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[OVERDO]

[Episode 1]

Extra! Extra!

Murong Qingyi, the outcast of 2 families, has been released from prison!

Extra! Extra!

Murong Qingyi, the outcast of 2 families, has been released from prison!

He's marrying into the Huo family,

climbing the ladder by landing Miss Huo,

and selling himself for a good price!

[Grand Theatre]

[Opening]

[Mingguang Grand Theater]

[Officially Open]

You're here.

Our big star is getting more and more popular.

Mr. Huo.

Not even an "I missed you"?

Come find me after this.

[Huo Zongqi, Heir to the Huo Family]

Mr. Li!

Good to see you.

Don't pull a long face.

It's a big day.

Don't let our in-laws, the Murongs, look down on us.

[Huo Minxian, From a Branch of the Huo Family]

In-laws?

Please come in.

You forced me into marrying

that good-for-nothing from the Murong family,

yet here you are, so quick to call each other "in-laws."

You're no treasured daughter of the family either.

I think it's a good match.

[Yang Yuelian, Huo Minxian's Mother]

You too, don't pull a long face.

Cheng Army passing through!

All civilians, stand clear!

Make way, make way!

-Out of the way! -Stop staring!

Stand aside!

Out of the way!

[Cheng Jinzhi, Madam Murong]

[Murong Qingyu, Eldest Son of the Murong Family; Principal of Zhenhua Aviation School]

Madam Murong.

Qingyu.

Congratulations.

Your family's business is growing stronger.

You flatter me, Madam Murong.

It's only a movie theater,

for entertainment, nothing more.

In the future,

we'll still be relying on your support,

and yours as well, Qingyu.

By the way,

where is Young Master Qingyi?

It's a marriage between the younger generation.

We elders have made

our decision, and that's that.

There's no need for him to come in person.

Minxian and your second son are engaged,

but they have never met.

-Isn't it... -Today,

we're here to celebrate your family's new venture.

As for Qingyi,

we can discuss that matter later.

There is nothing further to discuss.

Don't worry, Qingyu.

Now that we're in-laws,

the Huo family will treat you as our own.

When it comes to military supplies and equipment,

we will certainly prioritize you.

Besides, now that you're in charge of the aviation school,

we

will definitely give you our full support.

I was appointed by my superiors to head the aviation school.

It doesn't belong to me personally.

If you truly wish to help the aviation school for the sake

of the country and its people,

then I thank you on its behalf.

But if it's for the sake of this marriage alliance,

then...

there's no need.

[Mingguang Grand Theater]

Did they come together?

I think so.

Isn't that Murong Qingyi, the Second Young Master

of the Murong family?

Wasn't he in prison?

I heard he was just released.

I heard that Second Young Master Murong

still has the blood of a Huo on his hands.

[Murong Qingyi, Second Son of the Murong Family]

And yet,

the two families can still form a marriage alliance?

Absurd.

Do you really think you're worthy

of wearing the Cheng Army's uniform?

Father once commanded the Cheng Army.

Wearing this uniform

is simply my way

of honoring him.

Mother, haven't you worn

-that uniform your entire life as well... -You have no right to speak of him.

Take the uniform off.

Mother,

Qingyi has his family on his mind.

That's a good thing.

You're always taking his side.

Brother, if you really want what's best for me,

why don't you marry the Huo girl yourself?

We'll talk about your marriage when we get back.

Don't embarrass Mother here.

You just got out of prison,

so naturally, you don't know.

Your elder brother

has long been engaged to the only daughter

of the Nanyang shipping magnate.

So that's how it is.

No wonder you suddenly thought of me.

And here I thought

you'd long forgotten I existed.

Minxian

may be from a collateral branch of our family,

but this marriage is meant to strengthen our alliance.

She's a perfectly suitable match for you,

Young Master Qingyi.

Since the marriage is about strengthening ties,

Young Master Huo, why don't you

move straight into the Cheng Army barracks

and grow old alongside the soldiers?

Wouldn't that be much more straightforward?

Insolent.

