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[Cry Me A River of Stars]

[Ep 17]

Juran.

What day is it today?

Azure Festival.

It's a day for all men in Azureland

to confess their love to who they like.

In the evening,

all the women will gather in the square.

If a man sees a woman he likes,

he'll put ash on that woman's face.

Here's to you.

Fan, drink less.

-I love drinking. -Fan! Fan!

Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go dance.

Come! Come on!

Come on!

Fan! Fan!

Come on! Let's drink!

Come on! Here!

Today is a nice day!

High Priest!

Your Ladyship!

Fan!

Lian Qi, let's dance together.

You two dance. You two dance.

Fan!

Governor, go dance with us.

Come on! Let's go!

Fan!

High Priest!

Fan!

Come here.

Come here.

♫ Spring arrives in the city behind me ♫

A lot of people like you.

But I don't like you.

♫ You and I kiss and make up ♫

I only like one person.

♫ Love and hatred are nothing but so ♫

But I can never see him again.

♫ No one can replace you or me ♫

♫ We sit and watch the rising and falling of stars ♫

Governor!

Fan can't be here.

Governor!

♫ And immerse ourselves in a wave of sparkles ♫

Governor, slow down.

Fan.

♫ Our gaze is locked ♫

-We shall meet again. -She can't be here.

♫ No one concerns the tears ♫

Governor!

♫ For we only hear the voice exchanges between us ♫

♫ Neither right nor wrong is the answer ♫

♫ Happiness blankets ♫

♫ All the corners of the world ♫

♫ If the wind is a poem and cloud the paper ♫

♫ I will write about my life ♫

♫ In an entire chapter ♫

♫ In search of you ♫

Fan!

♫ When the wind stops, nothing's lost ♫

Fan, why are you here?

♫ The heart flutters upon the arrival of spring ♫

♫ Through the turbulence of times ♫

Fan.

♫ Before it settles ♫

Let's go home.

♫ Waiting for spring to come ♫

♫ Only to sleep in the train of thought ♫

Be careful.

[Lian Mansion]

Fan, you're awake.

Nanshan.

Why are you here?

Come on. Come. Sit here.

I...

Soup, to sober you up.

I... I'll drink it myself.

Take it away. Take it away.

About the Bell Contest in the afternoon,

if you don't want to miss it,

you'd better drink this soup up.

Then I'd better not go.

Fan,

you have to go to the game this afternoon.

I...

Fan, just go.

Okay. Okay.

Nanshan,

let's not disturb Fan. Let her rest.

Let's go.

Fan, I'll see you later.

About the man I met last night,

why did I feel I might know him?

He looks like...

The back of that man really looks like his lordship's.

No, no, no.

How could Lord Tao be here?

Maybe it was him.

Why don't I go check it out?

Long live the Azure Goddess.

She enjoys an eternal life.

May the Goddess bless us.

Please keep us safe and prosperous.

Good. Well-said!

Next is the highlight of our Azure Festival,

Bell Contest!

Great! Awesome! Yeah!

Amazing! Come on! Great!

Now I'll declare the rules of the game.

Before the incense burns out,

the team with the most survivors wins.

Besides, who has the most bells wins the title of Martial Arts Master.

He will be awarded a dating opportunity.

That means he can choose the girl he loves,

and have a date with her, regardless of their social status.

Wear your bells.

Ready?

Go!

Zhongyan, come on!

One point for Blue Team!

I got it.

I got it!

One point for Red Team!

Two points for Blue Team!

Two points for Red Team!

Great! Great! Great!

One more point for Red Team!

Three points for Red Team!

Great! Great! Great!

Congratulations to the Blue Team!

Three bells?

This is the champion

of the Bell Contest this year!

Great! Great! Great!

I wonder if you have someone you like.

Regardless of you two's status,

you can spend three days with her.

-That's such a good thing! -Yeah.

I really envy him.

Say yes to her! Say yes! Say Yes!

Fan, that champion is Lord Tao.

Say yes!

Say yes!

Wait!

Fan!

What are you doing up here?

To steal this man from you.

You stole Lian Qi from me, and that's fine.

You're even gonna take this man away from me?

So? Can't I?

What makes you think you can?

Fan,

do you know what you're fighting for?

I know.

Don't you want me to adapt to Azureland's customs?

