This is such an interesting topic, and I started this comment WEEKS ago - so sorry it took me so long to come back!
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Oooh, I'm so looking forward to that, whenever you get round to it! ♥
I love when Shen Wei goes all HPS on the Regent. I love when ZYL gets to see Shen Wei go all HPS on the regent
Ha, yeah, all of that is excellent, I've rewatched that sequence so many times! :D
Can anyone tell what book he’s reading? I can make out Combat, so I think it’s a self-defense book, which if it is OMG. THIS IS ADORABLE. He’s reading up on fighting to help him learn faster/better with Chu-ge?!?!
As china_shop says above, it does seem to be "Close Quarter Combat", and it's delightful! Xiao-Guo is studying! :D
Interestingly the Regent says: The cars on the surface are so different.
Yeah, he's not being subtle! (Likewise the line about sunlight later.) I wonder if he was deliberately dangling clues and waiting to see what, if anything, Guo Changcheng would do.
PS: Do you think Chu-ge was specifically looking for Guo Changcheng?! I DO :D
Oh, yeah, good catch! I never thought about it before, but that HAS to be the reason he's stepping outside at this moment - he sure as hell has no idea the Regent is coming!
The Regent sees Chu Shuzhi and immediately says: Look who we have here, Xiao Chu? The Regent adds: Long time no see.
Deliberately provoking him! GRRRR.
I love how everyone in the background is watching it all like: Ooooh what’s going on there!!
Haha, I never noticed the onlookers in the background, I was too busy staring at Lao-Chu! *g*
I just have to point out look at the Regent’s expression. Such a smile of pleasure at all of this!
Yeah, he looks so incredibly, smugly pleased he's managed to get under Chu Shuzhi's skin so easily!
You can just see Zhao Yunlan’s annoyance here.
He looks so frustrated, aww. That's what you get for blindsiding your team! :p
Though really, I read this as shock. Perhaps shocked that Zhao Yunlan would forcefully shove him aside? Or perhaps shock at his own actions. Or maybe shock that he was stopped? Or maybe he’s determining if he could just shove Zhao Yunlan aside and continue his attack on the Regent XD Honestly it could be a mixture of all of that! But either way he’s angrily shocked, or so my brain reads it!
Shocked and betrayed that Zhao Yunlan is taking the Regent's side, IMO. Pure immediate emotion, I don't think he has space in his head for anything else at that moment. By this point in the show Lao-Chu is thinking of the SID as his people, and obviously the Regent is his enemy - how could any of them side with HIM?! Never mind political concerns, or little things like the fact that no one even knows about his issues with the Regent. *g*
Only after Chu Shuzhi and the Regent are inside do we wend on Zhao Yunlan’s gregarious expression turning less so.
Haha, yeah, that expression! This has not gone as expected AT ALL, and how he needs to deal with the fallout ...
I remember when I originally watched this episode I did NOT make the initial connection that he was the Regent. Did anyone else miss that?
I don't actually remember, but he looks so different like this, I bet I didn't recognise him at first either. I don't know that we're meant to, initially - though I'm not good with faces at the best of times, tbh, so what do I know? *g*
Do you think the Regent running into Guo Changcheng was innocent? Or did he contrive to run into Guo Changcheng. If he did do it purposely, do you believe he knows all of the SID employees?
It doesn't seem innocent to me, especially running into him the second time, which has to be deliberate - there's no way that's an accident. Xiao-Guo was rushing to work because he was late! The Regent must have rushed too, and why would he bother if not to catch Xiao-Guo again? (I mean, maybe he secretly has a teleportation/speed-walking power he never otherwise shows, and so he didn't need to rush, but. *g*) And I expect he has enough intel on the SID to recognise them all, yeah.
I sure did feel like he enjoyed twisting that knife – as it were- when he saw Chu Shuzhi.
Yeah, 100%, he defnitely enjoyed that, ugh. He's deliberately pushing Chu Shuzhi's buttons, provoking him into lashing out.
It would be interesting to see some fan fiction written for in-between moments of this episode, on how Chu Shuzhi handles himself, and if he explains anything to Changcheng.
That would be awesome! There's so much here that I'd love to see explored from various angles, not just Chu Shuzhi's reactions, but everyone else's reactions to the Regent too. And I want to know if Chu Shuzhi and Zhao Yunlan ever talked about what happened here ...
I love how at the end Zhao Yunlan’s expression turns to something more like he’s gearing up for a battle, because 1. It’s the Regent and 2. Chu Shuzhi gonna have to say something about it, I think XD
I think Zhao Yunlan feels completely blindsided by what's happened, and he's in full damage control mode now. Given how much Chu Shuzhi fanboys the Envoy, Zhao Yunlan might well have thought he'd have a similar attitude towards the Regent - he clearly has zero idea about the history or the bad blood there, or about any of the tensions between the Regent and the Envoy, or hell, anything about Dixing at all (as we see when he goes there). And he keeps underestimating the Regent in Dixing, too, so he's presumably still thinking Chu Shuzhi was overreacting here ...
