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[The Heir]

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[Episode 15]

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Zhen.

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Zhen.

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Why have you come?

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I came to bring you something.

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This is from Seventh Grandmother for you.

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This... This is a box of pastries

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that Seventh Grandmother and I
made together.

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Please try some, Zhen.

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Zhen, I was wrong.

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[To Zhen]

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"Zhen,

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about what happened at the Li household
some days ago,

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I know

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you suffered a great grievance.

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And yet I didn't stand up for you.

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That was my fault.

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Now the Li family

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faces troubles both within and without,
and its members have become divided.

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I wanted to keep you,

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but despite my wishes,
I was powerless to do so.

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Regarding the stolen ink recipe,

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I feel I have deeply wronged you.

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Zhen,

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from now on,

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just feel free to do

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as your heart desires.

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This is a small token from me.

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You must accept it."

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Together with Mr. Fan's 10 chests of ink,

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the dividend from the ancient lacquer-soot ink
comes to 800 taels.

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Once the money comes in,

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have it sent to my sister.

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Yes.

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Master.

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I hear that Miss Li Zhen

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has already rented a storefront
on Sibao Street.

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She truly has
great determination and drive.

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But rent on Sibao Street

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isn't cheap.

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She likely has little money left.

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Yes.

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It speaks to Miss Li Zhen's

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all-or-nothing determination!

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She's every bit as brave as the soldiers

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on the battlefield.

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I've noticed something.

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You've been bringing up
Miss Li Zhen quite a lot lately.

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It's not that I keep bringing her up.

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Isn't it because you want to
hear about her?

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Hey!

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Who said you could drink my tea?

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You didn't even pour me a cup.

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That was the last sip!

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You little rascal.

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Sibao Street...

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President Hu,

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is there something wrong with my document?

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Or is it because my New Li's Ink Workshop

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doesn't meet
the Literary Association's regulations?

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Please say something!

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If neither is the case,

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why do you keep refusing to approve it?

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If it were anyone else,

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they would be helping strengthen
the Huizhou ink industry,

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and I would gladly approve it.

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But Miss Li Zhen,

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throughout history,

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there has never been

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a precedent for two ink workshops
operating under the same surname.

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As long as Li Ink still stands,

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it's absolutely impossible for you

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to establish your own ink business.

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President Hu,
although my surname is still Li,

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our Eighth Branch was expelled
from the clan long ago.

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There's a written expulsion document
to prove it.

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By law and by right,

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I'm no longer part of the Li family.

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Li Ink runs its own business,

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and I'll run my New Li's Ink Workshop.

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We have nothing to do with each other.

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But Li Ink is,

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after all, the foremost
of the four major ink-makers

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in the Huizhou ink industry.

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The association

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must consider Li Ink's standing.

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Miss Li Zhen,

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if you truly wish to open an ink workshop,

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you will need Li Ink's approval.

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Only then can I, as the president,

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make any exception.

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Was it you who went to
the Literary Association just now?

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You stopped the association

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from approving
my New Li's Ink Workshop, didn't you?

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If you don't
explain yourself clearly today,

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you are not going anywhere!

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Li Ink, a century-old establishment

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and the orthodox lineage of Hui Ink.

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How could we allow a mere brat like you

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to go off and start
your own New Li Ink business?

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Before, when Seventh Grandmother
wanted to renew the contract with me,

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you people immediately started gossiping,

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saying that I, an outsider,

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wanted to seize your assets and power.

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Fine.

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I refuse to be counted
as part of your family

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and wish to open my own ink workshop—

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that should satisfy you, shouldn't it?

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But now you say,

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with the same family name,

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there's no way I can open
a second ink workshop.

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You people want it both ways,
saying whatever suits you.

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Who exactly is the one
being unreasonable here?

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I won't waste my breath

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arguing with you here.

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Let me make the thing clear today—

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Li Zhen,

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if you think you can
establish another ink workshop,

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dream on.

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If you insist on having your own way,

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don't blame me for bringing out
the Founder's Black Banner again

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and invoking our Founding Master
to pass judgment...

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The Founder's Black Banner again, huh?

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Listen up,

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I've already been expelled from the clan.

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I'm not afraid of
your Black Banner whatsoever.

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I'll just say one thing—

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whether you, Li Jingdong,

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or your Li Ink

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ever give your approval or not,

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I am opening New Li's Ink Workshop

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no matter what!

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[Songtan Manor]

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[Ink Workshop Application]

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Miss Li Zhen,

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you want me to step in

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and have the Literary Association approve
your New Li's Ink Workshop?

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That's quite a bold request.

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Isn't it because of the stolen ink recipe

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that you've harbored
a grudge against the Li family?

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So,

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you want to open New Li's Ink Workshop

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to take on the Li family directly—

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am I right?

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Lord Yan,

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it's true that I want to vent

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the indignation in my heart

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by starting my own ink workshop.

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But I am no narrow-minded person.

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In fact, since I started recreating
the ancient lacquer-soot ink,

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I've harbored a deeper aspiration—

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I wish to contribute
what little strength I have

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to the advancement
of our Huizhou ink industry!

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So I sincerely ask Your Lordship
to grant me this opportunity.

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Grant you an opportunity?

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But

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as the Ink Affairs Official,

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I supervise the selection of Tribute Ink—

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I serve the imperial court.

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Not to help a young woman like you

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realize some personal ambition.

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My Lord, that's not quite fair to say.

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When I recreated
the ancient lacquer-soot ink,

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wouldn't that also have helped
ease your burdens?

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I could do so before, I can do so now,

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and I certainly can do so again
in the future.

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What a bold spirit.

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But no matter how bold your spirit,

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it's of no use

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to me.

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I only care about results.

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Without the help of the Li family

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or Eighth Master Li's support,

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what do you have to compete against

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Li Ink or Chen Ink?

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And how will you realize
those lofty ambitions of yours?

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You haven't fully
thought this through, have you?

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Alright.

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Go back and think it through.

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When you've figured it out,

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come back and speak with me again.

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All of you, out! Get out!

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You charlatans!

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You're all charlatans!

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My child! My child!

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My child, don't get so worked up!

