My Girlfriend Episode 5 Recap
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Ding Xiaorou expressed her gratitude to Zheng Ze, noting his timely appearance during her moments of difficulty. The production team then introduced their next segment: a 24-hour simulated romantic date, beginning with a "First Encounter Afternoon Tea." Chi Xin demonstrated how to deliver a romantic confession, using elaborate lines about seeing "our future" in a person's eyes and how "Butterflies in Amazon" could cause a "tsunami" in one's heart with a single movement.
Ding Xiaorou, overwhelmed by the many cameras, struggled to remember her lines. Recognizing her discomfort, Zheng Ze suggested to Chi Xin that they should reduce the number of cameras to one, making it easier for her. With fewer cameras, Ding Xiaorou relaxed and began openly sharing her past misfortunes with Zheng Ze. She recounted being harshly criticized and her 31 failed confessions, which led people online to label her a "super invincible anthomaniac" who "deserved no love."
Despite knowing the show was scripted, she harbored a tiny hope that it might break her curse and bring her love, comparing it to waiting for a ship at an airport, knowing it won't come but still wanting to wait.
Zheng Ze listened, then offered her an ice cream, metaphorically describing the black topping as the curse shrouding her, but expressing his belief that someone would eventually appear to nurture her, allowing her to "thrive, breaking out of the ground," and realize the curse never truly existed. Ding Xiaorou appreciated his comforting words and named the dessert "broken curse ice cream," toasting with Zheng Ze to its creation.
Chi Xin, observing their interaction, felt a sense of relief that his strategy for the show seemed to be working. Later that evening, as Chi Xin returned to his room, his thoughts drifted to his past relationship with Jiang Yuan. Meanwhile, Zheng Ze was escorting a drunken Ding Xiaorou back to her room when a costume designer urgently called him away for a fitting.
Left alone, Ding Xiaorou, still disoriented, encountered two male guests who had been eliminated from the show. They mocked her, making snide remarks about her past failed confessions and joking that she probably hadn't even experienced her first kiss. Angered by their taunts, Ding Xiaorou defiantly muttered to herself about having many people to kiss, though she couldn't choose.
She then mistakenly stumbled into Chi Xin’s room, took a beer from the mini-fridge, and continued to drink, still fuming over the male guests' comments. When Chi Xin emerged from the bathroom, Ding Xiaorou, completely confused and thinking it was her room, aggressively questioned his presence. Chi Xin tried to explain it was his room and urged her to go back to her own before Zhen Zheng and the crew arrived for a meeting.
Ding Xiaorou, fueled by alcohol and remembering Chi Xin's earlier dismissive comment about her being "zero experience," indignantly declared that she "did" have experience before impulsively kissing him, leaving Chi Xin utterly shocked. Just then, Zhen Zheng and other team members arrived with supper. Chi Xin, in a panic, quickly ushered the still-drunk Ding Xiaorou into the bathroom to hide her.
While trying to discuss the next day's schedule, Zhen Zheng and his colleagues joked about kissing and eating duck tongue, making Chi Xin increasingly anxious. When a muffled sound came from the bathroom, Chi Xin quickly concocted a story about arguing neighbors and turned the TV volume to maximum to drown out any further noise. As the crew complained about the loud TV, Chi Xin insisted it was his favorite football match.
Eventually, the team members started feeling unwell, attributing it to expired duck heads, and rushed to the restroom, inadvertently giving Chi Xin an excuse to send them away. After settling Ding Xiaorou, who was now asleep, Chi Xin attempted to find another room but was informed the hotel was fully booked. With no other option, he spent the entire night guarding the door outside his room.
The next morning, Ding Xiaorou awoke in Chi Xin's room, her memory of the previous night hazy. She quietly tried to slip out but ran into Zheng Ze, who was on his way to breakfast. To explain her presence, Ding Xiaorou quickly invented a story about coming to get scripts from Chi Xin.
Her lie was immediately undermined when a disheveled and yawning Chi Xin appeared in the hallway, having spent the night outside his room, leading Zheng Ze to look at them with suspicion. Ding Xiaorou, flustered, quickly excused herself. Later, as the team boarded a bus to a new filming location, Ding Xiaorou hoped to sit with Zheng Ze, but a staff member took her preferred seat, forcing her to sit next to Chi Xin.
Feeling carsick, she reached for her medicine, but a sudden bump on the road caused the bottle to fall. She quickly picked it up and, feeling drowsy, began distributing what she believed were motion sickness pills to the other staff members. Chi Xin, noticing the label, realized with alarm that she was actually dispensing his sleeping pills, while her motion sickness medication remained on the floor. Most of the crew, including Zheng Ze, soon fell into a deep sleep.
With the crew unconscious, Chi Xin, despite Ding Xiaorou offering to take responsibility, had no choice but to take over the filming. The next segment required a personal monologue on the Ferris wheel. Zheng Ze, still half-asleep, encouraged Ding Xiaorou to go first, saying he would fan her to keep her cool and reminding her that Mingzhu had called to ensure she was looked after.
On the Ferris wheel, Ding Xiaorou, still feeling guilty, apologized to Chi Xin for the mix-up with the medication. Chi Xin, acting as the director, prompted her to share her impressions of Zheng Ze. She described him as an interesting person who always appeared when she was feeling down, like a "rainbow after the rain," bringing her "surprise and happiness," and feeling like a long-lost friend. Meanwhile, the bus carrying the sleeping crew broke down on a dangerous mountain road.
Zhen Zheng, who was among the few still conscious, discovered the issue and called Chi Xin. Chi Xin, upon hearing the news, was frustrated, recalling that he had approved this "economical and affordable" route the night before while distracted by Ding Xiaorou. The remaining crew attempted to push the bus, with everyone pitching in. After Ding Xiaorou finished her segment, Chi Xin joined the effort, instructing the crew to get back on the bus once it was moved.
