A Love Never Lost Episode 8 Recap, Plot

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Wu Tianbai’s revolutionary reasoning and emotions didn’t work on everyone. He kept going on by himself, so Xie Shuhong simply went to fetch water to wash his feet. Liang Xiang’s mother brought some plain boiled pork for Xie Shuhong to eat. The next day, when Xie Shuhong went to return the plate, she didn’t see Liang Xiang’s mother but instead ran into a well-dressed Liang Xiang.

She learned that he had just completed his enlistment training and bid farewell to the Inukai Regiment, ending his half-year period as a new recruit. Liang Xiang’s mother was quite fond of Xie Shuhong. Plus, the landlady mentioned that Xie Shuhong and Wu Tianbai were teacher and student—they lived together but each had their own room—so she thought it might be possible between her son and Xie Shuhong. Liang Xiang hurriedly told his mother not to play matchmaker.

Nine out of ten people in Tokyo were revolutionaries, and who knew—maybe one day he would change too. Hearing this, his mother’s expression changed immediately, and Liang Xiang quickly tried to smooth things over. As soon as enlistment training ended, Yang Kaizhi cut off his braid. Liang Xiang and Li Renjun refused to cut theirs. Instructor Hirata Ichiro said that their upcoming studies had nothing to do with hair length—it was just a joke, and everyone laughed.

Hirata Ichiro was in charge of teaching horseback riding to all the military students. Yang Kaizhi had never learned to ride before and didn’t know how to handle the reins. Once he got on the horse, he fell off, injuring both himself and the horse. —Liang Xiang used a traditional Bannerman healing method to treat him—treating the person first and then the horse. Both treatments involved ritual prayer.

Li Renjun watched in astonishment as the injured horse, during Liang Xiang’s ritual, voluntarily walked out of the stable—clearly already healed. Yang Kaizhi’s leg also recovered for the most part, with only a slight lingering pain. When Hirata Ichiro learned that it was Liang Xiang who had helped both the man and the horse recover quickly, he admitted that Liang Xiang’s ancestors were quite extraordinary—but said such things didn’t work anymore. Liang Xiang was upset and troubled by this.

His mother comforted him, saying that while such words sounded harsh from others, he shouldn’t mind being scolded a little. Liang Xiang needed the determination to endure hardship and persevere. Before going to Duke Ayakura’s residence, Liang Xiang went to Songyuntang to commission a large painting by Cai Guangqi. He had just left when Xie Shuhong returned after picking up a landscape painting.

The boss of Wanshan told her about Liang Xiang’s request and even showed her the sketch Liang Xiang had drawn to convey his requirements. The painting wasn’t cheap, so Xie Shuhong asked for a raise. The boss of Wanshan happily agreed. —At Duke Ayakura’s residence, mother and son had a meal. The duchess took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and asked Liang Xiang’s mother whether it was from the palace.

One glance, and Liang Xiang’s mother said it wasn’t. The duchess looked embarrassed and quietly slipped the bracelet under the cushion. On the way back, Liang Xiang’s mother didn’t say a word. The truth was, that jade bracelet was from the palace. Japan had taken many things from China and still claimed cultural kinship—there was no way she could acknowledge it. Wu Tianbai had a Japanese technician draw the ten-yuan note issued by the China Commercial Bank.

His counterfeiting plan was about to be set in motion. The only state-run Chinese-capital bank was losing money. A Japanese bank offered to invest, but Sheng Xuanhuai refused. Da Ren wanted to persuade Song Baoquan to talk Sheng Xuanhuai into agreeing, but Song Baoquan believed Sheng Xuanhuai was right. Someone from the Yokohama Specie Bank found Wanshan and specifically asked for counterfeit Chinese banknotes. Wanshan claimed that another customer had the same idea.

The other party cut straight to the point, saying there was no such customer—Wanshan just wanted to raise the price. As long as the price wasn’t outrageously high, the Yokohama Specie Bank could accept it.

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