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00:00:03When you get to the Ashford family, keep your mouth shut and behave.
00:00:07Don't embarrass the Sterling family.
00:00:09Understand?
00:00:11I'm the Sterling family's secret second daughter.
00:00:14Everyone thinks I'm severely autistic, dull, and stupid.
00:00:18You hurt?
00:00:19But I'm not stupid at all.
00:00:21I'm hiding a secret no one can ever know.
00:00:24I can understand every animal in this world.
00:00:32Are you really thinking that marrying into a top family means you'll have a good life?
00:00:36Dorian is just a cripple with useless legs.
00:00:38He's the Ashford family's cast-off.
00:00:48Good thing you're the idiot going to that marriage for me.
00:00:51Otherwise, I'd be the one getting tortured tonight.
00:00:53Enough!
00:00:55The Ashford car is here.
00:00:57Get her in there.
00:00:57Don't waste time.
00:01:03Sterling Capital's cash flow is about to collapse.
00:01:07I can only send this idiot off for marriage and get funding in return.
00:01:10Sacrifice her to save the Sterling family.
00:01:25You finally got rid of that burden.
00:01:28Now the Sterling family can get through this.
00:01:30Keep quiet for now.
00:01:32We'll talk after the Ashford money comes through.
00:01:34They all think I'm dumb.
00:01:35They think I'm easy to bully.
00:01:37But this forced marriage isn't the end for me.
00:01:39It's the beginning of my escape from the Sterling family.
00:01:48This second daughter of the Sterling family really looks like a soulless doll.
00:01:52She hasn't moved the whole way.
00:01:53The Sterling family must be desperate, sending over this severely autistic fool.
00:01:57I'm much clearer than any of them.
00:01:59I just have a secret I can't tell anyone.
00:02:01I can understand the language of every animal in this world.
00:02:10Mrs. Sterling, this is Mr. Ashford's room.
00:02:12Go in.
00:02:13Go in.
00:02:15Go in.
00:02:22Go in.
00:02:24Go in.
00:02:24Go in.
00:02:28Go in.
00:02:29Go in.
00:02:29Go in.
00:02:31Go in.
00:02:32Go in.
00:02:32Stay in the corner.
00:02:33Don't move.
00:02:34If you make a peep, I'll toss you out to the jackals.
00:02:40Go in.
00:02:41Mr. Ashford?
00:02:43Mrs. Beatrice Ashford asked the kitchen to prepare this for you.
00:02:46Please drink it while it's hot
00:02:48Put it down
00:02:55Don't! Don't! Don't drink it!
00:02:57That bad woman just poured white powder into the bowl
00:02:59It's bitter! So bitter! It's a poison!
00:03:01You're gonna die!
00:03:02The Ashford Branch family dared to poison him on his wedding night
00:03:05I have to save him
00:03:21You've got a death wish
00:03:27Mr. Ashford
00:03:29Grab the maid who brought the drink and dislocate her jaw
00:03:31Keep her alive
00:03:32Take her to the basement for interrogation
00:03:34Yes, sir
00:03:42Why did you rush over?
00:03:46Bitter
00:03:47The medicine bitter
00:03:48If you drank it, it would hurt
00:03:53You're not stupid
00:03:58The Sterling family treats you like a disposable pawn in this marriage
00:04:01The Branch people actually dared to reach you as a skate manor
00:04:03But you blocked that cup of poison for Dorian
00:04:04Whether you're truly foolish or just pretending
00:04:06You protected him and that means you protected the Ashford family
00:04:11Pass on my order
00:04:12From tonight on, Elena is the rightful lady of this manor
00:04:14Get her the best medical team
00:04:15Everything she eats, wears and uses has to be the top quality
00:04:17If anyone dares to neglect her because of the rumors outside
00:04:19Break their legs and toss them out of the Ashford family
00:04:42Mr. Ashford, Titan's PDAD isn't fully flare out
00:04:45He's in an extreme manic state right now
00:04:47He doesn't recognize anyone
00:04:48For the safety of the manor, we suggest immediate forced euthanation
00:04:54Whoever dares to touch him, I'll take their life
00:04:56I heard from the servants that Titan is the last bond Doran's parents left him
00:05:01He's Doran's only companion in endless darkness, this world
00:05:05Raise the catch poles
00:05:06Power them up
00:05:12Stop
00:05:13Elena, come back
00:05:15It hurts, it hurts so much
00:05:17I don't want to bite anyone
00:05:18I don't want to go crazy
00:05:19But there's something in my right hind leg
00:05:21Cutting to my bone over and over
00:05:22Someone help
00:05:23The pain is killing me
00:05:30She's insane
00:05:31She's such a fool
00:05:33That dog will tear her throat in
00:05:35It's okay
00:05:36It's okay
00:05:42Pat, I'll find the bad thing
00:05:48How is this possible?
00:05:50Even Mr. Ashford can't get close to him
00:05:54Here, something
00:05:55Nonsense, Titan had a full checkup
00:05:57The x-ray didn't show anything
00:05:59Cut
00:06:01Elena
00:06:02Take out
00:06:04It hurts him
00:06:09Mr. Ashford, this is absurd
00:06:11That's the dog's knee nerve
00:06:12A careless cut could permanently damage that leg
00:06:17Do as she says
00:06:18Cut it open
00:06:19Now
00:06:21Mr. Ashford
00:06:22That's an order
00:06:23Alright
00:06:29My god
00:06:30It's really there
00:06:31Right where Miss Sterling pointed
00:06:32A metal shard
00:06:33About the size of a grain of rice
00:06:35It's stuck right in the nerve
00:06:48Good boy
00:06:49Such a good boy
00:06:51People outside say the Sterling family sent us a fool
00:06:53But I think you're smarter than anyone
00:06:57It's the bracelet passed down to the lady of the Ashford family
00:06:59From today on
00:07:01Elena is our lucky star
00:07:02Anyone who dares to touch her is going against the entire Ashford family
00:07:11What?
00:07:12Preston, are you sure you saw it right?
00:07:14That little idiot not only survived, she also cured Dorian's mad dog
00:07:17I clearly saw the bodyguards take the shard out
00:07:19Mrs. Beatrice Ashford was thrilled
00:07:21She even gave her the emerald bracelet
00:07:22The one passed down to the lady of the Ashford family
00:07:24What?