I thought I was trying my best to do that.

You!

Since you're the Martial Arts Master,

who do you want?

The man I chose will choose me.

I choose her.

Okay,

you're my man now.

Wait.

Let him take the mask off.

No, he can't.

What if other women want him as well?

His face can only be seen by me.

It's my pleasure.

Don't spoil that.

Come on!

Great! Great! Great!

Great! Amazing! Wonderful!

Get lost!

Governor.

I see you haven't eaten all day.

So I cooked some of your favorite dishes.

Get out!

Look at the woman of our Azureland.

Who doesn't have many boyfriends?

You don't have to worry about her too much.

It seems you have a pretty open mind.

Your man was stolen.

Now you have the mood to come here.

I just feel sorry for your lordship.

You have done so much for Li Fan,

but she just keeps ignoring that.

She has taken people away from me again and again.

She...

She disrespected you again and again.

What are you trying to say?

That you brought Li Fan here

is wrong in itself.

She doesn't realize what you've done for her at all.

Although I have a lot of boyfriends at my mansion,

in my heart,

Governor,

you're the most important.

Of all you've said,

what you care about the most

is just your status as High Priest.

I admit that.

That position is very important to me.

She doesn't want to stay here.

As long as you let her go,

we can go back to the way we were.

Azureland is still ours.

It belongs to you and me.

It's hers.

It's hers after all.

You may leave now.

[Lian Mansion]

My lord,

pinch me now.

Am I dreaming?

Idiot.

I'm here, right here in real person.

But last time I dreamed about you,

I thought you were here.

Your lordship's arms were so real.

When I woke up, you disappeared.

I'm here.

I won't leave.

Really?

My...

My lord,

take me out of here.

Where do you want to go?

We can go anywhere.

What about we go back to Cloud County first?

Take my father and Nanshan.

We can work hard and live a peaceful life.

Okay?

We can also build a little yard,

raise some chickens, ducks,

fish, dogs, or something.

Fan.

Your dad...

What happened to my dad?

Your dad's gone.

My lord.

We just met each other again.

How could you make such a boring joke with me?

That's not funny at all.

Impossible.

You must have lied to me.

Fan!

♫ You can never hide love though it's kept deep in the heart ♫

I know it's hard for you to accept this news.

♫ Those who give love understand how much it means to people ♫

♫ Unexpressed tender feelings are nothing but eggs in moonshine ♫

If you want to cry, cry out aloud.

♫ A tad of it cannot reveal the warmth of heart ♫

I'll be with you.

♫ A beam of light slit through the lonely city in the darkest night ♫

♫ How do you balance the love of country and the love of a woman? ♫

♫ There exists no right or wrong in love but bruises for all ♫

Your father is dead.

But I know

♫ What the destiny held in store is unforeseeable as wind is untouchable ♫

he must have wanted you to live happily.

♫ Not letting go is what your heart desires ♫

♫ Concerns toward him ♫

♫ Where does it stand, the line between the truth and a lie? ♫

♫ Rain falls ♫

♫ We can't make the rain go back ♫

Fan,

are you up?

Fan!

It's Lian Qi.

Let me help you.

Fan?

Fan?

Go open the door.

Fan.

Why are you here?

Lady Fan has my ownership.

Of course, I have to serve her at her place.

You!

What are you two doing?

Did he spend the night with you last night?

It's none of your business.

Are you angry at me?

You're just overthinking.

You!

Governor, the torrential rain washed down mountains.

Rivers' level is surging. The suburbs are flooded.

Mountains were washed down?

Where?

What's the status quo?

Casualties are still unknown.

But the accident happened in the early morning.

The mountains on the way out of the island were collapsed.

It's a mess outside now.

Right now, just stay in the Lian Mansion.

Don't go outside.

The road out of the island is flooded.

We can't go now.

No rush.

Let's see what will happen next.

Lady Fan,

Governor asks you to go to the study for discussion.

So fast?

I got it.

Lian Qi is afraid that we stay together.

I have a bad feeling.

Let's go and see.

I'll be with you.

Everybody's here.

Lady Fan is such a playgirl.

She even brings her new boyfriend here while discussing.

Enough.

The reason I gather you here now

is mainly to discuss how to deal with the flood.

Any good ideas?

