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♫ You are the one I am thinking. You are the one that I am missing. The stars and seas are all you. ♫

♫ The first tear that fell down is still you ♫

♫ Blocking the sharpness of the human world for you ♫

♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫

♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫

♫ How I hope that I can put you down ♫

♫ The one in my dreams and heart are both not you ♫

♫ The moonlight is not embracing you anymore. Time has destroyed you. ♫

♫ But I love you so much ♫

♫ Even if both of my eyes have been extinguished, I still want to look at you ♫

♫ Even if both of my ears have been submerged, I still want to hear you ♫

♫ A broken tail hurts like a broken pair of legs, I still want to swim towards you ♫

♫ Even if both of my hands are tied, I still want to embrace you ♫

♫ Among the stars, inside the ocean, I am a withered fish ♫

♫ The first tear that I cried was separation ♫

♫ In this vast sea of people, I only become sad and happy for you ♫

♫ Blocking the sharpness of the human world for you ♫

♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫

[The Starry Night, The Starry Sea: 2]

[Episode 03]

Lord Lu, please.

Ever since the bully Zheng Dong Hai,

Everything is in perfect order at Change Le Dock. Trading is fair.

The people and merchants do business freely.

Lu Xiao, I heard that the people all praise you.

New magistrates are especially passionate. You are off to a good start.

I am not. It is all thanks to you.

No need to be overly humble. In a few days, I am going to the manor of Provincial Governor Fang.

I will definitely put in a good word for you.

Thank you, My Lord.

Hao'er!

Father!

Let me introduce you. This is my son, Qing Hao.

He was lucky to be favored by His Majesty and was conferred the position of Adjutant of Chang Le.

This is the new head of the Maritime Trade Bureau, Lord Lu.

Lord Lu.

It has been ten years since we said farewell. Have you been well, Brother Lu?

Thanks to your grace,

everything is well.

You two know each other?

Yes, My Lord.

Then I will not bother you. You two talk.

Brother Lu, how is your little sister doing?

What? You care about my little sister more than me, your older brother?

No no no! I was just asking. You're teasing me again.

I still remember how playful you two were as children.

You loved playing husband and wife.

You dragged a bunch of friends along to be guests to your wedding.

In the blink of an eye, it's been more than ten years.

I wonder if your promise from then can be taken seriously?

Do not gossip about other people's faults, and do not rely on one having skills and not striving to improve.

- If you are honest, then let time prove it. Be magnanimous enough that others cannot gauge it.- Ah Li, it is me.

M-m-m-m-m-miss! Miss caught a cold!

Ah Li! Are you okay?

She's alright.

I'm not asking you!

My Lord! Don't get too close to her.

You will catch her cold!

Ah Li, why are you shaking?

D-didn't she catch a cold? She'll get the shivers!

Then why are you shaking?

I caught her cold!

Zixun?!

My Lord!

What?

Miss has been missing for two days, and you only tell me now?

No, My Lord! We thought Miss would come back on her own after a few days.

-Why make you worry?-Ridiculous!

Miss has never left home for this long before!

If anything happens, can you two bear the responsibility?

It was his idea to pretend to be Miss and trick you!

Miss Zixun, you're too disloyal!

I did come up with the idea, but you are my accomplice!

Why then must you laugh at someone who did the same mistake as you?

You don't need to come here for now.

Master, lady has always been praising me for speaking like a printed book and my words as being electrifying.

I will punish you two after I find Miss.

That Ah Li, she's becoming more ridiculous every day!

Send men to find her immediately.

Yes.

We looked everywhere, but we didn't find Miss.

-We didn't see Miss.-We didn't either.

-You all are...?-My Miss has gone missing. Please be understanding

and let us go in to search.

Miss?

My shipyard is full of men. There are no women here.

If you want to look for your Miss, you should go to the makeup store, or...

silk belts, clothes, or hats...hey! Do you know how to follow the rules?

I'm in charge here! You're going to break in without my permission?

