Hot Girl Episode 3 Recap
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Liang Dawei invited Guan Xiaodi out, claiming he wanted to check on her recovery. Guan Xiaodi suspected he was there to gloat, especially after their recent confrontation with Liu Sha. She questioned Liang Dawei about his knowledge of Liu Sha, whose name he had accidentally mentioned.
He admitted Liu Sha was a "secret" and proposed a bet: if Guan Xiaodi could extract a banknote from under a bottle without touching it or tipping it over, he would reveal what he knew. Guan Xiaodi confidently accepted, but she failed. Liang Dawei then demonstrated the trick, using a subtle vibration, and reminded her that a winner makes no excuses. Later, while Guan Xiaodi was still with Liang Dawei, Liu Sha called her.
Guan Xiaodi, undeterred by her recent loss, challenged Liu Sha to another fight, but Liu Sha scoffed at her, asserting that Guan Xiaodi had no right to challenge her again without improving her strength. Guan Xiaodi defiantly vowed that she would one day defeat Liu Sha. Meanwhile, Zhang Yan was on her way home from work when her ex-husband, Wang Dafang, cornered her.
Having lost everything in stocks, he desperately begged her for 100,000 yuan to help him recover his fortune. Zhang Yan reminded him that they were divorced and that she had no such money, calling him crazy for his persistence in the stock market. Despite his pleas and attempts to grab her, Zhang Yan firmly refused to help and rode away on her bicycle.
Determined to confront Liu Sha, Guan Xiaodi gathered her friends, including Cui Tianqi, to decipher the mysterious notes Liu Sha had left for them. Ju Liang realized he had lost his note, prompting the group to retrace his steps. Cui Tianqi, nicknamed Pink Panther, a renowned computer geek, skillfully determined the wind direction on the day of the last challenge and quickly located Ju Liang's missing note. With all the notes collected, they tried to make sense of the letters.
Cui Tianqi initially analyzed them as a potential password, concluding it would take a century to crack. However, Guan Xiaodi wondered if it wasn't a password at all. After a remark from Ju Liang about ordering food online, Guan Xiaodi had a breakthrough, suggesting the letters might form a web address. Cui Tianqi then successfully combined the letters to create a URL, which led them to the L. H. S. D. website.
A video from Liu Sha appeared, revealing that their previous encounters were part of L. H. S. D.' s "training grounds with no walls" and challenging them to continue their training. Despite the humiliation of her previous defeat, Guan Xiaodi felt it was a chance to reclaim her honor and declared that they must accept. The group rallied behind her, agreeing to take on the challenge. Their next hurdle was a formidable firewall protecting L. H. S. D.' s systems.
Cui Tianqi, needing absolute silence to concentrate, requested her friends to leave as even their "brain cells" were affecting her performance. She explained that the firewall allowed only ten attempts before permanently locking them out, and they were down to their last chance. With Guan Xiaodi's encouragement, Cui Tianqi took a gamble by interfering with the firewall's traffic flow and successfully cracked it, earning her friends another chance to compete.
A message appeared, praising Pink Panther for her accomplishment, and Cui Tianqi revealed that she leaves a "digital signature" on systems she hacks into. Unbeknownst to Guan Xiaodi, her father met with Xiong Kuohai, the head of L. H. S. D. Guan Xiaodi's father praised L. H. S. D. as the country's top security company, to which Xiong Kuohai humbly attributed their establishment in Nanqing to friends like him.
Xiong Kuohai passionately explained his vision for the bodyguard business, not merely as a commercial venture, but as a calling to protect families, relationships, dreams, and businesses, emphasizing prevention over punishment. He proudly described L. H. S. D.' s role: "to be the most agile shields and to protect like fire." Guan Xiaodi's father then asked Xiong Kuohai to keep secret the fact that he was the one who recommended Guan Xiaodi's Youth Union to L. H. S. D.
, fearing his daughter's strong reaction if she found out. He expressed concern for the current generation's lack of hardship and entrusted Xiong Kuohai with transforming Guan Xiaodi, to which Xiong Kuohai promised that she would become a new person after completing L. H. S. D.' s training. L. H. S. D. then issued new missions.
Guan Xiaodi's group was assigned to protect a briefcase carried by a man named Chen Siqing for 24 hours, who would arrive in Nanqing in two days. They were tasked with discovering all other information themselves. Simultaneously, Liang Dawei and his group received an opposing mission: to steal the same briefcase from Chen Siqing within 24 hours, also needing to gather intelligence independently. Liang Dawei's group was permitted to use any method they deemed necessary.
Later, Cui Tianqi expressed her unease to Guan Xiaodi, suggesting L. H. S. D. might be a "dark organization" similar to those depicted in TV shows, but Guan Xiaodi dismissed her concerns, stating she was only focused on winning. Guan Xiaodi then invited Cui Tianqi to join her and her friends in the one-year private training program. When Chen Siqing arrived, Guan Xiaodi and Cui Tianqi quickly located him.
At the same time, Cui Tianqi sensed they were being followed and soon spotted Zhang Yan, who was driving a taxi. Quick-witted, Guan Xiaodi immediately got into Zhang Yan's taxi, thus securing Chen Siqing and simultaneously realizing Zhang Yan was on an opposing L. H. S. D. mission. Guan Xiaodi explicitly told Zhang Yan she wouldn't let her succeed.
Cui Tianqi followed Chen Siqing to his hotel, where she noticed Liang Dawei, disguised as a service worker, deliberately approaching Chen Siqing. Cui Tianqi quickly followed them into the elevator and continued to track Chen Siqing until he entered his room. She then took an adjacent room to observe his movements, also noticing the sneaking Liang Dawei. After Chen Siqing left his room, Cui Tianqi began to follow him and deliberately struck up a conversation with him.
