Liars in Love Episode 2 Recap
> Liars in Love Recap
Hoping to finally obtain the access card to the Legal Information Room, Jiang Lai disguised herself as an interviewee to infiltrate Zhou's Group. During her faux interview, she met Special Assistant Li and observed other employees, including a man she vaguely recognized, which made her determined to act quickly. Meanwhile, Su Qing, Zhou Yu's fiancée, was repeatedly denied entry to his office by staff who stated Zhou Yu had explicitly forbidden it.
Despite this, Su Qing eventually managed to enter, but her attempts to seduce Zhou Yu and search his office for a "new key card" were unsuccessful, and she was later escorted out of the building. Another persistent woman, Chen Yiyi, also caused a commotion, trying to see Zhou Yu and openly discussing her hopes of marrying him, but Zhou Yu firmly rejected both women and instructed his staff to remove them and prevent Su Qing from returning.
Zhou Yu's father, Zhou Mingde, summoned him to discuss the resort project, criticizing his handling of a recent scandalous video and a "fake pregnant woman" incident. Zhou Mingde revealed that a partner had withdrawn from the resort project, necessitating Su's Group's involvement. He pressured Zhou Yu to marry Su Qing to secure the project, coldly suggesting he was "selling his son for money." Zhou Yu retorted, reminding his father that Zhou's Group's current standing was owed to his maternal grandfather.
Despite Zhou Yu's defiant attitude, Zhou Mingde insisted on the marriage as the only way to get the project and arranged for him to have dinner with Su Qing. An urgent phone call then sent Zhou Yu rushing out. Jiang Lai, tailing him in a taxi, initially thought she was "catching an adulterer." Zhou Yu was frantic, learning that his maternal grandfather had gone missing from his afternoon nap. Surveillance footage showed the elderly man had left on his own.
Jiang Lai offered her help, prompting Zhou Yu to ask for the police to be called while he searched his maternal grandfather's room for clues. There, Jiang Lai spotted a photo of Zhou Yu with another man, noting their striking resemblance. Following a clue about "Huahuo Ballroom" and a "Dearest wife" inscription for May 5th, which Zhou Yu recognized as his late grandmother's birthday, they tracked the old ballroom's original location to a shop.
The staff member confirmed an old man was dancing inside, refusing to leave and unable to recall family contact information. Inside, Zhou Yu's maternal grandfather, exhibiting signs of dementia, welcomed Zhou Yu, believing it was his wife's birthday. On their way out, his maternal grandfather mistook Jiang Lai for his wife and Zhou Yu for their grandson, asking Zhou Yu to assist "his grandma." Jiang Lai played along, and they successfully brought his maternal grandfather home.
Grateful, Zhou Yu thanked Jiang Lai. Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Lai boldly requested to become his secretary at Zhou's Group, believing it would allow her to better approach him to obtain the access card to the Legal Information Room and, ultimately, the contract she sought. Soon after, they heard a cat meowing. Jiang Lai found a small kitten and discovered cat food in Zhou Yu's car, despite his claims of not liking animals.
She persuaded him to take the kitten, named Mimi by him, arguing it wouldn't survive on its own. Zhou Yu, despite his protests, agreed to be responsible for Mimi and later arranged for the kitten to be boarded long-term at a pet hotel, ensuring it received the best care. The next day, Su Qing officially joined Zhou's Group's secretariat, a move that sparked office gossip about "pregnancy traps" and "marriages of convenience."
She immediately sought out Zhou Yu in his office, attempting to feed him breakfast and trying to access the Legal Information Room, but he rebuffed her attempts, stating only high-level executives could enter that room. As Jiang Lai observed these events, she overheard office chatter suggesting Zhou Yu was a "scumbag." She then saw a video of a man being confronted by a "pregnant" woman.
Mistaking the man in the video, Zhang Ming, the advertising director, for the "scumbag" she needed to expose for a client, Jiang Lai decided to stage her own "fake pregnant woman" scene in the company café. During her performance, Zhou Yu walked in. In that moment, Jiang Lai realized with a jolt that the original "scumbag" she had initially confronted in the previous episode, and the target she was now unknowingly exposing, was none other than Zhou Yu himself. Amused, Zhou Yu simply told her to exaggerate her act and try not to be recognized, before asking her if she wanted to join him for lunch.
