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Focus on: Shen Wei rescuing Zhao Yunlan and taking him home (Ep 21)
Location: ep 21, 18:40-19:02, 20:11-23:00 (transcripts from Viki subs, screencaps from me.)
Hi guys! This is my second discussion post, I had a great time with the first one! Real life got busy after that, and I haven’t gotten a chance to reply to the insightful comments, but I appreciate every single one and hopefully this time I can jump right in.
Context: Zhao Yunlan is heading back to his flat alone after the visit to Dr. Cheng when he is hit with a vision of a car crash and asks his neighbor to take him outside.
***
The Scene
Zhao Yunlan is struck by images of a car crash and walks into the street. A frantic Shen Wei pulls him out of the way of an approaching car just in time as his neighbor yells at him to be careful. Zhao Yunlan thanks Shen Wei, who berates him worriedly.
Neighbor: Hey, Little Zhao, that's dangerous!
小赵 危险
Zhao Yunlan: Thanks.
谢了
Shen Wei: What do you think you're doing?
你干什么
Zhao Yunlan realizes it’s Shen Wei who rescued him. He says “finally!” and accuses Shen Wei of ditching him at the hospital in a pouting sort of way while a still-worried and frustrated (but relieved) Shen Wei scolds him (in the same tone he uses to scold Zhao Yunlan about the Hallows) then takes him by the wrist to guide him back to the flat (all the touching!!).
Zhao Yunlan: Oh, you're back.
你回来了
You ditched me today.
你今儿可房我鸽子了
If it wasn't for a kind person that took me home, I wouldn't know how to come back.
要不是一个活雷锋送我回家 我还不知道怎么回来呢
Shen Wei: Are you tired of living?
你不要命了你
Zhao Yunlan: You ditched me yet you are scolding me?!
你放我鸽子 你还有理了你
***
Shen Wei takes Zhao Yunlan back to his flat. He guides him to the bed and tells him to sit while Shen Wei prepares food. He deposits the keys at the bedside table and moves off to the kitchen.
Shen Wei: Here, have a seat first.
来 你先坐一会
Zhao Yunlan stands up and moves towards the nearby table, clearly looking for something. He knocks over the owl decoration (why does he have a lantern decoration that looks exactly like the Guardian lantern by his bed??), startling Shen Wei, who rushes over to help him.
Shen Wei worriedly scolds Zhao Yunlan again while helping him to the bed (more touching :D), and in his worry, he says something that catches Zhao Yunlan’s attention.
Shen Wei: How can you be so careless? Don't you know a long time ago...
你怎么能这么淡定 你知不知道你当年
Zhao Yunlan notices this slip and asks him about it, but Shen Wei tries to brush him off while looking very conflicted (his micro-expressions say so much, ah the angst). Zhao Yunlan, being Zhao Yunlan, doesn’t let it go and tries to press further as Shen Wei tries again to change the subject.
Zhao Yunlan: What long time ago?
什么当年
Shen Wei: It's nothing.
没什么
Zhao Yunlan: That's not right. You're hiding something from me.
不对啊 你这有事瞒着我
Shen Wei: I'll make you something to eat.
我先去给你弄吃的
Zhao Yunlan, sensing Shen Wei’s worry, tells him that he can take care of himself but Shen Wei is not having it. (He says “how can we not worry” when you know he means how can *I* not worry).
Zhao Yunlan counters by being contrite (in a way that I think is both sincere but also a little teasing) while Shen Wei is both exasperated and worried. Zhao Yunlan tells him to not be angry.
Zhao Yunlan: Don't worry. I can take care of myself.
放心 我能自己照顾好自己
Shen Wei: Don't worry?
放心
You are crashing into everything. How can we not worry?
你这样乱摸乱撞的 叫我们怎么放心啊
Zhao Yunlan: True, my brains got burned by dark energy.
是 我被那个黑能量把脑子给烧坏了
My eyes and heart are blind, and that isn't worth much.
眼又瞎 心又盲 那个又不是个东西 那个沈教授
Professor Shen, Public Servant Shen, calm your anger.
那个沈教授, 沈公仆 消消气啊
Zhao Yunlan knocks over the incense burner, looking sheepish. Shen Wei bends down to pick it up (🍑), asking Zhao Yunlan what he’s looking for.
Shen Wei: What are you looking for?
