First off, the preview we saw was a bogus. There’s no
school segment at all. That preview probably had more smiles than this entire
segment. Is there some sort of law in drama-land/variety-land that dictates a
stellar episode must be followed by a stale one?
Xu Lu comes to visit Kimi who’s filming for his movie.
In her interview: “Recently he hasn’t contacted me.
Seeing his friend circle, it looks like he’s really busy. Luckily I was able to
get some time off, so I flew to Shanghai to visit him.” She sounds busy herself too and she’s visiting him.
As she walks inside with a cartload of coffee for the staff,
Kimi’s speaking with the director. The director points out that Kimi is a
little bit of the introvert type. Kimi sheepishly agrees. Really? Really?? I believe he’s
filming for So You’re Still Here, the one with Kris Wu or as Koreans specify
him to be named as Wu Yi Fan. Liu Yi Fei also stars in this. So his goddess is in this? If you
don’t remember it’s from Episode 1 when he mistakes Xu Lu as Liu Yi Fei. I
guess he finally got to work with her. Meanwhile he’s complimenting both
Wu Yi Fan and Liu Yi Fei’s acting, Xu
Lu is stealthily handing out coffee to the movie staff right behind him.
He doesn’t notice.
She leaves to fetch more coffee but gives him a cute bye
that goes unnoticed by him.
In her interview she tells us how she’s anticipating
to see his reaction to her surprise.
When she’s back with the coffee, Xu Lu tries to control her voice: Director, your coffee.
I’ve been replaying this scene for quite some time
because I swear I hear the Director calling her Xu Lu… So this isn’t a
surprise?
Kimi immediately
perks up to her voice: Oh, oh, oh.
Xu Lu’s still
keeping up her act as she bows her head to him: Kimi, here’s your coffee.
Ignoring the act, Kimi gets up and un-hats her. Naturally, he
introduces her to the director as his girlfriend.
Xu Lu: So you saw
me?
Kimi: No. What a party pooper. I saw
this. He’s pointing to the cartoon picture of them on the
cup.
Xu Lu: I
specially went to customize those cartoons and stuck them on the cup. I thought
it would be quite touching – Embarrassed laughter.
Seeing him getting right back to work, she’s disappointed
and excuses herself.
In her interview, she elaborates: “When he saw me, I
felt that he wasn’t really surprised – Looking
awkwardly to the side – He also didn’t look very happy.”
Kimi’s explanation for his cold attitude in his interview:
“My attitude towards life and my work is completely different. I separate them
very well. For that day in particular, it was very busy and with Xu Lu being
there… I can only say, she wasn’t lucky.” Um. Those peeved at what he said can brainwash themselves
and think that he’s categorizing her as his life and not work. Is this
brainwashing working for you guys?
Xu Lu walks back
up to him now and politely asks: Did you eat?
Kimi: I’m not
hungry. You eat. He’s
clearly telling her, ‘I won’t eat with you.’
Xu Lu: You ate?
Kimi: I’m not
hungry. It’s okay.
And she leaves alone. She looks so lonely carrying that pink
bag back to the cart. Still, she keeps her upbeat attitude as she personally
hands out coffee to the remaining staff. They all thank her; they even call her
‘Kimi’s wife’. She looks a little awkward here but that doesn’t stop her from
expressing her gratitude.
Giving a 90o bow, Xu Lu says: Thank you for taking care of Qiao Ren Liang. Thank you.
Although Kimi did smile at the mention of Xu Lu being his
wife, his expression afterwards is completely lackluster.
Xu Lu talks to
herself: Uh oh. I’m feeling awkward now. What should I do now? Ugh I can feel her awkwardness.
Kimi’s interview: “Honestly, when I’m working I don’t
miss her. (in fact) When I’m concentrated on work, I won’t think about anyone."
Xu Lu’s interview: “His attitude told me he was
really busy with work. I felt like I did the wrong thing by coming here.
Regardless of his reaction, my initial hope of coming here was just to see him safely
and successfully complete the filming and to let the director recognize his
abilities."
This girl is so caring. While Kimi is filming, Xu Lu takes
this chance to greet the director. Despite being neglected by Kimi, her
compliments about him to the director were boundless: handsome, flexible, and
hardworking. Later, she goes up to the light director, asking him to make Kimi
shine more during the movie. Even as she’s leaving the set, she’s still
thanking the crew on behalf of Kimi.
In her interview: “I just wanted everyone to take care of Kimi. I also wanted to see how he is lately.”
She heads to the waiting room to find Kimi alone with
another girl. Nothing exciting there. She’s an actress (I don’t know her).
They’re discussing a (actual) scene in the movie where he’s meeting the goddess
he loves (Liu Yi Fei) which gets interrupted by that actress’s brother. Why is Liu Yi Fei always being
discussed whenever Xu Lu walks by?
