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[The Heir]

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[Episode 27]

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Uncle Jingdong,

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for defending me
in front of the clan elders today,

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I'd like to thank you.

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No need for that.

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I came back too late

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to save you from unnecessary suffering.

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Come on, take a seat.

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These clan elders of Li Ink

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are provided for by the Li family,

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but they are never helpful
at critical times.

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Instead, they cause extra trouble.

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To be honest,

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I contradicted them a lot
when I was young.

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If I had arrived earlier today,

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they wouldn't have been even allowed in.

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Uncle Jingdong.

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Over these years, you had never

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addressed me as your niece

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in outsiders' presence before today.

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I should have done it

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a long time ago.

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Oh right.

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Don't hold a grudge
against your eldest aunt.

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She has always been reasonable

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and stood by your side.

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I don't know what got into her today.

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It was simply because

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she was instigated
by Li Decai and Tian Jiangyue.

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I saw it all today.

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The one who fanned the flames

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was most likely Tian Jiangyue.

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It's Tian Jiangyue again.

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It's her doing again.

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Uncle Jingdong,

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our priority now

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is to catch the isinglass dealer

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and get his testimony.

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Besides, we need to buy raw materials

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to make up for the damaged ink in time.

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You are right.

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I'll give it serious thought.

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Benchang, Tian Jiangyue had a message
delivered to us in secret,

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asking us to keep a close eye
on that isinglass dealer.

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She's worried if Li Zhen will get anything
on us and her.

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Our third aunt truly

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has a huge appetite.

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How's the isinglass dealer now?

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Our men have been watching him.

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Remove

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our men.

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Why?

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If the isinglass dealer is found,

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won't all our efforts be wasted?

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This matter concerns Huizhou scholars.

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It might become a bigger issue
as the autumn imperial exam draws near.

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We must steer clear of it.

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But right now, our urgent task is...

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I know what you're thinking.

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But this chess game

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requires patience.

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We've achieved the goal
of the current phase.

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This...

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Why a sudden increase

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in the orders for Styrax resin ink?

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This is just the beginning.

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Once word about Li Ink's trouble spread,

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some tutors already switched

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to placing orders with me.

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I've had all the isinglass available

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on the market bought out.

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By the time Li Ink needs
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they won't have anything to give.

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When that happens,

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our Styrax resin ink

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won't be at its current price.

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This is a brilliant plan, Benchang.

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It really is brilliant.

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Rujun,

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it's time you woke up.

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There's a fight going on at home.

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The burden on Zhen is too heavy.

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I'm afraid she can't bear it anymore.

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Rujun.

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Zhen...

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Rujun.

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Zhen...

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Rujun.

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You finally woke up.

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Rujun,

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you finally woke up!

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Hua'er, where are you

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taking me this late at night?

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Zhen, stop asking.

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Just come with me.

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Come.

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Seventh Grandmother.

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You finally came to.

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I was so scared for you.

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I thought...

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I thought you would never wake up.

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Don't cry.

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I haven't

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seen the ink you newly created.

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How could I bring myself
to leave you forever?

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Don't cry.

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Stop crying.

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I'm awake now, aren't I?

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Don't cry.

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Seventh Grandmother.

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I'm incompetent.

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I can't manage the family well.

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I have failed you.

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Zhen,

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I'm the one who has failed you.

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Hua'er

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already told me what happened at home.

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It's my fault for having weak health

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and collapsing.

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And I didn't

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make things clear

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to your eldest aunt.

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Seventh Grandmother.

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Although I don't have any proof,

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I'm aware that this matter is related

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to Tian Jiangyue and Li Decai.

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I know.

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They're resorting to every means
to drive me away.

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When the ink recipe was leaked last time,

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though it seemed like I left in anger,

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at the heart of it,

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I was just running away from adversity.

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However, this time,

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since I've taken the responsibility

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of managing the household from you,

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Seventh Grandmother,
I will not back off even a step.

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Zhen,

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don't worry.

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Now that I've come to,

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no one will dare to bully you again.

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Seventh Grandmother,

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put your mind at ease.

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Now,

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I am no longer by myself.

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Uncle Jingdong is helping me
figure out ways

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to speed up ink production,

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and Master Qi is searching
for the isinglass dealer for me.

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Now that you've finally woken up,

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I immediately feel

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strength surging through my body.

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My dearest Zhen,

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you've really grown up.

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Good.

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This is good.

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All of you, listen.

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Do not let anyone else

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know I have come to.

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Only in this way

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can Zhen

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handle all affairs

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more resolutely

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and more easily.

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Li Decai,

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didn't I say no meeting
for these few days?

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Fourth Sister-in-law,

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Eldest Young Master Tian

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got our message early this morning,

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but still hasn't replied
up to this moment.

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I spent a whole day today
waiting at the gate

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of the Tian residence.

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Then I finally met
Second Young Master Tian,

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Tian Bensheng.

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I asked him
how the isinglass dealer was doing,

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yet he played dumb with me.

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If the Tian family stands aside
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Qi Jiu will catch that isinglass dealer

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sooner or later.