00:07:25Mrs. Beatrice Ashford gave her the bracelet in front of everyone?
00:07:28You'd better think about tomorrow night's banquet
00:07:30Right now, the whole manor is treating her like a lucky star
00:07:38Impossible
00:07:39An idiot who can't even talk, right?
00:07:40How dare she get to stand up high society?
00:07:42I'd like to see how you make a complete fool of yourself in front of everyone
00:07:53Mr. Ashford, Mr. Hawthorne will be here tonight too
00:07:56If you can secure that Montech beachfront land
00:07:58Your seat back on the board will be guaranteed
00:07:59I have to get that land
00:08:01Let's go
00:08:09Isn't that the Ashford's disabled eldest son?
00:08:11Why did he bring that little sterling idiot too?
00:08:13A Crippen and an idiot
00:08:14Pretty fitting actually
00:08:14Is this all the Ashford main branch has left?
00:08:16They're really counting on an idiot to save face?
00:08:22Well look who it is
00:08:23Dorian, this is a top circle gathering today
00:08:25You actually brought this little idiot who can barely speak?
00:08:27That's right, Mr. Ashford
00:08:28Elena isn't right in the head
00:08:30It's bad enough when she makes a fool of herself at home
00:08:32But at a high-end event like this
00:08:33Don't let her offend any important guests
00:08:35And embarrass both the Ashford's and the Stalers
00:08:40A Cripple and an idiot
00:08:42Perfect match
00:08:45Exactly
00:08:45With his legs ruined, of course you could only marry an idiot
00:08:48The main line is over
00:08:50Lower your voice
00:08:50No matter what, he's still the young master of the Ashford family
00:09:09Even if she is stupid, at least she knows not to bark everywhere
00:09:13Dorian, what did you say?
00:09:14Unlike you
00:09:16Shouting your mouth off like you're afraid the whole room won't hear you
00:09:21Preston
00:09:22Don't start a fight with him yet
00:09:30Mr. Hawthorne
00:09:30Midnight's vitals are all normal
00:09:32You can't find the cause
00:09:35You stupid idiot
00:09:36I spend so much money on you every year and this is what I get
00:09:37Midnight hasn't eaten for three days
00:09:39He won't even drink water
00:09:39And now you're telling me you can't find the cause?
00:09:41Mr. Hawthorne, this is truly a real medical mystery
00:09:43We've consulted the country's top specialists
00:09:45Midnight's signs are normal within normal ranges
00:09:46We really did everything we could
00:09:49Everyone, whoever can kill my Midnight today
00:09:50I'll transfer that $10 billion Monte plot to them for free
00:09:52Right away
00:09:53A $10 billion plot?
00:09:54But even top vets can't help that horse
00:09:56How would we know how to treat it?
00:09:58Chloe, that's a $10 billion plot
00:10:00If we can get it, the Ashford-Hennerging succession will be us
00:10:14I feel so bad
00:10:16Why does no one understand me?
00:10:20Go
00:10:20Go look
00:10:24Follow her
00:10:28Look, someone's playing a vet now
00:10:30Dorian, you can't seriously believe that idiot you married can cure this precious racehorse, right?
00:10:34Exactly
00:10:34If this idiot can cure Midnight, I'll eat all the hay on the floor today
00:10:37A fool trying to get a $10 billion plot
00:10:38That's a joke
00:10:49Aren't you supposed to be top vets?
00:10:50Why is he still crying?
00:10:51What is going on?
00:10:52Mr. Hawthorne, we really can't find anything
00:10:54We've used every medicine we can use
00:10:55My hay tastes terrible now
00:10:57That bad cleaner chased away my little camo cat
00:10:58She's my only companion
00:10:59My best friend since I was little
00:11:01If they don't bring her back, I won't eat
00:11:02I'd rather die than touch their food
00:11:15Cat
00:11:17What?
00:11:18Need
00:11:19Little calco cat
00:11:21This is so funny
00:11:23Dorian, look at this
00:11:24You really brought an idiot who can barely speak to treat a racehorse?
00:11:26She's saying this horse is sick because it needs a stray cat?
00:11:29Dorian, the bride of the Sterling family dumped on you?
00:11:31Her head's definitely not right
00:11:32Absurd, I've been a vet for 30 years and I've an $80 million throwing racehorse starving itself over some dirty
00:11:36stray cat
00:11:36Mr. Hawthorne, don't listen to this one, it's nonsense
00:11:40Find the cat
00:11:41It's hungry
00:11:46Dorian, you're not really going to side with this idiot, are you?
00:11:49If word gets out, your main mind will lose all its dignity
00:12:02Find it
00:12:03Search the whole club
00:12:04Bring that cat here
00:12:06Dorian, are you crazy?
00:12:07You're using Ashford bodyguards just to play along with this idiot?
00:12:10Mr. Hawthorne is still waiting for someone to save his horse
00:12:12Fine, go find it
00:12:14I'd love to see how you're going to explain it if the horse still won't eat after you find that
00:12:17cat
00:12:22Mr. Dorian Ashford, we found it
00:12:23We found it in the waste pile
00:12:38Um, it was great
00:12:40Thank you
00:12:42I think you've got to love you
00:12:57Where's the contract?
00:12:58Bring me the transfer agreement for the Montauk land.
00:13:01Now!
00:13:05Mr. Ashford, a bet is a bet.
00:13:07This $10 billion land is yours from now on.
00:13:09From now on, if anyone in the Ashford family looks down on you or your wife, they'll deal with me
00:13:12first.
00:13:12With this land, Dorian's return to the core board of Ashford Holdings is basically a sure thing.
00:13:18Wasn't someone just saying he'd eat the hay on the ground?
00:13:20What a fool.
00:13:24How did this happen?
00:13:26How is this idiot so lucky?
00:13:41Dad!
00:13:42Dorian got the Montauk land.
00:13:44More and more people on the board are supporting him now.
00:13:45What should we do?
00:13:48So what if his reputation is rising?
00:13:50Tonight's charity auction is the dead end I prepared for him.
00:13:54What do you mean, Dad?
00:13:55I'm going to make Dorian lose all his dignity in front of the whole city's elite.
00:14:07Mr. Ashford, Damien specifically asked you to come this time.
