Back From the Brink Episode 2 Recap, Plot

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Aunt Zhou went to see Old Lady Xiao, hoping to trick some money from her. She said that Yan Hui was kidnapped by Tian Yao yesterday, and in order to settle the case, money had to be paid. Old Lady Xiao was hard of hearing and misunderstood Aunt Zhou, thinking that she wanted to introduce a girl to Tian Yao. So she took out the betrothal gifts she had prepared for Tian Yao. Aunt Zhou's eyes lit up when she saw the gifts and couldn't wait to open the box. But before she could see clearly, Old Lady Xiao's box snapped shut on her hand.

Old Lady Xiao was insistent on seeing the bride, so Aunt Zhou immediately took her to the firewood room to swallow the betrothal gifts. Yan Hui was growling with hunger at the moment. When she saw Old Lady Xiao, she explained that she was tied up and brought here, but Old Lady Xiao was too deaf to hear clearly. She was delighted by Yan Hui's good looks and even mistook the rope on her hand for a bracelet, wondering why Yan Hui wore so many of them. Aunt Zhou was worried about the long night and wanted Yan Hui and Tian Yao to get married that night, so she warned Yan Hui to behave. Yan Hui immediately saw through Aunt Zhou's intentions and gave her a kick, angering Aunt Zhou. But she knew she had to put up with it to earn the betrothal money, so she limped away.

Tian Yao returned from collecting herbs and found his courtyard decorated with lanterns and banners, and the villagers coming to congratulate him. The lively scene with its bright red colors reminded Tian Yao of his painful past, and he became so agitated that he overturned a table and told the villagers to leave. Old Lady Xiao took Tian Yao's hand and told him that getting married is a good thing, and that the bride is also good. Tian Yao miraculously calmed down and, as Old Lady Xiao hoped, entered the bridal chamber.

Yan Hui's hands were still bound when Tian Yao lifted the cover off her head. The first thing he heard from her was that she was hungry. Tian Yao took out the buns he had specially bought, which surprised Yan Hui. She didn't expect Tian Yao to know that she liked to eat buns. Tian Yao falsely claimed that he was a snake demon, which immediately excited Yan Hui. She pressured him for the whereabouts of the Flowing Fire Bead and they started fighting. The sound of their fight was so loud that it made the bed shake. This made Old Lady Xiao and others who were eavesdropping outside the bridal chamber very satisfied, thinking that the two had successfully become a real couple. In the end, Tian Yao was no match for Yan Hui, so Yan Hui naturally took over the bed and kicked Tian Yao to the ground to sleep. The next day, Tian Yao took Yan Hui to the mountain cave where the Flowing Fire Bead was hidden and was surprised to find that Yan Hui had no spiritual power. This greatly disappointed him, and Yan Hui also noticed from Tian Yao's behavior that he seemed to be hoping she could break the seal, which made her start to pay attention.

Early in the morning, Tian Yao left home. Yan Hui could only dutifully cook and tend to the fire. Zhou Shen came to their door with his wife to cause trouble, but Yan Hui gave him a good beating. The villagers gathered around to watch the commotion and were surprised by Yan Hui's fierceness. Tian Yao went up the mountain to find the snake demon and used an ancient formation to help it recover. Impressed by Tian Yao's spiritual power, the snake demon asked him to help break a seal in a few days. The snake demon was alone in the mysterious realm because it owed a debt to a woman from the Xuan Gate who had come to repay a favor by taking the Flowing Fire Pearl. Tian Yao remembered his past and warned the snake demon not to trust anyone from the Xuan Gate.

For the past few days, Yan Hui has been waking up because of the rooster in Old Lady Xiao's house. In order to have a good sleep, he killed the rooster. However, this made Old Lady Xiao very sad because she thought that the rooster was actually a hen that was meant to lay eggs for Tian Yao to eat. When Tian Yao returned and saw this, he quickly advised Yan Hui not to say anything. Yan Hui promised Old Lady Xiao that he would go and find a real hen and then leave. Old Lady Xiao held Tian Yao's hand and asked him not to argue with Yan Hui and to go and find the person who could bring back a real hen. Tian Yao and Yan Hui went to the mountain to find the hen. Yan Hui was puzzled why Tian Yao followed her all the way, so she asked him to go and search elsewhere for a better chance. Tian Yao was worried that Yan Hui might encounter the snake demon, but unexpectedly the fire bead caught Yan Hui's attention, and the snake demon appeared and confronted Yan Hui. The fire bead lost its spiritual power and fell to the ground in pieces. Seeing that all hope was lost, the snake demon was angry and wanted to fight Yan Hui. Tian Yao appeared in time and tried to leave with Yan Hui, but the snake demon used its spiritual power to trap the two and revealed that Tian Yao had come looking for the snake demon earlier. This made Yan Hui even more suspicious of Tian Yao's identity.

Tian Yao made a promise to repair the Flowing Fire Bead for the Snake Demon, but he could only do so after retrieving the dragon bones from the mountain cave. So the Snake Demon captured both Tian Yao and Yan Hui, waiting for tomorrow's journey. In the firewood room, Yan Hui inquired about Tian Yao's identity and learned that he was a thousand-year-old spiritual dragon. She immediately scoffed and didn't believe it at all.

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