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When that happens,

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what will become of us?

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Fourth Sister-in-law.

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Fourth Sister-in-law!

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You were the one who instructed me

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to ask the isinglass dealer

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to tamper with those barrels.

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It was also you who told me to disclose

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the information to the Tian family.

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You can't just leave me in the lurch,

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Fourth Sister-in-law.

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Li Decai,

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watch your mouth.

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Listen,

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I have nothing to do with this matter.

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Don't make me go over to the Third Brother

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and reveal the secret
of you keeping a mistress.

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M-Master Qi.

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W-What are you doing here?

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Tasting the fish you raise here.

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The fish is at its plumpest right now.

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E-Enjoy it, gentlemen.

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I need to be away

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f-for some matters.

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Goodbye.

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Did I allow you to leave?

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I...

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The fish is indeed nice.

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But there's something wrong

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with your isinglass.

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Master Qi,

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when the delivery was made,

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you already examined the goods.

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Once the transaction is done,

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any good or bad outcomes

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won't have anything to do with me.

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I'm just an honest businessman.

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Not so hard!

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N-N-Not so hard.

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You just won't confess, huh?

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I have nothing to confess to. I...

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Hold it.

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Hold it!

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Try it. See if I grilled it well.

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Then you're free to go.

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I can go a-after eating it, right?

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Fine.

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I-I'll eat it.

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Goodbye then.

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N-Not so hard, sir.

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Keep eating.

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I... I...

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Don't hurt me.

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Please spare my life.

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This blade

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took many lives years ago.

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It hasn't tasted blood for a long time
in recent two years.

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Take three more bites.

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When you finish,

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I'll end your life myself.

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No, please spare me.

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I said, eat it.

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Yes, I'll eat it.

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I'll eat it! I will!

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Three bites.

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Two bites.

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No!

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I'll talk.

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I'll talk!

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I'll tell you everything.

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Master Qi, I'll tell you everything.

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Please just spare my life.

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This is more like it.

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[Li Ink]

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Thank you.

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We guessed it right.

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That isinglass dealer

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sneaked back

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to check on his fish,

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so we could catch him in the act.

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I've handed him over to Doggie

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and had him locked up.

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Have you got anything out of him?

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According to him, over a month ago,

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Li Decai already

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promised him a great deal of silver

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and a ten-year contract with him being

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the isinglass supplier

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for the Li Ink Workshop.

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It seems Li Decai has long
made up his mind

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to force me to step down

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and to take control of the Li family.

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Cunning though he is,
he isn't exactly bright.

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Since he's out in the open,

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I bet someone's scheming in the shadows.

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Agreed.

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I have another finding.

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Li Decai's mistress in Suzhou

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was secretly brought back to Huizhou.

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The person who arranged that

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was exactly Tian Benchang.

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Tian Benchang has long harbored hatred
toward the Li family.

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He would definitely target us.

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However, on his own, it was difficult

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to find such a despicable lowlife

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like Li Decai to do his bidding.

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00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,550
The intermediary
between Li Decai and Tian Benchang

286
00:15:08,550 --> 00:15:10,080
is the real mastermind.

287
00:15:10,360 --> 00:15:11,000
Who is it?

288
00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:13,790
Who else could it be

289
00:15:14,010 --> 00:15:15,210
if not my fourth aunt?

290
00:15:24,150 --> 00:15:25,000
Catch him!

291
00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:30,240
Hurry, catch him!

292
00:15:30,270 --> 00:15:30,870
Li Decai!

293
00:15:30,870 --> 00:15:31,550
Catch him!

294
00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:47,410
Are you alright?

295
00:15:48,270 --> 00:15:49,870
Li Decai is heading for the front yard!

296
00:15:49,870 --> 00:15:51,390
Go get him in the front yard. Quick!

297
00:15:51,390 --> 00:15:51,840
Get up!

298
00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:53,510
That way. That way.

299
00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000
Clear the stuff!

300
00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:07,360
Li Decai!

301
00:16:10,990 --> 00:16:12,590
That punk's running so fast.

302
00:16:16,910 --> 00:16:17,630
Uncle!

303
00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:19,720
Li Decai!

304
00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:21,750
Get up now!

305
00:16:22,510 --> 00:16:24,320
Hold still! Stay where you are!

306
00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:25,270
Back off, all of you!

307
00:16:25,270 --> 00:16:26,330
What are you doing?

308
00:16:26,390 --> 00:16:26,670
Zhengyou!

309
00:16:26,670 --> 00:16:27,080
Mother!

310
00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:27,840
Back off!

311
00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:29,510
Fine. Just don't hurt the child!

312
00:16:29,510 --> 00:16:30,150
Help me!

313
00:16:30,150 --> 00:16:31,000
Li Decai,

314
00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,150
release Zhengyou.

315
00:16:32,150 --> 00:16:33,510
We can talk everything out.

316
00:16:33,510 --> 00:16:34,480
Shut up.

317
00:16:35,150 --> 00:16:36,390
If I fall into your hands,

318
00:16:36,390 --> 00:16:37,790
I'll be dead meat.

