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=Yummy Yummy Yummy=

=Episode 3=

But so many years have passed.

Your appearance has changed greatly.

How did this family

recognize you?

For the next few days,

keep a close eye on them.

I'll also find an opportunity

to probe their background.

To let our ancestor's guard down,

and then find a way home

from Yunshui Manor,

our whole family will pretend to be

poor relatives who have climbed up

to the new nobility.

Round 1.

Jicai, Jicai.

Jicai, come with me over there.

There's a restroom.

The privy.

I've never seen such a nice privy

in my whole life.

Are you crazy, Shen Gongcai?

You want me to go see a privy with you now?

It'll surely impress you.

- I won't go. - Come here.

Look. As I told you, it's beautiful.

You must've never seen anything like it.

(Privy) Come on, look.

- Right here. - So clean?

The toilet paper is even scented.

Exactly.

Look at the bottom of the toilet.

It's lined with a layer of fine powder.

The attention to detail here.

It won't splash.

Feel it, feel it.

Join me.

This is better than modern facilities.

I'm sure I can sit here without getting numb

in my legs.

They've never even used a good toilet.

- This courtyard is huge. - Round 2.

How much must this have cost?

As expected of the Vice Prefect.

Yes.

There's even a waterside pavilion.

This is much better than our house

in the countryside.

Yes, yes.

Great.

We've been pretending to be poor

for three rounds now.

My legs are sore.

You just need more exercise.

Shall we put on a show of being a close-knit family?

Just like this.

Enough.

Why push me?

Be quiet. They are watching.

We want them to see.

We just want them to see.

Look at you.

Be gentle; it hurts.

Round 3.

Dad,

Auntie said this tooth powder

has ginger and astragalus in it.

It's for protecting the teeth.

It's true.

Yangyang, the bristles of the toothbrush

seem to be made of horsehair.

Didn't that performer at the inn say

that only instruments use horsehair?

It's all because we were

too poor before.

With this, I can eat as much candy as I want.

I'm going to brush three times.

That's too unambitious.

At least five times.

Thank you.

The Vice Prefect is here.

Get up.

- Vice Prefect. - Vice Prefect.

We've been here for a while.

Isn't the chef here slow?

The main dishes still haven't been served.

They've all been served.

Here's the thing.

Our young master

never likes to fuss over food.

If you're not used to it,

you can

leave on your own.

- No. - Liu Chang.

Be polite.

Yes, yes.

Actually, we're indeed disturbing you.

- It's fine. - Yes.

The guest follows the host's lead.

The guest follows the host's lead?

Uncle, you're really easygoing.

For example,

I haven't greeted you today.

Usually, elders

would've sent someone to ask.

No, no.

Greet?

I'll make up for my lack of manners now.

Greetings, Uncle, Auntie.

I respectfully invite you

to have a meal.

- Don't. - Don't do this.

Vice Prefect, don't.

Don't, don't.

Not again.

Vice Prefect,

you can't do this.

It's not appropriate.

Uncle, Auntie, this is inappropriate.

No, it's okay.

No, Vice Prefect.

We must do this;

otherwise,

we'd be losing years of life.

Yes, yes.

It's not appropriate.

Uncle, Auntie, what are you thinking?

How can you bow

to a junior like me?

Well...

Please understand.

My parents can't bear

a dignified Vice Prefect

bowing to them.

We're all commoners,

living here for free.

How could we possibly accept your bow?

- Yes. - That's right.

If anyone should bow,

it should be us bowing to you.

Yes.

We're at home.

I'm just a junior,

not the Vice Prefect.

There's no need to be so formal with me.

Vice Prefect, that'll be great.

From now on,

let's not worry about these formalities.

Let's eat.

Eat.

Vice Prefect, sit.

Have a seat, Vice Prefect.

Vice Prefect, don't mind us.

We're used to being casual in the countryside.

We're not very proper when we eat.

Yes, yes.

After we were engaged,

it seems there was no contact.

(Probing us again.)

(Grandpa didn't tell me)

(everything about the Cuis.)

(Our ancestor doesn't have much of an accent.)

(He must've come to Yong'an)

(when he was very young.)

