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 19] [This story is purely fictional.]
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Both cranes and turtles have long lives. They know how to enjoy life to the fullest.
Mayflies' lives are very short.
They also enjoy every moment of their existence.
Jingting.
Take care.
Don't be afraid! I'm here.
I will stay with you forever.
I told you to remind them not to wear new clothes. Did you remind them?
Yes, I did. I told them long ago.
Miss Guan.
You guys are...
Didn't I say you should wear old clothes?
Our clothes are pretty old.
No. I meant the kind that
have been washed many times, like color faded clothes with lint balls. - Oh...
The clothes that they usually buy are not washable.
Not washable? What if they get dirty?
We just get rid of them.
Throw them away.
Poverty sure does limit my imagination.
Never mind then. The clothes, just let them be.
No more talking about clothes. Come and sit down first.
Miss Guan, lately we've watched many TV dramas.
They were mostly Chinese soap operas.
From them, we learned that for the marriage proposal to be successful,
the following items are needed.
What are those?
[Industrial and Commercial Bank of Xincheng City]
First, the gift of money for the wedding.
Considering inflation for the past twenty years and the bank interest rate,
to raise a daughter in an average family would need around two million.
The second item.
Jewelry.
And, of course, one final item.
And what is this?
These are deeds from my real estate in different parts of the world.
New York, Tokyo, and Shanghai. Take a look, please.
Wait, wait, wait.
All this stuff is too exaggerated.
None of these will work? Why won't they work?
Miss Guan, if you need anything else, you can tell us now. We'll go get them ready.
That's not it. Actually, there's no need to get anything special. Just keep it simple.
Like, buy some apples or pears, something like that.
Apples? Pears? No way!
According to what we've learned from the TV dramas,
with just apples and pears, your future mother-in-law will not approve, Lord Helan.
Let's not discuss it. I just feel that none of these are appropriate. Let's just go visit first.
- Then what should we bring? - Don't worry, let's just go.
Go... Go buy some apples and pears, hurry!
Let me ask you, when you get to my house, how are you going to address my mother?
My respectful mother.
- No! - Lord Helan.
That's really ancient. What? And then you'll get on your knees?
Did something happen in your family?
Uncle, Auntie,
I'm here today to ask both of you
to allow me to marry Pipi.
As long as you treat my daughter well.
Marriage... no problem.
Shut up!
Hey!
Mr. Helan, as you know, I do like you.
But all of a sudden, you come to my house
and ask us to let you marry my daughter.
I only have one beloved daughter.
Tell me, how can I just give her to you with no worry?
Mom, we are both serious.
Who is not serious?
Uncle and Auntie, bringing up Pipi
must have been hard on both of you.
This is the money gift and real estate deeds.
Mainly to show my gratitude for the love and care you gave to Pipi.
In the future, I can promise
that you both will never have to worry.
I will do my very best
to bring her happiness.
I'll make her happy every day and every moment.
These things are not what I want.
Mr. Helan, do you know what I worry most about?
Pipi... She's not like me.
I'm very domineering, that's my character.
I will go fight for everything.
But Pipi... is more like him.
She won't confront or fight against other people.
She even has a bit withdrawn deep inside.
But as you know, in today's world,
people will take advantage of her because of her personality.
I know you are very wealthy.
But what Pipi really needs
is not just wealth.
What she really needs, when she is being bullied,
is someone she can rely on,
someone who will encourage her when she is right, and tell her not to yield.
So let me ask you, Mr. Helan.
Can you be this person?
Auntie, you don't have to worry.
Being able to be that person will be my biggest joy.
Very good then. But first,
you two haven't been together for that long.
I think it's too hasty to be talking about marriage.
You two should spend more time together.
My suggestion is to get engaged first.
Just get engaged.
Good, that's good. An engagement is good.
Bye!
Okay, let's go in.
Father, I didn't expect that Mom would say those words.
Even though she usually acts a certain way,
she always keeps her daughter's happiness in mind first
and cares if her daughter is truly happy.
