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

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The people in it wore crowns, had white feathers all over their bodies, 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, 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, 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, the stories spread even further.

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But humans began to fear foxes, 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 9]

[This story is purely fictional.]

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What's going on with you two? You're still eating?

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What about the ones over there?

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So slow, like a girl.

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Hurry and eat! After you finish eating, hurry and go work. Go!

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I'll give you the meat. I'm not eating it.

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Serve them well.

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Your hands are quite tender.

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Come. I'll help you peel a tangerine.

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- Prestigious customer arrives!

- Come in, please.

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I didn't know such a prestigious customer would honor us with her presence. Excuse me for not going out to greet you.

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I'm ashamed. The time has come for me to give birth for the Fox Clan,

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but every attempt has failed.

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Today I came, but I don't know

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which master's favor I should receive.

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Boss, please give me some suggestions.

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This won't do, at all. First, drink the tea.

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What about the master in the green robes?

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You really have good taste. He's a new one.

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Hey.

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How about the other one?

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That one is even better.

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I'll apply the medicine for you.

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Endure it a bit.

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Thanks.

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Let's go.

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If we continue to do this work, our bodies won't be able to handle it.

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Your illness is getting more and more severe.

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Escaping? You two even want to escape?

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One is ill and one is always so slow every day.

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You can't even get a customer. If you still can't make it happen, there'll be more suffering!

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Hit them! Beat them!

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Boss, the Right High Priest is here.

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Right High Priest? Here now?

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Maybe it's related to that human from a few days ago.

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All right. All right.

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Lord Right High Priest, welcome.

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What brings you here?

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You know very clearly why I have come.

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Tanfeng Manor holds Lord Qingmu's badge.

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We can't be disbanded by your few words, alone, by the Lord Right High Priest.

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Tanfeng Manor is in my territory.

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With humans, you have been involved in fox trafficking.

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Do you think I don't know? This is a severe crime.

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Our breeding foxes are essential for Fox Clan's reproductive future.

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Lord Qingmu knows this.

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The different tribes of Fox Clan are drifting apart.

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That is the reason we have no newborns.

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The use of breeding foxes in reproduction

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is driving them even further apart. Will you take responsibility for that?

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How could Lord Qingmu produce a mutt bastard like you?

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Relationships built on love

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are more stable than the ties of blood and a mutual need to reproduce.

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This is how the Fox Clan will prosper for ages to come.

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Tanfeng Manor... has to go.

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The world is so big, anywhere can be your home. Stop following me!

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- Lord Helan!

- Lord Helan!

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I have no way to take care of you. Stop following me.

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[Vanilla: Bake Shop]

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Welcome customer.

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Pipi?

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You didn't go to work?

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Were you scolded by the chief editor?

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You seem really tired. I'll make you some coffee.

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- Xiaoju.

- Huh?

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- I resigned.

- Why?

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There is too much going on lately.

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I'm a mess. I want to get myself organized.

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For that, you didn't have to resign.

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Go on vacation first and take a rest.

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Anyway, I didn't like the job. So, I quit.

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Right now, I just want to hurry and go to America with Jialin and start a new life.

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Go to America? Did Jialin say something to you?

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Not yet. There's a problem on Jialin's side.

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His diploma got lost in the mail so he has to go there.

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But he said that after he comes back, he'll talk about going to America with me.

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Why do I keep getting the feeling he means that he's not going to take you along?

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Can't you hope for something better for me?

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Right now, I just want to go to America with Jialin and start a new life.

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Starting a new life and avoiding life is not the same thing.

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So, if you leave, what about that Helan?

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He...

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He probably doesn't want to see me anymore.

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But that's also good, since I already achieved my objective.

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What's wrong with you two?

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Do you remember the day I asked those two weirdos to arrange for me to meet Mr. Helan?

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I remember.

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Later on, we did meet.

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I took a bag of realgar I had bought with me.

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Realgar? What for?

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I read online that foxes are afraid of ruby sulfur,

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so I bought a bag for protection.

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When he found out, he got really angry

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and put his finger into the realgar.

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What happened?

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It hurt him.

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Pipi, I think you've gone overboard on this issue.

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Mr. Helan likes you.

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Also, he didn't do anything dangerous to you. Isn't that right?

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But...

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I'll put it like this.

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This world is full of unknown things.

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You can't carry ruby sulfur

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because you're afraid of him.

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What if he carried acid with him when meeting you, because he was afraid?

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How would you feel?

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Why aren't those two weirdos here?

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I don't know what's happening with them lately. They're always mad.

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Mad?

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- I'm going to go.

- Where are you going?

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I have something to do.

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Go safely.

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Morning, Miss Xin.

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What is this emoticon package called? I want it, too.

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If you want to go, go.

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What makes you think you get to decide for me? I'm not going.

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You're not going? Then, I'll go.

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You... What makes you think you can go by yourself? I'm going, too.

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I'm going.

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I'm also going.

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[Taxi]

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[Taxi-Meter]

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Miss Guan, you came?

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How did you know it was me?

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I can smell you.

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No wonder.

