♫ Once upon a time, I wished with all my heart ♫
♫ Alone, I walked across the vast world ♫
♫ Later, I realized that as long as I’m by your side, ♫
♫ even the most desolated days have romantic night skies ♫
♫ I am strolling about the distant starlight ♫
♫ The light radiating at the moment we meet is brighter than the galaxy ♫
♫ I am strolling about the dazzling look in your eyes ♫
♫ Even if our love is a dream, we won’t mention the sadness of parting ♫
♫ The corner of my heart shines the brightest hopes ♫
♫ With you in my heart, I don’t fear years of turmoil ♫
♫ I am strolling about the dazzling look in your eyes ♫
♫ Even if our love is a dream, we won’t mention the sadness of parting ♫
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The Starry Night, The Starry Sea
- Episode 22 -
Xiao Luo!
You are so pretty today.
What do you mean? I'm beautiful everyday, okay?
Liangliang, you are so pretty today.
Did you use some spell on me?
You've stolen my heart away.
This is the magic of women.
Xiao Luo, Wu Julan,
how do I look?
This is the small banquet prepared by your grandmother?
Tonight is very important to her. Our elder considers tonight's ceremony as an important one.
You should rejoice because time is limited and the guests she invited are limited, too.
If you gave her a few more days,
I suppose even an African tribal chief would have been invited, too.
That's right! Where is your boss?
The boss's name is Regulus, it's Latin. It means "prince."
Granny will introduce him to you in a bit.
Da Tou! Why are you here, too?
I don't think you are all aware yet, right? I've just been promoted to vice president of international operations.
Ms. Violet invited me this time.
We're not like a certain somebody,
coming so far just to serve someone else's food.
What do you mean by that? We're VIP guests too, okay?
Wu Julan, you look very handsome today.
Don't misunderstand, I'm talking about the suit.
But it looks like this suit is lacking something.
Ah! An apron.
Have fun.
Be careful when you're cooking later. You won't be able to pay for the suit it if you get it dirty.
Xiao Luo, you're so pretty today. Be my partner later.
I don't want you to dance with a chef.
Da Tou!
Today, the guests I invited are all my friends.
There are some old friends who I have worked with for over a hundred years.
There's also a new partner who is currently taking charge of expanding our business in Asia.
Just what sort of person is her boss?
To make someone like Violet who is smart and elegant,
acknowledge allegiance in front of him.
It is as I told everyone before.
My family only works for my boss.
Now, I will introduce my boss to everyone. Regulus!
Good afternoon, everyone. I'm back.
The supposed boss was Wu Julan?
This is Richard. He is Phillip's grandson.
Of course, you look very similar to him.
You're also stylish and suave like him.
This is Louis. In France, generations of his family have been taking care of your wineries there.
It's already reached the fifth generation.
Thank you for what you've done for me.
He looks a lot like his name now. "Prince".
It's not very similar. Regulus is precisely a prince.
Thanks for coming today.
For a reason, I invited everyone to be here to catch up.
But, more importantly, I would like to introduce my girlfriend, Shen Luo, to everyone.
Xiao Luo! Smile!
Shen Luo is the love of my life.
I will share my whole life with her. Including the happiness and hardship that life presents.
I hope you will remember my words.
Thank you.
Big Brother!
What's wrong?
What's wrong with me? You couldn't tell just now?
Why did I prepare all of this?
I did this to prove to everyone that I'm better than Wu Julan!
But in the end?
In the end... In the end, I'm just a joke!
I'm entirely not from the same level as him.
I can't even compare with an ant!
But, Big Brother, no one could have imagined that Wu Julan had such strong backing!
Yes, no one imagined it.
Now, it's like I've returned to my childhood.
They threw my paper into the toilet.
They spit on my face and fed my lunch to the dogs!
No matter what I do or how hard I work,
no one cares. No one respects me!
Big Brother! No one disrespects you!
You can't tell?
You can't tell that they were laughing at me just now?
They're laughing at me!
Aren't you being too sensitive, Big Brother?
I'm not being sensitive!
Let me tell you!
I, Zhou Buwen, will never forget today. Never!
I never will.
Why did you come back so early?
The fancy banquet ended early?
You knew early on, right?
Boss An, you spent so much effort to bring me from the island to America,
and had me take part in the banquet.
It was all for this? To make Wu Julan publicly embarrass me?
To let him totally defeat me?
Is that it?
It looks like I have achieved my goal.
You bastard!
Why did you have to do that? Why did you have to do that?
It's because I understand you well. You're not one who can be defeated easily.
