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Sorry about the lack of pics for EP 8 and 9. It was hard to find any for them, so I overloaded EP 7 to make up for it :)
If you have any questions, please comment to let us know.
*Disclaimer: All pictures come from afairytaleworld.com and Google image search. No copyright intended.
EP 7
Picking up from the previous episode, Ting Yu has decided to
incorporate Die Fei in the orchestra because he is captivated by her voice. He
gathers everyone and drags her to the front of the room to give a live
performance. Of course, this comes as a complete surprise to Die Fei, who
panics and runs away to hide in the bathroom. Ting Yu follows her and pleads
(argues) with her to trust him. He tells her that she could easily become a
great singer with proper tutelage (his, of course). The whole scene was a
little comical because Ting Yu comes on so strong and is so passionate about
his new inspiration, but Die Fei is completely taken aback and opposed to his
idea. It’s also refreshing to see him so zealous about something.
Next, we see that Yu Shu has come back from her “business
trip”. Much to her horror, a photograph of her and the director has been
published on the front cover of a gossip magazine. She and Die Fei immediately
go to all the surrounding shops to buy all of the magazines so their father
won’t see the picture. They almost get caught when they go home and see their
dad using a copy of the magazine as a trivet for a pot of soup. However,
they’re able to switch the magazine out with some quick thinking and comical
teamwork (sisters FTW!).
Ting Yu demands to have a full-time assistant in order to
full concentrate on his music. Of course, he requests Die Fei and requires her
to be on-call 24/7, aka living with him. Die Fei goes to her friend and sister
for some advice about this but the girls are more interested in Yu Shu’s issues
with the gossip magazine. She goes back to the orchestra and watches Hai Jie
play with some kids. Ting Yu catches her staring and tells her she’s being way
too obvious about her attraction to Hai Jie. He then advises her to prepare
herself for lessons before she comes to his place.
Later, the street performers Hai Jie helped escape from the
police come to the orchestra to audition for a record deal (still not sure how
this would work out, exactly). They perform for the director, who asks for
their demo CD and tells Hai Jie to make an appointment for them, then leaves.
Hai Jie says they’ve secured a deal and they should go celebrate. They run into
Die Fei and Hai Jie invites her, as well.
They go out, but Die Fei steps out to take Ting Yu’s call.
He tells to her to meet him but she’s hesitant to leave because of Hai Jie.
Ting Yu decides to join her at the restaurant. He sees that she’s miserable
and, after playing a drinking game, decides to leave with her in-tow. Before he
takes her home, he tries to give her another wake-up call about Hai Jie.
Die Fei comes home to her father questioning her about the
gossip magazine. She immediately texts Yu Shu, who is with the director. He
sees the text and tells her they will face this problem together. He goes home
to tell his wife he wants a divorce, but she keeps changing the subject. This
scene was a little heartbreaking. The wife clearly knew the director wanted a
divorce and that it was an inevitable result of their marriage, but is not
ready to face the music (wow, that was an unintended bad pun).
When Yu Shu goes home, her father scolds her and tells her
to quit her job and break up with her boss. She refuses, saying she can’t stop
loving someone just because he tells her to. They fight and the father gives an
ultimatum: either end her relationship or leave home. Die Fei stands up for Yu
Shu, saying that people can’t help who they fall in love with, but he shouldn’t
have kicked Yu Shu out. They fight and Die Fei runs off to Ting Yu’s place,
while Yu Shu goes to live with the director.
Ting Yu begins Die Fei’s vocal training and she decides to
take charge of his health and diet. There’s a hilarious scene where Die Fei
takes a bubble bath and Ting Yu wants to take one, too. He asks her to sit
outside the door because he’s afraid he’ll fall asleep in the bath. We’re
treated to some cute shots of Ting Yu playing with bubbles and being petulantly
adorable. Die Fei questions why he has no personal touches in his home; that it
looks like a sample house. He responds that his is a sample and without music,
he is nothing. She tells him that as long as he has a warm heart, that doesn’t
matter.
There’s a brief scene of Ting Yu and Die Fei bickering
during her vocal training and Alice getting a message from SJ.
