# E7 - Candle reduces in vain
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When this peony is put on milady's head,
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it's really beautiful!
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Not really.
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A good flower matches a beautiful person.
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Milady was born beautiful.
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In future, she will definitely find a good marriage.
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That's right.
***SIGN*** Fairies Album In the Capital [Episode 7] Candle reduces in vain.
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Sweet cake, sweet cake.
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When will I be able to get along with the god of thunder?
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Keep up.
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Be careful with the stretcher.
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Hurry.
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Take it inside.
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Second young master, why have you come out?
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Hurry and take the eldest young master into the house.
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Second young master,
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Master Yue asked me to tell you that
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the eldest young master had an accident at Changdaomen.
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Master Yue will definitely bring along a gift to apologize with in future.
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He hopes that both young masters will be magnanimous,
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and don't be angry with Changdaomen.
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Master Yue has already kidnapped almost all of the famous doctors in Luoyang.
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There's nothing else that can be done.
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We were afraid of changes on the way,
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so we had to travel day and night to bring the eldest young master back to your house.
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Thank you.
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Since Bother has returned home,
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I'll take care of him from now on.
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Sorry we can't welcome you at the house
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due to lack of staff.
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Please go back, Master Jin.
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Then I'll go back and report that the mission is complete.
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I won't bother you further.
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If you need help in the future,
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please let me know.
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The kid doesn't know very much,
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not even offering you a cup of tea, Master.
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He is in the prime of youth,
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so this is inevitable.
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I'm afraid that the second young master's
temperament will cause problems for him in future.
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I don't think this House of Si has much influence.
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We Changdaomen are one of the top factions in Luoyang.
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Why do we care what they think?
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Don't speak recklessly.
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They say the Devil decides life or death.
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The House of Si resolves conflicts.
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Even though they're not in a faction,
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and they don't ask for money or power,
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yet they accept every request.
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So when people have a problem that they can't resolve,
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they will go to them.
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In the long run, most people are their friends.
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But...
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Don't say any more...
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The boss may have a request for them in future.
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We can't be too offensive.
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Miss Tao.
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What are you doing here?
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Housekeeper Miao.
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It looks like you're getting soaked, and don't have an umbrella.
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Just now, it was our eldest young master lying on the stretcher.
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That's right.
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Something happened to the eldest young master and he was carried back,
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so shouldn't we investigate?
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It's hard to avoid danger when getting involved with the factions.
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The eldest young master is not as cautious as the second young master.
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It's also not the first time he's been carried back.
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Don't worry.
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The second younger master has his own method.
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From your tone of voice,
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the older brother is worse than the younger brother.
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You don't need to ask about it.
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Just look after the horses.
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Once you've been here for a while, you'll know the master's temperament.
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But I heard that--
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It's getting late.
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I'm going to the kitchen to ask the chef to change the menu.
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You go do your own thing.
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Could it be that...
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Second young master.
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Your finger is bleeding.
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Stop fighting me.
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You're destroying perfectly good bamboo.
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Stop playing it.
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Leave.
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This stringless music pierces heavens and earth, summoning wandering souls.
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Not even one in a million can play such music.
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Only soulless bodies can summon souls.
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Since the eldest young master has a soul,
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you won't succeed even if play so much that you break your fingers.
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I thought you were an expert.
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I can't believe that you can't even see this.
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I won't lie to you.
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Check this out.
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A soulless body will have a hole in between the eyebrows.
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But there's no such thing here.
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Hole?
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Not actually a real hole.
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How should I explain...
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Like what is said in medicine,
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a bad complexion.
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When the soul fills the body,
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the space between the eyebrows appear full.
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Otherwise, the space will be sunken.
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The eldest young master looks like this,
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so he's definitely not soulless.
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But you only feed horses...
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Even though I need horses, can't I read medical books?
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Even though I'm just a handyman,
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I'm still a member of the House of Si.
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I don't want to see either young master having problems.
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Otherwise, who would pay my wages?
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If you can say something useful,
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I'll pay you ten times more.
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But if you talk nonsense,
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I won't forgive you easily.
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This is the first time the second young master has spoken so much to me.
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I'm really not used to it.
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If there is a soul, why isn't he awake?
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His pulse is weak.
