August 24, 2020

My Unicorn Girl | Recap and Review

My Unicorn Girl
A guy with face blindness cannot recognize anyone, but this one girl who’s disguised as a guy. 
Notable Actors/Actresses
Chen YaoSang Tian
Guan HongWen Bing
Director
Screenwriter
Chinese Title
穿盔甲的少女
Year2020
Episodes: 24
Recap Grade: A
First Impression: 3/5

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[Ep1] Sang Tian wants to be enrolled in the same university as her late mother. She's a figure skater. Luckily, she gets the last spot because one applicant forfeited. She's quite the lucky one. At a bus stop, Sang Tian meets a lady who wants to read her tarot card. The mysterious old lady tells Sang Tian her luck will all change because of a black fated string. 

Wen Bing is easily accepted to the same university that Sang Tian wants to enrol in with his exceptional hockey skills. Hockey players all over the world, you have been playing hockey wrong all along. Firstly, no one should move when the game starts. You stand still when every player is scattered on the rink and then go at lightening speed at the puck

Sang Tian and Wen Bing first meet when Wen Bing is in her male getup. She plays for a male hockey team for reasons I don't know why. She accidentally switches her hockey stick with Wen Bing and that's their first non-official encounter. They then accidentally enter the women's washroom one after another. Technically Sang Tian is in the right washroom just in the wrong clothes. Wen Bing pushes her out of the washroom to distract the females in the washroom so he can escape. He's not very nice, you see. 

After another encounter, Sang Tian has concluded Wen Bing is two faced. He was in the lobby and a girl behind Sang Tian called out to him. Wen Bing looked at Sang Tian's direction and smiled. It must have been a very pretty smile because Sang Tian froze in her spot staring at his smile. It wasn't meant for her though, it was for Meng Na. However, when Meng Na wants a selfie with him, Sang Tian notices how he purposely dropped the phone to avoid the selfie.  

Sang Tian continues to meet Wen Bing throughout the day. She brushes by him and her backpack snags onto his black sweater. A black string connects these two. Both of them feel the tug and follow the black string back to each other. 
A random boy throws a snowball at Sang Tian and it makes her fall right onto Wen Bing. Her lips land on his lips. It's her first kiss. 

After that kiss, Sang Tian's luck dries out. She doesn't get accepted in the university and her home was almost burnt down. She cries alone in the street. Wen Bing recognizes her. Here's the catch though, Wen Bing has face-blindness (prosopagnosia). However, after the kiss, he's able see her face (not knowing yet that she's a girl). Thus she becomes the only person in this entire world who he can recognize. This was why Wen Bing stared in Sang Tian's direction when it was Meng Na who called out to him. He couldn't recognize their faces from each other until Meng Na approached him.
Seeing Sang Tian cry, Wen Bing leaves her his umbrella. To shield her from the snow? I dunno. Sang Tian never sees who left it for her though. 

[Ep2] After all her misfortunes, Sang Tian runs to the bus stop to find the fortune teller again. The lady tells her that she must steal back what that man stole from her to restore her luck. Since he stole her (first) kiss that was precious to her, Sang Tian must steal back a kiss from this man. Apparently, the old lady might be Wen Bing’s grandmother?? In the end she said she was the one who knit the black sweater.

After her friends convince her, Sang Tian goes to the practice match that Wen Bing is to attend. She’s still dressed up as a boy. She gets to play a game as his partner (because he only recognizes her). The exceptional Wen Bing finds Sang Tian quite impressive for keeping up with him. The coach also thinks that too so she sends a university enrollment letter to Sang Tian to accept her into the men’s hockey team. Audience members, let us throw away our logic on how it’s possible the coach knew her address and can accept her in the university without any form of ID. Sang Tian decides to enroll as a male because, one, she’s out of a home, and two, she really wants to attend the university her mother attended.

After the successful enrollment (and some petty fights with Wen Bing), she finds figure skating clothes. Seeing no one on the rink, she decides to figure skate. Wen Bing is in the area and looks towards the ice rink. The ending scene is him shocked and so is she. What do they see?
[Ep3] The ending scene in episode 2 was a scam. Wen Bing never saw Sang Tian figure skating in female clothes. However, he soon figures out she’s a girl anyways. She had tried to push him into the water because he was being hateful to her as always but it’s her who ends up falling when he tactfully dodges. He had the chance to save her but he let her fall. Sang Tian’s wig dislodges in the water. She thought she successfully escaped among the crowd of swimmers but Wen Bing saw her. Because he can only see her face, he was able to instantly recognize her among all the other people. And thus he sees her long hair.  

Wen Bing was about to report to the office that Sang Tian is a girl but Sang Tian coincidentally appears. She’s got evidence that he’s supposed to attend another university and he used his secretary to pretend to be him. In exchange for her keeping mum about this, she wants him to be obedient to her; she has no intentions of exposing him. Wen Bing decides to hold off on reporting her too. 

