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Subtitles by The Aromatic Team @Viki

♫ A smile, and the clouds drift and scatter. A sway, and the wind changes course. ♫

♫ Who is it ahead that accompanies me? ♫

♫ Such long anxieties cannot be broken. Dreams head toward the night like spring. ♫

♫ In this life, I shine only for one person. ♫

♫ Longing becomes like the fragrance in the dish. ♫

♫ My love is deep, and tears fall in two streaks. ♫

♫ It matters not if it’s deep into the chilly autumn. Sorrow hangs above my brows. ♫

♫ I still anticipate watching the flowers blossom as winter departs. ♫

♫ Surpass love, hate, sorrow, and joy. Allow me to be intoxicated in exchange for love’s cold beauty. ♫

♫ I love you, unafraid that things go against the limits of others’ desire. ♫

♫ While the waning lights of this beautiful dawn lasts, give me the petals with a final, satisfying aroma. ♫

♫ Don’t ask whom that fragrance loves. ♫

♫ Don’t ask whom that fragrance loves. ♫

The Legend of Fragrance

Episode 16

Do you know how inferior I feel about myself?

I have to go home and wash myself every four hours

or I won't be able to meet anyone

Every time I go out, I feel like I am thief

I keep countdown

And this just because I fear people could smell my body odor!

Father, do you understand how upset I was?

Why don't you get up first?

I know

from the time you were little, you never liked to lose; you are a perfectionist

You don't allow yourself to have any imperfection

But what you view as your physical disability is more like a psychological condition

and it's not as serious as you think.

If you don't believe me, let the maids try to smell it.

No, I won't let anyone smell the strange odor from my body

they'll laugh at me, and they'll reject me

the only person in this world who would not reject me is Pei Shan

I remember the first time I saw Pei Shan

I was looking for a new fragrant herb in the woods

Every time I looked at my watch, it seemed that I had been gone for just a few hours,

only when I became aware of my body odor becoming stronger and stronger that I realized that my watch had stopped working.

I was beside myself with anxiety

Right at that time

Pei Shan appeared

Go! go away!

Ah!

Are you alright?

I'm fine. What about you?

I'm okay. Let me help you get up.

What's wrong?

What's going on?

I think I might have dislocated something

Let me see!

No, I'm fine.

Am I that ugly to you?

No, you are really beautiful.

Then why are you trying to avoid me?

You can talk to me from afar; don't come so close.

What's the matter with you?

Just don't come near me.

You don't want me to come near, that just makes me want to do it even more.

Hey.

How do you feel? Better?

Okay, do you feel better yet?

It seems like I do feel better.

You're alright!

I never imagine

that you would know how to fix my arm

I don't have any special training; it's just that when I was little

I fought with my brother a lot, and twice he dislocated my joints,

so I learned from watching the doctors. I tried the move on you today and it seemed to work!

You are using me as a guinea pig (i.e. experimental subject)?

How come you are in the woods all by yourself?

My father and brother bought this new bicycle

but my brother won't let me use it

So I took this bicycle out while he was not paying attention. So what can he do to me now?

Don't come too close to me.

What?

Do I smell bad?

No, that's not it. You smell really good.

It's me who smells bad.

No way!

You look clean and well-groomed to me, not dirty and smelly.

You really don't smell anything?

Not at all.

Try again. You really don't smell anything strange?

There's a bit of a smell

but let me finish, it's a little weird, but quite pleasant.

Really!

Don't play with me,

I know the smell from my body. I usually have to bathe every few hours to decrease the smell.

but today my watch stopped working, so I haven't been bathing at the appropriate time.

But thanks for not telling me that I smell. Goodbye.

You got injured because of me;at least let me accompany you home.

No need! Just don't come too close to me.

You know, actually I can't smell anything at all.

What? You can't smell anything?

What girl would lie about her inability to smell?

My nose is useless,

do you want me to prove it to you?

So Pei Shan is born with the inability to smell

Right! It's a family secret.

When I am with her, I don't feel inferior or nervous.

Father,

wouldn't you agree that a person like me who is born with a strange body odor

is destined for a person like Pei Shan who is born without the ability to smell?

Lord, what do you think...?

Alright, Shi Xuan

I cannot stop you from falling in love with Pei Shan, but I will never approve of you marrying her.

So I advise that you bring things to a conclusion with her.

Father, I must marry Pei Shan

Shi Xuan, how could a man build his own self- confidence on some woman's inability to smell?

Trust me, son.

It's all in your head. Your body odor is not as serious a problem as you imagine..

