Later, I Laughed Episode 6 Recap

Xiuya bombed on stage for the first time during her stand-up routine. It didn’t take long for her to go from killing it to completely losing the audience. It all started three days ago.

Three days ago, during lunch, Xiuya excused herself, packed her food, and went back to the office to eat. Zheng Hao also got up and left the table. The two didn’t interact at all. Anyone could see there was something wrong between them. He Xiaoli pressed Zhang Yan for information, and Zhang Yan spilled the beans. The news of Zheng Hao and Xiuya’s breakup spread through the company like wildfire. As a talented young man in the company, Zheng Hao’s private life was the subject of much attention. Most people in the company love to gossip, and all sorts of rumors started to spread. The rumors ranged from Zheng Hao cheating to him having a three-year-old child outside. The rumors got more and more outrageous.

Xiuya was under a lot of pressure. As one of the people involved in the rumors, she wanted to explain, but Zheng Hao wouldn’t let her. Carrying this pressure and anxiety, Xiuya went on stage to perform her stand-up routine. In the audience was a man named Wang Jin, also a stand-up comedian, whose skills were similar to Shi Ye’s, but whose performance was better received. However, Liang Dong and Cao Zhiyong didn’t like Wang Jin very much because his jokes were vulgar and relied on cheap humor to stir up the audience. Xiuya stood on stage and just as she started to speak, she suddenly realized that she could no longer make fun of Zheng Hao as her boyfriend, after all, she had already hurt him. With this thought, all her words were stuck in her throat, and she couldn’t say anything. Naturally, she bombed.

Wang Jin took the stage, took the microphone, and asked Xiuya to leave. Xiuya was very sad, and hearing Shi Ye and Cao Zhiyong betting on whether she would bomb made her even sadder. However, Xiuya comforted herself that the bombing was just a fluke. But after that, she bombed every time. Cao Zhiyong and Liang Dong, who were originally certain that she wouldn’t bomb, were discouraged and lost many bottles of wine to Shi Ye. Seeing Xiuya’s frustration, Liang Dong shared his own experience of bombing with her. Cao Zhiyong and Shi Ye had also bombed before, each for different reasons. Cao Zhiyong analyzed the reason for Xiuya’s bombing and suggested that she write down all her inspirations and jokes as a script. She followed these suggestions one by one, but it didn’t work, and the bombing continued.

Xiuya asked Shi Ye if he had any solutions, and Shi Ye said she should find what was truly bothering her. Two things were bothering Xiuya. One was that her breakup with Zheng Hao was not yet settled; they had to wait until Zheng Hao was promoted to director. The other was that she couldn’t bear to see the plan she had painstakingly designed ruined by someone like Ma Chao. Team member Wang Tong finally couldn’t take it anymore and quit Ma Chao’s second group, vowing never to return. Short-staffed, Ma Chao went to Manager Hu to ask for people. Xiuya volunteered to go to Ma Chao’s second group. Ma Chao was the first to disagree, but in the end, Manager Hu agreed to let Xiuya join the second group, but she demanded that the two not have any more conflicts, otherwise, they would both be fired.

Xiuya’s bombing situation improved a little, but Shi Ye hit the nail on the head: if she didn’t have the determination to change, she wouldn’t be able to enter a new life. The company went on a team-building trip. Ma Chao screamed in the escape room, while the preoccupied Zheng Hao and Xiuya remained calm. Xiuya took Zheng Hao aside to have a good talk, and everyone in the company could hear clearly from behind the curtain. The cheating rumors were cleared up, but some people started to wonder if there was something wrong with Zheng Hao, which was why Xiuya broke up with him. After the team building, Zheng Hao saw Xiuya get on Shi Ye’s bicycle. When Xiuya entered the bar, Zheng Hao followed Shi Ye, and the two got into a street fight. Although Shi Ye didn’t know who Zheng Hao was, he could probably