319
00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:39,550
Right now, this little brat

320
00:16:39,670 --> 00:16:41,790
can keep me from harm.

321
00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,440
Heaven hasn't forsaken me.

322
00:16:44,910 --> 00:16:46,440
All of you, step back!

323
00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,150
Decai, don't hurt Zhengyou!

324
00:16:48,410 --> 00:16:50,170
You watched him grow up.

325
00:16:50,190 --> 00:16:51,270
How could you do this to him?

326
00:16:51,270 --> 00:16:53,030
Are you even human?

327
00:16:53,030 --> 00:16:54,080
Cut the crap!

328
00:16:54,390 --> 00:16:57,080
When has the Li family ever treated me
like a human?

329
00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:57,790
Step aside, you!

330
00:16:57,790 --> 00:16:58,630
Li Decai,

331
00:16:59,510 --> 00:17:01,440
you just want a hostage, don't you?

332
00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:02,480
Fine.

333
00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,550
I'm the manager of Li Ink.

334
00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:06,970
Take me as hostage instead.

335
00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:09,270
I'll be at your disposal.

336
00:17:09,270 --> 00:17:10,530
Don't come any closer!

337
00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:14,790
You're asking me to let go of him

338
00:17:14,790 --> 00:17:15,990
and take you instead?

339
00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:18,079
What are you even thinking?

340
00:17:18,109 --> 00:17:19,569
Do I look like a fool to you?

341
00:17:19,589 --> 00:17:21,480
He's little
so I can have him under control.

342
00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,740
But you're different.

343
00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:24,480
Don't you dare pull any stunts with me.

344
00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:25,609
I'm telling you lot,

345
00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:27,160
if you want him to live,

346
00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:28,510
you'll have to obey me!

347
00:17:28,510 --> 00:17:29,200
Fine!

348
00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:30,960
We'll obey you.

349
00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:32,270
Tell us.

350
00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:34,210
What do you want from us?

351
00:17:36,510 --> 00:17:38,170
Give me1,000 taels of silver.

352
00:17:39,030 --> 00:17:40,290
A horse carriage, too.

353
00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:41,510
Plus,

354
00:17:42,510 --> 00:17:43,350
you must

355
00:17:44,110 --> 00:17:45,510
bring Rong

356
00:17:45,550 --> 00:17:47,030
and Yun here right now!

357
00:17:47,310 --> 00:17:49,310
Once we're safe after driving the carriage

358
00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:50,240
out of town,

359
00:17:50,310 --> 00:17:51,790
I'll set this little brat free.

360
00:17:51,790 --> 00:17:52,680
Li Decai,

361
00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,640
this is not going to happen for you!

362
00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,680
Shut up, you cripple!

363
00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:57,960
How dare you call me that?

364
00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,830
Decai, I beg you.

365
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,350
I beg you!

366
00:18:01,350 --> 00:18:02,750
Don't you speak nonsense to me anymore.

367
00:18:02,750 --> 00:18:03,440
Believe it or not,

368
00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:04,720
I'll kill him right now!

369
00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,050
I agree with your terms!

370
00:18:06,550 --> 00:18:07,270
Go.

371
00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:08,680
Do as he said!

372
00:18:08,700 --> 00:18:09,500
Hurry!

373
00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:12,590
Li Decai,

374
00:18:13,270 --> 00:18:14,440
release Zhengyou now.

375
00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:15,200
Mother?

376
00:18:15,510 --> 00:18:17,110
Li Decai, listen up,

377
00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,240
if anything happens to Zhengyou today,

378
00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,590
I, Zhao Jin, won't let you leave
the Li residence!

379
00:18:21,590 --> 00:18:22,790
You crazy woman.

380
00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:25,050
Haven't you been kicked out
by the Li family?

381
00:18:25,050 --> 00:18:26,200
You're no better than a stray dog.

382
00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,510
What does this matter have to do with you?

383
00:18:27,510 --> 00:18:29,920
Right, the Li family's affairs
are not my business.

384
00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:31,310
But Zhengyou is my nephew,

385
00:18:31,310 --> 00:18:32,550
and Wanyi is my sister-in-law.

386
00:18:32,550 --> 00:18:34,400
When you hurt them, you hurt me.

387
00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,730
I won't stay out of this matter!

388
00:18:37,110 --> 00:18:37,880
Li Decai,

389
00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:39,000
let go of Zhengyou.

390
00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,510
Or my blade will make you regret it!

391
00:18:40,510 --> 00:18:41,510
D-Don't come any closer.

392
00:18:41,510 --> 00:18:42,350
Stay away!

393
00:18:44,270 --> 00:18:45,270
Zhengyou!

394
00:18:45,550 --> 00:18:46,350
Zhengyou!

395
00:18:46,790 --> 00:18:47,590
Mother!

396
00:18:48,310 --> 00:18:49,070
Tie him up.

397
00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:50,640
Keep him in the woodshed.

398
00:18:50,850 --> 00:18:52,380
Are you alright, Zhengyou?

399
00:18:53,830 --> 00:18:56,160
You were acting tough just now,
weren't you?

