Always Home Episode 5 Recap, Plot

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After staying up all night reading, Chen Huan'er was late coming downstairs the next day. She was holding her copy of "Neuropsychology" and decided to show Jing Qichi an example of what the "anchoring effect" looked like. The book drifting event also brought hope to the girls who had their own thoughts and feelings. They all hoped that the person they liked would pick their book, and Qi Qi felt the same way.

However, Jing Qichi was also quite eager to get the book Qi Qi had, so he secretly followed her as she picked her books, only to unexpectedly find that the class monitor, who had a crush on him, was following too. By mistake, the class monitor ended up with Song Cong's book, "The Catcher in the Rye", leaving Qi Qi very disappointed.

She spent the whole class observing the class monitor’s gaze towards the back row, which she mistakenly thought was directed at her. Jing Qichi, noticing Qi Qi constantly turning around, was extremely pleased. Song Cong didn’t even choose a book for the book drifting event because there was nothing he really wanted to read.

As the event was about to end, Jing Qichi ended up with Qi Qi’s book, so he specifically asked Song Cong to write a message in the front of it. While Qi Qi was helping Chen Huan’er pick out a book, she accidentally saw a note written by the class monitor in Song Cong's "The Catcher in the Rye", and she felt a pang of jealousy.

However, Chen Huan'er immediately recognized that the handwriting on Qi Qi’s book was Song Cong’s. Qi Qi smiled brightly when she heard this, and Jing Qichi, who had been watching from a distance, thought her smile was annoyingly smug. Only Chen Huan'er was completely confused by the situation. That day, Chen Huan'er and Jing Qichi had to go meet Song Cong for extra lessons, and Qi Qi suggested joining them.

Jing Qichi bought chicken wings for Qi Qi, but since she had made great progress, she didn’t need them and shoved them into Chen Huan’er’s mouth instead. Jing Qichi’s exam scores were still at the bottom, but this time, there would be a parent-teacher meeting. During the meeting, the class teacher praised Song Cong for his consistent performance and Chen Huan’er for her rapid progress, which made Lin Yifan’s face very uncomfortable.

The teacher then called on Lin Yifan to say a few words, and Li Tian's mother immediately stood up to defend her. Before going home, Jing Qichi begged Chen Huan’er for help, saying that if she would just go to his house with him, his fate would be in her hands. Lin Yifan had already prepared to explode in anger, but Jing Qichi used Chen Huan’er as a shield, and Lin Yifan couldn’t do anything about it.

Chen Huan’er noticed that Jing Qichi had a good grasp of the material, but he left many questions unanswered. Jing Qichi, afraid she would report him, confessed that he didn’t want to perform better than Qi Qi in the exams and warned her not to tell anyone. Chen Huan’er nodded, but it felt like their relationships had suddenly become more complicated, and her heart felt heavier. Soon, it was time to choose tracks for their studies.

When they received the course selection form, Qi Qi planned to choose science and was about to ask Chen Huan’er to join her, but she found out that her mother had already signed her up for liberal arts with the class teacher, even threatening to send her abroad to study. Qi Qi was left with no choice but to accept it.

She later invited everyone to her house for a birthday celebration, but her mother insisted she change the day because she had extra lessons. Feeling down, Qi Qi messaged Chen Huan’er, saying her mother had forced her to choose liberal arts. The next day, Qi Qi saw Chen Huan’er laughing and talking with the class monitor, and she felt a pang of jealousy. When she asked about the birthday celebration, Qi Qi stubbornly said she wasn’t celebrating anymore.

However, after class, the monitor played a video with birthday wishes for Qi Qi from everyone, including Chen Huan’er, Song Cong, and Jing Qichi, along with classmates who usually didn’t talk to her much. Everyone was celebrating her birthday, and Qi Qi couldn’t help but shed tears. This was the most meaningful birthday she had ever had.

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