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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 38
Hao. You came to see me?
Come, come, come. Sit.
Take a seat.
Is there a reason you came to look for me?
Don't continue with this lawsuit anymore.
You're telling me to not continue with this lawsuit?
No matter what is said,
peace should be prioritized between family members.
It's best to be prioritize peace?
You're speaking weirdly today. Your logic is flawed.
Who incited this case?
It's Tang Li Qun, Tang Ning and you.
If she didn't sue with your help, this case wouldn't exist.
Still, just listen to me.
Don't appear in court tomorrow.
As for Tang Ning and Tang Li Qun, I will find a way to persuade them. Okay?
You're telling me not to appear in court?
I'm the defendant. I must show up.
You don't want me to appear in court. I can't even find a reason for me not to appear.
Then, I'll tell you now.
Let's pretend everything isn't the way we think it is.
If you appear in court tomorrow, you'll lose very, very badly.
Then, will you still go?
That's even the more reason to go.
Because I've never lost before. The feeling of losing,
I want to experience that.
Then I'll see you in court tomorrow.
Older Cousin.
I suddenly feel like something bad is coming.
Find Xia Yun immediately, arrange for her go to Hong Kong to clear her mind.
You're worried about Xia Yun?
Zheng Hao says he wants to reconcile with Xia Yun.
The hearing is tomorrow. I don't want other issues to keep popping up.
You want Xia Yun to leave at such an important time. Would she agree to it?
Just say that I scheduled it.
Older Cousin, don't worry.
Also, change her cell phone number.
Tell Xia Yun not to contact anyone before the case is finished.
Got it.
Zheng Hao.
What are you doing?
You told Xiao Ning that it doesn't start today and aren't letting her come. What exactly do you want to do?
This Friday, no matter what,
Tang Ning can't attend court.
I'll try.
Why did they suddenly postpone the hearing date?
Why didn't the court inform us?
Why are you worried? It happens often.
Plus Zheng Hao personally went to apply for it yesterday.
The notice...it probably hasn't come because of a delay.
You and Zheng Hao are so secretive, I don't know what you two are doing.
What new evidence did you guys uncover?
It's a key piece of evidence.
A traffic jam again.
I said the high speed rail would be better, but you had to drive.
Taking the high speed rail is fast, but we aren't going into the city.
We're going to the Hang Zhou countryside.
We'll be there soon if we drive.
We don't need to change cars. How convenient is that?
What's wrong? Bored?
Here, eat.
Macadamia nuts again?
Don't you like them?
I'm your confidant. Of course I know what you like to eat.
I'm not in the mood to eat.
Don't worry. It'll get better soon.
Exactly what kind of evidence did you guys find?
You'll know later.
You should rest. Take a nap.
Zheng Hao.
Where's sis?
She's busy. She can't come this morning.
- Then what do we do? - Get ready.
You'll be representing your mom today.
Doesn't the court send a notice when they postpone trial start dates?
Yes. Who knows what happened this time?
Are you lying to me?
No. I'm not lying to you.
Zhou Tong.
I don't want to go. Let's go home.
No, this is a really important witness.
I don't believe you. I want to go home now.
Okay. We're going home.
It will get better soon. This road always gets jammed.
Alright, don't speak anymore.
Defendant Representative.
The Plaintiff party requests the court to summon a new witness to court. Do you agree?
My party objects.
Why?
Your Honor.
But this witness can prove this case's important truth.
My party hopes that the Plaintiff party could provide the witness's name and the content they're going to testify.
As long as the Defendant party agrees, I can ask the witness to come.
If witness is in the Witness Resting Room, I need them to come to court immediately.
They're not in the Resting Room.
They're in a safe place.
Why?
To prevent from alarming you.
Because you know them.
For Zheng Hao to do this, how could the Presiding Judge not care?
I think the Presiding Judge knows who the witness is.
Then who might it be?
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Mom.
You don't need to be nervous.
Your Honor, Collegial Panel.
The witness's name is He Ya Yin.
Her identity is a little special, because she is my mother.
I object. Your Honor,
He Ya Yin isn't suitable to be a witness.
Why?
She doesn't even understand the case's situation.
Also, she can't possibly know what happened in the hospital 28 years ago.
You think that she doesn't know what happened in the hospital 28 years ago,
it's because you think, she aborted her baby long ago. Is that right?
But in reality, it is the opposite. She gave birth to the child
The hospital she gave birth to was coincidentally, Chuan He District Hospital.
Also, what's more even coincidental,
she and Xia Yun lived in the same patient room.
