1 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,960 [The Heir] 2 00:01:35,410 --> 00:01:37,940 [Episode 3] 3 00:01:39,070 --> 00:01:42,150 I just went over the ink workshop's ledgers. 4 00:01:42,509 --> 00:01:44,310 In the past two months, 5 00:01:45,170 --> 00:01:48,250 we've lost several more orders. 6 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,080 I'm ashamed. 7 00:01:51,759 --> 00:01:54,229 I couldn't keep those master craftsmen. 8 00:01:54,590 --> 00:01:55,680 Jinhe, 9 00:01:56,590 --> 00:01:58,560 this isn't your fault. 10 00:01:58,950 --> 00:02:00,880 It's the rule set by our ancestors: 11 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,000 the master craftsmen's wages increase every year. 12 00:02:04,870 --> 00:02:06,120 Since we can't afford it anymore, 13 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,310 they naturally chose to leave. 14 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:10,520 Those ungrateful wretches. 15 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:12,250 Have they forgotten 16 00:02:12,430 --> 00:02:15,150 whose hands taught them their ink-making skills? 17 00:02:15,150 --> 00:02:16,230 Good riddance. 18 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,480 Saves me the trouble of dismissing them one by one. 19 00:02:21,050 --> 00:02:22,870 If those outside the family lose their loyalty, 20 00:02:22,870 --> 00:02:25,400 we can simply send them packing. 21 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,760 They can't stir up much trouble. 22 00:02:27,870 --> 00:02:29,840 But if even our own family turns on itself, 23 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,280 then we are truly finished. 24 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,150 Jiangyue, 25 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,079 what do you mean by that? 26 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:39,120 Mother, 27 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:40,960 a few days ago, 28 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,050 when I went to the treasury to take inventory, 29 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,020 I found we were short exactly 20 taels of silver. 30 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,290 I had it investigated immediately 31 00:02:50,030 --> 00:02:52,470 and found that you had withdrawn it, Wanyi, 32 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:56,170 claiming it was for the dowry of the girl from the Eighth Branch. 33 00:03:00,470 --> 00:03:01,310 Zhen... 34 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:02,840 No matter what, 35 00:03:03,190 --> 00:03:05,250 she's still a daughter of our family. 36 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:07,190 I heard she hasn't even found the money 37 00:03:07,190 --> 00:03:08,360 for the Full Phoenix Procession, 38 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,030 so I wanted to help her a bit. 39 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,810 And when I took the money, 40 00:03:11,810 --> 00:03:14,140 I wrote it down clearly in black and white— 41 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,420 it will be deducted from my monthly allowance. 42 00:03:16,420 --> 00:03:17,980 Not a single coin from the family's shared treasury was touched. 43 00:03:17,980 --> 00:03:19,950 It's not about the money, Wanyi! 44 00:03:20,310 --> 00:03:22,840 The Eighth Branch has already been expelled from the clan. 45 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:23,960 Their affairs 46 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,910 have nothing to do with you or the rest of the family! 47 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:27,560 But... 48 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,400 Don't blame Wanyi for this— 49 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,800 I was the one who told her to withdraw the money. 50 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:40,120 We all watched Zhen grow up, right? 51 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,340 Even if she's no longer counted as a Li 52 00:03:43,540 --> 00:03:45,290 but only as an adopted daughter of an outside family, 53 00:03:45,290 --> 00:03:46,360 we should at least 54 00:03:46,710 --> 00:03:48,840 show her some kindness, shouldn't we? 55 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,750 Aunt Rujun, by siding with them, 56 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,190 you'll only chill the hearts of the Sixth and Seventh Branches. 57 00:03:53,190 --> 00:03:53,870 Shut up! 58 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,079 She's the mistress of the family. 59 00:03:59,500 --> 00:04:02,560 Does she need your permission for everything she does? 60 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:03,750 Rujun, 61 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,000 since we’re delivering the dowry, 62 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:06,400 let me take care of it. 63 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,890 I haven't seen Jinshui in a long time. 64 00:04:10,710 --> 00:04:11,590 Okay. 65 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:17,880 Years have passed in the blink of an eye. 66 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,720 Now Zhen is getting married. 67 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,510 No matter what happened back then, 68 00:04:22,830 --> 00:04:25,430 you're still a granddaughter of the Li family. 69 00:04:25,750 --> 00:04:27,070 Your seventh grandmother 70 00:04:27,070 --> 00:04:29,270 and eldest aunt miss you dearly. 71 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:32,720 They've asked me to bring you some dowry. 72 00:04:33,270 --> 00:04:34,870 It's very generous of Rujun. 73 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,390 Zhen, 74 00:04:39,510 --> 00:04:40,480 accept it. 75 00:04:51,510 --> 00:04:53,110 How are Seventh Grandmother 76 00:04:53,220 --> 00:04:55,580 and you, Sixth Grandfather? 77 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,750 We're old. 78 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,200 Not much use anymore. 79 00:04:58,390 --> 00:04:59,320 It's really nice 80 00:04:59,380 --> 00:05:01,430 that you're still thinking of us. 81 00:05:01,750 --> 00:05:02,480 Jinshui, 82 00:05:02,950 --> 00:05:04,310 I've come today 83 00:05:04,630 --> 00:05:06,430 not only to deliver Zhen's dowry 84 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,460 but also to say something. 85 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,120 Zhen's wedding 86 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,830 is a great joy for our whole family. 87 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:16,800 As an elder, 88 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,400 I should offer my blessings. 89 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:20,800 However, 90 00:05:21,310 --> 00:05:23,920 regarding the marriage between the Tian family and ours, 91 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:25,720 you shouldn't get too involved. 92 00:05:25,870 --> 00:05:26,720 Jinhe, 93 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:28,890 what do you mean by that? 94 00:05:29,190 --> 00:05:31,510 A girl grows up and eventually marries into another family. 95 00:05:31,510 --> 00:05:34,040 Once she does, she belongs to another family. 96 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,100 You must not let your affection for your granddaughter 97 00:05:38,190 --> 00:05:40,070 lead you to hand down all your craft 98 00:05:40,070 --> 00:05:41,310 to the Tian family. 