Episode 23 recap: Everyone is preparing for the wedding of Yu Huan and Fan Zhong Ju.
Guchuan and Guo Dong Li are helping with the rehearsal for Fan Zhong Ju's wedding. Guo Dong Li plays the role of the deceased father-in-law, even though the father-in-law has already passed away. On the other hand, Ren Shu takes on the role of Yu Huan's grandfather. Without Yu Huan, there would be no current landscape and rivers, and Fan Zhong Ju is captivated by Yu Huan's charm.
Everyone joyfully drinks to celebrate the wedding of Yu Huan and Fan Zhong Ju. While having a meal, they ask when Yu Huan and Fan Zhong Ju will get married since they are already engaged. Fan Zhong Ju is eager to get married, but Yu Huan doesn't feel rushed. After negotiations, they decide to marry three months later. Considering that Yu Huan has no parents and Fan Zhong Ju's parents are not in Changle, they decide to skip some of the elaborate traditional customs. Guo Dong Li even offers to cut the cost of their wedding banquet in half.
Guo Dong Li believes that important matters like marriage should be rehearsed in advance, while Liu Lang thinks they should fly around Changle City after getting married. The discussions among the group are more intense than those between Yu Huan and Fan Zhong Ju themselves. The next day, both the men and women rehearse the wedding ceremony. Guchuan takes Fan Zhong Ju to a clothing store, where Fan Zhong Ju insists on choosing only red attire, while Guchuan presents various shades of red for him to choose from.
As the host, Guo Dong Li rehearses the wedding scene in advance and adds a question-and-answer session. Fan Zhong Ju's answers are completely different from what Yu Huan would say, showing that he understands her surface-level but not her preferences. Guo Dong Li takes Fan Zhong Ju to sample dishes at Wanli Tower, and they both end up feeling sick from eating too much. At that moment, Fan Zhong Ju reminisces about Liu Lang's good appetite and realizes that the current roasted chicken tastes the same, just in different shapes. However, he hasn't heard that Yu Huan prefers roast duck, leaving her a bit disappointed.
When Fan Zhong Ju returns home, Liu Lang pulls him aside for training to make his physique more suitable for the groom's attire. Yu Huan feels a bit deflated due to the events of the past few days. It seems she is not fully prepared for the wedding, while Fan Zhong Ju expresses to Guo Dong Li that he is having second thoughts about getting married. However, everyone else is immersed in the preparations for the wedding banquet.
During the engagement banquet, Yu Huan watches everyone enjoying themselves, but she doesn't feel as happy as she had imagined.
Among the friends who came, Yu Huan didn't know any of them. It was all arranged by Ren Shu and Xie Quan Jia. Fan Zhong Ju came to ask about which company they should choose for the wedding candies. Yu Huan could only take out a piece of candy she had with her and decided to use that company. However, Fan Zhong Ju interpreted this as Yu Huan being indifferent about the wedding, which led to an argument between them. In the end, Yu Huan expressed that she didn't want to get married.
Later, Xie Quan Jia recalled Yu Huan's earlier words and blamed herself for not noticing her abnormality. Fan Zhong Ju had previously expressed fear of marriage and claimed he wasn't ready. At the time, Guchuan and the others were trying to encourage Fan Zhong Ju, even using the fact that he had no woman interested in him as a reason for him to seize this opportunity. Later, the group argued over the position of the best man, which made Fan Zhong Ju even more reluctant to get married.
The group tried to find a way to reconcile the couple's relationship. So, in the middle of the night, they left some poems on the road. Yu Huan immediately guessed that Xie Quan Jia wrote them because her handwriting was famously ugly. Guchuan and the other two went to talk to Fan Zhong Ju, who stated that he wouldn't apologize first. This time, the group advised the couple in a counterproductive way, not encouraging reconciliation but rather suggesting that they should separate from each other. They each spoke about the other's good qualities and past care.
After talking for a while, Fan Zhong Ju finally realized that his attitude at the time was problematic, and Yu Huan also felt that she had been too impulsive. Fan Zhong Ju rushed downstairs to Yu Huan and admitted that he was a fool and apologized voluntarily. They held each other's hands, and Yu Huan said there was plenty of time in the future, while Fan Zhong Ju insisted on going ahead with the wedding as planned.
The next day, everyone believed that the couple had reconciled and that the wedding would proceed as scheduled. However, Fan Zhong Ju and Yu Huan informed everyone that they had canceled the wedding due to the pressure and that it was not the right time to get married. The group expressed understanding, and as a gesture of sincerity, Xie Quan Jia changed the side room to have a plaque with Yu Huan and Fan Zhong Ju's names, serving as their wedding room.
When Guo Dong Li heard this, she asked if she would have a wedding room in the future, but before she could finish, Xie Quan Jia immediately vetoed it. Guchuan also wanted a room and expressed his desire to get married as well, but he was met with Xie Quan Jia's stern face. He quickly changed his words and said he wanted to get married to her. At this point, everyone started teasing, leaving Xie Quan Jia bashful.
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