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[The Wolf]

[Episode 20]

I have an idea.

Just like when we were kid, we can hide ourselves under the capes.

What do you think?

Isn’t this Castellan Li?

Hello, Castellan Li.

Go! Go away!

What is he up to?

Had I known how hard it was to be a sentry, I would’ve

raised the salary of soldiers at the city gates.

[Low-grade garrison, Castellan Li]

Princess Ma?

Why?

What is she doing with a strange man?

Here’s my chance to redeem myself.

Stop there!

Castellan Li?

Why is it you?

Why are you guarding the city gate?

Princess, you’re right out here in the open,

yet you’re actually cheating on Lord Bo behind his back!

You’re being unfaithful by committing adultery!

I really cannot let this slide so idly.

Today, I’m going to arrest the both of you

and condemn you in front of Lord Bo!

Castellan Li, since we’re both citizens of Kuizhou,

can’t you just keep it a secret?

Besides, you’ve seen with your own eyes before.

Lord Bo doesn’t love me at all.

So, can’t you just let me find another love?

Princess, honestly...

Well...

I know Lord Bo is kind of mean to you.

That day when he called up Miss Lu Fu right to your face,

I was outraged on your behalf as well.

However, that’s not a reason for you to cheat on him.

Today, I’m going to redeem myself,

so that Lord Bo can take back his order.

In that case, I’ll be able to return to my position as Castellan.

You adulterous couple!

Come! Follow me to see the officials.

Come!

Come!

You!

Castellan Li.

Your Highness.

Do you really dare to punish me?

I was totally lacking in perception!

I deserve the harshest punishment!

Please forgive me, Your Highness!

Didn’t you just give us a big scolding

and call us an adulterous couple?

What a good talk!

The Princess and I

are coming back to Kuizhou to have an affair.

Is there a problem?

No!

Go ahead and cheat!

No!

I’ve got a foul mouth.

I’ll strangle myself to death.

I strangle.

I’m pressing very hard.

Your Highness.

I’ll choke myself to death.

Forgive him.

I can’t breathe.

I’ll let it slide this time,

but if you let out the news that Princess and I are back at Kuizhou

to have an affair,

you’ll be banished to the border area.

I wouldn’t dare. I wouldn’t dare.

No.

Even if I die, I won’t do it.

Wishing you a safe journey!

This isn’t right.

The...

His Highness doesn’t like the Princess, does he?

Why are they so loving now?

You haven’t told me why Castellan Li

was demoted to become a garrison.

He mistreated you.

So, at that time, although you said mean things to me, you secretly

stood up for me behind my back.

Watch out!

Stop running, Hong’er!

Hong’er!

Are you okay, Hong’er?

Come back with me and apologize to the guest.

No!

They said I look hideous!

Father, you think I’m a monster too, right?

Otherwise, you wouldn’t have told me not to leave the room!

That’s not what I meant.

It’s because your temper is getting worse.

Even if the guests take a glance at you with no ill intention,

you’ll chase them out with a broom.

At this rate, I’ll have to close down my business.

Father, I don’t want others to look down upon me.

I want to bully them before they bully me.

This is my philosophy of survival!

Hong’er!

Hong’er! Come back!

Don’t run away! Hong’er!

The father and daughter are my old acquaintances.

Why did Hong’er’s temper change so drastically?

I’ll go over and see what exactly happened.

She became like this

because of me.

It got in!

Great!

My turn!

Queue up!

Quick! Hurry up!

No!

My turn!

I really regret it.

Come again!

Back then, I told Hong’er not to believe in the story

of Wolf Boy and Xing’er.

What can I do

for Hong’er to being the way she was before?

I’ll definitely hit it next time!

Listen to my instruction later.

Let me do it first!

No!

Next!

It’s my turn! My turn!

Hurry up!

It went in!

Hong’er, long time no see.

Sister Zhai Xing, why are you here?

This is Brother Wolf Boy.

Why didn’t he show his face?

Does he have an ugly scar on his face like me?

Hong’er, Brother Wolf Boy wants to let you know

that he was once like you.

People misunderstood him

and treated him like a monster.

Just like you, he thought setting himself against everyone

would make him powerful enough.

But ever since he was young, he had never had any friends.

He was friendless and found himself all alone.

