Liars in Love Episode 15 Recap
> Liars in Love Recap
Jiang Lai's father, driven by financial ambitions, mortgaged his farm in an attempt to secure a twenty percent share in a plant-based meat investment. He promised to deliver one million within a week, confident that he was finally on the path to making a fortune. Meanwhile, Zhou Mingde summoned Zhou Yu to discuss a crucial task. He wanted Zhou Yu to win back Zhang's Restaurant, a long-term partner of Dream City that had suddenly decided not to renew its lease.
Zhou Mingde emphasized that this was Zhou Yu's opportunity to return to Zhou's Group, considering Dream City just a stepping stone to the resort. Zhou Yu assured his father that he, like Zhou Mingde, always prioritized the group's interests. Later, a woman, seemingly Zhou Mingde's wife, discussed Zhou Yu's potential return to the group with someone on the phone, expressing her desire to ensure his path wasn't too smooth.
Lacking any visual information about Zhang Ming, the elusive owner of Zhang's Restaurant, Zhou Yu sought out Jiang Lai for her unique ability to discern people in disguise. He found her helping her father at the farm, where her father mistakenly believed they were discussing marriage. Zhou Yu invited Jiang Lai to dinner, revealing his need for her help to secure the lease renewal, which would allow him to return to the company.
He explained that Zhang Ming, who was solely dedicated to culinary research, avoided public appearances but would disguisedly inspect his various branches monthly. Jiang Lai, confident in her skills, agreed to help.
They staked out a seafood restaurant, and Jiang Lai successfully identified Zhang Ming by observing his subtle behaviors, such as his carefully trimmed fingernails, suitable for both cooking and a specific finger-picking guitar-playing style, and his habit of testing the waitstaff, contrasted with his indifference to his "musical instrument" props. During their discussion, Zhang Ming stated he couldn't personally decide on the renewal, explaining that the restaurant was facing severe losses because seafood inexplicably died overnight in the tanks.
He mentioned that despite multiple checks on water quality, oxygen generators, and surveillance footage, the issue persisted, making it seem as if the place was haunted. Zhou Yu proposed that if he and Jiang Lai could "catch the ghost," Zhang Ming should reconsider the renewal. Zhang Ming, intrigued, agreed. That night, Zhou Yu and Jiang Lai stayed at the restaurant. They caught the culprit, who turned out to be the owner of the neighboring barbecue restaurant.
He admitted to secretly cutting the power to the seafood tanks via a kitchen window as an act of revenge after a previous conflict with Zhang Ming. After resolving the "ghost" problem, Zhang Ming revealed that the ultimate decision regarding the lease renewal rested with his sister, Zhang Yan. He promised to arrange a meeting and share an insider secret that would help them. Zhang Yan, however, chose a club as the meeting venue.
Zhou Yu went there accompanied by his assistant, Chen Jun. Before leaving, Jiang Lai spotted them and wanted to join, but Zhou Yu sent her away, saying the meeting would be boring and she should rest, making Jiang Lai suspicious. At the club, Zhang Yan was overly flirtatious with both Zhou Yu and Chen Jun, insisting on drinking and arranging for other girls to entertain them.
In a chaotic turn, Chen Yiyi burst into the private room, visibly angry at Zhou Yu's presence in such a place. Zhou Yu, thinking quickly, introduced Chen Yiyi as his fiancée, diffusing the awkward situation and causing Zhang Yan to dismiss the other girls.
Seizing the opportunity, Zhou Yu also proposed a second collaboration, suggesting that Zhou's Group could provide a spokesperson for Zhang's company's new clothing line, leveraging their raw material suppliers and entertainment company, much like Zhang Yan's ex-husband's company found success by choosing the right artist. As Chen Yiyi re-entered the room after a brief bathroom break, her forceful demeanor inadvertently impressed Zhang Yan.
Simultaneously, in the hallway, Jiang Lai intervened when Chen Yiyi was harassed by a man who mistook her for someone else. After the incident, Zhang Yan, impressed by Chen Yiyi's strong personality, declared that Chen Yiyi was the perfect fit for her brand's spokesperson. Having successfully secured both the restaurant lease renewal and the spokesperson deal, Zhou Yu's return to the workplace was marked by a promotion to Vice President, and a mysterious plan he held within was reactivated.
