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[Hello Dear Ancestors]

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[Episode 21: Missing Zhen Fu]

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Hello! Hello, everyone. Welcome to tonight's Infinite Network Explosive Report. I am your

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Little Meng. From the information we got,

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Real Heroic Man, Zhen Jun, has officially joined the reality show "Journey Through Time."

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Now, let us follow the crew to the shoot. Please watch on.

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Keyi, this is too magical.

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Awesome, right?

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Right now, planes are so convenient. You know?

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I think modern times are great.

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This... Let me make the introductions.

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Then is Andy, Director An, my superior. This is my boyfriend, Zhen Jun.

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- Hello, hello.

- Hello, Zhen Jun.

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I've heard a lot about you, Real Heroic Man.

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Please give me lots of pointers.

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This is the Program Director, Ma Weiguo. You guys have met once before, right?

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Hello, Director. Hello.

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This is Xiaoli, our Production Assistant.

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- No need to introduce me.

- Why not?

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This is our company's top beauty, Producer Bai.

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Xiaoyu?

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I am Zhen Jun.

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My name is Xiaoyu.

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- Miss Xiaoyu!

- Don't come over here!

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I won't come over there. Please come down here first, okay?

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It's very dangerous over there.

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Long time, no see, Zhen Jun.

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Xiaoyu?

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At the time, I very much wanted to get an exclusive.

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If I had known about your relationship to Keyi, I definitely wouldn't have done that.

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Good thing, that when I gave the material to President Meng,

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she stopped it so it didn't get posted.

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After that... when I learned about your relationship,

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I was too ashamed to mention that matter again.

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Well...

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I'm really sorry, Zhen Jun.

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It's not a problem.

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Actually, in ancient times, spies scouting out military situations

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was a very common thing.

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Everyone served their own masters. Can't say who's right or wrong.

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Zhen Jun, you're getting into character so soon already.

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A man should be magnanimous like you. So cool!

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Thank you, Zhen Jun and Keyi.

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Sister Bai, enough already.

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I know that you had no choice. It's okay.

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Besides, this video has helped Zhen Jun.

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We could be said to have obtained blessings from this misfortune, right?

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It's true. That's right.

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♫ Fallen leaves cut and broken by the wind yesterday, are now swirling in the air ♫

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♫ Just for that one gaze from you, my eyebrows are still knitted until now ♫

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♫ Grudges pile up as time goes by ♫

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♫ The snow on the eaves has all melted and formed how many autumn water ♫

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♫ Traveled the entire clouds and moon just to outflank love ♫

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The five regions, all at peace. Enjoying blessings and prosperity forever.

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Keyi, do we need to film some parts in advance tomorrow?

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Yup. The part with period costumes and the ending need to be filmed beforehand.

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The ending? But isn't this a reality show?

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Why are we rushing to film the ending when we've barely begun?

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Even reality shows have a script.

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We just have to follow the script and act it out.

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Act it out.

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It's like this. Every role has its script.

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We have to follow the director and the screenwriter's instructions to portray it.

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Anyway, most will have a little satisfactory ending.

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Satisfactory ending?

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Missing your home?

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I don't.

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Well, a little bit.

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Jun,

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you have been in this modern age for

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a year now, right?

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One year? I've been here for...

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one thousand, eight hundred, and fourteen years.

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Oh.

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One thousand, eight hundred, and fourteen years.

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In the past,

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I never thought I would be this fortunate.

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But if it weren't for Eldest Brother,

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I wouldn't have come to this place,

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much less have met you.

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Let me ask you a question. If...

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you had another chance to choose again,

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- would you—

- I'd be willing to.

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I'd be willing to fall off that cliff again,

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as long as I can meet you.

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Stupid idiot. How is that good?

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How am I stupid? I'm not stupid. I'm quite smart.

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Therefore, if you want to ditch me later,

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- it won't be easy.

- That's right!

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If I had to choose again, I'd definitely not choose to be with you. So annoying.

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- How am I annoying?

- Everything about you is annoying!

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Fine! Since it's like that,

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I will be annoying one more time.

