Original subtitles

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Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com

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♫ Have you ever heard of ♫

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♫ the snow mountain’s cliff ♫

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♫ Once left people with lingering enchantments ♫

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♫ Legend has it ♫

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♫ that there are treasures on it ♫

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♫ But there is also a hidden abyss ♫

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♫ The smart, foolish ♫

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♫ and kind people ♫

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♫ are all people you’re familiar with ♫

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♫ On the mountain slope, on the cliff ♫

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♫ on the cloudy peak ♫

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♫ on this secular world ♫

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♫ Let the snowflakes swirl and flutter ♫

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[Joy of Life]

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[Episode 12]

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You really don't need to check.

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I already said she's asleep.

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Do you want to eat this?

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Miss Ye, rest early.

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I'm not sleepy yet. I will sleep after eating this.

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Where is he?

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This...

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I was helpless at that moment. It was an emergency.

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I understand.

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That's how it's written in the books.

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It's better that I wait outside.

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Ling'er!

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Ling'er has left. Aren't you getting up?

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I'm tired. I will lie down for a while.

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How can you do this?

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Why can't I?

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How do you expect me to face others?

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We have an existing marriage agreement.

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We are not married yet.

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Get up.

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Get up.

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If you don't get up, I'm leaving.

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I'm up.

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Why aren't you leaving?

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I will leave after you fall asleep.

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Leave now. It's bad if you are seen by others.

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My luck is really good.

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What luck?

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I like a young lady.

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In the end, I discovered that young lady is my future wife.

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If God didn't watch over me,

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how could I be so lucky?

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I heard Miss Si Lili of the Zuixian Hotel has deep feelings for you.

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She and I are impeachable. We are not involved with each other.

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- Really?

- Yes.

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I created a lot of troubles in the past just to break the promise of this marriage.

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Why did you do that?

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Because I had already fallen for a girl who was secretly eating a drumstick.

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Even if you broke the promise of the marriage, Uncle of Sinan wouldn't have agreed to let you marry that girl.

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My father can't control me.

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There's still the emperor.

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I will take this girl and elope then.

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If His Majesty sends his soldiers to capture me,

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I will take her and escape Qing state to the most faraway place in the world.

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I will steal lots of chickens along the way and grill drumsticks for her.

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Would His Majesty personally capture someone like you who absconded from the marriage?

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It's hard to tell.

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You really planned to do that?

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It's true.

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Hence, I have been looking for you.

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But I have tuberculosis.

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I'm not someone who can travel afar with you.

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I will wait until you have recovered.

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I will take you out to see the world.

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My illness keeps repeating every year.

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The physicians are unable to cure me.

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That's because their foundation is wrong.

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I want you to eat more meat during the day. I wasn't talking nonsense.

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If you focus on nursing yourself, the tuberculosis can be treated.

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Trust me. I will definitely cure you.

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I trust you.

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Thank you, Physician Fan.

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What did you call me?

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Physician Fan.

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You shouldn't call me this.

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What should I call you then?

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I can only call you this before we are married.

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I only want you to call me Brother Fan. Must we really wait till we are married?

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I will visit you often, okay?

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You can't.

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Do you know that sometimes because of the word "can't,"

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you will make a mistake in life.

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What do you mean?

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Let me tell you a story.

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Okay. I love listening to stories.

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What a coincidence. I'm great at telling stories.

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Tell me then.

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This story happened

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a long, long time ago.

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In the past, there was a young boy

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who would go to school every day.

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There was a young girl in the same village

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who would go

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to school with him every day.

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Women can't enter the school hall.

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This was in the past. The rules were not that strict then.

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Okay, continue talking.

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Day after day, it was the same.

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The young boy couldn't take it anymore. He stopped to ask the young girl.

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He said,

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"Why do you follow me?"

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"Because I like to look at you. That's why I followed you."

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"I won't disturb you. Can't I do this?"

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What did that young boy say?

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He said,

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"You can't." After saying that, he turned around and left.

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The young girl was left standing there.

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Guess what happened after that?

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My guess is that young girl must have moved out of that village.

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Why would she move out?

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This is how life is. She's forced to leave.

