for that one reader

a weird girl that loves reading , writing etc🩶 YANXIA ,Gahan, mikayuu, gurenshin, Victuuri,ORV and Eremin has my whole heart😭

[shadowkokushibo]

So we got an MV with the deleted scenes 😭😭😭❤️why did they have to delete this!??? And then this is my favorite OST from the show because of the last scene 😭and to me this song was made for them.

I saw this video on youtube and X and someone commented that the studio posted this.

[shadowkokushibo]

Deleted scenes for episode 16

[shadowkokushibo]

[shadowkokushibo]

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Another kind of diversity we need in writing is protagonists without love interests. Give me adults with full-fledged stories that don't include falling in love.

[shadowkokushibo]

[farahquotes]

Hope is all we have. And maybe all we will ever hold on to. The fragile belief that pain is not permanent, that what breaks us today might begin to mend by tomorrow. We live on the promise of better days, on the quiet, stubborn hope that someday, it won’t hurt like this. ~ farah

[yooooowhf]

One last thought bfr I go to sleep,

The reason Zhang Haixia kept telling the salt not to drink or smoke isn't only because he hates the smell, but also because the Shrimp can't smell the Salt's natural scent

[wwxnana]

This scene was supposedly a flashback from when Haixia "died" the first time and Hailou walked around with him in Xiacheng , it's a little long so i'm sorry for that ; w;

tidbits from the script

Zhang Haiyan, with his face bruised/beaten up, is grilling fish on the beach

Nearby, in the sea, with his face also bruised/beaten up, was Zhang Haixia, with most of his body submerged in the water, only his head sticking out. He was holding a jar of pickled fish on his head, while being punished.

As dusk falls, the tide rose and receded. The surging waves carrying a mix of sand and silt, surged high, repeatedly crashing against Zhang Haixia's body and face.

Zhang Haixia couldn't open his eyes.

Holding up the freshly grilled fish, Zhang Haiyan ran into the sea to give it to Zhang Haixia to eat.

Zhang Haiyan: Haixia, open your mouth. (note: Xiazai(Shrimpie) was the nickname Zhang Haiyan gave him in Southeast Asia. Zhang Haiyan's own nickname was "Haiyan". Therefore, from childhood until their teenage years in Xiamen, Zhang Haiyan always called Zhang Haixia "Haixia" (海侠 - Sea Hero) 虾- shrimp ; 侠- hero

Zhang Haixia ignored him. Clearly angry. Zhang Haiyan still tried to feed him. Zhang Haixia still ignored him.

Zhang Haiyan was getting a little upset, climbed up the rock in front of Zhang Haixia, and used his body to shield him from the waves.

Zhang Haixia's clothes were drenched, Zhang Haiyan could faintly see a tattoo of an animal on his body.

Zhang Haiyan: I don't understand, the mission failed, I was also at fault, why did Master only punish you? Zhang Haixia: You broke the rules, but I'm your senior, I didn't discipline you well, so I should be punished. Zhang Haiyan: what rules?

Zhang Haixia sighed, Zhang Haiyan clearly forgot again.

Zhang Haixia: Master's rule is that you don't save someone who's certain to die during a mission. You shouldn't have come back for me. Zhang Haiyan: Didn't you save me too? Zhang Haixia: That's different. You're my junior, it's my duty to protect you, so I did what I was supposed to.

Zhang Haiyan looked at Zhang Haixia, goosebumps all over him (actually feeling touched)

Zhang Haiyan: Ugh, that's gross. Zhang Haixia: Seriously, be more careful on future missions. I won't always be by your side.

Zhang Haiyan looked at Zhang Haixia, completely as a matter of fact.

Zhang Haiyan: then where else can you go?

Zhang Haixia looked at Zhang Haiyan

Zhang Haixia: How can you say that so confidently? Zhang Haiyan: Isn't that how it's supposed to be? Aren't we going to take care of Master in her old age and see her off when she dies? Zhang Haixia: like hell we are.

Zhang Haixia splashed Zhang Haiyan with water. The two of them played around in the water , having a great time together.

[importantcatpics]

[shadowkokushibo]

[apri1misc]

Fluffy detail I am SURE must have happened

In the delicious but deleted scene of Zhang Haixia and Zhang Hailou drinking on the roof, we see that Zhang Haixia's legs still do not have feeling in them, when he wants to move, Zhang Hailou reaches around his waist to help him. It is such a spontaneous gesture of long-accustomed to intimacy! But I digress.

What I want to think about, is how did the two get up there? Obviously Zhang Hailou carried him, but how? I want to think it was a princess style carry, Zhang Haixia holding the bottles of alcohol and putting his arms around Zhang Hailou's neck, while Zhang Hailou grips him gently but carefully before using his new found superior jumping abilities to effortlessly take them both to the roof.

[apri1misc]

It just amazes me how the entire driving force of the drama was Zhang Haixia and Zhang Hailou's love for each other. So while I sometimes wish to see them getting jealous, it also feels like a fresh breath of air when they don't.

They are so secure in the love they have between them that they know no-one else can pose an obstacle. Their conflicts come from questions of morality and violence, but never from any interest in others, because the drama is built upon their obsession with each other.

And people around them notice this too! Which is another point that is so so interesting to me. Zhang Haiqi notices (but doesn't know how to handle it, so she doesn't handle it well). Zhang Ruipu notices (and efficiently uses it in his coercion). He Jianxi notices, as does Haijiao even in that brief time. The unnamed maid at their house in Xiacheng repeats again and again what she will report to young master Hailou (and not Haiqi, the woman who literally revived him), how unhappy he will be, if the servants cannot get Zhang Haixia to recuperate. Zhang Qishan notices and his aide too. Even Mo Yungao notices and is amused by it, until it literally kills him!! And that idiotic hetero couple, Zhang Qianjun and Fenghuang also notices at the very end.

(((somewhere, there is a lurking hopeful fantasy in me that Zhang Qiling also notices when he arrives, and DOES something about it)))

And everyone is extremely casual about it, never questioning their behaviour (except for Zhang Haiqi) which both makes me crack up and smile in surprise.

[shadowkokushibo]

I will never be tired of saying this , hailou only listens to haixia🤭🙌🏻😍i love how they trust each other completely they don't even have to talk to each other, they understand each other.

Video credit: yanpanda on tiktok

[minimalistquotes]

Healing isn't about getting back to who you were before. It's about coming to terms with the new you, the one who survived a storm. It's about accepting that some days will be challenging, and that's okay. It's not a race and certainly not a competition.

[oversorted]

[yooooowhf]

Love mad you do stupid things,

Like rejecting your definitely bring future of being a head of a top secret bureau

And instead, became an agent of branch away from your home

Just because, you cannot bare to be away from that person you love