12 - Zhao Hai - Part 2

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    [Episode 24: Zhao Hai (2)]
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    Sir.
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    If I had come here earlier,
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    would the people beside me
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    have lived better lives?
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    Fate is fixed.
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    But you knew you would
    only live for 30 years.
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    Why get involved with that Lady Fate?
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    Amitabha.
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    Master.
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    She left with Shanhai.
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    Do you want me to go?
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    Zhao Hai.
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    You've been with me for 20 years, right?
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    22 years.
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    You saved me from a clam
    spirit when you were eight.
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    You once said
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    you can provide a path to life.
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    One life,
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    one person,
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    one path.
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    Alright.
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    That's enough.
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    Master, what are you doing?
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    From now on,
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    you'll look after them for me.
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    But…
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    If I had more energy,
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    I could make you look better.
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    Master!
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    Hide the news of my death
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    for as long as you can.
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    Why?
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    She's too weak.
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    I fear that knowledge of
    my death would make her…
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    But hatred,
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    intense hatred,
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    will let her carry on with our daughter.
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    But she'll know eventually.
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    That's alright.
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    You'll be there.
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    Also…
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    Master!
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    It's so lively! Let's watch!
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    It's a joyous day for Boss Wen!
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    He's giving out money!
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    As expected of the richest man here!
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    I hear the bride is gorgeous!
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    No wonder Boss Wen was
    willing to spend this much!
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    But I heard she has a daughter
    from a past marriage.
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    Taking off my veil now
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    isn't very polite, is it?
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    I just couldn't resist coming to see you.
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    You agreed to wait.
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    100 days.
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    Why wait?
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    After the ceremony,
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    you'll belong to me!
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    But you already promised.
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    Are you not afraid
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    of divine punishment?
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    Um…
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    Does that mean
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    she married him because…
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    Don't worry.
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    Once 100 days have passed,
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    [98 days]
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    I'll know what I should do.
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    Fine!
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    100 days it is!
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    Mother!
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    What's wrong, Shanhai?
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    They said
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    you won't want me anymore
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    after you marry him.
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    Silly goose.
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    I would never abandon you.
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    Really?
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    When have I ever lied?
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    But you lied to him.
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    Who?
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    Lord Wen.
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    He won't be able to wait 100 days.
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    You looked again?
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    Did you look again?
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    Didn't I tell you to not to do that anymore?
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    It… it wasn't on purpose.
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    You're human, Shanhai.
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    Remember. You're human!
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    With blood and flesh,
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    eating grains
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    and experiencing the seasons.
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    And you'll one day be a
    lady of the Wen family!
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    Never use your powers again.
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    Promise me!
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    Okay.
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    I'll definitely think of a way
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    for you to leave your life as a spirit.
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    I promise. I promise.
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    She hasn't changed.
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    She…
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    hasn't changed at all.
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    A Lady Fate's eyes are never wrong.
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    Three months later,
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    Boss Wen died in an accident,
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    leaving behind a widow
    who inherited his riches.
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    Don't run!
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    I'll kill you!
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    This is it, Madame!
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    There are too many bandits!
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    We can't get away!
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    Let's beg for mercy!
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    Little lady,
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    there's no road ahead!
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    Just stop!
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    These criminals are ruthless!
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    They won't show mercy.
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    Throw everything off!
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    Okay!
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    Come play with us, little girl!
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    Stop running!
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    Damn!
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    Mother, you're bleeding.
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    Shh, don't make any noise.
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    Turn invisible right now.
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    But Mother, didn't you say…
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    Remember.
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    No matter what happens,
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    don't make a sound.
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    They may not look like monsters,
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    but human hearts are sinister.
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    Look! The Wen family's beauty.
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    Wow,
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    she does look like a treat.
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    Boss Wen sure knew how to live well.
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    This is a fantastic haul.
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    Wealth and pleasure both!
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    Wait.
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    She's supposed to have a daughter.
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    Search!
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    Don't let the girl get away and report us!
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    Tell us where she is!
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    Mother!
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    Shanhai!
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    It's… a spirit!
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    Hmph.
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    She's a spirit, huh?
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    Then this woman must be as well!
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    Kill them!
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    [Death]
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    What was that?
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    Come on, kill them!
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    Mother!
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    We can't stay here.
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    Do you know how to ride?
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    You…
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    won't ask about our identities?
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    Whatever you are,
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    it doesn't matter to me.
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    Be careful from now on.
