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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 39]

You have quibbled enough. Get them out of here!

Whoever takes action first,

I will let you have the antidote first.

It's the antidote which will save our lives.

It will save our lives.

- Don't move. - That antidore is very important.

Do you still want to live?

Do it now!

- Attack. - Let's see who dares to.

Still not attacking?

Qinghe, protect yourself.

Stop fighting. What are you doing?

Release me. Are you crazy?

Fu Yuanzhi, are you crazy?

Older Brother.

Stop fighting. Are you crazy?

Hand the fire to me.

Fu Yuanzhi, what are you doing? Fu Yuanzhi!

Don't!

We are doomed.

Zuoyang.

Qiuchi!

Mountain Lord, what should we do?

I don't want to die.

Sorry, brothers, for implicating you.

I will join you

but it's too hot and scalding.

Don't! Quichi!

Release me!

Qiuchi!

Release me.

Qiuchi! Release me.

Save him now!

- Quick! Hurry up! - What are you doing?

Saving you. How to unlock this?

- Leave now! Don't bother about me. - I won't.

Hurry up!

How to unlock this?

Release me!

Don't move.

Hurry up!

Quick!

-Open it now! - It's unlocked.

Quick!

Save Lao Hu and Lao Shu.

Hurry up.

Quick! Hurry up!

Quick!

Hurry up!

Quick!

Stop!

Luo Qiuchi, it's all because of you. I'm going to kill you.

I want the antidote, Luo Qiuchi!

I don't want to die! I want the antidote, Luo Qiuchi!

Everyone, stay calm. It's useless doing this.

A'Juan is missing.

Where's Fu Yuanzhi?

Oh no.

- Senior Brother, keep calm. - Shut up.

- You shouldn't be doing this, Senior Brother. - I told you to shut up.

Senior Brother, I know you hate me

but do you need to hinder your future

just to take revenge on me?

Do you think everyone will let you off once they find out the truth?

- Will the Imperial Court let you off? - What do you know?

Do you think you know me very well?

My love, my pain.

You will never understand. You will never!

Why are the both of you so happy?

What about me? I was totally sincere towards you

but you still don't love me.

I forgo sleep, forgot to eat just to study

but Luo Qiuchi is still top in the academy!

I endured silently

and pretended to be a gentleman in front of everyone.

But who has ever been sincerely concerned about me?

I already tried my best

but my parents are still not satisfied.

What should I do

before they will be satisfied?

Senior Brother, keep calm.

I couldn't stop hating you and Luo Qiuchi.

I hate everyone! Everyone!

Senior Brother, stop this. Okay?

Don't continue any further. As long as you stop now, it will not be too late.

I'm begging you. Please surrender now.

Little Monkey.

Don't come near me. If you do, I will kill her.

If you dare to kill her, I will let you die without a burial place.

Do you think I'm afraid?

Fu Yuanzhi, I already know that you added the poison.

If you surrender now, I will request His Majesty to show mercy and let you live.

Plead mercy for me? Stop pretending to be a good person.

You are just a merciless bandit.

They can be deceived by you but I won't!

Yuanzhi,

stop being confused.

Luo Qiuchi, you want to be a good person, right?

In this pouch, the antidotes for the poison are here.

If you want the antidote,

I will kill her. If you want her,

I will pour away the antidotes.

Everyone, don't even dream of surviving.

Don't.

You can't do this.

- What should we do now? - Choose.

The person or the antidotes?

Choose now! I don't have the patience now!

Qiuchi, don't bother about me. It's more urgent to save everyone.

Choose now!

I won't choose any.

What?

Whether it's the person or antidotes,

I won't choose any.

What tricks are you playing?

That...

After acting for so long, I'm tired too.

You are really a brainless bookworm.

Didn't you say I'm just a lowlife bandit?

Of course, I'm not a good person.

Hence, whether they live or die, it doesn't concern me.

Moreover, I'm not poisoned.

Whether there's an antidote or not, it doesn't concern me.

As for this woman, you have already laid a hand on her.

You can just kill her.

Qiuchi, you...

