A Love So Beautiful Episode 18 Recap
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Chen Xiaoxi excitedly embraced her long-awaited university life. Her roommate pointed out that the start of the semester was a prime opportunity to make a good impression, so Chen Xiaoxi quickly put the advice into practice. She went to Jiang Chen's dorm room and offered, "Jiang Chen, may I help you to clean the bed board?" After Chen Xiaoxi left, Jiang Chen's roommate commented, "This girl looks cute. Who's she?" Jiang Chen immediately replied, "My girlfriend."
That evening, at the freshmen welcome party, senior students eagerly encouraged the new students to drink. Chen Xiaoxi, like a timid wife, huddled beside Jiang Chen, who, remembering past incidents, refused to let her touch a drop of alcohol. A senior proposed playing truth or dare, where the bottle's spout indicated who had to answer a truth question or drink. The first round pointed to a female student who chose truth. The seniors teased her, asking who she liked.
Chen Xiaoxi leaned over and whispered to Jiang Chen, "This question is so nice." However, in the next moment, the girl shyly looked at Jiang Chen, as if about to confess her feelings. Chen Xiaoxi exclaimed, "From her perspective, she means Jiang Chen, right?" Just then, Jiang Chen leaned into Chen Xiaoxi's ear and quietly uttered, "Help me." Chen Xiaoxi was startled, her mind racing, but her body reacted first.
She immediately clutched her stomach, dramatically yelling, "Ouch, I have a stomach!" Jiang Chen swiftly put his arm around her shoulder and announced to everyone, "Excuse us, guys, my girlfriend has a stomachache. I'll send her to the hospital." With that, they quickly made their escape. Once Chen Xiaoxi processed what happened, she stammered, "That. . . I might have heard you just say 'girlfriend?' " Jiang Chen loftily retorted, "Right. What? You don't think so?"
Chen Xiaoxi quickly replied, "No, no, no, nothing. I agree with you. Eh. . . welcome." Seeing Chen Xiaoxi's bewildered expression, Jiang Chen couldn't help but crack a smile. Chen Xiaoxi then excitedly rushed to Lin Jingxiao, who asked if she had been turned down by Jiang Chen again. Chen Xiaoxi vehemently denied it, declaring, "Jiang Chen said I am his girlfriend!" Lin Jingxiao, surprised, congratulated her, "Chen Xiaoxi, you finally make it! Tell me about it."
Chen Xiaoxi, beaming, replied, "First, thanks to my parents, to make me pretty enough to match Jiang Chen. Second, I want to thank my friends, that are you who've been here with me, protecting and encouraging me." The other couple in their group, Lu Yang and Lin Jingxiao, were equally inseparable. While Lin Jingxiao studied in the library, Lu Yang would sit nearby, quietly watching her. However, Lin Jingxiao, being a beautiful woman, naturally attracted attention from other male students.
The moment a guy approached her, Lu Yang would immediately go into protective mode, intercepting with a stern "What are you doing?" and receiving an "I'm sorry" in return, while Lin Jingxiao would explain, "My boyfriend gets jealous." Lin Jingxiao, though sometimes exasperated by his constant presence and asking "Why are you here again? I really want to know how you manage to enter our school's library," found his affection endearing, to which Lu Yang simply replied, "Easy case."
She would tell him, "Couldn't you stop running after me all day long?" , and he'd respond, "But I miss you." She'd concede, "Fine, be quiet, don't bother me," and he'd agree, "Yes." He would even find the love letters she received and read them aloud. When Lu Yang read one that said, "Gao Zhiwei, QQ: 30269. Sun Ting: You're the ethereal cloud in the sky. He even dares to copy me to write love letters!
So lame," and another, "Dark night gives me dark eyes to let me reach for brightness. This Shen Tianyi. . ." , Lin Jingxiao would tell him, "Stop reading. I'll throw them away. I'll throw all of them away, Okay?" Despite her feigned annoyance, Lin Jingxiao secretly cherished his devoted attention.