He was lonely.

So what if I don’t have any friends?

Who needs friends?

I can play by myself.

You can’t do it. Let me try.

If

I can make them play together with you,

you’ve to promise me one thing, okay?

They won’t play with me.

Let’s go, I need your help.

Come.

Hold it!

Hurry up!

Hurry!

My turn!

You can’t do it.

Hong’er, we’ll play pitch-pot too!

However, the winner gets to flick the loser on the forehead.

Okay?

Good luck!

Hong’er, you’re so great!

Wolf Boy, it’s your turn.

Don’t throw it in.

Hit harder!

Here.

Harder!

Right, hit him right here.

Children, would you like to play together?

Here. Hold it.

Stand behind me.

It went in!

How did you know the kids would want to play with Hong’er?

Children’s thoughts are simple enough.

They don’t care about your appearance.

They express their emotions in a straightforward way.

When they see someone who can play games very well,

they’ll idolize that person.

Let me try. Let me try.

How did you know Hong’er

can play pitch-pot?

She’s just like me when I was young.

She always plays alone.

Hence, we’re both expert at one-player games.

It got in!

She’s very similar to me too.

In this world,

we are both being called monsters.

I’ll try too.

Your turn.

It’s in!

You two are not monsters.

People often judge a man by his look.

Hong’er and you

are the kindest people

I’ve ever seen in the world.

You’re good.

Brother Wolf Boy, come here!

Brother Wolf Boy!

Hurry! Get over here!

Brother Wolf Boy!

Hurry! Come here!

You can stop pretending now and show your real skills.

Or else,

your forehead is going to hurt so much.

Come over!

Here.

Flick his forehead! Flick his forehead!

Get down! Hurry up!

Get down.

Hurry!

Missed it.

If you don’t want anyone to look down on you, make yourself stronger

and stand above everyone else.

This is the philosophy of survival.

Hong’er, it’s your turn.

You weren’t pretending throughout the game,

you really couldn’t aim it, right?

You’re Lord Bo.

Your arrow never misses its target,

but you couldn’t even throw the stick into the pot.

Who says a good archer can play the game well?

What are you laughing at?

I won’t laugh. I won’t.

Mr. Fang.

Hong’er, where have you been?

I was so worried.

Hong’er, what did you promise me on our way back?

Father, I’m sorry for being immature.

I promise I won’t do it again.

As long as you behave well,

I’ll never get angry at you.

Father, thanks to Sister Zhai Xing, I finally made some good friends.

Is that so?

Hong’er,

don’t ever forget what I’ve told you.

Your scar will help you distinguish between good and bad people.

Those who are willing to come close to you treat you with sincerity.

As for those bad people who bully you, it’s simply their fault.

You cannot become like them,

do you understand?

Just like Little Wolf, I’ll surely find someone like Xing’er

who will treat me well and stay with me forever.

Is that right, Sister Zhai Xing?

You’re so clever, Hong’er.

Thank you, Princess.

Our Hong’er is so well-behaved and mature now.

I don’t even know how to express my gratitude for you.

How about this?

I’ll prepare some dishes for Princess.

Mr. Fang, it’s no big deal.

I’ve business to tend to and so I’ve to leave now.

Goodbye, Princess.

Take care.

Be good.

Goodbye, Sister Zhai Xing.

Goodbye.

Farewell, Princess.

Let’s go.

The man beside Princess

is Lord Bo, right?

No, he’s not!

Father, he’s Brother Wolf Boy.

Who is Brother Wolf Boy?

Although Brother Wolf Boy has been wearing the hood,

I accidentally saw his face several times.

He’s the big brother who reserved our entire restaurant

and told me not to believe in Little Wolf and Xing’er.

He’s the scary man.

How could Princess

stay together with him?

Master, Princess.

Mo Xiao,

why are you here?

I’ve finally found Master and Princess.

Did His Majesty know that I disobeyed him

and revealed my identity as Wolf Boy?

Exactly.

His Majesty is infuriated.

I’ve purposely come to remind Master.

When you’re back at Imperial City, please be extra careful.

I was going to see the Emperor after I get back to Capital

and confess everything anyway.

Turns out you were just consoling me last night.

I’ll enter the palace with you.

We’ll face the consequences together.

