The Epoch of Miyu Episode 5 Recap
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Lu Zhenzhen is devastated after being fired from Yuhua, a direct consequence of her public scandal with Nie Yucheng. She vents her frustration, noting that she had never been fired in all her years of work. When Nie Yucheng suggests she stay home, she firmly rejects the idea, making it clear she will never become a submissive housewife like Xu Miyu.
To appease her, Nie Yucheng promises to use his travel agency connections to find her a position at a superior hotel and vows to purge their home of all his ex-wife’s belongings. Xu Miyu interviews for a management role at Purong Hote. While the manager appreciates her insights into brand philosophy and lifestyle marketing, her ten-year hiatus as a homemaker is a significant barrier.
The manager suggests she start at the entry level, highlighting the hotel’s internal promotion system where even a grassroots employee has the chance to rise to General Manager. Xu Miyu's situation worsens when she returns to her rented apartment and discovers she has been scammed. The real landlord reveals that the man she paid was a fraud who owed rent himself. Not only has he vanished with her six-month deposit, but he also stole her luxury bags.
With a 5,000 RMB credit card loan overdue, Xu Miyu calls home to ask about the family’s B&B loan. Her mother reveals the business is failing and, unaware of the divorce, urges Xu Miyu to let Nie Yucheng handle the payments as he did before. Left with no other options, Xu Miyu accepts the entry-level housekeeping job at Purong Hotel because it provides meals and a dormitory.
She is placed under the supervision of the floor leader, Zhang Cailu, and begins training with a younger worker named Yin Xiang. In the staff dormitory, her roommates gossip about her expensive suitcase, speculating that she is a bankrupt socialite. One roommate, Ke Wenxue, eventually recognizes her as the "rich woman" who had recently indulged in a lavish solo feast at the hotel.
Xu Miyu soon encounters the hotel’s most demanding guest, Ji Feng, whom the staff calls "Black Card Ji" due to his elite VIP status. After Xu Miyu helps resolve a delivery mix-up involving his takeout, she is assigned to clean his room. Ji Feng is surprised to see her working as a maid. Xu Miyu confronts him about his role in helping her ex-husband deceive her in the past.
Ji Feng offers a sincere apology for any pain caused but remains professional, reminding her to focus on her service during work hours. Later, Xu Miyu is tasked with serving a volatile writer in Room 1815. While other staff members fear his temper, she manages to please him by offering genuine praise for his manuscript, specifically noting a clever metaphor he used regarding a wedding ring.
However, when the writer’s work is later rejected by his editor, he lashes out at the hotel and leaves a scathing negative review. Zhang Cailu pressures Xu Miyu into taking the blame for the review to save two other employees from being fired. Xu Miyu reluctantly agrees, even though it means losing her bonus. The episode concludes with a birthday banquet for Nie Yucheng’s mother at Purong Hotel.
The hotel's General Manager, Wei Siyuan, personally attends, and Nie Yucheng uses the connection to secure a future position for Lu Zhenzhen in the hotel’s sales department. When Ji Feng runs into the group, Nie Yucheng introduces Lu Zhenzhen as his wife, much to the delight of his mother. Because the hotel is short-staffed due to multiple weddings, the housekeeping department is called to assist the banquet, forcing Xu Miyu to serve the very people who upended her life.
