Fall in Love Episode 2 Recap
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Fu Zeyi, having successfully acquired the hotel, instructed Mr. Chen to continue facilitating the transition. Mr. Chen assured him that Jing Zhixia was too preoccupied with finding her missing ex-boyfriend to focus on managing the hotel, and she would soon arrange a meeting after reviewing the relevant documents. He added that Miss Jing was quite "pitiful," having only returned to the country a year ago.
Fu Zeyi, however, cut him short, stating his disinterest in anything but results and urging Mr. Chen to deliver good news. Meanwhile, Jing Zhixia was at a bar, heavily drinking whiskey. The bartender offered her a complimentary sparkling cocktail called Raspberry, explaining it was a gift from a gentleman who thought the drink matched her "air perfectly." Jing Zhixia, clearly still affected by a past relationship, rejected the drink, saying, "I don't like Billy.
All guys with the name Billy are scums," and ordered another whiskey. The man who sent the drink remarked to his companion that Jing Zhixia had a "strong personality" but poor alcohol tolerance, vowing to "deal with her." He later approached her, offering more drinks, but Jing Zhixia warned him not to "try anything funny." The man then insisted she drink a glass for his apology.
As Jing Zhixia prepared to drink the glass, Fu Zeyi suddenly intervened, grabbing the drugged cocktail and drinking it himself. He declared to the men that Jing Zhixia was his friend and he was taking her home. Jing Zhixia, recognizing him, exclaimed his name, believing she was still dreaming due to her drunken state. Fu Zeyi, already feeling the effects of the drug, told her she was drunk and tried to escort her out. However, he soon collapsed.
Knowing they were in a dangerous situation, Fu Zeyi fought back, grabbing a bottle, smashing it on a table, and violently cutting his own arm. Intimidated by his ferocity, the men backed off, allowing Fu Zeyi to take a semi-conscious Jing Zhixia to a nearby hotel. The next morning, Jing Zhixia woke up to find Fu Zeyi beside her.
At first, she thought she was still dreaming, but then she noticed the deep cut on his arm, realizing the events of the previous night were real. This solidified her belief that Fu Zeyi was, in fact, Lin, her long-lost boyfriend, because only Lin would have saved her like that. She called the hotel staff to send up a first-aid kit.
While waiting, she pondered that Fu Zeyi's denial of knowing her earlier in Aizhe Hotel must have been to protect her. After receiving the kit, she began to clean and bandage Fu Zeyi's wound. When he groaned in discomfort, she teased him about being a grown man unable to tolerate a little pain, jokingly wondering what people in other rooms might think she was doing to him. She carefully chose a simple bandage, concluding it suited him best.
Fu Zeyi, still heavily affected by the drug, stirred and instinctively pinned Jing Zhixia to the bed. Startled, she told him not to "try anything funny" or remove her clothes. He soon fell back into a deep sleep, leaving Jing Zhixia unable to move. She then speculated that the drink she was offered at the bar might have been adulterated, recalling the man's insistence that she drink it as an apology.
Stuck beneath him, she jokingly warned that she wouldn't hit him, out of gratitude for his rescue, and counted to three for him to get off her, emphasizing that he was the one preventing her from leaving. Unable to extricate herself, she eventually drifted back to sleep beside him. Later, Fu Zeyi awoke and found himself in bed with Jing Zhixia. He quickly got up, regretting getting entangled with her once more.
Seeing she was still asleep, he left a Centurion Card on the nightstand and quietly exited the hotel. At his company, Fu Group, employees were in a frenzy. Fu Zeyi's unprecedented lateness and his phone being unreachable for the entire night led many to believe he had been kidnapped. Some whispered about kidnappers calling for ransom.
When a junior employee was asked to get Fu Zeyi's signature, a senior colleague warned him to be careful, pointing out that Fu Zeyi never missed the Monday weekly meeting. Inside his office, Fu Zeyi was deep in thought, distracted by a fragmented memory of pinning Jing Zhixia down in the hotel room. Jing Zhixia, back at her hotel, discovered the Centurion Card Fu Zeyi had left. She called him, demanding to know what he meant by leaving it.
Fu Zeyi dismissively told her it was "compensation," his standard treatment for strangers. Infuriated, Jing Zhixia retorted that nothing had happened between them and accused him of deliberately humiliating her. He calmly replied that she could think what she wished, as that was simply "how he treated strangers." Meanwhile, Jian Bufan frantically called Jing Zhixia, urging her to return to the hotel immediately because his father, Jian Qian, was about to confront Fu Zeyi.
When she arrived, Jian Qian was loudly debating the merits of different expensive leathers for a CEO's chair before announcing his actual plan. He revealed he had investigated Fu Zeyi and discovered a "shocking secret": Fu Zeyi had been completely out of contact for three months, from August to October of the previous year. Jian Qian believed this mysterious disappearance was something Fu Zeyi was hiding and planned to use it as leverage to avoid paying the compensation.
Hearing this, Jing Zhixia's thoughts immediately turned to Lin, realizing that Fu Zeyi's three-month absence perfectly coincided with Lin's disappearance. After her uncle left, Jian Bufan noticed Jing Zhixia's unchanged clothes and the Centurion Card, deducing she hadn't come home and confronting her about it. Embarrassed, Jing Zhixia insisted nothing happened because Fu Zeyi had claimed not to know her. She then mused about how a person could change so drastically in just one year.
Jian Bufan jokingly suggested "possession" or "amnesia." Jing Zhixia agreed with the amnesia theory and vowed to uncover the truth. Jian Bufan enthusiastically offered to help her "interrogate him by force." Despite her reminder that violence was wrong, he insisted on venting her anger for her and left. Jian Bufan went to confront Fu Zeyi but was intercepted by Ai Xin, Fu Zeyi's assistant. He instantly recognized her as his college crush.
He vividly recalled his graduation day, confessing his feelings to her and promising to grow taller for her. Now 185 cm tall, he reminded her of his promise. Ai Xin, however, stared blankly and asked, "Who are you?" Jian Bufan was crestfallen, realizing she had no memory of him, and sadly apologized for mistaking her for someone else. Later, Jing Zhixia adamantly declared she would never drink again, blaming the "adulterated liquor" for her ordeal.