The hockey team has their own ritual for choosing dorm rooms. They shoot for it. The single rooms are at tough corners to aim at. There’s only one single room left and Sang Tian wants it. However she misfired and got a double’s room instead. She signals to Wen Bing she wants him to get the single room for her. He smiles and nods. She should have knows he can’t be that nice. He aims right at the double’s room to be her roommate. Since he knows she’s a girl, he has a lot of fun teasing his new roommate (e.g. threatens to be half naked to make her get his towel when he’s fully clothed). Meanwhile, it strengthens her conclusion about him: he’s a devil.  

Sang Tian is late for practice. The coach punishes her to take 100 shots as a goalie. But she can’t handle it. She is a girl after all (these are Wen Bing's thoughts). Wen Bing declares he'll take the rest for her (she’s done 55) but the coach changes the rules. Now they have to tend to 300 goals instead of the 100. Wen Bing takes it anyways. He’s totally not a devil. The rest of the team feel bad and are absolutely relieved when the punishment is over. The coach smiles at their teamwork.  
Back in the dorm, Wen Bing finds a journal that he thinks belongs to Sang Tian. Inside are techniques to seductively attack a man. It takes a while for Sang Tian to realize that her brother gave this book to her to teach her how to steal a kiss from Wen Bing. Sang Tian quickly reaches over for the book but ends up falling over Wen Bing on the bed, their faces are inches apart.

[Ep4] Wen Bing asks Sang Tian who’s on top of him, “Is this how you’re going to make me fall in love with you?” She quickly gets off and hobbles on her one good leg. Wen Bing drags her back to his bed to care for her injured ankle (from the punishment).  

For the next few nights she tries to steal back her journal but fails. She accidentally spills pop over his bed and now he’s bed-less. He takes her bed instead. She asks him why he’s an angel to everyone else but a devil just to her. He smiles that it’s tiring pretending to be an angel all the time. When Sang Tian returns to the dorm, he's not sleeping on her bed anymore, he's sleeping on the couch. He is an angel, just a shy one who likes to bully the girl he likes

Wen Bing tells his uncle (Cheng Min Jun) he thinks Sang Tian likes her meanwhile Sang Tian tells her friend (Fang Xiao Rou) that she thinks Wen Bing likes her. Their friends give them the same advice that if s/he does have a crush on the other, they'll do these three things: 1) look at them when they're not looking, 2) look for them when they're not there and 3) reply texts within ten seconds. Wen Bing glues his eyes on Sang Tian waiting for her to look at him. He can't understand why she's not looking at him, lol. He ends up checking all the boxes for liking her, heh

Wen Bing also checks the jealousy box. He's jealous of Sang Tian's brother (Sang Zhan) but Sang Tian hides the fact that they're siblings so he thinks they're dating. Wen Bing interrupts their lunch date by calling her over to clean his blankets (that she dirtied). They're drying it and somehow someway she ends up flying to him with the blanket over their heads. I'm reminded of the K-Drama "The Beauty Inside" and the blanket scene between Ahn Jae Hyun and Lee Da Hee. Coincidentally, both the main leads have prosopagnosia
Later that night, Sang Tian is locked in the storage room. It's freezing cold in there. Wen Bing and her brother search for her. Wen Bing is able to speed up the CCTV 10x to locate Sang Tian among the thousand of faces that are on the screen. He finds her and saves her. The brother seemingly approves of Wen Bing now and says loudly enough for him to hear that he's only Sang Tian's brother. Wen Bing is no longer jealous. 
Wen Bing and Sang Tian walk back to the dorm and she playfully throws a snowball at him. She accidentally falls on him and they kiss the second time. Has the luck changed? 
[Ep5] A broker offers Sang Tian a condo at an affordable price. She thinks her luck is back after the kiss. However, she's a little sad to leave the dorm. She says goodbye to Wen Bing by building him some snowmen. Wen Bing isn't happy at all. Un/fortunately, she's scammed by the broker and has to return to the dorm. Seems like she's not lucky again. Or is she? She gets to stay with him, I say that's lucky

Sang Tian tries to help Wen Bing with his test. But he doesn't need it. Our male lead is equipped with high IQ. Their coach catches them cheating. Wen Bing was going to take the blame onto himself to protect Sang Tian but she takes the responsibility back because she technically did try to help him cheat. With that, they're both punished. They have to clean the ice rink with a Zamboni.  
Sang Tian almost falls off the Zamboni but he catches her and that’s how we get a closeup of these two. They look so similar because of the hair
By the way Zhang Yu Xi makes a cameo as a figure skater. She's Miao Miao

[Ep6] Sang Tian accidentally gets her shirt dirty. The teammates tell her to take off her shirt but Wen Bing knows she can't so he gives her his sweater. Slowly but surely, Sang Tian is falling in love with Wen Bing's sweetness. 

Sang Tian becomes jealous of Meng Na but when she sees her injured, Sang Tian cares for her. This leads to a big misunderstanding by Meng Na. She thinks Sang Tian likes her and tells Wen Bing this. Wen Bing tries to make Sang Tian look awful to her and Meng Na falls deeper in her delusions that Wen Bing likes her that's why he's insulting the man (Sang Tian) who likes her. 

