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No need to fight.
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Because we got tricked too.
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No problem.
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One more.
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-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
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What that disciple
at Weimiao Pavilion said was false.
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She was deceived by Xiaowei too.
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You found the talisman
in Li Mao's hand, didn't you?
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That's right.
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If it were really as that disciple said,
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and his wife, who asked
for the talisman, had torn it up,
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how could the talisman
have ended up in Li Mao's hand?
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Before Wangyan and I
came to the Wei mansion,
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we'd already investigated
the three victims.
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When they died,
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they were all clutching a love talisman.
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So the truth is
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that the one under the spell
will suffer the blowback
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only if they tear
the talisman up themselves?
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Wei Qing's death proves that too.
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Which means
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Li Mao died because he tore up
the talisman himself.
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How could you use
something this filthy on me?
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How could you?
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Once someone is targeted
by a love talisman,
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their heart will be slowly eroded
by the Fox-Allure Spell within it.
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And once the talisman is destroyed,
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the person under the spell
will die from unbearable heartache.
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Only Xiaowei knew the truth,
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so she must've been the one
who switched the talismans.
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She wanted Wei Qing dead.
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With everyone who wanted to catch
Xiaowei gathering in the Wei mansion,
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the protective barrier you set up,
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and the Ice Curse in play,
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she didn't dare use
demon magic recklessly.
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But she still wanted Wei Qing dead,
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so she had to leverage the blowback
of the Fox-Allure Spell.
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The Ice Curse's true name
is the Never-Ending Curse.
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Anyone who betrays the Formless Moon Sect
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will be hunted
by this curse for all eternity.
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The Never-Ending Curse?
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Didn't you read widely
back at the Shilin Sect?
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Haven't you read about it?
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I can be a bit playful sometimes.
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"Sometimes"?
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Shut up.
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The Never-Ending Curse
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is the Formless Moon's
cruelest form of punishment.
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People often compare moonlight
to things such as water,
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frost,
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and mist.
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And the members of the Formless Moon
take surnames like Wu,
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Lu, Xue,
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Shuang,
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and Bing
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as they move through the mortal world.
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Once we violate the sect's laws,
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the moonlight transforms into our surname
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and hunts us for eternity.
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The Never-Ending Curse can reach
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wherever the moonlight can,
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and it won't stop until we're dead.
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Xiaowei's surname is Bing,
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so what pursues her is the Ice Curse.
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Once it catches up to her,
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she'll be turned into ice
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and shattered into pieces.
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What's your surname?
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Lu, as in dew.
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My name
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is Lu Wuyi.
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That's a beautiful name.
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I'll remember it.
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As long as Xiaowei
doesn't use demon magic,
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the Ice Curse won't lock onto her.
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But there is one exception.
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Around the full moon,
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the moonlight is strongest,
and so is its power.
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Even if Xiaowei doesn't use demon magic,
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the Never-Ending Curse
will still sense her.
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That means she'll have
to hide in dark places
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to avoid the moonlight.
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Yesterday was the 15th.
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Today is the 16th.
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That means…
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The moon is the fullest
on the 16th night of the month.
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Wangyan and I hurried back
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to enjoy tonight's moonlight.
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I imagine
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it'll be beautiful.
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You stayed behind,
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but you're not saying anything.
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What's on your mind?
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I'm thinking about you--
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You're thinking about me?
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I'm thinking about how you had
the audacity to come back.
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-And what if I hadn't come back?
-If you hadn't,
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I would've dragged you back myself.
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Then you'd better keep a close eye on me.
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Once I'm gone, I won't be easy to find.
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How about I tie you up?
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Want to try the Demon-Binding Rope again?
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What's that on your arm?
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A mark from the Formless Moon.
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Is it a moon phase?
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It looks like the full moon.
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But I prefer to call it Wangyue.
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Wang, as in hope?
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As in gazing until your eyes go dry.
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Do all the sect members have one?
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Everyone except Wuyi has one.
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This mark will be with us
for life after life.
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Here.
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I've heard
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that everyone in the Formless Moon
has a mark on their arm.
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Why don't you have one?
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Because my moon phase
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is Hui.
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Hui?
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I've read
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that the Formless Moon
has seven moon phases.
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Waning gibbous, full, last-quarter,
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waning crescent, waxing crescent,
first-quarter, and waxing gibbous.
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I've never heard of Hui as a moon phase.
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When you can't see the moon at night,
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that moon phase
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is Hui.
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That's why I don't have a mark.
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Hui, as in regret?
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Hui, as in obscure and hard to understand.
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But it doesn't matter
if I'm hard to understand.
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There's one person
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who understands me.