Wen Renjuan, you are too naive.

Do you think, in this world,

a love like this exists in your stories?

Don't be foolish.

- Luo Qiuchi, I hate you! - There are many people who hate me.

- You should die! - I think you should worry about whether you will live or die instead.

Stop it! Shut up!

As for you, are you going to pour away the antidote or not?

And this person, too. Are you killing her or not?

Take action now. Don't let me look down on you.

Come. Didn't you want to kill me? Do it!

- Do you think I daren't? - Kill me now.

- In any case, it's pointless to live. - Let go.

Little Monkey!

- Are you okay? - You...she...

Everyone, don't even think about living!

Give me the antidote! Give it to me!

The antidote!

- My antidote! - It's mine!

The antidote!

It's mine! - Give it to me!

Where's the antidote?

Give it to me!

- Where's the antidote? - Give it to me!

Give it to me.

You brought this upon yourself.

I couldn't do anything at all.

Luo Qiuchi, this is not your fault.

This is Fu Yuanzhi's fault but what's the point on whose fault it is now?

- Did you hear that? - It's from the entrance.

Let's go.

Qinghe.

[Zhiu Xiu Academy]

Father, Master.

Lord Wenren.

Elder Lu.

What brings you here?

Foolish child, we are here to save everyone.

You have the antidote?

Not me. It's him.

Master?

He even posted up a wanted notice to capture me

and caused a group of people to go after me and fight with me. You did it on purpose.

I didn't do it on purpose.

I thought that, after travelling in the martial arts community for many years, you could have seen many kinds of poison.

Hence, I came up with a strategy to capture you.

I was wondering what's Huaxian pill.

It's basically a venom poison. I also wondered who was so ruthless

to spread it in the academy.

Elder Lu, do you have a way to dispel the poison?

This is Qu Tian, an elder from the Five Poisons Sect from the western region.

Why are you still covering yourself?

You must treat him well. He's an important guest invited by me.

This is great.

Your Majesty,

this is a disregard for law and a crime for deceiving the king.

This Mountain Lord from Dongyi Mountain initially kidnapped a female student from the academy.

Moreover, he even humiliated all the male students too.

He even hid his identity to study at the academy.

What a joke. What Lord Xie said, is right.

I didn't imagine such an evil bandit

would be among our sons and daughters. It makes me tremble with fear.

May I ask you both. Since Luo Qiuchi came to the academy, did he harm anyone?

Previously at Shili village,

they almost died in the forest. Do we still need to explain?

May I ask? Luo Qiuchi didn't risk his life to save everyone.

You are seeking justice, hate him and want to hack him to a thousand piece

but how many times did he save your sons and daughters? Don't you know this?

General Hang, how do you explain

when he kidnapped the students at Dongyi Mountain and humiliated our children?

That's right.

This really happened.

Lord Wenren, Luo Qiuchi is your son-in-law.

What's our views on this?

I believe, with your behavior,

I fear you have been deceived by Luo Qiuchi too.

Your Majesty, I definitely didn't know that Luo Qiuchi is Mountain Lord of Dongyi Mountain.

- Lord Wenren... - I definitely don't think Luo Qiuchi deserves to die

or that he doesn't has the rights to participate in the Imperial Examination.

Lord Wenren, please don't shield Luo Qiuchi.

Yes, he definitely deceived everyone

but everyone, don't forget.

He hid his identity to study at the academy because he passed

the Qiling poem examination.

It was based on his own academic talent.

May I ask, how many such people are there in the academy? How many are there in the kingdom too?

No matter how talented he is, he's still a bandit.

Your Majesty, it's because he knows that if everyone in the kingdom is like Lord Xie,

he would never accept a bandit who would study to be an official. That's why he came up with such a strategy.

Everyone, think about this. If Luo Qiuchi is really an evil person,

how could Qingzhou City prospers?

Why would the people in Qingzhou worship him like a god?

Your Majesty, the governor of Qingzhou City couldn't even do this but he could do this.

If such a person can become an official, wouldn't it be a blessing to the people in the kingdom?

