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♪Having survived the winter
I'm expecting the flower season♪

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♪Smiling in a spring breeze
I'm immersed in it♪

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♪Whose breath warmed my cold heart♪

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♪And stirred up ripples♪

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♪A figure may be reflected in my eyes♪

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♪Bring back numerous memories♪

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♪Through my life
I've endured hardships for love♪

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♪With you My mind is still and peaceful♪

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♪Don't blame fate and providence♪

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♪And the merciless fortune♪

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♪Wandering in the world of mortals
like it's a game♪

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♪Risking my heart♪

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♪Isn't to be regretted♪

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♪I'll exchange it
for the love of my life delightedly♪

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=A Dream of Splendor=

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=Episode 16=

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They've stolen

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all our drink recipes.

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More annoying is,

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Qingming Teahouse
has hired two pipa players,

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who play pipa
in the teahouse all day long.

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What about the Tea Art?

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Did they learn it too?

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Not that, though.

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Well, that's it.

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Also,

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you can't keep accusing them
of selling fakes, can you?

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No law

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or rule

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says that only we have the right
to sell Peach Blossom Cakes.

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Pan'er,

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why do you defend them?

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Ever since the first
Peach Blossom Cake was made,

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I had known it'd be

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stolen sooner or later.

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But

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it's actually a good thing.

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How can it be a good thing?

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Taste it.

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Too sweet.

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The filling is too greasy,
and the dough is too hard.

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It's not good.

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The problem has solved itself, then.

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They can steal the recipe,

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but once being eaten,

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the difference can be told.

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But those who never tried ours

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can't tell the difference.

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Shen Ruzhuo said

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that loads of people queued
for their cakes in Tea Lane.

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If they have more customers,

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we have less, right?

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Let me ask you,

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if you go watch a play,

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would you like to see one person
play the sword

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or a combat of several men?

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More men, of course.

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I get it.

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The Peach Blossom Cake

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is better to be advertised

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by our competitors

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rather than us alone.

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Once it's eaten,

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they'll immediately tell good from bad.

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It's only the three of us.

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The best we can do

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is sell several dozens of boxes a day.

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We have less than 100 customers
on a daily basis.

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Why would we

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compete with the peers in Tea Lane?

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We'll choose a way of doing business
to our advantage,

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focus on ingenuity,
gracefulness, and exquisiteness.

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We just remain
as the groundbreakers in Qiantang,

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and the more follow our lead,

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the better for the reputation

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of Half-hidden.

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As for the pipa players who copy you…

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- Bravo!
- Bravo! Bravo!

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Someone calls herself Ms. Zhao
asks to see you outside.

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Ms. Zhao?

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Ms. Zhao.

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Gentlemen.

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We have opened for seven days.

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To repay your support,

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there will be
an extra pipa performance.

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Please go upstairs.

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Are you saying

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we can listen to the music upstairs

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without buying osmanthus nectar?

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The drinks are ready for you.

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- Joy falls from Heaven.
- Wonderful.

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Thank you, Ms. Zhao.

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Keep it down, please?

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Great.

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Come on.

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It's just excellent.

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Wonderful.

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This way, please.

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But it feels like

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there are many customers.

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You didn't come yesterday.

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You were at Tea Lane, weren't you?

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Their osmanthus nectar

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costs less,

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but

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their cakes

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can't really compete

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with the ones Half-hidden makes.

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It does feel unfilled here.

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Indeed.

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I see the refreshments are ready.

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Sit, please.

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I feel very welcome.

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Sit.

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Ms. Song is an amazing musician.

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Her Song of Wang Zhaojun

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is full of emotions.

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It's like music from Heaven.

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I, however, think

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the music sounds backward

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compared to what she played
a few days ago.

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The Song of Wang Zhaojun, again?

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What…

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Is it Ms. Song in the room?

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Come on. Let's go.

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I'd like to offer
a handsome amount of gold

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for you to accept me as your student.

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W-What…

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Arise, please.

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As fellow pipa players,

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we'll look to exchange experience.

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A teacher-student
relationship isn't necessary.

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Come. We'll talk inside.

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Suniang is a fine musician,

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but in comparison,

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Ms. Song is slightly better.