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Actually, I don't really understand you.
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I mean my sister, Wangyan.
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She knew I didn't have
a moon phase on my arm,
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so she said she'd give me one.
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This hollow jade jue
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is like the new moon.
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So Xiaowei has a moon phase too?
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Of course she does.
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Back then, to make sure
she could find her savior,
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she branded him
with the same mark she bore herself.
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That way, even through life and death,
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even if he vanished into the crowd
and his appearance changed,
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she could still find him
through that mark.
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Do you remember what you have to do
to ask Lady Wei for a love talisman?
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Take off your clothes
and bare yourself completely.
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So, that's to look for the mark?
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You catch on quick, Shiguang.
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Then what is Xiaowei's moon phase?
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Kui,
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as in indebted.
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The waning gibbous moon?
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I think I've seen it somewhere before.
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I'm looking at the flowers.
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What are you looking at?
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I've noticed several times before
that you often stare at flowers in a daze.
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Do you like flowers a lot?
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Do you like flowers a lot?
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They all like gold, silver,
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fine silk, and satin.
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But I
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only like flowers.
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But no matter how beautiful
a flower is, it'll still wither.
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It can't last forever.
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And that's exactly why
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it's more beautiful
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and more precious.
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Don't you think so?
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Miss Lu,
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have we really never met?
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Should we
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have met?
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Your hand is dirty.
Let me wipe it for you.
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Miss Lu, let me ask you one more time.
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Before we came here, did we ever meet?
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I don't remember.
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Miss Lu, your heart is racing.
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Are you lying?
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If I'm the one lying,
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why are you blushing?
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So…
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So are you admitting it?
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Back then,
you had this rag doll with you too.
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There aren't many grown men
who still play with dolls.
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You were too memorable to forget.
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It's no ordinary doll.
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It's been my loyal companion
since childhood.
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So you do remember me.
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But my memories of you
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have been blurry.
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Why is that?
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Here's a bouquet of wildflowers in bloom.
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Cheer up.
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Forget me.
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Maybe…
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you've just met too many pretty girls.
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Are you calling yourself pretty?
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You are pretty. Very pretty.
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You don't have to say it. I'll say it.
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Instead of doing your job,
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you're here admiring flowers
and playing with the doll?
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You scared me!
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When did you get here?
How much did you hear?
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Isn't the real business
supposed to wait until tonight?
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By the way,
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there is something
I really need your help with, Ji.
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Tell me.
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This is the note Xiaowei used to lure me
to the workshop and frame me.
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COME TO THE WEAVING
WORKSHOP THIS AFTERNOON
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THE DEADLOCK CAN BE BROKEN - XIAOWEI
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That's outrageous.
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Investigate the handwriting on this note
and see if it gives us any clues.
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You really know how
to order people around.
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Just go already.
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That's just how he is.
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If the moon doesn't come out all night,
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won't our plan fail?
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What… What are you doing?
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Master Wei's body should be placed
in the ancestral hall,
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then buried and laid to rest
after the funeral.
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What exactly are you trying to do here?
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Everyone, stay calm.
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Master Wei was killed by a demon.
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His spirit can only rest
after the evil influence is purged.
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Before dawn,
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everyone must remain in the courtyard
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and help purify and guide
Master Wei's soul.
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Purifying the soul.
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Guiding it onward.
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All of you were close to Master Wei.
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You must remain
in the courtyard until dawn.
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Then the ritual will be complete.
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Don't worry.
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I'll stay by your side here.
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You won't be in danger.
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They should've started by now, right?
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A night hunt for Xiaowei…
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Wangyan, that's really brilliant.
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But can they really handle it?
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Shouldn't we go take a look?
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Are you worried about them
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or just bored staying here?
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You saw right through me again.
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Not fun at all.
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We've already exposed our identities.
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We can't let Xiaowei find out
we've come back.
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Just stay put.
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Don't forget that we're waiting here
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because there's something else
we need to do.
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All right, I'll do as you say, Wangyan.
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-I need to relieve myself.
-Can't you wait?
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I'll go with you.
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Xiaowei still hasn't been caught.
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If you go alone,
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it could be dangerous.
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I'm the descendant
of a military commander.
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Why would I fear some seductive fox demon?
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You stay here and mind things.
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A grown man following me
to the latrine? Ridiculous.
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He should go with you.
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Otherwise,
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we would be worried.
265
00:20:47,705 --> 00:20:49,025
Ms. Yu, where are you going?
266
00:20:51,265 --> 00:20:52,305
The wind is strong tonight.
267
00:20:52,825 --> 00:20:53,945
I'm going back to my room to get a cloak.
