The Love Equations Episode 18 Recap
> The Love Equations Recap
Zhou Xiao's group of friends insisted on dragging her to watch Xie Yixing's badminton match. Zhu Lu told her friends that Xie Yixing said he would tear off his jersey if he won the match. Tao Ling was extremely excited upon hearing this, but Zhou Xiao was clearly out of sorts, like a walking dead person. Xie Yixing's performance in the match was very good, and he quickly secured victory. However, he got stuck during the jersey-tearing part.
His comical appearance made everyone roar with laughter. Because Zhou Xiao didn't know exactly what was going on with Zhao Fanzhou, she started listening to lectures very seriously, which was highly unusual. She also enthusiastically answered all the teacher's questions in class, as if she was on stimulants. The teacher was confused by this and advised Zhou Xiao not to be too agitated, suggesting she leave opportunities for other students.
Teacher Shu told everyone that the department was organizing a submission competition and asked them to send their completed manuscripts to his email. Zhou Xiao was the first to jump up and volunteer to submit. As class was about to end, she even wanted to discuss the issue of character arcs with the teacher. Teacher Shu was a bit overwhelmed by Zhou Xiao's enthusiasm.
He, who always liked to extend class time, seized the opportunity to run away when he heard the class bell. Zhou Xiao acted out of character and, using her 'breakup' as an excuse, made many unreasonable requests to her roommates. Her dorm mates, to comfort her, refused none of her requests. After bothering her roommates for most of the day, Cai Yasi called Zhou Xiao and said he had prepared a great gift for her.
In reality, the so-called great gift was Zhao Fanzhou. As soon as Zhou Xiao saw Zhao Fanzhou, she became very angry. Just as she was about to turn and leave, Zhao Fanzhou grabbed her hand. Zhou Xiao questioned Zhao Fanzhou why he hadn't contacted her. Zhao Fanzhou took out his phone and showed Zhou Xiao, and only then did Zhou Xiao realize it was all a misunderstanding.
It turned out that Zhou Xiao had blacklisted Zhao Fanzhou's phone number, which caused this breakup farce. Zhao Fanzhou thanked Cai Yasi, thanking him for helping clear his name. It turned out that before Cai Yasi tricked Zhou Xiao into coming to the cafe, he had already clarified things with Zhao Fanzhou and only then understood that it was originally a misunderstanding.
Zhao Fanzhou planned to buy Zhou Xiao a new phone because he didn't want to be unable to contact her after going to the hospital tomorrow. After entering the store, Zhou Xiao said that since she had already agreed to accept it, she should pick a good and expensive one. But she gasped when she heard the price, and finally only chose a phone of the same model that Zhao Fanzhou was currently using.
As soon as Zhou Xiao got the new phone, she started taking pictures non-stop. Zhao Fanzhou asked her, puzzled, why she didn't let him buy the new phone, stating that the latest model had better camera effects. Zhou Xiao replied that it's fine as long as the phone works and there's no need to be a spendthrift. " Could it be that I've found a treasure?
Zhao Fanzhou, are you a rich second generation or a business tycoon with endless money?" Zhao Fanzhou was dumbfounded by what she said, and immediately took out a bank card from his wallet and told Zhou Xiao to check it. Zhou Xiao then continued saying, "Let's forget it. Let me keep a nice fantasy space for myself first, in case someday I want to write a domineering CEO novel."
She also said what if it turns out that Zhao Fanzhou is poorer than her, and after breaking up, people misunderstand her as being greedy for wealth and disliking the poor? This would create a psychological burden. Zhou Xiao lacked confidence in her relationship with Zhao Fanzhou and always worried they would break up. Zhao Fanzhou didn't want her to always be so anxious about gains and losses and told her to believe that they would absolutely never break up.
Zhou Xiao told Zhao Fanzhou that she had prepared a small gift for him. The gift turned out to be a pink phone case. He indicated he didn't want it and got up to leave. Zhou Xiao then chased after him, lecturing him the whole way. In the end, Zhao Fanzhou still put the pink phone case on his phone. Just then, he received a call from his mother.
His mother told him that the hospital asked her to go to the psychiatry department for examination, and his father had left her alone at home, asking Zhao Fanzhou to quickly come home.
After Zhao Fanzhou received the call and explained the reason to Zhou Xiao, Zhou Xiao originally intended to go with Zhao Fanzhou to visit his mother, but considering his mother's emotions were not very stable, Zhao Fanzhou asked Zhou Xiao to wait until next time to go together. After arriving home, Zhao Fanzhou discovered that his mother and Jia Yichun were chatting and laughing on the sofa. Zhao Fanzhou's mother also unintentionally found out that Zhao Fanzhou had a girlfriend.
As soon as she entered the room, she asked Zhao Fanzhou about his girlfriend. Zhao Fanzhou showed Shen Mengjun the photo of Zhou Xiao on his phone and said that Zhou Xiao had a good temper and was very kind. Shen Mengjun was quite satisfied with her impression of Zhou Xiao and asked Zhao Fanzhou to find time to bring Zhou Xiao back to visit.
The Chinese department teacher read Zhou Xiao's novel and thought the beginning was written quite well, but the ending was too bad. Just then, Zhou Xiao came in and told Teacher Shu that her novel was not yet finished and she didn't want to hastily end it just for the competition. Teacher Shu heard this and said that this was the correct attitude towards writing.
He also told her to go back and write it well and bring it to him to read when finished. During the last subject of the final exam, Zhao Fanzhou was anxious to find Zhou Xiao and finished answering and handed in his paper very quickly. Professor Hu told him to check it carefully again, as handing in the paper too quickly would create psychological pressure for other students. Zhao Fanzhou came to Zhou Xiao's examination venue.
Because Zhou Xiao was too careless, the other side of her exam paper was completely blank, so the invigilator, Teacher Shu, told her to use the remaining time to answer the questions properly. When the official time to hand in the papers arrived, Teacher Shu kept Zhou Xiao behind, preparing to recommend her to a one-week writing training camp organized by the Beijing Writers Association. Zhou Xiao was overjoyed when she heard this news. Summer vacation soon began.
Luo Wei had already packed her luggage and gone home to visit her grandfather. Zhu Lu was scheduled to go to Haicheng for a photo shoot activity according to the department's arrangement. Tao Ling was pouting because Fang Wei was staying at school to do research and wouldn't accompany her home.
After Zhou Xiao returned to the dorm, as soon as she heard Zhu Lu talk about the photo shoot in Haicheng, she said that place wasn't far from her home. Tao Ling immediately said, "Why don't we all go to Haicheng to play? We can go home on the way then." The three of them all thought this idea was very good and successively expressed their intention to go together.
