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Mother hen, ruffled feathers, claw machines and scaredy tall chicken

Building on previous episode, this one was more about recovery and building a new routine for life.**** Synopsis : After settling down uncomfortably on a folding out arm chair, Sang Zhi had been embarrassed again by her phone playing loud a message from her new suitor, whom she had agreed to meet with the group for a show at the cinema, after her dinner date.Next day, she went to fetch Jiaxu's laptop and fresh clothes for him when he'd be released from hospital. On the way back she brushed shoulders with Jiang Ying but they did not know each other, so went on their different business in opposite directions. Sang Zhi had spent her nights at Jiaxu's bedside, and her days in school.She had learned more about Jiaxu's "debts" from a phone call with her mom who had told her sketchily about the blood price he had been saddled with. Jiaxu's boss was a decent one who preferred that he take enough rest and come back totally healed, but Jiaxu was a workaholic who needed something to do even in hospital. Sang Zhi stayed on, despite the arrival in the room of an old man who teased them by insisting on calling her Jiaxu's wife. Since denials did not stop him, Jiaxu played along his fantasies, but Sang Zhi was annoyed.She wanted to recover her own freedom to study without needing to nurse the sick man, so she prepared a series of post-its as reminders and advice, to help him recover physically and get more attentive to the needs of his body : take care not to sit too long, move about, go to sleep before a certain hour. She was quite thoughtful and admirable in her "motherly care" there.But Jiaxu could tell that something had "ruffled her feathers" and suspected it had to do with the jokes about he and her being a couple, at the hospital. He sought advice from his friends and bosses Li Xun and Jiang Siyun : as an older, more experienced couple, they had constructive criticism to offer, warning Jiaxu to stop making relationship jokes that would make Sang Zhi angry,, or to stop commenting on her age. The universal cure for misunderstandings, Chinese style, was suggested : invite her for dinner and share a good meal.Meanwhile, Jiang Ying acted up again, hounding him on the phone, while Sang Zhi was catching up on the promised cinema outing with the handsome and tall fellow student Jiang Ming, who had eyes only for her, while she almost ignored him until she realized he was scared of the tall chicken in the film ! While he went away briefly in the mall, to wipe his head from the sweat his fear had caused him, her eyes stopped on a claw machine that had small white toys exactly like the one she had received as a kid....---- Puzzle : Did you notice the snippet of Jiaxu working on his laptop through the night in hospital, flanked by the sleeping old man on one side and the sleeping Sang Zhi on the other ? Jiaxu made a pause to readjust his coat, that was sliding off her, while she turned over. Can you guess where that snippet fits into the epîsode ?

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Turning the tide around

Xu Yan used her charm and kindness to help an old lady recover her awareness, accept medication and help without having her loss be questioned. She had not told Haoming about her intention, so he was genuinely amazed that the man he planned to do a business deal with was aware of Xu Yan and because of her action, favored him. Xu Yan's jealous colleague Sun Siwei stumbled upon a scandal and orchestrated a potentially deadly blow to her rival (SSW was played by Vanessa Wang/ Wang Yiyao, xho started her career as model in 2010 and branched over to acting in movies and dramas since 2013, with a few main roles mostly in comedies). But Xu Yan, had already foreseen such possibility and prepared a masterful scenario to quell the fire, trapping Sun into committing a blatant misstep, which Haoming witnessed.... Zhao Lusi was the main focus in this high stress episode, where lies morphed into hard truths of fake family becoming real friends and real wife supporting her husband and getting support from him.

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"Look Me Into The Eye: Are You Really Not My Fan ?" - Arrival in Lincheng

After a prologue starting "five years before", when the actress and the doctor accidentally bumped into each other (in a generic European looking country, moments before a bomb went off), Qin Fei, her assistant Ke Feifei, Dr. Xing Zhizhi and a team of volunteers from Hexi hospital arrived in the area where Qin Fei was to donate a special and costly surgical knife together with working for 2 weeks as celebrity volunteer with Linkang Hospital. Almost immediately, she had to face a disaster and help the doctor rescuing a wounded child. Most of the characters are introduced, including entertainment company agent Ren Siqi before the team left Hexi, where Ren Siqi had sorted out a misunderstanding when Qin Fei turned aggressive against the person she mistook for a fan crossing the lines.

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Jelly Belly pyramids and naked punches

This episode was all about the unsuccessful attempts by Jiang Ying and Sang Yan to break up the new couple. Jiaxu was ready to endure battles and beatings for his girl, and she was ready to give him all her earnings ... to make down payment for their future home. Jiaxu sent her Jelly Belly pyramids with a packed lunch to cheer her up from what he sensed had worried her, although she had not told him what. Sang Yan arrived unexpectedly and had more than disapproval when he discovered who his sister's bf was. He tried to shame Jiaxu for having known SZ as a kid and being « 25-26 », so much older than he was, but JX gently corrected that he was only 5 years older than SZ and prepared to treat her well for the rest of his life. Jiaxu’s calm and acceptance of his friend’s reaction, SZ standing up for JX, and their obvious warm and happy connection over the shrimps later, finally made Big Brother "da ge" Sang Yan relent. A first battle was won, hands down, by the young couple. ------ Puzzle : Did you find where the snippet about Sang Yan inspecting Jiaxu’s apartment belonged in the timeline, and did you laugh at the « retaliation pact » and the goofing with the ointment before they went to bed, JX in his bedroom, SY on the couch ?