Miss escaped onto the ship last time. She might do it again this time.

-Search carefully!-Yes!

Move aside!

We didn't find her. Let's go.

Wait!

What are you doing?

Oh no! I'm finished this time!

We looked everywhere, but we didn't find Miss.

Let's go.

♫ Birds would fly by and fishes would swim by the coldest lake ♫

Big Brother, I want my kite to fly higher than those birds!

Mm!

Ah Li, look! There's a butterfly over there!

It's all your fault! You walk so loudly, you scared the butterfly away!

Big Brother, you're so useless!

My Lord, everyone has come back.

They didn't find Miss.

Continue looking! Even if you have to flip Chang Le City inside out,

-you must bring Miss back.-Yes.

My Lord, don't worry too much.

Miss just went out to play.

Besides, Miss is very intelligent. She'll be fine.

I hope so.

Who were those people just now?

My family sent them to come get me.

I escaped for so long already. They are probably panicking.

But I don't want to go back yet.

I...th-that's not what I mean. Don't misunderstand.

I helped you just now because you once helped me too.

We don't owe anything to each other anymore.

It looks like you are quite loyal.

I am a man of such great talent but no one knows me. My life is thinner than a paper being weaved by tears.

I laugh at the people in this world as being mediocre and unambitious. They instead laugh at me back as being stupid.

Da Chun! How much shock did you suffer from?

-That's right, why do you sound so bitter?-Tell me!

A teacher like me who knew so many sutras and scriptures is teaching her.

Yet she even escaped and went out to play? A withered wood indeed cannot be repaired anymore.

Da Chun! Thankfully, she ran away!

Or else, you'd be the one running away!

Let me tell you! I am Chang Le's most handsome scholar!

Lots of girls admire my talent!

They all kneel at my feet! Why won't she submit?

I say, Da Chun, hurry and wake up!

With your so-called intellect, what "handsome scholar" are you?

Hey! You can yell at me, but don't slander my intellect!

Compete with me if you can!

A young naughty kid that is so ignorant. Already beside a sage but still not recognizing it.

If one day, she finally understands it,

it is too late for her to regret it.

You're too funny!

This food tastes so bad.

This wine tastes awful!

Not good!

Help! My Teacher fainted!

Hurry and save my Teacher! She fainted!

If anything happens to her,can you take responsibility for it?

Teacher!

They escaped! Hurry after them!

Hurry! They escaped! Hurry after them!

Be careful!

Lu Li, oh Lu Li. Wu Ju Lan already said so.

He was just repaying a favor! What are you thinking about?

Again? Oh no, oh no! It looks like I'm seriously ill!

Wait! He's a illusion anyway!

Let's see what he'll do next!

The bath water is ready. Let's bathe together.

Isn't he being too unrestrained?

Yin Hu, listen to me. Leave first, don't bother with me!

Teacher! I cannot abandon you, Teacher!

I cannot run anymore!

-You must send out the news, got it?-Teacher!

-Hurry and go!-Teacher!

Go!

Hurry!

A bunch of mortal men and vulgar people.

I, Ma Dachun, have both good looks and great artistic skills.

The girls that admire me line up all the way to Chang'an!

A prostitute like you dares to cut in line?

Life is short, just be happy!

Who cares if I line up or not?

I'm not interested in someone like you!

If you don't give me a try, how would you know?

I don't believe it!

How could someone act so nonchalantly after kissing a girl's lips?

But he had no reaction!

That Wu Ju Lan, he's such a woodblock!

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How is your Miss Cui Xian? There has been no movement!

She's waiting for me to propose! Let me tell you,

I have read those legendary stories.

What ‘The Biography of Ying Ying' or 'The Biography of Huo Xiaoyu', I have not read those for nothing.

Just go ahead and brag.

As I see it, Cui Xian doesn't like you!

What do you understand? We're doing great!

Let me tell you, I-!

Even kissed her little mouth!

Really?

