My Calorie Boy Episode 3 Recap
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A large crowd gathered for the highly anticipated taekwondo match between Gao Zhan and Xu Jingjing. Another Xu Jingjing, a dancer, feeling uneasy about the commotion, excused herself, claiming other business. She secretly changed her outfit and headed to an underground garage to record a dance video. Kang Jiawei, who happened to be nearby, stumbled upon a man secretly filming her. He bravely intervened, fighting the man, but was nearly suffocated in the process.
Frightened, Xu Jingjing, the dancer, immediately called Gao Zhan for help. During the call, she learned the true reason for Gao Zhan's persistent escorts: at the beginning of the semester, he had noticed people with cameras at the school entrance targeting her. He hadn't told her because he feared scaring her. Though upset by the revelation, she expressed her gratitude. She also confessed that she didn't want others to know about her street dancing, which her mother prohibited.
If the police were involved, her mother would find out, and she might never be able to dance again. Meanwhile, Gao Zhan disappeared from the taekwondo match, leaving Xu Jingjing, the fighter, standing alone and becoming the subject of ridicule. Disheartened, she walked aimlessly through the streets until she encountered a similarly disheveled Kang Jiawei. He took her to a barbeque restaurant and bought her a pair of rain boots.
Initially, neither had an appetite, but they eventually succumbed to the food. Xu Jingjing watched in astonishment as Kang Jiawei prepared his meal with high-calorie additions like mayonnaise, sugar, and chili powder. Kang Jiawei then explained Gao Zhan's absence, revealing that he had gone to help Xu Jingjing, the dancer, deal with a pervert. This news only deepened the fighter's gloom.
As they paid the bill, Kang Jiawei noticed gold powder on the receipt, identical to the powder found on the letter, but he kept this discovery to himself. The next day, Xu Jingjing, the dancer, messaged Kang Jiawei to check on him. Kang Jiawei shared his investigation findings with Xu Jingjing, the fighter, narrowing down the potential culprits to the cheerleading squad.
He showed her a gold pom-pom, explaining the powder on it was identical to that found on her letter. He identified the cheerleaders who had used gold pom-poms, including Wei Xue, Li Huiya, and Xu Jingjing, the dancer. The fighter immediately accused the dancer, claiming she was a lifelong rival who always targeted her. However, Kang Jiawei refused to believe it, revealing that Xu Jingjing, the dancer, was an online friend he had known on Douban for over two years.
The fighter scoffed at his naivety, but then connected the dots, realizing there might be a deeper connection between Gao Zhan and the dancer. Kang Jiawei and Xu Jingjing, the fighter, secretly followed Gao Zhan and Xu Jingjing, the dancer. From an initial video clip posted on Weibo, they saw that Wei Xue was the one who found the letter.
To gather evidence, they sought out Li Huiya, who had filmed the video, to ask for the complete footage, but she was initially reluctant. During this time, Gao Zhan approached the fighter to apologize for missing their match and offered to become the Taekwondo club president as compensation. She declined, explaining that taekwondo held profound personal meaning for her, and she would rather disband the club than have it led by someone without a genuine passion for the sport.
Eventually, Li Huiya sent them the complete video. The footage showed the cheerleaders, led by Wei Xue, finding the letter, reading it aloud, and mocking it. Xu Jingjing, the dancer, tried to stop them but, under pressure from the group, reluctantly made a few remarks to go along. Enraged, Xu Jingjing, the fighter, and Kang Jiawei confronted Wei Xue, demanding an apology.
The fighter expressed her deeper frustration, not just with Wei Xue, but with everyone's judgmental stares, feeling she was constantly looked down on for not being the "protagonist" like the dancer, to whom she had been compared since childhood. Kang Jiawei took her hand and led her under a spotlight, emphatically telling her that she was, and always would be, the true protagonist of her own life.
Moved, she took a photo of Kang Jiawei, digitally edited it to make him look thinner, and persuaded him to lose weight. They forged an alliance: she would help him with his fitness, and he would help her with her studies, empowering each other to become better and make their detractors regret their judgments. Kang Jiawei began tutoring Xu Jingjing, the fighter, especially in mathematics, where she struggled significantly.
In turn, she dragged Kang Jiawei onto a scale, setting a challenging goal for him to lose 20 kilograms in one month. Kang Jiawei found changing his diet, particularly giving up his beloved braised pork belly, extremely difficult. Separately, Xu Jingjing, the dancer, approached the fighter to apologize for her part in the video incident. However, the fighter refused to forgive her, still deeply hurt by their long history of rivalry.
The dancer later confided in Kang Jiawei, sharing that from her perspective, she had always felt like the outsider, while the fighter was the one who easily blended in and was popular. Kang Jiawei comforted her, assuring her that he didn't blame her. Xu Jingjing, the fighter, initiated Kang Jiawei into a rigorous exercise regimen, which left him constantly complaining. Kang Jiawei reciprocated by intensely pushing her in her studies, ensuring neither spared the other.
While they were jogging, Kang Jiawei's father spotted them and, suspecting puppy love, suggested Kang Jiawei wear shoes his mother had bought for him. Kang Jiawei firmly refused, stating he no longer had a relationship with his mother and would not accept her gifts. Later, Xu Jingjing, the fighter, discovered Kang Jiawei slacking off and playing chess in the park, and she immediately made him run as punishment.