Torrential rain continues, and rivers keep rising.

How about we build reservoirs in the lowlands,

which will divert overflowing rivers from highlands to the reservoirs.

Right now, shouldn't our priority be to save the people first?

Lady Fan is indeed very kind.

Perhaps you don't know it's been eight hours since the flood started.

Not to mention, we don't know the situation under the water.

People who have been buried for so long are unlikely to survive.

It's better to put more manpower

into combating the flood,

so as to mitigate secondary damage.

Besides,

Azureland has been here for so many years.

There has never been a natural disaster.

Now after the arrival of the legal heir to the High Priest,

Azureland has been in danger.

I wonder if our Goddess knows about it,

and is moved to tears in the sky.

You know people are dying, but you don't save them.

What's the difference between you and monsters?

Lady Fan, those are two totally different things.

Ruby.

Fan,

although what you said makes sense,

right now our priority

is to stop rivers from rising,

and to deal with the rain.

We shall discuss the rest later.

Discuss the rest later?

Since it's urgent, any delay is not allowed.

As for dealing with the flood,

I'll put Ruby and Ms. Jin in charge of that.

Send people to survey the terrain immediately

and to build the reservoirs.

Yes.

We won't let you down.

What about those victims?

Fan,

everything needs to be prioritized.

We're short of manpower.

The root of the problem must be solved first.

Is saving life not urgent to you?

I see there are lots of footmen in your mansion.

If you're short of manpower,

give those footmen to me.

I'll save people myself.

We'll send people to survey the rivers first

and the mountains around.

If I'm the one drowning in the suburbs,

will you not save me because of the danger?

How could I do that?

Let's go!

Let's go! Come on! Hurry!

Come with me.

Watch your step.

Baby!

Baby!

Dude, hold on.

Are you okay?

Go! Hurry!

Mom!

Don't cry! It's all right.

I'll take you to your mother.

My lord,

how is everything going on now?

The collapsed place was washed loose by the rain.

There's a good chance of a second collapse.

People here have to evacuate.

Guys!

Those good at swimming, come with me to save people.

The rest evacuate people to the town.

Yes.

Are you tired?

No, I'm not.

Call me when you need me.

I'm going down first.

[Plan of Reservoirs]

[Reservoirs]

Come on.

Hurry!

This way!

All of a sudden,

how can it rain so heavily?

I've felt that Li Fan is cursed.

When she was in Cloud County,

the whole county was infected with the plague.

Now she came to our country,

and brought the flood here.

We should build a bronze ox,

and place it at the bottom of the reservoirs to seal some evil spirits.

Is this the map of Azureland?

Yeah.

Now the river is surging.

If we can't stop that,

it will still have countless problems after the rain stops.

I wonder how is the building of the reservoirs going on, on Ruby's side.

The Azureland in itself is lowland.

The construction of the reservoirs is a huge project.

And the river level continues to rise,

making the job even harder.

Besides, the reservoirs are surrounded by mountains.

And the construction might probably

shake the mountains that have been washed loose by the rain.

What can we do now?

The rise of rivers does have something to do with the rain.

But the landslide

is another cause for the rising rivers.

When more silt is in the rivers,

the rivers will rise.

So

as long as we clear the silt in the rivers,

and dig several tributaries

along the main rivers,

then we'll stop the rivers from rising, and divert water to the basin.

Come on. Let's go find Lian Qi.

Wait.

High Priest, the torrential rain continues.

The reservoirs are heavily flooded.

The construction of the reservoirs can't continue.

How about getting the water out of here first?

We don't have time now!

We can't catch up with the speed of the rain.

According to the plan, how much have we finished?

Less than half.

In that case,

place the bronze ox. Get the water out first.

That's...

If the reservoirs are not deep enough,

then dig more to build more reservoirs.

First, place the bronze ox.

Bronze ox.

Prepare to divert water.

Prepare to divert water!

Prepare to divert water!

Help! Help!

-Help me! -Please help me!

Help me, please!

It's all ruined.

What?

The High Priest was seriously shocked,

and was just back home.

Yes.

Lian Qi, is Ruby hurt?

While they were building the reservoirs,

a mudslide happened.

The reservoirs and the workers are all buried.

I have a solution.

Maybe we can try it.

What solution?