400
00:18:56,160 --> 00:18:56,920
What now?

401
00:18:57,820 --> 00:18:59,220
Why not continue to yell?

402
00:19:02,170 --> 00:19:03,090
Li Decai,

403
00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,510
I suggest you confess

404
00:19:05,790 --> 00:19:07,510
before I do anything to you.

405
00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:08,680
Zhen,

406
00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:11,670
I know I did wrong.

407
00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:14,160
Please forgive me, your uncle, this once,

408
00:19:14,160 --> 00:19:16,750
for the sake of Aunt Chunhua.

409
00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:19,830
"Uncle"?

410
00:19:21,830 --> 00:19:24,240
Li Decai, you really are amusing.

411
00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,200
At this very moment,

412
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:28,570
you're still shameless as you are.

413
00:19:29,110 --> 00:19:30,350
The Li family

414
00:19:30,510 --> 00:19:32,310
is no home to human scum like you.

415
00:19:32,470 --> 00:19:34,030
Quit your yapping!

416
00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:35,480
Confess right away!

417
00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,510
B-Before I confess,

418
00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:41,590
please let me see Chunhua once more.

419
00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:48,350
Do you think

420
00:19:49,070 --> 00:19:50,480
that today, Aunt Chunhua will

421
00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:51,940
come to your rescue again?

422
00:19:52,110 --> 00:19:53,750
I'm telling you, Li Decai,

423
00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:55,880
give up on that hope.

424
00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,920
Li Zhen, you little wench!

425
00:19:58,350 --> 00:19:59,960
Who are you to interrogate me?

426
00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:01,420
I demand to see Li Chunhua!

427
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,460
I demand to see Li Chunhua!

428
00:20:04,030 --> 00:20:05,110
Chunhua!

429
00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:06,440
Chunhua!

430
00:20:06,750 --> 00:20:07,640
Stop with the beating!

431
00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,720
Chunhua!

432
00:20:11,830 --> 00:20:13,270
Chunhua!

433
00:20:13,310 --> 00:20:15,240
Chunhua!

434
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:15,640
Zhen,

435
00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:16,720
stop it.

436
00:20:18,510 --> 00:20:19,750
Chunhua...

437
00:20:25,270 --> 00:20:26,030
Chunhua.

438
00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:27,030
Chunhua!

439
00:20:27,030 --> 00:20:28,920
Chunhua...

440
00:20:29,420 --> 00:20:31,030
You finally came.

441
00:20:32,510 --> 00:20:33,270
Chunhua,

442
00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,400
I know I did wrong.

443
00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,640
This time, I really know I did wrong.

444
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:37,350
Chunhua,

445
00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:38,400
save me.

446
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,160
P-Please put in a good word for me.

447
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,420
Don't do it for my sake.

448
00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,030
Do it for Run's sake.

449
00:20:44,030 --> 00:20:44,830
Chunhua...

450
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:50,110
Li Decai,

451
00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,900
you're not worthy of being Run's father.

452
00:21:00,350 --> 00:21:01,310
I've drafted

453
00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,120
a divorce agreement.

454
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:06,880
Chunhua.

455
00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:08,750
Chunhua.

456
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:10,200
Chunhua!

457
00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:12,160
Zhen,

458
00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,160
take whatever action

459
00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:15,680
as you see fit.

460
00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:18,480
No need to consider my feelings.

461
00:21:20,110 --> 00:21:20,790
Chunhua.

462
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:21,550
Don't go, Chunhua.

463
00:21:21,550 --> 00:21:22,790
Chunhua! Chunhua!

464
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,310
Li Chunhua!

465
00:21:33,550 --> 00:21:34,240
Mother.

466
00:21:38,270 --> 00:21:39,870
Mother, you finally woke up.

467
00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,400
I'm so unfilial.

468
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,880
I should have stayed by your side.

469
00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:46,590
No worries.

470
00:21:47,070 --> 00:21:48,110
But, Mother,

471
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,440
I really did wrong.

472
00:21:55,030 --> 00:21:56,790
Please punish me, Mother!

473
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:01,720
Mother!

474
00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:04,400
Mother!

475
00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,280
Are you feeling better, Mother?

476
00:22:28,270 --> 00:22:29,240
Come on.

477
00:22:30,510 --> 00:22:32,150
Sit beside me,

478
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,640
so I can have a word with you.

479
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:37,920
Get up.

480
00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:44,240
Mother.

481
00:22:47,750 --> 00:22:49,310
I am partially to blame

482
00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,720
for this matter.

483
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:56,550
Thirteen years ago,

484
00:22:59,070 --> 00:23:00,790
the Eighth Branch

485
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,000
was expelled from the clan
when I was in charge.

486
00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:12,790
At that time, I was in a position

487
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,790
where I had no choice

488
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,680
but to make that decision.

489
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,720
Now,

490
00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:26,530
the Eighth Branch hasn't been accepted
back into the clan,

491
00:23:26,750 --> 00:23:30,160
and the Li family is torn apart.

492
00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:32,640
I...

493
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,270
have let...

