Across the Ocean to See You Episode 5 Recap
> Across the Ocean to See You Recap
Su Chang held a press conference at his magic museum. Reporters eagerly scrambled to interview Su Chang and Tang Guoguo about their relationship. Su Mang happened to come looking for Su Chang, but seeing him acting so foolishly, she was too bothered to deal with him and left first. Coincidentally, Guoguo dragged Zheng Chu to confront Su Chang. Zheng Chu saw Su Mang walking out of the magic museum in a huff and was puzzled.
Guoguo brought Zheng Chu as her boyfriend, hoping to make Su Chang back off and stop harassing her. Su Chang declared that as long as they weren't married, he still had a chance. Tang Ming saw Yan Xiaoqiu guarding her father in the hospital ward. Tang Ming told Xiaoqiu that the doctors had decided to perform bypass surgery for her father. Xiaoqiu asked about the surgery cost; 100,000 yuan was far beyond her means. Xiaoqiu clenched her fists, feeling lost.
That evening, an elderly gentleman under Tang Ming's care, after being transferred to a regular ward post-surgery, suddenly had a heart attack and passed away. During the family's dispute with the hospital, Tang Ming accidentally injured his arm. Xiaoqiu happened to come to the office and saw him, concernedly asking about his injury. Tang Ming took Xiaoqiu to the hospital kitchen. He prepared a nutritious porridge suitable for her father. Xiaoqiu was very touched.
While cooking the porridge, Xiaoqiu chatted with Tang Ming, saying that having an elderly person to care for at home was actually good. It allowed one to experience future life in advance and cherish the present life even more. Xiaoqiu's words enlightened Tang Ming, who was currently in a cold war with his father, giving him new insights into father-son relationships. Seeing Xiaoqiu's back, Tang Ming was somewhat lost in thought.
Zheng Chu returned home and played with his parrot, Earl. He also posted a comment on the company forum: "Workplace encounter with a female boss, a long road of 'leveling up'." Before he finished typing, Earl messed with the keyboard and accidentally stepped on the send key, sending the post out directly. Su Mang, who also happened to be browsing the forum at home, saw what Zheng Chu wrote at a glance.
Immediately, comments flooded in below, with terms like "black spider" and "female Yama" popping up. Just as Su Mang was about to get angry, Zheng Chu knocked on her door. As Su Mang's chosen male nanny, Zheng Chu felt responsible for her current diet and nutrition. The first thing he did upon entering was check the refrigerator, cleaning out all the expired food and junk food.
The two established three rules for their newly formed employment relationship: first, Zheng Chu could not reveal Su Mang's pregnancy news; second, he could not inquire about Su Mang's personal privacy; and third, he could not mix personal and professional matters. Xiaoqiu was tidying up her father's newspapers scattered on the floor in the hospital. She found a divorce agreement that had fallen under the cabinet. Xiaoqiu's father and the deceased elderly gentleman were in the same ward.
Xiaoqiu realized that the elderly gentleman's sudden heart attack was not the hospital's responsibility. Xiaoqiu stepped forward with this evidence, helping Tang Ming out of a predicament and clarifying the truth for the family. Tang Ming was very grateful to Xiaoqiu. He said Xiaoqiu was like the warm sun in spring, bringing warmth to people. For some reason, Tang Ming always associated Xiaoqiu with Shanshan. Shanshan was like the summer sun, passionate and uninhibited.
Although they were two girls with completely different personalities, Tang Ming always felt a similarity. Zheng Chu was diligently cleaning Su Mang's house. Su Chang came to find Su Mang. Seeing Zheng Chu at his sister's house, he assumed Zheng Chu was a "two-timer" scumbag. Zheng Chu then realized that Su Chang was Su Mang's younger brother. Zheng Chu, unaware that Su Mang's pregnancy was a secret even from her own brother, accidentally let it slip.
Su Mang, furious, threw Zheng Chu out. Su Chang assumed the child was her ex-husband's, feeling injustice for his sister – she finally got divorced, and now she had her ex-husband's child. Su Mang did not explain the full story to Su Chang. Su Chang told Su Mang that he was truly serious about Tang Guoguo. Su Mang only advised Su Chang that fame brings trouble and warned him to stay away from Tang Guoguo.