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You mustn't agitate yourself.

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It will only worsen your condition.

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Father,

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none of them are
genuinely trying to cure me!

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Don't say that.

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Don't worry.

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I'll search the entire realm
for the finest physicians

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to cure your illness.

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Go back and rest. Let's go.

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I don't want to rest!

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I... I want to go out!

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Zhen, why do you seem so down?

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Are you still thinking about Miss Yan?

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When I came back today,

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I asked Physician Huang about her.

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He told me

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Miss Yan's illness

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has remained uncured for over 10 years.

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Just imagine the hardship

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she must have endured all these years.

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Yes.

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Zhen,

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unfortunately, we are not physicians.

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There is little we can do for her.

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Hua'er, do you remember
when we were little,

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every time I went out to play,

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I'd come back covered in injuries?

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And then my father, for my sake,

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searched through
all of Li Ink's ancient texts for me.

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Finally,

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he created

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a medicinal rouge ink.

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I remember now.

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You treasured that rouge ink

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so much.

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Only when I was hurt

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would you let me use even the tiniest bit.

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Was it that one?

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Yes.

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My father said at that time

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that the medicinal rouge ink

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was only his initial experiment.

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What he truly wanted to create

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was a medicinal ink
capable of treating sores

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and stubborn ailments—Nine-Treasure Ink.

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If such an ink truly existed,

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perhaps we really could cure Miss Yan,

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right?

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That's exactly what I've been thinking.

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Today, Lord Yan asked me at his manor

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what my New Li's Ink Workshop

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would rely on to establish itself

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and what kind of ink I'd sell.

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I thought about it.

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Although I recreated
the ancient lacquer-soot ink,

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compared to the precious inks

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passed down through Chen Ink and Li Ink,

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it still pales in significance.

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But if I take another path

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and create the Nine-Treasure Ink

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my father once talked about,

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firstly, I can cure

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patients like Miss Yan;

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secondly, I can avoid direct confrontation

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and build my name upon medicinal ink.

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And most importantly,

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if I truly succeed in
creating this treasured ink

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and curing Miss Yan,

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don't you think Lord Yan would finally

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step in and allow us to
open the New Li's Ink Workshop?

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You're right.

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Then, Zhen, let us get started at once!

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No need to be so hasty.

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This is just my preliminary plan.

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We must proceed step by step.

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But I think your plan is excellent!

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How is Li Ink Workshop doing?

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[Yihousheng]

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You mean Miss Li Zhen?

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She's been having a hard time
these past few days.

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I heard Eighth Master Li didn't agree to
her opening the New Li's Ink Workshop

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and left She County in a fit of anger.

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He went to...

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He went to Wuyuan.

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I was asking about Li Ink,

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not New Li Ink.

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00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,360
Isn't Miss Li Zhen part of the Li family?

275
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Above her stands Li Ink.

276
00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,030
The Literary Association, out of deference
to the Li family's standing,

277
00:13:40,030 --> 00:13:41,630
refuses to recognize New Li's Ink Workshop

278
00:13:41,630 --> 00:13:43,360
and has withheld its approval.

279
00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:45,120
I think she must be

280
00:13:45,150 --> 00:13:47,550
at her wit's end
over this matter right now.

281
00:13:53,630 --> 00:13:54,270
Well then,

282
00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:55,910
take out 100 taels

283
00:13:55,910 --> 00:13:58,240
and accompany me to New Li's Ink Workshop.

284
00:13:58,320 --> 00:13:59,000
Master,

285
00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,550
a-are you really going to
invest in New Li's Ink Workshop?

286
00:14:02,550 --> 00:14:03,880
What's wrong with that?

287
00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,550
One hundred taels is nothing to me.

288
00:14:06,910 --> 00:14:08,240
There's no harm in spreading your bets

289
00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:10,100
across more promising ventures.

290
00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:11,150
Let's go.

291
00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,030
Master Qi, I cannot accept

292
00:14:22,030 --> 00:14:22,870
your money.

293
00:14:24,390 --> 00:14:25,850
You think it's too little?

294
00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,360
It's not about the amount

295
00:14:27,750 --> 00:14:29,000
but the timing.

296
00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:30,790
Timing?

297
00:14:32,550 --> 00:14:34,120
You're opening your own ink workshop now,

298
00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:35,960
which is exactly when you need money.

299
00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:37,560
Besides, with me behind you,

300
00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,080
maybe the Literary Association would be
less inclined to give you a hard time.

301
00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:42,080
So why do you say the timing is wrong?

302
00:14:42,150 --> 00:14:43,480
Precisely because I need money,

303
00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:45,080
I must be even more cautious.

304
00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:46,600
To be honest with you,

305
00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:47,550
I wanted to open my own ink workshop

306
00:14:47,550 --> 00:14:50,200
just so I would no longer
be constrained by others.

307
00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,080
So,

308
00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,510
you suddenly offer me so much money today

309
00:14:53,870 --> 00:14:56,240
without specifying
the profit-sharing terms

310
00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:58,510
or your plans for the workshop.

311
00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:59,320
Honestly,

312
00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:00,240
it makes me

313
00:15:00,270 --> 00:15:01,440
deeply uneasy.

314
00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:04,910
Miss Li Zhen,

315
00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:07,630
you're in need of money now,

316
00:15:08,150 --> 00:15:10,080
and I'm simply offering timely help.

317
00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,390
How did you make me sound like

318
00:15:11,390 --> 00:15:13,360
a predator taking advantage of

319
00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:14,510
your misfortune?

320
00:15:15,790 --> 00:15:16,720
In any case,

321
00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,640
I absolutely cannot accept this money.

322
00:15:22,550 --> 00:15:23,670
So, Miss Li Zhen,

323
00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,510
are you really rejecting me outright?

324
00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:29,630
I'm turning you down today,

325
00:15:29,630 --> 00:15:31,690
but who can say what the future holds?

326
00:15:32,470 --> 00:15:33,270
Master Qi,

327
00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,600
I have confidence in my New Li Ink.

328
00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:37,630
Not only do I want to use my own strength

329
00:15:37,630 --> 00:15:39,600
to start the ink workshop,

330
00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:42,630
but in the future,
I'll openly and honestly

331
00:15:42,630 --> 00:15:43,790
compete with Li Ink.