00:14:10The Branch family has been bidding up those antiques downstairs.
00:14:13It looks like they're up to something.
00:14:14Let him try.
00:14:16Boring.
00:14:24What is that?
00:14:25This kind of trash can be in the Ashford charity auction?
00:14:27Is Damien joking?
00:14:30This next item was specially donated by Mr. Damien.
00:14:33It is a personal item left by the late Mrs. Ashford.
00:14:40Mr. Ashford, Damien has gone too far this time.
00:14:44Everyone knows that was what your mother left behind after she died in the car accident.
00:14:47And he actually put it up for auction?
00:14:49He's humiliating you in public.
00:15:05This meat is pretty good, but that old piece of wood on the stage downstairs looks kind of familiar, Meow.
00:15:23There used to be a beautiful woman in the old mansion who cried a lot.
00:15:28She held that old box every day.
00:15:30Late one night, she slipped a red-sealed document to the bottom of the box,
00:15:33nailed it shut, and sobbed that no one could ever know about it.
00:15:35I was up on the roof.
00:15:37I saw the whole thing.
00:15:40Number 60, actions, facetions.
00:15:43The X-7 seat is straight from Ryde's hair, it is cut.
00:15:47Buy it.
00:15:49Elena, that's bait from the Branch family to humiliate the mainline.
00:15:53Underneath, there's paper.
00:15:55Buy.
00:15:57X-7 seat, port to charge again.
00:15:59Horsher, irritants.
00:16:02Bid.
00:16:03No limit.
00:16:05Yes, Mr. Ashford.
00:16:07The antique cedar jewelry box left by the late Mrs. Ashford.
00:16:10Opening bid, $100,000.
00:16:13I bid $1 million.
00:16:14Dorian, since it belonged to my late sister-in-law, let me show some respect first.
00:16:17$10 million.
00:16:19Oh my God, he raised it 10 times right away.
00:16:21Dorian is going head-to-head with them.
00:16:24Keep raising the price.
00:16:25If he dares to follow, we'll make him cough up every cent he made from that $10 billion land deal.
00:16:29$30 million.
00:16:30$50 million.
00:16:32$100 million.
00:16:33$200 million.
00:16:34They're insane.
00:16:34All of them.
00:16:35It's just an old cedar box, and it's already up to $1 billion.
00:16:37Dorian has really lost his mind this time.
00:16:39The Branch family's leading him by the Nesk.
00:16:41Dad, it's already at $1.4 billion.
00:16:43That loser Dorian has completely lost it.
00:16:44He's the biggest sucker tonight.
00:16:45That's enough.
00:16:46Let him have it.
00:16:47$15 billion for a piece of old wood.
00:16:48I'd like to see how much cash he has left after this.
00:16:50$15 billion.
00:16:51$15 billion and $10 million.
00:16:53$15 billion and $10 million going once.
00:16:55$15 billion and $10 million going twice.
00:16:57$15 billion and $10 million.
00:16:59Sold.
00:17:00Congratulations, young master.
00:17:09Well done.
00:17:10Such a good son.
00:17:12Dorian, spending $15 billion on an old thing your mother used?
00:17:15Not a loss at all.
00:17:16Not at all.
00:17:17That's right, Dorian.
00:17:18$15 billion.
00:17:19On behalf of all those charity fund and affituaries,
00:17:22the Branch family thanks you for your generous donation.
00:17:24But Dorian, you'd better keep this broken box safe.
00:17:27Don't be like your short-lived parents.
00:17:29Too weak to even hold on to what was theirs.
00:17:39Oh, she's crazy.
00:17:41This idiot has completely lost her mind.
00:17:43She just smashed something worth $15 billion?
00:18:00Yours.
00:18:03What kind of trick is this?
00:18:04What papers could be hidden inside this broken box?
00:18:07Dorian, this idiot you married is truly insane.
00:18:15Oh, my God.
00:18:16This is the share transfer agreement personally signed by Mr. Damon Ashford.
00:18:19Ashford Holdings.
00:18:2030% of Ashford Holdings voting shares all unconditionally belongs to Dorian Ashford.
00:18:25Dad, how was this hidden inside Dorian's mother's old box?
00:18:28I went through all that trouble.
00:18:29I didn't even care about the bad press when I put my dead sister-in-law's item for auction,
00:18:33all to humiliate the main branch.
00:18:34But I never thought this box would be hiding the thing that decides who controls Ashford Holdings.
00:18:38I personally spent $1.5 billion to send that life or death 30% of voting shares back into Dorian's
00:18:42hands.
00:18:48Uncle Damien, I'm sorry.
00:18:50Thank you for such a generous gift.
00:18:54Dorian, don't get too full of yourself.
00:18:56These shares, you don't even know if this document is real.
00:18:59Tomorrow at 3 in the afternoon, shareholders meeting.
00:19:02You can hand over the chairman's seat.
00:19:04Still sign it!
00:19:05Still sign it!
00:19:24Sterling, bad news.
00:19:25The Ashford branch family has completely collapsed.
00:19:27Ashford Holdings thinks that they're ending all cooperation with us.
00:19:29The banks are flooding us with collection costs.
00:19:30How did this happen?
00:19:31Didn't Damien say you could get rid of Dorian?
00:19:43You jinx.
00:19:45Marrying you is the worst thing that ever happened to me.
00:19:47Your Sterling family can't even pay the rest of the money.
00:19:50Now the branch family has collapsed.
00:19:52And it's all because of you Sterlings.
00:19:54How is this my fault?
00:19:56You're the useless one.
00:19:59You couldn't even beat a cripple and an idiot.
00:20:01You still dare to talk back?
00:20:03If that idiot from your family hadn't seduced my cousin
00:20:04when we had lost those shares,
00:20:06tomorrow you're going to find that idiot.
00:20:07If you can't get the money, I'll kill you.
00:20:08If you can't get it, you're going to die.
00:20:23If you go, let's get it.
00:20:23If you can't get it.
00:20:24If you can't get it.
00:20:25You're going to die.
00:20:29How are you?
00:20:30If you can't get it, you're going to die.
00:20:36You're going to die.
