Golden House Hidden Love Episode 13 Recap
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Nan Hua has recovered a significant memory related to the origin of meteor-like gemstone earrings. Thirty years ago, a woman who later became the Empress Dowager came seeking his help, using these earrings as a token. Today, she confessed to Nan Hua that the earrings were not hers.
A young lady had given them to her during a time of difficulty, instructing her that this token would lead her to an immortal who could help her achieve a life of honor and wealth, and guided her to find Nan Hua. The Empress Dowager described the lady as having a high nose bridge, phoenix eyes, a noble demeanor suggesting an official family, and a distinctive hairpin with five or six snow-white cherry blossoms.
She admitted she came initially only because her emperor was in trouble and she sought assistance, not expecting Nan Hua to mistake her for the reincarnation of the viscount he was waiting for. She had feared revealing the truth would cause him to withdraw his help. Nan Hua, learning the truth, told her they need not meet again. The Empress Dowager, however, expressed remorse for her deception and revealed she had been searching for the viscount's whereabouts to make amends.
She gave Nan Hua a silk bag containing a map to the viscount's last known location, urging him not to remain fixated on the idea of reincarnation, as scientifically, reincarnation doesn't exist. Following the map, Nan Hua journeyed to the location, finding the viscount's tomb. It turned out the viscount's hometown was located where Jin Xia's hometown, Globefish Town, now stands, which was also the capital of an ancient country.
Nan Hua learned the viscount was imprisoned and died due to court struggles, framed by his own younger sister. Unable to revive the dead, Nan Hua built an ancestral hall there as a memorial and placed a voice recording bead beneath the viscount's memorial tablet. For centuries, Nan Hua visited regularly to mourn and perform repairs. However, as his spiritual energy dwindled, he began to enter intermittent hibernation. During one such period, the ancestral hall was destroyed.
A young woman picked up the voice recording bead; this person was Jin Xia's grandmother. After this destruction, Nan Hua lost his memories related to these events and forgot them. Later, Jin Xia asked about the voice recording bead, and Nan Hua revealed he personally destroyed its contents, though he did not yet remember why. Recently, a dormant ancient tree began to revive, growing new roots, suggesting Nan Hua's life might be extended.
However, these new roots collected limited spiritual energy, prompting Nan Hua to ask Jin Xia if she was still willing to help recharge him for a lifetime. Jin Xia was happy about the possibility of extending his life but also concerned about her reliability as a source of energy. Nan Hua accompanied Jin Xia to handle her grandmother's old belongings.
Looking through items like childhood drawings and a picture album, Jin Xia recalled fond memories of her grandmother, such as drawing together, planting daylilies that attracted butterflies and bees but were dug up by a neighbor's dog, and sharing a single rare mooncake during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which Jin Xia ate entirely. To comfort her, Nan Hua spoke about the relationship between the moon and Earth, explaining how the moon is slowly drifting away by 3.
8 centimeters per year but remains bound by gravity, like a long-term contract or promise that cannot be broken despite increasing distance over time. He related this to his promise to wait for the viscount. Jin Xia responded by saying that if she were the viscount, she would tell him not to wait, wanting him to live his own life rather than waiting for her for a thousand years.
Both expressed hope for embracing new lives before their pre-booked taxi arrived. Upon returning home, Nan Hua sang while Jin Xia showered, as he often did. Jin Xia, feeling shy, told him he no longer needed to sing specifically during her shower, hinting that their relationship could progress further and that he could do whatever he wanted during that time.
Meanwhile, Ding Yanhai heard Nan Hua singing from Jin Xia's place next door and eagerly tried to visit, but his mother, Ms. Chen, stopped him. Ms. Chen suspected Ding Yanhai had feelings for Jin Xia, which he struggled to explain. That night, Ding Yanhai found Jiang Xiaochuan's access card and looked up her connection to Qingshi Group, discovering she was involved with them.
After spending this time together, Jin Xia felt fortunate to have met the kind Nan Hua and became optimistic about their future. However, that night, Nan Hua experienced a nightmare where a small boy gave him the earrings and a message from a young lady who said she was dying and asked him to save her quickly.
Jin Xia returned to work at Qingshi Group after her leave, apologizing to her supervisor, Xi Manling, for being away during a busy time right before a major show and promising to commit fully and catch up on missed work. Xi Manling asked about the inspiration for Jin Xia's accessory designs. Jin Xia credited her boyfriend, Nan Hua.
Just before announcing the winner of a design competition, Xi Manling accused Jin Xia of plagiarism, presenting her own design draft of the earrings as evidence. Jin Xia was shocked, but assistant Bai Bing confirmed that Xi Manling had shown the design to everyone previously on the day Xi Manling returned from her hometown with wine-brewed rice balls.
Jin Xia then remembered that she had seen Xi Manling's designs that day after getting drunk on the wine-brewed rice balls and experiencing a blackout, unable to recall anything. She later smelled Nan Hua's sachet, which stimulated her memory, causing her to recall the earring design and mistakenly believe it was her own sudden inspiration.
Despite the plagiarism issue, Xi Manling accepted Jin Xia's explanation, stating she had faith in her judgment and did not believe Jin Xia would intentionally plagiarize. She praised Jin Xia's other designs as the best submitted, possessing a unique blend of classical and modern elements, being inspired and not cliché. Xi Manling then announced Jin Xia as the winner, tasking her with designing an independent set of wedding attire to be showcased alongside Xi Manling's new collection.
Other colleagues were displeased, feeling Jin Xia was undeserving given the plagiarism accusation. Jin Xia was both astonished and conflicted by the outcome. She began to suspect that Xi Manling might be the person Nan Hua was waiting for, especially recalling Nan Hua's fainting spell at their studio, which Jin Xia had initially attributed to her own failed recharging but now thought Xi Manling might have caused by giving him energy.
Jin Xia discussed her suspicions with Jiang Xiaochuan, expressing her reluctance to let go of Nan Hua despite the possibility that he was waiting for someone else. Jiang Xiaochuan offered provocative advice on how to pursue the relationship, which Jin Xia rejected. At that moment, Xi Manling called, asking Jin Xia to recruit Nan Hua to model for a design exhibition, citing his temperament as perfect for the theme.
Jin Xia attempted to decline, saying Nan Hua was no longer modeling, but Xi Manling was persistent, assuring Jin Xia the designs were very conservative and wouldn't even show ankles. Unable to find a solid reason to refuse, Jin Xia agreed to pass on the request for Nan Hua to consider it.