According to the hospital's records, her birthing time was a bit later than Xia Yun.
It was 1:10am, the next day.
Even if what you say is all true,
what does that have to do with this case?
The point of this case is, whether Tang Ji Ye's child
was a dead or a living infant. Does the witness know?
She doesn't know.
He Ya Yin, do you know?
No, I don't know.
It doesn't matter if you don't know the answer to that question.
Then, let me ask you some questions that you know the answer to
and the situations that you can remember, is that alright?
Yes.
Let me ask you,
in the year 1988, on the 18th of June,
did you give birth to a child in Chuan He District Central Hospital?
Yes.
May I ask,
do you remember if the child you gave birth to
was a son or daughter?
Of course it was a son!
Your mother gave birth to you.
Defendant,
she is the child's mother. Only her words is the evidence that the court wants.
Director Zhong, don't get agitated.
I think Zheng Hao came prepared today. I'm worried...
What are you worried about? Is it possible?
May I ask,
do you remember that day,
whether you give birth to a son or daughter?
I...can I tell the truth?
In the court, you must tell the truth.
I remember that the child I gave birth to...
...seemed to be a daughter.
Then, that is to say,
I am not your child.
Hao Hao.
I'm sorry.
Mom didn't want to hurt you.
Mom, don't worry
I am fine
Hao
He Ya Yin, what was the point?
Apologies, I have not finished questioning
I'm sorry. Can I interrupt with a question?
- Your Honor. - Hao hao, just let him ask.
He Ya Yin, I know that year...
...that year I am sorry to you, sorry to Hao Hao.
But no matter what, no matter how much hatred you have,
you can't severe your affections!
Take a look, take a look.
This is the child you raised for over 20 years.
The child you raised for over 20 years! How can you just break off your ties with him?
Even if you don't acknowledge him today, I can't not acknowledge him.
He is our flesh and blood.
But! But, he really isn't.
- He is, he is! - Defendant, please don't get agitated.
I apologize, Your Honor.
If you don't have evidence, how can you say he isn't?
That year, when you gave birth to the child, you got an illness.
A really serious illness. What illness was it?
Tell the court what illness it was.
No. Can I not say?
You must say it! Whether the court uses your testimony today
depends on your current mental condition!
Then...then wasn't this all because of you?!
Defendant, please be aware of your attitude.
Yes.
That year, I harmed you, made you into this way.
So, when I left you, you entered the mental institution. Your brain became damaged!
Your Honor!
I object the Defendant continuously disturbing my witness.
- Say, wasn't that it?! Tell the court! - I object this question! Your Honor!
- Say, was that it?! - Your Honor!
- I object this question! - Was it?!
Defendant, please control your emotions.
Yes, I was ill.
I was ill.
So, at the time, you didn't have the ability of judgement and couldn't remember past events.
You don't...you entirely don't have this ability.
That's why, your testimony today does not have legal basis!
Incorrect! Your Honor,
my witness has already totally recovered. Her mental condition is entirely normal for her to testify in court today!
There is a problem, there is a problem!
Because what she's saying isn't the facts of today.
But from 28 years ago!
- 28 years ago, she was a mental patient - Zhong Ke Ming!
Please respect yourself, respect my witness!
No matter what, my witness has recovered!
Today, she is a normal person!
Your Honor.
About the Defendant continuously trying to disturb my witness in any way he could,
making her emotions very unstable.
I request the court allow me to stay close to my witness
and speak a few words with her to calm her down
to make it more convenient to continue questioning her
Defendant, the witness is currently feeling irritated.
Please return to the Defendant's seat first.
Witness He Ya Yin, are you able to continue to testify?
Mom
Mom.
Mom, right now,
we won't mention what happened 28 years ago.
Let's discuss what happened in the last two days, can we?
May I ask, 28 years has already passed,
why did you claim today that the child you gave birth to that year
was a girl?
Do you have any evidence?
Yes.
What kind of evidence?
Birthmark.
A red birthmark. On my body,
on the right side of my back, there is a birthmark, it's red.
Very little people would have this a birthmark like this.
But, two days ago, I found out that a lady,
on her body,
she also has a birthmark that is exactly the same as mine.
May I ask what this proves?
She...
She is the daughter that I gave birth to.
Nonsense! Not one sentence...
This is not nonsense! I already told you that she has fully recovered!
Right now, what she is saying happened two days ago!
Then may I ask, if you know where your daughter currently is?
Who is she?
She...
She is Tang Ning.
This relatives identification report has clearly shown that,
Plaintiff, Tang Ning, and her aunt has no blood relations.
