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Once upon a time, there was a planet far away in outer space.

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The environment there was almost the same as Earth's.

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So, of course, there were aliens living on it.

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After a long process of evolution, those aliens

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established their own civilization.

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One day, their scientists predicted that their galaxy was going to collapse.

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To escape,

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they immigrated to other planets in the universe by spaceship

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And one group of them came to Earth.

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They called themselves the Fox Clan.

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Ancient men on Earth were shocked when they saw them.

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An ancient book reads that

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a huge ship-like object flew above the western sea.

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The people in it wore hats, had white feathers all over their bodies,

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and flew high in the sky with no wings.

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That is the first impression the Fox Clan made on humans.

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To adapt to the environment on Earth,

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the Fox Clan never stopped evolving.

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Finally, they began to look like humans and gradually fit in with them.

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Since ancient times, the conflict between humans and the Fox Clan never ended.

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There was a government proofreading official named Dai Fu,

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who was especially interested in the love between foxes and humans.

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He believed love could overcome everything.

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After Dai Fu died, his son collected all of the stories he had written.

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He called it "Guang Yi Ji" and had it published.

(The Great Book of Marvels)

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It was quite popular among its readers.

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After storytellers added more details,

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the stories spread even further.

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But humans began to fear foxes,

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instead of just being curious.

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Foxes noticed that humans were getting less and less friendly.

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They had to hide their identity in this world.

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[The Love Knot: His Excellency's First Love]

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[Episode 8]

[This story is purely fictional]

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Lord Qingmu, although most of the southern rebel tribes

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are in our hands,

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the rebel Helan Jingting's soldiers

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are extremely out of control.

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Also, according to rumor, not only does he make contact with humans,

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the family around him also goes out among the humans.

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Reporting! Tushan's eldest daughter, Qianhua, seeks an audience.

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Tushan Qianhua, here to show my respect to Lord Qingmu.

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What is it? Tell me.

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I, Qianhua, believe that this time, Helan Jingting's rebellion is due to other reasons.

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I'm willing to go personally to the south to persuade him otherwise.

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Helan Jingting and I are still betrothed.

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So if I show up now, it will be most suitable.

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I ask, Lord Qingmu, to let this Qianhua try it.

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Lord Father, I'm willing to go

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and defeat Ah Xi and his rebels.

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You are brothers. Killing each other isn't a good idea, is it?

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The best time to destroy them is right now, when they are weak.

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If we don't go now--

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The Tushans are a strong pillar of the Fox Clan

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and are betrothed to Ah Xi.

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Since they're willing to go and intercede, I will give them that chance.

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- Father, if this time--

- If...

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he can change his mind, it's a good thing.

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- Consider it again, my father.

- Song'er.

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Don't say another word.

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Qianhua... please.

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Song'er.

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Song'er.

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Do you think there's still a chance to turn this around?

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Ah Xi is still the same as of old.

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He's refused to see you over and over again.

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I'm afraid that, unlike Father,

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he doesn't want to repair this father-son relationship.

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It's because I've overindulged him all this time.

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Forget it... Let him be.

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Father, the Head Priest's successor, I think...

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should we consider changing it?

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What do you mean?

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Ah Xi intends to mingle with humans long term.

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He has already distanced himself from the affairs of the Fox Clan. I was thinking

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right now, he doesn't seem fit to be successor.

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So, shouldn't you consider changing it?

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Looking at the current situation,

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indeed, Song'er, you are more suitable to lead the Fox Clan.

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However, Ah Xi has an excellent reputation in the southern Fox Clan.

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I want to talk to him about it again.

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Helan Jingting has been chasing that human girl for eons.

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He's led the entire southern Fox Clan to maintain close relations with humans.

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- Don't you think that's dangerous, Father?

- Say no more!

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Whether it's in troubled times or now,

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Ah Xi is still my son.

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I believe that he'll change.

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I will talk to him again.

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Father, I have something else to say.

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The Zhao Song Pearl of Charm has found its owner.

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Your charm? Who did you give it to?

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The eldest daughter of the Tushans, Qianhua.

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Qianhua?!

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Who negotiated this with the Tushans?

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It was Qianhua... her own decision.

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Also, she and I are in love with each other.

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Father, Qianhua and I have already made plans

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to visit the elders in the near future.

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Say, how do you think it's going between Lord Helan and Miss Guan?

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Lord Helan must have his own ways, right?

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But I feel like relationships are hard to call.

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I really hope those two can have a good result.

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- I'm saying all these things but are you even listening?

- What?

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Can you hurry up? I'm so hungry.

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How about this? I'll go to the coffee shop and wait for you there.

