Long, long ago, there was a planet in outer space.
Its environment was almost identical to Earth’s environment.
Of course, there were aliens living on that planet.
After centuries of reproduction and evolution
these aliens formed their own civilization.
One day, their scientists predicted their galaxy would collapse soon.
To take refuge, they got on space ships and migrated to other planets.
One group came to Earth.
They refer to themselves as the Fox people.
The earthlings of ancient times were terrified when they saw the Fox people.
According to "Lost Records," a huge ship once floated over the West Sea.
People on the ship wore crowns. Their bodies, covered in white feathers.
They could fly without wings.
That was our first impression of the Fox people.
To fit in, the Fox people kept evolving.
They look like earthlings now and lead their lives like we do.
The struggle between the humans and the Fox people never ceased.
During the Tang dynasty, there was a scholar named Dai Fu.
He was interested in the romance between people and foxes.
He believed that love was transgressive.
After he passed away, his son made an anthology of the stories he wrote.
The anthology was published under the name "Broad Records of Strange Stories."
This anthology was celebrated by its readers.
With the effort of the storytellers, the stories spread among people.
People grew less curious about foxes. They became afraid of them.
The Fox people noticed the humans were becoming less friendly.
They had no choice but to hide their identities and blend in.
[Based on Shi Ding Rou's Novel]
[Moonshine and Valentine]
Subtitles by DramaFever
[Episode 14] [This story is entirely fictional.]
What are you writing?
My name.
Is this the character "xi"?
Yes.
It looks like...
the simplified Chinese character "xie", meaning "to carry."
Which character?
Let me show you.
Does it look ugly?
It does look similar.
I'll teach you how to write my name.
Do you know what this character means?
No.
In ancient times... this character represented
a jade artifact that unraveled knots.
It also had another meaning, wisdom.
[Xi]
You're so amazing. You're also so good at memorization.
Even your calligraphy is beautiful.
I have to study hard too.
Are you studying English?
I also know some English.
You know English too?
Yes.
I've lived for so long. I've had plenty of time to learn every skill.
You're incredible.
English is so hard.
I can't understand 8 out of 10 words.
I have a lot of dictionaries upstairs. Do you want to use one?
- I'll get it for you. - No, no need.
Stay and write. I'll go get it.
- Will you be able to find it? - I will.
What's this?
Did you find it?
Your hair has grown out a lot.
Has it?
It's the night of the full moon.
You should be fully healed by now.
So can I go home now?
Should I escort you home?
Right now?
Do you really want to leave?
I...
It's okay if you don't want to.
You can stay here as long as you want.
Let's walk.
Were you teasing me just now?
Can I ask you something?
Of course.
Have you given this Pearl of Charms to anyone else?
Why are you suddenly asking that?
It's nothing.
I was just thinking... you've lived for a long time.
Have you loved anyone else before?
No.
You're the only owner of this Pearl of Charms.
I think the flowers over there are fine. I don't know where the guests--
Boss is here. Let's go.
Your Grace.
Food preparations are nearly complete.
Floral decorations may take another 20 minutes.
The rest is all set up.
Is there anything you want changed?
No, it's good.
Let's go.
Your Grace.
Uncle, why are you being so formal?
I'm counting on you for this.
It's easy to do. Leave it to me.
However...
Once the wedding ceremony is over, I'm worried...
Don't worry. Just do as I say.
- Where are you going? - What do you mean?
- Let's eat. - I'm not eating.
I'm used to sitting inside. This place has the best food.
Ms. Xin, it's been a while.
Good to see you.
Two sandwiches, same as usual.
Okay.
Xiao Ju! Xiao Ju!
- Don't come in. - Listen.
- Xiao Ju. - What?
Come, come.
I've figured it out.
Listen, I got it.
I calculated the vibrational frequency and atomic state--
These useless things again!
How is this useless?
According to quantum mechanics, this world is made of energy.
This algorithm of mine can explain the existence of everything in this world
including things that humans cannot comprehend.
Okay, okay. Please hurry and educate all of mankind.
Don't stay and affect my business, all right?
Why would I affect your business?
I wanted to share this good news with you first.
- I don't want to hear it. Go home. - Don't touch that!
Tell me at home. Go home. I'm very busy!
This is wrong.
There is no continuity.
In this Schrodinger equation, any value of "e" greater than zero is a solution.
Any value of "e" is an eigenvalue of this equation.
The corresponding eigenvalue should be like this.
