Negotiator Episode 40 Recap
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The sun was just right and the breeze was gentle, Shang Bichen and Situ Zhigao went on another date in the park. Although Situ had been continuously caring for Bichen, Bichen seemed distracted. She wanted to go home early to handle work documents, so Situ escorted her all the way to her doorstep. Situ was a bit shy in front of Bichen, but he still mustered the courage to confess his feelings to her.
He was just a public interest lawyer who didn't earn much money, and unpleasant previous blind dates had made him dislike them. But this time, when he met Bichen, he found she was different from other girls. She was more outstanding, more beautiful, and could understand his life choices. Situ wanted Bichen to give him a chance to be her boyfriend.
However, Shang Bichen already had someone she liked in her heart and didn't want to use Situ as a backup, nor did she want him to suffer the pain of unrequited love like herself, so Bichen decided to reject Situ's feelings. But Situ was unwilling to give up on Shang Bichen, declaring that he would definitely wait for her. The Xie family held a family gathering on the fifth of every month in Long Island.
Xie Xiaofei asked Tong Wei to go with him, as it was their first gathering since returning to New York, so Xie Xiaofei attached great importance to it. However, Tong Wei already had plans to attend a negotiation meeting with Jonathan this Friday, so she wanted to refuse Xie Xiaofei. But this time, Xiaofei's attitude was very firm; in order for their relationship to be recognized by the family, Xie Xiaofei insisted that Tong Wei attend with him.
Left with no choice, Tong Wei had to compromise and ask Jonathan for leave. Tong Wei handed the prepared Friday meeting materials to Jonathan and requested leave for Friday. Although Jonathan felt it was a pity for Tong Wei to miss the negotiation, he still offered his sincere blessings for Tong Wei's relationship. Xie Xiaofei took Tong Wei to Long Island. Xiaotian's mother also reminded Xie Tianyou not to embarrass Tong Wei in public.
When the relatives heard that Xie Xiaofei was bringing his girlfriend home, they all had reservations about Tong Wei, knowing she was just a Chinese girl from an ordinary family. Xie Xiaofei brought Tong Wei to meet the family elders. After a brief introduction of Tong Wei, the relatives started whispering among themselves.
Just as Xiaofei was about to announce his engagement to Tong Wei, Xie Tianyou interrupted him, telling him not to talk about personal matters but to report on his work instead. After Xiaofei finished his report, Father Xie eagerly urged everyone to take their seats for dinner, no longer giving Xiaofei a chance to discuss personal matters. Afterwards, Xie Tianyou met with Tong Wei alone.
Tong Wei knew exactly what he wanted to talk about; she understood that the Xie family was unwilling to let her become a daughter-in-law. Xie Tianyou also frankly admitted his disapproval. He believed that Tong Wei being with Xie Xiaofei would bring a lot of trouble to Xiaofei. Tong Wei understood the prominent family's disdain for her ordinary background, but she firmly stated that she would not break up with Xiaofei because of it.
However, what Xie Tianyou truly minded was not Tong Wei herself, but her family. He pulled out privately investigated files and bluntly stated that her father was a criminal who took bribes. Upon hearing Xie Tianyou speak ill of her father, Tong Wei desperately defended him.
Just then, Xie Tianyou saw Xiaofei coming to the study to look for Tong Wei, and immediately feigned illness, telling Xie Xiaofei that Tong Wei had accused him of being a failed father and deserving to lose Xiaofei's mother. At this point, Tong Wei was unable to defend herself. Seeing everyone gathered around Xie Tianyou, she understood that this was a trap set by Father Xie to make her retreat. Tong Wei sadly walked out of the Xie family home.
Xiaofei asked Xiaotian to go after Tong Wei. Father Xie lay in the hospital, and the doctor, as instructed by him earlier, deliberately exaggerated Father Xie's condition, making Xiaofei mistakenly believe that he was genuinely stimulated because of Tong Wei. Although Father Xie knew that deceiving Xiaofei like this was wrong, he had no choice for the sake of the Xie family and Xiaofei's future.
Xie Xiaofei was at his father's bedside, listening to Father Xie exaggerate and add details about Tong Wei losing control of her emotions and verbally abusing him. Although Xie Xiaofei defended Tong Wei a few times, his mind was already in a mess. Xie Xiaotian found Tong Wei. He knew that things were not as simple as they seemed on the surface, and he wanted Tong Wei to speak out about all the unpleasantness.
For Tong Wei, when it concerned her father, even if he had truly done something wrong, she would never allow anyone to insult him. To comfort Tong Wei, Xie Xiaotian told her that his biological father was a gambler. Because others had always spoken ill of his father and shunned him, he could now especially understand Tong Wei's feelings. Xie Xiaotian advised Tong Wei to believe in Xiaofei's love.
Tong Wei then had no choice but to tell Xiaotian the truth; she also didn't want to believe that someone like Xie Tianyou would make such a despicable move, but everyone except her was on Xie Tianyou's side. So, as things stood, Tong Wei had no choice but to trust Xie Xiaofei. Shanshan's nanny was going out to buy something and told Shanshan to lie in bed and not move around.
After the nanny left, Shanshan got up and went to the bathroom. She saw the showerhead dripping water, hesitated for a moment, but still entered the bathroom to turn off the showerhead. However, due to the accumulated water on the floor, she accidentally slipped and fell heavily. Blood flowed from between Shanshan's legs. Shanshan struggled to crawl to the bedside, grabbed her phone, and called the emergency center.
But the ambulance couldn't arrive right away, and Shanshan was in so much pain that she was crying profusely. She had no choice but to call Tong Wei. Meanwhile, Tong Wei, escorted by Xie Xiaotian, returned to her apartment in New York. As soon as Xie Xiaofei saw her, he anxiously asked her where she had been, as he couldn't reach her.
But Tong Wei calmly told him that she wanted to postpone the wedding and would move out of the apartment tomorrow. Xie Xiaofei pressed Tong Wei for the reason. Tong Wei had no choice but to tell him that she didn't want to marry into a family that looked down on her, as the Xie family believed she would become a stain on their entire family enterprise.
But Xie Xiaofei believed Father Xie's words and thought Tong Wei was distorting his father's meaning. So no matter how Tong Wei explained that his father was feigning illness, Xie Xiaofei firmly sided with his father this time. Tong Wei received Shanshan's call and became extremely anxious, knowing something had happened to her.
She wanted to return to China immediately to be with Shanshan, but Xie Xiaofei wouldn't let Tong Wei go and even accused Xia Shanshan of being a loose woman. Hearing Xie Xiaofei's words, Tong Wei raised her hand and slapped him. She could tolerate being insulted herself, but she would never allow anyone to insult her friends and family. Xie Xiaofei suddenly received a call from the hospital saying something had happened to his mother.
In a panic, he asked Xiaotian to watch Tong Wei while he rushed to the hospital first. Tong Wei, tears streaming down her face, begged Xie Xiaotian to let her go to the airport. Seeing Tong Wei's distraught appearance, Xiaotian couldn't help but soften and agreed. Tong Wei, who caught the last flight, stayed awake all night in anxiety.
