Resumo do episódio 12 de Loving Strangers
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Jiang Jiaqi returns home and encounters Yijun in the elevator. The atmosphere between them is icy and distant, as if they were total strangers. He notices the distinct scent of charcoal smoke on her. Although Yijun claims she was merely having barbecue with coworkers, she had actually spent the afternoon camping and grilling with Gu Chen.
Jiaqi remains cold, instructing her to review the biotech company’s research materials once she is sober, questioning why she felt the need to drink so much. Meanwhile, on the anniversary of his father’s death, Chen Ren forces his way into Zhou Yu'an’s home, terrifying her and her paralyzed grandmother. He brings peach crisps and barbecue buns, explaining that he searched numerous shops to find cookies that tasted like the ones Zhou Yu'an’s grandmother used to make before she became ill.
He cruelly forces the food into their mouths, claiming these offerings will bring long life. When Zhou Yu'an tries to drive him away, Chen Ren becomes violent and strikes her, leaving her face badly bruised. At the company, the Inspection Office continues its relentless pursuit of Jiang Jiaqi, pressuring him to turn over the materials given to him by Pang Jian. Jiaqi remains defiant, pointing out that the office reports to the CEO, Gu Chen.
He challenges their impartiality, asking if they would truly investigate if evidence pointed toward Gu Chen himself. Gu Chen’s subordinates suggest reporting Jiaqi to the Board of Directors to have him fired, but Gu Chen insists on letting the Inspection Office handle it to avoid appearing as though he is fabricating evidence. Later, the Chairman visits the company after being informed by Deng Ning that the Inspection Office had bypassed him.
To show his favor, the Chairman invites Jiaqi for a round of golf, but Jiaqi admits he only plays soccer. Since the Chairman is too old for soccer, Gu Chen steps in to invite them to a camping trip on Baihua Mountain to sit by a fire pit—a habit the Chairman has kept from his rural upbringing. Jiaqi soon discovers that the trial data for the new drug SA-0988 has been suspiciously altered.
A subject statement arrived claiming that a participant had concealed a drug allergy, which would conveniently invalidate a report of a serious adverse reaction and help the drug gain approval. Jiaqi suspects foul play and conducts a visit to the subject’s home with his team. There, he finds a man struggling to care for his father, who has Alzheimer's, while battling uremia himself. The son admits his father joined the trial to earn money for their medical expenses.
However, the story falters when the son claims his father is allergic to Alteplase. Jiaqi realizes this is a lie; Alteplase is an emergency drug for strokes, yet the father has no prior medical history of such a condition. It becomes clear that someone coached the family with false information to protect the drug's marketability. Back at the office, Dong Yalin loses his temper with Zhou Yu'an over missing printer paper, nearly getting physical until Jiaqi intervenes.
Jiaqi learns from colleagues that Zhou Yu'an had slapped Dong Yalin at a previous dinner, though the others claim they were too drunk to remember why. Jiaqi eventually gets the truth from Zhou Yu'an: she slapped him because he was insulting Jiaqi behind his back, calling him a weak coward whose junior was walking all over him.
Touched by her defense and realizing he might have already left the company if not for her help, Jiaqi calls Dong Yalin and demands a sincere apology, forcing him to repeat "I'm sorry" ten times over the phone. Afterward, Jiaqi treats Zhou Yu'an to dinner. They discuss the "rules of being an adult," where people often pretend to be ignorant of harsh truths to maintain social harmony.
Zhou Yu'an confesses that the weight of keeping secrets is suffocating, fearing that people won't accept her if they knew the truth. Jiaqi promises that regardless of what he hears about her, he will feign ignorance to protect their bond, and he asks her to do the same for him. Elsewhere, Jiang Jialu continues his life as a delivery driver. While eating at a cheap cafeteria with his uncle and colleagues, he is found by Youyou.
She is delighted by the simple meal and the fact that the food is better than what she gets on set. Jialu, however, is bitter and embarrassed to be seen in his current state. He reminds Youyou that he used to terrify her when he was a director and bluntly tells her that her lack of success over the last ten years is due to her own lack of talent rather than bad luck.
He begs her to stay away, unable to face someone who knew him during his more successful years. Finally, Jiaqi's internal investigation deepens as he questions the core ethics of their industry, wondering if the medicine they produce is truly meant to protect the health and safety of the public.
