When We Were Young Episode 14 Recap
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After his father, Situ Dongfeng, returns home intoxicated with a thick stack of cash, Ertiao, troubled by Hua Biao's situation, conceives a plan. Meanwhile, at Li Yu's house, Yang Xi delivers a parcel to him and then produces a stack of test papers, begging Li Yu to forge her mother's signature on them. She explains that, apart from English and History, her scores have declined again, and she has even brought carbon paper to make the forgeries consistent.
As thanks, Yang Xi offers to let Li Yu play on her brother Yang Chao's computer. Li Yu suggests they go out with Ertiao, but Yang Xi expresses a preference for spending time with Hua Biao, noting it would be more interesting, which disappoints Li Yu.
Ertiao later tells Li Yu and Hua Biao that the money is from his savings and that he intends to use it to pay Wang Laowu, forcing him to refund half of the rent to Hua Biao's grandmother. He boasts about his family’s wealth, claiming his father regularly closes deals worth twice that amount and that his mother’s recent business venture in Guangzhou brought in a deposit that put their family's liquid assets at fifty thousand yuan.
He promises to accompany them the next day to confront Wang Laowu. The following day, Mr. Kong, while reviewing test papers, discovers the carbon paper marks on Yang Xi's exams and realizes she has forged the signatures. He goes to the classroom looking for her but learns she has already left. At the school gate, he spots Hua Biao leaving with the 13 Taibao gang and decides to follow. Hua Biao, accompanied by Li Yu and Ertiao, confronts Wang Laowu.
However, Wang Laowu notices the consecutive serial numbers on the banknotes and accuses them of trying to frame him with stolen money. As tensions rise, Ertiao smashes a glass bottle, inadvertently cutting Hua Biao’s forehead. Seeing the situation escalate, Wang Laowu falters. Just then, Mr. Kong arrives and proposes a "fair" way to resolve the dispute. He challenges Wang Laowu with three questions: first, to recite a classical Chinese text; second, a chemistry question; and third, a math problem.
Wang Laowu fails the first two and, to avoid further embarrassment, refuses to answer the third, thereby losing the challenge. Li Yu, Ertiao, Hua Biao, and Mr. Kong make a triumphant exit, and the boys playfully ask Mr. Kong if he has a crush on "little Hongbai." Shortly after, Ertiao’s mother discovers he stole the twenty thousand yuan deposit and scolds both him and his father.
Situ Dongfeng angrily demands the money back from Ertiao, who feels his parents prioritize money over him. At home, Yang Xi finds that Yang Chao has taken his computer back to school. She pleads with her mother to buy her a 486 computer, but her mother insists she must earn it with excellent grades.
Yang Xi selectively reports her highest scores, but her mother reveals she already knows Li Yu forged the signatures, advising her that while childhood mischief is forgivable, adult deception is not. The next day, Li Yu reminds Yang Xi that she left her English exam papers at school, prompting her to return. Yang Xi finds the school gate locked but is suddenly pulled into a classroom by Hua Biao. They hide just as a security guard patrols the hall.
Hua Biao explains he is staying at school overnight to hide his forehead injury from his sensitive grandmother, who even cries while watching the cartoon Maruko-chan. He calls his grandmother, falsely claiming he’s at Ertiao’s house helping him study. Meanwhile, Ertiao, still upset with his parents, has been spending his nights at an arcade.
Later, Yang Xi secretly brings Hua Biao a blanket and calls his grandmother to cover for him, claiming that he is safe at Ertiao's house but simply forgot to call. The next morning, Yang Xi brings Hua Biao a newly released Magnum ice cream. Having only enough money for one, she pretends she has already eaten. Hua Biao, sensing her lie, takes a bite, feigns that it tastes bitter, and convinces her to eat the rest.
During chemistry class, Ertiao arrives late after spending another night out. He proceeds with the experiment, adding the solutions in the wrong order, causing the beaker to explode and embed glass shards in his neck. Ertiao requires immediate surgery, but his blood type is a rare Rh-negative, and the hospital has no matching blood.
While his father is not a match and his mother, who shares his blood type, is in Guangzhou, she charters a private plane and arrives just in time for the surgery to proceed successfully. Later, Yang Xi is astonished when her mother explains a chemistry problem with expertise. Her mother reveals that, frustrated by Yang Xi’s academic struggles, she decided to learn chemistry herself in order to teach her.
Elsewhere, Hua Biao buys a cute Maruko-chan hair clip for Yang Xi. He runs into her as she is clearing out old belongings to make space for her new 486 computer. As Yang Xi picks up each item, she recounts specific memories and stories, all involving Li Yu. Hearing her continuous recollections, Hua Biao quietly puts the hair clip back in his pocket.