99 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:46,130 Sixth Grandfather, 100 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,480 where is that coming from? 101 00:05:49,190 --> 00:05:51,360 Ever since our Eighth Branch was expelled from the clan, 102 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,070 we haven't taken a single thing from the Li family. 103 00:05:54,070 --> 00:05:55,270 We didn't in the past, 104 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,420 and we certainly won't in the future. 105 00:05:57,630 --> 00:05:58,830 I 106 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:01,610 am not doubting your grandfather. 107 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,430 I simply want to make certain things clear in advance. 108 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:06,600 My grandfather has been upright all his life. 109 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,000 Others may not know this, 110 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:10,690 but don't you know it, Sixth Grandfather? 111 00:06:11,190 --> 00:06:14,050 I don't deserve such kindness from the Li family... 112 00:06:14,730 --> 00:06:17,060 and I certainly cannot accept this dowry! 113 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,000 Please go back and tell the main branches 114 00:06:20,410 --> 00:06:22,460 that even if I never get married, 115 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,620 I will never covet anything of yours. 116 00:06:34,510 --> 00:06:36,310 As for the ink-making skills... 117 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:39,580 I've long forgotten them. 118 00:06:42,390 --> 00:06:43,240 Jinhe... 119 00:06:46,750 --> 00:06:48,510 I still have some work to do. 120 00:06:49,530 --> 00:06:50,390 Excuse me. 121 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,260 These are all your favorites. 122 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,340 Try the peach blossom pastry. 123 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,920 Benchang, it's only been a few days. 124 00:07:04,310 --> 00:07:06,240 Why do you look so worn and haggard? 125 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:09,840 What's wrong? 126 00:07:10,310 --> 00:07:12,160 Has something happened? 127 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:21,040 What happened? Don't scare me! 128 00:07:25,830 --> 00:07:26,680 Zhen, 129 00:07:28,310 --> 00:07:29,710 our family is in trouble. 130 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:31,240 What happened? 131 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,120 Some time ago, 132 00:07:34,340 --> 00:07:35,590 our family built a new smoke shed 133 00:07:35,590 --> 00:07:37,800 and began using the Luo Ink-Making Method. 134 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,159 Now, all the lampblack we've produced 135 00:07:39,159 --> 00:07:40,620 has turned out defective. 136 00:07:40,950 --> 00:07:42,070 How could that be? 137 00:07:42,510 --> 00:07:45,170 We invited many master craftsmen to examine it, 138 00:07:45,340 --> 00:07:47,470 but none could determine the problem. 139 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:49,390 Zhen, 140 00:07:50,190 --> 00:07:52,390 the order I mentioned to you before is due soon, 141 00:07:52,390 --> 00:07:55,050 but we won't be able to deliver the goods on time. 142 00:07:55,750 --> 00:07:57,350 If we breach the contract... 143 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,060 we'll have to pay 10 times the amount in damages. 144 00:07:59,060 --> 00:08:03,390 Even selling the entire ink workshop wouldn't be enough to cover the damages. 145 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:06,290 Don't be afraid. 146 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:08,000 If nothing else, 147 00:08:08,340 --> 00:08:10,070 I can give you my savings first. 148 00:08:10,310 --> 00:08:10,950 Zhen, 149 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,260 I can't use your money. 150 00:08:13,950 --> 00:08:14,800 But... 151 00:08:17,190 --> 00:08:20,000 I want to ask your grandfather for an ink recipe. 152 00:08:21,350 --> 00:08:23,120 The eldest young master of the Luo family said 153 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:24,480 that if we had that recipe, 154 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:25,310 he would be willing to help us 155 00:08:25,310 --> 00:08:27,570 resolve the problem with our smoke shed. 156 00:08:34,630 --> 00:08:35,960 Ink recipes are each family's 157 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:37,620 most closely guarded secret— 158 00:08:37,789 --> 00:08:39,919 they would never be shared so readily. 159 00:08:41,510 --> 00:08:42,710 Your grandfather... 160 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,030 is no longer a member of the Li family. 161 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:47,960 In principle, 162 00:08:48,030 --> 00:08:50,440 if he wishes to work as a master craftsman elsewhere, 163 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,300 there's nothing wrong with that. 164 00:08:52,750 --> 00:08:53,720 How about this? 165 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:55,720 I'll ask my father to draw up a letter of engagement, 166 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:57,320 hiring him as head of our ink workshop... 167 00:08:57,320 --> 00:08:58,030 Enough! 168 00:08:58,910 --> 00:08:59,910 Say no more! 169 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:01,630 That's absolutely impossible. 170 00:09:01,630 --> 00:09:02,440 Zhen, 171 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:05,000 I must save our family's ink workshop. 172 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,270 As long as the workshop stands, 173 00:09:06,270 --> 00:09:07,480 we'll never have to live 174 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,140 under another's thumb again. 175 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,290 I'll keep the promise I made to you. 176 00:09:11,390 --> 00:09:13,080 My grandfather once told me 177 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,230 that everything he'd learned in his life was for Li Ink. 178 00:09:16,230 --> 00:09:18,150 Even though we have been expelled from the clan, 179 00:09:18,150 --> 00:09:19,870 that will never change! 180 00:09:20,150 --> 00:09:21,670 On every count, 181 00:09:22,150 --> 00:09:23,320 I cannot help you. 182 00:09:23,630 --> 00:09:26,160 And please, do not go trouble my grandfather. 183 00:09:26,270 --> 00:09:27,150 Zhen, 184 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:28,550 I've never intended to put him 185 00:09:28,550 --> 00:09:31,150 in a difficult position when I ask for his help. 186 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,750 I really have no other choice. 187 00:09:32,750 --> 00:09:33,960 We are getting married 188 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:35,910 because we love each other. 189 00:09:36,790 --> 00:09:38,250 I don't want anything else 190 00:09:38,270 --> 00:09:39,910 to be mixed into it. 191 00:09:41,790 --> 00:09:42,550 Benchang, 192 00:09:43,830 --> 00:09:45,910 I've never coveted any of your family's property 193 00:09:45,910 --> 00:09:47,670 or the ink workshop. 194 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,280 I'm marrying you for who you are. 195 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:52,150 I hope you feel the same! 196 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:53,360 Zhen, 197 00:09:53,750 --> 00:09:55,880 my love for you is true and clear as day. 198 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:58,910 All these years, 199 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,840 we've never schemed to gain anything from your grandfather. 