Thank God for gravity.

And if there was any wonder why Li wants her paternal family dead, even her grandmother is horrid. She has been faking being senile and then reveals that she was the one who killed Li's mother. She tries to kill Li, but lightning strikes a tree and a branch falls on her head. Fitting, especially since we see that Li's mother once told her the tree would protect her.

The grandmother doesn't die immediately and Li is about to stab but is stopped by Xiuyao. He does the only thing that can break her out of her trance - crawl on his hands and knees and say he needs her help because his legs hurt.

Side note: I appreciate that they are showing the healing of his legs as a long process. It's not something that took a couple of days but it has been a multi week process with varying stages. It genuinely looks like he is going through rehab.

We get a little more of wtf happened on the mountain. The scars she has are probably from her biting herself, not monkeys.

When Li saw Qingshuang, she was lit differently - in a pale/cold light in comparison to Li who was in warmer tones. I'm too lazy to look back but I think this was new? When we've seen her before they've been lit the same. This seems to be the first time the lighting shows that Qingshuang is not there.

Their relationship was progressing so nicely. I loved watching the trust and affection grow between thing. Of course that wouldn't last.

It makes sense to me that Xiuyao would investigate Li's kidnapping. What's heartbreaking is that he understands she did it to push him to help her heal his leg. At the same time it is a huge betrayal. Not only that but it nearly went very wrong. Li almost died - falling off a cliff into a pile of poisonous snakes was not part her plan. So Xiuyaho was worried sick and to find out that it was her doing, he is rightfully angry. Especially since Li doesn't seem to acknowledge what went wrong with her plan.

It's not surprising that once they fight, Li sees her maid from the Mountain again.

There have been hints that we've seen so far that something is not right with Ye Li. The bit with the monkeys at in the first episode, the girl that only Ye Li can see (whom at first I thought might be a ghost but now I am thinking it's just an hallucination), and the fact that no one seems to have communicated with anyone on the mountain except for Ye Li. Basically, WTF happened on that mountain?!?!

It's definitely the first time that Mo Xiuyao realizes that is something very wrong with Ye Li, despite her sunny disposition. When she runs to him, he hugs her back with almost no hesitation. He does not question her but has the mansion searched twice for her, and then has guards stay on high alert for her. He stays with her when she asks so she can sleep. He gets rid of all the monkey handlers in the city, just so she won't be afraid and he compensates them well enough that they are okay with leaving. He's basically already in love with her.

More importantly, it shows that he's going to help her slay her demons, just as she's already started to help him.