你到底在找什么
Zhao Yunlan tells him he’s looking for a book called “A Record of Ancient Secrets”. Shen Wei freezes in the middle of putting the cap back on the incense burner, which is a very clear tell that would have given him away if Zhao Yunlan could see it. He tells Zhao Yunlan he has no recollection of the book (are you sure, Shen Wei??).
Zhao Yunlan: There was a book called "A Record of Ancient Secrets."
那个之前有一本 上古秘闻录
I can't find it. Did you see it?
我找不到了 你看见了吗
Shen Wei: I don't have any recollection of it.
没印象
Zhao Yunlan takes out a recorder and plays an excerpt from Zhu Hong’s reading of the book, which mentions Kunlun. Shen Wei visibly cycles through many feelings, looking very shocked when he hears Kunlun’s name.
Zhao Yunlan: Listen to this then.
你听一下这个
Zhu Hong, on the recorder:
The Four Pillars stabilizes all four sides of the world. The sky is tilted to the northwest and Kunlun applied the sealing words, saying: “Not old, but already too weak. Not cold, but the water has frozen. Not born yet, but already withered. Not yet smelted, but has turned into gold.”
四柱镇四方 西北天倾 昆仑封字: “曰 未老已衰之石 未冷已冻之水. 未生已朽之木 未灼已化之金.”
Shen Wei grabs the recorder from Zhao Yunlan amid his protests, pressing many buttons to stop the audio from playing. Just as the recording stops, Zhao Yunlan’s phone rings and Shen Wei tells him to answer it.
He pockets the recorder with a sigh of relief, looking conflicted and pained. Zhao Yunlan answers the call, which is from Zhu Hong.
Zhao Yunlan: What are you doing?
你干吗呀你
Shen Wei: Answer your phone.
接电话
Zhao Yunlan, picking up the call: Hello.
喂
Zhao Yunlan asks why Zhu Hong is calling him when she should be enjoying the holiday but is cut off by her mention of the Yashou Market. This immediately catches Shen Wei’s attention.
Zhao Yunlan, on the phone: My god, Miss Zhu Hong.
我说祝红女士
Why can't you just stay at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival and are giving me—
你这大过节的不好好待在家里边给我
…Flea market of the Demi-humans?
亚兽族集市
Shen Wei hurries to sit at Zhao Yunlan’s side, telling him that they may be able to find a cure for his blindness at the Yashou Market.
Shen Wei, to himself: Flea market of the Demi-humans?
亚兽族集市
Shen Wei, to Zhao Yunlan: That place could have the cure for your eyes.
我跟你说 那个地方很可能有方法能治好你的眼睛
Zhao Yunlan tells Zhu Hong he’ll be there soon and teases Shen Wei about not being able to take the day off on a holiday before Shen Wei grabs the keys and they head out to the Yashou Market.
Zhao Yunlan, to Zhu Hong: All right, wait there. I'll be right over.
那个 你在那等着 我马上就到
Zhao Yunlan, to Shen Wei: Look at that. It's a holiday, but I can't even rest. Can't blame me.
看吧 大过节的 想休息也休息不了。不怪我吧
Let's go.
走吧
Shen Wei: Let's go.
走吧
***
Favorite Things about this Scene/Observations:
Questions:
Hope you’ve enjoyed this discussion and please do leave fanwork recs in the comments if you know of anything!
Hi guys! This is my second discussion post, I had a great time with the first one! Real life got busy after that, and I haven’t gotten a chance to reply to the insightful comments, but I appreciate every single one and hopefully this time I can jump right in.
Context: Zhao Yunlan is heading back to his flat alone after the visit to Dr. Cheng when he is hit with a vision of a car crash and asks his neighbor to take him outside.
***
The Scene
Zhao Yunlan is struck by images of a car crash and walks into the street. A frantic Shen Wei pulls him out of the way of an approaching car just in time as his neighbor yells at him to be careful. Zhao Yunlan thanks Shen Wei, who berates him worriedly.
Neighbor: Hey, Little Zhao, that's dangerous!
小赵 危险
Zhao Yunlan: Thanks.
谢了
Shen Wei: What do you think you're doing?
你干什么
Zhao Yunlan realizes it’s Shen Wei who rescued him. He says “finally!” and accuses Shen Wei of ditching him at the hospital in a pouting sort of way while a still-worried and frustrated (but relieved) Shen Wei scolds him (in the same tone he uses to scold Zhao Yunlan about the Hallows) then takes him by the wrist to guide him back to the flat (all the touching!!).
