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♫ Because love is the most fragile line of defense ♫
♫ In the end, hate became the last outcome ♫
♫ I defenselessly melted into love ♫
♫ I became the amber of tears, hanging on your necklace ♫
♫ Selfish love is too sweet that it becomes salty ♫
♫ Uneasy hate is thrown out of my dictionary ♫
♫ I am helplessly frozen into love ♫
♫ I became the crystal of ice, piercing your eyes ♫
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
♫ A consensus is like positively and negatively charged electricity ♫
♫ If tightly connected, it can brighten the loneliness of night ♫
♫ The flames of a broken wire can momentarily be destroyed ♫
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
♫ Chasing after each other is like the black and white keys of a piano ♫
♫ If closely dependent on each other, it can produce the theme of love ♫
♫ How can parted strings perform the sound of joy and sorrow? ♫
Heirs
- Episode 39 -
Stop!
Zhong Ke Ming,
didn't you always have the reputation of the greatest lawyer on Earth?
I know.
You can hear everything I say now, don't pretend.
You never envisioned, did you?
That Tang Ning is your daughter.
Zheng Hao isn't your son.
Your plan was terribly wrong.
Zhong Ke Ming!
Can you open your eyes and tell me?!
Can you open your eyes and tel me,
who is Zheng Hao if he isn't your son? Can you tell me?
I'm begging you, open your eyes and look at me,
can you tell me something truthfully?
Where is my Older Brother's son?
Is Zheng Hao my Older Brother's son?
If you tell me the truth, I will agree to reconcile!
We can stop with this lawsuit!
Can you tell me?
Zhong Ke Ming!
I'm begging you, can you tell me?! Where is my Older Brother's son?!
Fine, you're not going to tell me. It's fine if you're not going to tell me.
Zheng Hao...Zheng Hao is Tang Hao.
He is my Older Brother's son.
He is our Tang family's heir!
I won't die...
I...won't die...!
Tang Ning, I'm sorry.
I didn't tell you first because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to take it.
Do you think I would be able to take it like this now?
No.
What I didn't expect more was that, Zhong Ke Ming...
...would get a stroke because he couldn't be able to take this shock.
Do you know why he couldn't take it?
Not only because he lost you as his son,
but more so because that you are Tang Ji Ye's son.
Why would he think of that?
Tang Li Qun could think of that, why wouldn't he, an intelligent person?
In court, at the same time when he was unable to accept me as his daughter, he would be able to think,
that you're the child who was swapped with me.
How could he not faint?
So he thinks that my appearance...
...would make him lose his wealth and property.
I have thought of a way to solve...
...to solve your dad's problem.
What?
It is that I don't admit I am Tang Ji Ye's son.
I won't investigate for the truth.
Why?
That way, I am not your dad's enemy.
That way, he would be happy. Right?
His happiness can't be built on your pain and grief.
I am not pained.
It's quite good without parents. Nobody to control you, how good is that?
Don't try to trick others by tricking yourself.
No matter what, you have found my parents for me.
I will find your family for you no matter what the price is.
Then have you thought that,
if it is proven that I am Tang Ji Ye's son,
then what would happen to your dad?
I can't mind so much.
There is another solution,
that can solve your father's problem.
What solution?
Marry me.
After you marry me, I am...
...his son-in-law, which can count as half a son.
Then isn't everything of mine also everything of his?
♫ Because love is the most fragile line of defense ♫
♫ In the end, hate became the last outcome ♫
♫ I defenselessly melted into love ♫
♫ I became the amber of tears, hanging on your necklace ♫
♫ Selfish love is too sweet that it becomes salty ♫
♫ Uneasy hate is thrown out of my dictionary ♫
♫ I am helplessly frozen into love ♫
♫ I became the crystal of ice, piercing your eyes ♫
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
♫ A consensus is like positively and negatively charged electricity ♫
♫ If tightly connected, it can brighten the loneliness of night ♫
♫ The flames of a broken wire can momentarily be destroyed ♫
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
♫ Chasing after each other is like the black and white keys of a piano ♫
Go in.
Your mother is waiting for you.
♫ How can parted strings perform the sound of joy and sorrow? ♫
♫ Selfish love is too sweet that it becomes salty ♫
♫ Uneasy hate is thrown out of my dictionary ♫
♫ I am helplessly frozen into love ♫
♫ I became the crystal of ice, piercing your eyes ♫
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
♫ A consensus is like positively and negatively charged electricity ♫
♫ If tightly connected, it can brighten the loneliness of night ♫
♫ The flames of a broken wire can momentarily be destroyed ♫
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
♫ Chasing after each other is like the black and white keys of a piano ♫
♫ If closely dependent on each other, it can produce the theme of love ♫
♫ How can parted strings perform the sound of joy and sorrow? ♫
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
Mom.
