Episode 16 recap: Chen Mi Ren discovered that Zhong Wei was going on a date with Cao Jia Er.
After returning to the dormitory, Zhong Wei received a message from Cao Jia Er, expressing how happy she was today. Bao Jia Guo was thinking about how to win Xu Miao Miao's affection and asked Huang Xiao Yue for advice. Huang Xiao Yue said it was simple: just find out what kind of male protagonist Xu Miao Miao likes in the novels she reads, and then you'll know what kind of person she would be interested in.
Xu Miao Miao found this reasoning logical and thought about the appearance of the male protagonists she liked in novels. She imagined a scenario where a man in a suit pretended to have a chance encounter with her, played basketball on the playground, intentionally bumped into her, and caught her attention while wearing a trench coat and spraying something around.
However, Xu Miao Miao wasn't moved at all. Instead, she felt that Bao Jia Guo had been acting strange lately. Zhao Gu and the others understood Bao Jia Guo's intentions and knew that he was trying to win the affection of the girl he liked.
Huang Xiao Yue gossiped with Chen Mi Ren and mentioned that Zhong Wei didn't come back last night after going out. When Zhong Wei came to class, Chen Mi Ren asked where he had been the previous night. Zhong Wei explained that he had been busy with some work at the company and couldn't go back home.
Huang Xiao Yue saw a news report about many people going to the park to watch the sunrise, causing overcrowding. She wondered if these people didn't have work or classes to attend. Zhong Wei happened to drop a park ticket from his book, which Chen Mi Ren noticed.
Chen Mi Ren and Zhong Wei went to feed the kittens together. Chen Mi Ren asked Zhong Wei if he liked the kitten because it resembled dark clouds. Zhong Wei said that wasn't the reason. Chen Mi Ren then asked Zhong Wei how he felt about himself. If she wasn't his "white moonlight," would he still like her? Zhong Wei expressed that he liked Chen Mi Ren for who she was, regardless of any romantic notions.
Zhao Gu happened to see her boyfriend embracing another girl and called him to ask where he was.
Zhao Gu's boyfriend claimed that he was at home because he was sick and couldn't attend classes. He also mentioned taking a lot of medicine. Zhao Gu didn't expose him and simply hung up the phone.
Xu Miao Miao and the others were discussing the plot of a novel where the male protagonist lied to the female protagonist for some reason. Luo Si believed that regardless of the circumstances, one shouldn't deceive others. Chen Mi Ren took those words to heart and felt that she should trust Zhong Wei more and be less suspicious.
The calculus exam came quickly, and Luo Si secretly copied some cheat sheets. Huang Xiao Yue noticed and asked Luo Si to share them. Luo Si threw them to Huang Xiao Yue but accidentally threw them to Xu Miao Miao's side instead.
Huang Xiao Yue asked Xu Miao Miao to help pick them up, but as soon as Xu Miao Miao picked them up, the teacher noticed and thought Xu Miao Miao was cheating. Bao Jia Guo stood up and claimed that the cheat sheets were his and that they had accidentally ended up with Xu Miao Miao.
The teacher took Bao Jia Guo out of the room. After the exam, Luo Si and Huang Xiao Yue apologized to Xu Miao Miao. Xu Miao Miao asked them to apologize to Bao Jia Guo instead. Chen Mi Ren asked Zhong Wei what he had been busy with lately, and he said that today was the last day, and after finishing his tasks tomorrow, he would spend time with Chen Mi Ren.
Two classmates saw Chen Mi Ren and found it strange because they had just seen Zhong Wei going to the movie theater with another girl. Zhong Wei and Cao Jia Er met, and Zhong Wei claimed to have fulfilled Cao Jia Er's wishes. He asked if she had any more requests.
Cao Jia Er said she wanted to eat cake from a specific place. Zhong Wei went to order it for her. Chen Mi Ren called Zhong Wei, and Cao Jia Er answered, saying that Zhong Wei had gone to buy cake for her. Chen Mi Ren didn't say much and hung up.
Zhong Wei came to find Chen Mi Ren, and she revealed that she already knew about everything. They had an argument, and Chen Mi Ren suggested breaking up.
In our jumbled memories, our youth is flawless and perfect. Therefore, under the bright sunshine of this drama, I often blur the faces of Zhong Wei and Chen Mi Ren, imagining them as ordinary versions of you and me from those mundane years.
The female lead's character is somewhat flawed. Why didn't she just directly tell the male lead that she's not the childhood heroine? Moreover, since she chose to reconcile with the male lead, regardless of whether the real heroine appeared later or not, wouldn't she feel guilty and remorseful for impersonating someone else?