When I Fly Towards You Episode 3 Recap
> When I Fly Towards You Recap
At the military training graduation party, Shen Qianyu, a senior and the president of the Dramatic Society, captivated the audience with his guitar performance. Gu Ran and Guan Fang remarked on how he was stealing the limelight from the younger students. Su Zaizai and Jiang Jia were initially among his admirers, but upon noticing Zhang Lurang looking in her direction, Su Zaizai immediately lost interest in Shen Qianyu and decided to leave.
The next day, the students had their first formal class of the new term with their homeroom teacher, Lin Mao, who also teaches mathematics. He introduced himself and, despite his friendly demeanor, emphasized the importance of diligence, immediately administering a pop quiz to gauge their English proficiency. After class, Lin Mao stated there was "no news" yet regarding school societies.
However, a rumor quickly spread that the societies were to be canceled, with many attributing the decision to Zhang Yan, the English teacher and Class 1 homeroom teacher, known as "the Joy Killer" for her tendency to eliminate extracurricular activities. The news made Su Zaizai, already feeling pressured by Zhang Lurang's academic excellence, even more anxious.
Observing Su Zaizai's growing obsession with Zhang Lurang's photos, Jiang Jia suggested that she should proactively learn about his interests, proposing that Gu Ran, as Zhang Lurang's close friend, would be the best source of information. During lunch, Jiang Jia tried to get information from Gu Ran.
She started by asking about his own preferences in a girl, to which he described someone with long hair, small eyes, a round face, and a gentle personality, pointedly adding that her name shouldn't be two characters long or be surnamed Jiang. When she pressed him about Zhang Lurang's type, Gu Ran refused to say, unfazed by her taunts that they must not be very close.
As they talked, Jiang Jia's admiring gaze drifted toward Shen Qianyu, which Gu Ran mistakenly interpreted as interest in himself. Later, Gu Ran and Guan Fang badgered Zhang Lurang about his ideal companion. Unaccustomed to such topics, Zhang Lurang, after some thought, began describing his pet golden retriever. He listed traits like "glossy hair," "big and round eyes," being "very smart," having a "large appetite," "loving sports," and being "passionate, upbeat, and very needy," always loving to "follow me around."
This description was passed along to Su Zaizai, who mistakenly believed he was describing his ideal girlfriend and, even more erroneously, that he was describing her. Determined to become Zhang Lurang's "ideal type," Su Zaizai set out to embody these characteristics. She first attempted to prove her intelligence by loudly reciting a physics problem's solution in front of him, only to embarrassingly state the wrong unit for acceleration.
Undeterred, she declared she would run home to showcase her love for sports, but ended up on the same bus as Zhang Lurang. On the bus, she overtly described herself, highlighting her "big and round eyes," "glossy hair," "large appetite," and love for "sports," particularly emphasizing her "needy" nature and how she loved "following people everywhere."
Recognizing the uncanny similarity to his own words, Zhang Lurang discreetly showed her a photo of his golden retriever on his phone, revealing his "ideal companion" was his pet. Su Zaizai was mortified by the misunderstanding. Su Zaizai shared her humiliating experience with Jiang Jia, who blamed Gu Ran for misleading them and vowed to get even.
The classroom atmosphere was dull due to the uncertainty surrounding the societies, but Lin Mao delivered good news: the societies were not canceled, and registration was about to begin. He warned them, however, that participation would be revoked if it negatively impacted their academic performance. Thrilled at the prospect of seeing Shen Qianyu, Jiang Jia was determined to join the Dramatic Society and urged Su Zaizai to join her.
Su Zaizai, however, was more concerned with which society Zhang Lurang would choose. It was then revealed that Gu Ran and Guan Fang had Zhang Lurang's sign-up form and intended to enroll him in the basketball society. Seizing the opportunity, Su Zaizai and Jiang Jia bribed them with a month's worth of milk tea and the WeChat contact of "the prettiest girl in our grade" to enroll Zhang Lurang in the Dramatic Society instead.
Gu Ran eagerly accepted, only to later discover the contact belonged to Jiang Jia's mother. Zhang Lurang, upon learning his form had been altered, quietly accepted his fate, his expression signaling resignation. Later, on the bus, Su Zaizai paid for Zhang Lurang's fare. She then noticed a man inappropriately leaning against a girl and bravely confronted him. The man became defensive and aggressive, but Su Zaizai stood her ground. Zhang Lurang intervened by corroborating Su Zaizai's accusation.
His support, coupled with condemnation from other passengers, pressured the man into leaving the bus at the next stop. Su Zaizai thanked Zhang Lurang, admitting she was only so brave because she knew he would support her, a notion Zhang Lurang quietly denied. She then continued to follow him home, claiming their paths simply coincided. At the first meeting of the Dramatic Society, the teacher, Xiao Kai, introduced himself.
Su Zaizai and Jiang Jia were disappointed when neither Shen Qianyu nor Zhang Lurang was present. However, their spirits lifted when Shen Qianyu arrived late and was introduced as the society's president, followed shortly by Zhang Lurang. As the meeting progressed, Su Zaizai privately reflected on her recent embarrassing encounters with Zhang Lurang, so lost in thought that she accidentally missed her bus stop on the way home.
