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[The Golden Eyes]
[Episode 48]
Mr. Feng, have you thought of
designing some porcelains yourself?
Make your own creations based on the need of the modern era art.
Those Tang Dynasty tri-color porcelains which you counterfeited
could be said to be flawless from the craftsmanship perspective.
But they lack the precipitation of history.
Imitations are ultimately only imitations.
Even if you managed to configure the pottery clay and glaze materials of that time,
you can't recreate the culture and the social environment.
All the differences that are a result of these objective conditions
can't be made up for by manpower.
Yes.
Rather than pursuing others or imitating those before us,
why not create and design yourself?
My passion is in antiques.
I also like those exquisite artistic techniques before these items were eventually considered antiques.
The standard of your craftsmanship is not below that of ancient craftsmen.
If you spend time to polish your craft carefully,
I believe your creations would definitely also be
antiques which everyone will fight to collect in hundreds and thousands of years later.
I understand now.
I think I understand, too.
Are you going to subsidize Mr. Feng in starting a new workroom for firing porcelains?
Yes. In Beijing.
In...
Okay.
Rich people like us can afford to be impulsive.
Whatever it is, let me tell you this. The cost will be three times higher than that in Gansu.
On top of it,
there will be manpower cost and transportation cost.
This is not firing porcelains. This is burning money!
Are you willing to do it?
Of course!
Of course, I'm willing to do a work that I'm capable of doing
and at the same time make a living.
This is definitely more than just willing!
Good. First of all, please ensure that your hand heals well.
Second, we have to calculate the share allocation of the workroom.
Also, the labor cost
and materials cost. Right?
You don't have to worry about the cost.
Just state your requests, and let Xiao Yun know about them.
Yes. Thank you.
[Wangfu Hospital]
Zhuang Rui?
Don't move.
Why is it you?
Why am I here?
I'll get the doctor.
No need.
Qin Haoran doesn't need me anymore.
Even though you saved me, it will not benefit you at all.
The Qin family will not thank you for it.
You also won't be able to threaten the Qin family in any way at all.
Miss Qin, I'm not planning to make use of you.
I only hope that you will live.
Live?
Being alive is meaningless to me now.
Miss Qin, I think you like ambergris very much. Right?
My father once said that
ambergris is a waxy substance produced in the intestines of sperm whales.
Over the years, it floats on the surface of the ocean.
The bigger the winds and waves are, the longer it precipitates,
the less will be the filth,
and its fragrance will be richer.
Miss Qin, this is just one storm. You are a free person.
You can leave anytime after you recover.
I want to ask for your help in a matter.
Zhuang Rui will be arriving in Beijing tomorrow.
If you want to meet him, I can bring him here.
Zhuang Rui?
Is he well?
Miss Qin is awake? Does she still remember what happened that day?
She does.
Boss!
- She's still alive. Send her to the hospital quickly! - Yes.
First, Qin Haoran's men went after her and tried to kill her,
then she was buried by the cave-in.
Miss Qin is exceedingly lucky to be alive after all this.
Qin Haoran being vicious and merciless is nothing new.
But I really never expected that
he would try to kill his own biological daughter.
I have already sent someone to check on the Qin family's background. There will be news very soon.
But how are we going to reply to Zhuang Rui regarding Miss Qin?
So, my father was able to return safely back to Japan
because old Mr. Zhuang helped him all along the way.
Then, did your father mention this person Little Ma?
There were some sporadic records of their rough experience back in Gansu.
It was the same as those recorded by old Mr. Zhuang.
But very little was mentioned about this murderer.
It was only mentioned that this person was very vicious and that he hid his true self well.
Hence, he didn't take any precautions, resulting in him being seriously injured.
Didn't take any precaution?
People who could make the members of an archaeological team not guard against him
could only be those from within the team.
But who really is this Little Ma?
[Police Station]
Leader Miao, the National Administration of Cultural Heritage sent to us the list of names and materials
of the expedition team to Gansu forty years ago.
[Yohei Nakagawa]
[Mai Liya]
[Sang Jun]
How could it be like this?
Hello?
There's no one with the surname "Ma" in the expedition team.
There's also no one with the word "Ma" in his name.
What?
No one with the surname "Ma"?
There's not even one born in the year of "Ma" (horse).
