Arsenal Military Academy Episode 38 Recap
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Shen Junshan removed his mask, admitting he had recognized Xie Xiang long ago. He helped Xie Xiang remove her mask. Xie Xiang was stunned speechless. She left in a huff without looking back, guessing that this was a pre-arranged plan between Tan Xiaojun and Shen Junshan. Tan Xiaojun repeatedly explained, but she didn't listen at all. Xie Xiang returned to the military academy disheartened. Seeing that Gu Yanzhen had been waiting for her, she happily ran upstairs.
Shen Junshan witnessed this scene, his heart filled with sadness. Xie Xiang remembered Shen Junshan's recent hints, only then realizing he had known her identity as a girl all along. During lunch, Shen Junshan reminded Xie Xiang to button up the top button of her shirt. Gu Yanzhen immediately objected on the spot. The two were at swords' points. Ji Jin felt that something was off between Shen Junshan and Xie Xiang. Shen Junshan tried his best to conceal it.
After class, Xie Xiang ran into Shen Junshan head-on. He insisted he was going to find Xie Xiang's sister and wanted to take her with him. Xie Xiang flatly refused, quickly found a place to change into women's clothes, and rushed to the girls' school, where she saw Shen Junshan waiting at the entrance. Shen Junshan called out to Xie Xiang, eager to express his feelings for her.
Xie Xiang used the excuse that she was still young and wanted to focus on her studies. Shen Junshan said he would go seek her brother's opinion. Xie Xiang, having no choice, changed back into her military uniform and rushed back to school. On the way, she accidentally saw the landlord coming to urge An Wen to pay the rent. Xie Xiang couldn't bother with that. She jogged all the way back to the military academy to find Shen Junshan.
Shen Junshan claimed he had nothing in particular to see her about. Xie Xiang was instantly confused. Huang Song came to An Wen's flower shop to buy flowers. An Wen enthusiastically introduced him to the different varieties. Huang Song bought a large bouquet of roses and lilies, wanting to take Xie Xiang to give them to her sister. Xie Xiang was feeling vexed and, in a fit of pique, stomped hard on both bouquets. Huang Song was completely puzzled.
Oda Hiroshi dreamed of the scene where she personally witnessed Shen Junshan being shot years ago. She woke up covered in cold sweat. Xie Xiang was certain that Shen Junshan had discovered her identity as a woman, so she went to Tan Xiaojun for help. She recounted Shen Junshan's unusual actions one by one. Tan Xiaojun concluded that Shen Junshan had fallen in love with her and told her to choose between Gu Yanzhen and Shen Junshan.
Xie Xiang was distressed. Tan Xiaojun advised her to follow her heart. On her way back to the military academy disheartened, Xie Xiang saw the landlord coming again to collect rent from An Wen. Xie Xiang stepped forward to stand up for her, but An Wen looked astonished, as if she didn't remember paying the rent yesterday. Seeing this, the landlord quickly found an excuse and left.
An Wen invited Xie Xiang in to sit down and admitted that she had suffered a head injury as a child, which caused her to always forget things, especially bad people or events. Xie Xiang couldn't help but worry for her. An Wen recorded important people and events in a notebook every day to aid her memory. She wrote down Xie Xiang's name, took a photo of her, and pasted it in the notebook.
Xie Xiang worried that she might be deceived by bad people, but An Wen seemed too preoccupied to care about that. As soon as Xie Xiang returned to the military academy, Teacher Li asked her to move into Room 103 to live alone, separating her from Gu Yanzhen to avoid more gossip. Xie Xiang reluctantly complied. Shen Junshan was the first to visit her, admitting that he had asked Teacher Li to help Xie Xiang change dorms.
Gu Yanzhen packed some dim sum and returned to the military academy. As soon as he entered the dorm, he found Xie Xiang's luggage was gone. Gu Yanzhen searched everywhere on campus for Xie Xiang. The cadets didn't know her whereabouts. Gu Yanzhen was burning with anxiety, mistakenly believing that Li Wenzhong had exposed Xie Xiang's identity. He severely reprimanded Li Wenzhong. Huang Song quickly came over to mediate and told him that Xie Xiang had moved to Dorm 103.
Gu Yanzhen immediately rushed to Dorm 103, insisting it was Shen Junshan who made her move. Xie Xiang had no choice but to admit that she wanted to move because people everywhere were gossiping about them. Gu Yanzhen felt a sense of loss and threw the button down from the second floor. That night, Gu Yanzhen and Xie Xiang were each preoccupied with their thoughts, and neither of them slept all night.
Early the next morning, Gu Yanzhen saw workers clearing the flowerbed. He remembered the button he had thrown into it. Xie Xiang came to complain to Tan Xiaojun. Tan Xiaojun was certain that she had fallen in love with Gu Yanzhen. Xie Xiang couldn't quite explain it.
Tan Xiaojun said that the Shannan Tavern was closing down and she wouldn't be coming to work there from tomorrow because Huo Xiaoyu had been very busy lately and it seemed she was going to avenge Xiao Liu. Xie Xiang returned to the military academy very late. She saw Gu Yanzhen using a flashlight to search for something in the flowerbed.
She accidentally discovered the button on the ground, remembering the birthday gift Gu Yanzhen had asked for at that time. Xie Xiang picked up the button, her heart filled with mixed emotions. She couldn't help but think of all the moments she had shared with Gu Yanzhen. Shen Junshan invited Xie Xiang and her sister to have dinner together on Sunday. Xie Xiang refused, using the excuse that she had something to do. Shen Junshan didn't force her.
Li Wenzhong passed by An Wen's flower shop and recognized her as the girl who had splashed a basin of dirty water on him. An Wen greeted him enthusiastically. Li Wenzhong immediately bought a bouquet of flowers on the spot, confirming that An Wen didn't remember him. As soon as Li Wenzhong left, he ran into Xie Xiang and casually mentioned An Wen's memory loss.
Xie Xiang had no choice but to reveal the truth that An Wen suffered from illness-induced amnesia and warned Li Wenzhong not to bully An Wen. Xie Xiang discussed with Tan Xiaojun about wanting to confess her identity to Shen Junshan, not wanting him to be hurt anymore. Xie Xiang finally saw her true feelings clearly. She admitted that she had fallen in love with Gu Yanzhen, and his place in her heart was irreplaceable. In her heart, Shen Junshan was like an elder brother.