After all the aruguments, aren't you still justifying for Luo Qiuchi?

That's right. Even if I don't pursue this, he's still a bandit.

By hiding his identity, he has already committed the sin of deceiving the king.

Your Majesty, I request that Luo Qiuchi must not be allowed to participate in the Imperial Examination

and sit the examination together with the innocent children.

- Your Majesty. - Your Majesty.

What's there to fight over this? Those who are against Luo Qiuchu taking the Imperial Examination, stand on the my left.

Those who are for it, stand on the my right.

Luo Qiuchi hid his identity to enter the academy.

Yes. He's also a bandit.

Let's stand on his left.

Yes, let's go over there.

How shameless. We must not agree.

He must not participate in the Imperial Examination.

Yuanzhi, what happened to you?

What happened and how did you turn out like this?

Yuanzhi.

Slow down. Take your time to eat.

Where's Father?

He...is at home.

But don't worry. I have already let him go out for a stroll.

You will be safe and sound.

He doesn't even want to see me

or help me.

He already doesn't acknowledge me as his son.

What nonsense are you spouting?

You are his son, his eldest son.

He needs to protect you, the son of our Fu family.

You shouldn't be in prison.

You must take the Imperial Examination and be the top scholar.

You are the hope of the Fu family.

You must bring glory to the Fu family and the ancestors.

He won't ignore you.

Yuanzhi, I'm doing this for you.

It's for your own good.

For me? For me?!

You have never done anything for my sake!

You gave birth to me

just to groom me to be the top scholar.

It's because he gave you the cold shoulders and you wanted to vent your frustrations.

In order to do this,

you took away my life, my happiness.

Stop saying you are doing this for me.

You are only doing it for yourself.

It has always been so.

Yuanzhi, I did it for you.

I did it for you. Yuanzhi!

Yuanzhi.

Yuanzhi, I did it for you.

Yuanzhi.

Yuanzhi.

You are much better. Lanshan,

I saw you going out last night.

After lying down for many days, I should exercise and move my muscles.

Dean, Professor.

Professor Xuan, you look much better.

Don't worry. I won't die.

Xuan Lanshan, what are you saying? It's inasupicious.

We are educators. Stop being superstitious, okay?

Fine. Still so stubborn. If I'm superstitious,

I'm going to ignore you. You are on your own.

Qiuchi, I can see that everyone has more or less recovered.

Yes. I saw quite a number of them have recovered for the past few days.

Let me tell you this news. We made a decision this morning at the Imperial Court.

We will postpone this year's Imperial Examination to ten days later. As for the rest, there are no changes.

You must study hard. Don't disappoint your great period.

I understand.

You must study hard. Understand?

Lord Sun, Lord Xie. You are...

Dean Duan, our apologies for offending you.

Luo Qiuchi.

Perhaps, I should call you Mountain Lord of Dongyi Mountain instead.

You hid your identity to enter the academy.

You had evil intentions and deceived the king.

- We are taking you to the prison now for a trial on another day. - You can't.

Lord Xie, there must be some understanding.

Men, arrest Mountain Lord of Dongyi Mountain.

- Yes. - Let's see who dares!

Luo Qiuchi, leave now. Leave this to me.

Don't do anything stupid.

Hang Ruxue, you are too naive.

I said those just to deceive you.

When you first brought men to annihilate my mountain fortress, fought with me till I fell from the cliff,

you are considered lucky that I didn't kill you.

And you still want to be brothers with me?

As for you, don't be too...

too righteous.

If you are not afraid to die, bring it on.

Useless creatures!

Mountain Lord!

Mountain Lord.

No one is chasing us from the back.

Just be direct.

- Stop messing around. - Stop messing around.

This place is isolated. Let's rest first. It will take a while for the palace soldiers to catch up with us.

When it's dark, we will continue with our journey.

The Imperial Examination is only a few days away.

Wny must something bad happen now? What should we do?

- Don't take the examination. - Yes, skip it.

Stop talking nonsense.

Everyone in the city should know that the soldiers are going after us now.

