Took me a while again to do this. For the next few episodes, I will avoid going into the details as the recap is too long.
S~ 7-9 Oct’21
EP 5
Zhousheng Chen is back in Germany, in his research lab. His fellow colleagues found out that he has a fiancee now and needs to go back China to be with her, they are surprised he is not devoting himself to Science.
In Shanghai, Shi Yi is at her recording studio with Mei Lin chatting. Mei Lin teased her about the daily afternoon tea, dinner and supper. Shi Yi just ignored her and asked for a break because voicing-over for One and Only made her cry too much. Mei Lin agreed with the break but is not letting the topic go and asked who the lucky man is. Shi Yi said it’s the same guy I told you about. Mei Lin is happy for her and told her that her romance and career streaks are good, she just got nominated for an award. Before Mei Yin could say anymore, Shi Yi’s phone alarm ringed, it’s 11.28pm, time for the call with Zhousheng Chen.
She excused herself and walked out to the rooftop and her phone rang. (So on time.) It’s Zhousheng Chen, doing the usual greetings and get to know her. He asked what time she starts work and whether she is done with it now. She said she started at 1pm and is just done.
Then she asked why didn’t he call this afternoon and he’s just busy. Then he coughed a little and she insisted that he go and take meds now. When she glanced downstairs, she saw him waiting downstairs, surprised that he is back. Wait for me a sec, she said.
Shi Yi immediately ran to take her bag and goes to meet him downstairs. She was like why didn’t you tell me that you are coming back, he wanted to give her a surprise. She asked if he is going anywhere tonight, he said no, his sole mission tonight was to send her home.
He volunteered to carry her bag while walking to the car. (That’s Bai Lu trying to stifle her laughter at how awkward Ren Jialun looked with her bag.)
In the car, Shi Yi asked for her bag back because Zhousheng Chen is still carrying it. Haha. And then Shi Yi greeted Lin-Shu (Lin Uncle) and asked what his full name is. Lin-Shu said, “Zhou Lin.” And actually his nephew Lin Fei’s full name is Zhou Linfei. Zhousheng Chen clarified that the senior butlers at home are actually surnamed Zhou. (Woah! Every convo we learned something.)
This is probably the second time Zhousheng Chen is sending Shi Yi home. Shi Yi invited him upstairs because she wanted to make herbal tea for him as he seemed to have caught a cold. Zhousheng Chen thinks that it’s too late plus it’s a girl’s home and he’s never been to one before, alone. Shi Yi “finds him a little …” and he finished the sentence for her, “dull?” She nodded.
Talk turned to how Zhousheng Chen classify their relationship as being an experiment. What if their experiment is wrong, Shi Yi asked. Zhousheng Chen corrected her that there is no wrong or right with the direction of the experiment, only the method might go wrong. If the method is wrong, they can change the method but the main direction won’t change. Applying this theory on them, he assured her that the fact they are together now will not change, but if the current way they are getting to know each other isn’t working, they can change to another way of getting along. (Wow, this is what you get from dating a chem professor.) Shi Yi is convinced and just said, “Let’s go.” He just followed. Lol! (Is that her way of distracting him?)
First time in her house, Zhousheng Chen looked around curiously before sitting down on the couch. Shi Yi brewed a cup of herbal tea for him and advised him that it’s too early to wear so little when Spring just arrived. Weather is still fluctuating. Shi Yi asked him to drink the tea and he will recover by tomorrow. Zhousheng Chen is like really? Shi Yi told him that he wouldn’t think that she is using this as an excuse to get him to come upstairs. Zhousheng Chen then confessed that he actually wants to come up but was just careful not to move their relationship too fast since they were fast in engaging. Shi Yi encouraged him to just let her know whenever he wants to come.
Zhousheng Chen glanced at his watch and Shi Yi realised that he needs to go back to Zhenjiang. She told him to drink up quickly and set off soon so that he can at least catch 2 hours of sleep when he got back. He gulped down the herbal drink in one go, clearly not enjoying it.
Shi Yi walked him to the lift and Zhousheng Chen congratulated her on the award nomination. So that is one of the reason he is back, another reason is to prep for the engagement party. He promised to turn up for the award ceremony and then he left.
Downstairs, while waiting for Lin-Shu, he started to observe Shi Yi’s whereabouts in her house by looking at the lights in her house. He noticed that Shi Yi went to shower. And then Lin-Shu is back.
Lin-Shu smelled herbal on him and asked if he drank anything herbal since he hated it as a child. Zhousheng Chen said yes, since it’s just a cup of herbal tea and he doesn’t want to disappoint Shi Yi. And then Lin-Shu got curious over how they met. Zhousheng Chen said they met at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and that she was the one who approached him. He felt lucky to have Shi Yi liking him.
