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Once upon a time, there was a planet far away in outer space.

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The environment there was almost the same as Earth's.

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So, of course, there were aliens living on it.

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After a long process of evolution, those aliens

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established their own civilization.

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One day, their scientists predicted that their galaxy was going to collapse.

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To escape, they immigrated to other planets in the universe by spaceship.

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And one group of them came to Earth.

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They called themselves the Fox Clan.

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Ancient men on Earth were shocked when they saw them.

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An ancient book reads that a huge ship-like object flew above the western sea.

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The people in it wore crowns, had white feathers all over their bodies, and flew high in the sky with no wings.

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That is the first impression the Fox Clan made on humans.

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To adapt to the environment on Earth, the Fox Clan never stopped evolving.

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Finally, they began to look like humans and gradually fit in with them.

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Since ancient times, the conflicts between humans and the Fox Clan never ended.

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There was a government proofreading official named Dai Fu,

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who was especially interested in the love between foxes and humans.

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He believed love could overcome everything.

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After Dai Fu died, his son collected all of the stories he had written.

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He called it "Guang Yi Ji" and had it published.

(The Great Book of Marvels)

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It was quite popular among its readers.

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After storytellers added more details, the stories spread even further.

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But humans began to fear foxes, instead of just being curious.

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Foxes noticed that humans were getting less and less friendly.

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They had to hide their identity in this world.

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[The Love Knot: His Excellency's First Love]

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[Episode 25]

[This story is purely fictional]

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If everyone thinks it is like Lord says it is

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then I'm willing.

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It's just that...

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Please say it.

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If Ah Xi finds out the truth then he will definitely feel upset.

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I don't want him to feel sad.

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I'm willing to do everything.

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Lord... please don't let him come to find me.

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I know.

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Thank you, Lord.

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I still remember what you said. That when you look at the moon for a long time you'll see your inner heart.

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That's right.

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I've really seen it.

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By the way, my father said that this month

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we can get married.

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Finally, I waited for this day.

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Once, didn't you tell me you didn't want to get married?

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What I said when I was a child doesn't count.

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In our clan, when our people get married,

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the sun will come out at that time,

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and the rain will fall at the same time. I heard there will even be a rainbow.

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My father says at that time I will be able to see.

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I will see how you look.

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I said long ago

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that I'm extremely ugly.

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Stop lying to me.

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On the day of our marriage, there will be a lot of colorful boats here.

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All of our relatives and friends will come and give us their blessings.

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I believe that the woman I love

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is definitely the most beautiful in this world.

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She will wear a vibrant wedding dress and be more beautiful than the rainbow.

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At that time, we will both travel the world

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and spend a lifetime together.

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Promise me that we'll never separate.

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All right.

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I promise you.

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Both of us will see the most beautiful things in this world

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and never separate.

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What's the situation with Lord Helan?

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It was Zhao Song.

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Yesterday, we should have gone to the police station first and rescued him.

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It's all my fault.

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The next Chief High Priest won't really be Zhao Song, right?

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There's still one more necessary step.

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The key.

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If Zhao Song gets the key then Lord Helan won't be able to uphold his innocence.

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Where is the key right now?

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I also don't know. Lord Helan, didn't tell us.

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Shouldn't we look for the key right now and place it in a safe place?

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If that's the case, then we're basically going up against Zhao Song.

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That's a very big risk.

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Then, what should we do now?

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Did you guys find the sacred wood?

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Sacred wood? Let's go get the sacred wood right now and kill Zhao Song.

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Before that, let's do something that's just as important.

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What time is it right now? Important? Then tell me what's so important.

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Xiuxian... it's time.

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We need to give all our powers to Lord Helan.

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If you do that, won't you both lose your powers and revert back to your original form?

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Yes.

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With our abilities, even though we can't recover all of Lord Helan's memories and power,

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we'll have no problem saving him.

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That means, even if he lives, he'll just be an ordinary person.

