What a neat, precise writeup! 好朋友 "good friend" always feels to me very deliberately "we're on THOSE kinds of terms"--wink wink. Honestly closer to "we're fucking" than "we're friends" in tone. It's a way to fend off further probing on Zhang Ruonan's part by its euphemistic sound [not that I think ZRN cares a whole lot at this point, she's got other worries], it's also a way of flirting and kind of testing out how Shen Wei will react. (Shen Wei's episode 9 introduction by contrast is a straightforward "we're friends," even though of course there's a lot more going on in his head.)
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好朋友 "good friend" always feels to me very deliberately "we're on THOSE kinds of terms"--wink wink. Honestly closer to "we're fucking" than "we're friends" in tone. It's a way to fend off further probing on Zhang Ruonan's part by its euphemistic sound [not that I think ZRN cares a whole lot at this point, she's got other worries], it's also a way of flirting and kind of testing out how Shen Wei will react. (Shen Wei's episode 9 introduction by contrast is a straightforward "we're friends," even though of course there's a lot more going on in his head.)