- Sit, sit. - Look.
Two lunatics.
Like this.
This plus this. Right?
Why didn't I think of that?
What would you like to drink?
It's unlucky for the groom and bride to see each other before the wedding.
How surprising that you know so much about that mumbo jumbo.
Of course I do.
I've gotten married before.
Sorry to dig up such unhappy memories.
It doesn't matter. I just find it a bit ironic.
Both weddings were for his sake, but he wasn't present for either.
On the contrary, I was present for both.
You were there last time?
Forget about it. Let those unhappy memories remain in the past.
Nearly all of the guests have arrived.
The wedding ceremony will begin around dusk.
Did Princess Zhao Yan come?
Say she doesn't come.
Would you be afraid?
Afraid of what?
Once the wedding ceremony is done, you really will be married to me.
I'm kidding. Look at how nervous you are.
I believe that she will come.
You're so certain.
Don't worry.
I saw Bo Zhong acting very unusual.
He must be preparing for something.
In any case, we have to keep acting until Princess Zhao Yan appears.
By the way, our officiant is an elder who watched me grow up.
If any issues arise with the Pearl of Charms, he'll cover for us.
If Princess Zhao Yan doesn't show up before the wedding is over...
I'll find an excuse to call off the wedding.
I won't let you and the Tushan family get humiliated again.
Thank you.
Thank you for being so considerate.
I admit, I had selfish motives when I first put my pearl on you.
But now...
I want a real wedding.
And...
A bride who loves me.
After you're done with this...
I'll continue pestering you as usual.
Perhaps you will marry me willingly some day.
You can keep waiting.
Zhao Song.
It's nothing.
See you later.
What is it now?
Therefore, the eigenvalues of the Hamiltonian, as in energy...
can be equivalent values.
Is that so? This world is made up of energy.
The same reasoning demonstrates this.
How are you? Do you feel better?
How can I be fine when he's like this?
What are you laughing at?
Why are you laughing?
I get it now. So you have daddy issues.
Daddy issues, your ass!
- Look at them. They're exactly the same. - Get out of my way.
They're like twins.
I thought about this before.
I never heard you mention your dad before.
He and I aren't close. Why would I mention him?
You and your dad aren't close? Are you kidding?
Even when I was a kid, he never cared for me.
He would be gone every day
or he would be at the park doing computations.
My mom couldn't stand it, so she divorced and remarried
and left me with him.
Computations at the park? What computations?
Those mathematical calculations.
He's very intelligent...
although his academic ideas are sometimes quite crazy.
He was once respected by many.
He's probably acts like this now so that he can avoid certain things.
Avoid? Avoid what?
In his world
all problems should have a standard solution, like in mathematics.
But ever since my mom remarried...
he's been like this.
Perhaps, in his mind
only love doesn't have a standard solution.
There is a silver lining.
My dad and I have different ways of thinking.
Some problems don't need solving.
Some things don't need understanding.
It's enough to live my life.
I began working and earning money to support him when I was in high school.
I'm quite happy now.
Why are you looking at me like that?
Don't tell me something like you'll take care of me.
That's corny.
Of course not.
I'm just thinking that with your personality
it's most likely that nobody will want to live with you when you get old.
You'll probably become an old spinster.
Don't worry though. Kuan Yong and I are rather wealthy.
We'll reserve a room in our house just for you. How does that sound?
You're welcome to move in at any time.
Don't worry about it.
Even when I'm an old woman, I won't live with you two old men.
That would never happen. I guarantee it, Xiao Ju. Why?
That's because we're foxes. Have you forgotten that we don't grow old?
When you become an old woman, I will still look the same.
No change at all.
So? Doesn't that sound so infuriating?
- Right? - Yes, yes.
Song.
The mute... The mute can speak.
He even brought someone and insisted on seeing Ms. Qian Hua.
- I couldn't stop them. - Who?
Some... Princess Zhao Yan.
- Where? - Inside.
Qian Hua of Tushan, you are as beautiful as rumored.
Thank you for the compliment, Princess Zhao Yan.
It is our honor to have your presence grace our wedding.
I won't just be a presence.
I will officiate.
Qian Hua!
Congratulations, Left Priest.
Please forgive me for not giving you a proper greeting, Your Highness.
Didn't you know I was coming?
I thought you were waiting for me.
Your Grace, I need to speak to the bride.
If you don't mind, please step out for a bit.
