Episode 2 recap: Jiang Xiaoyuan traveled back seven years.
Jiang Xiaoyuan woke up and found an ID card next to her. Her name was on it, but the registered address was different. She felt puzzled and searched through her bag, where she found several one hundred yuan bills. Seeing the deserted surroundings and the late hour, Jiang Xiaoyuan didn't have much time to think. She quickly got up and headed towards the main road. However, she fainted as soon as she stepped onto the street. Luckily, she was discovered by Sister Zhang, who was returning from a late delivery, and she helped Jiang Xiaoyuan.
When Jiang Xiaoyuan woke up again, she was greeted by unfamiliar vehicles, unfamiliar people, and a dusty road. She couldn't help but feel frightened. Sister Zhang thought Jiang Xiaoyuan had secretly left home without permission and quickly comforted her in a soft voice. As they passed by a gas station, Jiang Xiaoyuan got off the car and made a phone call. She dialed her father's number, but the phone on the motorcycle, belonging to Qi Lian, rang instead. Unfortunately, Qi Lian happened to be away from the vehicle and missed the call.
Unable to reach her father on the phone and noticing that the date displayed was 2018, Jiang Xiaoyuan initially thought the gas station had the wrong time. Little did she know that it was already 2018; she couldn't accept the fact that she had traveled from 2025 to 2018 with just a fall. She quickly picked up the items on the shelf and checked the production dates, only to find that they were all from 2018. Overwhelmed, she walked out of the gas station in a daze.
Seeing Jiang Xiaoyuan silent and teary-eyed, Sister Zhang guessed that she had nowhere to go. She invited her to stay at her home for the night, as it was convenient since she only lived with her daughter. Jiang Xiaoyuan wanted to give it another try, so she borrowed Sister Zhang's phone and dialed the number again. This time, Qi Lian had arrived at the spot where Jiang Xiaoyuan appeared, but he found bloodstains on the ground and searched around, yielding no results. He had no idea if it was Xu Jingyang this time and once again missed the call.
It was Jiang Xiaoyuan's first time entering a poor neighborhood. She followed behind Sister Zhang, feeling uncomfortable with everything she saw. Just as they were about to reach Zhang's home, they were startled by an item thrown by a mentally challenged boy named Tongtong. Inside Zhang's home, Zhang's daughter, Tian Tian, was unwelcoming to Jiang Xiaoyuan, which left her feeling a bit perplexed. The next day, while waiting in line to wash up, Jiang Xiaoyuan had just turned on the faucet when Tongtong threw an item that hit Sister Zhang, causing her to faint on the spot.
Jiang Xiaoyuan wanted to call for an ambulance, but the people in the courtyard quickly took Sister Zhang directly to the hospital. However, they couldn't afford the medical expenses, so the hospital refused to provide treatment. Tian Tian pleaded with Jiang Xiaoyuan for help. Jiang Xiaoyuan took out the 520 yuan she had planned to use for a trip to Chongqing, along with the loose change in Tian Tian's pocket. They were still short of 48 yuan. Jiang Xiaoyuan mustered up the courage to ask the cashier for leniency. Just then, Qi Lian appeared and handed over fifty yuan to make up the difference. With that, Jiang Xiaoyuan's pocket only had two one-yuan coins left.
Jiang Xiaoyuan walked down the street when she accidentally bumped into a girl, causing the pancake in her hand to fall to the ground. Jiang Xiaoyuan watched as the girl quickly walked away, feeling that the discarded food was such a waste. She felt hungry and thought about picking it up to eat, but her upbringing and self-respect made her choose to go hungry instead. Qi Lian appeared in front of Jiang Xiaoyuan again, leading her to mistakenly believe that he had come to collect a debt. She quickly clarified that the fifty yuan was owed to him by Sister Zhang and her daughter and asked Qi Lian to collect it from them.
Qi Lian couldn't understand why Jiang Xiaoyuan didn't recognize him. At that moment, Jiang Xiaoyuan fainted from low blood sugar and was taken to the hospital by Qi Lian. When Jiang Xiaoyuan woke up again, she concluded that Qi Lian was trying to pursue her romantically. She claimed to be the daughter of the Jiang family, a wealthy conglomerate in Chongqing, and even called her father in front of Qi Lian. However, it was Qi Lian's phone that rang, and Jiang Xiaoyuan refused to believe it. She dialed the number again, but the result was the same.
Qi Lian cruelly informed Jiang Xiaoyuan that Jiang Tianfeng had passed away in 2009 and that there was no Jiang family conglomerate in Chongqing. Jiang Xiaoyuan's world came crashing down, and she wandered aimlessly in the hospital corridor. Suddenly, sunlight fell on her face, and she saw another Jiang Xiaoyuan dressed beautifully walking towards her, blaming her for being there. In an instant, she began to doubt whether she had traveled through time or crossed into a parallel universe.
Jiang Xiaoyuan believed that there must be some connection between this world and the other world. Considering that she had crossed from the riverside, she decided to jump into the river to test it. However, she was rescued by people who mistook her for a suicide victim and received a stern lecture from the police at the local police station. Qi Lian went to the police station to retrieve Jiang Xiaoyuan, and Officer Chen mistakenly thought that Jiang Xiaoyuan's jump was due to emotional entanglement with Qi Lian. He reminded Qi Lian to pay more attention to Jiang Xiaoyuan's emotions.
Qi Lian asked Officer Chen about any reports from Feng County the previous night, hoping to receive any updates on Xu Jingyang. However, Officer Chen emphasized that their police station had thoroughly investigated Xu Jingyang and found that there was no such person.
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