268
00:20:56,185 --> 00:20:57,025
All right.
269
00:21:06,025 --> 00:21:07,065
On a starless, moonless night like this,
270
00:21:07,745 --> 00:21:09,505
what are you looking at, Steward Luo?
271
00:21:10,985 --> 00:21:12,385
With no stars and no moon,
272
00:21:13,665 --> 00:21:15,225
and night at its darkest,
273
00:21:16,105 --> 00:21:17,465
I'm just a little afraid.
274
00:21:41,025 --> 00:21:42,705
Mr. Liu, you've been looking up nonstop.
275
00:21:44,065 --> 00:21:46,265
What exactly are you looking at?
276
00:21:47,505 --> 00:21:48,945
I wanted to admire the moon.
277
00:21:50,665 --> 00:21:52,025
Too bad
278
00:21:52,105 --> 00:21:54,145
these tactless clouds
279
00:21:54,905 --> 00:21:57,905
have hidden away
all that beautiful moonlight.
280
00:21:59,745 --> 00:22:01,865
So you enjoy moon-watching, Mr. Liu?
281
00:22:02,825 --> 00:22:06,105
Then how come you stay in your room
282
00:22:06,665 --> 00:22:08,345
and never go out most nights?
283
00:22:10,105 --> 00:22:11,305
I go to bed early.
284
00:22:14,945 --> 00:22:16,545
The moonlight is dim tonight,
285
00:22:17,345 --> 00:22:18,705
and it's hard to see clearly.
286
00:22:19,425 --> 00:22:21,465
I'd better lead the way for you,
287
00:22:21,985 --> 00:22:23,545
so we can head back sooner.
288
00:22:53,985 --> 00:22:56,065
I just slipped and fell.
289
00:22:56,705 --> 00:22:58,985
If you won't help me up, fine.
290
00:22:59,065 --> 00:23:01,545
But why do you look
like you want to eat me alive?
291
00:23:12,185 --> 00:23:14,305
Ever since Wei Qing passed,
292
00:23:15,105 --> 00:23:17,225
the Wei household has fallen apart.
293
00:23:18,025 --> 00:23:20,225
The servants have all grown lazy.
294
00:23:21,225 --> 00:23:23,145
They won't even clean up
the standing water in the corridor now.
295
00:23:59,305 --> 00:24:00,425
The ritual isn't over yet.
296
00:24:01,185 --> 00:24:02,385
Where are you going, Steward Luo?
297
00:24:03,265 --> 00:24:04,505
To the dye workshop.
298
00:24:05,105 --> 00:24:06,545
In the middle of the night?
299
00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:08,545
You may not know this, Master Wu,
300
00:24:08,625 --> 00:24:10,745
but dye-making is a complicated process.
301
00:24:10,825 --> 00:24:14,105
How long the materials need to soak
depends on the weather and temperature.
302
00:24:14,185 --> 00:24:15,105
They have to be checked constantly.
303
00:24:16,265 --> 00:24:18,985
Master Wei may be gone,
304
00:24:19,065 --> 00:24:23,145
but the Wei family's business
still has to go on, doesn't it?
305
00:24:24,625 --> 00:24:25,945
In a household this large,
306
00:24:26,585 --> 00:24:29,105
do you really need to handle
such minor matters yourself?
307
00:24:30,865 --> 00:24:33,025
Too many tragedies
have struck the household lately.
308
00:24:33,985 --> 00:24:36,185
The servants are already demoralized.
309
00:24:36,265 --> 00:24:37,225
Business comes first.
310
00:24:37,985 --> 00:24:39,145
Let Steward Luo go.
311
00:24:47,745 --> 00:24:48,905
I'll go with you.
312
00:24:52,465 --> 00:24:53,585
Steward Luo.
313
00:25:00,545 --> 00:25:01,745
Thank you for your hard work.
314
00:25:01,825 --> 00:25:03,945
It's cold at night. Keep yourself warm.
315
00:25:08,345 --> 00:25:09,465
Thank you.
316
00:25:23,905 --> 00:25:24,745
Where's Ms. Yu?
317
00:25:25,785 --> 00:25:27,505
She went back to her room to get a cloak.
318
00:25:30,265 --> 00:25:31,265
I'll go check on her.
319
00:25:46,665 --> 00:25:49,385
The servants have all grown lazy.
320
00:25:49,985 --> 00:25:52,265
They won't even clean up
the standing water in the corridor now.
321
00:25:54,945 --> 00:25:55,865
Just as I thought.
322
00:25:57,225 --> 00:25:59,025
Fox demons really do love to lie.
323
00:26:04,025 --> 00:26:04,945
Not good.