200 00:10:05,750 --> 00:10:06,600 This time... 201 00:10:07,270 --> 00:10:09,000 This time, I was just anxious, 202 00:10:09,290 --> 00:10:10,720 so I spoke nonsense. 203 00:10:10,750 --> 00:10:11,630 Don't be mad at me. 204 00:10:11,630 --> 00:10:13,230 You have to believe me, Zhen. 205 00:10:17,390 --> 00:10:18,790 Of course, I believe you. 206 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,770 If we truly end up having to pay damages for that order, 207 00:10:21,770 --> 00:10:23,800 I'll face it with you. 208 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,140 How about I take it upon myself 209 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,930 and give you the money my family 210 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:31,280 saved up for me first? 211 00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:32,810 Anyway, Benchang, 212 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:34,360 my mother used to say that 213 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:36,200 as long as you stand tall, 214 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:37,960 grit your teeth, and keep moving, 215 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,020 there's nothing you can’t overcome! 216 00:10:40,270 --> 00:10:41,480 You're right, Zhen. 217 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:44,060 It's just some lampblack. 218 00:10:44,550 --> 00:10:46,000 I'll find another way. 219 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:49,480 I said it before— 220 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,150 we must never try to get anything out of Eighth Master Li. 221 00:10:52,150 --> 00:10:53,810 Now look at what has come of it. 222 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,480 Zhen is upset with me because of this. 223 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,320 Father, are you satisfied? 224 00:10:58,600 --> 00:10:59,960 We caused this trouble, 225 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:02,520 so we solve it ourselves. 226 00:11:08,510 --> 00:11:10,240 Since the Li family won't help, 227 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:11,900 let's go to the Luo family. 228 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:13,270 You and I 229 00:11:13,390 --> 00:11:15,480 will kneel before Eldest Young Master Luo 230 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,910 until he agrees! 231 00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:17,720 I won't go! 232 00:11:19,270 --> 00:11:20,270 I'll go try again! 233 00:11:21,210 --> 00:11:22,670 Even if it costs me my life, 234 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:24,620 I'll produce that lampblack! 235 00:11:25,510 --> 00:11:27,270 -Benchang! -You bastard! 236 00:11:32,110 --> 00:11:33,600 In-laws, 237 00:11:34,030 --> 00:11:36,030 you called me here in such a hurry. 238 00:11:36,570 --> 00:11:38,370 Has something urgent happened? 239 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,250 H-Have some water first. 240 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,060 Thank you, in-law. 241 00:11:50,130 --> 00:11:51,680 Why are you crying? 242 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:53,670 Just say it! 243 00:11:53,670 --> 00:11:55,330 Crying won't solve anything! 244 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:56,270 In-law, 245 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,270 what happened exactly? 246 00:11:58,270 --> 00:11:59,320 Please tell me. 247 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,390 In-law, this may sound embarrassing, 248 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,320 but you also know our Tian family 249 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,650 used to be bondservants to the Luo family. 250 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:10,770 When Old Master Luo was still here, 251 00:12:10,870 --> 00:12:12,730 he treated us with some courtesy. 252 00:12:12,750 --> 00:12:13,600 But now 253 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:15,030 he resides in the capital 254 00:12:15,030 --> 00:12:16,390 and rarely comes back. 255 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,710 It just so happens that Luo Wensong is in charge of the household now. 256 00:12:19,710 --> 00:12:22,760 He orders us around all the time 257 00:12:22,780 --> 00:12:24,980 without showing us an ounce of respect. 258 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:26,600 Recently, 259 00:12:26,670 --> 00:12:29,670 he got hold of a piece of thousand-year-old pine soot. 260 00:12:29,870 --> 00:12:31,670 He failed to produce ink from it, 261 00:12:31,910 --> 00:12:33,750 so he's used the large order our family just took on 262 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:35,480 to threaten us. 263 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,510 He's forcing my husband... 264 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:39,670 forcing him... 265 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:41,750 He's forcing us 266 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,750 to ask for... 267 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:46,900 the ink recipe from your Li family. 268 00:13:09,470 --> 00:13:10,560 Jingfu... 269 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,240 Master Tian came to me. 270 00:13:15,970 --> 00:13:18,770 He said they need the ink recipe from the Li family. 271 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:21,920 If we don't give it to them... 272 00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:25,670 they might call off the engagement. 273 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:28,950 But how could I possibly give it to them? 274 00:13:29,590 --> 00:13:30,990 For Father's sake alone, 275 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:32,510 I could never agree to it— 276 00:13:33,390 --> 00:13:35,720 nor can I mention a word of it to him. 277 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,010 I hesitated for a long time. 278 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,200 I was prepared to risk everything 279 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,800 and go ask Aunt Rujun for a copy of their recipe. 280 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,840 She is a reasonable person. 281 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,030 But my mind... 282 00:13:52,390 --> 00:13:55,540 is filled with the image of you as you left this world. 283 00:13:57,550 --> 00:13:58,620 Jingfu... 284 00:14:00,270 --> 00:14:01,960 Tell me, what should I do? 285 00:14:14,870 --> 00:14:15,630 Benchang, 286 00:14:16,390 --> 00:14:17,320 stop trying. 287 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,630 Our family doesn't really have much experience with ink-making. 288 00:14:20,630 --> 00:14:22,090 How much skill can we have? 289 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:24,270 No matter how many more days and nights you toil over this, 290 00:14:24,190 --> 00:14:26,620 [Tian Bensheng, Second Son of the Tian Family] 291 00:14:24,270 --> 00:14:27,000 you can't match what others have inherited through generations. 