Episode 13 recap: Lei Ming invited an internet-famous teacher to give a lecture.
When Sang Xia was still studying, he used to come to Lei Li Zhou's house with his classmates for extra tutoring. Everyone was envious when they saw Lei Ming's awards. Lei Ming happened to return from outside, but only greeted them coldly. Lei Ming watched his classmates and father taking photos together and felt envious, but he silently packed his luggage and left.
Until now, Sang Xia's classmates rarely see Lei Ming and Lei Li Zhou together. In fact, it was Lei Ming who actively requested to be Sang Xia's teacher, and the university later agreed. Sang Xia taught about how to prevent sexual harassment in the class. At first, everyone avoided the topic, not realizing that even their own words could constitute sexual harassment. Shen Yao kept his head down and quietly did the exercises. Sang Xia noticed Shen Yao's constant avoidance and was about to ask him a question when the class ended.
Xiao Rui happened to bring the leader for a visit and saw the content Sang Xia was teaching. Xiao Rui severely reprimanded her. Soon it was time to choose subjects. Li Ran and Cheng Yu Shan hesitated for a long time and finally decided to change their physics course. Jiang Qing Lang chose history and chemistry.
Sang Xia took her things and prepared to clean her counseling center, which turned out to be the place where other teachers took their naps. Initially, the other teachers were reluctant to leave, but Sang Xia insisted, so they had no choice but to leave first. Recently, Sang Xia and Lei Ming had an argument, and Sang Xia decided not to take care of Class Eleven anymore. However, the students quickly went to persuade Sang Xia to return to the class, saying that Lei Ming realized his mistake.
Upon everyone's persuasion, Sang Xia decided to return to the office. However, before entering, she saw Lei Ming surrounded by a group of people, introducing potential partners. Only Jiang Qing Lang and Yu Yang needed to attend the history class, so Lei Ming chose a teacher who, although not the most outstanding, had the most personality to teach them.
At the beginning of the class, neither of them showed interest. But then the teacher started playing games, hoping to help them remember the knowledge from the textbooks through the game.
Soon, the two of them drank a large bucket of water. During this exercise, Yu Yang's stuttering problem gradually improved. The geography teacher used Tai Chi to help everyone understand geography.
Lei Ming also brought in Teacher Bi, whose physics teaching was excellent. Usually, he taught online. Bi Ke was attracted by what Lei Ming said and agreed to attend the class with the sole purpose of live streaming the entire process of his class. In the middle of Bi Ke's class, he was accidentally kicked by a soccer ball by a student. As a result, he started explaining physics knowledge, and students from other classes came over to watch. Sang Xia was surprised to see Lei Ming bringing Bi Ke over. Sometimes Sang Xia couldn't understand Lei Ming. He felt that Lei Ming could be very sharp at times, but also very gentle at other times.
Sang Xia bought flowers and went to the nursing home to visit Lei Li Zhou, but Lei Li Zhou was not in the room. Sang Xia briefly tidied up the place and then went out to find Lei Li Zhou. Lei Li Zhou now mistakes women in their thirties as his wife. His wife passed away from pancreatic cancer, so this can be seen as a kind of redemption.
Lei Ming and Sang Xia happened to see Lei Li Zhou putting vegetables into his pocket. They quickly took Lei Li Zhou back to change his clothes. Lei Ming and Lei Li Zhou were honest with each other. Lei Li Zhou suddenly treated Sang Xia as a doctor and mentioned that he entrusted his wife's surgery to her. Sang Xia said she had no classes and could come to take care of Lei Li Zhou.
In fact, Cheng Yu Shan's younger brother always secretly watched short videos in their father's monitoring room. Suddenly, he saw his father peeping at videos of his sister, Cheng Yu Shan.
I've seen a lot of controversy regarding the subject choices of the male and female leads. First of all, I think there's no problem from both characters' perspectives. Let's start with Cheng Yi and Li Ran. They don't have any particular preferences or dreams, and their family backgrounds aren't great.
They need to address the most practical issues, and their logical thinking is better than their liberal arts skills. So, in the end, I think the changes they made were quite fitting. As for Qing Lang, relatively speaking, she comes from a better family background than most people.
She has things she enjoys and doesn't have any immediate practical concerns to worry about. Therefore, I think it's the best arrangement for her to stick with history. If she had actually switched to physics in the end, the drama wouldn't have been as good.
The stark contrast in personality between the two main characters in this drama was actually a deliberate and thoughtful choice by the screenwriter. One represents the pursuit of ideals, someone who hasn't been deeply affected by society's hardships, or someone who has managed to maintain their initial intentions amidst the chaos of society.
The other is someone who has experienced the world's pleasures and struggles and has chosen to leave that behind.