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♫ You are the one I am thinking. 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: 2]
[Episode 04]
I imagined multiple times how I'd go out to sea.
I never imagined that the first time I really went out to sea, it'd be like this.
Wu Julan, thank you.
The wild grasses creep to form sheets, the dew on the grass is sparkling.
A pretty woman passed by with beautiful and sexy eyes.
This coincidental meeting is what I really hoped for.
Blue is the collar of your clothing. Unhurried is my heart.
Even if I did not go to meet you, will you already stop keeping in touch with me?
Is that your reply to me?
Just riding with your taste and reciting some poems.
What are you thinking about right now?
I'm thinking
how did Manager Li know that my family was looking for me?
He doesn't know about me pretending to be a man.
Also, he specially reminded me to run alongside the seashore.
This...
Wu Julan! You planned all of this, right?
I...
I just wanted to give you a surprise!
Really good. A serious person like you also learned to smooth talk and toy with people.
The weather changed.
I'm afraid it'll start storming soon.
Then, we should hurry up and go back.
It is already too late. We better just find a reef island and hide there for awhile.
Tighten that well.
Excuse me, did you see Lu Li?
Lu Li and Wu Julan went out into the sea.
You are again here to deliver some green tea balls?
Let me tell you. This green tea balls of yours is problematic.
It's probably raining on the ocean, how could they go out to sea?
Let me tell you. The heat used to cook this green tea balls of yours is wrong too.
It's soft on one side and hard on the other too!
No, no. I must go look for her!
You already said that the weather changed.
All the boat owners by the dock have gone to rest. You can't go anywhere now.
Moreover, there are a lot of reef islands nearby.
Wu Julan is so smart, he'll definitely adapt.
- Let us just talk about green tea balls instead.- No...
This dough relies on the strength of the hand.
Take off your clothes, I'll toast them for you.
Wu Julan, how come you know so much?
Not only do you know the weather in the ocean, you also know where there is a reef island.
Because the sea is my home.
I treat the sea as my home too.
But I know far less than you do!
Humans think they know the ocean very well.
Actually, they can only see the edges of the ocean.
The ocean is deeper and more mysterious than what you humans think.
♫ 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 fate ♫
♫ 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 ♫
You can see things like this on the ocean?
Wu Julan! You said that the ocean is very deep and mysterious.
Beside these things, what else is there?
Also me.
♫ Looking at the moth fly into the fire ♫
♫ Loving in such scorching hot manner ♫
♫ Living in the face of death ♫
Wu Julan, I don't think our Chang Le Lantern Festival is any worse than this beautiful sight.
I don't believe you.
You don't believe me? Then go take a look for yourself!
The Mid-Autumn Festival will be here in a few days.
Let's go enjoy the lights together!
Okay.
♫ 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 heard the sadness of the vast seas ♫
♫ Previously loved the fireworks in the desert ♫
The coldness of the autumn wind blows by,
the sadness of the autumn rain falls one after the other,
the intentions of the autumn moon is indistinct.
GOod poem, good poem!
You.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Alright alright, it's fine.
I'm sorry!
Go away, go away! Go!
Young man, you seem knowledgeable in wine.
But how are you going to drink an unfiltered wine?
I know of a good private wine house.
What ruoxia wine from Wucheng, shaochun wine from Jiannan, or the jiuniang wine of Yicheng.
Even the top quality wine from the capital, they all have it there.
-Is this true?-Of course!
Please lead the way and let me see something new.
Okay, okay! Let's go!
Bring some friends with you! It's more fun with more people.
-Okay.-Let's go.
Come come come, drink!
The alcohol is here!
Alright, drink first!
-It smells so nice!-Yes!
-Pour some for me!-Come, I'll pour some for you.
Come, drink! Come come come!
Good wine!
Come come come!
Drink some more!
What's wrong with you?
There's something wrong with this wine!
Angel's Trumpet?!
Hurry up and leave!
Take them all away.
Let me go.
Let them out.
My Lord, it is done.
You bastard!
Why did you capture us?
The merfold have congealed fat that is colored yellow.
It does not melt when they enter the water.
If you get some and apply it on the surface of a ship,
even if it faces hundred meter high waves,
it will ensure that the ship won't be damaged.
This boat is called Cangming.
To build the Cangming,
to destroy the mer people,
and get revenge for my family,
you merfolk
will become sacrifices.