I will put the Pearl of Charms on you again at the altar.
I'll take it off now and go get ready.
Hello, Xiao Ju? Is Kuan Yong with you?
Give me Kuan Yong's cell number.
Hello, Kuan Yong? It's Guan Pi Pi.
I want to ask you for Su Mei's number.
It's nothing.
Just girls chatting.
She mentioned dinner last time.
Hello? Is it Su Mei?
Hi, this is Guan Pi Pi.
I'm sorry to call you over.
I have some questions for you.
Don't be shy. Go right on ahead.
Do you know who Hui Yan is?
Aren't you Hui Yan?
Hui Yan is you. You are Hui Yan.
You have me confused.
How about this? Let me show you.
Look at the photo.
Who is this person?
Isn't it you in cosplay? You're just in different clothing.
This is you in the Song Dynasty.
Here you are in the Ming Dynasty.
Do you remember you nearly got me killed?
I'm being serious. Don't joke around.
Take a look. Who is it?
This one from the Song Dynasty was called Ning Wen.
This one from the Ming Dynasty was named Xiang Ding.
Just like you, they're all Shen Hui Yan.
But this was all a long time ago.
How long ago?
About 900 years ago.
Master Qing Mu is the ruler of the Fox Clan.
Legend says that he fell in love with a human female.
Then... they had Helan?
A human and a fox can't marry each other.
That's why Master Helan was born blind and in extremely poor health.
Master Helan is Master Qing Mu's only child
so his responsibilities are as great as his father's love.
Master Qing Mu holds Master Helan to very strict standards.
He believes that his son's physical body and abilities
render his son incapable of succeeding his supreme position.
Unhealthy foxes are usually abandoned at birth in the wilderness
and left to fend for themselves.
That's so cruel.
It's absolutely normal.
Surviving in the wild is very challenging in itself.
If he doesn't even have the ability to hunt for food himself
nobody can look after him.
Nevertheless, Master Qing Mu kept Master Helan.
Master Helan was born with a human's appearance.
He just couldn't see.
Master Helan was very focused and diligent as a child
so he grew up quickly.
However, even as a child, he could only eat flower petals.
Nobody knows why
but everybody speculates that it's due to his mixed blood.
In order to heal Master Helan's eyes
Master Qing Mu found a young girl to grow up by his side.
Are you Hui Yan?
You really can't see me?
My father said that my eyes will be healed one day.
But I'll only be able to see in the light of the moon.
It's pretty.
Wearing the Pearl of Charms tells everyone
that we'll be together forever.
Master Qing Mu once asked a very wise person for guidance.
This wise person said...
that the year Master Helan turns 17 is a yang year.
If he meets a human female that year
who was born under purely yang elements according to her Four Pillars
and she falls in love with him...
he can harvest and eat the woman's liver on a yang day
so that he'll be able to see again.
Did he eat it?
The day Master Helan turned 17...
There was a full moon that night.
Father.
Father, where is Hui Yan?
From this day forth, you are to forget Shen Hui Yan.
Where is she?
You won't see her ever again.
Why? She promised to marry me.
She was just a medicinal ingredient for you.
His father had tricked him into drinking that medicinal concoction.
The medicinal concoction was made from Hui Yan's liver.
When he learned the truth, he turned his back on his father.
He proclaimed that as long as he still lived...
he would avenge Hui Yan.
Although Master Helan drank the medicine
he could only see at night.
It might be because he's half human.
There's something I don't understand.
Why didn't Master Qing Mu...
wait until Master Helan was 17 years old to find that girl?
Why did he make them grow up together?
It's probably because Master Qing Mu once fell in love with a human...
resulting in the birth of an unhealthy child, Master Helan.
So... he found a human girl to grow up by Master Helan's side.
He killed her after the two fell in love
so that Master Helan would always remember...
To never fall in love with a human.
Even after 100 years of exile
Master Helan couldn't forgive his father.
He later fled to the south
and waited to accrue power and become fully fledged
before launching a war against his father.
That was the Perpetual Uprising that lasted nearly three years.
Then the Fox Clan was separated into the north and the south
at 30 degrees north latitude.
Master Helan became the right priest who oversaw the Southern Fox Clan.
Master Qing Mu chose his favorite pupil, Zhao Song...
bestowed the title of left priest to him
and let him preside over the Northern Fox Clan
in equal opposition to Master Helan.
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
I don't know what's gotten into me. It's clearly someone else's story.
