Beautiful Time With You Episode 14 Recap
> Beautiful Time With You Recap
Back in her room, Lin Xingchen looked at an old family photo, feeling a pang of emotion. She had recently expressed to her grandmother a reluctance to talk to her mother. Just then, Lu Yibai texted her, asking if she needed tutoring, and she quickly agreed.
That evening, Lu Yibai's parents planned to attend a welcome dinner for Yang Ruoying, but Lu Yibai, carrying his backpack, informed them he had plans to do homework with a classmate and skipped the family event. His father casually let him go, noting it wasn't his first time missing such gatherings. Lu Yibai met Lin Xingchen and complimented her new haircut. As they worked on homework together at a restaurant, he helped her with a geometry problem.
Their study session was interrupted by the arrival of fried chicken. Lin Xingchen eagerly began to eat, delighting in the food. She playfully asked if he would reward her with cherry cake if she performed well, to which he teasingly called her a "pig," but she countered that her grandmother considered a good appetite a blessing. She then persuaded him to try some fried chicken, which he seemed to enjoy.
Later, Lin Xingchen and Luo Qinge spotted an announcement for the citywide high school knowledge contest. When Lin Xingchen saw that the prize included two five-star hotel buffet vouchers, she was instantly motivated, fantasizing about sharing a meal with Lu Yibai. Luo Qinge was initially skeptical, deeming them "underachievers," but Lin Xingchen insisted that with Lu Yibai, she would just need to "sit next to him providing answers, and fanning him," prompting Luo Qinge to agree to sign up.
However, their class teacher announced that Lu Yibai and Yang Ruoying had already been selected to represent the school. Luo Qinge immediately stood up, questioning the appointment and stating that she and Lin Xingchen also wanted to participate. The teacher explained that other classes had given up, and since the rules required one male and one female, he decided to have an internal selection involving Luo Qinge, Lin Xingchen, and Yang Ruoying, with Lu Yibai in charge of organizing it.
During lunch, Chen Yimu and Zhang Haotian teased Lin Xingchen and Luo Qinge about their participation. Chen Yimu doubted their chances against Yang Ruoying, especially since he thought they were only after the tablet prize. Lin Xingchen readily admitted that they were "totally in it for the prize," prompting Zhang Haotian to bet 100 yuan on Lin Xingchen winning, while Chen Yimu bet 100 yuan on her losing, vowing to use his winnings to buy skewers.
Knowing that Lu Yibai was setting the questions for the selection, Lin Xingchen and Luo Qinge tried to "bribe" him with yogurt. Lu Yibai, seeing through their attempt, initially refused to give them specific questions but then disclosed that the questions would be drawn from the school's practice question bank. He even gave them some copied questions. However, Luo Qinge quickly realized that the question bank contained over five thousand questions, making it an overwhelming task to memorize.
Despite the daunting number, Lin Xingchen was determined. Zhang Haotian even found a physical copy of the question bank for her. When Lu Yibai saw her struggling, he advised her to "pick the ones that are easier to remember." Lin Xingchen then decided to focus on questions related to her lucky number, six. On the day of the tryouts, Lin Xingchen's performance started poorly; she missed a mandatory question about the length of the Yangtze River.
Yang Ruoying, in contrast, correctly answered her mandatory question about foods causing lead poisoning. Luo Qinge cheered Lin Xingchen on for the buzzer round, and Lin Xingchen's luck seemed to turn around. She correctly answered questions about Mao Dun's real name and a representative writer from the Yam Egg School. The scores ultimately tied between Lin Xingchen and Yang Ruoying, leading to a tiebreaker question.
Lu Yibai, posing the question, asked, "Who was the first Asian male singer to appear on the cover of TIME magazine?" Lin Xingchen immediately buzzed in and correctly answered "Jay Chou," securing her spot. Overjoyed, Lin Xingchen and Luo Qinge celebrated in the restroom.
Lin Xingchen attributed her success to her lucky number six, but Luo Qinge insisted that Lu Yibai was her true lucky charm, claiming the last question was "obviously tailored" for her, knowing her fondness for Jay Chou. Unbeknownst to them, Yang Ruoying overheard their conversation from inside the restroom. Later, Lu Yibai directly asked Lin Xingchen why she wanted to join the competition.
Before Lin Xingchen could fully explain, Luo Qinge blurted out that Lin Xingchen simply wanted "to have a five-star buffet with" him, a fact Lin Xingchen sheepishly confirmed, admitting she had never experienced one before. On the day of the actual competition, held at the Activity Center, Lin Xingchen was nervous. Luo Qinge reminded her to just focus on buzzing in and let Lu Yibai handle the answers.
Lin Xingchen realized she had forgotten her school badge, but Lu Yibai, anticipating this, produced a spare one he had brought for her. He then reassured her that their classmates would arrive soon to support them, despite their initial absence. Indeed, their classmates arrived late, having mistakenly gone to the Sports Center.
The host then explained the rules for the buzzer round, stating that a correct answer earned 10 points, while a wrong one deducted 10 points, a detail that surprised Lin Xingchen. In the buzzer round, Yiling High School and Jiangcheng No.1 High School were tied in points. For the final tiebreaker question about the number of players on an ice hockey team, Lin Xingchen impulsively buzzed in before Lu Yibai could stop her.
When she realized Lu Yibai didn't know the answer, she confidently guessed "Six players," explaining it was her lucky number. To her surprise and delight, the answer was correct, and Yiling High School won first place. Lin Xingchen and Lu Yibai then collected their prize. Back in Chinese class, Lin Xingchen was distractedly searching for something, looking visibly flustered. Lu Yibai noticed her anxiety but she feigned ignorance.
After school, she declined invitations from Luo Qinge and Zhang Haotian to continue her search in the empty classroom, while Lu Yibai observed her with a thoughtful expression. She confided in Luo Qinge that she had lost the two buffet vouchers, which she had painstakingly earned and had remembered tucking into her homework notebook.
She was reluctant to tell Lu Yibai, and the main problem was she didn't even know the restaurant's location, making it impossible to buy new tickets, despite Luo Qinge's offer of money. Meanwhile, at Lu Yibai's home, his father was attempting to cook because his mother was working overtime on a major case. However, his cooking was so unpalatable that his father admitted defeat and suggested they use the two buffet vouchers the school had given him.
Remembering Lin Xingchen's frantic search, Lu Yibai realized she must have lost her own vouchers. He then offered to cook egg fried rice for his father in exchange for the two buffet tickets, a deal his father enthusiastically accepted. Lu Yibai quickly whipped up a delicious plate of fried rice, much to his father's delight.
