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[Butterflied Lover]

[Seven: Not Failing Time]

Sir, the Commandant has come to our department looking for you several times,

asking when you'll visit the Prime Minister's mansion.

I've got the umbrella!

I've got the umbrella.

Weren't we going to watch a shadow puppet play?

Sir?

Sir?

Let's go check the front.

Yes.

I'm back.

Sir, why did you come back so early today?

I…

By the way, have you eaten?

I brought some wine.

Would you like to have a drink together?

Mrs. Qin from Chunyue Lane said

this is the best osmanthus wine she has brewed.

She gave it to me when she saw me today.

I need to think about

what to give her back tomorrow.

Sir, you should taste it.

People in this neighborhood usually fear me.

I didn't expect you to get along with them quite well.

They haven't spent much time with you.

You actually

have a cold exterior but a warm heart.

It's snowing so heavily today.

You should also have a drink

to warm yourself up.

I didn't expect the osmanthus wine to taste so good.

Sir,

I toast you.

Don't drink too fast.

Drinking too fast can make you drunk easily.

Sir, you are so nice to me.

In the long run,

I might intoxicate myself

even if the wine doesn't intoxicate me.

Sir,

I toast you again.

The snow is really heavy today.

Right.

What are you looking at?

Sir,

are you very cold?

Not at all.

Then why is your face

so red?

You're drunk.

I'll take you back to sleep.

Come on.

Sir,

actually, I have a secret

that I want to tell you.

What secret?

I really want

to bite you.

♫ The solitary peak is covered in snow, reaching for the crescent moon in the sky ♫

♫ Fate dictates our gatherings and partings, and love has its own ups and downs ♫

♫ Heavy thoughts sink into the long night ♫

♫ What is the best way to explain love ♫

♫ A glance at her under the swaying candlelight ♫

♫ Cast a dream where the past is still the same ♫

♫ The occurrences in a lifetime have formed the story ♫

♫ In which, I will forever protect you with my life ♫

Let her marry someone else,

or not?

Yes?

Or no?

Yes?

Or no?

Yes?

Or no?

Yes?

♫ Everything is destined at the first hug, with no need to worry about distance ♫

♫ Looking at the world, all remains as before ♫

♫ Looking back on a whim, nothing seems to have changed ♫

Or no?

I let you go to the Prime Minister's mansion to discuss marriage.

But you went to cancel it.

Why did you do that?

Is Lady Shen's family not unworthy of you?

The marriage I don't want should be canceled.

If the Prime Minister's family wants to form an alliance through marriage,

I'm not the only choice.

You can consider remarrying.

I think the Prime Minister's family would be overjoyed.

You unfilial son!

Is it for that wild girl in your mansion?

Bye.

It is improper for you two to be together day and night.

Also,

have you checked her background?

She is my person.

There is no need for Your Excellency to worry.

She's just a beggar.

If you don't want to help, that's fine.

But why did you hurt her?

It was she…

she stole my pouch first.

What…

W-What kind of monster are you?

Monster! Monster!

You hag! You're blocking the way!

Madam?

He won't die, but

he'll forget what happened today.

Madam, you are…

Come with me.

Madam Yuan,

are you old

or young?

You've called me "madam".

What do you think?

When I was young, I made a vow

that I would marry the first person

who saw my true face.

Madam, I have someone in my heart.

So I'm afraid it won't work for us.

I just want to share

my silly words of youth with you.

Don't take them seriously.

I'm over sixty.

But it's the first time I've seen

a Butterfly Slave like you. You are so different from the rest.

Butterfly Slave?

Madam, what is a Butterfly Slave?

Haven't you noticed

the difference between you and ordinary people?

The difference?

No wonder I wanted to bite Sir Ling several times,

and I've always had the urge to attack others.

Madam Yuan,

I'm afraid I'll hurt Sir Ling

just like I hurt Sir Tian today.