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More than slightly.

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Suniang's Song of Wang Zhaojun is good,

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euphonic.

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It's top-level music.

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But think about it.

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Wang Zhaojun crossed border
for the nation.

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She had more in her heart
than a female's interest.

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That's why

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Ms. Song's music

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combines euphony,

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weariness,

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homesickness,

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and, most importantly, resolution

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and patriotism.

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It delivers Wang Zhaojun's

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noble wish for a forever secure border
of the Han dynasty.

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Well said.

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However,

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the imitator

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never competes with the originator.

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It applies to the music,

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so to the food.

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Indeed.

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You can tell the differences

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from the details.

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You can go to Tea Lane

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if you like.

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From this day on,

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this will be the only place
where I enjoy the recreations.

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Wait…

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The fewer customers,

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the more Ms. Song's pipa music for me.

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I'll only come here

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just like you.

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W-W-What does
Song Yinzhang look like?

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I-I didn't really catch her look.

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What's the matter
with your pair of big eyes?

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Oh, thank you.

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You have missed too much.

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What?

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(Mr. Hu, Owner of Qingming Tea House)
They even took Suniang away?

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That's a slap in our face.

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So they treat all the tea houses

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in Tea Lane

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like dirt!

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The weather is nice.

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Nice. Really nice.

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Anybody here?

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Anybody?

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Where are the waitresses?

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Sorry, gentlemen, but we're full.

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That's strange.

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Ms. Zhao,

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you stole Suniang from us,

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and here you pretend

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that you don't know we're owners
of tea houses in Tea Lane?

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Oh, isn't it Mr. Hu,
the owner of Qingming Tea House?

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Mr. Hu.

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Mr. Hu.

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To what do I owe the honor?

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Half-hidden outshines us all.

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It's our honor to see you.

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We only came here

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to greet you.

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From days of old, the philosophy of tea

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has always been about virtues,

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peace, and harmony.

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However, Half-hidden self-assertively

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prices their services high,

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and they even came up
with the disgraceful idea

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of attracting customers with music.

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It's an approach that brothels adopt.

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They have disgraced the tea ceremony.

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A disgrace.

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A total disgrace.

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A disgrace.

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We despise such behaviors.

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So we'd like to inform you

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that from tomorrow on,

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all the 27 tea houses in Tea Lane

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won't receive those who spend money

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in Half-hidden.

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- You're not welcome.
- Yes.

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W-W-Why do you

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have to do this?

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We're all neighbors,

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friends.

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Today, we have fun in Half-hidden,

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but we'll also go to Tea Lane

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some other day with our pals.

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Yes, yes.

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Mr. Hu, harmony brings wealth.

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Harmony brings wealth, right?

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Mr. Zhuoshi,

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enough of your persuasions.

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As the saying goes,

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different people go different ways.

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Though we're only businessmen,

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we can't tolerate being compared

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with these depraved

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harlots.

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Who do you call harlots?

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Shut your dirty mouth.

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All right, all right.

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It appears

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you're here to look for trouble.

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Well, this is my question for you.

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Since you despise Half-hidden so much,

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why do you keep stealing
our business ideas?

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From our drink recipes,
our cakes, to the pipa music,

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you missed nothing.

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Everyone prices their items differently.

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You said I sell my tea for high prices,

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then answer me.

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Why do you sell the fan

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with your Peach Blossom drawing

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for 50 strings of copper coins,

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yet that of an average painter sells
only for 50 copper coins?

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And what's more absurd is,

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you spitefully call

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a cup of tea over music disgraceful.

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Here's another question for you.

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When the former emperor granted
the officials the tea of Beiyuan

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25 years ago,

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a musician played
the Spring Dawn on the scene.

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Ms. Song

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often plays music for His Majesty
in the imperial palace,

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yet you call her a depraved harlot?

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Are you saying

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that His Majesty has no taste?

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Well said. Well said.

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Yes, yes. That's true.

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We won't argue with women.

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Anyway, from tomorrow on,

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you choose between Tea Lane
and Half-hidden.

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It's either them or us.

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How do we make the choice?

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Right, right.

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It's too difficult for us.

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See you.

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Stop.

