Episode Summary
Zhou Shui receives praise for his screenplay from Dai Daji, who believes it could make him famous. As they dream of making a movie, Daji falls ill and is diagnosed with a serious condition—possibly gallbladder cancer. Zhou Shui hides the truth from her, claiming it's a stomach ulcer. He struggles to gather money for her treatment, with help from friends. As Daji realizes her time is limited, she prepares to leave Beijing, saying emotional goodbyes and asking Zhou Shui to make their movie, titled Worth Loving. In the final moments, they lie on a frozen lake, capturing their last scene together as the sun rises.
Spoiler Alert
Spring, 2009.
Episode 6 of Such a Good Love takes us on a deeply emotional ride, as Zhou Shui’s dreams start to take flight—just as Dai Daji’s world begins to fall apart.
After reading Zhou Shui’s screenplay, Daji is on cloud nine. She’s convinced it’s a masterpiece and tells him that if they can turn this into a movie, everyone will finally recognize his talent. Her belief in him is unshakable. Then, like something out of a movie itself, a stranger approaches them claiming to be a director and urges Zhou Shui to enter a filmmaking contest—with a 3 million yuan prize on the line.
On a rooftop, the two brainstorm possible titles for the film. It’s a sweet and hopeful moment—until Daji suddenly doubles over in pain. Zhou Shui rushes her to the hospital. After a flurry of tests costing over 3,000 yuan, the doctor pulls Zhou Shui aside: it might be gallbladder cancer.
Zhou Shui’s world cracks.
But when Daji asks what the diagnosis is, he lies—telling her it’s just a stomach ulcer, easily treatable. He can’t bear to tell her the truth.
With Daji’s treatment looming and money running low, Zhou Shui turns to an old friend, Hunxiang, asking for any kind of work. He also starts quietly asking their small circle for help. No one’s rich, but everyone gives what they can. Shen Jingshu even borrows 10,000 yuan for Daji—because, as she says, Daji is her only real friend in Beijing.
Back at the hospital, Daji—now sitting next to another cancer patient—begins to sense the truth. She knows her illness is more serious than Zhou Shui is letting on. She asks for roasted sweet potatoes. Zhou Shui runs around to find a vendor and brings one back, but it’s clear Daji can’t even taste it. She forces a smile and tells him it’s sweet.
That night, she calls her mom, who’s too busy playing mahjong to talk. Daji begs her not to hang up. “Just let me listen,” she pleads.
Daji buys a train ticket back to her hometown. She wants to face this alone. Her train leaves in two days. That means they have only 24 hours left together.
She gifts Zhou Shui a brand-new video camera, asking him to record something for her—call it her “will,” she jokes. He chokes up, still insisting it’s just an ulcer, but eventually lifts the camera. She breaks down before she can even start speaking. She hands over her bank card, her coat, and makes one last wish: to eat roast duck. She’s been in Beijing for over a year and has never had it. But it’s too oily, the doctor says. So Zhou Shui brings back old duck soup instead.
Daji begins saying goodbye to everyone—Old Chives, Gangling, and finally Shen Jingshu, urging her to stay with Gangling. She’s tying up every loose end.
In their last quiet moment together, Daji tells Zhou Shui that if he ever makes a movie, he has to film a scene in Chunzhi Li, the alley where it all began. But she knows—without her, he might never make that movie. Still, everything they went through was worth it. Including their love.
Suddenly, she has a title: “Worth Loving.”
The next morning, Daji leaves the apartment quietly. She heads to Shichahai, dragging her suitcase through the cold. She still remembers when Zhou Shui once called Shichahai “a sea,” and she’s still holding onto that little poetic lie.
Zhou Shui finds her. She tells him she knows what’s happening to her. They lie down together on the frozen lake, filming the final scene of their movie. The ice cracks beneath them, but neither of them flinches. For a brief moment, they really are in the sea.
The sun rises.
Final Thoughts:
Episode 6 is devastating in the quietest, most human way. It’s about love, loss, sacrifice—and the power of believing in someone even when everything else is falling apart. Zhou Shui and Dai Daji’s story isn’t just about making a film. It is the film. And it’s one worth watching.