Your family later moved to the Capital.

Naturally, your contact with us decreased.

Lady Shen, do you know

what happened to my family

after they moved to the Capital?

We knew we were humble

and not a match for your family.

We thought that in a few years,

the engagement would be called off,

so we didn't want to disturb.

Later,

we heard that your family had trouble,

but we didn't dare to ask for details.

If not for the current difficulties,

we wouldn't have come to trouble you.

So,

after my family moved here,

you lost contact with them,

and you knew nothing about them?

Yes, yes.

Now that I've changed my name,

how did you all

find me?

Have you forgotten?

That day,

when you took office and inspected Juxian Alley,

we happened to be selling pancakes,

and we recognized you.

Yes, yes.

So many years apart didn't change

the fact that we're in-laws.

I took a look and knew you were my future son-in-law.

Yes, yes.

I also recognized you.

I was too excited.

I lost my composure.

I have to go to court.

Take your time.

Vice Prefect, goodbye.

Goodbye, Vice Prefect.

Dad, why haven't you stood up?

My legs are numb.

I can't move.

(Clear and Bright)

(Ancestor's Room)

(Mom, Dad, Yangyang)

Everyone, well done.

You got up early,

pretending to be inexperienced,

wandering around,

but actually surveying

the terrain of Yunshui Manor.

The covert operation was

very successful.

I really think that privy is nice.

We need to maintain a style of bold analysis

and careful verification,

trying to find a way back to the modern era

(Water Pavilion) in Yunshui Manor.

Well said.

Next,

I'll also give a constructive speech.

To get to the bottom

of the truth,

we need first to review

what happened on the day we came here.

According to Jicai,

she was chasing a guy

and walked into this corridor.

After going through the corridor,

(Back Door) she came to the back door,

opened the back door,

and came to this era.

If we go back the same way,

could we

go back?

- That makes sense. - That makes sense.

Help!

(Langhuan Chamber, Back Door)

(Back Door)

The place we were together

before we came to this era was

the ancestral hall.

So, should we go back there?

We've been there.

The ancestral hall

(Langhuan Chamber) is now this small study.

Your dad and I

have been around this area this morning.

This place

is well guarded.

It's not easy

to get in.

So, what do we do now?

Why is no one speaking?

Shen Jianshe, what's your name for?

It's to give a constructive speech.

I think

since the ancestral hall

is guarded,

if we all go there,

it's easy to be discovered.

If we could

send just one person,

the target would be smaller,

and we could likely break through the blockade.

What do you mean?

Me?

No, no, no.

I can't, I can't.

I can't.

I won't go.

For fairness, how about we vote?

Let's vote.

- Okay. - Okay.

Mom, they're playing tricks.

They're bribing and cheating.

Raise your hands to vote for Shen Shaoguang.

Yangyang.

Look, three votes are for you.

It's me again?

Mom...

Jicai,

it has to be you.

In our family, you're the smartest

and the most quick-witted.

Look at your dad and your brother.

Who can you rely on?

- I... - Right?

Jicai.

Fine.

Leave.

- Yes. - Yes.

Oh, no, Young Master,

I just thought of something.

The Shens

recognized you by your appearance.

Doesn't that mean someone else

at the court might notice too?

After so long in the Capital,

you finally thought of that.

Don't worry about that.

Since I'm back,

I never intended to hide my identity forever.

I found in the documents

that this secret code is the numbers used by Huoxun Kingdom,

which correspond

to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.

These are numbers?

These are notches.

If we match the correct numbers

to the notches, the lock will open.

Nine numbers.

Eight holes.

Altogether,

tens of millions of possibilities.

Tens of millions of possibilities?

That means it's impossible to figure it out, right?

Young Master, this is too...

Quiet.

Young Master,

how about I do it?

Even if I don't eat or drink in this life,

don't get married or have children,

I will try all these possibilities

to repay you.

Quiet.

I remember now.

Your father once taught you

how to open a lock by sound.

I can have a daughter then.

I think what I need to learn is how to make a silencing potion.

One, two, three.

Four.

Five.

Two, two.

Three, four.

Five.

There's no one here.

