I can't believe it that I binged this in 2 days. Ok. I have to be honest. Most of the show I had sped up. Because 30 episodes is a lot. I'm especially taken with the acting of Daniel Zhou. Never heard of him. But now I am tempted to watch another show with him. And again, 30 episodes? 😬
There are spoilers in this comment with events that have taken place from episode 1 till 8, incl. Fan Xiao knows…
Sorry. I only posted the things we have seen untill episode 8 from yesterday. But I can understand that not everyone is up to speed with what has aired. I will try to change it. Thanks!
Fan Xiao isn't just a moron, dude says one thing & thinks another. he doesn't realize what he wants. i am…
There are spoilers in this comment with events that have taken place from episode 1 till 8, incl.
Fan Xiao knows that Shulang is not in any way a pushover. The contrary. He admires his inner strenght. He had seen hos Shulang handles emergency situations (saving the baby), how he controlls himself at his job and orders his sub ordinates. Ofcourse that famous scene, how Shulang walks back and just goes with his upper body in the car and get Fam Xiaos cigarettes. The way he handled him when Fan Xiao went there with the special tea's and Shulamg was not polite anymore. How good he is at fighting (before he was abducted, also with Xue Bao Tian etc , the mind games (at the club), even drugged, he was able trlo controll himseld up to a point, how clever he is. And also that Shulang would not break if Fan Xiao would break up with him and told him he never loved him.
Fan Xiao has never seen Shulang as weak.
That Fan Xiao doesn't knew what he wanted from the beginning is because his goal shifted. From being very annoyed by Shulang, because of his impeccable manners and later saving that baby. Due to his trauma. His mother saved him saying that he needee to be alive. While he rather would have died, because from that moment on, his life was not good. That os related to this father and brothers and also the reason why Fan Xiao asked Shulang what he would do if his spouse and child were in danger. He would stay with them. I think this is a pivotal moment. For Shulang, he was rescued as a orphin while looking through the trash by a woman with a low iq. But a big heart. She said that live was worth living.).
To out him as someone with a secret, namely that he is gay. Fan Xiao was homophobic at that point. (Wetland park situation, where at the last moment, he shoved Li Zhen in the car, not wanting to get his "revenge" there).
To obsession. Not only with how Shulang thinks and behaves. But he craves his body and also sees him as his savior and is now really loving Shulang. That is also what he said with his inner voice. That he had lied so much and said so much BS. But that he loves Shulang for real.
That is why his mind is messed up which is wonderfully shown in the scene in episode 8 where he delivers his acting while Shulang is not cracking under that. He stays stoic. Because he already had read the text messages.
I love this show so much. The story is great. The production of this show, direction, cinematography, light, sound. It is so good.
The acting. Considering that this is Yun Qi's first ever acting. The producters would have been out of their mind if they just put some rookie actor in a role that demands so much. I guess that he made a impact at them, resembling the features they had in mind. He had a acting coach (Yun Qi had different persons on his phone tagged as Shulang, not only Hao Yi Ran, but also his acting coach). And he does a wonderfull job.
Hao Yi Ran as Shulang is something else. He is a gradudate from the Beijing Film Academy. And it shows.
To get into that Academy is so extremely difficult Only around 1 percent gets in! One of the lowest admission rates in China. Also during your time there, it is very competitive and you have to have talent and dedication to stand out. The exams are also really difficult.
So, yes, his acting is so impressive. He can play it all. Strong, fragile, angry, seemingly not shaken but internally raging or sadness. I love the character Shulang so much.
I watched 2 episodes and I'm still not sure what I'm seeing ... A fortune teller that uses smell, but needs to…
". A 5-year old ghost tagging along while everyone thinks it is an aborted baby (so why 5 years old, do ghosts age?)" That sounds like the same in Khemjira. The boy ghosts there were servants for master, and they were unborn children.
That's not lip filler probably the makeup or edit.
Well. At least my Saturday afternoon is well spend. Watching TikTok and other social media to see his progress through the years. 😁 Thanks to you. The man was already gorgeous from a very early age. And his physique plus what he could do with his face was discussed with him in Hing Seok Cheons Jewelry box. Koreans are so unashamed discussing someone's appearance like this. But it does seem like lipfiller what he had now.
But I can understand that not everyone is up to speed with what has aired. I will try to change it.
Thanks!