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    Otherwise,
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    someone will worry.
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    And who would that be?
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    Savior,
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    we came here unaccompanied
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    and want to live near Xiangyang City.
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    I'm in need of a careful, faithful steward.
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    Would you
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    be interested?
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    I finally got a chance to stay by their side.
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    Madame Wen soon sold her property
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    and brought Shanhai to live in Tianshui Town.
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    It's Xiangyang City!
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    Hey, Steward Qin,
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    you should talk Madame Wen out of this.
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    Why would anyone build a residence here?
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    It's bad luck.
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    She doesn't care about such things.
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    Luck, wealth, and what others think
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    are all unimportant.
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    She moved to Tianshui Town
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    to avoid Xiangyang City itself
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    but still be close to Cloudsea Temple.
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    Master!
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    Zhao Hai…
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    Bring my soul incense to her.
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    No!
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    When the incense burns out,
    your soul will be destroyed,
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    never to exist again!
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    And so what?
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    As long as I can stay with
    her for a little longer,
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    I can be satisfied with living just one life.
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    No!
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    Master!
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    In the days that followed,
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    I heeded my master's wishes
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    and protected the two of them.
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    I hid master's incense
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    deep within the residence.
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    That way, other spirits kept their distance,
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    and the remnants of Master's soul
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    could stay for a long time
    with the one he loved.
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    I couldn't bear to shatter her dream.
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    Until…
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    Cleansing her blood…
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    I have a way.
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    That stupid incense
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    stopped even me!
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    Soul incense can ward off evil,
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    but it only works on spirits.
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    That crone is a human,
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    so she wasn't affected.
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    Soul incense?
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    Those with superior skills
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    can sacrifice themselves
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    by burning their bodies
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    to create soul incense,
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    also called life incense.
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    They burn their souls
    while they're still alive?
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    Yes,
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    so such incense is very rare.
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    Too few are willing to sacrifice
    themselves for others.
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    But in the end,
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    our Lady Fate didn't know
    that the man she hated
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    actually never left.
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    Jing Zhe also wouldn't know
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    that the one he loves, because
    of his last decision,
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    would end up like this.
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    She didn't change.
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    She used money to buy lives.
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    How is that similar to the
    kind spirit she once was?
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    Kindness doesn't put food on the table.
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    But Madame would never hurt
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    those who had long lives left.
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    She would even find treatment for them.
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    If even that is wrong,
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    then what about the sellers?
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    At the very least,
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    Madame worked hard for Shanhai
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    to change her fate as a spirit.
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    But…
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    But she never asked Shanhai
    if she was willing.
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    So what if she's a spirit?
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    Who says you must be human to be happy?!
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    She said she doesn't think
    it's shameful to be a spirit,
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    and foreseeing death
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    only makes her treasure life more!
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    But because Madame Wen's
    feelings ended in failure,
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    she forcibly distorted Shanhai's life!
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    Shanhai's father also wronged her.
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    If he loved them,
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    why did he use such a cruel
    method to make them strong?
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    Couldn't he have just spent
    his last days with them?
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    You might think he was being merciful,
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    but actually,
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    he was just a selfish bastard!
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    Shanhai had so many things she wanted to do,
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    places to go,
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    and people to see.
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    But you made her lose everything.
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    I'm a Zhao Hai.
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    I know.
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    Born in the deep sea and able to grant life.
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    By shattering and consuming
    you, even death can be reset.
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    You're a rare spirit.
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    So…
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    Are you willing to help me save Shanhai?
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    The final use of a Zhao Hai
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    is to give life to someone else.
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    But only one person in one life.
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    If it's for Shanhai,
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    I'm willing.
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    But I'm not willing.
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    You're so rare that even
    I can't bear to use you.
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    Though you want to sacrifice yourself.
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    I won't do it.
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    You love her?
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    I love all three of them.
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    Jing Zhe is my master,
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    Shanhai is like my daughter,
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    and Madame Wen…
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    Lady Fate…
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    Why kick us out?
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    What are you doing?
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    Little monk,
    What are you doing?
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    Don't worry.
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    Go save Rolly.
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    But…
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    Let's go.
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    Rolly's definitely hurting.
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    You're his owner, but you
    don't seem worried at all.
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    That's not true!
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    Of course I'm worried!
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    It's just…
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    Come on.
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    I'm sorry, Shanhai.
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    I'm sorry.
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    It's all my fault.
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    This is… Shanhai?