Don’t worry,

I’ll be fine.

Let’s go back to the palace.

Let’s go.

Stop!

I have an urgent matter.

I need to see Princess right now.

Princess isn’t in the Mansion.

But I just met the Princess.

Met the Princess?

Beside her stood a dangerous person.

Mr. Fang, why have you come here?

Assistant General Ma.

No, General Ma.

I pay respect to General Ma.

What a coincidence.

I just came back to Ma Mansion to run affairs.

You were saying that you met the Princess.

Has she returned to Kuizhou?

General Ma, I’d like to have a word with you.

General Ma,

I saw

Princess walking together

with a scary man.

I’m worried that she might be in danger.

The scary man you said, most probably is Princess’s future husband,

Lord Bo.

Hong’er recognized the man.

The day when Castellan Ma and his family were murdered,

he was staying at the restaurant.

He had a murderous look

and was accompanied by three people in black.

Perhaps they were his subordinates.

They looked extremely suspicious.

If he really was Lord Bo,

when he came to Kuizhou, why didn’t he stay in Castellan Mansion,

but paid a high price to reserve my restaurant instead?

After the sky went dark that day,

all of them disappeared.

The next day, the murder had happened in Ma Mansion!

I suspect that

these people have something to do with the homicide case!

Are you sure

Hong’er has clearly seen

that he was the scary man who reserved the restaurant?

While Hong’er

was playing with the man, she accidentally

saw his face under the cloak.

It should be him.

Could she have mistaken him?

Lord Bo was making a tour in disguise.

He didn’t want to be recognized and so he wore a cloak.

This is nothing to be surprised at.

General Ma, anyway, I’ve a really bad feeling right now.

General Ma,

you might want to catch up with Princess to see if she...

The move would be too reckless.

If Hong’er has mistaken Lord Bo’s subordinates

as some unworthy fellows, it would be a great disrespect!

Mr. Fang, how about this?

I’ll find a painter to make a portrait of Lord Bo

so as to clear up your doubt.

Is that okay?

Thank you, General Ma.

Tomorrow, I’ll bring the portrait to the restaurant for you.

We can take the opportunity to get together too.

Don’t you worry,

the man beside Princess is certainly Lord Bo.

I know you meant well.

No matter what, I should be thanking you.

Thank you, General Ma.

I’ll take my leave now.

Goodbye.

Third Prince,

His Majesty told me that he felt gloomy and went for a walk.

He didn’t say when he’ll be coming back.

Third Prince, please come again tomorrow morning.

I’ll stay here

and wait for Imperial Father to return.

You’re dismissed.

Yes, Third Prince.

How dare you show your face here?

Are you not afraid that I’ll behead you out of rage?

Lord Bo,

all these years, I treated you like my own son.

Have I ever wronged you?

But in the end,

you repaid me by deceiving me.

I... I’m asking you.

What is the past relationship between you and Ma Zhai Xing?

Zhai Xing and I have known each other since young.

The case of Lieutenant Xia Hou had caused years of misunderstanding.

When we met again,

I saw her as a total stranger.

I never considered our past relationship or had a soft sport for her.

Until not long ago,

she was punished to kneel in Imperial Ancestral Temple.

Then only I knew

she was forced to do it at that time.

The old injury in her legs was caused by me.

I feel sorry for her.

I admit,

the reason I went to prison for her and treated her well

is not only for the sake of your order

to maintain Ma Troop’s morale,

but also because I love Zhai Xing.

You finally admit

that you’re biased toward Ma Zhai Xing.

My good son,

you truly value affection and friendship!

Imperial Father,

I tried to resist

and cut off my feelings for her.

But she has found so many ways

to show her affection for me

that I was unable to ignore them.

That’s why I defied your order

and admitted that I’m Wolf Boy.

I can’t see clearly now.

I was wrong.

One day, if I ask you to kill Ma Zhai Xing,

what will you do then?

In that case,

I’ve no choice but to follow the order.

Get up!

It seems like Chu Kui has let his guard down.

Get up.

Do you want to disobey me again?

Alright.

Get up now. Get up.

Don’t worry.

So long as Ma Zhai Xing and Ma Troop

remain faithful to me forever,

I won’t put you in a difficult position.

I’m the only one to blame.

