Thursday, June 30, 2011

Recap - ISWAK (Ep. 4)

Episode 4 starts off with Xiang Qin (XQ) in the computer lab, reeling after Zhi Shu's (ZS) biting comment to stay out of his life and stop liking him. She runs to the same far off room in the school as in Episode 1 and takes out her anger on a punching bag. She is at somewhat of a breaking point, as she has never taken ZS's mean comments to heart until now. This is because his request of XQ to stop liking him would mean XQ losing motivation to do things in life.

The episode cuts to the night and ZS is shown standing outside ZQ's bedroom, knocking on the door. When she does not open, he cautiously enters, to find XQ asleep on her desk, with the love letter she had written to ZS under her. He watches her for a while and then carefully pries the letter from under her and reads it (for the first time). Afterwards, he wonders, "A person like you, what do you have in your head? Where does all the energy and enthusiasm come from? ... To like a person... How does it feel?" All this while hovering over her sleeping body less than an inch away so that hes practically resting his chin on her shoulder (!!!!!!!)

It cuts to the morning, where XQ is standing on the bus and feels someone's eyes on her. Then two sick creepers come up to her and start touching her inappropriately. She struggles against the two perverts. Ah Jin (who is also on the bus, presumably following XQ) sees this and tries to help her, but when the bus brakes suddenly, he falls on top of a fat lady, who accuses him of being a pervert and starts hitting him with her purse!

Just when XQ resolves
to make a move and hit one of them with her bag, ZS appears and grabs on of their hands off of XQ. With a vice grip on the creepers hand, ZS recites the penal code against sexual harassment word for word. He questions the man, would would happen if he had a daughter and something similar happened to her? Then he confronts the 2nd creeper, who has been shrinking away. He asks the 2nd guy what he has been studying and why didn't his mom teach him right? He throws both the perverts hands down and then takes XQ away from them, his hand on her back (!!). They stand next to each other, and because of the way they are holding onto the bars, XS is basically wrapping XQ in his arms!! <3 <3 so cute

Yet even after this, he still doesn't want to talk to her. Meanwhile AJ is still suffering at the police station be
cause the fat lady thinks he was harassing her, lol. Sometime later, all of XQ's friends (AJ and his posse, Chun Mei and Liu Nong) gather outside ZS's house to spy on them. Inside, the two families are having a meal cooked by Ah Cai. However, when AC realizes that he forgot beer, he sends XQ to get some. ZS's mom (eager to pair the her son and XQ) tells ZS to go also, and they both leave before realizing that they forgot money. When they come back in, they overhear their parents discussing how nice a ZS+XQ marriage would be. Upon hearing that ZS's mom thinks they are a good match:


Upon hearing this, the two stomp into the room to protest.
Now XQ and ZS get into a big fight over who deserves whom. Then XQ claims that no one could like a person like ZS. Upon hearing this, ZS reminds her of the love letter begins to recite it word for word, humiliating her. After this, the family learns that XQ likes ZS, which makes ZS's mom very happy. At this moment, AJ and his friends burst into the house to protest. At this point there is a pivotal dialogue:

AJ: It's very problematic and someone is trying to sabotage us [XQ+AJ]. He thinks he can be with XQ. JZS, you couldn't be that insane?

ZS: This thing [XQ+ZS] could happen.

AJ: [looking confused] What are you talking about? How come I don't understand?

ZS: People's feelings change all the time. Today it's dislike. Tomorrow it could be like.

AJ: JZS! I knew it! You were eyeing ZQ all along, right?! Speak!

ZS: Probably. But you'd better get it in your head, compared to you, she [XQ] likes me more. Okay, I need to buy stuff ... Xiang Qin, I'll be waiting for you outside.

This is a pivotal moment because ZS is sort of staking his claim over ZQ.

During a school vacation, Ah Li and Ah Cai get invited to a high school reunion. After getting permission / being persuaded by ZS's mom, they go to the resort for the reunion. ZS's mom fakes that her mother's dog died and goes to visit her, dragging Yu Shu along. This is in an effort to leave ZQ and ZS alone together. She slyly drops a hint that ZS likes curry.

When ZS says that XQ will be cooking dinner, she tries to make curry. She figures it will be simple and she starts off well, with all the right ingredients, spices and enough time, ready to prove to ZS that she can do something right. However, she completely fails and her end result is a "blackish thing". While XQ is slaving away in the kitchen, ZS is lounging around in his room. When it comes time for dinner, he ventures downstairs opens the kitchen door to see a room full of smoke.

He takes over making dinner, and being the all around amazing genius he is, whips up an amazingly delicious dinner with XQ's help (limited to handing him things and washing dishes, lol). At dinner, XQ brings up the homework that they had over vacation and ZS says that he has finished it all. When she asks if it will be hard, he says that for her, it will. When she asks him for help, he says no.

After dinner, XQ starts the homework, but struggles because she does not know anything. She keeps dozing off and waking up and does not complete anything. At breakfast the next morning, XQ shows up with dark circles and complains about the hw, saying that she is screwed. ZS agrees and she asks him for help. Again he says no, and then he leaves to go play basketball. XQ is seen again rearing up for doing homework, but promptly falls asleep.

~ End of Episode 4 ~

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