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china_shopEpisode 14, 41:41 to 42:15 (here on Youtube)
I used Viki's subs, and lightly edited them.
On Shen Wei's first day officially working with the SID, after a restaurant dinner with xiao-Guo's uncle followed by a street-food dinner with the SID team, Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei walk together to their respective front doors. Cong Bo is covertly watching, but I'm mostly ignoring that.
The scene starts with them walking down the hallway towards camera. Zhao Yunlan's arm is slung across Shen Wei's shoulders, and when we cut to them, Shen Wei is looking at Zhao Yunlan's hand in a way that suggests Zhao Yunlan only just put it there, and Shen Wei isn't in the mood for this. Not cross, just "oh, you're still being like this."
( The rest of the scene )
( General thoughts )
( Zhao Yunlan's flirting )
What do you think? Do you read this scene as flirty? What do you think is going through Shen Wei's mind? In what ways is it the same as or different from the car singing scene?
This is at the end of episode 14, and in episode 15, Zhao Yunlan has changed his hair. ("[A]ccording to several sources easily found with a Google search, in traditional Chinese culture women change their hair when they are married. Long and braided --> Tied back." Tumblr post: Weilan is Canon?) What prompts the hair change? Do you think it's supposed to indicate that Shen Wei takes Zhao Yunlan up on his offer? That this is the point when they get together? Or could Zhao Yunlan just be declaring his interest/commitment?
I have a couple of fanworks inspired by this scene, and I found a bunch more on AO3:
Dare to Hold bytrobadora - Mature. Zhao Yunlan lifts an open palm, his smile turning into a grin. "Welcome to the SID!" And then, because his brain-to-mouth filter is plainly broken, and upsetting Shen Wei to a previously unknown degree apparently calls for an encore, he adds, "Though I'm wondering, why do I get the impression you'd have been less upset if I'd asked for a kiss?"
Set the night on fire by![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
yantantether - Mature. Even Shen Wei’s self-control has its limits.
One Door Closes, Another Opens bysakana17 - Mature. Zhao Yunlan accidentally spends the night with Shen Wei.
It's Not the Fall That Kills You byEliza - Teen. Shen Wei could still feel the heat of where Zhao Yunlan had pressed up against him as they walked down this hallway barely an hour earlier.
if I kiss you (kisses will end) byumadoshi - Explicit. (Locked to the archive.)
every day closer bychina_shop - Teen. The end of the team dinner, and what came after.
Alignment bychina_shop - Teen. The night after Shen Wei’s first day with the SID, Zhao Yunlan wakes from a nightmare and needs to talk to him.
Please link to any other fanworks that deal with this scene! I imagine there's a lot more out there! :-)
I used Viki's subs, and lightly edited them.
On Shen Wei's first day officially working with the SID, after a restaurant dinner with xiao-Guo's uncle followed by a street-food dinner with the SID team, Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei walk together to their respective front doors. Cong Bo is covertly watching, but I'm mostly ignoring that.
The scene starts with them walking down the hallway towards camera. Zhao Yunlan's arm is slung across Shen Wei's shoulders, and when we cut to them, Shen Wei is looking at Zhao Yunlan's hand in a way that suggests Zhao Yunlan only just put it there, and Shen Wei isn't in the mood for this. Not cross, just "oh, you're still being like this."
( The rest of the scene )
( General thoughts )
( Zhao Yunlan's flirting )
Questions
What do you think? Do you read this scene as flirty? What do you think is going through Shen Wei's mind? In what ways is it the same as or different from the car singing scene?
This is at the end of episode 14, and in episode 15, Zhao Yunlan has changed his hair. ("[A]ccording to several sources easily found with a Google search, in traditional Chinese culture women change their hair when they are married. Long and braided --> Tied back." Tumblr post: Weilan is Canon?) What prompts the hair change? Do you think it's supposed to indicate that Shen Wei takes Zhao Yunlan up on his offer? That this is the point when they get together? Or could Zhao Yunlan just be declaring his interest/commitment?
I have a couple of fanworks inspired by this scene, and I found a bunch more on AO3:
Dare to Hold by
trobadora - Mature. Zhao Yunlan lifts an open palm, his smile turning into a grin. "Welcome to the SID!" And then, because his brain-to-mouth filter is plainly broken, and upsetting Shen Wei to a previously unknown degree apparently calls for an encore, he adds, "Though I'm wondering, why do I get the impression you'd have been less upset if I'd asked for a kiss?"Set the night on fire by
One Door Closes, Another Opens by
sakana17 - Mature. Zhao Yunlan accidentally spends the night with Shen Wei.It's Not the Fall That Kills You by
if I kiss you (kisses will end) by
umadoshi - Explicit. (Locked to the archive.)every day closer by
china_shop - Teen. The end of the team dinner, and what came after.Alignment by
china_shop - Teen. The night after Shen Wei’s first day with the SID, Zhao Yunlan wakes from a nightmare and needs to talk to him.Please link to any other fanworks that deal with this scene! I imagine there's a lot more out there! :-)
