I love the livestream as a declaration of where Zhao Yunlan stands—of where the SID stands—but also because, if he only needs to send the message to Lin Jing and Guo Changcheng, there are other, less public ways to do it, especially considering what Cong Bo can achieve with a computer Yes, very true! You could say that getting the message to Lin Jing and Xiao Guo gives him an excuse to make his declaration on Dixingren, if anything.
It's such a good question, how much do people actually know about Dixingren in Haixing? I like what you describe as Or are they like, "Xiao-Li's neighbour can grow plants with just a touch, but we don't talk about it", if only because there seem to be quite a lot of Dixingren around, some of them for many years (see Wu Tian'en etc.), and it seems like word would travel. (Also it makes for more interesting fic ideas!). But I don't think we have evidence one way or another.
It reads more like Zhao Xinci to me—I feel like protecting via insults is more his style. Ha! Absolutely. Effective bad cop ZXC.
Perhaps Shen Wei's lack of reaction is him trying very hard not to tell Zhao Yunlan not to do this. That seems very very possible. I tend to take it as him still kind of reeling from seeing Ye Zun flaunting his power in Haixing, but it could very well be all of this at once. Poor Shen Wei. Overwhelmed, as you say. ;(
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Yes, very true! You could say that getting the message to Lin Jing and Xiao Guo gives him an excuse to make his declaration on Dixingren, if anything.
It's such a good question, how much do people actually know about Dixingren in Haixing? I like what you describe as Or are they like, "Xiao-Li's neighbour can grow plants with just a touch, but we don't talk about it", if only because there seem to be quite a lot of Dixingren around, some of them for many years (see Wu Tian'en etc.), and it seems like word would travel. (Also it makes for more interesting fic ideas!). But I don't think we have evidence one way or another.
It reads more like Zhao Xinci to me—I feel like protecting via insults is more his style.
Ha! Absolutely. Effective bad cop ZXC.
Perhaps Shen Wei's lack of reaction is him trying very hard not to tell Zhao Yunlan not to do this.
That seems very very possible. I tend to take it as him still kind of reeling from seeing Ye Zun flaunting his power in Haixing, but it could very well be all of this at once. Poor Shen Wei. Overwhelmed, as you say. ;(
Thank you for the thoughtful reactions!