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You came to look for trouble,

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and you don't get away with it.

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None of you gets out of here.

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What? What do they want?

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What is all this?

283
00:15:35,740 --> 00:15:37,060
You're pushing us

284
00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:40,460
to close our business.

285
00:15:40,580 --> 00:15:41,780
But there are still rules.

286
00:15:42,180 --> 00:15:44,020
Before we opened Half-hidden,

287
00:15:44,220 --> 00:15:46,460
we registered and paid money

288
00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:48,180
in the tea association
of the Eastern Capital.

289
00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:50,820
If this doesn't end well,

290
00:15:51,540 --> 00:15:53,780
I'll leave my business here,

291
00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:55,500
sue you in the local government

292
00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:57,540
and let everyone here see

293
00:15:57,540 --> 00:15:58,580
who's right and who's wrong.

294
00:15:59,260 --> 00:15:59,900
You...

295
00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:01,140
Why are you

296
00:16:01,780 --> 00:16:03,100
such a vicious woman?

297
00:16:03,180 --> 00:16:04,500
Compared to what you did,

298
00:16:04,500 --> 00:16:05,940
I'm a lot nicer and kinder.

299
00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:07,100
When you bullied

300
00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,180
and insulted us,

301
00:16:08,340 --> 00:16:09,900
didn't you think we'd get back at you?

302
00:16:10,540 --> 00:16:12,580
Or you think you can push us around

303
00:16:12,580 --> 00:16:13,820
just because we're women?

304
00:16:13,820 --> 00:16:15,220
You actually believe we'll
listen to your nonsense

305
00:16:15,220 --> 00:16:16,220
and close our shop that easily?

306
00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:19,060
Uh… It's…

307
00:16:22,780 --> 00:16:24,700
They're new in the capital city,

308
00:16:24,700 --> 00:16:26,300
and already, they have opened
this large tea house.

309
00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:28,940
I don't think it's a good idea
to escalate the friction.

310
00:16:29,180 --> 00:16:30,980
But we mustn't yield at this point.

311
00:16:36,060 --> 00:16:37,300
Then what do you want?

312
00:16:37,820 --> 00:16:38,580
Zhao Pan'er.

313
00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:40,980
Don't think we'll be threatened

314
00:16:40,980 --> 00:16:41,860
if you play a badass.

315
00:16:44,740 --> 00:16:45,620
How about

316
00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:49,340
a match of tea ceremony with me?

317
00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:50,940
You ask for a contest?

318
00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:51,700
Correct.

319
00:16:52,780 --> 00:16:53,780
If you lose,

320
00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,060
you are to close
your business immediately.

321
00:16:56,740 --> 00:16:57,780
If we lose,

322
00:16:58,660 --> 00:17:00,220
we'll pour tea to apologize to you,

323
00:17:00,580 --> 00:17:01,820
and we won't say any bad word

324
00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:03,500
against Half-hidden anymore.

325
00:17:04,140 --> 00:17:04,780
So?

326
00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:06,100
Do you accept the challenge?

327
00:17:08,300 --> 00:17:08,860
Sure.

328
00:17:16,740 --> 00:17:17,540
I take the challenge.

329
00:17:24,970 --> 00:17:26,020
Come and see. Come and see.

330
00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:28,620
The tea house owners from Tea Lane
challenge Half-hidden.

331
00:17:28,930 --> 00:17:29,690
- Come and see.
- Come on. Let's have a look.

332
00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:31,060
Come and see.

333
00:17:31,140 --> 00:17:33,300
The tea house owners from Tea Lane
throw down a challenge.

334
00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:36,450
Come here. Come here.

335
00:17:36,820 --> 00:17:37,660
Who are you?

336
00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:39,580
Sun Li.

337
00:17:39,620 --> 00:17:41,340
I heard your voice from a distance.

338
00:17:41,450 --> 00:17:42,420
Why are you hanging
around the street?

339
00:17:42,420 --> 00:17:43,170
Go to school now.

340
00:17:43,580 --> 00:17:44,690
Come on, Mr. Du.

341
00:17:44,820 --> 00:17:46,060
The tea house owners from Tea Lane

342
00:17:46,060 --> 00:17:47,780
came to challenge Half-hidden.

