I seem to remember that the mobile phone he owns in the novel is an older model
Oh, I must have skimmed over that. I should read more carefully! /o\ I do remember Zhao Yunlan asking to see Shen Wei's phone purely for the purpose of putting his own number in (under "a-Lan", lol) and dialling himself so he'd have Shen Wei's number too. I don't think Zhao Yunlan commented on his phone being old-fashioned then (but that might have been because he was busy flirting). And Shen Wei must have been carrying it around with him. But like I said, I'm not very far into the novel, and maybe that's not typical. :-)
Here's the scene Shen Wei was embarrassed, but Zhao Yunlan only smiled, revealing two dimples, as he added, “Oh, right. Can I borrow your phone for a sec?”
He got his phone out, but Zhao Yunlan didn’t take it. Instead, he lifted Shen Wei’s hand and gently held the back of it while he casually entered his own name and number into Shen Wei’s contacts. He saved it, dialed the number, and then hung up after one ring.
“Just making sure you have my contact information,” he said, pretending to be serious. “If anything else comes up related to the case, feel free to harass me.”
[...]
When he looked through his phone’s contacts, he found a flirtatious “a-Lan” innocently displayed on the screen.
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Oh, I must have skimmed over that. I should read more carefully! /o\ I do remember Zhao Yunlan asking to see Shen Wei's phone purely for the purpose of putting his own number in (under "a-Lan", lol) and dialling himself so he'd have Shen Wei's number too. I don't think Zhao Yunlan commented on his phone being old-fashioned then (but that might have been because he was busy flirting). And Shen Wei must have been carrying it around with him. But like I said, I'm not very far into the novel, and maybe that's not typical. :-)
Here's the scene
Shen Wei was embarrassed, but Zhao Yunlan only smiled, revealing two dimples, as he added, “Oh, right. Can I borrow your phone for a sec?”He got his phone out, but Zhao Yunlan didn’t take it. Instead, he lifted Shen Wei’s hand and gently held the back of it while he casually entered his own name and number into Shen Wei’s contacts. He saved it, dialed the number, and then hung up after one ring.
“Just making sure you have my contact information,” he said, pretending to be serious. “If anything else comes up related to the case, feel free to harass me.”
[...]
When he looked through his phone’s contacts, he found a flirtatious “a-Lan” innocently displayed on the screen.