Autumn's Concerto - Episode 3 [Recap]

I wonder if I ever get around to catch up on the recaps, XD
But I've been rather busy with school and work.

Here's the recap for episode 3.
Summary for episode 3:
- GuangXi and MuCheng start over on better terms.
- GuangXi attends a charity event with his mom and YiQian
- Uncle Cai decides it's the perfect opportunity for him to carry out his plan to rape MuCheng.
- GuangXi arrives in time to save her
- But MuCheng is kicked out by Xiao Ah Yi who takes Uncle Cai's side
- MuCheng lives at GuangXi's friend Jacko's abandoned extra house
- A "truth hearing" is scheduled to take place as the almost-rape story goes public and the school wants to get to the bottom of the case.

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We begin the episode from where we left off, MuCheng and GuangXi escape from Zhang Ai Li's "gang" and take the public bus. In the bus MuCheng realises that they are still holding hands and she quickly slips her hand out.

MuCheng is rather worried though when she sees that GuangXi is bleeding, he apologises for having put her in that position, since it was him Zhang Ai Li wanted to hurt and MuCheng just happened to become the scapegoat. GuangXi however seems to already be interested in MuCheng as he asks if they can start over.
The two discuss their childhood. - Apparently GuangXi never tried taking the public bus before, because he always had a driver and he admired the people on buses because they could go wherever they wanted to. I.e. he didn't have that kind of freedom. Whereas MuCheng hated public buses, because she was afraid of falling asleep on buses because Xiao Ah Yi once tried to abandon her while she fell asleep on a bus. GuangXi then replies that if only they had gotten to know each other earlier, then they could take the bus together, and he would sit next to her, he would never leave her. - So cute :)

The two take a walk afterwards where GuangXi mentions the bird they saved together in Sheng De Tang. He then says,

"Once you have started, you can't let go." - A rather memorable quote as MuCheng ends up saying it back to him in the 5th episode.


MuCheng asks him why he is so dominating, and he replies saying that he's just that dominating by nature, once he has decided that he wants something, he won't let go, referring to her ;)
Just before the two part ways he reminds her that he is still expecting her to play the piano for him during the evening at Sheng De Tang.

The next scene is of Director He and the scholarship student Xu Fang Guo, we learn that Director He has decided to hire Xu Fang Guo for some of his company's legal cases.

Disgusting Uncle Cai delivers bentos to the Fang's house and learns through the maid that both President Fang and GuangXi has an event and will be home late. Uncle Cai thinks it's the perfect opportunity for him to strike and move on with his plan...


Cut to YiQian's event, it's some event related to her father's company for "The Special Diseases Foundation Group" which GuangXi and President Fang is attending. We see a kind-hearted YiQian who tries to help a little girl get her ball out from the tree, of course she isn't tall enough and GuangXi comes and saves the day. We also learn that YiQian is also named Emily in English. YiQian reveals that she likes children and wants to become a pediatrician in the future. Later she also mentions that she invited GuangXi to the event so he could play soccer coach for the kids with special diseases.

Director He and President Fang watch YiQian and GuangXi from afar and Director He implies that he approves of GuangXi. Xu Fang Guo is apparently jealous.. I wonder if it's because he just doesn't like GuangXi being praised or if he's into YiQian himself.

YiQian catches GuangXi looking at his watch, he says he has somewhere he needs to be later, and she agrees to help him find an excuse to get away from there. She asks him whether or not he's a good actor and asks if he can act out food poisoning or gastroenteritis - of course she asks in a mocking way making it a bit comical. Although the comic part ends when GuangXi faints. YiQian thinks it's part of the ploy but later realises it might just have been real.

Meanwhile MuCheng arrives at Sheng De Tang and prepares to play piano for GuangXi. She greets the bird whom they named "XiaoLe". At the same time Uncle Cai is waiting for Xiao Ah Yi to go to her dancing class so he can "surprise" MuCheng at Sheng De Tang. Xiao Ah Yi is however not that easily fooled and decides to follow Uncle Cai.

A doctor tells GuangXi that he fainted because his brain lacked oxygen, and he recommends GuangXi to do a proper check up at the hospital. YiQian is instantly worried but GuangXi claims that it's on old illness. He then rushes off to Sheng De Tang to meet MuCheng. It's quite obviously how important this meeting is to him.