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I applaud her for being brave and find her pitiful, too.

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Why do you say this?

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Usually when a man and a woman show interest,

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first, someone must be a match maker. There must be three books and six rites. (A kind of etiquette in traditional marriage)

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Exchange signatures and formalize the engagement.

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If a woman does this, she has deep affection.

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After all, intolerance in secular etiquette is disallowed.

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This story happened in the past.

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In the past, the etiquette was not that strict.

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If a man and woman are interested in each other, they can confess to each other face-to-face.

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When is that era? Which village's custom is that?

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It's so open-minded to women. Why don't I know about this?

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This is a story.

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A story can't be that serious.

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Okay then.

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Subsequently, that young boy became a drifter

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but in his heart, he remembered that young girl.

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When he was seventy years old and returned home,

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he wanted to see that young girl again.

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That young girl at that time,

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was over sixty years old. She entrusted someone to relay a message.

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She said, "I know you want to see me

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but you can't."

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That young boy entrusted someone to tell her

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to be on the path on the way to school as it was in the past.

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He will hold a stalk of pink cherry blossoms.

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Make a guess whether she waited for him.

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I don't know.

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On the second morning,

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the old man held a hundred stalks of cherry blossoms and waited by the path.

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Every old woman that he met, he would give her a stalk.

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Because he knew that, among those old women,

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there will finally be that one who was on the same street with him.

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Sometimes, just this word "can't" won't do.

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Once you have missed it, it's for life.

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Hence, this word,

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one must never say it too lightly.

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Are you touched?

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Did that man marry?

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He got married, too. It's just that he couldn't forget that young girl.

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Since he couldn't forget her, why did he marry another woman?

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- Why didn't he look for that young girl?

- About this...

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Since he's already married and lived for a long time,

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at this age, he went back to look for that young girl again,

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what's the reason?

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- It's just...

- Forget it if he didn't want to have any regrets in life.

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But did he even think about the circumstances of that young girl?

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What if she's already married, too?

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What will her family think of this?

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This... story... when it happened,

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there weren't that many rules and etiquette.

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Her family also didn't... have that many...

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Did you join the school hall when you were in Danzhou, too?

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This story has nothing to do with me. I didn't attend the school hall when I was in Danzhou.

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I don't know any young girls, either.

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Why did you tell me this story then?

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I wanted to judge this man with you.

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This... story really has nothing to do with me.

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Why... don't you give me another chance? I will think of another story.

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I know lots of stories.

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The prince and princess. Let me tell you about the monk and the monkey.

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Beauty and the Beast.

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I remember you wrote the Dream of the Red Mansion.

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Frankly, it was written by a Mr. Cao.

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I merely paraphrased it.

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You didn't complete Dream of the Red Mansion. Just relate the story to me.

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Are you implying that

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you want me to visit you every day?

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I'm sleepy. I'm going to sleep.

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Fortunately, it's you.

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I said, fortunately, my marriage agreement is with you.

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Not only the Dream of the Red Mansion. In the future, I still have many nice stories to tell you.

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Listen to the physician now.

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Go to sleep.

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Fortunately, it's also you, too.

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How long will they keep chatting?

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[Hand in hand, we shall grow old together]

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Be careful you don't catch a cold.

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My heart feels warm.

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You caught a cold?

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You are still saying this? You didn't even tell me when he left.

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I fell asleep.

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Wan Qiu.

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- Miss.

- Ling'er caught a cold. Go and get the medicine.

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Yes.

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It's a small problem for me. After having breakfast with you, I'm going to the Fan manor.

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What will you do there?

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Challenge Fan Xian to a fight. Since you already have someone in your heart,

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naturally, I'm going to beat him up to break the promise of marriage.

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He is Fan Xian.

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- Who?

- Him.

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Him?

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It's him.

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Why did he pretend to be a physician?

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There's a twist in this.

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He didn't know it was me.

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He didn't know it was... you?

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It's indeed a twist.

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Wait a minute. Wasn't Fan Xian entangled with Si Lili?

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He said that wasn't the truth.

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You even believe this?

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Where are you going?

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I'm going to see Si Lili and find out the truth,

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and find out Fan Xian's relationship with her.

