This is the recap for Everyone Loves Me: Episode 5. Gu Xun sends a message to Xiao Mahua. He wishes her a happy New Year. She’s very happy when she watches the fireworks with the people. Gu Xun looks around. He sees Yue Qianling. Luo Tuo joins Gu Xun. He takes a look at the fireworks photo Xiao Mahua posted.
Everyone Loves Me Episode 5 Recap: Chinese Style
Note: From here on out there are specific plot spoilers for Everyone Loves Me: Episode 5.
Luo Tuo realizes that Xiao Mahua is there. He persuades Gu Xun to send a voice message to Xiao Mahua. But Gu Xun rejects it. He claims that he won’t pursue Xiao Mahua. But Luo Tuo wonders why Gu Xun took a photo. He laughs to take him to look for Xiao Mahua.
Yue Qianling looks for Gu Xun. Yin Xue finds Yue Qianling. She slaps her back. Yue Qianling complains to Yin Xue that she thought she was Gu Xun. She tells her that she cannot find Gu Xun. Yin Xue takes Yue Qianling away after she called a cab.
Gu Xun arrives at the place where Yue Qianling stayed. He doesn’t see Xiao Mahua. Luo Tuo tells Gu Xun to send a voice message to Xiao Mahua since he misses the girl. Yue Qianling takes a bath with Yin Xue in the hotel. She drinks with her. They wish each other happy New Year.
Yue Qianling receives a photo from Xiao Cao. She shows the photo to Yin Xue. She learns that Xiao Cao was at the place. She wonders why the online friend who played game with her sent a message to her for wishing her happy New Year.
Yin Xue thinks the only friend just treated Yue Qianling as his friend. She reminds Yue Qianling that there’s a lion dance test. Yue Qianling wears a skirt to take the exam. The teacher scolds Yue Qianling. He thinks she’s going to fail the test. He reminds her that it will affect her future if she delays graduation.
Yue Qianling switches the positions of the lion dance with Gu Xun because she knows he doesn’t want to delay graduation as well. She hugs his leg when she takes the exam with him. It makes the students believe that she came to be funny.
The teacher announces that Yue Qianling and Gu Xun passed the exam. Yue Qianling isn’t happy. She worries that Gu Xun is thinking that she’s a fool. She thinks he hates her because she made him lose his face. She wonders if she has a chance to make up.
Yin Xue tells Yue Qianling that it’s her fate. She takes her to eat stinky tofu. Gu Xun sees the messages of the group chat that Xiao Mahua recommended the food to Luo Tuo. But Luo Tuo points out that they don’t eat cilantro. Gu Xun tells Jiang Junnan to go to eat the cilantro with him when Jiang Junnan wonders what they’re going to eat.
The two go to the cilantro restaurant. Jiang Junnan mentions Gu Xun doesn’t eat cilantro. But Gu Xun tells Jiang Junnan that he wants to give it a try. He takes him to the cilantro restaurant. Jiang Junnan realizes that Gu Xun wants to eat cilantro because of Yue Qianling.
He presses his head to the cilantro when he thinks love is the best medicine. Gu Xun tastes the cilantro. He drinks a glass of water. Because he wants to vomit. Yin Xue walks Yue Qianling into the restaurant when Yue Qianling is eating the stinky tofu.
They find out that Gu Xun is eating cilantro at the restaurant. Yin Xue tells Yue Qianling to add Gu Xun’s WeChat. But Yue Qianling thinks it’s impossible. She walks into the restaurant. She orders double cilantro. She’s very happy after she noted that he’s looking at her.
But Yin Xue tells Yue Qianling that Gu Xun looked at her because she spoke loudly. Yue Qianling looks at Gu Xun. Jiang Junnan thinks Yue Qianling has feelings for Gu Xun. Yin Xue persuades Yue Qianling to go to add Gu Xun’s WeChat when Gu Xun walks out of the restaurant.
She picks up the card. She thinks it was dropped by Gu Xun. She asks Yue Qianling for returning the school card to Gu Xun so that she can get the guy’s WeChat. She tells her to take out the courage when she played games. Yue Qianling runs to chase Gu Xun.
