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 boarded spaceships 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 love was transgressive.
After he passed away, his son made an anthology of the stories he wrote.
It was published under the name "Broad Records of Strange Stories."
This anthology was celebrated by its readers.
With the effort of storytellers, the stories spread among people.
People grew less curious about foxes. They became afraid of them.
The Fox people noticed mankind was 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]
[Final Episode] [This story is entirely fictional.]
If everything is as you say, then I'm willing to do it.
However...
Please go on.
If A Xi learns the truth, he will be very upset.
I don't want him to be sad.
It is by my own choice.
Please don't let him find me.
I understand.
Thank you, Master.
I remember you said that you could see your own heart after looking at the moon.
Yes.
I do see it.
By the way, my father says we can get married this month.
The day has finally come.
Didn't you say you didn't want to get married?
What I said when I was young doesn't count.
The people of our clan always pick a day with a sun shower to wed.
Rain will fall while the sun is shining.
I heard that a rainbow will also appear.
My father says I'll be able to see by then.
Then I'll be able to see you.
I told you before, I'm extremely ugly.
Stop lying to me.
There will be many colorful boats here on the day of our wedding.
All our friends and family will come to give us their blessings.
I believe the woman I love is the most beautiful woman in the world.
She will wear a vibrant wedding dress and be even more breathtaking than a rainbow.
We'll travel the world together.
We'll live our lives together.
Promise me.
We will never part.
All right.
I promise you.
We will see all the beauty the world has to offer.
We will never part.
How is Master Helan doing?
Zhao Song.
We should've gone to the police station earlier to save him!
It's my fault.
Zhao Song won't really become the next high priest, will he?
- He's missing one thing. - The key.
If Zhao Song gets the key, then Master Helan will seem guilty.
- Where is the key? - I don't know. Master Helan didn't say.
Shouldn't we find the key and hide it in a safe place?
Then we would be making a gamble with Zhao Song.
It's too big of a risk.
Then what should we do?
Have you found the sacred wood?
Sacred wood!
Let's take the sacred wood and kill Zhao Song.
Before that, let's do something meaningful.
You're saying that now? What's so meaningful?
Xiu Xian.
It's time.
We'll give all our powers to Master Helan.
If you do that
you two will lose all your powers and revert back to your original form.
Yes.
We aren't strong enough to recover all of Master Helan's memory and powers
but we can save him.
Even if he lives, he'll just be an ordinary person.
He won't have any powers or his memory.
His powers and memory will return.
But it will take time.
A very long time.
Are you sure this is what you want to do?
Helan...
He turned into a fox.
He's so cute.
He's this small.
White and soft.
He's so warm.
I heard everything you said.
What can I do?
Ms. Guan, Helan has lost all his powers.
His body has released the life energy that belonged to you.
You can have a full life now.
We were just discussing Fox Clan affairs.
For your safety, I hope you won't get involved.
This is my business.
He is my husband.
I have a plan.
Hey.
Was Pi Pi released? She didn't answer my call.
Don't worry, she's fine. She's resting now.
That's great.
But Master Helan is in trouble.
Mr. Helan? What happened to him?
He reverted back to his original form.
If we don't save him now, it will be too late.
If he's back to his original form, how will you save him?
At a hospital?
We plan on taking him somewhere to recuperate.
Come with us!
Go get changed.
You...
What? Don't you want her with us?
Go. We'll wait for you here.
Qing Mu defied all our expectations.
Helan Jing Ting refused to accept that key for centuries.
Who would've expected him to want to be successor now?
Can I forgo the key? I have the support of so many elders.
Isn't that enough?
The key's main purpose is to convince the masses.
Without it, even if you take the throne by force
your authority will be questioned and you could even be deposed.
Looking for the key now will be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Who knows where he hid the key?
I believe the key should still be at Helan Jing Ting's house.
Are you sure?
Hello?
Are you Zhao Song?
Who are you?
I am Helan Jing Ting's wife, Guan Pi Pi.
Ms. Guan, I've heard much about you.
Helan has reverted back to his original form.
I'm guessing that he doesn't have much time left.
I can give you the key you want.
But you must agree to my terms.
You must guarantee that my friends, my family, and I will remain safe.
You must also guarantee that the Fox Clan will never bother us again.
That's a simple request.
It is simple.
How can I trust you?
Don't worry.
As the next high priest
I guarantee that you, your family, and your friends will be safe.
I have one more request.
I heard that Helan's mother left behind something for Helan.
I want it.
I want to keep it as a memento.
No problem.
Then let's meet tonight at 8 p.m. At No. 56 Xianting Street.
See you tonight.
I was going to go anyway. Having a tour guide would be nice.
I have a question.
If Helan lost all his powers saving Tao Jia Lin...
What will happen when you two save Helan?
Will you die?
Xiu Xian and I wouldn't be alive today if not for Master Helan.
We made a vow the day we began following Master Helan.
If anything should happen to him one day
we would save him at any cost.