♫ A consensus is like positively and negatively charged electricity ♫
♫ If tightly connected, it can brighten the loneliness of night ♫ Mom.
♫ The flames of a broken wire can momentarily be destroyed ♫ - Mom.
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫
♫ Chasing after each other is like the black and white keys of a piano ♫
♫ If closely dependent on each other, it can produce the theme of love ♫
♫ How can parted strings perform the sound of joy and sorrow? ♫
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Xiao Ning.
Can you...come and sit down?
To us,
this has been too out of our expectations. You have been made to feel uncomfortable.
I felt very uncomfortable too.
It was too brutal.
But after all,
I am still your father.
That year,
I came to Shanghai from my hometown.
How many people looked down on me.
In the end, through my hard work,
I finally...
...became a lawyer.
I thought after that,
I would be able to conquer that wide expanse of land with one horse alone.
But...
...the past could not stop returning.
Let's not talk about this.
In the future, when you've experienced more, you'll understand.
We...
...have never been able to defeat human relations
and can't be able to fight with power either.
In my eyes,
there are only two things that are true and real.
That is money...
...and power.
That's not right, what we need is the law.
But both things...
...can't defeat one thing, that is the body.
Right now, the body has collapsed.
Thoughts have also changed too.
Also not hoping...
...and not chasing anymore.
Don't overthink.
Just then, the doctor said you're recovering quite well.
You'll be able to leave the hospital very soon.
Xiao Ning.
Reconcile.
Hello? I can't find Xia Yun. Her phone is always off.
Do you have any of her other numbers?
I can't find her either. Zhong Ke Ming must have told her to leave.
Then what do we do?
It's good that, Zhong Ke Ming has agreed to reconcile now.
We don't need to find her so desperately.
Bye bye.
Reconcile...how do we reconcile?
Director Zhong said he can give up everything. You're all a family, you should still prioritize peace first.
How could he give up?
He said he told Dai Bo to compose a will.
After he dies, all of his property and wealth will be left to Tang Jing.
Left to Tang Jing? What about you? You're his eldest daughter, how could he not give anything to you?
I don't want it. As long as you all can reconcile, I don't want anything.
You're making it sound all nice, you don't want it.
Then why did you enter our Tang family?
Why?
You entered the Tang family, faking as my Older Brother's daughter,
wasn't it just to take the Tang family's wealth and property as your own?
Aunt.
I was taken by mistake by someone else.
You were taken by mistake? That was also Zhong Ke Ming's plot.
He bribed that nurse, who is also your aunt.
Right? He just wanted his own daughter to inherit Tang family's inheritance.
If I was sent over by him, why would he cooperate with you to harm me?
- Harm you? - Yes, harm me.
That...that Zhong Ke Ming was spewing nonsense.
His person...he is a person like that.
Making clouds and rain with the flick of his hand.
No, let's...let's not talk about that yet.
Even if Zhong Ke Ming
didn't bring you into the Tang family, then he has only one intention.
That was to take over the Tang family's inheritance.
Aunt.
Can you not speak logically? He already said, he's going to compose a will.
Compose a will? Can we believe that?
That is used to deceive a 3 years old kid. Him and I
have been together for half our lives. How could I still not understand him?
Wills can be notarized.
Notarized?
He said notarized?
Tang Ning, you're too young, you're too naïve.
Do you know how many meanings his words have?
Firstly, he thinks that I would die first. After I die,
all of the Tang family's inheritance will justifiably fall into his hands.
Secondly, he will not die. While he is still living, all of his wealth and property
will be controlled by him. Only after he dies,
will he be able to give it to Tang Jing. The third is the most important, it is the will.
Whether it is notarized or not, to Zhong Ke Ming,
trashing it could happen any minute.
Can you not think of him as someone so evil?
After all, he just...he just had a stroke.
He truly and sincerely wants to reconcile with you.
Reconcile?
Right now, Zhong Ke Ming doesn't have this power.
I don't have it either.
Xiao Ning.
The protagonist of this case...
...has only one, and that is Zheng Hao.
Zheng Hao?
Aunt knows,
you are someone who will pay back for gratitude.
Aunt is asking you to stand up.
He is Older Brother's son, only he has the power
to inherit the Tang family's property and business.
Brother Dai Bo, your shop's milk tea is tasting better and better.
It tastes good, right? Then don't keep wanting to take advantage.
Wang Ke is doing a small business, you can't always get free milk tea everyday.
Hey, that milk tea store will be yours sooner or later.
After you become the boss, can't I drink every day?
I have had this thought too.
After this lawsuit, I won't be a lawyer anymore.
I will run a milk tea store.
Will you be willing to stop being a lawyer?
But if Tang Ning is really able to convince Aunt Tang to reconcile with Director Zhong,
I might continue being a lawyer.