And then the lights in the bathroom turned off, Zhousheng Chen observed that Shi Yi took 25 minutes to shower. (Ha, but why?!)
Zhousheng Chen got back to Zhenjiang in the morning, falling asleep in the car. Lin-Fei got his suit ready but Lin-Shu said to let Zhousheng Chen sleep for a little while more.
And then he changed into his suit and appeared for breakfast with his family. Before sitting down with his family, he toasted a cup of wine at an empty table first. The Second Uncle did the same as well.
And then Second Uncle asked Zhousheng Chen if he slept well last night. Zhousheng Chen was like nope, not sleeping a wink as he was in Shanghai. Second Uncle wanted his fiancee to come to Zhenjiang and learn the business ropes from Mother but Zhousheng Chen rejected the idea. Mother said maybe you need to re-think your choice, Zhousheng Chen was like Shi Yi is it, she is the most suitable for me.
Back in his own room, Zhousheng Chen got asked by Lin-Fei whether they need to change the bed since Shi Yi is coming. Zhousheng Chen doesn’t think there is a need since he has been sleeping on it just fine. Lin-Fei is worried over the bed not able to take on weight.
But as Zhousheng Chen walked from second level to the first level, he changed his mind. He told Lin-Fei to change it. Lin-Fei then turned to Lian-Sui, let’s change the bed to the biggest one. Zhousheng Chen then added on to Lian-Sui that they should also get the guest room ready for him. And then he left.
Lian-Sui is puzzled. The couple is not sleeping in the same room? Lin-Fei says it’s just for the first day, men being men. Lian-Sui is not getting it. (Does anyone get it? Lol!)
We go back to Shanghai where Shi Yi is recording the final scene of One and Only. After wrapping up, Shi Yi needs to go and rent a dress for the awards ceremony. Wang Yingdong suggested that Shi Yi get a dress from the sponsors but Shi Yi does not want the hassle.
At the shop, it is suggested that Shi Yi try on a red dress because of her classical beauty. (This is referring to a girl who can carry the traditional outfits like the ancient beauty.) Shi Yi said she does not like red colour since young. (This is due to how she jump to her death in One And Only, wearing red to go marry Little Nan Chen Prince.) But Shi Yi would be able to accept it once for her wedding.
And then Mei Lin received a phone call from Wang Yingdong, saying that he got an outfit for Shi Yi. When Mei Lin told Shi Yi, she said she’s already got one, pointing to the dress she is wearing. So Mei Lin joked that Wang Yingdong got rejected again and she felt pity for him three seconds.
We cut to a scene of a very old house. Inside, we see a grandmother with a girl. Zhou Wenchuan is serving them grapes, and very careful to make sure the grapes are clean. The girl ignores him and said goodbye to grandmother, saying she will visit again.
Zhou Wenchuan goes after the girl, calling her Xiaoman. He wants to send her home but Xiaoman doesn’t think it’s very convenient to take his car (due to his married status). Wenchuan tried to hold her back and it’s at this moment, Zhousheng Chen arrived too.
Zhousheng Chen saw them tugging at each other. Xiaoman informed Zhousheng Chen that the engagement gifts he wanted is already en-route to Shanghai and Zhousheng Chen thanks her. Xiaoman said goodbye and left. Wenchuan chased after her again, telling Zhousheng Chen to say bye on his behalf to maternal grandmother.
Zhousheng Chen looked at them with a disapproving eye after they left.
Zhousheng Chen went in the house and greeted maternal grandmother. Grandma said Xiaochuan and Xiaoman just left and she asked why aren’t they getting married. (Hmm, doesn’t Grandma know Zhou Wenchuan is already married?) Lin-Shu wanted to explain but Zhousheng Chen subtly stopped him. And then he goes into the house to fix things here and there.
After that, he spent some time with Grandma and said he’s not leaving tonight. He’s also told Grandma about his fiancee that they are getting engaged first and dating after. Grandma is cute, oh is that the trend now? Lol!
In the courtyard, Zhousheng Chen frets over whether Shi Yi will like the engagement gowns he sent over. He regrets not bringing her to let choose now, but doing that now is too late. As if on cue, we get a phone call from Shi YI who has just received two gowns at her door. She rang Zhousheng Chen up to tell him how much she likes them. Zhousheng Chen looked so glad. An item off the checklist.
Next, Zhousheng Chen asked Lin-Shu to accompany him to the river side. And we see them changing seats with each other, Zhousheng Chen taking over the wheel now. Zhousheng Chen wants to warm-up his driving skills again. Lin-Shu just told Zhousheng Chen to start driving without further ado. (There’s a hot search about how rich Zhousheng Chen is… and one netizen said, yeah so rich that he learns driving in a Maybach, the luxurious car he owned! Haha!)
