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'Paradise is Close' - Hu Xia

♫ Amidst the raging stormy night ♫

♫ The candle's glow reflects the dark hair of a charming woman ♫

♫ Wrapped in memories year after year ♫

♫ I'm left with nothing but feigning indifference ♫

♫ When I'm tracing the outline of your face ♫

♫ Everything converges and disperses like sand ♫

♫ Bound by destiny, I must make peace with myself, love can be restored or destroyed ♫

♫ If I could drift away in the clouds ♫

♫ I'll drive away your carefree pretense ♫

♫ Even in a drunken dream ♫

♫ I will always know the person I cherished the most ♫

♫ Even if you are close by, yet as distant as the horizon ♫

♫ I want to hold you, but I can only feign ignorance ♫

[In Blossom]

[Episode 17]

Young Lady.

This pot of black magnolia is very valuable.

Young Master had brought it all the way here from the capital.

This is the last pot left.

If you want to pick a flower, you should pick some other flowers in the garden, okay?

Ling, doesn't my brother own a few shops in Heyang?

Yes, the Shangguan family's business is spread all over the world

and we deal in all sorts of trade.

Then go and ask the shopkeepers if they have noticed a ripple pattern,

whether it's on an artifact or something else. Finders will be handsomely rewarded.

Also, go to a bookstore, and buy all the historical records related to Heyang.

- Yes. - Young Lady.

Young Lady, a fisherman visited us just now.

He said that someone named Bai Xiaosheng told him to bring a message.

Bai Xiaosheng is detained at the dock. She hopes the Young Lady can go rescue her quickly.

You asked for two hours, so that your relatives could come to see you for the last time.

Now that the time is up, jump.

Wait, sir. I really don't dare to do it again.

Can you give me another chance?

How dare you bribe the boatman, and smuggle cargo on our ships?

Since you had the courage to do so, you should have expected this day.

Stop dilly-dallying, jump now!

I beg of you, sir. Don't...

- It seems like you need my help. - Stop!

Save me, Caiwei!

How much cargo did she smuggle? I will compensate you ten times.

Where do you think you're at?

The rules of Silver Rain Terrace will not be swayed by your coins.

Silver Rain Terrace?

I told you I am really friends with your Young Master.

Our Young Master is a wise man.

How could he be friends with women like you?

They are indeed my friends.

Young Master Zhuo!

Young Master.

- Xiaosheng. - Caiwei.

I was so scared.

Mr. Zhu, I presume? You did your job faithfully, well done.

However, please do me a favor and let this go.

Young Master, smuggling goods is no small deal.

Moreover, Silver Rain Terrace has always maintained the rules.

Young Master, you shouldn't break the rules because of an outsider.

You're right.

In the future, she will be the Young Madam of Silver Rain Terrace.

Her words are my words.

My words are the rules of Silver Rain Terrace.

Are you questioning my words?

Young Master, please forgive me. I dare not do so.

Young Madam.

Fortunately, you came in time.

By the way, how did you know we were here?

She also sent a message to me.

Well, Little Liar, you really know how to get into trouble.

Almost every time I see you, there's some kind of trouble.

It shows that Young Master Zhuo is a naturally gifted problem solver.

Let's go have a drink together tonight.

Let's go.

Well, I haven't sorted those goods of mine.

Both of you go ahead.

Caiwei, I will meet you in the Sunrise Garden later.

Instead of watching the two of you being lovey-dovey from the sidelines,

I might as well jump into the river.

I'll see you later, Caiwei.

Why is Xiaosheng acting weird lately?

Hasn't she always been like this? She would rather have money than life.

Jiang, don't do this again.

What?

Didn't I move out from the county ya men? We won't need these pretenses anymore.

You don't have to hang around me all day. Stop calling me Young Madam or something like that.

It's really awkward for me.

This is not a pretense.

I meant it when I said it.

Before, I thought I regarded you as a friend.

Two months ago, when I returned to Heyang, I was joyful on my way to see you,

but I heard the news of your death.

My mind went blank.

Not even swords have made me that frightened.

