Episode 4 recap: Qi Lian introduced Jiang Xiao Yuan to work at a hair salon.
Upon entering Qi Lian's house, Jiang Xiao Yuan noticed that the door was unlocked. He went inside and began eating the steamed buns he had bought earlier, while waiting for Qi Lian. Suddenly, a few burly men arrived looking for Qi Lian and assumed that Jiang Xiao Yuan, who was inside the house, knew Qi Lian. They angrily knocked the steamed buns out of Jiang Xiao Yuan's hand.
Just then, Qi Lian returned on his motorcycle. The three men immediately confronted Qi Lian, with one of them even pulling out a pocket knife and attacking him. However, Qi Lian displayed exceptional skill and quickly subdued them, leaving them defeated. Witnessing Qi Lian's swift movements, Jiang Xiao Yuan felt remorse for disrespecting him and instinctively tried to hide.
Amused by Jiang Xiao Yuan's reaction, Qi Lian explained that those men were sent to warn him by corrupt property developers he had reported. He told Jiang Xiao Yuan not to mistake him for a member of the criminal underworld. Jiang Xiao Yuan looked at the footprints on Qi Lian's door and regretted her impulsive act of kicking it. Fortunately, Qi Lian merely gave her a cold glance and allowed her inside.
Qi Lian asked Jiang Xiao Yuan to sit down while he picked up a kitchen knife. Filled with fear, Jiang Xiao Yuan contemplated leaving after repaying her debt. However, Qi Lian had taken the knife to prepare curry rice and invited her to join him. Jiang Xiao Yuan, who hadn't had a proper meal for days, involuntarily swallowed and ultimately chose to stay. After enjoying the meal Qi Lian had prepared, she felt no regrets. While Qi Lian attended to his own affairs, Jiang Xiao Yuan wandered around, holding a fruit platter and thinking that Qi Lian was actually a decent person. By chance, she discovered numerous photographs of deceased individuals in Qi Lian's study, and she concluded that he was a terrifying person. In a panic, she attempted to escape, but Qi Lian intercepted her.
Jiang Xiao Yuan cried out, accusing Qi Lian of assault and demanding to be released. However, Qi Lian was even more ruthless. He warned her to stop making a fuss if she wanted to stay alive. Soon, he took Jiang Xiao Yuan on his motorcycle to find Chen Fang Zhou and arranged for her to work at Chen Fang Zhou's shop.
Jiang Xiao Yuan had no idea who Chen Fang Zhou was, which surprised him since they were former classmates. Chen Fang Zhou took Jiang Xiao Yuan to visit his hair salon, but she refused to call him "boss," which irritated him. However, since Qi Lian had asked him to help her and they were also classmates, Chen Fang Zhou took Jiang Xiao Yuan back to the dormitory, settled her in, and reminded her to set an alarm clock so she wouldn't be late the next day.
Jiang Xiao Yuan lay on her bed, feeling a long-lost sense of peace. She realized that she was a bit lucky to have encountered people who helped her and made the decision to move forward bravely. However, on her first day of work, she arrived late and showed little respect to Chen Fang Zhou, which made the other employees at the salon unhappy with her.
Supervisor Helen saw Jiang Xiao Yuan pouring dirty water into the customer's handwashing sink and reminded her, but Jiang Xiao Yuan disdainfully took the bucket away without properly cleaning the sink. When it was time to eat, Jiang Xiao Yuan had no food, so Chen Fang Zhou gave her his meal. Instead of thanking him, Jiang Xiao Yuan snapped at him, saying that she didn't want to work at a hair salon and it made Chen Fang Zhou angry.
Qi Lian specially came to wait for Jiang Xiao Yuan to finish work and took her to buy some daily necessities. Jiang Xiao Yuan initially didn't want anything since she had no money, but as the weather got colder, Qi Lian was worried that she would feel cold, so he told her to pay him back when she received her salary and took her to the supermarket.
Qi Lian had no experience buying clothes for girls and ended up picking maternity clothes for Jiang Xiao Yuan, which she naturally didn't like. She chose a leather jacket for herself, and Qi Lian thought she looked good in it, so he took off the price tag for her to pay at the checkout.
When Jiang Xiao Yuan saw the price, she couldn't help but lament that she had become a liability again. She was determined to repay Qi Lian, which made Qi Lian feel that she was keeping her distance from him. This reminded Jiang Xiao Yuan of what Chen Fang Zhou had told her, that Jiang Xiao Yuan and Qi Lian were particularly close in this world. She had secretly gone to Chongqing for university without telling Qi Lian, which had already hurt him. Now, after many years of no contact and her attitude towards him, Jiang Xiao Yuan realized she shouldn't treat Qi Lian like this.
Jiang Xiao Yuan realized that Qi Lian was treating her so well because he liked this version of Jiang Xiao Yuan in this world. She quickly snatched the bag from Qi Lian's hand and went upstairs. Chen Fang Zhou had the salon staff practice washing hair, and only those who passed the test would be allowed to serve customers. Jiang Xiao Yuan didn't think there was much to practice in washing hair and was solely focused on finding the portal back to her own time and space. So while others were practicing, she used the computer to search for information. When Chen Fang Zhou found out, he earnestly advised Jiang Xiao Yuan to practice properly and forbade her from using his computer until she became proficient.
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