Our Generation Episode 13 Recap
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Manager Jiang also came to Cherry’s home, and Cherry’s parents invited him to stay for dinner. At the same time, Jiang Qiaoxi’s mother drove out alone. She was extremely upset, and due to her emotional distress, got into a car accident on the road. Manager Jiang received the news and rushed to the hospital immediately. Cherry’s parents also went with him. Fortunately, Jiang Qiaoxi’s mother was not seriously hurt—just some soft tissue bruises and a mild concussion.
School officials came to visit Jiang Qiaoxi’s mother in the hospital and also took the opportunity to lecture Jiang Qiaoxi, urging him not to be so rebellious and to never give up such a great opportunity for direct admission to university. Cherry happened to be at the hospital bringing food. At the door of the hospital room, she overheard their conversation. She wanted to take Jiang Qiaoxi away quickly. Just then, Teacher He opened the door.
Cherry handed over the soup her mother had made and used the excuse that her parents wanted Jiang Qiaoxi to go home for dinner to quickly take him away from this place full of judgment. Jiang Qiaoxi obediently followed Cherry, but this upset his mother even more. Jiang Qiaoxi and Cherry sat by the seaside. He leaned on Cherry’s shoulder, completely enjoying the moment.
Jiang Qiaoxi had been having meals at Cherry’s home these days, so school officials came to Cherry’s house to try to persuade him again. After finally sending the officials away, Cherry’s father looked thoughtfully at Jiang Qiaoxi, who was busy in the kitchen. Jiang Qiaoxi noticed and encouraged him to speak his mind. What Cherry’s father said was different from what the school officials had said earlier.
He told Jiang Qiaoxi that it was he, as a person, who had talent—not that talent had chosen him—so he should make good use of his gifts, instead of letting the gifts lead him. Cherry didn’t expect her father to say something like that, and the look in her eyes toward him showed deep admiration. Jiang Qiaoxi took two weeks off. During those two weeks, he did the things he wanted to do.
But at school, classmates were all talking, speculating about what choice Jiang Qiaoxi would make and whether he had truly given up the guaranteed admission. Cen Xiaoman was also very worried about him, so she took the initiative to ask Cherry when Jiang Qiaoxi would return to school. Every chance she got, she would ask Cherry about Jiang Qiaoxi.
But Cherry said she didn’t know—if she cared, it was only about whether Jiang Qiaoxi was happy, whether he had eaten—not about reminding him of unhappy things. Jiang Qiaoxi cooked a meal and brought it to his mother, wanting to use the chance to have a heart-to-heart talk. But no matter what he said, his mother simply could not empathize, and even less understand his choices and decisions. Jiang Qiaoxi’s decision could not be changed by anyone.
He threw away everything related to math olympiads. He was going to do what Jiang Qiaoxi loved. Jiang Qiaoxi asked Cherry to go for a late-night snack after school, and Cherry agreed. This time, it was just the two of them—not including Yu Qiao and the others—which made Cherry very happy. During math class, Jiang Qiaoxi was secretly reading an English book and got caught by the teacher. The teacher was furious and went to the principal to complain.
Their conversation happened to be overheard by Class Monitor Feng, who unintentionally passed it on to Cherry. He, too, wanted to know whether Jiang Qiaoxi had decided to study abroad. Cherry became very angry when she saw Jiang Qiaoxi. If what they said was true, then Jiang Qiaoxi had deliberately kept it from her. After school, Cherry didn’t wait for Jiang Qiaoxi and left by herself in a huff.
