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♪My heart shattered, withered into pieces♪

♪Yet I still can't find a trace of you♪

♪Like a whale drowning in the cracks of the deep sea♪

♪Thinking of you, I lose myself completely♪

♪My heart shattered, withered into pieces♪

♪Humbly, I still long to search for you♪

♪Screaming as I fall into the darkest abyss♪

♪Echoing back is only the tide of loneliness♪

♪Overestimating myself♪

=Marry Him in Her Place=

=Episode 22=

Father.

Yun.

Help me set another place.

Yes.

Young Madam.

What did you call her?

Young...

Young Madam asked us to call her that.

Father.

I am Zhichu's wife.

Naturally, I'm the Young Madam of the Song family.

I've already instructed the servants

to prepare a room for me.

And informed everyone in the household.

Before Zhichu's hundred-day memorial,

I will be staying here properly.

Zhichu is gone.

So I will

take good care of you for him.

(Donation Agreement Recipient: Lin Yun)

Thank you.

Thank me for what?

For reminding me to act more convincingly

to play the Young Madam of the Song family well,

to let everyone know I'm living here

and to reassure the Liang family.

It's essentially my "I won't commit suicide" notice.

If anything happens to me,

everyone will naturally think

it must be related to the Song family.

I just don't want you to die so easily.

Keep your wretched little life,

so I can torture you slowly.

(Donation Agreement: Liang's Apothecary Recipient: Lin Yun)

(Donation Agreement Recipient: Lin Yun)

(Found it.)

(Lin Yun.)

(I can't let you keep doing evil)

(Donation Agreement. Recipient: Lin Yun) (and sinking deeper and deeper.)

(Righteous Integrity)

(This mark...)

(Isn't this my father's thumb ring?)

Is Madam Liu, who cleans the master's study honest?

Madam Lu is a good person.

She just has a troublesome son.

He gambles all day.

When he loses, he asks her for money.

Madam Lu is really pitiful.

If he doesn't get money, he hits her.

But

I haven't seen him for months.

Madam Lu said she gave him a large sum.

Enough to keep him quiet for a while.

I don't know whether

she gave him all her funeral savings.

It was months ago...

Around the time you married Young Master.

Sorry, Young Madam.

It's fine.

You may go.

Yes.

Young Madam.

Put it back.

Put what back?

Playing dumb, are you?

You've become a thief in the Song family?

Why did you steal the donation agreement?

What? Protecting the Liang family isn't enough,

now you want to uphold justice too?

Should I make you the president of the Rong City Chamber of Commerce?

Liang Yi.

Have I been too nice to you?

You people are the shameless ones.

Speak.

Where did you hide it?

I don't know.

Search yourself.

Lin Yun.

I am your sister-in-law now.

Your brother just died.

And you dare lay hands on your sister-in-law?

How outrageous.

Do you think I'd still be interested in you?

Right now,

you only disgust me.

Find something for me. Then I'll return the agreement to you.

What right do you have to bargain with me?

You have no choice.

Before I burn that agreement,

you'd better hurry.

Found it at the pawnshop.

What did the pawnshop say?

A gambler pawned it.

What is this?

Why do you want it?

It's none of your business.

Take what you want

and leave.

(Donation Agreement: Liang's Apothecary Donee: Lin Yun)

Master Liang,

I was blinded by greed

and stole your belongings.

Please forgive me.

Don't be hard on me.

Please spare me.

I know I was wrong.

Every grievance has its cause.

Your death has nothing to do with me.

Please don't come after me.

How did my father's thumb ring end up with you?

Who?

Miss Liang?

Why are you here?

What do you know?

I...

You'd better tell the truth,

or I'll take your life.

I...

I'll speak.

That day was your wedding with Young Master Zhichu.

Master came home early.

He said he drank too much that night.

I worried he might feel unwell at midnight,

so I brought him sobering soup.

Who knew

I heard arguing from inside.

Don't worry,

I would never cover for him.

But it was the children's big day.

Are you sure it was my father inside?

Yes, it was Master Liang.

What else did you hear?

I heard Master Liang cry out,

then it went quiet.

I didn't dare enter,

so I left.

What about the thumb ring?

The next day, I cleaned Master's room

and found red stains on the floor.

