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

♫ The first tear that fell down is still you ♫

♫ 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 ♫

♫ 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 Season 2

Episode 14

Although humans and merpeople are not of the same clan, they have similar kind of blood and pulses, act like brothers.

The merfolk's bloodline is valuable, but marrying with the humans will not destroy our tribe.

The relationship between humans and merfolk looks peaceful on the surface,

but humans are cunning suspicious creatures.

Who knows when they will turn around and attack us?

My marriage with Lu Li can prove

that humans and merfolk can live together as one family.

She is just a regular human girl. How can she prove we can live as family?

Prince, please take back your order.

Prince, please take back your order! Prince, please take back your order!

As the prince of the merfolk, your marriage is not your private matter.

It is a great matter that determines the future of the merfolk!

What you said is correct.

Ah Li is my love. I will never let go of her.

Are you going to give up all the merfolk for one woman?

I have never forgotten my destiny.

How can a prince seduced by humans take up his destiny?

You have no right to doubt me.

Unless you take back your order, I will not give up!

You're threatening me?

I don't dare to.

No one can stop me from being with Lu Li.

Even if it is me?

Even if it is you, it will not work.

I was with you since I was young until now,

I did not dare to be on your level, but we are still comrades.

Who knew that the first time you fought with me was because of a woman.

I will not give up Lu Li. I will protect our people as well.

If one day,

you can only pick one between Lu Li and the merfolk, who will you choose?

If one day, Lu Li infringes on what is good for the merfolk,

I will also not let her get away with it.

All the words you said today, I'll remember for you.

Brother, it's me.

It's so late and you're still not resting yet?

I have some words to tell Brother.

Say it.

Brother,

I want to marry Wu Julan.

Brother.

Ah Li. I've given on up hunting the merfolk.

But I never agreed to let you marry Wu Julan.

After all, I already engaged you to the Qin family.

Also, you are human, and he is mer.

But..I do not love Qin Hao at all!

Can you bear to watch me live unhappily for the rest of my life?

I already gave my heart to Wu Julan.

I cannot give it to anyone else.

Brother, I beg you.

If I don't promise you, will you be like the other time

and use death to force me?

Brother.

The merfolk tribe is full of young, beautiful, and kind girls.

Why did you pick a normal human being?

Love has no reason. I just followed my heart.

Ever since the day you were born, you did not have the ability to do as you'd like.

Not only you're my son,

you are also the future leader of the merfolk. Your every word and move,

Others are looking at your closely.

Today, you chose a woman from the human tribe. In the future, you surely will be harshly criticized.

Jin Lin and the others' disapproval is just the beginning!

I understand.

Lu Li and I are prepared to face this together.

I am worried about one more thing.

This Lu Li, could she be a trap set by the humans?

The humans have a saying.

"Young women are the cause of distaster." This human girl,

could she be using your identity,

and your power to bring unlimited trouble to our merfolk?

I trust Lu Li.

If I lack even this trust, how am I to spend my life with her?

Since you have made up your mind, leave the rest to me.

Thank you, King Father.

Ah Li.

After going through all this, I can see that you truly love Wu Julan.

In this world, anything can be forsaken.

The only exception is a sincere heart.

But you and Wu Julan are still from different tribes.

That is why your marriage cannot be rushed.

I'm thinking...I should discuss this with Wu Julan's father.

What do you think?

I just knew you'd agree! Big Brother loves me the most!

Ah Li! I must owe you from my previous life!

Ah Li. I definitely will not let the merfolk steal you away.

For you, I can do anything.

I didn't imagine that the king and Lord Lu would be so understanding

and agree to this marriage!

Today at wei time (1 pm to 3 pm), my royal father and your older brother

will meet up by Chang Le's beach and discuss the marriage.

Then I'll go back right now and tell my big brother about the time and location of the meeting.

Meeting already by wei time? You two really cannot wait for even a second.

Who else is like you, being able to wait patiently?

Work hard, work hard! It'll fly soon!

Big Brother, Big Sister, can you help us?

Help us!

Okay!

Big Sister, you're amazing!

It's going so high up!

Here, hold on tight.

-Thank you Big Sister!-Thank you Big Sister!

Wu Julan, meeting you is the most fortunate thing to happen in my life.

Since I already got you, I am already contented in this lifetime.

♫ 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 karma ♫

Brother Lu.

Little Brother, sit.

You sent for me in such a hurry. Is Ah Li in trouble?

