Original subtitles

♫ 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 21

But I definitely smell it from here.

Empty.

Zhi Yuan?

What are you doing here?

Dad, I'm praying to Buddha.

I'm asking Buddha to bless me and return my sense of scent.

Where's Le Yan? Why isn't there anyone in the room?

Stinky girl? I was fighting with her, so I asked her to leave Ning Manor.

You chased her out of Ning Manor?

Aren't you afraid she's going to exposed the fragrance book to someone else?

Father, relax, I'm also using this to test her.

Relax, I already got someone to follow her.

Originally, I didn't truth her,

so I wanted to test her.

I thought it would be Le Yan in the shrine.

Never thought it would be you.

What if it was me? Dad, I'm your only son.

Will I have any bad intentions by coming to the shrine? I was just praying.

Praying? Did you have to make all the guards faint with that incense?

Do you still think of me as your father?

Of course I think of you as my father.

Dad, I grew up without a mom.

I only had you as a dad. So what do you think?

You're still joking with me, huh?

How many times have I told you not to come in this shrine?

If you dare to come, then I'll...

Punishment I know. Let's go.

Punishment. Let's go.

Don't play around with me. Kneel in front of the ancetral hall until dawn!

Okay, father.

Ning Manor Ancestral Hall

Great-grandpa, great-grandma, you guys stay here everyday.

No one talks with you guys. You must be bored.

So bored.

Who is it?!

Who dares play a prank on the young master?

It's you, stinky girl. You startled me!

Here, for you to eat.

I'm not eating.

Why not?

No reason.

Are you afraid that I poisoned it?

I'm not afraid that you poisoned the food. I'm afraid that someone poisoned your heart.

What does that mean?

You're hot and cold toward me. I should be the one asking what you mean.

-What nonsense are you talking about? - I'm not.

Then tell me why you snuck into the shrine tonight.

Or is someone directing it from behind?

No one is directing me.

I was just curious.

You're suspicious of me, then why help me?

I don't know either. You treat me so strangely.

I was really mad at first, but once I saw you, I couldn't say mad.

I must have owed you a lot in the my past life.

Thank you.

Don't thank me yet. Or else someone's going to purposely say

that I'm just trying to trick you.

I thought we had a lot of understanding between us.

But I never thought that you don't even trust me.

Yet you trust the one who hurt me.

This problem is too big.

I can't go with my feelings.

I have to see proof.

Proof? Does love need proof?

You should listen to your heart.

And moved by what others say.

You can leave, but leave the food.

Didn't you not want to eat it?

I'm not as stupid and grudge-holding as you .

I can tell your heart is stubborn.

Actually, you do trust me and you are suspicious of that person.

So because of that, I'm satisfied.

You keep saying I don't trust you.

Then do you really trust me that much?

Of course, even if there are others that using you,

but I trust you won't hurt me.

Then tell me, why did you only give me half of the fragrance book?

Only half? Not possible.

Stinky girl, I definitely won't lie to you.

The fragrance book was recited to me by Pei Shan who read it first.

Pei Shan won't lie to me.

I've heard too that you father ripped the book

under a fit of rage.

When the book was put back together, only half was saved.

The other half was written on a silk robe

with a special flower essence as ink by the Xiang master's daughter.

And this essence must be sprayed with a special perfume

before the words can be read.

Silk robe?

You reminded me of something.

Once when I was a kid, I had a fever.

My dad brought me to his room to take care of me.

Then my fever went down.

I opened my blurry eyes and

I discovered my dad...

Xue Yin, I've tried almost all the formulas.

This is the last bottle.

If you can see me as a spirit, then don't be mad at me anymore.

Let me break this riddle and see what's written on the robe.

That way, I can create the perfect perfume

and complete Teacher's last will.

Why?!

Why?!

I was too little then. I didn't know what was happening.

It's my first time seeing my father cry like that. So it's really memorable.

From what you said, the last half of the book should be on that robe.

Such a deep secret, how did you know?

I can't tell you. Sorry.

Could it be... my dad was right?

The one directing you

is my dad's junior, An Qiu Sheng?

Sorry, I really can't tell you.

It doesn't matter.

Stinky girl, even thought I'm not hiding anything from you,

but if you don't want to tell me something, I won't force you to tell me.

Don't worry. Even If I guess right,

I will definitely help you protect this secret.

Thank you, Zhi Yuan.

The silk robe you want, I can get it for you.

But... my father spent a long time to make the silk robe reveal itself.

It probably won't work even if you have it.

Maybe, I can make the words appear.

But don't worry. If you really give me the robe, I won't tell anyone.

I believe you.

Why do you still believe me?

Especially since you've already guessed that there may be someone directing me.

When you love someone,

you should understand them, trust them.

I believe that although you have someone behind you,

but you'll never forget your own morals.