00:20:37of the ashford family now you can't just turn your back on the sterling family
00:20:43elena after all i'm still your real father the sterling family is about to go bankrupt loan
00:20:48sticks are showing up at our door every day can you find a way to get dorian to transfer some
00:20:52funds
00:20:52for us just enough to get the sterling family through this elena i was wrong before but we're
00:20:56family now that you're the one in charge of the ashford family you can't just stand by and watch
00:21:00us die right it smells so good meow you're so nice ignore these two noisy jerks meow elena you
00:21:10bitch don't act like you're above everyone else shut up you little brat don't ruin this
00:21:20if we alert the guards we'll both get thrown out tonight
00:21:31forget it elena doesn't even recognize her father anymore no point saying more
00:21:36chloe let's go don't disturb your sister
00:21:54mr ashford something's wrong the fabri imperial egg in the second floor study safe
00:21:58it's missing oh my god what happened sounds like some birthday gift went missing what
00:22:01tonight is mrs beatrice ashford's 80th birthday gala who would have the nerve to steal from the
00:22:06ashford's own manor dorian the loyal egg for mrs beatrice ashford imperial egg worth 100 million
00:22:14dollars is missing this is serious shouldn't we call the police right away and search everyone in the
00:22:18manor after all the ones you really need to watch out for are the people closest to you
00:22:22is christy implying that mrs ashford has sticky fingers that alina is an idiot anyway she probably
00:22:27liked that shiny green egg and took it to play with
00:22:34i'm full meow i saw a skinny old guy upstairs just now the one came to talk to you he
00:22:38wrapped the green
00:22:38egg and shiny silver foil then secretly stuffed it into the spare tire gap of that big black car
00:22:42outside now green egg you idiot what are you pointing at behind it big circle that sterling family
00:22:52old man's car hurry up stop messing around if the ashford security catches us none of us is leaving
00:23:04tonight oh dad i i can't feel my legs that's 100 million dollars can we really take it out we
00:23:11have
00:23:11to once we get this loyal egg past that iron gate and sell it on the black market the sterling
00:23:15family
00:23:15will make a complete comeback come on the car's right ahead what's going on open the gate open it now
00:24:08oh
00:24:11mr dorian ashford
00:24:13what are you doing we're just not feeling well and wanted to go home early that's all
00:24:25there's a green egg in the car you idiot what the hell are you saying you team up with outsiders
00:24:31to frame your own father i'm your real dad you ungrateful little wretch try open the trunk lock no
00:24:37what right does the ashford family have to search my car this is private property
00:24:43i don't know what's going on
00:24:54mr ashford we found it it's the loyal egg for mrs beatrice ashford
00:24:57oh my god so the thief really was that old sterling guy the chairman of sterling capital
00:25:01stealing from his son-in-law's home how shameless
00:25:07the in-laws of the ashford branch family are so broke even came to steal at mrs beatrice ashford's
00:25:12birthday gala the wife the branch family married in has really brought them honor
00:25:16the
00:25:22i didn't mean to my dad forced me
00:25:26elena elena elena dad just made a mistake for a moment the company is really finished you've
00:25:33always listened to dad since you were lied right say something for me help me hurry
00:25:39go beg mr dorian for me tell him you gave me the egg to play with please beg him to
00:25:44spare me this once
00:25:45are you really gonna watch your own father go to prison
00:25:56you think you can hide from me forever
00:26:03it's too loud i i don't like it
00:26:14elena don't be afraid
00:26:17look at me listen carefully no one in this world can ever lock you up again this is the ashford
00:26:23family
00:26:24you are my lawful and acknowledged wife dorian ashford's wife today say whatever you want no
00:26:29matter what happens i've got your back no one can touch you
00:26:47i
00:26:53i
00:26:54won't beg
00:26:56elena
00:26:58you ungrateful
00:27:00you sold me
00:27:02the sterling family is dead to me
00:27:06i am not your daughter anymore
00:27:11never again
00:27:22did you hear what my wife said mr sterling starting now ashford holdings will terminate
00:27:26all funding and partnerships with the sterling family also the banks have already froze all
00:27:29assets under the sterling family's name the file i just threw in your face it's the transfer
00:27:33agreement for all remaining sterling assets to cover the 100 million dollar loyal egg you stole
00:27:36tonight no this can't be you're trying to completely destroy the sterling family sign
00:27:40it or i'll send you straight to the state police you'll be charged with stealing 300 million and
00:27:44you can rot in prison
00:27:54take him away
00:28:10take him away
00:28:38Mr. Ashford, be careful.
00:29:11Mr. Ashford, you've fallen
00:29:12ten times today.
00:29:13Maybe we should stop here.
00:29:23Mr. Ashford, hold on.
00:29:25I'm here.
00:29:26I'm your most loyal partner.
00:29:28You'll stand up.
00:29:37He's standing.
00:29:38He's really standing.
00:29:47Since Dorian Ashford, the eldest grandson of the Ashford family, reclaimed his position,
00:29:51the main branch's influence has surged, and the branch family has been entirely purged.
00:29:55This is Beatrice Ashford.
00:29:57Damien is making a move.
00:29:58His club in upstate New York, which he spent a fortune building, officially opens today.
00:30:03Damien is now completely cornered.
00:30:04This time, he sent invitations everywhere and invited almost the whole city's elite.
00:30:07Looks like he wants to use the opening dinner to pull in capital and make one last move.
00:30:13One last move?
00:30:14Looks like he finally learned something.
00:30:16Grandmother, he's betting his life with his last bit of money.
00:30:18Then we go.
00:30:19Why wouldn't we?
00:30:19I want to see for myself what that fool still dares to do right under my eyes.
00:30:23Since he invited us so warmly, we'll go.
00:30:25And we'll send him off for good.
00:30:34Mr. Ashford, this club is built on dangerous ground.
00:30:37Tonight's rain is unusually heavy, and the weather apartment keeps warning about landslides.
00:30:40Damien built it on the edge of a cliff just to show off and overlook the whole city.
00:30:43He isn't even afraid it'll crush him.
00:31:07Damien really went all out this time.
00:31:09I heard he poured billions into this club.
00:31:12A fallen giant still casts shadow than a dwarf.
00:31:14If he can really bring in a few big financial groups tonight, maybe he can take another shot at the
00:31:18main branch.
00:31:25Everyone, this club was built with the world's top-sized max structure.
