The thing about the mask... I've been thinking about what you said. I don't want to be expected to speak or act the way others want me to. [...] But another reason is just in case you came to see it too.

because seeing huaien sit all alone and sad looking the moon and thinking about xiaobao and then cracking a small smile when he sees xiaobao smiling got to me

- Episode 9, Meet you at the blossom, 2024

曾今的我总觉得离那二字相距甚远，可上一次离开天启时，我持酒登楼，这次回到天启，我刀剑双绝。我还记得我年少时的志向，也一直期待说出这个名号。诸位好，我是酒仙，百里东君。 In the past, I always felt that I was too far away from those two words, but when I left Tianqi the previous time, I ascended the tower with a vat of wine in hand, now that I’ve returned to Tianqi, my sword and blade are both excellent. I still remember my aspiration from when I was young, and have always looked forward to announcing this title of mine. Greetings everyone, I’m the Wine Deity, Baili Dongjun.

"I don't know what will happen after this but I promise you, as long as I am alive, I will love you, and I will never leave you. And I will make you happy every day."

难道你就没有想过一个假扮李长生的人可能比李长生更厉害吗？ Don’t tell me you’ve never thought that an impostor of Li Changsheng might actually be stronger than Li Changsheng?

此乃天启城外，而我未入天启，便仍是江湖之人。所以，我只是沈静舟，你也只是我萍水相交的朋友，叶鼎之。 This place is outside Tianqi City, and since I haven’t entered Tianqi, I’m still a person of the jianghu. So, I am only Shen Jingzhou, and you are only a friend I met by chance, Ye Dingzhi.

—我确实很喜欢自在恣意。但不是自在恣意的世家公子哥，而是自在恣意的江湖侠客。 —江湖侠客？ —江湖侠客。为友拔剑，为情拔剑，为不平拔剑。虽自在恣意，却有担当。虽不守规矩，但有原则。爷爷，如今百里家有事，您孙子我已经磨好剑了。 —来。