sakana17: zhao yunlan and shen wei walking side by side (guardian-zhaoyunlan-shenwei-walk-minimal)
sakana17 ([personal profile] sakana17) wrote in [community profile] sid_guardian2021-10-29 05:18 pm

Focus on: Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan walk in the park at night

Location of scene: Episode 4, 19:51-24:35
* Note: I used the English subtitles from YouTube, QCed by [personal profile] solo

Context: Shen Wei has joined the investigation of the face-stealer because he won't feel easy until the criminal is caught. Earlier that day he and Zhao Yunlan and Lin Yusen walked through the park where the killer hunts and they met Zhang Danni. Now it is night, and Zhu Hong has dressed up as bait and waits on a bench in the street while Chu Shuzhi and Da Qing hang back to keep watch and Lin Jing monitors the scene from the SID via a surveillance camera and listening device. Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan patrol the park again.

They walk side by side. Zhao Yunlan quotes what Shen Wei told Lin Yusen earlier ("a single tree does not make a forest" 孤木不成林, 独林不成森) when they scolded Lin Yusen for trying to catch the murderer on his own.

Screencap of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Zhao Yunlan asks about the meaning of Wēi (巍) in Shen Wei's name. Shen Wei stops walking and looks at Zhao Yunlan for a moment.

Screencap of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

He makes a little sound/smile and replies: "It does. Someone very important gave me that name. It has an extraordinary meaning." (确实。是一个很重要的给我取的, 有着非凡的意义。)

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Zhao Yunlan compliments Shen Wei: "That's called passing the torch. If my mom knew I have an intellectual like you as a friend, she'd be bursting with joy." (这就叫做薪火相传。我妈要是知道我交了你这么一个知识分子朋友啊, 那得乐开花啊。)

Screencap of Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

They continue walking.

Screencap of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Shen Wei: "What is precious between friends is intimacy. If she saw you now, she would be very happy." (两个朋友之间, 贵在知心。她要是看到你现在这样也一定会很开心的。)
Zhao Yunlan: "Maybe. One day when I go up there myself, I'll ask her." (也许吧。等哪天我也上去了, 我一定问问她。)

Screencap of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Shen Wei: "I'm sorry." (不好意思啊。)
Zhao Yunlan: "It's fine. It was a long time ago. Hey, Professor Shen, don't do the polite thing with me." (没事儿。这事儿都过去这么久了。诶沈教授, 你可别跟我客气啊。)

Screencap of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Cut to Zhu Hong and Chu Shuzhi reacting to sound of a woman screaming. Zhao Yunlan reacts to someone else: Lin Yusen, lurking behind some trees. Zhao Yunlan calls at him and runs after him. Shen Wei tries to follow but is stopped by dark energy trapping his feet.

Cut to Da Qing breathing in a green gas and collapsing. Chu Shuzhi finds the source of the woman's screams: a recording. On his monitor, Lin Jing sees a man approaching Zhu Hong from behind.

Shen Wei looks around for the enemy who trapped him.

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

He uses dark energy to free himself and vows: "I assure you, no matter what it takes I will find you." (我告诉你啊。不管你上天入地, 我都会把你揪出来的。)

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

He summons more dark energy to search for the enemy, but hearing Zhao Yunlan scolding Lin Yusen, he lets the dark energy dissipate.

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Watching from behind a tree, Zhu Jiu says it's getting more and more interesting.

Cut to Chu Shuzhi running and finding evidence that Zhu Hong has been drugged and taken away. In the park, Lin Yusen sheepishly stands up from behind a bush. Zhao Yunlan is pissed/frustrated. He kicks the traps Lin Yusen set out. He's angry: "Don't you know these things might accidentally hurt others? What if that wasn't me just now?" (你知不知道你安得这些东西会误伤到别人。要刚才来的不是我呢?)

Lin Yusen insists he has to stop the murderer himself. He'll take responsibility if someone gets hurt. Zhao Yunlan: "Can you handle the responsibility?" (你能负得了这个责吗?)