00:31:29Thank you all for coming tonight.
00:31:32A dying struggle.
00:31:34If we work together in the future, there will be plenty of benefits for everyone.
00:31:42Stuffy.
00:31:50It's collapsing!
00:31:52The mud is completely gone!
00:31:54Run!
00:31:54The rocks are cracking!
00:31:56Water is pouring in!
00:31:57Run!
00:31:58Now!
00:32:04Water!
00:32:05It's all water!
00:32:06The dirt underground has been washed out!
00:32:07The rocks are splitting!
00:32:08The mountain is coming down!
00:32:09Everyone up there will die!
00:32:11They'll all die!
00:32:19The ground is moving!
00:32:21The mountain is going to collapse!
00:32:22Fly!
00:32:25Animals can always sense geological disasters and mountain shifts before those cold machines do.
00:32:35Elayna?
00:32:37What's wrong?
00:32:37What happened?
00:32:45The mountain?
00:32:47The mountain?
00:32:47The mountain?
00:32:48The mountain is collapsing!
00:32:49The mountain is collapsing!
00:32:49Water!
00:32:50Mud!
00:32:51Death!
00:32:51Go!
00:32:52Leave now!
00:32:53What is Mrs. Ashburn talking about?
00:32:55Mountain is collapsing?
00:32:56What a lunatic.
00:32:58Today is Mr. Damien's big day and she's cursing everyone to die in front of everyone.
00:33:03Elayna, is your madness acting up again?
00:33:06I don't care what you do at the Ashford home, but today is the grand opening of my Ridge Club.
00:33:10Exactly.
00:33:11If your brain is broken, go home and take your meds.
00:33:13Why come out here and embarrass yourself?
00:33:14I spent billions on this club and hired the world's top engineering team.
00:33:18It's built against the mountain and by the cliff.
00:33:20It's solid.
00:33:20Dorian, even if you can't stand our branch, don't let your crazy wife ruin my night in public.
00:33:25And don't make up some ridiculous joke about a landslide.
00:33:28If word gets out, people will laugh at you.
00:33:35It's raining hard outside, but the road was fine when we came up.
00:33:38There's no sign of the mountain collapsing.
00:33:40This Mrs. Ashworth really does have something wrong with her head.
00:33:43Totally insane.
00:33:44She shouldn't be brought out in public at all.
00:33:54Go.
00:33:59Go.
00:34:04Okay.
00:34:07We're leaving.
00:34:24Your legs, you can actually stand?
00:34:28That's impossible.
00:34:29That's impossible.
00:34:31Lucas, listen up.
00:34:36Here.
00:34:37Cut all power to the club.
00:34:39Seal every exit.
00:34:40Clear every guest out of this hall.
00:34:42Now.
00:34:44If you don't want to die, get down the mountain now.
00:34:47Move.
00:34:56Stop.
00:34:57Everyone stop.
00:34:57This is my place.
00:34:59Where's security?
00:34:59Where the hell are my people?
00:35:10Protect Mrs. Ashford.
00:35:12Get down the mountain.
00:35:13Get down the mountain.
00:35:24The desperate screams of thousands of creatures, when the mountain collapsed, kept echoing in my head.
00:35:30Please?
00:35:33I can't.
00:35:36Bye.
00:35:39Bye.
00:35:41Bye.
00:35:44Come on.
00:36:17Come on.
00:36:28God, it's gone. It's really gone.
00:36:30If Mr. Ashward hadn't forced everyone out just now, all of us, more than 100 people, would have been buried
00:36:35alive in there tonight.
00:36:36He saved our whole families.
00:36:45Mr. Damien Ashford, you're not going anywhere.
00:36:50Damien Ashford, you are suspected of causing a major engineering accident and endangering public safety. You're coming with us.
00:36:54Top-tier club? It was nothing but a shoddy project!
00:36:58To attract investors, he even faked the basic geological survey.
00:37:02He cut corners on the load-bearing structure and how to...
00:37:04This is murder!
00:37:13Damien Ashford and Preston Ashford, you are officially under arrest tonight on suspicion of causing a major engineering accident and
00:37:18endangering public safety.
00:37:23Mr. Ashford, thanks to you, our whole family survived that night.
00:37:27From now on, if Ashfield and Periades need anything, we won't refuse.
00:37:32Yes, exactly.
00:37:33The entire upper circle remembers that you saved our lives.
00:37:49Mrs. Ashford, you even knew about that disaster before it happened.
00:37:53It was like a miracle.
00:37:55Now, everyone in high society knows that you are the true lady of the Ashford family.
00:38:04Mrs. Ashford, you even knew about that disaster before it happened.
00:38:06No, no, no, no!
00:38:14Lily, you can't catch me!
00:38:17Marcus, you're cheating! Titan, help me stop him!
00:38:25Mistress, Titan secretly ate an extra piece of Wagyu beef jerky at lunch again.
00:38:30That's not fair.
00:38:31You have to punish him.
00:38:53What are you smiling about?
00:38:58Mrs. Ashford, Mr. Ashford is hugging you again.
00:39:01So embarrassing, meow.
00:39:06Mrs. Ashford, everyone in the manor are so glad to see you doing so well.
00:39:11The Sterling family treated you so badly before, and now they've finally paid for it.
00:39:15It's all in the past now.
00:39:26Elena, you are the greatest luck of my life.
00:39:31I finally have a complete, happy family now.
00:39:41Are you nervous?
00:39:45No.
00:39:47If you want to do this, I'll pave the way for you.
00:39:56Titan, come back!
00:39:57It stole my cookies!
00:40:04Check everyone coming in tonight again.
00:40:06Already arranged.
00:40:20Hey, Elena.
00:40:24It came from the port.
00:40:26Onyx, why are you here?
00:40:29Onyx is the crow my mother used to feed.
00:40:32After she died, it disappeared.
00:40:33Why is it here now?
00:40:35Red ship.
00:40:36Iron cages.
00:40:38The bad man is back.
00:40:41What did you hear?
00:40:45He killed the woman who always fed me bread.
00:40:52What?
00:40:56My mother.
00:41:01Mrs. Rowan?
00:41:04The bad man is back.
00:41:06The bad man is inside.
00:41:14Mr. Adrian Vail, chairman of the Vail Foundation, has arrived.