324
00:26:05,865 --> 00:26:06,985
Only Ji Ling is with him.
325
00:26:10,425 --> 00:26:11,785
You gave her your outer robe.
326
00:26:12,305 --> 00:26:13,385
Aren't you cold?
327
00:26:15,345 --> 00:26:17,305
When the heart is warm,
the body doesn't feel cold.
328
00:26:18,745 --> 00:26:19,865
Do you really have one?
329
00:26:22,065 --> 00:26:23,025
Have what?
330
00:26:24,065 --> 00:26:24,945
A heart.
331
00:26:28,345 --> 00:26:29,865
If you really like her,
332
00:26:30,385 --> 00:26:33,345
you can't just do little things
like bringing her tea and water.
333
00:26:33,865 --> 00:26:35,305
That won't move her.
334
00:26:37,105 --> 00:26:39,065
If you have something to say, just say it.
335
00:26:39,145 --> 00:26:41,465
I'm a warrior. I like things direct.
336
00:26:41,545 --> 00:26:45,345
I can't stand people
beating around the bush.
337
00:26:46,145 --> 00:26:47,345
It gives me a headache.
338
00:26:48,785 --> 00:26:50,865
If you like her that much,
339
00:26:50,945 --> 00:26:54,345
why not just go to Weimiao Pavilion
and ask for a talisman?
340
00:26:59,025 --> 00:27:00,985
Can love won through a talisman
341
00:27:02,025 --> 00:27:03,265
really be called love?
342
00:27:03,345 --> 00:27:05,665
It'll be nothing but an illusion.
343
00:27:05,745 --> 00:27:08,145
You're a clever man, Master Ji Ling.
344
00:27:08,225 --> 00:27:09,945
Surely you can see that too.
345
00:27:10,905 --> 00:27:14,065
Since you know that love
forced by a talisman is false,
346
00:27:15,145 --> 00:27:16,385
why do you think
347
00:27:16,905 --> 00:27:18,705
the head of Weimiao Pavilion
348
00:27:19,865 --> 00:27:22,385
goes to such lengths to do all this?
349
00:27:23,945 --> 00:27:26,185
Then you'd have to ask her.
350
00:27:29,545 --> 00:27:30,865
I am asking.
351
00:27:37,665 --> 00:27:38,985
Why are you so nervous?
352
00:27:39,745 --> 00:27:42,465
Are you the head of Weimiao Pavilion?
353
00:27:48,465 --> 00:27:49,825
Are you Xiaowei?
354
00:27:53,265 --> 00:27:55,905
MOONLIT RADIANCE
355
00:27:59,785 --> 00:28:03,305
They all say Steward Luo
is indispensable to the Wei household.
356
00:28:03,825 --> 00:28:05,745
You handle everything yourself,
357
00:28:05,825 --> 00:28:06,785
even the account books,
358
00:28:07,465 --> 00:28:09,425
recording every detail personally.
359
00:28:10,505 --> 00:28:11,825
I'm the steward.
360
00:28:11,905 --> 00:28:13,745
It's only right
that I keep the books myself.
361
00:28:13,825 --> 00:28:15,465
What are you implying, Master Li?
362
00:28:19,425 --> 00:28:20,945
I have a note here.
363
00:28:25,705 --> 00:28:27,265
The handwriting on it
364
00:28:27,345 --> 00:28:30,385
matches the writing
in your account books exactly.
365
00:28:30,985 --> 00:28:32,225
I'd like you to take a look.
366
00:28:48,305 --> 00:28:49,745
I've never seen this note before.
367
00:28:50,385 --> 00:28:51,865
I went to the fabric house
368
00:28:51,945 --> 00:28:53,705
and compared it with your ledger.
369
00:28:54,625 --> 00:28:56,185
It is your handwriting.
370
00:28:56,905 --> 00:28:58,425
What you may not know, Master Li,
371
00:28:59,225 --> 00:29:01,825
is that while I know a bit
about weaving and tailoring,
372
00:29:01,905 --> 00:29:03,145
I've never had any schooling.
373
00:29:03,865 --> 00:29:06,945
Master Wei was kind enough
to teach me to read and write.
374
00:29:07,465 --> 00:29:10,025
He even gave me copybooks in his own hand
for me to practice from.
375
00:29:10,865 --> 00:29:12,145
So strictly speaking,
376
00:29:13,265 --> 00:29:15,025
the handwriting on this note
377
00:29:15,625 --> 00:29:17,385
looks more like Master Wei's.
378
00:29:19,465 --> 00:29:20,545
The servants said
379
00:29:21,065 --> 00:29:23,025
you were the last person
380
00:29:24,505 --> 00:29:26,905
to enter his room before Master Wei died.