So lucky.

Even the guards have left their posts?

Someone's coming.

The portrait of the ancestors

used to be in here.

(No wonder dramas are always shot this way.)

(So, ancient mechanisms are really like this.)

(No Visitors Allowed)

(Private Area, Do Not Enter)

(This lock is...)

(It's here.)

(Could it be that the time-space tunnel)

(that can send us back is inside?)

Eight, eight, eight.

Eight.

Eight, eight, eight.

Eight, eight.

Eight.

She opened the lock

so easily?

(Why haven't I gone back?)

(But this is exactly the lock.)

(It came with us.)

(I should be right.)

(This house)

(is the time-space tunnel connecting)

(the past and the future.)

(We can definitely go home through here.)

Vice Prefect.

What are you doing?

I...

I accidentally got lost,

accidentally walked into the study,

accidentally came to this room,

accidentally opened the lock,

and came in.

Accidentally?

This lock has numbers from Huoxun Kingdom.

Ordinary people don't recognize them at all.

Yet you opened it.

How could you have done it accidentally?

I don't know the Huoxun Kingdom

you're talking about,

but I do recognize these numbers.

We used to be in business,

running a diner.

We don't know much,

but we're familiar with numbers. Look.

Eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight, eight.

It implies great wealth.

It means prosperity and making money.

That's too easy to guess

for people in business.

(Tai Xuan Jing)

Young Master,

she just got away...?

She won't.

Without the cooperation of many parties,

it would've been impossible

to frame my father without any flaws.

My family was exterminated.

How could the Shens, related to us by engagement,

have been spared?

Could it be

that they were just impostors all along?

And you were engaged

to someone else?

Or perhaps

she's indeed my fiancée,

but they sought protection

and pledged allegiance to someone.

They're likely spies.

That would explain

why this woman knows

Huoxun Kingdom's numbers.

I don't even know them.

They might have been trained in the Western Regions.

What should we do next?

Should we bring them back

and torture them for info?

The lock on the Langhuan Chamber door

is confirmed to be the same lock as the one from the back door

of Yunshui Manor when we came to this era.

Good.

That's settled then.

Since modern items have appeared,

Yunshui Manor must definitely be

a time-space tunnel.

Absolutely.

But now, Vice Prefect Lin

is already suspicious of us.

I think this is a bit troublesome.

But he's an official.

He probably can't

lay a hand on us directly.

We still have some time.

That makes sense.

Before our ancestor reacts,

let's make a quick getaway.

I think we should do this:

Let's recall the details

of that day again.

What else happened

when we went to Yunshui Manor?

For example, what we touched

and what we said.

We can't overlook any detail.

Maybe

if we recreate

the situation of that day,

it might work.

Grandma,

when I time-traveled,

I didn't do my homework.

Does that mean if I never do my homework,

I can time-travel back?

You...

You just don't want to do your homework,

right?

Liu Chang.

In the spring of Tianxing Year 22,

I met Fifth Master Xiao.

He always carried writing paper with him,

and I followed his example and wrote this note.

This is Father's note.

Right, Gongcai.

When you time-traveled that day,

I remember you were wearing thong sandals,

and you hadn't cut your toenails.

But when you tried to time-travel that day,

you weren't wearing thong sandals,

and you still hadn't cut your toenails.

Come on, Dad.

Does that have anything to do with it?

Thong sandals, toenails?

Do they have that much energy

to affect time-travel?

I'll think about it again.

I'll look for reasons

from myself.

What are you doing?

I remember.

Weren't we in the ancestral hall at that time?

Didn't we all worship

the portrait of our ancestors,

hoping for their blessings?

Yes, yes.

Maybe this time,

if we worship

the real person,

we can go back.

Wait.

I think he has a point.

If we can

worship the real person

and make this event

more grand and solemn,

we will definitely be able

to time-travel back.

That makes sense.

In Tianxing Year 23,

Che

grew a bit taller.

Tianxing Year 26...

It was the year Father was framed.

(How could he become the Vice Minister of War?)

He discovered on March 26

that someone was selling official positions,

and their hands had even reached the Ministry of War.