332
00:15:44,030 --> 00:15:45,360
Perhaps one day,

333
00:15:45,510 --> 00:15:46,720
I'll surpass Li Ink!

334
00:15:47,870 --> 00:15:48,960
When that time comes,

335
00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,320
I'll invite you to my ink workshop again.

336
00:15:51,390 --> 00:15:52,840
We can sit down together

337
00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:54,910
and discuss things properly.
How about that?

338
00:15:54,910 --> 00:15:56,390
And what if, by that day,

339
00:15:57,270 --> 00:15:58,510
I've lost interest?

340
00:16:00,270 --> 00:16:02,670
Since I've decided to
open an ink workshop,

341
00:16:03,030 --> 00:16:05,080
I certainly won't disappoint you.

342
00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:07,910
Good.

343
00:16:08,390 --> 00:16:09,990
Xiao Qi, take the money back.

344
00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:19,630
Congratulations, Brother.

345
00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,410
[Qingfeng Pavilion]

346
00:16:19,670 --> 00:16:21,390
Your eye for talent has proven itself.

347
00:16:21,390 --> 00:16:23,270
You struck gold
with the ancient lacquer-soot ink.

348
00:16:23,270 --> 00:16:26,730
Barely off the ground
and already yielding handsome returns.

349
00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:27,930
Thank you, Sister.

350
00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:30,600
All of this was within my calculations.

351
00:16:34,550 --> 00:16:36,360
What a waste of good tea.

352
00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,440
I'm a fugitive
stripped even of the right to my own name.

353
00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,160
How can I be particular about anything?

354
00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:44,790
The dividends from Li Ink

355
00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:46,320
are better than expected.

356
00:16:46,550 --> 00:16:48,150
What are your plans next?

357
00:16:49,150 --> 00:16:50,270
In my opinion...

358
00:16:51,630 --> 00:16:52,960
we should continue investing

359
00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:54,890
and build long-term cooperation.

360
00:16:57,630 --> 00:16:58,270
Sister,

361
00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,130
you should continue

362
00:17:00,630 --> 00:17:02,430
to keep the account books for me.

363
00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:03,440
But I hope you can

364
00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,510
set aside 30% of the dividends for me.

365
00:17:05,510 --> 00:17:06,510
I have a use for it.

366
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,790
You've set your sights
on some other business venture?

367
00:17:09,790 --> 00:17:11,960
I want to reserve that money

368
00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:13,700
to invest in New Li Ink.

369
00:17:15,349 --> 00:17:16,829
How so?

370
00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:18,400
Originally,

371
00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,160
I planned to invest the money

372
00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,270
in several major ink workshops.

373
00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:23,480
But the other day,

374
00:17:23,790 --> 00:17:25,589
Li Zhen said something to me.

375
00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,680
She said she wanted to use her ink

376
00:17:27,829 --> 00:17:29,200
to compete with Li Ink,

377
00:17:29,550 --> 00:17:30,830
that perhaps one day,

378
00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:33,350
her New Li Ink might defeat Li Ink.

379
00:17:34,590 --> 00:17:36,200
What ambition!

380
00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:37,070
Indeed.

381
00:17:37,830 --> 00:17:39,440
Not only is her ambition great,

382
00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,300
but her appetite is just as large.

383
00:17:41,510 --> 00:17:42,880
When I talked to her

384
00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:44,640
about investing the other day,

385
00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:45,970
she actually declined.

386
00:17:46,510 --> 00:17:47,790
Looks like Li Zhen

387
00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,480
has her own principles
and way of doing things.

388
00:17:52,110 --> 00:17:53,590
Hearing you describe her like this,

389
00:17:53,590 --> 00:17:55,590
I'd actually like to meet this girl.

390
00:17:56,750 --> 00:17:59,110
The three upper, three middle,
and three lower herbs

391
00:17:59,110 --> 00:18:03,770
stand foremost among all ingredients,
together constituting the Nine Treasures.

392
00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:05,880
These "three lower herbs"

393
00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,830
should refer to

394
00:18:09,790 --> 00:18:13,400
ground-level herbs
like kochia fruit and dictamnus bark.

395
00:18:14,070 --> 00:18:14,870
That's right.

396
00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:16,660
Those must be the ones.

397
00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,960
And the "three middle herbs" may be

398
00:18:18,980 --> 00:18:21,980
the internal organs
of pigs, sheep, or sea creatures?

399
00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:25,450
But what on earth
are the "three upper herbs"?

400
00:18:29,590 --> 00:18:30,640
What do you want?

401
00:18:33,310 --> 00:18:34,110
Come on.

402
00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:35,960
Escort Li Zhen out.

403
00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:38,880
I'd like to see who dares!

404
00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,030
Li Jingdong, what on earth do you want?

405
00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:44,110
Li Zhen,

406
00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:47,680
since you've decided to
establish your own workshop,

407
00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:48,790
the Li family

408
00:18:48,790 --> 00:18:52,050
will not allow you to
take advantage of us in the slightest.

409
00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:53,920
Starting today,

410
00:18:54,830 --> 00:18:56,920
I'm taking back this ink workshop.

411
00:18:57,310 --> 00:18:58,240
Uncle Jingdong,

412
00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,750
this was an abandoned ink workshop
of Li family.

413
00:19:00,750 --> 00:19:02,270
Seventh Grandmother
permitted Zhen to use it.

414
00:19:02,270 --> 00:19:03,070
If it is to be taken back,

415
00:19:03,070 --> 00:19:04,680
she should be the one
to come tell Zhen herself.

416
00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:05,640
Yes, Master.

417
00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,510
We'd better tell Old Madam.

418
00:19:07,510 --> 00:19:09,970
Do I need you to
teach me how to handle things?

419
00:19:13,350 --> 00:19:15,010
Wang Hua'er, I'm telling you,

420
00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,920
I am now the Master of Li Ink.

421
00:19:18,510 --> 00:19:19,920
You'd better remember

422
00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,590
who your own kin are.

423
00:19:24,750 --> 00:19:25,680
What?