Ting Yu visits Alice and Lisa and has dinner with them.
There seems to be some latent sexual tension between Alice and Ting Yu, which
only progresses throughout the night. They make small talk and he tells them
about the newest addition to the orchestra, Hai Jie.
Eventually, Lisa decides
to leave (she can see the tension) and Ting Yu walks her out. He almost gets
run over in the street and badly scrapes his arm. He goes back to the apartment
and Alice tends to his wound. This leads to them sleeping with each other. It
initially seems like an instance of pent up frustration and not a result of
romantic attraction. During their interlude, Alice fantasizes about Hai Jie and
Ting Yu fantasizes about Die Fei (surprise!).
It’s honestly one of the most passionate bed scenes I’ve
been privy to in an Asian drama. The actors, particularly Aaron Yan, do a
fantastic job of making it realistic (for a drama). It was nice to see the
actors do more than just lay on top of each other and touch lips.
Later, Alice checks her phone to see a message from SJ; it’s
pictures of Ting Yu almost getting run over.
EP 8
Alice wakes up the next morning and sees the text from SJ.
She calls him and says the man he almost had killed was not Hai Jie and asks for
more time to complete her mission.
Die Fei impatiently waits for Ting Yu to come home, but her
sister calls asking her to get some clothes from their house. She goes home and
is pestered by their father. She tells him Yu Shu is staying with a friend and
needed some things from home. They fight, again, and she leaves. Yu Shu is
staying in a nice apartment while the house the director bought for them is
being renovated. Die Fei complains that every time Yu Shu gets in trouble, she
gets dragged into it and has considered running away from home (from an
American-culture stand point, the idea of a grown person running away is a
little funny). Yu Shu chides Die Fei, saying that she needs to stay with their
father and take care of him. They bicker, but Yu Shu is firm in her resolve to
stay with the director and Die Fei eventually goes back to Ting Yu’s place.
Ting Yu finally comes home and Die Fei confronts him about
staying out all night. He says that she sounds jealous and he just visited a
friend.
The director tells Yu Shu to find a vocal coach for Ting Yu.
She’s surprised and the director admits he doesn’t know why Ting Yu wants a
singing teacher and that Die Fei is now living with Ting Yu.
Ting Yu is dissatisfied with the vocal coach and Die Fei,
making them repeat the same warm-up multiple times. He dismisses the teacher
and fights with Die Fei.
Ting Yu and Alice meet for a drink and talk about their
night together. She asks if they should tell her mother and jokingly accuses
him of thinking of other women. He fires back that everyone seems to be jealous
of him, lately. Alice says she’s reassured that he’s interested in another
woman and tells him a story about a boy she met when she was little, all the
while thinking of Hai Jie. Ting Yu asks if he can kiss her and they have a
fairly intense make-out session at the bar.
It’s interesting to see the two of them drift toward each
other, knowing they don’t have a romantic attachment. They’re both lonely
individuals who have distanced themselves from other people and can only find
solace in each other.
Ting Yu is composing and Die Fei asks if he isn’t sleeping.
He says he isn’t and hands her his composition, wanting her to sing. She does,
but they are interrupted by the director, who lets himself in when no one
answered the door. He’s impressed with her voice and realizes that Ting Yu’s
been training her (he thought they were lovers).
Later, Ting Yu and Die Fei talk about the performance
happening the next day. They make small talk and Ting Yu briefly tells Die Fei
a story about a guy who has never dreamt before and place where people can go
to exchange their dreams (I’m assuming this has something to do with his inner
thoughts and his latest composition).
The next day, both Ting Yu and Hai Jie perform perfectly and
Alice is in attendance. Hai Jie tries to chase after her, but she gets away.
Die Fei and Ting Yu go back to his house, but Die Fei is upset, again, because
of Hai Jie’s preoccupation with Alice. Ting Yu hands her a music sheet and asks
her to sing. She does; it’s her best performance, yet. Ting Yu then asks why
she sang. Die Fei responds that she’s upset and feels like her heart will
explode if she doesn’t sing. He then hugs her and asks if she’s singing because
she’s really hurt or because she wants Hai Jie to notice. She says she wants to
sing for Hai Jie.
