Episode 17 recap: Declaration of Love by Zhuo Lanjiang to Yang Cai Wei.
Yang Cai Wei remembered that Shangguan Lan also had a few shops in Heyang, so he asked Ling Er to notify the shopkeeper to pay attention to whether there was a watermark sign. Someone came to report that Bai Xiaosheng had been detained at the dock, so Yang Cai Wei hurriedly went there. It turned out that Bai Xiaosheng's smuggled goods had been seized by the people from Yin Yu Building. Bai Xiaosheng said that her friendship with Zhuo Lanjiang was of no use.
Unexpectedly, Zhuo Lanjiang arrived the next moment, but the hall master disagreed because an outsider had violated the rules. However, Zhuo Lanjiang held Yang Cai Wei's hand and said that she would be the future wife of the young master and not an outsider. Bai Xiaosheng was saved, but she was not happy to see Zhuo Lanjiang and Yang Cai Wei being affectionate with each other. Zhuo Lanjiang originally planned to take them out for a drink, but Bai Xiaosheng refused and only said that she would find Yang Cai Wei later.
Bai Xiaosheng has been acting strange lately. Yang Cai Wei told Zhuo Lanjiang not to call her the young mistress anymore. But Zhuo Lanjiang was serious. In fact, he used to think of Yang Cai Wei only as a friend, but when he couldn't find her, he realized his true feelings. As long as Yang Cai Wei is willing, he is ready to marry her at any time.
However, Yang Cai Wei firmly rejected it. She has always regarded Zhuo Lanjiang as a friend, so she cannot give him false hope. Pan Yue did not exclude the suspicion of the four major clans just because Gu Yong had died. There must still be the influence of the Water Ripple organization among them. A Ze advised him to relax and ride a horse, as being so anxious is not a solution.
Qing Di saw that Pan Yue was having some difficulties in investigating the case, so he decided to give him a push. The shopkeeper brought all the items with water ripple patterns, but none of them were what Yang Cai Wei wanted. They even brought many dancers to please her, but Yang Cai Wei had a speechless expression.
Pan Yue, who passed by, heard the music in the mansion and became somewhat angry. A Ze tried to persuade him to go in and take a look but was also refused. Back at the county government office, Pan Yue was informed that the office was on fire, but it did not cause a major blaze.
Pan Yue quickly realized that the fire was intentionally set by someone.
Pan Yue went to find the case files late at night, but only after leaving Yang Cai Wei did he realize that it was not an easy task to find them quickly. Pan Yue found the case file for the Ghost Fire incident at Heyang Xinzheng Academy. There were rumors of haunting in the back mountains, where people often entered but couldn't come out. A year ago, four classmates from Xinzheng Academy went to the haunted forest in the back mountains to test their courage. Shen Ci mysteriously disappeared, and everyone assumed he was gone for good. However, Shen Ci suddenly reappeared not long after, but his eyes couldn't see anything.
Everyone thought that was all in the past, but then strange things started happening again. The remaining three classmates gradually lost their eyesight, and it was rumored that it was due to the haunting. One night, a scholar who got up to relieve himself saw the three of them with white eyes entering the forest, seemingly unaware, and falling off a cliff. When everyone went to search for them, they only found their bodies. Chen Fu's father was the dean of the academy and in anger, he arrested Shen Ci. However, Shen Ci insisted that he had nothing to do with their deaths.
Pan Yue went to see Shen Ci in prison, and the constable Liu kept warning him about how strange Shen Ci was. But Pan Yue was not afraid of Shen Ci and even asked Liu to remove his shackles. Pan Yue hoped that Shen Ci would truthfully reveal the meaning of the water ripple pattern on the wall. Shen Ci said that he would inform Pan Yue once he had cleared up the case.
Yang Cai Wei was bored and restless at home when someone came as she had been mentioning. After some probing, she realized it was Zhuo Lanjiang's doing. Pan Yue didn't believe that Shen Ci used sorcery to harm their classmates, but his mind was troubled. He decided to go for a walk outside. Shuang Shuang asked why he didn't come with Yang Cai Wei, and she mentioned that Yang Cai Wei had been with Zhuo Lanjiang all along.
Pan Yue felt uncomfortable upon hearing this and left without even having his iced drink. Pan Yue overheard Shuang Shuang and the others singing a nursery rhyme that he was familiar with. After repeatedly questioning them, he found out that it was taught to them by Yang Cai Wei. Suddenly, something clicked in Pan Yue's mind, and many similarities between Yang Cai Wei and the current Shang Guan Zhi seemed to make sense.
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