The stronger your enemy is, the more it can fuel your desire to get revenge.
Hatred and envy are your greatest weapons.
Even an enemy as strong as Wu Julan has weaknesses.
His weakness is me.
In this world, only I can defeat him.
As long as you work with me,
I promise that I'll make him disappear forever from Shen Luo's sight.
What do I need to do?
There's two days left until the fifteenth.
Wu Julan will be especially weak on the fifteenth.
In two days, his death will come.
Liangliang, you're so pretty today.
I won't get sick of it for life!
Why do I feel like today was like a dream?
I didn't think that this Wu Julan kept his secret so well!
We all thought that he was a homeless poor guy!
I never imagined that he's a big, rich boss!
Look, Wu Julan introduced Xiao Luo to everyone today.
Should we also find a good chance
to introduce me to your parents and your granny?
I should take the spotlight once, too.
They're very busy.
I-It's okay! If they're busy, I'm not! I can wait!
Jiang Yisheng, I think our relationship
might not have yet reached the level to meet the parents.
Is that so?
I'm sorry.
What's there to apologize for?
It's okay! I'll work harder!
Even the two blockheads that are Xiao Luo and Wu Julan are happily together.
Why should we fall behind them, right?
Perhaps my heart is too panicked.
I don't know where to put my hand. I'll just put it in my pocket.
Did you set the pass code as my birthday on purpose?
You used to live in this house?
But, every twenty years, they help me change my ID.
And then they redecorate the house.
Besides the books on the bookshelf here, it's all different from the past.
Welcome home.
Home?
Xiao Luo, this will be your house from now on.
I didn't give you a birthday present for your birthday.
Take this as a makeup present.
What? For me?
At the time I purchased it, there was no sign of human habitation, only dense vegetation.
I didn't imagine that it'd look like this now.
Do you still like it?
Xiao Luo, what's wrong?
I haven't quite wrapped my head around this yet.
Seeing that the person I knew in the past,
has now become a person I could never provide for in my whole life,
it feels very strange.
Wu Julan, in the past, I thought that I was your only one in this world.
It was today that I discovered that I'm only one out of a thousand.
And I am even the smallest one out of a thousand.
I don't feel safe at all.
I also feel that this you is very distant and strange.
You're not one out of a thousand. You're my everything.
You know, I must hide my identity in front of others.
I'm changing, but in my heart, you'll never change.
If you don't like my change, if you don't like this place,
- I can...- No, I like it!
Only an idiot would mind having too much money!
As long as it's something given to me by my man, I'll dare to accept it, however expensive it may be!
I just can't really believe that such a good thing can happen to me!
Actually, I was already prepared to maintain a frugal household.
But unexpectedly, you are a local tyrant. I've now become a rice weevil (someone who lives off another).
♫ Alone, I watch ♫
You'll forever be this cute.
♫ until I met you at the most beautiful age, inch by inch ♫
What are you looking at?
I'm looking at my house!
♫ All love has finally received an echo ♫
Why didn't you tell me about your real situation from the start?
Because I didn't think that I'd meet a person I'd want to protect for life.
Then you could have told me!
Did you have to lure me all the way from afar to New York, and even deceive me so dazedly?
If I hadn't brought you here, would you have believed all of this?
Even if I see it myself, it is still a bit unbelievable.
Tonight, I feel like Cinderella.
Wearing a gown to take part in the prince's ball.
After the clock strikes twelve, I'll turn back to my original self.
I can tell you very seriously that you're not Cinderella.
All of this isn't magic.
All of this is real.
Even if it's a fairy tale, I want to live within a fairy tale for life.
Wu Julan, you announced my identity in front of everyone just now.
What am I to you?
Of course, you're my woman.
You're going to stop at a few sweet words?
No sincerity! You must express yourself through actions!
How do you want me to express myself?
Us humans aren't like animals,
showing off elegant voices, showing off elegant feathers,
being done after making a few circles around a girl.
We have to...
You're tired. Rest early.
Wu Julan! Even if you're a fish,
you've lived for over a thousand years! You should understand the human way!
♫ Everybody drop! ♫
Come drink with me!
Let's go!
That bar used to be our favorite place.
When I miss you, I go drink there.
Don't tell me that your appearance there was a coincidence.
You're thinking too much.
Every time you lie, you don't dare to look the other person in the eye.
Do you really intend to go on awkwardly like this?
Finding a man you don't love to be your boyfriend.
You come out to drown your sorrows in wine in the middle of the night.
Based on what are you interfering in my personal matters?