I’ve granted you this marriage

and made you move from being unwilling to being trapped in love.

I shouldn’t have hidden it from you.

Lord Bo,

perhaps I’ve to make things difficult for you again.

Present it to him.

An informer I planted to spy on Ma Feng Cheng

has sent me a secret letter.

The father and daughter from the restaurant in Kuizhou

must be killed.

Night Fury gave themselves away in the restaurant.

The manager noticed

that they were the people who stayed in the restaurant

the day the whole family was killed.

Ma Feng Cheng didn’t get suspicious, but you cannot leave any evidence

on the part of the manager.

It’s my fault.

This matter touches upon the truth behind Ma Ying’s death.

You must deal with it yourself so that I can be at ease.

A little manager can totally ignite a firestorm.

You mustn’t let the family

see Ma Feng Cheng again.

This is the most reliable way.

I’ll do as instructed.

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

Third Prince accepted the mission without any hesitation.

Even though he has feelings for Ma Zhai Xing,

it doesn’t affect his loyalty to you.

What is wrong?

Your Highness, do you still suspect Third Prince?

I can’t be certain anymore.

In this world,

aside from me,

there’s one other person who knows Lord Bo very well.

It’s time

to let her out.

At present, she’s the only one

who can help me confirm

if Lord Bo

is still loyal to me.

No! I can’t wait anymore!

I’ve to go to the palace!

Princess, I’m afraid it’s improper.

Princess, Lord Bo has returned.

I’ve worried you.

Did the Emperor get mad?

Did he punish you?

It’s just that...

What?

Tell me quickly.

It’s just that His Majesty has assigned all the heavy court affairs

to me so that I can redeem myself.

His Majesty is a reasonable man.

You mustn’t disappoint him.

Had you know earlier that it will go so smoothly,

you should’ve stayed longer at Kuizhou.

Perhaps you’ll get to try Kuizhou’s top chef,

Mr. Fang’s signature dishes.

My favorite dish is the braised fish.

I’m a little hungry now.

Okay.

Next time when we go to Kuizhou, we’ll bring you along

to meet Mr. Fang and Hong’er.

Great.

Can I eat ten fish?

Of course!

Just eat whatever you want!

Thank you, Princess.

Zhai Xing,

you must be tired after the journey.

Go get some rest.

Your Highness, you should go to bed early too.

Ma Jing.

I’m here!

Escort Princess to her room.

Yes.

We’ll go back and rest now.

Let’s go.

His Highness is exhausted.

Princess, it’s been a while since I met Mr. Fang.

Hong’er must have grown a lot taller by now.

Indeed.

At Kuizhou...

Did His Majesty put Master in a difficult position again?

No.

He just found out my past relationship with Princess Consort.

However, His Majesty has made an order to go to Kuizhou

and kill Mr. Fang from the restaurant and his daughter

so that the matter can remain concealed.

The father and daughter from restaurant?

Are they Mr. Fang and Hong’er whom Princess was talking about?

It’s the restaurant that we reserved when we

took action behind Master’s back.

May I make bold to ask?

The targets of this assassination are Princess’s old acquaintances

who have met you several times.

Are you really going to kill them?

Perhaps...

Perhaps we can find a way to eliminate his suspicion.

Master, you need not take up the matter yourself.

The three of us will handle it.

Failure at this task won’t be tolerated.

Yes, Master.

Go to Kuizhou early tomorrow morning.

Hai Die, stay here

so that Zhai Xing won’t get suspicious.

Yes.

Yao Ji,

we haven’t met for five years.

I, Yao Ji, pay respect to Your Majesty.

Get up.

Thanks, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, you’ve come to visit me personally.

May I know if you want to offer me a chance to redeem myself?

Did I hear it wrong?

You admitted that you’ve made a mistake

five years ago.

Five years ago,

Lord Bo and I were competing to be the head of Night Fury.

I refused to accept defeat

and so I attempted to kill him,

but Your Majesty saw through my plan.

I only have myself to blame.

It serves me right to end up in jail.

Yao Ji,

as you’ve expected,

I’m going to release you.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

I suspect Lord Bo has changed.

The top priority

is to find a a way to satisfy both sides.

Come out.

Why have you come here?

Mo Xiao told me that you’ll leave the city in the morning

to deal with court affairs.

