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"No Return" by Fan Shiqi

♫ Memories slowly surround me, are they happy or sad? ♫

♫ The intersection of being clear-headed and blurry, can’t determine if it’s white or black ♫

♫ Going against the wind yet still pursuing, I must retreat if I cannot advance ♫

♫ You needn’t and I am unwilling for tears to fall ♫

♫ For you I won’t regret anything even if I forget who I am ♫

♫ No matter how many years have passed, even when stars are falling ♫

♫ I’ll spend this long journey nestled together with you ♫

♫ Grant me a cup of deep love, a life of being intoxicated ♫

[Qing Qing Zi Jin]

[Episode 8]

Lanshan.

Principal, why are you here?

In this fire, our library

- can be considered to be gone. - That's right.

How should I explain this to His Majesty?

However, fortunately, when we were cleaning up,

we found a few originals of Cai Wenji. (T/N: female poet and musician from Eastern Han Dynasty)

There are still some good books of literature?

Yuanzhi. Yuanzhi!

- Principal. - Yuanzhi, hurry!

Show our principal the originals of Cai Wenji that you just found.

Hurry! Go!

- What's that sound from inside there? - Oh, no! This is bad!

Let's go and take a look.

Young Master, come here!

I'm here!

Give me a kiss!

Qinghe, are you done?

Qinghe!

Who's in there?

Zhao Qinghe!

Oh, my!

- What are they doing? - Do you still need to ask?

Qiuchi?

Wen Renjuan, you... What a scandal!

[Wenren Manor]

How disrespectful!

A young lady from an aristocratic family could even do such a shameless deed in public.

Where will we hide our faces?

Mother, don't be angry! Little Sister didn't do it on purpose.

- She just got careless and drank too much. - Drank too much?

A young lady even drank out there?

What kind of place is Zhu Xiu Academy? It's full of sons from aristocratic families.

It's all over the city now.

That our Wenren family committed such a shameless deed.

- Are you done talking? - Why are you upset at me?

Father, don't be angry.

You know that Little Sister usually doesn't even make a sound.

Why would she drink and cause trouble?

It's all Luo Qiuchi's fault.

A'Juan.

Tell me.

What's your relationship with this Luo Qiuchi?

Why are you always with him?

Is he forcing you?

Or he's got something against you?

Little Sister, say something.

He has never forced me to do anything.

I'm just his slingshot.

Hence, we are usually in contact.

- Since that's the case... - Since that's the case,

I will talk to Zhu Xiu Academy tomorrow

to tell them to change Luo Qiuchi's slingshot.

And you should stay away from him.

N-N-No!

No? Could it be that you don't want to be apart from him?

I...

No.

Husband, you are the Deputy Head of Legislative Bureau.

As an aristocratic family, reputation is the foremost importance to us.

Once this reputation is ruined,

not only will your words be snubbed in the palace,

our Shu'er won't be able to find a good husband in the future, either.

Decisive actions must be taken swiftly for this complex situation.

Just do accordingly to what you said.

By the way, Mister Li Lingbi

has already sent his men here.

Really?

Little Sister, it looks like Li Lingbi is interested in you.

Why don't you meet with him and get to know him more?

Shu'er is right.

I wouldn't want people to think that I don't care about you.

What do you say?

Okay.

Thank you, First Madam.

Qiuchi, I messed up again.

Why am I so timid in front of them?

I've got no courage to speak up

and now I must keep my distance from you.

You must be disappointed in me.

I'm sorry!

Mother, Luo Qiuchi's pedigree

is still lower than Li Lingbi.

If they are accomplished, wouldn't it be better?

Silly girl!

You should have more foresight.

That Luo Qiuchi was undisputably chosen by His Majesty as the Head of Qilin.

What will happen in the future,

still no one can predict.

If she's with him,

what'll happen to us if they get a step above?

This Li Lingbi is uneducated and without talents.

During his lifetime, he will still be like this.

Even if this is not considered so,

I won't let her get what she wants, either.

Her mother, Duan Ning,

took away what belonged to me.

I want her daughter to pay up.

I just don't like this Li Lingbi.

He even dared to use that expression to look at me.

Who let my daughter be so beautiful?

Of course,

a toad would want to eat a swan. (T/N: An ugly man hopes to marry a pretty girl)

- Zhu Xiu Academy has already punished Wenren Juan... - Fine.

...to copy the school motto a hundred times.

She has been suspended from classes for two days and will do self reflections at home.

This bunch of brats should be disciplined properly.