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Here. These flowers are for you.

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The flower shop owner said there's unfertilized.

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Thank you.

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Today, I came to apologize to you.

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Apologize for what?

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Last time, I injured your finger.

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Oh, it's fine. I was the one who put my finger in the ruby sulfur.

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No. I shouldn't have had the ruby sulfur when I met you.

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I'm sorry.

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It's all right. Come in. I'll get something for you to drink.

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Oh, no need.

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Do you not want to drink because you're really not thirsty,

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or are you actually thirsty, but unwilling to trouble me, so your heart—

- I'll drink it.

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I guessed correctly, indeed.

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There's something I want to tell you.

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I quit my job today.

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So, I won't be publishing that interview.

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No one will know your secret. Don't worry.

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That's great. That will save me a lot of trouble.

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Thanks.

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Actually, I've started to believe

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those things you told me.

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But to an ordinary person like me,

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when you said them, didn't you think I would be afraid?

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You should have been afraid.

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Then, why did you still tell me?

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You should have just made something up and been done with it.

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I told you that I wouldn't lie to you in this lifetime.

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So, whatever you ask me, I'll answer it truthfully and sincerely.

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I have another question, something I wanted to ask you on the day of the auction.

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Why me?

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Am I special in some way?

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To my mind, you are the most special and the most unique.

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I will protect you with my life.

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You don't have to go that far, do you?

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The meaning still is not clear to me.

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I'm sorry. Right now, I have no way

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to help you sort this out cleanly,

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but I hope you can trust me. I won't ever hurt you.

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Is your hand better?

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Oh, it's much better. I'm glad you reminded me. It's time to change the bandage.

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I'll help you.

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Can you?

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- I can.

- All right.

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- Hey.

- What?

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You're walking up the wrong direction.

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I'm not. I originally wanted to exercise.

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Hey. What are you two doing?

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Slow down, you two.

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I'll go buy popcorn.

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- Do you prefer to eat sweet or salty?

- Either will do.

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Then, can you please ask the black-suited mister in front of me?

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- Do you like—

- Anything will do.

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Miss Xin, do you like to sit in the back row or the front row?

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Anywhere will do. Where does Xiuxian like to sit?

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He likes to sit in the back row, so I'll buy the front row.

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Where are you going? Your number is over here.

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I don't want to sit next to him. I'm staying away from him.

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It's right here.

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I'm sorry. This is my seat.

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You're sitting in someone else's seat.

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- I'm sorry.

- No manners.

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You're sitting in my seat.

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You ridicule others while doing the same thing.

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Bad eyesight. Can't see seat numbers.

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Did both your brains get drowned in water today?

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- Are you eating or not?

- I'm not eating.

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- Hey, why didn't you ask me if I'm eating or not?

- Aren't you eating?

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I want to eat the ones you feed me.

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There's butter on the popcorn.

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Eat less. If you eat too much you'll get sick of it.

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- Lower your voice!

- Bad manners.

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- Such bad manners!

- What!

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Done.

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Thank you.

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Are you still afraid of me even now?

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I don't know why,

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but it seems I'm not as afraid as I was before.

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That's good.

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Do you have something to say?

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It's better not to say it. It will frighten you.

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Then, just tell me a little.

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I don't want to.

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Then, I'll ask questions instead. Didn't you say you wouldn't lie to me?

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Are you threatening me?

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I'm not.

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Actually, I'm quite curious.

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Before, didn't you say some foxes eat human livers?

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Why do they eat people's liver?

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Because eating a human liver will extend our lives.

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Then, do the other two foxes eat them, too?

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Are you talking about Xiuxian and Kuanyong?

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They don't eat them.

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All foxes from the south don't know how to eat them.

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A thousand years ago, I implemented a directive.

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Then, have you really never eaten one?

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It's all right. You don't have to answer.

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I ate one.

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It was against my will.

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It happened a very long time ago.

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Then, if there's nothing else, I'm going to go ahead and go.

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Miss Guan,

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if my not being near you allows you to have

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normal and happy days, then

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I'm willing to leave you alone.

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Because I've discovered that loving someone who doesn't love you back really hurts.

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I'm sorry.

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I understand. Please, trust me.

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I will put in a lot of hard work just for your happiness.

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Then, goodbye.

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Goodbye.

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Wow.

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Hit him.

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Hit him! Hit him!

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Really...

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Both born of the same root, why torment each other so cruelly!

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- Who is born of the same root?

- Who is born of the same root?

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This movie was too good.

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Caesar is my new idol.

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So, Zhao Kuanyong,

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don't get too close to humans.

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What good is it? It's pointless being good to them.

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In this movie, look at what they did to the animals.

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You also saw it.

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Those bad people really went overboard.

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If I dominate the world one day,

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I'll lock them all up.

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No offense.

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You can't do that. If we do, then what is the difference between us and them?

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They weren't any good from the start.

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Caesar is really handsome. An ape can act better than a person.

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- Are you talking about the male lead?

- Of course.

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Do you think there's a sequel?

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- I don't know.

- Of course, there is.

