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♬ The city of snow is burning, illuminating the bright moon ♬

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♬ Only when everything is withering, can it be said as being deep into the night ♬

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♬ Hindering the grass with three lives, and the white dew that moistens the yellow leaves ♬

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♬ Fine black hair is easily dyed with dust, only white hair is not timid ♬

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♬ The past seems transient as it always passes by our eyes ♬

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♬ Which flower resembles that smiling face from back then, ♬

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♬ That is shining in the world in my dreams? ♬

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♬ A cup of wine, and the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers continue to flow day and night ♬

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♬ If the character for "person" is lonely, there would only be one stroke left ♬

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♬ Though there is singing and dancing and resting, loneliness is still unending ♬

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♬ In this one life of mine, unending loneliness is stil there, and I ask whether this loneliness can be extinguished

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[Siege in Fog]

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[Episode 9]

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Father, did you forget, I've always been able to find happiness even in hardship.

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I'm fine like this.

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Don't think that I can't tell.

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If it wasn't for me back then, getting into a lawsuit and losing my position,

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your mother wouldn't have, on her deathbed, force you to marry into the Yi Family.

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I didn't know before,

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the Yi Family is a troublesome place.

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Have you forgotten you've taught me a phrase?

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You must hold your head up high and continue to walk the path you choose

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and not go back.

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Alright, let's not go back.

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Then let me ask you, how are you and Yi Lian Kai doing right now?

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He treats me quite well.

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I'm not asking about how he's treating you, but how you are treating him?

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Don't think I don't know what you are thinking.

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Tell me that Li Wang Ping, that brat,

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what sort of love potion did he feed you? Tell me?

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Father, why don't you give me a bowl of Grandma Meng's soup.

(soup the dead drinks to forget about the past before reincarnation)

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So I can forget completely.

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Alright.

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Drink the congee. Drink it and forget about him.

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Right now, there's a popular phrase,

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something like, marriage of the past is like a bad ointment

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and a normal marriage is one too.

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What is the new type of marriage then? A helium balloon.

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So that means Lian Kai and I

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are bad ointment?

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We're destined to be together yet we cannot separate.

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I just hope you can lead a happy life.

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That you can open your heart up more.

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You and Lian Kai have to live a new life, so don't think about the past.

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Treat him better, okay? From what I see, you're feelings towards him

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are not even 100% of what you feel towards Li Wang Ping.

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That year when Wang Ping left, my heart died.

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Me and Lan Po are ill fated.

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He is a like a familiar presence in my heart,

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but also like a stranger. That is all.

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Dad, don't give me a hard time.

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When it comes to emotions, how can you force anything?

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Do you want me to force myself to say I like him?

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That is too hard for me.

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I am not going to force you.

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I just want to tell you,

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Since you are here, try your best.

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Since you choose this life,

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then why don't you let yourself be happy?

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Dad, don't worry

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Today after I go back, I will be kinder to him.

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Will that make you happy?

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- Be careful!

- No problem!

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You wait here, I can do it myself.

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Be careful!

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Let me!

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I guess your dad's trip wasn't wasted.

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If you treated your husband like this earlier,

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Our family probably have hope by now! (T/N you would be knocked up!)

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I made this for myself. What does it have to do with him?

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One person can eat so much?

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That's my problem. Why don't you stop worrying.

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Careful, okay?

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It is so rare to see you do this.

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Is there something other favor you wanted?

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Today its your friend's cousin

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Tomorrow it is a member of your extended family.

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I don't think I have that much power

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to save people for you everyday.

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Lan Po how long have I been married to you?

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If you can't remember yourself, why should someone else remember?

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We have been married 2 years,

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In these two years, I haven't gone out.

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What you do outside, I never ask.

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Even if you are with other women, I didn't judge.

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The favor I have asked of you,

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it was only about Pan Jian Chi. And it wasn't even for me.