Even if we must risk our lives.
He's in this form because he has no powers.
If we want to save him...
we'll be using up all of our powers.
We'll revert to that form too.
To turn back into human form...
It might take another few centuries.
The bus is here.
Master.
We'll be going down this river soon.
Stay close to me and Kuan Yong. You don't need to be afraid.
Swim with us to deeper waters.
It will be quick.
You'll be back in human form soon.
Kuan Yong and I...
It might take us longer.
We won't be able to be with you during that time.
You'll have to take care of yourself.
Play on your own.
Will Master Helan recognize us in the future?
I don't know.
I think our powers...
are only enough to turn him back to human form.
I should prepare a pair of sunglasses.
I believe his eyes will be fine when he's back to human form.
Right, Master Helan?
Then we won't have to worry.
You can go out for walks and shop around during the day.
You won't need us to buy clothes for you.
Do you think Master Helan will be able to take care of himself?
Of course. He's so strong. He saved our lives.
Why wouldn't he be able to take care of himself?
Eat something.
Do you want this one?
That one has meat.
You've abstained from eating meat for over 900 years. Don't you crave it?
Stop acting. I know everything.
Then why don't you have some vegetables?
Are you crying?
Then what are you doing?
The wind is strong.
You're clearly crying. What's that in your eyes?
Sand.
All right, come on.
Don't cry.
Let me tell you a secret.
Fox people don't die. We just turn back into our original forms.
Lies.
No, it's true.
We'll be back in human form after a while.
- Right? - Yes.
Even if Xiu Xian and I are in fox form, we'll come back to be with you.
Who wants to be with you?
We'll be back to see you soon.
How soon?
800 years? 900 years?
Xiao Ju, thank you.
Meeting you was the luckiest thing to happen to us in centuries.
This was also the happiest time of our lives.
You're making this so emotional. Weren't we happy before? We were.
I just became even happier after meeting you.
What's this?
I just picked these up. Take them. Consider them blessings.
We'll miss you.
All right, let's go.
Take care of yourself.
Master Helan, let's get going.
Ms. Guan.
Pleased to meet you. I'm Zhao Song.
- What's in the bag? - Nothing.
Hey!
I'll hold onto this for you.
Ms. Guan, don't think that I don't know what you're thinking.
Did you really think I would be afraid of that rotten piece of wood?
Didn't we come to an agreement?
Why did you have to make this so awkward?
Don't worry. I'm a man of my word.
As long as you give me what I want, I'll give you what you want.
The Golden Flower Mirror.
I actually don't know where the key is.
Even if I did know, I wouldn't give it to you, because it belongs to Helan.
Then I'll tell you where the key is.
It's in this house.
You must find it today.
What are you doing? Let go!
Let go!
Ms. Guan, for your family's sake, don't try anything funny again.
What do you want me to do?
If you were him, where would you put the key?
Bo Zhong!
After he received the key from Qing Mu, he came home.
The next day, he went off to marry you.
If he had the key on him, it would've been confiscated when he was detained
but there was no record of it at the police station.
That means that the key is still in this house.
Look, it's really not here. Why don't you try the floorboards?
Look under the floorboards?
It's really not here.
Thank you.
Think about your family.
Ms. Guan, you're so simple.
I told you, it's not here.
As I said, you're really simple.
You really underestimate me.
Zhao Song!
Qian Hua, step away!
Open your eyes!
This is the woman that Helan Jing Ting loves. Not you!
It isn't too late for you to stop now.
I warned you that if you left me, I would destroy Helan Jing Ting!
Don't push me.
Are you insane?
I'm asking you, are you insane?
He's not worth this.
He's not worth it! He's not worth it!
He's not worthy.
Don't you get it?
Am I doing this for him?
I'm not doing this for him.
I'm doing it for you. Don't you know?
I don't want you to keep going down the wrong path.
I like doing the wrong things.
I like it. How is it any of your business?
How isn't it?
I've fallen in love with you.
I don't want to be in love with a bad man.
It's as simple as that.
I don't believe you.
I did all of this...
for you.
I know I did a lot of bad things.
So...
I choose to die by your hand.
Kill me.
Qian Hua!
Why didn't your parents come to pick you up from the hospital today?
I didn't tell them.
That's not like you.
I think this incident has pushed me to learn how to take care of myself.
All my life, I've relied on my parents, Pi Pi, and you.
How did you know I was being discharged today?
Are you all better now?
More or less.
When do you plan on returning to the States?
The end of next month at the earliest.
Why don't you take more time to rest? Why are you in such a hurry to go back?
Why do you think?
How's work going? Have you adjusted?
It's going great. It's very stable.
That's good.
So it's a long-term stable job.
- This is for you. - What is it?
Chili bean sauce.
I made it.
Do you plan to go abroad later?
What do you think?
Xiu Xiu, Kuan Kuan, time to eat!
They went that way.
Thanks.
Xiu Xiu?
Thank you.
- Number 22. - Right here.
