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- Stay still!
- Let me go!

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- Let me go!
- You finally showed up.

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You must be the other survivor
of that slaughtered clan.

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Today…

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WEI QIANTING, HUBEN ARMY

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…the circle is complete.

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I am the other survivor.

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Come on.

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Why did that man come for me?

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He is a man guilty of every evil.

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You were just unlucky to cross his path.

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It's all over now.

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This one. Into the water?

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Into the earth.

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I told you, we met by chance.

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I just saved you from being killed
as I was passing by.

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Finish this cake, then you may go.

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Sir, I'm worried about you.

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You saved me and killed someone.

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I'm afraid you'll get into trouble.

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Don't worry.

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Even if I do, I can slip away.

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They won't be able to kill me.

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Can you promise that?

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Of course I can.

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Then will you write to me
to tell me you're safe?

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Wherever you go,

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write to me every year,

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so I know you're safe.

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I'm going to a place called Huainan.

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Once I'm settled there,

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I'll write to you.

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Pinky swear.

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Thank you for saving her, sir.

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- Thank you for saving her.
- Thank you.

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We'll take our leave.

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- Wan, let's go home.
- Thank you.

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Come on.

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I don't understand.

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She's your sister,
yet you let her join another family.

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You've been a boatman here

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for seven years, three <i>li</i> from her family,

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just to protect her from afar.

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How long can you keep this up?

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I don't know.

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I only hope

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she never remembers her past.

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GENERAL LIU ZIWEN

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I thought you would never
fall asleep in front of others.

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I am a bit tired.

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The sounds and the people here

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make me feel

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like I'm at home.

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Back in Nanwei Trough,

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it was like this too.

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The sounds of Father chopping wood,

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of Mother clattering at the stove,

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and of my sister and me quarrelling.

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Are they well?

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They're very well.

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All these years,

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they've never forgotten

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that you saved me.

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Whenever your letters came,

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I'd tell them whatever
I could safely share.

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As for how you

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traveled alone to avenge your family,

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I didn't dare tell them.

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Right,

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it would've frightened them.

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No,

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I was afraid they'd feel for you

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yet have no way to help.

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Huai'an,

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in a family,

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people care for one another.

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From the moment you saved me,

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we became family.

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Why aren't you chopping wood?

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Am I such an annoyance to you?

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Or did I do something wrong?

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We've fought side by side
and risked our lives together,

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yet when I show up,

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you won't even open your eyes.

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I know who she is.

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When she was one month old,

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that man brought her a protective charm.

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I was there too.

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And I know why
you never told her the truth.

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You did the right thing.

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Don't worry. I won't say a word.

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I mean it.

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You're quick to read faces and flatter.

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Growing up in the palace

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does give one some sense.

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Sense or no sense,

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if I had a younger sister,

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I wouldn't want her raised amid blood
and turmoil either.

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You did the right thing.

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Thanks.

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It's nothing.

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Beautiful.

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Shameless.

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You aren't asleep?

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You slipped into my home without a sound

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and wrinkled the handkerchief
I embroidered through the night.

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I was going to sell it for ten <i>wen.</i>

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Tell me if this

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is worth ten <i>wen.</i>

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- You did it?
- Of course.

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Are you sure he's dead?

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Of course.
His body was riddled like a hornet's nest.

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Satisfied?

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What's wrong?

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I'm not sure I've read your face right.

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Your enemy is dead.
Shouldn't you be happy?

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I hired you to kill for me,

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yet you never took a single coin.

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Still,

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I work day and night,

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weaving and embroidering nonstop.

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Do you know why that is?

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Because

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you want to buy a house in Chang'an?

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Because doing the same thing every day

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keeps me from remembering the past.

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Time passes a little faster that way.

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IN MEMORY OF MADAM ZHU, HONORED
WITH DEVOTION BY HER DAUGHTER ZHAOLU

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Mother, did you hear that?

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We got our revenge.

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There.

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Excellent.

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Doing my hair like this
is what I'm worst at.

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Thank you, Miss Bai Wan.

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Zhaolu's work is truly exceptional.

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The work, the cut…

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They even make me look dashing.

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Yes, she has skill.

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You even look human in them.

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I'm seeing her later.