Cui Xian said, "Dai Hai, I will only marry you!"

-If...-Just go ahead and brag!

A man kissed a girl's lips, is it very rude?

Of course! Ever since ancient times, men and women have to keep their distance.

The more if it is matters like the touching of lips.

If you do that, what will be you difference with those men that hang out on the streets?

The lady's innocence has been completely ruined!

But I didn't have any ulterior motives!

I just wanted to save her and help a drowning person breathe!

That still won't do!

So you were talking about yourself?

As I see it, if you really did that to her,

you should marry her! That's what a man would do.

♫ When the sun yearns to hug the snow ♫

♫ When the polar region wants to say sweet words to the tropics ♫

♫ When there is no more time difference between the east longitude and the north latitude ♫

♫ Can we love each other? ♫

♫ A heart that's separated by thousands of mountains, hindered by thousands of seas, and had to orbit for a year ♫

♫ Waiting for you to walk towards me ♫

♫ Two people traveling for thousands of miles, charging into a sea of people, treading for thousands of years ♫

♫ But shouldn't talk about the future ♫

♫ If in this world, this ocean will disappear ♫

♫ Won't you be stunned by my unexpectedness? ♫

♫ Maybe I will just let this life of mine ♫

♫ fritter away and it will be just fine with me ♫

How did you do your job?

Lord, please calm down. We have already caught High Priest again.

We will definitely add reinforcements to find the girl who escaped!

The news has already been released!

I've already sent people to seal off the seashore.

I will not let that girl report to the ocean!

- By tonight, transfer High Priest to another location.- Yes. Yes.

We must get the method of creating the Cangming from the mouth of High Priest before the merpeople find us.

I understand, I understand!

That's right, My Lord. I found the medicine you wanted from a Western medicine seller.

I have the confidence that I can make High Priest talk this time.

Not bad.

This is your reward.

Thank you, My Lord!

My Lord, this...?

This dagger was created from the tin from Chiji Mountain

and the bronze from Ruoye Springs.

It's incomparably sharp. When used to cut people's nerves, they won't feel pain when they die.

If you make any more mistakes, this dagger will be useful.

-Go over there and look.-Yes.

-You two, go over there.-Yes.

Look carefully!

[Cold Wood Spring Flower](means that each has its own uniqueness)

Don't come over here.

If you come any closer, I'll bite off my tongue and commit suicide!

In broad daylight, in this peaceful and orderly world,

For a little money, you even attacked a pure young man like me!

Do you not want money? I'll give them to you.

Let me see.

You, come over here.

It must be because I was good in reasoning

and this prostitute got so ashamed that she did not even take the money anymore.

I want to live here.

Live here?

Miss! Let's just end things happily and never meet again.

Could it be...?

Did we do something that we shouldn't have done?

A man and a woman stayed together in one room.

What else could we have done?

You monster!

You really are forcing yourself on me, is that it?! Be careful that I will report you to the officials so they will arrest you.

Could it be that if I drive her away, I will get punished by the Heaven?

You're mine for sure!

If you dare to drive me away again, you'll become like this table!

Just a table like this?!

Don't worry!

I won't be living here for free.

[Chang Le Shipyard]

These past days, we have been searching for clues about High Priest in the vicinity of the shipyard.

Unfortunately, there is no news yet.

Prince, if you ask me, the disappearance of High Priest might not be connected with the humans.

Us merfolk have lived in harmony with the humans for many years.

The people I have interacted here in the shipyard are also kind people like Ming Zhe.

But High Priest disappearing while she was on shore is the truth.

The humans have an old saying: "You must always protect yourself against others."

Merfolk are stronger than humans,

but in terms of tricks and slyness, merfolk are no match for humans.

Before this matter is cleared up, do not make any rash decisions.

Add more people to search for the whereabouts of High Priest.

-Yes.-The longer this goes on,

the more in danger High Priest is.

I initially wanted to treat you respectfully.