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You came to Zhishan one time,

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You seem to have met a lot of people. Gained a lot of knowledge.

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Maybe after 5 more years, you my wife,

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Will be someone in charge of Jiangzhou politics.

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You compare me to Miss Min?

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Yi Lian Kai, in your eyes,

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Is the only thing a woman is good for attracting men?

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If you eyes are blind,

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go wash them. If you wait too long,

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be careful your heart become blind too.

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You are rest assured,

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This is my first time cooking. See if you like it.

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You said yourself, it was your first time cooking,

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I am definitely not going to drink this.

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You can eat by yourself. I am going out.

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If you don't like what I cooked,

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You could have said something earlier. I could have saved myself the trouble.

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Whose cooking you like best, you should go see them.

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For example, Ming Hong Yu or Second Brother's wife,

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They are all waiting to eat with you.

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They are all lovely and gentle, also understand you

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They probably understand you better than me.

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They also probably know what you like to eat better.

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What I eat. What I do.

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It will never be your business to question.

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You think just because someone call you Third Master's wife,

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it makes your important?

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I don't think I am important.

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I thought you were important.

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That's right.

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In your eyes, I am a ladder

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of course you think I am important!

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I am not going to drink the congee.

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I am going to go eat with someone who cares about me

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They at least show me a smiling face.

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Looking at your icy face.

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I can't even swallow any food.

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Get out!

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If I cook for you ever again, I am going to cut off my own hand.

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Let me go. It hurts.

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If you don't eat, why can't I throw it away.

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You gave the house to me, yet you come everyday to look at an object to take about a woman.

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Isn't it a bit inappropriate?

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I just want to sit for a little bit.

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I just want to talk to my mother for a little bit.

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If you return this embroidery picture to me, I wouldn't come back to bother you.

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Since you love this so much, of course I can't return it to you.

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This way you will come by every day.

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And we can talk through the night.

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I don't have time to joke around with you.

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Can you leave me alone?

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Tell me, what happened?

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I have known you for a while, this is the first time I have seen you like this.

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Because of Qin Sang?

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The two of you seem born to torture each other.

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A rock hitting a rock, hurting each other but also hurting yourself.

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I am a knife. She is also a knife.

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When we fight, the results are sparks.

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If I am a piece of cloth, but she is still a knife.

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I will only be cut into ribbons, and she wouldn't feel a thing.

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Compared to that, maybe it is better we continue to fight. See who breaks first.

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I just want to talk to my mother. Could you give me some peace.

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Mom,

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You brought me to this world.

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And then left before teaching me me how to love.

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Was this my fate?

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I know, I know she is using me.

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But I can't do anything to her about it.

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We have been married for so long. I thought she would slowly grow to love me.

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But I was wrong.

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There was already someone else in her heart.

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Mom, what should I do?

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How should I stop myself from loving her?

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Do you want to try?

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Uh..

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You don't come here often, but when I try to test you, I am not disappointed.

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How many things does Lan Po not know about?

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Father is too kind.

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I have seen your fighting style.

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Your proactively attack, and attack aggressively.

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It is in the style of a man. You only attack the head.

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You don't know how to take advantage of openings. It is a tiring tactic and could cause you the bout.

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The head is the most important part.

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Like a general to a country.

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Exercise is like this. So is leading a war.

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Attack is important, so that they have no chance to prepare.

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Just like Louis XIV who made fencing popular,

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And Bismark, they are all leaders I admire.

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They are ambitious, well read and know how to fight.

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Some says he is a dictator and acts alone.

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But no matter what's the criticism,

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He single handedly made France the leader of Europe.

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The people of France view him as a god.

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I didn't know you would start discussing generals with me.

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And using fencing to do it.

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Very good. I admire your judgement.

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But woman shouldn't get involved with politics.

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It is easy to mess things up.

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Also, you said you studied abroad in the west.

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But unlike most girls, you don't only care about dancing and parties.

