

Based on that, the court decided

that Mu Yuanheng was killed before Xu Bojun attacked the dock.

But this film happened

to record when Xu Bojun attacked the warehouse.

The Japanese tourist boat Shandong Maru just arrived at the dock.

I've looked into it.

The Shandong Maru had a fixed route from Qingdao to Shanghai

that hasn't changed for over ten years.

It arrives in Shanghai at around 1:00 p.m.

This can fully prove that Xu Bojun

was bombing the warehouse

when Mu Yuanheng died.

You kept this film in the safe of the concession bank for ten years.

So you knew how important it was.

Why would you rather die

than take this out to threaten Xu Bojun to save your own life?

That leads to what I want to tell you.

Do you think that you can take down

Xu Bojun with this evidence?

I'm telling you.

As a mere Commander of Shanghai, you cannot.

What if I say I can do it?

Do you dare to testify against Xu Bojun?

Xuanlin.

It's fine.

What's the hesitation?

Xu Bojun doesn't know that Mu Wanting isn't dead yet.

As long as Xu Bojun is in power,

Mu Wanting can only drift around.

If we take down Xu Bojun,

this will be my territory.

Then Mu Wanting may still come back.

Don't you want to see her again?

Okay,

I can promise you that.

I have already died once anyway.

I'll testify in court.

For the past ten years,

he had my brother's blood on his hands.

How could he be friends with my father?

Wanqing,

in Xu Bojun's eyes,

everyone is a pawn who can be used.

He befriended your father only because

he was greedy for the Mu family's finances.

He's just a bastard.

I know this incident has had a great impact on you,

so I've been hesitant in telling you.

Thank you.

If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have even known the truth.

Silly,

not only will I let you know the truth.

I will seek justice for you as well.

But he's Xu Bojun.

You are hitting a rock with an egg.

Which of my battles was not a close victory?

We're not sure who will win or lose this time, right?

But if you're so sure,

why don't you tell him about our relationship?

I'm afraid that Xu Bojun will get suspicious.

You're even more afraid about being unable to beat Xu Bojun.

It'll implicate me and the Mu family.

If you win, you will formally propose to my family.

If you lose,

you will bear the burden alone and let me get away in one piece.

Wanqing,

there will be a war between me and him.

So even without your brother's incident,

none of us will be able to get out unscathed.

So whether I conspire against him or not,

he's going to come after me sooner or later.

So when you said "forever,"

you were talking about if you win.

If you lose, then it'll be all over.

Right?

I...

If this battle is going to cost your life,

I'd rather not want it.

Silly,

don't worry.

I'll definitely take down Xu Bojun.

I'll propose marriage to the Mu family.

We promised for "forever." That's not a day less.

Cheers.

I'm not surprised that Hongchen asked me out to play pool.

But Shaojun, you've never been a fan of this.

This time, why did you follow him here?

Beijing was in turmoil when you were in the hospital.

Originally, our fathers had agreed to establish the United Five Provinces Army.

But...

Uncle Xu won't let go of the Mu family's military salary.

The United Five Provinces Army is seemingly in harmony now.

The Revolutionary Army is about to cross the Yangtze River.

We're still not united.

Do you want me to persuade my father?

Can you?

Are you sure you can't persuade your old man as well?

Never mind. Today,

we won't talk about politics.

I asked you guys out

to celebrate your discharge.

Let those old men worry about the military salary.

Cheers.

Wanqing!

You're back.

What happened to you?

I'm fine. I'm a little tired today.

You came back so late. I was a little worried.

I will accompany you if you need to work overtime.

There's no need.

You don't have to wait for me to go to work tomorrow morning.

I'll go by myself.

I'm going upstairs to sleep now.

Brother Guangyao, please forgive me.

I really don't know how to face you.

Newspapers, selling newspapers!

[Commercial Press Services Ltd.] Newspapers!

[Municipal Council of the Concession] Newspapers, selling newspapers!

My Lord.

Has Fu Sheng's ship arrived yet?

No, their berth was canceled, too.

I just called to ask.

The owner of Fu Sheng told me that someone

is willing to supply them at 70% of our price.

So that's why they canceled their order.

And at noon, two of our mills went to pick up cotton from the suppliers.

But they were told that the cotton had already been bought at a high price.

The buyer offered them 30% more than we did.

Now, unless we also raise the purchase price,

those suppliers would rather pay us liquidated damages

than sell us the supplies.

Buy high, sell low.

Who would conduct business this way?

My Lord, I heard that it was arranged by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce.

The Japanese Chamber of Commerce?

Aren't the Japanese doing business in Qingdao? They came to Shanghai as well?

They want to do business in Shanghai, but they haven't even notified us.

And they're buying high and selling low. Aren't they breaking the rules?

I'm afraid they're not just breaking the rules.

They want to take all the profit and destroy their opponents.

Father.

Wanqing.

I heard from the steward.

I have an idea that I think we can try.

Okay. Tell me about your idea.

The Japanese want to steal our business by buying high and selling low.

In my opinion, why not give up the cotton trade

and give them everything?

Do you mean, retreat in order to advance?

Yes. If we give up the cotton trade,

then our customers will naturally look for the cheapest cotton.

If they all buy yarn from the Japanese,

then how much longer can they keep playing this trick of buying high and selling low?

Even if it's a mountain of gold, it'll be all spent.

The problem is that our factories will have to shut down.

The loss due to a shutdown is going to be huge.

We don't have to shut down,

We'll just stockpile the cotton that we produced.

When their money runs out and can't supply the cotton,

we'll take over the market immediately. We'll turn the tables.

Good thinking.

The only risk is that we don't know how long the Japanese can hold on.

