Dating in the Kitchen Episode 17 Recap
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After Chairwoman Zheng officially and politely visited Gu Shengnan's grandfather, she stood with Gu Shengnan in the bright and spacious hospital corridor, knowing without thinking that this was to break up the couple. She was not in a hurry to deny the relationship between Gu Shengnan and Lu Jin, or say that they were not a match. Because she had been young too, and struggled for half her life to achieve today's Zheng Hong Group.
Ambitious people all deserve to be respected. But Lu Jin was too important to the Zheng Hong Group. He was decisive and astute, which were rare qualities for a leader. However, once he had an emotional soft spot, it was like a time bomb, a fuse that could trigger a collapse at any time. Gu Shengnan was like Concubine Yu behind Xiang Yu in the Chu-Han contention, a burden rather than a strategist.
And Liu Bang had Empress Lu assisting him; becoming king was not accidental but inevitable. Though a beautiful companion is good, one cannot give up everything for a beauty. Life is not just about living with sweet and loving romance. Regarding these things, Chairwoman Zheng certainly could not allow such potential problems to arise. For Lu Jin's sake and for the group's sake, she dialed Lu Jin's phone number in front of Gu Shengnan.
A familiar voice was full of eagerness and concern, but Gu Shengnan could only suppress her tears and say everything was fine. Nothing was more heartbreaking than pretending to be strong in front of her closest lover. Gu Shengnan was about to break down. At her grandfather's ward door, she met Cheng Ziqian. She said with grievance and bitterness that she was tired, the medical expenses were too much, and she had tried hard but couldn't raise enough.
Her grievances found an outlet and surged into her heart. Tears mixed with sobs, and Cheng Ziqian hugged her with concern. Cheng Ziqian advanced payment for her grandfather's medical expenses and took care of her grandfather eating together with Gu Shengnan, as if nothing bad had happened.
Grandfather dismissed the two of them and summoned Xu Zhaodi and the old uncle for a small meeting, where they began discussing whether Lu Jin or Cheng Ziqian was the best match for Gu Shengnan. Xu Zhaodi supported Cheng Ziqian, saying he was young, gentle, and knew how to care for people; the old uncle supported Lu Jin, saying he was gentlemanly, wealthy, and mutually in love. Grandfather agreed with Xu Zhaodi.
During his hospital stay, Cheng Ziqian had been busy running around, and just Lu Jin's mother was not easy to deal with. The day of Grandfather's surgery finally arrived. Gu Shengnan kept waiting outside the operating room. When the doctor announced the surgery was successful, Gu Shengnan breathed a sigh of relief. This was probably the only thing worth being happy about recently.
Out of the ward, Gu Shengnan hesitated for a long time but still got through to Lu Jin's phone. Lu Jin, who was tied up with many matters in Vancouver, finally achieved satisfactory results. Everything was handled, the summary meeting ended, and he could return to the country tomorrow. But Li Man privately booked his itinerary for tomorrow, stating he was going to do a field inspection for a day.
The itinerary was postponed, but work could not be sloppy, so Lu Jin agreed. After the meeting ended, he invited everyone for a meal. Li Man still had documents to integrate and asked him to wait a moment. After Lu Jin went out, he left his phone on the table. Gu Shengnan called. The phone rang, and after the call went through, what she heard was Li Man's voice.
After her surprise, Gu Shengnan asked Li Man to tell Lu Jin to call her back. Li Man agreed but quietly deleted this call record. At night, Lu Jin and Li Man strolled on the streets they had walked before. A long time ago, Li Man had just been transferred here to help Lu Jin acquire this place. Ten years had passed in a flash. Lu Jin had someone he liked by his side, but this person was not her.
Li Man took Lu Jin through the old streets and went to the restaurant they used to eat at for a drink. During the meal, he finally told Lu Jin he liked him. Lu Jin politely avoided responding, got up, and left. Li Man was left alone facing the full table of food and drinks, feeling melancholy. Late at night at the hotel, Li Man called, saying his bathroom had no towels and asked Lu Jin to bring one over.
There was an implied meaning. Lu Jin refused. Li Man got a clear answer: he had no chance of becoming Lu Jin's lover. But he still thanked Lu Jin for being straightforward with him. So Li Man explained the matter of deleting the call record to Lu Jin and finally apologized.