Moreover, I am searching for a new fragrance. And If I succeed

I will help you to eradicate your emotional pain

Father,

I know I cannot change your mind about not wanting me to marry Pei Shan.

I will continue to make better fragrances, to cure my illness. But before that,

I beg you, please don't force me to marry Le Yan. Her sense of smell is too good.

If I'm with her, my stress will only increase.

I beg dad to please sympathize with me.

Lord, please accept Shi Xuan's proposal.

Ning Family

You're here by yourself?

You're really into drinking?

I wasn't drinking, I was examining the alcohol.

I've known you for so long and I've never seen you so down before.

Miss Swan, do you think I'm a failure as a man?

I have almost died twice for that stinky girl, but she still hates me.

She doesn't even trust me.

Well you're always bragging about how much you helped her.

Le Yan doesn't know what to do and you're always looking for compensation.

How can she not suspect your intentions?

I almost lost my life for her, of course I want her repay me.

I want to move her, make her let go of her prejudices, make her like me.

Then you have to do so with courtesy, not so disdainfully.

You're usually really smart, why do you concerning dumb around Le Yan?

Then what should I do?

In the future, don't mention to Le Yan how much you have done for her.

I'm her sworn sister, I understand her emotions better than you.

But stinky girl said she already has someone she likes.

Is that true?

You're depressed over that?

Of course I know whether or not Le Yan has someone she likes.

People aren't grass or wood, how can we not have emotions?

You did so much for Le Yan, how can she not have any feelings for you?

If she's so cold towards you,

how can her heart move for anyone?

Really?

Where's your confidence?

Let me ask you, will you continue pursuing Le Yan?

Of course, why wouldn't I?

Even if the world turns on its head, I'll still go after her.

I, Ning Zhi Yuan, will never give up.

That's right. Now that's the Tyrant I know.

(music)

(music)

Are these flower women in good moods?

Yes.

If they become stressed, their body scents will change.

Then we won't be able to use their scents anymore.

Lord, you personally made those calming incense.

The results are very good, there's no need to worry.

Recently, the polices have tightened their investigation.

We shouldn't kidnap anyone right now.

We also need to hire more people to guard this place.

If people find out, the consequences would be devastating.

Yes, Lord.

Also, concerning Wen family's marriage,

I think someone is secretly sabotaging our Ning family.

Maybe a old acquaintance has returned.

The things I told you to investigate, how did it go?

Lord, I have searched all of Mo Wang region's restaurants and hotels.

I have found nothing concerning An Qiu Sheng.

I have already sent people to search nearby towns.

To find out if there are any new tenants.

Lord, if I may give my opinion. I think maybe

it's not An Qiu Sheng. He has been missing for many years, maybe he has already fallen ill and died.

It's not him?

My gut feeling is that An Qiu Sheng is not dead.

He has already returned to the Mo Wang region.

He must be racking his brain to come up with plans to get revenge.

You must not brush this off as a small matter.

We must think of a way to find An Qiu Sheng.

Yes, Lord.

Sit. You sit down.

You, an unmarried lady, went to disrupt someone else's wedding.

You even openly challenge the bride for the groom. Do you think the Wen family would even consider having you into their family?

You were so impulsive, you left your brain behind.

I don't know what happened that day either.

The impulsive suddenly appeared, I couldn't even control myself.

I never thought your boldness would surpass even mine!

Were you poisoned or something?

If not for that day,

I wouldn't have known that Xuan-ge ge will love me so much.

Ok that's enough. You stop being touched.

I still haven't think through a matter.

Who wrote that anonymous letter to the Wen Residence?

Don't tell me that guy wrote it himself?

Impossible.

Xuan Ge Ge don't even know that you will go and stop Le Yan's bridal sedan, it couldn't be him.

Then who could that be?

Only An Yi Chen knows about this plan. Don't tell me it's Brother Yi Chen? Aiya, pei pei pei pei~

Who would I doubt my own buddy? Why would Brother Yi Chen harm me?

There must be a mole among the servants.

Hey, who cares about who is it. We don't have the time to care about all that now.

Brother, the Wen Residence will definitely not let this rest. They will definitely try to marry Le Yan in again.

Aiya, by that time, what will happen to me?

Don't worry, my silly sister.

I have learnt a lesson from this time.

I definitely will not let Le Yan marry anyone else.

Damn Girl is destined to my woman for this lifetime.

Xuan Ge Ge is destined to be mine (Ning Pei Shan).

Eh, Miss Le. How are you considering about that?

I have already fanned you for a long time, my hands are already tired.

Get me that chair.

It's ok, I don't have to sit down, I can just stand.

It's none of your business. Just do as I say.