381
00:29:29,025 --> 00:29:30,145
That's not true.
382
00:29:31,185 --> 00:29:32,345
They were mistaken.
383
00:29:36,385 --> 00:29:37,505
The fox demon…
384
00:29:38,545 --> 00:29:39,705
It's the fox demon!
385
00:29:57,425 --> 00:29:58,705
Why isn't she out yet?
386
00:30:03,145 --> 00:30:05,785
GOLDEN WEAVE
387
00:30:35,905 --> 00:30:36,745
Wuyi!
388
00:30:48,985 --> 00:30:50,105
Master Wu,
389
00:30:51,265 --> 00:30:52,425
what are you doing?
390
00:30:53,025 --> 00:30:54,425
And what are you doing?
391
00:30:56,145 --> 00:30:58,665
I've been kneeling so long,
my legs went numb.
392
00:30:59,265 --> 00:31:00,825
I just wanted to get up and stretch.
393
00:31:01,545 --> 00:31:02,505
Still acting?
394
00:31:03,665 --> 00:31:04,505
Admit it. You are…
395
00:31:04,585 --> 00:31:06,705
Ms. Yu has been attacked by the fox demon.
396
00:31:21,865 --> 00:31:22,985
Are you really not…?
397
00:31:27,225 --> 00:31:28,065
Did we get it wrong?
398
00:31:28,625 --> 00:31:30,705
The demon… The fox demon…
399
00:31:30,785 --> 00:31:31,985
The fox demon is in the dye workshop!
400
00:31:33,545 --> 00:31:35,225
Li Jie is fighting it!
401
00:31:38,105 --> 00:31:39,105
Li Jie…
402
00:32:05,145 --> 00:32:07,745
-Li Jie, is there really a fox demon?
-There was,
403
00:32:07,825 --> 00:32:09,345
but then it suddenly disappeared.
404
00:32:09,945 --> 00:32:11,025
How is that possible?
405
00:32:29,105 --> 00:32:30,025
Wangyan,
406
00:32:30,705 --> 00:32:32,105
the moon is out.
407
00:33:24,745 --> 00:33:25,665
Break!
408
00:33:37,865 --> 00:33:39,865
If you don't want
the Ice Curse to consume you,
409
00:33:39,945 --> 00:33:41,225
stop using demon magic.
410
00:33:42,225 --> 00:33:43,465
Show your true form,
411
00:33:44,425 --> 00:33:45,825
Liu Weixue.
412
00:33:58,345 --> 00:33:59,665
So it really is Liu Weixue.
413
00:34:00,785 --> 00:34:02,985
But I was with him
the whole time just now.
414
00:34:03,065 --> 00:34:04,905
Did he use Word Magic on me?
415
00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,065
He wouldn't dare.
416
00:34:09,705 --> 00:34:12,625
Otherwise,
the Ice Curse would've come long ago.
417
00:34:13,425 --> 00:34:16,465
Then why did he suddenly use demon magic
and reveal his demon form?
418
00:34:16,985 --> 00:34:17,945
Xiaowei,
419
00:34:19,505 --> 00:34:21,145
it's been a while.
420
00:34:25,225 --> 00:34:26,185
How…
421
00:34:27,385 --> 00:34:29,225
How did you figure me out?
422
00:34:29,304 --> 00:34:31,585
We went down the wrong path at first
423
00:34:31,665 --> 00:34:33,905
and thought Xiaowei was a woman.
424
00:34:34,505 --> 00:34:37,505
Otherwise,
we would've caught you long ago.
425
00:34:38,105 --> 00:34:41,585
Xiaowei,
you'd hidden yourself well all along.
426
00:34:42,105 --> 00:34:43,824
But on the wedding night,
427
00:34:43,905 --> 00:34:45,225
you couldn't resist using demon magic,
428
00:34:45,304 --> 00:34:47,945
and that drew the Ice Curse.
429
00:35:12,465 --> 00:35:13,265
Vile demon!
430
00:35:25,425 --> 00:35:26,465
That night,
431
00:35:26,985 --> 00:35:28,585
all of us saw
432
00:35:28,665 --> 00:35:31,105
Xiaowei being chased by the Ice Curse,
433
00:35:31,185 --> 00:35:32,625
and its back foot got frostbitten.
434
00:35:35,705 --> 00:35:37,465
-It hurts. It hurts.
-You were clever.
435
00:35:37,545 --> 00:35:40,225
Feigning drunkenness,
you pretended to twist your ankle
436
00:35:40,305 --> 00:35:42,905
to cover up the injury
caused by the Ice Curse.
