A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella Episode 12 Recap
> A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella Recap
Nan Fengyi made some dumplings shaped like animals using dough and invited Meng Xizhou to try them once they were cooked. As he looked at the bird-shaped dumplings on the table, he remarked how much he had been fond of birds lately. Meng Xizhou remembered Nan Fengyi saying that he was practicing the Beidou Yuan Formation to find the Scroll of Mountains and Seas and trap all demons within it. She asked if he would include her in the process.
Nan Fengyi assured her that he would never harm her and embraced her gently. Meng Xizhou thought to herself that it might be better if he never mastered the Beidou Yuan Formation. Meanwhile, Du Fenglei commented on Situ Hanshan’s terrifying ability to kill his own kind and use their demon cores to restore himself. However, Du Fenglei noted that despite absorbing their demon cores, Situ Hanshan couldn’t escape the backlash of his actions.
He added that if Situ Hanshan didn’t agree to fulfill his wish, he would continue haunting him. Situ Hanshan retorted, asking if Du Fenglei’s wish was simply for his daughter to call him "Father. " When Du Fenglei confirmed this, Situ Hanshan agreed to fulfill the wish. Situ Hanshan, carrying an umbrella, visited the Nan family umbrella workshop to have it repaired.
Nan Fengyi explained that his father, Nan Sixu, wasn’t home but offered to repair the umbrella if it was urgent. Nan Fengyi asked why Du Fuzun (Situ Hanshan in disguise) had suddenly come to repair an umbrella. Situ Hanshan replied that Du Yuelian’s eighteenth birthday was approaching. Nan Fengyi asked if he intended to gift a broken umbrella for her birthday.
Situ Hanshan explained that it was her mother’s keepsake, and he wanted to fix it as a way to ease their strained father-daughter relationship. Hearing this, Nan Fengyi agreed to repair the umbrella. While Nan Fengyi worked on the umbrella, Meng Xizhou sat nearby, watching him. As he painted plum blossoms on the umbrella, Meng Xizhou exclaimed in awe that the blossoms appeared to bloom.
Nan Fengyi said that when she got married in the future, he would personally make an umbrella to welcome her. Meng Xizhou asked how he was so certain she would marry him. Nan Fengyi replied that he clearly wasn’t good enough yet and needed to keep trying harder. Meng Xizhou waited at the door with the repaired umbrella. When Du Yuelian arrived to collect it, she told Meng Xizhou the story behind the umbrella.
She explained that in her childhood, the region was not peaceful. Her father, Du Fenglei, was constantly busy capturing demons. One day, her mother was overjoyed because Du Fenglei had promised to take her to the theater. However, while waiting at the theater for a long time, her mother was informed that Du Fenglei couldn’t make it. On the way back, just as her mother stepped out of the carriage, she was killed by a scorpion demon from above.
Her blood stained the umbrella, and the marks were later painted into plum blossoms. Du Yuelian recounted how she had witnessed her mother’s death with her own eyes. Meng Xizhou said that if she were in Du Yuelian’s place, she wouldn’t be able to let it go either and would surely want to capture demons as well. Meng Xizhou suggested that Du Fenglei’s pain was likely no less than hers, though he buried it deep in his heart.
When Du Yuelian returned home, she found the table filled with food. She realized it was her birthday. At the table sat Guo Ji and Du Fenglei. Perhaps influenced by the story of the umbrella, Du Yuelian placed some food on Du Fenglei’s plate. Du Fenglei picked out the cilantro, but Du Yuelian said nothing.
After the meal, Guo Ji poured tea for Du Fenglei and mentioned that his master had long lost the habit of drinking tea and had always loved eating cilantro. Guo Ji then asked, “Who are you really? Or perhaps, what are you? Are you human or a demon? ” Situ Hanshan, seeing no point in pretending anymore, revealed his magical powers.
Guo Ji immediately knelt, proclaiming that he didn’t care who Situ Hanshan was and only wished to advance his career. Situ Hanshan handed him his token, and Guo Ji vowed to kill Nan Fengyi and Meng Xizhou. To make Du Yuelian call him “Father” sooner, Situ Hanshan took her to the theater.
However, this was all part of a plan devised by Du Yuelian and her allies, as they had already discovered that the man posing as Du Fenglei was actually Situ Hanshan. The clue was that only Situ Hanshan in Changle City didn’t eat cilantro. Realizing he had been exposed, Situ Hanshan sneered, asking if the two of them thought they could kill him. Meng Xizhou restrained him, and Du Fenglei urged Du Yuelian to strike his foot.
Hesitant because Situ Hanshan still looked like her father, Du Yuelian froze. Meng Xizhou scolded her, saying she was faltering at a critical moment, and urged her to avenge her father. With those words, Du Yuelian mustered her courage and stabbed Situ Hanshan’s foot.
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