Oh.

Eh, who ask you you to sit down?!

My feet is sore, message it.

-Oh.-Aiya~

Now it's not sore anymore.

This stinky girl, you're taking advantage of this situation to do whatever you like.

Watch how I deal with you after I've tricked you into the Ning mansion.

Hey, you're unwilling to accept this contract because you're scared, aren't you?

What am I scared of?

You scared that your flower growing skills aren't up to par.

They even said you are a Flower Fairy. In fact you are just a normal person who only knows how to grow those normal flowers and plants.

You can't say this about them.

Stop using the prodding tactic to deceive me.

Ok, you will have to promise one condition if you really want me to go.

What condition?

Don't your family have a really amazing fragrance book?

If you tell me all the growing flower techniques in it,

I can grow the flowers even better for you.

Ok that deal. I will pass you the scent formula and you tend the flowers for me.

But you have to wait for me for awhile. I have to go and ask for someone's opinion.

Whose?

Of course, it's...my Mum.

You...your Mum? That's for sure.

Brother An, I would like to listen to your advice regarding working at the Ning Residence.

Ning family's fragrance book really is a treasure in the fragrance world.

If Ning Zhi Yuan really is willing to give it to you,

it can improve your fragrance skills many folds.

But...on the contract that I signed, it says

if I cannot take proper care of flowers and plants, then I can't ever get married.

Unless, I recieved Young Master Ning's permission.

That's weird.

I don't think Ning Zhi Yuan has given up on you yet.

Because he doesn't know yet.

That I have you in my heart.

:)

Le Yan

By entering the Ning mansion, you have helped the devil looking for brides case a lot.

With your sense of smell, you can definitely smell out who tried to kidnap you.

Then you've agreed to me entering the Ning mansion?

With your skills, Ning Zhi Yuan is cannot stop you.

If something really did happen, I will protect you from behind the scenes.

When we find those two guys and solve this case,

I will immediately ask your mother for your hand in marriage.

At that time, Ning Zhi Yuan will not come and hijack your wedding carriage.

Okay, then I'll listen to you.

No.

That's too dangerous. I cannot let you enter the Ning mansion.

Aunt, I need Le Yan's help.

Regarding the eighteen missing girls, there were no evidences whatsoever at scene of the crime.

If Le Yan enters the Ning mansion,

with her sense of smell, she can find evidences that we normal people can not find.

Mom, Mr. An needs my help right now.

If I can help him find that fake devil, I am willing to enter the Ning mansion.

No matter how dangerous it is, I absolutely have to go.

Forget it. Whether it is fate or destiny, one cannot avoid it.

Doctor An, I will leave Le Yan in your hands.

You must guarantee her safety in the Ning mansion.

I guarantee.

Let's eat.

Ning Mansion

Le Yan, these are famous and precious flower seeds brought from overseas.

Each and every one of them are extremely precious. You must try your best to grow them. If you don't grow them well, you'll be in big trouble.

I know.

Big brother, I'll help you find them.

Don't touch.

Big brother, do you think we can eat

cooked flower seeds? Let me taste it.

I cannot grow these flower seeds.

Why not? You're willing to admit defeat this quickly?

How can cooked seeds sprout anything?

How did you know these seeds have been cooked?

Fresh seeds and cooked seeds have differences.

Fresh seeds have a living smell.

It's similar to when trees blossom.

When cooked seeds only smell like cooked.

You're speaking nonsense.You must be scared you can't grow them well so you came up with an excuse.

How can seeds have smells?

Here, let me smell them.

Wait, no! Be careful, you might be allergic.

Fresh seeds and cooked seeds have a very big difference.

It's like comparing a raw melon seed to a cooked melon seed. The difference is obvious.

If you don't believe me, we can try to grow them.

Let's see whether or not these seeds can sprout.

Lady Ning, you used these cooked seeds to try to fool me.

Does that count as breaking the contract?

Ning Pei Shan, why are you so naive?

You must have been tricked by the seed sellers. You have the brain of a pig.

Yeah! I don't know which heartless person tricked me!

Yeah.

But Le Yan, don't worry. I'll immediately go get you some top quality seeds.

Please take good care of them.

Be careful this time, don't get tricked again.

Can't believe we failed again this time. It's all your fault, for being stupid.

I think your life's biggest nemesis.

When she comes along, you fail at everything.

Fine, don't say anymore useless things. Let me think some more.

Will it work?

Big brother, don't you think doing this in the middle of the night is crossing the line?

What if something happens to that stinky girl?

No way. That stinky girl isn't that fragile.

Be a little dramatic.

