Love Under the Full Moon Episode 1 Recap
> Love Under the Full Moon Recap
In the winter of 2011, under the light of a Super Full Moon, Lei Chuxia runs to a cliffside at Tongcheng University, pursued by her fiancé, Wei Xuanhe. He corners her, telling her to let all their secrets disappear with her before pushing her over the edge. As she falls, she vanishes into thin air.
Ten years later, in 2021, another Super Full Moon graces the sky during the highly anticipated launch event for the new game, "Battle of the Saints," created by the genius designer known as Winter. As the host, Qin Yue, hypes up the crowd, a strange interference causes the servers to crash.
At that moment, snow begins to fall, and Lei Chuxia materializes from the sky, landing directly in the arms of Xu Xiaodong, who is watching the event from the sidelines. The interference immediately ceases. Before a bewildered Xu Xiaodong can react, Chuxia, who now has amnesia, punches him and flees into the night. Xu Xiaodong is soon found by his friend, Jin Xiaorui, who tells him his aunt, Shen Weiwei, has gotten into trouble again.
On their way to help her, an amnesiac Lei Chuxia, wandering the streets, is suddenly teleported into the back of their car. She is accidentally knocked unconscious by a toolbox Xu Xiaodong tosses into the back. After sorting out his aunt's latest neighborhood dispute, she proudly announces she has secured him a job at the prestigious Yao Yang Tech. Having hidden his identity as the successful and wealthy game designer Winter from her for years, Xu Xiaodong reluctantly agrees.
He doesn't want to upset his aunt, who raised him after his parents died, or remind her of the circumstances surrounding his father's death ten years prior. In reality, the job offer is a perfect opportunity for him to investigate Yao Yang Tech, a company he suspects is connected to the injustice his father suffered. Later, he and Jin Xiaorui enter a secret, high-tech studio—his real workspace—through a hidden door in his bedroom closet.
The next morning, Lei Chuxia wakes up and wanders out onto the street. As she approaches a stall selling sugar pancakes, she is suddenly teleported again, this time crashing into the glass door of Xu Xiaodong's shower while he is inside. After a shocked and confusing argument, Xiaodong decides to investigate the phenomenon. He gives Chuxia his AI assistant, a small robot named Turing, and has her repeatedly return to the locations where she teleported from.
Each time, she is instantly transported back to him, growing more exhausted with every attempt. Turing analyzes the data and concludes that the spatial distance between them is shrinking, a process that accelerates with her fatigue. The AI determines that she is bound not to his house, but to him personally. With no other choice, Xu Xiaodong takes Lei Chuxia with him to his first day of work at Yao Yang Tech.
He awkwardly explains to his new manager, Zhou Sui, that Chuxia is his cousin and, for bizarre reasons, cannot leave his side. To keep her occupied while he meets his new colleagues, he gives her his phone. She starts playing "Battle of the Saints" and is captivated when a coworker describes the game's philosophy of allowing players to create a real life in a strange, new world.
The idea resonates deeply with her own inexplicable situation, and she sends a private message to the game's creator, Winter. Meanwhile, the streamer Qin Yue, who is Wei Xuanhe's current girlfriend, is trying to celebrate her birthday. She brings a cake to his company, Shanyun Hulian, only to learn he is giving a lecture at Tongcheng University. She follows him there, but he treats her coldly, refusing to acknowledge their relationship in public.
Dejected, she returns home to find Wei Xuanhe waiting for her. Her brief moment of happiness shatters when his birthday gift turns out to be a contract renewal. He explains that his company, Shanyun Hulian, is about to go public and needs her support. Qin Yue confronts him, accusing him of being emotionally distant because he is still hung up on his college girlfriend who disappeared ten years ago. The two argue, and she throws the contract at him.
