Walk Into Your Memory Episode 23 Recap
> Walk Into Your Memory Recap
An Ning decided to delve back into Long Haoqian's memories, seeking the truth. She witnessed a past where An Yi, Long Haoqian's new classmate, also harbored feelings for him. An Yi would cheer for him during basketball games and secretly leave water on his desk after sports class. Long Haoqian himself had come to An Ning's aid when her bag was snatched, leading to an injury.
He insisted on taking her to the hospital, despite her initial request to go straight to the police station. He asked her name, noticing she resembled someone he knew, but then she called him "Uncle," which quickly dampened his curiosity. He internally dismissed the idea of them being sisters due to their vastly different personalities.
Nevertheless, Long Haoqian took An Ning to the hospital, then to the police station where she filed a report about her stolen bag which contained keys and 250 yuan. After that, he sent her home. Impressed by her optimism despite her blindness, Long Haoqian decided to help.
Upon returning home, he summoned Uncle Qi, instructing him to contact Dr. Bai to inquire about alternative treatments for An Ning's eye condition beyond a corneal transplant, and to follow up on her stolen bag, as it contained an important health report. An Ning, reliving these memories, expressed her deep gratitude to Long Haoqian.
Continuing through Long Haoqian's memories, An Ning saw an incident after school where An Yi was accosted by several unruly boys, one demanding she be his girlfriend. Long Haoqian, with his assistant and driver present, intervened, causing the boys to back off. As he drove An Yi home, Long Haoqian inquired about An Ning. An Yi mentioned that An Ning still believed the kind person who helped her after the mugging was an "Uncle."
Long Haoqian acknowledged to himself that An Ning was indeed bold but slow to react. The memories then shifted to a pivotal event: Long Haoqian was lured to a small grove behind the school by a note, a forgery of An Yi's handwriting, inviting him there at 5:30 p. m. An Ning, observing from outside the memory, desperately tried to warn him not to go.
In the grove, Long Haoqian found An Yi, who was soon discovered severely injured on the ground, and he himself was attacked and badly wounded. Afterward, Long Haoqian was recovering in the hospital while An Yi was also admitted after jumping off a building. Later, Uncle Qi recovered An Ning's stolen bag and brought it to Long Haoqian.
However, due to his head injury, Long Haoqian had lost some of his memory and could no longer recall who An Ning was. He asked Uncle Qi about the girl in the grove, but Uncle Qi claimed they found no girl, only Long Haoqian lying injured, and assured him the police were investigating the attackers. During this time, Long Haoqian's father was making arrangements for him to go abroad, with Yi Mingjun already awaiting him in America.
This period of recovery was also marked by personal tragedy: Long Haoqian's father was falsely accused of infidelity, leading to his mother initiating divorce proceedings, a development that deeply affected Long Haoqian, who pleaded with his mother not to leave. Back in the present, An Ning remained unconscious, and Long Haoqian was plagued by headaches. When An Ning's eyes suddenly started bleeding, he rushed her to the hospital.
Xia Tian and Yi Mingjun arrived, where a doctor informed them that An Ning's condition was critical and she might enter a vegetative state. Xia Tian broke down, while Long Haoqian struggled to accept the news, his mind flooded with cherished memories of An Ning and her hopeful words about their future and wedding plans. An Ning, still trapped within Long Haoqian's memory world, desperately tried to return to her own body.
She cried out for Long Haoqian, Xia Tian, and Yi Mingjun, but they couldn't hear her. A doctor explained that An Ning's internal organs were failing, and there was a risk of sudden, fatal organ failure. Long Haoqian held An Ning, gently reassuring her and himself that she would be fine after some rest.
Determined to escape the memory world, An Ning consciously revisited a traumatic memory of Long Haoqian, where he had broken down, holding her hand and begging her not to leave him. Xia Tian, looking at a childhood photograph of herself with An Ning and An Yi, recalled An Yi promising to earn money to cure An Ning's eyes, and her own vow to always be by An Ning's side.
An Ning, at the time, eagerly anticipated being able to see and play shuttlecock with them. After her corneal transplant, a hopeful An Ning expressed to Xia Tian her desire to visit the cornea donor's family with her parents and sister to thank them. When An Ning inquired about her sister and father, Xia Tian's demeanor changed, and she promised to treat An Ning even better than An Yi.
Later, An Ning overheard hospital staff discussing that her new corneas came from An Yi, who had committed suicide by jumping from a building, and that their father had died of a heart attack upon hearing the news. This revelation shattered An Ning, and she wept uncontrollably, her eyes bleeding. Xia Tian attempted to comfort her, but An Ning was inconsolable, crying out for her father.
Long Haoqian kept vigil by An Ning's hospital bed, grappling with whether to disclose the truth to An Ning's grandfather and mother, fearing that doing so might lead to him losing An Ning forever. An Ning's mother and grandfather arrived, bringing him chicken soup and urging him to take care of himself. Long Haoqian then confessed everything, admitting that An Ning's current state was a result of entering his memories, where she witnessed his role in An Yi's death.
An Ning's mother was overcome with grief and anger, striking Long Haoqian and demanding her daughters back, questioning why both her daughters had encountered him. Her grandfather, though acknowledging Long Haoqian as a victim in An Yi's passing, stated that An Yi had gone to the grove because of him and forbade Long Haoqian from approaching An Ning ever again, telling him to leave.
Gong Chen and Meng Lu, along with Yi Mingjun and Xia Tian, arrived and witnessed the emotional scene. Long Haoqian pleaded to be allowed to stay and care for An Ning until her recovery, even offering his life in exchange, but An Ning's mother and grandfather remained unyielding, refusing any further contact between An Ning and Long Haoqian. Despite the others' attempts to mediate, their efforts were in vain.