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What gift should I bring?

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She's a seamstress.

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Give her a fine bolt of silk.

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I'm sure she'll like it.

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But a surprise shows more thought.

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The clothes look good.

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Of course.

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You made them.

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You aren't so bad either.

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Of course not.

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You picked me.

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So mushy.

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He said he'd bring her something.
Look at those empty hands.

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He already did.

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Goodbye.

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This is for you.

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Is this the gift you prepared
for my departure?

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I don't know what you like.

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Anyway, the world is wide.

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In the days ahead, take care of yourself.

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Don't let hatred bind you anymore.

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I'll remember that.

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All these years in Chang'an,

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meeting you

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has been my greatest fortune.

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Mine as well.

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I came to see off my friend.

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It's fine that you came along,

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but why is he here?

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Yes.

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If no one keeps an eye on him
and he slips away,

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he'll be a corpse when we find him again.

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You really can't say a single kind word.

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I thought you were going to propose,

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so I came to back you up.

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Who knew you'd just send her away?

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Why do you all think I came to propose?

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Do I look like someone who is sentimental?

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I'm a swordsman.

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A swordsman!
My life hangs by a thread every day.

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A man like me can love many women.

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Fine, I admit it.

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I do like her.

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But she came to Chang'an alone

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for revenge and nothing else.

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How much room could she possibly
have in her heart for me?

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Besides,

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I don't want her following me
into danger after danger.

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It's better

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to let go.

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The world is wide.

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If fate allows, we'll meet again.

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Come on.

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Besides Xiaoqing,

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do you have any other friends in Chang'an?

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When I was a student,
I had a few classmates I could talk to.

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But most of them
took up official positions,

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and we gradually lost touch.

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Xiaoqing is your messenger,

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but we get along well.

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Having one or two people

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you truly connect with is already enough.

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Aside from painting,

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what else

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do you do?

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I like the bustle of the marketplace.

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Watching folks

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choose their vegetables,

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their meat,

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and their clothes
is amusement enough for me.

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Sometimes, I run into an old man

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playing the flute on the street.

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When I do, I sit beside him

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and listen from dusk

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until night falls.

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Before Mr. Yang's death,

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the Chang'an I saw

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was ordinary

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and real.

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I came to Chang'an by chance.

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After what happened in the reed marsh,

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my parents sought help everywhere

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and finally sent me here to study.

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It was, in truth,

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to shield me from danger.

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As I grew older,

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they finally felt safe
letting me live here alone.

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Your family

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must miss you very much.

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Yes.

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We haven't met for a year or two.

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I miss them.

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I should go home and see them.

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Having family

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and people you care about

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is a fortunate thing.

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If you hadn't kept in touch with me,

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those trying to kill me

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would never have found you.

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Seven years ago, in the reed marsh,

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your parents

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nearly lost their daughter.

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I understand

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what you're saying.

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But I'm a simple person.

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If I choose to leave,

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it's because I want to leave.

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It has nothing to do
with whether Chang'an is safe.

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And if I want to stay,

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no one can drive me away.

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Wan,

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you're as stubborn

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as when you were a child.

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But this time,

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I truly must go.

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With my teacher gone,

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my parents and sister
are surely worried about me.

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I have to go home

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so they know I'm safe.

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From when we met seven years ago

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until our reunion now,

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your life has been filled
with blood and danger.

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This painting of you

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represents my wish for you.

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I hope you can tend flowers,

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keep a cat,

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nap on the porch,

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and live a peaceful life,

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even for just one day.

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I don't have the time to live like this

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for a full day,

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but even half a day would be something.

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Mutton!

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What would you like?

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Fresh mutton!

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Sesame seed cakes!

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Hot sesame seed cakes!

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All fresh out of the oven!

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- Sesame seed cakes!
- Sir, how much for the cakes?

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Two <i>wen</i> each.

281
00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:01,880
- I'll take two.
- All right.

282
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,560
- Here are your cakes.
- Thank you.

283
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,120
Here you are, miss.

284
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,040
- Here you go.
- Thank you.

285
00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,120
- All right.
- Here.

286
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,000
All right. Come again.

287
00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:15,480
Come on.

288
00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:19,240
The dishes are ready.