Only then did I understand you were no longer just a friend in my heart.

After your return, every word I said to you,

every act I did, was all from the heart.

If you are willing, I'll marry you anytime.

Jiang,

I've always considered you my best friend.

Previously, now, and even in the future.

This will never change.

Determined.

Without hesitation.

I did imagine this,

but I didn't expect it to feel much worse than I imagined.

Compared to disappointment, a false dawn is even more hurtful.

I regard you as my best friend, so I can never give you false hope.

Young Master.

Young Master.

Gu Yong is dead and the Relief Hall has been purged. Are you still doubting the Four Greats?

I'm thinking about the man behind the scenes in the capital.

Why is he growing his power in Heyang? Was it simply to kill people?

I read the accounts booklet of Relief Hall.

It's true that the only recorded business was killing.

So I suspect there must be some of them still hiding in the Four Greats.

Relief Hall was destroyed, and there was no movement at all in the Life and Death House.

Only Silver Rain Terrace and Hundred Flowers Court are left.

But one of them is sincerely helping Miss Shangguan.

Another one has also allied with Young Master early on to solve the county yamen's urgent problem.

Well...

I must have missed something.

What is it?

We eat a meal bite by bite, so we should investigate a case bit by bit.

Mulling over it is not going to help.

Why don't...

Just tell me what you want to do.

Let's go on horseback.

Miss Qing, you're looking at this veil again.

It's been nine years.

Oh, right. How is the county ya men now?

Very quiet. You may even say it's lifeless.

It has only been two months since Master Pan came to Heyang.

Yet he's reached this point.

This is beyond my expectations.

I wanted him to quickly find out the forces behind Gu Yong.

I admit it's an unreasonable task.

Maybe it's time to give him a push.

[Sunrise Garden]

[Beautiful things complement each other]

These are not what I want.

Young Lady, we have bought everything on the Heyang market with a ripple pattern here.

We really couldn't find the type you described.

[Sunrise Garden]

Sir, we have arrived at Sunrise Garden.

I wonder if Miss Shangguan is doing well here.

Why don't we go in and take a look?

Young Lady, the ripple pattern you want, I have it here.

Where?

Mr. Chen, the Young Lady is looking for water ripples.

Why did you bring so many dancers here?

Please, have a look.

[Sunrise Garden]

You heard it. We don't have to worry about her at all.

Young Master. We're here already anyway.

Aren't you curious about how is Miss Shangguan doing in there?

Look how happy Ling is.

Are you envious?

Do you want to move here and have fun with them?

No.

If not, you should stop loitering here.

Young Master.

What a stubborn man.

[Court]

Young Master, if...

Sir!

- What's wrong? - Mr. Pan, someone set fire to the death row.

What?

What happened?

Sir, somebody in this cell knocked over an oil lamp.

Fortunately, the straw was wet, so there was no fire, just smoke.

Who on earth is so bold as to start a fire in the county jail?

We don't know what was going on either.

There were no prisoners held here.

Wet straw.

It wasn't to set a fire, but to make smoke.

They wanted to attract our attention.

This fire was deliberately set off by someone.

Sir, that person is very creepy. You shouldn't go near him.

What crime did he commit?

The Ghostly Fire Case.

You're here at such a late hour, Mr. Pan.

How can I serve you?

I'm looking for a dossier.

What dossier?

I'll look for it with you.

No need. I'll look for it myself.

Go back to your room and rest.

Thank you for your hard work, sir.

Shangguan Zhi could always quickly find the required dossier.

I thought it was a simple task.

Now that I think about it, she must have put in a lot of effort.

[Ghostly Fire Case Volume 2, Ghostly Fire Case Volume 1]

The Xinzheng Academy in Heyang was built near mountains and rivers. [Volume 1

The mountain behind it is rumored to be haunted.

People often go missing after wandering in it.

According to the person involved, a year ago,

four classmates from Xinzheng Academy, Chen Fu,

Zhou Ge, Liu Shi, and Shen Ci

were having a courage competition in the eerie mountain forest. [Chen Fu, Scholar of Xinzheng Academy]

[Liu Shi, Scholar of Xinzheng Academy]

[Zhou Ge, Scholar of Xinzheng Academy]

[Shen Ci, Scholar of Xinzheng Academy]

It's just a few bones.