Fan Xiao knows that Shulang is not in any way a pushover. The contrary. He admires his inner strenght. He had seen hos Shulang handles emergency situations (saving the baby), how he controlls himself at his job and orders his sub ordinates. Ofcourse that famous scene, how Shulang walks back and just goes with his upper body in the car and get Fam Xiaos cigarettes. The way he handled him when Fan Xiao went there with the special tea's and Shulamg was not polite anymore. How good he is at fighting (before he was abducted, also with Xue Bao Tian etc , the mind games (at the club), even drugged, he was able trlo controll himseld up to a point, how clever he is. And also that Shulang would not break if Fan Xiao would break up with him and told him he never loved him.
Fan Xiao has never seen Shulang as weak.
That Fan Xiao doesn't knew what he wanted from the beginning is because his goal shifted. From being very annoyed by Shulang, because of his impeccable manners and later saving that baby. Due to his trauma. His mother saved him saying that he needee to be alive. While he rather would have died, because from that moment on, his life was not good. That os related to this father and brothers and also the reason why Fan Xiao asked Shulang what he would do if his spouse and child were in danger. He would stay with them. I think this is a pivotal moment. For Shulang, he was rescued as a orphin while looking through the trash by a woman with a low iq. But a big heart. She said that live was worth living.).
To out him as someone with a secret, namely that he is gay. Fan Xiao was homophobic at that point. (Wetland park situation, where at the last moment, he shoved Li Zhen in the car, not wanting to get his "revenge" there).
To obsession. Not only with how Shulang thinks and behaves. But he craves his body and also sees him as his savior and is now really loving Shulang. That is also what he said with his inner voice. That he had lied so much and said so much BS. But that he loves Shulang for real.
That is why his mind is messed up which is wonderfully shown in the scene in episode 8 where he delivers his acting while Shulang is not cracking under that. He stays stoic. Because he already had read the text messages.
](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR9pTx6EXCI/?igsh=a2t5MXkxb2N1enN6)
[This is another one](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR9xncckQXX/?igsh=MW5pOWtwYjMxamdvdw==). At at MUCH better angle.
They must have done that a lot. The first clip was different from the second. Poor lips that day. 😂
And even the biting in the 2nd link here. That was [the director telling. ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR9lPD_kU4a/?igsh=MTV2czQydnlnZWdwOQ==)
Although according to what they say here, there was [a lot of improvisation. ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR9sObTjSXh/?igsh=dHl0ZndwOGJlcThh)
Fan Xiao lost it after he had not seen Shulang for a whole 3 days!
Yun Qi is doing push-ups for this kiss. I wonder why. Because his costume stays on.
But I don’t complain.
Hear the sounds of that 4 faced Buddha necklace banging on the floor every time!
[This clip is a reaction ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRwYfXwkrEB/?igsh=MXhuNHY0MG43OGpjZw==)from them in the first NC scene. Someone found it on Weibo. Yun Qi wants to hide himself out of shame.
And Hao Yi Ran, the incredible skilled and trained actor that he is, asked for 2 books under his pillow and that really made a difference [in this scene. ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRwnZPekphy/?igsh=MWR2bDJ1aTh0Ymx5eg==)
And Yun Qi again so shy and adorable, watching that NC scene. He looks so much younger.
Here is the moment [that they watch together](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR1yDBDEop3/?igsh=dHZkY2dvbGYyOGx6) the scene of "You were born to be under a man, no one's sluttier than you".
The story is great. The production of this show, direction, cinematography, light, sound. It is so good.
The acting. Considering that this is Yun Qi's first ever acting. The producters would have been out of their mind if they just put some rookie actor in a role that demands so much.
I guess that he made a impact at them, resembling the features they had in mind. He had a acting coach (Yun Qi had different persons on his phone tagged as Shulang, not only Hao Yi Ran, but also his acting coach). And he does a wonderfull job.
Hao Yi Ran as Shulang is something else. He is a gradudate from the Beijing Film Academy. And it shows.
To get into that Academy is so extremely difficult Only around 1 percent gets in! One of the lowest admission rates in China. Also during your time there, it is very competitive and you have to have talent and dedication to stand out. The exams are also really difficult.
So, yes, his acting is so impressive. He can play it all. Strong, fragile, angry, seemingly not shaken but internally raging or sadness. I love the character Shulang so much.
That sounds like the same in Khemjira. The boy ghosts there were servants for master, and they were unborn children.
But it does seem like lipfiller what he had now.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ACCCEtTcYPA
https://x.com/macherevenus/status/1965073209042362797
The scriptwriter for this show, Li Yixiang, is the same person who plays doctor Shen Song.