424
00:19:26,030 --> 00:19:27,110
You're not moving?

425
00:19:29,110 --> 00:19:30,240
Come on, you guys.

426
00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:31,340
Help her along.

427
00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:32,270
Do it!

428
00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,300
What are you doing?

429
00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:35,350
What are you doing?

430
00:19:35,350 --> 00:19:36,590
These are my medicinal ingredients!

431
00:19:36,590 --> 00:19:37,310
Let go!

432
00:19:37,590 --> 00:19:38,650
What are you doing?

433
00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:39,680
Don't touch it!

434
00:19:39,750 --> 00:19:40,510
Give it to me.

435
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:43,830
You can't take it!

436
00:19:43,830 --> 00:19:45,270
These are my medicinal ingredients!

437
00:19:45,270 --> 00:19:45,510
Give them back to me!

438
00:19:45,510 --> 00:19:46,350
You lot!

439
00:19:47,590 --> 00:19:48,650
What are you doing?

440
00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,160
Return her

441
00:19:51,070 --> 00:19:52,400
medicinal herbs to her.

442
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,200
You lot, keep your eyes open—

443
00:20:08,110 --> 00:20:10,270
take everything belonging to the Li family

444
00:20:10,270 --> 00:20:11,720
back to our ink workshop.

445
00:20:14,790 --> 00:20:15,680
Fine!

446
00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:19,400
I can move out!

447
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,480
But many tools here

448
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,080
were made by my grandfather,

449
00:20:24,110 --> 00:20:25,200
and some others

450
00:20:25,310 --> 00:20:26,920
were bought piece by piece

451
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,680
by my brother and my mother!

452
00:20:29,350 --> 00:20:30,750
You can force me to leave.

453
00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,540
But don't you even think of taking

454
00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,920
any of my family's things!

455
00:20:36,550 --> 00:20:37,400
Fine.

456
00:20:38,790 --> 00:20:41,390
The Li family has no use
for your things anyway.

457
00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:44,410
Take them and go.

458
00:21:16,590 --> 00:21:17,270
Hua'er,

459
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,440
don't just stand there.

460
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:20,640
Go home.

461
00:21:54,340 --> 00:21:58,290
♪ Rain is the burden
clouds can no longer bear ♪

462
00:21:58,310 --> 00:22:02,530
♪ Falling where love and hate intertwine ♪

463
00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,240
Girl, do you not know how to drive a cart?

464
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,040
Look, the rain is getting heavier.

465
00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:08,130
♪ I can't rid myself of this hatred ♪

466
00:22:04,110 --> 00:22:05,720
I'm in a hurry to finish work and go home.

467
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,720
Don't block the road with your cart.

468
00:22:08,150 --> 00:22:12,880
♪ It neither fades nor remains hidden ♪

469
00:22:08,310 --> 00:22:09,640
Hurry and move it aside.

470
00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:17,630
♪ Regret is a wound time cannot heal ♪

471
00:22:17,650 --> 00:22:22,180
♪ Once aflame, now chilled ♪

472
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,290
♪ You're the unreachable love I pursue ♪

473
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,240
Go.

474
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:26,750
Go!

475
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:33,160
♪ I long for you in my heart,
yet I dare not forget you ♪

476
00:22:33,460 --> 00:22:39,950
♪ Who's to blame, and who remains caught
in endless cycles of love and hate? ♪

477
00:22:39,980 --> 00:22:43,120
♪ I have no regrets about this hatred ♪

478
00:22:43,210 --> 00:22:49,350
♪ As close as kin,
yet as distant as strangers ♪

479
00:22:49,460 --> 00:22:52,530
♪ Who bears the guilt in love? ♪

480
00:22:52,750 --> 00:22:59,130
♪ We cast love aside,
leaving our hearts in pieces ♪

481
00:22:59,150 --> 00:23:02,830
♪ Is it wrong or right? ♪

482
00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,080
♪ Standing at opposite ends ♪

483
00:23:06,110 --> 00:23:11,050
♪ We can only face each other in silence ♪

484
00:23:11,930 --> 00:23:18,170
♪ Who's sober, who's drunk, and who
holds back from trying to mend it? ♪

485
00:23:18,310 --> 00:23:21,460
♪ Reason forces us back ♪

486
00:23:21,620 --> 00:23:27,880
♪ When defenses fall,
who is left more broken? ♪

487
00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:31,240
♪ Why keep chasing it? ♪

488
00:23:31,260 --> 00:23:37,380
♪ Half bright, half dim—
an unfinished, imperfect kind of beauty ♪

489
00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:32,720
Mother?

490
00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:36,830
Why are you here?

491
00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:41,570
♪ How should we end this? ♪

492
00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:45,030
♪ I stare through hope and drifting haze,
tears in my eyes ♪

493
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:45,590
Mother...

494
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,480
♪ Lost and unsure where to go ♪

495
00:23:46,550 --> 00:23:47,080
Let's go.

496
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:48,880
Let's go home.

497
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:49,750
Let's go.

498
00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:55,040
♪ I stare through hope and drifting haze,
tears in my eyes ♪

499
00:23:55,060 --> 00:24:01,050
♪ Lost and unsure where to go ♪

500
00:23:56,030 --> 00:23:57,310
Mother...

501
00:24:11,790 --> 00:24:12,920
These past few days,

502
00:24:13,310 --> 00:24:15,240
you've been either making ink
at the workshop

503
00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:16,750
or cooped up in your room,

504
00:24:17,550 --> 00:24:18,960
not even stopping to eat.

505
00:24:20,830 --> 00:24:21,680
At home,

506
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,280
it's often just me by myself.

507
00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:25,070
I cooked some food,

508
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,600
but I can never finish it.

509
00:24:28,070 --> 00:24:28,750
Mother,

510
00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:30,510
it's my fault.

511
00:24:31,310 --> 00:24:32,350
Silly girl,

512
00:24:32,790 --> 00:24:34,450
why are you apologizing to me?

513
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,440
I've watched you grow up.

514
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,640
Even if you say nothing,

515
00:24:39,270 --> 00:24:40,790
I still know what's

516
00:24:40,830 --> 00:24:41,790
in your heart.