343
00:17:47,860 --> 00:17:48,820
That's fun.

344
00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:50,140
You wouldn't like to miss out on that.

345
00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,140
- That's more interesting than school.
- Challenge?

346
00:17:52,540 --> 00:17:53,900
So it's a tea ceremony contest?

347
00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:58,740
I'll teach you
what a tea ceremony contest is.

348
00:18:44,420 --> 00:18:46,500
What are the rules
in the Eastern Capital?

349
00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:49,100
There are three aspects.

350
00:18:49,620 --> 00:18:53,780
Color, water trace, and the taste.

351
00:18:54,860 --> 00:18:57,420
We pick our own tea bricks and water,

352
00:18:57,620 --> 00:18:59,220
and we'll have five tasters.

353
00:18:59,940 --> 00:19:01,140
Best out of 3.

354
00:19:01,780 --> 00:19:02,340
Do you accept the rules?

355
00:19:05,660 --> 00:19:06,380
Sure.

356
00:19:06,940 --> 00:19:07,660
Good.

357
00:19:14,860 --> 00:19:16,620
I shall use

358
00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:18,420
Beiyuan Early Spring Tea.

359
00:19:20,780 --> 00:19:21,820
As we all know,

360
00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:24,060
tea picked before Qingming Festival
values as much as gold.

361
00:19:37,140 --> 00:19:38,500
Since we're from Qiantang,

362
00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:42,140
we'll, of course, use
Jing Shan Tea before Grain Rain.

363
00:19:54,620 --> 00:19:56,260
I can't find my eyeglasses.

364
00:19:56,580 --> 00:19:58,060
Tell me what's going on.

365
00:20:01,100 --> 00:20:03,060
Mr. Hu has a gold grinder.

366
00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:04,300
It's dazzling.

367
00:20:08,220 --> 00:20:10,420
The water I shall use

368
00:20:10,980 --> 00:20:12,740
is Chan spring from Mt. Tiantai.

369
00:20:12,980 --> 00:20:14,900
- Whoa. Chan spring.
- Chan spring.

370
00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:16,180
That's professional.

371
00:20:16,180 --> 00:20:16,940
Yes.

372
00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:22,660
We'll use

373
00:20:23,580 --> 00:20:24,780
ordinary rainwater.

374
00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:27,140
That's…

375
00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:28,500
Rainwater?

376
00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:39,020
In this case,

377
00:20:39,660 --> 00:20:42,980
Half-hidden sets themselves
at a disadvantage at the start.

378
00:20:45,380 --> 00:20:46,860
Beiyuan Tea

379
00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:48,860
is tribute tea of this year.

380
00:20:49,780 --> 00:20:51,020
Jing Shan Tea?

381
00:20:51,380 --> 00:20:53,300
I've never heard of that.

382
00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:56,500
And it's before Grain Rain.

383
00:20:58,580 --> 00:21:00,340
According to Lu Yu's Book of Tea,

384
00:21:01,220 --> 00:21:03,260
spring water from the mountain

385
00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:05,340
is best for making tea.

386
00:21:06,340 --> 00:21:08,980
Rainwater can't compete

387
00:21:08,980 --> 00:21:10,900
with Chan spring from Mt. Tiantai.

388
00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:11,980
Exactly.

389
00:21:16,420 --> 00:21:17,020
Here.

390
00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:23,300
This is the gold grinder passed down
by Lu Tong, the God of Tea.

391
00:21:24,780 --> 00:21:25,580
It's gold.

392
00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:30,500
A gold grinder overtops all.

393
00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:31,820
It won't stain or taint the tea.

394
00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,020
The tea ground by it

395
00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:35,820
is fine and fragrant.

396
00:21:39,060 --> 00:21:41,460
In contrast, Ms. Zhao's

397
00:21:41,540 --> 00:21:43,300
little grinder

398
00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:44,500
seems cheap.

399
00:23:20,340 --> 00:23:22,060
Just grind the tea.

400
00:23:22,380 --> 00:23:24,980
What's with the coquettish dance?

401
00:23:26,620 --> 00:23:28,180
How about a dance-off?

