My Little Princess Episode 1 Recap
> My Little Princess Recap
A prologue reveals that Princess Lin Xing Chen is under a curse from an evil witch: anyone she likes will not like her in return. This has proven true throughout her life, from a childhood crush who declared his hatred for her to losing her beloved Uncle Meng Xi to another woman. In the present, Lin Xing Chen is the sole heiress of the Dolly Group, living the life of a pampered princess.
Her birth mother, Juliet, holds no official status, while her stepmother, Chen Ming Li—her late father's only wife—is her public mother and the true matriarch of the family. Chen Ming Li informs Lin Xing Chen that her fiancé from a childhood arrangement, Zheng Chu Yao, has returned, and she must attend his welcome party to prepare for their marriage in three months. Lin Xing Chen despises the idea, remarking she could only have feelings for him on his funeral day.
Chen Ming Li retorts that marrying him is the price she pays for her lavish life. That evening, Lin Xing Chen arrives at the party. Following Chen Ming Li's instruction to find her "prince" in a white suit on the rooftop, she mistakes Jiang Nianyu, a student hired to play piano, for Zheng Chu Yao. She initiates a piano duet, misinterpreting his silence as shyness, until he bluntly asks her to leave.
The real Zheng Chu Yao then makes a grand entrance, gifting her a lily. The identities are clarified, leading to an awkward situation, made worse when Zheng Chu Yao warns her about lily pollen allergies. When Zheng Chu Yao learns who she is, he remembers their childhood. A flashback reveals a young Lin Xing Chen arrogantly demanding he put on her shoe, leading to him being publicly humiliated and beaten.
Recognizing her as the same "arrogant and willful" girl, he immediately demands to cancel their engagement. He declares he already likes someone else and pulls over Yu Yang Yang, a waitress. He praises Yu Yang Yang's kindness and innocence, a stark contrast to Lin Xing Chen's "princess syndrome." Lin Xing Chen, seeing through Yu Yang Yang’s act, exposes her for pretending to break an expensive plate by revealing it was a cheap replica.
Enraged by Lin Xing Chen's attitude, Zheng Chu Yao tries to push her away. In the ensuing struggle, he, Lin Xing Chen, and Yu Yang Yang all fall into the pool. Zheng Chu Yao immediately saves Yu Yang Yang, leaving Lin Xing Chen to drown until Jiang Nianyu dives in to rescue her, ruining his cherished watch in the process. Once safe, a disoriented Lin Xing Chen accuses Jiang Nianyu of being a "pervert" for touching her.
The next day, headlines mock Lin Xing Chen as a "wet drenched chicken" who attempted suicide after being rejected. She refuses to have the articles deleted, vowing revenge. Her plan: make Zheng Chu Yao fall in love with her, then ruthlessly dump him. She reasons the curse won't work if she's only seeking revenge, not true love.
Later, while trying to stage a "coincidental" meeting with Zheng Chu Yao, she runs into Jiang Nianyu and picks up a notebook he drops. She then bumps into Yu Yang Yang, ruining her cake just as Zheng Chu Yao arrives. He instantly assumes Lin Xing Chen is bullying Yu Yang Yang, who plays the victim. Undeterred, Lin Xing Chen invites Zheng Chu Yao to tea. He accepts, secretly planning to stand her up.
Lin Xing Chen waits for hours, unaware that her stepmother has sent reporters to cover the date. When she finally calls Zheng Chu Yao, he callously admits he never planned to come and was just teaching her a lesson. Furious, she retreats to a manga shop to read BL comics. There, she vents her frustrations to a large bear mascot, blaming all her misfortunes on Jiang Nianyu and even fantasizing about a romance between him and Zheng Chu Yao.
She is shocked to discover the mascot is a real person. When the shop owner demands she pay her overdue bill, the man in the bear costume—Jiang Nianyu—pays for her. Grateful, she chases him to get his contact info to repay him, but he flees. She pursues him relentlessly, and during a struggle, her bracelet gets caught on his costume. They are forced to hide and overhear a mysterious conversation about getting rid of "inconvenient people."
A spider on her arm makes Lin Xing Chen scream and run out, colliding with one of the men and accidentally swapping their phones. Back home, Chen Ming Li confronts her with another humiliating headline about her "public tantrum." Infuriated by Zheng Chu Yao, Lin Xing Chen decides to enroll in his school, Four Leaf College, to enact her revenge plan. While trying to find the "bear's" picture on the swapped phone, she finds it locked.
She looks up Jiang Nianyu online and learns he is on a leave of absence from the college, believing she won't see him again. Meanwhile, Jiang Nianyu, remembering her calling him an "ice-block face," practices smiling in a mirror, but finds he cannot. The next day, Lin Xing Chen arrives at Four Leaf College, ready for battle. To her shock, the first person she runs into is Jiang Nianyu.