The following day, Hai Jie goes to Ting Yu’s house and
confronts him about Alice being at the concert. Ting Yu adamantly states that
it wasn’t Alice, it was Ito Seiko, his current girlfriend. Hai Jie is extremely
shocked, to say the least. Die Fei, who was eavesdropping, bursts in and tells
Hai Jie that he was mistaken, it wasn’t Alice. Hai Jie is shocked, again, to
find Die Fei at Ting Yu’s place. She tells him about her assistant job, but Hai
Jie is only interested in getting Alice’s (Seiko’s) contact info.
Hai Jie goes to Lisa’s café to sort things out and even she
tries to convince him that Seiko is not Alice. Lisa also mentioned she talked
to Seiko and Seiko says she doesn’t know him, but Hai Jie will only be
satisfied with a face-to-face meeting. Lisa has plenty of reasons why Seiko isn’t
Alice and chalks everything else up to coincidence. She tells Hai Jie that when
Alice wants to be found, she’ll reappear.
When Hai Jie leaves, Lisa asks Alice/Seiko if she remembers
being called Alice as a little girl. Lisa explains that her husband named Alice
after a plant of the same name because it produces beautiful flowers and its
smell makes people happy. Lisa also explains that Alice’s father died trying to
find the plant and that the café is named after her.
Die Fei confronts Ting Yu about not telling her he’s dating
Alice. She argues that she should move back home because he has a girlfriend
and it’s weird that another woman is living with him. Ting Yu blows it off,
saying he’s not obligated to tell anyone anything about his life and that Alice
won’t mind. Ting Yu basically tells her that because Seiko isn’t Alice, she
still has a small chance to be with Hai Jie, and then he drags her out to eat.
SJ surprises Alice by showing up unexpectedly. He tells her “the
company” (no explanation of who or what this is) needs her to get close to Lisa
to get something called the “X-seed”. He threatens her and chokes her. He then
shows her surveillance photos of her activities in Taiwan and threatens that
things will not end well for her or her grandmother (in Japan) if she fails.
She leaves and goes to Hai Jie’s apartment. Hai Jie pulls her into a kiss, but
she resists and tells him she really isn’t Alice and proves it by showing him
her passport. He hugs her and begs her not to leave, but she tells him that if
she were Alice, she would tell him to let go of the past and move on.
Die Fei later gets a text from Yu Shu, but she deletes it
and texts their father with Yu Shu’s address. Yu Shu and the director are out
eating, but the director is distracted and doesn’t seem interested in his and
Yu Shu’s relationship. Yu Shu begs him to go home with her to meet her father,
but he weasels out of it saying he needs more time.
Finally, Hai Jie instant messages Die Fei about his meeting
with Alice and Die Fei tells him not to be too upset.
EP 9
Yu Shu is woken up by her father pounding on the door of the
apartment the director bought her. He’s brought her breakfast and wants to know
how she’s doing. He tries to talk some reason into her and wants her to leave
the director because if he’s cheated on his wife, he’ll probably cheat on Yu Shu,
as well. She makes some rude remarks about her father’s devotion to her late
mother and they bicker. He tries to take her home because as her father, she is
his responsibility. Yu Shu tells him that she’s grown now and isn’t his
responsibility. Obviously hurt, he leaves.
Alice starts packing to return to Japan because her
grandmother is sick and Lisa asks if she should go, as well. Alice says no,
because her grandparents could still be angry at Lisa, but she promises to talk
to them about everything when she goes back (Lisa still doesn’t know that her
father-in-law has died). Lisa gives Alice a box of photos and a ring telling
her to give it to her grandmother. Alice texts SJ that she’s found what they
need, thinking there will be something in the box related to her mission, but
is disappointed after going through the box.