I grew up without parental discipline,

so I'm used to speaking without restraint.

Please be understanding, Mother!

Speaking of, Mrs. Huo.

No,

Mother-in-law.

Is Minxian feeling shy?

Where is she?

You haven't had your wedding yet.

There is no need for you to change how you address me.

I'll go in first.

There's no need

to embarrass Mother in front of outsiders.

I was sold for a good price by you all.

Who's the one being embarrassed here?

[Mingguang Grand Theater]

Why don't you just drop dead?

Are you making a wish, Miss Huo?

If you want to make wishes,

a temple is the place for that.

I will never marry the murderer of my father.

What a pity.

Neither of us

has any say in this marriage.

You're just a piece of trash the Li family ruined,

the murderer of my father.

Why are you still alive?

Why?

Perhaps

because I'm a Murong.

And yet here you are, shamelessly calling yourself a Murong?

Does the Murong family even claim you?

Miss Huo,

we're both just pawns in our families' interests.

Don't get too lost in the role.

Murong Qingyi,

I will definitely make

your life

a

living

hell.

Good.

I'll be waiting.

What's going on?

What are you doing?

Is that Huo Minxian?

It's her.

I think she's seducing Murong Qingyi.

What are they doing?

The man in the car is not

the second young master of Murong, right?

What's going on?

Stop the screening!

Stop the screening now!

I said, stop the screening!

Hurry!

This is so embarrassing.

Hurry up, hurry.

Film this.

Stop taking pictures!

What's with this?

Stop filming it!

Get someone to stop the screening!

Stop the screening!

-Stop taking pictures! All of you! -Find someone to stop it!

Stop it!

Stop the screening! I said, stop it!

Stop taking pictures! All of you!

Stop taking pictures!

Stop it! Which newspaper are you from?

Put the camera down!

Murong Qingyi,

you're so despicable!

What a good show.

You...

Stop taking pictures! Stop it!

-You… -Stop making trouble!

Stop taking pictures.

-Someone! -Who's causing trouble?

Stop taking pictures!

Stop it!

Put the camera down!

Put the camera down!

Seize them all!

Put the camera down!

-Put it down! -Stop taking pictures!

Stop taking pictures!

Stop the screening!

Young Master,

what happened?

Go check the projection room.

The footage must not be leaked.

This is the story of the century!

Yeah.

Stop taking pictures!

All of you, stop taking pictures!

Murong Qingyi.

Quite the surprise you've given us.

You flatter me, Mother.

Absurd and shameless.

How could I have a child like you?

Young Master Qingyi,

bad news.

Someone got to the film negative before us.

What happened?

The projectionist was knocked out.

Only this was left at the scene.

This is...

a gentian flower?

My family used to grow many gentian flowers.

It'd be nice if you

had some gentian flowers planted in your yard.

You teach me how to plant flowers,

and I'll teach you the tango.

Susu!

Susu!

Hello,

I'd like to buy some flowers.

Susu...

♪ Hate is the smoke left by dying flames ♪

♪ Love is the warmth lingering after the wildfire ♪

♪ Love and hate collide in a blaze ♪

♪ In this instant, the flames rage out of control ♪

Susu!

♪ Ahead lies a tangle of joys and sorrows ♪

♪ Behind remain the bitterness of unspoken feelings ♪

♪ The heart races with every thought ♪

♪ Yet remains forever bound ♪

♪ Is it a blessing or a curse? ♪

Hello.

Sorry.

♪ If the sparks ♪

I got the wrong person.

♪ Could fly back into the gun's muzzle ♪

♪ If I had turned away when love first bloomed ♪

♪ Perhaps I could've walked away unscathed ♪

♪ Sadly, fate leaves no room for "if" ♪

This flower is so beautiful.

♪ Lies ♪

Thank you.

♪ Know better than my foes ♪

♪ How to settle in ♪

♪ The void within me ♪

♪ My true heart hides in the shadows, left to fate's mercy ♪

♪ Resisting the pull of every temptation ♪

She's already dead.

What am I still hoping for?

