How did Zhang Xiao end up with Kang Si Han after first going on a spying mission with Huang Di? I guess that's the best part of this episode for me. That and the bit with Kang Si Yu at the end. I'm biased towards these guys, so there. And before I forget, I thought Zhang Xiao looked really nice with her hair in a cap. Makes her look mischievous and spunky!
The episode opened with my least favourite scene of Zhang Xiao yet again trying to tender her resignation to Kang Zhen Tian. I hate it when she kept saying I'm sorry.
Zhang Xiao tried to deny that Yin Zheng is the reason that she wants to leave but Kang Zhen Tian was smart enough to see through her. She tried to make the excuse that she couldn't possibly stay despite having the matter resolved because the hairpin did get lost while in her care. Kang Zhen Tian wasn't going to let her off and even magnanimously said that a lost hairpin is a lost hairpin but he wasn't going to allow that to make him lose a good staff, which would result in a loss for the Zhen Tian Group.
Did your jaws hit the table yet? Wow. Who would expect the Kang Xi Emperor to improve with time? If he had been this good in Bu Bu Jing Xin, many tragedies could have been averted, many sufferings avoided and we could have got a happy-ever-after! 'Tis a pity. Kang Zhen Tian even told Zhang Xiao here that since he had already forgiven Yin Zheng, he couldn't possibly not forgive her. Yup, let your jaws drop.
I like the Kang Xi Emperor and Ruoxi before and I like Kang Zhen Tian and Zhang Xiao now.
Yin Zheng's assistant reported her investigations on Z&X and reluctantly revealed that the owner of Z&X is Kang Si Han.
If Yin Zheng had been as smart as the Fourth Prince (cough, cough), he would have guessed that the real reason Kang Zhen Tian wanted him to crush Z&X was to force Kang Si Han to return to the Zhen Tian Group as his heir. But I guess that as he looked at the hidden family photo, his thought was solely of revenge. In the photo, he was the only unsmiling one. I love Kang Si Yu's happy smile and even Kang Si Han had an open smile. What a lovely family.
Yin Zheng called Kang Si Han out for a meeting.
I love Kang Si Han for daring to stand up to the big bully Yin Zheng. Upon meeting him at the golf course, he said to Yin Zheng, if you have something to say, say it quick. Yin Zheng rebuked by saying that his temper was still the same over the years and if he should have called him "Big Brother" first. Ah, so that confirms that Yin Zheng is the eldest while Kang Si Han is the second son and Kang Si Yu is the baby of the family.
After Yin Zheng made a mockery out of Z&X by saying that this company wouldn't be able to weather any storm, Kang Si Han retorted by telling him that he used his own efforts to establish the company unlike someone else who kept denying that he was a Kang Family member but still meekly followed orders in the company. Yin Zheng then said that it doesn't matter if the hand is broken but what matters is the end results.
Yin Zheng then revealed that Zhen Tian Group was going to take over Z&X. A flashback revealed that as kids, Kang Zhen Tian used to bring his two elder boys to the driving range where Kang Si Han always outshone Yin Zheng. However, Yin Zheng now warned Kang Si Han that he was no longer the loser he was (yeah, right) and told him to close down Z&X.
I love this look on Kang Si Han that basically says I'm not afraid of you, Yin Zheng. And he turned his back on him with such suave.
After his clash with Kang Si Han, who else could Yin Zheng bully but Zhang Xiao? He approached her table at the cafeteria and rudely knocked on it. He asked why was she still around when she said that he won't see her anymore. She grumpily agreed with his statement that the company is too good for her to leave. He then told her to be very careful so as not to make any mistakes that he could catch her with.
Jack makes you laugh so, you won't grudge him for being such a mean supervisor to Zhang Xiao. As expected (or not), he asked Zhang Xiao to go spying on Z&X and when she refused, he asked if she thought he was going to the dirty job himself and call Boss Yin along? The unsuspecting Huang Di came in and happily accepted a new assignment with Zhang Xiao.
Huang Di's reactions when he heard that the assignment was to spy on a rival company and that company happened to be Z&X were hilarious. This is another guy who improves with time from Bu Bu Jing Xin. He and the Kang Xi Emperor. Zhang Xiao said that she refused to go and he said that this assignment was for both of them, not to pick one from the two. Haha!
Zhang Xiao did one of the best things in this drama by looking for Kang Si Han. He happily thought that she was inviting him out for a meal but she told him that she was going to tell him a company secret. She asked him to warn his boss that the Zhen Tian Group was going to send spies to next week's exhibition to steal Z&X's business secrets. Kang Si Han asked if this information was reliable and she said it's up to him to believe it or not. He told her that he trusted her.
Even after the warning, Kang Si Han still had the mood to ask her out for a meal but she declined by explaining that she had no appetite. She left behind a smiling Kang Si Han, already forewarned and apparently touched by her gesture.
I will always be left wondering how did Zhang Xiao and Huang Di become a couple previously. They are so freaking cute.
