Episode 18 recap: Chen Ruo Hua returned to her hometown for development.
Upon seeing An Xin diligently practicing dancing, Lin Tian Yu quickly reminded her to progress gradually, otherwise her legs would definitely get injured. He also advised An Xin not to focus too much on her legs. Impressed by his expertise, An Xin invited him to be her dance partner. Zhao Xiu Li and Chen Ruo Hua returned to their hometown and were astonished to see how much weight Chen Ruo Hua had lost.
Not long after their return, Zhao Xiu Li started arranging potential suitors for her daughter. After leaving Qin Feng's house, An Xin couldn't help but burst into tears and asked Lin Tian Yu if she was being foolish and melodramatic. Lin Tian Yu playfully teased her, saying that without a vast ocean in her mind, she couldn't possibly be the angel she was.
An Xin told Lin Tian Yu that she acted that way because she and Qin Feng had once shared beautiful memories, and she didn't want those memories to be tainted with other elements. Lin Tian Yu made a bet with Zhao Xiu Fang, with a month's worth of fitness class fees at stake. Zhao Xiu Fang believed that An Xin wouldn't last three days before surrendering. Now that he's helping An Xin close that escape route, he considered himself the winner.
An Xin also told Lin Tian Yu that she sought his help because he was different from others— he never looked at him with pity in his eyes. Lin Tian Yu comforted her, saying that when life becomes so terrible, it can't possibly get worse. An Xin felt that Lin Tian Yu was describing her current situation.
Chen Ruo Hua initially planned to rent a house in Beijing and find a job to live there. While searching for a house, she happened to meet her middle school classmate. When her classmate asked about her future plans, Chen Ruo Hua suddenly felt confused. In fact, living in a 10-square-meter small house in Beijing wasn't the life she desired, so she gave up the idea of staying in Beijing.
After returning home, her mother informed her about Auntie and An Xin's situation. Since Chen Ruo Hua hadn't secured a job yet, Zhao Xiu Li felt awkward about meeting her sister. Xiao Qiu started helping An Xin record videos and even wrote a copy for her. However, Chen Ruo Hua wasn't satisfied with the copy, feeling that the words on it didn't reflect her true feelings towards her fans.
Her fans were eager to see her dance again, so to avoid disappointing them, An Xin devoted herself to practicing. Seeing her pushing herself so hard, Lin Tian Yu couldn't help but remind her that if she didn't rest, her legs would likely get injured again. Knowing that Lin Tian Yu had studied choreography, An Xin asked for his help in creating dances that suited her.
Chen Ruo Hua went to see An Xin and found her doing leg stretches with a confident look on her face, which inspired Chen Ruo Hua. When An Xin saw Chen Ruo Hua, she couldn't help but cry like a child seeing a loved one. Chen Ruo Hua comforted her with a quote from a book, saying that when disasters strike, those who survive are considered lucky compared to those who perished. Xiao Qiu had also told An Xin this quote before, so when Chen Ruo Hua said the first part, An Xin completed the second part.
An Xin went to see her aunt, and they both cried in each other's arms for a while. They wiped away their tears when Zhao Xiu Fang arrived. Seeing her sister's significant weight loss, Zhao Xiu Li found it hard to believe. The sisters were chatting when Zhao Xiu Li mentioned a few of her former colleagues, including one who is now a principal, who had come to visit Zhao Xiu Li.
In front of them, Zhao Xiu Li boasted about how well-behaved her daughter was and how she had given up the opportunity to stay in Beijing for her. To prove her point, Zhao Xiu Li showed them the resignation letter written by Chen Ruo Hua. Seeing Chen Ruo Hua's excellence, everyone couldn't help but praise her. Zhao Xiu Li took advantage of the situation and asked them not to introduce potential partners to her daughter. Chen Ruo Hua couldn't stand it and pretended to have something to do and left.
