Episode 17 recap: Xu Xiaowei secretly investigated the news in order to return to the news department.
Wen Huixin believed that this matter should be exposed as soon as possible, but Zhang Jiayan expressed opposing views. The two had a disagreement because of this. On that night, Zhang Jiayan even ignored her boyfriend's marriage proposal ceremony in order to conduct an interview. Her boyfriend had prepared a carefully planned proposal, but she hastily accepted it and quickly left because she was busy with the interview.
After Liang Jingren found out about it, he showed Zhang Jiayan a video, which surprised her greatly. Wen Huixin believed that the victim didn't have strong evidence to prove that the coach sexually assaulted the players, so she wanted more people to come forward and clarify the matter.
When the coach and the players returned from a match, Zhang Jiayan took the opportunity when Liao Zishan temporarily left and showed the video given to her by Liang Jingren to the other players. The video showed the coach chatting with other women and expressing excitement about how the players couldn't hide their fear when they were punished. Zhang Jiayan's main purpose in doing this was to encourage more people to come forward and accuse the coach of his misconduct.
Liao Zishan actually went to find her good friend Yong En. They used to be close friends, but when Yong En told Liao Zishan about being violated by the coach, Liao Zishan chose to believe the coach instead of her friend. It was only after experiencing the same treatment herself that she realized her friend had been telling the truth. Liao Zishan brought Yong En to the entrance of the police station, and to her surprise, other players also joined them. This exposé was made possible thanks to the collaboration between Wen Huixin and Zhang Jiayan.
Just when the two were cooperating seamlessly, preparing to broadcast the news during prime time, Xu Yingfei hurriedly came and informed Wen Huixin that the news couldn't be aired because it was requested to remain anonymous. Wen Huixin didn't want to comply with Xu Yingfei this time. Although he didn't directly inform Zhang Jiayan about the news, Xu Yingfei still arrived at the broadcast studio ahead of them and immediately ordered his subordinates to cut off the video that was about to reveal the referee's name. Zhang Jiayan was very angry and went to find Wen Huixin, resulting in a heated argument between them.
Zhang Jiayan believed that Wen Huixin would do anything to protect her position, but she didn't know that Wen Huixin had also fought for this matter. Xu Yingfei was furious about the incident and harshly criticized Wen Huixin. However, this time Liang Jingren sided with Wen Huixin, which surprised her. Wen Huixin didn't expect Liang Jingren to speak up for her.
Xu Yingfei didn't pursue the matter further. Both Zhang Jiayan and Wen Huixin were optimistic about it. After returning, Zhang Jiayan told her fiancé about the incident, and he immediately guessed that she wanted to report this news.
Liang Jing Ren and Xu Xiao Wei listened to music together to relax. Recently, Xu Xiao Wei's mood has improved a lot, but Liang Jing Ren feels like Xu Xiao Wei has changed somewhat, and there seems to be some distance between them.
When Xu Xiao Wei left, she still called the same driver who drove her last time to pick her up. Since the last incident, she found that she can only sleep comfortably in his car. On the weekend, Xu Xiao Wei also went to play an escape room with him, but she got scared and they stopped playing.
Because Wen Hui Xin has driven away many female anchors, there is currently no female anchor in the prime time slot who can partner with Liang Jing Ren. Xu Ying Fei is also very troubled by this. Moreover, Zhang Jia Yan has been suspended, but Liang Jing Ren told Xu Ying Fei that Zhang Jia Yan is more capable.
Xu Xiao Wei was taken to a nearby bar by her friends. In fact, after playing the escape room last time, she learned from the other person that the bar next door has many hostesses. Xu Xiao Wei wanted to gather information from there in order to return to her position as an anchor, so she decided to discreetly investigate the situation inside.
After obtaining important information, Xu Xiao Wei went to the office and found Liang Jing Ren. Xu Xiao Wei investigated and discovered that the person behind the scenes is someone named Bai Shan Ge, who happens to be acquainted with Liang Jing Ren. Liang Jing Ren agreed to introduce Xu Xiao Wei to Bai Shan Ge.
Zhang Jia Yan was demoted by the company due to the incident in the previous broadcast, but she still didn't want to give up her career in journalism. Xu Xiao Wei went to Bai Shan Ge's territory with her driver friend and successfully captured some news footage. However, they were quickly discovered, and in the chaos, Liang Jing Ren came and said that he had instructed two people to take them away, narrowly saving them.
Liang Jing Ren didn't expect Xu Xiao Wei to secretly investigate these news stories. Xu Xiao Wei showed him the news she found and said that everything she did was worth it. She then returned to the office to continue editing and published all the investigated news online.
Liang Jing Ren also had dinner separately with Xu Xiao Wei and the driver friend. Xu Xiao Wei had clearly posted the article online, but it was unexpectedly revoked by Wen Hui Xin. He then went to the office to question Wen Hui Xin, who surprisingly asked him if he was interested in returning to the news department.
At first, Zhang Jiayan thought that Manjie was framing her, and she was angry because she thought she might be sentenced to prison. However, she later discovered that Manjie is quite good at finding loopholes.
It wasn't a contempt of court or disregard for the restraining order, but rather a failure to notify in time. This way, on one hand, the truth can be reported and the voice of the victims can be heard, and on the other hand, it doesn't violate the law.
Even if there is a punishment, it will be a light one.
By this episode, I really don't understand Zhang Jiayan anymore. If it weren't for her boyfriend's incident earlier, I could somewhat understand her fear of going to jail.
But before, she clearly knew that her actions would put her boyfriend in trouble, yet she still stole information with the intention of reporting it. When Wenjie didn't expose it, her boyfriend thanked her, but she had a displeased expression on her face.
And now, when the same situation applies to her, she doesn't want to report it anymore. It's like when she told Wenjie that Wenjie didn't have the right to decide for her, she also doesn't have the right to decide for her boyfriend.
Previously, when Wenjie didn't report it, she scolded Wenjie, and now that Wenjie wants to report it, she scolds Wenjie again. It's truly frustrating and leaves one speechless.