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(Phantom Love)

(Episode 21)

(So it turned out the ones chasing you two were the young master's family.)

(He didn't want to leave the girl.)

(His family forced him to drink strong liquor.)

(They planned to take him away once he passed out.)

Ugh, it's this kind of boring plot again.

What are you doing?

I'm being forced too.

Can't you tell I'm being controlled?

Don't push your luck.

It's the array's doing.

There's nothing I can do about it.

(The current task is for you to help him sober up)

(and bond with him.)

How cliché.

Hurry.

Something there can sober me up.

Help me take it, quick.

The sobering tea works the fastest.

After I drink it...

Are you sober now?

There's plain water right there,

a handkerchief,

sobering tea, and even fruit.

Why did you have to use this method?

It's just more convenient.

(Fine.)

(Since you're so set on defying the plot,)

(don't blame me for being rude.)

(The next day,)

(the girl's family also managed to find this place.)

(Her father found out you spent the night together,)

(and he was furious.)

(He was willing to kill you both)

(to separate you two.)

Spending a night with this scoundrel is already a sin.

But I know you're still young.

If you're willing to come home with me,

marry a decent man and live properly,

I'll take his life today

so that he won't trouble you anymore.

But if you still refuse to see reason,

then as your father, I have no choice but to do what's right

to uphold our family's honor.

Old man,

who says women have to just stay home, behave,

and marry into a good family?

As her father,

you're old-fashioned

and rigid.

You finally said something that makes sense.

My words have always been convincing.

Your Highness, you really are a great debater.

But all talk, no substance.

Instead of bickering with me,

why not try

to solve this mess?

We'll deal with whatever comes our way.

We just have to solve the problem.

Hey!

I'm still here, you know.

How are you two just chatting away?

From what that old man said,

it sounds like we have to come up with

a touching, happy ending

to break the array.

If you ask me,

if I die for you,

that should do the trick.

Stop flattering yourself.

If you die,

that's not a perfect ending.

Then how about we make a bet?

Old man.

The young people these days

have no manners at all.

I'm willing to die for Meng Li

just to keep her safe.

Fine. Fine.

You always think

self-sacrifice is the right answer.

But if the choices given are never right,

there can be no right choice.

Grudges and vendettas

are just shackles forced onto others.

If these trivial things

can so easily decide someone's fate,

that won't work with me.

This time, don't expect me to give in.

Good.

Good.

For the past hundred years, you're the first.

to make such a choice.

This is also

the result of your refusal to compromise.

Meng Li!

What did you do to her?

You didn't give me the answer I wanted.

So what you want,

I won't tell you.

But I can give you another chance.

Since she turned you into a demon,

why not enter her dream

to see what truly happened?

(What happened between us?)

(Today, I have to find out.)

My name is Meng Li.

You can also call me Li.

What's your name?

You're a demon hunter too?

Hurry up and leave.

(This demon hunter)

(looks exactly like me.)

(Even his voice sounds just like mine.)

(I hope tomorrow,)

(you can make it through safely too.)

Dao Zhi, did you see that demon?

- It ran that way. - Go after it.

Hurry!

Why did you save me?

Little demons like you

taste better after I fatten you.

Wait, you actually eat demons?

Normally,

I don't eat them.

But some demons with bad memories

forget me so quickly.

This time,

I'll let it slide.

But if you forget again next time,

then I'll really eat you.

I hope to see you again tomorrow.

Actually, I hope to see you every day.

If I could see you in every lifetime,

that'd be even better.

Dao Zhi.

So, how did it go?

Did your master approve our marriage?

Yes.

He did.

Really?

That's amazing!

From now on,

we'll grow old together, hand in hand,

sharing life and death.

Grow old together, hand in hand,

sharing life and death.

Meng Li.

We'll meet again in the next life.

Everything from a hundred years ago,

you remember it all now.

No matter how many lifetimes we go through,

I'll always love you.

(The moon shines alone,)

(the wind rises again.)

(Apricot blossoms are sparse.)

(Reminiscing in past memories)

(feels like a dream.)

(Silent tears fall.)

(Silent tears fall.)

(Shen Que.)

(Did you remember everything?)

(Reminiscing in past memories feels like a dream.)

(I can't believe I had such a history with her.)

If you can kill the demon girl who turned you into a demon,

the spell will be broken.

You'll turn back into a human.

(Is killing the one you love)

(truly the only way to turn back?)

The story you continued

is to my liking.

I'll deliver my promise.

So, what do you want to know?

Please, sir,

tell me where Shui Yun Xi is.

No one's mentioned Shui Yun Xi in ages.

Back then,

the great demon shattered Chi Xin

and hid with the most important piece,

Shui Yun Xi.

It ordered me

to record its whereabouts

and how to destroy it.

I wrote it all down in detail,

and even composed a poem for it.

Yun Xi turned to a horn, hidden without a trace.

By the water, the clouds linger with meaning.

Where countless spirits nest and stars fall,

in hidden light, the sacred horn appears.

Broken dreams, lingering feelings,

the world overturned.

Black jade sinks deep, fate comes to an end.

Sir, what does this poem mean?

Back then, I was quite the poet,

so I wrote this poem.

I thought I was unbeatable.

Now, a hundred years have passed,

and I've forgotten everything.

You'll have to figure it out yourself.

All right, that's enough.

I've finished my masterpiece.

Everything you wanted to know,

I've told you all of it.

You can leave now.

- Go now. - Meng Li.

In your dream,

I saw everything from the past.

Scenes in dreams

are almost identical to reality.

Do not trust them.

Young man,

even though you didn't really help me,

but I'm in a good mood today,

so I'll give you a friendly warning.

Someone put a spell on you.

Once it activates,

it's very powerful and it'll hurt innocent people,

including yourself.

You need to be careful.

What do you mean, sir?

Sigh.

If a scholar spells everything out,

it takes all the fun out of it.

You have to figure it out yourself.

Thanks.

Meng Li.

Meng Li.

Your Highness, you're still here.

Are you upset that you didn't get rid of me when you had the chance?

Or is there another scheme waiting for me?

I'm just like you,

still searching for answers.

Those memories in the dream

that I mentioned...

I'll look into them myself.

This is where we part ways.