Cao Xuanxuan's Love Journey Episode 18 Recap
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Ouyang Mingyue publicly recanted her confession and pointed the finger at Cao Xuanxuan, claiming that everything she knew, Cao Xuanxuan also knew. Guo Zijie, upon hearing this, was both worried and shocked. He immediately stood up to oppose it. At this point, Zhou Shaoliang, who was nearby, advised Guo Zijie. He said that the case now involved Cao Xuanxuan, and since Guo Zijie was connected to her, he should recuse himself from the investigation.
Guo Zijie lost his chance to handle the case, and neither he nor Cao Xuanxuan could determine how to proceed. Cao Xuanxuan, too, was puzzled. She couldn’t understand why Ouyang Mingyue was so certain that it was her. They had never met before, and there was no enmity between them. Guo Zijie suspected that Ouyang Mingyue, realizing she was facing an inevitable death sentence, was trying to drag someone else down with her.
Even the common people who had come to watch the trial didn’t believe that Cao Xuanxuan was involved. Ouyang Mingyue then presented a note, which contained the method of committing the crime. The note was written in simplified Chinese characters, and she claimed that only Cao Xuanxuan could write in this style. She said that in the entire Yan City, only Cao Xuanxuan knew how to write in simplified Chinese, so she accused Cao Xuanxuan of framing her.
Guo Zijie, upon seeing this, became extremely worried for Cao Xuanxuan, as this evidence seemed to directly point to her. Cao Xuanxuan admitted that she could write simplified Chinese, but she argued that she was not the only one who could. She also pointed out that if she had wanted to teach someone how to kill, why would she leave evidence in simplified Chinese? She wanted to buy some time to investigate the real culprit.
However, Ouyang Mingyue insisted on a trial right there and then. Cao Xuanxuan feared that Cao Xuan might destroy the evidence, and at that moment, Zhou Qin arrived. Zhou Qin walked right up to Ouyang Mingyue, declaring that she would advocate for her. When Cao Xuanxuan saw Zhou Qin’s true face, she suddenly remembered that all the people she had previously encountered were actually disguised by Zhou Qin.
It turned out that Zhou Qin had been right beside her all along. That night, Guo Zijie was extremely worried about Cao Xuanxuan’s safety and wanted to rush out to rescue her. No one could stop him, except for Sun Weiyan, who stood firm and threatened to die if necessary, preventing Guo Zijie from acting impulsively.
Sun Weiyan, Guo Zijie, and He Chun gathered at home to analyze the case and see if there was anything they could do to help Cao Xuanxuan. Sun Weiyan speculated that Zhou Qin had personally killed Master Zhai, likely because Master Zhai had something on Zhou Qin. Guo Zijie also recalled that Cao Xuanxuan had once mentioned that Zhou Qin might not be only targeting him; she might have other goals as well.
Zhou Qin had also used torture on Cao Xuanxuan in prison. It turned out that the night Cao Xuanxuan traveled to this world was the night of her new book launch. On that night, she had found an old book on solving cases from Yan City. While she was at the launch, an accident happened, and Cao Xuanxuan was knocked unconscious. When she woke up, she had arrived in this world.
Now, Cao Xuanxuan finally understood that it was all Zhou Qin’s doing. Zhou Shaoliang suddenly remembered that he had once seen his teacher, Zhou Qin, write in simplified Chinese. He realized that Cao Xuanxuan wasn’t the only person in the world who could write it. Just as Zhou Shaoliang was thinking about this, Zhou Qin came in and told him that in two days, Cao Xuanxuan would be executed.
Zhou Shaoliang became anxious, thinking that there were still many aspects of the case that hadn’t been thoroughly investigated. He felt that rushing to execute someone would be unjust. Zhou Qin then told Zhou Shaoliang that Prince Su would soon arrive with only 500 attendants. Zhou Shaoliang found this strange because Prince Su, as a representative of the emperor, had a variable route. He didn’t understand how Zhou Qin knew so much about Prince Su’s movements.
Realizing he had misspoken, Zhou Qin quickly made up an excuse, using high office and great rewards to tempt Zhou Shaoliang into agreeing to Cao Xuanxuan’s execution. Zhou Shaoliang went to find Prince Su but was turned away. As he left, one of Prince Su’s subordinates told Zhou Shaoliang not to let wealth and power cloud his judgment and to be cautious about trusting others easily.
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