Ode to Joy Episode 32 Recap
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Qu Xiaoxiao pulled Qiu Yingying to the restaurant she had agreed upon with her parents. Unexpectedly, they ran into an old enemy; in another room of the hotel, she saw Fan Shengmei, whom she had always disliked, and Qu Lianjie sitting beside her. Seeing Fan Shengmei dealing with a group of burly men, Qu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but want to go up and cause trouble, but Qiu Yingying stopped her.
Fan Shengmei, who was chatting and laughing at the dinner table, saw a text message from her brother and her expression changed drastically. It turned out that Fan Shengmei's elder brother, knowing that his sister no longer wanted to help, came up with a plan. He and his wife ran away, sending their parents and their son Leilei on a train to Shanghai.
Afterward, he sent Fan Shengmei a text message, telling her to go to the train station to pick up their parents. Fan Shengmei's parents had no phones and nothing on them. Fan Shengmei was very worried, so she hurriedly excused herself and rushed alone to the train station to find her parents. At the vast train station, Fan Shengmei searched desperately but still couldn't find her parents.
She was so anxious that she burst into tears and called Wang Baichuan for help. Wang Baichuan had just finished understanding the situation from Fan Shengmei's elder brother's neighbor. After receiving Fan Shengmei's call, Wang Baichuan immediately rushed to Fan Shengmei's parents' home and confirmed that the two elderly people were indeed not home.
Wang Baichuan was worried about Fan Shengmei, so he called Andy, but Andy had already decided not to interfere in Fan Shengmei's affairs and hung up his call. Wang Baichuan had no choice but to call Qu Xiaoxiao, hoping that Qu Xiaoxiao could help find Qiu Yingying or Guan Juer. Qiu Yingying, who hadn't brought her keys, was at Qu Xiaoxiao's house at this time; she answered the phone and was about to leave.
Guan Juer, who was working overtime, also returned to 2202 at this moment. Qu Xiaoxiao, who had always had no good feelings for Fan Shengmei, kept her door tightly shut, indicating she was unwilling to go, no matter how Qiu Yingying and Guan Juer tried to persuade her. The helpless Xiao Qiu and Xiao Guan decided to go find Andy.
Just as they turned to leave, Qu Xiaoxiao, who had put on her coat, opened her door, stating that she would go to the train station with them. Fan Shengmei crouched on the ground crying helplessly. The arrival of Xiao Qiu, Xiao Guan, and Xiao Qu surprised and warmed her. Qu Xiaoxiao efficiently made arrangements, then pulled Guan Juer to the North Square to search. The clever Qu Xiaoxiao asked a patrol officer for help.
The officer told her that people who usually had nowhere to go would stay in the underground passage because it would be a bit warmer there. Qu Xiaoxiao then pulled Guan Juer to the underground passage, and sure enough, they found Fan Shengmei's parents there. It was already one or two in the morning. Qu Xiaoxiao drove a group of people back to Huanlesong.
All the way, Fan Shengmei's mother kept chattering, telling Fan Shengmei to move into the company dormitory. Qiu Yingying was worried that Fan Shengmei's bed wouldn't fit her father and mother, so she suggested looking for a hotel along the way. As soon as she spoke, Guan Juer quietly pinched her, trying to interrupt her, because the kind and sensible Guan Juer had long seen Fan Shengmei's financial difficulties. Fan Shengmei returned to 2202 with her parents and nephew.
As soon as Fan Shengmei's mother entered Fan Shengmei's room, she began to endlessly nag, believing that Fan Shengmei had bought too many clothes. The aggrieved Fan Shengmei told her mother that half of her monthly salary was sent to her brother.
The mother, who favored sons over daughters, not only did not feel sorry for her daughter but also told Fan Shengmei as a matter of course that since her brother had added a grandson to the Fan family, it was only right for her to subsidize him. Fan Shengmei's father not flushing the toilet and Leilei taking things everywhere were unacceptable to Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying, but to spare Fan Shengmei's feelings, the two did not show it.
The next morning, Fan Shengmei's mother was in the bathroom. Guan Juer and Qiu Yingying, in a hurry for work, had to go to Andy's house to wash up. They told Andy about their experiences from the previous night.