402
00:23:28,820 --> 00:23:30,940
It's obviously the brothel way.

403
00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:34,260
Watch your mouth.

404
00:23:34,940 --> 00:23:36,780
Great men can have poor births.

405
00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:38,700
Shi Le was but a slave,

406
00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,020
yet he would become
the founding emperor of a dynasty.

407
00:23:40,340 --> 00:23:43,020
The contestants are allowed
to show off their own skills.

408
00:23:43,220 --> 00:23:46,940
Half-hidden never called
his gold grinder superficial.

409
00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:50,260
Mr. Hu's bitter words

410
00:23:50,380 --> 00:23:51,740
have made himself look bad.

411
00:24:15,820 --> 00:24:16,740
This is new.

412
00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:18,140
She's a good dancer.

413
00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:22,060
Whoa.

414
00:25:06,220 --> 00:25:08,020
With the fan in her hand,

415
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:11,100
it looks like the dance of butterfly
at the festivals.

416
00:25:12,620 --> 00:25:14,380
Time for tea-making, right?

417
00:25:15,060 --> 00:25:17,740
Yes. Mr. Hu has begun.

418
00:26:49,060 --> 00:26:51,820
Drip like the breath
of a silver dragon.

419
00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:55,340
Stir with proficiency.

420
00:26:57,500 --> 00:26:59,900
He's an adept tea-maker from Tea Lane.

421
00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:55,380
Ms. Zhao's stirring

422
00:27:55,820 --> 00:27:59,020
is similar to
an instrument-playing technique.

423
00:28:01,020 --> 00:28:01,780
It… It's…

424
00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:03,340
Yes.

425
00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:06,540
Although Ms. Zhao rarely plays
to the audience,

426
00:28:06,620 --> 00:28:08,220
but she has spent over a decade

427
00:28:08,780 --> 00:28:10,420
on practicing zither.

428
00:28:14,420 --> 00:28:16,220
Gentlemen, please listen.

429
00:28:23,140 --> 00:28:24,420
A Parting Tune
with A Thrice Repeated Refrain?

430
00:28:25,980 --> 00:28:29,100
Ms. Zhao plays a piece of music

431
00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:30,940
using the bowl.

432
00:28:31,140 --> 00:28:31,900
It's…

433
00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:56,460
My tea is done.

434
00:29:06,390 --> 00:29:07,390
I'm not sure. Let me see.

435
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:08,580
Who is the winner?

436
00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:14,340
The color, the water trace, the taste.

437
00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:17,980
So it's a contest of not only the taste

438
00:29:17,980 --> 00:29:19,660
but also the color and the foam.

439
00:29:20,380 --> 00:29:23,740
It means the tea with a nicer color

440
00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:24,660
and a better foam wins.

441
00:29:25,420 --> 00:29:26,780
The winner's tea should be whiter

442
00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:29,020
and the foam should last longer.

443
00:29:30,140 --> 00:29:31,020
Pretty much, yes.

444
00:29:34,780 --> 00:29:36,380
The tea color

445
00:29:36,380 --> 00:29:37,140
looks good.

446
00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:44,540
Good tea, indeed.

447
00:29:44,540 --> 00:29:45,380
Yes.

448
00:29:46,420 --> 00:29:49,420
Both pure white.

449
00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:51,140
Both bowls of tea are top quality.

450
00:29:52,340 --> 00:29:53,820
A draw

451
00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:54,900
for the tea-color round.

452
00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:57,940
Bravo.

453
00:29:59,820 --> 00:30:00,700
Next,

454
00:30:01,140 --> 00:30:03,380
the foam.

455
00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:28,820
Oh, no.

456
00:30:28,940 --> 00:30:31,700
Ms. Zhao's foam starts to dissipate.

457
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,080
(Tea)

458
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,040
(Tea)

459
00:32:33,820 --> 00:32:34,740
Ms. Zhao,

460
00:32:34,900 --> 00:32:36,660
I'm afraid

461
00:32:37,060 --> 00:32:38,460
you lost the water-trace round.

462
00:32:38,780 --> 00:32:40,700
- Bravo. Bravo.
- Bravo.

463
00:32:40,820 --> 00:32:41,580
Bravo.

