They Kiss Again Ep 2 Recap

It's Episode Twoo!

I remember when I first watched this ep I was all :( because it's pretty much Xiang Qin being sad the whole time.

But don't worry, the director loads all the goodies in ep 3!

Anyway...

Xiang Qin and Zhi Shu are continuing their eventful honeymoon in Guam...

The episode begins with Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin in a luxurious limousine. Xiang Qin asks Zhi Shu how he managed to get it, and Zhi Shu replies that it's because his English is good. She then asks him where they are going, and he says she'll see when they get there.

It turns out their destination is a private jet! Zhi Shu explains that no one will be able to bother them when they're up in the air (cough Mary cough Jiang Family cough).

In the jet/helicopter/plane/yeah, Zhi Shu tells Xiang Qin that people only realize how large the world is and how much there is left to accomplish when they are up in the air. He encourages her to set her sights further. Xiang Qin doesn't quite understand, but she says she'll try to be less narrow-minded like him. Then they fly high in the sky, finally having the opportunity to enjoy their marriage in this whole mess.

 The scene cuts straight into their airplane ride home, which is similar to their first flight (the nonchalant Zhi Shu, Xiang Qin lamenting their limited time together; even Mary and Ah Qiao are behaving all cuddly-cuddly in the seats next door. The Jiang family are a few rows behind). Xiang Qin tells Zhi Shu that they didn't even take that many pictures and Zhi Shu tells her not to worry about it. When Xiang Qin asks why, he says nevermind. XQ is still oblivious to the fact that her in-laws tagged along.
Meanwhile, Jiang Mama and Jiang Baba are avidly looking over the many pictures they took.

The Jiang family arrives back to the airport and hurriedly meets with Ah Cai to put up two large banners welcoming Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin home. When Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin arrives, Xiang Qin asks if the luggage behind them belongs to them. The Jiangs say yes it is and that they all went on vacation while ZS and XQ were gone. Xiang Qin asks where, and Mama and Baba say Japan and India at the same time (smooth coordination :P). They then explain by saying that Yu Shu went to India while Jiang Mama went to Japan. Xiang Qin buys this, while Zhi Shu looks all smug (lawls). They go on discussing where they got their I <3 Guam T-shirts, and Xiang Qin buys this excuse as well.

Ah Cai is driving Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin home and mentions that they all moved to a new home. Jiang Mama calls it ZS & XQ's little love nest (she even had the words on the outside of the house, lol).

She shows Xiang Qin a manga family portrait and encourages her to have kids.

They all go around admiring the various aspects of the house, and Zhi Shu finally enters his and Xiang Qin's room. Their bed is pink and decorated with lace and all the chairs are flowery. He expresses his unrelenting hate for it and storms out of the room. Meanwhile, Xiang Qin is gushing over how she loves it.

Zhi Shu discovers that his mom has already prepared a nursery room and goes ballistic (hahaha typical Jiang Mama).

Jiang Mama shows Xiang Qin that she's already made a blog to document ZS and her marriage. The website already has many pictures from their honeymoon, with Xiang Qin in them. This makes Xiang Qin confused, and Jiang Mama throws another excuse to cover her trip to Guam. Xiang Qin is then introduced to the nursery and goes all dreamy thinking about having Zhi Shu's kids.

Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin are on their lace bad the next morning and Xiang Qin's 10000 alarm clocks start ringing. She turns them off and spends time admiring "how cute her hubby looks while sleeping." She starts daydreaming about making delicious (hem hem) breakfast everyday for him and being the perfect wife. Her daydream Zhi Shu says the mushiest things (thank goodness real life Zhi Shu ain't like that) but hey it's Xiang Qin. What do you expect?

It turns out Xiang Qin fell back asleep and Zhi Shu is getting ready to leave the house! XQ has missed her golden opportunity, and Zhi Shu responds back to her with lots of sarcasm.

Xiang Qin goes back to school with her best buds, who playfully tease her about her worth in comparison to Zhi Shu's. Xiang Qin gets them very...exotic souvenirs, and some passerby-ers come by calling her Mrs. Jiang. This puts her in an extremely good mood and she happily walks away.