517
00:24:45,550 --> 00:24:46,680
You're thinking

518
00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:48,790
of creating the ink as soon as possible

519
00:24:48,790 --> 00:24:50,750
so you can prove yourself
to your grandfather,

520
00:24:50,750 --> 00:24:51,510
right?

521
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:00,790
But everything

522
00:25:00,790 --> 00:25:02,520
must follow its proper course.

523
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,070
If you keep pushing yourself like this,

524
00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:05,930
your body won't be able to take it.

525
00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,790
Conserve your strength, eat properly,

526
00:25:08,790 --> 00:25:11,000
and work on the ink step by step.

527
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,910
You must listen to what I say.

528
00:25:15,750 --> 00:25:16,550
Do you hear me?

529
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:20,830
Come on.

530
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:22,720
Tell me,

531
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,310
what kind of ink does Owner Li of

532
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,170
our New Li's Ink Workshop
really want to make?

533
00:25:35,310 --> 00:25:35,880
Mother,

534
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:37,510
do you remember

535
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:39,880
that rouge ink Father made for me?

536
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:42,640
What I want to create

537
00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:45,110
is a kind of medicinal ink like that,

538
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:46,970
called Nine-Treasure Ink.

539
00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:49,440
Father also researched it before.

540
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:51,790
But this ink

541
00:25:51,790 --> 00:25:53,640
has been lost for nearly 100 years.

542
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:55,040
There are only some vague

543
00:25:55,070 --> 00:25:57,870
and unclear records of it
in the "Ink Chronicles."

544
00:25:58,270 --> 00:26:01,200
References to "three upper, three middle,
and three lower herbs,"

545
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,310
along with a few ingredients

546
00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:03,790
I still can't figure out.

547
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,070
Mother,

548
00:26:05,510 --> 00:26:07,510
the ancients are really something.

549
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,160
Since they decided to write a book

550
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:11,310
to pass down
the ink-making methods and recipes,

551
00:26:11,310 --> 00:26:14,110
why couldn't they just
write plainly and clearly?

552
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:15,680
Just think of how many fine inks

553
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,010
have been lost to obscurity because of it.

554
00:26:19,270 --> 00:26:20,160
You know,

555
00:26:20,270 --> 00:26:24,400
this "three upper, three middle,
and three lower herbs"—

556
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:26,960
all that cryptic talk—

557
00:26:27,030 --> 00:26:28,720
your father actually muttered about it

558
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,720
to me for a good while back in the day.

559
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:32,510
Really?

560
00:26:32,510 --> 00:26:33,200
Really.

561
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:35,310
Mother,

562
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:37,350
did Father tell you at that time

563
00:26:37,350 --> 00:26:39,350
what these "three upper herbs" are?

564
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:42,880
Now you think of asking me?

565
00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:45,310
Oh, you.

566
00:26:45,350 --> 00:26:46,400
If you'd told me earlier,

567
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,030
I would've given it to you long ago.

568
00:26:48,030 --> 00:26:48,640
Wait here.

569
00:26:49,750 --> 00:26:50,590
Where is it?

570
00:26:53,270 --> 00:26:53,750
Here.

571
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,090
Thank you, Mother.

572
00:26:57,070 --> 00:26:58,590
Your father had the habit of

573
00:26:58,590 --> 00:27:00,510
jotting things down
the moment they occurred to him.

574
00:27:00,510 --> 00:27:02,680
So back then, whenever inspiration struck,

575
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:03,720
he would record his thoughts

576
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,720
in this little account book of mine.

577
00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:07,750
After your father passed away,

578
00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:10,880
I couldn't bring myself
to throw this account book away.

579
00:27:11,350 --> 00:27:13,000
But much of what's in here

580
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,920
is fragmented,

581
00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:17,030
with no clear beginning or end.

582
00:27:17,030 --> 00:27:18,880
It might not have
what you are looking for.

583
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,280
Still, take a look first.

584
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:39,200
Mother.

585
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:41,510
This part is

586
00:27:41,790 --> 00:27:44,880
Father's record of experimenting
with Nine-Treasure Ink.

587
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:45,720
Really?

588
00:27:47,510 --> 00:27:48,960
Turns out Father

589
00:27:49,350 --> 00:27:51,030
also used the fermentation method

590
00:27:51,030 --> 00:27:53,760
to preserve
the medicinal properties back then.

591
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:54,880
Mother,

592
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,790
I thought of that method too!

593
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:57,940
That's wonderful!

594
00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:00,110
"Three uppers—

595
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:02,480
snow lotus, dindygule peperomia...

596
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,110
That's right.
These are the "three upper herbs".

597
00:28:05,110 --> 00:28:06,550
You silly child, why are you crying?

598
00:28:06,550 --> 00:28:08,030
You should be happy instead.

599
00:28:08,030 --> 00:28:12,090
The "three upper herbs" refer to
medicinal herbs growing in high places!

600
00:28:12,550 --> 00:28:14,480
Snow lotus, dindygule peperomia,

601
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:17,640
and the third herb is... Matchmaker Herb?

602
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,070
What is Matchmaker Herb?

603
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,350
How... how have I never heard of...

604
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:25,840
heard of such an herb?

605
00:28:27,310 --> 00:28:28,550
Never mind the name—

606
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:29,920
if it grows in high places,

607
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:32,200
it must simply be something
found up in the mountains.

608
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:33,480
I still remember

609
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,000
the mountain forests your father used to

610
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,460
wander through back then.

611
00:28:37,310 --> 00:28:38,070
Alright, alright.

612
00:28:38,070 --> 00:28:38,960
Stop crying.

613
00:28:39,310 --> 00:28:41,070
Zhen, pack your things.

614
00:28:41,070 --> 00:28:42,000
First thing tomorrow morning,

615
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,860
I'll take you into the mountains.

616
00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:51,550
[Wuxi Mountain, Yi County,
Huizhou Prefecture]

617
00:29:08,590 --> 00:29:09,160
Come on.

618
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:11,960
Well, Zhen?

619
00:29:12,030 --> 00:29:13,760
I don't think this is it either.