I'm willing to bet on you.

I want to help you see who is really worth your trust.

Last night you were at the shrine for so long. Did you discover anything?

I have never been to this place.

Look!

Although I didn't go into the secret room,

but I can smell that there were no kidnapped girls there.

If we can't find the missing flower girls,

then even if you can smell the two brats who took them,

I still won't be able to do anything to Ning Hao Tian.

It looks like we have to keep a closer watch, to see if we can come up with another clue.

I think that secret room must hold more secrets.

Or else why would Ning Hao Tian forbid people to enter?

That secret room has a white jade bed.

Around the bed are fresh flowers.

I wonder if there's another secret in the middle of the flowers.

White jade bed, fresh flowers?

-Here-These flowers are pretty good.

Yeah. Give us the money.

Here.

Let's go.

Yi Chen-kun, are they the Ah Fa and Ah Cai we're looking for?

It's them.

One has a mole and the other has white streaked hair.

They're very sneaky. Right now we don't have any evidence.

Even if we take them to the police, they won't admit to their crimes.

It's alright

You still have me, Xiao Ya Hui Zi.

Yi Chen-kun, leave it to me.

This is the silk robe that has the rest of the book on it?

Yeah. I stole it from my dad's safe.

I put an identical one back in there. He'll never find out.

This silk robe is a fake.

Fake?

First, this silk robe doesn't have flower essence.

Also, this silk robe is very new.

It looks like it was made within the past three years.

It cannot be the one Xiang Xue Yin left him.

Your nose wouldn't be wrong.

It looks like my dad has foreseen this.

Stinky girl, give me some time. I'll think of another way.

Miss, are you alright?

Here

I'm alright

Can I please ask you two big brothers to bring me to the Hua Shen Temple?

Thank you.

Okay. Let's go.

Dad.

Dad?

Dad? I'm going in.

So many robes!

Which one is it?

-Miss!-I'm so dizzy!

Are you feeling better?

No, I still feel dizzy.

Miss, do you want us to massage you?

Aya, don't be like this. Single men and woman shouldn't be so close.

There's no one in the temple. What are you scared it?

If you guys are like this, I can't marry later on.

Miss, you're so beautiful, how can you not be able to marry?

Anyway, you have us to be with you.

That's right!

Is that right?

Do I smell good?

Yes!

I clearly remember it's this combination. Why can't I open it?

I changed the password.

That's why I can't open it.

Dad?! So you were here, you startled me.

Startled you?

Don't lie. You're not scared of me at all.

Why wouldn't I be afraid?

Dad, when I see you I'm like a shivering mouse who sees a cat.

Stop pretending for my sake.

Looking at the fragrance book wasn't enough?

Now you want to steak the silk robe, huh?

Dad is too smart. What's your combination?

Hey, how did you know the silk robe has the rest of the book?

That girl, Le Yan, must have told you right?

There must be someone behind her. She's just using you.

Dad, how can you say that? It has nothing to do with that stinky girl.

Dad, do you remember that night when you took me to your room when I had a fever?

That night you kept using a perfume on a silk robe.

You wanted the words to appear on the robe.

That night you were really sad.

How did you come to remember that?

Although I don't know much about fragrance, but after reading the book, I discovered it wasn't complete.

So I thought about that night and concluded that there must be something wrong with the silk robe.

Your brain is pretty smart.

I inherited from you.

The Devil who made you dress up, was it Ning Hao Tian?

It's not.

If it wasn't Ning Hao Tian, then who?

The man had a mask on. I couldn't see.

Then from his voice, how old was he?

Early twenties.

Dad, are you hungry? I'll let the servants make something for you.

Don't. Don't get on my good side.

Whenever you get on my good side, nothing good ever happens.

Do you want to use the silk robe to flirt with Le Yan?

How can that be?

Dad, stinky girl keeps working on fragrances.

But as long as the book is incomplete, she can never make anything good.

After you guys kidnapped those girls, where did you leave them?

I don't know.

We were only responsible for bringing the girls to the side of the street to more people like us.

Were all 18 girls kidnapped under your boss' orders?

The first 12 weren't.

We only kidnapped the last 6.

Which six?

Chun Miao and Xian Chan from Tao Hua Town.

Xiang Cao from Li Hua Town and Yu He from Xing Hua Town.

Also Qiu Xiang from Mei Hua Town.

Zhi Yuan, what do you want me to do with you?

I only have you as my son.

Now you're head over heels for Le Yan and don't listen to a word I say.

-You're really...-a disappointment.

Dad, I inherited this loser trait from you.

Mother died so long ago, and yet you still can't stop thinking about her.

Or else you'd be outraged already by all the step-mothers Pei Shan and I kicked out.

Zhi Yuan, I've told you many times.

Stop mentioning your mother so much in front of me.