After Chen Xiaoxi and Jiang Chen officially became a couple, Chen Xiaoxi went through an internal debate, convincing herself that she had never been the reserved type, and decided to call Jiang Chen. Before she could dial, Jiang Chen's call came through. " Yes? Jiang Chen," she answered. He asked, "What are you doing?" and she, initially lying, said, "I'm studying." When Jiang Chen casually mentioned, "I was thinking about having dinner with you.
We'll forget it since you're studying," her true nature immediately emerged as she excitedly exclaimed, "I choose dinner! I choose dinner!" Jiang Chen agreed to meet her at 5:30 p. m. in front of her dormitory. On their way, Chen Xiaoxi was beaming, and when a passerby asked her, "Do you have a boyfriend?" she proudly replied, "Yes. And he's so handsome."
She then tried various subtle hints to get Jiang Chen to hold her hand, even singing him a song and directly asking, "Jiang Chen, would you try to hold hands with fingers?" to which he initially said, "No." Jiang Chen, amused by her expressive face, secretly smiled, then extended his large hand to envelop her small one, interlacing their fingers. At dinner, Chen Xiaoxi complained to Jiang Chen, "Are we dating now? Or else? Simply eating?
You always talk like that. It makes me feel unreal." He asked, "So how should I talk to you?" She suggested, "Calling you my baby? Can you?" but he flatly responded, "No." Jiang Chen then asked her if she had plans for the night, and when she said no, he invited her, "Then come keep me company." Chen Xiaoxi, however, misinterpreted his intention, thinking he meant "company" in a romantic sense.
Her cheeks flushed, her heart pounded, and she coughed, accidentally spewing unchewed pasta from her nose onto a red wine glass, a mortifying moment. Overcome with shame, Chen Xiaoxi tearfully begged him, "Jiang Chen, let's break up. I won't run after you anymore. Let's break up." Jiang Chen walked over, pulled her into a hug, and, trying to suppress his laughter, reassured her, "It's fine. I saw nothing. I just want you to study with me tonight.
Tomorrow I have a pathology exam. It's very hard to pass. It's known as four policemen." He then playfully teased, "So what was on your mind just now?" Chen Xiaoxi, even more mortified, buried her face in his chest, too ashamed to look at him. Later, Chen Xiaoxi excitedly told Lin Jingxiao, "Senior Sister, I want to share something with you. Jiang Chen and I hugged this Monday."
Lin Jingxiao, amused, responded, "Well, junior sister, as I remember, you two have been together for over half a month, why a hug make you feel so excited? What? I thought our progress is counted as speedy." Following Lin Jingxiao's advice, who, after joking that she couldn't tell about her own relationship progress when asked, encouraged Xiaoxi to "do this" (demonstrating a kiss) and responded to Xiaoxi's query about her lack of charm by saying, "Turn around.
Well, it does show a little inferior," Chen Xiaoxi put on a one-shoulder short dress and high heels, hoping to showcase her allure to Jiang Chen. Lin Jingxiao had specifically advised her, "You can put on a sexy cute dress, and since you're tiny, wear a pair of high-heels. Let's go." However, on a hot summer night, as Chen Xiaoxi and Jiang Chen sat on a park bench, she kept scratching at the mosquito bites on her legs.
Jiang Chen asked, "Are you wearing perfume? But I do smell something." Chen Xiaoxi explained, "I. . . it's the smell of Florida water. I got a lot of bites on my leg. As it's not cooling enough, I add a little essential balm." Thinking Jiang Chen disliked the smell, she slowly scooted to the other end of the bench. Then, Jiang Chen's words, "Chen Xiaoxi, come here. Let me kiss you. Quickly," struck Chen Xiaoxi like lightning.
When Jiang Chen's soft lips met hers, Chen Xiaoxi remained in a daze. She asked him, "I'm thinking why you just kissed me. Is it because my dress makes me look charming?" Jiang Chen immediately retorted, "No, your shank is too fat." She then proposed, "Then is it because the smell of Florida water and essential balm turned you on?" He replied, "It smells like formalin." Undeterred, she continued, "Then is it the insects around here that serve as aphrodisiac?"
