Episode 16 recap: Huo Bai Yu wants to take Jiang Xiao Yuan back.
Huo Bai Yu found Jiang Xiao Yuan and cautiously revealed that Jiang Xiao Yuan is a time traveler. This made Jiang Xiao Yuan very excited, and upon learning that Huo Bai Yu knows a way to go back, she quickly asked for more information. However, Huo Bai Yu wants Jiang Xiao Yuan to go with him. Considering her three-year relationship with Huo Bai Yu and his previous infidelity with Feng Rui Xue, Jiang Xiao Yuan is a bit hesitant and requests Huo Bai Yu to show his time traveler's phone. When she sees that Huo Bai Yu's phone is indeed the same as hers, she becomes even more surprised.
Ad has already discovered Huo Bai Yu's whereabouts, so Qi Lian quickly arrives. He finds that the backstage door of the theater is locked and starts knocking while calling for Jiang Xiao Yuan. However, Jiang Xiao Yuan doesn't dare to make a sound because she wants to go back, and Huo Bai Yu holds the key to returning. Seeing Qi Lian as a virus, Huo Bai Yu doesn't dare to let Qi Lian know about these things and quickly seizes the opportunity to hide.
Qi Lian takes a detour to enter the backstage of the theater and notices Jiang Xiao Yuan's nervousness. Realizing that something is wrong, he quickly investigates and discovers Huo Bai Yu's trace. He starts chasing after him, but Huo Bai Yu manages to get into a taxi and escape before Qi Lian catches up. Ad quickly hails a car and follows.
Qi Lian instructs Jiang Xiao Yuan to stay safe, try to stay with the theater troupe members, and then rides a motorcycle to pursue Huo Bai Yu. The troupe's performance today was a great success, not only securing funding support from the province but also receiving invitations for performances from six other theater troupes. Jiang Xiao Yuan, as the makeup artist who saved the show, played an indispensable role, and the entire troupe is grateful to her. They hope she can become their resident makeup artist. Unfortunately, the salon has already canceled its beauty services, so everyone suggests that Jiang Xiao Yuan open her own studio.
At this moment, Feng Rui Xue takes the initiative to approach Jiang Xiao Yuan, and they sit together. Jiang Xiao Yuan looks at Feng Rui Xue in front of her and decides that if she goes back, she will reconcile with her. However, this Feng Rui Xue is not a time traveler and has no idea what Jiang Xiao Yuan is talking about. She asks Jiang Xiao Yuan why she left without saying anything, considering that Huo Bai Yu was cheating on both of them. Jiang Xiao Yuan then realizes that there was no conflict between them, raises her glass, and drinks with Feng Rui Xue, explaining that she left without saying anything initially to earn money for her grandmother's medical expenses. She promises to gradually make it up to Feng Rui Xue.
Qi Lian knows that Huo Bai Yu got off the car and entered the nearby residential area. He looks puzzled and asks Ad why someone would be kidnapped by kidnappers but then released midway and helped to hide their whereabouts, not wanting the person to be caught. Ad believes that there must be tempting conditions involved. Thinking about Jiang Xiao Yuan and Qi Lian's relationship, he worries that Jiang Xiao Yuan might have run away with someone else and quickly asks Qi Lian to go back and find Jiang Xiao Yuan while he stays to keep an eye on Huo Bai Yu.
Jiang Xiao Yuan felt hopeful about returning this time and couldn't help but shed tears when she thought of every moment she had spent with everyone in this world. When Qi Lian found Jiang Xiao Yuan, he noticed her teary eyes and sensed that something was wrong. However, Jiang Xiao Yuan refused to say anything and took the initiative to hold Qi Lian's hand, inviting him to have ice cream together.
Qi Lian had a feeling that Jiang Xiao Yuan was hiding something from him, so he asked if she had seen Huo Bai Yu. Jiang Xiao Yuan became anxious and asked him not to mention it, while also reminding Qi Lian not to be too concerned about her and to wait for the original Jiang Xiao Yuan to return.
Seeing Jiang Xiao Yuan's resistance, Qi Lian decided not to press the issue further and rode his motorcycle to take Jiang Xiao Yuan back. Officer Chen took the initiative to contact Qi Lian and asked about Huo Bai Yu. Qi Lian learned that Huo Bai Yu had become a wanted fugitive, and at that moment, Ad called to confirm Huo Bai Yu's hiding place. The police immediately mobilized to arrest Huo Bai Yu, but he had already hidden himself on the rooftop, evading capture.
As Jiang Xiao Yuan realized that she was about to return and had spent all her recently received bonus, she bought many gifts for her colleagues at the store. Everyone speculated that Jiang Xiao Yuan was planning to switch jobs, but she had no intention of resigning. Instead, she quietly bid farewell to everyone in her heart, knowing that she would soon be crossing back to her original world.
At that moment, the front desk received a call for Jiang Xiao Yuan, and it turned out to be Huo Bai Yu. He confirmed that Jiang Xiao Yuan hadn't revealed their encounter and asked her to meet him in the warehouse at 9 PM that evening to leave together.
Qi Lian felt that something was off and came to find Jiang Xiao Yuan again, pressuring her until she admitted that she had seen Huo Bai Yu. Qi Lian was concerned for Jiang Xiao Yuan's safety, but she didn't appreciate his concern. She believed that Qi Lian was only holding onto Huo Bai Yu because he wanted to prove that his judgment was correct. She was convinced that Huo Bai Yu wanted to go back and continue exploiting the Jiang family's wealth, and as the heiress of the Jiang family, she believed he wouldn't harm her. Jiang Xiao Yuan insisted on seizing this opportunity to return.
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