She is definitely your real mom. Let's go inside.
Yes.
Wu Xinru is here! Wu Xinru is here!
Wu Xinru!
Miss Wu!
Miss Wu? Did you know about your ex-husband, Liu Changming's, insider trading?
Did you benefit from it, too? Please, give us a straightforward answer.
Please move.
We won't accept any interviews.
This way.
Make way, make way!
Did you do that on purpose?
Miss Wu? Please answer!
We meet on the floor again.
So you didn't buy a pair of better shoes?
I was joking. So you're a reporter.
Yes.
How viral can the news of a top star benefiting from her ex-husband's deal be?
Are you interested in celebrity gossip?
Or are you just interested in Wu Xinru?
I am interested in you.
I don't think you can keep up with that Miss Wu.
I suggest you go wait outside her hotel room.
I'm staying on her floor. I think she will come back.
This is my room card. Put it back in my room before seven.
Thank you.
Hello? What are you doing?
Why are you here? I'm just wiping the cups.
Wiping the cups? Stop that. Give me a clean one. I'm so thirsty.
Okay.
Calculate, calculate. That's all you know.
Look at you. Getting angry again.
Why do you always look so unhappy?
It's not the first day your father's been like this.
You don't even know you're living a great life.
Would you want this great life if it was handed to you?
You're rich. You can go support him.
- Xiaoju, do you know how Kuanyong and I grew up? - Fox orphanage.
Right. We grew up in--
How did you know?
I also heard you had to work when you were young. That must've been hard.
It was really hard, okay?
Kuanyong and I wanted to find someone like him but there was no chance.
Look at you. You have someone to blame, to love, and to worry about.
So I am pouring water for him.
Your father is so great. He's just different.
You can accept Kuanyong and me. Why can't you accept him?
Who told you I accepted you?
Carry water for me. Thanks.
What?
Come here, young man.
Thanks.
You two are not people.
No, no, you two are not human.
Why do you say that?
Why?
Everything in this world has an energy.
Energy creates radiation.
According to Thomas Young's theory,
in a closed system, the total energy remains the same.
- That means in one system— - Dad.
Speak in human language.
Okay, okay.
Putting it simply, it's like this coffee shop.
The current energy is bigger than usual.
This happened in the hospital, too.
Before you got there, the energy in the hospital was normal.
Once you came there, the energy in the hospital got much bigger.
Xiaoju and I are, of course, human.
The only explanation now, would be that you two are not human.
Right?
We are not human.
I guessed right.
Guessed? I thought you calculated it.
How can you calculate that?
Why did you guess that?
I noticed that you two are very close to Xiaoju.
Who is close to them? It's these two who are close.
I'm telling you,
when Xiaoju was little, she didn't get along with her classmates.
But she got along great with all animals.
Like cats, dogs, rabbits.
They all liked her.
Humans are so complicated. Animals are purer.
So, when I see the relationship between you,
it reminds me of the connection she had with animals.
It feels the same.
So, you're just guessing.
It scared me.
He's not as good as I thought.
Look at how good Uncle is.
Uncle does not only calculate his math.
While he calculated the problems, he also cared about you.
I just want my baby daughter
to know there's a normal side to her father.
So most of the time, you are a crazy man.
Right, right. Crazy.
Daddy is crazy.
Anyone here?
Miss Reporter, let's have dinner together.
See you at the rooftop restaurant. Zhao Song.
You walk on the inside.
You bought my favorite food.
I'm sorry. I didn't know I had to suddenly work overtime.
I need to go to another job. I can't have dinner with you.
It's okay. The time before you go to work is all mine.
In the future, I will hold your hand during the day and you can hold mine at night.
You work so hard. I heard you say it's to pay back a debt?
Who told you that?
Xiuxian.
That Xin Xiaoju!
I wanted to say, we are getting married soon.
My money is your money, too. You don't have to work so hard.
No. Even if we get married, I have to pay the debt back by myself.
It's my own business. I have to take care of it myself.
Okay.
Promise me, after this, everything else will be our business. We will face everything together.