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"Hand in hand,

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we shall grow old together."

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Why are you back again...

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Princess, Her Highness wants to see you.

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Her Highness?

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Miss Ling'er.

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Our mistress just instructed us to brew this for your cold. Drink this before you leave.

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Take these packs of herbs, too. When you go home, drink this for two days

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and you will recover from your cold.

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[Herbs for cold]

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Okay, I'm leaving.

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Dear Mother.

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Quick, sit down and chat.

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Yes.

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Let me do it.

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I heard your illness has improved after seeing that physician.

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The treatment method of that physician is rather unique.

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In any case, I can only try before I know.

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It's good that there's a new method.

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I called you here to tell you about another happy event.

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Happy event?

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Your marriage agreement with Fan Xian

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will probably be canceled soon.

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Isn't it the emperor's decree?

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After all, the decree is not clear. There's still leeway to go back to the clan.

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Also, I wonder how the second prince

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heard about this, too. He's now planning to withdraw your marriage.

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Including your wish, it can almost be done.

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Actually...

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Actually, it doesn't need to be that urgent.

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Previously,

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did you say you wanted to withdraw from this marriage?

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There was a misunderstanding at that time.

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Misunderstanding?

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If it was a misunderstanding, how was it resolved?

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Is there any misunderstanding between us?

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I don't think there's any misunderstanding.

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Do you believe me now?

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I like a young lady.

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In the end, I discovered this young lady was my future wife.

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If God didn't watch over me, how could I be so lucky?

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You met Fan Xian?

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How did he meet you?

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Mother, you are thinking too much into this.

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Do you have feelings for him?

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Who do you say so?

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It's best that you don't.

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Will this marriage still be withdrawn?

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Let's... Let's do this first.

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Since you are saying this,

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I believe he's in your heart.

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As a mother, I shouldn't be an evil person.

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Why would he be in my heart?

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You shouldn't be tired, either.

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Let's talk about the withdrawal of the marriage later.

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Tell someone to escort the princess back.

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Yes.

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He's already in her heart.

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That fast?

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Eat this.

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I'm not eating.

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Don't show me that face every day. Give me a smile.

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I don't sell smiles.

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I won't pay you even if you smile.

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Brother Fan!

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Old Li!

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- Old--?

- Have you eaten?

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- Old Li?

- It doesn't sound intimate this way.

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- Looking for me?

- Second Prince wanted me to make an appointment with you.

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- When?

- How about tomorrow?

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- Where?

- "Where?"

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Naturally, it's at Miss Si Lili's Zuixian Hotel.

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She's dead?

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You threaten me with my life,

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what's the use of me wanting it or not?

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That monster is hard to tame.

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Only this token which can order him to act.

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Here you are.

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Why is it her?

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What are you doing?

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- The fire's going out soon. Fan it harder.

- Put it down! What the heck do you know?

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I specially concocted this potion for Wan'er.

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I brewed it for eight hours.

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It stops the coughing. You almost ruined it.

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You are going to see her again?

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There's a marriage agreement. It's not a problem.

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After all, you are not married yet. This is inappropriate.

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You don't understand this.

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I'm not going there as a man.

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I'm going there as a physician instead.

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Wan'er has had tuberculosis for many years. One must be cautious with her medicines.

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Frequent observation is also to treat and cure the patient.

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This is having an open mind and heart, and being magnanimous.

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Magnanimous?

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Magnanimous and you are dressed in clothes for night movements?

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Magnanimous and you choose to go during the night?

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I think you are getting more talkative.

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I'm influenced by close association.

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You wanted to say more, right?

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There are some matters that I still find strange.

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It's naturally strange climbing the wall late at night.

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I'm referring to what you just said.

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Nurture determines a person's character.

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- Is anything not right?

- Where's the hint?

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It's handed down from ancient times. I'm not sure of the source.

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This phrase came from Prince Consort Fu Xuan of the Western Jin Dynasty.

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Western Jin Dynasty? Which dynasty is that?

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There are some I remember. It came out in phrases

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that were handed down in this world.

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At that time, I really didn't know if it was a problem with my memory,

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or if this world was fake.