And I recalled that
counting all the corpses which we saw in Feng Quan's tomb,
plus Zhuang Qiming and Yohei Nakagawa,
the number is the same as that reported by the Cultural Relics Bureau of Shanxi Province.
Where is this Little Ma then?
Right.
Feifei. Feifei! Come over here for a while.
Chief Ding!
I'm investigating a case. Can you wait a while?
When do you plan to submit that Gansu report to me?
Immediately.
Hurry.
There are too many loose ends to tackle after returning from Gansu this time.
There are just too many clues. We need to sort them out first.
Let's think through the matter of Little Ma again.
I'm going to see the Chief. Bye.
Don't be anxious. Do it slowly.
The truth will surely come to light.
But I'm running out of time!
I have the same symptoms as your father.
I have already lost the use of my five senses.
Headaches and dizzy spells are getting more frequent.
Seven days of cherry blossoms (Japanese saying alluding the magnificence and transience of life).
I reckon I'm already on the seventh day.
Zhuang Rui, I will do everything I can to save you.
When we were in the desert, Kojima and Aoyama
already put their lives at great risk because they were trying to save me.
Now, Qin Xuanbing lost her life in the wilderness because she wanted to save me.
I really don't want anyone else to be sacrificed because of me.
Can I beg you
not to tell him that I'm still alive?
Why?
My appearance in his life
did not bring him any help at all.
I don't want him to visit me
and pity me.
I would rather him think that I am already dead.
At least in this way, he could still remember me.
I don't have much longer to live.
But I hope that in my remaining days,
I can find the murderer of my grandfather and Grandfather Gu.
I don't want to die with any regret.
[Crime Investigation Division]
Now, Qin Haoran has targeted Zhuang Rui and won't let him off.
He is also suffering the side effects of the Golden Eyes.
There's still a Little Ma following behind.
I think if I disseminate the fake news that the fourth jade eye is with Zhuang Rui,
we definitely can't ensure his safety.
I know you have a good relationship with Zhuang Rui.
This has nothing to do with emotions.
I just think we should focus our attention on Qin Haoran and that suspect Little Ma,
instead of endangering the main guy where we get our clues from.
But whether it's looking for criminal evidence against the Qin family,
or looking for clues to the suspect Little Ma,
there isn't any real progress.
We must work hard to protect Zhuang Rui, who is not well.
But what if?
I'm just saying, what if. What if Zhuang Rui has an unexpected misfortune
and dies from his illness? All our clues and information...
I think this is not what Zhuang Rui wishes to see either.
This 'what if' will never happen!
Why can't you understand, Feifei?
The Golden Eyes case doesn't involve just Zhuang Rui alone.
It involves both the countries China and Japan.
The moment that our trail gets severed,
it will threaten the safety of an entire society.
If the criminal discovers the secret of the Golden Eyes
and reproduces it in batches, then the entire
precious stones industry and gold industry
will be turned into a big mess!
Feifei, let me tell you this.
You can't allow your emotions
control how you judge the whole situation.
I really didn't do that.
What do you mean "you didn't?"
Don't act impetuously anymore. Tackle the case with this four-step plan.
First, the police are to contact the hospital
and continue to search for the method to heal the Golden Eyes.
At the same time, Special Crime Division will
continue to investigate Qin Haoran, Little Ma,
and the fourth jade eye.
Let me tell you this. Within one week,
if there's no real progress from these four-step plans,
I will transfer the Golden Eyes special case to Little Zhao.
At the same time, I will follow the plan of the fake jade eye
and consult Zhuang Rui for his opinion directly.
Okay, I understand.
I will definitely find a new breakthrough
from this person Little Ma.
And complete the report on the case quickly.
I know.
Why... are you here?
I just got back.
Why are you so nervous when I just returned to get a pen?
- That... I'm writing something to Teacher Xiao Jia. - Okay, okay.
Continue writing.
Why did you photocopy my grandfather's notes?
Why? Isn't it because I'm looking for the secret method to heal your illness?
Is this useful for looking for secret methods of healing?
Well, at least, I might be able to find some system from within.
Recorded inside was how Yohei Nakagawa fell ill several times.
For example:
On the 17th of October,
he ate an egg in the morning
and fell ill in the afternoon.