♪ This spark of wildfire spreading across the plains ♪

♪ Stirs embers that refuse to fade ♪

♪ I seize fate by the hand ♪

♪ Accusing it of refusing to relent ♪

♪ Pain and joy blur before my eyes ♪

♪ Fate keeps replaying its endless cycle ♪

♪ The love that refused to die ♪

♪ Has already consumed us both ♪

Murong Qingyi.

It's been a long time.

Bitch!

Not only did you disgrace the Murong family,

but you even trampled all over

the Huo family's reputation.

You got a death wish?

You think I fear Murong Qingyi?

I'd love nothing more than to see him hacked to pieces!

No matter how useless he is,

he's still the son of both the Murong and Li families!

They were both switched at birth and raised away from their real families.

Li Boze is the son of both families— I acknowledge that.

But Murong Qingyi?

He's just an outcast from both families!

Cousin,

only you treat that trash

like some prized treasure.

Huo Minxian,

Murong Qingyi and Li Boze were switched at birth.

Li Boze was raised in both families' favor

and has an incredibly noble status.

And who do you think you are?

The castoff neither family wants, Murong Qingyi—

he's exactly the match you deserve.

What you did today

is beneath even those in brothels!

I have someone I love!

What's there to be ashamed of?

Good, all the better.

I'll never marry my father's killer!

Huo Minxian!

Take a good look at yourself!

I'm marrying you off

just to secure the arms deal between our two families—

a mere token of allegiance.

Do you really think you're the family's prized daughter?

Even if I married you off to a dog of the Murong family,

you'd still have to marry it obediently.

Your father died young.

If you and your mother

wish to remain in the family,

you'd better be of use to it.

Lock her up.

Go.

Just say she couldn't bear the humiliation

and took poison,

and that she's currently receiving emergency treatment at the hospital.

Let go of me!

I can walk by myself.

Young Master,

are you going to...

To the Murong family!

To demand an explanation from them.

[Murong Residence]

My Lady, dinner is ready!

Clear them all away.

[Murong Jinrui, Eldest Daughter of the Murong Family]

My Lady,

why did you decide

not to eat all these delicacies?

Delicacies, my foot.

This is swallows' spit mixed with blood.

These are scraps of shark fin.

You call them delicacies?

Even dogs wouldn't eat these.

Take them away.

Hurry up!

Now this is more like it.

So what?

Mother dotes on me.

I eat what I want

and say what I want.

Who dares to have a problem with it?

My Lady, that's not what I meant.

I know.

Back then,

Mother followed Father on campaigns all over the place

and left me all alone in the countryside.

She's trying to make it up to me.

I understand.

But I grew up in the Northeast.

I genuinely can't stomach that kind of food.

Madam, Young Master, you're back.

My Lady,

Madam and the Young Masters seem to have returned.

What?

That worthless Murong Qingyi is back too?

I heard he made quite a scene today.

My Lady, we shouldn't air our dirty laundry in public.

Take it.

He can hardly be considered a member of the family.

Are you okay, My Lady?

Where are you going?

To catch the drama of the century!

So the Huo girl really does have a lover?

Stop talking nonsense.

Act like a proper young lady.

So, it's actually true?

So impetuous.

Sit here and speak properly.

If the Huo family breaks off the engagement,

they probably won't sell that batch

of highly sought-after arms to us.

Murong Qingyi has caused such a huge mess.

He needs a proper lesson.

Qingyu,

as the eldest brother,

you should be the one to deal with him first.

Right?

I'm afraid he doesn't have the heart to do it.

Qingyi was switched at birth

and raised in the Li family.

Naturally, bonds need

to be cultivated slowly

and rebuilt.

But unfortunately, 3 years ago,

because of the Huo family incident,

he was thrown into prison.

Now,

without regard for his wishes,

we're forcing him into this marriage with a Huo.

It's understandable that he has grievances.

He even has the nerve to have grievances?

If he hadn't bungled

the delivery of even a simple message back then,

would your father have died so young?

Your father

once dominated the world.

If he had to die,

it should've been on the battlefield—

a soldier's death in glory!