292 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,240 Luo Wensong is developing new ink, 293 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:29,720 so you do the same. 294 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:31,360 Aren't you just... 295 00:14:35,390 --> 00:14:36,030 Benchang, 296 00:14:36,750 --> 00:14:38,550 I know what you're thinking. 297 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:40,720 You just want people to know 298 00:14:40,790 --> 00:14:42,390 that, besides Luo Wensong, 299 00:14:42,390 --> 00:14:44,720 there's also a man named Tian Benchang in Huizhou. 300 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:45,440 What a shame. 301 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,240 Now, not only is the business failing, 302 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:48,870 but you've managed to lose a bride who was practically already yours— 303 00:14:48,870 --> 00:14:50,790 all through your own recklessness. Isn't it? 304 00:14:50,790 --> 00:14:51,720 What did you say? 305 00:14:51,750 --> 00:14:52,840 You didn't know? 306 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:55,930 Father and Mother put their foot down today. 307 00:14:55,930 --> 00:14:57,470 If the Li family doesn't give us the ink recipe, 308 00:14:57,470 --> 00:14:59,150 our family will call off the engagement. 309 00:14:59,150 --> 00:15:00,270 But guess what? 310 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,440 Your future mother-in-law didn't budge an inch. 311 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:04,840 I'm going to ask Father and Mother. 312 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:05,440 Benchang! 313 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:07,870 Father and Mother's meaning is clear: 314 00:15:07,870 --> 00:15:08,910 if we get the ink recipe, 315 00:15:08,910 --> 00:15:10,830 our family will happily welcome the bride. 316 00:15:10,830 --> 00:15:12,040 Without it, 317 00:15:12,070 --> 00:15:13,670 Zhen can forget about getting into the bridal sedan! 318 00:15:13,670 --> 00:15:15,390 How could they make things hard for Zhen? 319 00:15:15,390 --> 00:15:17,450 Once she marries in, she'll be a Tian! 320 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:18,480 When our family faces hardship, 321 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,140 how can she just stay out of it? 322 00:15:22,030 --> 00:15:23,690 Feeling protective, are you? 323 00:15:25,390 --> 00:15:26,320 My dear brother, 324 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:28,080 if you want to shield her, 325 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,150 you must have the ability to do so. 326 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,170 Don't you think? 327 00:15:32,030 --> 00:15:34,030 Benchang, think it over carefully. 328 00:15:41,790 --> 00:15:43,030 One, two, three. 329 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,120 Zhengliang. 330 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:57,480 I swear to Heaven. 331 00:15:58,360 --> 00:15:59,750 I only just learned of 332 00:16:00,270 --> 00:16:03,440 my parents' intentions myself. 333 00:16:04,030 --> 00:16:07,230 If I ever had the thought of calling off the engagement... 334 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:10,670 may Heaven and Earth strike me down. 335 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:12,070 I don't want to hear this! 336 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,140 I'm only asking you one thing— 337 00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:16,410 are you going to marry Zhen or not? 338 00:16:16,630 --> 00:16:17,870 I, Tian Benchang, 339 00:16:19,670 --> 00:16:21,330 in this life and this world... 340 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:24,550 will marry no one but Zhen! 341 00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:26,280 Then go tell your parents that! 342 00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:28,400 When all is said and done... 343 00:16:29,870 --> 00:16:30,930 the whole thing... 344 00:16:34,750 --> 00:16:35,870 was my fault. 345 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,020 If I hadn't been impatient... 346 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:45,720 and overestimated myself by taking on that difficult order, 347 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:47,390 we'd never have been held over a barrel by the Luo family. 348 00:16:47,390 --> 00:16:49,600 I know Zhen is filial. 349 00:16:49,630 --> 00:16:51,270 I know Eighth Master Li is a man of integrity! 350 00:16:51,270 --> 00:16:53,400 I know that in Huizhou's ink industry, 351 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,380 every family guards their ink recipes as tightly as their lives— 352 00:16:56,380 --> 00:16:57,630 they would never lend them out. 353 00:16:57,630 --> 00:16:58,270 I... 354 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:01,390 I know all of that. 355 00:17:02,390 --> 00:17:03,200 But... 356 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,109 without that ink recipe... 357 00:17:12,550 --> 00:17:15,480 my family will lose absolutely everything. 358 00:17:18,589 --> 00:17:20,589 Even if Zhen marries me... 359 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,460 she'll have to suffer in poverty with me. 360 00:17:26,069 --> 00:17:27,349 For Zhen... 361 00:17:30,030 --> 00:17:31,510 I'm willing to 362 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:34,070 do anything. 363 00:18:02,310 --> 00:18:03,160 Come on. 364 00:18:04,190 --> 00:18:05,190 Eat slowly. 365 00:18:05,220 --> 00:18:06,160 Don't choke yourself. 366 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,620 Here, have some porridge. 367 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:11,240 I'll be getting married in a few days. 368 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:13,640 I won't be able to eat your cooking anymore, Mother. 369 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,720 You're not marrying off to the ends of the earth. 370 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,880 The Tian household is just a few steps away from ours. 371 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:19,200 Just come back often. 372 00:18:19,550 --> 00:18:20,720 That won't be the same. 373 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,750 In the future, the person I see when I wake up every morning 374 00:18:22,750 --> 00:18:24,410 won't be you anymore, Mother. 375 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:28,240 What if... 376 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,690 I don't want you to get married? 377 00:18:36,420 --> 00:18:37,820 Then I won't get married. 378 00:18:38,270 --> 00:18:40,200 Ronghua isn't married yet anyway, 379 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,070 and Benchang will always be there. 380 00:18:42,070 --> 00:18:43,400 I'll just stay by your side forever. 381 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:44,070 Mother! 382 00:18:44,510 --> 00:18:45,960 Come give me a hand! 383 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:47,830 Come on! 384 00:18:48,070 --> 00:18:49,130 Here, give it to me. 385 00:18:49,830 --> 00:18:50,400 Give me. 386 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:51,970 Zhengliang. 387 00:18:52,550 --> 00:18:53,880 Didn't I tell you? 388 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,530 Benchang's family ran into some trouble, 389 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,160 so the wedding was going to be kept simple. 390 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:00,720 I just ran into Benchang. 391 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,160 He said his family's matter has all been sorted out! 392 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:03,960 Really? 