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At Si Fu's banquet this year, I'm going to give you a grand wedding.

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Si Fu's banquet?

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Coincidentally, it will be our one-year anniversary.

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- That isn't good.

- Why not?

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Si Fu's banquet is to commemorate Zhen Fu.

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We are stealing the limelight from her.

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No, we're not. Think about it, Zhen Fu is my aunt.

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Mr. Yin also took care of me until now

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because he was fulfilling his promise to Aunt.

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Letting her see me finding my lifetime happiness on her commemoration day,

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isn't that the perfect gift to her?

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- But...

- No more buts.

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Keyi, I confess

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that I didn't do enough in the past

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and wasn't a responsible man.

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But from here on out,

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you can entrust everything to me.

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I want to do everything that can be done for the woman I love.

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You've debuted all right. You certainly have a way with words now.

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Just do whatever you want.

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This is so hard. I don't have a clue at all.

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Don't be anxious. I'll read the script with you all night. How about it?

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You are so capable. You won't have a problem.

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Furthermore, I can be considered

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as one of the people who knows Auntie the best, right?

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Then I'll act as you tell me to.

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- Act like President Meng, right?

- That's right.

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But President Meng is really hard to act out.

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How about this?

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Let's first work on this scene with Noble Concubine Guo. Get up.

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Have you seen this Noble Concubine Guo before?

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I haven't.

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I remember that based on history books,

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- your aunt ended up dying at the hands of Noble Concubine Guo. Right?

- Right

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Then she must have been a bad person. Why does our script have her depicted so nicely?

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Actually, in the relationship between clans and their power struggles,

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it's really hard to say who's right and who's wrong.

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Just like my eldest brother.

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- What is it?

- There was a mosquito.

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A mosquito?

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There really was a mosquito.

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What?

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♫ It seems like it's fated, just for you. ♫

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♫ There's no explanation for it, ♫

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There was a mosquito on your lips.

♫ there's also no special requirement ♫

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♫ Smiling, being happy, grieving, being sad, just for you ♫

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Please don't move. There's one over here, too.

♫ Your every move can affect my everything ♫

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♫ Your every move can affect my everything ♫

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Oh? There's one over here, too.

♫ When time stops here ♫

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Stop fooling around. Get up and let's practice the script.

♫ When time stops here ♫

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♫ Slowly adjust your breathing, then prepare to meet ♫

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The night is long.

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Let's do something else first.

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What do you want to do?

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Do that thing you love to do with me in your dreams.

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You're a rascal. Let me get up.

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- I won't let you get up.

- Then I'm going to shout.

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- Shout.

- I'm really going to shout.

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- Shout.

- I'm really going to shout.

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Hey.

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Hey.

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Zhen Jun.

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Hey!

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[Journey Through Time]

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Don't worry. He has just fallen into a deep sleep because he was exhausted.

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Deep sleep?

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That's right. I've told you before, many abnormal things can happen

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based on his bodily functions now. Furthermore, he took the plane today and visited the old town.

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He's very tired both physically and mentally.

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And this is only just the beginning.

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Okay, I won't talk anymore. I'll go first. He'll wake up on his own tomorrow.

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- Thank you, Chairman.

- Don't say silly words.

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It's only right that I help you.

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"Journey Through Time." Is this the script that you'll be acting out tomorrow?

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[List of Actors: Zhen Jun as Cao Zhi, Zhen Keyi as Zhen Fu]

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- You're acting as Zhen Fu?

- Yes.

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Zhen Jun told me just now, that President Meng is quite similar to Zhen Fu, so it's okay to act just like her. Up to now, but I--

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Zhen Fu was different from Pianran.

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Huh?

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Why have you come to look for me at this late hour? You have to be with the cast tomorrow morning.

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Why didn't you ask the reason for me wanting you to accompany me?

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Why?

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Si Luo,

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you built this movie city set when I was 27 years old.

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You said that this was the country you were giving to me.

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I promised you then

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that I would manage our country well.

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I would also manage the Infinite Network well.

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Pianran, you've done very well these last few years.

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Since I've done all the things that I promised you,

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can you promise me something?

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Let's get married.

