Resumo do episódio 25 de The Company
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On March 25, 2025, Su Beilu finally had his stitches removed. As he enjoyed an ice cream bought for him by his boss, he reflected on his past. His boss was only the third person in his life to buy him ice cream, the first being his late grandmother. He realized that if he had cherished his time with her more, he wouldn't be burdened by so many regrets.
Meanwhile, Bi Zhi, having returned to the future, felt the weight of Su Beilu’s nostalgia. Determined to help his friend find closure and fulfill his wish of seeing his grandmother again, Bi Zhi decided to travel back across the timelines once more. The year was 2007. At school, young Su Beilu watched with envy as his classmates Zhao Hu and Zhang Long showed off their flashy new equipment for the jump rope exam.
Zhao Hu’s rope was a trendy color, and Zhang Long’s featured a digital counter. When it was Su Beilu’s turn, he pulled out a heavy, plain hemp rope his grandmother had prepared. The teacher was skeptical, and the rope proved too cumbersome. Su Beilu managed only forty-five jumps, a failing grade that left him mortified. Despite his friend’s offer to lend him a modern rope for the next test, Su Beilu’s pride was wounded.
After school, his friends tried to cheer him up by offering to treat him to ice cream. Su Beilu tried to steer them away from his grandmother’s shop, Feng Ying Mini-Mart, claiming they wouldn’t like the old-fashioned popsicles there. However, the group ended up there anyway. Su Beilu felt a deep sense of shame and tried to hide as the boys looked at the stock, calling it "shanzhai" (knockoff) and "popsicles from hundreds of years ago."
His grandmother, ever generous, ignored the complaints and insisted on giving each boy a treat on the house. She even tried to teach Su Beilu to stand tall and proud, though he remained slumped in embarrassment. Back home, Grandma tried to make Su Beilu his favorite "Western" foods, though her versions were far from authentic. She presented a flatbread topped with meat, calling it "Za-something" because she refused to pay seventy yuan for a real pizza.
When Su Beilu complained about the lack of cheese (zhishi), Grandma misunderstood the term for "knowledge" (zhishi), telling him that knowledge was in his books and his head. She then offered him "milk tea" made from Tieguanyin tea and milk, but Su Beilu was devastated that it lacked the pearls he craved. Feeling misunderstood, he sat outside with a dog named Xiao Huang, lamenting how much he missed his parents. It was then that Bi Zhi appeared.
To the wary young boy, this stranger knew far too much. Bi Zhi tried to prove he was family with an old photograph, but Su Beilu was convinced he was a kidnapper and ran for his grandmother. When Grandma emerged, Bi Zhi introduced himself as the son of her cousin, Chen Fengwen. Hearing the name of a relative she hadn't seen in years, Grandma welcomed him warmly.
Claiming he was in town for a business trip, Bi Zhi was invited to stay, becoming the "Uncle" Su Beilu never knew he had. That evening, Bi Zhi intentionally praised Grandma’s homemade pizza, telling Su Beilu it was a unique dish made with love that no one else in the world could taste. His words changed the boy's perspective, and Su Beilu found the meal surprisingly delicious. Sensing the boy's unhappiness, Bi Zhi promised to grant him three wishes.
For his first wish, Su Beilu asked for a new jump rope. The next day, Bi Zhi took him to buy a high-end rope for fifty-nine yuan and treated him to a day at the arcade and some kebabs, making Su Beilu happier than he had ever been. Su Beilu confessed his second wish: he wanted Bi Zhi to attend his parent-teacher meeting. He was tired of being mocked because his grandmother was the only one who ever showed up.
Bi Zhi agreed, and his arrival at school caused a sensation. Dressed sharply and identified as an overseas engineer, "Uncle" became the envy of the students. Even the teacher was impressed, asking him to help monitor Su Beilu’s studies. For the first time, Su Beilu felt a sense of pride among his peers. However, the pressure to fit in led Su Beilu into a mistake.
In an attempt to prove his loyalty to Zhang Long and Zhao Hu, he was pressured into locking their classmate, the "crybaby" Chun Ge, in a room. Bi Zhi arrived just in time to stop them. He gave the boys a stern lesson on friendship, telling them that a real man protects his friends. He had them hold hands and recite a chant about their friendship being longer than the Great Wall.
Following Bi Zhi’s guidance, the boys reconciled, and Su Beilu invited them to the mini-mart. Bi Zhi also helped Grandma modernize her inventory with trendy items like finger spinners, and the shop soon became a neighborhood favorite. One evening, Bi Zhi brought home a real pizza and pearl milk tea. Ironically, after tasting them, Su Beilu realized he actually preferred the seafood noodles his grandmother had prepared.
After dinner, Su Beilu presented a gift to his grandmother—an abstract painting of the two of them that Bi Zhi had helped him frame. For his third wish, Su Beilu originally asked for his grandmother to live to be a hundred. Bi Zhi gently explained that life and death are beyond control, and it is better to cherish every day.
Instead, Bi Zhi fulfilled Su Beilu's deeper wish by teaching him how to swim, a role the boy had always hoped his father would fill. Before Bi Zhi left, he had a quiet conversation with Grandma. She revealed that she knew all along he wasn't really Chen Fengwen’s son, as she had spoken to the real son before and knew he didn't speak Chinese.
However, she kept the secret because Bi Zhi’s arrival was a "gift from time" that healed her grandson’s heart. She thanked him for the joy he brought, noting that time had felt frozen since Su Beilu’s parents passed away. Bi Zhi assured her that Su Beilu would grow up healthy, happy, and surrounded by friends. Bi Zhi and young Su Beilu shared a last moment by the sea, making a pinky promise to meet again.
As Bi Zhi departed, the memory remained a hidden treasure for the boy. Back in 2025, as adult Su Beilu moved back into his old home, he discovered the framed drawing he had given his grandmother. Looking at the "Uncle" in the painting, the fog of his childhood memories cleared. He realized that the mysterious relative who had granted his wishes was the very same Bi Zhi he knew as an adult. With tears in his eyes, he finally understood the profound gift of time his friend had given him.