But I just feel...
This is your story.
It isn't.
This is Hui Yan's story.
I'm Guan Pi Pi, not Hui Yan.
Do we really care about someone's past?
That doesn't seem to be the case.
What we care about is the one who shared that past with him.
The one you cannot help but compare yourself to.
The one who makes
the feelings of inferiority you locked deep inside your heart come rushing out.
It resembles a shadow.
Or perhaps you're merely a shadow of it.
You're up early.
I can't sleep. I'm a bit worried.
Pi Pi?
Qian Hua.
I called her a few times lately and something doesn't feel right.
- Pi Pi? - Qian Hua.
Why would you worry about Qian Hua?
With her strong personality, she won't be bullied in the north.
Are things not going well?
She always tells me that things are going well, but doesn't tell me details.
Qian Hua always acts cautiously.
She probably just can't divulge any details yet.
I'm worried that too many forces besides Zhao Song
will give her trouble in the north.
Master, shouldn't you be worrying about Pi Pi?
I'm talking about Qian Hua.
All right, I'll call her.
I should've gone myself instead of troubling her.
Master, given your identity, you would've attracted more trouble.
- Hello, Pi Pi? - Qian Hua!
It's Qian Hua. I was just kidding.
She's not answering. She's probably busy.
This way, please.
Your Grace.
It's about time. The wedding can begin.
Uncle, the wedding can be called off now.
Why?
The act is over. I should retire my role now.
Just do what we planned.
I'm counting on you.
Everybody--
My son is getting married.
But even as his father, I didn't receive an invitation.
Your Highness, to tell you the truth, today's wedding isn't a normal wedding.
I asked Zhao Song to put on this act because I wanted to see you.
I am sorry for deceiving you.
That's all right.
Whether or not this wedding is real, I won't let this be a wasted trip.
You want to help Helan Jing Ting save that human woman. Am I right?
Yes.
Then I'll be frank.
There are terms you must agree to before I tell you how to save her.
What are your terms?
Simple.
Marry Zhao Song.
I don't care if you two are truly in love or just putting up an act.
I only care about the future of the Fox Clan.
I want everybody in the Fox Clan to know that you're Left Priest's wife.
Left Priest.
Give me an explanation.
Answer me!
End this wedding ceremony at once.
Attention, everybody. We have an unexpected situation.
Today's wedding has been canceled.
Master Qing Mu asks all of you to leave.
Where is Qian Hua?
I don't know.
I arranged A Xi's and Qian Hua's engagement.
You dare to break their engagement without my permission?
Father, this wedding is fake.
You have no respect for me!
Our goal was to lure out Princess Zhao Yan.
- We weren't really getting married. - Enough!
You have always liked Qian Hua.
Don't think that I don't know your intentions.
Just because...
Just because I'm not your child?
What did you say?
I said that just because I'm not your child, I get nothing.
Have I not given you enough?
What more do you want?
I can give everything you've given me back.
But I'm free to like whoever I want.
It's none of your concern.
I don't care who you like.
Just not Qian Hua.
Qian Hua must marry A Xi.
A Xi, A Xi! A Xi again!
You give A Xi everything he wants.
Now, you're even giving him what he doesn't want.
Father, have you never thought of me?
Handle this well.
Have Qian Hua leave.
I won't pursue this matter further.
Why?
Why do you favor your bastard child Helan Xi so much?
Do you like humans that much?
Judging from your expression...
this doesn't seem to be a surprise to you.
Actually, I had already guessed when Bo Zhong approached me at the gathering.
How did you guess?
As heir, Right Priest Helan Jing Ting has been in conflict
with Master Qing Mu for many years.
It brought about the division of the Fox Clan.
More importantly, he has advocated assimilating into human society
which is in complete opposition to your views.
By contrast, Zhao Song's views are in line with yours.
You must believe that he's a more suitable heir.
If I marry Zhao Song
the prominent families of the north would stand on his side
putting Master Qing Mu under tremendous pressure
and forcing him to appoint a new heir.
You really are quite intelligent.
You only guessed half of it.
The future of the Fox Clan is part of my consideration.
But I also have personal reasons.
This is aimed at Helan Jing Ting.
Why?
Why target Helan Jing Ting?
As far as I know, you two haven't had any personal dealings or grudges.
You haven't even met.
He and I are related by blood.
Helan Jing Ting...
He's my younger sister's child.
You mean Princess Xi Yan?
Xi Yan.
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