Look! You can't even beat some sense into them

or scold them.

What should we do?

Dayou's Control of Water... (T/N: ancient mythology of Dayou who lead the people to fight against floods)

...used dredging instead of blocking.

You're right!

What did I say that was right?

That phrase just now, "Dayou's Control of Water, used dredging instead of blocking."

- I was just reading. - No, no, no, no.

You gave me an excellent idea.

- I didn't. - You just said

to take a gamble instead of a loss.

They've been cooped up in the Academy.

Also, their families are also strict.

So we should take them out to explore.

Yeah, this is a great idea.

By the way, doesn't the academy conduct a field trip every year?

Has it begun this year?

Our academy takes these kids out

to tour the mountains and recite poems.

How do we divulge this?

I'm going to see the principal to change "tour the mountains and rivers"

to "group training."

Group training? What do you plan to train them?

I haven't thought of it yet,

but we can use this opportunity

to let this group of students do physical training.

As the same time, we can also control

their unhealthy tendencies.

Ouyang, don't blame me for not reminding you.

The incident regarding that female student just occurred.

Xuan Lanshan, Xuan Lanshan. You are picking the kettle that's boiling. (T/N: bringing up a sensitive topic)

Don't worry! We won't go far this time.

It will be around the capital.

I guarantee there won't be any trouble.

Xuan Lanshan, you usually don't talk much.

But when you say something, you astonish us.

I'm going to find Professor and Instructor Hang, too.

Ouyang, let me state this first.

This has nothing to do with me.

You are shirking the responsibility.

- You must do this. Get it? - Okay.

Okay, I know.

Be careful!

- I want to try it, too. - Sure.

- So funny. - You have been laughing the whole day.

Laughing so happily. What are you chatting about?

Do you want to grab something to eat later?

I haven't completed my assignment. I don't have any appetite.

Listen up! Line up!

Look at how lethargic and relaxed they seem.

It's time to put them through some training.

Hurry up!

Everyone, stand up.

I have an announcement to make.

- Our spring excursion this year... - Spring excursion!

- ...has been changed to team training. - What?

Instructor Hang will be working with us

on the overall training exercises.

- Instructor Hang, I'm handing things over to you. - Okay.

This is our first year doing an activity like this.

The principal has specifically given instructions

for us to guarantee the safety of every child.

Little Senior Sister, help me put this on.

- Qinghe, let's shift over there. - This...

Classmate Luo, let me help you.

All right.

Everyone, stand properly!

This time, our training

will focus on building your willpower.

It'll be very difficult.

Even if you can't do it, you're going to have to do it anyway.

Now, head back and pack your things.

Go on.

Let's go.

Brother Luo, my family owns all of these restaurants.

If you want to go, come and find me.

Stop!

Luo Qiuchi!

Isn't that Luo Qiuchi?

Where are you going?! Luo Qiuchi!

- Get back over here! - This...

We can't have anything go wrong! Oh no...

Be careful!

- Luo Qiuchi! - What's going on?

What's happening?

- Stop right there! - What are you doing?

Sorry, I got the wrong person.

Luo Qiuchi.

Luo-Luo Qiuchi, what are you doing?

I also thought I saw someone I knew.

You got me going. Scared me to death.

Let me tell you, Luo Qiuchi. This is a group activity we're setting out to do.

Tell me if you are going to do something.

I'm sorry, Professor Ouyang.

Fine! Let's head back.

Come, come, come!

You can't do this again. Okay? Get inside the carriage. We're heading out.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

Take it easy.

Who was it that said nothing can happen?

How great, Xuan Lanshan...

Not only did you not help me, but you're also still teasing me here?

I've already said all that needs to be said.

No matter what goes wrong, it's got nothing to do with me.

That's not fair!

Is this really my personal matter?

What games are we playing?

I have never gone on such a trip.

What game are we playing?

Split up into teams later.

This is great!

Instructor Hang, please.

Listen up!

Children, to strengthen the spirit of cooperation between all of you

and to build up unity;

today, we'll play a very interesting game.

What do you say? Does that sound good?

Yeah! Great! Great!

Next, we will let Instructor Hang

to tell everyone the rules of the game.

What we're doing here today,

is training your skill with weapons and strategy.

In the woods behind you,

there'll be soldiers dressed up as bandits

trying to attack you.

Each person

will have five arrows made with cinnabar

and one cinnabar spear.

Those who get stained with cinnabar are out of the game.

