Snow Fall Episode 23 Recap
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Jin Jingxue pleaded repeatedly to see Deputy Officer Wu and finally got to meet him. The purpose of her visit was to find Li Yingliang's body and give him a proper burial—after all, fallen leaves return to their roots. However, Deputy Officer Wu said there had been explosions and fire that day, and after careful investigation, no body of Li Yingliang was found.
Jin Jingxue collapsed; she couldn’t accept Li Yingliang’s death and even held onto hope—if there was no body, perhaps it meant he was still alive! And in fact, Li Yingliang was not dead; he had been rescued by Mu Lihua. Situ Weilian, tormented by love, thought of his mother—she too had once been imprisoned by human emotions. Watching Jin Jingxue, Situ Weilian began to ponder: what exactly is love?
Now that Jin Jingxue was living in his home, he found no joy in it—her heart held no trace of him. Only then did Situ Weilian realize that he did care about Jin Jingxue and Li Yingliang—a lot. Determined to make Jin Jingxue happy, he disguised himself as her Second Uncle Jin's driver. Shen Zhiheng knew his life was fading away.
Though he couldn’t stay by Mi Lan’s side, he still wished for her to see the beauty of the world. Mu Lihua hid in the crowd, casting a malicious smile as she stared at Mi Lan’s radiant expression. Mi Lan had once been blind, but now she could see—and possessed abilities beyond normal people. Clearly, this was linked to the Blood Amber Stone. Situ Weilian brought Jin Jingxue to the Jin family estate; he owed her a birthday gift.
Second Uncle Jin warmly welcomed Jin Jingxue back to take charge of the family and had even signed the agreement himself. Jin Jingxue was a bit confused by this, but it was obvious that Second Uncle Jin had been deeply frightened by Situ Weilian. Shen Zhiheng took Situ Weilian to honor his ancestors, and Mi Lan also joined in the ancestral rites of the Shen family. The three of them began preparations for the upcoming New Year.
Situ Weilian decided to invite Jin Jingxue to celebrate together. Though Mi Lan was slightly reluctant, she still listened to Shen Zhiheng. No one was particularly skilled at making dumplings, but Jin Jingxue was quite good at it and generously taught Mi Lan. Seeing this, Shen Zhiheng took Situ Weilian away, giving the two women time to bond. Everyone sat at the table eating dumplings, with the steam rising and a festive warmth filling the room.
Shen Zhiheng had been revising his will, planning to transfer his shares of the newspaper to Zhang Youwen, on the sole condition that his family care for Mi Lan for generations. While Shen Zhiheng was staying up for the New Year's vigil, Mi Lan brought over a chair and nestled in his arms to join him. Her eyes were free of sorrow, and she looked joyfully at the fireworks in the sky.
Mi Lan quietly returned to the Mi residence and found the ragdoll that had always accompanied her. But she unintentionally overheard voices. Going downstairs, she discovered that Madam Mi had returned at some unknown time. Madam Mi had eloped with someone only to be deceived and returned home even more vicious toward her daughter. But she was so frightened by Mi Lan’s powers that she collapsed on the floor.
Shen Zhiheng arrived in time to stop Mi Lan and spoke with Madam Mi privately. He promised her a life of comfort, but on the condition that she genuinely behave as a mother. Madam Mi readily agreed. However, Mi Lan showed no response to her hypocrisy. She knew how much effort Shen Zhiheng had put in for her and didn’t want to worry him anymore.
She had once been defiant toward Shen Zhiheng's teachings, but now she realized her understanding of the world had been incomplete. She hadn’t known what love was, what forgiveness meant—Shen Zhiheng had taught her all of it. Mi Lan threw herself into Shen Zhiheng's arms and said, from now on, whether day or night, they should never be apart again. Shen Zhiheng’s century-long loneliness was finally melted away, and he quickly wrapped his arms around her.