494
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,110
have let down

495
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:39,720
our ancestors.

496
00:23:41,790 --> 00:23:42,480
Mother...

497
00:23:46,510 --> 00:23:49,550
I swear to bring the Eighth Branch back.

498
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:53,880
And the first step of it

499
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,880
is to let Zhen shoulder

500
00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:02,270
the responsibility
of managing the Li family.

501
00:24:03,310 --> 00:24:04,920
I know

502
00:24:07,110 --> 00:24:08,480
what is on your mind.

503
00:24:10,270 --> 00:24:12,030
I also know

504
00:24:13,110 --> 00:24:15,200
what is on your mind.

505
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,680
Normally,

506
00:24:18,510 --> 00:24:21,030
the backbone of the Seventh Branch

507
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,440
should be Zhengyou.

508
00:24:26,510 --> 00:24:28,200
That was also

509
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,350
my original plan.

510
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,160
But as you could see,

511
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:37,640
Li Ink

512
00:24:38,350 --> 00:24:41,200
is declining year by year.

513
00:24:44,310 --> 00:24:47,270
If, right now, there is no one

514
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,720
able to sustain

515
00:24:50,510 --> 00:24:52,790
this huge ink workshop,

516
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,480
by the time Zhengyou grows up,

517
00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:58,310
Li...

518
00:25:00,310 --> 00:25:03,510
Li Ink

519
00:25:06,550 --> 00:25:10,350
will have crumbled.

520
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:11,920
Mother,

521
00:25:13,030 --> 00:25:15,310
I know what to do.

522
00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:17,430
Don't worry, Mother.

523
00:25:18,830 --> 00:25:20,090
Seventh Grandmother!

524
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,420
Seventh Grandmother.

525
00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:26,510
Zhen.

526
00:25:27,270 --> 00:25:28,160
Eldest Aunt.

527
00:25:31,750 --> 00:25:33,010
Seventh Grandmother,

528
00:25:33,270 --> 00:25:34,920
Li Decai has made a full confession.

529
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:35,880
It was Tian Jiangyue

530
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,110
who orchestrated the entire

531
00:25:37,110 --> 00:25:39,720
isinglass scheme
from the beginning to the end.

532
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,880
Li Decai colluded
with that isinglass dealer

533
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,610
and worked with the Tian family

534
00:25:43,790 --> 00:25:46,650
to attack us while we were busy
producing Shize Ink.

535
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:47,960
I've told Doggie

536
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:49,890
to guard Tian Jiangyue's bedroom.

537
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:51,380
As for how to deal with her,

538
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:53,240
is entirely up to you,
Seventh Grandmother.

539
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,240
I'd like to go meet her.

540
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,200
Help me up.

541
00:25:57,750 --> 00:25:58,680
Manager Zhen.

542
00:25:59,030 --> 00:26:01,110
Fourth Young Lady has gone missing.

543
00:26:01,310 --> 00:26:02,200
Missing?

544
00:26:02,310 --> 00:26:03,200
How did that happen?

545
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,350
We've searched the entire residence,

546
00:26:04,350 --> 00:26:06,080
yet she was nowhere to be found.

547
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:08,020
She's probably at Yuliang Wharf.

548
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:09,640
On this day

549
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:11,110
in the each of these 13 years,

550
00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:13,970
she would burn paper money for Jingqi
at that place.

551
00:26:17,270 --> 00:26:18,240
Old Madam,

552
00:26:18,350 --> 00:26:20,220
someone pried the lock
of the ancestral hall

553
00:26:20,220 --> 00:26:22,160
and stole Young Master Jingqi's
spirit tablet!

554
00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:22,960
What?

555
00:26:23,510 --> 00:26:24,510
Now,

556
00:26:25,030 --> 00:26:27,070
go to the wharf.

557
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:27,880
This is bad.

558
00:26:31,550 --> 00:26:35,080
[Spirit Tablet of Jingqi,
Son of the Li Family in Ming]

559
00:26:32,270 --> 00:26:33,400
Jingqi.

560
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:36,830
This year's autumn

561
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:39,400
feels so cold.

562
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:44,200
When I sleep at night,

563
00:26:44,550 --> 00:26:46,720
my hands and feet are freezing.

564
00:26:48,350 --> 00:26:49,480
In the past,

565
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,570
you would always fill my hot water bottle

566
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:55,510
and tuck me in before going to bed.

567
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,220
When will you come back

568
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,480
and warm up the bed for me again?

569
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,730
But it's a good thing
that you won't come back.

570
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,440
The family

571
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:14,680
is no longer what it used to be.

572
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:19,270
Our enemy

573
00:27:19,510 --> 00:27:21,440
is now boldly and openly

574
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,640
in charge of the Li family.

575
00:27:25,590 --> 00:27:26,350
Mother,

576
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,090
Sister-in-law,

577
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:29,640
and the Third Brother

578
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,270
all bow and scrape to her

579
00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:35,430
as if she's an honored guest.

580
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:38,880
They have all forgotten about you.

581
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:43,000
But I won't.

582
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,310
Jingqi,

583
00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:53,410
I'm coming to reunite with you.

