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Xiang Liu and Xiao Yao’s Story and Romance

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Xiang Liu's Letter to Xiao Yao

Letter with montages from drama:

https://www.douyin.com/video/7273425061703372069

Letter only:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2VrvyvkNrU&ab_channel=Only%E6%AA%80%E5%81%A5%E6%AC%A1%E8%A7%86%E9%A2%91%E7%AB%99

小夭

展信佳：

海上又升起明月，尽管没有我们共赏的那次好看，今天我终于集齐了铸造弓箭所需的物件，海妖狡猾，鲛人凶残，但海妖丹，鲛人骨组合到一起，却能成就一把真正的好弓，你若是想用好这一把好弓，需要勤勉练习箭术，方可有力自保，届时我会托人将弓交给你，因为不想让你觉得亏欠，因为我知道你什么都想还，若真的被你还完了，你我之间怕是真的再无牵连，小 夭，我会让你有力自保，有人可依，有处可去，即使此力伤我，此人非我，此处无我，但若你能代替我好好体会这人间，足矣。

——相柳

Xiao Yao,

I hope this letter finds you well.

The moon has risen again over the sea. Although it’s not as beautiful as the time we watched it together, today I finally gathered all the materials needed to forge the bow and arrows. The sea demons are cunning, and the mermen are fierce, but the combination of sea demon elixir and merman bones can create a truly fine bow. If you want to make good use of this fine bow, you need to diligently practice archery so that you can protect yourself. When the time comes, I will have someone deliver the bow to you. I don’t want you to feel indebted, because I know you always want to repay everything. If you truly repaid it all, I fear there would be no connection left between us.

Xiao Yao, I will ensure you have the strength to protect yourself, someone to rely on, and a place to go. Even if this strength hurts me, this person is not me, and this place has no me, but if you can experience this world on my behalf, it will be enough.

— Xiang Liu

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solarlunareclipse

Feng Long's Letter to Xiao Yao

https://www.douyin.com/video/7273425733748411706

小夭，

相处多日，常常感觉我的世界都因你的到来而越发有生机了。我从未见过你这样的女子，斗酒，听曲，掷骰子，样样精通，件件喜爱，甚至有时比我还厉害，你让我既欢喜又悸动，欢喜是能与你成为知己，悸动是你的出色，时刻提醒着我不可倦怠落后。我从小被家国抱负这样的远大志向与责任教导，何曾想，我的生命中会出现这样一位即懂我抱负又与我投契的女子。小夭，与你相识，我感到无比幸运。我想要时刻能听见你的笑声，请给我机会，做那个能让你一直欢笑的人。

——丰隆

Xiao Yao,

After spending many days together, I often feel that my world has become more vibrant because of your presence. I have never met a woman like you—you excel at drinking, listening to music, and throwing dice, enjoying each activity, sometimes even more skillfully than I do. You bring me both joy and excitement. The joy comes from having you as a confidant, and the excitement is from your excellence, constantly reminding me not to become lazy and fall behind. I was taught from a young age to have great ambitions and responsibilities for my country, but I never imagined that such a woman who understands my aspirations and connects with me would appear in my life. Xiao Yao, knowing you has made me feel incredibly fortunate. I want to always hear your laughter. Please give me the chance to be the one who keeps you smiling.

— Feng Long

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solarlunareclipse

Tu Shan Jing's Letter to Xiao Yao

For some reason, I can't find the video on the official Tencent account on douyin, but some user had uploaded the video. 

Letter with montages from drama:

https://www.douyin.com/video/7277440167185485108

Letter only:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1CckqqDEPU&ab_channel=GOLDENAPPLE%F0%9F%A6%8A

小夭，

学会相思，便害相思，你就是那个教会我相思的人，从你救下我的那天起，我就知道我再也无法离开你。与你相比，我不够酒脱，更不够自在，你是世间最好的女子。而我只是望着你的其中一个，但你看见了我。即使在我令你失望后，你也依旧坚定不移地向我走来。至此，我什么也不再渴求，只想一心一意，做你的叶十七。未来不管遇到什么事，我都不会再让你想要依靠一下时，却找不到我。小夭，清风皓月，我定与你相伴。

——叶十七

Xiao Yao,

Learning about longing led to suffering from it. You are the one who taught me about longing. From the day you saved me, I knew I could never leave you. Compared to you, I am neither carefree nor free-spirited enough. You are the best woman in the world. And I am just one of the many who gaze at you, but you saw me. Even after I disappointed you, you still steadfastly came toward me. From now on, I desire nothing more than to wholeheartedly be your Ye Shi Qi. No matter what happens in the future, I will never let you look for me in times of need and not find me. Xiao Yao, in the clear breeze and bright moonlight, I will surely accompany you.

