A Love So Romantic Episode 22 Recap
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Ru Ying and Gu Yanxi rushed to the pleasure boat. After learning the young prince's room number, they immediately burst in, stopping him just in time. Ru Ying was furious and began to beat the young prince. Gu Yanxi intervened, urging Ru Ying, "If this is publicized, it will be bad for Qianyu. Hurry up and get her home." They quickly left with Cheng Qianyu.
After the beating, the young prince vented his anger on his guards, calling them useless and ordering them to catch the perpetrators. He then complained to a servant about the pain and how he wouldn't let Gu Yanxi and Ru Ying get away with it. The servant suggested he seek help from the Commandery Princess consort. The young prince then went to his mother, flattering her and asking for her help to propose marriage to Cheng Qianyu.
Despite already having many concubines, he claimed he was doing it for his mother by wanting someone to serve her. The doting Commandery Princess consort agreed, on the condition that he would not cause any more trouble. Ru Ying carried Cheng Qianyu back to the Gu Mansion. On the way, Cheng Qianyu, in her drugged state, murmured Gu Yanxi's name, which saddened Ru Ying. He handed her over to Gu Yanxi, telling him he would return with sobering medicine.
Later, upon returning to the Gu Mansion with the medicine, Gu Yanxi revealed to Mammy Liu that Cheng Qianyu had likely been drugged by the young prince. Ru Ying then asked Gu Yanxi if he could become the Gu family's live-in physician, explaining that Su Xiao'an was now capable of managing his treatment center. Ru Ying confided that while he wished to cure Cheng Qianyu, he primarily sought to cure himself of his timidity and cowardice.
He had long hoped Cheng Qianyu would eventually give up on Gu Yanxi and turn to him, but seeing her pain made him realize he could no longer wait. Gu Yanxi agreed to his request. The next day, Ru Ying moved into the Gu Mansion with a grand display of his luggage and precious medical books. Su Xiaowan, witnessing this, suspected something was amiss. She later found Gu Yanxi and confirmed that Cheng Qianyu was in trouble.
Su Xiaowan brought pastries to visit Cheng Qianyu, but Mammy Liu stopped her at the door, believing Su Xiaowan was there to mock Cheng Qianyu, who also did not wish to see anyone. Su Xiaowan respectfully left the pastries and departed. Mammy Liu then remarked to Cheng Qianyu that Su Xiaowan was likely just pretending concern and laughing at her misfortune, to which Cheng Qianyu simply asked to be left alone.
The crisis of the tiara was resolved, and under Xin Ziqian's care, the jewelry stores were thriving. However, Xin Ziqian was planning to leave. He visited the Cuju team, where his teammates showed him a cryptic letter left by Xiao Ya, which they couldn't understand. Xin Ziqian, however, immediately recognized it as Xiao Ya's handwriting and deciphered its meaning: she was leaving to find her family.
His teammates, sensing a past connection, questioned if something had happened between them, even accusing Xin Ziqian of abandoning her after misleading her, which he vehemently denied. Xin Ziqian then informed the coach that his personal matters were resolved and formally applied to join the Tianyu Team. The Commandery Princess consort went to Master Cheng's residence to propose marriage to Cheng Qianyu for her son.
Master Cheng, wishing his daughter to marry for love, reluctantly agreed to consider it under pressure, asking for time to consult Cheng Qianyu. The Commandery Princess consort, however, left betrothal gifts and declared that if Cheng Qianyu didn't agree within a month, the Commandery Prince Mansion would send a bridal carriage to force the marriage. Upon hearing this, Cheng Qianyu was distraught and cried, refusing to marry the young prince.
Mammy Liu then tearfully pleaded with Gu Yanxi to marry Cheng Qianyu, even suggesting they could divorce later to prevent her from being forced into the marriage with the young prince, as the Commandery Prince Mansion would never accept a divorced woman. Gu Yanxi refused, stating that marriage was not a game and that divorcing her would only harm her future.
He promised to speak with the Commandery Prince to resolve the issue, believing the Prince would not force an unwilling marriage. Su Xiaowan, who overheard the conversation, expressed concern, asking Gu Yanxi if he would marry Cheng Qianyu if his talk with the Commandery Prince failed. Gu Yanxi insisted he would find another solution and not let it come to that.
Mammy Liu then went to Old Madam Gu, reiterating Cheng Qianyu's plight and the Gu family's debt of gratitude to the Cheng family. Old Madam Gu, having already considered Cheng Qianyu her granddaughter-in-law and remembering the Cheng family's past kindness, readily agreed to the marriage and promised to convince Gu Yanxi.
Gu Yanxi went to the Commandery Prince Mansion to explain the situation, but a servant informed him that the Commandery Prince was away on imperial orders and couldn't be contacted. Just then, the young prince appeared, mocking Gu Yanxi and boasting that he intended to make Cheng Qianyu his concubine before his father's return, seeing it as her good fortune. A scuffle ensued, but the servant intervened, advising them to stop due to the public setting.
The young prince left, telling Gu Yanxi to give up. Back at the Gu Mansion, Su Xiaowan found Ru Ying practicing a proposal with a bouquet of flowers he had plucked from Gu Yanxi’s garden, seemingly unconcerned about their value or the current crisis. Su Xiaowan chided him, revealing that Cheng Qianyu was being forced to marry the young prince within a month and that Gu Yanxi had already failed to get help from the Commandery Prince.
She challenged Ru Ying, asking if he would stand by and watch Cheng Qianyu marry someone else. Shocked by the news and galvanized by Su Xiaowan’s words, Ru Ying declared he would never let that happen and vowed to find a solution. Overjoyed by Mammy Liu's news that Old Madam Gu had agreed to her marriage with Gu Yanxi, Cheng Qianyu dressed up beautifully and hurried to thank Old Madam Gu.
However, as she approached, she overheard a heated argument inside the room. Old Madam Gu announced her plans for Gu Yanxi's wedding with Cheng Qianyu, which surprised Su Xiaowan. Old Madam Gu chastised Gu Yanxi, reminding him of the Cheng family's kindness during their past crisis. Gu Yanxi firmly refused the marriage, explaining that it would harm Cheng Qianyu and betray Master Cheng's trust.
He asserted he would resolve Cheng Qianyu's predicament without marrying her, even if it meant offending the Commandery Prince. He then revealed that he was in love with someone else. Furious, Old Madam Gu fell ill, and Su Xiaowan quickly pulled Gu Yanxi out of the room. Cheng Qianyu, deeply hurt by Gu Yanxi's words, then emerged and told him that she would no longer press him for marriage, wishing him happiness with the person he loved.
Feeling despondent, Cheng Qianyu went to the back garden with her servant. There, she found Ru Ying practicing a proposal with a bouquet of flowers. Seeing her, Ru Ying knelt on one knee and made a heartfelt declaration of his love, promising to fulfill her every desire, be by her side no matter what, and bring her happiness, finally asking her to marry him.
Cheng Qianyu, however, threw the flowers to the ground, stepped on them, and harshly rebuked him, saying he was deluded and comparing him to a toad lusting after a swan. She told him bluntly that she had no feelings for him, never had, and never would, and that they would never be together. She then walked away, leaving Ru Ying to pick up the crushed flowers, his heart as broken as the petals. He staggered away, memories of their past encounters flooding his mind.