What does this indicate?
This indicates that food high in protein
is very likely to worsen the condition of the illness.
Thank you, but Ryosuke Nakagawa told me that his father
was allergic to eggs.
So, may I advise you to call Teacher Xiao Jia quickly.
I fear your relationship might worsen.
Xiao Rui, are you at home?
Uncle De?
Uncle De is here. I'm going to take a look.
The devil is one foot tall, but virtue is ten feet tall.
Since I already made photocopies,
wouldn't I have photocopied two more sets?
After I called you, I chanced upon the super moon.
I thought that I was quite lucky.
But when we were in the desert,
we met with a sandstorm and were poisoned, too.
Fortunately, we managed to find the Buddhist cave.
Desert exploration
has always been exceedingly dangerous.
Even though you were tormented to some extent
in the process of it, all of you came home safely eventually.
You are still quite lucky after all.
The next time you decide to go on an expedition or exploration,
please, can you choose a safer place to do it?
Actually, our trip to Gansu this time was not just for scientific expedition or exploration.
Forty years ago,
my grandfather and members of an archaeological expedition team disappeared there.
I wanted to go there to get an answer.
Then...
My grandfather and all the members of that expedition team perished in the desert.
And that was exactly in Feng Quan's tomb.
Uncle De, do you still remember what you told me?
Because Feng Quan released a giant turtle, he gained special abilities.
It was indeed recounted as such in the story of The Tipsy Turtle (A story from the "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio").
I found a notebook belonging to my grandfather on this trip to Gansu.
In it was recorded that
actually, Feng Quan did not gain the special eyes because he released a giant turtle.
It was due to an accident.
So, the story of Feng Quan having wise eyes that could differentiate treasures is not just a legend.
Correct. And...
Feng Quan's biography was also
etched on his tombstone in the underground tomb.
I also confirmed all these from Feng Quan's descendants later on.
That's to say, the legend of Feng Quan is real.
Feng Quan's outstanding vision
was then called "The Golden Eyes" by the later generations.
That few pieces of jade eyes which he left behind
could possibly bring a special ability to people.
What a strange thing this is.
Furthermore, he left behind several jade eyes.
Perhaps, these few jade eyes
could endow people with such special abilities.
It was recorded in my grandfather's notebook that
they went to explore Feng Quan's tomb.
A member of the team, Yohei Nakagawa, had an accident.
He gained possession of the Golden Eyes through this accident.
But later,
a young man among them by the name of Little Ma found out about this secret.
He became filled with greed and the urge to kill.
He then pursued my grandfather and Yohei Nakagawa to try to kill them.
My grandfather died because of this.
The more precious and rare a treasure is, the more frightening would be the disaster that follows it.
This can't be helped. It has always been so since ancient times.
Then, what happened later? Did you manage to find Little Ma?
This is where the problem is.
We have been investigating all this while.
But there was no one by the name of Little Ma in the archaeological team. There wasn't anyone by that surname either.
Uncle De, please take a look at this photo.
I don't know if you can find any clues from the photo.
Are all the members of that archaeological team in this group photo?
Yes.
Then, who took this photo for them?
Could it have been that Little Ma who took the photo?
If that Little Ma was not a member of the scientific expedition team,
could he have been a local at that place?
Uncle De, you are right. I'll get Feifei to help to investigate immediately.
[Peking University Archaeological Department - Gansu]
[Police Station]
Chief Ding, I have already contacted the Cultural Relics Bureau of Shanxi Province and Gansu police.
This Little Ma could be a guide who the archaeological team hired at the place.
So, it is not possible for him to appear in the photo or had any records with the National Administration of Cultural Heritage.
Forty years ago, the census register system for village domicile
was neither comprehensive nor regulated.
I reckon it will be very hard for the Gansu police to find specific information about this person.
It will indeed be very hard.
I can go to Gansu personally and check all the villages in the vicinity one by one.
Okay. Then, I'll wait for your news.
This time, I will definitely have a breakthrough.
Go quickly.
Pay attention to safety. Safety first!
[Wangfu Hospital]
Miss Qin, many joints in your body were injured.
We can no longer delay the rehabilitation training for you.
Otherwise, you might suffer
life-long sequelae because of the injuries.
I have already said that I'm very tired,
I want to be alone.
