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♫ Once upon a time, I wished with all my heart ♫
♫ Alone, I walked across the vast world ♫
♫ Later, I realized that as long as I’m by your side, even the most desolated days ♫
♫ have romantic night skies ♫
♫ I am strolling about the distant starlight ♫
♫ The light radiating at the moment we meet ♫
♫ is brighter than the galaxy ♫
♫ I am strolling about the dazzling look in your eyes ♫
♫ Even if our love is a dream, ♫
♫ we won’t mention the sadness of parting ♫
♫ The corner of my heart shines ♫
♫ the brightest hopes With you in my heart, ♫
♫ I don’t fear years of turmoil ♫
♫ I am strolling about the dazzling look in your eyes ♫
♫ Even if our love is a dream, ♫
♫ we won’t mention the sadness of parting ♫
The Starry Night, The Starry Sea
- Episode 28 -
Brother Tou, what are you looking at?
Nothing.
And you say you're not thinking of Shen Luo?
So, what have you gained from your voyeurism?
Voyeurism? Who are you referring to?
I'm warning you. You're dating Buyan now.
Don't put anything else in your heart.
Don't think I don't know.
You have Buyan in your heart, right?
I'm warning you. Don't interfere with the matters between Buyan and me.
What is in your hand?
Nothing!
If you say that, I'm even more curious.
Hand it over.
I don't want to!
You won't hand it over?
I heard... that someone is very ticklish.
What are you going to do?
It tickles! I surrender!
It's here. Come and get it if you can!
Let's just say you're cruel.
You want to fight with me?
Boss, how much is this?
Miss, what bad timing.
Someone already reserved this.
I can't let you have it.
But I only like this one!
There's nothing I can do.
This is the last one. The company has stopped making it.
I had to look for a while before I found this one!
I'm sorry.
Fine!
What a coincidence!
You came out to shop, too?
Wait a second.
Let me tell you something. Keep an eye on your Da Tou.
- What do you mean?- Nothing.
Aren't you two dating? It makes sense for you to keep tabs on him.
That's our personal matter! It has nothing to do with you!
That's right, it doesn't.
We are good friends, aren't we?
Da Tou used to like Shen Luo.
I'm afraid he can't forget her.
It'll hurt you.
You've overthought it. We're doing great.
Also, let me remind you.
I have a boyfriend now. Stop creating "coincidences."
Congratulations.
Within a week of coming back from America, you found a place to put your love.
Da Tou used to like Shen Luo. I'm afraid he can't forget her.
It'll hurt you.
What is it?
You got hurt?
Let me ask you. Do you still like her?
You still can't forget her?
Yes.
Then why are you dating me?
It's because I'm a person, not a machine.
I can't forget just because I said I will.
Buyan, I don't want to lie to you.
Actually, I feel awful, too.
Logical reasoning tells me
that you are the person that is most worthy of my love.
Let's be together well.
Please believe me. I just need some time to forget the past.
To forget her.
The most important thing about being together is trust.
I believe that our love can make it through anything.
We can be happier than anyone else.
Are you willing to work hard with me?
Don't think nonsense, okay?
Don't be angry.
Come.
Wu Julan's cooking is awesome!
You clean every plate when you come to eat!
But if you continue eating like this, you might become a fat pig and get looked down upon.
I won't look down on him. I'll like him no matter what he looks like.
Do you hear that? Serve the dessert!
There isn't one! I'm going out for a walk with Wu Julan!
You two served the rice (meal). So, be tactful. Clear up and clean up.
No problem!
Let's go!
Liangliang! Why does it seem like nothing happened between them?
Do you want something to happen to them?
Of course not.
I just feel like we exposed such a big secret to Xiao Luo,
but she hasn't reacted to it at all!
That's not it. She just overreacted.
What do you mean?
I told her that Wu Julan kept it from her,
because he hopes that she can live happily in the remaining days.