Meng Na hints to Wen Bing that her hands are cold. She wants his gloves but Wen Bing doesn't care about her. Sang Tian gives Meng Na hers instead which leaves Sang Tian glove-less. Wen Bing cares about her so he shares his gloves with her. 

Second Couple: Meng Na is meant for Sang Zhan. I’m happily waiting for these two to like each other. Meng Na is living the life of a drama female lead. She trips on a flat ground (as noted by Sang Zhan) and now she falls right into Sang Zhan’s arms into the perfect pose. 

Sang Tian continues to be the heart of the team. However, she’s to be punished by the coach and Wen Bing knows the reason. 

[Ep7] The coach caught Wen Bing and Sang Tian lying (not about her gender but) about being lazy. They're punished for that. Shen Wei Lian gives them a dog toy because he's grateful for what these two have done for him. Wen Bing stares at Sang Tian playing with the toy and all he can think about is how cute she is. 

The coach finds out Sang Tian a girl but tells Sang Tian to keep it secret for now until she can handle it properly. This time, Sang Tian really has to leave. She’s having a difficult time telling Wen Bing farewell. She realizes she likes him. It doesn't help that Shen Wei Lian keeps intruding them whenever she wants to tell him she's leaving. 

It becomes so hard for Sang Tian to tell Wen Bing the truth, she avoids him now. This makes Wen Bing mad because he has no idea what he’s done wrong to deserve this. He angrily gives her a Bi Dong and calls her his. He doesn’t know she’s leaving but says she's not allowed to leave without his permission. So much frustration is built up on Sang Tiang’s end (because of herself), she vents it out Wen Bing. 

[Ep8] Sang Tian shares her problems with Miao Miao. She advises if words are hard to say then why not write a letter. It works like a charm, Wen Bing and Sang Tian communicate so much seeeter in letter. He finds out she has to leave and convinces coach that there’s no other team leader better than Sang Tian. Plus Wen Bing is exceptionally perfect when he partners with Sang Tian (because he can see her and thus can pass the puck to her properly). Because of these reasons, Sang Tian gets to stay (temporarily). Just how does someone with prosopognosia play hockey? It sounds so difficult

Sang Tian also finds out Wen Bing has prospognosia and that he can only recognize her. So now they both know each other’s secret but they don’t tell each other they know. 

Sang Tian thanks Wen Bing for helping her stay in the university. He wants her to show her gratitude and quotes Dao Ming Si from Metoet Garden. Heh. He was in Meteor Garden too by the way. ‘If apologies work then there’s no need for polices in this world.’ Wen Bing wants her to treat him to canto food (a certain region’s food). She promises she’ll treat him his every canto food. Wen Bing doesn’t believe it so he wants her to stamp on it. He tells her to come closer. She does. With her face close to his, he brushes her nose. He requests the same from her. That’s how y’all stamp
Third Couple: Coach pays for uncle's date with another girl (she’s the figure skating coach) who eats a ton because he’s got no money.  

Sang Tian wants to learn from Wen Bing a certain shooting technique. He promises to consider teaching her it if she does his bidding for him. He makes her walk dogs and massage him at night. She thinks he’s messing with her but he’s already helping her train. Walking the dog and massaging can help her improve. All you hockey players out there, are y’all taking notes? Wen Bing suffered a lot of her naughty tricks because she though he was messing with her but he still helps her train anyways.

[Ep9] After training, Wen Bing uses the same towel Sang Tian just wiped with. She tries to stop him but he teases her that sharing towels among men is fine. Honestly, sharing towels regardless of sex is not fine, for me at least

Shen Wen Lian is starting to fall for Sang Tian not knowing she’s a girl. Meanwhile, Sang Tian is still bummed out Wen Bing went with Meng Na to buy drinks. She doesn't know Wen Bing wanted to buy drinks for her (Sang Tian). Sang Tian secretly goes to the same coffee story. Wen Bing sees her and tries to take a selfie of their shadows but it looks like he's taking a picture of Meng Na's legs instead. The only legs I noticed this scene was Wen Bing's. So long.

Shen Wen Lian becomes confused about his feelings for Sang Tian and asks his "older sister" Miao Miao for advice. They're not actually related; they grew up with each other.

Wen Bing and Sang Tian have a match. He challenges her that if she can score the puck, he'll give her a prize. She wins. He gives her the selfie he took. It's him putting bunny ears on her shadow. He read her letter that said she wanted a selfie with him before she left. He also "stamps" her again by brushing her nose that she can't leave and since they've stamped, she must keep her words.

The next morning Wen Bing catches Sang Tian training with his water bottle. He had told her to help her improve she can use someone she likes as a target. I always thought it was someone you hate... Anyways. Wen Bing teases her that she likes him. She denies it so he dares her to say it in his face that she doesn't like him. She can't.

Third Couple: Uncle gives coach a sample product when he bought the whole beauty set for the figure skating coach. The coaches find out. 