I wanted to serve you breakfast

but you were wiping your sword.

Just now, you looked

so scary.

Have a seat.

Did I scare you?

Actually,

it wasn’t my first time seeing your murderous look.

Back when

you murdered Prince of Tongzhou,

you had the exact expression too.

He attacked you, so he should be killed.

You wiped your sword so early in the morning.

Will the mission assigned by His Majesty

involve

certain death?

Your sword

will only take away the lives of atrocious criminals,

right?

I’ll only point my sword

at those who might harm people’s lives.

Swords can hurt people easily.

But if you’re the one holding the sword,

you can choose whether or not to kill.

I believe Your Highness will never kill the innocent people,

just like Wolf Boy used to be.

Even though Lieutenant Xia Hou took away Little Wolf,

your human nature overcame your animal spirit.

You didn’t kill him,

but instead you let him go,

didn’t you?

I’m no longer Wolf Boy.

When I’m back in the Court,

I’m not Wolf Boy,

but Lord Bo.

The task assigned to me by His Majesty is confidential in nature.

You don’t understand and you shouldn’t have.

It’s getting late,

I’ll depart now.

You always stop when the bell rings,

this proves that you’re Wolf Boy.

You’re now Lord Bo,

but

you’ll always be the kind Wolf Boy from Wolf Hunt Mountain.

Have a safe trip.

I’ll wait for you to return.

Back then, I adopted you and Lord Bo.

I trained the both of you to become Night Fury.

Lord Bo used to be unsociable and eccentric.

He never talked.

It was you who made him speak his first word.

Eat.

If we fight for every meal,

sooner or later we’ll all die.

Come! Go on!

It’s not worthy

to die.

Both of us were put to the test by Your Majesty.

If I were to die during the training, he wouldn’t be able to

pass the test alone.

You two are similar and strong, I don’t want to lose any of you.

As far as I know Lord Bo,

I don’t believe a woman can make him lose himself.

Princess,

is it because this morning, Lord Bo said that he’s no longer Wolf Boy,

so you want to plant these cypress vines?

Cypress vine is the memory I share with Wolf Boy.

I hope when the cypress vine has grown,

it’ll become a new memory I share with Lord Bo.

But you clearly like Wolf Boy more than Lord Bo.

What are you talking about?

Aren’t they the same person?

That being so, why can’t you accept the fact that Lord Bo

is no longer the Wolf Boy he used to be?

Besides, Lord Bo doesn’t appreciate flowers.

Perhaps, he doesn’t even like cypress vine now.

Did I really like Wolf Boy

more?

Princess.

Princess,

His Majesty has summoned you to enter the palace.

His Majesty has summoned me?

Eunuch, do you know what the matter is?

I have no idea.

Eunuch, let’s go then.

Princess, His Majesty has made a special order

that Princess has to enter palace alone.

Why?

Yes.

Why can’t I go along with the Princess, Eunuch?

I have no idea.

Eunuch,

can you make an exception for us?

Are you suggesting that I should disobey the decree?

His Majesty must have a reason for doing so.

Ma Jing, take good care of these cypress vines.

I’ll be back soon.

Okay.

Let’s go, Princess.

Hai Die, do you think His Majesty has invited Princess to the palace

to serve her delicious food?

Come. Help me plant the cypress vines.

Back then, I thought Lord Bo was all on his own.

That’s why I made him stay in the palace

after he recovered from his injuries.

We hit it off well

and so I adopted him as my son.

I didn’t expect it

to cause your misunderstanding

and be separated for so many years.

It was my fault.

If it wasn’t because of you, Wolf Boy would’ve died long ago.

I’m glad you don’t blame me.

I know

Lord Bo has been feeling guilty

for your leg injury.

If you want to go to the battlefield and avenge your Father,

you must cure your leg injury.

Hence,

I’ve found you the best physician.

She promised me that she’ll definitely cure your leg injury.

But the imperial physician and many other physicians said

that the old injury in my legs can’t be cured.

That’s because they’re not skilled enough.

The physician is inside the room.

This physician has great medical skill,

but she’s rather odd.

You need to cooperate with her and listen to her words

in order for your injury to heal.

Let me make it up to you.

I, Zhai Xing, will do as you wish.

Go inside.

Yes.