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He won't have powers and won't have memories of us either.

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His powers and memories will recover

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but it requires time. A very long time.

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Are you certain that you two want to do this?

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Helan... became a fox.

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He's so cute.

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This tiny.

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He's white and soft.

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He's really soft...

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I already heard what you all said.

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What can I do?

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Mrs. Guan, Helan already has none of his powers.

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His body released the life energy that once belonged to you.

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In the future, you will live a complete life.

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What we were talking about just now were issues of concern to the Fox Clan.

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For your safety, we hope you won't get involved in this.

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This is also my matter.

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He's my husband.

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I have a plan.

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Hey.

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How did it go? Is Pipi out?

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I called her and she didn't answer.

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Don't worry, she's all right.

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She's resting at home right now.

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That's great.

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But Lord Helan is in trouble.

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Mr. Helan? What happened to him?

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Zhao Song attacked him and he reverted back to his original state. We need to go right now or we'll be too late to save him.

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Attacked and reverted back? How are you suppose to save him?

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Can a hospital save him?

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We plan to take him somewhere else and heal him there.

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Come with us!

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Let's go. Go change your clothes.

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You...

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What? You don't want her to be with us?

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Let's go. We'll wait for you here.

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I had calculated everything except for Qingmu.

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Helan Jingting had rejected this key for centuries.

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Who knew this time, he would agree... to be the successor.

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Do you have to concern yourself with that key right now?

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There are a lot of elders that support me inheriting the throne. Isn't that enough?

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The purpose of the key is to convince all our people. Without it,

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even if you take the throne by force, people will question your right to it.

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But right now to find the key will be like searching for a needle in the ocean.

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We also don't know just where he would hide the key.

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In my speculation, the key should still be in Helan Jingting's house.

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How certain are you?

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Hello.

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May I ask, is this Zhao Song?

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May I ask, you are...

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I'm Helan Jingting's wife. My name is Guan Pipi.

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Mrs. Guan? I've long heard about you.

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Helan has already reverted to his original state. I guess this means he doesn't have much time.

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I can give you the key that you want,

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but you have to agree to the requests I have.

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You have to guarantee

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safety for my family, friends, and myself.

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You also have to guarantee that people from your Fox Clan won't come and disturb me in the future.

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These are simple requests.

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Yes, it is really simple.

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How will I know I can trust you?

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Don't worry. As the next Chief High Priest,

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your family, friends, and you will be safe.

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I have one more request.

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I heard...

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Helan's mother left an item behind for him.

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I want that item as a keepsake.

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No problem.

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Then I'll see you at 8:00 p.m. tonight at No. 56 Xianting Street.

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See you tonight then.

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I was going to go there anyway. It will be nice to have a tour guide.

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I'll ask you two a question.

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If Helan saving Tao Jialin

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made him lose all his powers;

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then, what if you two save Helan? Will you guys die?

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If it wasn't for Lord Helan, Xiuxian and I wouldn't be alive today.

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From the day we followed Lord Helan, both of us swore

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that in the future, if Lord Helan had an accident,

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we would save him at any cost,

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including losing our own lives.

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He became like this because he lost all his powers. If we want to save him then

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we have to also use up all our powers.

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After that, we'll be in the state that he is in right now.

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If we want to revert back to human form,

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then it might take a few centuries more.

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The bus is here.

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Lord, in a short while, we're going to go down this river.

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At the end, just follow Kuanyong and me closely.

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Don't be afraid. Just stay with us

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and then swim toward the deeper side. It will be really quick

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and you'll revert back to human form very soon.

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Kuanyong and I

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won't revert that fast. And during the coming days, we won't be able to keep you company as we have.

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So when that time comes, please take care of yourself.

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Play a lot by yourself.

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Say, in the future, will Lord Helan

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be able to recognize us in the daylight?

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I also don't know.

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I think with our abilities

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we can only restore Lord Helan to his human form.