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Women generally care about love,

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Waltz can be the song of mourning or the song of a rising sun. There is lingering riotous profusion of emotions.

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It is best for women who act like water.

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Actually I have learned dancing, but I like fencing more.

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In my opinion it is more lively. It allows me to think calmly and strategically.

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I like the feeling of having a goal.

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For the whole process, you are competing for wisdom and exerting your spirit.

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It is a test of both your physical power and endurance.

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In my opinion, an exciting exercise is better than dancing.

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Good.

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Third son's wife has traits of a son.

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I heard Third son fought with his wife.

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I don't know the reason.

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You say, all of my six wives live peacefully.

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Why didn't Third son inherit some of my traits.

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Who do you think he got his temper from?

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Raising an untrained child is the father's fault. He's always around different women.

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In the end he can't even control his own wife.

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This dessert was made by Third son's wife.

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She usually looks like she doesn't do any work, but the desserts she makes are pretty good.

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Don't they say that the kitchen is the women's area?

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Before, things between Third Brother and Third sister-in-law were cold.

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But later on Third Brother played around more and Third sister-in-law didn't care.

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In the end they just grew more distant.

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Third sister-in-law has tried to fix their relationship.

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It's just that Third Brother doesn't treasure it. Also adding on the temptations outside

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being naughty and mischievous has now become a second nature to him. It's hard for him to suddenly get into the right frame of mind.

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He should have brought his mind back a long time ago.

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Before I thought that Third son's wife was an ignorant person.

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But after she went to Zhishan and during a critical time recommended her father,

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I realized she not as simple as she looks.

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Today, I asked her to fence with me and came to realize she wasn't a new player.

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Also, she even has some insights. She has strategy, foresight, and intelligence.

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Totally not like a child that a pedantic Qin Housheng will be able to raise.

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I just asked her a question and guess what she said?

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She said she liked Bismark and Louis XIV.

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Does that mean Qin family is very different.

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Not just different,

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if Third son's wife was a male

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she would have made a great military strategist.

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After all, she's a descendant of an imperial military clan.

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Descendant of an imperial military clan?

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Third's wife is a descendant of the Wu clan who has been navy commanders of Changjiang?

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Third son looks uneducated and unskilled,

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but has a good eye for picking women.

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Marrying a wife from an illustrious clan like that

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who can suppress his personality that lacks a sense of propriety

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can be considered as husband and wife complementing each other.

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Stop.

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I have to go in to see your Chief Marshal.

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Who do you think you are to see our Chief Marshal?

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Then go tell him I'm here.

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Who are you?

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In the past, only Han Xin can be said to have gathered the king, the duke, the general,

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and the minister in one body. Presently, the military sage who has both the intelligence

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and the tactics that can help your group take over the whole country

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can only be me, Fu Rongcai.

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There are so many people like you who uses the same excuse to come here to the Chief Marshal's manor. Stop fooling people here. Leave!

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Hey, the fact that I was able to call myself a military sage means that I surely will be able to help Chief Marshal Li obtain complete control of the country.

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Hurry up and announce that I am here.

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If your Chief Marshal knows that I'm here, he would personally come out to bring me in.

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Let me tell you, I worked here for so long and never seen anyone

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that Li Marshal would come out to bring in. Aren't you scared I will shoot you?

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If you throw a stone up, it might land on you.

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If you shoot me today, can you guarantee that you won't get shot tomorrow?

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Stop.

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I've seen this person. He's not ordinary. Why not accept his conditions first?

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Who is the person who dares to arrogantly call himself the military sage

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outside my manor?

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It's me.

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I'm the first disciple of Mr. Fan Zhiheng, the Political Adviser of the Jiangzuo Province.

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Today, I especially came to visit Chief Marshal Li.

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That old sly fox Fan Zhiheng

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caused me how many defeats and lose how many men?

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You dare to come to my place?