393 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:04,720 Really! 394 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:06,210 He said Luo Wensong 395 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:07,480 received a letter from Old Master Luo 396 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:08,540 and agreed to help! 397 00:19:10,590 --> 00:19:11,650 That's wonderful! 398 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,110 Benchang has been so worried about this 399 00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:16,270 for days. 400 00:19:16,590 --> 00:19:18,030 Now it's finally settled. 401 00:19:18,030 --> 00:19:19,070 Our Zhen 402 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:20,400 must have a grand wedding! 403 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:21,200 That's right! 404 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:22,550 Our Zhen 405 00:19:22,830 --> 00:19:24,310 must marry in style! 406 00:19:25,110 --> 00:19:26,910 Come on, let's go put these away. 407 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,460 I'll take it. Give it to me. 408 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,010 Mother, it's heavy. 409 00:19:32,110 --> 00:19:33,000 How wonderful. 410 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:41,350 Thank you. 411 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,500 I, Zhen, bid farewell to Grandfather 412 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,510 and to Mother. 413 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:22,830 I also 414 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:24,480 wish you both 415 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:26,640 a lifetime of happiness, 416 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,140 growing old together. 417 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:33,160 Lift the sedan! 418 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,030 Here! 419 00:20:51,270 --> 00:20:54,480 When a woman accepts wedding sweets, prosperity follows! 420 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:55,270 Thank you. 421 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:57,680 Thank you. 422 00:21:51,750 --> 00:21:52,830 Stop! 423 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:54,790 Thank you. 424 00:22:08,350 --> 00:22:09,240 Uncle Jingdong, 425 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,030 today is the joyous occasion of my wedding to Zhen. 426 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:12,400 What is the meaning of this? 427 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,510 Your family certainly knows how to play a clever game. 428 00:22:15,590 --> 00:22:18,070 You want to use this marriage with the Eighth Branch 429 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:20,160 to steal our family's ink recipe. 430 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:24,010 You've truly gone to great lengths, scheming every step of the way. 431 00:22:24,550 --> 00:22:26,350 But, boy of the Tian family, 432 00:22:26,830 --> 00:22:27,920 listen up, 433 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,750 no human plan can overcome Heaven's will. 434 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:34,070 I, Li Jingdong, am putting my foot down here— 435 00:22:34,070 --> 00:22:36,670 if you don't hand over our family's ink recipe, 436 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:38,440 this wedding of yours 437 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:40,200 won't go through! 438 00:22:41,350 --> 00:22:42,410 Uncle Jingdong... 439 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,270 I don't know what you're talking about. 440 00:22:45,270 --> 00:22:48,480 Bring forth the Founder's Black Banner! 441 00:23:12,070 --> 00:23:15,900 [Hu Shunlin, President of Literary Association] 442 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:13,690 The Founder's Black Banner 443 00:23:13,930 --> 00:23:16,400 cannot be moved unless it's an extreme emergency! 444 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:17,240 Li Jingdong, 445 00:23:17,510 --> 00:23:19,750 you've gone to the extreme of bringing out the Black Banner— 446 00:23:19,750 --> 00:23:21,150 what are you trying to do? 447 00:23:26,510 --> 00:23:27,310 Excuse me. 448 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:29,830 This is no small matter. 449 00:23:30,030 --> 00:23:31,200 You must not speak recklessly. 450 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:31,720 Excuse me. 451 00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:33,160 Whether I am speaking nonsense or not... 452 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:33,590 Zhen. 453 00:23:33,590 --> 00:23:35,200 Third Master Chen, you shall soon see. 454 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:36,160 What's going on? 455 00:23:37,110 --> 00:23:37,960 Li Jingdong, 456 00:23:38,110 --> 00:23:39,160 what do you want? 457 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:40,960 Zhen, 458 00:23:41,310 --> 00:23:42,030 I don't know 459 00:23:42,030 --> 00:23:43,310 what they are talking about either. 460 00:23:43,310 --> 00:23:44,510 Boy of the Tian family, 461 00:23:44,510 --> 00:23:46,270 you dare say you don't know? 462 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,500 Without our family's ink recipe, 463 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,440 would Luo Wensong ever help your family? 464 00:23:53,270 --> 00:23:54,800 The Li family's ink recipe? 465 00:23:54,950 --> 00:23:55,950 What ink recipe? 466 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:57,750 Zhen, don't listen to him. 467 00:23:58,880 --> 00:23:59,810 Uncle Jingdong, 468 00:23:59,830 --> 00:24:01,400 what nonsense are you talking about? 469 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:02,240 Li Jingdong, 470 00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:04,160 you have no proof. 471 00:24:04,490 --> 00:24:05,820 How dare you wrongly accuse us? 472 00:24:05,820 --> 00:24:08,580 The proof is right inside your dowry. 473 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:11,030 You're making baseless accusations! 474 00:24:11,030 --> 00:24:11,590 Mother! 475 00:24:12,030 --> 00:24:13,290 Mother, Grandfather! 476 00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:15,160 Why are you here? 477 00:24:15,270 --> 00:24:16,000 Li Jingdong, 478 00:24:16,350 --> 00:24:17,640 you are talking nonsense. 479 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,640 When have we ever stolen your family's ink recipe? 480 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:20,640 Eighth Master Li, 481 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,880 do you dare swear before the Founder's Black Banner 482 00:24:24,030 --> 00:24:25,720 that inside Zhen's dowry, 483 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,440 there is no Li family's ink recipe? 484 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:28,750 Do you dare? 485 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:38,640 I, Li Jinshui, 486 00:24:39,070 --> 00:24:41,530 have made ink-making the calling of my life. 487 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,240 Even though 488 00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:45,280 I haven't made ink in years, 489 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,280 the rules of the ink trade 490 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,520 remain engraved in my heart. 