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« Give out the candy, or hold hands ? » 给糖还是牵手？

Heat rising, despite the air conditioning ! While the two found themselves on the same wavelength, speaking same words in unison, they were still nervous about their inexperience in starting their first serious relationship. Jiaxu, glowing from his joy of knowing what she had said to her brother, was torn between acting on his impulses to crowd and touch her, to unwrap her as a candy, or wrap her in his care.. Sang Zhi admitted that she did not dislike him ; Jiaxu translated it for her. When he again proved his respect for her, through an apology and his asking for a permission, she could not resist, and they both voiced their mutual feelings. A different sort of heat rose when Jiaxu was put on the spot in a three party phone conference with inquisitive questions. Puzzle : Did you fit in the snippet of the two acting cutely jealous when passing strangers asked for their Wechat contact ? Clue : Jiaxu was holding a big fruit to his chest when Sang Zhi repeated she was not flirting since she already had a bf, and he next said « Let’s go ». (Where were they going and when ? Go back to second part of previous episode to find the precise moment).

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« You don’t need to worry about me ; I am working now. I’m a mature adult »

Interning in a design company did not go exactly as SZ expected. Sang Yan was angry about his sister disobeying him and staying alone in the dorm in Yihe. SZ was troubled that she could not manage to set things straight with him, even though both her parents had agreed to her summer plan. A stress relief toy was useful, and eye-drops too : both Jiaxu and Sang Zhi were glossing over their troubles, while they went hungry and sleepless. Jiaxu was touched when he was sent a paper bag by SZ.. But next morning, Monday July 2, despite starting sweetly, saw worries and threats pile up, until the evening where SZ’s superior Xiaoyu arranged for an undesirable meeting.Puzzle : Jiaxu was talking with his team at a table. What were their plans ? Why did not he dig in with them? Did you find where this piece fits in the episode?« You don’t need to worry about me ; I am working now. I’m a mature adult» 你不用担心我的, 我现在已经上班了。我是个成熟的大人。

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When she learned how to spell her crush's name

Duan Jiaxu is an experienced tutor, as he proves to Sang Zhi when he lets her read his resume. He also has ideas about how to spark an interest for the subject in a bored but intelligent student : fun facts, that's what such kids like ! Sang Zhi felt daring but also somewhat worried that Brother n°1 and/or n°2 might guess her inner thoughts from a mislaid item or from her behavior, when she danced away from her secret picture taking, airily shouting an ambiguous "brother is handsome" at the two students who were playing video games. Did you check out the picture she had drawn in her notebook when she should have been reviewing her lesson? that snippet fit in before the pedagogical outing.Mischievous "Little Demon" Sang Zhi is sweet and innocent while the young men are clueless that she harbors a growing crush in her impish head. The episode is a delight to watch and rewatch.

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How to deal with unwelcome reminders of the past.

Qiao Lin got injured at work and reconnected with her old flame, become a tall and handsome doctor who urged her to summon Xu Yan for help. Xu Yan did come and promptly had her sister move next to Yu Yiming the doctor (played by "Daddi" Tang Xiaotian, an old acquaintance of Zhao Lusi since "The Story of Pearl Girl" in which he played as SML alongside Rosy and Liu Yuning) . Tao Li, Qiao Lin's former fiancé, showed up to sow discord. Haoming who had been informed, used his connections without telling his wife. The troublesome ex harassing Xu Yan and her "cousin" got called back to his hometown and made to look as if he hid connections, as a mirror form of the payoff deal Xu Yan sent Tao Li's parents, to shut them up and keep him away. Xu Yan and Haoming chose to focus on their married bliss, rejoicing in food and in sweet details related to Haoming's childhood. Sharing and adding to a secret might perhaps cement their harmony, despite Haoming was reluctant to share with her about more serious work matters.Xu Yan set out to investigate and was once again faced with a sour-sweet memory. Could a homemade dish help an old lady beset by memory loss, and help Haoming as a consequence ?

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« What other girls have, my Zhi must have too » 別的小姑娘有的, 我们只只也得有

The relationship was still in the courting stage, but Sang Zhi was increasingly impressed by Jiaxu, who showed unknown to her skills that far outranked those of the college students on the sports field. She had retaliated with a peck to the cheeky trick he had performed during the lecture, but was still unsure about admitting the extent of her care to him. He did not want to hurry her, just to agree to "help him get married before his 27th birthday". She did not say no. His birthday was a very romantic experience.A few days later, he was carrying a bag of groceries and a watermelon when they got to a cooler place in the hot day, to let her do her studies in view of exam more comfortably... (Btw : that was a neat shift from the "central air conditioning" joke: Jiaxu was now turning on the "personal(ized) one" !).Puzzle! Did you find where the end scene fit in, when Sang Zhi booked the birthday gift and had her mom on the phone in view of a certain recipe ? Clue : it is not the dress.

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Months skip by quickly

On the eve of Chinese New Year, Sang Zhi was still being tutored, but she was going to see him less in the next few months. Jiaxu moved to Yihe, from which he was encouraging her studies with rewards of toys for good grades. She prepared a thoughtful gift for him for his graduation ceremony, when he would be back for it in June. The four student friends had pictures taken, and one was with her. But she was too shy to hand over her gift in front of everybody. When could she slip it to him before he flew back? Did you check out the snippet in the end and find out his reaction to the other gift Sang Zhi had slipped to him, and did you see where that snippet fit in the timeline of the episode?In this episode, we can see the care they consciously or not have for each other. Jiaxi is too troubled by his complicated family matter and the annoying text harassment from the mysterious Jiang Ying to notice that his student has grown from childish 14 year old (looking 4 years shorter and younger) to sweet 16. He just seems surprised that she looks so much taller now.

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