This doesn't scare me.

If you are afraid, you should go back as soon as possible.

We are not afraid either.

Yes, we're not afraid.

Let's go.

Who's there?

Pretending to be a ghost? Show yourself!

- Shen Ci! - Shen Ci!

- Run! Quick! - Run!

A ghost!

Shen Ci... Shen Ci was caught by a ghost.

- Shen Ci! - Shen Ci!

Shen Ci was not found alive or dead.

Everyone agreed that Shen Ci had died.

But who would have thought...

- Wait... - Well...

What happened?

Shen Ci? You are not dead?

Shen Ci, your eyes... What's wrong with your eyes?

Come, sit here.

Shen Ci, you...

- Weren't you captured by a ghost? - Yes, how did you come back?

Yes. We all saw it then.

I told you not to go there, but you insisted. And then you were caught by the ghost.

- Yeah. - Yes.

I was dragged into the woods by an evil spirit.

The evil spirit was about to drag me into the ground.

I was struggling. I managed to escape it by kicking it with my feet.

But the miasma was thick in the woods.

As soon as I came out, I couldn't see anything.

Shen Ci. Shen Ci.

Everyone thought that this matter was over.

But in the next month, something unbelievable happened again.

It is not that there is no peaceful abode but that I have no peaceful heart.

It is not that my wealth is not sufficient but that my passion yearns for more.

Therefore the superior man is strict with one's self but lenient with others

while the multitude are lenient with themselves but strict with others.

It is not that there is no peaceful abode but that I have no peaceful heart.

It is not that my wealth is not sufficient but that my passion yearns for more.

It is not that there is no peaceful abode, or that my wealth is not sufficient...

I can't see.

Why can't I see anything?

Help me.

My eyes!

I can't see either. Fu!

I can't see either.

The three became blind and stopped eating and drinking.

They became delirious.

Chen Fu's father was the head of the academy.

He hired famous physicians, but none could diagnose the cause of Chen Fu's illness.

It was rumored that it was caused by ghosts in the woods.

Until one night, a scholar who got up at night saw something.

Chen Fu? Zhou Ge, Liu Shi?

Where are you going?

[Studying is the beginning of our glorious success]

[Xinzheng Academy]

Chen Fu!

- Chen Fu! - Zhou Ge!

- Liu Shi! - Zhou Ge!

- Liu Shi! - Chen Fu!

- Zhou Ge! - Liu Shi!

- Fu! - Chen Fu! Zhou Ge!

- Fu. - Where are you?

Chen Fu!

Look.

- Chen Fu. - Over there.

- Mr. Chen! - Sir!

Here he is! [Mr. Chen, Xinzheng Academy]

- Look. He's dead. - What...

What...

- What... - Fu. Fu.

Shen Ci.

Shen Ci.

Fu.

Arrest Shen Ci!

It was this ingrate.

Instead of thanking the academy for cultivating him,

he dabbled in witchcraft and killed my son, and two other innocent lives.

Sir, please judge wisely.

Let Shen Ci pay with his life!

You, what else do you have to say?

When Chen Fu and others were possessed by evil spirits, I was studying in the academy.

I did not go to the back mountain.

Since you know witchcraft, you could've easily erased your tracks.

You keep saying that I know witchcraft.

Where is the proof?

I have achieved a scholarly honor.

If you kill me unjustly without basis, won't it be hard to convince the public?

[Ghostly Fire Case Volume 1]

Shen Ci.

So, you came back to Sunrise Garden because you are pissed at Mr. Pan.

Correction. I'm not being angry, it's about drawing a boundary.

From now on, we will go our separate ways.

- Really? - Of course.

That's pretty good.

Plenty of fish in the sea. Why would you fixate on the same guy?

Look at the people around you. Young Master Zhuo is pretty good too.

- Did he confess to you? - Did he tell you?

I guessed it.