Zhao Xiu Fang and An Xin followed her outside to comfort her. An Xin wanted her mother to move back home, but Zhao Xiu Fang insisted that she promise not to return the money to the Qin family. They couldn't convince each other, so An Xin took a taxi back home alone. After everyone left, Zhao Xiu Li explicitly told her mother that she would never go on blind dates. In an attempt to force her to comply, Zhao Xiu Li started a hunger strike. Chen Ruo Hua was worried about her mother's health, so she went to the park to find her Auntie and persuade her mother.
Chen Ruo Hua arrived at the park and saw her Auntie and Lao Lao Wang watching videos of An Xin dancing. Zhao Xiu Fang couldn't help but ask Chen Ruo Hua if An Xin could make money by making these videos, and Chen Ruo Hua nodded confidently.
Lin Tian Yu choreographed a dance for An Xin, and it was very professional. Xiao Qiu and An Xin discussed hiring him long-term. Lin Tian Yu also advised An Xin not to focus too much on her legs. Seeing his professionalism, An Xin invited him to be her dance partner. They danced together, and An Xin was impressed by Lin Tian Yu's professional and exceptional skills. She was curious about his background, but Lin Tian Yu was reluctant to talk about it.
After leaving An Xin, Lin Tian Yu received a call from Teacher Liya, who advised him not to miss the golden age of competitions. The person he loved had been away for so long, and it was time for him to move on.
Chen Ruo Hua and Zhao Xiu Li teach you how to deal with relatives during Chinese New Year - you must talk endlessly about trivial matters. Finally, the sisters meet, and older sister An Xin asks all these questions, but younger sister Ruo Hua takes over the conversation and says, "Instead of you asking me, why don't I ask you?
" In just a few sentences, she makes her sister burst into tears. And then, Zhao Xiu Li makes an even more outrageous entrance, bringing up divorce right off the bat. They truly are a pair of mother and daughter.
Regarding the part where An Xin repays the money to the Qin family, I got really angry watching it! Sister, at this point, please don't think about things like pride and righteousness anymore. Qin Feng's infidelity was the initial wrong in the first place.
An Xin's mother already did everything she could by not exposing Qin Feng's hypocrisy at his company... Even if Qin Feng compensates An Xin with a million, it's still too little. And considering that An Xin is now disabled, if she really files for divorce, she will likely receive even more than what she currently has.
Compared to An Xin, I find the storyline of Chen Ruo Hua more intriguing. An Xin's story is unfortunate, as she lost her legs. However, she has her mother's support, and even though her husband eventually chose to leave, he accompanied her during her most vulnerable moments and gave her a 2-million-worth shop.
Although An Xin may not necessarily need it, others genuinely gave it to her. Fate also arranged a group of kind-hearted people for her and her mother, helping her mother lose weight, supporting her to stand up again and restart her dancing career.
One became a master choreographer in the dance industry, and the other became a professional technician in a business partnership, achieving both fame and fortune.
An Xin's pain is mostly reflected in her own struggles. When she stands up for herself, she can take control of her own life. On the other hand, there's Chen Ruo Hua, who is like a bitter gourd.
As long as her younger brother was alive, her mother favored him over her, and she always sought her mother's attention in vain. Only after losing her younger brother did she finally understand his feelings.
Her mother, lacking a sense of boundaries, forcefully plans her children's lives under the guise of "it's for your own good." Although she loves Ruo Hua, deep down she still values boys over girls.
The condition of her daughter's body and her emotions are not important to her. What matters is how to sell her daughter for a good price while keeping her by her side.
She doesn't care whether her daughter will have her own plans or feel heartbroken. I'm really looking forward to seeing how Chen Ruo Hua breaks free from her mother's chains of love.
If Ruohua really feels suffocated, she would be willing to come back to work and take care of her mother. But what about her mother? She turned the gathering of the four of them into a "sales meeting" to promote her.
When Auntie and Anxin left, she kept looking at me, and I think she envied and longed for such a mother-daughter relationship. But when I turned my head and saw all those people in the room, the suffocating feeling that could burst out of the screen, my dear Ruohua...