Father found out that someone

was manipulating the appointments,

which is why he sent Mother and me

back to our hometown in Qingyang in May.

He sensed

that something would happen to him,

thinking that he could protect the family this way.

But the mastermind behind it all

pinned everything on him.

Father

died in prison,

my family was exterminated,

and our property was confiscated.

This note is useless,

even if it's presented in court.

To overturn the case,

we must find more evidence.

(It seems we haven't gone back.)

(What's going on?)

(Did we go back?)

(I don't know.)

Jicai.

- Do you think...? - What are you doing?

Don't be afraid.

Don't be afraid, Yangyang.

Lady Shen, please.

Vice Prefect.

What happened last night was a misunderstanding.

I can explain.

Last night,

your whole family sneaked into my room,

intending to harm me.

No, absolutely not.

You've misunderstood.

Misunderstood?

We sneaked into your room

to pray for your blessings.

Pray?

Our grandfather once told us a method:

If we wash our hands, burn incense,

offer holy items,

scatter flower petals,

and bow three times to the person

we deeply admire,

we can pray for their blessings.

We've been living at your house for free,

and we feel really bad about it,

so we held this ceremony

to pray

for your good fortune and long life.

Actually,

Lady Shen,

you are not the lady

who was engaged to me,

are you?

That secret code lock

can't be solved

just by guessing.

How could you know

what the code is?

Why don't you be more honest?

What are you really after?

Tell me.

Maybe I can help you.

Do you have to bully me like this?

I...

In the old days in Qingyang,

you used to be so upright

and righteous.

We think you'd never turn a blind eye to friends in trouble.

I know it's not easy for you,

and we can't help you,

but we still hope for a bit of kindness.

Yet you want to deny my identity

and completely shirk responsibility.

We just don't deserve it.

We will leave on our own.

I...

I...

I didn't mean that.

You...

Please don't cry.

(It seems shedding tears on the spot)

(is also useful in ancient times.)

If you want me to leave,

I will definitely leave with my family.

Just say the word.

I didn't mean it that way.

It's just

that I don't quite remember how it was

with your family when I was a child,

so I need to confirm with you.

I understand.

You've been through a lot.

It's hard to trust others.

It's okay.

If you have any questions,

just ask us.

Time will tell.

You'll eventually know

what kind of people we are.

I...

What are you going to say?

You have a question so soon?

I was wondering

if you'd like

to have some tea.

(Shaoguang's Food Notes)

(Goose Cake, goose meat as dessert)

(Guixiang Tavern; Sorry, goose. (Amazing!))

♪Wear a sunset glow upon the brow♪

♪Breeze sways, wind chimes hang below the cloud♪

♪Hear one chime ring, tugging at the heart♪

♪True feelings perhaps can only be sensed♪

♪Misty is you, clear is you♪

♪Seeking stars in fog, seeing your shadow under the moon♪

♪Words held back, feelings unrestrained♪

♪Could the road ahead, let us gaze but not doubt♪

♪Mistook all eyes see as cold ice♪

♪Yet let dusk dye the ears and temples red♪

♪Even holding breath couldn't help but stop♪

♪Exposing my warmed heart held tight♪

♪Bustling is you, desolate is you♪

♪Reservedly drawing you into this life♪

♪Hesitating, undecided, the heart hard to deceive♪

♪Worldly rules and taboos, how could they make me give up♪

♪When rushing to you, leaving my deep thoughts in disarray♪

♪I still foolishly see it as a good time♪

♪Heart stirs, wind swirls the lightest ripples♪

♪A thousand tangled thoughts concealed♪

♪Saved a whole lifetime, hastening to you, urgent over miles♪

♪To make the wandering heart return home henceforth♪

♪To draw near what seems beyond reach♪

♪Through life and death changes, only we never cease, never yield♪

♪Perhaps affection barely passes muster♪

♪But love forever♪

♪Will make up for our mutual care, mutual bond♪

♪Saved a whole lifetime, hastening to you, urgent over miles♪

♪To make the wandering heart return home from now♪

♪To dare approach what seems beyond reach♪

♪Through life and death changes♪

♪Only you, never cease, never yield♪