[Ep10] The time has changed for the competition but jealous seniors purposely hide this information from Wen Bing and Sang Tian. Wen Bing eventually finds out. He tries to contact Sang Tian but her phone isn’t on her. She’s busy helping her friend with a disco part time. She’s dress up in female (weird) clothes. Wen Bing recognizes her immediately but he pretends he doesn’t by asking her if she’s seen this girl -shows picture on phone- and if she has to tell this girl that the competition is scheduled for earlier. 

Wen Bing waits until Sang Tian has changed back to a boy to drive her back to school. That helmet on Wen Bing is so unflattering. He tells her to hold on tight but she’s hesitant. Thus he keeps accelerating and breaking until she wraps her arms around him. He then slides her hands into his coat pockets because it’ll be cold. 

Wen Bing is severely injured just to win the competition so Sang Tian can stay. How can she not fall for him? He’s also effortlessly cool. The coach promotes Wen Bing to be the new class leader. Sang Tian gets to be the vice. That means she gets to stay. 

[Ep11] Wen Bing wants Sang Tian to take care of him (he’s injured). She shampoos his hair and it gets into his eyes. She blows on it. Why? She’s so close to him she can kiss his eyes if he moved just slightly. The entire time, he’s got a sly smile on. 

Wen Bing is ordered to stay in the dorms because of his injuries by Coach Ma but the team has already booked a place to chill for three days. It’s the holidays. They're on holidays but has this university even been functioning normally. Where are the classes? What do they learn? Sang Tian lies to Wen Bing that the entire team is ordered to train. This type of lie never works in drama land. Wen Bing finds out. He gets his sweet revenge. Upon his arrival, all the boys are scared of him and their trip to chill out becomes a trip to train. Ha. Why do they have to be so scared of him though? Wen Bing sits at ease while watching all of them drag tires around. 
[Ep12] it’s snowing and Wen Bing takes out his long black umbrella from I don’t know where. She accidentally twists her ankle so Wen Bing takes her to the bus stop to examine her ankle. 
Meng Na gets her clothes ruined for the third time with Sang Zhan. Her skirt is ripped. Sang Zhan puts his coat over her to cover her up. She gives him her scarf in return to keep him warm. Sang Zhan looks good here. Or was I not paying attention at all? This episode he also learns he’s been coaching her on how to win Wen Bing’s love. He freaks out because that would be ruining his sister’s romance. 
Wen Lian shows off his amazing cooking skills. He shoos out Wen Bing and Sang Tian who are messing up the kitchen. Wen Lian is a pretty good catch too. So many amazing bachelors here. The three of them are to share a room. Wen Bing claims the centre bed to separate Sang Tian from Wen Lian. He smiles as he sees her sleep peacefully. 

Uncle helps coach fix her car. He’s cute but he looks like an idiot 90% of the time. And he’s cheap to her. What does she see in him?
[Ep13] Wen Bing makes Sang Tian practice dating on him. She copies him and leans on his shoulders to cutely say "I want to see you tomorrow." Wen Bing goes off script and says he doesn't. He wants to see her every waking moment when the sun is up.

Shen Wen Lian is trying to overcome being shadowed by his brother, Shen Qiao Di. Miao Miao motivates him. However, their team loses against his brother. He's never once won his brother. Sang Tian wants to cheer him up so he challenges Shen Qiao Di. 

Second Couple: Sang Zhan plays a joke on Meng Na by making her wait for him. She continues to wait for him until she falls asleep in the cold. You would think the guy would soften up but Sang Zhan won't. Lol.

[Ep14] Sang Tian isn't Shen Qiao Di's competition and he beats her up. Miao Miao notifies Shen Wei Lian that Sang Tian is competing against his brother for him. He takes Sang Tian's place to take his brother one on one. He's beat up too and even bleeds from an injury. Wen Bing takes the torch from there and challenges Shen Qiao Di. Wen Bing is a big softie. He said he wasn't going to help but here is secretly helping.

Sang Tian teases Wen Bing for being a softie. When Shen Wei Lian suddenly opens the door to their dorm, it pushes Wen Bing and he accidentally gives Sang Tian a kiss. Sang Tian is surprised and tries to explain to Wei Lian. However, Wen Bing is more surprised he can make out Wei Lian's features. Wen Bing realizes whenever his heart rate picks up, he can see facial features. That means he can see Sang Tian's face because his heart races whenever he sees her

Wen Bing tries to create another chance to kiss Sang Tian. He pretends to faint in their dorm. Sang Tian would have fallen for this trap if she had not found it familiar. She remembers she had almost used it herself. Thus instead of giving him oxygen via the mouth, she gives him chest compressions. She smacks his chest with all her force. Wen Bing's eyes fly open. 

Other characters: Meng Na's brother likes Miao Miao. 

This episode ends off with Shen Wei Lian discovering Sang Tian is a girl. This time, I don't think it's a fake cliffhanger

[Ep15] Wei Lian asks Sang Tian’s “girlfriend” to confirm their relationship. He’s a hundred percent certain Sang Tian is a girl. Wen Bing also figures out Shen Wei Lian might know Sang Tian's gender when both men flock to protect Sang Tian from a flying puck. 