So... Xiao Luo decided to swallow it down,
and act like everything is fine on the surface?
Wu Julan, normally, when a pair of lovers get to the close and intimate stage that we're at,
what happens next?
What do you want to say?
I want to say...
I want that starfish.
Okay.
Wu Julan, are you willing to marry me?
♫ Once upon a time, I wished with all my heart ♫
♫ Alone, I walked across the vast world ♫
♫ Later, I realized ♫
What's wrong? An extremely beautiful girl like me has already taken the initiative to propose to you.
You still have to think it over?
Xiao Luo, actually--
I don't care! A girl like me proposed to you!
Stop looking for excuses!
If you don't agree, I'll hit you until you agree!
Is this your choice?
This is my decision.
Even if you may regret it in the future?
Even if we both end up hurting in the future.
Okay.
What "okay?" You have to show it through actions!
Shen Luo,
I want to take you as my wife.
♫ I am strolling about the distant starlight ♫
♫ The light radiating at the moment we meet ♫
♫ is brighter than the galaxy ♫
From now on,
we're no longer lovers.
We are family.
♫ Even if our love is a dream, ♫
♫ we won’t mention the sadness of parting ♫
♫ The corner of my heart shines ♫
♫ the brightest hopes ♫
♫ With you in my heart, ♫
♫ I don’t fear years of turmoil ♫
Silly,
you cry for happy things
and cry when you're unhappy, too.
I like crying!
♫ I am strolling about the dazzling look in your eyes ♫
♫ Even if our love is a dream, ♫
♫ we won’t mention the sadness of parting ♫
The neighbors on the island
all watched me grow up! We must invite all of them!
My parents... we have to invite them, too.
It's up to them to decide if they'll come.
What about you?
I...
I know it! Are you going to invite the sea lions, sea turtles, octopuses, and the like from the ocean
to come to our wedding?
They... don't need to attend a wedding on land.
You can't tell that I'm joking?
This millennium king with an annoying and listless face...
I really don't know how I fell in love with you.
Don't move!
Close your eyes!
Look, you're so much cuter now!
This is what they call "courtesy begets courtesy."
What did you draw?
Wu Julan and my wedding is in two days.
Wait a second!
This is changing too quickly!
My--My head is spinning!
Oh! You two must be a bridesmaid and groomsman. It's settled!
Wu Julan only has two weeks left.
You're sure you want to marry him?
It's because there isn't much time left that the wedding is in a rush.
Xiao Luo! Get things straight!
You want to hold a wedding and then become a widow?
Even if I become a widow, I want to marry him!
Xiao Luo, shouldn't you calm down and think it over carefully?
Thank you for your good intentions. I've thought about it in detail.
In the future, in the days without him,
I want to think back on the memories of the happy time with him.
I don't want him to leave behind regrets when he leaves.
I'm leaving. There's still a lot of invitations to send.
Xiao Luo!
Your life is too painful!
You fell in love with a fish.
And it's a short lived fish, too!
We can forget about that.
Yet, you're still so dim-witted.
[Shen Luo's and Wu Julan's wedding invitation for Zhou Buwen.]
Da Tou, Wu Julan and I are going to get married.
Congratulations.
This is quite good. Quite good.
After going through so much, you two are finally together.
Da Tou, thank you,
for your magnanimity on the matter concerning Wu Julan and me.
I was too petty in the past.
Don't take it to heart.
We are still good friends, right?
If I continue talking, it'll become rather pretentious.
Fine, I've given you the invitation.
I'll leave first. Bring Buyan with you when you come.
Don't worry.
I will definitely bring a big present for you.
- Village Chief!- Villiage Chief, I'm really anxious about it.
You must help me fix this! What is up with this?
- Right! - Don't be anxious. Speak, one at a time.
- You first!- I'll talk first!
Village Chief, we've been cursed!
My chickens were all bitten to death by something!
Yes!
Village Chief! She's telling the truth!
