Sunshine Through the Rain episode guide

The story so far (through episode 15)

Spoilers below. This guide follows story stages, not individual episode recaps. Full synopses cover episodes 1–15, all available on Mango TV for VIP members. Episode 16 is out for SVIP members, but TVmao has only short opening extracts for episodes 16–17. Episode 17 is still a preview; neither extract is included in this story summary.

• Rivals (1–2). Zheng Yu works several jobs to pay her mother's hospital bills and needs the Shengji scholarship. Returning biology student Chen Yanzhou becomes her academic rival and reluctant lab partner.
• Choosing trust (3–6). They team up for the Excellence Cup. Zheng Yu learns that Chen's late brother Zhou Guanqi inspired her to study biology. When Chen is accused of cheating, she helps clear him despite their scholarship rivalry. He learns about her mother's coma and her debts. She begins tutoring his cousin Gao Xing.
• Private burdens (7–8). Chen's mother has lost her memory of Zhou Guanqi. Chen learns that Zheng Yu's uncle Jiang Haixing took over her family's home. At the competition, Zheng Yu refuses a judge's 50,000-yuan offer to withdraw and exposes him to the sponsor's chair. Chen then takes her and Gao Xing to the seaside.
• Standing together (9–11). Zheng Yu stands up for Zhuang Ning against Xie Yudi's bullying and stays with Chen during treatment for a fever. Xie exposes her mother's illness and family circumstances at a charity event without consent. Chen interrupts the display and confronts him. Later, Zheng Yu tends Chen's injuries.
• Opening up (12–13). The school expels Xie after Zhuang Ning reports the bullying. Zheng Yu learns his claim to have arranged her mother's hospital bed was false. Chen tells her about his earlier myocarditis and his struggle to live for himself after his brother's death. They join the same research team.
• A kiss, with feelings still unspoken (14–15). Zheng Yu leaves her convenience-store job to focus on laboratory work. Chen's jealousy grows, but he also helps her spend time with Jiang Mian. After drinking, she kisses Chen, who takes her to his family home. She later acts as though she does not remember the kiss, leaving him hurt and uncertain. A mutual confession or a defined relationship is not confirmed, nor are the competition and scholarship results, her mother's recovery or their graduation plans.

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