Cheng Fengtai makes up with Fan Xiang'er

## Synopsis

Shang Xirui meets an old acquaintance; Xue Zhicheng. Du Qi, Xue Zhicheng and Shang Xirui have dinner together, where Shang Xirui wears Japanese costume, and performs to show Xue Zhicheng what was wrong with his performance. Xiang'er finds out that Fengyi is really Fan Lian's child. She reconciles with Cheng Fengtai, when he comes home. Shang Xirui stops Fan Lian from taking Fengyi with him, and beats him up for what he did to Ceng Aiyu. Beiping falls in the hands of the Japanese army. Hideoshi Sakata wants to create a Sino-Japan Friendship Association; he also wants Ning Jiulang to be the chairman, and Shang Xirui to be a part of it.

## Plot

When Shang Xirui goes to the theater again, he meets a foreign reporter called by Du Qi, who is Xirui’s fan. His name is Xue Zhicheng.  Zhicheng reminds Xirui that they have met before at Yanjing University, and he even performed ‘Madam Butterfly’ for him. It is not until he does the pose that Xirui remembers him; from the looks of it, Zhicheng likes Xirui as a performer, and has been looking for him for a long time.When Shang Xirui performs, Zhicheng is mesmerized by his performance. He gives Xirui a real butterfly that he caught, in the makeup room. He has a lot to say to Xirui, but Du Qi takes him away.

Later, Du Qi takes Shang Xirui to a Japanese restaurant, where Xue Zhicheng is waiting for them. Xue Zhicheng doesn’t meet them at the dinner table right away, but dresses as a Japanese geisha, and performs ‘Jue Jiang Ji in the Cloud’ for Xirui. However, Xirui is not impressed, and he doesn’t even recognize that the person performing is Xue Zhicheng. He then tries to explain Xue Zhicheng, what was wrong with his performance. To show him how it should be done, Shang Xirui asks for him costume, and then performs it for Xue Zhicheng.

Fan Lian goes to meet his daughter at Shuiyun House, and from that visit Xiang’er get the conformation that Fengyi is Fan Lian’s child. She is happy to hear that. Cheng Fengtai comes home, and the couple reconciles. When Shang Xirui comes to Shuiyun House, he sees Fan Lian taking the baby away. As Xirui now knows that Fan Lian got his sister pregnant, he beats him up. Shang Xirui holds the child for the first time in his arms, and feels content. Times began to change in Beiping, because of the chaotic political situation. On July 1937, Beiping fell and the Marco Polo Bridge Incident took place. The Japanese army got more control of Beiping.

Cheng Fengtai bought a food truck for Shuiyun House, and thought that Xirui wasn’t talking to him, when he was just resting his voice. Rong Shou and Deng Bao talk about how their business isn’t doing so well. Hideoshi Sakata comes to Shuiyun House, who is a Japanese general. He recognizes Fengtai as Commander Cao’s relative, and shows both men a paper; establishing Sino-Japan Friendship Association. He invites Xirui to join the association, so that both countries that exchange information about their culture and music. He states that Ning Jiulang would be the chairman of the association.

When Master Qi hears this, he says that he will refuse the job on Jiulang’s behalf; he was close to the Emperor and the Japanese will listen to him. Xue Zhicheng tells him that he will do something about this matter. Cao Guixiu receives an encrypted message from Fengtai, and he remembers how he plotted with his father, to deceive the Japanese.