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Please don't tell me you didn't know that I've liked you all along.

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Also, don't tell me that all the cultivation and help that you've given all along is not due to the fact that you like me.

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Pianran, this is not the way our relationship should be.

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Then how should it be?

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You made me fall in love with you.

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You made it such that you became the only one in my world. Now, you're telling me that it's not like that?

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Okay, I admit that I was wrong in the past.

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Let the past remain in the past.

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Let us start all over again then.

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Let's do it during the Si Fu Charity Night this year. Okay?

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I'm sorry.

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I can give you anything you want, but I can't marry you.

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You can't marry me.

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Si Luo, I will let you know sooner or later that

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besides me, every thing else in your world is a fabrication.

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Didn't you sleep well last night?

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A little.

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I've forgotten how I fell asleep last night.

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You were too tired yesterday. You took the plane and you visited the old town.

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We can't tire ourselves out like this in the future; otherwise--

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- Otherwise, what?

- Miss Zhen.

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- I can't find your nail protectors.

- Nail protectors?

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It's those long and sharp things that

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the ladies with a greatly respected status wore on their fingers during ancient times.

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Wait a moment. Let me show you the picture.

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They look like this.

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I've looked everywhere for them but I can't find them.

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- May I have a look at them?

- Okay.

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Ah...

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Actually, these nail protectors were not fashionable during the Han Dynasty.

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Ladies of noble status also rarely wore them.

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Court ladies during the Han Dynasty liked to draw on their nails

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using paint made from the sap of crushed flowers.

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Paint?

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Isn't this similar to our modern nail art?

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Let's just replace it with nail art then.

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All departments please check your own walkie-talkies.

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You, go and tell the costume and make-up departments to move quickly. Get all the costumes ready.

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You must keep an eye on their preparatory work. Go quickly.

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You're here, Keyi and Zhen Jun.

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- Keyi, are you ready?

- Yes.

- Ready.

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Keyi, you must go in and walk through the set quickly to test the lighting.

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- Zhen Jun, you're not involved in this scene. Please rest on the side and wait for us to call you.

- Okay.

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- Producer Bai. Producer Bai. Director wants you to come over here.

- Okay, copy, copy.

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- Keyi, thanks for all your trouble. Please go in quickly.

- It's no trouble at all. Please go and attend to your work.

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- Producer Bai. Producer Bai.

- Okay, okay, copy. The actors are already here. Are all of you ready?

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Don't be nervous. Keep it up, Keyi. You're the best!

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Go and shoot your scene. I'll go and prepare some drinks for you.

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- Fighting.

- Fighting!

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- I'm going in.

- Okay.

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- Andy.

- President Meng.

- The ancient painting is here. The people from the insurance company will be responsible for hanging it up later.

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Remember to tell everyone to be very careful, no harm must come to this painting. Understand?

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- Okay. Please don't worry. This way, please.

- All right.

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Clean off the water under that lamp. It wasn't done just now.

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Okay.

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- President Meng, you're here.

- How is the preparation?

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- It's especially good.

- Quite smooth.

- Good. Thanks for all your trouble.

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Production Assistant, add a smoke cake to that censer. Okay?

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Okay, hang the painting over there.

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- Right in the middle.

- Okay.

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President Meng.

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How is your preparation?

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Okay. I've already memorized the lines anyway. I'm just afraid that I might forget them when I get nervous.

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You won't. But this is indeed a difficult role. Thanks for all your trouble.

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I'm not afraid of any difficulties.

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I just think that Zhen Fu was too beautiful and I don't look like her.

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You're very beautiful. Hey, where's Zhen Jun?

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- Isn't he outside in the rest area?

- Okay, good.

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- Then I'll continue memorizing.

- Fine.

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Don't run. Don't run.

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Where are you going? You're so cute.

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You can't find your home?

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I'll send you home. Okay?

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Why is my superpower...

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What's going on?

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My superpower has disappeared.

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All departments, get ready. We are going to start filming immediately. Silence on the set.

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Take one, scene one.

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3, 2, 1. Action!

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Okay, my little friend. You're home.