Ah Li told me that this afternoon, the merfolk king wants to see me to discuss her and Wu Julan's marriage.

Ah Li and I are engaged! How could he steal her love?

Younger brother, do not be anxious. I have always been waiting for the right time to eliminate Wu Julan.

I never imagined that he'd give me a big present without my asking!

It is really true as they say that a person's mood becomes merry when she encounters a joyous occasion.

With your complexion today, you do not even need to put on any make up.

Zixuan, help me put this on.

Little brother, at wei time today, take some soldiers and lie in wait at Chang Le's beach.

Wait for Wu Julan and the merfolk king to come ashore.

I will break my cup as the signal and then you lead your army to eliminate them all.

Today, the merfolk will die!

Big Brother, they're here!

Yin Hu, say...

The two of us coming here to cheer them, even if we do not get special guest seats, we should have at least been provided general seats.

I'm afraid if there's too many people, they'll get nervous!

I think we're acting more like thieves!

Shut up if you don't know how to talk! You're such a pain!

Why are there so many footprints?

Not good! I must get to Blue Cave!

They're meeting on land, not in the ocean.

It is my greatest fortune to see the merfolk king.

Thank you. Lord Lu is also a man of outstanding talents and bearing. You surely will become a pillar of the country.

We came to discuss my little sister's marriage to the prince.

I think we can cut down on the courteous talk.

Let us focus on the matter at hand.

The similar kind of marriage between Julan and Lu Li have never happened before.

Our merfolk tribe cares a lot of about it as well.

This union is also very important to us humans.

Us humans will not let go of this chance easily.

-General!-Why have you come?

This is bad! It seems like the humans are going to attack the king and the prince outside the city!

Lord Lu, what is the meaning of this?

What is the meaning of this? Everyone knows that merfolk are cruel beasts.

As the head magistrate of Chang Le, destroying the merfolk is completely justified!

Didn't the magistrate's office already lift the order to kill the merfolk?

I wanted them to let their guard down, and then kill them all!

-Big Brother!-Ah Li.

Thank you for leading the merfolk king and prince here.

Shoot!

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King Father!

Wu Julan!

Let go of me!

Don't fight, don't fight!

Just for bethrotal gifts, no need to do this!

Let's sit down and talk!

Stop fighting!

Wu Julan!

Wu Julan!!

-Your Majesty!-Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

King Father.

Protect King Father! Hurry and go!

Go!

Wu Julan!

Wu Julan!

Wu Julan. I almost forgot to tell you. The chaos at the shipyard and the merfolk murder crimes,

were all set up by me!

Although the person who wanted to build Cangming

was wearing a bamboo hat so I wasn't able to see his face clearly,

But, he has a very obvious unique feature. He has a very clear scar on the back of his hand.

Wu Julan!

-Who was captured?-I heard it is a merfolk.

Wasn't the order to hunt the merfolk just lifted? Why are they still capturing merfolk?

You are all too naive. This was the magistrate office's plan.

Loosening the reins only to grasp them tighter.

Brother Julan!

-Is it serious?-It's just a small injury.

How is the king?

The king is very seriously injured. It will all depend on him to make it through.

But Teacher will do her best to save him.

Humans actually use the marriage talks as a trap to lure the merpeople and catch them. They really are such vicious and crafty beings.

Hunting the merfolk was always done by Lu Xiao and Qin Hao!

Not all of them are bad. Actually, there are still a lot of them who-

Now that it has come to this, you're still defending them?

Look at these killed and injured brothers. Are you still going to protect

the murderers who did this?

I...

One day, the merfolk will flatten Chang Le

to take revenge for the insult we they've done to us today.

Ma Dachun!

What is going on? Why was Wu Julan captured?!

He was captured? Wasn't it just a fight? They caught him too?

Tell me what happened!

That is...

The merfolk king and Lord Lu went to discuss the wedding, but one word went wrong and then they started fighting.

And then?

And then?

And then...I went to persuade them, and got knocked out.

As the old saying goes 'Harmony gives rise to wealth'. Do they really need to go that far just for bethrotal gifts?

I say, Ma Dachun! Did that beating make you stupid?

It's already such a big mess! Could it have been just for material goods?

Then why do you think this happened?

It must have been that Lu Xiao!

He used the marriage discussion as an excuse to draw out the merfolk king and Wu Julan, and then destroy them both!

Oh!! Aiya!!

