Recap and Thoughts<\/h2>\n
We see students heading to Si Ping High School<\/em> and students already at the school. All of them are viewing and gossiping about the scandalous photos of Han Jie<\/em> and Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> on their phones. Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> is seen making her way into the school. She is unaware that she has become the subject of gossip at school, cheerfully returning all the greetings she receives from the students and completely unaware of the slurry of gossipy looks going her way. Jiang Pei Ying<\/em> is seen running up a flight of stairs below, calling to Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> on an upper level. Jiang Pei Ying<\/em> has come to clue her in. "Do you know you’re in trouble?"<\/p>\n We move to the principal’s office where Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> is seen trying desperately to explain the scandalous pictures to the principal standing before her as her colleagues stand behind listening. Han Jie<\/em>, he’s standing some distance outside of the main group, facing away, relaxed and scrolling through the scandalous photos on a tablet, looking rather amused by them.<\/p>\n "Principal, you have to believe me. There’s nothing going on between Teacher Han and me," Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> says. "I did have a bit to drink yesterday. When I got up this morning, I woke up in my room."<\/p>\n Han Jie<\/em>—who had graced his presence with joining the group only several moments ago—is unimpressed with Fang Xiao Rou’s<\/em> efforts in explaining: "What you have just said is the same as not having explained at all." Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> looks at him confused. He makes a gesture pressing her on to explain further. But still, she’s not catching onto his meaning. It takes her a bit longer before finally clicking onto the reason why Han Jie<\/em> was pressing her on to continue: leaving her explanation where she had left it was leaving room for her colleagues to believe they could have possibly spent the night together in her room. "I swear I was the only one in the room!" Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> then winds up her explanation with saying that she hasn’t got any idea to what is displayed in the pictures. All she knows is that the framing in the pictures misconstrues the events that truly took place.<\/p>\n Watching this scene of Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> trying desperately to convince the principal and her colleagues, we did think how funny it was to find Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> being the only one the principal looked to for an explanation. Han Jie<\/em>, he’s the other person in these scandalous pictures; he should be standing right next to Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> getting the exact same treatment as she has been getting so far. But, Han Jie<\/em>, he was left alone and even looked to be part of the group of teachers looking onto the troublemaker.<\/p>\n Not for long, though. It’s now time for Han Jie<\/em> to be under the spotlight. He won’t be able to escape punishment, especially where Su Ying Jun<\/em> is concerned. Su Ying Jun<\/em> steps forward and highlights that though the photo has misconstrued the situation, it has already circulated around the Internet. Though he believes Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> is innocent, someone will need to take responsibility in order to maintain the school’s reputation. This fact has the principal and the teachers in agreement. He walks to stand before Han Jie<\/em>: "I’m sorry, Teacher Han. We’re going to have to sacrifice you." Han Jie<\/em>, he’s… not shocked or concerned. He’s only got a hollow expression of surprise that looked more amused than anything.<\/p>\n Throughout this entire time, Han Jie<\/em> has actually been looking awfully blasé and looking to be relaxed about a matter that everyone is being so serious and concerned about. Maybe it’s because he knows his father—the principal—won’t take disciplinary actions on him knowing that his father needs his help with the international inter-school cooking competition—because sure enough, his father comes to Han Jie’s<\/em> rescue: "But I trust Teacher Han," his father immediately responds to Su Ying Jun’s<\/em> decision. Su Ying Jun<\/em> is surprised to the level of trust his superior has in a new teacher such as Han Jie<\/em>. But, trusting fully in his superior, Su Ying Jun<\/em> stands down on his decision without much objection.<\/p>\n Or, maybe the reason why Han Jie<\/em> isn’t at all concerned about the scandalous pictures negatively impacting on the school’s reputation is because he’s got a way to resolve all of this without needing to do a thing. After Jiang Pei Ying<\/em> discusses the need to find the culprit and suggests Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> be willing to stand before the teachers and students to clarify the matter, and Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> turns to Han Jie<\/em> to make a start in doing so, Han Jie<\/em> stops things in mid-track. "What is there to explain?" he asks Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>. "Are there any school regulations that forbid teachers dating?" Han Jie<\/em> turns to the principal. "Are there?" The principal delightfully answers—"Actually, there isn’t."<\/p>\n Han Jie: you’ve studied the school’s regulations well! This way, the scandal is resolved without needing to sacrifice anyone and Si Ping’s<\/em> reputation remains in tact! Gold stars!