The Fox's Summer Season 2 Episode 1 Recap
> The Fox's Summer Season 2 Recap
Li Yanshu, in her modern office, found herself greatly regretting the drunken kiss she shared with Gu Chengze. " Li Yanshu! Li Yanshu! Who told you to drink? Who told you to be wild when you got drunk? Are you happy now?" she chastised herself. Meanwhile, Gu Chengze sat in his own office, carefully framing a hypothetical situation to his assistant, Gao Yang.
He described a friend who seemed to have fallen for a girl and, after drinking too much, kissed her. The complication was that this girl already had someone she liked. Gao Yang, recognizing the situation, called it an act of "taking advantage of someone in a vulnerable state" and akin to him making the President sign a pay raise document while intoxicated. He pressed Gu Chengze to reveal the girl's identity, but Gu Chengze remained evasive.
Gao Yang scoffed, suggesting Gu Chengze had no real friends and should simply "face his own feelings." Gu Chengze then dismissed Gao Yang, who joked about finally finding his weakness. At the same time, Gu Jinyun, confined at home and desperate to see Li Yanshu, declared, "For Yanshu, I'm risking it all." He then had an accidental fall, hurting his leg, which gave him an idea to fake intense pain.
His grandmother, Gu Taitai, rushed to his side, calling for an ambulance when he cried, "Grandma, I broke my leg!" At the hospital, Gu Jinyun, feigning intense pain and hunger, convinced Gu Taitai to leave him briefly to get food and drinks. As soon as she was gone, he seized the opportunity to escape. Returning with food, Gu Taitai found his bed empty. " This rascal, we've been tricked by him again," she exclaimed.
Gu Taitai, furious, went directly to the company to confront Li Yanshu, convinced she knew Gu Jinyun's whereabouts. Li Yanshu calmly denied any knowledge, stating she hadn't seen him since morning. When Gu Taitai's frustration escalated and she moved to strike Li Yanshu, Gu Chengze intervened. He led Gu Taitai to his office, reminding her that as Chairwoman, her actions must be prudent, and she should not hit an employee, especially one who had done nothing wrong.
Gu Taitai redirected her anger at Gu Chengze, blaming him for bringing Li Yanshu back into the company. She vehemently expressed her disdain for Li Yanshu's "lower class" background, accusing her of being "boorish, disrespectful, and lacking etiquette," and of "scheming to seduce Jinyun" to "marry into a rich family." Gu Chengze, his face cold, retorted, "Chairwoman, since you put so much importance on family background, why did you adopt me?" leaving Gu Taitai speechless.
Gao Yang, interjecting briefly, suggested that if Li Yanshu were to meet someone more outstanding than Gu Jinyun and fall for him, then Gu Jinyun would give up. Gu Taitai, initially dismissing the idea, soon found herself considering it. Later, in her car, Gu Taitai pondered Gao Yang's suggestion. " Who is more outstanding than Jinyun?" she wondered, her thoughts settling on Gu Chengze.
She summoned him and explicitly ordered him to pursue Li Yanshu, make her fall in love with him, and convince her to leave Gu Jinyun. Gu Chengze vehemently refused, arguing the plan was "absurd" and that Li Yanshu loved Gu Jinyun.
Gu Taitai countered that Li Yanshu only cared for money, recalling a past instance where Li Yanshu allegedly accepted a large sum to leave Gu Jinyun, and accused her of now "coveting the position of the wife of the head of Sheng Hong." Gu Chengze insisted he couldn't "steal Jinyun's love," given their deep bond.
Gu Taitai then resorted to emotional blackmail, invoking her "nurturing grace" and demanding he prove his loyalty by carrying out the plan, or she would disown him. Gu Chengze reiterated his belief that if Li Yanshu and Gu Jinyun were truly in love, he couldn't make her change her heart. However, Gu Taitai revealed a crucial detail: "Li Yanshu previously told me that she doesn't really like Gu Jinyun. That's why, you still have a chance."