Zhao Yunlan: Oh, you're back.
你回来了
You ditched me today.
你今儿可房我鸽子了
If it wasn't for a kind person that took me home, I wouldn't know how to come back.
要不是一个活雷锋送我回家 我还不知道怎么回来呢
Shen Wei: Are you tired of living?
你不要命了你
Zhao Yunlan: You ditched me yet you are scolding me?!
你放我鸽子 你还有理了你
***
Shen Wei takes Zhao Yunlan back to his flat. He guides him to the bed and tells him to sit while Shen Wei prepares food. He deposits the keys at the bedside table and moves off to the kitchen.
Shen Wei: Here, have a seat first.
来 你先坐一会
Zhao Yunlan stands up and moves towards the nearby table, clearly looking for something. He knocks over the owl decoration (why does he have a lantern decoration that looks exactly like the Guardian lantern by his bed??), startling Shen Wei, who rushes over to help him.
Shen Wei worriedly scolds Zhao Yunlan again while helping him to the bed (more touching :D), and in his worry, he says something that catches Zhao Yunlan’s attention.
Shen Wei: How can you be so careless? Don't you know a long time ago...
你怎么能这么淡定 你知不知道你当年
Zhao Yunlan notices this slip and asks him about it, but Shen Wei tries to brush him off while looking very conflicted (his micro-expressions say so much, ah the angst). Zhao Yunlan, being Zhao Yunlan, doesn’t let it go and tries to press further as Shen Wei tries again to change the subject.
Zhao Yunlan: What long time ago?
什么当年
Shen Wei: It's nothing.
没什么
Zhao Yunlan: That's not right. You're hiding something from me.
不对啊 你这有事瞒着我
Shen Wei: I'll make you something to eat.
我先去给你弄吃的
Zhao Yunlan, sensing Shen Wei’s worry, tells him that he can take care of himself but Shen Wei is not having it. (He says “how can we not worry” when you know he means how can *I* not worry).
Zhao Yunlan counters by being contrite (in a way that I think is both sincere but also a little teasing) while Shen Wei is both exasperated and worried. Zhao Yunlan tells him to not be angry.
Zhao Yunlan: Don't worry. I can take care of myself.
放心 我能自己照顾好自己
Shen Wei: Don't worry?
放心
You are crashing into everything. How can we not worry?
你这样乱摸乱撞的 叫我们怎么放心啊
Zhao Yunlan: True, my brains got burned by dark energy.
是 我被那个黑能量把脑子给烧坏了
My eyes and heart are blind, and that isn't worth much.
眼又瞎 心又盲 那个又不是个东西 那个沈教授
Professor Shen, Public Servant Shen, calm your anger.
那个沈教授, 沈公仆 消消气啊
Zhao Yunlan knocks over the incense burner, looking sheepish. Shen Wei bends down to pick it up (🍑), asking Zhao Yunlan what he’s looking for.
Shen Wei: What are you looking for?
你到底在找什么
Zhao Yunlan tells him he’s looking for a book called “A Record of Ancient Secrets”. Shen Wei freezes in the middle of putting the cap back on the incense burner, which is a very clear tell that would have given him away if Zhao Yunlan could see it. He tells Zhao Yunlan he has no recollection of the book (are you sure, Shen Wei??).
Zhao Yunlan: There was a book called "A Record of Ancient Secrets."
那个之前有一本 上古秘闻录
I can't find it. Did you see it?
我找不到了 你看见了吗
Shen Wei: I don't have any recollection of it.
没印象
Zhao Yunlan takes out a recorder and plays an excerpt from Zhu Hong’s reading of the book, which mentions Kunlun. Shen Wei visibly cycles through many feelings, looking very shocked when he hears Kunlun’s name.
Zhao Yunlan: Listen to this then.
你听一下这个
Zhu Hong, on the recorder:
The Four Pillars stabilizes all four sides of the world. The sky is tilted to the northwest and Kunlun applied the sealing words, saying: “Not old, but already too weak. Not cold, but the water has frozen. Not born yet, but already withered. Not yet smelted, but has turned into gold.”
四柱镇四方 西北天倾 昆仑封字: “曰 未老已衰之石 未冷已冻之水. 未生已朽之木 未灼已化之金.”