My husband

deserved more than such a plain, unremarkable death!

Mother,

you know.

Whether it's Father's death

or the Huo family incident,

there's something fishy about both.

Qingyi has been acting like that

simply because...

he feels wronged.

If you

could be a bit more patient with him...

Don't say I didn't warn you.

You've been getting far too close to him—

you might be letting danger in.

As Huo Minxian's lover,

you actually did something like that.

You're quite cold-blooded.

Lover?

I've been planning this for so long.

If you hadn't interfered,

that vicious woman's scandal would've spread across the whole city by now.

She would've already killed herself in shame

and gone straight to hell.

You have a younger brother named Qin Xue.

Last year, Huo Minxian drove him

to jump from a building.

He's been on leave from school ever since.

Am I right?

Leave my brother alone.

That bitch deserves to die!

I don't care what grudge you have against Huo Minxian,

but publicly screening something like that

is too disgraceful.

Tell me,

where is the film negative?

Not talking?

Then you'd better think it through.

What will happen to your brother

if you die here?

Tell me.

I was only responsible for the swap.

I don't know anything else.

I don't know where the negative is.

Madam, Young Master Qingyu, Miss Jinrui,

people from the Huo family have forced their way in.

Minxian couldn't bear it

and took poison.

She's hovering between life and death in the hospital!

You must give us an explanation!

What are you shouting for?

With a scandal like today's,

it's your Huo family

that owes us an explanation.

The suicide note says very clearly

that the whole thing was fabricated.

Minxian doesn't even know that rogue.

I've had people look into it.

The projectionist was knocked unconscious.

That was your people's doing, wasn't it?

Who did it?

Come out!

Clean that up.

Young Master Huo.

What happened today

benefits neither of our families.

The Murong family has no reason

to sling mud at your family.

Reason?

Isn't it all just to make our family feel in the wrong

so we'll bow our heads in shame

and serve your family like slaves?

Listen up.

If anything happens to Minxian,

I won't let any of you off.

Young Master Huo,

everything requires evidence.

In this matter,

our family is the victim.

Fine.

Fine!

In that case,

the engagement is off!

As for that batch of arms...

Your Cheng Army and the Li family's Ying Army

are both fighting for the North-South Railway.

Just send your soldiers in to fight with their bare hands.

I'm so scared.

No.

The engagement must continue as planned.

Murong Qingyi and Miss Huo

can publish a statement in the newspapers

clarifying that the film was fake

and that someone framed her.

Miss Huo

has always been a woman of impeccable virtue.

Mother,

I think

we should first hear Qingyi's opinion.

That's more like it!

You really are the lady of this house.

Why jeopardize our relations

over an outcast?

That's hardly worth it, right?

However, Madam Murong,

out of respect for our future kinship,

I've always given your family

a discounted price on arms purchases.

Now, I'd like to raise it a little.

Thirty percent.

Don't push your luck.

If you feel you're losing out,

I can always do business elsewhere.

Young Master Qingyi, you're back.

Young Master Huo, you're here.

Open the chest.

What are you going to do now?

All the negatives

the reporters took at the theater today

are here.

And the newspapers have all been bought off as well.

Young Master Huo,

how about we

let today's matter end here?

What do you say?

And if I refuse?

Arms—

if not from the Huo family, there are other suppliers.

Worst case,

the Murong family can simply back a new supplier.

We're not dependent on your arms.

The Murong family sure talks tough.

Very well.

As it happens, I've been meaning to

pay a visit to Marshal Li Rongzhang.

I presume he'd be quite interested

in the arms business as well.

Laiyi,

accompany Young Master Huo to pay Marshal Li a visit.

Tell him

that during the siege of Yingzhou,

he lost hundreds of soldiers,

all because the Huo family hoarded supplies for profit

and delayed the transport of military provisions.

Bullshit!

The evidence and witnesses

are already in Marshal Li's office.

Young Master Huo,

why don't you go see for yourself?

Oh, right.

Huo Minxian's lover is in my hands as well.