This is the two of them before the start of their spying mission. Huang Di said that his heart was going to jump out while Zhang Xiao said her head felt the same. He said that he hadn't bought any insurance and if anything were to happen to him, she had to be responsible for him. How much cuter can this couple be?
After their cover was nearly blown, this happened while they were running away. Huang Di bumped into a guy carrying boxes.
Guess who Zhang Xiao helped to his feet and dragged outside?
She was scolding him "stupid" when she suddenly turned around and came face to face with "Inspector Black Cat." He went, "Wah" before asking why hadn't he seen any Zhen Tian Group spies after two days of being on alert. She then revealed that she was the spy sent. He was very amused and when he asked for her phone, I thought that he was going to delete the photos she took. Instead, he transferred some Z&X designs from his phone to hers. He told her to use whatever that could be used in her report and she was touched by his action.
Can I say how much I love this mutual exchange? Zhang Xiao warned Kang Si Han about the spies. He wanted her to have something to report to her bosses. In the end, both did what was right. He gave her some fake designs but she deleted them out of righteousness, earning his admiration and this smile.
Zhang Xiao left to look for Huang Di, who was nursing a big bruise on his right eye. He asked if anyone still cared if he lived or died.
She tried to cheer him up by offering to take him to the hospital and when he refused, she said she will give him a treat. He pushed his luck by making a list of demands that she accepted but he earned another punch when he tried to kiss her.
Kang Si Han returned to his office where his assistant reported about the two spies from Zhen Tian Group. His assistant was worried about that company's attack on Z&X but Kang Si Han said he had a strategy to counter them. Back at Zhen Tian Group, Yin Zheng was furious when Zhang Xiao and Huang Di submitted a blank report in defiance.
Stone-faced Yin Zheng then went to look for sour-faced Lan Lan. He said "long time no see." She asked why she hadn't seen him in the office, why he hadn't answered her calls and when she texted, he merely replied "meeting." She asked him if he had been bewitched by another flower but he said that he only liked magnolias.
After trying to explain his disappearance, he asked that they be together. She said that he didn't know how imperfect she was. He rebutted that perfect doesn't exist in his dictionary. He then told her about his perfect half-brother, Kang Si Han. Another (boring) flashback shows how the "kind-hearted" Yin Zheng was late to class for helping an old aunt with her dropped apples and Kang Si Han getting praised by their teacher for topping a competition.
We learnt that more than twenty years ago, Kang Si Han was sent abroad to study and Yin Zheng's suspicious of his timely return when Kang Zhen Tian's health is declining.
No two better people who deserved each other more as they share another heart-to-heart. Lan Lan asked why Yin Zheng was telling her all this and wasn't he afraid that she would expose him. He said that as long as she was happy, he would tell her anything. Bleah! Where's Icy Face Fourth Prince? He even said that when two imperfect people got together, they can become perfect. And they kissed. Who else have to knock and disturb them but Zhang Xiao?
Lan Lan was very rude to Zhang Xiao three times when she: (1) asked why hadn't Zhang Xiao resigned; (2) accused her of wanting to steal her magnolia earring when she was looking at it; and (3) said that did Zhang Xiao expect her to throw away the wilted magnolias herself. Credits to Zhang Xiao who stood up to her not once but three times and walked away.
At her cubicle, Zhang Xiao was left wondering where she had seen the magnolia earring before. When she was younger? At her old house? She lamented that her memory was getting worse after the accident. If only she realised how much she had actually forgotten!
A message from Kang Si Han cheered Zhang Xiao up when he asked if she had been scolded by her boss. He even asked her to consider moving to his company. Sour Yin Zheng came along and spoiled the mood by reprimanding her for playing messenger during work hours.
The episode dramatically improves with Kang Si Yu's appearance. He was feeling bored / distracted in the bar and took out her X-ray to look. That boy is positively infatuated with her!
I love the different versions of Zhang Xiao that appeared in his mind.
While Zhang Xiao was peacefully minding her own business, Kang Si Yu decided to torment her just as her images were tormenting him.
He sent her texts, called into a TV show to complain about a girl who owed him money and was refusing to pay up and sent an IOU statement by courier. Zhang Xiao felt like she was being haunted by a ghost! The next day, as she left work, Kang Si Yu followed behind until he nearly got taser-ed by her.
She told him that she received all his reminders and he asked why hadn't she replied and caused him to worry all night. It appeared that he was genuinely worried about her but he tried to cover up by saying that he was worried about the safety of the interest that she owed him. She said that she will definitely pay him back but he made her angry by saying that a girl like her with no car, no house and no boyfriend is capable of anything, even murder, like when she nearly electrocuted him with her Taser.
In fury, she dumped her whole bag at him and stormed off before threatening him with her Taser again. He wondered why she couldn't take his joke but he said, "I like it."
My Thoughts:
This is Kang Si Yu upon finding Zhang Xiao's name card.
If these three characters can remain this happy-go-lucky for as long as they can in this drama before the angst starts, I will be happy. More of them, please. Even Jack and Huang Di. Less of the sour people.
