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The Apothecary Diaries
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The Apothecary Diaries
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Fengxian...
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I wanted to be with the daughter she left behind.
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This story is a work of fiction. The names of all of the characters, organizations, and so on
are imaginary. It also bears no connection to any specific real-life events.
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That was my only wish.
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It's only natural for her to hate me.
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But I still wanted her near me.
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At any rate, a bet is a bet.
I'll have to try again another time.
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But that man...
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Advisor
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I'll never forgive him.
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He put his hand on my daughter's shoulder
three times during that match.
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Advisor
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Advisor
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Now, I wonder how to take my revenge...
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Hmm?
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Finally awake?
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I hear you're trying to buy out one of our courtesans.
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You realize it'll cost you more than
a few thousand silver, right?
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I know. If ten thousand isn't enough,
then twenty, thirty, whatever.
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A hundred thousand, though,
might be a bit much.
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Is that so? Then come this way.
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I'll let you have your pick.
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Sheesh.
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Are you sure you want to include
one of the Three Princesses?
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I told you, you can have your pick.
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Of course, you'd have to pay accordingly.
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This is troublesome.
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No matter how beautifully they dress,
they all look like go stones to me.
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In that case, I guess I can request Meimei,
since she's been so good to me.
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Master Lakan.
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I do hold pride in my work as a courtesan.
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If it is me that you desire,
I will accept without hesitation.
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But...
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If you're going to choose, please choose well.
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Sleep, my baby, sleep.
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Little cuckoo sings as the sun goes down.
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Meimei! I didn't allow you to open that!
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What are you doing?!
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W-Wait!
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A flower that retains its beauty
even when withered!
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If that was supposed to be a message...
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Could it be?!
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Sleep, my baby, sleep.
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Where is she? She cries.
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Little birds are so innocent.
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Off they fly to somewhere far.
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Sleep, my baby, sleep.
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Sleep now, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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What are you doing?!
This place is for the sick!
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Get out of here, now!
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Hurry up and pick a courtesan from out there!
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Yes. I have to choose, don't I?
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Are you listening to me?!
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I want this woman.
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Stop this nonsense!
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You're the one who said
I can pick anyone I want.
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I'll pay whatever you ask. A hundred thousand,
two hundred thousand, whatever.
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What are you talking about—
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Let's play go.
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Oh, so that's your move?
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Your moves are always so sudden and unexpected.
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Maomao must have gotten that from you.
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Big Sister, you should have been
honest from the start.
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Why so late...
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I will buy out this courtesan.
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This woman, beautiful as a balsam flower.
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Episode 24: Jinshi and Maomao
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Basen was the one that accompanied me to the Verdigris House to drop off that man.
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I'm tired.
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Hmm?
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Dammit, the wicked father-daughter duo.
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That's Concubine Loulan.
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I guess they stayed out here
after the garden party.
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So that must be her father,
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the one that pushed hard to get
his daughter in the rear palace.
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At any rate...
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I really wish this guy would quit bad-mouthing
high-ranked officials in public.
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If someone overheard, I might get
mistaken for saying it right along with him.
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I guess he's still young.
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Hey.
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Master Jinshi wants to see you.
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You must be tired.
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No, not really.
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Oh!
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Oh my, you've lost so much weight!
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I'm fine.
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Here you are, Xiaomao. Eat up.
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There's plenty more where that came from.
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I thought you hated our master strategist.
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Master Jinshi.
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It's not that I hate him.
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After all, I'm here because
he was able to land that shot.
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Was there really no other way to phrase that?
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It's just facts. I'm not sure
how you imagined it,
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but she wouldn't have gotten
pregnant if she didn't want to.
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There's drugs to prevent
or abort pregnancies.
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Ending it would have been easy, early on.
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She must have given birth
because she wanted to.
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Rather, perhaps he was the one who was tricked.
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The strategist?
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Women are clever.
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It's not hard to make a good estimate of
when one is most likely to become pregnant
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by tracking blood flow cycles.
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As a courtesan, she was able to control
the date of his visits by sending him letters.
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That must have been why she lost her
mind when things didn't work out.
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So much so, that she was
willing to hurt herself.
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Not only that, but she sent
the baby's little finger as well.
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Master Jinshi, that man never talks to you
outside your office, does he?
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Now that you mention it...
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That man isn't able to recognize human faces.
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Unable to recognize faces? What do you mean?
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He can tell the shapes of eyes and mouths,
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but he's unable to view
the parts together as a whole.
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I hear that everyone's faces
look the same to him.
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That's unfortunate.
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Yes, that's what my adopted father
told me too, when he explained it to me.
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He's an unfortunate fellow.
It has troubled him all throughout his life.
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Huh...
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But, for some reason,
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he's able to discern my face,
and my adopted father's.
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That's why he has that
strange attachment to me.
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Master Jinshi,
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if that monocled face came at you and told you,
"Call me Papa!", how would you react?
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I'd be tempted to shatter that monocle.
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Right?
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He keeps stressing that he's my father,
but he's a stud-horse, at best.