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Why am I telling you this?

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- What are you doing?

- Sprinkling the scented sachet.

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The scented sachet is for hanging on the waist.

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This is my new method.

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- The ingredients in the scented sachet can be used for cooking.

- I know.

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It's a scented sachet with roots of Angelica dahurica, Ligusticum striatum, and Kaempferia galanga.

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You can't fail me in this.

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So, what you are smelling now, it's just like a Five Spices Duck.

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You know crap!

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This is not an ordinary perfume sachet.

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I created this especially for Wan'er.

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I gathered and extracted 60 different kinds of flowers and leaves.

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The top note is fresh, the middle note is mellow, and the base note is extensive.

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Wan'er will definitely like this.

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Country bumpkin.

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Distribute this money to everyone.

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Keep your mouths shut. Leave Jingdu tonight.

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Why?

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I will get into major trouble.

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If you don't leave, I fear you will be trapped in this.

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What about you?

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Second Prince is inviting Fan Xian to this feast tomorrow.

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I will stay for another day.

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I already found an excuse to let you leave via the front courtyard.

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There's no one in the corridor, either.

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You don't need to climb over the wall and window.

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I'm used to it.

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Is your cough better?

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It's much better.

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Did you eat Five Spices Duck?

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My guard ate that.

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I'm here to tell you another story.

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It's not necessary tell stories at night.

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Your home is so tightly controlled during the day, I can't enter.

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You can write a letter and get someone to deliver it here.

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I kept the window open for you today and told someone to leave it open.

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It's because I have something to tell you.

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Speak.

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After knowing you are Fan Xian,

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other than being surprised, I was very happy, too.

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I shouldn't be telling you this

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but I want you to know,

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whatever I said, it's what I wanted to say.

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Same for me, too. When I met you, I fell in love with you.

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But when you like someone, first, you should be respectful.

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You climb through the window every night. Isn't this taking liberty with a woman?

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We still have many days ahead in our future.

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If there are any stories to be told, can't you wait till we are married?!

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Actually, I specially came here

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not only just to tell you stories.

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Here's the medicine.

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You are back.

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- It's torn again.

- It's because he climbed trees again.

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I will heat up the food for you.

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I went to visit my good friend who lives in a chest again.

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He even gave food to me.

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Who would live in a chest in this world?

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There's really one. I personally saw him.

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You made this wooden horse for him.

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Once he was back, he played with it and refused to come down from it.

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It's fine as long as he likes it.

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Giddy up!

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What time is it now? Come down now.

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Wash your feet and go to sleep.

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If you still don't come down, I will throw away your wooden horse.

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You can't do that. Mother, my father made this for me.

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Zijing.

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Call me that again.

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Call him that again.

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Call him that again.

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It's okay. The future is still ahead.

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I can wait.

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I personally concocted this formula for coughs.

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You know I studied poison from my teacher.

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I'm more courageous in using herbs. There are several herbs in here which are rarely seen.

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If I don't secretly deliver it here,

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I fear I won't be able to see you.

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Why are you drinking it first?

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I'm testing the medicine for you to prove that there's no problem with it.

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No need to test it. I trust you.

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It's not bitter, right. I specially added rock sugar and osmanthus.

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This is the sweetest medicine I have ever drunk in my life.

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As long as you like it.

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Did you spend a long time on this medicine?

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The ingredients are easy to find.

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It's just that I needed to keep a watch over it while it was being brewed. I couldn't leave it unattended for several hours.

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Why didn't you let a maid keep watch over it?

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It's for you. I don't feel at ease if it's done by others.

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Thank you, Physician Fan.

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What's wrong?

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I feel a bit sleepy.

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Sleepy? You suddenly feel sleepy?

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It's okay. It's possible that a certain herb is not suited for your physique.

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It's like being drunk. It will be fine after sleeping.

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When I go back, I will change this medicine.

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Wan'er?

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Wan'er.

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Wan'er.

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I'm feeling very hot!

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It's so hot!

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Wan'er.

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- I want to be in the wind!

- You will catch a cold.

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Eventually, the emperor gave up his position.

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He didn't return to his hometown again

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because he only wanted to be with his most beloved person

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and travel all over the world.

