Girlfriend Episode 1 Recap
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At a meeting with foreign partners, Anning Culture's CEO, Ye Feimo, listened as they proposed casting the internationally acclaimed actress Han Hui for a leading role. However, Feimo's mother and Anning's Chairwoman, Ms. Cheng, flatly rejected the proposal, unwilling to work with the woman who had hurt her son in the past. Firm in her decision, Ms. Cheng stated she didn't care which overseas company they partnered with, as long as it didn't involve Han Hui.
Concerned that Feimo might still have feelings for his ex-girlfriend, Ms. Cheng began arranging a series of "accidental" encounters with various women, much to his annoyance. Her suspicions were heightened when a girl in a costume fell in front of them, and both she and Feimo's assistant, Lin Zheng, noted the girl's resemblance to a young Han Hui.
Fed up with his mother's meddling, Feimo dismissed a new secretary she had hired and, when another woman staged a fall in front of him, told her to tell his mother to stop the charade. Later, while having dinner with his friend Gu Yunzhou, Feimo was teased about his mother's matchmaking attempts and his inability to move on from Han Hui. Annoyed, Feimo went to the washroom.
On his way back, he mistakenly entered the wrong private room and was suddenly kissed by a drunken Wen Xiaonuan. Heartbroken and intoxicated, she mistook him for her ex-boyfriend, "Jiang Fang," tearfully questioning why he cheated on her before apologizing for hurting him with the kiss. Gu Yunzhou, who followed Feimo, was stunned by the scene and, noticing Wen Xiaonuan's resemblance to Han Hui, quickly pulled Feimo away, citing a company emergency.
Earlier that day, Wen Xiaonuan had been shooting a commercial dressed as a strawberry, with her then-boyfriend, Jiang Fang, watching. He discouraged her from taking such demanding part-time jobs, which she explained were necessary to support her family's struggling Huangmei Opera troupe. Jiang Fang suggested she abandon the troupe, calling it a burden, but Wen Xiaonuan refused, insisting it was her support system. Later, she was overjoyed when Jiang Fang announced he had been hired by the prominent company, Yaohua.
However, her happiness was short-lived. At a restaurant, she saw Jiang Fang with another woman, Jiang Ling'er, who introduced herself as the sister of Yaohua's CEO and Jiang Fang's new girlfriend. Jiang Ling'er cruelly told Xiaonuan she was holding Jiang Fang back and that if she truly loved him, she should let him go. Devastated, Xiaonuan realized Jiang Fang had always considered her and her troupe a burden.
After the kiss, Xiaonuan's friend, Jiayi, found her drunk at the restaurant and took her home. Meanwhile, Gu Yunzhou informed Feimo that the master copy of their film, "Hannan Memory," had been leaked online, a disaster that could ruin its box office and strain their relationship with Yaohua. Feimo calmly issued a set of instructions to mitigate the damage: remove all online links, move up the release date, and arrange a media interview to gain public sympathy.
He then returned to the restaurant to find Xiaonuan, but she was already gone. At the same time, Xiaonuan's family's opera troupe faced a crisis: the landlord demanded one million yuan or he would sell the theater. Desperate, Xiaonuan took on more grueling extra roles, enduring harsh treatment from directors. Determined to find the woman who kissed him, Feimo launched a massive public search campaign with ads featuring his face and the message "5203, I'm waiting for you."
When Ms. Cheng learned her son was searching for a girl who looked like Han Hui, she recalled the girl who had fallen outside her office. She instructed her subordinate, Zhou Xiaojing, to hire Wen Xiaonuan to pose as Feimo's girlfriend at an upcoming party hosted by Yaohua for Han Hui's return. Xiaonuan initially refused the offer, unwilling to use her feelings as a transaction, but Zhou Xiaojing left her card.
Feimo and Gu Yunzhou discussed the film leak, suspecting a high-level traitor within the company. Feimo decided to feign illness to draw the real culprit out. Gu Yunzhou joked that Feimo's real motive was to find the "5203 girl," expressing surprise that anyone besides Han Hui could capture his interest. Gu Yunzhou referred to Han Hui as the "white moonlight" who had saved Feimo's life with a kiss. Feimo corrected him, revealing that Han Hui was not his savior.
He recalled that the girl who saved him had a butterfly-shaped birthmark on her back, and more importantly, the recent kiss from Xiaonuan felt far more familiar, convincing him he had finally found the right person. Just then, Xiaonuan received a frantic call from her brother, Xiaokai. The landlord was about to demolish their theater. She begged the landlord for fifteen more days to raise the one million yuan, and he reluctantly agreed.
Left with no other choice, Xiaonuan called Zhou Xiaojing and accepted the deal. Zhou Xiaojing provided her with a dossier on Feimo to memorize, emphasizing his sensitive stomach. Shortly after, Xiaojing called with an urgent update: Feimo was "sick" at home, and Xiaonuan was to go to his house immediately, posing as a nurse. Upon arriving, Zhou Xiaojing told her the contract was now active and left. Alone in the house, Xiaonuan began practicing her introduction, "Hello, CEO Ye. I'm Wen Xiaonuan, a senior nurse. . ." Suddenly, Feimo appeared right in front of her, causing her to shriek in shock and fall onto the sofa.
