
Ren Hu was piggybacking the sleeping Ren Mei when he saw their parent’s car catch on fire and explode. I guess their parents went to the mountains to look for the kids after their mother’s recital and that’s when they got into the accident that killed them. He took Ren Mei into the mountains to pick flowers for their mother. Her older brother and she used to have a great relationship until the day their parents died. Ren Mei then tells Tai the real truth behind her parents’ deaths. Tai cannot believe how filial Ren Mei is towards her brother. The two sit outside and drink a beer together. Tai notices Ren Mei’s dour face and asks what’s wrong, but Ren Mei quickly says it’s nothing. Meanwhile, Ren Mei sees a picture of the mountains surrounding the springs and recalls asking Ren Hu to take her to pick flowers to give to their mother after her recital. This makes him recall his mother doing the same for him while he was growing up. Tai then notices marks on the wall measuring his older brother’s growth. He searches for the mouse, but it had already left.

Tai panics as he’s afraid of mice, too, but he tries to put up a brave front and tells Ren Mei she can depend on him. Tai comes running and she tells him she saw a mouse. Ren Mei tells him that she’s okay, but he insists on staying until she finishes to make sure she doesn’t have an accident. Tai sees this and immediately rushes over to keep the wobbly table from falling. She leaves and starts cleaning by climbing onto a table to wipe the dust off the ceiling. I think Ren Mei wanted to tell him that she was the cause behind his allergic reaction, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

Tai finds it very odd that Ren Mei is being nice to him.

Tai wakes up and Ren Mei brings him a meal made by Ah Pan to help him recover.

Sure, Tian He has insulted him and shown his fear of fire to everyone… but is Ren Hu’s hatred really justifiable? Also, Ren Hu’s intense hatred of anything to do with Tian He is just wonky. There’s something that happened, but it hasn’t been explained yet. After more of this episode and with scenes from episode 5, I’m still puzzled over all the animosity between the Zhaos and Longs.