620
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:16,030
Mother,

621
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,400
most of the herbs on the note match up.

622
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,160
Only the Matchmaker Herb

623
00:29:20,270 --> 00:29:21,680
is nowhere to be found.

624
00:29:22,590 --> 00:29:23,790
I've truly never

625
00:29:24,030 --> 00:29:25,830
heard of the herb before either.

626
00:29:26,270 --> 00:29:27,720
Your father really was something.

627
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,980
Couldn't he have written things
a little more clearly?

628
00:29:29,980 --> 00:29:30,920
Now he's got the two of us

629
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:32,070
wandering around like headless chickens,

630
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:33,330
without a single clue.

631
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:36,160
It's alright, Mother.

632
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:37,070
Worst comes to worst,

633
00:29:37,070 --> 00:29:38,400
we gather everything up here
that looks like a herb

634
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:39,400
and take it all back

635
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:40,510
to compare one by one.

636
00:29:40,510 --> 00:29:42,310
There's always a way around difficulties.

637
00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:43,310
-Let's go!
-You girl,

638
00:29:43,310 --> 00:29:44,780
your stubbornness is acting up again.

639
00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:45,130
Let's go.

640
00:29:45,130 --> 00:29:46,790
I'll keep searching with you.

641
00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:16,200
Mother,

642
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:17,480
did you hear that?

643
00:30:17,510 --> 00:30:19,110
I can play a leaf whistle now!

644
00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:22,680
Wait for me!

645
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:26,920
Mother!

646
00:30:28,750 --> 00:30:30,590
I told you to be careful.

647
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:31,790
Now look,

648
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:33,310
you've still injured your foot.

649
00:30:33,310 --> 00:30:34,160
Does it hurt?

650
00:30:34,830 --> 00:30:37,160
Come on, let me put some herbs
on it for you.

651
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:38,880
I'm telling you,

652
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,030
this herb

653
00:30:40,270 --> 00:30:42,310
works wonders on wounds

654
00:30:43,070 --> 00:30:44,670
and helps prevent scarring.

655
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,440
I remember back then when your father once

656
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:49,240
blundered into a hunter's trap.

657
00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:51,410
I used exactly this herb to treat him.

658
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:53,830
Which hunter's trap

659
00:30:53,830 --> 00:30:56,790
did Father fall into back then?

660
00:30:58,030 --> 00:30:59,630
You already know the answer.

661
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:02,030
I really don't know.

662
00:31:02,350 --> 00:31:04,720
I only remember that
when I was little, Father told me

663
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,160
he was really good at hunting.

664
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,350
He said he had eyes as sharp as a hawk

665
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,400
and ears as keen as a stalking beast.

666
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:11,960
and that any prey he set his sights on

667
00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,620
could never escape his grasp.

668
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,000
Him?

669
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:17,790
Your father

670
00:31:17,790 --> 00:31:20,590
only knew how to brag
in front of you and your brother.

671
00:31:20,590 --> 00:31:21,640
Let me tell you,

672
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:22,590
I never called him out on it

673
00:31:22,590 --> 00:31:24,720
because I wanted to save him some face.

674
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,240
Come to think of it,

675
00:31:31,380 --> 00:31:33,340
your father and I first met...

676
00:31:36,310 --> 00:31:38,040
right here in these mountains.

677
00:31:39,510 --> 00:31:40,480
You met

678
00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:42,640
Father here?

679
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:44,720
Back then,

680
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,680
I had set some hunting traps.

681
00:31:47,030 --> 00:31:49,430
A day later, I excitedly
went to check them.

682
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:50,830
And guess

683
00:31:51,030 --> 00:31:52,000
what I found?

684
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,160
Your father, pitiful as could be,

685
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:56,690
trapped inside one of them!

686
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,240
Then I pulled him out,

687
00:32:00,550 --> 00:32:01,550
brought him home,

688
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:02,890
fed him a proper meal,

689
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,920
and sent him back down the mountain.

690
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,640
But three days later,

691
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,310
he came back into the mountains again,
supposedly to search for pine.

692
00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:12,070
You know, your father seemed quite clever

693
00:32:12,070 --> 00:32:13,330
when he was making ink.

694
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:14,880
But the moment he entered the mountains,

695
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,230
he turned hopelessly foolish.

696
00:32:16,230 --> 00:32:19,270
Three times out of five, he'd end up
falling into one of my traps,

697
00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:22,330
then just sit there
waiting for me to pull him out again.

698
00:32:22,780 --> 00:32:25,350
Then you walked right into
his trap as well.

699
00:32:25,470 --> 00:32:27,650
And then you followed him all the way
back to the Li family

700
00:32:27,650 --> 00:32:29,030
and gave birth to my brother and me,

701
00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:29,640
right?

702
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,590
If only it were that easy.

703
00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:34,750
Back then,

704
00:32:34,790 --> 00:32:36,440
the clan elders opposed

705
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,640
your father marrying a descendant
of the Shanyue people.

706
00:32:40,500 --> 00:32:41,460
Then who was it

707
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,790
that gave my brother and me
a chance at life back then?

708
00:32:43,790 --> 00:32:45,320
Who else could it have been?

709
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,200
In this family,

710
00:32:49,030 --> 00:32:50,690
who holds the most authority?

711
00:32:51,550 --> 00:32:52,810
Seventh Grandmother?

712
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,590
Back then, it was your Seventh Grandmother
who argued to the clan elders

713
00:32:58,590 --> 00:33:02,480
that southern migrant clans who married
descendants of the Shanyue people

714
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,830
often found it easier
to establish themselves firmly in Huizhou

715
00:33:05,830 --> 00:33:07,490
and prosper for generations.

716
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,070
And that is how she

717
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,860
persuaded those clan elders.

718
00:33:13,030 --> 00:33:16,430
And so I married into the Li family,
all the way from Yi County.

719
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,880
And that's
how you and your brother came to be!

720
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:19,720
So,

721
00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:22,910
when your ink workshop
succeeds in the future,

722
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,890
don't forget
your Seventh Grandmother's kindness.

723
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,550
I know, I know.

724
00:33:28,350 --> 00:33:30,110
Seventh Grandmother

725
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:31,590
had it hard.