This way.
Introduce yourself.
Hello, everybody. My name is Guan Pi Pi.
Ms. Guan, out of the 1,300 applicants to our journalism grad program this year
you're the only junior college graduate.
But you passed the written exam with an exceptional score.
Can you tell us about what motivated you to pursue further studies?
Ever since I was young, I've wanted to be an outstanding journalist.
Although I am a reporter now, I am not outstanding enough.
I hope to improve myself through graduate studies
and turn my dreams into reality.
Why do you think you can be an outstanding journalist?
I don't like eating apples.
I never liked apples, even as a kid.
When my parents realized this, they tried to persuade me to eat more.
Then, they gave up and stopped buying them
because they knew I wouldn't eat them even if they bought some.
My friends also knew that I didn't like apples.
So every time we'd go out to eat
if there were apples on the table, they would eat them for me.
As time went on, I didn't have apples in my life anymore.
Until last summer.
I suddenly fell sick, feeling dizzy and nauseous.
No medication worked.
That's when I met someone.
He tried everything he could to make me eat apples.
He told me that I would get all better as soon as I ate the apple.
Who would believe him?
He wasn't a doctor.
He wasn't Snow White's stepmother.
Why was he trying to make me eat an apple?
But the thought occurred to me later.
If Snow White didn't eat that apple from her stepmother...
She wouldn't have laid in that bed.
The prince wouldn't have met her.
That's when I thought... I should just eat it.
Maybe I'll meet my prince after I eat it.
Sure enough, my health improved soon after I ate the apple.
I walked out of the room...
and saw him quietly lying under the moonlight like a prince.
He told me
that he came from another planet.
That his heart only beats three times a minute.
He likes the moonlight.
He thinks that the moon represents one's heart.
His heart was as pure as the moon.
I came to a realization in that moment.
Perhaps eating that apple opened a door for me.
A door to an unknown world.
And there, I saw a different world...
and a different me.
I believe news... is that apple.
And reporters are the people who offer that apple.
An outstanding reporter...
must be brave enough to accept things that are difficult to comprehend.
They must be brave enough to face an unknown world.
Only then are they able to lead viewers...
to understand and learn about a new world.
I'm someone like that.
That's why I believe that I can become an outstanding reporter.
Ms. Guan, I'm sorry.
I'm here again about Mr. Helan's inheritance agreement.
Why did you come again? I told you, I won't sign it.
All the conditions have been met to implement this agreement.
Please cooperate with us and sign this as soon as possible.
Mr. Helan left this task for me while he was alive.
While he was alive?
Why does everybody think he's dead?
I said it many times. He's just missing.
He will be back.
I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing.
I can understand how you feel.
However, Mr. Helan's will is different from the average will.
It specifically states that if the client is missing for over six months
the client is to be considered dead.
We are merely acting according to Mr. Helan's wishes.
Mr. Chen, whether I sign this
is entirely up to me, right?
Of course.
Then I'll tell you very explicitly.
I'm not signing it.
- Ms. Guan-- - That's enough.
I'm busy. Please see yourself out.
- Hello? - Pi Pi?
Su Mei, how's the search going on your end?
I'm still searching for news
but I still haven't heard of that has seen Master Helan.
Pi Pi, don't worry. I'm sure he's fine.
And did you know, Master Helan is free of all criminal charges now?
Pi Pi, it's all thanks to you. You kept the key safe.
Master Helan is still the successor to the Fox Clan's throne.
I thank you on behalf of the Fox Clan.
We're all waiting for him to return.
You mustn't give up.
Pi Pi...
Ms. Guan, is this your first time attending our release event?
Yes. Sorry to trouble you.
Not at all.
We're releasing foxes, so we have to come to the north.
A lot of people don't want to make such a long trip.
Distance isn't a problem.
If there are similar events in the future, I'd like to attend.
Really? That's great! It's a deal.
Okay.
I'm going to the dining car to buy water. Would you like anything to drink?
It's okay. I have some. You go on ahead.
All right, see you.
Attention, passengers. The next stop is Shuhai Station.
Please get ready if you need to get off or make a transfer.
The train will be stopping at Shuhai Station for five minutes.
Miss?
Excuse me.
- These are our seats. - Sorry.
- Miss, here's your coffee. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Can I have a glass of water? - Yes, just a moment.
- Your water. - Thank you.
Miss, do you need something?
You look a lot like someone I know.
I was just surprised. Sorry.
What a coincidence.
My name is Guan Pi Pi.
My name is Helan Xi.
Helan Xi.
That's a unique name.
Do you know which "Xi" it is?
I can take a guess.
Nobody has ever guessed correctly.
[Xi]
You're the first person to guess my name correctly!
A friend once told me
that in ancient times, "Xi" stood for a tool that unraveled knots.
I'll never forget that.
Is that friend very important to you?
Yes.
But he later left.
Why did he leave?
I don't know.
Will he be back?
He will.
I will wait for his return.
I'll wait with you then.