Episode 10 recap: The Qin couple found out that Anxin is unable to conceive.
Qin Feng told his psychologist that he gets a headache whenever he thinks about going home. There have been several times when he reached the doorstep but turned around and left. Zhou Kaize held Chen Ruohua and hoped that she wouldn't go back tonight. Qin's mother confronted Qin Feng with the test report and questioned why they were kept in the dark about Anxin's infertility. The usually reserved Old Qin also made it clear to Qin Feng that the Qin family must have descendants.
After Qin Feng returned home, he also noticed Anxin's changes and curiously asked her what had happened recently. Zhao Xiufang was about to tell him about Lin Tianyu's matter, but Anxin stopped her mother from speaking. Upon learning that Chen Ruohua needed a prosthetic limb, Qin Feng immediately suggested getting the most expensive one.
After Zhao Xiufang left, Qin Feng kissed Anxin and asked her what had really happened. Anxin told him that she had just become more open-minded. Anxin downloaded a movie that Qin Feng liked and wanted to watch it together, but Qin Feng informed her that there was a year-end performance evaluation at work and he had to go back for overtime.
While Qin Feng was working overtime at the office, his colleague Manager Chu approached him and thanked him for covering for her last week. Manager Chu's mother had been paralyzed and had been living with her for five years. She felt that Qin Feng was stronger than her because he hadn't let the significant family matter affect his work. Qin Feng didn't hide anything from her and expressed his feelings. He mentioned that he gets a headache whenever he thinks about going home. There have been several times when he reached the doorstep but turned around and left.
He also shared an experience with Manager Chu, suggesting that after work, he should not go straight home but instead find a café to sit and calm himself down. Chen Ruohua received a phone call informing her with regret that she didn't pass her job interview. After hanging up, she went to find Zhou Kaize and saw him with a cold face. She knew that her mother's act of following him had made him angry.
Although Chen Ruohua was unhappy about the failed interview, she put on a forced smile and explained to Zhou Kaize that because she didn't have a job, her mother wanted to seek his help. She didn't allow it, but her mother still acted that way.
Upon hearing Ruohua mention work, Zhou Kaize felt a bit embarrassed and mentioned that his parents still don't know about their relationship. However, Ruohua reassured him that she doesn't mind such things. Seeing Ruohua's understanding, Zhou Kaize smiled, and they went out for dinner together.
After dinner, Zhou Kaize reluctantly held Ruohua, hoping she wouldn't go back tonight. However, Ruohua told him that she still wasn't comfortable sleeping in a stranger's bed. Qin Feng hurriedly entered the cafeteria and found that the food had already been put away. Only Manager Chu was eating there. When she saw Qin Feng enter, she smiled and told him that she had saved him a meal.
While having their meal, Manager Chu curiously asked Qin Feng how he managed to win the heart of such a good girl like Anxin. Qin Feng then shared the story of his relationship with Anxin. As he spoke, his face was filled with a sense of pride. Zhao Xiufang took Anxin to get fitted for a prosthetic limb. Although the company told her that after wearing their prosthetic limbs, she could control them through the nerves in her brain, and her body's flexibility would be restored to 80% of its previous state, she still worried that one day Qin Feng would reject her. Even though she knew that Qin Feng genuinely loved her, she also knew that he was a perfectionist.
Qin's mother saw her son working overtime every day and believed that he couldn't continue like this. So she went to the hospital to check Anxin's medical records and discovered that Anxin couldn't conceive. After learning this news, Qin's mother called her son back and confronted him with the test report, questioning why they were kept in the dark about Anxin's infertility. Old Qin, who usually didn't talk much, made it clear to Qin Feng that the Qin family must have descendants.
After lecturing her son, Qin's mother called Zhao Xiufang and scolded both her and her daughter, saying that they were very ungrateful. She even claimed that this matter was more important than Anxin losing her legs. Although Zhao Xiufang explained to her that Anxin had no knowledge of this, Qin's mother didn't believe her. Qin Feng couldn't tolerate his mother's words and took the phone from her to tell his mother-in-law that he would never leave Anxin, no matter what. After saying this, he knelt down to his parents.
Zhao Xiuli called Zhao Xiufang and boasted to her sister, saying that Ruohua had found a boyfriend from a good family, and the boyfriend was even better. She said that Ruohua didn't need to worry about work anymore. Ruohua couldn't stand listening to this and complained that her mother shouldn't have caused trouble for her aunt. However, Zhao Xiuli not only didn't reflect on her actions but also mentioned that Ruohua spent the night outside yesterday and told her to go to Zhou Kaize to resolve the work issue. She said that they couldn't let him take advantage of Ruohua for nothing.
If Huama Mama obsessively monitors and manipulates Ruohua's life, never considering whether Ruohua might feel suffocated by her excessive expectations and love! That's why Ruohua said she understood what her brother said before his death.
That's human nature. In the end, the only person we can truly rely on is ourselves!
I don't know what will happen next, but I hope that Ruohua's mother will eventually come to realize and become her true self. Due to favoring sons over daughters, the daughter is somewhat neglected, not as closely monitored.
But can you really say it's her own fault? She is both detestable and pitiable.
When Ruoxuan was still alive, there was a scene where the family was having a meal. The mother told her son that she lost her job because of giving birth to him, and now she can only rely on him. It made my heart sink. It's such a terrifying psychological pressure to blame your own child for "ruining" your own later life after giving birth.
It's just twisted.