At home, Xiang Qin is beasting this wife role (in her mind at least) by taking off ZS's bag, massaging him, etc. Zhi Shu looks a bit weirded out, but he's used to all this after all!

At the kitchen table, the subject of registering ZS and XQ's marriage comes up. Xiang Qin is shocked to find out that she and Zhi Shu legally aren't married yet, and she tells Zhi Shu that they must register immediately. Zhi Shu nonchalantly replies by saying he has no time.

The Tennis club continues on, with Pei Zi Yu as the fierce new captain. Xiang Qin can't concentrate at all and mopes on the side benches about Zhi Shu not wanting to get registered. Senior pops in to visit (Zi Yu) and he starts talking to Xiang Qin, saying that he never thought her persistence would actually make her Zhi Shu's bride. Xiang Qin tells him that Zhi Shu doesn't want to register their marriage, and Senior is shocked. Xiang Qin asks him what Zhi Shu is thinking, and Zi Yu pops in. She says that Zhi Shu doesn't want to register the marriage because he's still testing things out. Once he realizes that Xiang Qin is not up to par, he'll divorce her. Xiang Qin is thoroughly offended and Zi Yu gleefully exclaims, "I STILL HAVE A CHANCE WITH HIM!"

At night, Xiang Qin starts doubting Zhi Shu's love for her. He calls her saying that he's still in the lab, but hangs up soon afterwards.

The next afternoon, Xiang Qin's best buds (forgot their names) tell her that since ZS is ignoring her, she should find something else to do with her time. She decides to take a teaching course because more vacation time=more time with Zhi Shu (facepalm).

She makes a lunch box of love for Zhi Shu and goes to deliver his lunch box, but she has to wait outside because no med students are allowed in the lab. She meets Chuan Jin, who says that Zhi Shu has a very interesting taste in women. Zhi Shu is too busy, so another doctor takes his lunch to him.

Meanwhile, Xiang Qin's best buds are looking at XQ and ZS's blog and comment on how Xiang Qin hasn't seen Zhi Shu in 30 hrs and he hasn't registered their marriage, which is super suspicious. Ah Jin overhears this and concludes that Zhi Shu is making Xiang Qin unhappy, so he goes to the med department to beat him up. He asks Zhi Shu why didn't he register their marriage, and Zhi Shu says he's busy and it's a family matter and has nothing to do with Ah Jin.

Xiang Qin arrives and spills her heart to Zhi Shu. She says she's been trying very hard to be a good wife but he's always gone and it really makes her sad. Zhi Shu says, "If that's what you really think, then don't even think about getting our marriage registered." Then, he turns away from the crying Xiang Qin and XQ runs away.

Zhi Shu opens up Xiang Qin's lunch box of love with a smile, noting the egg shells in the egg, the salty meat, and the soggy veggies. Idk I thought that was cute haha.

Xiang Qin is at home feeling depressed because of his ignoring her and his sharp words. She recalls their marriage day, when Zhi Shu promised her dad that he would take good care of her. She is very apprehensive about seeing him and is scared that he might ask her to divorce him.

In the university cafeteria, XQ hears everyone gossiping about her and ZS. XQ goes to Xing Fu Restaurant, but instead of finding comfort, Ah Cai tells her to be optimistic about Zhi Shu.

At the tennis courts, Xiang Qin mopes around again until SURPRISE SURPRISE! Zhi Shu comes strolling in the court in a suit, and tells Xiang Qin to come with him.

Zhi Shu leads Xiang Qin into a conference room full of official medical-looking people. He apologizes for being late and then starts making a speech about gene mutations. 

The End! Yeah, I know, barely anything happened and yet it took so much time. Well I guess the director wanted the audience to really feel Xiang Qin's angsty-ness about having to wait on Zhi Shu (because the audience certainly had to too). But wasn't it great when Zhi Shu came to the tennis courts? Awwww

I will recap ep 3...someday. Tomorrow school starts so idk if I will have as much time. This recap took me like 3 days (I was watching one part at a time to make sure everything was accurate).

Toodles! ArJoe for life (I feel like for this drama it's very hard to separate Xiang Qin and Zhi Shu from Ariel and Joe).