A Love Never Lost Episode 12 Recap, Plot

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The five of them chatted and drank in a private room. Yang Yifan expressed his disapproval of China’s imperial examination system. Afraid that Liang Xiang might detect Yang Kaizhi’s political stance, Yang Kaizhi quickly changed the subject. After the gathering ended, as they walked to the entrance to take a carriage, a few men suddenly rushed out and pinned them down without warning. Liang Xiang turned around and questioned who they were, and the other party claimed to be from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Liang Xiang immediately fell silent.

The four of them were detained at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, held in the same room, where they discussed reform. Yang Yifan advocated for shifting from the mandate of heaven to following the will of the people. Liang Xiang steered the topic toward cultural and military reforms: the former referring to legal reforms and the latter to revolution. So, which one did Yang Yifan support? Yang Yifan didn’t answer directly and tossed the question back to Liang Xiang. As for Liang Xiang, he believed military reform was not viable and that China could only undergo gradual reform.

The Tokyo police required them to find guarantors for bail before they could be released. Yang Yifan asked Xie Shuhong to be his guarantor. Since the others were from the military academy, their guarantor was naturally Instructor Hirata Ichiro. Hirata Ichiro and Xie Shuhong arrived at the police station almost at the same time. When Liang Xiang saw Xie Shuhong again, he was extremely surprised, and his own predicament made him feel ashamed. After meeting Xie Shuhong’s gaze, he quickly looked away.

Hirata Ichiro returned and scolded the three of them, then kept Liang Xiang behind alone. He knew Liang Xiang was taking the blame for someone else and was willing to hear his explanation. Liang Xiang was puzzled as to why the Tokyo police, clearly knowing that only one Chinese man had dealings with a Korean woman, still implicated his classmates. Hirata Ichiro explained it was because they weren’t wearing uniforms at the time and were still sporting ridiculous queues. Liang Xiang said no more, stormed back to the dormitory, and, ignoring Yang Kaizhi and Li Renjun’s attempts to stop him, resolutely cut off his braid.

Hirata didn’t fully understand the effort needed to reshape the Chinese spirit, so he went to visit Duke Ayakura. After a conversation, Hirata took the duke’s teachings to heart. Lee Ju-hee transferred from the University of Tokyo to Aoyama Practical Women’s School, where she met Xie Shuhong, who was also studying there.

Wu Tianbai was tricked into coming by the owner of the Yokohama Specie Bank, who discovered that the check Wu had pledged to the bank was forged. Wu Tianbai was severely beaten and almost lost his life. Only then did he confess that the forged check was made by Wanshan from the Black Tiger Society. The bank owner let him go and even expressed willingness to invest in revolutionaries like Wu Tianbai.

Upon learning that Xie Shuhong knew Yang Kaizhi, and that Yang Kaizhi’s cousin was Xie Shuhong’s brother-in-law Yang Yifan, Lee Ju-hee was delighted and took Xie Shuhong to sneak out of school for a meal. Wu Tianbai arranged to meet Wanshan, but Wanshan didn’t trust him and specifically requested to speak with Xie Shuhong, and no money was to change hands between them.

When Xie Shuhong and Lee Ju-hee returned, Principal Shimoda Utako had already been waiting for them for two hours. Shimoda Utako spoke to Xie Shuhong privately and said that the security police had come, and there was nothing she could do—Xie Shuhong had to be expelled. Just then, Wu Tianbai came to find her, waiting at the school gate. Carrying her luggage, Xie Shuhong followed Wu Tianbai back, dejected.

Xie Shuhong moved back in with Wu Tianbai, and both of them were secretly happy. With Xie Shuhong acting as a go-between, Wanshan readily agreed to cooperate with Wu Tianbai and decided to take over the pastry shop below Wu Tianbai’s place and turn it into a stationery store to distribute for him. Wanshan had already drawn up the agreement and was just waiting for Xie Shuhong to sign it.

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