Yes! Plus they both know the other is worried -- so they kind of yelling at each other as proxies for yelling at the problem itself, maybe?
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense to me!
I love that Da Qing tells him he can't go. It's like his take-charge deputy-ness is still in effect from earlier.
100% agreed! Da Qing is such a cat, it's easy to just see the naps and the fish snacks, but I love it when he gets to show his competence. ♥
(The Viki subs do work well thematically, imo...)
Fully agreed! I just wish I knew how accurate it is ...
Yes! No matter how angry he was or how he threatened to fire Chu Shuzhi, he's not going to let anyone else target him!
He didn't actually threaten to fire Chu Shuzhi, though, did he? He said, "If you don't want to work here—" which leaves the choice in Chu Shuzhi's hands?
"If you don't want to work here, get o---" (which is a pretty faithful translation as far as I can tell) does sound like a threat to me: get back in line or get out.
but it's still different from, "I don't want you working here anymore."
Yes, absolutely! He's not ACTUALLY firing him, and he doesn't ACTUALLY want him to get out, he's waving the threat around as an expression of his anger, without truly meaning it. I totally agree that he never would!
I wonder who he expects to deal with Ye Zun, once the SID has been shut down!
I expect his head is buried so deeply in the sand right now, he can't see that coming any more, only the grains of sand in his eyes RIGHT NOW. *g*
Even the ones who know probably only know half the story, I think? (Know he's a convicted murderer; probably don't know the ins and outs of what happened?) I can't imagine the Envoy or Chu Shuzhi would have gone into much detail.
Yeah, agreed, I don't think anyone other than Shen Wei knows any details whatsoever.
I don't see how ZYL would know that Minister Gao isn't in the process of doing that. ZYL basically declared war on Minister Gao, dared him to go after Chu Shuzhi, and then left before Minister Gao could respond.
He can't know, that's true. But I he does seem to feel confident about it. Maybe he thinks he knows Minister Gao well enough to predict him?
To rescue Shen Wei, too! A sign that she's resolved her jealousy, even if her feelings for Zhao Yunlan persist.
Yes! Excellent point! ♥ ♥ ♥
I'm not sure that's something either of them would have told the rest of the team? Zhao Yunlan, because he wouldn't want a fuss, and Shen Wei, because he wouldn't want to undermine Zhao Yunlan's capable persona in front of his team. What do you think?
Yeah, I'm with you on this, I don't think either of them would have talked about it in front of the team, with the possible exception of Da Qing.
I assumed that Shen Wei had taken Chu Shuzhi to Haixing on the understanding that he'd work out the rest of his sentence at the SID. So if that sentence is nearly up, presumably it means afterwards Chu Shuzhi can decide for himself what to do with his future (unless he provokes the Regent into extending his punishment). The Regent wouldn't be aware that Chu Shuzhi has become a core member of the team by now, so that's what Chu Shuzhi is saying when he declares he wears the shackles voluntarily, I think? (I didn't think the shackles were literal, but I suppose they could be.)
That works as a possible interpretation! I guess it just sounded like something more literal to me, on top of it all - that there was some sort of restraint on Chu Shuzhi for the duration of his sentence. Either way, I think his response to the Regent warning/taunting him is mainly about making it clear the Regent can't use the risk of not getting released against him.
The Regent or the Deacon, maybe? Ye Zun has had plenty of time to come up with ways to manipulate the SID, individually and as a team, after all...
Very true! Plenty of options. I was just wondering if it was the Regent because the Regent was the one who wouldn't let Chu Shuzhi take his brother's puppet to Haixing.
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Yeah, that makes a lot of sense to me!
I love that Da Qing tells him he can't go. It's like his take-charge deputy-ness is still in effect from earlier.
100% agreed! Da Qing is such a cat, it's easy to just see the naps and the fish snacks, but I love it when he gets to show his competence. ♥
(The Viki subs do work well thematically, imo...)
Fully agreed! I just wish I knew how accurate it is ...
Yes! No matter how angry he was or how he threatened to fire Chu Shuzhi, he's not going to let anyone else target him!
He didn't actually threaten to fire Chu Shuzhi, though, did he? He said, "If you don't want to work here—" which leaves the choice in Chu Shuzhi's hands?
"If you don't want to work here, get o---" (which is a pretty faithful translation as far as I can tell) does sound like a threat to me: get back in line or get out.
but it's still different from, "I don't want you working here anymore."
Yes, absolutely! He's not ACTUALLY firing him, and he doesn't ACTUALLY want him to get out, he's waving the threat around as an expression of his anger, without truly meaning it. I totally agree that he never would!
I wonder who he expects to deal with Ye Zun, once the SID has been shut down!
I expect his head is buried so deeply in the sand right now, he can't see that coming any more, only the grains of sand in his eyes RIGHT NOW. *g*
Even the ones who know probably only know half the story, I think? (Know he's a convicted murderer; probably don't know the ins and outs of what happened?) I can't imagine the Envoy or Chu Shuzhi would have gone into much detail.
Yeah, agreed, I don't think anyone other than Shen Wei knows any details whatsoever.
I don't see how ZYL would know that Minister Gao isn't in the process of doing that. ZYL basically declared war on Minister Gao, dared him to go after Chu Shuzhi, and then left before Minister Gao could respond.
He can't know, that's true. But I he does seem to feel confident about it. Maybe he thinks he knows Minister Gao well enough to predict him?
To rescue Shen Wei, too! A sign that she's resolved her jealousy, even if her feelings for Zhao Yunlan persist.
Yes! Excellent point! ♥ ♥ ♥
I'm not sure that's something either of them would have told the rest of the team? Zhao Yunlan, because he wouldn't want a fuss, and Shen Wei, because he wouldn't want to undermine Zhao Yunlan's capable persona in front of his team. What do you think?
Yeah, I'm with you on this, I don't think either of them would have talked about it in front of the team, with the possible exception of Da Qing.
I assumed that Shen Wei had taken Chu Shuzhi to Haixing on the understanding that he'd work out the rest of his sentence at the SID. So if that sentence is nearly up, presumably it means afterwards Chu Shuzhi can decide for himself what to do with his future (unless he provokes the Regent into extending his punishment). The Regent wouldn't be aware that Chu Shuzhi has become a core member of the team by now, so that's what Chu Shuzhi is saying when he declares he wears the shackles voluntarily, I think? (I didn't think the shackles were literal, but I suppose they could be.)
That works as a possible interpretation! I guess it just sounded like something more literal to me, on top of it all - that there was some sort of restraint on Chu Shuzhi for the duration of his sentence. Either way, I think his response to the Regent warning/taunting him is mainly about making it clear the Regent can't use the risk of not getting released against him.
The Regent or the Deacon, maybe? Ye Zun has had plenty of time to come up with ways to manipulate the SID, individually and as a team, after all...
Very true! Plenty of options. I was just wondering if it was the Regent because the Regent was the one who wouldn't let Chu Shuzhi take his brother's puppet to Haixing.