— Ye Shi Qi

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liddi
 solarlunareclipse:
Seeing your letter feels like meeting you in person, and reading it brings a smile to my face.

Actually, "见字如晤，展信舒颜。" means "Seeing this letter is like seeing me in person, so I hope opening it will bring a smile to your face."

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solarlunareclipse
 liddi:

Actually, "见字如晤，展信舒颜。" means "Seeing this letter is like seeing me in person, so I hope opening it will bring a smile to your face."

Thanks Liddi, corrected it in the original post. I just quickly ran the translations through ChatGPT and haven't verified their accuracy.

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solarlunareclipse

I just finished watching the letters to XY while reading through this analysis of the videos. The author of the analysis also posted videos to Bilibili analyzing the videos. The analysis videos are easier to follow than the written analysis transcripts for those who understand spoken Chinese.

I'm thoroughly impressed that the production team packed this much meaning into four extra videos.

It was hilarious that in TSJ's video, after he said "but you saw me" (但你看见了我"), it was immediately followed by a clip of XY looking at FFB during their first encounter at the dance hall.

The analysis also explains how the videos reinforce the theory that XL gets resurrected/reincarnated and meets up with XY again. FL and Jing's videos are in ancient settings: FL dies in the book and Jing must not have been able to accompany XY for long because his loss of tails severely damaged his vitality. However, CX and XL's videos are in modern settings, indicating that XL somehow survived after his reported death.

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blabla100

Screenshot-20240624-114909-com-huawei-browserWhat does it say, guys? It's 8 july the airing date? 

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Kokuto

OMG.  The trailer!!

https://v.qq.com/x/cover/mzc00200u8vfzcz/d410089wme9.html


And it looks like it is going to be July 8!  Announced officially on Weibo

Twitter link, if the above doesn't work for you.

https://x.com/dramapotatoe/status/1805170595585462398

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Kokuto

Okay.  I watched it (without subs) several times, and I think I recognize all the important scenes, i.e. the XL / FFB scenes.  One made me really happy.

But I didn't recognize the scene where XY has her eyes closed and CX is about to kiss her.

Or the scene with the metal snakes biting TSJ.

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blabla100

@kokuto

Thank you, kokuto! I wonder how long it will take till we get an english subtitle for the trailer. I can guess some of the scenes, but I have no idea what they say. 

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blabla100

@liddi

When you have time, can you, please, check if the trailer matches the leaked script? 

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Kokuto
 blabla100:

@kokuto

Thank you, kokuto! I wonder how long it will take till we get an english subtitle for the trailer. I can guess some of the scenes, but I have no idea what they say. 

I wouldn't think it would take long.  But look how long it has taken them to FINALLY give us some official news.

Here's a fan sub of the XL parts.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8mDa6Npcl7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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AH
 Kokuto:

Okay.  I watched it (without subs) several times, and I think I recognize all the important scenes, i.e. the XL / FFB scenes.  One made me really happy.

But I didn't recognize the scene where XY has her eyes closed and CX is about to kiss her.

Or the scene with the metal snakes biting TSJ.

The two scenes you mentioned do not exist in the novel. 

Frustratingly, almost none of these scenes map back perfectly to the novel and most of them don’t exist in the novel at all. For the scenes that have been changed, some of the changes are truly atrocious. Like XY actually shooting XL in the part of the chest where the heart is after he indicates it, instead of missing and only grazing his arm because she can’t bring herself to shoot XL there (even after he tried to kill CX and succeeded in killing Feng Long).

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Kokuto
 AH :

The two scenes you mentioned do not exist in the novel. 

Frustratingly, almost none of these scenes map back perfectly to the novel and most of them don’t exist in the novel at all. For the scenes that have been changed, some of the changes are truly atrocious. Like XY actually shooting XL in the part of the chest where the heart is after he indicates it, instead of missing and only grazing his arm because she can’t bring herself to shoot XL there (even after he tried to kill CX and succeeded in killing Feng Long).

Ah, okay, thank you.  I didn't recall anything close to that being discussed ... and we've discussed alot.  :)

Maybe the CX scene is a result of everything having been a dream -- which, to me, is one of the worst alleged changes.

Sigh.  Yes, the arrow shot.  It looks like they are stupidly going to continue to minimize YaoLiu.  But I predict they will fail miserably again.

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H19279
 AH :
Like XY actually shooting XL in the part of the chest where the heart is after he indicates it, instead of missing and only grazing his arm because she can’t bring herself to shoot XL there (even after he tried to kill CX and succeeded in killing Feng Long).

Drama XY seems to be more and more heartless. And XL is still willing to lose 2 of his lives for her right after that?

What is she thinking then? If he died, she could not survise; doesn't she know it?

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