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The mind control case begins! Conflict arises between Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei over Shen Wei's true identity, Zhao Yunlan almost kisses Shen Wei, and there is flirting/pining.
Zhao Yunlan has had enough of your shit, Shen Wei
At the crime scene of the latest mysterious murders, Zhao Yunlan sees that there has been a call placed to someone last night. To a *gasp* landline.
Yep. It's a call to Shen Wei.
Zhao Yunlan visits Shen Wei for questioning. The scene opens beautifully without any dialogue at all, but we can see Zhao Yunlan expectantly waiting on a confession while Shen Wei is full of nerves and guilt.
Shen Wei starts talking about the case, while Zhao Yunlan continues to look at him. You know what you did wrong, Shen Wei!
Zhao Yunlan starts asking him questions, but Shen Wei barrels right past that and continues answering (unasked) questions about the case instead.
"Were you listening to anything I was saying?"
"I want to hear you say the truth."
I feel like this was a real potential turning point, where Shen Wei was closest to giving in and confessing.
The moment comes and goes, Shen Wei starts deflecting again. This is Zhao Yunlan's reaction.
"Chief Zhao, are you still suspicious of me?"
"No, I just don't understand you."
Poor Zhao Yunlan is not having a good day with Shen Wei's stonewalling. He eventually gives up and makes a call to the SID, where they overhear an attack.
The SID is Attacked
The plot thickens! Someone has broken into the SID and is attempting to steal the hallows. Sang Zhan makes a valiant attempt to trigger their traps.
Zhao Yunlan arrives just in time to pick up the Mountain-River Awl, and go into a hallows-induced swoon into Shen Wei's arms.
Such soft gazes between those two, and Shen Wei's concern is palpable in this scene where Zhao Yunlan wakes up.
They discuss theories behind the attacker's abilities, exchanging meaningful looks with each other as Shen Wei "theoretically" speaks about how Dixing abilities have evolved, but only from the perspective of an innocent ordinary human of course.
Da Qing calls them out and tells them to stop shamelessly flirting in front of him. No, really, that's pretty much what he says in this scene. And then Lin Jing chimes in at the end with a "comrades!" which is pretty funny if you consider the word's slang meaning for gay people.
In the name of science, Lin Jing wants a volunteer for some monitoring experiment, requiring a normal human. Zhao Yunlan reluctantly volunteers while pretending to have a headache. Shen Wei immediately steps in to volunteer in his place.
I can't tell here if Shen Wei is genuinely concerned, or if he wants to shake off suspicion, or if it's a mix of both.
I (and probably Zhao Yunlan) would like to thank Lin Jing and the Guardian costuming department for giving us Shen Wei in this very tight black tank top.
Zhao Yunlan almost kisses Shen Wei. There is no heterosexual explanation for this sequence of actions.
Fannish Extra: How this scene should have gone
"What are you doing?"
"Ahahaha, there was some dust on your face, so I was helping you blow it off."
Note: this isn't so much a heterosexual explanation as it is Zhao Yunlan's brain being too slow to come up with a good excuse for why he almost made out with Shen Wei.
After leaving, Shen Wei once again touches his pendant and pines. This time, he also debates telling the truth while worrying whether it will put Zhao Yunlan in more danger.
Meanwhile, Zhao Yunlan deals with his feelings by drawing pictures of his crush.
Culprit Caught?
They eventually catch the two culprits, and listen to their story in the hospital. Despite how touching it is, murders have been committed and justice must be done. The Black Cloak Envoy shows up to take away the guilty.
This time, the Envoy is suspiciously even colder and less willing to make eye contact. Not that it will stop Zhao Yunlan from being even more familiar with him than before. Poor Da Qing is once again caught in the middle of their flirting games, except this time it's terrifying because it involves the Black-Cloaked Envoy.
And that's the last of Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan's interactions this episode. After this awkward as hell meeting, they each go their own way and independently find out that they caught the wrong man.
By then, Zhu Jiu already has the little girl, and the next showdown will be at a wedding in the next episode.
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