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- Which coffee shop?

- What other coffee shop can it be?

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Didn't you say you were going to go to a different shop?

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Why? That shop has nice surroundings, good food, and not too many people.

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You're not going for the food.

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Like you care.

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You're still not full yet?

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That's right. Isn't the wrap party today?

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It hasn't even started yet and you're already thinking about a feast?

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It's only thinking. I see someone's here to take over my shift. I'll be going.

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I hope you have a successful performance tonight.

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Thank you.

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Oh, right. How was Pipi last night?

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After what happened, I'm pretty worried about her, too.

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I don't know who she could have provoked to attract that kind of guy.

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I'll go bring her back. We'll cheer you on together.

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Do you still remember that one night when I had dinner with my junior?

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I remember.

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Actually, that night...

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Jialin, let me ask you a question.

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Ask me.

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If I didn't exist,

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would you and Pipi stay together forever?

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How to say this?

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I think Pipi and I... aren't on the same path.

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All this time, we've pretty much had nothing to talk about.

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Even I don't know how long two mismatched people can be together.

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Oh, yeah. Before... Before, what did you want to say?

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It's not important.

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Then, I'll go first.

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Good luck, tonight!

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Mom, I'm not going to eat at home.

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Where are you going so late?

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I'm going to see Tianxin's performance.

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Dinner's all ready but you're going to see Tianxin's performance? The soup is almost ready, too. Drink a bowl and then go.

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No. No. I've agreed on a time with Jialin. I'm about to be late.

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You're going with Jialin? Then, hurry and go. Don't be late.

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But Mom needs to tell you this.

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These days, boys like Jialin are rare. Hold on to him! Cling to him.

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I know, Mom.

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Say, can you not do that?

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The child's grown up already. She knows what she has to do. You shouldn't put more pressure on her.

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What pressure did I give her?

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I gave you too little pressure all these years and that's why you've been a laborer all your life.

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Do you want our daughter to be like you, having no future?

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Mom. Okay, okay.

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Hurry and go make the soup. I'll drink it when I get home tonight.

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Drink? What drink? Let me ask. What did you say to Jialin?

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All these years, the Tao family still hasn't given a hint?

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What are you planning on doing?

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I can handle my own issues.

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Okay. You handle it yourself. Go handle it.

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The old one, the young one.

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- I'm not at ease for either one of you!

- Okay, you can relax your mouth now, for a bit. Hurry and go.

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- I'm leaving.

- Say, you--

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Hey! Hey! Come back early tonight!

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Tianxin!

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Pipi, come in.

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It's good enough that you came. Why bring flowers?

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I can't come here empty-handed. Good luck.

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Thanks.

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Sit.

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What a big bouquet!

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Who gave it to you? So pretty.

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A friend of mine.

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Right. The guy who harassed you last night,

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what's your relationship with him?

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He's... He's just someone I met through work.

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A few nights ago,

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didn't you have dinner together, just the two of you?

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How do you know that?

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I was at the same restaurant.

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I was having dinner with a friend and I saw you two.

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You two seemed pretty close.

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We are not close.

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My editor asked me to interview him.

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He is very strange.

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What did you two talk about that night?

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Just...

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Fox.

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his heart...

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I can't explain it. You wouldn't believe me anyway.

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You're not telling me because I won't believe it?

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Lately, a lot of strange things have happened to me.

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I'm pretty upset.

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So I'm thinking about quitting my job.

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I'll prepare myself and wait until Jialin goes to the U.S.

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Who knows if he will take me, right?

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Senior, there's 15 minutes left.

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You get ready. I am going to go wait for Jialin.

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- Courage!

- Courage!

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Pipi, you're not wearing perfume today?

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I never wear perfume.

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Is that so?

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I liked your perfume a few days ago.

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Right. What did you want to tell me last night?

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Nothing much.

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Let's welcome Tianxin from the Music Department

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who will preform for us a song.

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♪ When the sun goes down, I see your star is striding.

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♪ When the moon shows up, it seems like I can hear your heart beating.

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♪ When summer's gone I'll be sad and stronger

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♪ When you leave I know you've never been close to me

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♪ I hope that we'll be wanting, I'll finally catch you

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♪ Get your dream I know that is inside of... my memory.

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Let me wrap up the wound and force the blood out.

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♪ Now it's time to say goodbye

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- I remember you told me,

♪ I want to say goodnight

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not to choose to hate just because I'm afraid of getting hurt.

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That I had to give myself a chance.