When Wen Bing tells her he wouldn’t ever break up with the girl he likes, Sang Tian shyly asks him who she is. He replies that he’s in love with himself. That’s why he’ll never break up. 

Wen Bing peels yam for her. When she offers him some from her bag, he eats the one she bit into. She says it’s an indirect kiss. He shrugs it off. What’s an indirect kiss when they’ve already directly kissed three times? 

Sang Tian meets Wen Bing’s mom. I'm surprised Sheren Tang is in this. She’s testing her if they’re really attending this certain university. Sang Tian tries to lie but mom already knows. Mom is against Wen Bing’s passion for hockey.  

[Ep16] Sang Tian cheers up Wen Bing about his mother’s disapproval. She tells him about her late mother. Attending this university is the only way she can remember her mother clearer. She comforts him that he still has a chance to mend his relationship with his mother. Wen Bing promises Sang Tian he won’t give up hockey. He stamps her on the nose. 

Mom is disapproval of Meng Na when she shows up to try to help Wen Bing mend his relationship with mom. Meng Na drinks the entire night and in her stupor state, she calls out to Sang Zhan who was trying to avoid her. They end up staying in a hotel the entire night – playing games. She finally learns he’s her online friend and her love coach. 

Sang Tian does her part to make mom accept Wen Bing’s hockey dream. She waits outside her office for three hours in the cold to give her tickets to their hockey match. Mom doesn’t take the tickets. Wen Bing sees Sang Tian and tells her to not involve herself in this. Sang Tian turns grumpy. What he meant though was he doesn’t want her to suffer for him. He then wraps his scarf around her to keep her warm. 

There’s a problem with the hockey match. The jerseys of the opposing team are the same. This will be a problem particularly for Wen Bing who’s face-blind. 

[Ep17] Wen Bing keeps passing the puck to the wrong teammate. Does his heart rate not pick up when he’s playing such a physical sport? He’s not playing well at all and unfortunately Mom is in the audience. Coach insists to switch out Wen Bing but Sang Tian refuses. Sang Tian motivates the  deflated Wen Bing back to the rink with a kiss. He can see now. The world is clear to him. Will she have to kiss him whenever he plays at matches now? He can also see mom encouraging him in the audience. The kiss loses affect in the middle of the match but he has confidence now, and with his team, they win the match. 

Wen Bing wants to know about that kiss. She says it’s to clear their debt. He kissed her three tones and she kissed him once. I don’t get it. It’s also not supposed to make sense. Wen Bing has fun teasing her but Mom drops by. She’s supportive about his hockey passion, well at least for four years until he graduates. She tells him she knows he’s different and he tries harder than anyone else. She’s talking about his prosopagnosia. He realizes that’s why she’s always wearing a red scarf for him to recognize her. Wen Bing hugs mom and cries. They make up. He gives mom a birthday present: it’s a red scarf. 

Wen Bing rejects mom’s dinner offer for his winning game just to spend time with Sang Tian. How do they spend their time together? He wants her to wash his hair. Has Sang Tian ever questioned why he can play hockey and be whammed by other players but he can’t wash his own hair? 

[Ep18] It’s Wen Bing’s birthday. Sang Tian plans a surprise birthday party with their teammates. 

Shen Wei Lian misunderstands Sang Tian likes him. She gave him the wrong present and there’s an “I love you” note in there. Wen Bing also misunderstands. It's so cute how Wen Bing expressed his anger. He kept punching ferociously at thin air. Wen Bing’s anger quickly dissipates when he discovers his surprise birthday party. Wen Bing also clarifies she gave the wrong present to Shen Wei Lian. Wen Bing’s mood continues to soar. He also gets her to repeat “Ti amo” over and over again. He lied to her that it means "You're a pig". Meanwhile he said it to her knowing it means “I love you.” 

They’re back in the dorm. Sang Tian confronts him for faking his injuries. She also gives him her present. It’s a black yarn sweater. She stitched it herself. He loves the present but he wants another present. She asks him what he wants. He doesn’t tell her, he just continuously walks up until their faces are inches apart. Shen Wei Lian opens the door once again, this time the door pushes Sang Tian so that she ends up kissing Wen Bing. Wen Bing, with his quick reflexes, closes the door on Wei Lian. 

[Ep19] Sang Tian continues to misunderstand the meaning of 'Ti Amo'. She keeps telling Wen Bing that when he upsets her. Sang Tian has no words to reply except for a smile. When Sang Tian falls asleep while studying, Wen Bing blocks the sun for her. 

The team is studying at Wen Bing's (uncle's) studio. Sang Tian recognizes the black umbrella and realizes he was the one who was at her side when she was at the lowest point in her life. She also misunderstands that he likes Meng Na and thinks he'll be confessing to her soon. 

Wen Bing has been stopping all of Shen Wei Lian's advances (to the oblivious Sang Tian). However, Shen Wei Lian seems to have more fate with Fang Xiao Ruo. She's his love coach and maybe soon will be his love partner.
[Ep20] Sang Tian imagines Wen Bing putting on a necklace for her and turns out Wen Bing is right behind her. Wen Bing teases her that he should buy a present for the girl he likes. He asks Wen Bing for advice. She walks off on him though. Wen Bing stares at the necklace she wants. 