I just want to be a normal person

and stay by Sir Ling's side.

Do you have any way to help me?

There is a way.

But the process is too painful.

Ordinary people can't bear it.

Are you willing to give it a shot?

I am willing.

Qianyue? Qianyue?

Qianyue?

Qianyue?

It's so late. Where on earth did she go?

Sir, we've searched everywhere

but still found no sign of Lady Yue.

It's been seven days.

Where on earth did she go?

Sir, we've searched every out-of-the-way corner

of the city and suburb these days

and turned over every unclaimed body--

Don't say such unlucky things on New Year's Eve.

Sir, Lady Yue will be fine.

You both go back for the holiday.

I'll be on duty tonight.

Well…

Yes, sir.

It's been seven days.

Where on earth have you been?

Why did you suddenly disappear?

At least tell me a reason for leaving.

At least let me know

if you're okay.

Sir, you're back.

Just in time. The meal--

Are you a three-year-old child?

You left without a word or a note!

Don't you know I'd be worried?

What if something happened?

Sir, I'm sorry.

Where have you been these seven days?

I…

Sir,

can I not say?

Sir, eat more.

Your cooking is better now.

Sir, Kongming lanterns!

Sir, look, Kongming lanterns!

They are like stars.

Do you know why everyone wants to write their wishes

on Kongming lanterns?

Why?

Kongming lanterns fly in the direction

of the wind.

Wishes can ride the wind.

The higher the wishes fly,

the more likely it is

that they will come true.

Sir,

what wish did you write?

You go first.

To be together day and night

for this lifetime.

I wish to stay by your side forever, sir.

I know

it's a bit sudden.

You'll have to marry eventually.

It's indeed inappropriate for me to stay here for long, but--

Indeed.

This can't go on like this.

I've prepared something for you.

Sir,

I don't want anything.

If you're not willing,

I can leave.

Open it and take a look.

[Marriage Certificate]

This is…

What I mean is

that you should stay by my side as my wife.

Will you do that?

Actually, I prepared this marriage certificate long ago.

I just didn't know how to bring it up.

If you're willing to be my wife and stay by my side,

we'll choose an auspicious day--

Let it be today.

Today?

To be together day and night

for this lifetime.

Alright, let it be today.

♫ I broke off a willow twig ♫

♫ Wishing every moment be lived up to ♫

♫ And yearning last as long as running spring water ♫

♫ I can drink a thousand cups without being drunk ♫

♫ Yet for the one in my heart, I willingly grow haggard ♫

♫ Unafraid of waking up from a dream ♫

♫ My heart is on the verge of shattering ♫

♫ How many times can love fail ♫

♫ Ask the one who went away ♫

♫ When would they return ♫

Congratulations, sir! May the New Year bring you good fortune!

You have a wife now.

Congratulations, madam!

I wish you well-being in the New Year!

You have a husband now.

♫ The river turned cold as autumn gave way to winter ♫

Beautiful days

are destined to become memories.

As the dream awakens,

we have to face everything in the end.

♫ How lonely the fireworks over the sea are ♫

♫ They fall with a short sigh in the night sky ♫

♫ I look up and count with you ♫

♫ Counting down to the pending end ♫

♫ We stand face to face ♫

♫ Between us, there seems to be an entire universe ♫

♫ I don't want to ask you ♫

♫ About the reason why you no longer love me ♫

♫ The breezes water my eyes ♫

♫ It's so gentle of you to let me go ♫

♫ For our love story ♫

♫ You put an end to it with silence ♫

♫ From now on ♫

♫ What will we be ♫

♫ Look, the fireworks are flashing ♫

♫ And their joy ♫

♫ Is so at loss ♫

♫ The memories are simmering ♫

♫ Haunting me and swarming at me ♫

♫ Engulfing me while whispering to me ♫

♫ How could love be wrong ♫

♫ When fireworks burn everything ♫

♫ Into ashes and ♫