Resumen del episodio 23 de Never-Ending Summer
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Since seeing Lu Xixiao again, he has been unable to sleep. Symptoms of his anxiety disorder from before have started to reappear. He called his former private doctor abroad. After hearing his description, the doctor believed the symptoms were triggered by Zhou Wan and suggested that Lu Xixiao start keeping a daily journal to ease his anxiety. Since learning from her biological mother that Lu Zhongyue was responsible for her father's death, Zhou Wan vowed to take revenge.
She discovered that Lu Zhongyue had been competing with his sister for the position of Executive Director at Lan Yue Group. She took the initiative to reach out privately to Lu Xixiao's aunt, presenting evidence of Lu Zhongyue’s secret kickbacks at his company over the years. Lu Xixiao’s aunt, a seasoned veteran, got straight to the point and asked what her conditions were. Zhou Wan confessed that she wanted to join the second project of Lan Yue.
Knowing the importance of this project, the aunt did not reply immediately. She quickly sought Lu Xixiao’s opinion, and this time, he agreed without hesitation. Gu Meng is currently the CEO of a media company. Recently, her company has been struggling with poor sales due to a lack of high-end traffic consulting. Gu Meng and Lu Xixiao were classmates.
With Lu Xixiao’s paintings gaining some recognition domestically and abroad, combined with his background as a second-generation rich kid, Gu Meng invited him to the company for an interview. Gu Meng and Zhou Wan are good friends and know the relationship between Lu Xixiao and Zhou Wan well. She encouraged Zhou Wan to join the recording session as well.
Zhou Wan thought that entering Lan Yue would require Lu Xixiao’s help, so she agreed readily to shorten the distance between them. During the recording, Lu Xixiao saw Zhou Wan, and his long-suppressed emotions burst forth like a flood through a broken dam. After the recording ended, he immediately grabbed her. Knowing that Zhou Wan needed his approval to enter Lanyue, he felt confident enough to order her around.
He pulled her into the car and brought her to his studio to serve as a model for his painting. The two of them stayed together in the studio. Lu Xixiao saw that Zhou Wan was still as beautiful and charming as she was a decade ago, her gaze just as firm, as if time had left no trace on her face.
He was grateful that time had allowed them to reunite, yet saddened by the ten years they had been apart. Like a wounded lion cub, Lu Xixiao pressed Zhou Wan against the wall with red-rimmed eyes, warning her that if she wanted to enter Lanyue, she had to agree to his terms—become his personal assistant and be at his beck and call from now on. Zhou Wan had no choice but to agree.
After gathering some clues, Lu Xixiao’s aunt, Lu Qilan, immediately wrote a letter of complaint to the old man about Lu Zhongyue. Before even opening the letter, the old man guessed who had written it. Feeling that his two children were always at odds with each other, which would not benefit the project’s progress in the long run, he handed the current project over to Lu Xixiao.
Lu Zhongyue had originally expected the old man to entrust him with the Lanyue Phase II project, but instead, it was given to Lu Xixiao. Furious, he called Lu Xixiao into his office, intending to make him step down voluntarily. However, ten years of growth meant Lu Xixiao was no longer the shy, evasive boy he once was.
He met his father’s gaze and replied that if Grandfather had made such an arrangement, perhaps Lu Zhongyue’s work abilities really were questionable. Lu Zhongyue is a heartless man who values power and status more than life itself. To monitor the progress of the Lanyue Phase II project at all times, he found a way to bring Jiang Yan into the company as his spy. Jiang Yan was depressed when he learned of Lu Zhongyue’s intentions.
He had always been treated as nothing more than a pawn, never receiving his biological father’s attention. He invited Zhou Wan to the rooftop for drinks. Zhou Wan told Jiang Yan that she was also joining the project team, but this time, it wasn’t because of Lu Xixiao. Jiang Yan, who understood her well, offered to help, but Zhou Wan smiled bitterly—this time, she had to handle it herself.