Pinky promise.
All right.
How old are you and you're still doing pinky promises?
Before we get married, I want to prepare something for you.
Prepare what?
Some kind of security.
Security? What security?
For example?
For example, in case I suddenly get sick.
In case I get in an accident.
What accident?
You have lived for over 900 years.
What accident will you get into now that you're marrying me?
That's not what I mean. We all have to face sickness and death.
Are you afraid of dying?
I remember the first time I was on a plane.
I got so excited, I couldn't sleep the previous night.
But before the plane took off, I got so scared.
I thought to myself, what if the plane falls?
I took out my phone and sent a will to my parents.
I apologized to my mother for arguing with her before I left.
I told her the password to my bank card. I told my father to drink and smoke less.
I told them a lot of other things.
I sent the text the moment before the plane took off.
Your parents must have been so scared.
Of course. The moment I got off the plane, she yelled at me.
But after I sent the text, my fear was gone.
I saw the blue sky and white clouds outside and felt so peaceful.
All of a sudden, I realized it wasn't death I was afraid of,
it was my fear of having regrets.
If the last sentence I said to my mother was out of anger,
rather than telling her how much I love her,
how regretful would I have been?
Let's go get our marriage certificate.
When?
Right now.
Right now?
It's so late. Why are you in such a hurry?
Every day we are going to spend together
will have no regrets.
Good evening, ma'am. This way, please.
Thank you.
Thank you for coming here, Miss.
Thanks.
I don't know what to call you yet.
Hello. My name is Wang Xuan.
Nice to meet you. My name is Zhao Song.
Nice to meet you, too.
I got you a gift that's not really anything special. Hope you like it.
Sorry.
The reason why I accepted your offer was because the interview this afternoon went well.
Thank you. I'll be leaving.
Don't you think we are connected?
Even though we've only met three times,
there's always a familiar feeling.
How about sitting down for now?
This gift is like when you go to the movies with a good friend
and you buy the movie ticket for your friend.
Just pretend like I bought you a movie ticket.
I like to decide things on my own.
If that makes you uncomfortable, I apologize.
Next time, I will ask your opinion.
Accept the gift this time.
I took the liberty of ordering food before you got here.
I also took the liberty of sending away all the patrons. Hope you don't mind.
I know that your line of work isn't very popular among people.
People think it's immoral or even cruel.
But I want to say every business is the same.
If we don't get tough on others,
we will be the ones crying in the end.
I want to ask you...
Do you like your job?
I know most people
do not like the job itself,
but rather the success they gain from it.
You work so hard to study,
to get into a good university, and to come to a big city.
You find a job that maybe you don't like that much.
But there's no other option. You have to do it to succeed.
For a girl,
it's not easy.
A toast to you.
To a rich boy like you,
it must be entertaining to listen to our stories of poverty from time to time.
You misunderstood me. I am an orphan.
Growing up, I have always known I only have myself to count on.
Sometimes, when you do certain things, they will think
you are always playing some trick or you have some agenda.
But I want to tell them, not everyone has the same fate.
Some people are born lucky.
They can get stuff they want or don't want.
For people like us, we can
only work hard for the stuff we want.
Otherwise, who is going to give it to us?
Here's my toast to you. Thank you for telling me that.
Like you said, the world is cruel.
If we don't get tough on others, we will be the ones who get hurt.
Be careful.
I'm not drunk. I can go back by myself.
You can't even walk. Here.
Be careful. You can rest here tonight.
It's okay. I can take a cab.
Relax. Yes, I like you and I want to keep seeing you,
but I hope we can spend some more time getting to know each other.
I won't do anything you don't want.
Relax. You can rest here tonight.
I will get another room.
Are you okay?
You know,
I am a paparazzi.
My belief is that
I can do anything to get what I want.
But today I realized, there are some things I need to guard.
This is the recording of our dinner.
I'm not a celebrity. Why did you do that?
I won't ask who you are.
I won't ask what's on that.
I don't have a copy. Take it away.
Aren't you afraid of me?