You're back?
How was it?
She is unwilling to reconcile.
She didn't agree? Then what do we do?
Zheng Hao and I have already wrote the reconciliation agreement. If nobody signs it today,
then we will still need to meet in court next Tuesday.
Then, are you really going to fight Zhong Ke Ming in the lawsuit?
I have conflicted interests, I must withdraw.
Then who will represent Tang Li Qun in the lawsuit?
- You. - Me?
She designated you to go.
If you won't go, I won't go either.
She didn't ask you to be a lawyer,
she asked you to be a litigant.
Why has this dragged me in again?
Because you're Tang Ji Ye's son.
There is no evidence right now. I won't go.
The court can summon you to court.
The court can also request you to do a parent-child identification test with Xia Yun.
Sister-in-law, why are you so impatient? I already said, I will be going to the hospital later.
But I am now counting time with days and hours.
I can't wait.
I know about the situation. There's no point in being impatient.
- You should still let me think about it, right? - Fine.
I will wait for you now. Don't hang up the call.
Tell me immediately after you've thought it through.
Hey.
Fine. I agree, I will take this case.
But, there is a key person in this whom you must persuade.
- Who is it? - Zheng Hao.
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Go tell Zheng Hao,
as long as he signs this guarantee letter, we will be able to reconcile.
How could you go back on your word?
Why do you have to force him to do this?
This kind of reconciliation is unfair to him.
No matter what, he was the one who found my biological parents for me!
I didn't go back on my word, I am not forcing him either.
But things can't only depend on feelings.
You are also a lawyer, you should understand.
To complete this legal process, he must sign the guarantee letter.
I won't let him sign this guarantee letter.
I also won't let him see this guarantee letter.
Then I have no choice.
I can only go with him...
...to fight this lawsuit until the very end.
Why can't you reconcile?
Why do you have to fight in this lawsuit?
We can't reconcile. We can't.
After all, you and Zhong Ke Ming have lived together for such a long time
and he is also Tang Jing's father.
But...
But, he has betrayed me. His surname is not Tang.
Does whether his surname is Tang really that important?
Important. Very...very important.
Extremely important.
Hao Hao.
I am certain,
that you...you are my Older Brother's child. You are.
It's like this, even if...
...even if I am Tang family's child,
I will still not fight in the lawsuit, I won't steal anything.
Why?
Why, Hao Hao?
You're too silly. Look at Zhong Ke Ming,
he wants to steal the Tang family's property and inheritance. He can't...
Zhong Ke Ming can't be allowed to get what he wants.
Hao Hao.
You...you are too kind. Too kind.
Do you know, I...have worked so hard...
...to live through the days, every day has been a struggle.
I only want to find...Tang family's heir.
Do you understand?
Yes, I understand.
See, in the past,
you were identified as Zhong Ke Ming's son out of the blue.
That...that was Zhong Ke Ming's plot.
We can't fall for his traps.
Hao Hao...
...you must help aunt
finish this wish.
Properly inherit Tang family's business onwards.
Otherwise...
...otherwise...I...in heaven,
how will I be able to see my Older Brother?
How could I be able to face...
...28 yeas ago,
the big business that your father created?
Aunt...Aunt...wants to beg you here,
don't...don't let down our hope.
Can you promise aunt?
Rest first, don't get agitated.
Say, your mom and dad are quite weird.
In all my time of my being a judge, I have never seen someone so insane.
My Mom got angry.
Angry? She still can't put her money in irrational places.
Let me ask you, if, according to your mom's plan,
the court really sentenced all of Tang Ye Corporation's shares to him,
what will you do?
Say, what will you do?!
I won't do anything. Eat, eat, eat. All you know what to do is eat everyday.
I use my brain. My job needs brain power. I need to repair my brain, understand?
Here, repair yours too.
Xiao Jing.
Your dad has actually already stepped down. Didn't he say,
after he dies, everything will go to you. Isn't that quite good?
Then why can't you and your mom agree?
My Mom said, that is a trick that my Dad regularly uses.
Did Tang Ning not tell you? My Dad has already gone back on his words.
Gone back on his words?
What did he say?
He said, everything is his, nobody can dare to steal from him.
Not even Zheng Hao.
- Wang Ke! - Brother Dai Bo.
You're packing up? Let me help you.
I thought you wouldn't come because it's raining.
You sent a message to me to urgently, of course I had to come.
I also bought Bai Cao Wei snack.
Thank you.
That's right, can we rush to get your first cup of milk tea?
Lawyer Tang has already come. She drank the first cup of milk tea.
If I am not going to get the first cup, then I won't be drinking.
Brother Dai Bo,
I think that, whether you've taken down your tie or is wearing your tie,
it seems as if you change as a person.
Really? Just a tie can change my person?
Then...which one is better?
