In Blossom Episode 2 Recap
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Pan Yue brought Yang Caiwei to the Li residence. Seeing them, members of Yin Yu Tower raised their knives, ready to kill Yang Caiwei, but didn’t act with Pan Yue shielding her. Pan Yue and Yang Caiwei played a clever trick, claiming the murderer was among those present. Sun Zhen, the hall master of Yin Yu Tower, arrived, and Pan Yue revealed his true purpose—to investigate the Li family massacre. Sun Zhen allowed him to proceed freely.
Yang Caiwei dissected the bodies again and found that one victim’s stomach lacked beef. Still, she confirmed the cause of death: the murderer had laced the beef with Xia Zhong grass. After consumption, it caused excruciating pain as if the organs were being burned, eventually driving the victims mad and leading them to suicide. The killer placed a rattle drum and a mouse in the beam to stage a haunting.
Pan Yue initially suspected an enemy of Yin Yu Tower, but the assassin from the previous night had a Yin Yu Tower token. The one with a conflict of interest with Master Li was Chief Chen. Chief Chen was enraged by the accusation. Yang Caiwei said that hands contaminated with Xia Zhong grass would turn black when exposed to water. She invited Chief Chen to try. He submerged his hands, but nothing happened.
Yang Caiwei then asked about the scratch marks on his arm. The water-blackening story was a lie—what she really wanted was someone with scratched arms. During the autopsy, she found one maid had no beef in her stomach but blood under her nails. It turned out Chief Chen bribed the maid to poison the food and later killed her to silence her, strangling her when she resisted.
Exposed, Chief Chen flew into a rage and tried to attack Yang Caiwei but was killed by Pan Yue’s subordinate. At the Li family’s funeral, Yang Caiwei stood in sorrow. She had seen many corpses abandoned in mass graves—once glorious in life, pitiful in death. She said if she ever knew her own death date, she would choose a secluded paradise as her final resting place.
Pointing to a peach blossom grove on the hillside, she said it would be perfect. Pan Yue smiled—she still loved peach blossoms as she did before. Yang Caiwei agreed, then hesitated. Pan Yue told her to stop pretending—he had already investigated everything. Ten years ago, Yang Caiwei’s father was convicted and exiled, and both parents were killed by robbers. She was left wandering in Heyang and taken in by Old Jiang.
As his condition worsened, she became a corpse collector to support him. Pan Yue came to find her so she could reclaim her true identity. His second condition was to marry her. Shangguan Zhi, the daughter of the Shangguan family, was in love with Pan Yue. Her obsession with slim beauty had damaged her health, yet she was willing to endure anything for Pan Yue.
Pan Yue had been missing for two days, and Shangguan Zhi grew anxious, seeking help from her brother Shangguan Lan. When Shangguan Lan received word that Pan Yue intended to marry Yang Caiwei, Shangguan Zhi was so furious she tore the letter apart and stormed back to her room. After Yang Caiwei’s parents died, she once sought help from the Pan family but was turned away by servants.
Pan Yue even had someone deliver a message that she was now the daughter of a criminal and had nothing to do with the Pan family. Heartbroken, Yang Caiwei left. Ten years ago, it was Pan Yue who had cut ties—why now speak of reviving a marriage promise? Pan Yue brought Yang Caiwei to a residence, saying he intended to marry her there. She repeatedly refused and tried to break off the engagement.
To her, Pan Yue was just a childhood acquaintance; there were no feelings between them. Pan Yue disagreed—the wedding date they set long ago was only five days away, and he was determined to get her consent before then. As Old Jiang’s illness worsened, Yang Caiwei decided to go to the ghost market to find a special medicine. On the road, she encountered Pan Yue again, who claimed it was a coincidence.
The ghost market forbade nobles and officials, so Pan Yue had to disguise himself to enter. The market sold rare items, and Yang Caiwei, familiar with the place, moved around comfortably. She stopped at a blind vendor’s stall and, out of pity, asked Pan Yue to help. Pan Yue gave some silver. Though blind, the vendor was adept at bone-reading and immediately recognized that they both had rare, beautiful bone structures.
He painted a portrait of them and remarked that one had a scar on her face, the other a wound in his heart—they were a perfect match, and yet, what a pity. Bai Xiaosheng, Yang Caiwei’s friend, led them to find a snake catcher. While they were in the ghost market, Shangguan Zhi arrived at Pan Yue’s residence. Seeing the festive decorations, her anger grew.
Yang Caiwei was trying to buy a Xianban spirit snake, priced at fifty strings of coins. Unable to pay and refusing Pan Yue’s money, Yang Caiwei hesitated. Pan Yue’s identity was exposed, and the ghost market dwellers tried to drive him out, releasing the snake. Seeing Yang Caiwei anxious, Pan Yue jumped into a pool filled with blades to retrieve it. When he didn’t surface for a while, Yang Caiwei’s heart clenched.
Suddenly, Pan Yue emerged from the water holding the snake. Yang Caiwei was moved, but once again distanced herself. Pan Yue explained that he never knew Yang Caiwei had come looking for him—that message was from his father. All these years, he had been searching for news about her. He thought fulfilling the marriage promise would make things right, but he ignored her feelings. Still, Pan Yue truly wished to protect Yang Caiwei.
On their wedding day, he would be there waiting. Back home, Pan Yue heard a commotion—Shangguan Zhi was throwing things. She asked if he truly intended to marry that ugly woman, and if so, what was she to him? Shangguan Zhi even offered to become his concubine. She had endured much pain to perfect her figure, but what she valued—her beauty—was never what Pan Yue cared about. To him, Shangguan Zhi was merely Shangguan Lan’s sister.
Yang Caiwei wore the wedding dress Pan Yue sent and clumsily adorned herself with hairpins. Suddenly, someone knocked. Outside was a coffin. Inside the sedan, Shangguan Zhi tied Yang Caiwei up. She had given so much for Pan Yue, yet he wanted to marry this “ugly freak”! Yang Caiwei recognized Shangguan Zhi—she never imagined the chubby girl who once trailed behind them as a child would become like this.
Yang Caiwei pleaded for mercy, but Shangguan Zhi intended to take her face and replace her as Pan’s bride, leaving Yang Caiwei to die for love—the coffin was already prepared. Yang Caiwei secretly freed herself, grabbed a knife, and held Shangguan Zhi hostage to escape. Five days later, on Pan Yue’s wedding day, the auspicious hour was almost over, but Pan Yue still waited anxiously. Yang Caiwei arrived in her wedding dress, saying she had finally figured things out.
Looks and status didn’t matter—she had feelings for Pan Yue. The two completed the wedding ceremony together, though a faint scar remained visible on Yang Caiwei’s chin.
