Summer Again Episode 7 Recap
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Tong Xi was thrilled to discover that the female lead of Guru Qing He's new comic, "Mint", looked exactly like her. Though she felt a surge of excitement, she outwardly feigned nonchalance. Her friend excitedly pointed out the striking resemblance, noting how even their side profiles were identical and how the female lead in the comic, like Tong Xi, returns to her hometown and meets a cool street fighter named Qiu Ke.
Despite her inner excitement about resembling Guru Qing He’s perfect female lead, Tong Xi tried to play it cool, dismissing it as a coincidence, saying that many comic characters have similar faces. The annual Black Cat and Butterfly Season was fast approaching, a time when a school legend held that writing a letter to a crush on black cat butterfly paper and mailing it on the first weekend of April would result in a 99% chance of a reply.
Tong Xi, feigning disinterest to her friends, secretly went to the school supermarket to buy the special paper, intending to write to both Guru Qing He and Senior Wei Ze. There, she reluctantly shared two pieces from the last booklet with another student, who then teased her about writing to Xu Ao, another senior, which Tong Xi quickly brushed off as none of his business.
Unbeknownst to Tong Xi, Lin Nanyi saw her secretive trip to buy the black cat paper. Back at school, Ni Xiaowan brazenly handed Lin Nanyi a piece of black cat paper she had queued for, pressuring him to write her a letter. Tong Xi, witnessing this, became visibly upset with Lin Nanyi, though she publicly claimed her anger stemmed from his lack of participation in their group's chemistry assignment and her mother's upcoming visit to the school.
During the computer class, while collecting books for his friends, Lin Nanyi accidentally slipped Tao Zhu’s carefully written black cat letter into Wang Yiming’s book. Discovering the letter, which declared, "You are like a star in the sky, bright and far away. Whereas I'm the person looking up at the star," Wang Yiming was delighted, mistakenly believing Tao Zhu had written it for him. Meanwhile, Tao Zhu frantically searched everywhere for her lost letter.
Later, she confided in a friend that she was no longer looking for it, believing Senior Wei Ze's encouraging words to her in computer class to be a sign from fate. Having had her black cat paper confiscated by her mother, who disapproved of her writing "flowery" love letters and wanted her to focus on her studies and dance academy aspirations, Tong Xi decided to draft her letter to Senior Wei Ze on the computer.
She planned to email it and delete all traces afterward. Initially, she wrote passionate phrases, like "You are the light of my life," echoing the bombastic compliments she often used for Guru Qing He, but then revised it, deciding a more "normal" letter would increase her chances of a reply from Wei Ze. Lin Nanyi messaged Tong Xi, teasing her about writing to Senior Wei Ze.
Tong Xi, in turn, sharply told him to focus on Ni Xiaowan’s affections rather than her own. Unbeknownst to Tong Xi, Ni Xiaowan had taken a photo of Tong Xi's computer screen during class, capturing the unedited, passionate draft of her letter. Later, Ni Xiaowan approached Lin Nanyi at a cafe, once again trying to give him a black cat letter. Lin Nanyi, however, firmly rejected her, telling her to tear it up.
In a fit of anger and revenge, Ni Xiaowan then posted Tong Xi's passionate, unedited draft on the school's Tieba forum. The letter's fervent content, a stark contrast to Tong Xi’s carefully cultivated image as a gentle and graceful "White Swan," threatened to shatter her reputation. Upon seeing the scandalous post, Lin Nanyi, who was working at the cafe, immediately left to find Tong Xi.
He found her at her ballet class, distraught and in tears, terrified of her mother discovering the post and the ensuing social embarrassment. Tong Xi confessed to Lin Nanyi that she had crafted her "White Swan" persona out of vanity, loving the attention and special treatment she received, unlike in her previous school where she was seen as "one of the boys." She feared how she would face everyone if her true, passionate self was exposed.
Lin Nanyi, recalling her lively childhood personality, urged her to embrace her authentic self, noting that her current image, while bringing glory, also brought trouble. He promised to help her resolve the immediate crisis but made her vow to abandon the pretense afterward, warning he wouldn't help if she chose to continue living a lie. True to his word, Lin Nanyi contacted a Tieba administrator, and the post was subsequently removed.
Tong Xi, however, remained anxious about screenshots and her mother. Lin Nanyi reassured her, noting that it was the weekend, so teachers were unlikely to have seen it, and the user who posted it seemed to be a newly registered account. As they discussed, Tong Xi suddenly realized that the "bombastic compliments" in the Tieba post were from her original, unedited draft, confirming that someone had accessed her private work. Meanwhile, Tao Zhu found Tong Xi and Lin Nanyi.
Confronting Tong Xi, Tao Zhu realized that the "Cupid on earth" and "light of my soul" praises in the Tieba post were identical to the famous "bombastic compliments" written by "Qing He's Only Designated Girlfriend" on the Tieba forum. She confronted Tong Xi, initially assuming Tong Xi was merely mimicking the famous fan. Tong Xi calmly admitted, "I am Qing He's Only Designated Girlfriend," much to Tao Zhu's astonishment.
To further prove her true, less-than-elegant self, Tong Xi even used rough language and stated she didn't shave her legs. Tao Zhu, though overwhelmed by this revelation about her friend’s hidden wild side, quickly decided they needed to deal with Wang Yiming, who had a big mouth, before they discussed Tong Xi's double life further via QQ that night.