You aren't very sick.

From today on, I'll take good care of you. You'll get better in no time.

Give me back my body.

Give me back my body.

Give me back my body.

Hey!

(crickets)

It's fine now.

- Pei Shan! Pei Shan!- Don't worry.

What happened? Is Pei Shan okay?

She was just surprised. I gave her some medicine so she should be fine now.

It's okay now.

Dad.

You..!

Ah! Ghost! Ghost!

What? Pei Shan, how are you?

What exactly is going on?

I'm sorry, Lord. I'm sorry, Lady.

What you saw was not a real ghost. It was me pretending to be a ghost.

Pei Shan, what exactly happened?

It's Ning Zhi Yuan. He told me to dress up like a ghost in the middle of the night and go scare Le Yan with him.

But I never imagined...

Hey, Ning Zhi Yuan. How can you betray your big brother again?

This is horseplay!

You knew very well that your sister has a fragile body and cannot handle shock.

Dad, I was planning to scare this stinky girl.

I didn't think Ning Pei Shan was that stupid. She scared herself.

You and Pei Shan were trying to scare Le Yan?

Then how did Pei Shan scare herself?

I'm sorry, Lord. I was taking care of a pot of flowers in my room.

I suddenly heard ghost noises from outside the room.

I smelled Young Master and Young Lady's scents.

I immediately knew they were behind it all. So my intentions were just to scare them back.

Who knew that I scared the Lady into fainting...

You were smelling from inside your room.

You were able to smell who was outside?

Fine, fine fine. Since Pei Shan is fine, everyone can go.

Let Pei Shan rest. Pei Shan, get some rest.

Dad, do you think I look scary? Dad.

Lord.

Lord, welcome.

You two, listen well. Make sure to guard this entrance well.

I will be discussing things with the Lord. No one is allowed in.

- Yes.- Yes.

Buddha

Lord

- Fu Lin. - Yes.

You said that year when you choked An Ruo Huan to death,

you tied her body to a large stone and threw it into the river?

Yes

How could I dare disobey the Lord's orders?

That's weird.

Lord, why are you suddenly asking about that?

That day when I met Le Yan during the Sacrifice Offering Ceremony,

I discovered she has a phonemically brilliant sense of smell.

I didn't think much of it because the situation was dire at the time and I was only focused on saving my daughter.

But Le Yan once again demonstrated her one-of-a-kind sense of smell.

This not only reminds me of An Ruo Huan, that little thing.

So that's...so that's it.

Lord, An Ruo Huan that little thing is already dead. She cannot come back to life.

The world is vast and the possibilities are endless.

For there to be a few more people with a gifted sense of smell,

that's only normal.

That is true.

These years, I have been very unsuccessful in creating a fragrance that control people's hearts.

That's because what I lack is god given talent.

Now someone like Le Yan has showed up.

Maybe she's someone the Heavens have sent to fulfill my wish?

Miss Le Yan.

Housekeeper

Miss, you've lived in our mansion for a while already. Is the food and housing to your liking?

Everything's great. Thank you for worrying.

For your dialect, you're a native, aren't you?

To be honest, I'm not from here. But I was raised in Peach Blossom Village since I was a kid.

My mom said Peace Blossom Village is like my second hometown.

Oh.

Then are you parents well?

My dad...went away when I was really young.

From then on, he has not returned.

Something probably happened to him while he was gone.

So I was raised by my mom only.

Other than headaches, my mom

is doing well. Thank you for asking.

Oh, not at all. If there is any problems you don't wish to bother the Lord about,

feel free to come find me.

Okay.

I'll go now.

It seems she isn't that An Ruo Huan from years ago.

But...why does she also have such a great sense of smell?

I'm coming.

Housekeeper, hello.

Miss Hui Zi, is there a problem?

Please come in.

Housekeeper, please sit.

Okay.

Miss Hui Zi, why did you call me?

Mr. Ning is constantly out, is he busy taking care of matters concerning the Flower Society?

Lord recently acquired the chairman position for all the four big districts.

He also has to apply to the World's Fragrance Competition. So he's been very busy recently.

If Miss Hui Zi has any problems, ask me for help.

It's not any other issue.

It's just that I'm not used to the fragrance used in the mansion.

Oh?

I'm not used to the smell of jasmine.

We use dozens of different fragrances in the mansion.

If Miss Hui Zi does not like jasmine, I'll find one without jasmine.

Sorry for the trouble.

You're too polite.

The scent Miss Hui Zi is currently using isn't jasmine, is it?

This is a scent I bought from Japan.

Housekeeper, please smell it and let me know if it's any different from the scents used here.