The one who survives the longest and collect the most pendants

will be the victor. Got it?

Got it!

- Weren't we coming out for an excursion? Why are we doing all this? - Yeah. That's right.

- Let's go home. - If you don't want to participate, that's fine.

I don't mind.

You'll just fail your archery classes for this year.

- What? - Listen up!

The mock battle training begins now!

Collect your weapons.

Let's collect weapons.

This is for you.

Got it?

Hold this for me.

- Are you ready? - Ready!

Let's begin! Chase them!

Catch!

Hey!

Up here.

- It's all your fault! - It's your fault!

Hand it over!

Not a single arrow missed its mark.

I got two more.

I have to work harder.

- Let's go. - It's all your fault!

Let's go.

Classmate Luo!

Save us!

Where is he?

We have more.

Classmate Luo!

Not bad! Here.

Thanks, Classmate Luo!

What are you happy about? There are lots more. Let's go.

Let's go!

We're going to get scolded. What are we going to say?

We will talk about it when we get back.

- There is someone sitting there. - Right.

Brother, you got eliminated, too?

Don't be angry! There are always winners and losers. We lost, too.

I don't think he's one of us.

Hide the body!

Let's go.

That way! Let's go!

- Stupid! Go and look. - Yes, Sir!

- There is no one there. - What are you doing? You scared me.

Let's go!

Should be safe to leave now?

So, Da Qiang's pursuing me.

Da Qiang is pursuing you?

Yeah.

What are you thinking?

I'm saying, he's chasing after me.

You and your panting. Seriously!

I must think of a way to get the token from him.

You? Is it possible?

I can. I will steal it from his back

and punch him ruthlessly twice.

I should be able to do it.

I'll leave first.

I won't disappoint Instructor Hang.

Wait, Qinghe!

Qiuchi. Qiuchi, look!

It looks like they're real bandits.

It'll be dangerous for us to go outside now.

Then, what should we do?

Hurry!

This way!

After them!

Stop right there!

Stop running!

Quick!

Stop!

Hurry! Go!

Stop!

Quick! Leave now!

Stop!

- Stop running! - Over there!

- Stop! - Capture them!

It's Senior Brother and the rest of them. Will they be in danger?

Let's think of how to meet up with them later.

Quick!

Are you okay? As you can see,

these people chasing after us are real mountain bandits. Let's find a place to hide first.

Stop!

- Quickly go! - Where did you guys run off to?

After them!

- They can't last any longer, either. - You have been eliminated, too?

- Don't mention this. - He has cinnabar all over his body.

Look at him!

- Instructor Hang! Instructor Hang! - What's going on?

There are mountain bandits.

Real bandits are here?

Sit down now. What's going on?

The mountain bandits are coming!

- The real bandits are here! - Instructor Hang!

Be careful!

Ouyang, come here!

Watch the kids!

- Xuan Lanshan, where are you going? - I'm going to get reinforcements!

Lanshan!

Stop!

Quick!

That way!

Kill!

Stop running!

Older Brother.

Sun Zuoyang, protect them. Leave now!

Let's go. Go!

Okay.

Stop!

You're not one of us. Who are you?

Kill them!

Run! Quick!

- There's a cave over there! - A cave!

Hurry! There's a cave over there!

Everyone, head for the cave!

Hurry!

Hurry, this way. A'Juan, hurry.

Quick! A'Juan, over there!

Let's go. Quick.

[Dali Temple] (T/N: a supreme court in ancient China in charge of criminals and prisons)

[Dali Temple]

Straight ahead. Quick!

There's too many of them.

Quick! Go!

Hurry. A'Juan.

Let's go!

Okay.

Capture them!

Stand right there!

Mountain Lord, there's an ambush here.

You go in first. I'll be in the rear.

Mountain Lord, there's an entrance here.

Block the cave!

Hurry. Hurry up!

Is everyone okay?

Qiuchi, go over there and rest.

Are you okay? Are you hurt?

Qiuchi, what should we do? Qinghe is still out there.

Hurry up!

What are they doing? Why are they getting so many sticks?

It's done.

They're planning to make a fire and kill us in here.

Or suffocate us to death.

Let's go.

Stack them over there. There are more here.

They're back.

- What's the situation outside? - Looks like they're gathering wood to make a fire.

Fire? Why would they make a fire?

They want us to die in here.

- They are setting a fire? - What should we do?

- There's only one way right now and that's to charge out. - Wait a minute!

Don't wait! If we do, we will turn into roast pigs.

