Go Ahead Episode 8 Recap
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Tang Can was quite popular in class, and some students even called her “Teacher Tang.” She acted pretentiously in front of others. Li Jianjian, overhearing her, couldn’t help but mock her. Zhao Huaguang, still unwilling to give up, went to Li Haichao’s noodle shop to persuade him again. He said Li Haichao should consider He Ziqiu’s future and accused him of keeping He Ziqiu just to have someone care for him in old age.
He even speculated that Li Haichao thought the one million wasn’t enough. That completely enraged Li Haichao, who kicked him out. Coincidentally, Aunt Qian arrived at the shop and saw Zhao Huaguang being thrown out. After learning who he was, she verbally lashed out at him and even threatened to splash boiling water on him, causing Zhao Huaguang to flee in panic. Teacher Huang asked Qi Mingyue to deliver class notes to Tang Can.
Qi Mingyue brought Li Jianjian along, and the two waited at the entrance of Tang Can’s residential complex for over half an hour before she finally came out. Tang Can pretended she didn’t want people to know where she lived. After a bit of an explanation, she asked for the notes. Furious, Qi Mingyue snapped that Tang Can wouldn’t understand them anyway. Li Jianjian also made some sarcastic remarks.
When Li Jianjian got home, she found the noodle shop closed and no one at home. She called Ling Xiao and learned they were all at the hospital because a customer at the shop had food poisoning. The noodle shop had been having hygiene issues recently, and now it had escalated to a case of food poisoning. Li Jianjian suspected someone was deliberately sabotaging them. He Ziqiu grew nervous and started suspecting Zhao Huaguang.
Due to the incident, the shop was ordered to close for a week. After explaining the situation, Li Haichao went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Li Jianjian wanted to ask more, but He Ziqiu stopped her. He and Ling Xiao both knew that Li Haichao was emotionally upset, so they took Li Jianjian to the convenience store to give him some space to calm down.
On the way back, He Ziqiu said sadly that he wanted to grow up quickly so he could share Li Haichao’s burdens. Ling Xiao responded that growing up happens in an instant. Turning eighteen is becoming an adult by law, but true maturity is that one moment—only known to yourself—when you feel the weight of life. That moment could come the next second, tomorrow, ten years from now, or even never.
He Ziqiu found Zhao Huaguang and accused him of sabotaging the shop. Zhao Huaguang denied it. He Ziqiu didn’t believe him and desperately begged him to leave their family alone, saying the shop was their only source of income. Zhao Huaguang tried to persuade He Ziqiu to go with him, saying it would ease Li Haichao’s burden. But He Ziqiu still refused. Zhao Huaguang changed his tone and threatened them, saying he wouldn’t give up no matter what.
Meanwhile, Li Haichao was thinking of ways to make money. He decided to rent the neighboring store and expand the noodle shop. Ling Heping supported the idea when he found out. When the college entrance exam day arrived, Li Jianjian and Li Haichao were more nervous than Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu.
They even drew a map of the test site and told them to enter from the left and exit from the right, and to sincerely bow when passing the statue of Confucius. After the exams, Li Jianjian returned to school and saw classmates crowding around Tang Can. Qi Mingyue told her that Tang Can had ranked in the top five out of 2,000 candidates and would be going to Beijing next week for training.
Class began, and Teacher Huang asked the top three students who wrote the best essays on “A Good Friend Worth Learning From” to read theirs. The first one was Qi Mingyue, who was nervous because she had written about Ling Xiao. Li Jianjian was upset—not because she wrote about Ling Xiao, but because she didn’t include her or He Ziqiu. Qi Mingyue quickly promised to write about Li Jianjian next time, and Li Jianjian finally calmed down.
Tang Can and her parents went to a restaurant to celebrate her making the top five. Coincidentally, Li Jianjian and Qi Mingyue were also at the same restaurant celebrating Ling Xiao and He Ziqiu’s exam success. A screen separated the two groups. Li Jianjian and Qi Mingyue eavesdropped on their conversation and learned that Tang Can’s family wasn’t well-off. Her mom worked as a cashier at a supermarket, and her dad was a long-haul truck driver.
The two girls waited until Tang Can’s family left before going to the restroom. While they were gossiping about her, Tang Can suddenly came out of a stall, angrily warning them not to spread rumors at school. Li Jianjian, hot-tempered as always, lunged at her, but Qi Mingyue quickly held her back. Though Tang Can pretended to be tough, she was clearly frightened and gave another warning before leaving.
The next day, as soon as Li Jianjian entered the classroom, Tang Can stared at her. Li Jianjian glared back. After sitting down, she found a box of chocolates in her drawer with a note telling her not to talk nonsense. Only then did she realize Tang Can had put it there. Tang Can anxiously watched as Li Jianjian ate the chocolate and made a zipping-the-mouth gesture, finally feeling relieved.