That night, maternal grandmother brought a glass of warm milk to Zhousheng Chen to aid him in sleeping and asked what the name is of his fiancee. “Shi Yi”, said Zhousheng Chen smiling. And then Grandma started talking about his deceased mother and that till death, Zhousheng Chen’s mother did not have a wedding with his father. (What?! The Mother we saw is his step-mother. No wonder, she is mean.)
We are at the Awards Ceremony. Shi Yi arrived in a jade-green colour gown, which is her favourite colour. (Hong Xiaoyu said it earlier when the gowns arrived at Shi Yi’s house.)
Zhousheng Chen is running late (because he drove) and he has already missed Shi Yi on the stage once, receiving the award, and now Zhousheng Chen arrived in time to see Shi Yi on the stage who is on it a second time, giving an award out to One and Only. It looks like Zhousheng Chen knew someone from within, who brought him in and sat him down at the side front row.
When Shi Yi is done with giving out the award, she came down and sat beside him, asking why he sat there. He said, “I told them I wanted to surprise you and just give me a seat to have a good view of you.” Shi Yi was like, “This is reserved for the VIP sponsors. I’m done already, let’s go.”
And off they go.
EP 6
Walking out, Shi Yi confirmed that Zhousheng Chen knew the sponsors. Zhousheng Chen just said that it’s one of his old friends.
Mei Lin came out too and stopped the couple in time to have a formal introduction with Zhousheng Chen. When Mei Lin’s hand did not let go of Zhousheng Chen’s hand while shaking hands, Shi Yi told her to watch it. Haha. Mei Lin has been wanting to meet the man who won Shi Yi over. And Zhousheng Chen hopes that he did not disappoint.
The couple walked out to the car and Shi Yi is surprised not to see Lin-Shu around. Zhousheng Chen joked that Lin-Shu is tired of the long drive and wants to retire. Shi Yi just got in the car and threw him a doubtful glance. Zhousheng Chen saw it, and asked, “Do you think I can’t drive?”
In order to prove it, he showed his driving license to Shi Yi.
Shi Yi commented on how young he looked, like a student. Zhousheng Chen thinks that he is not looking any older now. (Little Nan Chen Prince also had a moment in One and Only where he thought he wasn’t much older than Cui Shi Yi.)
Shi Yi just said he looks proper now. (Or she might mean mature.)
Zhousheng Chen wants to bring Shi Yi to meet the seamstress who made the gown she is wearing and it’s quite a distance thus he offered a snack to her for the long car ride. Shi Yi noticed that it’s a kid’s snack, asking if it is his favourite snack when young. Zhousheng Chen said yeah, it’s from maternal grandmother, still taking care of him like a kid.
Shi Yi tried one and then gave one to Zhousheng Chen, feeding him in fact.
And we have a charged moment here.
Both looked a little tense from the intimate moment.
Recovering from it, Zhousheng Chen asked Shi Yi if she prefers the AC or the window down. Shi Yi chose the latter. And so Zhousheng Chen crossed over to get the window to come down, coming very close to Shi Yi.
And here we go, a second charged moment.
Zhousheng Chen realised what he has done, he could have controlled the window from the driver’s seat (which is what Shi Yi thought to herself as well).
Going back to his driver’s seat, he just said we should go. Agreeing and somewhat flustered, Shi Yi put on her seat belt. And finally off we go! (At least 5 mins of screen time just being in the car!)
The couple arrived at their destination, at the Wang family who has been making clothes for over ten generations already. (Wow!) They had made the cheongsam too.
Lin-Shu is there, waiting for them, having his “smelly tofu” snack as usual. Shi Yi is surprised to see him there and Lin-Shu clarified that it was Zhousheng Chen who wanted to spend some lone time with her, not that he doesn’t want to drive them. Heh!
In they go.
The Wang family came, happy to see Zhousheng Chen and Shi Yi in person. Wang grandmother has not seen Zhousheng Chen since he’s four and to think this time, Zhousheng Chen brought his fiancee! Wang Xiaoman exclaimed that Shi Yi is wearing Wang second brother’s masterpiece and so he won!
The Wang family is gushing over how pretty Shi Yi is, her looks, her figure and that all seamstresses would want to make clothes for her to match with her beauty.
And since Shi Yi has already worn this jade-green gown, she should not wear it again for the engagement party.
Xiaoman anxiously wants to take Shi Yi’s measurements in person and to make the next gown for her.
Therefore Shi Yi went in to let Xiaoman take the measurements in person so as to be precise. Wang big brother took the opportunity to ask Shi Yi why did she choose this gown and we have a flashback moment from One and Only where Cui Shi Yi wore this jade-green colour too when she became a disciple of Little Nan Chen Prince. (This is the first time that the drama made it look like a memory that Shi Yi has from her past life. The jade-green colour represented her favourite moment in her previous lifetime.)
But Shi Yi just replied that she likes the colour very much without going into the details.