Sleeping all the way until morning really makes me feel energized!
Lu Li, last night--
I've gone muddle brained from sleep!
What time is it right now? We should hurry up and go back.
Thank goodness, you two are finally back!
Yesterday, there were really huge wind and waves, but I wasn't really worried.
I was thinking, Wu Julan is good with water, so he should be fine.
But then the storm cleared and you still weren't back yet.
Then I started to worry!
What's there to worry about? Aren't we okay and fine right now?
My worry means two things!
One! If in the middle of the storm,
if something dangerous happen, then what will happen?
Second! You two didn't come back all night!
That is disregarding the rules here in the shipyard.
The consequences are very serious!
Thinking that our distinguished imperial government
is a nation of etiquette. If everyone are so unrestrained like you two,
how are you going to be models for everyone?
It's not that serious, right?
A fortunate thing among all the misfortunes.
You two are both men,
If one was a man and one was a woman,
and you two spent the night together alone, it'd be no small matter!
If it was a man and a woman, then it'd be no small matter?
Of course.
Lu Li, why are you blushing?
I am not blushing. It is you has a problem with your vision.
I...
He is blushing! Did you see that?
I have a problem with my vision?
Master, look. This is the Zhou family's daughter.
Age 28. Her looks and style is one and only here in Chang Le.
I heard that she is a good musician too.
If you are satisfied,
I will have the matchmaker pick an auspicious day!
Mother.
I cannot agree to this marriage.
Hao'er, the Zhou family's daughter is a noblewoman.
What are you not satisfied about?
Because
I already have someone I like.
It looks like we worried too much.
Hao'er, can you tell us whose family's daughter you like?
It is...the Maritime Trade Bureau Head's little sister,
Lu Li.
A lady from a magistrate's family?
-This is a perfect match!-Yes.
I will go find the matchmaker to propose for you right now!
Mother! Don't rush.
Since I like Ah Li, of course I want things to become successful between us
and not just to let her submit because it is the order of my parents.
Wait a little while longer. Once Ah Li truly likes me,
we can propose to her then, right?
You are a righteous man to think that way.
Hao'er, a woman after all must be demure.
You are a man, you can be more forward.
We will support you!
I know.
In any case, now that you have someone you like,
as parents, we can be at ease.
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-Prince.-Prince.
What happened?
Prince, we just got information that merpeople are successively missing here in Chang Le Town.
Another disappearance?
We suspect that this matter and the disappearance of High Priest is connected.
I think these are the human's plots!
-That's right! It must be the humans!-These are just everyone's guesses!
There is no proof!
Qing Ci! The ones in trouble are our merfolk!
But you talk in favor of the humans? Which side are you on?
That's right! I think you've been on land for too long, so you really think you're human!
Be quiet!
Whether or not the merfolk disappearances have to do with the humans,
we'll know once we test out this theory.
Zi Xuan, you really came so late.
I missed your chicken soup so much!
Miss, if you didn't send news to me,
I would have never imagined that you'd hide here dressed like this!
After you left home, the Lord gets angry very easily!
Us servants are so scared now!
Miss, when exactly are you going to go back?
My good Zi Xuan, I know you've suffered.
But it was so hard for me to get into the Chang Le Shipyard.
I have to play to the fullest!
You are the most loyal. Hang in there for me for a few more days?
Okay.
Right. Let me ask you.
If there was man that secretly held you while sleeping with you--
Which lad is that?!
He dared to be frivolous towards my lady?! I am going to punch him now!
Not so loud!
No one was frivolous towards me. I just saw that in operas.
Miss, you should have said earlier. You scared me.
I'm not done talking.
It seems like that man likes this girl.
And that girl naturally likes him too. Now what should she do?
What is there to wait for?
Of course she has to confess!
The books say that a man's love comes and goes quickly!
If a girl insists on not confessing,
perhaps a good match of fate,
will be gone!
Wu Julan!
I have something to tell you.
Say it.
Let me ask you. About the matter this morning in the island,
do you still remember?
I don't remember.
How can you not remember?
That is you...when I was sleeping...
that...I...
You remembered?
I didn't.
You most likely have remembered now, right?
This morning, you secretly hugged me like that.
You are also hugging me now.
We are now even.
How can we be even?
How about I be at a disadvantage and let you hug me again?
Do not interfere. Let me finish my words.
Wu Julan, I don't want us to be even.
No matter if I owe you or you owe me,
I just don't want us to not owe each other anything.