584
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,030
Wait for me.

585
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,550
Eldest Aunt, slow down!

586
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:02,830
She really is here.

587
00:28:03,350 --> 00:28:04,310
Jiangyue!

588
00:28:05,790 --> 00:28:06,790
Jiangyue!

589
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:09,880
Don't come over.

590
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:11,160
Don't come near, all of you!

591
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:11,830
Jiangyue!

592
00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:13,070
Stay where you are!

593
00:28:13,070 --> 00:28:14,720
I'll jump if you come any closer!

594
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:15,640
Stay away!

595
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:16,640
Stay away!

596
00:28:17,030 --> 00:28:18,720
We are not going over.

597
00:28:19,790 --> 00:28:20,590
Jiangyue.

598
00:28:21,270 --> 00:28:23,070
Jiangyue, I won't go over there.

599
00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:25,110
Just don't hurt yourself, alright?

600
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,200
Mother has come to.

601
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,180
Not seeing you by her side,

602
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:30,860
she thought you'd be here.

603
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,680
So she asked us to come bring you home.

604
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,270
She wants a word with you.

605
00:28:34,510 --> 00:28:36,070
Let's go home, shall we?

606
00:28:36,270 --> 00:28:37,200
Sister-in-law,

607
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:39,160
don't try to coax me.

608
00:28:39,270 --> 00:28:40,790
In Mother's heart...

609
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:41,550
Doggie,

610
00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:42,590
tell Zhen I'm here.

611
00:28:42,590 --> 00:28:43,320
Come with me!

612
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:45,590
The Li family and Li Ink

613
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:48,350
are more important than her own son.

614
00:28:48,350 --> 00:28:49,200
Manager Zhen,

615
00:28:50,270 --> 00:28:50,960
Master Qi is here.

616
00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:52,960
I jeopardized the Li family.

617
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:53,590
I got it.

618
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:55,200
Given the family rules,

619
00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:57,610
will I be spared from punishment?

620
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,320
Instead of kneeling in the ancestral hall,

621
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,680
being taken to trial by you hypocrites,

622
00:29:05,030 --> 00:29:06,830
and begging for a shred of mercy,

623
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:10,160
I'd rather reunite...

624
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:11,510
Jiangyue!

625
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,550
with Jingqi in the nether world tonight.

626
00:29:16,550 --> 00:29:18,110
Jiangyue, don't do anything silly.

627
00:29:18,110 --> 00:29:19,640
I'm begging you!

628
00:29:41,510 --> 00:29:42,590
Tian Jiangyue!

629
00:29:43,590 --> 00:29:45,750
What's so great about seeking death?

630
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:48,240
You've been domineering for days.

631
00:29:48,510 --> 00:29:50,710
Don't make me look down on you at the end!

632
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,920
Don't you long to chase me away?

633
00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:56,550
Bring it on.

634
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:58,880
Fight me for a few more rounds!

635
00:29:59,350 --> 00:30:01,310
What, are you afraid now?

636
00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:03,210
Are you going to admit defeat?

637
00:30:03,550 --> 00:30:04,590
Tian Jiangyue,

638
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,440
I despise you.

639
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:07,790
I truly think of you

640
00:30:08,270 --> 00:30:10,030
as a coward!

641
00:30:16,550 --> 00:30:17,350
Let go...

642
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:18,310
Doggie!

643
00:30:18,590 --> 00:30:19,480
Jingqi!

644
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:20,000
Calm down!

645
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,000
Jingqi!

646
00:30:22,110 --> 00:30:23,110
Jingqi!

647
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,400
Let go of me!

648
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,200
Let go of me...

649
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:28,510
Let go of me!

650
00:30:28,510 --> 00:30:30,170
I want to reunite with Jingqi!

651
00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:31,110
Jingqi!

652
00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:32,960
Jingqi!

653
00:30:34,310 --> 00:30:35,400
Jingqi!

654
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:39,510
Jingqi...

655
00:30:54,350 --> 00:30:55,610
Seventh Grandmother,

656
00:30:56,070 --> 00:30:57,510
why are you up?

657
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:01,920
Zhen,

658
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:03,750
where is your fourth aunt?

659
00:31:03,830 --> 00:31:04,590
In the main hall.

660
00:31:04,590 --> 00:31:06,390
Uncle Jingdong is watching her.

661
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,240
Go there with me then.

662
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,070
It is time you got to know some things

663
00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:13,400
about the family,

664
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,600
since you're head of the household now.

665
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,110
Seventh Grandmother,

666
00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:18,350
you just woke up from a coma.

667
00:31:18,350 --> 00:31:19,270
You shouldn't strain yourself.

668
00:31:19,270 --> 00:31:20,680
What if you catch a cold?

669
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:21,510
Go back inside.

670
00:31:21,510 --> 00:31:22,920
Leave everything to us.

671
00:31:23,310 --> 00:31:25,040
Just go to the main hall with me.

672
00:31:29,790 --> 00:31:30,830
Li Jingdong,

673
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,750
you're a coward!

674
00:31:32,750 --> 00:31:33,960
You are incompetent!