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He's had too many tranquilizers.
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All you have to do is just find a doctor
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to prescribe some stimulants.
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Can't you prescribe it yourself?
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Still, I'm afraid that your nonsense will kill him.
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I don't treat people...
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I mean, the eldest young master has a noble status,
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and isn't a normal person.
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It's better to find a famous doctor.
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Go get Housekeeper Miao.
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Okay.
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Do you want some medicine for your hands?
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Don't worry about it.
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Go.
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I don't know who you guys are.
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I don't want to know either.
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A-Anyway, no one will love me.
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Why don't you just kill me?
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If I'm dead, it'll be peaceful.
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You can't, eldest young master!
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Don't touch me!
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I'm not your eldest young master.
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Eldest young master?
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What are you doing?
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You can't!
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You're the eldest daughter of the Yue family?
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Yue Pingchuan.
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Yes, but so what?
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There's no point in explaining further.
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Let go of me.
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Let me free myself.
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Second young master,
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I'm afraid that the eldest young master has switched souls with Miss Yue.
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He's in the wrong body.
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If you are Miss Yue,
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why are you in my brother's body?
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I don't know.
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After I fell asleep in a daze,
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I only felt that...
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...someone kissed me!
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But I didn't see who it was.
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Then I was seized and thrown out.
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When I woke up...
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Just let me die!
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Eldest young master!
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Miss Tao, help me out here.
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Second young master, this is your brother's body.
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Why didn't you stop him?
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If he's dead, it'll be peaceful.
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Second young master, don't be like that.
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You know the eldest young master's temperament.
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From the current situation,
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don't you think you need to go to Luoyang?
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Bring out the register.
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There's no need, I can remember it.
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Early last month, Master Yue personally came to request.
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He said that his only daughter, Yue Pingchuan, originally had a cheerful personality.
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But she's been depressed ever since her sweetheart passed away,
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She hasn't smiled for two years.
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She stays in her room and cries all day long.
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This body is also gradually weakening.
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Master Yue has tried many prescriptions,
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but to no avail.
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In the end, it is suspected that the dead has strong resentment,
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bothering the daughter and refusing to leave.
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So she asked him for help.
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On that day, the second young master wasn't there.
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The eldest young master needs Miss Yue's birth data.
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He said he wouldn't be late,
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and was hanging around the House of Yue.
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In the past, the eldest young brother was hanging out outside,
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and didn't return home for half a year.
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Who would've thought that this time...
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Prepare the fastest horse.
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Okay.
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Why is he still doing things in his own way?
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Go and bring Shadow here.
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Sure.
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You feed the horses.
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Why did you come?
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If I don't come,
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who will look after Shadow?
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Don't say something without meaning it.
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Do you have another objective?
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Say something without meaning it?
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You said that it would be peaceful if the eldest young master died.
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In the end, didn't you choose the fastest horse to go to Luoyang?
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Men also don't say what they mean.
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You--
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Fine, fine.
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I came to help you.
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No need.
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Although you have the ability to play the stringless instrument,
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you can't see the tainted spirit's aura on the eldest young master's body.
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Spirit's aura?
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It looks like on this visit to Luoyang,
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I need to do more than just feed the horse.
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When we get to Changdaomen,
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unless I nod my head,
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don't talk to anyone else.
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If you can help,
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I'll pay you a hundred times your wage once.
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But if you cause trouble for me...
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You won't forgive me easily, right?
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But I don't need a hundred times wages.
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I only want you to grant me a small request.
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Second young master, please drink tea.
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How is the eldest young master doing?
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Brother is doing well.
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I'm visiting this time to see Miss Yue.
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Please arrange it quickly.
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In that case,
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please come this way.
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Second young master,
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this girl is...
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A handyman at the House of Si.
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The horses in the house are precious,
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and needs her to look after them.
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I'm afraid that as she hasn't seen the world,
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she'll be a laughing stock in Changdaomen.
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So I brought her with me to learn.
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Excuse me.
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Sorry.
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My daughter's scared of lights, especially lamps.
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We use pearls for illumination.
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It's been two years.
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I'm even suspecting that this isn't my daughter.
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Before, she used to chatter continuously like a bird,
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laughing non-stop from day to night.