Die Fei comes across a downtrodden Hai Jie and takes him out
for some fun. They wind up at a café and Die Fei asks if he’s sure Seiko isn’t
Alice. He tells her he kissed Seiko (Die Fei is shocked), but Seiko rejected
him, so he’s convinced she isn’t Alice. He hopes that Alice will return one day
and he’ll wait for her. Hai Jie, then turns the tables on Die Fei asking her if
she’s upset Ting Yu’s dating someone else. She acts affronted and denies being
jealous. Hai Jie doesn’t buy it and tells her that Ting Yu obviously likes her.
She doesn’t believe that Ting Yu likes her, but asks Hai Jie if he minds her
living with Ting Yu (totally trying to get a riled up response from him). Of
course, he doesn’t care at all, much to Die Fei’s chagrin.
Yu Shu calls Die Fei over and tells her the director has
left for Hong Kong without explanation and she’s extremely upset, but Die Fei
doesn’t have a lot of sympathy for her (go girl!). She tells Yu Shu that she
chose her path and was aware of the consequences, so she should man up. They
decide to go see their father the next day.
The scene cuts to Alice trying to get a taxi to go to the
airport, but is shoved into a car and taken away. Of course, it is SJ’s doing
and his men rifle through her suitcase for anything related to the X-seed. He’s
pissed that she doesn’t have anything for him, so he ties her up, calls her
grandmother and forces her to tell her that she can’t come back to Japan.
Die Fei goes home and is surprised to see that her father
has bought a car. It’s her mother’s birthday, so they go to her memorial to pay
their respects. Yu Shu, however, doesn’t remember and goes home but gets worried
when she can’t get ahold of her father or sister and can’t get in the shop. She
thinks her father is still upset and is going to do something bad, so she calls
a locksmith to open the shop (they live above her father’s clock shop).
At her mother’s memorial, Die Fei remembers her mother’s
death. When she and her sister were young, the whole family went driving but
Die Fei wanted to see her mother drive because she’d never seen her drive (the
weird stuff kids think of). She threw a fit, so they pull over and her father
and mother go to switch places. As her mother is about to get into the driver’s
seat, she’s hit by a passing driver and dies at the hospital. Die Fei and her
father have a good talk about the ordeal and forgive each other for all the
arguments they’ve had recently.
Die Fei goes drinking with Hai Jie and talks about her
mother’s death. She also tries to confess, but is interrupted by a call from
Ting Yu. She doesn’t answer, at first, but he calls multiple times so she picks
up. He tells her he’s hungry and demands she come home within the hour since
she promised to take care of his health and diet. Ting Yu is jealous that Die
Fei hangs all over Hai Jie and does a lot of things for him. Die Fei comes home
with food, but he ignores her and goes to meet Alice. Meanwhile, they are being
watched by one of SJ’s men. Alice sees this and harshly breaks up with Ting Yu.
As she’s about to leave, he asks her if she really is Alice, but she denies it.
Alice sneaks away from SJ’s men and returns to her
grandmother in Japan. She is relieved to find that SJ has not been giving her
grandmother a hard time.
The director returns from Hong Kong and tells Yu Shu he will
go meet her father, just as his wife arrives. The wife agrees to divorce the
director and congenially acquiesces to Yu Shu. Yu Shu goes home to tell her
father the good news. She apologizes for being rude and goes back to the
director.
Die Fei’s father finally fixes her mother’s watch, after
many years of no success. He gives it to Die Fei and asks her to pass it to Yu
Shu, telling her that no matter what, her family will always be with her.
Hai Jie, depressed, writes a note to the director saying he
isn’t feeling well and may not come back to the orchestra. Yu Shu reads the
note and throws it away before the director sees it. Yu Shu and Die Fei go eat
and Yu Shu encourages her to move forward with her singing career.
The director holds a meeting to discuss Die Fei’s debut. Ting
Yu is upset and doesn’t agree with the director’s method of holding a
competition in order to properly market her before her debut. Die Fei is not
confident to perform in front of a lot of people, but Ting Yu is frustrated that
she’s still hung up on Hai Jie and tells her she and Hai Jie are alike – they are
refusing to use their musical gifts because they’re both hung up on someone.
Fed up, he storms out of the meeting.
Thank you!
K
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