But you really do not know to recognize what is good for you.

I will say the same thing.

Cangming is just an imagination of you humans.

In this world, there is no such thing as a never sinking huge ship.

Whether it is a legend or the truth,

In a while, I will know.

How can we build a never sinking ship like the Cangming? Say it!

The method to create the Cangming...

is merfolk...

Lu Li. Someone sent you a box of snacks.

You are quite popular.

Lu Li.

Xiao Xiangggong (little husband), thank you for your green tea balls.

Here, try it.

How is it?

I woke up early this morning to make it.

The taste is nothing special.

Based on your skills, no wonder you have to attract business by helping me wash the chamber pots.

Oh? Then I'll change the recipe to make it better next time.

But given that you came here to just give me these green tea balls, I must eat this for you.

You eat the same way as you did as a child.

My brother also said that I'm a messy eater.

You should add a sweetened bean paste in the center of this green tea ball and it would be more delicious.

That's right. Can you send a letter to the head of the Maritime Trade Bureau later?

That will be easy.

But...how do you know someone inside that manor?

Their maid, Zi Xun is from my hometown!

Officer-in-charge Li, come over here! There are delicious green tea balls!

-Okay! Let's go!-Hurry and come!

Hey! I-!

Oh! There's good food! Come come come!

There's good food! Come come come!

-Give it a taste!-Eat, eat!

Eat.

Let's go.

What kind of grean tea ball is this? The dough was not good.

There's too much sugar. This cook is worse than me!

Lu Li, you didn't plot with the food seller, did you?

I don't care, you all ate it! Pay up!

-Pay up!-Pay up, pay up!

Here, here.

Pay up!

Where is the guy selling the grean tea balls?

Get back to work! What are you standing there for? Get to work!

That food seller is so weird.

He clearly came to sell snacks, but he left before collecting his money!

Give it back to me. Someone gave them to me.

There is something wrong with that guy.

Who does business by running off before collecting money?

Besides, a grown man calls himself Xiao Xiang Gong.

He's clearly trying to take advantage of someone!

How did you know about everything?

-You eavesdropped on us? -I-!

This is called not being able to eat the grape so you say that it is sour!

-This is called being jealous!-What jealous?

They're three men! Who is jealous of who?

That's true. But, why does it look like that?

Close your mouth if you don't know how to talk!

Thankfully, everyone in the shipyard knows that Wu Ju Lan is a normal man!

If someone didn't know, they'd think Ju Lan was homosexual and liked Lu Li!

-Oohh!-What oh?

I know Wu Ju Lan best!

Fine, stop being nosy. Get back to work!

Hurry up, hurry up, get to work!

-Get to work, get to work!-Let's go, let's go!

Don't move.

Even though it's a small wound,

if you don't treat it properly, you'll suffer in the future.

You usually are very nimble.

Why aren't you careful today?

You know and you ask anyway?

Don't move.

Next time, don't go eating such bad tasting green tea balls anymore.

I want to ask you. As a girl, why do you like the ocean and ships?

Our family was originally Chang Le's ship building family.

My father was also a top ship maker in Chang Le.

Even I was born on the ocean. That's why my name has the character for "water" in it.

But I heard all of this from my brother.

When I was still a baby, my parents died.

Our family fell too.

I don't remember how my parents look at all,

But, every time I see the sea and boats,

it feels very familiar, just like seeing my parents!

So, that's how it is.

My brother says that the ships my father made

were the biggest and most amazing on the ocean.

I also so want to sail into the seas once, riding on a light boat, riding on the wind and breaking the waves,

infinite clouds of water.

Unfortunately, my big brother caught me last time before the boat got out very far.

A girl like me,

if I got married one day, I could only stay at home forever and sew.

This situation about going out into the sea,

I'm afraid it'll forever be an impossible dream.

-Have one!-I don't want it.

No, thank you.

Take one!

The ten ways to court a lady. You...

Brother.

Do not disturb. This book is not for kids. Let us just talk later.