It makes him stop. She returns the school card to him. She wishes to add his WeChat. He takes out his phone. But he calls someone. The guy Gu Xiaopeng shows up. He grabs his school card from Gu Xun. He tells Yue Qianling that the school card belongs to him.
She asks him to leave. But he wishes to add her WeChat. He mistakes Gu Xun as Yue Qianling’s boyfriend. Yue Qianling is very happy. But Gu Xun tells Gu Xiaopeng that Jiang Junnan is Yue Qianling’s boyfriend. He leaves with Jiang Junnan.
Yue Qianling chops the cilantro. She wonders why Gu Xun always sees her awkwardness moments. Yin Xue comforts Yue Qianling that she will have better men. Yue Qianling is furious to ask Yin Xue why Gu Xun gave her to Jiang Junnan. Yin Xue explains it to Yue Qianling that Gu Xun was shy.
Yue Qianling throws the cilantro to Yin Xue because she thinks her best friend told a lie to her. She claims that she won’t change herself for someone even if she likes him. Yin Xue praises Yue Qianling. Yue Qianling thinks Gu Xun likes the real her. Yin Xue tells Yue Qianling to continue to chop her cilantro.
Yue Qianling walks into Gu Xun’s office when he’s working. She takes a photo of him. She’s very happy when she takes a look at his photo. But she finds out that he’s behind her. She leaves. Gu Xun has a meeting with the employees. He introduces Wei Han to them.
The employees welcome Wei Han. Gu Xun keeps Wei Han after the employees left. He asks him to hire one of his previous followers. Wei Han wants to hire one of his previous followers. But he worries that Jiang Yishi won’t let the follower leave.
Yue Qianling shows her design to Yin Jun. He tells her that he trusts her. She returns to her seat. She asks Huang Jie why Yin Jun didn’t fight with her. Huang Jie reveals Yin Jun is pursuing the peach of his heart. She tells Yue Qianling to submit it to the new main designer.
Yue Qianling hands over her Chinese style design to the main designer. But he asks her not to give up the Western style design because he worries that they will lose the older players. Chen Xinyi walks into Jiang Junnan’s office. She tells him that she has completed the tasks he gave her.
She tries to leave his office. But he asks her to work with him. Yue Qianling takes a look at her painting. She thinks there’re many people liking Chinese style. She has a chat with Xiao Cao. Luo Tuo blames Xiao Cao for not replying to his message after he found out that he appeared in the group chat.
Chen Xinyi calls the interviewee. But the interviewee hangs up because she got the information wrong. Jiang Junnan thinks Chen Xinyi has social anxiety. She wants to resign. But he reminds her that there’s nobody taking over her job.
He asks her not to delay the work. He hands over the papers to her. She leaves his office. Yue Qianling posts her new painting. The fans like her new design. Wei Han runs into Yue Qianling in the elevator. He mentions what Huang Jie said that the new main designer didn’t like her design.
He reveals he saw her design. He thinks it was good. He mentions the 9th Business Department is hiring designers. He asks her if she’s interested in the position. He tells her to submit her works to him. Yue Qianling begins to work. She tells Xiao Cao that she’s going to work hard.
Yue Qianling gets in the elevator. Yin Xue sends a message to Yue Qianling because Yue Qianling didn’t return to the dormitory last night. Gu Xun and Jiang Junnan are in the elevator. Jiang Junnan reminds Gu Xun that Yue Qianling is watching their project.
Gu Xun reveals Wei Han asked Yue Qianling to design. He thinks the girl doesn’t have any idea. He believes that Yue Qianling should stay the previous place if she cannot make it. Jiang Junan thinks Gu Xun gave all of his tenderness to Xiao Mahua.
Gu Xun decides to hire the designer since Yue Qianling didn’t submit her works. But Yue Qianling breaks into the office. She explains it to him that there was no internet in her office. But he thinks she shouldn’t make the excuse for herself.
Episode 5 of Everyone Loves Me ends with Gu Xun refusing to take a look at Yue Qianling’s works. She has to leave his office. Wei Han reveals there was actually no internet in Yue Qianling’s office. He thinks someone intended to do that. But Gu Xun refuses to change his decision because the HR has given the offer to the designer. He receives Yue Qianling’s painting.