464
00:32:41,580 --> 00:32:42,380
Gentlemen,

465
00:32:42,780 --> 00:32:44,220
please look closely.

466
00:32:47,580 --> 00:32:48,180
It's…

467
00:32:59,380 --> 00:32:59,980
Look.

468
00:33:01,220 --> 00:33:04,700
It's Tea Art, the drawing of tea.

469
00:33:06,010 --> 00:33:06,480
Amazing.

470
00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:07,380
Tea Art.

471
00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:09,060
Haven't seen this for ages.

472
00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:10,740
Where did you learn it, Ms. Zhao?

473
00:33:12,220 --> 00:33:12,980
Guys,

474
00:33:13,380 --> 00:33:14,660
who's the winner

475
00:33:15,340 --> 00:33:16,380
for the water-trace round?

476
00:33:17,220 --> 00:33:20,580
Ms. Zhao, of course.

477
00:33:20,580 --> 00:33:22,820
- Bravo.
- Bravo.

478
00:33:23,060 --> 00:33:23,700
Bravo.

479
00:33:25,940 --> 00:33:26,660
Nice.

480
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:28,820
Just excellent.

481
00:33:28,820 --> 00:33:30,260
Excellent. Amazing.

482
00:33:32,980 --> 00:33:35,020
The last round is the taste.

483
00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:36,940
We may win.

484
00:34:39,220 --> 00:34:40,420
Beiyuan Tea

485
00:34:40,660 --> 00:34:42,260
has a mellow taste.

486
00:34:43,010 --> 00:34:44,660
It is the king's tea.

487
00:34:45,820 --> 00:34:49,140
A treasure, indeed.

488
00:34:49,700 --> 00:34:51,570
- Bravo.
- Bravo. Bravo.

489
00:34:55,050 --> 00:34:56,300
What about Half-hidden's tea?

490
00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:58,530
Please try our tea.

491
00:35:22,740 --> 00:35:25,860
It's the first time I try Jing Shan tea.

492
00:35:26,260 --> 00:35:29,700
I don't feel the wonder of it.

493
00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:33,020
It has no bitterness

494
00:35:33,460 --> 00:35:36,020
but the taste of freshness.

495
00:35:36,780 --> 00:35:39,380
As if I were now at home

496
00:35:39,380 --> 00:35:40,780
watching the chrysanthemum.

497
00:35:40,940 --> 00:35:44,420
It feels like the cool autumn.

498
00:35:46,140 --> 00:35:47,700
The same for me.

499
00:35:49,260 --> 00:35:50,420
From the first sip,

500
00:35:50,660 --> 00:35:52,980
before the fragrance and taste kick in,

501
00:35:53,220 --> 00:35:55,820
it's the feeling of ethereality.

502
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:59,140
Like I transcended.

503
00:35:59,620 --> 00:36:00,740
Yes, yes. That's right.

504
00:36:00,740 --> 00:36:01,980
Exactly. Exactly.

505
00:36:01,980 --> 00:36:03,300
People's spiritual heights are leveled.

506
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:04,740
So is tea.

507
00:36:05,220 --> 00:36:07,780
You don't need the best water and leaf

508
00:36:07,780 --> 00:36:09,260
to make the best tea.

509
00:36:09,660 --> 00:36:10,860
The best match

510
00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:12,580
brings the tea to higher levels.

511
00:36:14,580 --> 00:36:15,940
Enough of the intangible stuff.

512
00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:19,700
Tea is all about the taste.

513
00:36:19,820 --> 00:36:20,540
Yes.

514
00:36:20,540 --> 00:36:22,660
Who wins this round?

515
00:36:38,260 --> 00:36:38,780
Great.

516
00:36:38,780 --> 00:36:39,420
Thank you, sir.

517
00:36:39,420 --> 00:36:41,140
Great. We win.

518
00:36:42,820 --> 00:36:43,580
Perfect.

519
00:36:43,620 --> 00:36:44,340
Yes.

520
00:37:07,980 --> 00:37:10,100
- We win!
- We win! We win!

521
00:37:15,940 --> 00:37:16,940
Sorry, guys.

