Meteor Garden 2018 Episode 1 Recap
> Meteor Garden 2018 Recap
Dong Shancai was an ordinary eighteen-year-old girl, born into a common family with a slightly above-average appearance. Her family ran a small restaurant called Dong's Kitchen. Because her mother was an excellent cook, she vowed to study nutrition and promote her family's culinary skills. Her father was a regular logistics supervisor, earning just enough to cover the family's expenses. During the summer after the college entrance exam, Shancai and her friend Jiang Xiaoyou worked at a milk tea shop.
Soon after, they both received college acceptance letters. Shancai was admitted to the nutrition department of Mingde Academy, her first choice. Mingde Academy was a renowned aristocratic school, but its academic quality was very good. At the same time, Shancai's friend Chen Qinghe and Li Zhen, a top female student from the adjacent class, were also admitted to this school, which made Shancai even happier.
It seemed that they would help each other and improve together over the next four years. Naive Shancai walked into this university with anticipation, but what awaited her caught her off guard. After the opening day speech, Shancai and her friends walked out of the hall. Suddenly, the students stirred, seemingly welcoming someone. Shancai's phone was also squeezed and dropped onto the ground.
She hurried to pick it up, but unexpectedly, the person being surrounded and welcomed by the students stepped directly on her phone. After crushing it completely, he brazenly left. Shancai was anxious and looked for them everywhere, but mistakenly identified the wrong person and offended Mr. Babbitt, a distinguished guest of the school. Shancai became "famous in one battle", and many students were laughing at her.
At this moment, a senior named Guo Caijie came and explained the situation of F4 to them one by one. It turned out that F4 were all sons of wealthy families, with significant backgrounds. They were not only handsome but also excelled in different fields, and could be called talented in their respective areas.
The elegant prince Huaze Lei, skilled in music, Ximen Yan from a tea ceremony family, the talented Feng Meizuo from the industrial and commercial management department, and Daoming Si, the leader of F4, captivated countless girls. Many boys had been unconvinced and wanted to challenge them before. The method of challenge was playing "bridge". F4 had formed a bridge club and accepted challenges from many people, but they had never been defeated.
Shancai was still unconvinced and wanted to challenge them, but this challenge also had conditions: first, they had to obtain a joker card, and each challenge had to agree on different stakes beforehand. Those stakes were bizarre, and Shancai and her friends were a bit scared, but the revenge for the stepped-on phone was irreconcilable, so Shancai still decided to challenge them. The three were hesitating in front of the "Bridge Club" door when F4 happened to walk over.
Shancai recognized that the one who had stepped on her phone was the leader, Daoming Si. Furious, she showed him the broken phone, intending to argue with him for a few words and at least get an apology, but the four of them walked away without even looking back. Shancai personally made a birthday cake for her friend Li Zhen. Li Zhen was very happy and held the cake, wanting to find a place to take pictures with Shancai.
Li Zhen accidentally slipped, and the cake flew out of her hand, landing right on Daoming Si's head. This young master already had a bad temper, and now he was even more angry. He pushed Li Zhen away with an extremely malicious attitude. Shancai, angry for her friend, rushed forward and scolded him. Daoming Si was furious, but he had a hundred ways to torment Shancai and was not in a hurry.
Only Huaze Lei picked up the card crushed on the cake and handed it to Shancai. Shortly after, Shancai opened her locker, and a "joker card" appeared prominently inside. She knew this meant she had been challenged by F4. Furious, she ran to the rooftop and cursed F4 at the sky, cursing heartily. Unexpectedly, Huaze Lei walked out, and he had heard her words clearly. She had thought he would get angry like Daoming Si, but he didn't say much.
Passing by the sports field, Shancai helped a classmate take a picture of Daoming Si at her request. Daoming Si saw her and, with a menacing attitude, directly snatched her phone. Shancai helped her family deliver takeout. Unexpectedly, the one who ordered takeout was Daoming Si. He opened the takeout in front of Shancai to inspect it, deliberately being picky. Shancai knew he just wanted to torment her. She didn't bother to pay attention.
Looking at Daoming Si's arrogance, she couldn't help but scold him as a social parasite. Daoming Si actually threw a box of takeout at Shancai's face. Shancai had never suffered such humiliation. She didn't say a word and went to wash up at the water pool in the alley. Suddenly, two hooligans appeared from somewhere and bothered her. In this critical moment, Huaze Lei appeared and chased away the hooligans.
He was gentle as jade, with a different personality from Daoming Si. Under his gentle gaze, Shancai finally couldn't help but cry. She didn't understand why Daoming Si treated her like this. Huaze Lei stood upside down against the wall and told her to stand upside down when she wanted to cry so her tears wouldn't flow out. This was his secret method. Shancai still couldn't forget what Daoming Si had done to her.
She decided not to run away anymore but to bravely face his challenge! She went to school to find Daoming Si and landed a flying kick on his face. He flew several feet away. Shancai threw the joker card at him and told him that she was not someone to be bullied! After doing all this, her mood suddenly brightened! This was Daoming Si's first defeat ever. He was kicked unconscious by Shancai.
His three "bad friends" surrounded him and joked. It was a long time before he woke up. He was initially furious, but Huaze Lei told him about Shancai almost being molested that day. Daoming Si wasn't completely unreasonable. Knowing about this, he felt a little guilty inside, but he was still stubborn. Shancai now became the public enemy of all the girls in the school because she had injured their beloved Daoming Si.
Li Xinhui, a classmate in her group, liked Daoming Si, so she was even more resentful. Shancai felt they were all inexplicable, but she didn't care. What she cared about was Huaze Lei, the one who had helped and comforted her. Shancai found Huaze Lei in the music room. He was playing the violin. The music was melodious, and he looked like a noble prince. Shancai wanted to return the handkerchief to him.
Not only did he not take it, but his attitude remained cold. Walking out of the teaching building, two people stopped her and said that Daoming Si wanted to compensate her and apologize. After speaking, they forcibly dragged her into a car without explanation. Shancai was taken to Daoming Si's luxurious mansion. A group of stylists and makeup artists who had been waiting for a long time transformed her from head to toe. Shancai became several times more beautiful.
Daoming Si finally appeared. He asked Shancai directly if she liked Huaze Lei. Before Shancai could answer, he warned her that liking Huaze Lei was not allowed. Shancai was confused by his words, but what Daoming Si said next surprised her even more. He said he could make Shancai his woman, let her enjoy various high-class services, and possess privileges that countless girls longed for. Shancai only felt it was absurd.
She threw the expensive high heels back at Daoming Si and told him that she was someone he couldn't exchange for the whole world. After saying this, she left without looking back. That evening, Shancai thought back on the events of the day. She realized that what she cared about was not Daoming Si's challenge at all, but the cold Huaze Lei. He was the one she would willingly exchange the whole world for.
But the narcissistic Daoming Si declared that Shancai was already infatuated with him. Only his three friends knew that it was he who was infatuated with Shancai. The childish Daoming Si came up with various childish ways to get Shancai's attention, but they were all rejected by his friends one by one. During their break, Shancai and her friend Jiang Xiaoyou went to work at the milk tea shop. She chatted with Jiang Xiaoyou about some school matters.
Suddenly, Huaze Lei and Ximen Yan walked in to buy drinks. Shancai's eyes widened, and her mood inexplicably improved. After returning to school, Shancai went to the rooftop where Huaze Lei often went. This time, she finally met him as she wished.