675
00:31:34,510 --> 00:31:36,070
If you hadn't surrendered,

676
00:31:36,070 --> 00:31:36,750
how could this girl

677
00:31:36,750 --> 00:31:38,590
throw her weight around in the family

678
00:31:38,590 --> 00:31:40,830
and boss us around?

679
00:31:41,070 --> 00:31:42,960
Don't forget we're senior to her.

680
00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:48,720
There are no morals or rules

681
00:31:48,830 --> 00:31:50,310
in this family anymore.

682
00:31:51,030 --> 00:31:54,000
It's about to fall apart.

683
00:31:56,030 --> 00:31:58,880
You'd better put me under watch
all the time,

684
00:31:59,070 --> 00:32:01,160
or I'll kill myself by hitting the wall

685
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,030
or hanging myself in the Li residence,

686
00:32:03,030 --> 00:32:04,430
so that everyone will see

687
00:32:04,590 --> 00:32:05,920
how a daughter-in-law

688
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,400
of the Li family is driven to death
by you lot!

689
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:09,510
Let go of me.

690
00:32:16,350 --> 00:32:17,160
Mother.

691
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:18,720
Mother.

692
00:32:19,590 --> 00:32:20,400
Mother...

693
00:32:24,790 --> 00:32:26,270
Zhen, you stay put.

694
00:32:26,790 --> 00:32:29,320
Jingdong, go back to your room
with your wife.

695
00:32:30,070 --> 00:32:31,680
Wanyi, off you go as well.

696
00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:34,880
Servants, leave and stay behind the door.

697
00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:01,400
Jiangyue,

698
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:04,270
I heard

699
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,160
Jingqi's spirit tablet was gone.

700
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,480
But don't worry.

701
00:33:12,110 --> 00:33:16,070
I have sent someone to procure fine wood

702
00:33:16,750 --> 00:33:19,000
to make a new one.

703
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,750
We will place it properly

704
00:33:23,550 --> 00:33:25,830
in the ancestral hall,

705
00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:27,720
alright?

706
00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:32,000
Mother.

707
00:33:39,510 --> 00:33:41,070
As his mother,

708
00:33:42,510 --> 00:33:44,750
you finally think of Jingqi, your son,

709
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:47,110
at this time.

710
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:49,550
The one who caused his death

711
00:33:49,550 --> 00:33:51,680
is standing right behind you.

712
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,270
Jiangyue,

713
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:02,270
come on,

714
00:34:02,790 --> 00:34:04,750
let me hold your hand.

715
00:34:10,150 --> 00:34:11,510
Jiangyue,

716
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,360
I know

717
00:34:15,150 --> 00:34:16,590
you've been thinking

718
00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:22,920
about Jingqi all the time,

719
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:24,880
right?

720
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,800
When Jingqi passed away,

721
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,920
I thought

722
00:34:33,710 --> 00:34:36,960
if you didn't want to stay
in the Li family,

723
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,000
I wouldn't force you to.

724
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:45,590
Who would've known

725
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:48,670
you still chose to be committed

726
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,670
to him for the rest of your life?

727
00:35:21,550 --> 00:35:24,360
What was your prayer
to the Flower Goddess?

728
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,190
Can you tell me?

729
00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:30,400
Why ask for so much detail?

730
00:35:31,550 --> 00:35:33,030
It was nothing...

731
00:35:33,710 --> 00:35:35,280
more than an ordinary wish.

732
00:35:35,510 --> 00:35:37,880
Your wish is certainly my wish.

733
00:35:38,190 --> 00:35:39,280
Now tell me about it,

734
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,140
so I can always keep it in my heart.

735
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:43,510
Actually,

736
00:35:44,190 --> 00:35:45,760
it was nothing special.

737
00:35:46,150 --> 00:35:48,320
I only prayed that our family

738
00:35:48,630 --> 00:35:50,110
could always be safe,

739
00:35:50,710 --> 00:35:53,670
happy, and harmonious

740
00:35:53,710 --> 00:35:55,150
year after year

741
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:57,800
when we had children.

742
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,400
Jiangyue, rest assured.

743
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,400
As long as I am still in the family,

744
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,500
I won't let you ever get upset.

745
00:36:04,230 --> 00:36:06,320
I promise to protect you for a lifetime

746
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,850
and build a good life
for you and our children.

747
00:36:19,590 --> 00:36:21,920
Over these years,

748
00:36:23,030 --> 00:36:25,880
when you cause kerfuffles
every now and then,

749
00:36:27,510 --> 00:36:30,440
I would always give in.

750
00:36:33,550 --> 00:36:36,760
It's because from the bottom of my heart,

751
00:36:37,230 --> 00:36:38,840
I truly respect you,

752
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:41,360
and I feel deeply

753
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,480
sorry for you.

754
00:36:47,510 --> 00:36:48,880
The Li family

755
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:51,630
is a great clan

756
00:36:53,070 --> 00:36:55,070
that has carried on its legacy

757
00:36:55,630 --> 00:36:58,320
for hundreds of years in Huizhou.