Shen Wei catches up to them and tries to reason with Lin Yusen. Lin Yusen defends his plan to trap the murderer. Zhao Yunlan cuts him off.

Screencap of Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

He tells him to clear the traps away and go home and wait for news because they have a lead. Lin Yusen tries to insist, but Zhao Yunlan's manner shifts from boss giving orders to more like an older brother. He pats Lin Yusen's shoulder and tells him to pack up.

Screencap of Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Shen Wei offers to help Lin Yusen. When he crouches to pick up the traps, he remembers what Zhao Yunlan said after their talk with Zhang Danni: "This world is full of things we just can't make sense of." (这个世界上让人摸不着头脑的事情还真不是一件两件啊。)

Shen Wei deliberately pokes his finger on one of the spikes of the trap to draw a little blood. He makes a sound like he's hurt. Zhao Yunlan comes over to see what happened. Shen Wei tells him it's nothing, he pricked his hand.

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Zhao Yunlan chastises Shen Wei's carelessness.

Screencap of Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Zhao Yunlan:"Look, someone as old as you..." (你说你这么大一人。)

He's agitated because he didn't bring a first-aid kit. Lin Yusen offers Shen Wei a band-aid. Shen Wei insists it's fine. It's a small wound that just needs to be rinsed with water. Zhao Yunlan is having none of that:"Small, what small, huh? Don't you know you could get tetanus?" (小什么小啊。你知不知道这会引起破伤风。)

Screencap of Zhao Yunlan in Guardian episode 4

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Shen Wei smiles at Zhao Yunlan's (over)reaction.

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

Zhao Yunlan says he'll take him to the hospital later. Shen Wei takes the band-aid from Lin Yusen and steps away. He glances back at Zhao Yunlan and sighs a little.

Screencap of Shen Wei in Guardian episode 4

I chose this scene because:

1. I love them walking side by side and talking. It's more relaxed than their earlier conversations despite the fact that Shen Wei was a prime suspect not that long ago. Zhao Yunlan has been thinking about the things that don't add up about Professor Shen and tries to learn a little more about him by asking about his name. From Shen Wei's initial reaction, this question affects him profoundly and he gives an honest (but not detailed) reply. The conversation about friends, intimacy, and Zhao Yunlan's mother is so nice and close between them, and I love how Zhao Yunlan tells Shen Wei not to be formal/polite with him.

1a. Completely trivial – but I love that during most of the walking scene, the bottom of Shen Wei's tee shirt is untucked and hangs below his zipper cardigan. So casual! Almost unkempt! ^__^

2. I love Shen Wei getting to badass a little, freeing himself from the dark energy and warning Zhu Jiu he will come find him. BAMF Shen Wei is always lovely to see.

3. I love Shen Wei's cunning plan to convince Zhao Yunlan he's just an ordinary human, nothing to see here, nothing suspicious whatsoever, by pricking his finger. His performance of "ouch, I'm hurt" is delightful. And I love Zhao Yunlan's reactions. It's serious! Professor Shen could get tetanus! And it proves that what Zhao Yunlan was just lecturing Lin Yusen about – anyone could get hurt – is real. Then Shen Wei's little sigh at the end. :)

I hadn't thought much about this before, but this time when I watched them talking about Zhao Yunlan's mother, I realized that Shen Wei, as the Black-Cloaked Envoy, should know she's dead and know the circumstances of her death. That put an interesting context to his "I'm sorry" that I hadn't thought about.

What are your favorite things or favorite moments in this scene?

Thoughts, reactions, squee, fanwork recs, anything related to this scene welcome!
trobadora: (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan - dance)

[personal profile] trobadora 2021-11-02 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder if Zhao Yunlan ever told Shen Wei how his mother died... maybe in ep 17, when/after they visited her grave?

Oh, what a fantastic idea! Now I really want that missing scene!
china_shop: Close-up of Zhao Yunlan grinning (Default)

[personal profile] china_shop 2021-11-02 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
*ponders slotting it into my Taking It Slow series* (I need to get back to that!!)
trobadora: (Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan - be happy)

[personal profile] trobadora 2021-11-02 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
YES PLEASE