Resumen del episodio 26 de Loving Strangers
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Jiang Jiaqi’s promotion to Vice General Manager is celebrated by Mr. Wang and his team, but for his rivals, the loss is devastating. Vice GM Gao begins applying to Fuli Pharma in preparation for his exit, while Gu Chen realizes his position as CEO is no longer secure. Meanwhile, the police interrogate Liu Mingzhe regarding the incident with Pang Jian.
Liu claims he was a random substitute driver from an internet cafe who was simply following a voice navigation to a hotel in Jiangbei to earn a fee. He denies knowing Pang Jian or having any malicious intent. However, the police present call records showing dozens of contacts between Liu and a number belonging to Zhou Yu'an. This name rings a bell for Pang Jian.
After consulting with Mr. Zheng at Sen’an, who confirms Yu’an is a former employee, Pang Jian becomes suspicious of Jiang Jiaqi, as Liu had repeated Jiaqi and Pang Jian’s private conversations about beer and intestines in Jiangbei verbatim. To investigate, Pang Jian calls Jiaqi to his office and instructs him to turn off his phone. A technical sweep reveals a hidden data-sharing app that allows a third party to track Jiaqi’s location and listen to his audio.
Pang Jian decides to keep the bug active, planning to feed the listeners false information to catch Gu Chen red-handed and force him out of the company. Using a borrowed phone, Jiaqi confronts Gu Chen. Their argument turns physical as Jiaqi expresses disgust that Gu Chen would use a young woman like Yu'an for such dirty work.
Gu Chen, however, reveals his own frustrations; while he initially paid Yu'an to spy on Jiaqi, she turned the tables and recorded Gu Chen’s own compromising conversations instead. This leverage had forced Gu Chen to abstain from the reappointment vote, ruining his career. Furthermore, Gu Chen reveals he is currently being threatened by Chen Ren. Realizing Yu'an was actually trying to protect him, Jiaqi feels a sense of gratitude rather than anger.
Knowing she is listening, he speaks directly into the bugged phone, pleading with her to contact him so they can resolve the situation together. When she remains silent, Jiaqi tracks a previous landline call she made to the Youjia Supermarket Warehouse in Yunhe District. He rushes to the staff dorms, but Yu'an hears him coming and flees just in time. Back home, Jiaqi tells his wife, Wu Yijun, the whole truth.
Moved by Yu'an's kindness and the sacrifices she made to shield Jiaqi from Gu Chen’s schemes, Yijun joins her husband in speaking into the phone, promising Yu'an they will stand by her if she goes to the police. Exhausted and feverish from the rain, Yu'an seeks refuge with a kind janitor. As she recovers, she opens up to him about her past with Chen Ren.
She recalls how Chen Ren was once a kind boy who protected her from his father’s debt collection, but he changed after his father's death. Yu'an admits she deliberately provoked Chen Ren to hit her because the physical pain was easier to endure than the guilt she felt over his father. Unbeknownst to her, Chen Ren is listening to this entire confession through his computer.
While Pang Jian and Mr. Zheng plan to spread a rumor that Gu Chen is framing Yu'an to lure her out, Jiaqi asks for more time to persuade her to surrender voluntarily. Eventually, the janitor contacts Jiaqi, who finally finds Yu'an. He offers her the warmth and support she has long lacked, promising that even if their current lives have collapsed, they can rebuild them together.
He vows to live a happy life so she no longer has to suffer on his behalf, and she promises to do the same. However, their moment of hope is interrupted by a call from the hospital: Zhang Yuzhen, the elderly woman for whom Yu'an acted as guardian, has passed away.
