Stay With Me Episode 17 Recap
> Stay With Me Recap
Li Weiwei startled Chen Yidu and Huo Xiao awake as they lay together in her room, disoriented from a night of heavy drinking. Both men sprang up, shocked to find themselves next to each other, quickly checking their clothes to ensure they were decent, looking as if they had suffered a great loss. Li Weiwei then revealed she had slept in Jenny's room, leaving the two "drunks" to themselves.
Earlier that morning, Ou Ye and Cao Zhong had been eavesdropping outside Li Weiwei's door, speculating about who might have spent the night with her, having discovered that neither Chen Yidu nor Huo Xiao had returned to their own rooms, but nothing happened as these curious people wished.
Afterward, Ou Ye privately informed Huo Xiao that he had tested Cao Zhong's motorcycle riding skills, confirming that Cao Zhong could not ride a motorcycle and was not like the true Lu Xi An. This led Huo Xiao to conclude that he was being deliberately misled in their investigation and reminded Ou Ye to be vigilant.
Li Weiwei, feeling empowered in her new relationship, reminisced with Chen Yidu about their horror movie date, where he had been easily frightened and she had felt incredibly powerful. Later, at home, Li Weiwei attempted to cook a "high class family banquet" for Chen Yidu, but she managed to burn all the food. Chen Yidu teased her, pointing out that she only knew how to make omurice, yet insisted on showing off.
Despite the culinary mishap, he prepared two omurice dishes, and they enjoyed a surprisingly romantic candlelight dinner with red wine and candles. Chen Yidu apologized for the hurt he had caused her in the past. Li Weiwei, in turn, "punished" him to be her devoted servant forever, only good to her. Chen Yidu inwardly thanked her for her persistence, which allowed him to understand his own heart and for them to start anew.
Huo Xiao, still struggling with Li Weiwei's growing closeness to Chen Yidu, called her under the guise of discussing business and insisted on meeting her at their usual spot. When Li Weiwei arrived, her mind was clearly elsewhere. Seeing her distraction, Huo Xiao reluctantly sent her home with Ou Ye, then ordered ten glasses of beer for himself, drowning his sorrows.
Drunk, he confided in Ou Ye that he had hoped Li Weiwei's amnesia would make her forget Chen Yidu and fall in love with him instead. Li Weiwei’s happiness in her relationship with Chen Yidu seemed contagious, making her want the whole world to be happy with her. Sophie asked for annual leave to travel with her boyfriend, so Li Weiwei generously granted her an extra week of vacation. She also offered Ou Ye advice on how to woo Jenny.
She even tried to give Huo Ruiyong fashion advice, suggesting he reduce his hair gel and flamboyant attire, which she believed would attract women. Chen Yidu arranged to meet Li Weiwei after work at the Fisherman's Wharf to watch the sunset. Tiffany barged into Chen Yidu's office, wanting to have dinner with him, but he told her he already had an appointment. Tiffany guessed Chen Yidu must be meeting Li Weiwei.
She accused Chen Yidu of actions that would severely damage D. U.' s employee morale, cause partners to cease cooperation, and even cause the company's stock price to plummet. Tiffany wanted to continue her impassioned speech, but Leo opportunely appeared and pulled Tiffany away, saving Chen Yidu. Their romantic evening was abruptly interrupted when both their phones rang. They learned that members of both D. U.
and Ling Long were holding a joint friendly gathering at the hotel and expected them to join. At the hotel, Huo Xiao and Tiffany dragged Chen Yidu to play mahjong, and he agreed to play with a drinking penalty for losses. Ou Ye, on the other hand, played truth or dare with Li Weiwei. Both Chen Yidu and Huo Xiao ended up heavily intoxicated from playing mahjong and were eventually taken to Li Weiwei's room by Old Wan.
Ou Ye had always wanted to verify if Cao Zhong was indeed the Lu Xi An who set the showroom on fire. Taking advantage of the inter-company gathering, he suggested taking photos for the website, proposing that Cao Zhong and Sophie ride a motorcycle for some poses, thereby judging from Cao Zhong's posture. Later, Huo Xiao confronted Chen Yidu at a boxing ring, declaring he would not allow Chen Yidu to succeed with Li Weiwei's affections.
Chen Yidu, in turn, retorted that Huo Xiao had no right to interfere in his and Weiwei's affairs. Huo Xiao knocked Chen Yidu to the ground, telling him that no matter what, the outcome would be the same as five years ago: only he would fail, Weiwei would only hate him more, and if Weiwei regained her memory, she would only feel more disgusted by him.
The international tango dance competition, featuring famous dancers An An and Yi Hang, required designs from renowned designers and was crucial for Ling Long's entry into Fontaine Bleue Wear. Huo Xiao had initially taken Li Weiwei early in the morning to observe the dancers' practice, telling her that if her design was adopted, Ling Long's entry into Fontaine Department Store would be just around the corner.
As they were talking, Chen Yidu and Tiffany also arrived at the dance studio, and Coach Zhou announced that a bidding process would be used to decide which company's competition costume design would be chosen. Li Weiwei, disheartened by the thought of competing against Chen Yidu, accepted his agreement: business would be separate from personal life, with no work talk during dates and no mercy shown during competition.
Meanwhile, Mo Fan told Kang Xing that now that Li Weiwei and Chen Yidu were together, if they formed a strong alliance, his plan would be difficult to achieve, and the current solution was to stir up trouble. Tiffany had prepared a draft to smear Li Weiwei and planned to send it out, believing Coach Zhou would not allow Ling Long to participate. However, Chen Yidu warned her that if she put those crooked thoughts into the bidding process, D.
U. would definitely surpass Ling Long. Both D. U. and Ling Long companies brought their design drafts to see Coach Zhou. During the explanation of the designs, Tiffany and Li Weiwei engaged in another verbal battle. Li Weiwei felt very low-spirited seeing herself and Chen Yidu in opposing positions. On the day the bidding results were to be announced, Li Weiwei found Chen Yidu and told him that she had a way to break the deadlock between D. U.
and Ling Long, so they would no longer fight to the death: neither of them should participate in the bid. After saying that, she took out her design draft, tore it into several pieces, and threw them behind her. Moved by her gesture, Chen Yidu mirrored her actions. He took the design draft from Tiffany, tore it into several pieces without hesitation, and stated that he would support her in whatever she chose to do.
Coach Zhou and the two dancers had been waiting for the designers from both companies, but instead, Huo Ruiyong arrived with his shockingly ugly design draft. Huo Ruiyong threatened the dancers, saying they could choose not to use his designs, but then their only option would be to perform naked. Li Weiwei knew that Huo Xiao was angry about her impulsive actions.
Huo Xiao told her that the fashion industry is evolving so fast now that if Ling Long always chose to avoid competition with D. U. , both companies would soon be eliminated. As soon as Chen Yidu returned to the company, he received news that Ling Long had received the order for the tango dance costumes.
Li Weiwei urgently called Chen Yidu to meet him and explain that Ling Long getting the order was purely Huo Ruiyong's personal action and had nothing to do with her. Chen Yidu said he believed her, but just as Li Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief, Chen Yidu made another shocking statement: he broke up with her.