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I wonder if he understood the message
behind the withered rose?
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Well, it's fine if he didn't.
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I do dislike him, but I don't hate him.
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I'm grateful that I was able
to become Luomen's daughter.
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You seemed pretty disgusted when you saw him.
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Master Jinshi, you still have a lot to learn.
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When I tried to stop
that ceremony, he helped me.
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I think he had the feeling
something was going to happen.
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The strategist? I didn't think he knew
anything about it at that point.
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He doesn't collect evidence
to make predictions like I do.
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He goes off gut feelings to sense when
something's not right, and he's rarely wrong.
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The annoying part is that he's too lazy
to actually do anything himself.
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If that guy actually took action,
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I might have had the resurrection
drug in my hands right now!
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I know this is just jealousy.
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He's so talented that my dad would
praise him with no caveats.
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He doesn't realize how blessed he is.
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Hmph!
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He will never become your ally, but you
shouldn't make him your enemy, if possible.
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Understood.
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What's wrong?
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Nothing, just...
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Please remember that
no father wants to be disliked.
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A few days after returning to the rear palace,
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Meimei sent me a package.
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Inside was a letter
describing who bought out who,
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and a beautiful shawl.
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Listen, Maomao.
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When I get bought out,
you have to dance for me.
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To be honest, I wanted to send off Meimei.
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That courtesan, kinder than anyone else...
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I'm surprised I still remember all of that.
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Hey.
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Wha—
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What are you doing?!
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Master Jinshi? Why are you here?
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I got a report that another weird
woman was climbing the outer wall.
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I had no choice but to respond.
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I thought I was being sneaky, but...
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Of course I'd get caught.
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Stop causing trouble.
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Why'd you have to be the one to investigate?
They could have just sent someone else.
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A kind guard recognized your face
and came directly to me.
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You might think you're keeping a low profile,
but not everyone agrees. Remember that.
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Understood.
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Now, your turn. What were you doing?
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In the pleasure district, when sending off
a courtesan who's been bought out,
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it's customary for the other
courtesans to dance.
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What is it?
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Well, I'm surprised you know how to dance.
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I was taught dancing as part of
the bare minimum of education.
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There were rumors on the outside
that the weirdo was buying out a courtesan.
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I'm sure there were.
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He also sent a notice of leave.
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He's going to take a vacation
for at least ten days.
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What a troublesome man.
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My elder sister told me that
they're hosting a banquet
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not just for three days and three nights,
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but a whole seven days and seven nights.
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There's no way to know how much
he spent on the courtesan,
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but just from the number
of lamps being put out,
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it's only natural to assume
it's no normal courtesan.
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But the actual courtesan being
bought out is never seen in public.
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Rumors of the Verdigris House continue to grow.
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Just how old Grams planned it.
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By the way, who did
the strategist buy out, anyway?
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Who knows?
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You do.
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No matter how beautiful,
she will be no match for you.
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That doesn't answer my question.
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But you still don't deny it.
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The woman who the man
bought out won't last long.
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Nobody told me about the woman who
birthed me during my days at the brothel.
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The old lady probably kept everyone silent.
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But those types of things tend to leak out
from seemingly small cracks.
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That I was the reason the Verdigris House
almost went out of business, once.
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My relationship with the woman who always
chased me off, ashamed for losing her pride.
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That nightmare was a thing
that really happened in the past.
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That woman has no memories of being a mother.
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All she has now is a crooked little finger.
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None of that matters to me anymore.
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I'm happy to be Luomen's daughter.
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Master Jinshi.
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What is it?
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You can cut off the tip of a finger
and it grows back.
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Is now the time for that?
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Whoa!
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W-What happened?!
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Looks like my wound opened up.
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Sure looks that way to me, too!
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I guess the dancing got my body warmed up.
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I have a high pain tolerance,
perhaps due to my drug experiments.
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It's fine, I'll stitch it right back up.
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Master Jinshi, I can't work like this.
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Don't do that here!
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Um, Master Jinshi—Whoa!
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Please let me down.
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You'll open up your wound further.
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What if someone sees us?
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It's too dark to see, anyway.
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Besides, this is the second time
I'm carrying you like this.
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The other time must have been when
I was knocked out from that injury.
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Master Jinshi.
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This may not be the best time,
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but there's something I've meant
to say for a long time.
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What's this, all of a sudden?
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It's a very important thing I have to say.
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Out with it, already.
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Master Jinshi...
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I'd like that ox bezoar, please.
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Ow!
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Wait, you don't have it?!
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Don't be absurd!
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I don't even...
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How immature, headbutting me out of nowhere.
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But I guess he's easiest to talk to
when he's being immature.
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Maomao!
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Master Jinshi's here to see you!
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Coming.
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Excuse me.
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Are you feeling better now?
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Yes. Everyone's very nice to me
at the Jade Pavilion.
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So, how may I be of service?
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Well, something interesting came up.
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I'd like to ask something of you.
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Oh, this again.
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So, what is it that you
would like for me to do?
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Maomao's story has just begun.
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What kind of incident
will she get mixed up in next?
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