Shining For One Thing Episode 12 Recap
> Shining For One Thing Recap
As the college entrance examination approached, Lin Beixing found herself increasingly troubled by a recurring, terrible dream. She couldn't shake the feeling of dread, wondering if she could change the outcome this time. With tear-filled eyes, she questioned Zhang Wansen, pleading that they would make it through the exam together and embark on a new life in Beijing. Lin Beixing's anxiety about Zhang Wansen grew.
She urged him to prioritize his safety, insisting they travel to and from school together every day, as only hearing his voice could soothe her to sleep. One evening, unable to sleep, Lin Beixing called Zhang Wansen, expressing her worry and giving him detailed instructions to check windows, turn off the air conditioner, and inspect the electrical switches, valves, and gas stove at home to prevent any accidents.
Zhang Wansen, in an effort to calm her, suggested they recite the periodic table together. He began the recitation, eventually taking over completely as Lin Beixing drifted off to sleep, listing elements like Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Zinc, Gallium, Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Bromine, and Krypton, Rubidium, Strontium, Niobium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, wishing her good night. The day for the high school graduation photo arrived.
Gao Ge offered to switch places with Lin Beixing, allowing her to stand closer to Zhang Wansen. Zhang Wansen's gaze continued to gravitate towards Lin Beixing during the photo session. After the pictures were taken, Zhan Yu, a student from Class 9, pompously declared his admission to a sports university in Beijing, boasting that he aimed to prove himself to Lin Beixing.
Lin Beixing was unfazed by his showmanship, but a phone call from Zhan Yu was accidentally answered by Lin Beixing's father, causing him significant unease. Gao Ge successfully passed her art examination.
Concerned for Lin Beixing, who was visibly worried about Zhang Wansen, Gao Ge called Lin Beixing's mother, fabricating a story about needing to study together to get permission for Lin Beixing to stay at her house, hoping it would ease Lin Beixing's mind by being closer to Zhang Wansen. Upon returning home, Gao Ge confronted her strict father, Gao Guangming, the school's dean.
She defiantly presented her acceptance letter from the Academy of Fine Arts, asserting her dream of becoming a painter. Gao Guangming, unable to accept his academically stellar daughter pursuing an artistic path, vehemently disagreed, sparking a fierce argument between father and daughter. Lin Beixing, who had intended to help mediate, found herself caught in the escalating conflict. Disturbed by the argument, Lin Beixing went to Zhang Wansen's nearby home to discuss Gao Ge's situation.
Both worried, they decided to search for Gao Ge, who had stormed out of her house. As Zhang Wansen was making a phone call by the roadside, Zhan Yu appeared, seeing Lin Beixing and Zhang Wansen together, and tried to pull Zhang Wansen away. This scene was witnessed by Lin Beixing's father, who had been following his daughter, leading to a severe misunderstanding. Normally gentle, he became enraged and nearly struck Lin Beixing.
However, a heavily intoxicated Lin Dahai stumbled home, his unkempt state further provoking Lin Beixing's father, who then redirected his anger toward Lin Dahai, making him the convenient scapegoat. Lin Dahai, completely inebriated, rambled about his "Dahai Liren" business expanding globally. Gao Ge sought refuge in Yang Chaoyang's secret hideout, breaking down in tears. Yang Chaoyang listened patiently as Gao Ge poured out her heart, feeling that her father neither cared for her nor respected her aspirations.
Yang Chaoyang gently reassured her that Gao Guangming deeply cared, but as a dean, he had to maintain impartiality and consider the well-being of all students. Yang Chaoyang also shared his own experience, noting that despite his parents' anger when he was scammed by a comedy school, they resumed their business the next morning, showing little outward concern for him. Boldly, Gao Ge told Yang Chaoyang that if she could achieve her dream, he should accompany her to Beijing.
This startled Yang Chaoyang, who quickly made his excuses and fled. As the college entrance examination loomed, Zhang Wansen finally inquired about Lin Beixing's persistent worries. The two walked together to the lighthouse, a place that had always terrified Lin Beixing in her dreams. Zhang Wansen confessed that after Lin Beixing coaxed him there at the start of their senior year, the lighthouse had surprisingly become a source of comfort for him.
He promised to stay by Lin Beixing's side, reassuring her they would calmly face the exam and undoubtedly pass, ready to embark on their new lives. On the first day of the college entrance examination, Lin Beixing and Zhang Wansen, along with other students, focused on their answer sheets in the examination hall. Outside, amidst a torrential downpour, Mai Zi, recently released from prison, stood before Mr. Lei.
Mr. Lei reprimanded Mai Zi for his impulsive actions, stating that the first person they needed to settle accounts with was Lin Dahai. Silently, Mai Zi returned to his dilapidated auto repair shop, looking up at the television broadcasting news about the ongoing college entrance examination.
