Arsenal Military Academy Episode 18 Recap
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Xie Xiang went to her older brother Xie Liangchen's grave to pay respects, and then returned to Arsenal Military Academy without hesitation. As she returned to the familiar campus, she felt an added sense of determination and persistence in her heart. Gu Yanzhen was distracted every day and was in no mood to celebrate the New Year with his family. Shen Junshan was bored, and unconsciously walked to the gate of the military academy.
He accidentally saw a light on in Xie Xiang's dormitory. He came excitedly to find Xie Xiang, and seeing her eating cold steamed buns during the New Year holidays, he invited her to stay at his house for a while. Xie Xiang politely declined. In the blink of an eye, it was Lunar New Year's Eve. The hotel was deserted, with only Qu Manting left as a guest.
The chef had also gone home for the New Year, and Qu Manting felt particularly lonely. She went out and called a rickshaw to go to the Hongmei Western Restaurant for dinner. There were no other customers in the restaurant. The waiter inadvertently said he was serving her exclusively, and Qu Manting casually ordered steak and pasta. To her surprise, the waiter brought her a huge table full of dishes and claimed they were complimentary. Qu Manting felt uneasy.
In fact, all of this was arranged by Shen Tingbai. He watched Qu Manting eat with great relish from outside the door, feeling deeply comforted. When the New Year's bell rang, Gu Yanzhen poured two glasses of red wine, imagining spending the New Year with Xie Xiang. He couldn't help but recall every little moment they spent together. Gu Yanzhen's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
At this time, Xie Xiang and Shen Junshan were spending Lunar New Year's Eve together. Xie Xiang poured and drank by herself, and quickly got drunk. The holiday soon ended, and Huang Song returned to school with many bags. Xie Xiang personally came out to meet him. Huang Song insisted on going to Xinhua Girls' School to give seafood to Xie Xiang's sister and Tan Xiaojun. Xie Xiang could only brace herself and follow him.
The teacher repeatedly stated that there was no student named Xie Xiang at the school, but Huang Song didn't believe it at all, and stood at the main entrance shouting Xie Xiang's name loudly. Tan Xiaojun quickly came out to dissuade him, lying that Xie Xiang had not yet returned. But Huang Song insisted that Xie Liangchen and Xie Xiang had returned together. Xie Xiang hid to the side, extremely anxious and at a loss for what to do.
Huang Song was worried about Xie Xiang's safety and insisted on going into the girls' school to find out clearly. Tan Xiaojun had no choice but to agree to help him ask. Xie Xiang ran into the school through the back door to find Tan Xiaojun. She changed into a girls' school uniform to impersonate her sister and came out to see Huang Song.
When Huang Song saw Xie Xiang walking from afar, he was stunned and so excited he was incoherent. He quickly gave the two buckets of seafood to Xie Xiang and told her to eat well. Only then did Huang Song reluctantly leave. Xie Xiang quickly handed the seafood to Tan Xiaojun, asking her to take it home for her parents, and then changed out of the female attire to chase after Huang Song.
Xie Xiang lied that she had diarrhea, and Huang Song wasn't suspicious. He kept praising her sister's beauty. Xie Xiang thought Huang Song would leave some seafood for her, but she didn't expect him to give it all to the sister she was impersonating. The students all returned to school, but only Gu Yanzhen didn't come back, because his father Gu Zongtang was forced to participate in the Beijing government's signing of the Twenty-One Demands with Japan.
Zhu Yanlin was very dissatisfied with the government's weakness and compromise, but he was powerless, and could only place his hope in the intervention of the British and American imperialists against Japan. Oda Hiroshi brought Xin Lan back to Shunyuan from Beijing. She learned that Cheng Rui Beile was also on this train, so she sent her subordinate to find out that Cheng Rui Beile was holding a reception. Oda Hiroshi went to see him uninvited.
It had been fourteen years since they had seen each other as siblings. Oda Hiroshi wanted to ask him for help. Cheng Rui Beile agreed to help him personally, but absolutely refused to serve the Oda family. Oda Hiroshi was very annoyed, but Cheng Rui Beile remained neither humble nor arrogant, and didn't want to become her enemy. The siblings couldn't find common ground, and Oda Hiroshi left in a huff. Before leaving, she promised to attend his mother's birthday.
Cheng Rui Beile refused, using the excuse that his mother was a devout Buddhist and disliked extravagance and waste. Oda Hiroshi, however, was persistent and threatened and intimidated him. Oda Hiroshi suspected that Cheng Rui Beile's purpose for this trip was not pure and worried that he would disrupt her plans. Her assistant suggested trading with James elsewhere, but Oda Hiroshi firmly disagreed and told the assistant to contact Takeda Shun.
She also sent people to keep a close watch on Prince Rong's Mansion. Qu Manting came to see Gu Yanzhen. The driver Old Zhao said that Gu Yanzhen had returned to Beijing and then turned around and left, ignoring Qu Manting's desperate knocking on the door. Qu Manting immediately came to Shannan Tavern to ask Xie Xiang about Gu Yanzhen's situation. Xie Xiang hadn't seen Gu Yanzhen for a month and was also very unhappy.
Being pestered by Qu Manting, Xie Xiang was very impatient and left the tavern. As soon as Cheng Rui Beile arrived in Shunyuan, he arranged to meet Huo Xiaoyu at a church. He personally handed her a stack of deposit money and asked her to intercept the goods sent from Yizhou Commandery. Those were national treasures lost from Yuanmingyuan. The sender was Takeda Shun, and the recipient was Oda Hiroshi.