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It’s affectionately called: If I fits I sit.
Oooh, I'm so looking forward to that, whenever you get round to it! ♥
I love when Shen Wei goes all HPS on the Regent. I love when ZYL gets to see Shen Wei go all HPS on the regent
Ha, yeah, all of that is excellent, I've rewatched that sequence so many times! :D
Can anyone tell what book he’s reading? I can make out Combat, so I think it’s a self-defense book, which if it is OMG. THIS IS ADORABLE. He’s reading up on fighting to help him learn faster/better with Chu-ge?!?!
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Interestingly the Regent says: The cars on the surface are so different.
Yeah, he's not being subtle! (Likewise the line about sunlight later.) I wonder if he was deliberately dangling clues and waiting to see what, if anything, Guo Changcheng would do.
PS: Do you think Chu-ge was specifically looking for Guo Changcheng?! I DO :D
Oh, yeah, good catch! I never thought about it before, but that HAS to be the reason he's stepping outside at this moment - he sure as hell has no idea the Regent is coming!
The Regent sees Chu Shuzhi and immediately says: Look who we have here, Xiao Chu?
The Regent adds: Long time no see.
Deliberately provoking him! GRRRR.
I love how everyone in the background is watching it all like: Ooooh what’s going on there!!
Haha, I never noticed the onlookers in the background, I was too busy staring at Lao-Chu! *g*
I just have to point out look at the Regent’s expression. Such a smile of pleasure at all of this!
Yeah, he looks so incredibly, smugly pleased he's managed to get under Chu Shuzhi's skin so easily!
You can just see Zhao Yunlan’s annoyance here.
He looks so frustrated, aww. That's what you get for blindsiding your team! :p
Though really, I read this as shock. Perhaps shocked that Zhao Yunlan would forcefully shove him aside? Or perhaps shock at his own actions. Or maybe shock that he was stopped? Or maybe he’s determining if he could just shove Zhao Yunlan aside and continue his attack on the Regent XD Honestly it could be a mixture of all of that! But either way he’s angrily shocked, or so my brain reads it!
Shocked and betrayed that Zhao Yunlan is taking the Regent's side, IMO. Pure immediate emotion, I don't think he has space in his head for anything else at that moment. By this point in the show Lao-Chu is thinking of the SID as his people, and obviously the Regent is his enemy - how could any of them side with HIM?! Never mind political concerns, or little things like the fact that no one even knows about his issues with the Regent. *g*
Only after Chu Shuzhi and the Regent are inside do we wend on Zhao Yunlan’s gregarious expression turning less so.
Haha, yeah, that expression! This has not gone as expected AT ALL, and how he needs to deal with the fallout ...
I remember when I originally watched this episode I did NOT make the initial connection that he was the Regent. Did anyone else miss that?
I don't actually remember, but he looks so different like this, I bet I didn't recognise him at first either. I don't know that we're meant to, initially - though I'm not good with faces at the best of times, tbh, so what do I know? *g*
Do you think the Regent running into Guo Changcheng was innocent? Or did he contrive to run into Guo Changcheng. If he did do it purposely, do you believe he knows all of the SID employees?
It doesn't seem innocent to me, especially running into him the second time, which has to be deliberate - there's no way that's an accident. Xiao-Guo was rushing to work because he was late! The Regent must have rushed too, and why would he bother if not to catch Xiao-Guo again? (I mean, maybe he secretly has a teleportation/speed-walking power he never otherwise shows, and so he didn't need to rush, but. *g*) And I expect he has enough intel on the SID to recognise them all, yeah.
I sure did feel like he enjoyed twisting that knife – as it were- when he saw Chu Shuzhi.
Yeah, 100%, he defnitely enjoyed that, ugh. He's deliberately pushing Chu Shuzhi's buttons, provoking him into lashing out.
It would be interesting to see some fan fiction written for in-between moments of this episode, on how Chu Shuzhi handles himself, and if he explains anything to Changcheng.
That would be awesome! There's so much here that I'd love to see explored from various angles, not just Chu Shuzhi's reactions, but everyone else's reactions to the Regent too. And I want to know if Chu Shuzhi and Zhao Yunlan ever talked about what happened here ...
I love how at the end Zhao Yunlan’s expression turns to something more like he’s gearing up for a battle, because 1. It’s the Regent and 2. Chu Shuzhi gonna have to say something about it, I think XD
I think Zhao Yunlan feels completely blindsided by what's happened, and he's in full damage control mode now. Given how much Chu Shuzhi fanboys the Envoy, Zhao Yunlan might well have thought he'd have a similar attitude towards the Regent - he clearly has zero idea about the history or the bad blood there, or about any of the tensions between the Regent and the Envoy, or hell, anything about Dixing at all (as we see when he goes there). And he keeps underestimating the Regent in Dixing, too, so he's presumably still thinking Chu Shuzhi was overreacting here ...