This is a gorgeous post! *loves* (I have three relevant icons, and I want to use all of them!)
Fwiw, I think he sits on the coffee table because he wants to watch ZYL sleeping. (Because omg, ZYL is so pretty there!)
What was Shen Wei thinking of? Do you think he was considering his own plan to stop Ye Zun? What made him smile in the end like that? I think he's in the habit of reaching for the pendant when he misses Kunlun. It's a tangible reminder of their past and of Kunlun's promise they would reunite. Since he got to know Zhao Yunlan in modern times, sometimes he reached for it when ZYL was being achingly not!Kunlun -- like when he was all skittish and ran away after the liniment scene -- or when Shen Wei was unsure about his course of action, like in ep 12 outside the SID, after the experiment bed (black singlet) scene. But here, Shen Wei reaches for his pendant like he's testing it out, maybe? Testing himself and his feelings? And then realises he doesn't need the past for comfort anymore. The gap is closing, Zhao Yunlan is very clearly becoming Kunlun, and Shen Wei loves him now as much as he loved Kunlun then. I think it's the realisation of what he has right in front of him that makes him laugh.
This might be the last time we see him reach for the pendant? I may be wrong, but if it is, I think it's because he doesn't need to anymore: he has Kunlun right there.
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Fwiw, I think he sits on the coffee table because he wants to watch ZYL sleeping. (Because omg, ZYL is so pretty there!)
What was Shen Wei thinking of? Do you think he was considering his own plan to stop Ye Zun? What made him smile in the end like that?
I think he's in the habit of reaching for the pendant when he misses Kunlun. It's a tangible reminder of their past and of Kunlun's promise they would reunite. Since he got to know Zhao Yunlan in modern times, sometimes he reached for it when ZYL was being achingly not!Kunlun -- like when he was all skittish and ran away after the liniment scene -- or when Shen Wei was unsure about his course of action, like in ep 12 outside the SID, after the experiment bed (black singlet) scene. But here, Shen Wei reaches for his pendant like he's testing it out, maybe? Testing himself and his feelings? And then realises he doesn't need the past for comfort anymore. The gap is closing, Zhao Yunlan is very clearly becoming Kunlun, and Shen Wei loves him now as much as he loved Kunlun then. I think it's the realisation of what he has right in front of him that makes him laugh.
This might be the last time we see him reach for the pendant? I may be wrong, but if it is, I think it's because he doesn't need to anymore: he has Kunlun right there.