Guardian readalong: chapters 13 & 14

[trobadora]

Hi, welcome back to two more chapters of Guardian! Or welcome aboard, if you're just joining in. :)

Last week's post (chapters 11 & 12) is here, and you can find all previous chapter discussions on the schedule post or via the !readalong tag.

This week's chapters:

• Chapter 13: Guo Changcheng's secret merits are explained, Zhao Yunlan single-mindedly stalks pursues Shen Wei, and in the Netherworld, the Emissary's loyalties are questioned.
• Chapter 14: Zhao Yunlan meets Shen Wei for their "date", is turned down, gives himself a stomach ache, and runs into Shen Wei being mugged.

This roughly equals chapters 21-22 in the Chinese version on JJWXC and the fan translation, but the two versions diverge significantly this time - there, the gastritis and the mugging come on the day before the planned date, and rather than parting, they go out to eat afterwards.

Excerpts

It was quite hard to choose this time - there's a lot happening in these two chapters!

( 1) We meet Chu Shuzhi at last! )

( 2) How to hit-and-run your crush into a date )

( 3) The Emissary's loyalties are questioned )

( 4) Zhao Yunlan encounters Shen Wei's pendant )

Questions

Would you like to work at the SID? Any thoughts about Guo Changcheng's extracurricular activities? What do you think about Zhao Yunlan's behaviour towards Shen Wei? Could you follow what's going on in the Netherworld?

Any lines that particularly struck you in these chapters? Favourite bits? If you've read more than one version of these chapters, which do you like better? Thoughts about how the book con, the mugging and the gastritis episode were adapted for the drama?

(As usual, these are just conversation starters - feel free to answer all, some, or none, and to say as much or as little as you like!)

Our schedule (and there'll be a new post for more chapters soon, where you'll be able to sign-up to host a post)