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♫ You are the one I am thinking of. You are the one that I am missing. The stars and seas are all you. ♫
♫ The first tear that fell down is still you ♫
♫ In this vast sea of people, I only become sad and happy for you ♫
♫ Blocking the sharpness of the human world for you ♫
♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫
♫ How I hope that I can put you down ♫
♫ The one in my dreams and heart are both not you ♫
♫ The moonlight is not embracing you anymore. Time has destroyed you. ♫
♫ But I love you so much ♫
♫ Even if both of my eyes have been extinguished, I still want to look at you ♫
♫ Even if both of my ears have been submerged, I still want to hear you ♫
♫ A broken tail hurts like a broken pair of legs, I still want to swim towards you ♫
♫ Even if both of my hands are tied, I still want to embrace you ♫
♫ Among the stars, inside the ocean, I am a withered fish ♫
♫ The first tear that I cried was separation ♫
♫ In this vast sea of people, I only become sad and happy for you ♫
♫ Blocking the sharpness of the human world for you ♫
♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫
The Starry Night, The Starry Sea Season 2
Episode 27
Older brother.
Ah Li,
is your leg better?
It's fine. Nothing to worry about.
You must be careful next time.
Has the injuries of older brother already healed?
Thanks to your blessing, my injuries are already better.
That's good then.
The wounds on my body are indeed better,
but the stubborn illness in my heart is intensifying.
Presently, the merpeople are being rampant.
After the battle last time on the beach, the Chang Le defense guards suffered great casualties and there is public discontent all over.
Citizens are coming to the local government office requesting that we dispatch troops to attack Blue Cave.
It really is making one unable to sit or stand still.
And also, don't know when the merpeople will attack Chang Le again.
The citizens will suffer utter misery again.
Merpeople are beasts and not humans. Wild beasts are only after food and will never be faithful to their words.
How can a measly treaty paper pacify the beast-like desire of the merfolk?
But right now, the Cangming is still not completed and Blue Cave is exceedingly remote.
In this battle between humans and merpeople, we are so in the passive side.
As an official of Chang Le, I really am unable to eat or sleep.
There is only one method left to save the citizens now.
That is to kill Wu Julan.
Once the king of merpeople is dead, their clan will surely be in chaos.
They naturally will have no time to bother Chang Le.
It will also give us time to recuperate and build up strength, a chance to vigorously start our counterattack.
Kill!
- Kill!- Kill!
Kill!
Mister Lu.
How did you know it was me?
You have a unique scent on you. Of course, I recognize it.
Do you and Ah Hen have some conflict?
Mo Hen must have said a lot of bad words about me.
Ah Hen indeed told me to stay a bit farther from you.
Why then are you not guarding against me?
Because I know that for me, you are not a bad person.
Mister Lu and Ah Hen are the same, both of you are not evil.
Your original heart just got distorted by hatred.
So Ming Zhu not only is good in the art of tea, you even are a fortune teller.
Don't blame me for meddling but I still want to give you an advice.
While a person is living, if he loves more, then he will hate more.
You must not let hatred gobble up your love.
You are wrong.
Only by removing one's hatred can one let love flow freely.
Ah Li,
this is a real Persian mule eyebrow ink.
This is a rare eyebrow ink that all women in this world dream of having.
What about it? Do you want me to test it on you?
I guarantee to make you look like a world renowned beauty.
I already made you look so beautiful,
how come you are still unwilling to smile?
Or else, how can it suit such a rare eyebrow ink stone.
What really is wrong?
In the past, I shouldn't have secretly went to the shipyard.
I shouldn't have disguised as a man and took the ship employee exam.
I shouldn't have met Wu Julan.
The more that I shouldn't have disregarded everything and fell in love with him.
How could all these be your fault?
If we never met, then we will never disappoint each other.
If we never loved each there, then we won't miss each other.
Now...everything is already too late.
No. Not late. Not late at all.
Ah Li, let me take you to leave Chang Le.
Let us look for a place without quarrels and turmoils. Okay?
Qin Hao...
Could it be that if Wu Julan dies,
all of these can already end?
My older brother and I will not be in pain anymore.
The citizens of Chang Le will also not suffer any more insults?
I initially thought that as long as I keep my love for him hidden in my heart and unseen by other people,
I can then fool myself and everyone and live the rest of my life muddleheaded.
How come things in this world must be this hard?
Your Majesty, drink less.
Leave.
Ah Li...
Didn't you promise me
that you will resolve the conflict between humans and merpeople?
How come you repeatedly lied to me?
Do you know how I suffered after you left?
In a few days, it will be the death anniversary of our parents and our relatives.
20 years ago, it was the merpeople who killed our whole family
and turned us into orphans.