I believe they won't last long. If they burn their money to occupy the market like this,

they'll certainly save all the internal expenses, which means deducting workers' wages.

In Tianjin, this happened before, and the workers went on strike.

Tianjin is a Japanese concession, so the Japanese army had put them down.

But it's different in Shanghai.

In Shanghai, there is nothing they can do.

Wanqing, I never expected

you to be so gifted in business.

Pay day! Pay day! Come get your paycheck!

We all get it! Stop grabbing!

We all get paid!

- It's not right. Why is it ten short? - Yeah, yeah.

Why is it twenty? It should be thirty. Why do you only give us twenty?

Steward Liu, how do we have less money?

We agreed that the salary was thirty yuan in the contract.

How can we just get twenty yuan?

Just take it. What's with all this nonsense?

Every yuan has its own use. You gave us ten yuan less.

This ten yuan, are you taking it away from us?

Stop it. If you think the salary is low, you can quit.

Steward Liu, that is not how things work. The salary is as much as we negotiated.

You can't just pay us as much as you want.

Shut up and get back to work! Don't want to get paid?

You have to give us a good explanation.

What do you want? What the hell do you want?

Tell us. Did you take our ten yuan?

How can you hit us?

Why do you hit us?

How dare you hit us!

Murderer!

[The Japanese Chamber of Commerce] A life for a life!

[A life for a life] Apologize and recompense!

[A life for a life, give us the murderer] Life for a life, apologize and recompense!

Life for life!

Apologize and recompense, life for life!

President, the workers have been on strike for three days.

Even the warehouse was locked by the workers.

This business can't be carried out at all.

Previously, due to the shutdown of Mu's cotton mill,

we took a lot of orders on short notice so we couldn't deliver them at all.

Now, many buyers are calling us to expedite their purchases.

Some buyers want us to compensate for their loss.

The Mu family is retreating

to hurt our business.

President, what should we do now?

Make an appointment with Mu Zhiyuan for me.

What he did was force us to give in.

- In that case, I want to see what his terms are. - Yes.

[Murder at Japanese Invested Cotton Factory. Angry workers Surround the Cotton Exchange]

Timing and Subtitles done by the ♡ Once Upon in Love♡ Team @Viki

- Wanqing. - Father, did you want to see me?

Have a seat, Wanqing.

Sit.

Wanqing, you made a wonderful judgment.

It seems the Japanese hurt themselves.

[Murder at Japanese Invested Cotton Factory. Angry workers Surround the Cotton Exchange]

They collapsed faster than I thought.

This shows how far their exploitation of workers has gone.

Injustice is doomed to failure.

Wanqing, how did you know without even running a business before?

I studied economics in Japan before.

Then I worked as an intern at the futures exchange in Tokyo.

I've seen too many situations like seeking quick success.

No matter what kind of business, if you forget that the essence of business is to make money

and are unwilling to keep your businesses steady,

then failure is only a matter of time.

You finished your studies when you were only twenty years old.

I enrolled in my university when I was sixteen years old.

Wanqing, why didn't you tell me this information?

I used to feel that I was living under your roof, so I didn't have the nerve to speak up.

Come over, Wanqing. Sit here.

Wanqing, you're my daughter.

How could that be considered as living under my roof?

I know,

I owe you and your mother so much over these years,

and I don't want to ignore this fact.

My health is getting worse day by day.

You're my only family member.

I hope you can run the business for this family.

The future of the Mu family depends on you.

Father, you've worried for most of your life.

It's time for me to share your burden as your daughter.

I know you're a good kid.

But if you're going to help me,

shouldn't we tell this to Guangyao first?

You're Guangyao's personal secretary after all.

I think if I'm going to take over the family business,

I'd better resign.

Why?

Now, Commander Tan is in charge in Shanghai.

Father, you know as well as me that Governor Xu has always been defensive of Commander Tan.

He sent Brother Guangyao to the Command to keep an eye on him.

If I take over the family business, I have to inevitably deal with Commander Tan.

I'm afraid of causing trouble.

In that case, it'll be difficult for you on both sides.

So, why don't I resign and stay out of their dispute?

In business, we must be impartial.

That's my good girl.

Even I didn't think of this.

I have your blood running in my veins. Of course, I learned it from you.

So, Father, what do you plan to do next?

Presumably, Yamashita, the President of Japan's Chamber of Commerce

will call my office at the Municipal Council.

I will stay at home to avoid answering his call.

Looks like you have a plan already.

Wanqing, if it's up to you,

what would you do?

♫ Tears turn into heavy rain ♫

♫ We went back to when we first met ♫

♫ I immediately saw your charming face ♫

♫ To the endless sky and ocean ♫

♫ I made a promise ♫

♫ Let’s let the mortals fall down with us ♫

♫ If I forget your profile ♫

♫ How would I put back together ♫

♫ The memories that revived me ♫

♫ Let’s embrace either during the sunrise of sunset ♫

♫ I have exhausted myself in this life ♫

♫ My whole life has become lonely ♫

♫ Even if my vision is blurred and I can’t clearly see ♫

♫ I’ll still sing with you on horseback ♫

♫ Tears turn into heavy rain ♫

♫ We went back to when we first met ♫

♫ I immediately saw your charming face ♫

♫ To the endless sky and ocean ♫

♫ I made a promise ♫

♫ Let’s let the mortals fall down with us ♫

♫ If I forget your profile ♫

♫ How would I put back together ♫

♫ The memories that revived me ♫

♫ Let’s embrace either during the sunrise of sunset ♫

♫ I have exhausted myself in this life ♫

♫ My whole life has become lonely ♫

♫ Even if my vision is blurred and I can’t clearly see ♫

♫ I’ll still sing with you on horseback ♫