A Love Never Lost Episode 6 Recap, Plot

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Liang Xiang returned to the regiment in the duke’s car and happened to see Xie Shuhong walking down the street. She had just pawned some jewelry and was on her way back. Wu Tianbai had said he would be away for three to five days and had taken most of the money Xie Shuhong got from pawning the jewelry. As for rent and food, Wu Tianbai told her to delay payment for a few days until he returned.

Xie Shuhong learned from the proprietress that this wasn’t the first or second time Wu Tianbai had skipped out on rent and meals—this time was likely no different. Troubled by the proprietress’s words, Xie Shuhong couldn’t sleep. Later that evening, the proprietress brought wine and sat with her to chat about Wu Tianbai.

The proprietress said she had liked Wu Tianbai and was drawn to his charisma, so she never charged him when he used to stay there—but Wu Tianbai never liked her in return. For several days, there was no news of Wu Tianbai. Xie Shuhong went out looking for work, but the wages offered were always too low. As a fellow woman, the proprietress sympathized with her and said she wouldn’t kick her out.

If Xie Shuhong felt uncomfortable about staying for free, she could help clean guest rooms or assist in the kitchen. The proprietress left food for Xie Shuhong in her room. As she ate, tears streamed down her face. At the regiment, the sow Liang Xiang had been raising successfully gave birth to eleven piglets. Sergeant Yamashita announced that starting tomorrow, Liang Xiang would officially join infantry squad training and no longer have to feed pigs.

The infantry training was far more intense than he had expected. After a 24-kilometer march, Liang Xiang was utterly exhausted and had no strength left during field exercises, while the other Japanese soldiers had already finished digging their trenches. Sergeant Yamashita told Liang Xiang to go ask Yang Kaizhi for advice and figure out what went wrong.

Liang Xiang approached Yang Kaizhi, who explained that the spots assigned by their sergeant were much easier to dig, while the area assigned by Sergeant Yamashita to Liang Xiang might have been rocky terrain. Liang Xiang received a letter from his mother in China, which he read with great care. Though life was hard for Xie Shuhong, she didn’t give up.

Day after day, she continued searching for work until she finally met a benefactor—Cai Guangqi—who helped her secure a job at Songyuntang Stationery Shop with a daily wage of thirty-five yuan. That evening, Wu Tianbai returned. When he found out Xie Shuhong had gotten a high-paying job, he suspected she was being deceived and refused to let her go to work.

But Xie Shuhong no longer listened to him—she had been deceived by him too many times and had developed immunity. Wu Tianbai tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Knowing Xie Shuhong was also awake, he spoke to her through the door. Wu Tianbai was an idealist, passionate about revolution, believing that China was undergoing an unprecedented upheaval. There was nothing wrong with that, but his revolution had no footing in China’s current reality.

Xie Shuhong, on the other hand, was more grounded. She needed to first solve her immediate struggles to survive before she could find the time and energy to understand the revolution Wu Tianbai so often talked about. After some time of training, Sergeant Yamashita and Sergeant Kawashima discussed and decided to select three Chinese military students to compete with three soldiers from the Inukai regiment in a shooting contest.

Liang Xiang was responsible for picking the other two, and as expected, he chose Li Renjun and Yang Kaizhi. In the end, Liang Xiang’s team won the contest, and the three of them stood taller with pride. During their evening break, while bathing, Yang Kaizhi suggested they go out and relax. A few court officials who had just returned from the Osaka Industrial Exposition wanted to meet Liang Xiang. That Yang Kaizhi actually knew officials surprised Liang Xiang.

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