Done, Chen-Shi couple and Lin-Shu left with the two Wang brothers and Xiaoman sending them off. Xiaoman looked a little down after they left. And the two brothers revealed in their convo that Xiaoman was Zhou Wenchuan’s ex-girlfriend and they broke up after a quarrel and no one would imagine that Zhou Wenchuan went to marry another girl soon after.
The next day, Zhousheng Chen is waiting for Shi Yi to get off work at her recording studio. When she came out, he handed her a gift, congratulating her on winning the award. It’s a meteorite watch. Shi Yi wants to wear it everyday but worried that it is too expensive for daily wear. Zhousheng Chen just assured her that it’s not. (But netizens searched the price for such watches and the price-tag is exorbitant!) And then Zhousheng Chen took Shi Yi out for dinner as a way of celebrating her win.
After dinner, Zhousheng Chen sent Shi Yi back as usual.
Downstairs, Zhousheng Chen observed that Shi Yi took 38 minutes to shower this time. (We all have the same face like Lin-Shu has above!) Lin-Shu asked if the couples nowadays like to observe each other from a distance. Zhousheng Chen explained that he is trying to know Shi Yi’s habits so that it would help them in the future when they are going to live together. Lin-Shu saw through him and said that he just can’t bear to leave.
Upstairs, Hong Xiaoyu asked why a meteorite watch and Shi Yi thinks that it might be related to Zhousheng Chen’s job.
On the other hand, Zhousheng Chen is at the research lab working and his students came by, asking him why he didn’t have a date with Shi Yi. Zhousheng Chen said it’s ended already. His students couldn’t believe that he never spend the night at the fiancee’s place.
He Shan chipped in that because they just got together so they haven’t got to the stage of spending the night together.
Zhousheng Chen just glared at them. The students just fled from their Zhousheng Teacher after making fun of him.
Shortly after, Shi Yi texted Zhousheng Chen asking if he slept. He confessed that he couldn’t sleep and so is working at the lab. And then he revealed that he wanted to tell her that their house in Shanghai is ready but he couldn’t find the right time to say it the entire night. Shi Yi just smiled.
The next morning, Zhousheng Chen appeared at Shi Yi’s house, wanting to have breakfast with her together but she’s already had it. So she invited him upstairs to make something for him.
Upstairs, she found that she only have Honey Stars cereal to offer him, he happily ate it anyways.
At this moment, Shi Yi suddenly reached out to touch his forehead, feeling his body temperature slightly warm, she got concerned. (I wonder how do you tell if someone is having a fever just by looking?)
Shi Yi insisted that Zhousheng Chen took fever meds and then sleep it off in her room. She quickly went to tidy her room for him and as soon as he’s done with breakfast, she pushed him into her room.
The doorbell rang and it was Lin-Shu at the door, sending a set of clean clothes for Zhousheng Chen. Shi Yi thanked him and invited him in but Lin-Shu said he is busy with their new home, new furniture is arriving. (Ahhh..!)
*Cue Mao Buyi’s song “Give You Give Me”《给你给我》 in this scene, the song’s first appearance* Shi Yi tip-toed into the room to put the set of clean clothes at the dressing table and left a note for him, telling him to use the bathroom as he wished.
Zhousheng Chen woke up, saw the note, went to shower and came out fresh and clean. Shi Yi made sure that he is no longer having the fever and is glad. They small-talked about his profession, why did he choose chemistry, and Zhousheng Chen wanted to help mankind, to better the lives for mankind. And then he mentioned his sister Zhou Wenxin having heart issues since birth and that Wenxin was studying medicine until her body did not allow her to.
Shi Yi asked if he is staying for dinner or needs to go back Zhenjiang. Zhousheng Chen is staying in Shanghai this week due to a new lab experiment collaboration and Shi Yi was like, are you staying in a hotel? Zhousheng Chen actually applied for a hostel room. Shi Yi said, “You didn’t mentioned.” (Maybe Shi Yi thought that Zhousheng Chen could stay with her, haha!)
A little awkward silence and Zhousheng Chen invited her to go to the Shanghai lab to have a look. Shi Yi excitedly went to change.
They got to the lab and hardly took 20 steps when a phone call came in. It’s from Mei Xing, he asked Zhousheng Chen to come back to Zhenjiang quickly, his dad’s old friend came and asked for help.
Without any choice, Zhousheng Chen told Shi Yi that he needs to go off, and that he wanted to show her their wedding house after this but that’s not possible now. Shi Yi being understanding said that the house won’t be running anywhere anyways and rushed him to go get busy. She can go home on her own.
Zhousheng Chen arrived at a factory and needed to solve the polluted water issue at the factory. He asked for the polluted water reports and Old Mr. LIu went to find it. The factory workers then admitted to the pollution and Zhousheng Chen asked for everyone to start cleaning up at the expense of production being held up.
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