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But now...
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Even if she's still upset about the boy,
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there's no need to be like this.
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My brother was in Luoyang for over a month,
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but always stayed here.
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Yes, it's my fault.
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If only I hadn't gone to the eldest young master for help.
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No need to say anything further.
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I just want to know my brother's daily routine here,
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especially before the coma.
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After the eldest young master arrived,
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he only saw Pingchuan once.
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After that, he had fun every day,
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and didn't catch crickets inside the house.
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He went out, bought a bunch of stuff and had me foot the bill.
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Did anything weird happen before this?
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I saw that he had no intention of worrying about Pingchuan,
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and asked him what his plans were.
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He told me to not worry,
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and that the item he needed would be here soon.
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With him here,
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Pingchuan would definitely get better.
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Two days later,
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he went inside Pingchuan's room,
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and told us all to not go inside.
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Only Xiaowei was left inside to serve.
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Xiaowei?
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This is Xiaowei.
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Greetings, boss.
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How has she been lately?
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Same as always, boss.
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She can only drink liquids, and can't swallow.
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Put the stuff down here.
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There's nothing to do today,
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so there's no need to come.
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Okay.
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I take my leave.
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Xiaowei is Pingchuan's personal maid.
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On that day, the eldest young master only had her stay inside the room.
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We waited until dawn, but no one came out.
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We went inside and had a look.
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Pingchuan was crying endlessly,
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and both the eldest young master and Xiaowei had passed out.
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Did Xiaowei say what had happened after waking up?
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Well...
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Xiaowei saw the eldest young master...
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...kiss Pingchuan on the mouth.
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After that, he fell into a coma.
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My brother has never had any restraint.
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If he has caused offence,
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please excuse him.
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But in this case,
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Brother had the accident last month.
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Why was he only sent back to the House of Si recently?
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It's my fault.
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I thought the eldest young master would wake up like Xiaowei.
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But even after three days, he didn't open his eyes.
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I was afraid that second young master would blame me,
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so I sought medical treatment in Luoyang.
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In the end, no one could cure it.
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I was afraid of any further changes,
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so I asked Master Jin to take him back to your house.
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The eldest young master had an accident here at Changdaomen.
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If you want to take my head,
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I won't resist.
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It's not that serious.
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We're not here to punish you.
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You kneeling makes the House of Si look petty.
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Isn't that right, second young master?
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Your head won't be able to heal my brother.
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Why would I want it?
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Fine, fine.
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Our second young master is usually open minded.
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As he's already said this,
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you don't need to worry.
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Thank you for your generosity.
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Didn't you say that Miss Yue is upset and cries all day?
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Looking at her today,
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she seems like the living dead.
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After three or four days of the eldest young master being in a coma,
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for some reason Pingchuan suddenly became withdrawn,
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and stopped responding to the outside world.
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What did the maid say?
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Xiaowei said that Pingchuan could usually eat a lot,
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but overnight,
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besides walking or talking,
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she couldn't even swallow.
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She can only just drink liquids.
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There's nothing I can do about it.
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If this goes on,
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I'm afraid she won't survive this.
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Boss,
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what did our eldest young master buy and had you foot the bill?
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Alcohol, meat, make-up,
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lanterns, cotton threads and candles.
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Think about this again.
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That's right.
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There was also someone who wanted to be paid for his hard work.
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He said that the eldest young master used my name
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and collected lamp oil from a hundred families in the city.
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Where's the stuff now?
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They should be in the store room.
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As long as he can save my daughter,
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even if he wants Luoyang city,
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I'll think of a way to buy it.
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Boss truly is a generous person.
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Don't worry.
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What the eldest young master didn't finish
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will be completed by the second young master.
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Seriously?
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How about this? You go do your own thing,
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and leave the rest to us.
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Before we come out,
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don't let anyone come in.
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Just leave this pearl behind.
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Don't we need to do anything else?
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No need.
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Just wait for the good news.
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You already have an idea of what to do?
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Don't forget what you promised me.
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I don't break promises,
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unless you're talking nonsense.
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If my guess is correct,
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the eldest young master's soul is in there.
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But right now, they can't come out.
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They?
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The eldest young master came to catch a spirit.
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Which spirit?
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Candle.