00:41:17He actually came in person.
00:41:21Mrs. Ashford, it's a pleasure to meet you.
00:41:27Mr. Vail.
00:41:28Mr. Ashford.
00:41:29It's an honor to be invited tonight.
00:41:30You're Marianne's daughter, right?
00:41:32I've always remembered her.
00:41:34She was a very special woman.
00:41:38You knew my mother?
00:41:39We worked together briefly years ago.
00:41:43The bad man is here.
00:41:44The bad man is here.
00:41:46Don't let him near her.
00:41:47Red ship.
00:41:48Iron cages.
00:41:49Blood.
00:41:51I hope we'll have more chances to work together.
00:42:01What is this?
00:42:02The key to the old storage room in the West Wing.
00:42:06Your mother stayed at the estate for a while back then.
00:42:08My mom?
00:42:09She participated in the Ashford family's early animal rescue projects.
00:42:12After the accident, I had everything she left here sealed away.
00:42:15Why are you only telling me now?
00:42:16Because back then, I hadn't decided if I should tell you.
00:42:19I didn't know about this either.
00:42:21Your father didn't want anyone to bring it up again.
00:42:23Including you.
00:42:25Now, they should be returned to you.
00:42:37Her scent is in there.
00:43:01Mom used to wear this.
00:43:08Hidden.
00:43:16What did you find?
00:43:26He knew your mother.
00:43:28Yesterday, he said he remembered her.
00:43:30Looks like it was more than that.
00:43:36He comes back.
00:43:38Don't trust him.
00:43:39She was afraid of him.
00:43:42Lucas, look up Adrian Veil's right now.
00:43:47Adrian Veil.
00:43:48Chairman of the Veil Foundation.
00:43:50International animal protection advocate.
00:43:52He owns seven wildlife rescue centers.
00:43:54Over the past 15 years, he has won several international charity awards.
00:43:57No criminal record.
00:43:58No tax issues.
00:44:00No public scandals.
00:44:02Too clean.
00:44:04Yes.
00:44:04Almost perfectly clean.
00:44:07Before Mrs. Rowan's accident, she worked with him on an animal rescue project.
00:44:13What's the project called?
00:44:17The Coastal Wildlife Migration Protection Program.
00:44:19I remember it.
00:44:21That project was suddenly shut down later.
00:44:23The official reason was a funding break.
00:44:27When someone is too clean, it usually means someone wiped things clean for him.
00:44:37Where are you going?
00:44:39The old warehouse.
00:44:41I'll go with you.
00:44:43I'll take Onyx.
00:44:45Lucas will stay outside.
00:44:53I'll be right outside.
00:44:56Okay.
00:45:07You want me to open it?
00:45:08She hid.
00:45:09She hid it.
00:45:23It's mom's.
00:45:30The number of animals at the rescue station doesn't match.
00:45:32The animals listed as released into the wild were actually put on cargo ship.
00:45:36Red ship.
00:45:38Iron cages.
00:45:43Someone took it.
00:45:48Adrian didn't just come back.
00:45:50He never left.
00:45:56The Vail Foundation still has a warehouse at East Harbor.
00:46:00Check it.
00:46:01Already on it.
00:46:03The registration says it's a legal rescue transfer site.
00:46:06The word legal is the best cover for dirty work.
00:46:08Mom found this place.
00:46:10That's why she got into trouble.
00:46:12We can't conclude that yet.
00:46:16But we're looking in the right direction.
00:46:21A bird is coming.
00:46:22The red ship is leaving port.
00:46:24The red ship is leaving port.
00:46:27Lucas.
00:46:34The red ship is leaving port.
00:46:36The red ship is leaving port.
00:46:38Get off me.
00:46:39Get off me.
00:46:40Don't touch it.
00:46:42It escaped from the port.
00:46:43Where is the red ship?
00:46:45Load it tonight.
00:46:47Hurry.
00:46:48East Harbor.
00:46:49The car is ready.
00:46:50Once on the ship.
00:46:51You never come back.
00:46:52Never come back.
00:46:53I need to go to East Harbor.
00:46:55I'm going with you.
00:46:56Bring the team.
00:46:58Don't alert the media.
00:46:59The red ship is leaving port.
00:47:07Open them.
00:47:11Open.
00:47:33I understand the Ashford family's concern for animal rescue.
00:47:37But this kind of way damages projects that truly need help.
00:47:41The interview is over.
00:47:42Mr. Ashfield, are you protecting your wife?
00:47:44I'm reminding you not to turn your question into a legal notice.
00:47:48If you need it, I can refer you to a psychological trauma specialist.
00:47:53He knows.
00:47:55He knows.
00:47:55He knows you can hear them.
00:48:00The news is out.
00:48:05Who leaked it?
00:48:06The media arrived early.
00:48:08It was a setup.
00:48:14He knows I can hear them.
00:48:18Those boxes held animals before.
00:48:20He let me hear them on purpose.
00:48:22Then he cleared the place ahead of time.
00:48:24So he planted that gray parrot too?
00:48:27Maybe not.
00:48:29But he used it.
00:48:32Then we'll investigate another way.
00:48:34He wants everyone to think you're crazy.
00:48:36I'll show everyone what he's afraid of.
00:48:49Marion's daughter.
00:48:50Just as troublesome as she was.
00:49:00They're not attacking the Ashford family.
00:49:02They're only attacking Mrs. Ashford.
00:49:06Who released this?
00:49:08The source goes through several layers.
00:49:10But the direction is clear.
00:49:11It's people from the Vale Foundation pushing this from behind the scenes.
00:49:14Wow.
00:49:15They're saying bad things about you.
00:49:17I know.
00:49:19Give me the list.
00:49:21Yes, sir.
00:49:25Public opinion is against the Foundation right now.
00:49:28We suggest pausing all of Mrs. Ashford's public appearances for now.
00:49:30This is only to protect the Foundation.
00:49:34As long as she stays out of the public eye for a while, this will blow over soon.
00:49:39The Ashford Foundation was founded by my wife.
00:49:42Anyone who dares to question her can get out of the board.
00:49:44Mr. Ashford, this isn't rational.
00:49:46Then you can be the first to leave.
00:49:49They don't get to define you.
