Fall in Love Episode 6 Recap
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Following the attempted assault at Fayuan Temple, Xu Guangyao brings Cui Jie to the Mu Mansion to face Mu Zhiyuan. Cui Jie initially claims to be acting on Cui Lianfeng's orders, but under pressure, he changes his story and implicates Mu Wanting. He alleges that she told him her mother intended to arrange a marriage between him and Mu Wanqing, encouraging him to go to the temple and force himself on her if he found her suitable.
Cui Lianfeng feigns shock and vehemently denies any involvement, offering Cui Jie to Xu Guangyao for punishment. Mu Wanting also denies Cui Jie's claims, asserting that she only paid off his debt at the Jinlou Casino out of consideration for the Mu family's reputation. However, Cui Jie insists the payment was a reward for his actions, offering the casino staff as witnesses.
To end the escalating drama, Mu Zhiyuan apologizes to Mu Wanqing for the security lapse and admonishes Mu Wanting for her "careless" words that allowed a "shameless guy" to cause trouble. He then urges Mu Wanqing to forgive Mu Wanting, who pleads for leniency. Mu Wanqing acquiesces to her father's wishes, and Mu Wanting is confined for a month.
Later, Cui Lianfeng privately rebukes Mu Wanting for her imprudence but assures her they will find another opportunity to harm Mu Wanqing. Witnessing their persistent malice, Xu Guangyao resolves to find a way to remove Mu Wanqing from the dangerous Mu household. To this end, Xu Guangyao visits Tan Xuanlin and requests that Mu Wanqing be appointed as his foreign language secretary, highlighting her proficiency in Japanese and English and her value in liaising with the Municipal Council.
Tan Xuanlin agrees. However, the next morning, Mu Zhiyuan announces that Tan Xuanlin has supposedly appointed Mu Wanting to the position instead, citing Mu Wanqing's mourning period and the recent traumatic incident as reasons. Xu Guangyao protests, questioning Mu Wanting's qualifications, but she insists on being given a chance, supported by Cui Lianfeng. A weary Mu Wanqing concedes the position to her stepsister.
It is revealed that Mu Wanting had secretly bribed Tan Xuanlin with fifty thousand silver dollars for the position, a deal he accepted, cynically nicknaming her "Miss Fifty Thousand." Furious at this betrayal, Mu Wanqing confronts Tan Xuanlin, accusing him of being ungrateful and breaking their trust. Tan Xuanlin brazenly admits to taking the money.
Disgusted, Mu Wanqing declares their partnership over and storms off, throwing an amulet—one she had acquired for him at the temple in gratitude for his promise of protection—on the ground. Tan Xuanlin picks it up, his expression turning troubled. Despite securing the secretary position, Mu Wanting is incompetent, unable to translate the foreign language military files. She asks Xu Guangyao for help, but he firmly tells her to use a dictionary.
Taking a suggestion, she contacts the Commercial Press and secretly hires a translator, Mr. Wei, to handle the confidential documents. However, as Mr. Wei leaves the command headquarters, both he and Mu Wanting are apprehended by soldiers for attempting to leak military secrets. They are confined until Xu Guangyao returns. Meanwhile, Tan Xuanlin sends Xu Guangyao two movie tickets, inviting him and Mu Wanqing to the premiere of Gu Yueshuang's new film.
He sends a message explaining his strategy: to deal with women, one must "repair the road in the open while secretly crossing at Chencang," implying this is all part of his plan to help. At the cinema, Xu Guangyao and Mu Wanqing encounter Tan Xuanlin and Gu Yueshuang. Still angry, Mu Wanqing deliberately acts more intimately with Xu Guangyao. Their "couple seats," arranged by Gu Yueshuang, further irritate Tan Xuanlin, who watches them with a grim expression throughout the film.
When Mu Wanqing leaves her seat, Tan Xuanlin intercepts her, showing her the amulet and asking why she discarded it. She dismissively claims she was in a bad mood, and he declares it his now. After the movie, a flower girl calls Xu Guangyao Mu Wanqing's "husband," delighting him, and he buys a single flower for her.
Tan Xuanlin then buys the rest of the girl's flowers for Gu Yueshuang, prompting Xu Guangyao to remark that Tan Xuanlin doesn't understand that "of three thousand beauties, one only chooses one," implying his single flower holds more meaning. Later, Tan Xuanlin goes to the command headquarters to release Mu Wanting. He "apologizes" for the misunderstanding and pointedly informs her that Xu Guangyao and Mu Wanqing spent the evening at the movie premiere in couple seats.
A furious Mu Wanting rushes home to complain to her mother. The next morning, Mu Wanqing officially begins her role as Xu Guangyao's secretary. Tan Xuanlin personally greets her, chauffeurs her to work, and shows her to a specially prepared private office—a privilege, he notes, that Mu Wanting did not receive.
