The poor but loved boy struggling with his own issues and the rich but frankly neglected young man who's struggling to find his own worth... oh, I love this kind of pairing. Please. The babies. I already love them both so much. They're so darling.
And the best friend who's crossdressing for a boy who's already got a girlfriend and is obviously just so desperate for love that he'll do anything for love... I am dying y'all. I don't even know what to do. How do I handle all this love and these darling babies?
It looks cute, but all I can think about is how Jyun who plays Xu Qi Zhang looks like a cross between Yacht Patsit (love by chance and others) and Thomas Cheng (make our days count) and Toey Sittiwat (make it right).
And Li Zhen Hao who plays Ye Giang just looks like a baby Singto Prachaya (sotus and others).
Edit: Andy Huang who plays Ah Jian looks like Wang Zi Yi (why women love (a cdrama, not bl)).
It's the way Yuki is removing the past to make way for the future and the way YingZe clings to the worries and fears of the past rather than facing the future. And how they are slowly learning about each other.
Because it's also about how they communicate and don't communicate. Yuki doesn't think to speak to YingZe first and YingZe cannot pause to process that.
And then we're seeing Yuki come back with clothing in the preview for the next episode, Yuki trying to show YingZe that he can rescue the past but also looking very unsure how to handle the past in their current relationship.
Because YingZe has an entire past, he has a daughter and an ex-wife and his own business and old customers and old clothing. Yuki comes to this without that past, washing away his own past to find this new relationship.
Lin Lin is the bridge between them in a lot of ways. She is YingZe's past but she's also looking to Yuki's future. She wants her father to be happy in the future and to be joyful and to love and to be loved and she wants all of that to happen with Yuki, her new rockstar dad.
The way Amber loves Le and Le loves Amber but they both have their own silences and their own reasons and Amber's secrets and fears and the love between them crackles but neither of them knows how to handle it. Because they've both spent a lifetime trying to prepare themselves for this idea and neither one is ready and only half of them even know the truth and it aches so deep because there's an endless ocean of love between them that's stayed there through distance and change and now it has the chance to return but only if they're brave and honest and real together.
But there's so much fear in discovering you're queer, in discovering that you're not who people thought you were, that you've changed the world isn't always sure how to catch up to that question and that you have to fear the world sometimes and sometimes the fear is a block in the ocean that keeps you from getting your feet wet despite everything you can see stretching out around you.
"You left a note in my office." Yu Zhen's voice was soft but his deadly serious tone was unmistakable.
"Yes, I did," Gang agreed without hesitation. "And i meant it. You're not getting him back if you can't prove you're going to take of him."
"You cannot simply take him." Yu Zhen's hand was a fist on his desk. "He's not a belonging."
"He was crying to Si Qi for the third day in a row. I'm done, Yu Zhen. I'm tired of watching you leave him dangling. Either come tell him how you feel or we're taking him in."
"You can't... wait." Yu Zhen straightened up. "What did you say?"
"Either you come tell him how you feel or Si Qi and I are adding him to our relationship." Gang repeated.
"You can't possibly mean that."
"You don't think so? I'm very adventurous and Si Qi just wants to see Shi Lei really smile again. We're very willing to do whatever it takes."
"You wouldn't dare."
"He's already here, sitting on our couch with Si Qi, and more relaxed than I've seen him in weeks. I wouldn't hesitate, Yu Zhen. I don't know how you have."
"Senior classmate..." Yu Zhen's hard tones trailed off.
"You better hurry and make a choice," Gang replied, voice low and hard. "Because I'm not watching Shi Lei drain of energy, joy and love any longer because you're afraid that the man who loves you enough to live and work with you is going to just up and leave."
"That's not what this is," Yu Zhen tried to protest but his voice cracked as he clutched his phone. "Gang, please."
"No. Si Qi and I are both done watching the light go out of his eyes. Nothing like this can last forever. You have an hour to make up your mind, Yu Zhen. And then we're getting started."
The click of the phone call ending felt like it echoed in Yu Zhen's head, staring down at the black screen.
"Did you really just threaten to seduce me?" Shi Lei blinked up at Gang from where he was flopped on the couch. Si Qi was partially wrapped around him and the TV behind them was playing a game show no one was watching.
"I did and I will," Gang huffed as he set his phone down. "I can't believe Yu Zhen still hasn't said a word to you."
"He's just not good with his words," Shi Lei protested, "He did drag me to the picnic."
"Without saying a word. And without managing to stand up for you either." Gang shook his head. "No. This is for the best. Tough love for the sake of love."
"But seducing me?"
"You're not okay anymore, Shi Lei!" Si Qi pouted against his shoulder, squeezing him tightly around the chest. "It's been so many months and he's still just leaving you dangle."
Shi Lei sighed, leaning back against his friend.
"Yes, but seducing me?"
"It was the only viable threat against him," Gang replied as he sat down on the other side of Shi Lei on the couch and handed him a glass of water. "Anything else he'd find a way to wiggle out of. But this? Yu Zhen's too possessive to ignore this."
Shi Lei laughed, softly, and Si Qi lit up at the sound.
"See? You already feel better and he hasn't even showed up yet!" He grinned at his senior and bumped his shoulder.
"Now, we wait." Gang didn't lift his head, even as he heard running footsteps outside. "Not for long."