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Guards arrest him.

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If you arrest me today, then will you not regret

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that no one will help you obtain the whole country in the future?

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Oh? Your Fan Zhiheng's disciple, should't you be helping Yi family?

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But now your helping Yi family's enemy? What are you trying to do?

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My ambition is to conquer the whole country.

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But Yi family can't give me that.

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Seeing Chief Marshal Li today, you indeed have an imposing bearing.

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Look at how your'e emitting the spirit of a true dragon in between your brows.

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Your every movement is majestic looking.

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And the current Yi Jipei

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is already like a sun sinking in the west. None of his 3 sons

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has the heroic bearing that you have now.

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A fine bird chooses the tree it will nest in.

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I think you understand that right?

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You indeed are a smooth talker.

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I just don't know if you only are a smooth talker or you really have the talent to back it up.

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Also, why should I believe you?

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Just because you say that you're the disciple of the Political Adviser of Jiangzuo Province?

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Okay. Then from that

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I can consider you as a spy.

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I really want to work under you.

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One shouldn't doubt the person you use or don't bother using him at all.

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If you don't believe me,

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then you can do it right now. I will have nothing to say.

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Okay. You have guts.

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Please come in and let's talk.

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Chief Marshal Li, look. I came here in such a rushed manner.

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I wasn't able to prepare any humble gift for you. I indeed deserved to be hit.

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Other than it's hard to find that great general, my manor doesn't lack anything.

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Mr. Fu, while outside, you had this disdain look about the world.

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Why do you seem different inside now?

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I'm just pretending outside.

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I mainly want to reflect your magnanimity.

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Look. When Han Xin initially went to join the Han, even though he still had no merits,

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Liu Bang still went to Jintai to ask him to be his marshal.

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Everyone saw how Liu Bang gave him so much importance,

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that's why, they were willing to listen to Han Xin.

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What you mean is you want me to make use of me so you can achieve merit?

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Yeah, what you just said

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is exactly what I'm thinking.

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Look. Didn't I come to swear allegiance to you with my life?

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My small place,

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might not be able to accommodate a big military sage like you.

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Initially, I thought that I indeed might not fit here,

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but I actually thought it wrong.

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That is because I was too proud and haven't had much experience yet.

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Look at how your Li Manor has recruited so many talents.

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How can it be not big enough to accommodate me?

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Grant him a seat.

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Thanks.

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Actually, I only have heard of you before.

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But seeing you in person now,

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Chief Marshal Li, you really have lofty spirit and a giant among men.

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To tell you honestly, this time,

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I exactly come here to help rid you of your greatest heart problem (hidden trouble).

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Oh? Tell me then, what problem do I have?

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Yi Jipei.

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He?

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Tell me then, how should I rid myself of this heart illness.

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Chief Marshal Yi, here. Please break this walnut into pieces.

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Just by one's hand strength, how could you easily break it?

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What then does Chief Marshal Li think we should to break this walnut into pieces.

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Of course, it's to attack through its weakest part.

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Here, Chief Marshal Li.

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Place these two walnuts together and try it again.

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By doing that, this hard walnut easily broke into pieces.

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That's why, in dealing with a hard object, you should rely on another hard object

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then hit them against each other. In dealing with Yi Jipei,

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we just have to sow an internal strife within his family.

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This way, you can just sit and wait to harvest the benefits.

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Miss, look.

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Osmanthus cake!

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- The most delicious osmanthus cake!

- Wow! Smells so fragrant.

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Owner, 2 please.

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This lady, you really have a good eyesight.

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Miss.

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- Your change.

- Thanks.

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Never thought that when Third Young Master acts,

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you're way better than me.

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That Fu Rongcai actually went to the Yi Army?!

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Do you know about Fu Rongcai plans of joining Li Chongnian?

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- This...

- When Mr. Fan was still around,

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he kept drooling over his position.