In these 20 years, we siblings suffered enough humiliations.
And now, the merpeople have intensified and killed so many of our citizens.
How could we not take revenge for these grudges?
Ah Li, only you now can kill Wu Julan.
Use the conch to lure him into the shore. Then use the poisoned wine to make him unconscious.
And then use the dagger to kill him.
Ah Li,
I have been spoiling you since you were little. I can't bear to let you suffer or experience any bit of hardship.
But I was wrong. You have become so willful and even chose to fall in love with a merpeople.
Only with you personally doing it, kill Wu Julan,
can all of these end. I am begging you this one time.
Older brother, I...
I...
Ah Li, why are you still hesitating?
If you don't want to kill Wu Julan, then just kill me then with your own hands!
Older brother...
If Wu Julan doesn't die, one day,
me and all the citizens of Chang Le will die in his hands!
What is the difference of that with you personally killing us?!
Today, between me and Wu Julan, you can only choose one!
I am unable to do so...
Ah Li,
you still can't bear to lose Wu Julan.
So the 20 years of affection between us siblings
can't compare to the fake affection of our enemy?
Ah Li, just do it.
Kill me!
Hurry and do it!
Older brother!
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Lord, we already did everything that can be done.
But we kept having no response from Lady. I fear that if this continues,
the merpeople will make a move first and catch us off guard.
How about we make preparations beforehand?
No need!
Ah Li will go kill Wu Julan.
I am the one who raised her. In this world,
no one knows her better than me.
This is a precious item that is being passed down in our royal family for generations.
Today, I am giving it to you as a token of my love.
Ah Li, I am going to marry you.
Wu Julan, in this life,
I am only willing to marry you.
Why must you attack Chang Le? Why must you hurt my older brother?!
Where is Wu Julan? Where is he?
Attacking Chang Le is an order that was given by His Majesty.
From now on, he will not be bewitched by a human witch like you again.
A human and merman loving each other, totally never heard of. It is against the principles of nature!
It was her and that merpeople king that came up with some truce treaty that is why such huge trouble was brought upon us citizens of Chang Le!
Not only causing one's own brother to get hurt, she even caused the soldiers to lose their lives in vain!
A woman like you is a calamity witch!
What are you doing?!
Lady!
If Wu Julan doesn't die, there will come a day
that me and the citizens of Chang Le will all die in his hands!
What is the difference of that with you killing us with your own hands?!
Today, between me and Wu Julan, you can only choose one!
Ah Li, I was unable to find you in the Lu Manor. So you're here.
You need anything?
Nothing much really. Just worried about you so I came to visit you.
Worried?
I am a heartless person
and soulless person. Why do you need to still worry?
Your Majesty, you hear that?
It seems that someone is playing a conch.
That is a token I gifted Lu Li.
Last time, humans tried to use this despicable method to lure me.
Looks like this time, they have used up all possible methods and can only redo old tricks.
Last time, they were unable to achieve anything.
This time, they wanted to use the same trick again?
How could I fall for it?
Humans kept thinking that they are astute and good in scheming. They actually only have such skills.
Just a bunch of fierce hoodlums. Once I lead our army and flatten Chang Le,
let's see how they will keep being a smart aleck.
Zixuan, how come your Lady didn't come today?
Our Lady has went out since this early morning.
After such a thing happened, she must be having a hard time these past day.
A few days ago, she was still mourning the wind and bewailing the rain.
Yet after waking up this morning, she actually was way more calmer.
Maybe Lady has already become enlightened and has learned to accept fate already.
How could it be that easy to come around?
A person like me who is educated, well-balanced, and have such penetrating (see through) heart can't even understand.
How could Lu Li have gotten it?
In my opinion, if she really is now enlightened, then it means that her feelings towards Wu Julan before were just fake.
But I saw Lady even bought a bottle of wine.
That is borrowing wine to drown her sorrow. You think she will be drinking to celebrate?
But she then said that this wine must not be drank.
Could it be that there is poison in the wine?!
It must be that way. Oh, no!
She must be grieving so much that she wants to commit suicide. Zixuan, quickly guide us to her. Let us stop her!
Wait.
I earlier heard a conch blowing sound.
This is a secret way of sending message among the royalties of the merpeople.
Could it be that Lady is going to meet with Wu Julan again?
Lu Li is trying to kill Wu Julan!
- What then must we do?!- Are we going to stand on Lu Li's side or on Wu Julan's side?
Brother Gengzhi!
Never thought that in this world, there is also something that I wouldn't know what to do.
Any of you should come up with an idea now.
You're not planning to inform the merpeople about this, right?
This isn't a matter of telling them this secret or not.
Something must have gone wrong in between.