Su Mang arrived at the company and received a complaint letter from her superior. It turned out that their department's intern, Fang Yuan, made numerous mistakes during a tourism experience in Dali due to insufficient preliminary preparation, damaging the company's image. Su Mang was very angry and severely scolded Fang Yuan. Colleagues in the tourism department were startled by Su Mang's demeanor.
Everyone privately discussed that ever since Zheng Chu and Su Mang returned from Sanya, Su Mang's attitude towards Zheng Chu had been unusual, suggesting there was likely something fishy going on. Shanghai was hosting a University Tourism Alliance Experience Competition, challenging participants to earn the most money in the shortest time. Su Mang gave Fang Yuan an ultimatum: she must achieve first place in this competition; if she failed, she didn't need to return.
Tang Ming took Xiaoqiu's father to the courtyard to bask in the sun. During his conversation with Yan's father, Tang Ming learned that the pair of bracelets he gave his mother was actually designed by Xiaoqiu herself. However, because she had no fame and was only an assistant, her work was attributed to someone else's name. Yan's father and Tang Ming joked about when Xiaoqiu would find her other half, so he could rest assured even if he was gone.
Tang Ming comforted Yan's father. The two chatted and laughed. Xiaoqiu returned from outside and happened to see this scene, feeling a long-lost warmth in her heart. Zheng Chu returned to the company and heard from colleagues about Fang Yuan being severely scolded by Su Mang and having to participate in the Shanghai Tourism Alliance Competition. Zheng Chu called the disheartened Fang Yuan out for a private chat.
Su Mang happened to see them and was very curious about what Zheng Chu said to Fang Yuan. After work, Su Mang invited Zheng Chu out to discuss this matter. Zheng Chu used the conversation as a provocation to get Su Mang to also participate in the competition, wanting her to gain a down-to-earth understanding of an experience designer's job.
To establish her authority as a leader, Su Mang decided to participate in the competition with Zheng Chu and Fang Yuan. The experience competition began. The organizers collected each participant's phone and wallet, giving each person only one yuan. Su Mang, as an elite white-collar worker who was not used to manual labor, naturally could not do physically demanding jobs. The three ran around for most of the day, but no store was willing to hire them.
Zheng Chu worried that Su Mang was so tired and hadn't eaten. He went to a bakery and, after much persuasion, exchanged one yuan for a bread and gave it to Su Mang. Finally, the three found work at a pizza shop. Zheng Chu showed off his skills in front of Fang Yuan and Su Mang, expertly making pizzas, which impressed Su Mang.
The hospital had started urging Yan Xiaoqiu to pay the fees as soon as possible, so that medication and surgery could proceed for Yan's father. Xiaoqiu held the notice, feeling very anxious. Zheng Chu's pizzas were a great success, and the boss gave each of them 100 yuan. To compete for first place, Zheng Chu took the 300 yuan to buy a cart of apples on the street. He and Fang Yuan started shouting to sell the apples.
Su Mang naturally couldn't let go of her pride and hid to the side, covering her face. However, seeing Zheng Chu and Fang Yuan working so hard, Su Mang was involuntarily drawn to them and naturally joined them. Zheng Chu saw Su Mang's change and her after she put down her leader's facade, smiling with relief.
Although Su Mang's team ultimately only won second place in the competition, their spirit of cooperation and communication skills were highly admired by the Tourism Alliance. The alliance decided to make an exception and list MG Company as their second partner, a piece of news that greatly excited the three of them. After this experience, Su Mang truly understood the hardships and struggles of an experience designer's job. She also decided not to fire Fang Yuan.
Zheng Chu told Su Mang that Fang Yuan's previous mistakes were not due to a bad attitude, as Su Mang thought, but rather a lack of experience. After this experience competition, Fang Yuan had already felt Su Mang's change in attitude towards her, and that was enough. Under the setting sun, Su Mang and Zheng Chu chatted and laughed as they went home together.
