I've Fallen For You Episode 8 Recap
> I've Fallen For You Recap
While visiting Bai Yifei, Sanqi saw a kite that appeared to be his, featuring a drawing she recognized. Bai Yifei confirmed the kite and drawing were his, explaining that he had met an important girl when he was ten and made a lifelong promise to her. Believing Bai Yifei might be the boy she had been searching for, Sanqi was moved to tears.
However, remembering her promise to He Jinxin to keep her true identity secret and avoid prematurely identifying her childhood acquaintance, Sanqi claimed sand was in her eyes and quickly departed. Upon her return, Sanqi found Zhao Cuo, who awkwardly suggested they bathe and sleep together. He then began to lay down rules for her as his wife, asserting that she must obey him, only smile at him, and treat other men, especially Bai Yifei, with coldness.
His possessions were now hers, he declared, and she only needed to be an obedient wife. Sanqi, however, demanded a divorce. She confronted Zhao Cuo about the kite, confirming it belonged to Bai Yifei and accusing Zhao Cuo of deceitfully tricking her into marriage and messing up her life. Zhao Cuo angrily retorted that she had messed up his life, calling her an "idiot, fool, and blockhead." Declaring she would no longer be bullied, Sanqi announced she was leaving home.
Zhao Cuo mocked her, saying her money-greedy father would inevitably send her back and that she would end up penniless on the streets. Sanqi defiantly stated she would starve before returning and left for good. Zhao Cuo’s father, the southern city official, learned of Sanqi’s departure. Though Zhao Cuo feigned indifference, his father painted a grim picture of Sanqi’s potential fate and ordered him to find her.
Meanwhile, a hungry Sanqi momentarily longed for the delicious meals from Zhao’s mansion but resolved to remain independent. By chance, she saw a notice for a coroner position at the southern city government office, which was posted because the experienced coroner, Mr. Liu, was retiring. Seeing the high salary, Sanqi applied.
Despite her father-in-law's surprise that a woman would want such a "dirty and smelly" job, Sanqi argued that all professions were equal and that the notice did not exclude women. Impressed, he hired her as the city's first female coroner. She immediately requested a salary advance and, after some negotiation, secured five taels of silver. Feeling empowered, Sanqi returned to Zhao Cuo with a pre-written divorce letter, demanding he sign it.
He flatly refused, threatening to keep her until she was fifty, old and ugly, and Bai Yifei would no longer love her, at which point he would find an eighteen-year-old girl to serve him. Unfazed, Sanqi left again. Elsewhere, Bai Yifei lamented that Sanqi always left "like the wind" and resolved to stop pursuing her. Shortly after, Sanqi was captured by bandits who had been waiting to ambush Zhao Cuo.
They stuffed her into a sack, and when Bai Yifei encountered them, they claimed the sack contained a freshly slaughtered pig. Though suspicious, Bai Yifei let them pass, making a sarcastic remark about their "disabled" but "strong-willed" nature that he would soon regret. Zhao Cuo’s servant, Li Jia, reported Sanqi had run off again. Bai Yifei arrived, and Zhao Cuo falsely boasted that his wife was warming his bed and giving him goodnight kisses.
When Bai Yifei urged him not to treat "Jinxin" poorly, Li Jia blurted out that she was truly gone. Realizing she had taken the same path, Bai Yifei recalled the men with the heavy sack. Zhao Cuo then found Sanqi's dropped purse, confirming their fears: the "pig" in the sack was Sanqi. He immediately ordered Li Jia to seal the city. A ransom note shot by an arrow soon arrived, demanding Zhao Cuo come alone.
To get rid of his rival, Zhao Cuo lied to Bai Yifei, claiming the note was a breakup letter from Sanqi, and sent him away. However, Bai Yifei grew suspicious and followed Zhao Cuo. At the bandits' hideout, to save her life, Sanqi revealed she was not He Jinxin but Tian Sanqi from Yizhuang, a substitute bride whom Zhao Cuo had mistreated and thrown out. Outside, Zhao Cuo and Bai Yifei overheard her confession, finally learning her true identity.
The bandits initially untied her, but realizing she had seen their faces, they decided to kill her. Just as they were about to strike, Zhao Cuo burst in, declaring, "You can harm me, but not my woman." Together, he and Bai Yifei fought off the bandits and rescued Sanqi. To gain her sympathy, Zhao Cuo then pretended to be injured and fainted. Back at the mansion, he continued the ruse to make Bai Yifei give up, flaunting his "loving" relationship with a concerned Sanqi, leaving Bai Yifei heartbroken.
