Resumen del episodio 5 de My Destiny
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After leaving her home and abandoning her studies, Fang Wanzhi arrives in Shenzhen alone, carrying only her college dropout certificate. At the Job Fair, she faces immediate rejection. An interviewer dismisses her because she lacks a complete degree and the necessary credentials, ignoring her plea that she still possesses the qualities of a college graduate. Even the basic roles of a shop girl or waitress seem out of reach.
While wandering, she encounters a hotel worker who offers a job that seems questionable, which Wanzhi flatly refuses. She also meets Gao Xiang, a recruiter for the Academy of Continuing Education. Gao Xiang uses Wanzhi's incomplete resume as a negative example for his students, mocking the importance of a diploma. Wanzhi defends herself and the working class, arguing that street cleaners and delivery cooks contribute just as much to the city as anyone else.
When he continues to follow her, she threatens to call the police. Her luck changes when she accidentally bumps into Liu Zhu, a delivery worker for a construction site cafeteria, causing him to spill soup. Though she offers to pay for the damage, Liu Zhu dismisses her, frustrated by his own bad luck. Wanzhi follows him back to the site where she meets Mr. Hu, a construction official.
Mr. Hu is currently criticizing Liu Zhu for the numerous typos on the cafeteria's menu, such as writing "Mu Xu Pork" as "Mo Shu Pork." Seizing the opportunity, Wanzhi presents her resume. Mr. Hu is impressed by her beautiful handwriting and her willingness to work hard despite her background. Despite his initial concern that the job is beneath a college student, Wanzhi insists she can handle the hardship and promises there will be no more typos.
Mr. Hu instructs Liu Zhu’s father, Mr. Liu, to hire her. Wanzhi signs a formal labor contract with Mr. Liu, agreeing to work until the Spring Festival for a monthly salary of 1,240 yuan, including subsidies. Mr. Liu explains that while the pay isn't the highest in the Special Economic Zone, the work is intense and they don't keep slackers. Wanzhi is then taken to the female workers' dorm, a cramped container house.
She immediately clashes with her roommate, Hao Qianqian, who is hostile about the limited space and tries to throw Wanzhi’s luggage out. The conflict is de-escalated by the arrival of Li Juan, a blunt but fair woman from Northeast China. Li Juan reveals that Wanzhi, at twenty-one, is the youngest of the three. Despite the cold reception from Qianqian, who views Wanzhi as a "smiling tiger," Wanzhi tries to remain polite and apologizes for the misunderstanding.
The workload at the cafeteria is grueling. Li Juan teaches Wanzhi how to prep leeks quickly for hundreds of workers, emphasizing that time is more expensive than the vegetables themselves. Wanzhi proves herself to be a quick learner, even inventing a way to pickle the leftover scraps so they won't go to waste. Her presence and her "service with a smile" make her popular with the laborers, which only fuels Qianqian’s jealousy.
When the cafeteria is ranked first in an overall ranking, Mr. Hu asks the crew to take on seventy additional workers, bringing the total to 330 people. In exchange, they are promised a year-end bonus equal to fifty percent of their salary. While everyone is excited about the money, Wanzhi worries about dragging the team down, but Li Juan encourages her, noting that she is already doing better than Qianqian did when she first started.
Sensing the growing tension in the dorm and Liu Zhu’s obvious interest in her, Wanzhi makes a calculated move. When Mr. Liu assigns her to go on supply runs with Liu Zhu—a much easier task than staying behind to prep food—Wanzhi fakes severe motion sickness. She claims she has run out of medicine and needs her family to mail more, allowing Qianqian to take her place in the truck.
Later that night, Wanzhi is so exhausted from the heavy labor that she cannot even eat. Liu Zhu, concerned for her, has Li Juan deliver a special bowl of noodles he prepared with two hidden eggs. Li Juan sees through Wanzhi’s lie about the motion sickness and realizes she was trying to avoid walking on eggshells around Qianqian.
Wanzhi explains that since they all share a room, it is better to let things slide, as Qianqian likely never had anyone care for her growing up. Meanwhile, Wanzhi’s adoptive father, Meng Siyuan, finishes his affairs at home and travels to Shenzhen to find her. He eventually tracks her down to the construction site, where he is heartbroken to see his daughter covered in grease and soot, performing backbreaking labor.
He repeatedly pleads with her to return home and finish school, but Wanzhi firmly refuses. She is determined to stand on her own feet without relying on him further. Their encounter ends in an argument, leaving Meng Siyuan to remain in Shenzhen to keep a quiet watch over her. He also receives news regarding the legal aftermath of Wanzhi's earlier troubles; Li Xingke has been sentenced to three years in prison and expelled from school for the stabbing incident. Meng Siyuan visits him in prison, where Li Xingke remains resolute, telling Meng Siyuan not to worry about Wanzhi and vowing to retake his exams once he is released.