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I should prepare a pair of glasses for him then.

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I believe that his eyes will also be cured after he reverts back to human form. Right, Lord Helan?

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If it's like that then both of us can be at ease.

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You can also walk, shop, and have fun in the daylight.

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- You don't have to rely on us to buy clothing either.

- Say, do you think Lord Helan can take care of himself?

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Of course he can. He's so powerful. He saved both of our lives, didn't he?

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- How would he not be able take care of himself?

- Eat something now.

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Aren't you going to eat your fair share?

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But that one has meat.

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You've already endured for nine hundred years. Don't you crave it?

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Stop pretending. I already know you do.

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Then, you eat some vegetables.

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Aiyo, aiyo, aiyo. Are you crying? Then, what are you doing?

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The wind is strong.

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You're clearly crying. If not then what's in your eyes?

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Sand.

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All right. Come on.

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No need to cry. I'll tell you a secret.

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The people in our Fox Clan don't die. We'll only revert back to our original forms.

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Liar.

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I'm not. It's for real.

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After a while, we'll revert back to human form again. Right?

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Right. Even if Xiuxian and I revert back to our original forms,

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both of us will still come back and keep you company.

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Who wants you guys to keep me company?

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Kuanyong and I will still come back and look for you very soon.

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How long is "soon?"

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800 years? 900 years?

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Xiaoju, thank you.

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Meeting you was the luckiest thing that happened to us in these past 900 years.

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It was also our happiest time.

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You're making it so mushy. Weren't we happy in the past? We were also happy in the past.

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Right? But I did become much happier after meeting you.

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What is this?

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I just picked this up. Take it.

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Count it as a blessing.

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We'll miss you.

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All right now. We're leaving.

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Please take care of yourself.

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Lord Helan, we're getting ready to leave.

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Mrs. Guan, this is our first time meeting. I'm Zhao Song.

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The item inside this bag is...

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It's nothing.

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Hey! You...

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I'll hold this bag for you.

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Mrs. Guan, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking about.

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Did you think that I'd really be afraid of that old sacred wood?

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Look. Didn't we tell you already?

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You just had to make this so awkward.

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But don't worry, I am a man of my word.

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You just have to give me the item that I want, then what you want,

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I will give you. The Golden Flower Mirror.

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Actually, I don't know where the key that you want is.

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Moreover, even if I knew, I wouldn't give it to you because it's Helan's.

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Then, I'll tell you where the key is. The key is inside this house.

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You have to find it for us today.

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What are you doing? Get your hand off me. Let go!

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Mrs. Guan, for your family, stop messing around.

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What do you want me to do?

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Think about it. If you were him, where would you put the key?

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Guo Zong!

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He came home after he got the key from Qingmu that time.

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On the second day, he went to get married to you.

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If the key was on him, then the police would have kept it when he got arrested.

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But there was no record of it at the police station,

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which proves the key is still inside this house.

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Look. It's really not here. Why don't you flip floor tiles and take a look?

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Flip the floor tiles?

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It's really not here.

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Thanks.

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Think about your family.

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Say, Mrs. Guan,

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you are really naive.

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I already said I don't have it.

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I already said that you're really naive.

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You dare to look down on me.

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Zhao Song!

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Qianhua, get away!

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Look closely! This is the person Helan Jingting really loves.

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Not you!

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If you stop now,

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there's still time to go back.

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I warned you before, that

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if you leave me then I'd destroy Helan Jingting.

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Don't force me to do this.

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Are you crazy? I'm asking you, are you that crazy?

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He's not worth it for you to do this.

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He's not worth it. He's not worth it. He's not worth it!

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He's really not worth it. Don't you understand?

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Because of him?

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It's not because of him at all.

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It's because of you. Didn't you know that?

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I don't want you to keep making mistake after mistake.

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I like doing wrong things. What does that have to do with you?

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Why wouldn't it have to do with me?