I definitely won't be able to take the Imperial Examination.

Our current task is to escape from here

- is to avoid this crisis. Let's discuss this later. - But...

- Ziyun. - Among you guys,

- who disclosed Luo Qiuchi's identity? - I have no idea too.

When my father asked me

about what happened at the academy on that day,

I didn't avoid it and told the truth.

Me, too. I told him everything.

Me, too.

Luo Qiuchi saved you from death.

In a blink of an eye, you betrayed him. It's great now.

My father said there are wanted notices in the city now. They don't care if he's captured dead or alive.

What should we do now?

Let's go.

There's a reward.

There's a reward.

- The reward is worth it. - Who are they?

Mountain Lord, Luo Qiuchi?

Isn't this Luo Qiuchi the Head of Qilin?

The Head of Qilin is the Mountain Lord of Dongyi Mountain?

My God. The reward is a hundred taels.

Qiuchi, hug me.

- Qiuchi, what's on your mind? - Huh?

I said, what's on your mind?

What about you?

What's on your mind?

I think,

Qiuchi, seems like you have changed.

- I have changed? - Yes.

You have become a coward.

If it were you in the past,

perhaps, you would have barged out

and beaten those palace soldiers to a pulp.

Perhaps, you might even barge into the Imperial Palace

and let His Majesty believe you and take the Imperial Examination later.

Would I be that stupid?

Yes.

I have definitely become a coward.

It could be just like what Xiao Xue said.

Because I'm no longer alone.

If I had lost my temper at that time,

what would you do if I lose my life?

What will happen to you?

What will happen to everyone?

Actually, this is good too.

Taking the Imperial Examination and becoming a top scholar

is just a dream to me.

But if I really pass it,

and I continue to stay the capital,

it's will be too boring.

- I don't believe it. - I'm serious.

After staying so long in the capital,

I have grown tired of it. My heart keeps thinking of Dongyi Mountain

and continues to be the bandit chief.

Fine wine and eating meat.

Robbing the rich for the poor.

It's agreed then.

Wherever you are, I want to be with you.

We are married couple now.

Don't even think of abandoning me.

I will be wherever you are.

Where's Little Monkey?

Wake up!

Where's Little Monkey?

Little Monkey? Who?

Go look for her now!

- Look at you. - I was sleeping. - What were you thinking of?

Don't come back if you can't find her!

This...

- Don't tell me you are Mister Jindao Caiya? - Yes.

- How is this possible? - Sorry, everyone,

for deceiving you in the past.

I loved to hear stories when I was young

But because I live in this generation, as a woman, it's not good for me to show my face out there.

Hence, I thought of

the identity of Jindao Caiya to communicate with everyone.

I deceived everyone. I will pay for my sin here.

This...

Miss, no...

- Mister Jindao... - Listen to what she has to say first.

- Just call me A'Juan. - Okay, Miss A'Juan.

What new story are you giving us?

Today, I want to tell everyone a story.

It's about the Mountain Lord of Dongyi Mountain, Luo Qiuchi.

Luo Qiuchi, isn't he the criminal of the Imperial Court?

He's the criminal of the Imperial Court.

- No. How can this be possible? - That's right.

Boss, look at this.

Because of this, he didn't care about his identity and took the risk to come here alone and study at the academy.

Everyone here is a scholar.

Your wish is also to make achievements, create a career and gain glory for your ancestors.

I believe everyone can understand how he feels.

Why doesn't Luo Qiuchi looks like a bandit?

Moroever, he has this kind of story too.

He's really pitiful.

I heard that his mother, in order to send him to the capital to take the examination,

scrimped on her food and expenditure.

This is similar to my mother.

That's right. He's indeed pitiful.

Talk about his life experience.

But how do you know all about this?

Why are you telling us this late in the night?

That's right.

Because...

Because I'm his wife

and a wanted escaped criminal too. I'm Wenren Juan.

- Escaped criminal? - Escaped criminal?

- Why are you so bold to be here? - That's right.

How did she come in here?

- Does anyone out there knows? - This...