Fu Yuanzhi, I'm leaving Little Monkey in your care.

I will trust you this once. I will trust that you will take good care of her.

- I want to go with you. - No, you can't.

You guys can go. Why can't I?

Because you will make me lose my focus.

- Senior Brother. - Shu'er.

Are you okay?

When the mountain fortress was surrounded, I could get out from there.

Even more so, they are just insignificant mountain bandits.

- Has everyone split up into teams? - Did you hear what I said?

Prepare to break out from here.

Let's go!

Hurry up!

Bring the firewood over here. Move it!

Okay.

Qiuchi, there's Qinghe.

Where?

The splitting up of teams has been messed up.

Since Zhao Qinghe is closer to them, let her set the fire.

How do we tell her?

- A'Juan - Qinghe.

A'Juan.

I have a way. Move, move!

Fire.

- Fire? - She got it!

She understood. She's lighting it.

She really understood. She got it.

Yes, Qinghe. Just like that.

This is great!

It's on fire. Put out the fire now!

Fu Yuanzhi, remember what you promised me.

Everyone, watch your safety. Let's go!

Let's go!

Hurry!

Hurry! Let's go!

Get up.

Quick, get on the horse!

Hurry, get up!

- Senior Brother. - Big Sis, you go first.

A'Juan, get up!

A'Juan!

Get on the horse! A'Juan!

A'Juan!

Give me your hand!

- A'Juan! - Senior Brother!

A'Juan!

Sun Zuoyang!

- Zhao Qinghe, get on the horse. - No, Instructor Hang.

- I want to stay with you. - This is not the time for you to have things your way. Get on the horse!

Brother!

- Leave, Qinghe. - We don't have time.

Go!

Go!

Zhao Qinghe.

Zhao Qinghe, stick close to me. You got it?

- Understood. - Let's go.

After them!

Qiuchi?

Qiuchi!

- Qiuchi. - Why haven't you gone yet?

Senior Brother left first.

I shouldn't have trusted him.

Let's go.

- Luo Qiuchi, are you okay? - A'Juan.

Wenren Juan, you go and hide with Qinghe.

- But... - Quickly, move!

Be careful!

A'Juan, be careful!

Hurry!

Are you okay?!

Any casualties?

Don't panic! Rest over there.

A'Juan. A'Juan is still in there.

Where's Luo Qiuchi?

And Instructor Hang?

They're surrounded by the bandits. I'm afraid of the worst.

- A'Juan, she... - Go over there and rest now. Quick!

As for the rest, be on alert.

Are you okay?

Watch out!

Instructor Hang!

[Dong Yi Mountain Lord]

You're still alive.

If you're not dead yet, why should I be dead?

Qiuchi!

Qiuchi, what do we do?

- Qiuchi. - Instructor Hang, are you okay?

Let's get into the cave first.

Easy, slowly.

You got shot.

I owe you.

It's good that you know. Stay alive and be well!

I will come back for you sooner or later.

I'll be sure to repay you.

I will capture that person, too, Dong Yi Mountain Lord.

It's not over yet.

Let's talk again if we get out from here alive.

You are right. I will get a bandage.

I'll help you, Instructor Hang.

Qiuchi, what do I do?

Scared?

Don't touch it!

Didn't you ask me

why I went to the library?

When I was attacked at Dong Yi Mountain Village,

I saw a waist ornament

and that person who has pursued and wanted to kill me.

He wore that same waist ornament.

Hence, I suspect he's from the academy.

I'm investigating this now,

but I didn't want to get you involved.

Therefore, I lied.

I'm sorry.

I know and I don't blame you.

This isn't the time to say this.

Luo Qiuchi, don't talk anymore.

Also,

I went to the academy,

not just to investigate the killer,

but also because of you.

Don't cry!

This minor injury...

What are you doing?

Don't touch it!

Don't be brave, okay?

My mountain village wife is missing.

I must find her

and not let her leave me.

I won't leave you!

As long as you are well,

I won't ever leave you again.

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"Pear Blossoms Bloom" by Su Miaoling

♫ Pear flowers are blossoming, pear flowers are blossoming ♫

♫ Fluttering in the wind ♫

♫ Waving to and fro on the mountain ♫

♫ Thousands of miles away ♫

♫ Thousands of miles away ♫

♫ Is she still waiting there ♫

♫ Dear wind, please blow gently ♫

♫ Slowly blowing the ends of her hair ♫

♫ Rain, please drizzle slowly ♫

♫ Don’t dampen her face ♫