# E10 - The reclusive cook
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Why the hell did this kid
randomly bring a cleaver?
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I'm really stuck!
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Calm down, calm down.
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Although they can't see me,
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but if they discover that
the cleaver can move,
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they'll melt me straightaway!
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No! I must find a way to get out of this.
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That's right.
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The fastest way is for the
owner of the knife to die.
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Now!
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Ah Long!
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Ah Long, it's bad!
**[01:24] ---**
Wa Pian got beaten up.
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Bullies again!
***SIGN*** Fairies Album In the Capital [Episode 10] The reclusive cook.
**[02:09] ---**
Brat, I'm getting impatient!
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I got those eggs out from the nest.
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They're mine!
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You dare ask for the eggs?!
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Are you tired of living?
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Stop!
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It's Ah Long.
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Let's run!
**[02:24] ---**
He brought that broken cleaver again.
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Broken cleaver?
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You're the broken cleaver!
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I am Long Que!
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Give back the eggs!
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Ah Long's knife has tasted blood before!
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Next time you bully people,
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you'll find out!
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L-Let's go.
**[03:00] ---**
The eggs that I tried so
hard to find are all broken.
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Why are you crying?
**[03:05] ---**
I caught fish today.
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Let's go back and have a good meal.
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Here, eat this first.
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Delicious!
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I miss my mother.
**[03:24] ---**
Me too.
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Ah Long...
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Come on, what are you crying about?
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As long as the three of us are together,
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there's nothing to be afraid of.
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Even if you try harder,
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what's the point of surviving
like wild cats and dogs?
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Why don't you free me sooner?
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It feels so good!
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It turns out that being sharpened
is such an enjoyable thing!
**[03:59] ---**
Wa Pian, has this knife
really killed someone?
**[04:02] ---**
Of course.
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It was left by Ah Long's father.
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One year, bandits came.
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He used this knife to cut his way out,
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in order to save Ah Long's life.
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Back then, I could only move
this knife with both hands,
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but it's not the same now.
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As long as I have it,
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I'll definitely be like my father,
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protecting the people around me.
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I caught you stealing, little thief!
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Chop his hand off.
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Wa Pian!
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This little thief has partners.
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Thief?
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Sirs, my brother made a mistake.
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I'm willing to be punished on his behalf.
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You're willing to be punished?
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Fine.
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What--
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Just now, that little thief clearly
took a bag of gold from me,
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but now it's turned into rock.
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Tell me how you should be punished?
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You tricked us!
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You talk back despite stealing gold?
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Unruly scoundrels!
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It's my brother's fault for stealing,
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but you blackmail people,
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so you guys are also bad!
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How dare those bastards
use rocks to trick me!
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Shut up!
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Remember this.
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No matter what you steal, a thief is a thief.
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Ah Long,
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I-I'm sorry.
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I was starving,
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so I wanted to get some
money to feed you guys.
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It's my fault.
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I shouldn't have involved you guys.
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Don't be like this, Wa Pian.
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It's my bad,
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not being able to take care of you guys.
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Ah Long...
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Why don't you guys practice
martial arts with me?
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As long as we become more powerful,
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then we don't need to live like this,
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and won't be bullied again.
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Yes, yes!
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I'd like to practice your
fast knife technique.
**[06:27] ---**
No problems.
**[06:28] ---**
Hey, it's not him being fast.
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I helped.
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Due to Ah Long bathing me,
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ah no--
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Due to his good knife sharpening skills,
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I decided to wait for a few
years before making a move.
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I didn't expect the wait to be so many years.
**[07:29] ---**
You guys have messed with
the Blackwater Faction.
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We'll sort you out.
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Wait and see! Wait and see!
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Just you wait!
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We'll slay all the evil spirits in the world!
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Even the human ones!
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They set up the Slaughter Evil Faction,
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specifically to kill bandits and robbers,
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stealing from the rich
and giving to the poor.
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For a while, the young heroes became famous.
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Those were also their happiest years.
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How is it?
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Vermilion and colored glass match.
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We can pass off fakes as genuine.
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This is what I figured out.
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No one else would think of this.
**[08:08] ---**
Why are you getting ideas like that again?
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Be careful, or Ah Long will find out.
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How will he, if you don't tell him?
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Come back.
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Are you up to no good again?
**[08:36] ---**
Stop being so stubborn, Ah Long.
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This might be our future livelihood.
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Livelihood?
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Yeah.
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You don't even see the ways of the world.
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What kind of people are doing well?
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In recent years, we've
done so many great things,
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made so many connections,
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but in the end, we've made so little money.
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I should have changed careers long ago,
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and did some business.
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Even if you do business,
you can't sell fakes.