His Majesty and Lu Li loved each other so much. How come they have come to a point of meeting each other in battle?
Your Majesty.
What day is today?
Replying to Your Majesty, today is the 15th of the 1st month.
It is not special to us merpeople.
But it is the Shangyuan Festival for humans.
Shangyuan Festival?
If you like to watch lantern festivals, that is so easy. After the mid-autumn, there is still the Shangyuan Festival. The lantern parade during the Shangyuan Festival is way more lively.
Then from now on, let us watch the lantern festivals of Chang Le every year together.
Okay. It's a deal then.
Stop it already.
What are you saying?
I am willing to kill Wu Julan in behalf of Ah Li.
Little brother, as the adjutant of Chang Le,
how come you don't have any skills in scheming or strategizing at all?
If you are able to easily kill Wu Julan, I won't need to have racked my brain so hard anymore.
Even to the point that I might have to sacrifice Ah Li.
I don't care! Anyway, I won't let Ah Li kill Wu Julan.
Listen to my advice. If you keep being rash like this, you will only hinder our grand plan.
The matters today indeed are a bit cruel to Ah Li.
But after it is done, you will have your beautiful woman. Enduring a moment of pain,
you will then be able to obtain a lifetime of happiness.
Even if I am able to have it in the end, it will not be a lifetime of happiness
but forever hatred.
I have thought about it.
I love Ah Li. I hope that she can be happy forever
and not be just a walking empty shell by my side.
As her brother, have you ever thought
that if she really kill Wu Julan, she will get tormented by pain forever.
I will not let Ah Li suffer such kind of pain.
Then it means that you are not listening to me.
You are going to go against me now.
Even if you agree or not today,
I will go call Ah Li back now.
Little brother, I will apologize to you after this matter is done.
But today, I can only offend you.
Lock him up!
Stop sighing already. Hurry and think of a way. We cannot just sit here and wait to die.
I am going to inform His Majesty!
- No, you can't!- Hey, Yin Hu!- What are you doing?
What if Wu Julan gets angry and try to kill Lady instead?
With a previous example, we must guard against it.
- That's right.- We cannot wait anymore! If we continue to wait, then something bad might really happen.
I must go find Jin Lin and discuss this matter.
- You are not allowed to go!- Move aside!
What?
Lu Li is going to personally lure and kill His Majesty?
That is most likely true.
Although humans have always been treacherous,
Lu Li has always been sincere towards His Majesty. How could she--
I then have to ask you about that.
Lu Li kept waiting for His Majesty to come to their meeting place yet she wasn't able to wait for him and instead encountered a merman that tried to kill her.
That merman must have been sent by you, right?
General used His Majesty's name and trampled on the sincere feelings of Lu Li. No wonder she will turn so heartless now.
I indeed destroyed the letter that Lu Li sent but I never sent anyone to kill her.
It wasn't you?
His Majesty also didn't receive the letter so he also couldn't have sent anyone.
Who could it be?
Oh, no! Could Lu Li have been used?!
That conch sound this morning...
Oh, no, His Majesty!
Strange. His Majesty clearly has been in his chambers.
Could His Majesty already went to Chang Le?
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Why are you such a crybaby.
I will be good to you.
Ah Li, I missed you so much.
Wu Julan, I also missed you, very, very much.
Wu Julan, don't come.
Forget our Shangyuan Festival agreement. Forget me.
You must not come.
You still came.
This miss and mister,
seeing how you two are a perfect match, how about buying a kongming lantern?
As long as you make a wish before releasing the lantern,
you two will then have your wishes come true and a wonderful wedding fate.
What wish did you make?
If we can start all over,
I hope that I am not the king of the merpeople
and you are not the daughter of the Lu family.
We can get rid of all the grudges,
find a place without anyone,
only the two of us,
and live the rest of this life in peace.
How about you? What wish did you make?
I didn't make any wish.
Since it is just a dream. It will never come true.
Why then must one still fool oneself?
With Chang Le being this big? Where are we going to find them?
Let us separate and search.
Okay.
Do you still remember?
This is the place where you took me out into the seas for the first time.
Today, I want to send you off from here one last time.
I have known since I was little that one day,
I will bear the destiny of the merpeople clan on my shoulders.
That is why, I have followed the rules inflexibly.
Until I met you.
Wu Julan,
since we are parting, I want to toast you one cup of wine.
Ah Li,
it was you who made me experience
the sweetness of the love between a man and a woman.
You made me develop fabricated desires.
I initially thought that just with our strength,
we will be able to resolve the conflict between humans and merpeople.
When that time comes, we will be able to stay by each other's side for the rest of our lives.
But I was wrong.
I was so wrong.
I initially thought
that what I fear is parting.
