Once upon a time, there was a planet far away in outer space.
The environment there was almost the same as Earth's.
So, of course, there were aliens living on it.
After a long process of evolution, those aliens
established their own civilization.
One day, their scientists predicted that their galaxy was going to collapse.
To escape, they immigrated to other planets in the universe by spaceship.
And one group of them came to Earth.
They called themselves the Fox Clan.
Ancient men on Earth were shocked when they saw them.
An ancient book reads that a huge ship-like object flew above the western sea.
The people in it wore crowns, had white feathers all over their bodies, and flew high in the sky with no wings.
That is the first impression the Fox Clan made on humans.
To adapt to the environment on Earth, the Fox Clan never stopped evolving.
Finally, they began to look like humans and gradually fit in with them.
Since ancient times, the conflict between humans and the Fox Clan never ended.
There was a government proofreading official named Dai Fu, who was especially interested in the love between foxes and humans.
He believed love could overcome everything.
After Dai Fu died, his son collected all of the stories he had written.
He called it "Guang Yi Ji" and had it published. (The Great Book of Marvels)
It was quite popular among its readers.
After storytellers added more details, the stories spread even further.
But humans began to fear foxes, instead of just being curious.
Foxes noticed that humans were getting less and less friendly.
They had to hide their identity in this world.
[The Love Knot: His Excellency's First Love]
[Episode 9] [This story is purely fictional.]
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What's going on with you two? You're still eating?
What about the ones over there?
So slow, like a girl.
Hurry and eat! After you finish eating, hurry and go work. Go!
I'll give you the meat. I'm not eating it.
Serve them well.
Your hands are quite tender.
Come. I'll help you peel a tangerine.
- Prestigious customer arrives! - Come in, please.
I didn't know such a prestigious customer would honor us with her presence. Excuse me for not going out to greet you.
I'm ashamed. The time has come for me to give birth for the Fox Clan,
but every attempt has failed.
Today I came, but I don't know
which master's favor I should receive.
Boss, please give me some suggestions.
This won't do, at all. First, drink the tea.
What about the master in the green robes?
You really have good taste. He's a new one.
Hey.
How about the other one?
That one is even better.
I'll apply the medicine for you.
Endure it a bit.
Thanks.
Let's go.
If we continue to do this work, our bodies won't be able to handle it.
Your illness is getting more and more severe.
Escaping? You two even want to escape?
One is ill and one is always so slow every day.
You can't even get a customer. If you still can't make it happen, there'll be more suffering!
Hit them! Beat them!
Boss, the Right High Priest is here.
Right High Priest? Here now?
Maybe it's related to that human from a few days ago.
All right. All right.
Lord Right High Priest, welcome.
What brings you here?
You know very clearly why I have come.
Tanfeng Manor holds Lord Qingmu's badge.
We can't be disbanded by your few words, alone, by the Lord Right High Priest.
Tanfeng Manor is in my territory.
With humans, you have been involved in fox trafficking.
Do you think I don't know? This is a severe crime.
Our breeding foxes are essential for Fox Clan's reproductive future.
Lord Qingmu knows this.
The different tribes of Fox Clan are drifting apart.
That is the reason we have no newborns.
The use of breeding foxes in reproduction
is driving them even further apart. Will you take responsibility for that?
How could Lord Qingmu produce a mutt bastard like you?
Relationships built on love
are more stable than the ties of blood and a mutual need to reproduce.
This is how the Fox Clan will prosper for ages to come.
Tanfeng Manor... has to go.
The world is so big, anywhere can be your home. Stop following me!
- Lord Helan! - Lord Helan!
I have no way to take care of you. Stop following me.
[Vanilla: Bake Shop]
Welcome customer.
Pipi?
You didn't go to work?
Were you scolded by the chief editor?
You seem really tired. I'll make you some coffee.
- Xiaoju. - Huh?
- I resigned. - Why?
There is too much going on lately.
I'm a mess. I want to get myself organized.
For that, you didn't have to resign.
Go on vacation first and take a rest.