As soon as you mention you mom, my heart...

Zhi Yuan, don't be like father.

Don't get so caught up on one woman and... ruin the rest of your life.

Dad, it's not that I'm disobedient, but I have my own reasons.

It doesn't matter if she loves me or not, but she'll never betray me.

Also I think she's definitely capable of deciphering the words on the robe.

I think she's out Ning family's lucky star.

If there really is someone who can make the words appear,

then this person must be Le Yan.

If Le Yan really can decipher the rest of the book,

and be able to make the world's best perfume,

then that would be the best case scenario.

Only it's unfortunate

that the man Le Yan loves is An Yi Chen, not you.

That's not necessarily true, dad.

Even thought stinky girl keeps saying she doesn't love me, but I still thinks she has feelings for me.

Dad, don't worry. I'll definitely make her mine.

Good.

If you really can make Le Yan fall in love with you,

then when you get married, I'll give the silk robe to you two.

Really? You said it. Let's seal the promise with a high five!

Although these two brats are Ning Hao Tian's people,

but they were bought by another Devil.

What they confessed to earlier confirmed my other suspicions.

Apart from Ning Hao Tian who was kidnapping girls,

and taking their body scent to make perfume,

there is another mysterious man.

This young Devil might be Ning Zhi Yuan. Is this a possibility?

Ning Zhi Yuan pretends to be a player

but he is actually very calculated.

He and Ning Hao Tian are using this to camouflage.

To use the two Devils to distract us.

That's impossible. Ning Zhi Yuan is smarter than he looks. He appears very preposterous,

but in reality, he is very righteous. He cannot be the Devil.

You speak quite highly of your enemies.

Mr. Qiu, I think Yi Chen speaks truthfully of his enemies.

I, too, believe that Ning Zhi Yuan cannot be the other Devil.

Thanks for your hard work today.

Don't let Ning Hao Tian raise suspicions. You should head back.

My father and I will take these two brats to the police.

Okay. I'll be going then.

Whether Ning Zhi Yuan is the Devil or not isn't the most important.

The point is the attitude you have toward your enemies!

This will affect our revenge!

Are you trying to say you don't want to hurt innocents?

You only want to hurt Ning Hao Tian and let Ning Zhi Yuan go?

Yes.

Where there's a will, there's a way. There should be for us to take revenge too.

What's a way?

Doing everything to avenge your mother and sister! This is our way!

Dad, I'm not trying to rebel against you.

But we both know about how greedy the Japanese flower fragrance organization is.

They want us to fight amongst ourselves, then collect the rewards.

By then, we will become the traitors who lead the wolves to the sheep.

We will become traitors!

It cannot interfere with my revenge no matter what!

There is no reason for your father to be alive anymore.

If it weren't for the revenge,

I probably would have died already!

You don't really think I'm lying, do you?

I really want to give you the robe.

Because the robe will only express its true value in your hands.

But, I'm not like you.

My dad's room have a hundred of the same robes. How am I supposed to know which is the right one?

You can take me to his room. As soon as I smell it,

I'll know which robe has the words on it.

I believe your nose.

But my dad has become weary of thieves in the manor too.

He's not stupid enough to keep the robe in his room, waiting for us to find it.

Zhi Yuan,

actually my main goal isn't to have the fragrance book.

I just want to use this

to figure out what kind of person you are.

Although this demand seems to be a trouble to you...

Forget it. You won't believe anything I say.

I believe you!

If someone else said these word, I'd say they're taking me as a fool.

But I know you.

You're passion for perfume is pure. That's because you're heart is unselfish.

That's why you'd ask me so blatantly for the fragrance book.

Thank you for your trust.

But you don't trust me.

Even if someone is directing you, why don't you use your heart to really feel me.

Le Yan, it really saddens me that you suspect me.

But I won't give up.

I will definitely make you see who truly love you, and who is using you.

Wen Manor

Miss, let's wear this one today. It's so pretty.

Okay.

Miss you're so pretty.

Hey, what kind of flower is this? It's still not wilted yet.

Miss, you're so clumsy.

Can't you see this is a fake flower?

Fake flower?

Young mistress, you still can't tell?

Not only do your in-laws not accept you,

but even the measly servants look down on you.

They're too lazy to send you real flowers every day.

They even said, fake flowers are just like real flowers without the scent.

Besides you can't smell it. It doesn't matter what kind of flower.

I was so mad, but I couldn't argue back.

Young Mistress, you lost your scent just for the young Lord.

You don't deserve to be mistreated like this.

Tell everyone what happened. See if the Wen family will ever mistreat you again.

No, I can't.

If I say it, then Xuan gege's self-esteem will be hurt.

As long as Xuan gege is kind to me,

it doesn't matter if the Wen Manor mistreats me.