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    May I hold her?
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    Shanhai,
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    you'll grow up again soon.
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    Make sure you become a happy girl.
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    Who cares if you're a spirit or a human?
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    Don't worry.
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    This time,
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    I won't make such a mess again.
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    Otherwise, I would disappoint Zhao Hai.
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    Also,
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    about taking care of them…
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    Enough.
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    If after all this,
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    they still don't know how to live on,
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    nobody can help them.
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    Alright.
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    Then that's that.
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    Going back in time
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    to the beginning.
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    Steward Qin said he's caged in the bedroom.
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    Not everyone has such good fortune.
    Steward Qin said he's caged in the bedroom.
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    Steward Qin said he's caged in the bedroom.
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    Live well.
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    Thank you, Miss Tao Yao.
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    How can I repay you?
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    I heard you donated your
    wealth to a hospital.
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    Most of it.
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    But please,
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    help yourself to the rest.
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    It's fine.
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    Raising a child is hard. Keep
    it and buy good food for her.
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    But…
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    Alternatively,
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    just treat it as an early
    betrothal gift from Moya.
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    Let's go.
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    You'll have to wait a bunch
    of years before you can marry.
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    So why dawdle right now?
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    Tao Yao, watch what you say!
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    What is this?
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    This is…
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    I don't understand part of it.
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    Which part?
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    That crone's spells were perfectly cast.
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    How did Moya get out?
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    Fortune favors fools.
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    I'm being serious.
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    The caster was connected to both worlds.
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    If she died,
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    Moya's soul could've gotten stuck forever,
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    so I couldn't dare make a move
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    until she undid the spell on her own.
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    But there was a second approach,
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    creating backlash from the inside.
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    As long as the caster's world
    is destroyed in one go,
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    the source of the backlash
    can be forcibly expelled.
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    Understand?
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    So you mean…
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    Moya was the source of the backlash?
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    He has that ability?
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    Moya has nine lives' worth of blessings.
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    That's nothing to sneeze at.
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    Otherwise, you wouldn't
    be so intent on eating him
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    to improve your cultivation,
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    right?
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    What a joke.
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    He's been a monk in nine lives, that's all.
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    If not for his purity,
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    what use would he be?
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    Have you ever wondered
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    why Moya has always looked like a child?
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    That person once said
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    that beneath Moya's nine lives as a monk,
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    something else may be hidden.
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    But all this is just conjecture.
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    If the backlash had failed…
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    Then I'd be left on my lonesome.
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    Tao Yao!
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    This boatman says he can give us a free trip!
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    Don't just go talking to strangers!
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    Have you already forgotten
    about getting kidnapped?
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    What's wrong?
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    The Hundred Spirit Record's aura
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    has never been so strong.
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    What?
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    It's close by?
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    No.
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    In that direction.
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    Five hundred miles or so.
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    Isn't that Bianjing?
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    Sir, sir!
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    Can you take us to Bianjing for free, too?
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    We have to pay?
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    That much?!
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    Wasn't it free just now?
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    Sir, don't leave!
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    20! Is 20 okay?
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    30, then!
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    50, 50!
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    50, deal!
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    Come on, we're already friends!
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    Let's do 50, okay?
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    Rolly, let's go.
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    Forget her.
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    [Please cherish life this time.]
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    ♪ The wind slows ♪
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    ♪ Music trickles through the windows ♪
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    ♪ Who are these idle memories for? ♪
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    ♪ The dust floats in the air ♪
[19:37] ---
    ♪ The water ripples like blossoms ♪
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    ♪ Sighs of hindsight ♪
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    ♪ No sign of stopping ♪
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    ♪ Thoughts are always unfinished ♪
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    ♪ Joy is often cut short ♪
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    ♪ It's hard to wake up from
    a long night's dream ♪
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    ♪ Evidence without reason ♪
[20:04] ---
    ♪ A farewell to love and hate ♪
[20:08] ---
    ♪ Searching in the haystack ♪
[20:10] ---
    ♪ Thousands of times ♪
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    ♪ Starlight rains down the southern sky ♪
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    ♪ My heart is layered with expired love ♪
[20:33] ---
    ♪ A journey across mountains
    for one promise ♪
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    ♪ No shadows, no fate ♪
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    ♪ Where there's love, there's promise ♪
[20:58] ---
    ♪ A dream comes to life ♪
[21:10] ---
    ♪ Stars disappear upon rainfall ♪