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♪ I know there will be one day you finally catch your dream

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♪ Get your dream I know that is inside of my memory

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♪ I want to say goodnight to you

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♪ Now it's time to say goodbye

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♪ I want to say goodnight and see your smile

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♪ But it's time to say goodbye

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♪ I want to say goodnight to you

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♪ Now it's time to say goodbye

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♪ I want to say goodnight and see your smile

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♪ But it's time to say goodbye.

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I'm sorry.

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It's me who acted inappropriately. I'm going to go.

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Qianhua...

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forget about me.

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What's wrong?

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Why did the power go out?

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This camera always breaks when I need it most.

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Master Kuanyong,

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how long do we plan to look at ourselves on the screen here?

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You look so good. Look, it's pitch black.

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The power has been out for so long.

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Let's go have dinner, okay?

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Okay, okay. It's my fault.

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Let's pick another restaurant. Okay?

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Are you happy now? Let's go?

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Wait.

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You go eat alone. I'm not hungry.

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If you have something to say, say it to my face. Don't be like this!

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I have given it a lot of thought.

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Even though we are brothers,

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we can't do everything together.

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About eating, we can--

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There is no "together or not together" argument with me.

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Don't forget what you promised me when you were little.

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I talked crazy when I was little.

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Xiuxian! Xiuxian?

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- You're here.

- He's not here?

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- Xiuxian?

- Yes.

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Why are you asking me? You're with him all day.

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I'll go make you a sandwich.

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It's good you're here by yourself.

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I don't know how to cook meat without the lights on.

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I walked three blocks to get you your vegetarian salad.

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It looks delicious.

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Come out and eat.

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Kuanyong?

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Kuanyong?

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Sorry. We only have meat, now. We are out of vegetables.

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How about trying some of my special sauce?

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It should taste all right.

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Miss Xin, don't tell Xiuxian about this.

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So, you do eat meat.

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Right. Not just vegetables.

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I'm only a vegetarian now because of something that happened when I was a kid.

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When you were a kid? What happened?

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We were raised on a fox farm.

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What's a fox farm?

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Using modern terms, you can say it was an orphanage.

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But our orphanage was different from others.

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We were... made to work.

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You stopped eating meat because they made you work?

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The work environment back then was very harsh. It was very strict.

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We had to finish everything on our plate at every meal.

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If we didn't, we were scolded and beaten.

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You know how Xiuxian is.

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He's been very picky since he was little.

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He never ate vegetables, only meat.

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So I helped him by eating his vegetables.

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I was afraid he wouldn't eat enough, so I always gave him my meat.

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He's very proud, so I couldn't let him know. So I lied to him.

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I told him I was a vegetarian.

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But it's been hundreds of years. I'm used to it now.

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This sauce is very good.

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You became a vegetarian for hundreds of years just for him.

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Then, are you two...

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No.

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I'll go get you some more.

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Thanks.

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Pipi, I'm going to the bathroom.

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Okay.

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You were very good on stage.

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The power went out. Are you okay?

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Where's Pipi?

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- I--

- Come to America with me!

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What are you doing here?

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You're going to the north to find the elders of the Fox Clan.

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I can help you.

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Under what conditions?

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No conditions. I'm happy to do it.

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But one more thing.

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You know that

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northern Fox Clan is no more clever than clan members in the south.

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They're conservative and very suspicious.

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After hundreds of years away, the southern Fox Clan gives off a strange smell.

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If you go with only the written order, it'll be useless.

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But I... can go along with you.

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It will help you solve some problems.

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It's pretty simple, right?

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Fine. We will leave on the next new moon--

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No rush.

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The Elders of the northern clan have nasty tempers.

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Lately, they've gotten into many arguments with the south.

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If anything happens, I won't be able to stop it.

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The most important thing now is to convince the Elders...

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that you're one of them.

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So, wear my Pearl of Charm and become Left Priest's woman.

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Pipi, I read your resignation letter.

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Your reason is "a desire to find the meaning of life?"

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What happened? Anything wrong at work?

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No.

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Any relationship problems?

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Fine. It's better than not having a plan at all.

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There are many things in life that seem complicated but actually have an easy answer.

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But it's not easy to see through them.

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It's a journalist's job to see through the haze and find the truth.

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No matter what your answer will be,

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I hope you can carry on.

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All right. Thank you.

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Take this letter back.

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I don't know.

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I didn't do well in this job. Now you're trying to make me sta--

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No. No, no! It's not that.

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Actually, if you have time, correct the spelling in this letter.

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Print out another one and give it back to me, okay?

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I'm sorry. Sorry!

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I'll do it.

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No, no. No need! I'll do it myself.

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[Do fairy foxes really exist?]

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Wang Xuan, the picture you t--

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Editor.

