I'm a Pet At Dali Temple Episode 2 Recap
> I'm a Pet At Dali Temple Recap
Qing Moyan and Xuan Yu located Ru Xiaolan on the street, leading her to hide in a room at an inn. Qing Moyan tracked her there and confronted her. Terrified, Ru Xiaolan struggled and accidentally kissed Qing Moyan, instantly transforming into a cat. This greatly surprised Qing Moyan, who recalled past events and realized that Ru Xiaolan was the mysterious perfumed cat.
In her feline form, Ru Xiaolan reflected on her grandfather's teachings about destiny and causality, though she still struggled to fully grasp them. Qing Moyan, believing her to be a monster, ordered her to turn back into a human, but Ru Xiaolan confessed she didn't know how. Fearing her escape, Qing Moyan instructed Xuan Yu to bring a cage. Panicked, Ru Xiaolan struggled further and accidentally touched a five-color stone necklace on Qing Moyan's neck, transforming back into a human.
Overjoyed to be human again, her excitement quickly turned to shock as she realized she was completely naked and Qing Moyan had seen everything, causing her to scream loudly. Qing Moyan quickly covered Ru Xiaolan, ordered food, and offered her his clothes. Ru Xiaolan, however, misinterpreted his actions, thinking he was making improper advances, and warned him that her grandfather would kill him. After she put on his clothes, Qing Moyan tied her hands.
He then sternly questioned her origins, believing her to be a monster. Ru Xiaolan, realizing he needed her to cure his poison, then explained she was a human from a modern society hundreds of years in the future, and she had become a cat after following another cat to a temple. Qing Moyan, disbelieving her fantastical story, insisted she could not leave until he confirmed her words. To prevent her escape, he tied a rope between them.
Ru Xiaolan contemplated transforming back into a cat by kissing him again, but Qing Moyan discovered her intention, mistakenly believing she was trying to assault him. As they were entangled, Xuan Yu arrived with breakfast. Seeing them in such a close position, he quickly retreated, feigning concern about the cold porridge. Xuan Yu then stood outside, amused, ensuring other servants did not disturb Qing Moyan, misinterpreting Ru Xiaolan's shouts as a sign of an intimate relationship between them.
Meanwhile, Ru Xiaolan spotted the five-color stone necklace on Qing Moyan's neck. Recalling its role in her transformations, she attempted to snatch it, believing it held the key to her return home. Qing Moyan refused, asserting it was not hers. Despite her struggles to escape with the necklace, Qing Moyan merely spoke, and the necklace magically pulled Ru Xiaolan back to him.
Xuan Yu later re-entered and remarked on Qing Moyan's quick finish, then was surprised when Qing Moyan told him to find new clothes for Ru Xiaolan, calling her "an important one" and instructing him not to let her escape. Xuan Yu internally speculated about the "unordinary" nature of their relationship. News soon arrived that another murder had occurred in the palace.
Qing Moyan was ordered to investigate and decided to bring Ru Xiaolan with him, as her presence could alleviate his ongoing poison. Now in human form, Ru Xiaolan still exhibited cat-like habits, and Qing Moyan teased her with grass, much to her annoyance, though she playfully engaged with it. Qing Moyan then announced that Ru Xiaolan would join Chang Hen as an assistant medical officer, making her a part of Dali Temple.
Chang Hen, displeased with this sudden new member who seemed so close to Qing Moyan, tested Ru Xiaolan's knowledge of herbs, quickly realizing her complete ignorance. Chang Hen understood that Qing Moyan's true intention was simply to keep Ru Xiaolan close. Ru Xiaolan privately worried about becoming a "perfume bag," a fate for valuable perfumed cats, but ultimately accepted her new role, reasoning that she and Qing Moyan had a mutually beneficial relationship.
Qing Moyan reminded her to uphold Dali Temple's name and address him as "Sir" from now on. Qing Moyan took Ru Xiaolan to the palace crime scene. To reconstruct the events, he used her to act as the victim, which Ru Xiaolan charmingly misinterpreted as romantic advances. Qing Moyan deduced the sequence of events from footprints, concluding that the killer attacked a guard and a maid before disappearing.
Once Qing Moyan finished his deductions, he unceremoniously pushed Ru Xiaolan aside, infuriating her, and she loudly called him crazy. At the scene, Xuan Yu discovered a woman's hairpin. Qing Moyan then instructed Xuan Yu to retrieve Ru Xiaolan, who had wandered off, and prevent her from running away again. Ru Xiaolan, delighted, had found a peach tree in the palace and was happily picking and eating peaches.
Elsewhere, the Prince, deeply concerned about the three recent murders in the East Palace, conversed with his attendant Yin Shang about the Dali Temple's investigation, vowing to personally punish the killer. As he left, he encountered Ru Xiaolan eating peaches.