289
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,480
Coming!

290
00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,720
This courtyard hasn't been this lively
in a long time. Thank you.

291
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:25,880
Not true.

292
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,560
When he was injured here last time,

293
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,200
the place was crawling
with Imperial Guards. It was…

294
00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:36,560
Now,

295
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,040
Bai Wan is leaving tomorrow.

296
00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:41,440
Let's have a proper gathering tonight
before she leaves.

297
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:42,560
Cheers.

298
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,400
Things had just started
getting better for me…

299
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:48,720
Drink your wine. Why so much nonsense?

300
00:25:59,320 --> 00:26:00,960
Complete your missions,

301
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:02,440
and your good days will come.

302
00:26:03,120 --> 00:26:03,960
Eat.

303
00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,360
I'm relieved to hear you say that.

304
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,840
In your letters,
you always wrote that you were alone.

305
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,120
Now you have friends around you.

306
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:20,840
I'll see you off tomorrow.

307
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,040
So will I. I…

308
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:29,800
I'm at your command.

309
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,320
I'm glad you'll see me off.

310
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,880
But I still feel reluctant to leave
and somewhat regretful.

311
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,120
Nanwei Trough isn't far.

312
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,760
It's not like you can't come back.

313
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,640
My regret

314
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,160
is that I didn't find my family
in Chang'an.

315
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:52,800
But I've come to understand now

316
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:55,200
that in a city this vast,

317
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,480
I may never find him

318
00:26:58,360 --> 00:26:59,520
in this lifetime.

319
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:07,360
I've been carrying a secret

320
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,400
that only my parents and sister know.

321
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,000
I was not born to my parents.

322
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,560
They took me in.

323
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,080
When I was very young,

324
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:20,960
in a bitter winter,

325
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,160
a man brought me to the reed marsh.

326
00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:28,440
I can no longer remember his face,
his age,

327
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,200
or whether he was my father,

328
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,000
uncle,

329
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:35,800
or brother.

330
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,040
I only remember

331
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:41,360
that he told me
he was going to get a bowl of hot soup,

332
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:43,680
so we

333
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:46,040
wouldn't starve to death.

334
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,120
<i>It was so cold</i>

335
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:52,920
<i>and so late.</i>

336
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,080
<i>I waited a long time.</i>

337
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,280
Brother, I'm so hungry.

338
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:01,880
Come on.

339
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,280
Hold on a little longer.

340
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,720
We're almost there.

341
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:11,480
Then I will find you something to eat,

342
00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:12,560
all right?

343
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,520
Sister. Hey.

344
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:24,520
Listen.

345
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,920
Stay here and wait for me.

346
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,000
I'll go look for some hot soup
and something to eat.

347
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,520
Once you're full, you won't feel cold,

348
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,440
YOUNG BAI WAN

349
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,800
and we can keep going.

350
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,280
If someone comes, hide in the reeds.

351
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,640
Don't make a sound,

352
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,360
and don't run away.

353
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:41,960
I'll be back soon.

354
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:43,800
Do you understand?

355
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,880
Wrap yourself well. Now get inside.

356
00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,960
<i>I saw a light in the distance.</i>

357
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:10,520
<i>It was so far away,</i>

358
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:13,360
<i>yet somehow I felt</i>

359
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,120
<i>it could warm me.</i>

360
00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,320
<i>So I walked toward the house</i>

361
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:21,800
<i>where that light was shining.</i>

362
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:29,840
That is my earliest memory.

363
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:31,800
From then on,

364
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:33,920
I became the younger daughter
of that family.

365
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:36,320
They told me the truth about my origins,

366
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,840
yet still treated me as their own.

367
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,080
My sister

368
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,360
treated me with great kindness.

369
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:45,400
But I know

370
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:47,960
and remember

371
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,160
that I was the one who left him behind.

372
00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,160
I chose to leave.

373
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:02,960
And the price was

374
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:06,160
losing my only family member,

375
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,200
forgetting my origins,

376
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:13,920
my surname,

377
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,240
and my given name,

378
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:18,320
and never knowing

379
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,080
whether the family who lost their daughter

380
00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,320
would go on

381
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:26,760
to live a good life.

382
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,400
That is my regret.