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I've already fallen in love with you right now.

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But I don't want myself to have fallen in love with a bastard.

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It's that simple.

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I don't believe you.

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I did all of this...

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because of you.

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I know I did all the wrong things.

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So,

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while the wood is in your hands right now...

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Set me aflame.

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Qianhua!

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You got discharged today. How come Uncle and Auntie didn''t come to pick you up?

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I didn't tell them.

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That isn't like you.

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I think it's time to learn how to take care of myself.

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All along, I've relied on my parents,

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relied on Pipi, and relied on you.

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By the way, how did you know that I was getting discharged today?

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Your body is completely healed?

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Yes, almost.

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Then, when do you plan to go back to America?

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The end of next month at the earliest.

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Why aren't you resting for a longer time then?

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Why are you in a rush to go back?

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What do you think?

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How's your work? Are you used to it yet?

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It's quite well and stable.

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Then, that's good.

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So, it's a long-term and stable job?

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This is for you.

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What is it?

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Chili bean sauce.

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I made it.

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Then, do you still have plans to go abroad later?

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What do you think?

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[The Ring Served Here: The Vanilia Bakeshop]

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Xiuxiu and Kuankuan, time to eat.

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They went over there.

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Thanks.

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Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu.

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Thank you.

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- Number 22.

- Over here.

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This way.

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Introduce yourself.

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Hello, everyone. I'm Guan Pipi.

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Ms. Guan,

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among the 1,300 student reporters this year, you're the only junior college student

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who passed the written exam with excellent marks.

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Can you tell us in a simplistic way,

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why you took the entrance exam?

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Since I was young, I've always wanted to be a talented reporter.

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Even though I am a reporter right now,

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I feel that I'm not talented enough.

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So I wanted to do further postgraduate study

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and accomplish my dream.

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Why do you think this will make you become a talented reporter?

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I don't like to eat apples.

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Since I was a child, I didn't like to eat apples.

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So, when my dad and mom found out,

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at first, they persuaded me to eat more of them.

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Later, they didn't buy any more

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because they knew that even if they bought them, I wouldn't eat them.

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My friends also knew that I didn't like to eat apples.

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So, every time when we went out to eat,

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if there were apples on the table, they'd eat them for me.

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As time went on,

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apples began to disappear from my world,

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until last summer.

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I had suddenly taken ill.

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I had a headache, nausea, and no medicine worked.

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At that time, I met someone.

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He thought of multiple ways to make me eat apples.

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He told me,

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as long as I ate apples my illness would be cured.

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Why would I want to believe him?

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He wasn't a doctor.

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He also wasn't Snow White's stepmother.

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What right did he have to force me to eat apples?

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But when I thought about it later,

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if Snow White hadn't ate the poison apple that her stepmother gave her,

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then she wouldn't have been lying there and the prince wouldn't have met her.

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At that time, I began thinking I should eat them.

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Maybe If I ate the apples then I would also meet a prince.

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Indeed, after I ate them, my body felt much better.

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I left the room and under the moon

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I saw him quietly laying there just like a prince.

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He told me that he came from another planet.

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His heart only beats three times a minute.

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He likes the moonlight.

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He thinks that the moon shows someone's inner heart

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and his inner heart was as pure as the moon.

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At the time, I realized that

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perhaps the apple I ate opened a door for me.

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A door to an unknown world.

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Right then and there, I saw a different world.

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I also saw... a different me.

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I believe that news is the apple

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and a reporter is the one that feeds others the apple.

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As a talented reporter,

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you should be brave and accept things beyond your normal understanding.

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They have to be brave and be able to face an unknown world.

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With this in mind, you can bring the person reading the news

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to a new understanding and to know a whole new world,

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that's who I am.

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So I believe that I can become a talented reporter.

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This is still in regards to Mr. Helan's inheritance agreement.

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How come you're here again? I already said that I won't sign it.