Jiang Chen dismissed all her theories, calmly explaining, "I just wanted to know the tactile difference between lip skin tissue and other skin tissues." Time passed, and Chen Xiaoxi and Jiang Chen enjoyed their happy university days together. In winter, Chen Xiaoxi would wrap herself up like a zongzi, accompanying Jiang Chen in the library. He would study, and she would read novels beside him.
When she needed to turn a page, she would subtly nudge him with her elbow, a silent understanding passing between them. This scene was captured by a school reporter, Su Jia from the campus newspaper, who was planning an activity called "The beautiful love in campus." Su Jia approached Chen Xiaoxi and explained that she had seen their sweet interaction in the library and taken a picture for the main theme of the activity.
Chen Xiaoxi, wary, responded, "This may not be okay. My boyfriend keeps a low profile." Su Jia informed her about news ethics, stating that portraits could be used without permission, but then revealed the true purpose of her visit: a campus couple competition. She flattered Chen Xiaoxi, "As I know, in your department, you're famous for your retouching technique. Your boyfriend is so good looking. If you miss the champion simply because of lousy retouching, won't that be a pity?"
Chen Xiaoxi, agreeing it would be a pity, took the photos. Later, a newspaper featuring the headline "Jiang Chen, A Junior in the Medicine Department, Turns Pages for Girlfriend" was displayed, drawing attention. Chen Xiaoxi's friends exclaimed, "Xiaoxi, look! The photo you retouched is so much better than those of others. Wow, it's true!" When Chen Xiaoxi saw Jiang Chen, she tried to appease him, "Are you still angry? Please don't. I assure you the champion of campus couple!"
She then offered to buy him a "roast sweet potato! It's so delicious." Jiang Chen, ever practical, warned, "No. It may cause cancer." Chen Xiaoxi dismissed it as "Nonsense. It smells so good. It's sweet and yummy," while also muttering to herself, "I gotta pretend blaming you, or else he'll throw a fire at you." Lu Yang was scheduled for heart surgery.
He deliberately tried to upset Lin Jingxiao, proposing to her in a clumsy manner saying, "Lin Jingxiao, marry me," and then boasting, "How is it? I'm mature enough, right? Don't be fool. If you think I'm not romantic enough, I'll pick some flowers for you. I'll give you a ring when I'm rich. By then you'll have whatever ring you like," so she wouldn't worry about his condition. Lin Jingxiao, exasperated, exclaimed, "Lu Yang, how can you propose like that?"
Jiang Chen discussed the surgery with Lu Yang, asking if he had decided to accept it, to which Lu Yang replied, "You told me before that thinking too much isn't my style. But, I'll graduate soon. It seems I can run from it no more." Jiang Chen reassured him, "I've asked my teacher to lead your surgery. Relax, he's an expert of cardiac surgery." Jiang Chen also pressed, "Do you really not plan to tell Lin Jingxiao?"
Lu Yang insisted, "She can only be worried if she knows." But Jiang Chen, understanding Lin Jingxiao's true feelings, advised, "Don't think that she is tough. She cries so hard sometimes," expressing his desire to avoid any regrets between them, and assured him, "The surgery will go well." He then confided in Chen Xiaoxi, telling her, "I need to tell you something. . . Lu Yang will have a cardiac surgery. He doesn't want Lin Jingxiao to know.
But the cardiac surgery is a high risky surgery. I think it's better for Lin Jingxiao to know it." Chen Xiaoxi responded, "I get it." Lin Jingxiao, Jiang Chen, and Chen Xiaoxi later visited Lu Yang in the hospital. At the same time, Wu Baisong, who was far away participating in a swimming competition, appeared on TV during a post-match interview. The announcer stated, "Wu Bosong used 50. 05 second, breaking the record of the world tournament.
It's the 2nd gold medal Wu Bosong gained since man's 400 freestyle game. Let's review this exciting moment!" Chen Xiaoxi exclaimed, "Wu Bosong is awesome. I guess he's the winner this time. Wu Bosong really made it to the champion." Lu Yang, who felt like a "monkey" with them all there, even offered some bananas. Wu Baisong, on screen, thanked his coach, father, and friends who "encouraged me to go on swimming."
