These are EXCELLENT points! It may be that a lot of our assumptions about Zhao Yunlan's sexuality are bleed-over from novel!ZYL, who is both quite sexually experienced and kinky.
Not *once* in the entire series does Zhao Yunlan ever look at anyone (except Shen Wei) with sexual appreciation. I use the word „appreciation“ because I’m not talking about actual interest – I mean that there is not even a sign of awareness that this or that person is attractive. Not even before he truly grows interested in Shen Wei.
And this is a *major* difference from novel!ZYL.
What do you think is going on, then, in the scene (arrgh can't remember the ep) where Shen Wei is in the lab for tests, lying there in his black singlet, and Zhao Yunlan almost kisses him?
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Not *once* in the entire series does Zhao Yunlan ever look at anyone (except Shen Wei) with sexual appreciation. I use the word „appreciation“ because I’m not talking about actual interest – I mean that there is not even a sign of awareness that this or that person is attractive. Not even before he truly grows interested in Shen Wei.
And this is a *major* difference from novel!ZYL.
What do you think is going on, then, in the scene (arrgh can't remember the ep) where Shen Wei is in the lab for tests, lying there in his black singlet, and Zhao Yunlan almost kisses him?