The same thing happened to our chickens!
- The same happened to you?- Yes, it happened to them, too!
Look. Its stomach has a big claw imprint in this area.
- I don't know what kind of monster captured it!-Village Chief!
Village leader, what is going on with this?
Think of something!
That's right, Village Chief, think of something! All my chickens are dead!
I'll go ask around.
You really intend to marry Xiao Luo?
Xiao Luo suddenly proposed to me.
I couldn't wiggle out of it. So, I made an agreement with her.
But... even though I've made my decision,
I'm still feeling uncertain.
I don't know if this decision is right or wrong for her.
I don't know when my deadline will come,
or how I should explain it to her.
Actually,
Xiao Luo already found out the truth long ago.
I was talking to Jiang Yisheng and accidentally let her overhear.
It was after Xiao Luo found out about your deadline,
that she decided to marry you and proposed.
I understand that for a woman to make such a decision,
it requires a lot of bravery and deep love.
At the same time as you are willing to sacrifice for Xiao Luo,
she also using her own ways to reach out for your love.
Actually, you and Xiao Luo both know the truth of the matter.
But you are both keeping it a secret out of good intentions.
In the short amount of time left,
the two of you must live well.
That's right, it's like that.
Look, put it inside.
Xiao Luo,
if I could live with you until old age,
that would be so great.
We don't need to live excitedly.
We can just live peacefully.
Unfortunately,
I can't do it.
I'm sorry.
Auntie! You came alone?
Yes, everyone is busy at home.
So, they sent me as the representative.
Besides, Xiao Luo didn't even tell us she was dating.
That means she doesn't care about us elders.
And now she suddenly called and said she was getting married.
This is the first time I've heard of such a thing happening.
It's a bit of a rush, but isn't a quick marriage popular these days?
A whirlwind marriage? She doesn't even think much of marriage.
As her elders, why should we take it to heart?
Come, come, I'll take it for you. Come.
What do you do for a living?
Me? I work at the island hospital.
A doctor?
What type of doctor?
Psychologist.
Not bad. Your job is pretty good.
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Mandrakes solution?
What is this?
[Mandrakes]
"Also known as poisonous eggplant, sunflower, and poisonous May apple."
It is very poisonous, too?
"In the production of poison, it's usually used by pharmacists as a main ingredient."
Come!
About how much money do you make every month?
Auntie! You've asked the whole way here!
My salary doesn't have much to do with you.
Why wouldn't it? It has a lot to do with me.
After your father and I get old, you and Shen Luo will have to take care of us.
I'm going to take care of you?
You've misunderstood! I'm not your son-in-law!
It's not you?
When did I say it was me? I'm Shen Luo's childhood friend!
This isn't you. Why did you nag me along the way? You're really amusing.
When did I nag you? It's you who has been nagging me.
It's him! He's your future son-in-law!
How is it? Isn't he handsome?
- I'm going to leave.- Where are you going?
- You just got here!- Auntie!
Let me tell you.
He's not human! He's a demon!
I saw it myself! He looks human on the top, but is a fish on the bottom.
He also has a mouth full of white fangs!
I don't know if he eats humans!
Xiao Luo, how about this? Let Auntie stay at my place for a bit.
Auntie and I will talk and change the air a bit.
Okay, okay, okay! Let's go to your place!
Let's go! Let's go to my place! Let's go!
- Let's go!- Let's go to my place.
Auntie, this way.
Usually, in your situation
during clinical trials, it's very rarely seen.
Three fourths of people with schizophrenia have symptoms like yours.
Wait a second.
What schizophrenia?
You two think I have a mental illness?
That guy really is a monster! I saw it myself!
That's right. Even if the doctor were to point out that whatever the patient has said is unfounded,
the patient won't let go of their illusions either.
According to your behavior, you're suffering from delusional schizophrenia.
People with this illness usually have
a lot of suspicions, slow reflexes,
low in trust of others, high in envy, and are mean to others.
