Cute Bodyguard Episode 1 Recap
> Cute Bodyguard Recap
Jingjing arrives early, excited to see her senior, Han Ran. She touches up her lipstick, hoping to look gentle and cute, the type she believes he prefers. Suddenly, the car she is using as a mirror starts, startling her and making her drop her lipstick. A man, Gu Rong, emerges and bumps into her. As he walks past, his clothes snag her sweater, unraveling a thread.
Jingjing calls out to him, but he arrogantly instructs his assistant to buy her a new sweater, completely ignoring her request for a simple, sincere apology before leaving. Meanwhile, at Gu Group, the chairman announces his retirement due to ill health and names Gu Rong as his successor. To everyone's shock, Gu Rong publicly refuses the position, stating his ambitions are elsewhere.
He submits a letter of resignation from his current role, and despite his grandfather, the chairman, insisting he accept his duty as the sole heir, Gu Rong remains resolute. Downstairs, a crowd, including Jingjing, awaits Han Ran's book signing. Feeling she isn't ready to face him, Jingjing rushes to buy a copy of his new, hard-to-get book. Clutching it, she daydreams about confessing her long-held secret feelings for him, imagining they share a mutual crush.
Her reverie is shattered when Gu Rong and the men pursuing him burst through the crowd, trampling her new book. Believing she is witnessing a public abduction, Jingjing intervenes. Amidst the chaos, the signing is canceled. Han Ran glances in Jingjing's direction, but she, embarrassed, looks away to continue arguing with Gu Rong. When one of the pursuers rushes towards them, Jingjing instinctively throws a punch, giving him a nosebleed. The sight of blood causes Jingjing to faint.
Gu Rong catches her, surprised to feel no adverse reaction from his haphephobia. He rushes her to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with fainting due to hematophobia. When she wakes up, she finds Gu Rong trying to cover her with a blanket and mistakes him for a pervert. Later, Gu Rong’s assistant suggests hiring a bodyguard for protection from Chief He, who is persistently trying to bring Gu Rong back to the company.
Recalling that he felt no aversion to touching Jingjing, Gu Rong instructs his assistant to investigate her and hire her as his bodyguard, noting both her fighting skills and his unusual reaction to her. At the Su family's martial club, the remaining apprentices, Ding and Liang, announce their departure, dismaying Master Su Zhengkui and his wife, Caixia, who are now left with an empty house they can't rent out.
A few days later, Gu Rong and his assistant arrive at the club with a fruit basket to hire Jingjing, humbly claiming his company is a small, new investment firm. Her parents are wary, and when Jingjing returns, she recognizes Gu Rong as the "pervert" from the hospital and promptly throws them out. Undeterred, Gu Rong returns and inadvertently walks in on Jingjing washing her hair in the bathroom.
Mistaking him for her mother, she asks for help with the foam in her eyes. He surprisingly complies, but they accidentally stumble into an embrace just as her parents walk in. Gu Rong seizes the opportunity to propose hiring Jingjing and renting a room in their house. Mistress Caixia, tempted by the "sideline business," agrees over Jingjing’s protests. However, Gu Rong's card is declined, having been frozen by his family.
As Jingjing tries to kick him out again, Gu Rong offers his expensive watch as collateral. Master Su, captivated by the valuable watch, eagerly agrees to let him stay. Early the next morning, Gu Rong is awakened by Jingjing's loud martial arts practice. Annoyed at first, he ends up joining her exercises. Meanwhile, Chief He's team detains Assistant Xie, trying to learn Gu Rong's whereabouts. Xie cleverly feigns ignorance.
Gu Rong calls his assistant, who discreetly warns him about Chief He's persistent pursuit. Fearing his phone could be tracked, Gu Rong hangs up and powers it off. Later, Gu Rong insists Jingjing accompany him to a distant bank, claiming it's the only way he can access his money. To avoid being recognized, he wears a motorcycle helmet. During the bus ride, Jingjing becomes suspicious of his secretive behavior, convinced he is a fugitive.
At the bank, Gu Rong gives her his card and password, asking her to withdraw 20,000. Jingjing is stunned to see an enormous balance in the account. Now fully convinced he is a criminal on the run, she tries to apprehend him, punching him in the face. His nose starts bleeding, and true to form, Jingjing faints at the sight of blood, falling right into his arms again.