Master said it was spilled ink

and told me to clean it.

But I thought

it was blood.

I found this thumb ring under the desk.

I got greedy for a moment...

How did you know it belonged to my father?

There was blood on it before.

Later I heard Master Liang died that night.

So I guessed.

Did Song Zhichu return that night?

No.

Young Master stayed at your residence.

(Song Ming.)

(You killed my father.)

(Hiding behind your son, manipulating everything.)

(I've been deceived by you father and son for so long.)

(Song Ming.)

(I will never give up.)

Such ambition.

You want to wear that uniform?

I wonder if Commander Jin agrees.

(I must find evidence that Song Ming killed my father.)

Still not giving up?

What are you doing?

I...

Just wanted to help you tidy up.

Liang Yi.

You're clever.

I've already spared your life.

Don't push your luck.

If I hadn't exchanged Lin Yun back then,

you would never have spared me.

Don't mention that deal.

You set me up.

You already knew Lin Yun was my son.

You used him on purpose.

Quite a clever plan you had.

I saw through it.

Remember your first day back in Rong City?

You came to my office.

I told you how to explain things to others.

I said you and Lin Yun would call each other aunt and nephew.

You showed no surprise at all.

Instead, you looked relieved.

Because you had already made it public.

To whom?

Miss Liang.

How did Mr. Lin handle it?

You mean the second young master?

I specifically had the secretary mention him to you.

But if you didn't know,

wouldn't you be completely confused?

When I mentioned "aunt and nephew",

your reaction shouldn't have been so calm.

You tricked me.

But I have to thank you.

If you hadn't deceived him,

he wouldn't have obediently acknowledged me.

Now he hates you so much.

Aren't you afraid I'll tell Lin Yun the truth?

What truth?

Tell him

that you betrayed him to save him.

Would he believe that?

You used his hatred for me

to make him do your dirty work,

just like Song Zhichu back then.

Song Ming,

you're unfit to be a father.

What do you know?

I was helping them.

The father achieves enlightenment,

the son ascends.

What I did

would all benefit them in the future.

Zhichu was useless,

but Yun really showed promise.

After Zhichu's hundred-day memorial,

you can leave.

You didn't kill me?

Originally I wanted to kill you.

But now Yun hates you so much.

Doesn't he want to keep you alive to torment you?

I've realized too.

You're just a woman,

what trouble could you really cause?

Consider you a toy I gave him.

Song Ming,

the one who calculated everything

is actually you, right?

Why is it you?

Is everything you just said true?

I don't understand what you're saying.

How long are you going to keep deceiving me?

To keep me alive,

you'd rather let me hate you.

You really are ruthless.

Liang Yi,

you love me, right?

Love? What love?

I knew all along about your relationship with Song Ming.

To protect myself,

I came up with this compromise plan.

It's not as noble as you think.

But now I see your true face.

You really aren't worth loving at all.

♪Between the lines of words♪

♪Telling fragments of love and sorrow♪

♪Sun, moon, and stars♪

And you still say I'm not in your heart?

What exactly are you trying to avoid?

♪Speak not, for it is longing♪

♪Loneliness sealed in dust♪

I'll wait for you under the big tree at Puyuan Pastries tomorrow night.

♪The longer it stays, the deeper it grows♪

I won't leave if you don't come.

♪Seeing through all worldly things♪

♪All sorrow fades into nothingness♪

♪A lover's deep affection♪

♪Raise the big screen, start your pretentious performance♪

♪The most foolish gambler♪

♪Would treat love as prey, caring nothing♪

♪You pretend to be innocent, yet the red wounds are vivid in my mind♪

♪Such a hypocritical gift♪

♪Victory is revealed too quickly♪

♪I treated you as my salvation♪

♪You treated me as a toy♪

♪And we both fall into endless loneliness♪

♪I loved too deeply♪

♪Your methods are too cruel♪

♪Once devotion is desecrated, only waiting for your disgrace♪

♪I treated you as my salvation♪

♪You treated me as a toy♪

♪And we both fall into endless loneliness♪

♪I loved too deeply♪

♪Your methods are too cruel♪

♪Once devotion is desecrated, only waiting for your disgrace♪

♪Curtain call♪