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For real? What is it about?

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At the end, the humans kill all the apes.

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That can't be right? How is that possible?

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- Pipi.

- Kuanyong,

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- How did the talk go?

- she just said that Caesar would be killed in the sequel. Right?

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I think he means something else.

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What about Jialin? He's leaving tomorrow. Is he not keeping you company today?

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Then, come and find us.

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You won't. I'm the only person here. I'm so scared.

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I'll wait for you. Bye.

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Hey! Where are you going? Are we going to eat?

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So far, this is all I could find; these pictures and texts.

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I still can't read some of the texts.

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I'll need the elders' help when I get to the north.

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I asked him to go to the north with me.

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He said,

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as long as I wear his Pearl of Charm, the elders in the north will treat me well.

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I need him to help me right now, so I have to accept his request.

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I'll take it off when I find the answer.

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I will now categorize these pictures and texts.

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Ah Xi, don't worry. He won't hurt me.

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Both of you, can you stop following me?

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Why aren't you bringing us along to eat?

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Best friends are eating together. What does that have to do with you two?

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You just want to talk bad about us behind our backs.

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I can talk bad about you to your face.

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Then, I guess you'll compliment us behind our backs.

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Just shameless.

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All right, since we're already here, let's eat together. How about it?

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Who is it? Do you know him?

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Be careful.

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- Isn't that the guy we met last time at the clu--?

- Shut it.

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Xiaoju.

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Pipi, that... Let's not eat here.

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- Why not?

- I know another place that is much tastier.

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But isn't that dessert shop your favorite?

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Hello, Pipi?

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I just want to ask, did you leave home, yet?

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I'm almost at the restaurant. I'll call you later.

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You said, you're having dinner with the professor. Right?

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Yes. But you knew that already.

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Okay. Do what you want.

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Pipi.

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Hello, Pipi. What's up?

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Where are you?

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I am having dinner with friends.

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Pipi.

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Have you seen Jialin these past few days?

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The past few days?

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What's wrong?

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Is there an emergency? Did you lose touch with him?

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How about if I see him, I will tell him...

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Pipi!

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Pipi! Pipi!

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Pipi! Listen to me!

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Pipi.

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Pipi! Pipi!

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Pipi! Listen to me!

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Don't speak.

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When did this start?

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- Pipi, it's not what you think-

- Can you stop talking?

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You should be the one to talk.

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Why?

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Pipi, I think... we are not right for each other.

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Not right? Does that mean I'm not good enough?

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- I know I'm not good enough for you.

- No.

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After all these years, it's only now you realize we're not right for each other?

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I... I just suddenly found out...

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what's more suitable for me.

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Then let me ask you.

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Did you discover how unsuitable we were for each other after falling for her,

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or do you just not like me?

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Pipi, can we not talk about this here?

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When do you want to talk about it?

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If I didn't run into the two of you today, how much longer were you planning on lying to me?

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I didn't mean to lie to you!

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I probably

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just stopped loving you. It's not about Tianxin.

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You should've told me this earlier.

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I'm sorry.

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If you had told me earlier, the three of us wouldn't have wasted so much time.

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Speak up.

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To say what?

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Say... "let's break up."

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Say it.

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I deserve to hear the words, at least.

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Let's break up.

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See. It's so simple.

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Pipi.

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I think it's best if you stay away from her.

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What's wrong? Broke up?

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Here, let's drink.

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Looks like you're pretty upset. I'm just here to console you.

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I'm happy!

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You're so young and pretty.

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You'll have a lot of opportunities.

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No booze.

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Two more drinks!

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I have more. Here.

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Cheers!

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How can you sleep?

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Let's go.

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Who are you?

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I told you to drink less.

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It's exactly how you saw it.

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It's just the person you loved fell in love with your best friend.

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I don't think Miss Guan should be alone right now.

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I feel the same way.

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Why can't I smell her anymore?

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She returned the Pearl of Charm to Mr. Helan yesterday.

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Mr. Helan accepted it?

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What else could he do?

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Let's go. Something happened. No time to explain.

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What's wrong?

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I received a tip that Miss Guan was taken from a nightclub five minutes ago.

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What?

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Pipi? Where should we go to rescue her?

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- Don't panic.

- Hello, Lord Helan?

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I will be there in five minutes.

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You're a fox. Can't you smell it?

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What can I smell?

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Don't panic. We'll see what happens when we get there.

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Stop yelling!

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You can't escape!

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Stop it!

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Look at you, all upset. It makes me...

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Here. Let me comfort you.

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Go away.

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Go away! Get away! Help! Help!

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Pipi, I think we're not right for each other. Let's break up.

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When we were still kids,

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we were told to stay away from danger.

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Stay away from dangerous places and dangerous things.

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Stay away from dangerous people.

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Even though we were trained for a long time,

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we still make mistakes.

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What we think is safe...

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can become dangerous in a blink of an eye.

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What we think is dangerous,

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we can't keep ourselves from approaching.

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Because sometimes, only when you're standing next to a cliff,

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can you see what others cannot.

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More beautiful views.

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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 ♫