726
00:33:31,790 --> 00:33:33,400
My grandfather also

727
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:34,350
had it hard.

728
00:33:34,790 --> 00:33:35,830
But I think

729
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,330
the one who had it hardest
was you, Mother.

730
00:33:40,750 --> 00:33:42,750
Ever since we were expelled from the clan,

731
00:33:42,750 --> 00:33:44,640
you haven't had a single easy day.

732
00:33:45,830 --> 00:33:46,510
Mother,

733
00:33:47,030 --> 00:33:48,480
once I have the New Li's Ink Workshop
up and running,

734
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,400
I will make sure you live comfortably.

735
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,400
No more days of hardship like these!

736
00:33:53,510 --> 00:33:55,240
At least you have a conscience!

737
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:57,960
Zhen,

738
00:33:58,110 --> 00:33:59,710
let the past stay in the past.

739
00:34:00,110 --> 00:34:01,200
Just focus on

740
00:34:01,310 --> 00:34:03,830
running New Li's Ink Workshop well

741
00:34:04,510 --> 00:34:06,170
and doing what you truly love.

742
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,030
Mother, look!

743
00:34:13,030 --> 00:34:14,630
This herb really works wonders.

744
00:34:14,630 --> 00:34:16,280
See? It doesn't hurt at all anymore.

745
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:17,670
S-Stop jumping.

746
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,030
Sit down. Sit!

747
00:34:19,230 --> 00:34:20,190
It doesn't hurt anymore, right?

748
00:34:20,190 --> 00:34:20,760
It doesn't hurt.

749
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:21,510
Let me tell you,

750
00:34:21,510 --> 00:34:24,000
this grass is called
Scarlet Phoenix Grass.

751
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:25,480
Back then, when I used it

752
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,000
to treat your father's wounds,

753
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,920
it was he who looked up
the name of this herb

754
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:29,920
and told me.

755
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,670
Scarlet Phoenix Grass...

756
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:38,110
What a lovely name.

757
00:34:40,230 --> 00:34:41,400
Scarlet Phoenix...

758
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,630
Grass...

759
00:34:45,590 --> 00:34:46,920
Scarlet Phoenix...

760
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,360
Scarlet Phoenix Grass...

761
00:35:11,730 --> 00:35:13,690
[Wuyuan]

762
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:13,840
This is a fish roe pattern inkstone.

763
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,900
This is a water-ripple gold-star inkstone.

764
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:30,410
This one is good.

765
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,000
And this is a rib pattern inkstone.

766
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,130
This inkstone grinds ink most easily.

767
00:35:35,070 --> 00:35:36,110
Then what does

768
00:35:37,110 --> 00:35:39,030
"melon-smooth surface
with a silken grain" mean?

769
00:35:39,030 --> 00:35:40,400
Su Shi once said:

770
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,590
"Not so rough as to hinder the brush,
not so smooth as to repel the ink;

771
00:35:43,590 --> 00:35:45,190
melon-smooth in surface
with a silk-fine grain,

772
00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:46,840
with the resonance
of metal and the virtue of jade."

773
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,670
This phrase describes
the surface of the inkstone

774
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,760
as fine and smooth as a melon's skin.

775
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,000
Look at you—

776
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:56,550
bad at making ink,

777
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,360
yet surprisingly skilled with inkstones.

778
00:35:59,670 --> 00:36:01,870
So it was the right decision to bring you

779
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,010
to Wuyuan after all.

780
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:04,200
Grandfather,

781
00:36:05,170 --> 00:36:08,010
so you didn't come here
because you were angry

782
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,200
that Zhen wanted to
open the New Li's Ink Workshop?

783
00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:12,000
Take a look, how about this spot?

784
00:36:12,110 --> 00:36:12,800
Where?

785
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:13,400
Here?

786
00:36:13,820 --> 00:36:14,960
Come and have dinner!

787
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:15,690
This will do.

788
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:16,630
Coming!

789
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,650
Time for dinner, Grandfather.

790
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:23,760
I especially made

791
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,670
Grandfather's favorite
bamboo shoots and ribs today.

792
00:36:25,670 --> 00:36:27,000
Eat more, Grandfather.

793
00:36:33,490 --> 00:36:34,130
Qiu'e.

794
00:36:35,030 --> 00:36:37,490
I just received
another letter from Mother.

795
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:38,760
Really?

796
00:36:40,670 --> 00:36:42,800
I miss Mother and Zhen so much.

797
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,540
Zhengliang, what does the letter say?

798
00:36:45,540 --> 00:36:46,740
Read it to us quickly.

799
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:50,030
Okay.

800
00:36:56,030 --> 00:36:58,110
"Zhengliang, Qiu'e,

801
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,360
all is well at home.

802
00:37:00,510 --> 00:37:01,880
Don't worry about us.

803
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,510
Zhen has already gotten
New Li's Ink Workshop properly set up.

804
00:37:06,510 --> 00:37:09,480
Recently, she's been busy
developing the Nine-Treasure Ink.

805
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:10,510
According to her,

806
00:37:10,590 --> 00:37:14,030
the method for making medicinal ink
differs from that of all other inks.

807
00:37:14,030 --> 00:37:16,800
Fortunately, Zhen's always been
clever and resilient,

808
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,150
and through relentless effort,

809
00:37:18,150 --> 00:37:20,550
she's already found a promising approach.

810
00:37:24,230 --> 00:37:26,430
How is Grandfather's health recently?

811
00:37:26,510 --> 00:37:28,320
Is he still angry with Zhen?

812
00:37:28,670 --> 00:37:30,330
You should try to persuade him

813
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,420
not to dwell on
the harsh words she said in anger.

814
00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:34,800
In Zhen's heart,

815
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,190
the person she cares about the most

816
00:37:36,190 --> 00:37:37,230
is Grandfather.

817
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,110
We only hope
everything goes smoothly for you all,

818
00:37:40,110 --> 00:37:41,840
and that you return home soon."

819
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:44,640
Grandfather.

820
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:52,400
Zhen said

821
00:37:53,230 --> 00:37:55,490
she wants to make the Nine-Treasure Ink?