I think both if equally good.
I didn't think that taking off my tie and wearing a tie would make such a big difference.
Actually, wearing a suit everyday
and wearing a tie to make myself seem professional,
so serious. I also feel very nervous,
I can't feel relaxed. Sometimes, I think,
when can I be like you,
having such a simple and relaxed life. How good it would be.
If one day, I'm not longer a lawyer,
I will come work at your milk tea store.
You only need to care about eating, eating your Bai Cao Wei.
I will...run your milk tea store. How about that?
For real?
You're going to give up being a good lawyer and run a milk tea store, how is that possible?
It's true.
What? I bought something that tastes so good for you, but you're still not going to agree?
I think that, no matter what you choose,
your choice would still be right.
Is that so?
Because I think you're the kind of person who speaks and acts very strictly.
Although you also have your own worries, your worries
are mostly other people's issues, not your own issues.
I didn't realise,
but you could even see through that kind of thing, little lady.
You can even talk about such deep philosophies.
Let's have a good chat. What else do you know?
If it is to relax you a bit,
how does talking about food sound to you?
China on the tip of your young, how about that?
I like that.
I am especially good at making food.
- Really? - Yeah, I...
Sorry. Hello?
Alright, I'll go there later.
I have to be a lawyer again. I'll listen to you next time.
I'm leaving first.
- Go slowly! - Okay!
Hey.
You've really decided to take this case?
You're not afraid of treading on muddy waters?
This depends on whether the price is worth it or not.
What price did Tang Li Qun give to you?
This isn't about money.
It's about a secret from many years ago.
What secret?
I can tell you, but you need to promise me something.
Be the plaintiff party, sue Zhong Ke Ming.
No...it's to sue Tang Li Qun and Xia Yun.
If you agree, I'll tell you.
I've promise Tang Ning that I won't fight in this lawsuit.
I don't want her to lose her family again.
Could it be...
...you don't want to know who your biological parents are?
I do. Of course I want to know.
But I don't want to
be involved in disputes between family members because of inheritance.
Have you thought about what the ending of this lawsuit would be?
In the end, the one who loses
could very possibly be Zhong Ke Ming. He's Tang Ning's father.
Tell me, how would I face Tang Ning?
Are you really certain that you're Tang Ning's mother?
Certain. I still remember the child's cries even now.
Then are you willing to do a parent-child identification test with Tang Ning?
Is there a need to? Weren't there just two infants?
One was a dead infant, the other was Tang Ning. Someone threw us the dead infant,
if Tang Ning wasn't the child that was swapped away from me, whose could she be?
Tang Ning has already done a parent-child identification test.
She has found her own biological mother.
What did you say? Tang Ning has found her biological mother? Then what do I do?
What can you do? Since you're not Tang Ning's mother,
then that means you're still the dead infant's mother.
I...I didn't mean that. I meant, do I still get my money?
What money?
Who are you? You're not Lao Ke. You...you're not Ke Xing Ming?
I'm not Lao Ke. I am Lawyer Zheng Hao.
Zheng Hao.
Actually, your current pressure is greater than anyone else's.
I know and you understand very well too,
Tang Ji Ye and Xia Yun are your biological parents.
- But why can't you... - No but's.
This is fate.
Look, we were swapped when we were born.
You went to the Tang family
and I became Zheng Yi Jian's child.
After experiencing this court hearing,
you have found my biological parents for me but you...
...have lost your family again.
You've already said, "again".
It's not the first time. I'm used to it.
I know you're doing this for my own good.
But I can't and I am not unwilling, for my...for my selfish Father
to give up your parents, to give up your happiness.
You are my happiness.
If recognising my bloodline is for the Tang family's wealth and property,
then? We'll have to fight with your dad in court again.
I would rather give up.
I don't agree.
Mom.
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♫ The difference between red and black is only one thin line ♫
♫ Blazing regret is better than freezing perfection ♫
♫ I take one step forward and stand on the periphery of blackness ♫
♫ A pile of gray stained the edges of my shoes ♫
♫ The difference between love and hate is only one thin line ♫
♫ A clear end is worse than false lies ♫
♫ I take one step backward and say my farewells to hate ♫
♫ The sound of the word “forever” stabbed my heart ♫
♫ Never tell me “forever” ♫
♫ It is just a notion to fool people ♫
♫ Who can promise that they’ve never used this word before? ♫
♫ In the end, they blame the long night for never seeing the next day ♫
♫ Never believe anybody when they say “forever” ♫
♫ It is just an alluring mask ♫
♫ Who can promise that they’ve never heard this word before? ♫
♫ That is only a story found in legends ♫
♫ The world is constantly changing, as are the winds and clouds ♫
♫ I clearly know the danger, yet I’ve fallen for it once again ♫
♫ Never say “forever” ♫