522
00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:18,420
After deliberation,

523
00:37:18,780 --> 00:37:19,940
I decide

524
00:37:20,180 --> 00:37:21,540
that although your tea is good, Mr. Hu,

525
00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:24,100
I can get it anywhere

526
00:37:24,420 --> 00:37:25,500
outside Tea Lane

527
00:37:25,660 --> 00:37:26,940
if I want.

528
00:37:27,420 --> 00:37:29,540
I'll just invite a tea expert

529
00:37:29,900 --> 00:37:30,900
to my house.

530
00:37:32,380 --> 00:37:34,140
However,

531
00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:37,620
Ms. Zhao's tea is unique.

532
00:37:37,780 --> 00:37:39,100
Only she can make it.

533
00:37:40,420 --> 00:37:41,260
So, gentlemen,

534
00:37:41,820 --> 00:37:44,340
I'm on Half-hidden's side.

535
00:37:44,540 --> 00:37:45,620
- Bravo.
- Bravo.

536
00:37:47,500 --> 00:37:48,220
We win.

537
00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:04,620
Good work.

538
00:38:06,780 --> 00:38:07,580
Gentlemen,

539
00:38:08,660 --> 00:38:09,660
in terms of tea ceremony,

540
00:38:10,780 --> 00:38:11,860
one can play to their strengths

541
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,420
as long as the rule allows it.

542
00:38:17,180 --> 00:38:17,860
Yes,

543
00:38:18,180 --> 00:38:21,180
I was degraded to a music performer
due to my father's sin.

544
00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:23,900
But my name has been removed.

545
00:38:25,020 --> 00:38:26,940
I'd like to apply my dance skills
learned in childhood

546
00:38:27,220 --> 00:38:29,900
to tea-making.

547
00:38:30,820 --> 00:38:32,340
People say,

548
00:38:32,820 --> 00:38:34,700
tea and personality are correlated.

549
00:38:35,380 --> 00:38:38,020
If the tea is emotionally invested,

550
00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:40,900
it will be appreciated.

551
00:38:41,620 --> 00:38:42,500
If so,

552
00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:46,940
it doesn't matter whether the leaf
is from the imperial tea garden

553
00:38:47,820 --> 00:38:50,260
or the mountain in Qiantang, does it?

554
00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:51,980
Well said. Well said.

555
00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:53,020
Good point.

556
00:39:03,780 --> 00:39:07,140
Ms. Zhao, you have enlightened me.

557
00:39:08,900 --> 00:39:10,980
You're more skilled than me.

558
00:39:11,820 --> 00:39:13,100
I admit defeat.

559
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:19,260
You're welcome to visit us
in Tea Lane, Ms. Zhao.

560
00:39:28,580 --> 00:39:29,100
Let's go.

561
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:29,660
Come on.

562
00:39:30,260 --> 00:39:31,180
Congratulations.

563
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:32,980
- Half-hidden is better.
- Congrats.

564
00:39:32,980 --> 00:39:33,580
Yes.

565
00:39:33,700 --> 00:39:35,100
Thank you for your support.

566
00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:37,740
Please have some fresh air
at the backyard.

567
00:39:38,020 --> 00:39:40,100
We have prepared free baked breads

568
00:39:40,180 --> 00:39:40,940
and chrysanthemum drinks

569
00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:42,460
for you.

570
00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:44,380
Good. Excellent.

571
00:39:44,420 --> 00:39:45,420
Let's go. Let's go.

572
00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:46,020
Please, please.

573
00:39:46,020 --> 00:39:46,700
Wonderful.

574
00:39:47,180 --> 00:39:48,140
You go to school.

575
00:39:48,140 --> 00:39:49,180
Go. Quickly.

576
00:39:50,380 --> 00:39:51,340
Outstanding.

577
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:52,020
Come on. Come on.

578
00:39:52,020 --> 00:39:52,540
Please.

579
00:39:52,540 --> 00:39:53,460
Sirs.

580
00:39:56,180 --> 00:39:56,900
Interesting.

581
00:39:57,300 --> 00:39:59,460
We enjoyed a good match,
and we'll have free food.

582
00:40:00,380 --> 00:40:01,940
Did you see the final moment?