If he

starts talking nonsense to reporters,

that wouldn't look good, right?

I knew it was you.

Does it still matter

whether it was me?

We can let Miss Huo's scandal go.

But that batch of arms

must be sold to us at the original price.

Fine.

The wedding goes on,

and the price stays the same.

Not enough.

Brother,

I'm the one being sold, not you.

Am I really worth so little?

I heard your family

recently imported several new aircraft.

Young Master Huo, since you value this marriage alliance so much,

why not give them to Minxian as part of her dowry?

What do you say?

Murong Qingyi!

Two versions of tomorrow's headline have already

been printed and are ready to roll out across all of Nancheng.

Tomorrow's sensation—

whether it's "Miss Huo Can't Forget Her Former Lover"

or "Joyous Engagement Between the Murong and Huo Families"—

is entirely up to you.

Don't push your luck.

You can always refuse.

You'd better make sure nothing goes wrong.

With several new aircraft as a dowry,

how could I make any mistakes?

Besides,

making the poisoned Miss Huo

crawl out of her grave

isn't exactly a difficult task.

It was you?

You were the one who exposed Huo Minxian's affair?

You actually went and made it public yourself?

Have you lost your mind?

Any normal man in your position would've already

bashed his head against a wall out of shame.

But look at you—

you don't feel the slightest shame,

yet you're gloating.

You...

Look at you, acting like such an idiot.

Are you trying to drive Mother and me to an early grave?

So what if it was me?

I'm happy

that you're angry.

Is that a problem?

Oh,

ease up on the anger,

or you might just keel over.

You...

Enough.

Act like a proper young lady now.

Qingyi!

You clearly didn't do that.

Why take the blame?

If you want to lecture me, Brother,

save your breath.

Fine.

I never agreed to this marriage to begin with.

If you don't want it...

Who said I don't?

I can't marry the one I love anyway,

so it doesn't matter who I marry.

Whether it's Huo Minxian or Chen Minxian,

as long as

I get what I want, it's fine.

You don't need to pity me.

For now, I don't need

you to be my savior.

The engagement banquet is tomorrow.

Stay home tonight.

And come with me to the pier to pick up your sister-in-law.

You haven't met her yet.

Home?

Is this a home for me?

Young Master Qingyi,

I've looked into it.

The one who screened the film was Huo Minxian's lover.

But the one who took the negative

appears to have been a young woman.

That woman must have

taken advantage of the chaos in the theater,

knocked out the projectionist,

and taken the negative.

What's going on?

Stop the screening! Stop it now!

I said, stop the screening!

Stop taking pictures!

Stop filming!

Stop the screening! Stop it now!

All of you, stop taking pictures!

Stop the screening!

-All of you, stop taking pictures! -She only left that gentian flower.

-Which newspaper are you from? -But as for who she is...

Stop taking pictures!

Or where she went...

Murong Qingyi!

-We have no clue. -You're so despicable!

Should we keep investigating?

Yes.

Anyone bold enough to stir up trouble

right under the noses of the Murong and Huo families

must be plotting something.

Understood.

The engagement banquet is tomorrow.

Young Master Qingyi, please retire early tonight.

Welcome, distinguished guests,

to the engagement celebration

of the Murong family's Eldest Young Master

and Miss Fang of Nanyang, as well as the Murong family's

Second Young Master and Miss Huo of Nancheng.

Please welcome Miss Huo Minxian!

Next,

please welcome Miss Fang Mulan.

♪ Take away everything I have ♪

♪ Can you bear the weight of it all? ♪

♪ I offer you my whole life ♪

♪ In exchange for everything you have ♪

♪ Can I claim it as mine? ♪

♪ Give me love and hate ♪

♪ Let the tears fall, let the blood spill ♪

♪ Even through suffering, I'll never let go of your hand ♪

Three years...

♪ I can't break free, I can't escape ♪

A dead woman

is standing before me once again.

♪ This, too, can be called a lifetime together ♪

She's alive,

♪ We ♪

but I've gone mad.

♪ Remain bound by fate until the end ♪

♪ Forevermore ♪