Based on the fact that I love you.
You still love me, too.
Fresh fruit salad is here!
What is it, acting so sneaky?
Let me ask you! I have a friend who has been certain of her relationship with her boyfriend for a while.
But they haven't kissed yet. Is that normal?
You and Wu Julan have already told the world, and you still haven't kissed?
It's not me! It's my friend!
Hurry and talk! Is that normal?
Of course, it's not normal!
You have to give him hints and tease him.
Regular men can't resist.
How do I give him hints? How do I tease him?
I need to teach you that, too?
Besides, I don't know how to seduce men.
Hurry and talk!
This...
It's time to eat!
Liangliang asked me out to eat breakfast, so I'm not going to eat at home.
I won't interfere with your alone time!
I'm going to my date!
The first move to get a kiss: purposely put food on your lips.
Raise your lips seductively and look at him with a flirty gaze.
What is it?
The deadly move for seeking kisses is to do sit-ups!
Use every chance when you sit up to get your lips to close to him!
Why did you suddenly want to exercise?
Because I ate so much western food after I came here!
I got fat, I'm afraid you'll mind.
Then why are you sticking your lips out?
Didn't we say we'd meet this afternoon?
Why did you call me out so early?
Xiao Luo and Wu Julan are being all lovey-dovey at home.
It's hard for me to third wheel!
Besides, didn't I say yesterday that I'd work hard
so that our relationship can get to the next level swiftly?
I'll take this call first.
Hello, Xiao Luo?
What? None of the methods I taught you worked?
There must be a problem! Wu Julan has a problem!
What do you do? An illness has to be treated! Take medicine!
My dear!
I've specially mixed a cocktail for you.
The name of this wine is "Passionate Desire."
Looking at it, it should be called "Apocalypse."
This is my first time mixing a cocktail.
Of course, I have no experience, but it's full of sincerity.
Are you not going to accept it?
Why is there an odd smell coming from it?
Stop being picky!
Pinch your noise and drink it in one gulp! I guarantee you won't taste a thing!
Wu Julan, I want to see that merman book. Help me find it?
I'll wait for you!
I want to eat pizza!
- Liangliang!- Lily?
I didn't imagine I'd run into you here!
It's been about two or three years since we last met.
Yes, I don't think we met again after graduation.
That's right. This is...?
Hello, I'm Liangliang's boyfriend.
My god! Liangliang, your taste has changed!
He doesn't look like your type at all!
What's wrong with my style?
Let me tell you. I'm good-looking and bold, suave and resourceful, humorous and witty.
Liangliang just likes my type!
Okay, okay.
I'm going to go back now. I'll contact you later.
Okay, keep in contact.
Okay, bye-bye!
- Bye-bye!- Bye-bye!
How dare she question me? I've made her speechless, right?
What is it, Liangliang? Are you tired?
Let's go! Let's go sit down up ahead!
Let's sit here for a while!
Here.
Do you really intend to go on awkwardly like this?
To find a man you don't love to be your boyfriend?
Drowning your sorrows in wine in the middle of the night.
Liangliang, your taste has changed!
He doesn't look like your type at all!
Jiang Yisheng, actually, I chose you as my boyfriend because--
Here! Your favorite fragrant taro cakes!
Let me tell you. You can't buy this in New York!
I brought this all the way from China!
It's a bit flattened, but the taste hasn't changed.
Wait a second! Pair it with some hot red tea!
Let me tell you. You can't have bad habits.
Drinking cold water is bad for your body.
You should drink some hot red tea. Here!
What did you say just now?
You said you accepted me as your boyfriend because of what?
It's because... you're good to me.
Of course! I'll treat you well for life.
Come!
♫ My story is much too sad to be told ♫
♫ But practically everything leaves me totally cold ♫
♫ The only exception I know is the gaze, ♫
♫ when I'm out on a quiet spring ♫
♫ Fighting vainly the old ennui ♫
♫ And I certainly turn and see, your fabulous face ♫
♫ I get no kick from champagne ♫
♫ Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all ♫
♫ So tell me why it should be true? ♫
What are you doing?
I just want to use my right as your girlfriend.
The drug is beginning to work!
What did you say?
Don't tell me even this method doesn't work?
You're saying... you added stuff to my wine?
Yes.
But why are you having no reaction at all?
Was it not enough? Or are you actually...?
Human versions of these things are useless on me.
The phone!
Is the phone as important as me?
- Hello?- Boss, Violet wants to invite you to high tea.
The car is waiting downstairs.
Okay.
Violet has invited us to high tea. The driver is waiting downstairs.