Back at Sheng De Tang Uncle Cai arrives giving MuCheng money, expecting to have sex with her just because he paid her. MuCheng is furious and throws the money back at him. Uncle Cai is still under the impression that MuCheng and GuangXi have sex every night at Sheng De Tang and is angry that GuangXi "got her first." She tries to escape, but Uncle Cai tries to rape her. MuCheng desperately tries to talk him out of it by saying she's his daughter whom he has raised, but he couldn't care less. He instead feels that it's his right to rape her, just because he raised her. As if she owe it to him! - Did I mention he was a despicable old hag?
Uncle Cai is luckily interrupted as Xiao Ah Yi steps in and asks them what they are doing?! The despicable man panics and blames MuCheng, accusing her of seducing him. Xiao Ah Yi is apparently dumb enough to believe the man and instead gets furious with MuCheng asking her why she tried to seduce her man. She doesn't believe that he betrayed her. Xiao Ah Yi is about to slap MuCheng as GuangXi arrives and luckily holds her back. GuangXi quickly understands what is going on and starts hitting the despicable man.. (Go GuangXi! ) But he is held back as the school's guards or security comes in. They are questioned by the school and Despicable Cai says he wants to sue GuangXi.



But he is however, quick to leave when one of the managers at the school says he has already asked the school's security to fetch the surveillance camera. They drag MuCheng along despite GuangXi's attempt to stop them. Lawyer Xiao Lin then arrives saying the security just informed him that the suivellance tape has been lost.. Despicable Cai then stops up and is suddenly not in such a hurry to leave, because they no longer have the crucial evidence to prove that he came onto MuCheng and he actually tried to rape her. Instead he decides to get a health record or injury report from the hospital to prove his injuries so he can sue GuangXi for compensation for hitting a worker for no apparent reason. (I hate him SO MUCH!)



MuCheng is then kicked out of her own house by Xiao Ah Yi. Luckily GuangXi comes and arranges for her to live at Jacko's "extra" house. The key happened to be in the mailbox, don't they have thieves in Taiwan?? Anyways, MuCheng has a break down in the bathroom so GuangXi doesn't see it while GuangXi prepares the bed for MuCheng. - He's so considerate in this scene. I felt so sorry for MuCheng. She was kicked out by the only person she considers her family, Xiao Ah Yi and she was almost raped by that despicable man and her step-mom is taking his side! I would be crying my heart out as well..



Before MuCheng goes to bed GuangXi promises her that

"If you come across any danger in the future, you don't need to scream until you lose your voice, you just need to call out the name, Ren Guang Xi, and I will come to save you." - Ren Guang Xi



GuangXi decides to get a glass of milk for MuCheng so she can sleep better but when he returns she's already asleep. The next morning GuangXi has already left, but he made breakfast for her.. ;D So considerate.
Although the next morning some low-life has plastered the school's doors, walls etc. with pictures from the security footage, showing MuCheng with despicable Cai. MuCheng is facing a public humiliation because people start to believe that she is selling herself for money. There's also a text message circulating and President Fang gets the news, the school then decides to have a hearing - an unofficial law hearing to get to the bottom of the case, because otherwise the school's reputation will be damaged. GuangXi proposes the idea to MuCheng and offers to represent her. TuoYe finds out through his technical friend that Zhang Ai Li is responsible for the pictures and the text messages circulating, and she is also the one who stole the security tape. TueYo makes it his mission to get it back, because it's very strong evidence that can prove MuCheng's innocence. TuoYe also questions GuangXi's ability, since GuangXi isn't exactly famous for being the most clever or dedicated student, more like the opposite, but GuangXi promises to do his very best to find the truth.

Xu Fang Guo - that disgusting a*shole offers to defend despicable Cai just to spite GuangXi and to prove that he can win in a battle against GuangXi.
GuangXi begins to study hard in order to win the "truth hearing" and to prove MuCheng's innocence. GuangXi meets YiQian and they play a bit of basketball to help GuangXi clear his mind and get a new perspective. This is the first time YiQian hears about this girl who is obviously rather important to GuangXi, but she has to leave for America in order to finalise her papers for her transfer to Sheng De University. But she gives him a mp3 player with psychological reports that she has collected on criminals who have committed sexual assaults. She hopes it can help him "reason" or get into the mind of a criminal and ultimately help him win the case.



GuangXi receives help from lawyer Xiao Lin and the next day he visits Xiao Ah Yi, hoping to reason with her and get her to testify for MuCheng. She refuses but GuangXi leaves his number with her saying that if she gets struck by lightning i.e. if she suddenly changes her mind, she can call him.. Before he leaves he takes pictures of the house, including pictures of MuCheng's room.

- The End -