Love on the Turquoise Land Episode 24 Recap
> Love on the Turquoise Land Recap
Nie Jiuluo and Yu Rong cautiously navigated the deep, silent Joushan mine, staying vigilant. Despite their careful steps, a mysterious figure followed them unnoticed. Deep within the mine, Nie Jiuluo discovered Yan Tuo in an iron cage, barely alive and hallucinating, mistaking her for a vision. As Nie Jiuluo tried to rouse him, a cunning Earth Fiend ambushed an unsuspecting Yu Rong. Telling Yan Tuo to wait for her to return, Nie Jiuluo joined the fray.
Yu Rong quickly drew her whip, and though its sound startled the Earth Fiend, the creature was formidable. After a fierce struggle, Nie Jiuluo and Yu Rong managed to defeat it. After Yan Tuo was rescued, he was extremely weak and rested in the car, silent and melancholic. Yu Rong suggested a hospital visit, but Yan Tuo declined. He tried to speak about Sun Zhou, but Yu Rong reassured him that no explanation was needed, assuming the decision wasn't his.
She decided to take him home first. Meanwhile, Xing Shen's assistant offered him dinner, but he refused to go inside, preferring to have it brought to him. In the car, noticing Yan Tuo's withdrawn state, Nie Jiuluo deliberately engaged Yu Rong in a discussion about Lin Xirou's transformation. Nie Jiuluo speculated that Lin Xirou's ability to maintain human form for two decades might depend on more than just blood bags, suggesting a deeper reason.
Yu Rong agreed, noting the transformation couldn't be simple and that the recorded number of humanoid Earth Fiends might not be the complete count. As they parted ways with Xing Shen's group, Yu Rong advised Nie Jiuluo not to blame Xing Shen for his choices, explaining that his actions, while not ideal, were for the good of South Mountain. Back at the house, they helped the weak Yan Tuo inside. Lu expressed shock at his condition.
Nie Jiuluo fabricated a story, claiming Yan Tuo had been kidnapped by business rivals and imprisoned in a coal mine. She discreetly asked Lu to keep this a secret from Lin Ling and Mr. Changxi—who were now staying there for safety—and to take good care of Yan Tuo to help him recover. Yan Tuo later saw his haggard reflection in the bathroom mirror, filling him with self-reproach for the worry he had caused Nie Jiuluo.
Meanwhile, Nie Jiuluo skillfully prepared a meal for him in the kitchen. Lu, noting she'd never seen Nie Jiuluo cook, offered to help, but Nie Jiuluo insisted, worried he was starving. She brought a steaming bowl of noodles to his room and knocked. Startled, Yan Tuo opened the door cautiously, his expression tense and vigilant, but remained silent.
As he ate, Nie Jiuluo gently straightened his clothes and discovered the lucky star she had once given him, suspecting he had held onto it for strength. He looked at her, and she returned the star to him. He thanked her in a low voice before retreating back into his room. Nie Jiuluo silently reflected that she had always been his greatest help, and now, with the line between human and fiend clearly drawn, that would not happen again.
Separately, Yu Rong recounted their experience to Xing Shen, describing the strange mine and speculating that it serves as a transitional hub for newly transformed Earth Fiends to adapt to the surface. She explained that the urgent situation with Yan Tuo forced them to leave before investigating further. Xing Shen understood the mine's critical importance to Lin Xirou and saw it as a location to strategically exploit.
Yu Rong also informed him that she had seen Sun Zhou in the mine and that he was now dead. A tense conversation followed about Xing Shen's original plan for Sun Zhou. Yu Rong clarified that Sun Zhou had retained some humanity and helped them fight a large, partially transformed Earth Fiend—a creature in an intermediate state between humanoid and primal—before he died. Without his help, they wouldn't have defeated the creature or rescued Yan Tuo.
Xing Shen concluded that the mine was vital to the Earth Fiends and must be used to their advantage, then dismissed Yu Rong. Later, having found Yan Tuo's family photo during the rescue, a curious and emotional Nie Jiuluo went to his room. She found him awake, his clothes soaked in sweat from a nightmare. He stared vacantly out the window, lost in painful memories. When she asked why he wasn't sleeping, he replied that he was exhausted but couldn't.