Let's go after you change your clothes.
I also want to check out the public library during this trip in New York.
I heard that there's a lot of special psychology books there!
My English isn't that awful,
but I definitely won't understand those professional books.
So, please help me translate!
I'm happy to comply.
Who's calling? Why aren't you picking up?
- Hello?- Hello? Liangliang.
I have a very important matter to tell you.
I must see you. I'll wait for you at the old place.
Hello?
- What is it? - Something came up. I have to leave first.
What is it that's such a rush?
Liangliang! I'll wait for you at the library!
Miss Shen, I welcome you on behalf of my family.
Thank you, but you should just call me Xiao Luo.
Okay, Xiao Luo.
That's right. Since you help Wu Julan take care of his finances,
and you're Wu Liangliang's grandma, too,
that means you are also...?
I am also a Nuwu, but being a Nuwu isn't anything secretive.
Most of our members are researchers,
doctors, and pharmacists.
Witchcraft as it's called is merely some tricks of science.
Our family has worked for Regulus for generations.
We put our efforts into research on mermaids.
Now that you mention research, can you tell me
if Wu Julan is fish or human?
He's called a mermaid,
but they are viviparous, just like dolphins and whales. So, they don't really belong in the fish category.
Within human legends, the peoples of the east call them merpeople (literally "shark people")
while the people of the west call them mermaids.
They are still related to the human homology. From the perspective of genes,
humans and merpeople are indeed from the same homology.
It's just that during evolution,
you all chose the land and we chose the ocean.
To adapt to our different environments, we evolved differently.
This is the first time I've heard that.
Humans have been on the moon before,
but you know very little about the earth.
Because 71% of the earth is ocean.
Lincoln?!
Wu Julan, you actually took a photo with Lincoln before?
My friends aren't limited to Lincoln.
The one of the left is Emerson.
He is an icon who had established the spiritual and psychological culture in America.
The one on the right is Morse.
The famous Morse code is his work.
Wu Julan, what other surprises do you have?
Come.
If you want to know more about me, look at this.
This is Bai Yihan?
Xiao Luo?
She's pretty. But compared to me, she's still a bit lacking.
That's right. The books say that when merpeople cry,
their tears will become pearls. Is that true?
It seems like it's true.
It seems like? Even you don't know?
Do you think we are like all of you, able to cry when we want to cry?
Humans are similar to dolphins.
But merpeople are similar to apes, monkeys and whales. They don't have tear ducts.
They have no tear ducts?
Then how could they cry pearls?
I've never cried before, how would I know?
But I heard the elders say before,
that we will only cry when our sadness reaches its peak.
I haven't felt that feeling yet.
Wu Julan, what's wrong?
This is sea salt tea. Drinking it will make you feel more comfortable.
Thank you.
Regulus, on every fifteenth of the month,
must return to the ocean.
He can live for a long time on land,
but the ocean is still his home.
So, is it like a battery needing recharge? After each period of time, he has to go back and recharge?
You could say that.
If he doesn't go back, he'll be in danger of dying.
Last time it was the fifteenth, no wonder you disappeared without a word.
Tomorrow is the fifteenth.
Tomorrow afternoon at three, I will pick you up from the villa and take you to the ocean.
I knew you'd come.
What important matters did you need me for?
I've come to understand something.
I can't lose you.
Unfortunately, your wish cannot come true.
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♫ Droplets of tears from the sky transform into fallen stars ♫
♫ Open your eyes and drop your gaze ♫
♫ The meteors say that there’s no regret ♫
♫ Deeply sleep in the embrace of the ocean ♫
♫ Droplets of tears from the ocean transform into a transparent mermaid ♫
♫ I never close my eyes ♫
♫ More clear-headed than the islands, ♫
♫ I swim towards you ♫
♫ Alone, I watch the northern stars, ♫
♫ until I met you at the most beautiful age, inch by inch ♫
♫ The healing years unpredictably change the future in your palm prints ♫
♫ I have witnessed ephemerality and eternity together at this moment ♫
♫ All love has finally received an echo ♫
♫ Droplets of tears from the ocean transform into a transparent mermaid ♫
♫ I never close my eyes ♫
♫ More clear-headed than the islands, ♫
♫ I swim towards you ♫
♫ Alone, I watch the northern stars, ♫
♫ until I met you at the most beautiful age, inch by inch ♫
♫ The healing years unpredictably change the future in your palm prints ♫
♫ I have witnessed ephemerality and eternity together at this moment ♫
♫ All love has finally received an echo ♫