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Wan'er, are you listening?

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Travel all over the world.

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I have another secret to tell you.

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Actually, I'm from another world.

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I was supposed to die.

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But when I woke up,

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I don't know why I appeared here.

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This world...

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and the world that I remember, there are many differences,

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but there are many areas that are closely related, too.

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Since I came back to life, I have never told anyone about this.

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It's useless to talk about this, too.

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Who would believe it?

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Don't look at how cheerful I am every day.

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But in my heart, I feel lonely.

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[Fan Manor]

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I keep wondering if it's necessary for me to be in this world.

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I'm alone in this world.

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I don't have anything to say to anyone, either.

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Whatever people say, I can't understand, either.

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There's no one who can understand me at all.

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Till I met you.

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After I met you, it made me feel that

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my existence in this world

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is still meaningful.

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I stopped thinking about what this world is,

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and who exactly I am.

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Who are you?

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Older Brother!

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Should I go with you?

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My appointment is at the brothel boat. It's not convenient.

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Second Prince probably wants to rope you in.

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I know.

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What is your plan?

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The struggles for power between the emperors and princes,

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once you are careless, it will create turmoil for the family. Keep your distance from this.

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Ruoruo, if I decide to go back to Danzhou...

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I will go with you.

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Let me think about it.

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Okay, I will be back soon.

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Older Brother, be careful along the way.

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After the court trial, Crown Prince has been patient and hasn't taken any actions.

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It's making me worried.

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This is Jingdu!

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Will he hack me on the streets?

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Go back.

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To Zuixian Hotel!

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[Cheng Jushu: a Level 8 Master from Northern Qi]

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I rarely see you smile.

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You are in a good mood today.

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Last night, my son called me "Father."

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They are very important to you.

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In this world,

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if there's no one whom you are willing to die for,

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life will be uninteresting.

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I understand.

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With someone like this, it can be considered that you have roots in this world.

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I just heard you are thinking of going back to Danzhou.

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After I marry Wan'er,

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do you want to move back there with me? We can be neighbors.

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Not staying in Jingdu anymore?

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Before I came here,

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I wanted to find that person who was trying to kill me.

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I also wanted to find out about my mother's past

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and find out what secrets there are in this world, too.

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What about now?

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I've realized I'm still a lazy bum.

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I merely want to live well.

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As long as there are no discounted money and land, it's the same wherever I go.

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You can keep your job as a guard then.

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It's hard to obey orders.

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I only live for my family.

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As for you, when you encounter danger, just shoulder it alone.

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As for me, I will turn around and escape.

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Consider yourself honest.

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Fan Xian should be here soon.

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Don't be anxious. I'm early.

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Translation and Timing by the Joy of Life Team @ Viki.com

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♫ Life goes round and round ♫

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♫ In the long river of time ♫

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♫ Layers of memories, of many lives over ♫

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♫ Get stacked up ♫

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♫ In an intoxicating river of stars ♫

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♫ Before you know it, spring is over and it's almost fall again ♫

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♫ The swallows are gone to their wintering grounds ♫

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♫ Who can give up the chance ♫

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♫ To spend this life with you? ♫

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♫ You have been walking around in your dream for so long ♫

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♫ The flowers fall from the boughs quietly ♫

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♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫

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♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫

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♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫

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♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫

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♫ No complaints ♫

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♫ It's a cold world and I still think of you as I did before ♫

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♫ The moon is sleepless ♫

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♫ Leave a warm heart ♫

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♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫

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♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains ♫

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♫ Through the fire of war ♫

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♫ You are always there for me ♫

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♫ The flowers leave the boughs, quietly ♫

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♫ Year in and year out, we are on the road ♫

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♫ Counting the remaining days of the year ♫

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♫ Even if we will never meet again ♫

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♫ Even if the bond is broken ♫

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♫ No complaints ♫

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♫ It's a cold world and I think of you as I did before ♫

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♫ The moon is sleepless ♫

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♫ Leave a warm heart ♫

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♫ To look after the rest of the year ♫

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♫ Even if I have to cross a thousand mountains and through the fire of war ♫

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♫ You are always there for me ♫