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Martial artists cannot have evil thoughts.
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Ah Long, don't be angry.
**[09:05] ---**
Wa Pian is also thinking about us.
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But, Wa Pian, Ah Long is right.
**[09:09] ---**
You can't do business that scams people.
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You guys are stupid.
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Scamming people makes money.
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If you're good at it,
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then your hands are clean.
**[09:18] ---**
If you guys are so picky
about what you want to do,
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sooner or later, we're going to get killed.
**[09:25] ---**
Ah Long, what you've been insisting on
**[09:28] ---**
is seen by the world as being up to no good!
**[09:30] ---**
Nonsense!
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Still, no good?
**[09:59] ---**
The tendon is broken.
**[10:00] ---**
You should be satisfied that
this leg can still move.
**[10:03] ---**
B-But, Doctor, please think of another way.
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Please find someone better than me.
**[10:09] ---**
But you are the famous doctor!
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Doctor, doctor!
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Forgot it.
**[10:15] ---**
It's pointless to force him.
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I don't believe it.
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We've already seen so many doctors,
**[10:22] ---**
yet you still don't believe it.
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My leg can't be cured.
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Wa Pian.
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Didn't I tell you earlier?
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This is what I deserve.
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Ah Long, you don't have to care about it.
**[10:38] ---**
I wasn't a good fighter anyway.
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It doesn't matter if this leg is crippled.
**[10:45] ---**
No.
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Let's find another famous doctor.
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Let's go to Luoyang.
**[10:50] ---**
Ah Long!
**[10:52] ---**
It's not good.
**[10:57] ---**
I heard that Shi Jingtang's
army has destroyed Luoyang.
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The emperor has also been burnt to death.
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In this turmoil and chaos of war,
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the Blackwater Faction has
gathered lots of people,
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saying that they want to wipe us out.
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They want to take advantage
of the chaos to get revenge.
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We can't be reckless.
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They came prepared, with lots of people.
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And, I'm now like this.
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I'm afraid I'll hold you back.
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Why don't we leave via the secret passage?
**[11:25] ---**
Yeah. The secret passage goes to
the mountain outside the city.
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Besides the three of us, no one else knows.
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Wa Pian is the clever one after all.
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To prepare for a rainy day,
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getting us to dig a secret
passage a long time ago.
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Don't I specialize in getting up to no good?
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Fine, let's pack quickly, and
enter the secret passage.
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I can see it.
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The exit is just ahead.
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Hurry, Wa Pian.
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Put in some more effort.
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Wa Pian.
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Ah Long!
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Ah Long.
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Ah Long!
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Run! You can't help by staying.
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Ah Long.
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Wait for me at the old mansion!
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Ah Long!
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Don't worry, brother.
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I will protect you guys.
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Ah Long!
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Ah Long.
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Ah Long!
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I know what is most important to Ah Long.
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I will continue to defend him.
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But compared with fighting and killing,
**[14:33] ---**
Xiao Tian prefers to cook.
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So from then on,
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in his hands, the cleaver
became an actual cleaver.
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But there's one more person
you must kill, right?
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Besides the three of them,
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no one else knew the secret passage's exit.
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So we've been looking for
that person for 40 years.
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He's really careful too.
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He actually found an expert
to help him with disguise.
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We've passed by Xingxiangzhai Gate several
times over the years without recognizing him.
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How did you recognize him this time?
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Because Miss Tao bought that fake vase,
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Old Zhang was able to recognize him.
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H-Hero, if you have something
to say, then say it.
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Take whatever you want from here.
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Please spare me.
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If there's nothing you like here,
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I have treasure in my secret room.
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Even now, you still have the
habit of digging secret rooms.
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Despite changing your name and appearance,
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you're still like your old self.
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Wa Pian.
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You!
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Could it be that you are... Xiao Tian?
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You're still alive.
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You were so scared back then,
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not even daring to go back
to check on our corpses.
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You misunderstood me.
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Xiao Tian, I never meant to hurt you.
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We're brothers.
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Wasn't Ah Long a brother?
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Who rescued you back then?
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He would rather starve himself,
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and let you eat first.
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Who would stand in front of you
so that people couldn't bully you?
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I didn't want Ah Long to die either.
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I was just angry.
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We could've been living a good life.
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He was being stubborn.
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And...
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And this leg was also his fault.
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When he hit me,
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did he not consider me a brother?
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Let me tell you.
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From the day my leg became crippled,
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I swore that someday,
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I'd make Ah Long leave me completely.
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I couldn't let him control my life anymore.
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I never thought that
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a person's hatred could be hidden so deeply.
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But this isn't the only reason, right?