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You can't fly wildly all over the place in the future. Do you know that?

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You can go out and play in the future

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only when your wings are fully grown.

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Even though older brother's superpower is gone, it's a good thing that I'm still smart enough.

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Cut! Very good!

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Good!

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The painting!

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There's only one phoenix coronet.

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That being the case,

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women are but animals who love to dream.

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Therefore,

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someone has to

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pay the price for this dreaming nonetheless.

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Mr. Yin, wrong, Mr. Si.

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How was it destroyed?

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It is because of the nail polish on my hands.

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I didn't know that the ingredients in the nail polish would be so damaging to the ancient pigments.

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This is just the preliminary inference of the insurance company.

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They suspect that the ancient painting was exposed to the acetic acid and ether in Keyi's nail polish.

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But I think that this is just the insurance company's excuse for shirking its responsibility.

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According to the contract, as long as the damage to the ancient painting is not caused by a human being,

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they ought to be the ones who will compensate.

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Don't worry. Lawsuits are my key strength. Leave this matter to me.

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But if it is really due to the nail polish on my hands--

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Then let us pay for the damages. We'll bear this responsibility together.

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What has this got to do with you?

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How can I not be involved?

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It was I who proposed using the nail polish to replace the nail protectors.

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Furthermore, it was also because I was more familiar with the history of the Han Dynasty.

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I was the one who persuaded Keyi to use this method.

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So, at the end of it all,

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I'm still the one who's mainly responsible for it.

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Okay, don't say such things.

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Okay, the two of you should stop fighting over it.

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Do you know how much this ancient painting is worth?

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- How much?

- ¥20 million.

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- ¥20 million?

- That's the reason why I said that

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the insurance company should be the one making the compensation.

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Don't get involved in this anymore. What you really need to do now is to complete the program's first stage.

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If there's really a need to hold someone responsible for it, then I should be the one.

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Wasn't it I who insisted on using the ancient painting as a prop for the first season?

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Director, I'm sorry.

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I'll be going to Wenzhao City tomorrow.

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We'll talk about the rest once the filming is completed.

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What's the matter? Why do you need to leave in such a hurry?

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Si Luo!

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Are you missing home again?

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Do you know? Even though I have never been to Yecheng a lot,

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the streets and buildings around here

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are exactly the same as the Yecheng in my memory.

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Is that so?

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It's the same for that Jicheng over there.

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So after I arrived here, I wondered

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if it was Mr. Yin who constructed this movie city set.

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It would be impossible to have restored it to the original to such a degree unless he had seen it with his own eyes.

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Furthermore, after that painting was destroyed,

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I think that my guess was even more rational.

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What do you think of Mr. Yin's response right then?

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According to my understanding of the Chairman, I can only say that he totally lost his usual self-control.

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That's right. Mr. Yin cared about that painting very much.

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And he's always so good to me.

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It's very likely that this is all because of Auntie.

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If this movie city is really his,

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it's possible that he did it to commemorate her.

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You've never talked about this before.

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I wouldn't dare speculate about the matters concerning my auntie's feelings.

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It's such a pity that the painting was destroyed.

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That could well be the last image

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that your paternal aunt left in this world.

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Is it all right if I ask for an item from you?

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What is it?

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That painting.

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The painting?

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I was also thinking about

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presenting you a gift.

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Since you've spoken of it, Fu'er will surely gift it.

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Thank you.

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Then I'll...

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go now.

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Please take care, Mister.

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I've been thinking about that painting for the past few days. I think there's something suspicious.

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- Suspicious?

- Yeah.

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I saw that painting in Mr. Yin's office before. It was hanging on the wall.

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There wasn't any additional protection whatsoever back then. Why did it become like that suddenly on that day?

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Just that little bit of acetic acid and ether were sufficient to destroy a painting?

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Actually, I feel it's a bit strange, too.

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We'll talk about it later.

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President Meng.

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Thank you.

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So, last time on the phone I'd already said, I'll think of a way to resolve it.

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- I've brought the solution here today.

- Really?

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- This is the initial draft of a contract. Please take a look.

- Contract?

