Episode 1 recap: Life is full of ups and downs.
People living in big cities are exhausted from the daily hustle and bustle. They wake up every day and immediately start preparing for work. Everything happens quickly, as if they are living life at one and a half times the speed. Gu Mo Li and Zhu Jing Cao are an ordinary young couple who work in Shanghai. They are so busy that they can only spend time together during their lunch break.
One day, while they were enjoying their time together, Zhu Jing Cao received a call from Manager Jiang and had to pause their activity to attend a meeting. Gu Mo Li hurriedly returned to the gallery to deal with Manager Tang. Unexpectedly, Zhu Jing Cao's mother discovered several hotel receipts and mistakenly thought that her daughter-in-law was having an affair. She immediately went to the gallery to demand an explanation from Gu Mo Li.
At that time, Gu Mo Li was in the middle of signing an important contract with Manager Tang. However, due to the interruption from her mother-in-law, the contract was not finalized. Not only that, Manager Tang was also lured away by her colleague Mi Na, who convinced him to buy a painting titled "Desire" as her agent. Zhu Jing Cao, who was in the meeting, received a call from his mother and hung up once, but she called again, so Zhu Jing Cao went out to answer.
When he returned home, his wife and mother were quarreling, each with their own reasons. Zhu Jing Cao was overwhelmed by the situation. His mother's actions not only disrupted Gu Mo Li's business, but also made Zhu Jing Cao, as her husband, lose face. Zhu Jing Cao asked his wife to go back to work first, while he stayed at home to comfort and appease his mother.
The mother-in-law always felt that Gu Mo Li was not a good daughter-in-law. She was the reason why her son missed the opportunity to take the postgraduate entrance exam, and now she spent 800 yuan on a hotel room for two hours, always bringing up the Shanghai property certificate. Zhu Jing Cao did not agree with his mother's criticism of his wife, but instead tried to persuade his mother.
The gallery manager, Mr. Chen, did not punish Mi Na for stealing clients. In his words, whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. That day, Zhu Jing Cao went to pick up his daughter from school and then went to the company for a meeting. Manager Jiang asked him to send the PowerPoint presentation before midnight. Although this young couple in Shanghai has a house, it is very small. The master bedroom is occupied by their daughter and mother-in-law, so the couple can only sleep in bunk beds.
In order to prevent colleagues from gossiping about his wife, Zhu Jing Cao, a gentle and attentive man, specifically bought some afternoon tea to treat Gu Mo Li's colleagues and pick her up after work.
Now that their daughter has grown up, Zhu Jing Cao and Gu Mo Li discussed sending Zhu Jing Cao's mother back to their hometown. Gu Mo Li was very happy about it and planned to buy gifts for her mother-in-law, as well as gifts for her father-in-law and other relatives. She even wanted to give a big red envelope, so that her mother-in-law would have face when returning to her hometown. When they returned home, Zhu Jing Cao cautiously brought up the matter with his mother, and of course, she was angry. However, what Gu Mo Li said made sense, and she agreed to buy a ticket to go back to her hometown. But she was still angry and demanded that her son take her to the hospital for a check-up the next day, while Gu Mo Li took Coco to the gallery to work. Her reasoning was that the hospital was not a good place, and it was not suitable for children to go there.
As a result, something happened to Coco at the gallery. The child was accused by Mi Na of destroying a painting, and it happened to be the painting titled "Desire" that was reserved for Manager Tang. Gu Mo Li wanted to buy that painting, but she realized that she didn't have enough balance in her account. In an awkward situation, Jiang Hai Tao appeared to help her out. When Gu Mo Li saw Jiang Hai Tao, she was stunned, and memories from many years ago came flooding back.
Gu Mo Li was proud and refused to sell the flawed painting to Jiang Hai Tao, who was a client. Mi Na tried to add Jiang Hai Tao on WeChat but was rejected, and Jiang Hai Tao tried to add Gu Mo Li on WeChat but was also rejected. Instead of going to the hospital today, Zhu Jing Cao's mother stayed at home and made fried snacks for Zhu Jing Cao, expressing her true thoughts.
After reviewing the surveillance footage, it was confirmed that someone had bumped into Coco, but the person's face was not clear, so Gu Mo Li had to compensate. The painter agreed to repair the painting, and the client decided to wait and see the repaired artwork before deciding whether to purchase it. If all else failed, Zhu Jing Cao said he could help compensate. Gu Mo Li also realized that it was too simple to just send her mother-in-law away, so after discussing with Zhu Jing Cao, they decided to earn more money and buy a bigger house.
That day, Zhu Jing Cao's mother took Coco out, leaving the young couple with two hours alone. But Gu Mo Li still didn't like staying at home, so she and Zhu Jing Cao went to a hotel to discuss changing rooms. When they came out of the hotel, Zhu Jing Cao saw a figure resembling his mother, but Gu Mo Li didn't pay much attention, thinking that his mother-in-law wouldn't be following them. However, they were mistaken, as the mother-in-law was indeed following them.
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