Resumen del episodio 4 de Never-Ending Summer
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Guo Yan, who had not seen her daughter in over ten years, finally met with Zhou Wan. Rather than expressing maternal warmth or asking about Zhou Wan's grandmother, Guo Yan immediately remarked on how tall her daughter had grown. Her concern lay entirely elsewhere. She urgently questioned Zhou Wan about her relationship with Lu Xixiao, demanding to know if Zhou Wan had revealed their familial connection to him and how close the two of them had become.
Zhou Wan quietly responded that they were merely friends and that Lu Xixiao knew nothing about her mother's other daughter. Sensing a threat, Guo Yan made her intentions clear. Believing Zhou Wan was using Lu Xixiao to extort her, she offered a bank card, promising financial support on the condition that Zhou Wan stayed away from the Lu family forever. Desperate to cover her grandmother's mounting medical expenses, Zhou Wan accepted the card.
Guo Yan cold-heartedly warned her to keep her word as an adult, mocking that it would be quite amusing if the arrogant Lu Xixiao discovered he was only worth the price of a prescription. Bound by her promise, Zhou Wan began to distance herself from Lu Xixiao. Meanwhile, Lu Xixiao had spent his free time at Ping's motorcycle workshop, hand-crafting a metal pendant shaped like an arrow.
His friend Jiang Fan teased him about the unusual gift, but Lu Xixiao was determined to give it to Zhou Wan. However, his plans were shattered when he overheard Jiang Yan advising Zhou Wan to stay away from him. Lu Xixiao listened in silence as Zhou Wan coldly declared that she and Lu Xixiao were not friends, had never been, and never would be. Hurt and bitter, Lu Xixiao hid the arrow necklace away.
As the college entrance exam loomed just nine days away, Zhou Wan actively avoided Lu Xixiao at school, running off quickly during class breaks. This sudden shift left Lu Xixiao deeply tormented. Back at the workshop, Jiang Fan noticed his distress, pointing out the terrible timing of their romance just as Lu Xixiao was preparing to go abroad.
When Lu Xixiao asked a hypothetical question about why a girl would suddenly ignore a friend and deny their bond for no reason, Jiang Fan immediately deduced he was talking about Zhou Wan and advised him to go ask her directly. On his way home, Lu Xixiao spotted a group of thugs, led by He Wenhui, cornering Zhou Wan. He rode his motorcycle directly at them to break up the confrontation, mocking He Wenhui's reliance on his father's status.
After driving the thugs away, a heavy downpour began. Lu Xixiao offered Zhou Wan a ride, but she steadfastly refused to get on his bike, keeping her promise to her mother. Frustrated and angry, Lu Xixiao threw his jacket to her and sped off into the rain. Safely back in the classroom, Zhou Wan dried off with the help of her friend Meng, who lent her a spare uniform.
Meng noticed the arrow keychain on Zhou Wan's backpack and playfully teased her about being Cupid, prompting Zhou Wan to refocus on her studies. Later, when Lu Xixiao arrived late to class, the sarcastic teacher told him he might as well go home to review. Lu Xixiao jokingly apologized, promising to stay out of trouble for the remaining days of high school.
Soon after, the school director informed the class teacher that Lu Xixiao had been asking about the academic certificates required to study abroad, despite his family never mentioning such plans. Overhearing the conversation and wanting to protect him, Zhou Wan stepped in. She lied to the director, claiming that she was the one planning to go abroad on a whim and had asked Lu Xixiao to gather the materials for her.
The director accepted the explanation and praised her ambition, leaving Lu Xixiao's teacher to tell him to follow her example. At home, Lu Xixiao's family helper, Ms. Chen, returned his washed t-shirt with "so hot" written on it. Though he admitted to himself that the shirt held a special significance, he quietly instructed her to throw it away.
A relative reassured him that she had secretly arranged his preparatory courses and plane tickets behind his father's back, reminding him of the favor he owed her. Meanwhile, Zhou Wan visited the clinic to collect her grandmother's expensive medicine. When her grandmother questioned where a student could get so much money and urged her to focus solely on her exams, Zhou Wan lied, claiming the funds came from her tutoring savings.
In a parallel confrontation with her mother, Zhou Wan defended her actions, pointing out that Guo Yan had abandoned them and paid no child support for ten years. Guo Yan defensively argued that she hadn't had it easy either, dismissing the money left by Zhou Wan's father as insignificant. On Mobilization Day, Class 7 celebrated the upcoming exams, but Jiang Yan, the scheduled student representative, was nowhere to be found.
With the speech about to begin, the teacher asked Zhou Wan to take his place. On stage, Zhou Wan delivered a moving speech about graduation, parting classmates, and wishing everyone a bright and successful future. While Zhou Wan spoke, a violent physical confrontation erupted between Jiang Yan and Lu Xixiao behind the school.
Jiang Yan warned Lu Xixiao to stop pestering Zhou Wan and ruining her life, but Lu Xixiao pinned him to the ground, asserting that he knew Zhou Wan far better than Jiang Yan did and warning him to keep his mouth shut. Afterward, Zhou Wan found both of them bruised and injured.
Learning that Jiang Yan had initiated the fight, she coldly told him that she did not need his protection and warned him to stop interfering in her life if he wanted to remain her friend. After graduation, Jiang Yan returned home to his demanding mother, who pressured him to secure a direct master-PhD track at Tsinghua. Seeing his disheveled state, she scolded him for looking messy on stage, unaware that he had missed the speech entirely.
At the motorcycle shop, Jiang Fan congratulated Lu Xixiao on graduating. He then casually mentioned how incredibly loyal Zhou Wan had been, revealing that she had covered for him by telling the school director that she was the one going abroad. Stunned by the truth, Lu Xixiao dropped his tools and raced back to the school, only to find the gates quiet as they narrowly missed each other.
In a tender, fleeting moment of longing, the boundary between reality and dreams blurred as a gentle voice whispered a desire to touch, savoring a familiar scent and welcoming a long-awaited reunion.