583
00:40:01,940 --> 00:40:02,980
I couldn't see clearly,

584
00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:04,900
but that one drop of water…

585
00:40:20,580 --> 00:40:21,140
What's…

586
00:40:25,580 --> 00:40:26,220
Thanks.

587
00:40:28,060 --> 00:40:28,740
Get up.

588
00:40:30,460 --> 00:40:31,340
Get up.

589
00:40:32,660 --> 00:40:33,620
I'm really sorry.

590
00:40:36,580 --> 00:40:37,300
- I'll clean you up.
- Sorry.

591
00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:38,060
No, no, no.

592
00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:39,340
I'll do it myself. No bother.

593
00:40:39,780 --> 00:40:40,740
Thank you

594
00:40:40,740 --> 00:40:42,140
for your supportive comments earlier.

595
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:43,180
You're welcome.

596
00:40:43,180 --> 00:40:44,380
Thank you, too.

597
00:40:45,300 --> 00:40:45,940
No problem. No problem.

598
00:40:45,940 --> 00:40:47,140
Do come here more often.

599
00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:51,940
How come you look kind of familiar?

600
00:40:56,260 --> 00:40:58,100
You look familiar, as well.

601
00:40:58,660 --> 00:40:59,420
Du,

602
00:40:59,420 --> 00:41:00,540
you know…

603
00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:04,500
Look,

604
00:41:04,620 --> 00:41:07,700
this is an actual white-faced scholar.

605
00:41:07,700 --> 00:41:08,340
Yes.

606
00:41:09,740 --> 00:41:12,060
You don't hit on a girl
in the cliché way

607
00:41:12,060 --> 00:41:13,140
of acting clumsy.

608
00:41:13,540 --> 00:41:14,300
It's but a misunderstanding.

609
00:41:14,300 --> 00:41:15,980
No clumsiness at all.

610
00:41:15,980 --> 00:41:16,780
Yuan Tuntian,

611
00:41:16,900 --> 00:41:18,180
I'm fine with you mocking me,

612
00:41:18,380 --> 00:41:21,140
why do you have to
make fun of this scholar?

613
00:41:23,820 --> 00:41:25,620
You won't get cakes anymore.

614
00:41:25,820 --> 00:41:26,900
No. Please.

615
00:41:28,180 --> 00:41:29,060
All right. All right.

616
00:41:29,060 --> 00:41:30,940
You silly short-sighted man.

617
00:41:31,060 --> 00:41:32,460
Without your eyeglasses,

618
00:41:32,460 --> 00:41:33,180
you're virtually blind.

619
00:41:33,180 --> 00:41:34,580
Put them on.

620
00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:35,580
Unbelievable.

621
00:41:58,020 --> 00:42:00,980
What a kind and lovely lady.

622
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:24,220
♪A feeling of depression♪

623
00:44:24,570 --> 00:44:30,680
♪Falls on those will part
just like moonlight♪

624
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:36,000
♪How can we forget each other♪

625
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,590
♪Wind blows and time flies♪

626
00:44:42,510 --> 00:44:48,220
♪When the splendor fades away
only the smell lingers♪

627
00:44:48,570 --> 00:44:54,090
♪In the corner of memories
there are sad moments♪

628
00:44:54,590 --> 00:44:59,950
♪Emotions go on and on♪

629
00:45:00,130 --> 00:45:05,400
♪Because time is short but love is hot♪

630
00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:09,210
♪Stars wink for you♪

631
00:45:09,210 --> 00:45:12,060
♪Romance is crazy about you♪

632
00:45:12,060 --> 00:45:14,940
♪Who even waits for you♪

633
00:45:15,140 --> 00:45:18,140
♪Until the end of her life♪

634
00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:20,950
♪When I look back one day♪

635
00:45:21,070 --> 00:45:24,190
♪I'll let go of everything♪

636
00:45:24,510 --> 00:45:30,700
♪I'll hold your hand
and never let you down♪

637
00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:36,140
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

638
00:45:36,140 --> 00:45:42,110
♪When our eyes get wet with tears
for each other♪

639
00:45:42,620 --> 00:45:48,120
♪Ah Ah Ah♪

640
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:56,290
♪I'll enjoy a simple life with you♪