Episode Summary
Shen Zhuoran confesses to nurse Lian Yilian with a song and poem before leaving the hospital, sparking family drama. While Liu Lina supports their relationship, Sun Baoqin schemes against it, and Shen Dai discovers the romance through social media. Tensions rise as Yilian moves into Zhuoran’s home, unearthing reminders of his late wife Jingmin.
Spoiler Alert
Love Again Episode 3: Grandpa's Got Game (and Drama)
Let’s talk about the real star of this show: Shen Zhuoran, the silver fox who’s giving us all secondhand butterflies. Fresh off his hospital stay, our man decides to shoot his shot with head nurse Lian Yilian. But how? Cue Lao Gou, his hype-man-slash-wingman, who vetoes Zhuoran’s cringey confession poem ("No one wants Wordsworth at 60, bro") and insists he serenade her with the folk ballad "Wildflower." Classic move.
Meanwhile, the family gossip mill is spinning faster than a TikTok algorithm. Daughter-in-law Liu Lina’s fully shipping "Zhoulian" (yes, we’re coining ship names now), but meddling auntie Sun Baoqin side-eyes Yilian’s motives—"She’s definitely after his pension!" The real MVP? Grandson Shen Duole, who gifts Zhuoran a present to give Yilian while casually name-dropping his late grandma Jingmin. Kids these days—emotional blackmail with a bow on top!
The Big Confession: After rehearsing "Wildflower" like it’s his American Idol audition, Zhuoran belts it out in front of the entire ward, throws in his secretly-sweet acrostic poem, and… BOOM. Yilian says yes! Cue Lao Gou’s girlfriend ugly-crying in the background. The new couple skips home like teenagers, while Duole probably texts his friends: "Mission accomplished. You owe me Robux."
Drama Across Continents: Overseas daughter Shen Dai FaceTimes Liu Lina and clocks the suspicious "Wildflower" soundtrack blasting at home. Lina and husband Shen Qing try to play dumb, but Dai—still salty from past relationship trauma—goes full Karen mode. Pro tip: Never tell a jaded divorcee to "just date again."
Move-In Mayhem: Zhuoran and Yilian enter the can’t-keep-our-hands-off-each-other phase. She cooks his favorite meals, he begs her to move in, and suddenly… we’ve got a geriatric U-Haul situation. Lina’s shook, Qing’s side-eyeing the age gap ("She’s younger than my golf clubs!"), and Sun Baoqin? She’s fuming because her plan to set Zhuoran up with her BFF Peng Yulan just imploded.
Ghosts of Wives Past: The real tea? Sun Baoqin sneaks Jingmin’s old slippers into Zhuoran’s bedroom to mess with Yilian. Petty level: Ancient Chinese Auntie. When Yilian finds them, Zhuoran panics like he’s hiding a body (RIP, slippers). Meanwhile, Lina swaps out Jingmin’s beloved bedsheets while Qing sulks about his mom’s erased legacy.
Social Media Meltdown: Baoqin drops the nuclear option—posting Zhuoran’s cringe serenade video on WeChat. Cue Shen Dai’s transcontinental scream heard ’round the world. Final shot? Yilian smiling through the chaos while Zhuoran probably Googles "how to delete wife’s ghost from haunted slippers."
Next episode prediction: Jingmin’s slippers develop sentience. You heard it here first.