This Lu Xiao is that evil? A smart person like me didn't even think about that.

Wu Julan has been captured now! What should we do?

After all this, Lu Li's life must be a living hell now.

Why did you do this?

I thought my using my life to threaten you forced you to change for the better!

I never imagined that you'd become worse, and make me your tool to kill innocents!

If in your eyes, my feelings can just be casually trampled upon

and my happiness can become your weapon to kill,

then my life isn't any more important than your fame and fortune.

Then starting from today, I'll pretend that the brother who loved me is gone!

Don't you want to listen to my explanation?

Alright. Then I'll tell you.

Don't try to spin flowery lies to trick me.

I did lie to you. To protect this secret, I lied to you for so many years!

But I cannot continue lying to you anymore!

Do you know how our parents and family died?

Didn't they die in an ocean storm?

The Lu family is so familiar with the ocean. How could they die so easily in an ocean storm?

The weather was perfect that day. It was the merfolk!

The merpeople triggered huge waves and overturned the ship of the Lu family. I saw it with my own eyes.

It was the merfolk who killed our parents! I must get revenge!

This is why I keep thinking of ways to kill the merfolk!

Wu Julan is a merman. He is your enemy! You cannot be together with him!

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Ming Zhu.

You came just in time. I'm brewing tea.

I was able to achieve great victory today. Let us not drink tea.

Let's drink wine.

Come, drink a few cups with me.

What? I was able to seek vengeance. Are you not happy for me?

At the same time as you are about to obtain vengeance, someone is in terrible pain.

The pain in my heart is deeper than theirs.

Today, you made others suffer. In the future, others will come seeking revenge on you.

In the course of vengeance, when will it ever end?

A wine has the same form as water. Has the same character as fire.

It can make someone feel happily for a moment, but it can muddle the mind.

Just change to drinking tea from now on. Tea is fresh, clean, and devoid of desires. Exactly right to extinguish the fire in your heart,

put down your troubles, and live peacefully.

Ah Li must be very deeply hurt this time.

The degree when one fully recognizes the truth is equivalent to the degree of his pain.

I hope that this time, Ah Li can completely forget Wu Julan.

Miss.

Miss, say something.

I know that you are very sad.

Even if you yell and cry loudly, that'd be better.

It's more frightening to see you like this.

Ah Li! Ah Li, open the door!

Ah Li!

-Ah Li, it's me!-Mr. Qin.

Please go back. Miss is not in the mood to see you.

Ah Li! Let me explain!

-I-! Ah Li!-Please go back.

It won't do if Ah Li keeps going on like this.

She won't see me. Brother Lu,

why don't you try to persuade her?

I've already told her what I should.

What did you tell her?

I told her why I was being so cruel,

why I used her marriage to set a trap, why I had to find a way to kill the one she loves.

-No, Brother Lu, why-?-Merfolk killed our parents.

It was the merfolk that made Ah Li become an orphan at a young age.

They destroyed the Lu family in one night.

They made Ah Li and I suffer so much during these years.

We tasted all the bitterness and suffering the world has to offer.

So the Lu family has this sort of grudge with the merfolk?

No wonder you repeatedly tried to kill the merfolk.

The merfolk are natural born cruel beasts.

Killing merfolk will get revenge for my family.

It is also to ensure peace and safety for Chang Le. In terms of official or private reasons,

Killing the merfolk is completely justifiable!

But Ah Li has suffered to great of a shock!

I'm afraid something will happen to her!

Ah Li must make it through this obstacle herself. No one can help her.

Wu Julan is a merman!

He is your enemy! You cannot be together with him!

[Chang Le Prison]

Wu Julan, I will only marry you in this lifetime.

I precisely wanted them to let down their guard, and then kill them all!

-Big Brother, you-!-Ah Li.

Thank you for drawing the merfolk king and prince here.

Brother Fang Zi!

Brother Fang Zi! Isn't this Brother Fang Zi?

Who are you?

I am...the Head of the Maritime Trade Bureau...!

The teacher from his manor.

When you visited me last time, didn't you praise me as being full of talents

And wanted to become my student? Did you really forget?

This sort of thing happened?

I know. I have too many students.

I don't have the time to teach you.

That is why I brought my new book 'Ten Methods of Getting a Girl' today!

Come and take a look! This book,

is full of my true experiences!

I extensively detailed the secrets of how I made women fell head over heels for me.

Brothers! Hurry and come look!

-Come come come!What is it?