Even if I might suffer any sequelae,
that is also my own decision.
You are not responsible for it.
Thank you, Doctor.
Please let me talk to Miss Qin privately.
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Mr. Nakagawa, I'm tired.
I know that. Indeed, you heart is very tired.
Previously, I had always been very curious.
You are the sole heir of the Qin family.
Why are you different from all the ladies from rich families that I've seen?
So quiet and precocious.
It turns out that you are not Qin Haoran's biological daughter.
You must really be very tired to have an adopted father like him.
You investigated me?
[Japan Passport]
I want to give you a new identity.
So, I had no choice but to properly check the background of Qin Xuanbing behind your back.
Qin Xuanbing has already died in the cave that collapsed.
Compared to being the Miss of the Qin family,
the identity of Kojima Maki
should allow you to feel more comfortable
and safer, too.
Safe?
What do you mean?
You know too many secrets of the Qin family.
In Qin Haoran's heart, you have already defected to Zhuang Rui's side.
I think he hopes that you are dead.
I know some of the things which Brother Gui did to you in the desert.
Brother Gui is just one of my dad's subordinates.
He can't represent my dad.
My relationship with Qin Haoran is complex. You wouldn't understand it.
Previously, I arranged for
more than ten of my men to be around the cave.
After the cave collapsed,
Qin Haoran sent his men on many occasions to try and find out more information.
They inquired about Zhuang Rui and the jade eye,
but no one inquired about you.
Qin Haoran didn't even have the intention of bringing your corpse back.
You don't know anything at all.
Because he tried to save my biological father, Qin Haoran
injured one of his legs. He had to lean on a cane for the rest of his life.
I owed him all this.
It is proper and expected that I must return this debt.
Are you talking about your biological father, Zheng Chuan?
He established Aixi Jewelry, which became a sensation in Kiev at one time.
This was the gift from my dad
on my seventh birthday.
I don't want to draw! You're a liar! Where's my birthday present?
You didn't prepare anything at all!
How could I bear to lie to you?
Come.
Sit down, my precious.
Hold it.
This is my gift to you.
Thank you, Dad!
Happy birthday to my precious daughter!
Qin Haoran and Zheng Chuan were good friends. They went to Beijing together that year
to meet an investor for a collaboration discussion. Isn't that right?
Yes.
That year, dad brought me along to Beijing with him.
As a result, Qin Haoran and him
were ambushed by their enemy along the way.
This so-called enemy ambush
was what Qin Haoran told you, isn't it?
After Zheng Chuan passed away,
Xihuang Jewelry did not initiate any investment or project from Beijing.
There wasn't any documents about the Beijing business discussion left in Xihuang Jewelry, too. Right?
I know what you are trying to guess.
But that year, I saw with my own eyes how Qin Haoran
was shot.
Miss, Mr. Zheng and Mr. Qin
should have almost completed their discussion with the investor now.
Dad!
Dad is still inside!
Danger, Miss!
Stay back! Call the police quickly!
Quickly!
Dad!
What you mean by seeing with your own eyes
is actually just the result.
You didn't see those enemies.
You also didn't see how Zheng Chuan died.
But the result is that Zheng Chuan is dead, Qin Haoran is still alive
and he adopted you.
Impossible.
Qin Haoran had no reason to harm my dad.
They had been good friends for many years.
My dad's death
does no benefit to him at all.
He even sacrificed one leg because of this!
How could you say it did not benefit him?
You were a child then.
A child's testimony can most easily be misled.
He cheated you of your trust, and made use of your testimony to
get rid of the police's suspicion of him.
And then, he adopted you.
With justifiable reasons, he took over the management of
Aixi Jewelry left behind by Zheng Chuan.
Aren't those counted as benefits?
What evidence do you have after talking so much?
If I have any evidence, I should be sitting in the police station now.
After discovering all these questionable points, I could no longer remain silent toward you.
That year, Qin Haoran brought four bodyguards with him to Beijing.
Within a year, they were all sent away.
Later, while Qin Haoran was purging the middle and higher levels management of Aixi Jewelry,
your father's partner publicly denounced him.
He said that he had already reminded Zheng Chuan much earlier that
Qin Haoran was the kind of person who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.
It's only a matter a time before he would cause the death of Zheng Chuan!