He specifically mentioned, "I once promised a friend that I'd gain a gold metal to switch the silver metal that I gave her. Now I can finally keep my promise," referring to Chen Xiaoxi. He then addressed "another friend that I'm not so familiar with," telling him, "Relax! You're not going to die," clearly referring to Lu Yang. Lu Yang found the situation awkward, complaining, "You guys make it so awkward. Look at you, how embarrassing!
It seems that I should tell my will or something. I have no money in the bank, okay? Wu Bosong, why are you like that, too?" He even playfully suggested, "I'm thinking about taking care of our Jingjing," which Lin Jingxiao immediately shut down with "No way! Then you need to get out fast." With the support of his friends, Lu Yang's surgery was successful, and he quickly bounced back to his lively self.
Chen Xiaoxi, despite Jiang Chen's opposition, took a summer job near the hospital where he was interning. She had explained to him, "Listen, I've found a summer job. So this summer, I'll stay at school for a month. Then when you do your internship at hospital, I can keep you company." She justified it by saying, "All girls in my room got a job, except for me. I can gain some experiences by doing this.
Besides, it's in a shop of my senior brother in my department. It's very safe." Jiang Chen had firmly told her, "Don't do that. I don't want you to." When she brought up the prepaid salary, he offered, "I'll pay it back for you." But Chen Xiaoxi insisted, "But I want to go," to which he retorted, "I already said no. I can give you money if you need. But it's not what you earned yourself.
I've got intern payment and scholarship. My way of earning money is easier than yours." Chen Xiaoxi challenged him, "Why do you care how I earn it? I earn it through efforts, so what if it's tough? Is that humiliating?" Jiang Chen, resigned, eventually said, "Whatever you like." On a hot summer day, Chen Xiaoxi was out distributing flyers in a heavy mascot costume, thinking, "I don't think distributing leaflets works well.
There are still only few customers coming into the shop." Passersby found her "so cute" and asked to take pictures. She also overheard two girls talking about Jiang Chen, saying, "Many people were talking about him in the blog before, saying that his girlfriend didn't deserve him." Feeling down, Chen Xiaoxi thought, "They must mock at me on purpose." Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen appeared. He hugged her while she was still in the mascot suit and playfully commented, "Kind of cute.
And you're taller in this." Hearing the comments from passersby about his "ordinary" girlfriend combined with his teasing, Chen Xiaoxi burst into tears, feeling incredibly wronged. Jiang Chen then took over distributing the flyers, advising, "Give it to pupils and high school students! We mainly target at the students in elementary and middle schools in their summer break," while Chen Xiaoxi sat in the shade, watching him.
He even joked, "Do you want me to give you the dinosaur costume to wear? That would be better." During another summer holiday, on a muggy summer night, Jiang Chen called Chen Xiaoxi to say he would be coming home late from school, around 11 p. m. Chen Xiaoxi initially offered to meet him at the train station, but he suggested waiting until tomorrow. She insisted, "No, I want to see you sooner.
What about we meet at downstairs when you arrive? Is that okay?" He agreed. However, Chen Xiaoxi accidentally fell asleep and only woke up later, rushing downstairs to find Jiang Chen patiently waiting below. " You can stay at home, actually," he commented. " How dare I? I just fall asleep. Plus my phone was muted," she replied. She couldn't stop smiling upon seeing him, asking, "Why do you stand so far? Why are you laughing? Nothing.
Just so happy to see you." He told her, "The bag on the box is for you," which contained a Wacom tablet. Chen Xiaoxi, surprised, asked, "Why do you give me a wacom? I thought you worked to buy it." Jiang Chen clarified, "Not actually." When asked if she wanted it, she excitedly replied, "Yep!" After receiving the gift, Chen Xiaoxi wanted to stay with Jiang Chen a bit longer, but he urged her to "Go home now."
As Chen Xiaoxi reluctantly trudged up the stairs, Jiang Chen suddenly sprinted up, blocking her path. His face was flushed, fine beads of sweat dotted his forehead, and his Adam's apple bobbed as he leaned in to kiss her. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaoxi was quicker, giving him a light peck on the corner of his mouth before ducking under his arm and playfully escaping. Jiang Chen touched his lips, a doting smile spreading across his face.
