Gu Jing unexpectedly kisses Liu Li after their first date, marking the beginning of his third book. As his heart begins to race for the man he hopes will change his perception of love as nothing more than heartache, his first love hints at a return and asks to see him once more. Can the bitter flavor of the first love be replaced by the sweetness of the new love? Let’s find out in BLTai’s recap of ‘VIP Only’ Episode 6.
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Liu Li couldn’t resist stealing glances at Gu Jing, who always looked back at him before asking him to go somewhere, while he stayed in the restaurant writing. As it happens, Gu Jing is going to take him to the market to purchase fresh ingredients. The store owner remarks that, in contrast to his typical market run, Gu Jing did not purchase any scallions while he picked at some produce. Liu Li realizes that Gu Jing saw him set aside the scallions from earlier and tells the store owner that it is not someone’s favorite. He then tells Liu Li that when someone pays attention to even the smallest detail about someone, it indicates they truly like them. Liu Li, startled, writes it down in his notebook with excitement when Gu Jing asks him suddenly if he doesn’t want to learn about his preferences as well. When they return home, he looks through Liu Li’s notebook, which contains a list of observations Liu Li has made about him. Liu Li starts to worry that he didn’t ask his permission before doing it, but Gu Jing reassures him that he can do whatever he wants. Embarrassed, Liu Li looks away from him and focuses on the food in front of him, taking a picture of it to share on social media. The meal, a braised dish, took five hours to prepare. Gu Jing notes that to guarantee that the meat must first be marinated for quite some time for the flavor to stay on the tongue when eaten, While the two are enjoying their meal, Liu Li’s phone vibrates with a notification, which turns out to be a social media comment from Wu Shin asking Liu Li if he no longer likes steak. Liu Li decides not to respond and goes back to eating.
The once broken-hearted Shun Yu returns to the restaurant a few days later, this time bringing Shang Zhou along, and notices that Gu Jing appears to be glowing. Shun Yu comments that Gu Jing’s smile is the smile of someone in love, despite Da-ren’s opinion to the contrary. Meanwhile, Shang Zhou couldn’t help but complain that Shun Yu only took him out on a date to look at other handsome guys, to which he immediately explained that only Shang Zhou was the one for him. As the couple bickers, Da-ren asks Gu Jing if he really allowed himself to be used as a reference to Liu Li’s book, to which he says no and adds that he didn’t take advantage of that need.