Resumo do episódio 7 de Dazzling
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At home, Xing Wu quietly asked Li Lanfang not to mention their financial troubles to Qing Ye, assuring her that he would find a way to handle the debts himself. Still worried, he asked Grandma if she agreed with his decision to bring Qing Ye back. Grandma warmly reassured him, noting that he would rescue even a stray cat, let alone a person.
Finding out Qing Ye had gone to the beach, Xing Wu caught up with her by the lighthouse. Looking out at the waves, Qing Ye admitted that Zhazhating felt both familiar and strange, but she felt relieved to have a chance to start over after hitting a dead end in the city. Touched by his kindness despite her past behavior, she thanked him.
Xing Wu handed her a hermit crab, explaining how it grows by constantly moving into new shells, becoming tougher and stronger each time it leaves its vulnerable state—just like people. He assured her she wouldn't be homeless with him around, hoping her year at Xuan Island would make her just as resilient. Back at the house, Xing Wu set up his own room for Qing Ye, choosing to sleep in the downstairs utility room instead.
When Qing Ye expressed her gratitude and promised to repay every expense with interest once she earned money, Xing Wu told her to stop seeing herself as a burden and to treat them as family. She gifted him a neck pillow to help with his neck strain from fixing phones. Meanwhile, the financial reality remained grim; after paying the gas bill, Li Lanfang was left with only a couple of hundred yuan to feed the family of four.
Down at the market, Li Lanfang bought conches, scallops, and clams, while her friends teased her about the fancy silk scarf Qing Ye had given her. Li Lanfang admitted she worried about holding the girl back, but her friends encouraged her to raise Qing Ye as her own. Li Lanfang laughed, recalling her own wild youth and promising she would never let Qing Ye repeat her mistakes.
While out for a run, Qing Ye stopped by Bo's shop for a bottle of water and overheard a conversation between Liu Nian and a friend. The friend urged Liu Nian to quit his job at Xuan Island and join a karaoke bar in the city to earn hundreds a day. Liu Nian firmly refused, explaining that he could not abandon Li Lanfang while her family was struggling. Intrigued, Qing Ye approached Liu Nian after his friend left.
Liu Nian revealed that he was staying to repay a massive debt of gratitude. Six years ago, after his parents' divorce left him malnourished and bullied, a group of punks had beaten him until Xing Wu intervened. Xing Wu brought him to Xuan Island, where Li Lanfang fed him, cut his hair, and eventually took him on as an apprentice.
Deeply moved, Qing Ye realized they shared a similar feeling of being pulled back to life just when they were about to drown. The peaceful atmosphere was shattered when debt collectors arrived at the barbershop. Liu Nian warned Qing Ye to stay back, but she walked in to find a man named Mr. Ma demanding a payment of 2,700 yuan to round off their debt.
With Xing Wu's bank account drained, Mr. Ma threatened to loiter in the shop and ruin their business. Qing Ye stepped forward and paid the entire sum using her phone. When Xing Wu questioned where she got the money, she smiled and said it was payback for him fixing her computer for free. Afterward, Qing Ye put her mental math skills to use and audited Xuan Island's books.
She calculated that the shop was actually making a steady profit, but the money was missing because Xing Wu had been paying business expenses out of his own pocket to cover up Li Lanfang's spending. Confronted with the truth, Li Lanfang got defensive, but Qing Ye cleverly smoothed things over by praising her business acumen, assuring her that the shop's profits were more than enough to support the family.
Determined to find a permanent solution to the shop's financial woes, Qing Ye proposed a complete revitalization plan to the family over a dinner of stir-fried squid. While Xing Wu worried she was wasting her time, Qing Ye explained that making Xuan Island successful was the first step toward her dream of becoming rich. She also privately confessed to Xing Wu that she wanted to lighten his burden so he wouldn't have to work exhausting extra jobs.
After researching their competitor, Fashion Pioneer, Qing Ye suggested targeting younger clients by introducing modern hairstyles and handing out sophisticated flyers. Since Zhazhating was a tight-knit community, she argued that local faces would be the perfect promotion. Xing Wu agreed to the plan but questioned where they would find models. Qing Ye pointed to Li Lanfang and her friends playing mahjong, confident she could persuade them.
Qing Ye approached the three ladies, who initially laughed off the idea, claiming they were far too old to be models. Qing Ye explained that she wasn't asking them to walk a runway, but to be print models for the flyers. Since Xuan Island's core customers were women between thirty-five and fifty-five, they were the perfect representatives. Flattering them as "The Three Beauties of Zhazhating" and promising them a free photo shoot, Qing Ye successfully won them over.
Having won her bet with Xing Wu, she happily accepted an upgraded Zhazha Drink from him. She explained her strategy to him: while stock photos were easier, they wouldn't work in a tight-knit community. Showcasing dramatic "before and after" makeovers of familiar local faces would create an undeniable advertising effect, perfectly matching her new slogan: "Director Li's Magic Touch, Zhazhating Ladies' Transformation!"
