A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella Episode 8 Recap
> A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella Recap
Inside the Celestial Master’s Mansion, Meng Xizhou and Du Yuelian were discussing why purple mist always appeared whenever Situ Hanshan escaped. Meng Xizhou suspected it might be the work of his accomplice, but Du Yuelian disagreed. As they were speaking, Guo Ji came in and informed them that the Crown Prince had arrived. Beigong Shuo came to see Meng Xizhou and asked Du Yuelian and the others to leave first.
Once they were alone, Beigong Shuo explained that he had gone to the Nan Family Umbrella Workshop to look for her but couldn’t find her, so he came here. Just as he finished speaking, Nan Fengyi arrived. Beigong Shuo stated that he was there to discuss business and mentioned that he wanted 33 umbrellas to be made at the Nan Family Umbrella Workshop for use as tribute umbrellas at his coming-of-age ceremony.
Meng Xizhou immediately agreed, thinking it was a great opportunity. Nan Fengyi reminded her that failing to deliver such an order could lead to execution. Startled, Meng Xizhou quickly stepped back, leaving Nan Fengyi to handle the conversation. Nan Fengyi explained that they were just an ordinary workshop, but Beigong Shuo assured them not to worry, as he would provide the designs for them to follow.
When Nan Fengyi pointed out that making 33 umbrellas would take three months and couldn’t possibly be done in three days, Beigong Shuo asked if they didn’t have any umbrella frames ready. Meng Xizhou replied that they did, but they were already reserved for other customers. Beigong Shuo told them to go ahead and use those frames, saying he would cover any breach-of-contract penalties. Before Nan Fengyi could respond, Meng Xizhou agreed on their behalf.
Beigong Shuo added that Meng Xizhou would be the one to deliver the umbrellas to the palace for inspection. Nan Fengyi questioned why Meng Xizhou had to deliver the umbrellas, but Beigong Shuo didn’t answer and left. Nan Fengyi, irritated, scolded Meng Xizhou before storming off. Du Yuelian emerged and told Meng Xizhou that Nan Fengyi liked her. Meng Xizhou didn’t believe it, but Du Yuelian insisted she wasn’t mistaken.
As Meng Xizhou took a bite of a pastry, Du Yuelian advised her to go after what she wanted, just like she was enjoying the pastry. She then invited Meng Xizhou for a drink. Drunk and tipsy, Meng Xizhou returned and saw Nan Fengyi repairing her umbrella. She ran over to him, asking why he hadn’t taken her on patrol today and why he was hiding in the house. Nan Fengyi explained that her hand was still injured.
Meng Xizhou insisted that her hand was fine now, crediting the medicine Beigong Shuo had given her. Hearing this, Nan Fengyi simply replied, “Oh. ” Meng Xizhou ran over, teasingly asking if he was jealous. Nan Fengyi dismissed her remark and told her not to say such things. Noticing that he was repairing her umbrella, Meng Xizhou joked, “First, Li Bai wrote poetry for his wife, and now Nan Fengyi repairs umbrellas for me.
” Nan Fengyi scolded her, saying that was a matter of romantic feelings and shouldn’t be compared. Meng Xizhou asked Nan Fengyi to look into her eyes and admit if he liked her. Before he could respond, it started raining, and Nan Sixu called for him to bring in the umbrellas. Meng Xizhou followed him, holding an umbrella to shield him from the rain. Nan Fengyi asked why she had come.
Meng Xizhou replied that she didn’t want him getting wet and joked that her short legs made her a little late. Meng Xizhou said that even if she saw the Milky Way, the star she liked would still be the brightest. She assured Nan Fengyi that she could wait, even until he mastered the Beidou Formation. Nan Fengyi told her this wasn’t about that—he didn’t like her.
Meng Xizhou asked why he didn’t like her yet wouldn’t let others like her. Nan Fengyi retorted that it was her own rule: hadn’t she said that if anyone confessed to her, she’d lose interest? Then, Nan Fengyi tried it himself. He told her that he liked her—he liked her courage and sincerity. Upon hearing this, Meng Xizhou threw up, leaving Nan Fengyi to conclude that he wasn’t the exception after all.
The next day, Meng Xizhou prepared to deliver the umbrellas to the palace. Nan Fengyi told her to use the puppet talisman to notify him if she encountered any puppet spirits. As soon as Meng Xizhou arrived at the palace, she spotted a puppet spirit and quickly used the talisman to alert Nan Fengyi. Meng Xizhou and the others realized that the puppet spirit was targeting Beigong Shuo.
Nan Fengyi disguised himself as a guard and entered the palace, but Lord Li, possessed by the puppet spirit, saw through his disguise. Using dark magic, Lord Li made Nan Fengyi mistake Beigong Shuo for Situ Hanshan. Nan Fengyi grabbed Beigong Shuo by the neck, and scales appeared on his own. The Emperor and others witnessed this, but fortunately, Meng Xizhou embraced Nan Fengyi, snapping him out of his trance.
However, Guo Ji declared that Nan Fengyi was a demon and ordered him to be taken away. Before being taken, Meng Xizhou told Nan Fengyi that she had thrown up the previous day because she was drunk, and she had heard everything he said. Nan Fengyi was imprisoned in the Celestial Master’s Mansion, where Guo Ji continued to torture him.
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