-Here. Take a look at it first.-Brother. Brother.

-Okay.-What are you thinking about?

Your house is on fire.

Why are you still laughing like that?

Move aside!

Move. Move! My house!

Then I'm going to take it.

How did you set the kitchen on fire while cooking?

What's wrong? Do you still have a problem?

No, no, no. I don't have any.

You just burned the kitchen, right?

I'll just have someone come to fix it!

Good thing I was able to get a kilo of bread.

Let us depend on it to keep me full.

Good thing I was able to get a kilo of bread, let me tell you.

For these few days, let us just depend on these bread to fill our hunger.

Where are my crackers? I put them here!

This morning, I was very hungry, so I eat it all.

I do not like taking advantage of others, and I will not live for free at your house.

So, I washed your clothes and cooked food to pay you.

How do you expect me to wear this outside?

You. Are you sure it wasn't like this before?

The new won't come if the old isn't gone!

Just buy a new one!

This...

Because of you, I do not even have the money to buy an inner pants anymore!

It's okay, it's okay!

This will be nice and breezy! It's great!

It's great!

Erliang, get me the sewing kit.

Okay, Young Master!

This is for you.

Today is your birthday. I don't have any money so I am unable to buy any presentable gift.

So I made this rabbit for you.

Your zodiac animal is a rabbit, right?

Thank you Ah Li.

This is the best gift I have ever received.

Later when I'm not here,

this little rabbit will stay with you in my place.

okay. We won't be separted forever.

Young Master, isn't it just sewing up the rabbit?

Just tell the maids to do it!

You don't need to do it yourself!

Besides, you're not very young anymore.

A grown man like you still keeping a little rabbit like that.

Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you if they find out?

Young Master, I already prepared that green tea balls with sweetened beancurd.

I bought it from Chang Le's best snack shop!

Bring it to me. I will send it over to Ah Li.

Lu Li.

-Lu Li, it's not good. Your family is looking for you.-Huh?!

Don't say "Huh"! Leave out the back door before they find you!

That way!

Remember to run along the seashore!

Wu Ju Lan, I don't have time to talk to you! My big brother is coming to catch me!

This is?

I'll take you away from here.

I imagined many times how I would go out to sea.

I never imagined that the first time I really went out to the ocean would be under these circumstances!

Wu Ju Lan, thank you.

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♫ Previously heard the sadness of the vast seas ♫

♫ Previously saw the fireworks in the desert ♫

♫ Before I understood that all things that glitter will fall down ♫

♫ Or else, on what basis does destiny become magnificent? ♫

♫ Birds would fly by and fishes would swim by the coldest lake ♫

♫ The flowing water is heartless, the flowing years is speckled, leaving a legend behind ♫

♫ Your suddenness, my waning, the lanterns on a long road ♫

♫ You are in the vast seas while I was in the galaxy when we met our fate ♫

♫ Previously saw the vastness of the seas ♫

♫ Previously saw the clouds at Mount Wu ♫

♫ Previously saw the outline of your expression ♫

♫ At the deepest part of the ocean, at the deepest part of the dream, there are sparks ♫

♫ A book having now words, the paper is too short to describe one's feelings, it's hard to narrate one's yearning ♫

♫ Book lamp, teacup, common folk simple happiness, it is so common that is why one is sad ♫

♫ Your suddenness, my waning, the lanterns on a long road ♫

♫ You are in the vast seas while I was in the galaxy when we met our karma ♫

♫ Looking at the moth fly into the fire; Loving in such scorching hot manner ♫

♫ Living in the face of death ♫

♫ The moth flies into the seas, throwing itself into limitless vastness ♫

♫ Love and hate both sink. Love lives in the face of death. ♫

♫ Previously heard the sadness of the vast seas ♫

♫ Previously loved the fireworks in the desert ♫

♫ Before I understood that everyone that loves will suffer ♫

♫ Or else why would tears be so clear? ♫