Five Blind Dates (2024) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Lia kept her tea shop struggles secret because she used her grandmother's inheritance money to open it and felt responsible for making it succeed. She was embarrassed that the business wasn't doing well despite her hard work, and she didn't want to disappoint her family, especially since she had invested their inherited money into the venture.

• tea shop
• inheritance
• family secret
• business struggles

At the engagement party, fortune teller Mrs. Li told Lia she would meet her soulmate amongst her next five dates. The palm reading also indicated that Lia's personal and professional lives were intertwined, which later proved true as her romantic journey became connected to her family's tea shop legacy and her own business success.

• fortune teller
• soulmate
• palm reading
• prediction
• Mrs. Li

No, Lia and Richard did not sleep together. After a night of partying, Lia woke up in Richard's bed fearing the worst, but Richard explained that nothing happened, he had simply taken her home when he didn't know where she was staying. They were fully clothed and nothing intimate occurred between them.

• Richard
• misunderstanding
• wake up
• bed

Ezra, the younger teacher Lia's mother Jing set her up with, was actually interested in Jing, not Lia. When Ezra and Lia were kissing, he said 'Jing,' revealing that he had been pursuing Lia's mother all along. This explains why Ezra seemed distracted and unsuitable during the date.

• Ezra
• Jing
• mother
• date
• mistaken identity

Richard backed out of going to Sydney with Lia because he didn't want to hold her back from her dreams. When Lia confronted him at the wedding years later, he explained that he chose not to tell her the real reason because he wanted her to pursue her tea shop dream without feeling guilty about leaving him behind.

• Richard
• Sydney
• tea shop
• broke up
• last minute

At Alice's wedding, Lia's family members apologized to her and admitted they were right and that they had envied her. This refers to Lia's earlier outburst at the bridal shop where she accused her mother Jing of projecting insecurities and said their father Xian should have left them earlier. The family acknowledged Lia's honesty was justified.

• family
• apology
• wedding
• envy
• reconciliation

After a teen live-streamed his criticism of Lia's old-fashioned tea shop, Lia delivered a dramatic rant defending traditional tea and criticizing modern drink trends. The rant was posted online and went viral, bringing numerous customers to her shop who were curious about her passion. The sudden fame saved her struggling business.

• rant
• viral
• tea shop
• social media
• fame
• customers

Alice disinvited Lia from the wedding after Lia publicly blamed Jing's insecurities for her own inability to date normally during an argument at the bridal shop. Lia's harsh criticism of her mother in front of the entire family, including saying Xian should have left them much earlier, caused a family rift that led Alice to disinvite her sister.

• Alice
• wedding
• disinvite
• argument
• family fight

At the wedding reception, Nigel told Lia that not only did Richard complete all 120 wedding favors on his own, but he also single-handedly kept his family's restaurant together when his mother fell ill. This revealed Richard's responsible nature and explained why he had been unavailable for years.

• Richard
• wedding favors
• mother ill
• restaurant
• Nigel

Lia chased after Richard after giving her maid of honor speech about soulmates and sometimes not seeing what is right in front of you. Seeing Richard quietly leave, she realized he was the one she'd been looking for. She confronted him about why he never told her the truth about backing out, and they kissed, confirming their feelings for each other.

• Richard
• chase
• kiss
• wedding
• maid of honor speech
• soulmate

Apollo, the wealthy Chinese businessman Lia's father found on a dating app, was polyamorous and already had two partners elsewhere. He was looking for someone he could take to meet his parents and business partners. In exchange for an allowance and keeping her tea shop, he expected Lia to produce at least three sons to continue his family line, making him clearly unsuitable.

• Apollo
• polyamorous
• three sons
• wealthy
• business proposal

Curtis, the meditation guru Lia met at Splash Day, helped Lia overcome her fear of water through his tactile, hands-on teaching approach. As a meditation and mindfulness practitioner, he guided her through the experience in a gentle way that allowed her to confront and move past her aquaphobia.

• Curtis
• meditation
• water fear
• Splash Day
• touch