491 00:24:50,270 --> 00:24:51,240 I have not, 492 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:52,920 nor could I ever... 493 00:24:55,750 --> 00:24:58,310 leak the Li family's recipe to outsiders. 494 00:24:58,310 --> 00:25:01,880 Eighth Master Li, nothing stays hidden forever. 495 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:04,960 The Luos demanded our family's recipe 496 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,000 in exchange for saving the Tian family's business. 497 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:10,200 I've thoroughly and carefully investigated all of this. 498 00:25:10,350 --> 00:25:12,480 And yet you still deny it? 499 00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:14,240 That's not true, Eighth Master Li. 500 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,370 Don't listen to him. 501 00:25:16,030 --> 00:25:18,590 Grandfather, he's just spouting nonsense. 502 00:25:19,030 --> 00:25:20,430 Whether it's true or not, 503 00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:23,480 a search of the dowry will tell. 504 00:25:24,550 --> 00:25:25,480 Men! 505 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,110 Search it! 506 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:28,970 You must not! 507 00:25:29,270 --> 00:25:30,270 You cannot search the dowry. 508 00:25:30,270 --> 00:25:31,070 Benchang! 509 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,400 Don't stop them. Let them search! 510 00:25:33,790 --> 00:25:34,960 I'd like to see 511 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,530 what exactly they can find! 512 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:37,510 Jingdong! 513 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:41,740 Seventh Grandmother. 514 00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:44,270 Jingdong, 515 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:46,880 even if there is an issue, 516 00:25:48,270 --> 00:25:50,640 it should be resolved within our family. 517 00:25:51,070 --> 00:25:52,880 Making a scene in public 518 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,960 only brings shame on our own family! 519 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:56,880 Aunt Rujun, 520 00:25:58,350 --> 00:26:00,880 everything I do is for our family's business. 521 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,960 I have a clear conscience. 522 00:26:04,750 --> 00:26:07,720 If I have wronged Eighth Master Li today, 523 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,330 I'm willing to accept any punishment. 524 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,960 But if the Eighth Branch 525 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:15,160 has really leaked our family's recipe, 526 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,270 then I ask the Eighth Branch 527 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,070 to give us an accounting 528 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:23,550 before the Black Banner. 529 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,400 It doesn't have to come to this, Jingdong. 530 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:41,590 Seventh Aunt, 531 00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:43,770 for the sake of our family, 532 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,440 please indulge me this once! 533 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,400 Found it! Found it! 534 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,160 How do you explain this? 535 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:34,790 It was me! 536 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,240 I, Li Zhengliang, was disloyal and unfilial 537 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,030 and stole the ink recipe for the Tian family! 538 00:27:40,030 --> 00:27:41,110 It's 539 00:27:41,270 --> 00:27:42,830 all my fault! 540 00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:44,200 None of this has anything to do with 541 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,240 my grandfather, my mother, or Zhen! 542 00:27:47,510 --> 00:27:48,370 Zhengliang... 543 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:50,960 Do you know 544 00:27:51,510 --> 00:27:52,640 what you are saying? 545 00:27:53,110 --> 00:27:54,960 Zhengliang, what on earth happened? 546 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:55,680 What happened? 547 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:56,830 Hurry up and tell us! 548 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,350 Say something! 549 00:28:02,270 --> 00:28:03,270 Benchang said... 550 00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:07,080 the ink recipe concerned his family's survival. 551 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,680 If we didn't give it to them, 552 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,440 you'd endure hardship with the Tian family for the rest of your life. 553 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,400 It was my fault. 554 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:15,630 I couldn't think of another way. 555 00:28:18,870 --> 00:28:20,560 You... you foolish child! 556 00:28:20,590 --> 00:28:21,240 How could you... 557 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,350 How could you do such a stupid thing? 558 00:28:23,370 --> 00:28:24,310 Don't you know 559 00:28:24,310 --> 00:28:26,550 you've ruined Zhen! 560 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:28,100 It was my fault. 561 00:28:29,590 --> 00:28:30,650 It was all my fault. 562 00:28:52,590 --> 00:28:53,680 Zhengliang... 563 00:28:54,270 --> 00:28:55,070 Eighth Uncle, 564 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,010 of the four brothers in my generation, 565 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,750 I'm the only one left breathing 566 00:29:01,070 --> 00:29:04,240 with just one leg—crippled though I am. 567 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:05,640 You once said 568 00:29:05,970 --> 00:29:09,440 that it was the Li family's support that allowed you to master your craft 569 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,200 and that you would repay them in kind— 570 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,070 that you'd never do anything to shame our ancestors! 571 00:29:14,070 --> 00:29:14,920 But... 572 00:29:16,070 --> 00:29:17,730 what about your descendants? 573 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:19,960 Today... 574 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,000 before the Founder's Black Banner, 575 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:25,510 give us an account! 576 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:35,930 Grandfather... 577 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,310 Founder above, 578 00:30:13,550 --> 00:30:14,680 I, Li Jinshui, 579 00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:17,350 have failed to discipline my family 580 00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:20,720 and nearly allowed the Li family’s ink recipe 581 00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:23,510 to fall into the hands of outsiders. 582 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:26,420 I have failed the Li family 583 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,270 and their ancestors. 584 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,130 I, Li Jinshui, your devoted disciple, 585 00:30:33,550 --> 00:30:35,000 swear here and now: 586 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,040 from this moment forward... 