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[Artist Contract]

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Through my proposal, the Director of the Group has decided to let Zhen Jun

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sign a ten-year contract with Infinite Network.

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What kind of contract is this?

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Zhen Jun, your popularity base has been established now. Your qualifications are also not bad. My advice

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is that you take advantage of these things and join the entertainment circle directly.

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Whether it's filming a movie, commercial, or a variety program in the future, these are the fastest ways for you to earn money.

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- But...

- Don't worry. If I can make people forget you, I will also have the way to make them chase after you.

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This is only a matter of time. I have full confidence in you.

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Furthermore, I'll ask the Chairman to give you such a very generous contract signing bonus,

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that it will allow you to solve the problem of the damaged ancient painting first.

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Miss Meng, thank you so much for your kindness, but... I can't sign.

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You can tell me what misgivings about this you have. We can then think of ways to solve it together.

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Truth be told, I actually have a terminal illness.

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The physician said that I can only live for eight more months.

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So I can't be so irresponsible and sign a ten-year contract.

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You have a terminal illness?

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The board said that you want to sign Zhen Jun?

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Why didn't you tell me about Zhen Jun's health condition?

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Why don't you save him? Isn't he very important to you?

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There's no way I can do it.

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I don't believe that. I had a heart operation when I was eighteen years old.

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The success rate was only 6%, but you managed to save me. How serious could Zhen Jun's illness be that you can't save him?

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Why should you care so much for Zhen Jun?

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Of course, I care.

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He destroyed the company's painting and owes the corporation ¥20 million. How could he not pay for it?

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The reason the painting was destroyed was not because of Zhen Jun. It was also not because of Zhen Keyi either.

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The nail polish is not the reason the painting was destroyed.

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Are you saying that someone was trying to trap Zhen Keyi?

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What do you mean by that?

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Come with me.

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Surprisingly, there was a secret room here.

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When was the first time you entered this secret room?

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I don't know what you're talking about.

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Since you've already entered my secret room, you must have read my diaries, too.

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You are the one who destroyed the painting.

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It's not directed at Zhen Jun. It's also not directed at Zhen Keyi.

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It's directed at the woman in the painting, Zhen Fu.

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Since you've read the diaries, you should also know the purpose why I remain on this planet.

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I promised Fu'er that I would protect Zhen Jun until the day he dies.

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I saved you that year when you were 18 because you looked exactly like Fu'er.

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But I was wrong.

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Although the two of you looked exactly the same, you are not her.

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I should not have trained you as if you were Fu'er.

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You can never become exactly the same as my impression of her.

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Don't say anything anymore. Please don't say anything anymore, I beg you.

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I've already been lying hard to myself. Can you please not expose me?

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Si Luo.

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That Zhen Fu has already passed away for more than a thousand years. Why can't you let her go?

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- She's already dead, don't you know that? She's already dead.

- Okay. Enough!

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The one who's standing in front of you now is me, Meng Pianran.

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I'm the one who loves you the most in this world. I can always keep you company.

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Si Luo, you should walk out from your past.

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Start a kind of life that's happy, blessed, a life for

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- the two of us.

- Pianran, can't you understand this? I don't love you. I don't love you, now do you understand?

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The feeling that I have for you is not one that is between a man and a woman. Do you understand?

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You're leaving, too.

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Because Zhen Jun can't be saved?

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Yes.

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Si Luo,

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I will die if you're not here.

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I beg you, can you please stay?

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Please, I beg you.

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I hate you!

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♫ You are the color in my life ♫

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♫ You melt that black and white in my heart ♫

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♫ Maybe our fate will eventually drift away in that vast sea of people ♫

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♫ I'm waiting for your love ♫

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♫ Do you understand my existence ♫

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♫ exist only for you ♫

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♫ Light years away ♫

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♫ He is still that recalcitrant boy ♫

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♫ who loves you ♫

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♫ Blossoming passionately for you ♫

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♫ Blossoming passionately for you

My future ♫

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♫ exists only for you ♫

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♫ Light years away ♫

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♫ He is still that recalcitrant boy ♫

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♫ who loves you ♫

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♫ Blossoming passionately for you ♫