Just Between Us episode 9 recap and spoilers

Episode 9 recap: Zhang Baoqin fakes illness to rush marriage.

Zhang Baoqin suddenly falls critically ill, causing Huang Yilin to panic and rush to the hospital. Upon learning that Zhang Baoqin is worried about her and wants to witness her getting married, Huang Yilin falsely claims that Wang Tingzhi is her boyfriend. Wang Tingzhi doesn't want to deceive Zhang Baoqin, but Huang Yilin doesn't give him a chance to explain. Aunt Hua Hua and Aunt Hao, knowing that Huang Yilin is getting married, help with the preparations. They know that Huang Yilin has loved wedding dresses since she was young and wants to make the wedding lively and joyful. However, Wang Tingzhi is well aware that this is a fake marriage and advises Huang Yilin to confess to Zhang Baoqin.

At that time, Huang Yilin only involved Wang Tingzhi because she was worried about Zhang Baoqin. Now that she realizes Zhang Baoqin's condition is not so serious, she feels embarrassed to explain herself. She knows that Wang Tingzhi is in desperate need of money and proposes combining her dowry with additional funds, offering Wang Tingzhi one million yuan so that he doesn't have to sell his shop and can help her maintain the lie. Wang Tingzhi has already anticipated that in order to sustain this one lie, he may have to tell a hundred more lies in the future, but he still can't change Huang Yilin's decision.

When Wang Qianqian's mother learns that Wang Tingzhi has managed to gather one million yuan and wants to meet her, she is delighted and believes that there are still people in the Wang family who are not heartless. She mentions how Wang Tingzhi's brother, who was once in love with her, suddenly passed away while she was already pregnant with Wang Qianqian. Due to the Wang family's demand for a paternity test, she abandoned Wang Qianqian in an orphanage. Despite being under twenty years old, Wang Tingzhi broke ties with the Wang family and adopted Wang Qianqian. Wang Tingzhi insists that she cannot appear in front of Wang Qianqian and asks her to sign an agreement, ensuring that they will lead separate lives.