Focus on: Shen Wei drinking for Zhao Yunlan in the Hanga Arc, episode 11

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Episode 11, 15:56 to 17:33 (here on Youtube)

I've included roughly a bajillion screencaps. :-D (The full-sized versions are in this googledocs folder.)

Lead-in

Shen Wei’s drinking scene takes place at the end of the Hanga arc. Directly before it, Zhao Yunlan arrives back from the mountains to find Zhu Hong asleep at the table. He wakes her with some difficulty and asks after the others. She says they’re in their rooms, sleeping off Wang Zheng’s drug. Zhao Yunlan asks about Shen Wei specifically, and Zhu Hong gets a strange expression and echoes, “Shen Wei?” as if still half-hypnotised. Then she jumps to her feet, looking alarmed. “Shen Wei!”

Zhao Yunlan feels her forehead for a fever and asks if she’s okay. Just then Shen Wei appears on the landing upstairs and welcomes Zhao Yunlan back. Shen Wei is wearing Zhao Yunlan’s jacket and being very innocent. Zhao Yunlan looks suspiciously from Zhu Hong to Shen Wei (what’s going on? what did he do to her?), but then returns Shen Wei’s sweet pleased-to-see-him smile.

So: there are still reasons to be wary of Shen Wei. Strange things keep happening in his vicinity, potentially affecting Zhao Yunlan’s people. Can they really all be coincidence? But they’re all safe for now.

The show’s mischievous/comedic music starts up.

The scene itself

It’s a simple scene. It’s night in the mountain village, and everyone is sitting around outdoor tables, drinking. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan are at one table with Lang-ge and the head of the village; the rest of the SID (minus Wang Zheng and Sang Zan) and Shen Wei’s students, Jiajia and xiao-Quan, are at the other table.



( The rest of the scene )

( Thoughts )

Questions

Do you think Zhao Yunlan being relatively young for a leadership role feeds in to his determination to keep up with the drinking? Or is it just who he is, good at the social side of things and networking while neglecting his own well-being?

What do you think happens between this scene and the next? Do Jiajia and xiao-Quan make a fuss about their professor falling unconscious, or are they too busy partying? Do any of the SID offer to help carry Shen Wei, and if so, does Zhao Yunlan take them up on it or does he carry him himself? By piggyback? Does he send xiao-Guo for the IV?

Other than that, I don’t have any questions beyond: How do you feel about this scene? Does it make you as squishy inside as it does me? Look at their faaaaaces!! :D :D :D

Fanworks

Please link any fanworks related to this scene or to Shen Wei’s alcohol intolerance generally! :D