437
00:35:43,585 --> 00:35:45,745
An ordinary sprain heals in a few days.
438
00:35:46,585 --> 00:35:49,425
But frostbite from that curse
is much harder to recover from.
439
00:35:50,025 --> 00:35:51,665
Just now, when I went
with you to the latrine,
440
00:35:51,745 --> 00:35:53,865
I noticed you were
still having trouble walking.
441
00:35:55,785 --> 00:35:57,665
You saw I was getting suspicious,
442
00:35:58,305 --> 00:36:00,265
so you lied and said there
was standing water on the ground
443
00:36:00,345 --> 00:36:01,825
and that you'd slipped.
444
00:36:01,905 --> 00:36:04,625
That's not the only way
you gave yourself away.
445
00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:06,625
Demons can wear countless human guises,
446
00:36:06,705 --> 00:36:09,225
but their demonic nature
is hard to change.
447
00:36:10,065 --> 00:36:12,345
Habits and preferences
formed over hundreds of years
448
00:36:12,425 --> 00:36:15,425
certainly can't be changed overnight.
449
00:36:15,505 --> 00:36:17,545
Young Master Liu has lived
in comfort since childhood.
450
00:36:17,625 --> 00:36:19,785
He only sleeps on tussah silk bedding.
451
00:36:20,305 --> 00:36:24,305
A martial artist
can sleep rough and eat rough.
452
00:36:24,385 --> 00:36:27,465
No way someone like that
would sleep only on tussah silk.
453
00:36:28,105 --> 00:36:29,705
Lady Wei really lives in luxury.
454
00:36:29,785 --> 00:36:32,305
All her bedding is made of tussah silk.
455
00:36:35,305 --> 00:36:36,825
So comfortable.
456
00:36:38,545 --> 00:36:39,865
Xiaowei severed
the spiritual tail long ago
457
00:36:39,945 --> 00:36:41,985
and lost the sense of smell.
458
00:36:42,065 --> 00:36:43,625
You can smell that from that far away?
459
00:36:57,945 --> 00:36:59,625
What about now?
460
00:37:01,065 --> 00:37:02,585
Go wash up.
461
00:37:05,905 --> 00:37:07,025
I see.
462
00:37:07,985 --> 00:37:09,705
I'll go bathe right now.
463
00:37:09,785 --> 00:37:11,265
What Ms. Yu smelled
464
00:37:11,345 --> 00:37:13,105
was actually the scent of the weasel demon
465
00:37:13,185 --> 00:37:14,865
inside Wu Shiguang's Cosmic Pouch.
466
00:37:14,945 --> 00:37:16,305
After Li Jie took the pouch away,
467
00:37:16,385 --> 00:37:19,025
Wu Shiguang no longer smelled of it.
468
00:37:19,105 --> 00:37:21,825
But you still pretended you could smell it
and kept lying
469
00:37:21,905 --> 00:37:24,505
to hide the fact
that you'd lost your sense of smell.
470
00:37:25,025 --> 00:37:26,065
Xiaowei,
471
00:37:26,905 --> 00:37:28,905
are you still going to deny it?
472
00:37:43,385 --> 00:37:44,465
Shengwei?
473
00:37:45,145 --> 00:37:46,185
How did this happen?
474
00:37:47,265 --> 00:37:48,145
Shengwei.
475
00:37:48,225 --> 00:37:50,505
Shengwei! Shengwei…
476
00:37:51,425 --> 00:37:53,585
You clearly killed her
by ripping out her heart.
477
00:37:54,185 --> 00:37:55,025
Drop the act.
478
00:37:55,705 --> 00:37:57,825
That's not true. That's not true.
479
00:37:58,585 --> 00:37:59,825
Shengwei.
480
00:37:59,905 --> 00:38:02,105
Shengwei. Wake up, Shengwei!
481
00:38:02,185 --> 00:38:04,185
Shengwei! Shengwei…
482
00:38:04,265 --> 00:38:06,785
I didn't do it. Untie me! Shengwei!
483
00:38:07,705 --> 00:38:08,705
Untie me!
484
00:38:38,825 --> 00:38:40,225
She's still alive.
485
00:38:41,105 --> 00:38:44,585
But her heart is badly damaged,
and she's lost too much blood.
486
00:38:44,665 --> 00:38:47,505
My seal will only slow
the bleeding for a short while.
487
00:38:47,585 --> 00:38:49,145
It can't save her.
488
00:38:49,745 --> 00:38:52,185
It can only buy her a little more time.
489
00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:54,345
I saw the wound
on the left side of her chest
490
00:38:54,425 --> 00:38:56,585
and thought she'd stopped breathing,
so I didn't stay.
