Go Ahead Episode 5 Recap
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Li Jianjian had been in low spirits because of Ling Xiao. Qi Mingyue comforted her a little and mentioned that He Ziqiu's birthday was next Friday. She asked if Li Jianjian knew what He Ziqiu liked so she could prepare a gift. Li Jianjian had actually forgotten He Ziqiu's birthday, while Qi Mingyue remembered it clearly. Li Jianjian found it a bit strange. Qi Mingyue became shy and quickly changed the subject.
Li Jianjian and Ling Xiao bought a pair of headphones as a birthday gift for He Ziqiu. On He Ziqiu's birthday, his second aunt, He Lan, came to the Li house specifically to celebrate with him. He Ziqiu was helping Li Haichao in the kitchen, but Ling Xiao asked him to go chat with He Lan instead. He Ziqiu had no choice but to agree. He Lan was in Li Jianjian's room watching her carve wood.
He Ziqiu entered the room with a plate of fruit and, seeing the wood shavings all over her desk, told her to clean them up herself later. He Lan was dissatisfied with He Ziqiu's attitude and pulled him into another room to lecture him about doing more chores at the Li household. She thought that He Ziqiu was freeloading and, if he didn’t work harder, the Li family would definitely start to resent him.
When Li Haichao came to call He Ziqiu for dinner, he overheard what He Lan said, which made him feel quite uncomfortable. Once the dishes were served, everyone sat together for dinner. He Lan even forced He Ziqiu to propose a toast to Li Haichao and told him to be filial in the future. She even threatened that if he wasn’t filial, she’d be the first to break his legs. Both He Ziqiu and Li Haichao felt awkward.
Li Haichao, feeling down, got drunk and pulled He Ziqiu and Ling Xiao aside to ramble emotionally. He said he truly cherished the two sons fate had given him. Although they weren’t related by blood, he had long regarded Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu as his own. He had seen how Ling Xiao couldn’t sleep after meeting Chen Ting again and also knew the grievances He Ziqiu had endured growing up.
Because He Ziqiu was fostered in the Li family, people would often remind him to be filial—or else he might be taken away. He Lan’s words hurt both He Ziqiu and Li Haichao deeply. Ling Heping and the others quickly helped the drunk Li Haichao to bed. After Ling Xiao and Li Jianjian left, Li Haichao sobered up a bit and recalled the time when he brought Li Jianjian and Ling Xiao to the countryside to find He Ziqiu.
At that time, He Ziqiu was neglected by both He Lan and his grandmother. Li Haichao felt heartbroken and was determined to bring He Ziqiu home and raise him. After arriving at the Li house, He Ziqiu was so afraid of being sent away that he started doing laundry voluntarily and wiping tables at the noodle shop.
Customers at the shop even joked with him, but Li Haichao got upset, pulled He Ziqiu aside, and told him he was just like Li Jianjian—they were both his children, and he would never send He Ziqiu away. When He Mei learned that Li Haichao had taken He Ziqiu in, she wrote a letter to thank him and promised to repay the money someday. But all these years passed, and there was no more news from He Mei.
Back in the present, when He Ziqiu was seeing He Lan off, she reminded him not to inquire about He Mei anymore and to forget her so that Li Haichao wouldn’t be hurt. Qin Meiyang suddenly showed up alone at Li Jianjian’s house, demanding that Li Jianjian take her to see Ling Xiao. At first, Li Jianjian refused, but Qin Meiyang pulled out a hundred yuan bill. Tempted, Li Jianjian took the money and wandered around the park with her.
However, Qin Meiyang accidentally fell down some steps. Li Jianjian rushed her to the hospital. When Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu heard the news, they rushed there too. Thankfully, Qin Meiyang wasn’t seriously hurt. However, Chen Ting furiously questioned Li Jianjian about how Qin Meiyang had fallen. Li Jianjian had her back turned at the time and wasn’t sure, but Chen Ting didn’t believe her. Just then, Ling Xiao came out of the ward.
Chen Ting stopped talking to Li Jianjian and went in to take care of Qin Meiyang. Li Jianjian looked at Ling Xiao, wanting to say something, but before she could, Qin Meiyang started crying for her brother from inside the room. Ling Xiao had no choice but to ask Li Jianjian and the others to leave.
After they left, Chen Ting spoke with Ling Xiao and asked him to give some of the affection he showed Li Jianjian to Qin Meiyang. Ling Xiao refused, saying he was not like Chen Ting and would never share what belonged to Li Jianjian with anyone else. These past few days, Ling Xiao had been heading straight to the hospital after class. Li Jianjian hadn’t seen him in days.
She figured that having to deal with Chen Ting every day must be wearing him down, and she felt like she had dragged him into it. But Ling Xiao never blamed her. In the hospital room, Ling Xiao’s grandmother scolded Chen Ting for spoiling Qin Meiyang without considering that Ling Xiao was now a senior in high school and still had to come to the hospital every night.
Chen Ting was upset, feeling like everything she did was wrong in the grandmother’s eyes. The grandmother also blamed Chen Ting for marrying too far away and being unable to take care of her. If she fell ill, all Chen Ting could do was send money and nothing else.