There's four people in cat costumes this episodes. Originally, Sang Zhan had a part-time but he asked Sang Tian to do it for him. Shen Wen Lian wanted to use this chance to confess but Sang Tian is too busy crying over how perfect Wen Bing and Meng Na look together. Wen Bing also isn't quite happy Sang Tian is with Shen Wei Lian so Wen Bing wears a cat costume himself and takes Sang Tian to ride the Ferris Wheel. Sang Tian doesn't know this cat is Wen Bing. Shen Wei Lian chases after them yelling, "Sang Tian, you followed the wrong cat!" Nah, Wen Bing was always the one and only true (cute) kitty.

Wen Bing writes Ti Amo with a pig on the Ferris Wheel's window. She writes Wen Bing's name after that (which then becomes "I love you Wen Bing"). He smiles and writes Sang Tian's name there as well. Shen Wei Lian is in the cart after them and realizes that the one Sang Tian likes is Wen Bing. 

After the ride, Wen Bing gives Sang Tian a unicorn necklace (the one she wanted). She says he can't give unicorn accessories to anyone, "Unicorns not only represent courage and nobility –" She's cut off by Wen Bing who asks her "Do you know what Ti Amo means?" She says pig. He finally clarifies it means "I like you." 
Wen Bing repeats his confession once more. He seals it with a kiss to her forehead. He then walks away. What. Come back... Sang Tian trails him, not knowing what to do with his confession. Accept? He then takes her hand and slips it in his pocket after she was almost hit by a motorcycle. He tells her to be normal in front of him because no matter what response she gives him, he'll accept it. The response she gives him is to introduce him to her sister called "Sang Ye." Which is herself. He doesn't quite reply. 

Second Couple: Sang Zhan is the fourth person in the cat costume. He comforts a crying Meng Na (she's upset about Wen Bing as always). Meng Na misunderstands that the man under the cat costume is Wen Bing. She gives the cat head a kiss and calls it her first kiss. When she realizes it's Sang Zhan, she hits him and throws a fuss. Sang Zhan puts the cat heat on her and returns her first kiss with a (first?) kiss of his own. 

[Ep21] Wen Bing isn’t okay with liking Sang Tian’s “sister”. He pushes her down on the bed and tells her he likes her not because of her appearance but because of who she is. Sang Tian shyly takes the towel Wen Bing was wiping his wet hair with to cover her face. He rejected her “sister” which makes San Tian surprisingly happy. She quickly scurries back to bed while Wen Bing keeps the picture of her “sister”. 
Next morning while Wen Bing and Sang Tian are cleaning the ice rink, Sang Tian wants to tell Wen Bing the truth about her identity because only that way he’ll truly know her. Wen Bing doesn’t let her finish her sentence and kisses her. He asks, “You’ve already liked me for a long time now, haven’t you?” San Tian is once again interrupted, this time by Mom. She pretends to not see anything but when she sends Wen Bing away she confronts Sang Tian. Someone (the senior hockey dude) had taken pictures of them kissing and sent it to Mom. She wants Sang Tian to stay clear of her son. Thus, when Wen Bing asks her about his confession again, she rejects him. 

Mom also finds out Sang Tian is a girl, she’s even more disappointed on her for lying. She thinks Sang Tian is purposely approaching her son with motives. She wants Sang Tian out of the dorms. Sang Tian listens to Mom’s orders. Sang Tian takes the extra step to reject Wen Bing even more. She accuses Wen Bing of using her as his medicine to cure his face blindness. Wen Bing tries to prove that he is sincere about her by showing her all the pictures he’s drawn of her. However, Sang Tian hurts him even more by pretending to be unmoved. She returns him the necklace. To make it worse, she rips the picture he drew of her. 

That night, Wen Bing doesn’t eat or drink. He’s putting back together her picture. The next morning Mom is planning to have her son leave the university. Sang Tian finds out and begs mom to not force Wen Bing to leave. She reveals that Wen Bing has to stay with her in university because Wen Bing’s prosopagnosia is slowly recovering because of her. Mom reluctantly agrees on one condition: Sang Tian has to declare to the world she has a girlfriend. Sang Tian agrees but Fang Xiao Rong is busy. Luckily another girl pops up saying she wants to be her girlfriend. It’s Miao Miao. 

[Ep22] Sang Tian and Miao Miao are dating but Miao Miao isn't serious about it at all. She’s helping Sang Tian because she overheard she needed a girlfriend. From their first meeting, Miao Miao already knew Sang Tian is a girl. From her observation, she also knows Wen Bing is aware she’s a girl. She advises Sang Tian to speak with Wen Bing. 

