# E7 - Ruan's Home
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***SIGN*** Adapted from the novel *Cinderella Chef* by China Literature author Zi Yi 281
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Ah Ruan!
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Where have you been?
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Do you know how much your
father has worried about you?!
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"Father"?
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It's not their fault!
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I ran away from the palace by myself.
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I left because I wanted to help you find
a way to destroy the locusts, Father!
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Ah Ruan...
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So, you... You're...
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You're the princess
of the Nanyue Kingdom?!
***SIGN*** Cinderella Chef
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*Who will turn the wheel of fate*
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*I want to ask now*
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*I close my eyes*
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*but couldn't sleep*
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* Tossing and turning*
* but could not dream*
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*I want to forget*
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*that you're in my heart*
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*Yearning at night*
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* The more I think, the*
* more confused I get*
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*I didn't expect it at all*
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*You must not have known*
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*The blue planet shining in the galaxy*
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*Millions of years of waiting*
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* Cannot solve the mystery*
* inside my heart*
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*Not some day*
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*but tell me the answer right now*
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*Perhaps I've fallen in love again*
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*Back and forth, twist and turn*
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* Time won't change*
* what the heart wants*
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*Shivers run through my soul*
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* I start to practice, to*
* explore the secrets of love*
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*Ride or die, you're the only one*
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*The wheel of fate*
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*Favors the the relentless*
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*The road to my heart*
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*Lies right beneath you feet*
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Your Highness, what are your orders?
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Come over.
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Sure.
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Don't let Helian Xuan get ahead.
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Be sure to follow!
***SIGN*** Episode 30
Ruan's Home
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"Ruan's Home."
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So that's what happened.
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How interesting.
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How very interesting!
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What I did just now was an expression
of a father's love for his daughter.
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I hope that the envoy of
Dayan can look past it.
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This is all your fault, Father.
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Don't ever do this again.
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Since the misunderstanding
has been resolved,
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we have no further issues.
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How sensible, how sensible!
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So, what brings you here on this
diplomatic mission, Envoy Xia?
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Your Majesty, based on your tribute,
the Emperor speculated that
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there might be a shortage of
food in the Nanyue Kingdom.
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Hence, I was sent here to investigate.
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Brother truly is a paragon of benevolence!
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We already witnessed many famished
Nanyue refugees on the way here.
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The situation is critical.
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I've already sent men home
to start transferring food.
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It should be delivered within a few days.
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Good—
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no, excellent!
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Today we shall hold a welcoming
banquet for the envoy!
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Your Majesty, considering
the current emergency,
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a more frugal celebration will suffice.
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Envoy Xia is so considerate!
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Ah Ruan, be sure to demonstrate your
utmost hospitality toward the envoy.
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Make sure you don't take this duty lightly!
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Don't worry, Father.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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Let's go.
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I'll show you two around my house.
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Your Majesty, I have something important
to discuss with my fiancée.
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May I be excused?
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Then I'll wait for you
to handle your own affairs,
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after which we can discuss
the food delivery in detail.
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I'm telling you guys that we have peacocks.
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Peacocks?
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Over there is the Temple of Heaven,
where our peacocks are raised.
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Isn't it tall?
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Yaoyao.
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Every extra day I delay,
more people will starve.
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Fine.
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Wh-Where'd he go?
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Wait till we reach the Temple.
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I'll teach you how to feed the peacocks.
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Where's Sister Yaoyao?
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Huh?
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Why did Brother Chunyu follow us?
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Didn't your father need to discuss
the disaster relief with him?
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Yeah, that's right.
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Since Brother Chunyu is here,
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let's ask him to come with us.
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What's wrong with your eyesight?
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Can't you see that he's with Sister Yaoyao?
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Eh? Oh, yeah...
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If you have something to say, say it.
Otherwise, leave me alone.
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I...
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was wrong.
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What did you do wrong?
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I shouldn't have suddenly disappeared.
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And?
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But I think...
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you can understand why I did it.
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On this trip, our first priority
should be the mission.
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Furthermore—
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Enough!
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You don't understand the
first thing about why I'm angry.
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Yaoyao.
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Ah Ruan is showing me around the palace.
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I can't keep her waiting.
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Take care of your mission by yourself.
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Godly King, you must have missed me a lot.
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This is the first time I've
seen a peacock up so close.
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It's so beautiful.
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Is "Godly King" its name?
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Yep.
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In the Nanyue Kingdom, we've always
worshiped the Peacock God.
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The people of Nanyue believe
that in times of disaster,
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the Peacock God will bring
good fortune and protect us.
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That's right!
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Peacocks eat locusts.
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Father and I already thought of that.
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However, the locust plague came too suddenly,
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and we hadn't raised enough
peacocks to handle them all.
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Fortunately, you guys
showed up with the solution.
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Maybe Godly King brought you here.
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All right, Sister Yaoyao.
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For the next stop, I'll show you our kitchen.