Because...
- Because I like--- Okay already. Stop talking.
I know...
what you are going to say.
I understand already.
I don't want you to finish what you were saying
because it should be the man that confesses his love first.
Lu Li, I like you.
Before I met you,
I have never thought about who I will like someday.
From now on, we might meet a lot of trials and dangers.
Are you willing to face them with me?
I am willing.
Since you have already agreed, you are not allowed to take it back from now on.
♫ Two people traveling for thousands of miles, charging into a sea of people, treading for thousands of years ♫
♫ Afraid about having no future ♫
♫ Laughing tears, tear granules, will all eventually get dispersed ♫
♫ Accompany you to watch the flowers blossoming ♫
Whose is this?
I know. It is Zhang Tiechu's.
Zhang Tiechu, come up here!
Take it.
Whose is this then?
- Mine.- Come up here.
What did I tell you in your first day here in the shipyard?
Work diligently. Do not be lazy. Our food and lodgings are all taken care of. We get 40 wen every month.
Right. Right. 40 wen.
Wrong. It is if you do not know how to sweep (clean) your room, how are you going to sweep the world?
One can only start by piling the little things up.
Only then can you achieve something grand in the future.
Today, it is just forgetting to wash a measly inner pants. Then what about tomorrow?
Isn't you could also put one dowel less on that ship?
A ship that lacks just one dowel is not complete.
May I ask then, how can a ship that is not completely done
be able to withstand the wind and rain and travel far into the seas and oceans?
Officer-in-charge Li, I was wrong. I will not do it again.
Okay already. Nothing is better than knowing to confess one's mistakes and change it.
Okay already. All of you go back now.
Wash up those that should be wash and clean those that should be cleaned.
I will check on it later.
So great.
What you said earlier was really so correct.
Miss, you have overpraised me.
My name is Zixuan. What is your name?
Do you know the laborers in this shipyard?
My name is Li Gengzhi. I am the officer-in-charge here in the shipyard.
Officer-in-charge...
Miss, I find you familiar.
Do you have a relative working here in the shipyard?
That...I still need to do something.
I'll get going now.
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Will this really work?
If it is really the humans masterminding all these,
they then will fall into our trap.
We failed you. We were not able to catch the real mastermind.
May Prince punish us.
Do not be so formal.
Although our luring tactics fail this time,
it was not totally useless.
At least now, we can conclude that
that the mastermind behind the numerous missing merpeople cases are the humans.
Everyone, go back to the shipyard first. Do not alarm the enemies.
We will abide.
Lord.
Come in.
Lord, our movements have already been found out.
We almost fell into the trap of some merpeople.
But I instead discovered an interesting thing due to it.
Say it.
Those people seem to be following the orders of someone who is new here. Based on the situation,
this person seems to be holding a high position among the merpeople.
Immediately investigate the background of this person.
I want to know who is spoiling my plan.
Yes.
[Endure]
Stop!
Commander Jiu, you need anything from me?
Do not be nervous. Nothing big really.
Just want to ask you if you went to the shipyard today.
Shipyard? What shipyard?
Why would a lady like me go to such a barbaric place?
Maybe I saw it wrong.
Then if you don't need anything else,
I will go do my work now.
Hurry! Hurry! Sit! Sit!
Let us sit here.
It is clear from here. Let us sit here.
Come. Come.
Drink one. Drink one.
Come. Come. Not bad.
Come. Come. Don't be shy. Let's have a toast.
Cheers! Cheers!
Good. Good.
Officer-in-charge Li, do you need anything from us?
It is actually the turn of Ming Zhe and I to do a shadow play for everyone.
But do not know why but this stomach of mine...how about you two replace us for a while?
How can that be? I do not know how to do shadow play in the first place?
It is very easy. You can do it.
You two can do it...
I will leave everything to you two then.
Hey...
Why is it still not starting? Are you acting or not?
- Are they still playing or not?- That's right. Why is it still not starting?! Start now.
We are all waiting to watch. What's going on?
- Still not starting?- Hurry up! Are you playing or not?
Hurry up and start.
- How come it's taking this long?- That's right.
Hurry up.
- If you still don't start, we're leaving. - What time is it already?
Hurry up! Hurry up! Start now.
- Don't worry. I am here.- Are you still playing or not?
I am waiting to see it!
Start!
It's starting! Everyone, be quiet, be quiet.