Anyway, I didn't like the job. So, I quit.
Right now, I just want to hurry and go to America with Jialin and start a new life.
Go to America? Did Jialin say something to you?
Not yet. There's a problem on Jialin's side.
His diploma got lost in the mail so he has to go there.
But he said that after he comes back, he'll talk about going to America with me.
Why do I keep getting the feeling he means that he's not going to take you along?
Can't you hope for something better for me?
Right now, I just want to go to America with Jialin and start a new life.
Starting a new life and avoiding life is not the same thing.
So, if you leave, what about that Helan?
He...
He probably doesn't want to see me anymore.
But that's also good, since I already achieved my objective.
What's wrong with you two?
Do you remember the day I asked those two weirdos to arrange for me to meet Mr. Helan?
I remember.
Later on, we did meet.
I took a bag of realgar I had bought with me.
Realgar? What for?
I read online that foxes are afraid of ruby sulfur,
so I bought a bag for protection.
When he found out, he got really angry
and put his finger into the realgar.
What happened?
It hurt him.
Pipi, I think you've gone overboard on this issue.
Mr. Helan likes you.
Also, he didn't do anything dangerous to you. Isn't that right?
But...
I'll put it like this.
This world is full of unknown things.
You can't carry ruby sulfur
because you're afraid of him.
What if he carried acid with him when meeting you, because he was afraid?
How would you feel?
Why aren't those two weirdos here?
I don't know what's happening with them lately. They're always mad.
Mad?
- I'm going to go. - Where are you going?
I have something to do.
Go safely.
Morning, Miss Xin.
What is this emoticon package called? I want it, too.
If you want to go, go.
What makes you think you get to decide for me? I'm not going.
You're not going? Then, I'll go.
You... What makes you think you can go by yourself? I'm going, too.
I'm going.
I'm also going.
[Taxi]
[Taxi-Meter]
Miss Guan, you came?
How did you know it was me?
I can smell you.
No wonder.
Here. These flowers are for you.
The flower shop owner said there's unfertilized.
Thank you.
Today, I came to apologize to you.
Apologize for what?
Last time, I injured your finger.
Oh, it's fine. I was the one who put my finger in the ruby sulfur.
No. I shouldn't have had the ruby sulfur when I met you.
I'm sorry.
It's all right. Come in. I'll get something for you to drink.
Oh, no need.
Do you not want to drink because you're really not thirsty,
or are you actually thirsty, but unwilling to trouble me, so your heart— - I'll drink it.
I guessed correctly, indeed.
There's something I want to tell you.
I quit my job today.
So, I won't be publishing that interview.
No one will know your secret. Don't worry.
That's great. That will save me a lot of trouble.
Thanks.
Actually, I've started to believe
those things you told me.
But to an ordinary person like me,
when you said them, didn't you think I would be afraid?
You should have been afraid.
Then, why did you still tell me?
You should have just made something up and been done with it.
I told you that I wouldn't lie to you in this lifetime.
So, whatever you ask me, I'll answer it truthfully and sincerely.
I have another question, something I wanted to ask you on the day of the auction.
Why me?
Am I special in some way?
To my mind, you are the most special and the most unique.
I will protect you with my life.
You don't have to go that far, do you?
The meaning still is not clear to me.
I'm sorry. Right now, I have no way
to help you sort this out cleanly,
but I hope you can trust me. I won't ever hurt you.
Is your hand better?
Oh, it's much better. I'm glad you reminded me. It's time to change the bandage.
I'll help you.
Can you?
- I can. - All right.
- Hey. - What?
You're walking up the wrong direction.
I'm not. I originally wanted to exercise.
Hey. What are you two doing?
Slow down, you two.
I'll go buy popcorn.
- Do you prefer to eat sweet or salty? - Either will do.
Then, can you please ask the black-suited mister in front of me?
- Do you like— - Anything will do.
Miss Xin, do you like to sit in the back row or the front row?
Anywhere will do. Where does Xiuxian like to sit?
He likes to sit in the back row, so I'll buy the front row.
