Love Unexpected Episode 13 Recap
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After Xu Nuo bluntly dissolved the ambiguous tension between them, Ke Siyi no longer offered him a smile. When faced with Xu Nuo's cold words, she returned them in kind. After receiving a call from her father, Li Da, and confirming she was at the company dormitory, she prepared to leave. Before she departed, Xu Nuo handed her a thousand yuan, stating it was compensation for a previous physical contact and warning her against future contact.
In response, Ke Siyi accused him of overthinking and being an unfeeling "wooden man" who only cared about money. Later, Li Da made a special effort to prepare dishes for his daughter Li Yunzhu at her dormitory, hoping to make up for previous neglect. Seeing Li Da busy in the small kitchen and hearing Ke Siyi's playful remarks, a warmth spread through Yunzhu, and a faint smile touched her lips, which she quickly hid.
Li Da personally served Yunzhu a bowl of meticulously prepared rib soup, a dish he made specifically because she had previously told him she didn't like beef bone soup, admitting he hadn't known her true preferences before. He expressed a desire to make it more often to better understand her tastes. Ke Siyi, however, noticed that Li Da gave all the limited meat to Yunzhu, telling Ke Siyi to just eat corn.
The dormitory, once filled with the scent of pain-relieving balm, now smelled deliciously of home-cooked food. Liang Zhixiao met Ke Siyi at a coffee shop below the company building, presenting her with newly designed Kuang Hu team uniforms. She worried about meeting in such a public place, but Liang Zhixiao dismissed her concerns, jokingly calling it an attempt to please his ex-girlfriend.
He also asked her to remember to thank him for the "over a thousand fists" he endured while secretly training with her. Meanwhile, Xu Nuo and Zhou Yanxin, who were downstairs to buy coffee, spotted Liang Zhixiao and Ke Siyi chatting animatedly. Zhou Yanxin noted Xu Nuo's agitated reaction, observing how handsome Xu Nuo looked when angry, a sight he hadn't seen in months.
Soon after, a new product from a brand partner arrived for the female colleagues in the public relations department to try on. Xu Nuo, clearly agitated, tasked Zhou Yanxin with distributing them. When Zhou Yanxin suggested calling Tina or Amy, Xu Nuo impatiently told him to call whoever wasn't at their workstation.
Zhou Yanxin then hesitantly suggested Ke Siyi, to which Xu Nuo replied that a bodyguard should be on call 24 hours a day, confirming his desire to have her present. During their conversation, Liang Zhixiao revealed to Ke Siyi that Xu Nuo had never truly intended to disband Kuang Hu and had used it as a false premise to lure her into living with him.
Liang Zhixiao admitted he withheld this information earlier due to concerns for her safety and fear of Xu Nuo retaliating against Kuang Hu. Ke Siyi felt conflicted, especially when Liang Zhixiao pointed out that she had also deceived Xu Nuo. Feeling immense guilt and believing Xu Nuo only wanted her nearby to protect himself from their shared pain, Ke Siyi decided she had to resign. She entered Xu Nuo's office and formally tendered her resignation.
Xu Nuo vehemently rejected it, threatening to sue her, ruin her family, and make the entire Kuang Hu team pay for her actions. Ke Siyi stood firm, insisting she needed to return his emotions and reclaim her pain to separate their intertwined lives, arguing that their connection prevented them from understanding true love.
In the midst of their heated exchange, Xu Nuo clutched his side in pain, but quickly dismissed it, leaving Ke Siyi to declare her hatred for being unable to tell if the pain was his or hers, and her desire to end it. The martial arts variety show became an instant sensation, attracting numerous brands. Amidst a meeting about potential sponsors, Xu Nuo was visibly in pain, complaining that his shoes felt too small.
Unaware of his discomfort, Ke Siyi was happily trying on high heels provided by a brand, marveling that she felt no discomfort despite it being her first time wearing them. Xu Nuo, unable to bear the pain, abruptly interrupted the meeting. He strode over to Ke Siyi, picked her up, and carried her back to his office despite her protests, where he personally knelt to remove her high heels.
Producer Liang, witnessing the scene, accused Xu Nuo of harassing a female employee. However, Zhou Yanxin swiftly intervened, twisting the narrative into a heroic tale of a CEO saving an employee from falling and implying Liang was hallucinating from fatigue. Xu Nuo then sternly warned Ke Siyi not to wear "random shoes" again. Troubled by Xu Nuo's intimate actions, Ke Siyi sought solace with Li Yunzhu. Though she suggested drinks, Li Yunzhu opted for water as her coach forbade alcohol.
The two friends discussed their romantic entanglements. Li Yunzhu confessed she had grown to dislike Ke Siyi out of jealousy because Liang Zhixiao constantly hovered around her. Ke Siyi admitted she was starting to feel the same annoyance towards Yunzhu whenever she was near Xu Nuo. They playfully agreed that Ke Siyi could have Liang Zhixiao, while Li Yunzhu could have Xu Nuo.
However, their pact quickly turned competitive when Yunzhu declared that if Ke Siyi dared to pursue Liang Zhixiao, she would fight her for Xu Nuo. Later, Zhou Yanxin and Xu Nuo returned home to find Ke Siyi absent. Zhou Yanxin teased Xu Nuo for his obvious concern, suggesting it was a sign of "liking someone." When Ke Siyi finally returned, her face flushed from drinking, she formally inquired about the procedures for resignation.
Xu Nuo rejected her request, claiming it was an improper demand stemming from her confession to him and his subsequent rejection, and dramatically recounted a time she had drunkenly kissed him. Exasperated, Ke Siyi countered that when she's drunk, she "kisses anything," and to prove her point, she impulsively chased Zhou Yanxin around the house trying to kiss him, leaving Xu Nuo speechless. The next morning, Zhou Yanxin arrived to share the breakfast Ke Siyi had prepared.
To prove his theory that Xu Nuo liked Ke Siyi, Zhou Yanxin deliberately played a video of Kuang Hu's game highlights that Liang Zhixiao had meticulously edited for Ke Siyi, praising Liang's skills as an act of true love. Ke Siyi played along, adding to the praise. Provoked, Xu Nuo immediately demanded Zhou Yanxin find him a blind date.
After Xu Nuo picked a photo, Zhou Yanxin quickly excused himself, declaring he couldn't stand being around two "elementary school students" who were "fit to stay together and love and kill each other." Having fled the apartment, Zhou Yanxin drove to the Kuang Hu stadium to surprise Lin Wen after her training. He opened his car's trunk to reveal a vast collection of Sailor Moon merchandise, including manga and laser discs from 1992 to the present.
He explained he had noticed her liking several Weibo posts about Sailor Moon and wished to be her Tuxedo Mask, always protecting her. Lin Wen was deeply touched and hugged him as the other Kuang Hu team members emerged from hiding to cheer them on. As Xu Nuo had requested, Zhou Yanxin arranged a blind date for him. Sensing Ke Siyi's watchful eyes, Xu Nuo deliberately ignored her as he left for the restaurant.
Ke Siyi followed him and, from a discreet distance, observed Xu Nuo intentionally acting ambiguously with his date. He dismissively told the woman he was "just looking for someone to eat with" and that he didn't like "her type," yet flirted when she tried to wipe his watch. Watching his performance, Ke Siyi's anger rose until she remembered the high heels in her bag, a clever idea for revenge sparking in her mind.