They like living within their hallucinations.
And when the illness appears, it is most common in people around your age.
What I saw...
was really a hallucination?
Auntie, it's not scary to be sick.
You still have the two of us!
Leave your illness to us.
Hallucinations?
What is it?
This is a vial of poison. I researched it.
Why do you have such a thing in your room?
An Zuo gave it to me before.
I've been busy, so I forgot to deal with it. You reminded me just in time.
I'll go throw it away right now.
You can be at ease now?
Xiao Luo and Wu Julan are getting married. They gave me the invitation already.
They're getting married so quickly?
The lovers can be together.
It's a happy thing.
Hurry and go pick an outfit.
You have to be pretty when you attend the wedding.
- You can't lose to Xiao Luo.- Of course!
- Hurry and go.- Okay!
Let's go!
It's okay, Auntie! Come, come, come.
Be at ease! Don't worry!
Xiao Luo! Auntie is here!
Auntie, you're back? Come eat.
Come, come, come.
Hurry and come eat.
Auntie, didn't I already tell you?
They were hallucinations! They're fake!
Don't think it's real!
Okay! If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving.
If you really need anything, just call me, okay?
Okay! I'll leave first. Bye-bye!
Auntie, Wu Julan is a very good cook. Hurry and come try.
What capability does a man have if he only knows how to cook?
What is your job?
Xiao Luo and I run a small business.
We sell island handicrafts.
Then what about your parents?
My parents died a long time ago.
I am alone now.
You already intend to marry Xiao Luo.
You probably bought a house and car, right?
We'll live here after we get married.
The island isn't that big anyway. We don't need a car.
In the end, you just depend on a woman!
You are good looking,
so you used your good lucks to seduce our Xiao Luo, right?
I didn't use my good looks on her.
I was the one who proposed to Wu Julan.
You--!
Are you stupid?
I'll forgive the fact that you pursued the man,
but you chose a weakling, too?
You're going to anger me to death!
If not for your father, I wouldn't care about you!
You haven't cared about me for years, and now you're going to treat me as family?
I--!
I'm just afraid you'll lose out!
I'll say it all now. You chose the man.
You didn't even get the approval of me or your father.
After you get married, don't cry and beg in front of us.
We don't have extra money to save you.
You've overthought it.
I'd better have!
A weakling like you has such big breath!
Wu Julan!
What is it? Your bed isn't good for sleeping in again?
Come in.
What are you doing?
A young lady going into a man's room in the middle of the night.
What propriety is that?
If this gets out,
what will happen to my and your father's reputation?
- Auntie!- Auntie what?
Go back!
Improper!
A young lady should learn to respect herself! How could you be like this?
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You didn't sleep well last night?
Don't mention it. My stepmother was brainwashing me all night yesterday.
She kept saying I could still regret it before I got married.
If I really married someone like you, I'd definitely suffer in the future.
Then what did you say?
I said,
"I insist on loyally following Wu Julan.
No matter if he's rich or poor,
what sort of person he is, no matter if I have to suffer,
I will still like him and only him."
- Why are you so silly?- I'm not silly!
My boyfriend is handsome with a good figure.
Has internal beauty, and can also fight.
He is also a royal prince!
I'm the most shrewd girl in the whole world.
Well said.
Who is it?
Who are you looking for?
Is Wu Julan here?
He's not here.
I didn't think that that brat
would still have friends of such caliber.
You've misunderstood.
I'm not Wu Julan's friend.
I take care of his home in America.
And you are...?
I... am Shen Luo's mother.
Hello.
Since Wu Julan isn't here,
I want to trouble you to give this to him.
Okay.
I'll leave first.
I will contact him again.
I didn't think that this weakling
who couldn't even buy a house or a car,
would actually have someone who manages his house.
And an American one?
This matter is really strange!
House deed?
One, two, three, four...
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!
Ten?
My god!
