Our Generation Episode 5 Recap
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Cherry came out of the infirmary and was stopped by Cen Xiaoman, who was holding the peanut milk that Jiang Qiaoxi had bought for Cherry. Cen Xiaoman had learned that Cherry and Jiang Qiaoxi had been childhood playmates. She told Cherry that she and Jiang Qiaoxi were just ordinary classmates, and anything beyond that would have to wait until after college. Right now, she wanted to be friends with Cherry, because Jiang Qiaoxi’s friends were her friends too.
But Cherry said she already had plenty of friends, so there was no need. While cleaning, Lin Qile ran into Jiang Qiaoxi. There was a stray cat on their school campus, and Jiang Qiaoxi would visit it whenever he had time. But Cherry was upset—she thought Jiang Qiaoxi wouldn’t think about the mountain rabbit anymore now that he had the kitten.
Jiang Qiaoxi explained that it was a completely different matter: he liked the kitten, but that didn’t affect how he felt about the rabbit. Still, Cherry felt like he was using the kitten as a replacement for the rabbit. The two got into an argument, and in a fit of anger, Cherry picked up a rock to throw at Jiang Qiaoxi. Fortunately, Yu Qiao and the others arrived in time to stop her.
The principal saw what was happening and came over to ask what was going on. Cherry and Jiang Qiaoxi apologized to each other, then Cherry left with Yu Qiao and the others. Ever since Jiang Qiaoxi left the mountains, Cherry had been writing in her diary every day to record how much she missed him. She wanted to keep track of everything that happened here so that one day she could tell Jiang Qiaoxi about it.
Later, she tried hard to forget about Jiang Qiaoxi, because she had never received a call or letter from him. In fact, Jiang Qiaoxi had written many letters to Cherry, hoping to give them to her personally. But his mother found them and, in a fit of anger, tore up every one. Jiang Qiaoxi went to participate in the Math Olympiad. Before leaving, he had asked Cherry to take care of the kitten for him.
Though she was stubborn and didn’t agree out loud, she couldn’t help but go check on the kitten and bring it food. Qin Yeyun, Yu Qiao, and a few others had agreed to watch TV together at home. Qin Yeyun brought some things to Yu Qiao’s house. Yu Qiao’s younger brother, Yu Jin, had collected cards from six packs of crispy noodles and wanted to give them to Qin Yeyun.
Qin Yeyun called him into the room—no one knew what was said—but she stormed out, and Yu Jin cried, shouting that he didn’t like Qin Yeyun anymore. Cherry arrived at Yu Qiao’s house shortly after. She had run into Qin Yeyun earlier and didn’t know what had happened, but after hearing from Yu Qiao, she lost the mood to watch TV—because she now understood why Qin Yeyun was upset.
When Cherry got home, her mother told her that Qin Yeyun was there and seemed unhappy. Qin Yeyun brought up the kitten. She understood how Cherry felt—that the kitten represented Cen Xiaoman, and she herself was the rabbit. The reason she was angry was because Cherry was jealous, though Cherry refused to admit it. One day after school, it started raining heavily. Cherry thought of the kitten and couldn’t resist going to check on it.
Unexpectedly, the kitten had run into a deep, narrow ditch. She jumped down and saved the kitten, but couldn’t climb back up herself. Fortunately, Jiang Qiaoxi arrived in time. He jumped in to help Cherry up, but Cherry was furious. She had kindly taken care of the kitten for him, but all he did was mock her. So she left in anger without pulling Jiang Qiaoxi up. But halfway through her walk, she started to worry and snuck back to check—only after seeing Jiang Qiaoxi climb out safely did she finally feel at ease.