How does it feel?

Numb. It's a bit numbing.

It's very numbing.

If it feels numb, then it's doing its job.

This means your lack of ability to smell is caused by paralysis.

Really?

Of course.

Are you saying you don't trust my medical skills?

I've once read in a book,

that nerves play an important part in the functions of the body.

It can deliver the brain's messages to each part of the body.

And it can deliver the messages of individual parts of the body back to the brain.

That would mean something is wrong with my sense of smell because something is wrong with the messenger?

How do you know this much? Have you also studied Western medicine?

I've never studied Western medicine. I've just read a few books here and there.

I read that in a Western book.

So there are rare occasions where Ning Zhi Yuan is willing to agree with others?

Although you're usually not a studious person, it seems you've learned quite a bit.

Not being studious is just an act I put on for my old man.

It's because he's always looking down on me.

I want to anger him a bit. Behind the scenes, I actually study very hard.

When my nose is fixed and I'm better, I'll let you all see a different Ning Zhi Yuan.

Okay. I'll definitely fix your nose.

To let everyone see a different Ning Zhi Yuan.

Ever since I was born, I've never smelled anything in my life.

When my nose gets fixed, guess what scent I want to smell the most?

You love drinking, so it should be the smell of alcohol.

Wrong.

You're from a fragrance making family so the scent of flowers?

That's also wrong.

It's not the smell of ink, is it?

Although I like to study, I am not a book worm like Wen Shi Xuan.

Since you like to eat so much, I think it's the smell of food.

Do you think I'm you? Take another guess.

I don't want to guess anymore. There's so many different smells in the wrong, how would I know what you want to smell?

It's actually the scent of...a person.

A person?

To be correct, it is a woman.

You mean, Le Yan?

You want to smell her scent?

Correct.

She keeps saying I have a stinky odor. I also call her stinky girl.

I really want to know what that stinky smell on that stinky girl actually smells like.

Is it like flowers, powdery?

Or is like milk, silky?

Or is it like honey, sweet?

Housekeeper

The Fragrance Master, Xiang Shi Qi left behind a fragrance book.

Where is that fragrance book?

I don't know. The Lord didn't tell me.

Is Ning Hao Tian the culprit behind the devil looking for brides case?

Is Ning Hao Tian the devil?

Yes, the Lord is the devil.

The reason Ning Hao Tian kidnapped those flower growing women,

is to make fragrances?

Correct. The Lord said that in the Fragrance book,

there is a method to extract scents from young women's bodies.

Those eighteen missing women were all kidnapped by Ning Hao Tian, correct?

No. The Lord only took twelve women.

The other six missing women,

has nothing to do with the Lord.

Who took those six missing women?

I don't know.

Is there two devils in the Mo Wang region?

Correct, the Lord said there must be another devil.

They are also kidnapping flower growing women.

Using their bodies to make fragrances.

You aren't partners?

We aren't. We are also trying to find them.

But we haven't found them.

Housekeeper,

where are those twelve missing women?

They're all kept in the hideout.

Where is the hideout?

Subtitles by The Aromatic Team @Viki

♫ The moment I turn, the North Wind torrents strongly. ♫

♫ The geese head south, their sorrowful cries carving open the season. ♫

♫ I go further and further. I’m in pain, yet I have nowhere to go. ♫

♫ How many robberies has the dream endured? It’s as thin as the crescent moon. ♫

♫ Wave goodbye to the yellow leaves. ♫

♫ There’s too much sorrow and pain. They have been exhausted along with you. ♫

♫ The heavier the stubborn winds, the closer your smile feels. ♫

♫ My heart turns to a mysterious steeliness. I continue to draw the dirt path. ♫

♫ With this cavity of blood, I go to recite the chapters of life. ♫

♫ I strive to participate and understand as that one parched bone morphs into spring snow. ♫

♫ Bitter suffering follows along the union of the world. The heart is mysteriously steely. ♫

♫ I will never choke back my sobs towards the heavens. ♫

♫ I will mold the tears into a brave heart. ♫

♫ That person with blue threads along the bamboo path, he smiles warmly the entire way. ♫

♫ He embodies the starlight, extinguishing their fire. A shame that the morning road boils the blood. ♫

♫ With this cavity of blood, I go to recite the chapters of life. ♫

♫ I strive to participate and understand as that one parched bone morphs into spring snow. ♫

♫ Bitter suffering follows along the union of the world. The heart is mysteriously steely. ♫

♫ I will never choke back my sobs towards the heavens. I will mold the tears into a brave heart. ♫

♫ into a brave heart. ♫