Young mistress, your temper wasn't so soft before.

You should at least tell the young Lord so he can at least teach his servants a lesson.

Forget it.

Xuan gege already caused his family trouble by marrying me.

And the workhouse keeps having problems. He comes home so tired that he doesn't even want to talk.

I don't want him to worry over such small things.

Young mistress you treat the young Lord so...

Hope that he won't betray your kindness.

Subtitles by The Aromatic Team @Viki

Le Yan meimei, I followed your advice

and rearranged the seven ingredients' ratios in the perfume.

Have a look.

It seems a bit better than before.

But... the mint is a little stronger.

The lemon essence is too little.

Oh... why don't I try it.

Okay.

What?

The police dared to secretly release the high priestess's grandson?

Didn't he break into the bank for a debt he owed from gambling? That's a death sentence!

That's right, young master!

Ah Si and I were confused too.

Do you think this is related to the high priestess

appointed young mistress as the Devil's bride?

Of course!

This high priestess must have relations with the police.

Or else they wouldn't have released her grandson.

Can it be... the high priestess appointing young mistress as the Devil's bride

was directed by the police?

But we've never been enemies with the police. Why would they do this?

Young master, you asked us to spy on Mr. An.

But we never found anything suspicious.

The only thing is that he always attends to a scar-faced homeless man.

Scar-faced homeless man?

Right, right! How old was he again?

Right, around 40. He lives by the Hua Sheng Temple.

This half of his face has a sward scar.

But when you look closely, his features look handsome.

A homeless man by Hua Shen Temple...

Let's cut up a piece to taste it first.

Young man, your meat tastes pretty good!

You should come to Ning Manor. I'll ask our housekeeper to find you a job so you won't have to be homeless anymore.

Thanks for the thought, Ning young master. I don't need a job.

When I finish my business here, I'll get out of this place.

Finish a business?

What kind of business?

Some old unfinished business.

Old unfinished business seems hard. Why don't you start a new business? Want my help?

No, I'll finish my own business.

No matter whose business it is, it must be finished. No one can escape it.

That's true.

This homeless man is different than other homeless men.

It appears that he has a lot of secrets.

He has a strange goal coming to Mo Wang Ling.

Young master, we'll keep watching him?

No only will you spy on this homeless guy,

but you'll also have to get men to spy on the high priestess and her grandson.

I have a terrifying feeling.

I suspect that all of these people are somehow connected.

Maybe they're coming for the Ning family.

Hui Zi jiejie, your perfume today is so unique.

It's different from before.

I'm also very happy with this perfume.

I can say that this is the best perfume I've ever created.

Le Yan, smell it.

Le Yan, thank you. Thanks to your help,

I've learned many things.

I've also learned many things from you, Hui Zi.

But... no matter how hard we work,

I still couldn't make a perfume that can cure your illness.

To cure my illness, you've worked countless days and nights.

Look at you. You've gotten skinnier again.

It's nothing. We're good sisters.

I heard that Mo Wang Ling's mountain has some strange flowers and grasses.

I want to pick some to see if we can create a new perfume.

Thank you, Le Yan, you're so kind.

You're welcome!

Le Yan, no matter what happens in the future,

I will never forget your kindness.

Young master!

How is it? Scary?

Scary, scary!

Young Master! We have to pretend to be the little Devils again?

What if someone thinks we're the real deal. That'll be bad.

Stinky girl is already on Mo Wang Ling picking flowers.

This is a good opportunity.

Only when we reenact what happened that day,

and lure her onto Mo Wang Ling,

then she will understand that on that day who exactly

saved her from the devil and fell off the cliff.

This is the one!

Oh no, why can't I smell again?

The lady need not be alarmed.

It only lets you lose your scent of smell for a while.

Who are you?!

What do you want to do?!

I don't wish to harm you. I only want to work with you

to make the best perfume in the world.

You are the devil.

Did you kidnap all the innocent flower girls?

-Catch her! -Yes.

Help!

-Let me go! - Go in.

Go!

It's me!

Let go!

Are you playing with me again?

Master, go!

Let's go!

Ah Si!

They must be hiding! There are too many narrow roads on the mountain.

You, bring the dog here!

You two follow me.

Wait, I can't!

I can't anymore! Little brat if you don't run anymore we'll both die.

I can'r run. I'm too tired.

Zhi Yuan!

Don't care about me, go, stinky girl!

stinky girl, go!

-Zhi Yuan! -Go!

Go! Go!

Let's go!

Boss!

-Where are those two? - Don't know.

Don't be scared. I'm here. Don't be worried.

They must've hid. Why isn't the dog here yet?

When the dog is here, they can't run away anymore. Let's go!

Yes!

Oh no, when they bring the dogs here we're dead!

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. ♫

♫ 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. ♫

♫ 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. ♫

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