491
00:38:56,665 --> 00:38:59,865
How is she still alive now?
492
00:39:01,745 --> 00:39:02,945
You did it.
493
00:39:03,945 --> 00:39:05,385
You killed her.
494
00:39:06,705 --> 00:39:08,785
Fox demon, I'll kill you!
495
00:39:22,625 --> 00:39:24,305
I wanted to repay her.
496
00:39:25,785 --> 00:39:27,905
How could I ever hurt her?
497
00:39:31,705 --> 00:39:34,825
She's the Wang Sheng
I've searched for across lifetimes.
498
00:40:18,145 --> 00:40:20,465
A packed bundle.
499
00:40:24,385 --> 00:40:25,225
Chestnut cakes.
500
00:40:27,665 --> 00:40:29,265
A shadow puppet.
501
00:41:08,585 --> 00:41:10,745
So, as it turned out,
502
00:41:11,465 --> 00:41:13,185
Ms. Yu was Wang Sheng.
503
00:41:13,905 --> 00:41:19,145
But then why is there a waning moon mark
on Wei Qing's sole?
504
00:41:20,145 --> 00:41:21,585
That's only an old scar.
505
00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:36,745
Scars can be erased with magic.
506
00:41:37,625 --> 00:41:39,105
But a Formless Moon mark
507
00:41:40,105 --> 00:41:41,425
can never be removed.
508
00:41:41,505 --> 00:41:42,985
It remains lifetime after lifetime.
509
00:41:46,065 --> 00:41:47,105
You discovered it
510
00:41:47,185 --> 00:41:49,025
when you attacked Ms. Yu
half a month ago, didn't you?
511
00:42:00,025 --> 00:42:00,865
But
512
00:42:01,945 --> 00:42:03,225
it was already too late.
513
00:42:14,385 --> 00:42:16,465
I had already granted
a love talisman to Wei Qing.
514
00:42:17,425 --> 00:42:18,665
I never imagined
515
00:42:19,305 --> 00:42:20,745
that by doing so,
I'd be signing a death warrant
516
00:42:20,825 --> 00:42:22,225
for the one I'd been searching for.
517
00:42:28,305 --> 00:42:30,145
I couldn't let Shengwei die,
518
00:42:30,785 --> 00:42:33,785
so I came to the Wei mansion.
519
00:42:34,625 --> 00:42:35,705
I needed to make sure she'd
520
00:42:35,785 --> 00:42:37,585
never suffer the blowback
of the Fox-Allure Spell.
521
00:42:38,225 --> 00:42:39,305
Unfortunately,
522
00:42:39,385 --> 00:42:42,465
that's impossible.
523
00:42:42,545 --> 00:42:44,585
As long as the love remains,
524
00:42:45,345 --> 00:42:46,545
the spell can't be lifted.
525
00:42:47,385 --> 00:42:49,865
Even killing someone won't end it.
526
00:42:50,385 --> 00:42:51,465
No, it can be lifted
527
00:42:52,585 --> 00:42:54,305
once the one who asked for the talisman
528
00:42:55,385 --> 00:42:56,425
falls for someone else.
529
00:42:57,345 --> 00:42:58,625
I see.
530
00:42:59,785 --> 00:43:01,065
You used another love talisman
531
00:43:01,665 --> 00:43:03,945
to make Wei Qing fall for someone else.
532
00:43:04,465 --> 00:43:08,225
And the perfect choice happened to be
right in front of you,
533
00:43:09,505 --> 00:43:10,345
Luo Wei.
534
00:43:13,265 --> 00:43:15,745
YU SHENGWEI IS MY CLOSEST
AND DEAREST FRIEND. BY LUO WEI
535
00:43:15,825 --> 00:43:19,465
Yu Shengwei
is my closest and dearest friend.
536
00:43:19,545 --> 00:43:23,265
You knew that she and Ms. Yu
were intimate friends.
537
00:43:23,345 --> 00:43:25,745
Without Ms. Yu,
she could never have worked here.
538
00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:29,825
Luo Wei tried to break
the two of them apart
539
00:43:29,905 --> 00:43:31,745
not because of Master Wei,
540
00:43:32,505 --> 00:43:33,425
but because of Ms. Yu.
541
00:43:35,105 --> 00:43:36,905
Everyone says
Weimiao Pavilion is the best place
542
00:43:36,985 --> 00:43:38,065
to pray for love.
543
00:43:38,145 --> 00:43:40,265
If I went to ask for a talisman,
544
00:43:40,865 --> 00:43:42,065
would your heart…
545
00:43:44,105 --> 00:43:46,305
Would your heart finally be mine?