Doesn't all these explain the problem clearly enough?
If I didn't tell you all this, I'm afraid that when you reunite with Qin Haoran,
you would be like your father, dying an untimely death!
Enough! Don't say any more.
Sorry.
It must be very painful for you to know all this.
But I don't want to see you lying on this bed in a depressed state.
You have a choice.
If you want to investigate your father's death, I can help you.
If you don't want to face all this anymore,
you can also choose
to go back to Japan with me.
I'll wait for you
to stand up again.
[Jinfeng District Police Station]
Leader Zhang.
Police Officer Zhang, I'm sorry to trouble you again this time.
No trouble at all. But this matter happened more than forty years ago.
It won't be easy at all if we really want to find anything.
It's all right. This is already very good.
There are altogether over six hundred households in the three villages.
I will check them one by one. I don't believe that I can't find any clues.
Okay.
I'm sorry to disturb you. I have a few questions to ask you.
- I'm sorry. - Thank you.
Hello, sorry to disturb you. Do you know about the archaeological team that came here forty years ago?
I don't know anything. Ask someone else.
Thank you.
Hello.
May I know if you are from this village?
No, I'm not from here.
[Wangfu Hospital]
Don't force yourself to do it.
Do your best!
Young lady, are you looking for the wrong person?
All of us in this village
have the surname "Li." There aren't any other surnames.
Auntie, are you sure?
Of course. There is no one with another surname.
Wife,
have you become muddle-headed?
Someone with a different surname did marry into our village.
That year didn't Old Li from the end of the village
marry a Widow Liu from outside?
That Widow Liu even brought with her a young boy.
How would I remember this?
When I married you that year,
didn't that old man Li already die from illness?
That's right, too.
Uncle, do you remember the surname of the child who Widow Liu brought here?
I think it was "Ma."
That child was really stubborn. He refused to change his surname.
Later, Old Li even complained to me.
A few years after Widow Liu passed away, Little Ma also left the village.
Do you know where he went?
Where did he go? I have no impression. I really don't know.
♫ There's no escape from it ♫
♫ The heart is actually made of paper ♫
♫ One thousand paper cranes scattered by the wind are only one thousand legends ♫
♫ There's no escape from it ♫
♫ Love is actually made of paper ♫
♫ Because it is too hot, it will one day set fire ♫
♫ Unable to escape from it, my heart has been set ablaze ♫
♫ Once it has been burned into ashes, what else would I care about ♫
♫ So what if I'm hurt or in pain? ♫
♫ Only when you have loved can you let go your obsessions ♫
♫ Unable to hide from it, love has already sparked a fire ♫
♫ Only after getting burned into ashes did I know which way the wind is blowing ♫
♫ The more you want to hide, the easier it is to make mistakes ♫
♫ Everything is predestined; There's no escape from it ♫
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♫ There's no escape from it ♫
♫ The heart is actually made of paper ♫
♫ One thousand paper cranes scattered by the wind are only one thousand legends ♫
♫ There's no escape from it ♫
♫ Love is actually made of paper ♫ ♫ Because it is too hot ♫
♫ It will one day set fire ♫
♫ Unable to escape from it, my heart has been set ablaze ♫
♫ Once it has been burned into ashes, what else would I care about ♫
♫ So what if I'm hurt or in pain? ♫
♫ Only when you have loved can you let go your obsessions ♫
♫ Unable to hide from it, love has already sparked a fire ♫
♫ Only after getting burned into ashes did I know which way the wind is blowing ♫
♫ The more you want to hide, the easier it is to make mistakes ♫
♫ Everything is predestined; There's no escape from it ♫
♫ What you see might not be all real ♫
♫ Even if you had seen through it all
♫ You might not be able to really bear to part with it ♫
♫ Unable to escape from it, my heart has been set ablaze ♫
♫ Once it has been burned into ashes, what else would I care about ♫
♫ So what if I'm hurt or in pain? ♫
♫ Only when you have loved can you let go your obsessions ♫
♫ Unable to hide from it, love has already sparked a fire ♫
♫ Only after getting burned into ashes did I know which way the wind is blowing ♫
♫ The more you want to hide, the easier it is to make mistakes ♫
♫ Everything is predestined; There's no escape from it ♫