I know we have the identity of a criminal

but Luo Qiuchi, he merely hid his identity.

He has never harmed anyone.

He only wanted to study, make achievements and have a career.

Is he wrong in doing this?

That's right.

But by telling us this, what can be done?

We know his predicament.

- This won't change the facts. - That's right.

What can we do?

Why are you telling us this?

I'm here today

to seek a favor from everyone.

Please tell this story to everyone in the capital.

Even if ultimately, he can't be exempted from his punishment

but at least, we can tell everyone the truth.

We can vindicate him.

The stories that everyone loves to listen are these too.

A good person will be rewarded. Isn't this the beautiful ending that we hope for too?

Hence, I'm begging you.

No, this is a matter of beheading.

We can't do it.

Yes, we can't take care of this. What should we do?

This...Don't be like this.

I'm begging everyone.

Get up.

Please get up.

Boss, tell us how to do it.

We are definitely helpless in this.

What should we do? - The penalty is beheading.

That's right. We can't help you.

Since everyone is not willing to help me,

I'm sorry.

I say, Boss. If we ignore her, she really won't have any solutions.

Just pity her.

- Mountain Lord... - Did you find her?

Mountain Lord, we searched the surroundings and couldn't find her.

Mountain Lord, could she be scared and ran off?

What are you doing? It's always been like this.

Mountain Lord is on the wanted list.

- He can't be an official anymore. She's conceited and ran off. - She's not that kind of person.

Mountain Lord is right. She's not that kind of person. Keep quiet, okay?

- Where did she go then? - Didn't I tell you to keep quiet?

I...I couldn't stop myself.

Let's go. Forget it.

Wait.

Everyone. Everyone,

if anyone is willing to help Miss A'Juan spread this story,

in the future, if you eat and have tea here,

- it will be on the house. - Boss,

- they are wanted escaped criminals. - That's right.

What if we are implicated too?

That's right.

Although I'm not close with Luo Qiuchi

but I know there's something I have confidence in.

He's a good person.

Boss, you can't talk nonsense.

I have many partners

who were rescued by him at the disaster in Xiangzhou.

Liu Fang, why aren't you saying anything?

You love to hear about Jindao Caiya's books.

Fine. If everyone is not willing, let's just forget it

but I hope everyone can help me to keep this a secret.

I will be very grateful.

Everyone,

please go home.

I...I did something wrong to Miss A'Juan in the past.

I will.

- This... - I'm willing to help her this time!

I'm willing too.

- We are willing! -We are willing!

- Thank you, everyone. - Boss, do you have brush and paper?

- Brush and paper? - If we use our mouths to spread, it will be too slow.

We must let everyone in the capital to know.

- You are smart. - You are smart.

We can finally have a good reputation with the people.

Excellent.

- Come, take a look at this. - Okay.

- Here. - Quick.

- Come, take a look. - Okay.

- Come, take a look. - Okay.

Search carefully!

Hurry up!

Qiuchi, what are you doing here?

I was going back to find you.

- If I'm not here, wouldn't you be in danger? - I...

Qiuchi, I...

I thought you wanted to leave me.

Fool, how could I leave you?

By the way, Qiuchi, where's Lao Huo and Lao Shu?

A group of palace soldiers came here in the night.

I told them to leave first.

I knew

you would never leave me.

Qiuchi,

sorry. I...

What's wrong?

I'm taking you to a place.

- Lord Wenren. - You have news of Second Miss?

It's not about Second Miss. This is the new story just written by Mister Jindao Caiya.

You should take a look.

How many people have read this?

Everyone in the capital read it.

It's distinctly a story about Qiuchi.

I didn't expect Mister Jindao Caiya

to be such a talented person.

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You should know what this means, right?

It's a good story. Deliver this to the palace tomorrow.

His Majesty will definitely like this.

- I'm not talking about this. - What is it then?

Do you know who this Jinsdao Caiya is?

Who?

Looks like A'Juan and the rest are still in the capital.

I must represent Zhu Ziu Academy

and do something for them.

"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 ♫

♫ 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 ♫