00:49:51What do you think of Mrs. Ashford's accusations against you?
00:49:55I don't want to judge her.
00:49:56I feel very sorry for Mrs. Ashford.
00:49:58She may need professional help.
00:50:01Not blind indulgence.
00:50:02So you believe she has mental health issues?
00:50:05I'm not a doctor.
00:50:06But I hope she gets the care she needs.
00:50:11He's lying.
00:50:16Mrs. Ashford, the public believes you show delusional communication behavior.
00:50:20You insist you can understand animals.
00:50:22Does that need a medical explanation?
00:50:26Animals don't lie.
00:50:30Are you saying humans do lie?
00:50:33I'm saying the evidence will come.
00:50:52Mrs. Ashford?
00:50:57Do not trust Adrian.
00:51:06There's a name on its leg band.
00:51:09Captain.
00:51:11Captain.
00:51:13It's the parrot my mother raised.
00:51:15After my mother's car accident, it disappeared.
00:51:17I remember it too.
00:51:17I never thought it was still alive.
00:51:19When your mother came to the estate back then, this parrot's with her.
00:51:21It was really smart.
00:51:21It could even sing to cheer people up.
00:51:24Marianne.
00:51:24Port.
00:51:26Coffee.
00:51:28Don't go there.
00:51:31Mom.
00:51:33White shirt.
00:51:34Smile.
00:51:35Coffee.
00:51:35Marilyn, you're too tired.
00:51:37Adrian, those animals were never released into the wild.
00:51:40The boxes on the cargo ship aren't for rescue transport.
00:51:43Marianne, you shouldn't keep digging.
00:51:45I'll report this to the police.
00:51:47You won't get the chance.
00:51:49Brakes!
00:51:50Brakes!
00:51:50Brakes!
00:51:51Crash!
00:51:51Crash!
00:51:52Crash!
00:51:57I always thought it was an accident.
00:51:59The official report said the road was slippery that rainy night.
00:52:01If Captain remembers all this, it means Mrs. Rowan was indeed threatened by Adrian.
00:52:04This time, I won't let him hurt you.
00:52:07This isn't just for me.
00:52:09It's for those little animals he locked up to, and for the animals that never got out.
00:52:12I know.
00:52:12You don't have to be scared now.
00:52:16Sir, Captain has shown up.
00:52:19What do you mean?
00:52:19Lady Marianne's great parrot from back then.
00:52:23It was sent to the Ashford estate.
00:52:27Who sent it?
00:52:28Still working on it.
00:52:30Find it.
00:52:32And everything it has ever heard.
00:52:36The conclusion back then was that the road was slippery on the rainy night.
00:52:40The car lost control and went off the hillside.
00:52:43Check it again.
00:52:44We already did.
00:52:45The brake line shows signs of being cut.
00:52:49The repair records were also altered back then.
00:52:52Someone cleaned up the evidence ahead of time.
00:52:53Brakes!
00:52:54No brakes.
00:52:58Adrian did it.
00:52:59We need a witness who can nail him.
00:53:03There was a port manager back then.
00:53:05The last time he showed up was one week before Marianne's accident.
00:53:08Where is he?
00:53:09He's been missing for years.
00:53:10Will you respond to the Ashford family's investigation?
00:53:12I have no interest in getting involved in some wealthy family feud.
00:53:15So the Vale Foundation will end all cooperation with the Ashford Foundation.
00:53:18Are you denying Mrs. Ashford's accusations?
00:53:20I only believe in the law and the facts.
00:53:22Still haven't found the ledger?
00:53:23Not yet.
00:53:25Marianne couldn't have left just the journals.
00:53:27She must have had a complete ledger.
00:53:29You think it's at the Ashford Relity?
00:53:31Most likely.
00:53:34That ledger has every animal trade record.
00:53:37And there's also a participant list.
00:53:40If Ashford gets it?
00:53:41Then we make sure they don't.
00:53:49Thief.
00:53:55Danger.
00:53:57Needle.
00:53:58Lucas!
00:53:59The old storage room!
00:54:08Go after him!
00:54:12Are you hurt?
00:54:13No.
00:54:15Dropped it.
00:54:18Lock down the estate.
00:54:20Yes, sir.
00:54:20Raise the children's security to the highest level.
00:54:23Understood.
00:54:25Mom, can understand Titan, right?
00:54:29Yes.
00:54:32Mom, that's amazing!
00:54:34This used to be your mother's project office.
00:54:36Related to the Ashford family's early animal rescue project?
00:54:39There's a hidden compartment here.
00:54:42Happy birthday!
00:54:43March 27th.
00:54:440-3-2-7.
00:54:450-3-2-7.
00:54:45That's my birthday date.
00:54:48Now you're all I have left by my side.
00:54:50He's most likely to go after our kids.
00:54:51Lucas, I'm here.
00:54:53From now on, the children can't leave our sight for even a second.
00:54:56This place was shut down 20 years ago.
00:54:59Go downstairs.
00:55:02Many little animals died here.
00:55:05Cages, water, no food.
00:55:07You hear that?
00:55:08There's something here.
00:55:10These numbers match the port transfer records.
00:55:14Don't be scared.
00:55:16Found it.
00:55:17Where's the list?
00:55:19I'll handle it.
00:55:21You never release them.
00:55:24This isn't enough.
00:55:25But it's enough to prove he lied.
00:55:26Take it away first.
00:55:31Someone set a fire.
00:55:34Help me.
00:55:35It's so hot.
00:55:36There's an animal inside.
00:55:37You can't risk your life again.
00:55:38It'll die.
00:55:39I can't let you die.
00:55:43Titan!
00:55:49I'm sorry.
00:55:51You got it out.
00:55:52He isn't just trying to destroy evidence.
00:55:54He's trying to force me to give in.
00:55:56They took the video recorder.
00:55:57It doesn't matter.
00:55:58What's next?
00:55:58Next, we go after her children.
00:56:06The media is turning on us now.
00:56:11I'm deeply sorry that the old rescue station caught fire.
00:56:14The Veil Foundation is willing to fund its rebuilding.
00:56:17He's humiliating me.
00:56:19And provoking us.
00:56:23Ledger.
00:56:24I'm deeper.
00:56:25Woman.
00:56:27Who?
00:56:28Helen.
00:56:29Helen took it.