Where are you going? Your number is over here.
I don't want to sit next to him. I'm staying away from him.
It's right here.
I'm sorry. This is my seat.
You're sitting in someone else's seat.
- I'm sorry. - No manners.
You're sitting in my seat.
You ridicule others while doing the same thing.
Bad eyesight. Can't see seat numbers.
Did both your brains get drowned in water today?
- Are you eating or not? - I'm not eating.
- Hey, why didn't you ask me if I'm eating or not? - Aren't you eating?
I want to eat the ones you feed me.
There's butter on the popcorn.
Eat less. If you eat too much you'll get sick of it.
- Lower your voice! - Bad manners.
- Such bad manners! - What!
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Done.
Thank you.
Are you still afraid of me even now?
I don't know why,
but it seems I'm not as afraid as I was before.
That's good.
Do you have something to say?
It's better not to say it. It will frighten you.
Then, just tell me a little.
I don't want to.
Then, I'll ask questions instead. Didn't you say you wouldn't lie to me?
Are you threatening me?
I'm not.
Actually, I'm quite curious.
Before, didn't you say some foxes eat human livers?
Why do they eat people's liver?
Because eating a human liver will extend our lives.
Then, do the other two foxes eat them, too?
Are you talking about Xiuxian and Kuanyong?
They don't eat them.
All foxes from the south don't know how to eat them.
A thousand years ago, I implemented a directive.
Then, have you really never eaten one?
It's all right. You don't have to answer.
I ate one.
It was against my will.
It happened a very long time ago.
Then, if there's nothing else, I'm going to go ahead and go.
Miss Guan,
if my not being near you allows you to have
normal and happy days, then
I'm willing to leave you alone.
Because I've discovered that loving someone who doesn't love you back really hurts.
I'm sorry.
I understand. Please, trust me.
I will put in a lot of hard work just for your happiness.
Then, goodbye.
Goodbye.
Wow.
Hit him.
Hit him! Hit him!
Really...
Both born of the same root, why torment each other so cruelly!
- Who is born of the same root? - Who is born of the same root?
This movie was too good.
Caesar is my new idol.
So, Zhao Kuanyong,
don't get too close to humans.
What good is it? It's pointless being good to them.
In this movie, look at what they did to the animals.
You also saw it.
Those bad people really went overboard.
If I dominate the world one day,
I'll lock them all up.
No offense.
You can't do that. If we do, then what is the difference between us and them?
They weren't any good from the start.
Caesar is really handsome. An ape can act better than a person.
- Are you talking about the male lead? - Of course.
Do you think there's a sequel?
- I don't know. - Of course, there is.
For real? What is it about?
At the end, the humans kill all the apes.
That can't be right? How is that possible?
- Pipi. - Kuanyong,
- How did the talk go? - she just said that Caesar would be killed in the sequel. Right?
I think he means something else.
What about Jialin? He's leaving tomorrow. Is he not keeping you company today?
Then, come and find us.
You won't. I'm the only person here. I'm so scared.
I'll wait for you. Bye.
Hey! Where are you going? Are we going to eat?
So far, this is all I could find; these pictures and texts.
I still can't read some of the texts.
I'll need the elders' help when I get to the north.
I asked him to go to the north with me.
He said,
as long as I wear his Pearl of Charm, the elders in the north will treat me well.
I need him to help me right now, so I have to accept his request.
I'll take it off when I find the answer.
I will now categorize these pictures and texts.
Ah Xi, don't worry. He won't hurt me.
Both of you, can you stop following me?
Why aren't you bringing us along to eat?
Best friends are eating together. What does that have to do with you two?
You just want to talk bad about us behind our backs.
I can talk bad about you to your face.
Then, I guess you'll compliment us behind our backs.
Just shameless.
All right, since we're already here, let's eat together. How about it?
Who is it? Do you know him?
Be careful.
- Isn't that the guy we met last time at the clu--? - Shut it.
Xiaoju.
Pipi, that... Let's not eat here.
- Why not? - I know another place that is much tastier.
