• Aired:2023-12-14, Last updated: 2023-12-19 06:04

Episode 3 recap: Jiang Xiaoyuan worked part-time at a cyber café.

Qi Lian was worried that Jiang Xiaoyuan didn't have a place to stay in Luojiang City and might encounter danger. Qi Lian kept following Jiang Xiaoyuan, which made Jiang Xiaoyuan extremely annoyed. Jiang Xiaoyuan tried various methods to get rid of Qi Lian, but whether she walked through narrow alleys or hid in the bushes of a park, she couldn't shake off Qi Lian.

Feeling helpless with Qi Lian tailing her, Jiang Xiaoyuan entered the women's restroom and discovered a window. She jumped out of the window and finally got rid of Qi Lian. Qi Lian waited outside the restroom for a long time and realized that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to go in and check. He asked a girl who had just come out of the restroom to help, and that's when he found out that Jiang Xiaoyuan had escaped.

Qi Lian couldn't understand why Jiang Xiaoyuan acted as if she didn't know him. He decided to investigate what Jiang Xiaoyuan had experienced in Chongqing, while he himself continued searching for Jiang Xiaoyuan in this chaotic place.

Since arriving here, Jiang Xiaoyuan hadn't had a proper meal. Now she was famished, so she looked around the street and finally chose a restaurant. She asked the owner to clean up a seat for her and ordered a bowl of plain rice that she could afford. The owner noticed that Jiang Xiaoyuan used a lot of tissues to clean the table and chairs, which made him feel sorry for her. He also noticed that Jiang Xiaoyuan only ate plain rice without ordering any dishes, which annoyed him.

Jiang Xiaoyuan had never experienced such hardship before, and she couldn't help but feel aggrieved and teary-eyed. She thought that if Jiang Tianfeng were here, he would never let her suffer like this. But the reality was that she couldn't even afford a proper meal. Jiang Xiaoyuan decided to find a job and support herself. As she was contemplating and walking through a lane, a motorcycle whizzed past her and snatched her bag.

Jiang Xiaoyuan was already in dire straits and couldn't afford to let her bag be taken away. She desperately tried to hold on to it but couldn't overpower the strong man. Qi Lian had been following Jiang Xiaoyuan and immediately intervened to help. With the assistance of the police who arrived at the scene, the two motorcycle robbers were caught.

Qi Lian looked at Jiang Xiaoyuan, who was covered in scratches, and voluntarily gave her a few hundred yuan. He hoped that Jiang Xiaoyuan would quickly find a safe place to stay, as it was easy to get into trouble in this chaotic environment.

Jiang Xiaoyuan felt that Qi Lian's actions were out of pity for her, but as the proud and self-respecting daughter of the Jiang family, she couldn't accept other people's sympathy. So she threw the money that Qi Lian had put in her pocket.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoyuan's ungratefulness, Qi Lian was also a bit angry. He reminded Jiang Xiaoyuan to think about how she would get through the night. This made Jiang Xiaoyuan worried about her current situation, so she picked up the two hundred yuan from the ground.

Qi Lian brought Jiang Xiaoyuan to a hotel and signaled her to check-in while he finally let go and left. However, Jiang Xiaoyuan found out that the cheapest room in the hotel cost two hundred yuan per night, without including breakfast. She didn't want to stay since she only had two hundred yuan, which meant that even if she stayed for one night, she wouldn't have money for breakfast the next day. She asked the front desk if the hotel was hiring, but they informed her that they weren't. Just as she was about to reluctantly stay, she noticed a job advertisement for a cyber café. So she decided not to stay at the hotel and instead went to the back to apply for the job. To her surprise, she found that the girls in front of her were all dressed in a sexy and cute manner, which puzzled her. Nevertheless, she continued to wait in line until it was her turn for the interview. During the interview, the boss asked her to showcase her talent, and that's when she realized that they were hiring live streamers.

Although Jiang Xiaoyuan looked decent, she didn't have any talent in that area. The boss initially wanted to take advantage of her, but Jiang Xiaoyuan refused to go along with it. So the boss arranged for her to work at the cyber café instead. Jiang Xiaoyuan learned that she would earn one thousand five hundred yuan per month, with meals and accommodation provided. However, she would only receive three packs of instant noodles per day, and her "accommodation" was actually a storage room separated by a curtain. She was disgusted by it but had no choice as she had no money in her pocket, so she reluctantly stayed.

Jiang Xiaoyuan carefully calculated every penny she spent, but her money kept decreasing. The biggest expense was buying a charger to charge her phone. Unexpectedly, the first call she received was someone asking for money, claiming that her father was critically ill and needed one hundred thousand yuan for surgery. Angry, Jiang Xiaoyuan immediately threw her phone away. Just then, the phone rang again, and Jiang Xiaoyuan hurriedly picked it up, only to find that it was a call from Qi Lian.

On the night when Jiang Xiaoyuan disappeared, Qi Lian searched everywhere for her. It wasn't until the next day that he discovered Jiang Xiaoyuan's whereabouts. He couldn't understand why Jiang Xiaoyuan, whom he hadn't seen in six years, would act as if she didn't know him. But his concern for Jiang Xiaoyuan didn't diminish, and he silently observed her miserable life. He decided to introduce her to a job. Working at the cyber café was not easy for Jiang Xiaoyuan. She had to work twelve hours a day and was harassed by customers. Jiang Xiaoyuan got so angry that she ended up fighting a customer who touched her, and even threatened to report the boss for operating without a license. Finally, she received a three-hundred-yuan salary and left the cyber café.

Jiang Xiaoyuan arranged to meet Qi Lian to return the two hundred yuan, but when she arrived at the agreed location and knocked on the door, there was no one to answer.