I so much love all the ways in which this episode ties in with the relationship between Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, from the fact that one partner is Haixingren and the other Dixingren, to the worry about hurting the one you love, to being willing to give your life for them. The moment when Zhan Ruonan is actually happy to age dramatically just because it means Wang Yike can finally touch her is really poignant to me.

I never noticed Zhao Yunlan stepping away there. As for re-examining his attitude towards on Dixingren, I don't think we ever get any indication, even in the earliest episodes, that he dislikes them like his dad did. I know we can speculate on the grounds of what happened to his mother, but everything that comes out of his mouth is really about how they're just like humans, you get good ones and bad ones, and IIRC Shen Wei also notes straight away that the SID under Zhao Yunlan is very different from what it was under his dad. Yes, Shen Wei does clearly feel he has to make the point about Dixingren being just like ordinary people several more times, but there's really nothing Zhao Yunlan does to cause that, so I figure it's still a hangover from convos he's had to have (or maybe gave up having) with the dad.

Zhao Yunlan is so wonderfully transgressive in this episode! He's really trying to get under Shen Wei's skin, and isn't it amazing how Shen Wei doesn't even stop him? What normal person just lets some cop steal their cake? Isn't his lack of resistance suspicious?

And what normal person goes to the hospital for a cold? I know, I know, he has to be there for Reasons, but...

I totally forgot about the freeze-on-the-spot gun. Must check that out again.