She is not the heiress of the Tang family.
Why did Tang Ning and Miss Tang Ning have no blood relations,
but have blood relations with her daughter?
Xia Yun being Tang Ning's biological mother is not supported.
How could I not be your child?
You are mom's daughter!
Who am I?
♫ Because love is the most fragile line of defense ♫
A red birthmark.
♫ I defenselessly melted into love ♫ She is Tang Ning.
♫ 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 ♫ What did you just say?
♫ We are both lost on the edges of the world ♫ I am your daughter?
If I am your daughter, then who is my father?
♫ If closely dependent on each other, it can produce the theme of love ♫ Is it him?
♫ How can parted strings perform the sound of joy and sorrow? ♫
Is it?
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♫ 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 ♫ I'm not. I am not your daughter.
I am most definitely not his daughter!
But it is as it is.
You really are my daughter. You're my daughter. I have evidence.
You don't have it! You don't have anything! I'm not your daughter!
♫ If tightly connected, it can brighten the loneliness of night ♫
♫ The flames of a broken wire can momentarily be destroyed ♫
I am not!
♫ 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? ♫
Tang Ning!
Attorney Zheng. Did you find Lawyer Tang?
Lawyer Tang has already left.
Tang Ning has already said,
her mother isn't He Ya Yin.
Attorney Zheng, what is your opinion?
In the eyes of the law, whether or not there is blood relations
is not what can de determined by the parents' or the child's words.
Defendant, what is your opinion?
The witness's testimony can't be used.
Your Honor, I request to present a new piece of evidence.
This is the parent-child identification report that was received yesterday afternoon.
Although, it isn't an official report requested by the court,
its authenticity is not to be doubted.
What was the result?
The result was that Tang Ning and Miss He Ya Yin has blood relations.
He Ya Yin.
Tell me, did you give birth to two children?
What are you saying, Zhong Ke Ming?
Did you first give birth to Zheng Hao and then to Tang Ning?
No, impossible.
- I only gave birth to one child. - No!
You gave birth to two! The first is our son, Zheng Hao.
The second, Tang Ning, is your daughter with Zheng Yi Jian, is that right?!
Be mindful of court discipline!
You're shameless!
Defendant, please go back to your seat.
Your Honor.
The other report I am holding was from last year,
when Tang Ning sued Tang Li Qun and Xia Yun,
Attorney Dai Bo presented this
relatives identification report.
Tang Ning and her younger cousin, Tang Jing, are blood related.
But we believed that they were related
because of Miss Tang Li Qun. But what was odd was
that Tang Ning and Tang Li Qun do not have blood relations.
Until yesterday, this puzzle has finally been solved.
The reason why Tang Ning and Tang Jing were blood related was not because of the mother,
but because of their biological father,
Mr Zhong Ke Ming.
Zheng Hao! Is what you are saying true?
Mr Zhong,
why do you not want to acknowledge your birth daughter?
Tang Ning is my daughter!
My biggest enemy is my daughter!
Director Zhong.
Have you considered for my Dad? He has high blood pressure, yet you still agitated him?!
Why didn't you tell him the truth?
Would he believe that Tang Ning is his daughter?
What I was referring to was not this. I meant that,
the fact that you are Tang Ji Yie's son.
Dad, can you hear what me talking?
Dad, reconcile.
You and mom are both in the hospital, why continue to with the lawsuit?
Let's not fight anymore, okay?
Dad, wake up. Speak, Father.
Dad, say something
Dad, then let me find Mother.
I'll ask Mother to revoke the report. I'll find Mother now.
Xiao Jing!
Who asked you to come? My Dad doesn't want to see you. Leave!
- Xiao Jing, I was the one who asked her to come. - Leave! Leave now!
Tang Ning! Leave! Don't stop me!
Let go of me!
Why did you ask her to come?!
Let go of me!
I will wait for you outside.
I was the one who called to ask Xiao Ning to come.
I think that, no matter what, the father and daughter should acknowledge each other.
What happens if Director Zhong can't be resuscitated this time?
Zheng Hao.
Actually, if we want to know who you are, we just need to find one person.
Xia Yun.
Correct.
No matter if Auntie was speaking the truth or a lie,
whether you are the child that was swapped,
if you do a test with Xia Yun, then everything will be clear.
Actually, when I suspected this, I looked for her too.
But she already left the country.
left the country? When?
Stop!
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You never envisioned, did you?
That Tang Ning is your daughter.
Zheng Hao isn't your son.
Your plan was terribly wrong.
♫ 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” ♫