jo_lasalle: a sleeping panda (Shen Wei in chains)
Jo Lasalle ([personal profile] jo_lasalle) wrote in [personal profile] branchandroot 2019-07-13 11:11 am (UTC)

He basically put a neon sign of "Hi, my name is Suspicious!" atop his head, when that probably wasn't his intent.

That's a really interesting point. That scene is brought up a lot (correctly, IMO!) in the context of Shen Wei knowing how to read people, and it is very clear that he knows how to push Zhu Hong and Chu Shuzhi's buttons here expertly. So I think it totally does say that about his interpersonal skills. But this could also have very much blown up in his face if there'd been someone observing this who is as smart as Zhao Yunlan, but not as personally into / instinctively trusting of Shen Wei, at least for protecting his professor persona.

This is a scene I'm still chewing on now and then because it's IMO one of the few times we see Shen Wei in an arrogant mode, and it always struck me as a little unexpected a choice. So this is an interesting angle to add to that pondering...

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