00:56:36I don't know anything about a ledger.
00:56:39You used to serve my mother at the Sterling House.
00:56:41Right?
00:56:42If I remember correctly.
00:56:45Yes. I took care of Mrs. Rowan. She was very kind to everyone.
00:56:55That was hers.
00:56:57She gave the ledger to you.
00:57:04Miss Marion said I must never give the ledger to Arthur.
00:57:09My father?
00:57:11She didn't trust him.
00:57:14Later, Arthur came to me.
00:57:17He said if I didn't hand it over, something would happen to you.
00:57:22Where is the ledger?
00:57:23I didn't give it to him. I hid it.
00:57:28Where did you hide it?
00:57:33The old Sterling House.
00:57:39That's where your mother lived after she got married.
00:57:42She said it was the place Arthur would never want to go back to.
00:57:46Check the ownership.
00:57:54The old house was already sold by the bank at auction.
00:57:57Who bought it?
00:57:59Adrian Vace.
00:58:06He's been waiting for this all along.
00:58:10Maybe he hasn't found it yet.
00:58:12The old house is huge.
00:58:13If the ledger is well hidden, he'll need time.
00:58:17Then we'll be faster.
00:58:20This will be dangerous.
00:58:23I know.
00:58:25Don't let him get the ledger.
00:58:30This time, I won't let him take anything.
00:58:37I'll buy it back.
00:58:41It's too late.
00:58:44Adrian just announced that the old Sterling House will be turned into a children's mental health center.
00:58:53The press conference is today.
00:59:02You don't have to go.
00:59:05I need to see it.
00:59:08Elena.
00:59:11That's where my mother left the ledger.
00:59:15And it's where I was locked up.
00:59:21This place once belonged to a broken family.
00:59:25From now on, it will help more children suffering from family trauma.
00:59:31Are you responding to the Ashford family's accusations?
00:59:35I'm only doing what should be done.
00:59:41You don't have to go back in.
00:59:48There's something underground.
00:59:51The bad man keeps looking.
00:59:58Underground.
01:00:00Are you sure?
01:00:03The cat said so.
01:00:07We can't get in during the day.
01:00:10Then we go at night.
01:00:20There's an old tunnel under the house.
01:00:24It used to be the wine cellar exit.
01:00:30What about the cameras?
01:00:32I can give you ten minutes.
01:00:35It's not too late to change your mind.
01:00:38I've been scared for years.
01:00:41That's enough.
01:00:43That's enough.
01:00:48Here?
01:00:50This is where they locked me up when I was little.
01:01:01Someone got here before us.
01:01:12If you can see this letter, it means you're no longer afraid.
01:01:19She knew you would come back.
01:01:22She also knew I would survive.
01:01:33Should we act now?
01:01:35No.
01:01:39Let her take the letter.
01:01:41Why?
01:01:43Because the closer she gets to the truth,
01:01:46the easier it is for her to make a mistake.
01:01:54These are the coordinates for the old North Bay port.
01:01:58The letter doesn't say where the ledger is.
01:02:01No.
01:02:04The real ledger isn't on paper.
01:02:07It's on the animals.
01:02:09On the animals?
01:02:10Number!
01:02:11Number!
01:02:12A-17904!
01:02:16Red and blue bird.
01:02:18Leg band.
01:02:19Loud call.
01:02:22A macaque.
01:02:23This is an endangered macaw
01:02:25that the Vale Foundation rescued and transferred ten years ago.
01:02:29Where was it transferred?
01:02:30The record says it was released to a sanctuary in South America.
01:02:35But the sanctuary has no record of receiving it.
01:02:41If Marianne was right...
01:02:46Adrian hid animal identity data inside electronic chips.
01:02:52Each animal should match one trade record.
01:02:55So the ledger isn't a book.
01:03:00It's a group of living evidence.
01:03:04Every rescued animal is a moving ledger.
01:03:09As long as we find one group of animals...
01:03:12We can trace the whole network.
01:03:16Check every animal rescue transport the Vale Foundation has been involved in over the past ten years.
01:03:21Already on it.
01:03:23The bad man is coming.
01:03:24He knows.
01:03:31The court has issued a temporary restraining order.
01:03:36Mrs. Ashford may not contact any animals under the Vale Foundation.
01:03:39She may not enter related rescue stations, transfer sites, or sanctuaries.
01:03:46Mrs. Ashford, will you still claim that you can communicate with animals?
01:03:49Are you willing to take a mental health evaluation?
01:03:53The interview is over.
01:03:58Your mother once thought the truth would come out, too.
01:04:03What a pity.
01:04:04She didn't understand the rules.
01:04:10Neither do you.
01:04:13Stay away from her.
01:04:15Mr. Ashford,
01:04:17a court order is more useful than your threats.
01:04:20Adrian.
01:04:23You're going to lose.
01:04:27Because animals don't lie.
01:04:29And neither do the dead.
01:04:33The Vale Foundation's lawsuit has already hurt market confidence.
01:04:37If we stay tied to Mrs. Elena's foundation, the risk will grow.
01:04:42We suggest cutting ties for now.
01:04:47It's only a temporary PR move.
01:04:49Once public opinion settles down, we can work together again.
01:04:53You want me to give up on my life?
01:04:55We're protecting the group.
01:04:58No.
01:05:00You're telling everyone that Ashford can be threatened.
01:05:06Public meeting.
01:05:10Now.
01:05:17Mr. Ashford, will you suspend cooperation with your wife's foundation?
01:05:20Do you believe her actions have caused a crisis for the group?
01:05:23Ashford Holdings will establish an independent animal protection investigation division.
01:05:27Alina Ashford will be fully in charge.
01:05:30Does that mean the group will continue to support her?
01:05:32She is not a risk to the group.
01:05:33She is the Ashford family's bottom line.
01:05:42I'm not crazy.
01:05:45And I'm not using animals to create lies.
01:05:48I simply believe that lives which can't speak human words deserve to be heard too.
01:05:54Are you admitting that you can communicate with animals?
01:06:01I admit that I've heard many voices that were ignored.
01:06:05If that's why they're attacking me,
01:06:09then they found the right reason.
01:06:13Because I won't stop.
01:06:16I'm not going to die.
01:06:16So long enough.
01:06:18You