But only now did I know
that what I fear is reuniting.
Hope that the two of us will be separated for a lifetime and never think of each other.
Lu Li,
I don't know if meeting you in this life
is right or wrong.
I only know that
I did experience happiness.
Before going up the shore,
I suspected that
this Shangyuan agreement
might be a plot to kill me.
Then why did you still come?
Because I was willing to believe...
believe that this is not a trap.
Believe that this is a sincere invitation from you.
Lu Li...
You...
Still disappointed me.
Lu Li...
Do you want ot kill me that much?
If you don't die today, then I will die.
Such a good if you not die then I will.
Lu Li...
This grudge today is deeply etched in my heart.
One day, I will let the whole Chang Le have corpses lying all over its streets,
plunge the people into misery and sufferings!
If Wu Julan doesn't die, there will come a day
that me and the citizens of Chang Le will die in his hands!
What is the difference of that with you personally killing us?!
Wu Julan!
♫ You are the one I am thinking of. You are the one that I am missing. The stars and seas are all you. ♫
♫ The first tear that fell down is still you ♫
♫ In this vast sea of people, I only become sad and happy for you ♫
♫ Blocking the sharpness of the human world for you ♫
♫ Even if I am hurt, I still want to meet you ♫
[Chang Le Lu Manor]
- Doctor, let us talk outside.- Okay.
Lady...
How is Ah Li doing?
Lord Lu, don't worry. Lady is already safe.
Ah Li suffered a stab wound.
She still is unconscious up to now. It must be a grave injury.
The reason that Lady is still unconscious
must be due to excessive fear.
It is caused by her emotions and thoughts and not due to the dagger wound.
- Doctor, have troubled you.- It's nothing. This is something that I should do.
Okay, send doctor off.
- Lord.- How was the matter I told you to do?
Replying to Lord, I personally saw
the arrow pierce through Wu Julan's heart. I believe that it is impossible for him to survive.
Wu Julan is my greatest problem to begin with.
Now that the problem has been eliminated,
I really feel so happy.
Congratulations, Lord.
No matter how capable Wu Julan is,
didn't he still die due to romantic matters?
It is just a pity that Ah Li have to suffer.
Lady has always been highly principled. She surely will forgive you.
Now that Wu Julan is dead, the merpeople will surely get utterly defeated.
The day that we attack and break Blue Cave will happen soon.
Before our grand plan has not yet been fulfilled, we must not lower down our vigilance.
We must keep a close watch of the merpeople.
If there are any situation, inform me right away.
Yes. I will abide.
How is His Majesty?
High Priest, I beg you to save His Majesty.
No matter what price must be paid, even if I have to use my life in exchange for his,
I will not hesitate.
His Majesty is badly injured.
I fear that it is already a hopeless situation.
No way. His Majesty is a blessed being so he surely will be blessed with good fortune.
And also, Master's medical skills are superior. You surely have a way to save him.
Everyone has their destiny.
Even if I have the skills to communicate with the heaven,
I still have no power to change fate.
Maybe...
this is His Majesty's fate.
This is all Lu Li's fault. It was Lu Li who caused His Majesty to become like this.
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♫ Previously heard the sadness of the vast seas ♫
♫ Previously saw the fireworks in the desert ♫
♫ Before I understood that all things that glitter will fall down ♫
♫ Or else, on what basis does destiny become magnificent? ♫
♫ Birds would fly by and fishes would swim by the coldest lake ♫
♫ The flowing water is heartless, the flowing years is speckled, leaving a legend behind ♫
♫ Your suddenness, my waning, the lanterns on a long road ♫
♫ You are in the vast seas while I was in the galaxy when we met our karma ♫
♫ Previously saw the vastness of the seas ♫
♫ Previously saw the clouds at Mount Wu ♫
♫ Previously saw the outline of your expression ♫
♫ At the deepest part of the ocean, at the deepest part of the dream, there are sparks ♫
♫ A book having no words, the paper is too short to describe one's feelings, it's hard to narrate one's yearning ♫
♫ Book lamp, teacup, common folk simple happiness, it is so common that is why one is sad ♫
♫ Your suddenness, my waning, the lanterns on a long road ♫
♫ You are in the vast seas while I was in the galaxy when we met our karma ♫
♫ Looking at the moth fly into the fire ♫
♫ Loving in such scorching hot manner ♫
♫ Living in the face of death ♫
♫ The moth flies into the seas, throwing itself into limitless vastness ♫
♫ Love and hate both sink. Love lives in the face of death. ♫
♫ Previously heard the sadness of the vast seas ♫
♫ Previously loved the fireworks in the desert ♫
♫ Before I understood that everyone that loves will suffer ♫
♫ Or else why would tears be so clear? ♫