587 00:30:40,590 --> 00:30:43,920 from this moment forward, I'll step away from the ink trade. 588 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:46,590 If I break this oath... 589 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:49,270 may I suffer 590 00:30:50,270 --> 00:30:51,590 eternal torment 591 00:30:52,830 --> 00:30:53,960 in the deepest hell. 592 00:31:02,030 --> 00:31:02,880 Founder, 593 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:04,700 I need to borrow... 594 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,070 your Original Ink Stick. 595 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:15,000 -Grandfather! -Grandfather! 596 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,030 Father! 597 00:31:17,030 --> 00:31:18,000 Grandfather! 598 00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:20,350 Grandfather! 599 00:31:20,350 --> 00:31:21,070 Father! 600 00:31:21,070 --> 00:31:21,830 Grandfather! 601 00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:22,480 Father! 602 00:31:22,790 --> 00:31:23,720 Grandfather! 603 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:24,510 Father! 604 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:33,830 Father... 605 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,410 Grandfather... 606 00:32:15,270 --> 00:32:16,160 This is... 607 00:32:18,590 --> 00:32:20,640 how I answer to the Li family. 608 00:32:25,790 --> 00:32:26,070 Father... 609 00:32:26,070 --> 00:32:27,000 Grandfather... 610 00:32:28,550 --> 00:32:29,270 Zhen, 611 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,640 the auspicious hour is upon us... 612 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:31,830 Shut up! 613 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,160 Grandfather, please get up. 614 00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:38,890 Grandfather... 615 00:32:39,510 --> 00:32:40,440 Grandfather... 616 00:32:41,270 --> 00:32:41,960 Zhen... 617 00:32:43,110 --> 00:32:43,640 Does it hurt? 618 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,070 I never thought things 619 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,640 would come to this. 620 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,160 Zhen, I did all this 621 00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:50,350 so we could have a good life. 622 00:32:50,590 --> 00:32:52,110 I truly love you, Zhen! 623 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:53,350 You have to believe me, Zhen! 624 00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:54,440 Shut up! 625 00:32:59,350 --> 00:33:00,440 Tian Benchang, 626 00:33:01,030 --> 00:33:03,000 we grew up together. 627 00:33:03,790 --> 00:33:05,520 We were childhood sweethearts 628 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,270 and deeply in love. 629 00:33:08,790 --> 00:33:10,390 You cared for me in every way. 630 00:33:11,590 --> 00:33:13,520 Between us, there was not only love 631 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:15,490 but a debt of gratitude. 632 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,240 You used to be 633 00:33:20,550 --> 00:33:22,240 the person I trusted most. 634 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,070 But today, 635 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,680 you've destroyed all of that. 636 00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:29,400 I told you, 637 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,960 my family is where I draw the line. 638 00:33:34,550 --> 00:33:35,720 So, Benchang, 639 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:39,110 this is... 640 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,070 the end for us. 641 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,140 Since my marriage began with this ink recipe... 642 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,300 let it end with the ink recipe. 643 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,400 Everything ends now! 644 00:34:19,070 --> 00:34:20,400 Fellow townsfolk here, 645 00:34:20,710 --> 00:34:22,760 please bear witness for me, Li Zhen: 646 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,620 the dissolution of this marriage 647 00:34:26,030 --> 00:34:28,560 is not because the Tian family refuses to wed— 648 00:34:28,630 --> 00:34:30,690 it is I, Li Zhen, who am calling it off! 649 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,550 Today, I, Li Zhen, 650 00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:35,190 am calling off this marriage! 651 00:34:35,590 --> 00:34:36,590 Zhen! 652 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:40,880 Zhen... 653 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:41,719 Grandfather! 654 00:34:43,190 --> 00:34:43,880 Mother. 655 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:46,010 Zhengliang. 656 00:34:47,630 --> 00:34:48,710 Let's go home! 657 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:56,710 Let's go home! 658 00:34:56,710 --> 00:34:57,550 Zhen... 659 00:34:58,670 --> 00:34:59,590 Zhen! 660 00:35:00,230 --> 00:35:01,320 Zhen! 661 00:35:59,710 --> 00:36:01,480 Young Master! Young Master! 662 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:02,640 Young Master! 663 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,000 Out with it. 664 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,400 Li Zhen... 665 00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:08,360 Li Zhen called off the wedding! 666 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,400 T-That ink recipe was torn up too! 667 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:23,400 Interesting. 668 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:25,770 What do you mean? 669 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,490 I've spent years carefully working toward this! 670 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,030 We were just one step away! 671 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:37,660 Once Zhen married into our family 672 00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,480 and we obtained the Li family's ink recipe, 673 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:40,710 we would've secured our footing 674 00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:42,480 in the ink trade! 675 00:36:43,670 --> 00:36:45,150 That scoundrel Jingdong— 676 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,140 how did he come to know of this? 677 00:36:47,590 --> 00:36:48,510 And Zhen, 678 00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:50,190 that little girl has some nerve! 679 00:36:50,190 --> 00:36:51,880 She dared to call off the wedding in public? 680 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:53,110 How will our family 681 00:36:53,580 --> 00:36:55,350 show our faces in the future? 682 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,360 Fortunately, Eldest Young Master Luo 683 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,400 stepped in and took over the deal with Registrar Zhang himself. 684 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:02,230 Otherwise, 685 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,130 we would've lost everything and gained nothing. 686 00:37:05,630 --> 00:37:07,440 What do you know, 687 00:37:08,190 --> 00:37:09,480 short-sighted woman? 688 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,440 Do you really think 689 00:37:12,590 --> 00:37:13,670 Luo Wensong 690 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,400 suddenly grew a conscience 691 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,060 and helped us out of kindness? 