With this new information and Gu Taitai's ultimatum, Gu Chengze, remembering Li Yanshu's pure smile and their sweet, wine-fueled kiss, made his decision. Meanwhile, Gu Jinyun confronted Han Junyao, accusing her of betraying his trust by informing Gu Taitai about Li Yanshu staying at Gu Chengze's house. Han Junyao, however, coldly revealed her true allegiance. " From the beginning, I am not on your side. I was helping your grandma monitor you!" she declared, dismissing his accusations of betrayal.
Gu Jinyun, furious, vowed never to see her again and to handle his own affairs. Han Junyao's mother, overhearing the commotion, inquired about the visitor and noted that Junyao had always competed with Li Yanshu. Li Yanshu, who had previously been co-habiting with Gu Chengze, was now staying in a hotel after leaving his place. Her friend David, who had heard she ran away from home, paid her a visit.
He expressed surprise she hadn't turned to him, given he had an empty apartment "just one door away." He offered to rent it to her for a "friendship price" of RMB 3,000 a month, as he was often traveling and the house was empty for months, which would also save him cleaning fees. Grateful for her "best friend," Li Yanshu readily accepted his offer, agreeing to pack and move. This meant Li Yanshu became Gu Chengze's neighbor.
Elsewhere, Qiao Na waited impatiently for Gao Yang, frustrated by his lateness, which he blamed on Gu Chengze's workaholic tendencies. To make amends, Gao Yang suggested they go see a movie. However, Qiao Na skillfully deflected, first asking for cake, then claiming a stomachache, and finally admitting she simply wanted to spend alone time with him away from the crowds. Gao Yang, won over, agreed to skip the movie and go home with her.
Li Yanshu received a phone call from Gu Jinyun, who dramatically claimed he had broken his leg by "jumping from the building" while escaping. Worried, Li Yanshu rushed to his location. Finding him with a swollen foot, she urged him to go to the hospital, but he refused, instead suggesting they "elope" to a place where no one knew them. Li Yanshu dismissed his outdated notion and went to buy medicine for him.
After bandaging his wound, she firmly told him their relationship was over and he should return home, as she no longer liked him. Gu Jinyun refused to believe her, pointing out her kindness, but Li Yanshu insisted she'd show the same care to any "stray cat or dog." When he declared he still had a chance as long as she had no boyfriend, Li Yanshu revealed, "There is already someone that I like."
He demanded the name, but she refused, leading him to accuse her of lying. Exasperated, Li Yanshu told him his erratic behavior was affecting her life and urged him to apologize to his grandmother if he truly cared for her. Gu Jinyun, feigning poor phone signal, admitted his cards were frozen and he was homeless and penniless. When Li Yanshu suggested he go to Gu Chengze, he followed her back to David's apartment instead.
At David's, Gu Jinyun, still nursing his injured leg, commented on the decor and then slyly whispered to Li Yanshu, "Could he be the man that you like?" She simply rolled her eyes. Later, David invited Li Yanshu to a musical, "My Fair Lady," but Gu Jinyun insisted on joining, creating an awkward situation as there were only two tickets. Later, Gu Chengze called Li Yanshu for a meeting.
When they met face-to-face, Li Yanshu nervously tried to brush off their kiss from the previous night, claiming she was drunk and he should "just pretend nothing happened." Gu Chengze, however, maintained his composure, stating, "But I wasn't drunk, I was quite awake." Li Yanshu tried again to dismiss it, suggesting he "treat it as being bit by a mosquito or sting by a bee."
Gu Chengze then smiled, but quickly turned serious, asking, "What really are your feelings towards Gu Jinyun? Do you really like him?" Li Yanshu questioned the relevance of her feelings, to which Gu Chengze replied, "If you like Gu Jinyun, I'll persuade the Chairwoman to let you two be together. If you don't like him, I… I'm going to like you then."