Wen Bing realizes Mom is behind Sang Tian’s erratic behaviour (and her new girlfriend). He tells Mom that Sang Tian did not approach him with ulterior motives. Mom seems a bit convinced. Sang Tian rushes into the office to explain but Wen Bing holds her hand and tells Sang Tian he knew of her female identity all along. Mom watches her son staring lovingly at Sang Tian. Mom gives up and accepts his son's love for Sang Tian. She reminds them “you two can’t kiss around in public like that anymore.” Sang Tian clarifies that particular picture of her kissing him during the hockey match was to help him. Mom is shocked, “That’s how you help him?!” Sang Tian is speechless. Wen Bing smirks. Then they share telepathic conversations. Mom interrupts, “Am I oxygen?” She does have one ultimatum: they cannot sleep in the same dorm anymore. Wen Bing answers, “Yes mom.” Sang Tian also replies, “Yes mom”. She quickly corrects herself. Wen Bing smirks again. 

Sang Tian is in the dorms alone. Wen Bing has rented another place outside. Under her pillow she finds all the pictures Wen Bing drew of her, even the one she ripped. The next day they try to go on a secret date but they’re easily found. Shen Wei Lian had tried countless times to help them. However, he’s unable to explain all the drawings of Sang Tian. That’s when Wen Bing shows up. He tells the group he has something to confess. He is actually... a genius at drawing. Sang Tian and Shen Wei Lian sigh in relief. The group asks Wen Bing to draw them too. Wen Bing easily agrees and says he’ll need ten minutes with his secretary (Sang Tian). He drags her to the washroom and immediately kisses her. After the kiss, he stares at himself in the mirror and compliments Sang Tian’s taste on himself (because he can see his own face in the mirror now). Pft

When the pictures are done and the group leaves, Sang Tian asks him why he’s back. She knows it’s because he misses her but he won’t admit it (he was actually worried about her being the dorms alone with all the other guys). She walks him out and they bump into Sang Zhan. He accidentally blurts out that Sang Tian is his sister. Meng Na hears this. 

Second Couple: Meng Na realizes she likes Sang Zhan and not Wen Bing. 

Third Couple: Uncle finally finds proof to show Coach Ma her boyfriend is a jerk. Coach gives Uncle a second chance. They go on a date at her place. It’s unbelievably pink and cute. 

Fourth Couple: Shen Wei Lian sees Wen Bing and Sang Tian happy together. He’s happy for them. He drops by at Fang Xiao Ruo’s and purposely comforts her that Sang Tian has found someone new. Xiao Ruo is happy for Sang Tian but Wei Lian says Sang Tian’s new love is Miao Miao. He's teasing her because he knows she and Sang Tian are supposed to be a fake couple. Xiao Ruo quickly fixes her expression to a tearful one. 

[Ep23] Meng Na is angry but she's angry at Sang Zhan for lying to her. She runs back to her dorms and divorces him online. To apologize to her, he gets her friend to bring her to the amusement park for a surprise but they end up trapped in this warehouse. Sang Tian and Fang Xiao Ruo receive Sang Zhan’s SOS message. Fang Xiao Ruo rushes over with Shen Wei Lian. These two have a romantic moment as he lets her sit on his bike with his arms around her. Sang Tian and Wen Bing can’t arrive on scene though. Wen Bing saved Sang Tian from an almost fatal car accident but he ended up hitting his own head. He’s temporarily unconscious. He does wake up promptly and miraculously regains his ability to recognize faces. Mom is absolutely ecstatic. Grandma also visits. She is the lady from the bus stop who tied the black string of fate between Wen Bing and Sang Tian. She reveals that Sang Tian was the girl who took care of him when he was in a car accident when they were young. When mom hears this she’s like I always knew Sang Tian was perfect for my Wen Bing. Wen Bing smirks at Mom. Mom and Grandma practically approve of Sang Tian as their daughter-in-law. 

The hockey senior dude overhears that Sang Tian is a girl. Thus the secret is out. But it's not a big deal; the figure skating coach takes Sang Tian in her team. Problem solved. Huh. Sang Tian confesses to her teammates she was a girl all along. The teammates are cool about it. 
Sang Tian leaves the dorm as a girl. She lets her hair down. Wen Bing takes her hand and the two waltz. Okaaay. Do whatever you want, show. He wants a proper farewell with her which translates to a kiss. He never kissed the girl version of Sang Tian. They're about to kiss but it's interrupted by their teammates. 

Second Couple: Sang Zhan and Meng Na are officially a pair. 

[Ep24] Sang Tian can no longer join the team in the hockey match but she gives each of them a handmade brooch so she can be with them in spirit. Afterwards, Wen Bing takes Sang Tian to the rink and asks her to not leave his sight for a second during the match. She asks him if she's that important. Wen Bing replies automatically, "Very important." He spins her into his arms and lifts her up as he skates on the ice. She has another question,”Now that you can see others, will I be less important now?” Wen Bing replies, “No.” Of course not. 