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It's like this. This will has met all the required conditions.

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I hope you can cooperate with our work and sign it as soon as possible.

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After all, this was the last task Mr. Helan gave me while he was alive.

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While he was alive? Why do all of you think he died?

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I already said this many times. He's just gone missing.

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He will return.

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Sorry. I used the wrong words. I understand how you feel.

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But this agreement that Mr. Helan signed is a bit different from any other signed agreements.

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It specifically states

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if the client is missing for more than six months

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he's to be considered dead. We're just acting according to what Mr. Helan wanted.

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Lawyer Chen,

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whether I sign this paper or not, I have the right to decide. Right?

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Of course.

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Then I'll tell you very explicitly

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that I'm not signing it.

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- Mrs. Guan—

- Stop talking now.

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I still have something to do. I won't be seeing you out.

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Hello.

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Pipi.

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Sumei, how's your investigation going on there?

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I'm still gathering news

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but there's still no news of anyone seeing Lord Helan.

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Pipi, don't be anxious. I believe that Lord Helan is definitely fine.

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Also, Pipi, you know that Lord Helan has been cleared and that he's not guilty.

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It's a good thing you protected the key back then. Lord Helan is still the successor of the Fox Clan.

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I thank you on behalf of the Fox Clan.

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You also have to continue to endure.

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Pipi.

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Mrs. Guan, this is the first time you've attended our animal release activity. Right?

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Yes. Sorry, I've troubled you all.

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You're being too courteous.

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It's all about releasing the foxes so we have to come to the North.

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A lot of people say that it's too far so they're not willing to come.

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It being far isn't a problem. In the future, if there's a chance like this again, I still hope I can attend.

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Really? Then, that would be great. We'll tell you when.

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All right.

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By the way, I'm going to the restaurant to get some water. Would you like something to drink?

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No need. I still have some in my bag. You can go.

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All right. Then, I'll go first.

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Passengers, the next stop is Shuhai Station.

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Passengers who need to get off or transfer, please get ready.

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The train will stop at Shuhai Station for five minutes. Please get ready.

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Hey, Miss.

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Sorry to interrupt. We're here.

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Sorry.

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Miss, your coffee.

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Thanks.

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Thanks.

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You're welcome.

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Can you give me a glass of water?

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All right. Please wait.

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- Your water.

- Thanks.

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Miss, did you need something else?

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You look similar to someone I know,

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so I was a bit surprised just then.

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Oh. What a coincidence.

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My surname is Guan. I'm Guan Pipi.

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My name is Helan Xi.

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Helan Xi?

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What a special name.

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Do you know which "Xi" character my "Xi" is?

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I can try guessing.

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No one has guessed it correctly before.

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You're the first one to correctly guess how to write my "Xi"

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I have a friend that told me before

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"Xi" was a tool used to untie knots in rope during ancient times.

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I have never forgotten it.

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Then is your friend someone that is really important to you?

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Yes, very.

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But later, he had to leave.

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Why did he leave?

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I don't know.

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Then, will he still come back?

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He will.

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I will wait for him until he comes back.

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Then I shall keep you company while you wait.

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[The End]

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♫ A relationship met by chance ♫

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♫ Stumbling through separation and return ♫

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♫ Everything on the mind hangs like a bright moon ♫

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♫ Longing sleeps in the night sky ♫

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♫ Perhaps as I hoped, it was just a fantasy ♫

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♫ The past is flying by

I can hear your heartbeat ♫

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♫ Reincarnated love, it was just a daydream ♫

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♫ Seeing each other again, time stops in place ♫

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♫ A thousand love in a glance ♫

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♫ A thousand year fate

Spreading through time ♫

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♫ Day and night

It’s you that loves my face ♫

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♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫

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♫ A thousand year fate

Spreading through time ♫

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♫ Day and night

It’s you that loves my face ♫

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♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫

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♫ A thousand love in a glance ♫