Crush Episode 3 Recap
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Student Xiaowei misses the group medical checkup due to being late. Previously, Director Li had told the students to return to the classroom if they couldn’t find the teacher or classmates. Xiaowei goes back and bursts into tears. Su Nianqin, passing by, hears her crying and rushes in to comfort her. Realizing someone is missing, Wuyan returns to the classroom and picks Xiaowei up from Su Nianqin.
Su Nianqin learns from Director Li that Sang Wuyan is also teaching temporarily and will be at the school for about half a year. Su is picked up by his manager with some tangyuan in tow. Surprised that he received food from a colleague despite his bad temper, the manager teases him. Su replies that he doesn’t care—he just wants to go home.
That evening, while having dinner together, the manager tastes the tangyuan and says food made by family has a special warmth—it’s full of love. This hits a sore spot for Su Nianqin, and the manager quickly apologizes. Sang Wuyan sees Su Nianqin being dropped off by a glamorous woman in a BMW on a rainy day and gets curious.
When Su returns to the office, she offers to put away his umbrella, joking that if it’s his girlfriend’s umbrella, he probably wouldn’t want anyone else to touch it. Su simply thanks her and lets go of the umbrella. The two chat in the office about ancient poetry, with Su Nianqin displaying deep knowledge, highlighting Wuyan’s weakness in classical Chinese literature. Wuyan tells Cheng Yin about the elegant woman who dropped Su off.
Cheng Yin begins speculating wildly—maybe the woman is a rich patron keeping Su, or vice versa. Wuyan scolds her, but she also admits that she can’t figure out their relationship either. Su Nianqin gives his new song to a rising indie artist, and it’s met with great praise. When Wuyan hears the song, she finds the melody very familiar—she suspects it’s the same one Su played earlier.
The lyrics are based on the ancient poetry story they had discussed in the office. Thinking back to their elevator encounter, Wuyan starts to suspect that Yi Jin and Su Nianqin are the same person. Prompted by Cheng Yin, Wuyan listens repeatedly to Yi Jin’s old interviews, trying to compare the voices. After careful listening, she becomes excited—she’s nearly certain that Yi Jin is Su Nianqin!
Wei Hao sees Xu Qian working part-time at a restaurant and recalls her scolding him for two-timing. He’s a bit melancholy—he really did have some feelings for her. Sang Wuyan is helping another teacher deliver supplies to a welfare center, where she runs into Su Nianqin visiting Xiaowei. After leaving, she bluntly asks him if he’s really Yi Jin. Su, caught off guard, doesn’t answer. A moment later, Su asks back, “Who is Yi Jin?”
But Wuyan, nearly certain of the truth, ignores the deflection. After Xu Qian finishes work, she runs into Su and Wuyan on a bench. Wuyan quickly grabs Su’s arm and claims he’s her boyfriend. Su is reluctant to play along. Wuyan, thinking quickly, puts on a dramatic performance about a girl heartbroken by a jerk. Surrounded by onlookers, Su Nianqin finally gives in.
