Shang Xirui beats Lin Danqiu

## Synopsis

When Shang Xirui meets Ceng Aiyu again, he has nightmares about the time he got separated from his parents and sister, when he was busy watching opera. He soon finds out that Ceng Aiyu is his biological sister. Danqiu pretended to be her brother, because he wanted to pay his debts, sang opera, and had similar features like her brother. Shang Xirui confronts Danqiu.

## Plot

When Ceng Aiyu sees Danqiu being bullied, she asks him what's wrong, he just tells her that they have lost money in gambling, and came to borrow from her. When Cheng Fengtai comes to pick Xirui from the theater, he meets Ceng Aiyu, who came to pick her brother. Fengtai then tells Xirui that she is Fengyi's mother. Shang Xirui has an uncomfortable feeling, as if he is familiar with her in some other way. That night, he has a nightmare about the time when he was separated from his parents and sister. He is clutching the same pendant that Ceng Aiyu has.

Shang Xirui's opening show is completely sold out, and the local newspaper is promoting it. However, Shang Xirui is not himself, as he is sulking in the car, while Fengtai is reading him the praises mentioned in the newspaper. In Tianchan Theater, Shang Xirui is in the makeup room with Proprietor Wang, all ready for his performance. Wang mentions how close the two are, and they almost look like father and son. They perform "The Broken Bridge" from 白蛇传 Legend of the White Snake" together, and gain a lot of praise. Danqiu watches from the side, waiting for his turn and feels sad about leaving opera. Shang Xirui, however, felt that some people didn't appreciate the performance, and were booing him.

Shang Xirui has the same nightmare that night, and the very next morning without informing Cheng Fengtai, he goes to meet Ceng Aiyu. He sees the very same pendent that he has, around her neck. They talk about why Ceng Aiyu hates opera so much, and she talks about the same event that Shang Xirui had a nightmare about; she lost her brother when they were watching the opera. No matter how much Shang Xirui wants to convince her, she doesn't agree to her brother going back to opera. Xirui tells her that the baby is now called Fengyi, and she becomes happy. However, she thinks that Danqiu is her long lost brother, because that is what he pretended to be. Shang Xirui doesn't tell her right away that she is wrong, but is very upset when he goes back to Cheng Fengtai.

Shang Xirui and Cheng Fengtai track the person who bullied Danqiu, in order to find out more about him. The bully, after a fight between the three, tells Shang Xirui that Danqiu owed him a lot of money, and then he found Ceng Aiyu who lost her brother in her childhood. As Danqiu sang opera, and had similar features as her, she accepted him to be her real brother. Shang Xirui gets angry that just to pay Danqiu's debt, Ceng Aiyu had to go through all this. Even though Cheng Fengtai tries to stop Shang Xirui from going to the station and confronting Danqiu, Xirui doesn't stop. He goes to the station, takes Danqiu to the restroom and beats him, throwing his piece of the pendent in his face. This makes Danqiu realize that Xirui is Ceng Aiyu's biological brother.