Xiao Luo, do you know?
Do you know how awful my heart feels right now?
The woman I love was stolen by someone else.
And I'm supposed to attend the wedding?
What you gave me isn't an invitation.
What you gave me was a knife!
You're stabbing me to death!
Because my family was poor,
no one cared about me as a child.
They beat me, tricked me,
willfully insulted me, all until you appeared.
Only then did I know that besides my mother, another woman could care about me so much!
From that moment on, I swore,
that in this lifetime,
I would protect you forever.
I would definitely work hard to earn money, be successful, and give you a good life!
That Wu Julan!
If he hadn't appeared,
we would have been together long ago!
Xiao Luo, don't worry.
I won't let anyone steal you away.
I won't!
I never will!
You still dare to say you don't think of Shen Luo?
Let me tell you!
You'd best not interfere with my matters.
You don't like Buyan.
Why are you lying to her?
Why are you still dating her?
Are you capable now?
You dare to talk to me like this now?
You dare to talk like this to me?
I'm telling you, Zhu Yiyang. You're like a pig in this life!
Even if I get tired of playing with Zhou Buyan,
it's not your turn to have her!
Come down with me.
Zhou Buwen,
Buyan likes you so much.
How could you treat her like this?
And I call you "Brother Tou."
I'm not willing to expose your deeds.
But you're being too much!
You're capable now?
Bellowing at me?
Take a good look at yourself.
Go ahead and yell it out there if you dare!
- Let's see if others will believe me or you!- Okay.
They'll believe you.
But there's one thing you can't blame me for.
The day Shen Luo's grandpa went missing,
I happened to be in the forest.
I personally saw you anger Shen Luo's grandpa to death.
You dared to follow me?
Words mean nothing. Who would believe you?
Grandpa!
Grandpa! Grandpa!
Grandpa! Grandpa, are you okay?
Grandpa!
Medicine...
What medicine?
Pant pocket...
This one?
How many?
Three... Three pills.
Medicine!
Give it to me!
Hurry! Give it to me!
Medicine!
Grandpa, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Grandpa.
Grandpa, I truly love Xiao Luo.
I promise you! I will take good care of her for you.
I will definitely take good care of her!
Medicine!
Leave in peace.
If you hadn't discovered that I was stealing,
I wouldn't have to do this.
Grandpa, don't worry!
I will take good care of Xiao Luo!
Grandpa.
Xiao Luo! Xiao Luo!
You want to destroy the evidence?
Not so easy.
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Why isn't Xiao Luo willing to be with me?
Why do all of you treat me like this?
Is it wrong for me to love someone?
Let's make a trade.
You taught me this.
What trade?
♫ Droplets of tears from the sky ♫
♫ transform into fallen stars ♫
♫ Open your eyes and drop your gaze ♫
♫ The meteors say that there’s no regret ♫
♫ Deeply sleep in the embrace of the ocean ♫
♫ Droplets of tears from the ocean ♫
♫ transform into a transparent mermaid ♫
♫ I never close my eyes ♫
♫ More clear-headed than the islands, ♫
♫ I swim towards you ♫
♫ Alone, I ♫
♫ watch the northern stars, until I met you♫
♫ at the most beautiful age, inch by inch ♫
♫ The healing years unpredictably change the future in your palm prints ♫
♫ I have witnessed ephemerality and eternity together at this moment ♫
♫ All love has finally received an echo ♫
♫ Droplets of tears from the ocean ♫
♫ transform into a transparent mermaid ♫
♫ I never close my eyes ♫
♫ More clear-headed than the islands, ♫
♫ I swim towards you ♫
♫ Alone, I watch ♫
♫ the northern stars, ♫
♫ until I met you at the most beautiful age, ♫
♫ inch by inch. The healing years unpredictably change the future in your palm prints ♫
♫ I have witnessed ephemerality and eternity together at this moment ♫
♫ All love has finally received an echo ♫