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The gossip about Helan Jingting and Qianhua,

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are you still working on it now that Pipi's gone?

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Editor, the story I'm working on now is much more interesting.

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This is a very good topic. It can sell at least 100,000 copies for us.

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At most, it can sell 1 million copies!

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It's a breaking story that can shake the world!

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I'm almost done. Just wait. Wait.

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Hey.

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Keep an eye on Wang Xuan. She's been acting crazy recently.

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Make sure nothing goes wrong.

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What do you want?

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This is Tao Jialin speaking. I received your email. Yeah.

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You mean, you haven't received my master's degree, right?

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I did send the original one to you. It's not a copy, right?

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About a week ago.

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All right. I'll figure it out. Thank you, sir.

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Hello? Tianxin?

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[Only the past three days of posts are shown]

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[Jialin, where are you? I just quit. I want to see you.]

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Yeah, sure! I will fly there.

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Okay. Okay. Yeah, see you soon. Bye.

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- Is it taken care of?

- It's taken care of.

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Thank you, so much! You have no idea what my brain was like when I got that call.

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Don't let such a small thing get in the way of going to the school you worked so hard for.

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Uh... Do you still want to go with me?

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My visa has not expired. I have nothing else to do.

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It'll be a vacation. I probably can help you with some things.

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I wonder what the weather is like and if this outfit will be okay.

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Take this with you.

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What for?

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Where's the copy of my degree?

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Didn't I take it out earlier?

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Isn't this the degree?

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Oh, right. Right. Look at me.

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- This is from your childhood?

- Yes.

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I'll go see.

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Pipi? Why are you here?

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Jialin, I have something I need to say to you.

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- Pipi is here. You go hide.

- Haven't you talked to her yet?

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I haven't. I was afraid... The timing just wasn't good.

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I'll talk to her when I come back from the U.S. You go hide now.

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Pipi, what brought you here?

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I need to tell you something.

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What?

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Jialin, you're...

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Oh. I'm leaving for the U.S. tomorrow.

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Huh? So fast?

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Yes. The delivery service lost my degree.

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The school said it's not too late if I hand it in this week. So I need to leave tomorrow.

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Wait.

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Hello? Yes, I am.

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Future Jialin, hello.

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You must be an impressive scientist by now. I knew you could do it.

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I think you're so smart. So good at your studies and brave, too.

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You can do anything you want on your own.

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I will support you all my life.

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Let me help you be the best scientist in the world.

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Are you still hanging out with me now that you've become a scientist?

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When you're number one in the world, I'll be number two.

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Or your assistant? All right?

[- Guan Pipi]

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Okay, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir.

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- Jialin.

- Huh?

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What I wanted to say is...

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I quit my job.

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When did you quit? W-Why did you quit?

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I wanted to say that...

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I meant nothing else. I just thought that since I'm leaving for America soon,

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I definitely need to learn the language first.

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With work and other things... I just need to prepare ahead of time.

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- I'm not trying to push--

- Pipi.

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Jialin, do you have time tonight?

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About going to the U.S.,

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and some other things afterward, I want to chat with you about that.

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But that's after I get back. Right now, there are many things left to do.

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In a bit, I have to go to a department dinner with my professors. So...

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Sure. Sure. Then you go do what you need to do. I'll wait for you to come back.

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- I'll send you on your way.

- Huh?

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- Let's go.

- Oh.

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- You don't need me to help you pack?

- It's fine.

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I feel so guilty, now.

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I will definitely tell her, when it's the right time.

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You promise me you'll tell her when you come back this time.

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I don't want to keep this from her anymore.

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Hello, Pipi? I'm at school now.

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There's something on at my house tonight.

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All right.

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Always, we begin to avoid others before we notice it.

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Maybe we are afraid to get hurt.

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Maybe we are afraid of hurting others.

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Unknown consequences and feeling responsible...

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will soon drive us to give up our convictions and lose courage.

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♫ A relationship met by chance ♫

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♫ Stumbling through separation and return ♫

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♫ Everything on the mind hangs like a bright moon ♫

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♫ Longing sleeps in the night sky ♫

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♫ Perhaps as I hoped, it was just a fantasy ♫

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♫ The past is flying by

I can hear your heartbeat ♫

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♫ Reincarnated love, it was just a daydream ♫

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♫ Seeing each other again, time stops in place ♫

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♫ A thousand loves in a glance ♫

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♫ A thousand year fate

Spreading through time ♫

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♫ Day and night

It’s you that loves my face ♫

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♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫

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♫ A thousand year fate

Spreading through time ♫

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♫ Day and night

It’s you that loves my face ♫

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♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫

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♫ A thousand love in a glance ♫