546
00:43:50,825 --> 00:43:53,385
You secretly nudged Luo Wei
into seeking a love talisman.
547
00:43:54,425 --> 00:43:57,505
And so Master Wei fell for Luo Wei.
548
00:43:58,025 --> 00:43:58,865
After that,
549
00:43:58,945 --> 00:44:02,145
his feelings for Yu Shengwei
naturally disappeared.
550
00:44:02,225 --> 00:44:04,585
Thus, the Fox-Allure Spell
on her was lifted.
551
00:44:10,505 --> 00:44:13,265
But why did you still want Wei Qing dead
552
00:44:13,345 --> 00:44:14,625
after the spell had been lifted?
553
00:44:15,825 --> 00:44:18,385
Because he refused to divorce Shengwei.
554
00:44:18,465 --> 00:44:19,945
He wouldn't set her free.
555
00:44:20,705 --> 00:44:21,745
He deserved to die.
556
00:44:23,345 --> 00:44:25,785
You actually used the blowback
of the Fox-Allure Spell to kill.
557
00:44:26,465 --> 00:44:28,385
So it was you who switched the talismans.
558
00:44:29,385 --> 00:44:30,345
It wasn't me.
559
00:44:31,825 --> 00:44:33,065
It was Luo Wei.
560
00:44:33,665 --> 00:44:36,665
She stole
the love talisman before I could.
561
00:44:47,025 --> 00:44:50,385
Mr. Liu, are you looking for something?
562
00:44:50,465 --> 00:44:51,785
Why are your clothes in such a mess?
563
00:44:52,345 --> 00:44:53,265
Where's your belt?
564
00:44:54,585 --> 00:44:57,225
Steward Luo said
Master Wei's belt was damaged,
565
00:44:57,305 --> 00:44:59,225
so she took it away to mend it for him.
566
00:45:08,625 --> 00:45:09,505
It's no use.
567
00:45:12,945 --> 00:45:15,305
-But those demon hunters said…
-I lied to them.
568
00:45:16,265 --> 00:45:19,545
Only the person
under the spell can tear up the talisman.
569
00:45:20,465 --> 00:45:22,985
No one else can destroy it.
570
00:45:23,585 --> 00:45:25,545
Only if Wei Qing tears it up himself
571
00:45:26,625 --> 00:45:27,945
will the blowback be triggered.
572
00:45:29,145 --> 00:45:30,745
If you really want him dead,
573
00:45:32,185 --> 00:45:33,745
do as I say.
574
00:45:35,425 --> 00:45:36,945
You have Shengwei's sachet
575
00:45:37,785 --> 00:45:39,225
with you too, right?
576
00:45:41,225 --> 00:45:43,585
If Yu Shengwei really divorces you,
577
00:45:44,145 --> 00:45:46,505
you will become the laughingstock
of the entire Luo'an City.
578
00:45:46,585 --> 00:45:48,185
Then what should I do?
579
00:45:49,545 --> 00:45:50,985
How did you get her sachet?
580
00:45:52,465 --> 00:45:53,705
I had Luo Wei
581
00:45:53,785 --> 00:45:55,945
cover the talisman
bearing her name and Wei Qing's
582
00:45:56,465 --> 00:45:59,105
with a thin sheet of paper
583
00:46:00,505 --> 00:46:02,585
bearing the names Wei Qing
584
00:46:02,665 --> 00:46:04,705
and Yu Shengwei.
585
00:46:04,785 --> 00:46:07,305
Tear it up, and everything will be solved.
586
00:46:11,665 --> 00:46:12,985
You lied to me…
587
00:46:19,945 --> 00:46:20,785
Your plan worked.
588
00:46:21,425 --> 00:46:22,585
Wei Qing
589
00:46:22,665 --> 00:46:24,745
killed himself.
590
00:46:26,185 --> 00:46:30,585
Then who was the fox demon
who attacked Ms. Yu?
591
00:46:30,665 --> 00:46:31,905
She wasn't attacked by a fox demon.
592
00:46:31,985 --> 00:46:34,265
I set up a protective barrier
around the Wei mansion.
593
00:46:34,345 --> 00:46:36,105
If any demon had tried to cause trouble,
594
00:46:36,185 --> 00:46:37,865
I would've sensed it at once.
595
00:46:37,945 --> 00:46:40,665
A demon couldn't make a move,
but a human could.
596
00:46:46,065 --> 00:46:48,505
Luo Wei, you're worse than a demon.
597
00:46:49,865 --> 00:46:52,265
One, two, three, four.
598
00:46:52,345 --> 00:46:57,505
These four items hold all the secrets
behind tonight's murder case.