Yup, Ya Qing is the best! I really like her, even if her clothes look a bit silly and her life choices could be better thought out.

You've just answered my question that I had after re-watching this yesterday of whether this is the first time we meet the the flower woman as a woman. I seem to recall previously we only saw her as the CGI tree, and where she runs into Shen Wei is also where the CGI tree was previously, so now I actually wonder if this could be when they ran out of money...
I always thought they were different plants. CGI tree lady sodded off but tipped off Ying Chun about mysterious activities and also the Envoy, and also treated the Envoy with much more respect than Ying Chun does. IIRC they also spoke very differently?

but on the big questions he's mature and fair, and, like, reassuring Shen Wei that he wants him around and values him even as he's pissed off. I love it.
I know! Zhao Yunlan is so good at communicating. He really does like his Dixingian, even if said Dixingian is making life really hard.

(And on Shen Wei looking like he's about to be shot ... I doubt even Zhao Xinci would shoot the Envoy, but I can see the thought crossing his mind.)

Is it actually explained how Zhao Yunlan knew to go to the lab when he finds Tan Xiao? I mean, he's surprised to find Tan Xiao there, but why is he going there right then and there? Plot convenience, or did I miss something?
It's not explained, but I suppose he had a mental list of places the Envoy might've stashed Tan Xiao/where Zheng Yi might try to search for Tan Xiao, and was going through all of them?

I do actually think Shen Wei was about to come clean. In a way, it's the show having its cake and eating it too, but I don't mind. I really think Shen Wei was ready to throw in the towel, and finally realising he can't come up with another stupid lie.
I, too, think that was Shen Wei coming clean. I doubt he'd actually have admitted outright to what Zhao Yunlan wanted him to admit, since he's so used to living in secrecy, telling the truth and decompartmentalizing must be very hard for him.

I actually find it super noteable just HOW freaked out Shen Wei looks through all of this. There's a sequence of shots where the camera cuts to Zhao Yunlan being Zhao Yunlan THREE TIMES and when it cuts back to Shen Wei, Shen Wei is still sitting there like the bunny in front of the snake, terrified it's all about to come crashing down on him. I totally empathize with Zhao Yunlan's frustration with the lying, but Shen Wei's utter terror that (as I read it) Zhao Yunlan might not like him anymore is heart-turning.
Y'know, Shen Wei likely has a bunch of abandonment issues from his childhood (orphaned at a young age) and also from Kunlun. This is probably causing them to come to the surface. Poor thing, he really deserves a better support network and also a hug. (Thankfully, Zhao Yunlan will provide.)

Re: Ye Zun – now that I watch it with that in mind, yeah, a bit? There's still that Professor Shen head movement thing "mixed to the foreground", though.

I said this to you recently elsewhere; I think the blood-coughing is an interesting moment that I read as Shen Wei overextending himself - he's panicking, trying to Envoy-sonar where Zhao Yunlan is, and overstretches his abilities. Panicked!Shen Wei is a very heartbreaking Shen Wei.
Oh, yeah, it's Shen Wei overextending himself, though we've also been told that he can only uphold his "true form" on the surface for a limited time, and there's the drama llama-ing about "but how much time is there left for me?" and all the hints that Haixing is bad for Dixingians in the long term. It's interesting and fuzzy, and has the potential for meaty fic interpretations.

One thing I wonder every time I watch this ep (heightened by having watched in in HD for the first time but I was baffled by this pretty much from the start): why did the bride not get her roots touched up for her wedding?
I actually didn't even notice? The whole "let the roots show" thing has been a trend in recent years ime, so maybe that's what's up with the bride? (As for Shen Wei, I just thought it was the bright sunlight making him look more auburn.)

The age of the actress vs. the stated 15 years has already been discussed last post, but I found it noticeable all over again that her behaviour (like how she searches for Tan Xiao at the wedding, or also how she believes Zhu Jiu) makes no sense for a 15-year-old (and in places reads a little young even for ten).
Yeah, she makes much more sense as a 10-year-old raised in developmentally suboptimal conditions that'd make her be a bit delayed on social things than as a 15-year-old.

Love the cinematography highlights, as always! *___*
This show is just so pretty! I want to include pretty much every cap, lol.