Rattan Episode 3 Recap
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Following his reluctant agreement to serve her, Qin Fang accompanies Si Teng to a shopping mall to buy her modern clothes. However, when a clerk suggests a coat made of calfskin and hare fur, Si Teng rebukes her for the cruelty to animals. Qin Fang smooths things over by claiming she is an environmentalist, and Si Teng ultimately chooses to stick with her preferred style, the cheongsam.
Qin Fang is struck by her beauty, remarking that he has never seen anyone wear the garment so elegantly. While Si Teng is trying on clothes, Qin Fang receives a disturbing call from his friend, Shan Zhigang, who has investigated An Man. Shan Zhigang reveals that An Man’s entire background is a fabrication: her university has no record of her, her friends are all recent acquaintances, and the couple posing as her family in her hometown are paid actors.
Despite the shocking revelation, Qin Fang insists on finding An Man, feeling responsible for bringing her to Darna. Later, while Qin Fang is in the restroom, Si Teng becomes fascinated by a claw machine. After watching a young boy play, she tries it herself but grows frustrated. She takes the boy's remaining coins, making him cry.
When Qin Fang returns, he is dismayed to see the scene and compensates the boy with a large number of coins, even managing to win a doll for Si Teng. To his surprise, Si Teng gently offers the doll to the child. Reflecting on her unfamiliarity with the world, Qin Fang muses that she is unlike the technologically advanced aliens from movies. Si Teng admits she has never seen a film.
This prompts Qin Fang to propose taking her to the city of Shenhai, painting a picture of a vibrant life with movies and parties. However, the topic sours Si Teng's mood, and she cynically declares all men untrustworthy, prompting a troubled Qin Fang to step outside for air. Outside, Qin Fang watches a group of men playing a game to pick up women, which painfully reminds him of his first meeting with An Man.
He intervenes, telling them to stop their irresponsible game, which leads to a tense confrontation. Just as a fight is about to break out, Si Teng appears, coolly defusing the situation by declaring, "He is my man." Afterward, she sternly reprimands Qin Fang for letting his personal feelings cause trouble, reminding him that they have a mission and cannot afford to waste time on "useless things." Though annoyed, Qin Fang concedes her point.
Meanwhile, An Man is being held captive by men forcing her to find someone named Zhao Jianglong. When one of her captors tries to assault her, her struggles alert his accomplice, who stops him, reminding him they need her. In her despair, An Man silently vows to survive and avenge Qin Fang. Qin Fang and Si Teng leave Darna and journey to Cangcheng Mountain.
During the drive, Qin Fang discovers Si Teng has an unexpected fear of insects, a weakness he finds amusing. She instructs him to find a man named Qiu Shan, a former Xuan Master. When Qin Fang asks for clarification, Si Teng explains the Xuan Sect was an organization of their past adversaries. At the same time, strange events are unfolding at Xingyun Pavilion on Cangcheng Mountain. Overnight, thick vines have grown out of a deep well.
A disciple named Yan Furui is alarmed, recalling his master's prophecy that such a phenomenon would signal Si Teng's revival. He tries to warn his junior, Wang Qiankun, who dismisses his concerns as superstitious nonsense. Yan Furui drags Wang Qiankun to the well and, in a panic, tries to cut the vines with a saw. Terrified, Wang Qiankun mistakes this as an attack and flees, colliding with Qin Fang as he arrives.
Yan Furui manages to calm Wang Qiankun down by invoking the name of Wang Qiankun's grand master, Li Zhengyuan. Hearing the name, Si Teng emerges from the shadows. She smoothly engages them by praising Li Zhengyuan's calligraphy, which she claims to have seen once. Privately, however, she tells Qin Fang that the man's handwriting was an unreadable mess and that she had once dismissed an elaborate letter from him by simply claiming she was illiterate.
Realizing Yan Furui is likely Qiu Shan’s disciple, Si Teng and Qin Fang follow the pair. Yan Furui leads Wang Qiankun into the well to inspect the vines, cutting a section to show him the thick, unusual green sap. Wang Qiankun remains skeptical, attributing it to natural causes. When they climb out, they find Si Teng and Qin Fang waiting. To prove her identity, Si Teng uses her powers, causing Wang Qiankun to faint from shock.
Si Teng then demands to know what Qiu Shan told his disciple about her. Yan Furui is terrified, but his fear escalates when his young apprentice, Wa Fang, appears. Thinking he needs to protect the boy, Yan Furui grabs a chainsaw and lunges forward, only to be tripped by a vine conjured by Si Teng. The saw narrowly misses Wa Fang, who is pulled to safety by Qin Fang. Si Teng restrains the hysterical Yan Furui with her vines.
Now compliant, Yan Furui explains that his master, Qiu Shan, simply vanished fifteen years ago. He produces a small booklet containing his master's records about Si Teng and, at her command, reads it aloud. The text describes her as "Si Teng, mutated in the southwest in 1910, originally a white rattan. Known as Ghost Rope. Poisonous, skilled at strangling, and vicious, even killing her own kind. . . Feared by the Xuan Sect. . .
Luckily, in 1946…" Si Teng cuts him off, demanding to know what happened in 1946. Yan Furui reads, "In 1946, Xuan Master Qiu Shan eliminated Si Teng in Shen." Her expression darkens, and she forces him to repeat the line over and over, her voice cold and sharp: "In 1946, Xuan Master Qiu Shan eliminated Si Teng in Shen."
