My Amazing Boyfriend Episode 8 Recap
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Tian Jingzhi accompanied Xue Ling Qiao to dinner with Zhang Xuanxuan and her fiancé, Hong Shi Guang. Hong Shi Guang mentioned he had enrolled in an adult Taekwondo class and looked forward to Xue Ling Qiao's guidance. He also brought up Xue Ling Qiao living with Tian Jingzhi, expressing interest in buying a two-hundred-million-yuan mansion on Cheng Zhong Lake's center island.
Hong Shi Guang praised Tian Jingzhi's quiet charity work, such as funding a well-digging crew in Africa, contrasting it with his own more public acts of goodwill. During the dinner, Professor Li received a call from his mysterious "Boss," who sent someone to pick him up, causing Professor Li to depart hastily. This "Boss" is the same robed figure who funds his research and whose face he has never seen.
Meanwhile, an online video of a "midnight monster" had garnered over twenty million views. Unbeknownst to an anxious Tian Jingzhi, Xue Ling Qiao was the mastermind behind it. He had uploaded a blurry version with a promise to release a clear, face-revealing version if the viewership surpassed fifty million. His true intention was to lure out his enemy, reasoning that only this person would be desperate to acquire the video at any cost.
As anticipated, his enemy, who was also Professor Li's mysterious funder, contacted him through the video website, offering five million yuan for the video. Xue Ling Qiao deliberately prolonged the negotiation to give his hacker friend, Feng Dongdong, time to trace the funder's location. However, just as Feng Dongdong was about to succeed, the alert funder detected the trace and cut contact. Although the attempt failed, Xue Ling Qiao confirmed that his enemy was alive and actively plotting against him.
Later, the drama director showed Tian Jingzhi the "HD" version of the "midnight monster" video. To her surprise, it was merely promotional footage from her drama, with the impressive moves attributed to wirework. The director explained that the video website never received a clear version of the monster video, so they collaborated to create a promotion for their drama.
Tian Jingzhi rushed home to share the news but found Xue Ling Qiao and Feng Dongdong were already in on the secret. Xue Ling Qiao confessed he had kept her in the dark because he enjoyed seeing her worry, which left Tian Jingzhi furious at their deception. Separately, Ye Chen gave Professor Li an invitation to an academic symposium, which the professor declined, claiming he had a business trip.
When Ye Chen asked why he missed a discussion forum the previous day, Professor Li claimed he was at the hospital. Having seen his mentor leave in a hurry, Ye Chen knew he was lying, which deepened his suspicions. Despite their ongoing cold war, Xue Ling Qiao and Tian Jingzhi arrived on set. Still fuming, Tian Jingzhi gave him the silent treatment. The director then asked to add a kiss scene between Xue Ling Qiao and Zhang Xuanxuan.
Reluctantly, Tian Jingzhi agreed on the condition that Xue Ling Qiao also consented. To her dismay, both he and Zhang Xuanxuan readily agreed, leaving Tian Jingzhi visibly upset. Seeking to make amends, Xue Ling Qiao asked Zhang Xuanxuan for advice. She suggested he cook for Tian Jingzhi, noting that her anger usually subsides after a good meal. Xue Ling Qiao went to a supermarket where an elderly woman helped him pick out snow pears for a soup.
Shortly after, the woman's purse was stolen. Xue Ling Qiao intervened but misjudged his strength and threw the thief to the ground, breaking three of his ribs. Xue Ling Qiao was then taken to the police station. Upon receiving a call from Feng Dongdong, Tian Jingzhi rushed to the police station. There, her ex-boyfriend, officer Li Yan Zhi, confronted her with Xue Ling Qiao's history of violence, reminding her of a previous incident where he had injured an actor.
After bailing him out, Tian Jingzhi scolded him for his recklessness. Xue Ling Qiao retorted that if he hadn't intervened in her car accident, she wouldn't be alive to lecture him. He then left, spending the night at the place where he had once been submerged in the sea. For several days, Xue Ling Qiao did not return home, and while Tian Jingzhi was worried, she stubbornly refused to admit it.
During this time, the mysterious funder delivered a sample of Xue Ling Qiao's blood to Professor Li. The funder reminded the professor that he was chosen for his love for his daughter and tasked him with finding a way to permanently kill the "monster" and uncover the secret to his immortality, warning him against being too curious. Back on set, Tian Jingzhi shouted "Cut!" during Xue Ling Qiao and Zhang Xuanxuan's kiss scene.
She furiously demanded the director fake the kiss with camera angles, threatening to smash the equipment. Though she quickly apologized, her jealousy was obvious. Later, Zhang Xuanxuan revealed to Tian Jingzhi that Xue Ling Qiao had gone to the supermarket to cook for her and that he was secretly a member of her online fan club under the name "Bodyguard Team Leader." She also added that he had requested the kiss scene be faked.
Afterward, Xue Ling Qiao visited a training center where he encountered a female coach he apparently knew. The coach was speaking with a woman about her son, Xiao Guai. Upon seeing Xue Ling Qiao, the coach angrily confronted him. She revealed a past connection by accusing him of infidelity, asking why he was pursuing another woman when he already had relationships with both her and Tian Jingzhi. A stunned Xue Ling Qiao denied her accusations, leaving the nature of their past relationship unclear but hinting at a significant history.
