Love Under the Full Moon Episode 2 Recap
> Love Under the Full Moon Recap
After returning to Xu Xiaodong's apartment, Lei Chuxia anxiously asks for an update on the search for her identity. Just as they are discussing it, Xu Xiaodong's friend, Jin Xiaorui, arrives unannounced with dinner. Panicked, Xiaodong quickly shoves Chuxia into his bedroom and tells her to stay quiet before letting his friend in.
Suspicious of the delay in opening the door, Xiaorui interrogates Xiaodong, who concocts a vague story about a "pretty girl under the moonlight" who appeared during the Super Full Moon and now follows him like a tail. Xiaorui is unconvinced, suggesting Xiaodong is either sick or his AI, Turing, has affected his brainwaves. While the two men talk, the aroma of the food entices the hungry Chuxia.
As she searches for food in the bedroom, she accidentally makes a noise and gets her hand stuck in the wardrobe door. The sound alerts Xiaorui, who becomes even more suspicious, but Xiaodong manages to push him out the door. After freeing Chuxia's hand, Xiaodong leads her through a secret entrance in his wardrobe to a high-tech workshop below his apartment.
He attempts to use his AI system, Turing, to scan her body and voice for information, but all tests fail. Chuxia grows frustrated and begs him to try again. Her emotional outburst creates an unknown magnetic field, causing the workshop's lights to flicker and the electronics to malfunction. Xiaodong is startled but quickly calms her down, promising to keep helping her, which stabilizes the magnetic field. The incident reminds Xiaodong of the Super Full Moon.
He has Turing compile news reports from that night and learns that multiple physics labs detected gravitational waves caused by a black hole. In one such lab, astrophysicist Chen Mo notes that the waves transferred a burst of energy to Earth and that the data is strikingly similar to readings from the Super Full Moon ten years prior. Though Xiaodong now connects Chuxia's appearance to the cosmic event, Turing's analysis still classifies her as human.
Later, finding Chuxia asleep in a chair, Xiaodong logs into the game "Battle of the Saints" and finds a private message from her. She wrote about the feeling of being alone in a strange world, unable to remember her name but wanting to find her real life. Moved, he gazes at her and leans in, but accidentally wakes her. To cover his embarrassment, he suggests they search the city the next day in case she recognizes anything.
After a lengthy argument over who gets the bed, which ends with him taking the sofa, Chuxia's stomach growls. Realizing they're both hungry, Xiaodong takes her out for Hainanese chicken rice. Chuxia dismisses the dish as inauthentic and proceeds to describe the correct way to prepare it in great detail, making Xiaodong wonder if she has a connection to Hainan. On their way home, they find a family of stray cats.
Chuxia grows sad, remarking that even the cats have a family while she is all alone. Xiaodong reassures her, promising he will help her find her family and herself. As rain begins to fall, they use a piece of cardboard to shelter the kittens before running home. The storm also wakes Wei Xuanhe, who thinks of his ex-girlfriend, Lei Chuxia.
Earlier that night, he had stood up his current girlfriend, Qin Yue, on her birthday, sending his assistant Li Geng with an expensive handbag as an apology. Heartbroken by his dismissive gesture, Qin Yue drinks heavily. The next morning, Xuanhe finds her passed out on the sofa. As he covers her with a blanket, she murmurs in her sleep, begging him not to leave her, and he softly agrees.
The following morning, Chuxia wakes Xiaodong early, eager to start their search. When he refuses to get up, she accidentally douses him with a basin of water. With his car restricted by traffic rules, they set out on bicycles. Since Chuxia doesn't know how to ride, Xiaodong ends up chauffeuring her around the city. After a long, fruitless day, a tired Xiaodong buys her some new clothes, telling her he'll add it to her tab.
They return home exhausted, only for Jin Xiaorui to appear again. Once Chuxia is hidden, Xiaodong opens the door and is immediately sprayed with a mouthful of saltwater. Xiaorui, convinced his friend is possessed by an evil spirit, explains it's an exorcism method he found online. To further "help," he serves Xiaodong a bowl of "fate-changing noodles." That weekend, Xiaodong tells Chuxia he has to work a part-time job.
In reality, he is using the job as a cover to secretly investigate the ten-year-old case of his father being wrongfully accused. Working as a waiter at a golf club, he gets close to his target, Li Mingyu. While covertly copying the data from Li Mingyu's phone, the situation becomes critical when the man suddenly asks for his phone back to take a picture of his golf score.