822
00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:59,090
That was the ink
your father wanted to make the most.

823
00:38:01,110 --> 00:38:01,670
Yes.

824
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,930
That's the ink Mother wrote about.

825
00:38:04,630 --> 00:38:06,830
I'll write back to Mother immediately.

826
00:38:07,150 --> 00:38:07,950
Grandfather,

827
00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:10,280
do you have anything to say to them?

828
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:20,020
This dish Qiu'e made today
is particularly delicious.

829
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,360
Thank you, Grandfather.

830
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:24,770
Let's eat first.

831
00:38:25,230 --> 00:38:25,710
Eat.

832
00:38:25,730 --> 00:38:27,260
No rush to write the letter.

833
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:03,510
Mother!

834
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:07,110
Mother, come and take a look.

835
00:39:10,550 --> 00:39:11,360
I have to say,

836
00:39:11,510 --> 00:39:13,710
they really do carry a medicinal scent.

837
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:18,230
And it smells

838
00:39:18,510 --> 00:39:20,230
quite soothing too.

839
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:23,760
Zhen, does that mean the ink is finished?

840
00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,880
There's still one final step
before the medicinal ink is finished.

841
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,070
We need to test
its medicinal effects first,

842
00:39:28,070 --> 00:39:29,930
then make the final adjustments.

843
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,790
And how are you supposed to test that?

844
00:39:31,790 --> 00:39:33,590
[Sanjiu Hall]

845
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,960
As for medicinal ink,

846
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:57,320
when I was back in the capital,

847
00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:58,800
I did see some of it.

848
00:39:59,710 --> 00:40:01,630
An ink like yours,

849
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,710
capable of balancing medicinal properties
and ink quality so well—

850
00:40:05,710 --> 00:40:08,190
that is truly eye-opening.

851
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:09,760
You flatter me, Lord Yan.

852
00:40:10,670 --> 00:40:11,760
However,

853
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:14,710
medicinal ink has never been

854
00:40:15,070 --> 00:40:17,960
considered a mainstream branch
of the ink industry.

855
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,230
So if you intend to rely on this ink alone

856
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:24,070
to persuade me to secure approval papers
from the Literary Association,

857
00:40:24,070 --> 00:40:26,710
you're still some way short of the mark.

858
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,220
With respect, Lord Yan, I must disagree.

859
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:31,920
This is the Nine-Treasure Ink.

860
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,070
Ancient texts record

861
00:40:33,070 --> 00:40:35,870
that it once cured
countless stubborn illnesses.

862
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:37,880
But Lord Yan,

863
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:40,510
I've come today with a particular request

864
00:40:41,110 --> 00:40:42,840
that concerns you personally.

865
00:40:44,190 --> 00:40:45,670
I wish to use this ink...

866
00:40:47,070 --> 00:40:49,800
to cure the sores on your daughter's face.

867
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,440
Well, well, Li Zhen.

868
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,670
So all your talk has been leading to this—

869
00:41:03,670 --> 00:41:06,440
your calculations have come to
involve my daughter!

870
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:07,030
No, no.

871
00:41:07,030 --> 00:41:07,920
Not what?

872
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,630
You clearly want to use my daughter
as a walking advertisement

873
00:41:11,630 --> 00:41:13,670
to make a name for your New Li Ink!

874
00:41:14,070 --> 00:41:15,070
Stop pretending.

875
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:16,710
Take your ink and leave.

876
00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:17,670
Lord Yan,

877
00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:20,510
I know that Miss Yan has suffered

878
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,180
for many years from the sores on her face.

879
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:25,590
The reason
ordinary physicians' external ointments

880
00:41:25,590 --> 00:41:26,710
and oral medicines

881
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,230
have failed to cure her is

882
00:41:28,230 --> 00:41:30,280
that they lack
a proper medicinal catalyst.

883
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,320
But my Nine-Treasure Ink

884
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:33,710
uses ink itself as the medicinal catalyst,

885
00:41:33,710 --> 00:41:34,800
targeting the afflicted area directly

886
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:38,860
while cooling the blood, nourishing
the skin, and preventing scarring.

887
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:43,230
But

888
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:45,360
when all is said and done,

889
00:41:45,630 --> 00:41:46,960
the Nine-Treasure Ink

890
00:41:47,670 --> 00:41:49,550
is still little more than a legend.

891
00:41:49,550 --> 00:41:51,480
After all, no one has really seen

892
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:52,800
how effective it is.

893
00:41:53,510 --> 00:41:54,510
So tell me,

894
00:41:55,590 --> 00:41:58,190
what makes you so sure
you can cure my daughter?

895
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,800
If you ask me how sure I am,

896
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,780
I dare not make any rash promises.

897
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:07,070
But I've revised and refined

898
00:42:07,070 --> 00:42:09,320
the formula countless times

899
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,000
and have already sent samples
to various medical halls

900
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,000
for testing.

901
00:42:13,230 --> 00:42:14,230
So far,

902
00:42:14,230 --> 00:42:15,550
dozens of people

903
00:42:15,590 --> 00:42:17,070
suffering from persistent, incurable sores

904
00:42:17,070 --> 00:42:19,510
have been completely cured using my ink.

905
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,020
Look, I've recorded every case here.

906
00:42:33,150 --> 00:42:33,840
No.

907
00:42:35,070 --> 00:42:37,280
I can't let my daughter take such a risk.

908
00:42:38,670 --> 00:42:40,190
I won't see you out.

909
00:42:40,590 --> 00:42:41,590
See the guest out!

910
00:42:43,590 --> 00:42:44,590
Please, this way.

911
00:42:46,690 --> 00:42:48,150
Your love for your daughter runs deep.

912
00:42:48,150 --> 00:42:49,150
I understand.

913
00:42:49,480 --> 00:42:51,880
Then I shall not
impose any further for now.

914
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,070
Everything written in
that booklet is true.

915
00:42:56,070 --> 00:42:58,440
You can take a look when you are free.

916
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:00,920
You can look up the names inside

917
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,380
and verify them yourself.

918
00:43:03,230 --> 00:43:04,510
Goodbye, Lord Yan.