Be With You Episode 15 Recap
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News of Ji Yanxin's impending engagement, allegedly arranged by his grandfather, began to circulate. This rumor reached Qi Nian just after she witnessed Ji Yanxin and Lin Yi in a close embrace. Unable to hear their conversation, Qi Nian misinterpreted the scene as confirmation of the engagement. Finding the key to Ji Yanxin's house, which he had given her earlier for safekeeping, she resolved that it was time to leave for good.
Upon returning to his apartment, Ji Yanxin found Qi Nian with her packed luggage and the house key left on the table next to a copy of "Dress for the Beauty". Qi Nian confessed that her initial pursuit of him was not born of love but was a calculated effort to find inspiration for her comic.
She revealed that she was the lead author of "Dress for the Beauty", with Siqi as her assistant, and that Ji Yanxin was the prototype for the male lead. She admitted to approaching and flirting with him solely for story ideas, acknowledging the impropriety of her actions.
However, she also confessed that the closer she got to him, the more she genuinely fell in love, to the point where she could no longer draw without him, causing her comic to stall. She insisted her later confessions were sincere but, given the circumstances and his supposed engagement, she didn't expect him to believe her. When Qi Nian turned to leave, Ji Yanxin pulled her back and gave her a passionate kiss.
Just then, Siqi and Lu Qingwu arrived, witnessing the intimate moment. The blue hourglass Lu Qingwu was holding for Siqi slipped from her grasp and shattered, a poignant symbol of his failed chance at love. Still in a daze, Qi Nian was carried back into the house by Ji Yanxin. She bit her own hand, the pain confirming she wasn't dreaming, but Ji Yanxin's uncharacteristic behavior made her question his sobriety.
Disregarding her luggage left outside, he scooped her up, kicked open his bedroom door, and laid her on the bed. A flustered Qi Nian stammered that they were not in that kind of relationship, but Ji Yanxin declared their relationship could be whatever she wanted. He urged her to repeat what she had said earlier: "I just like you, it’s not about anything else," confessing he had waited a long time to hear those words.
He gently took her hands and intertwined their fingers, but the romantic tension was broken by the sound of Qi Nian's stomach rumbling. Meanwhile, Lu Qingwu followed a distraught Siqi for two blocks. When she asked where he was going, he angrily replied, "To die." Lu Qingwu scoffed at his dramatic reaction, challenging him to channel his anger into winning Qi Nian back.
After Siqi ran off, she found him in an alley where he expressed surprise that she, a "frail woman," would follow him out of concern. Lu Qingwu then taunted him for only daring to buy cheap beer to pretend to drown his sorrows. Provoked, Siqi followed her to her apartment. Later, Ji Yanxin took Qi Nian out for a late-night meal and earnestly asked her, "Let's date."
Wary of his usual pattern of building up her hopes only to let her down with a twist, Qi Nian hesitated. Ji Yanxin assured her he was completely sober and serious about his actions. He told her to go home, think it over, and give him an answer the next day. The next morning, Siqi woke up in Lu Qingwu's bed with a headache.
Seeing her in a revealing nightgown, he was shocked, his memory of the previous night hazy after she had plied him with drinks. Lu Qingwu playfully teased him, pretending she was going to pay him for his "services." Later, in her room, she watched a video she had recorded of him drunk in the bathtub. His heartbroken confession—"Brother, someone is bullying me. He kissed the girl I like the most, right in front of me"—had softened her.
In the video, a drunken Siqi mistook her for Qi Nian and demanded she say "I like you." Though she tried to correct him, she eventually relented to his drunken pleas. He fell asleep just as he leaned in to kiss her, and she had simply taken care of him for the night. Qi Nian confided in her friends Liu Xia and Li Yue about Ji Yanxin's proposal.
Initially skeptical, they became convinced of his sincerity after Qi Nian confirmed he had kissed her. Still, Qi Nian was hesitant to accept. She recalled a high school crush, Jin Xianyu, who confessed to her but was seen with another girl two days later, making her fear Ji Yanxin's feelings might be just as fickle. Her friends advised her to confront him directly about her insecurities. Taking their advice, Qi Nian went to Ji Yanxin.
Pointing out that she had always been the pursuer, she questioned his sudden change of heart, asking if he was merely moved by her efforts, looking for a temporary companion, or just lonely. Seeing her anxiety, Ji Yanxin replied simply, "Because I like you. It's just that simple." He then opened his arms, and his warm embrace melted away all her doubts. Later, while organizing her comic drafts, Qi Nian excitedly told her colleague Xinxin about her new relationship.
Ji Yanxin joined them, but as he leaned in to kiss Qi Nian, they were interrupted by his cousin, Ji Qiu. She announced she was now an intern and the new editor for their comic at Man Cao, tasked with "supervising" their romance. She even presented them with a "couple's gift pack" full of vouchers and tickets. Ji Yanxin quickly sent the "juvenile" home. Finding his sudden affection a bit overwhelming, Qi Nian struggled to adapt.
He suggested she start by calling him by his name. When she discovered he had saved her contact as "My Girl," she was touched. They then officially changed each other's contact names to "Boyfriend" and "Girlfriend," solidifying their new status.
