Episode Summary
Lin Youjia's romantic dinner with Yi Ran derails into a wine scandal and secret filming of a corrupt restaurant manager. Ghostly rumors escalate after Xu Yuan's eerie encounter with Old Cui, while Yi Ran accidentally triggers a medical crisis by feeding mango dessert to an allergic girl. Workplace tensions flare as Xiao Mucheng clashes with Ling Yishu over business deals, and unrequited crushes collide in botched confessions.
Spoiler Alert
Lin Youjia invites Yi Ran to an upscale restaurant for a "special day," hinting at an important conversation. Before he can finish, chaos erupts when foreign guest David storms in accusing the restaurant of selling unauthorized trial wines. Yi Ran boldly confronts the shady manager while Lin Youjia secretly films the confrontation as evidence. Meanwhile, timid hotel employee Xu Yuan investigates reports of wall-banging in a supposedly vacant room. A flickering light and a ghostly long-haired figure in white send her fleeing, though viewers later learn the "ghost" was just maintenance worker Old Cui lurking in the stairwell. Hotel gossip about hauntings reaches no-nonsense executive Ling Yishu, who dismisses the rumors as nonsense.
Yi Ran’s wine mediation earns David’s gratitude (despite language barriers) and impresses CEO Xiao Mucheng enough to give her a raise. When Xiao Mucheng later addresses the ghost rumors at a staff meeting, Yi Ran notices his injury and sneaks into his office with medicated patches. Their awkward encounter is interrupted by Lin Youjia summoning Yi Ran for "room service" – which turns out to be a cringe-inducing candlelit dinner complete with heart-shaped steak and cake. Xiao Mucheng dramatically crashes the failed confession, reassigning Yi Ran to inventory duty. While counting supplies, the pair hear eerie sobs and discover a secret room housing the hotel’s ex-security guard, who’d been illegally squatting after being fired for sleeping on duty.
Romantic misunderstandings escalate as Xiao Mucheng meets Ling Yishu to discuss a travel agency dispute, only for her to mistake it for a date. Later, Lin Youjia finally confesses his feelings to Yi Ran, who reveals she’s known since childhood but views him as a brother. To save face, he claims it was "practice" for wooing Ling Yishu – a lie that backfires when Yi Ran later encourages him to confess to the icy executive. The episode’s biggest twist comes when Yi Ran befriends a melancholic long-haired girl in the hotel, unaware the child has a severe mango allergy. After sharing a fateful mango mousse, the girl collapses, triggering a medical emergency and legal fallout that Xiao Mucheng vows to handle.
Spoiler Alerts:
- The "haunting" mystery wraps comically with mundane explanations (sleeping guards, maintenance workers).
- Ling Yishu gets her own creepy encounter with the "ghost girl" in an elevator, hinting at deeper family drama.
- Yi Ran’s accidental poisoning of the girl creates major liability issues that’ll strain her relationship with Xiao Mucheng.
- Lin Youjia’s shifting crush from Yi Ran to Ling Yishu sets up a messy love quadrilateral.