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Now that he finally would be able to fulfill his wish,

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he instead willing gave it up.

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This matter is really so surprising.

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This matter isn't that simple.

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Immediately send someone to secretly investigate.

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If we're unable to find out the reason why this person changed sides,

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I think that we'll be facing unending future troubles.

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The matters that Fu Rongcai knows are indeed quite a lot.

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How about this? I'll first ask Second and Third Little Brother to immediately come here, so we can discuss this matter.

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Pour some wine.

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Okay.

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Say, why must you do this? I have never seen

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someone acting to anger others, but ended up getting this mad himself.

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Who told you that I'm angry?

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I am not a petty woman!

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Pulling out a blade to cut off the water will only make it flow more. (just worsening the situation)

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Raising a glass of wine to drown the sorrow will only make one feel more sorrowful.

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What you said is right. Come.

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Accompany me to drink this wine.

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Third Young Master.

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- Pour me some wine.

- Third Young Master.

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Stop annoying me!

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Master asks that you go home. Please don't make it difficult for me.

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Stand well.

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I hurriedly asked you all to come here...

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Do you all know now what has happened?

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Father, just be direct with us.

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I will follow the stand of my brothers.

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Let me ask you three. Why did Fu Rongcai...

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go to side with Li Chongnian? You tell me.

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Father, regarding Fu Rongcai joining Li Chongnian...

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you should ask him.

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How would we know?

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What kind of attitude is that?!

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Father, don't get mad first.

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Third, that day when Fu Rongcai came to our house, only you saw him.

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Hurry and tell father about what happened that day.

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It was you...

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It was you, Third?!

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Do you want to anger me to death?!

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Father, don't get mad first. Let's listen to Third explain things first.

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Father...

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I don't have any reasons.

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I just don't like that Fu Rongcai!

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Third, I think that you really want this family to fall as soon as possible.

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Why did you really do it?!

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Father, I don't want to explain anything.

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When that Fu Rongcai came to our door that day,

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he wanted us three brothers to fall in line

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and let you personally go out to welcome him!

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I know that first senior brother of mine

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so well.

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He is just an idiot who knows to talk military tactics on paper.

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He wants our Yi family to treat him as an important guest?!

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He isn't qualified to be one.

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Moreover, a person like Fu Rongcai who is double-faced,

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even Teacher

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was guarding against him when he was still alive.

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I don't believe

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that our Yi family won't be able to continue

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dominating Jiangzuo without him!

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You're getting bold with your ideas now. Whether Fu Rongcai will be killed or kept,

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is just one word of mine.

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It's not your turn to make decisions!

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You drove him away by yourself

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and didn't even inform us about it.

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That is under reporting!

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Father...

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Don't accuse me of such a thing.

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I see a lot of people everyday.

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How could I deal with any matter regardless of their importance

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and report them all to you?

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Father,

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in my opinion,

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this is a good thing. Think about it.

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If not because Third drove this Fu Rongcai away,

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we wouldn't know that he's such a vile person.

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I think that Third has helped you test his loyalty.

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From the looks of it now, this Fu Rongcai indeed isn't worthy to be given great responsibilities. Father, don't be mad anymore.

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In my opinion, Second is right.

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Let's just consider this matter as Third Little Brother's unintentional mistake.

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But Third Little Brother, if anything like this happens again,

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to prevent it being used by others to sow dissension in our brotherly relationship

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and father-and-son relationship, it's better that you

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tell us beforehand.

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Yes, Eldest Brother.

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That Fu Rongcai is good in fomenting discord.

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He going to Li Chongnian's side

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is very disadvantageous for us.

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Just you wait. When the time is right,

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that Li Chongnian will surely make a grand move.

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What are you sewing?

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You won't understand it even if I say it.

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Who said that I don't know?

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Hand it over to let me see.

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Hey.

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Let me see.

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My beloved...

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is on the other side of the water.

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Right?

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You're drunk.

