Episode 20 recap: Zhao Tan Tan forgave Cui Chen.
Cui Chen and Zhao Tan Tan suspected the identity of the noodle shop owner and his assistant. They immediately formed a defensive formation and prepared to escape. Cui Chen took the lead and placed several planks on the ground, blocking their escape route. The group bumped into the planks and ended up with bumps on their heads. They quickly changed their route and scattered in different directions after the floor tiles shattered.
Cui Chen calmly intercepted and treated the escaping mouse as a ball, hitting it back and forth with Zhao Tan Tan until the person couldn't maintain the mouse form and crashed into a nearby liquor shelf, falling to the ground dizzy. Zhao Tan Tan felt overjoyed seeing the mouse spirit being captured and excitedly shared the joy with Cui Chen. Cui Chen embraced Zhao Tan Tan tightly, filled with a sense of regained loss.
Zhao Tan Tan had a moment of astonishment and didn't know how to face Cui Chen. To thank Cui Chen and Zhao Tan Tan for helping catch the mouse spirit, Lao Xie wanted to invite them to stay longer. He offered to provide food, accommodation, and entertainment, but Zhao Tan Tan was concerned about returning to Qingyuan Sect.
Fang Fang and Xian Fang also wanted to return to Qingyuan Sect and suggested traveling together with Zhao Tan Tan. Lao Xie quickly stopped them, saying he planned to take over the opposite shop for expansion and asked Fang Fang and Xian Fang to stay and help. They could all return triumphantly together. The moon was particularly round tonight, and Zhao Tan Tan stood alone on the bridge, gazing at the moon. Cui Chen took the initiative to find Zhao Tan Tan, wanting to know if she really didn't want to be with him.
Zhao Tan Tan didn't know how to answer. She cared about the injury on Cui Chen's hand and immediately started applying medicine without saying a word. Lao Xie and Fang Fang Xian Fang secretly observed from a corner and, seeing the interaction between Zhao Tan Tan and Cui Chen, felt that it wasn't unrequited love but rather mutual affection.
Recently, Zhao Tan Tan had also done a lot of thinking and decided not to dwell on the past. When Cui Chen heard this, he worried that Zhao Tan Tan wanted to end things between them. He quickly held Zhao Tan Tan's hand and expressed his feelings. Zhao Tan Tan was deeply moved after listening and ultimately agreed to forgive Cui Chen.
Cui Chen was overjoyed and couldn't help but lift Zhao Tan Tan and spin around. After setting Zhao Tan Tan down, he kissed her. Lao Xie watched their affectionate display and couldn't help but sigh at the beauty of young love, feeling a sense of longing. Suddenly, Cui Chen's head began to ache severely, and Zhao Tan Tan panicked. She quickly supported Cui Chen, and Lao Xie, who was hiding in the corner, also rushed out to assist and escorted Cui Chen back to the shop.
At this moment, Qiu Yue Bai had already arranged for Mo Yan to plot a conspiracy to ensure that Cui Chen would return to Qingyuan Sect at the cost of his life, while also reminding Mo Yan not to harm Zhao Tan Tan. The Toad Spirit finally remembered the curse of the Strange Ripple Flower: whenever one falls in love, a petal blooms; if five petals bloom, it would be the day of falling into darkness, even someone as powerful as Cui Chen would not be able to avoid it. The only way to save him was the Seven-Leaf Lotus.
Zhao Tan Tan went to take care of Cui Chen, who was lying in bed, and saw that there were three petals on his forehead. She couldn't help but lightly touch them with her fingers, recalling that kiss and suspecting it was the reason for Cui Chen falling in love. Feeling embarrassed, she quickly withdrew her hand. Cui Chen had already woken up and seeing Zhao Tan Tan's reaction, he pretended to have chest pain and asked her to lie on his chest and accompany him for a while.
The next day, Zhao Tan Tan and Cui Chen bid farewell to Lao Xie and planned to return to Qingyuan Sect. They chatted along the way. When they arrived at a forest, Mo Yan appeared with a group of black-clad individuals, ready to make a move against Cui Chen. Yue Ying took out the Demon Lord's token and ordered them not to act.
Cui Chen sensed that they were being followed all the way and quietly reminded Zhao Tan Tan. Seeing that Zhao Tan Tan wanted to turn around and check, he quickly pulled her along, urging her to protect the lotus seeds on her body and not to complicate matters. Feng Bao wanted to snatch the lotus seeds from Zhao Tan Tan before she returned to Qingyuan Sect, but Yue Ying suddenly appeared and stopped Feng Bao.
Yue Ying reported back to the Demon Lord, informing him that the path of Cui Chen and Zhao Tan Tan returning to Qingyuan Sect had been cleared. The Demon Lord was pleased to hear this, but Qiu Yue Bai came to the Demon Lord dissatisfied, stating that his intention to kill Cui Chen was a personal grudge.
The Demon Lord kept Cui Chen because he needed his ability to sense the lotus seeds in order to gather the Seven-Leaf Lotus, so it was crucial that nothing happened to Cui Chen. Qiu Yue Bai wanted to use the power of the Seven Nights Inn to search for the lotus seeds, but there had been no progress in a hundred years, and the Demon Lord naturally refused. In order to make Qiu Yue Bai sober, the Demon Lord slapped him. Then, to appease Qiu Yue Bai, he promised to give him Zhao Tan Tan after they found the Seven-Leaf Lotus.
Qing Zhu Feng didn't want to see Cui Chen fall into darkness, so he had Qingyuan Sect monitor Cui Chen and Zhao Tan Tan to prevent Cui Chen from blooming five petals. Zhao Tan Tan didn't know the reason behind it and had some objections to Qing Zhu Feng's actions.
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