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Sister Yaoyao, this is our kitchen.
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Nanyue's kitchen is a completely
different style from Jinling's.
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But there really aren't
many usable ingredients.
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What should I do?
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Master Wang.
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Princess, you're finally back.
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Master Wang, what are you
worrying about here on your own?
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Originally, I wanted to make some Nanyue
specialties for the envoy from Dayan.
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But our ingredients...
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Master Wang...
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Even if you lack ingredients,
you can still cook.
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Just ask Chief Yao.
***SIGN*** Rushan Cheese
***SIGN*** Chinese Ginseng
***SIGN*** Chinese Ginseng Flowers
***SIGN*** Termite Mushrooms
***SIGN*** Rubing Cheese
***SIGN*** Eggs
***SIGN*** Wheat Melons
***SIGN*** Dendrobiums
***SIGN*** Chicken Heads
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This is everything we can
get our hands on here.
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Sister Yaoyao, does this make
things too difficult for you?
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Godly King will protect us, right?
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Leave the rest to me!
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What is this you've brought?
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We've prepared a surprise for you, Father.
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Please watch, Your Majesty.
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Godly King: Unfurling Peacock!
***SIGN*** Godly King: Unfurling Peacock
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Ah, Godly, Godly King!
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*The Rushan and Rubing cheeses*
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* impart the flavors that have been passed*
* down in the Nanyue Kingdom for centuries.*
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*Amidst this sweet and tender taste,*
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*it is as if...*
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*What does it contain?*
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* The eyes in the tail feathers*
* emit a warm glow,*
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*full of peace and happiness.*
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*The taste of protection...*
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Simply incredible!
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To think that Envoy Xia's fiancée
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could make such a delicious dish
with such meager ingredients.
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Thank you, Your Majesty.
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But the one thing I don't understand is...
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How can a peacock made of
Rushan cheese unfurl its tail?
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Your Majesty, I placed a weight inside
the hollow body of the peacock.
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Then I used several bearing shafts connected
to the tail feathers to support the weight.
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Then I used silk thread to
fix the bearings to the grill.
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When the flame rises and burns off
the silk threads holding the bearings,
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the weight then lowers,
raising the tail feathers.
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And that's why it's called
the "Unfurling Peacock."
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So that's how it worked.
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Ingenious. Truly original.
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I just received a letter via carrier pigeon.
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The food delivery team has
encountered a collapsed hill.
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It'll take a month to deliver the food.
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Your Majesty.
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The food now needs a month to be delivered...
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What should we do?
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I have an idea.
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I recently found two kinds of ingredients
in Nanjia Village and the nearby lake,
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but the villagers didn't
know how to use them.
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I have marked the location
of the lake on the map.
***SIGN*** Nanyue
***SIGN*** Vine Cliff
***SIGN*** Nanjia
Village
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Father, look, these few lakes all have the
ingredients that Sister Yaoyao spoke of:
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chameleon plants and peas.
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As long as you gather those ingredients
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and use Chief Yao's cooking method,
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you will definitely survive the month.
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Good, good.
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Not only is Envoy Xia's fiancée
a remarkable cook,
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she has come to us with a solution
for our most pressing emergency.
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However, the locusts remain an issue.
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Nanyue cannot always rely on food
transfers to solve the problem.
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I was just about to discuss
that with Your Majesty.
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Please take a look.
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Why is this duck so fat?
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I inadvertently discovered that
ducks feed upon locusts.
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After confirming this, I now present it
to Your Majesty as a solution.
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Please request for 100,000 ducks to be
dispatched to resolve the locust plague.
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Excellent!
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How resourceful you are, Envoy Xia!
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This fat-duck plan of yours
is wonderful! Simply wonderful!
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Quick, catch that fat duck!
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Envoy Xia, you must tell
Brother how grateful I am.
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How can a neighbor stand by and watch
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while the people of the
Nanyue Kingdom are in trouble?
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Exactly, exactly.
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My daughter is unwell and cannot see you off,
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but I wish you all the best.
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Then we won't bother you any further.
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Let's go.
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Let's go back and see Ah Ruan.
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*Wanting to be closer*
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*Get to the bottom of your heart*
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*Afloat like the monsoon*
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*Clear skies turns cloudy*
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*Caught me off guard*
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*Stay away*
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*You could never understand my heart*
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*My feelings are written on it*
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*You distress me so*
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*No need to say anything*
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*Why aren't you happy?*
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*Ask yourself*
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*Why can't you say it?*
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*Always hard to be on the same page*
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*Cannot escape from it*
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*Longing for an intimate relationship*
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*Instead of cold replies*
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*Wanting to get closer*
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*Get to the bottom of my heart*
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*Full of courage standing by you*
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*Emotions sometimes mixed*
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*But can always be filled with warmth*
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*Your heart is completely rigid*
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*My heart is too hard to explain*
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*Every moment we had sways in the wind*