A Romance of the Little Forest Episode 23 Recap
> A Romance of the Little Forest Recap
Yu Meiren sarcastically asked Jin Xi if he needed applause for his seriousness. If he were truly serious, he should treat this relationship more sincerely. Jin Xi argued that he wasn't insincere. Were sweet words and spending every day together true love? Every word Yu Meiren said left Jin Xi speechless. Finally, he could only say, "I'm just afraid." Yu Meiren was even more confused.
Was he afraid of losing her, or afraid of the pleasure of controlling everything that came from this information asymmetry? Jin Xi couldn't speak, and Yu Meiren couldn't help him either. Jin Xi asked Yu Meiren to tell Tiantian that he was sorry and had messed everything up. He said he would come back when Tiantian felt better and then left.
Zhuang Yu didn't feel much after Xia Zhi talked to him, but then Xia Zhi surprisingly confessed that she liked him and belittled Yu Meiren, saying she got everything purely by luck. Zhuang Yu told her that his teacher set up the scholarship based only on academic results, not luck. He also said that they hadn't talked before, so how could she say she liked him? He stated that she had misunderstood these feelings and told her to go back.
But Xia Zhi said she hadn't misunderstood, claiming that the pain after separation is the best standard to measure love. This sentence enlightened Zhuang Yu. He realized he felt the same way, but his feelings were for Yu Meiren. At this moment, he seemed to understand the feelings deep in his heart. Zhuang Yu tossed and turned, unable to sleep, carefully recalling what Xia Zhi had said.
Seeing the flowers placed in the room, he remembered what Yu Meiren had said before, "Like entering a room filled with orchids, after a long time, you no longer smell its fragrance." He thought of every little moment he shared with Yu Meiren. Yu Meiren was also feeling down at this time; even the drink from the vending machine was slow to come out. Lying on the swing on a summer night, she received a call from Tiantian.
Yu Meiren immediately heard that she was crying, but Tiantian was stubborn, saying she wouldn't cry for such small loves. Whether Jin Xi came or not, she would just pretend he had never appeared in her world. Now she also understood that as long as her grandmother was healthy, these were all minor matters. Yu Meiren was afraid that Tiantian would no longer believe in love, so she told her a story about a particularly loyal love.
Yu Meiren also automatically substituted herself and Zhuang Yu as the male and female protagonists in the love story. At this time, Professor Zhuang finally completed his experiment, successfully extracted Artemisia annua, and finished his speech. Everyone applauded him. Yu Meiren herself also went to the university to become a professor, no longer as playful and mischievous as before, as if she had changed into a different person.
Lv Jian was worried about Yu Meiren and secretly took care of her nearby. Yu Meiren's class was very popular. She told everyone that although not everyone would be as lucky as Malena, this didn't stop them from becoming better versions of themselves. Zhuang Yu was eating at his teacher's wife's place and also drew a fortune cookie.
His teacher's wife touched Zhuang Yu with her story and her words, saying that young people should dare to strive and dare to love. Every night, Zhuang Yu would secretly check Yu Meiren's Weibo. While watching the surveillance footage, he saw Yu Meiren pulling out his umbrella on a rainy day. He immediately called his teacher's wife and told her that he had confirmed his answer. His teacher's wife wished him luck.
In the morning, Yu Meiren was working when Tiantian called to ask if she had received the grapes. She opened the express package and tasted the grapes without even washing them; they were really sweet. She accidentally mentioned Jin Xi, but Tiantian had already let go. In the evening, Yu Meiren went out for dessert and accidentally overheard the scummy behavior of the guy in the couple next to her.
She couldn't stand it, so she wrote about the guy cheating on a tissue and handed it to the girl. On her way back, she was followed by the guy. At the critical moment, Zhuang Yu appeared in time, hugged Yu Meiren, kicked the bad guy away. Yu Meiren was astonished to see Zhuang Yu, thinking she was hallucinating. When she realized it wasn't a hallucination, she pushed him away.
In the evening, Zhuang Yu pretended to water the flowers while waiting for Yu Meiren to return. Seeing that the light in Yu Meiren's room wasn't on, he specially came out to wait. After Yu Meiren arrived, she still ignored him, not even taking the elevator Zhuang Yu pressed. After Yu Meiren returned home, she told herself not to repeatedly give chances she shouldn't and put the leftover small cake she had packed back into the refrigerator.
Zhuang Yu looked at every corner of the room, recalling the moments he spent with Yu Meiren. When Lv Jian saw Zhuang Yu return, he couldn't help but speak sarcastically to him. Initially, Zhuang Yu didn't feel much, but hearing Lv Jian say he had breakfast with Yu Meiren made him extremely angry. In the morning, Yu Meiren had booked a car in advance. When she opened the door, Zhuang Yu was already inside the car.
