When We Were Young Episode 1 Recap
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Chu Yinyin, an eighteen-year-old female who is 1. 5 meters tall, left-handed, gets dizzy from eating durian, and has blood type O, introduces herself as a proud and queen-like individual with high intelligence and a tall figure, who is also quite beautiful. She studies at Qing Teng International School, a prestigious institution where students from affluent families with excellent academic performance gather, and anything less than an A is considered a failure.
Chu Yinyin, never willing to fall behind, always strives for the best academically, making straight A's a habit for her. Her mother, Chu Mingzhu, a successful businesswoman frequently featured in business magazines, raised her like a princess. Recently, Chu Yinyin has become the center of school gossip after her mysterious disappearance.
Her mother worries she might have been kidnapped, while gossiping female students at school speculate she might have been cursed, or perhaps ran away after a poor test performance to avoid facing it. A package addressed to Xu Konglin, sent by Chu Yinyin, arrives at the school. Xu Konglin hurriedly opens the empty box, but notices the letters "SOS" on it. He rushes to the police station without hesitation.
Officer Chen, already handling Chu Mingzhu’s missing person report, questions Xu Konglin about his relationship with Chu Yinyin. Xu Konglin recalls a conflict they had before Chu Yinyin’s disappearance. Chu Yinyin and Xu Konglin harbored mutual feelings for each other. Chu Yinyin made a pact with Xu Konglin that he should never win against her in any future exams, to which Xu Konglin readily agreed. However, during the assessment for a social practice assignment, Xu Konglin again received an A.
Chu Yinyin, having lost to Xu Konglin, didn't believe his explanations, feeling he had lied to her, and left in tears. Officer Chen then leads his team to the Chu residence. Chu Mingzhu instructs her maid, Xiao Mei, to post missing person notices in the streets, promising a generous reward for any clues leading to Chu Yinyin. Meanwhile, in the city suburbs, Xia Er and her friend Xiao'er are being chased by thugs led by Brother Qiang.
Under pressure from life, Xia Er had borrowed five thousand yuan from Brother Qiang and his group, and now, unable to repay, she is being pursued. In a critical moment, Xia Er creates a diversion and escapes by climbing over the school fence, promising to bring the money to Brother Qiang tomorrow. As Xia Er flees the school, she crosses paths with Chu Yinyin, but neither girl notices their striking resemblance.
Xia Er also finds Chu Yinyin’s necklace on the ground and puts it on. Chu Yinyin stands at the school gate, checking her Weibo on her phone. At that moment, someone carrying a stick hits her from behind, causing Chu Yinyin to sustain a head injury and fall unconscious. To earn money, Xia Er takes a job at an amusement park haunted house, where she plays a ghost. Unexpectedly, a terrified customer violently lashes out at Xia Er.
Xia Er instinctively fights back, but the customer complains, and she ends up leaving the amusement park without earning any money. On the road, an older woman carrying a small dog passes Xia Er. The woman holds one of the missing person posters that Xiao Mei had put up. The older woman notices Xia Er’s striking resemblance to the person in the poster and relentlessly pursues her, insisting on taking Xia Er to the Chu residence.
After understanding the situation, Xia Er, who is in urgent need of money, negotiates with the older woman. She agrees to go to the Chu residence but insists on being heavily disguised, and demands half of the reward money if successful. The older woman agrees, and brings the heavily disguised Xia Er to the Chu residence.