I am.
But maybe I am not a good reporter—
You rest first.
- Good morning. - Good morning.
I made breakfast.
Thanks.
I didn't know what style you liked, so I bought you some clothes.
Thank you.
Thank you for protecting me.
I will tell you everything when I get the chance.
Relax. I mean well and I won't hurt you.
I believe you.
Also, I don't want our relationship
to affect your work.
Eat your breakfast. You will find out once you get to the office.
Xiaoju, may I ask you a question?
Say it.
Can your father really solve all the problems in the world with math?
So what if he can?
He still can't fit in.
Xiaoju, do you know Tesla?
Tesla? The monster?
The car. The electric car.
Named for Nikola Tesla. He was a great scientist.
The cellphone, TV, and computers we use now are all related to his research.
He invented the alternating current.
- I thought Thomas Edison invented the lights. - Exactly.
Wasn't it Edison?
I was talking about the alternating current.
He was someone who couldn't fit in the world.
He spent all of his time on his research.
He didn't spend much time with his family.
He thought up many crazy theories. He was treated like a maniac.
You knew him?
- Yes. - Was he also a fox?
He was human.
Human?
That's why I think he was so great.
Oh.
Actually, sometimes lunatics and geniuses are just an idea apart.
But... thank you for acknowledging my father.
If it weren't for that thing,
he would've been considered a genius.
You need opportunities to succeed.
Especially for people like them, who are ahead of their times.
- Say it again? - I said,
three people are in love.
A likes B. B likes C. C likes A.
How do you make all three people happy?
Is there a way?
Hey. You wait. I will calculate it.
A...
Pipi. Pipi. Pipi. Someone is looking for you downstairs.
Who?
He said his name is Tao Jialin.
Okay, thanks.
Pipi.
I'm sorry for showing up at your workplace.
I heard you are still working at night.
You don't get to have much sleep. So I didn't go to your home.
I was afraid I would disturb your rest.
I am fine.
I am so sorry my mom borrowed money from you.
Don't talk about that.
I will pay you back as soon as possible.
I am here to say a few things to you.
I won't keep you long.
Okay. I have something to say to you, too.
Xiaoju told me that
you have a new boyfriend.
Yes.
I was worried. Last time at the nightclub,
he scared you. Right?
I was worried that it was because of our situation.
- I know I don't have the right to say this, but I don't want— - Don't worry.
Last time it was just a misunderstanding.
He is very nice.
What about you and Tianxin? What happened to you two?
Tianxin and I fought a lot.
I don't know why. Everything changed when we got to America.
Pipi...
do you hate me?
No.
Do you still like me?
Do you remember the letter you wrote to me when we were kids?
I don't remember.
It's okay if you don't remember.
When we were kids, I always fantasized
that you would propose to me while reading that letter.
I thought about it hundreds of times.
But looking at you now,
I really can't picture it.
I don't think I still like you.
All right.
Is he good to you?
Very good.
Do you like him?
I love him.
Pipi, I know maybe you don't want to see me again,
but we have known each other since we were kids.
I've already lost you as a lover.
As friends, I don't want to lose you again.
Can we still be friends?
Let me think about it.
I can't answer you right now.
I will go back to work now.
Pipi.
If there's anything you need me to do, just tell me.
I still want to make it up to you by doing something.
Here. Sister Xuan, your delivery.
Miss Wang, please sign here.
Mine? Oh, thanks.
Thanks.
Once, I was so scared of goodbyes.
It's like saying goodbye means losing someone.
But when I met you again, I realized
that compared to losing a relationship, I have gained something more.
I am so much braver and more independent than before.
I've learned to treat others in a more sincere way.
I've learned to look at things casually.
I can feel that I am becoming a better person.
And I met someone better because of it.
Although I don't know if I can continue being friends with you,
but Jialin, I really thank you.
Hello. This is Wang Xuan.
I have an article here. Please put it on the front page.
I will email it to you.
Hello. Yes. Did you receive it?
Okay. Thank you.
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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 loves in a glance ♫