692 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:18,440 Wrong! 693 00:37:19,150 --> 00:37:20,070 He did it 694 00:37:20,190 --> 00:37:22,110 to cut off all our options! 695 00:37:22,590 --> 00:37:23,840 Once this gets out, 696 00:37:24,110 --> 00:37:26,510 won't it make our family look incompetent— 697 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,590 that we can only get things done with the help of the Li and Luo families? 698 00:37:30,590 --> 00:37:32,070 Then, in all of Huizhou, 699 00:37:32,230 --> 00:37:34,030 who will still trust our family? 700 00:37:34,070 --> 00:37:35,070 In the future, 701 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,370 who would dare do business with us? 702 00:37:38,110 --> 00:37:39,110 Stop right there! 703 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:42,360 Well, this is your own home, 704 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:44,620 and you're sneaking around like a thief! 705 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,670 You disgraceful thing! 706 00:37:50,190 --> 00:37:50,920 Mother. 707 00:37:53,110 --> 00:37:55,360 You barely ate tonight. 708 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:58,550 Please have some of this broth. 709 00:37:58,550 --> 00:38:00,010 Your health is important. 710 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,590 In the end, Zhen's marriage 711 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:07,630 still fell through. 712 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:09,630 Yes. 713 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:12,840 After the huge scene today, 714 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,320 I'm afraid it will be hard 715 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,710 for Zhen to marry in the future. 716 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,590 With that girl's temperament, 717 00:38:20,190 --> 00:38:22,360 she may not care about that. 718 00:38:23,030 --> 00:38:26,150 But with Jingdong making such a scene, 719 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:27,230 I'm afraid 720 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:30,800 they will really 721 00:38:31,320 --> 00:38:32,960 sever all ties with us. 722 00:38:35,630 --> 00:38:38,590 All that money spent on wedding preparations 723 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,350 went to waste for nothing. 724 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,880 Without the Tian family's help, 725 00:38:44,630 --> 00:38:45,830 life will be very hard 726 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:47,840 for the Eighth Branch 727 00:38:48,190 --> 00:38:49,670 in the future. 728 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:52,280 Let's do this: 729 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,530 whatever Jinshui makes in the future, 730 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,050 tell them to procure 731 00:38:56,190 --> 00:38:57,480 more of it. 732 00:39:05,190 --> 00:39:07,280 It was supposed to be such a joyous wedding. 733 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:08,320 And she was marrying into the Tian family— 734 00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,320 a family with standing and means. 735 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:13,230 So many families here in City Gate Lane 736 00:39:13,230 --> 00:39:15,110 envy such good fortune. 737 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,280 Exactly. Breaking off the wedding in public... 738 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:18,550 Is that girl stupid? 739 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,030 What will she do now? 740 00:39:25,150 --> 00:39:27,110 Mother, Zhengliang, stop working! 741 00:39:27,110 --> 00:39:28,480 Zhen, where have you been? 742 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,320 Let's have an extra dish today! 743 00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:35,760 Zhen. 744 00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:38,100 Where did you get this? 745 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,860 Uncle Zhang at the butcher shop practically gave it to me. 746 00:39:40,860 --> 00:39:41,980 Butcher Zhang 747 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,400 is usually so tight-fisted, 748 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,230 but he can't stand to see a woman cry. 749 00:39:45,230 --> 00:39:47,000 So I put on a show for him. 750 00:39:47,110 --> 00:39:47,960 I said, 751 00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:52,590 "Uncle Zhang, with such misfortune befalling our family, 752 00:39:53,060 --> 00:39:54,660 my mother and grandfather 753 00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:56,610 can hardly eat." 754 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,000 And guess what? 755 00:39:58,190 --> 00:40:00,510 He sold me all this for just five coins! 756 00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:03,240 Uncle Zhang even gave me a lot of pork belly. 757 00:40:03,590 --> 00:40:05,960 He said that since Grandfather's teeth weren't good, 758 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:08,000 he shouldn't risk chewing on bones. 759 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:11,230 Oh, you. 760 00:40:11,550 --> 00:40:13,070 They gossip about me behind my back all the time. 761 00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:14,360 I can't shut them up, 762 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,360 so I might as well get something out of it. 763 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,090 That way, it's not a total loss. 764 00:40:21,710 --> 00:40:23,110 I'm not blaming you. 765 00:40:24,530 --> 00:40:26,060 -I’m just afraid… -Mother. 766 00:40:26,170 --> 00:40:27,090 I know. 767 00:40:27,590 --> 00:40:28,590 I know all that. 768 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,800 But I was the one who called off the wedding. 769 00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:33,330 It's not worth regretting. 770 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,190 And it's certainly not worth letting you, Grandfather, 771 00:40:35,190 --> 00:40:36,850 and my brother feel bad for me. 772 00:40:38,190 --> 00:40:40,630 I went to the Li family on Grandfather's behalf 773 00:40:40,630 --> 00:40:43,190 and returned the manuscript we had taken this morning. 774 00:40:43,190 --> 00:40:44,450 From this day forward, 775 00:40:44,630 --> 00:40:46,960 we have absolutely nothing to do with the Li family 776 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,190 or the Tian family. 777 00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:50,760 In City Gate Lane, the Li family 778 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:52,360 means only the four of us! 779 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,110 Let's eat well 780 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:55,770 and live our lives well! 781 00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:03,330 That's easier said than done. 782 00:41:04,510 --> 00:41:06,550 Mother, I'm starving. 783 00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:08,960 Hurry up and make me some bone broth. 784 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:10,550 Go on. Go. 785 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:11,800 Fine. 786 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,560 I'll go stew it for you right now. 787 00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:36,480 Grandfather.