So, he really did confess to you?

You haven't noticed it, have you? His eyes are always on you.

That's not how you look at a friend.

Now I just want to investigate the ripple pattern, so that I can be Yang Caiwei again.

[Court]

There was no evidence to prove that Shen Ci was the murderer.

But he was the only suspect in the case.

He was sentenced to be detained and tried later.

Sir, I have been handling cases for ten years, I have arrested about a thousand suspects.

- I've never seen someone this weird. - What's weird about him?

When he first came in, he was held with other prisoners.

Within a few days, the vicious bandits all clamored to change cells.

In the end, we had to hold him in solitary confinement.

I have observed him secretly. He keeps talking to himself all day long.

I don't know whether he is chanting a mantra or a curse.

Sir, please be careful. Don't be cursed by him.

Come to me quickly.

Come to me quickly.

Hurry up. Come to me.

Sir, look at him. He is reciting a curse again.

No.

He's talking to a mouse.

Forgive me for my lack of etiquette. I don't know who you are.

Magistrate Pan Yue.

Oh, Mr. Pan.

You only have two steamed buns per meal.

Why are you sharing with the mice?

I'm imprisoned in this dark place.

These insects and rats are a blessing because they keep me company.

I can pass the long days, and talk with them to express my feelings.

To you, it's a mouse.

To me, it's an old friend.

He is already on death row. Why is he still wearing such heavy shackles?

Why is he still wearing such heavy shackles? Unshackle him.

Sir, this is a felon who knows witchcraft. What if he escapes?

If he really knew witchcraft, not even ten chains would bind him.

- Unshackle him. - Yes.

Are you not afraid of me?

Do I have to be?

The pattern on the wall.

- Sir, you are here for this. - Yes.

Can you tell me honestly?

If you are determined, you will find out once you've solved the case.

Why are there so many stray cats meowing outside?

Quiet at last. I really want to have some chestnut cakes.

Chestnut cakes! Freshly baked chestnut cakes!

Take a look! Chestnut cakes!

Why did the cake vendor come at such a coincidental time?

The cat meowing just now was also stopped suddenly.

Could it be?

Ling.

I'm tired of eating your cooking every day.

Today, I want to eat...

freshly roasted lamb shank with Huadiao wine.

- Here. Hurry, take it in while it's hot. - Yes.

Young Lady's guess was right. It's really you.

Miss... Miss Ling.

Where is your Young Master?

[Huadiao]

Jiang.

You don't have to be so nice to me. Didn't I tell you?

- I take you... - As a friend. I know.

But this is how I, Zhuo Lanjiang, treat my friends.

I...

Yang Caiwei. When did you become so bashful?

How am I bashful?

Yes. Look at this freshly roasted lamb shank with Huadiao wine.

Are you going to drink it?

Of course. Why not?

The victims of the Ghostly Fire case are two dead and one injured.

Shen Ci is the only suspect.

The key to cracking the case is on him.

But is he really someone who would use witchcraft to harm his classmates?

- Am I right? - Really.

- Come here. - What's wrong?

Unexpectedly, Miss Shangguan has left, but these plants are still not spared.

For his sins.

Young Master. Young Master.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Where are you going?

Miss Yang's frame portrait is ready.

I'll go. I wanted to go for a walk anyway.

- Take a look. - Here's the money.

- Okay. - Let's go.

Take care.

Mr. Pan, won't you have an iced drink to relieve your fatigue?

Sure.

Master Pan, your iced drink.

Thanks.

Mr. Pan, why didn't you come with Miss Shangguan today?

I miss her a lot.

I haven't seen her in a long time.

- I see. - If you want to see Miss Shangguan, you have to go to the Silver Rain Terrace.

I heard that she and Young Master Zhuo are about to get married.

Two days ago, they even went to the docks to inspect their properties.

- Really? - Yes.

How could that be possible?

Many were present.

- Miss Shangguan clearly... - Shuang.

I have something else to do now, so I'll leave first.

But you haven't had your iced drink yet.

I have a toothache, it's too sour for me.

Here you go.

What is wrong with me?