It’s the day of the hockey match. Sang Tian’s student ID is still the male version of her. She’s prohibited from entering the match. But Wen Bing needs her. He’s not passing the puck as well as he normally does. Team Leader (Meng Na's brother) runs out and switches with Sang Tian to allow her to play. Guys, throw out all competitive sports rule out the window. This is just so against the rules. The win would be overturned when the secret is out that she’s a girl... With Sang Tian as his teammate, Wen Bing leads his team victorious over Shen Wei Lian’s brother’s team. Shen Wei Lian finally overcomes his brother. His brother smiles proudly at Shen Wei Lian.

Miao Miao heard of Team Leader’s unselfish sacrifice for the team so she gives him a chance to date her. (Fang Xiao Ruo and Wei Liang are also on their way to being a couple).

Sang Tian is tearful as she bids farewell to the ice rink. Wen Bing says he’ll bid farewell to this ice rink with her. It means he wants a kiss. They're about to kiss and once again they're interrupted. She stops the kiss with her unicorn necklace and so he sweetly kisses her necklace instead. The figure skating coach comes in with good news: Sang Tian is formally accepted in the figure skating team. Sang Tian refuses the opportunity. Through Wen Bing, she realizes she never truly lived for herself; now she wants to. She’s found what she truly loves. It’s hockey. She plans to leave this university to chase her own dream. Wen Bing wants to accompany her. Coach Ma assures everyone no one has to leave. She’s established a female hockey team in this university. Everyone also realizes Coach Ma and Uncle aren’t only dating but engaged when they see their rings. 

Wen Bing teases Sang Tian about her failed farewell. Sang Tian immediately plants a kiss on Wen Bing's lips in front of everyone. The audience cheers. She never intended on bidding farewell with him anyways. 
Wen Bing and Sang Tian build a snowman together. Let's build a snowman ~ He teases her with the journal (the journal Sang Zhan had given her to steal a kiss from him). She chases him around for it. He bumps into a tree and snow falls onto his head. He pretends to faint. When he wakes up he says he can’t see her face anymore. Then he puckers his lips for a kiss. Sang Tian smacks him. 

Wen Bing gives Sang Tian a back hug: You’re not my one and only, you’re my world. Although I can see the entire world now, my eyes only have you. 

He then reminds her why he gave her a unicorn necklace. It means love that is unwavering. Are they just making up stuff now? Lol. 
Wen Bing: Ti amo
Sang Tian: Ti amo
He gives her a long kiss at the place where it all started.

The end.
Extra cartoon scenes. Wen Bing has brown hair and Sang Tian has blue hair. 
Wen Bing gives Sang Tian a "Bi Dong" which means a Wall Slam. The thing that all manly drama men do to their girls.
Wen Bing: If you dare, then forget me completely!!
Sang Tian: I can! I will definitely find someone a hundred times better than you! Correction, ten thousands time better!!!
Wen Bing: Then go find one!
Sang Tian: Of course I can find one. 
Wen Bing grabs Sang Tian in for a kiss. 


Remarks


[First Impression (Ep1-8)] There are so many plot holes, so many, but I’ll forgive them. Here are the reasons: it gets me to the heart of the story and I get to watch two actors I like. This drama is cute and light – a very typical idol contemporary rom-com that definitely does not have a believable story (I don’t think the drama even cares about reality) but it has believable characters who act like they have brains in their heads for the most part. I semi-like how the main characters look like each other because of their hair. The male lead is the typical boy who bullies the girl he likes; the female lead is the typical girl who slowly falls for his sweetness when he shows glimpses of it. Everyone is cute in this; no one is hateful. This is definitely a likable drama and it's also very visually appealing. 

P.S. I love that "meow" sound effect every time Darren Chen has a sly smile. 

[Actors/Actresses] I will admit I'm watching this drama mostly to see Kuan Hong (Darren Chen) smile. He's so pretty and he gets to flaunt it in this drama. His legs are so long. Anyways, he's got good acting here. Sebrina Chen Yao just can't seem to get away with being a guy in her dramas. She looks good with the short hairdo but I would like to see her with long hair more. Still, I'm glad she gets to venture out of the Wu Xin series. I was wondering for the longest time why Meng Na looked familiar. She's the girl from Ancient Detective (as Ming Yue). Li Jiu Lin from Youth is here too. I'm also quite surprised to see Zhang Yu Xi in this. I don't know if she's a supporting character (a really minor one) or if she's an extended cameo. All in all, there's a lot of actors I like in this. 

[Behind the Scenes

[Ending]

Final Review


[Review] This is consistently sweet, light, and romantic. It’s everything I expected it to be. So what makes this stand out? Nothing really. It does have glaring plot holes sometimes. However, I consider it a huge feat already that it didn’t fail to be sweet right to the end. There’s also Kuan Hong (Darren Chen) being a cutie. So cute, meow. The technical aspects made this drama very pretty to watch. There were so many scenes I wanted to screenshot. It’s nice to have something pretty and enjoyable. It’s also supported by a cast that seems to have more acting chops than this drama demands of them. Every significant actor is cute, fun and pretty. Every one of them. Overall, I was surprised at the quality of this drama for such a simple sweet love story. I'll remember this drama for its well rounded cast, and it's signature cute moments: stamping, ti amo, and unicorns. And snowmen. 

Rating3/5 

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