Shen Wei grabs the recorder from Zhao Yunlan amid his protests, pressing many buttons to stop the audio from playing. Just as the recording stops, Zhao Yunlan’s phone rings and Shen Wei tells him to answer it.
He pockets the recorder with a sigh of relief, looking conflicted and pained. Zhao Yunlan answers the call, which is from Zhu Hong.
Zhao Yunlan: What are you doing?
你干吗呀你
Shen Wei: Answer your phone.
接电话
Zhao Yunlan, picking up the call: Hello.
喂
Zhao Yunlan asks why Zhu Hong is calling him when she should be enjoying the holiday but is cut off by her mention of the Yashou Market. This immediately catches Shen Wei’s attention.
Zhao Yunlan, on the phone: My god, Miss Zhu Hong.
我说祝红女士
Why can't you just stay at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival and are giving me—
你这大过节的不好好待在家里边给我
…Flea market of the Demi-humans?
亚兽族集市
Shen Wei hurries to sit at Zhao Yunlan’s side, telling him that they may be able to find a cure for his blindness at the Yashou Market.
Shen Wei, to himself: Flea market of the Demi-humans?
亚兽族集市
Shen Wei, to Zhao Yunlan: That place could have the cure for your eyes.
我跟你说 那个地方很可能有方法能治好你的眼睛
Zhao Yunlan tells Zhu Hong he’ll be there soon and teases Shen Wei about not being able to take the day off on a holiday before Shen Wei grabs the keys and they head out to the Yashou Market.
Zhao Yunlan, to Zhu Hong: All right, wait there. I'll be right over.
那个 你在那等着 我马上就到
Zhao Yunlan, to Shen Wei: Look at that. It's a holiday, but I can't even rest. Can't blame me.
看吧 大过节的 想休息也休息不了。不怪我吧
Let's go.
走吧
Shen Wei: Let's go.
走吧
***
Favorite Things about this Scene/Observations:
- Shen Wei’s protective shout always gives me feelings, and I find it hilarious how Zhao Yunlan turns pouty when he realizes it’s Shen Wei who grabbed him, even though he’s the one who insisted that he could get home by himself. Zhao Yunlan doesn’t recognize Shen Wei’s touch immediately, but who could mistake that stern/worried tone? The wrist hold is also very good :D
- Shen Wei is clearly very comfortable in Zhao Yunlan’s flat and space by this point, which gives me all the feelings about domestic Weilan.
- The small pause and swallow that Shen Wei does right before he starts berating Zhao Yunlan “how are we supposed to relax?” is a wonderfully telling detail.
- Shen Wei is usually very careful about not letting slip anything about the past - (most notably it also happened during the tea scene after the proper identity reveal) so his slip of the tongue says a lot about exactly how worried he is right now.
- Zhao Yunlan is very attuned to everything about Shen Wei, so of course he catches the slip and doesn’t let it go (and we know he remembers Shen Wei’s panic about the recorder and recognizes the significance of this reaction as he mentions it to Da Qing in ep 23).
- Zhao Yunlan being cajoling and calling Shen Wei 沈公仆 always cracks me up :D
- EVERYTHING ABOUT SHEN WEI’S FACE WHEN KULUN IS MENTIONED WRECKS ME, and I also love his expression and the pause when the book is mentioned, I live for these small details.
- I also love how Zhao Yunlan immediately tells Zhu Hong they’ll meet her at the market once Shen Wei says they may be able to find a cure there, it says a lot about how much he trusts Shen Wei and his opinion.
- There is so much touching in this scene (and this whole arc) and that is one of my favorite things ever.
Questions:
- How do you think Shen Wei reacted when he realized Zhao Yunlan left the hospital without waiting for him?
- Shen Wei is holding a bag of groceries when they enter the flat - so does this mean he did some very fast shopping before stopping by the hospital? Because I love the idea of that, though I would have guessed that he’d be in too much of a rush for that.
- What exactly is Shen Wei referring to when he brings up what happened “a long time ago”?
- Do you think this is the first time Shen Wei has heard someone say Kunlun’s name since waking up in the present?
- Thoughts on Shen Wei’s reaction to Zhao Yunlan simply knowing of someone like Kunlun?
- Do you think Shen Wei has moved into Zhao Yunlan's flat at this point? :P
- What do you like about this scene? :)
Hope you’ve enjoyed this discussion and please do leave fanwork recs in the comments if you know of anything!