As soon as I heard about Shangguan Zhi, I even forgot about the painting.

♪ Teardrop Monster, Teardrop Monster ♪

♪ He's afraid of wind, rain, and thunder ♪

♪ Waking up at midnight and met a ghost ♪

♪ With his four heads and three legs ♪

♪ Teardrop Monster, Teardrop Monster ♪

♪ He's afraid of wind, rain, and thunder ♪

♪ Teardrop Monster, Teardrop Monster ♪

♪ He's afraid of wind, rain, and thunder ♪

Mr. Pan, this is your painting.

Shuang.

Who taught you this song?

Miss Shangguan.

♪ Teardrop Monster is terrified ♪

Her? How could it be her?

♪ There are three big bowls of teardrops ♪

♫ Wrapped in memories year after year ♫

They said the Silver Rain Terrace found the body. So I waited here.

I did not expect you to come.

Did you come here secretly in the middle of the night to destroy the evidence?

Of course not!

Then I have to find the murderer myself, so that you will formally apologize to me.

Comfort the soul of the dead, and prove your own innocence.

I can't be wrongly accused by you for nothing.

Corpses can talk. If I don't ask now, I won't have another chance.

They must have been poisoned by something they ate.

I have to find out the source of the poison now. Sir, look.

Sir, come and see. This is the source of poison.

Judging from the color and shape.

Judging from the position, direction, and depth.

Self-harm is the only possibility.

Be careful.

Miss Shangguan can calm your mood.

Take a deep breath.

It's alright. It's okay.

♪ Sob, sob ♪

♪ There are three big bowls of teardrops ♪

♪ He knocked over a clothes rack at dawn ♪

♪ Teardrop Monster is terrified ♪

Look at me, Pan Yue.

- Look at me, sober up. - Stop it, I'm not Shangguan Zhi.

- What did she tell you? - She believes in you.

At that time, she really wanted to marry you.

I didn't lie to you, did I?

Ling. What are you doing?

Young Lady, if these oil umbrellas haven't been exposed to rain in a long time,

you have to wipe them with some wet rags from time to time to prevent their color from fading.

Let me help you with it, then.

- I'll go get more umbrellas. - Go ahead.

♫ Cranes return to the mountains, winds gather in between the clouds ♫

♫ The smoke of despair makes my tears dance ♫

♫ Your fingertips flickered a few times ♫

♫ Like the dazzling moments ♫

♫ That left half my life stranded ♫

♫ Endless thoughts on the wind and moon ♫

♫ Never letting down or forgetting this glimpse of a life ♫

♫ If not for my solitary delight ♫

What's wrong?

I...

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'Door' - Zhou Shen

♫ Like the dew, waiting for a glimmer of sunlight to welcome the morning ♫

♫ How many glances to we need to exchange to affirm each other? ♫

♫ Your sincerity fools me ♫

♫ And my seriousness traps you ♫

♫ The depth of the past is best left unexplored ♫

♫ How many more failures do I have to experience? ♫

♫ Before I can face love and hared with confidence? ♫

♫ No one should ask about the moment of letting go ♫

♫ Is it a moment of liberation or cowardice? ♫

♫ Perhaps I've mistakenly entered your heart, and now I'm feeling unsettled ♫

♫ I'm unwilling to just be a passer-by with you ♫

♫ I'm not going to give up without a fight ♫

♫ My life would have been worth living ♫

♫ If grass and trees are sharp blades, if mountains and waters are temples ♫

♫ Every moment with you is a blessing ♫

♫ I will never take you for granted ♫

♫ And I want to be worthy of your love ♫

♫ Perhaps I've mistakenly entered your heart, and now I'm feeling unsettled ♫

♫ I'm unwilling to just be a passer-by with you ♫

♫ I'm not going to give up without a fight ♫

♫ My life would have been worth living ♫

♫ If grass and trees are sharp blades, if mountains and waters are temples ♫

♫ Every moment with you is a blessing ♫

♫ I will never take you for granted ♫

♫ And I want to be worthy of your love ♫

♫ Be worthy of your love ♫