<\/p>\n But not clarifying the situation with everyone, Han Jie’s<\/em><\/em> single status is sacrificed. However, Han Jie<\/em> doesn’t seem to be at all concerned about his single status disappearing. After Han Jie<\/em> shoves away Fang Xiao Rou’s<\/em> nerdy admirer, Teacher Li Zhi Chao<\/em> (Calvin Lee), acting macho and slapping his suspenders against his raised chest, Han Jie<\/em> takes Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> around her neck with an arm and drags her towards the exit. He stands before the people in the room with Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> at his side. "We’ll be leaving now…" He turns to Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>, "Darling."<\/p>\n We now see that Han Jie<\/em> is not only blasé, but he’s also rather playful. We see more of his playfulness in the coming scene where Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> and Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> is at an exterior walkway of the school talking to each other and Han Jie<\/em> invites himself into their two-person conversation: Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> had asked Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> if he really believed her about what she had told about the scandal. Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> responds affirmatively to it, telling her that she is a person who has everything in her heart written on her face. Han Jie<\/em>, an outsider to the conversation, finds amusement in Wen Zhen Yu’s<\/em> view of Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>. From his position outside the two-person circle, he asks—"Is it?" When they hear him, he enters into the group and faces Wen Zhen Yu.<\/em><\/em> "With women, you seem to think too simply, Teacher Wen. Women are those who are most skilled in saying one thing, but mean another." He turns to Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>. "Right, Darling?"<\/p>\n Either it’s really just Han Jie<\/em> being someone who absolutely needs to input his opinions into conversations about things that he feels needs correcting or it’s really that he loves to tease Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>—because, after Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> pulls him to one side asking what he was doing, he continues with his teases: "He said that your secrets are written all over your face. Is that true? Are they written all over your face? Let me have a look. Are they there?" Han Jie<\/em> continues playing even when Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> shushes him and gestures him to zip it up—"You haven’t told him yet?!"<\/p>\n Han Jie’s<\/em> teasing only stops when, supporting a well-mannered smile after displaying concern upon seeing a defenseless Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> being teased by a persistent Han Jie<\/em>, Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> enters between the two. "Xiao Rou, I’m heading back to the office now. Shall we head back together?" Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> happily agrees to it.<\/p>\n Of course Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> would want to: it’s more alone time with Senior<\/em> (Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> addresses Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> with Senior<\/em>), but more importantly, she can get away from a frustrating Han Jie<\/em> who doesn’t know how to zip it. Han Jie’s<\/em> expression towards this was rather confusing for us. The amused smile that was still present straightened a little and thoughts appeared to be running through his mind: is that disappointment that his game ended too early?—or, is it that he was sad that Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> had chosen to leave him and was no longer playing with him?<\/p>\n We’d like to believe it’s the latter because, with Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> having not walked even a metre away from him, Han Jie<\/em> runs to catch up. He then places Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> in a light headlock. He excuses himself from Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> and tells him that he needs to discuss something with Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>. This ‘something’ was to discuss a way to catch the culprit who took the scandalous pictures of them, but this wasn’t told to Wen Zhen Yu.<\/em><\/em> Rather, Han Jie<\/em> whispers this into Fang Xiao Rou’s<\/em> ear and it was said as a rhetorical question. When Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> became indecisive, Han Jie<\/em> releases her and heads to Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> where he begins to hint Fang Xiao Rou’s<\/em> secret feelings towards him as a means to force Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> to choose to leave with him. Han Jie<\/em> wins this one as Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> stops Han Jie<\/em> from fully revealing her feelings to Wen Zhen Yu<\/em>. She then says a quick goodbye to Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> before leaving with Han Jie.