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A Familiar Stranger

You have to smell nice for my dad to like you.

If he likes you, he'll be able to go to war without worries

and leave me with you.

Miss, actually, the general can't bear to send you to the academy either.

Yuanbao, do you want to stay here?

This is the first time I have my mom and dad together since I was born.

Mom, are you willing to let my dad fall in love with you?

Well... This isn't a matter of my willingness.

As mother and daughter, we have to help each other.

You help me, and I'll help you.

Wait here for me.

Madam, please forgive her. Yuanbao lost her mother at a young age, and the general is always out at war too. She lacked proper discipline.

So, she developed such a personality.

This child is really pitiful.

Her mother passed away when she was still so young.

- Madam, you're the only wedded woman in the entire General's Manor. - Huh?

Yuanbao is the daughter of Deputy General Qin.

General Qin died on the battlefield, and the general adopted her out of pity.

[Eunuch's Duty Records] The Eunuch's Duty Records are gone on the very day of the crown prince's accident.

This matter is suspicious.

If they are bent on impeding your investigations,

what can you even uncover?

However, I have a plan.

Don't use your war strategies in my manor.

I haven't even said a word.

I bet you want to say that she's the daughter of the prime minister. So, there must be more than meets the eye in our marriage.

I can use their ploy against them.

General, you sure are a skilled scholar and warrior.

You have my deepest admiration.

I don't want to use her. Think of a different method.

I'll ask you this. Why do you trust her so much?

It's easy to cover up an issue,

but it's hard to pretend to be someone else.

Anyway, tuck that strategy of yours away.

And they lived happily ever after.

Yuanbao, the story has ended.

We have to release these fireflies too or they'll die.

Humph.

What's wrong? Why do you keep staring outside?

Yuanbao, why did you take out the military tent again?

General.

I'm going to help you.

Dad, why are you so late?

Dad, sit down.

Yuanbao, why did you call me over?

Dad, quickly make a wish.

Mom said that one firefly represents one wish.

Where did you hear this from?

I... read it in a book.

- Dad, can you tell me a story? - Okay.

General, you can tell stories to Yuanbao. I'll get going.

I want to talk about a story regarding fireflies.

Stay and listen.

This story teaches us that someone people

are like fireflies, able to illuminate the paths of others.

♫ Ripples were reflecting moonlight ♫

General.

♫ Shadows in my dreams gazing about ♫ General, wake up.

Hang on, General.

♫ A scar in the heart ♫

♫ While hesitating to speak, the story has already come to an end ♫

♫ Your gaze that seems so familiar ♫

♫ Engraved in my heart, ♫

♫ a tear pool into an ocean ♫ Fireflies.

♫ Brushing shoulders countless time, fates wavering ♫ General, please wake up. Fireflies.

♫ After twists and turns, ♫ As long as there are fireflies, there'll be hope.

♫ who shall gain control? ♫

♫ ♫

♫ Yearning trickling in one's affectionate words, stirring the heart ♫

♫ Laughter and tears blurring the past. Words sounding like they've been said before ♫

♫ When I close my eyes, I feel that you're with me ♫

♫ We parted and reunited but faces have changed ♫

♫ Yearning trickling in one's affectionate words, stirring the heart ♫

♫ If your words has outlined my image ♫

♫ Why shield the soul under a layer of skin? ♫

Dad, don't send me away.

General, please wake up.

How did you get this scar?

Who in the world are you?

General, someone has come from the palace.

Greetings, General and Madam.

His Majesty has instructed me to gift you with the foreign liquor he has received.

Your Highness, rest assured. The duty records in the palace aren't accessible to any random person.

Eunuch Hai, with such a dutiful person like you, that's to be expected.

I have to deliver His Majesty's liquor to the General's Manor.

So, I'll take my leave.

Your Highness, have a cup of wine.

General, since we've finished our drinks, I'll get going.

Hold on.

I have a question for you.

Have we met before?

General, you must be joking.

How could we have met before?

Well, who told you about the fireflies?

I don't remember.

But I do.

I remember the person who told me about the fireflies

had a tear mole by her eye.

I remember her voice.

I remember every single word she said.

I remember her every move.

If she appears before me,

I want to ask her

if she still remembers me.

She probably remembers.

It's getting late. I'm leaving.

All right.

I want to tell her right now.

These past three years, she has never left my mind.

I want to ask her if that arrow startled her.

I want to ask her

if the injury on her shoulder still hurts.

I also want to ask her

if she's like me.

In her dreams,

does she see the forest from that night?

It's a pity, General.

I'm not her.

You are.

General, you're mistaken.

Look carefully.

Am I her?

Her looks aren't imprinted in my eyes,

but in my heart.

If you really aren't her,

treat my statements

as utterances for her three years ago.

♫ You hide your gaze in a fog, forsaking it to day and night ♫

♫ Waiting just for another flask of warm wine tonight ♫

♫ Love and hate blurs, blinding sprinting forth ♫

♫ Like the new moon, an old acquaintance stops for me

♫ Why does this love bring joy? Why does this heart ache? ♫

♫ Memories turn blurry with time? ♫

♫ After tasting bliss and sorrow, love can finally stand strong ♫

♫ An unfulfilled wish, a new life ♫ ♫ I'll give you my heart ♫

♫ If you're willing to take this gamble with me ♫

♫ You hide your gaze in a fog, forsaking it to day and night ♫

♫ Waiting just for another flask of warm wine tonight ♫

♫ Love and hate blurs, blinding sprinting forth ♫

♫ Like the new moon, an old acquaintance stops for me

♫ Why does this love bring joy? Why does this heart ache? ♫ ♫ Memories turn blurry with time? ♫ Does it still hurt?

♫ After tasting bliss and sorrow, love can finally stand strong ♫

♫ An unfulfilled wish, a new life ♫

♫ I'll give you my heart ♫

♫ If you're willing to take this gamble with me ♫

No one can withstand this Spring Poison.

Shi Qi, you should thank me.

Eunuch Hai, are you all right?

This is imperial wine.

Spilling it means execution.

Eunuch Hai.

Please come along.

I'll be there right away.

Eunuch Hai, the imperial wine is just wine.

We still have half a flask of Huadiao Wine in the carriage. No one will notice if we pour it in.

Fine. Hurry up.

♫ Biding the springs and autumns of the world with a big dream ♫ ♫ Recognizing my eyes after our sepera

♫ Endless love and hate remain ♫ ♫ Harping on old grudges like the stars ♫

♫ Taking a stroll with a few people ♫ ♫ Age old yearning turns into wine ♫

♫ A face may change easily, but the heart remains unchanging ♫ ♫ Only my hair has turned white ♫