A Love Never Lost Episode 17 Recap
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Song Baoquan believed in playing both sides. Without someone like Yang Kaizhi to oppose the court, who knew how arrogant the court might become. He deliberately asked Yang Kaizhi to stay and see just how overbearing Eunuch Zhang could be. Through Song Baoquan’s introduction, Eunuch Zhang offered Yang Kaizhi a position.
Not long ago, the Empress Dowager wanted to provide compensation to the family of a recently fallen assistant in Yanji, who had been killed by Japanese border troops stationed in Korea. With the Japanese army acting increasingly arrogant and provoking incidents along the border, three assistants had already died—this would be the fourth. If Yang Kaizhi dared to take the job, Eunuch Zhang could put in a word for him. Yang Kaizhi considered for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Thus, Yang Kaizhi became the court-appointed assistant stationed in Yanji. In the summer of 1905, Xie Shuhong was six months pregnant. Wu Tianbai still asked her to carry a bomb back to Shanghai and hand it to Yang Kaizhi, who would then pass it to comrades from the North waiting there. Regardless of who the father of the child in Xie Shuhong’s belly was, Wu Tianbai insisted he would always be the child’s father.
Wu Tianbai believed this bomb would shake the world. Precisely because of its importance, he needed Xie Shuhong’s help to get it back into the country. Given her pregnancy, it would help her avoid sudden searches. Xie Shuhong never expected to run into Li Renjun on the ship. When he mentioned Liang Xiang, she was suddenly overcome with a wave of nausea and rushed to the restroom.
Seeing that she was seasick, Li Renjun took good care of her, arranged for her to disembark with the inspection group, and even used a carriage to escort her to Yang Kaizhi. Because of this, Xie Shuhong's luggage was not searched. When Xie Shuhong knocked on the door, it wasn’t Yang Kaizhi who answered, but rather Song Chen, the long-absent son of the vice chairman of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce.
Song Chen didn’t say how long he had been in this line of work, and even his father Song Baoquan didn’t know. Xie Shuhong still needed to visit her sister Xie Xueqing, so Song Chen arranged for his father’s carriage to take the heavily pregnant woman there. Four years later, Xie Shuhong finally saw her sister again and broke down crying in her arms.
Xie Xueqing was frightened and scolded Yang Yifan for not taking proper care of her younger sister. She also demanded to know who had gotten Xie Shuhong pregnant. Yang Yifan was helpless and explained that the man was a good person, a chemistry expert within the organization—a rare talent. As for the item Wu Tianbai asked Xie Shuhong to deliver, Yang Yifan had no knowledge.
Xie Shuhong whispered to him that Wu Tianbai wanted her to bring a bomb to Shanghai and hand it to someone named Wu Yue. The deed was already done, so Yang Yifan couldn’t say much. Though he had long-standing differences with Wu Tianbai and Wu Yue, the only thing he could do now was ask Xie Shuhong to pass a message to Wu Tianbai—tell him to focus on Russia.
When the Five Ministers were sent abroad, everyone in the Ministry of Education had to go to Zhengyangmen Station to see them off. Wu Tianbai’s bomb was prepared specifically for them. The revolutionary Wu Yue, carrying a bomb fitted with a detonator, disguised himself as a yamen servant and boarded the train with the inspecting ministers. However, before Wu Yue could throw the bomb, the baggage car coupled with the passenger car, and the sudden jolt set off the bomb.
Minister Zai Ze sustained minor injuries, Shao Ying was more seriously wounded, and Wu Yue was killed instantly. The bomb failed to deter the court from sending the ministers abroad. Xie Shuhong went for a prenatal checkup. She didn’t want the child, but the doctor wasn’t a killer and refused to perform an abortion. Carrying a bag of apples home, she slipped while going up the stairs and nearly fell. Her survival instinct made her grab the handrail.
But since she never wanted to give birth in the first place, she hesitated for a moment and then let go, tumbling down the stairs as blood slowly spread beneath her. Xie Shuhong was rushed to the hospital and safely gave birth to a baby boy. Both mother and son were healthy. Wu Tianbai named the child Wu Bugu.
