I've Fallen For You Episode 1 Recap
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The annual Peach Blossom Festival was approaching in Taoyuan City, a time when boys and girls aged eighteen would exchange name tokens and make lifelong agreements under the blessing of the God of Paradise. Meanwhile, Zhao Quandui, the Taifu Magistrate of the southern city, was also hosting a beauty contest to find a suitable wife for his son, Zhao Cuo, known as "Whirly of Southern City." However, Zhao Cuo had stood him up.
In Shifang Village, Sanqi, the daughter of the local mortuary, faced societal disdain due to her family's profession and her own unusual passion for autopsies. Her parents, worried about her future, were arranging her marriage to Wang Mazi. Sanqi, however, yearned for an immortal brother she had known since childhood, with whom she had exchanged name tokens under an old locust tree, promising to reunite when she turned eighteen.
Unwilling to marry Wang Mazi, Sanqi decided to take matters into her own hands. Guided by what she perceived as a sign from the old locust tree, she fled Shifang Village to seek her childhood sweetheart in the southern city. Zhao Cuo, a notorious playboy and "the first evil master in southern city," was enjoying himself at a brothel, much to his father's chagrin. Word reached him that his father, Zhao Quandui, was coming to find him.
Amidst the chaos, Zhao Cuo ordered his men to fly a man who had bothered a courtesan named Leimo'er, like a "human kite," directing him to fly high towards his own house. Onlookers gossiped about Zhao Cuo's antics, solidifying his infamous reputation. Upon arriving in the southern city, Sanqi noticed a grimace totem on the "human kite" flying overhead—the very symbol her immortal brother had told her about. Believing she had found him, she rushed into the brothel.
Inside, she confronted Zhao Cuo, who was engaged in a heated argument with his father, Zhao Quandui. Her attempts to reconnect were met with confusion and disdain. Zhao Cuo, assuming she was another woman sent to avenge a man named Yang Yong, proudly declared the kite was his and dismissed her. Sanqi, showing him her own grimace totem, called him her "immortal brother" and tried to embrace him, but Zhao Cuo denied knowing her, calling her crazy.
She desperately reminded him of their childhood promise, the old locust tree, and the name token, but he repeatedly insisted he didn't recognize her and ordered his guard, Li Jia, to remove her. Sanqi then tried to sing a childhood rhyme to jog his memory, but he remained unmoved, further calling her "nuts" and "crazy." Determined to prove his identity, Sanqi attempted to confirm a red birthmark on his waist, provoking more cries for help from Zhao Cuo.
His father, Zhao Quandui, watched the scene with amusement before finally ordering his men to intervene and drag Sanqi away. As she was being removed, Sanqi vowed to Zhao Cuo that she would see the birthmark clearly. Undeterred, Sanqi continued her search, arriving at Zhao’s Mansion. When a guard informed her that Zhao Cuo was currently on a blind date, she was enraged and demanded to be let in, calling Zhao Cuo a "bad guy."
The guard directed her to the Moon Pavilion, where the "round-table dating conference" was being held. Purchasing some peach blossom rouge, Sanqi applied it, hoping to catch Zhao Cuo’s attention. She entered the pavilion using an invitation for a woman named He Jinxin. There, other women like Hongling, Meizhi, and Xiuji presented their unique talents, from "playing the lute to a cow" to "tasting poison with my own body" and "expressing my love with martial arts."
When it was her turn, Zhao Cuo, initially calling her an "aunt," asked for her talent. She proudly declared her expertise in "autopsy," elaborating on techniques like observing corpses and steaming bones to identify injuries. Surprisingly, Zhao Cuo declared he liked her, leaving his father, Zhao Quandui, to finalize the decision. Despite his initial shock at Zhao Cuo's "strange preference," Zhao Quandui agreed, delighted that his son finally showed interest, and left to prepare the marriage certificate.
Sanqi, as He Jinxin, then approached Zhao Cuo again, this time trying to remind him of their encounter at the brothel. Zhao Cuo recognized her voice but cruelly called her an "ugly girl," claiming he would rather eat the table than marry her. He handed her a mirror, and Sanqi was shocked to see her reflection, disfigured by the exaggerated peach blossom makeup.
Later, Sanqi encountered a masked man named Bai Yifei, who was being chased by a group of women. Mistakenly believing he was her immortal brother, she bravely shielded him from the chasing women and began to reminisce about their childhood, including a memory of him catching fireflies for her. However, Bai Yifei then gently informed her that she had mistaken him for someone else.
Realizing her error, Sanqi quickly departed, left to ponder if Zhao Cuo had truly forgotten her, or if she had been mistaken about his identity all along, despite the shared grimace totem.