There it is!
Brother Liang, with such talent as you, do not know why you are still single up to now?
Marriage fate is destined from the start.
I, of course, am just waiting for that person that I am fated to be with.
That is so wrong. Marriage fate
is 30% set by the heaven but 70% done by humans.
If it is okay with you,
I am willing to be the bridge in looking for your fated marriage partner.
Do not know which lady are you talking about?
The person that I'm talking about is my ninth little sister.
Ninth little sister is almost the same age as me and have ordinary looks.
She and you can be said to be the perfect combination. What do you think?
If that is the case,
I, of course, am not willing.
It shouldn't have been that way, right?
Not right. Not right. I remember that this part shouldn't have been like this.
You said it wrong. You should have said that you are willing.
Little brother, there is something that you don't know.
I actually have already met
the person fated for me.
So Brother Liang
already has someone you like?
This person does not know how to play the zither, play 'Go', the classics, or to draw.
Not reliable in terms of being good mannered and elegant.
Had a violent personality. Totally not being like the lady from a rich family.
Brother Liang, your taste is quite unique.
Even if it is that way, I still think about her day and night.
I so want to dig out my whole heart and give it to her.
From this time on, the material things in this world are just like smoke and clouds that dissipates.
I only look forward for her to be safe and happy
and stay by her side forever, for a lifetime.
Who could be this fated lover of yours?
This person is seemingly far away but is actually just in front of me.
How come there is such a long pause?! Continue with it!
That's right. That's right. Hurry up!
Continue with show! Hurry up!
We are already waiting for so long! We are waiting to see it! Do you guys know how to or not?!
Hurry up! Jeez, really...
This is keeping in suspense too much! Hurry up!
Older Brother, you're here.
Older Brother, drink some tea.
These past days, I have already turned the whole Chang Le town upside down.
I almost planned to set out into the seas to look for you.
Never thought that my good little sister
is just hiding under my watchful eyes.
It is really as they said that the student outshines the master.
That is because brother taught me well.
Are you planning to pack up your things by yourself or you want me to help you?
Brother...just let me stay here for a few more days.
Okay, it's fine that you don't go back too.
Really?
If the little sister don't want to go home, then as the older brother,
I can only accompany my little sister and live here in the shipyard too.
Brother!
You choose.
[Chang Le Lu Manor]
Brother, I am the one who sneaked out. Why are you punishing Zixuan?
As your personal servant maid, she not only did not stop you from committing mistakes,
and instead kept information from me. She has committed a more serious crime.
I don't care. I am not allowing you to punish Zixuan.
Lady, I am willing to suffer punishment in your behalf.
If you want to punish anyone, then punish me. Anyway, I am still going to sneak out after you punished me.
Since that is the case, will punishing you have any use?
Father, mother, I admit to my mistakes.
I was not able to take good care of little sister.
Brother, why must you say such things?
Father, mother, brother really treats me very well.
He didn't do anything wrong. You all must not blame me.
If I didn't do anything wrong, then tell me.
Why then do you keep thinking of leaving this house, leaving me?
I am not thinking of leaving you.
Ah Li, father and mother died very early. You are my only family left.
For these past years, I got into politics just to be able to support our family.
Let you have a stable and peaceful life and in the end, have a good family to married into.
But you kept wanting to run away.
Tell me, what did I really do wrong?
Brother, don't be sad anymore. It was me who was wrong. I admit my mistakes.
Don't think that just because you admit your mistakes and apologize,
you can already deceive me.
Since this matter led to such huge trouble. you still must be punished.
I will punish you to be grounded for a month.
Brother, just spare me already. Don't ground me anymore.
No. This time, there is no room for discussion.
Erliang, how do I look?
Handsome and imposing.
Don't worry already, Young Master. Once Lady Lu sees you later,
she surely will get enchanted by you.
Fall down to your pomegranate skirt...
Wrong. Under your robe.
You must not make nonsense comments like that later.
Let's go.
Lady.
What is this?
This is the name card of Young Lord Qin Hao, the son of Provincial Governor Qin.
Young Lord Qin? I don't know of such a person.
I think that this Young Lord Qin
most likely has fallen in love with you.
He especially came here to resolve the pain of being lovesick.
Not seeing.
But he is already outside.
It is also fine to see him.
I will let him know what it means to withdraw after learning of the difficulties..
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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 fate ♫
♫ 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 now 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? ♫