Be With You Episode 9 Recap
> Be With You Recap
Four years ago, Meng Sanxi and Bei Xiaohai chased down desert bandits together. They got lost in the desert during their pursuit, and when Nan Xiaotian discovered it, he immediately turned back. However, they got lost again. Luckily, after turning back once more, they spotted a campfire in the sand, which gave them the hope to survive. Just as Bei Xiaohai convinced Meng Sanxi to have faith and survive, Bei Xiaohai collapsed. Meng Sanxi had no choice but to drag Bei Xiaohai along. When Meng Sanxi was too exhausted to continue, Bei Xiaohai would help him up, and they supported each other until they finally reached a small oasis in the desert. There, they rushed to drink water without hesitation. After taking some sips, Bei Xiaohai noticed some desert bandits lying beside the oasis, poisoned by drinking water excessively. He quickly pulled Meng Sanxi away and woke him up with a slap, warning him not to drink like that, or he would suffer the same fate as the bandits. Meng Sanxi suppressed his desire to drink water and talked to Bei Xiaohai, asking for his real name and hometown. Bei Xiaohai, however, felt no attachment to his hometown and believed that dying in the desert would be better than returning home. At that moment, Meng Sanxi remembered his martial arts sect, missing his senior brothers and sisters. He was someone who felt a sense of belonging. Still, after Bei Xiaohai's death, that sense of belonging disappeared. He became someone who lived carelessly.
There were no details about Meng Sanxi's martial arts sect in the design drawings of the Liu Family's bathhouse. Perhaps Meng Sanxi no longer missed his martial arts sect. To prevent leaks, Liu Yungui only brought servants for construction and left everything to Ji Mingzhao. Meng Sanxi, Ye Wuzhi, and Yan Sifang thought it was a good arrangement. However, Ji Mingzhao saw deeper intentions in Liu Yungui's actions. He was testing their skills, and if they met the standard today, they would continue to work on the bathhouse construction. If they failed, Liu Yungui would not keep them. Ji Mingzhao assigned tasks: Ye Wuzhi was responsible for the Clear Spring Sect area, Meng Sanxi for the side gate, Yan Sifang for making six chairs, and she herself for the reception room. Dai Menghui was in the reception room at that time, lying on the floor with no dignity, one hand reaching for the pastries Liu Yungui had specially brought for Ji Mingzhao. He lamented his miserable life of working three jobs every day, not even able to distinguish the tastes of green bean cake and snow pear cake anymore. He finished a plate of green bean cakes, leaving only an empty plate for Ji Mingzhao.
Ji Mingzhao boasted in front of her staff that she could handle the reception room's decor. In reality, she had no sense of aesthetics. She tried to persuade Liu Yungui and Dai Menghui to help, using reverse psychology. However, they knew they had no sense of aesthetics since childhood and didn't want to participate. Ji Mingzhao had to try harder to convince them. They eventually agreed but had one condition: if they did well, Ji Mingzhao should credit them; if they did poorly, they would pretend they had never come.
Meng Sanxi gathered the servants responsible for the side gate's construction. They wanted to follow the design drawings, but none of them had seen a dragon before. Only the carpenter had some ideas, which left Meng Sanxi in a bind. He arranged them by specialization: masons and carpenters were separated. When he learned that they all had different martial arts backgrounds, he decided to let them showcase their skills, with each person responsible for a small section of the side gate. They would follow the style of their respective sects to create a design that suited Liu Yungui's taste. Ye Wuzhi tried to recreate the feeling of her martial arts sect from her memory. After finishing the path with bamboo, she felt something was missing – it lacked the historical atmosphere that the hundred and twenty-year-old Clear Spring Sect had. Yan Sifang was tasked with making chairs. He created a prototype and had the servants replicate it, but their skills varied greatly, with one chair even falling apart at a touch. Yan Sifang thought this was too exaggerated, so he played to everyone's strengths, assigning them to different parts and then assembling the chairs, ensuring everything was properly put together.
As soon as Yan Sifang sat down and relaxed, he caught a familiar scent and followed it to the kitchen. He discovered that Feng Renyuan was in charge of the meals, which greatly disappointed him. When he learned that Feng Renyuan wanted to delay the construction deliberately to make more money, Yan Sifang immediately rejected the idea. After all, he found the food here unbearable and would rather not eat it at all. Ji Mingzhao, along with Dai Menghui and Liu Yungui, finished the decorative wall, but the result was far from satisfactory. No one could bear to look at it, and they urged Ji Mingzhao to redesign it.
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