383
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,600
My life began with a wrong parting.

384
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:38,840
Life

385
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:41,240
is not built only on mistakes.

386
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,440
Sometimes just staying alive

387
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:45,400
is a kind of fortune.

388
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840
I'm fine. Years have passed.

389
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:17,720
When I was unconscious,

390
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,040
I vaguely heard

391
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:21,520
that you've carried this charm

392
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:23,160
for as long as you can remember.

393
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,000
Perhaps

394
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,760
it is your only link
to your original family.

395
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:29,600
You are about to travel far.

396
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:31,120
Take it back.

397
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,440
Keep it with you,

398
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,040
as if your family is still by your side.

399
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:53,600
Why do you all look so downcast?

400
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:54,600
Come on.

401
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,120
Raise your cups.

402
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,760
Bai Wan leaves tomorrow.

403
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,960
May she go safely and fare well,

404
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,760
and may everything go her way.

405
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,240
<i>Sister! Sister!</i>

406
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:30,000
Look what I brought…

407
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:35,920
Sister?

408
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:37,960
Sister!

409
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:39,320
Sister!

410
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,480
Sister!

411
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,880
You must be starving. Eat this first.

412
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,040
I'll heat a bowl of noodle soup for you.

413
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,400
Here.

414
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,200
- Eat.
- Let's what your hands first.

415
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:02,280
Stay with us.

416
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,280
- We'll look for your family.
- Your hands are ice cold.

417
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:05,440
- If we can't find them,
- Here.

418
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:06,840
- then you'll be our child.
- Wash your hands.

419
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:07,800
- Try one.
- Here.

420
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,240
Slow down.

421
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,560
- Have another bite.
- Your face is burning red.

422
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:15,640
<i>Slow down…</i>

423
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:16,960
<i>Don't choke.</i>

424
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,160
Huai'an,

425
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,360
I'm an outsider,
and even I can't stand it.

426
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,560
Are you really not going
to tell Bai Wan you're her brother?

427
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:40,960
Turns out she's been carrying
this regret all this time.

428
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:42,840
Why don't you just tell her

429
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:46,720
you've been guarding her
in secret all these years?

430
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:57,160
Let's go.

431
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,639
<i>My sister is returning.</i>

432
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,400
<i>Eliminate the remnant.</i>

433
00:35:05,240 --> 00:35:06,840
This one. Into the water?

434
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:08,480
Into the earth.

435
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,160
How is your mood today?

436
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:18,240
Do I get cooked food or raw?

437
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:33,320
Back then,

438
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,640
you wouldn't even spare a little girl.

439
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,440
These years underground
are the punishment her brother gave you.

440
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:45,520
It ends today.

441
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,320
It's been seven years.

442
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,440
I can finally die.

443
00:36:19,720 --> 00:36:21,920
Your family gave me so much care
all those years.

444
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,560
Now at last I've repaid the debt.

445
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,000
<i>Aside from painting,</i>

446
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:31,400
<i>what else do you do?</i>

447
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:39,880
<i>I like the hustle and bustle</i>
<i>of the marketplace.</i>

448
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,280
<i>Watching people buy vegetables,</i>

449
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:43,240
<i>buy meat,</i>

450
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,040
<i>and choose clothes</i>

451
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,640
<i>is interesting enough to me.</i>

452
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,720
<i>Sometimes, I run into an old man</i>
<i>playing the flute on the street.</i>

453
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,200
<i>When I do,</i>

454
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:17,840
<i>I sit beside him</i>

455
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,960
<i>and listen from dusk until night falls.</i>

456
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:38,400
Bai Wan,

457
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,920
write to me once you get home.

458
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,400
Xie Huai'an is unbelievable.

459
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,920
I can put up with his odd temper,
but how could he not come to see her off?

460
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,320
Huai'an doesn't like
saying goodbye in person.

461
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,720
But don't worry.
He'll always keep you in his thoughts.

462
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:57,520
You don't need to comfort me.

463
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,760
I know what he's like.

464
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:02,600
He struggles with parting too.

465
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:08,480
All right then, I'm going.

466
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:11,720
Take care of yourself.

467
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:17,520
TASK COMPLETE. ALL IS WELL.