But isn't that dessert shop your favorite?
Hello, Pipi?
I just want to ask, did you leave home, yet?
I'm almost at the restaurant. I'll call you later.
You said, you're having dinner with the professor. Right?
Yes. But you knew that already.
Okay. Do what you want.
Pipi.
Hello, Pipi. What's up?
Where are you?
I am having dinner with friends.
Pipi.
Have you seen Jialin these past few days?
The past few days?
What's wrong?
Is there an emergency? Did you lose touch with him?
How about if I see him, I will tell him...
Pipi!
Pipi! Pipi!
Pipi! Listen to me!
Pipi.
Pipi! Pipi!
Pipi! Listen to me!
Don't speak.
When did this start?
- Pipi, it's not what you think- - Can you stop talking?
You should be the one to talk.
Why?
Pipi, I think... we are not right for each other.
Not right? Does that mean I'm not good enough?
- I know I'm not good enough for you. - No.
After all these years, it's only now you realize we're not right for each other?
I... I just suddenly found out...
what's more suitable for me.
Then let me ask you.
Did you discover how unsuitable we were for each other after falling for her,
or do you just not like me?
Pipi, can we not talk about this here?
When do you want to talk about it?
If I didn't run into the two of you today, how much longer were you planning on lying to me?
I didn't mean to lie to you!
I probably
just stopped loving you. It's not about Tianxin.
You should've told me this earlier.
I'm sorry.
If you had told me earlier, the three of us wouldn't have wasted so much time.
Speak up.
To say what?
Say... "let's break up."
Say it.
I deserve to hear the words, at least.
Let's break up.
See. It's so simple.
Pipi.
I think it's best if you stay away from her.
What's wrong? Broke up?
Here, let's drink.
Looks like you're pretty upset. I'm just here to console you.
I'm happy!
You're so young and pretty.
You'll have a lot of opportunities.
No booze.
Two more drinks!
I have more. Here.
Cheers!
How can you sleep?
Let's go.
Who are you?
I told you to drink less.
It's exactly how you saw it.
It's just the person you loved fell in love with your best friend.
I don't think Miss Guan should be alone right now.
I feel the same way.
Why can't I smell her anymore?
She returned the Pearl of Charm to Mr. Helan yesterday.
Mr. Helan accepted it?
What else could he do?
Let's go. Something happened. No time to explain.
What's wrong?
I received a tip that Miss Guan was taken from a nightclub five minutes ago.
What?
Pipi? Where should we go to rescue her?
- Don't panic. - Hello, Lord Helan?
I will be there in five minutes.
You're a fox. Can't you smell it?
What can I smell?
Don't panic. We'll see what happens when we get there.
Stop yelling!
You can't escape!
Stop it!
Look at you, all upset. It makes me...
Here. Let me comfort you.
Go away.
Go away! Get away! Help! Help!
Pipi, I think we're not right for each other. Let's break up.
When we were still kids,
we were told to stay away from danger.
Stay away from dangerous places and dangerous things.
Stay away from dangerous people.
Even though we were trained for a long time,
we still make mistakes.
What we think is safe...
can become dangerous in a blink of an eye.
What we think is dangerous,
we can't keep ourselves from approaching.
Because sometimes, only when you're standing next to a cliff,
can you see what others cannot.
More beautiful views.
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♫ A relationship met by chance ♫
♫ Stumbling through separation and return ♫
♫ Everything on the mind hangs like a bright moon ♫
♫ Longing sleeps in the night sky ♫
♫ Perhaps as I hoped, it was just a fantasy ♫
♫ The past is flying by I can hear your heartbeat ♫
♫ Reincarnated love, it was just a daydream ♫
♫ Seeing each other again, time stops in place ♫
♫ A thousand loves in a glance ♫
♫ A thousand year fate Spreading through time ♫
♫ Day and night It's you that loves my face ♫
♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫
♫ A thousand year fate Spreading through time ♫
♫ Day and night It's you that loves my face ♫
♫ Let time keep your promise to me ♫
♫ A thousand love in a glance ♫