<\/em><\/p>\n It’s still hard to tell whether Han Jie<\/em> is simply finding it fun to tease Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> or whether it’s Han Jie<\/em> already showing signs of unconsciously liking her at this early stage. Saying that though, in the scene following, we see them end up at a place like the gymnasium foyer. Han Jie<\/em> had led her there. The gymnasium foyer is a very unusual place to have a discussion about finding a way to catch the culprit, we have to say. So, we have to lean towards Han Jie<\/em> showing signs of liking Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>. If not—then at the very least he’s affected by Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>. <\/p>\n Han Jie<\/em> and Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> heading into the gymnasium foyer actually has Han Jie<\/em> chancing upon an opportunity to catch the culprit, though. Whilst Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> beats Han Jie<\/em> at his arm for the game he played on her, Han Jie<\/em> suddenly spots someone in the room in the corner of his eyes. Han Jie<\/em> quickly takes hold of Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> in his arms, lifting her entire body off the ground and carries her into the gym equipment room.<\/p>\n "What are you doing? Why did you bring me here?" Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> exclaims after Han Jie<\/em> releases his hold on her. He’s not answering. His full attention is elsewhere, listening. He notices something. Without much warning, Han Jie<\/em> drives Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> further into the gym equipment room, slamming her against a storage frame of stacked boxes, gaining him a streak from Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> for the sudden action and a wince from her for the sudden contact with the objects that he drove her into. "The culprit has appeared," Han Jie<\/em> explains. Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> comes back from her shock and asks if the culprit is really here and if they’re here to take more photos. The culprit may wish to do so since the last attempt hadn’t delivered satisfactory results, Han Jie<\/em> explains. Han Jie<\/em> suggests for them to continue pretending to date. She was not going with that idea! She makes a move to get out from Han Jie’s<\/em> entrapment. However, Han Jie<\/em> has no desires to let this opportunity go to waste: he slams Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> back into position. "You don’t have a choice." Indicating to her with one last look that he was going to proceed with his plan, he sacrifices his thumb and puts on a good show for the culprit with a session of (pretend) kissing.<\/p>\n Han Jie<\/em> does a good job pretending to kiss. Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>, however, is (understandably) having trouble looking real as she’s shocked and lost in how to act. Han Jie<\/em> grabs her hand and slaps it against his lower back. With Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> now looking the part, Han Jie<\/em> peers up and into the mirror that’s (conveniently placed) in the room. He tries to see who this culprit is; however, a phone recording them is all he sees. Han Jie<\/em> waits a moment more before he stops the act to ask the culprit for his identity before immediately leaping off to chase the culprit. It takes Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> a bit of time to come back from the pretend kiss: she’s a little dazed and has her finger touching her lips. No! She’s dwelled on a useless thought for much too long! She violently shakes the thought off and speeds off to join in on the chase.<\/p>\n To the disappointment of Han Jie<\/em>, the chase ends in no more than only seeing the back of the culprit. He’s got an idea of who it is, though. And he’s come up with a way to catch the culprit in the act: the computer room. Not only is it possible to trace the IP of the phone of the culprit by matching it up with the upload information of the photo at the computer room, it is also a place where students have easy access to and would be a place the culprit would go to and commit the act, Han Jie<\/em> explains to Fang Xiao Rou<\/em>. Han Jie<\/em> and Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> stand ready outside the computer room, ready to storm into the room. Enter! Disappointment. There was no culprit in sight. They only find Wen Zhen Yu.<\/em><\/p>\n It seems Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> is too good for Han Jie<\/em>. Han Jie<\/em> is simply no match for Wen Zhen Yu.<\/em> The reason for Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> being in the computer room is that he is already actioning the idea of tracing the information on the uploaded photos to a phone’s IP. He had moved onto this task after checking the security cameras and having no luck in identifying the culprit that way. With this, Han Jie<\/em> gets subjected to Fang Xiao Rou’s<\/em> praises towards Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> on how logical and reliable he is whilst insinuating the opposite for Han Jie<\/em> because he had subjected her to becoming part of another scandalous photo with him before coming up with this idea.<\/p>\n Han Jie<\/em> isn’t down and out, yet, though. Whilst Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> parts from Han Jie<\/em> to join the more logical and reliable Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> in matching IPs of phones to the upload information of the photos, Han Jie’s<\/em> nose suddenly gathers a scent in the room. We see him track down this scent to a mouse to a computer couple rows down from where Wen Zhen Yu<\/em> and Fang Xiao Rou<\/em> is located. He’s smelling something like basil as we see a basil leaf-like hologram hovering above the computer mouse. A flashback of a scene that featured in Episode 1 shows Han Jie<\/em> has come across this scent previously: it’s the same one his nose had gathered on a small kitchen knife used by one of his students in a cooking class. Han Jie<\/em> smirks victoriously. He truly knows the identity of the culprit now.<\/p>\n![\"Love](\"blogimgs\/lovecuisine\/ep02\/01.jpg\")
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