That's right!

Come come come! Come and look!

That's amazing! Not bad!

It is written in simple and easily understandable words and even have diagrams and figures.

Brother Julan! Are you okay?

Brother Geng Ji.

That Lu Xiao! How could he be so cruel?

Yesterday, I heard you and Lu Li were talking about a wedding!

I went and bought some good wine to celebrate with you two too!

I never imagined! How did a proper marriage discussion end up like this?

That Lu Xiao! And he's the head magistrate of Chang Le too!

His tactics are too despicable!

If the citizens of Chang Le learn about this, just their sputtering can drown him already.

Brother Geng Ji. I want to see Ah Li.

You...Lu Xiao is thinking of all possible ways to kill you right now.

If you want to see Lu Li now, I'm afraid...

I must see her!

Please!

Mm.

[Chang Le Lu Manor]

My Miss said that she won't.

What does that mean? She won't see us, or she won't see Wu Julan either?

Trouble is right on our doorstep now! Why is she throwing a fit?

Call her out to meet with her teacher face to face.

If she won't see him now, perhaps she won't ever see him again!

Zixuan, go and talk to her again.

-That's right.-I...

Brother Jiu Feng!

I...I wanted to ask Zixuan how Miss has been doing in her reading!

Miss won't see anyone.

Also, My Lord has ordered

that in the future, you don't need to come here to teach anymore.

What do you mean by that? Are you doubting my literary talent?

-You must make things clear!-Let's go, let's go!

Let's go! Let's go!

I guessed long ago that Lu Xiao doesn't want me to be the teacher!

But that Lu Li won't see Wu Julan!

I really didn't expect that. What do you think is wrong with Lu Li?

-Lu Li won't see Wu Julan, or even us!-That's right!

-That's not normal at all.-That's strange!

Wait! Brother Geng Ji, you mean Lu Li is in on this too?

Something is wrong with Lu Li?

That's impossible! Lu Li...

Lu Li isn't like this! There must be some mistake!

Come, Lord Qin, Little Brother. This cup of wine,

Let us celebrate that our plan to kill the merfolk was a success.

Lord Lu, I heard that the reason you were able to give a severe blow to the merpeople this time

was because you used the discussion of the marriage of your little sister as a bait to catch them.

If I didn't do that, the merfolk wouldn't fall for the trap so easily.

Merfolk are indeed ferocious beast that everyone should kill. But if a human will disregard traditional virtues of compassion, duty, propriety, and integrity,

then what difference is there between us and beasts?

The merfolk were severely injured this time,

but, the people already found out that you hunted down the merfolk.

The citizens are having some criticisms about that.

As the prefectural governor, I also lost face because of that.

I believe that as Chang Le's head magistrate,

I should do things for Chang Le's people's safety.

The merfolk have repeatedly injured people in Chang Le.

If we only abide by righteousness, we will only people our people in danger.

Merfolk are cruel wild beasts.

How could we treat beasts like humans?

I am the same as you. I only think for Chang Le's people.

As long as the goal is met, why criticize the methods?

Father. For Chang Le's people,

I believe that Brother Lu's words are not entirely unreasonable.

Alright. Since you did this for the people,

I will no longer pursue the merfolk hunt that occurred.

Lord Qin, you are very magnanimous.

I will remember what you said today.

I surely will be happy for what makes the citizens of Chang Le happy and worry on what worries them. I surely will do my best to serve them from now on.

There is one more thing I must tell you.

Speak.

Wu Julan is the prince of the merfolk.

If their prince is captured, the merfolk will not ignore him.

My Lord, please hurry and behead Wu Julan

and cut off any future troubles from arising.

Publicly executing Wu Julan can eliminate the sharp spirit of the merpeople.

Let the citizens of Chang Le know the determination of the government to kill the merpeople.

Alright. I will leave this matter to you, Lord Lu.

Yes Sir.

Ah Li won't see me?

We don't understand either. At this time,

she should be thinking of all possible ways to see you! Why would she-?

Impossible!

No matter how we think about it, there's only one possibility.

Lu Li likely already knew about her brother's plan

and then worked together with her brother to harm you.

No! Ah Li wouldn't hurt me.

But that is reality!

No matter if Lu Li did it intentionally or not,

the merfolk hunt really does have to do with her!

Ah Li loves me.

I trust her.

I trust that Ah Li definitely would not hurt me!

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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 karma ♫

♫ 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 no 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? ♫