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Back then, before the incident,
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the boss of the Blackwater Faction
approached you privately, right?
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No, no, no!
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No such thing, I--
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I've been looking for you for 40 years!
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You know my nature!
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Fine!
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It's all my fault.
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Come on, Xiao Tian.
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Since you found me,
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kill me if you want!
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Wa Pian.
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We were once...
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...brothers.
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Surrender yourself to the authorities.
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Confess to how you killed
your brother back then.
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I'll give you three days.
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If you haven't surrendered after three days,
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I'll be back to settle things with you.
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Fine, fine.
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I'll listen to you.
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This is all because of my sins.
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I deserve to go to jail.
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It's no wonder that these days,
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I always dream of the past.
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I dream that we're practicing
martial arts in the mountains,
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carrying the water tank together.
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Xiao Tian,
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I also...
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...can't bear it.
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So is the killer actuall you,
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or Old Zhang?
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Is there a difference?
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Yes.
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According to my ears and eyes,
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the authorities are already on their way.
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Should they arrest a person,
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or catch a spirit?
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You seem to be worried about us.
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No, no, no.
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I just can't stand the fact that
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a knife which has decapitated someone
is hanging around the kitchen every day.
**[18:46] ---**
You are worried about us.
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Don't be too self-conscious, little spirit.
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You'd actually eat cold buns.
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What kind of spirit are you?
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A big spirit who can eat you!
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Who let you out?
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There's a Long Que in there.
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So what?
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I lost so much this time.
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The culprit is dead.
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I have to find some compensation.
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Don't you know how rare Long Que are?
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Catch it and seal it within a bladed weapon.
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It would become a divine weapon,
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and can sell for a lot of money.
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If you touch it,
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I will ruin Si Kuang Lan's face.
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Hey, how did Si Kuang Lan
show up in our conversation?
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You drool every time you see him.
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Do you think I'm blind?
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Running away so quickly,
who are you reporting to?
**[19:43] ---**
People who don't know would
think you're busting for a wee.
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Is it really that obvious?
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I was clearly being very subtle.
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People from the House of Si can't
be taken just because you want them.
**[19:58] ---**
Second young master, your cook, Zhang Tian,
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is the biggest suspect in
the Xingxiangzhai case.
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Please don't make things difficult for us.
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It's not difficult.
**[20:07] ---**
It's just that Zhang Tian
has resigned and left.
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Even if I want to help you,
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there's nothing I can do.
**[20:13] ---**
He left?
**[20:14] ---**
How can this be?
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Lord Shen, if you don't believe me,
**[20:18] ---**
you can search my house.
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If I have lied,
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I'll go back with you to be punished.
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Since this is what you've said,
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a search won't be necessary.
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Excuse me.
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There's no need to see me out.
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Where do you plan to go?
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I'll go wherever I go.
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Then I wish you good luck all the way.
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Never get caught.
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Okay, thank you.
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Although we haven't known
each other for long,
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I taught you how to cook,
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so there's a master and
disciple relationship.
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With a drink, let's consider
that our destiny is fulfilled.
**[21:09] ---**
I suggest that you have another drink,
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as there won't be anyone to drink
with when you travel too far.
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We should have a drink.
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This time I left in a rush,
**[21:22] ---**
and there's no time to teach you
the dishes that I was going to.
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These are my recipes.
**[21:27] ---**
All the specifics are here.
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I can tell that you're a smart kid.
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One day, you'll be able to cook
the best dishes in the world.
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Thank you.
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Oh yeah.
**[21:54] ---**
Didn't Ah Long die 40 years ago?
**[21:57] ---**
Couldn't you have left this
cleaver a long time ago?
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Yes, I could have left long ago.
**[22:05] ---**
But I can't forget the days
that I spent with them.
**[22:09] ---**
Their youth,
**[22:11] ---**
sorrow and joy.
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They seem to have become mine too.
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I want to keep defending like this.
**[22:20] ---**
Then keep on defending.
**[22:22] ---**
In this case,
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there will be someone even
if you travel too far.
**[22:27] ---**
The Fairies Album records that
**[22:28] ---**
the West has clouds,
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and behind the clouds, there are Long Que.
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Like a bird and like the wind,
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they are said to be born from the first wind.
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Although they became spirits,
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they have a peaceful nature.
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A blade that has a Long Que inside
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will be as fast as the wind,
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and become a famous weapon.
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Unfortunately, the Fairies
Album did not record that
**[22:47] ---**
there is a Long Que in the world,
**[22:50] ---**
which is willing to give up
freedom to accompany an old man.
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Excellent!
**[22:57] ---**
From today on,
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the kitchen is my battlefield alone!