758
00:37:00,190 --> 00:37:02,960
We have established rules

759
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,400
for our descendants' marriages.

760
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:09,190
Jingyuan passed away early.

761
00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:12,670
The Seventh Branch is the legitimate line.

762
00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:16,710
My son, Jingqi,

763
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,550
was supposed to inherit
the family business.

764
00:37:21,710 --> 00:37:22,590
The family

765
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:28,030
had already chosen
a well-matched wife for him.

766
00:37:29,510 --> 00:37:31,670
Initially, I never gave

767
00:37:32,630 --> 00:37:34,360
my consent

768
00:37:35,550 --> 00:37:37,110
to him marrying you.

769
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:39,960
Later,

770
00:37:40,670 --> 00:37:43,360
Jingfu and Jingqi

771
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:46,800
knelt before my chamber

772
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:51,670
for two whole days and nights.

773
00:37:58,070 --> 00:38:00,280
As a mother,

774
00:38:04,510 --> 00:38:06,000
I finally relented.

775
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,070
At that time, I thought to myself,

776
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,590
that I must go in person

777
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:18,670
to see this girl

778
00:38:19,510 --> 00:38:22,550
who my son was so determined to marry.

779
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,760
That day was still vivid in my mind.

780
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,320
I was seated at your home,

781
00:38:31,670 --> 00:38:34,320
while you walked towards me

782
00:38:35,510 --> 00:38:38,840
and greeted me with perfect propriety.

783
00:38:39,590 --> 00:38:41,880
You were so lovable.

784
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,150
Then you finished the act

785
00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:49,960
and looked up at me. At that moment,

786
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:52,630
I...

787
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,800
I knew right then

788
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:02,190
you were destined to be
a daughter-in-law of the Li family.

789
00:39:05,030 --> 00:39:05,920
Mother.

790
00:39:07,030 --> 00:39:08,000
Mother...

791
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:17,230
You and Jingqi made
solemn pledges of love.

792
00:39:17,230 --> 00:39:18,890
Your romance was passionate.

793
00:39:20,030 --> 00:39:21,760
But within just six months,

794
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:23,550
Jingqi...

795
00:39:24,190 --> 00:39:26,000
passed away.

796
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:30,000
At least, Jingyuan left his wife

797
00:39:30,510 --> 00:39:32,360
with a son.

798
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,670
But what about Jingqi?

799
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:39,880
Jiangyue,

800
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,920
I just have one question for you.

801
00:39:45,710 --> 00:39:47,190
In your whole life,

802
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,440
who really wronged you?

803
00:39:50,510 --> 00:39:52,670
Was it Jingqi,

804
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,230
or the Li family?

805
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:57,670
Mother,

806
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:00,760
over all these years,

807
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,960
I couldn't have lived to this very moment

808
00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:07,590
without the hatred in my heart.

809
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,800
Then tell me!

810
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:14,440
Do you hate the Eighth Branch,

811
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,070
or yourself?

812
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,490
When you just married into the family,

813
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,590
you were overly ambitious

814
00:40:26,110 --> 00:40:29,370
and constantly egging Jingqi
on to stand out in the family.

815
00:40:29,550 --> 00:40:32,670
You even pushed him to fight and compete

816
00:40:32,670 --> 00:40:36,230
for the task of escorting
the Tribute Ink to the Capital.

817
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,480
Jingqi was in such a tough spot

818
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,230
that he had no choice

819
00:40:43,670 --> 00:40:46,280
but to turn to me in private.

820
00:40:48,510 --> 00:40:50,190
That was why

821
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,800
I decided to let

822
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,480
the three brothers of them

823
00:40:58,030 --> 00:41:00,400
set out for the Capital together.

824
00:41:05,030 --> 00:41:08,440
I made them go to the Capital together.

825
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,440
You must

826
00:41:14,190 --> 00:41:16,670
remember this clearly.

827
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:19,550
It was not my fault.

828
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:21,510
I didn't cause that.

829
00:41:21,510 --> 00:41:23,880
It couldn't have been because of me.

830
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,800
I was never involved.

831
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:28,920
It was not my fault, Mother.

832
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,070
It was not.

833
00:41:32,470 --> 00:41:33,710
You...

834
00:41:34,550 --> 00:41:36,630
Look at yourself.

835
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:38,550
What have you been

836
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:42,070
reduced to after all these years?

837
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,490
If Jingqi knew about this
in the nether world,

838
00:41:47,550 --> 00:41:50,070
could he rest in peace?

839
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:53,360
If...

840
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:58,670
you still think of me as your mother,

841
00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:04,510
then let go of all your hatred

842
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:10,590
and start living a better life
from now on.

843
00:42:17,710 --> 00:42:18,880
In addition,

844
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,280
no matter what,

845
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:24,880
do not give up

846
00:42:25,230 --> 00:42:26,960
your own life.

847
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:32,430
Zhen,

848
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,000
you're head of the family now.

849
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:38,070
This matter

850
00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:40,190
is yours to handle.

851
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:52,150
Mother.

852
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:53,840
Mother!

853
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:55,670
Mother...