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Say it.

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Who is that beloved man in your heart?

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Tell me. I won't blame you for it.

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Who told me to be blind that I married a woman who doesn't love me?!

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If you don't love me, your heart surely loves someone, right?

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Your heart clearly has someone in it,

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so why do you kept pretending to be so able, virtuous, and kind-heated everyday?!

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Don't you get tired?

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If you are that capable,

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bring home that person in your heart for me to see.

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Stop holding it in.

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It's too tiring.

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Are you sober now?

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If you're sober, then—

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Yi Liankai, I don't love you!

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It's fine if you don't love me, but remember this.

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You are my wife.

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I will never let go of my hand to let you off.

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Even if I enter my grave,

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I will still bring you with me.

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In Mr. Fan's funeral procession,

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make some disorder.

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Let Yi Lianshen's power get affected by it.

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I fear that our brothers might need to sacrifice a lot for that.

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Today, we're doing the strategy of 'the lord offering his head'.

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We all will be Fan Yuqi.

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We surely will deliver Jing Ke by Emperor Qin's side.

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Second Sister-in-law.

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Stop right there.

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Why are you avoiding me?

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Are you planning to severe all the affection and fate between us?

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Second Sister-in-law, we don't have any affection nor fate between us.

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Up to how long are you planning to fool yourself?

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I want to ask your help about something.

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That's really strange. People in this family used to treat me like some useless garbage.

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But these 2 months, I've become a rare item.

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Second Sister-in-law, I have agreed to play ball with some people.

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I'm going now.

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Wait a minute. For this matter,

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others are unable to help. You must be the one to do it.

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My father made a last request when he was alive that all his belongings

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must be personally organized by you.

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Did Teacher really say that?

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How can it be fake? How did my father treat you when he was alive?

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You must fulfill his last wish.

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Okay. Lead the way.

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Did you drive Fu Rongcai away

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because of Qin Sang?

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What does this got to do with Qin Sang?

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Teacher has never given any importance to a person like Fu Rongcai.

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Don't think that I don't know.

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Before Qin Housheng became the head of the cultural affairs department,

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he once was the head of the finance department.

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Before, Fu Rongcai used political power to impeach the president.

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He used the tactic of driving a wedge between two people to frame Qin Housheng and made him left office,

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dragging with him a huge group of officers that were found to be involved with this matter.

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In this matter, the only person involved

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that suffered imprisonment and complete destruction of his reputation

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is Qin Sang's father, Qin Housheng.

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♬ Your name goes with the wind, floating and drifting away ♬

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♬ Like a past that couldn't be hidden away completely ♬

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♬ Love is merely a game of winning or losing ♬

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♬ Under the heavens, there's only you I am heartless to ♬

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♬ Your heart becomes a promise ♬

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♬ Like a camel's bell that cannot be heard ♬

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♬ In the end, everything has hindered the heart ♬

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♬ Billowing unceasingly in previous generations and in this lifetime ♬

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♬ I've locked you and I've locked up my heart too, but I can't lock up awakened dreams ♬

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♬ There will be no shadow at the other end of the world throughout my life indefinitely ♬

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♬ I let go of you and I let go of my feelings too, but I can't let go of a decision ♬

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♬ If I should come to this world once more and be reborn semi-awake ♬

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♬ The empty well of fate cannot be filled up evenly ♬

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♬ I cannot ever reach your lonely pavilion ♬

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♬ Love and hate are constantly awakened ♬

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♬ It's the fate that cannot be locked up ♬

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♬ I've locked you and I've locked up my heart too, but I can't lock up awakened dreams ♬

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♬ There will be no shadow at the other end of the world throughout my life indefinitely ♬

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♬ I let go of you and I let go of my feelings too, but I can't let go of a decision ♬

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♬ If I should come to this world once more and be reborn semi-awake ♬

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♬ If I should come to this world once more and be reborn semi-awake ♬