Xu Lu greets the actress as “Jie” (= Sister) meaning they’re
quite close. Looking back and forth, Kimi’s puzzled to find that the two know
each other but nonetheless he introduces Xu Lu as his girlfriend. The girls
reunion is cut short as Kimi, in his serious tone, expresses he needs to discuss
the script’s content with this actress. Pulling out a chair behind him, he
sends Xu Lu there. Wow, I’d
rather be sent out for lunch than sit facing someone’s back like a total
outcast.
In his interview he explains work was really that
busy. He had no choice but to set her aside.
The actress tries to talk to Xu Lu, who answers quite readily,
but it seems like Kimi gave her a death glare because Xu Lu immediately
apologizes and covers her face. Still, the actress insists on talking to Xu Lu
about her relationship with Kimi (e.g. what she likes about him). Kimi isn’t happy
about that one bit. Since steering the conversation back to work wasn’t
successful, he diverts the actress’s questioning immediately by asking her
whether she ate. What?! You
just refused Xu Lu a moment ago. She ate, so he leaves. Xu Lu follows
but Kimi asks the actress whether she’d like to talk to Xu Lu to which she
answers yeah. Thus Kimi successfully ditches Xu Lu behind as he tends to other
important matters first (before lunch). Either the editing was terrible or it looked like he didn’t want to spend
any time with her.
In his interview he continues to express how work is
important to him.
In Xu Lu’s interview she comments on how different
this Kimi feels: “It made me wonder if something happened to him. I feel like
we need more communication." Thanks
to Kimi, Xu Lu lost all her natural hyper-ness.
And so off they go for lunch now.
Xu Lu reveals the content of her pink bag: its soup. She
made it for him because she knows how late he’s been up to complete the
filming. (She’s actually been sick herself and this was the soup her manager
made for her.)
Kimi does thank
her: But, let me tell you, I might not have time to finish your soup. WHAT. Just gurgle it down, gosh. What
time is it now?
She’s disappointed but she still tells him the time. She
tries to convince him to drink it but he continuously refuses. The poor girl was carrying that
pink bag around this whole time! Xu Lu must have been looking forward to see
his reaction to her soup.
Xu Lu tries to strike up a conversation but he’s busy
stuffing himself. The atmosphere gets gloomier as Kimi tells her: Don’t talk for one second. I’m thinking about
something. OUCH
The disappointment in her eyes were so obvious. Don’t hurt my Xu Lu like that
>.<
In her interview: “I had a lot of things I wanted to
tell him and me coming here wasn’t exactly easy.”
Seeing Kimi struggling while eating, she uncaps a water
bottle for him.
Kimi gives an empty “Thank you” but leaves the water bottle
alone.
I know
the guy’s busy but reading the script with that stressed facial expression in
front of her like that only makes her feel worse. She came here to visit him
and thought it was a sweet thing to do but he makes it look like it’s the
world’s most terrible thing she had done to him.
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The entire lunch remains uncomfortably quiet. He silently
asks for the time again. She’s
not a clock.
In the end, Xu Lu’s being forced to pick up the cues he’s
leaving her so she completely excuses herself from the set.
In her interview: “I did feel uncomfortable.”
As she’s walking to his car, she dabs her eyes. Xu Lu even whines: I want to go home.
In her interview: “Did I do something wrong? I felt
like I was a hindrance.”
Now she cries alone in the car. I was quite sad but the dramatic shattering of all
their happy moments made me lol slightly.
In her interview again: “I felt like all the things I
did today, you (Kimi) didn’t like it. Is my way of caring for him not
acceptable for him?”
Kimi’s finally done filming and sends her a text that he’s
coming for her (with an exclamation mark). However his attitude doesn’t show
any excitement. I was hoping
this was a hidden camera.
Xu Lu mirrors
that lack of excitement: You’re off. Where are we going now?
No. Response.
Oh my
god. He’s being a drama queen.
They depart but he still hasn’t said a thing.
In her interview: “I just felt like ‘What’s with
you?’ I visit you at your work and this is your attitude?
Now he’s suddenly accelerating. It’s fast enough that it
makes Xu Lu go pale.
In his interview he explains: “Lately I don’t even
have the time to sleep. Working late and waking up early. It made me
impetuous.”
Xu Lu’s sadness turns to anger in her interview: “As
an actor, you need to be able to handle your emotions. I can be completely honest
with my feelings right now: I’m completely unhappy.”
Kimi’s interview quickly intercedes: “When you first
start passionately dating, that phase is of course important, but since we’re
already together (for a while now), for a man particularly, he should have his
own ambitions.” Kimi’s not
looking at the camera at all. Also, his comment doesn’t make sense to me. Do
the two have to be in conflict?
Zipping back to her interview: “At the very least, if
you (Kimi) were to visit me at work, my attitude would definitely not be like
that. Even if I’m professional or whatever I would definitely consider
your feelings."
Intervening now is Kimi’s interview: "Work is first.
Work is always first."
Zooming, the car continues to accelerate. Xu Lu’s face
continues to pale and her mood is accelerating downwards.
I’m getting a whiplash from all these interviews.
His interview: “The me now is the most real me. Can
you still accept me?” Oh. That
hit me a little.
Her interview: “When a girl likes you more and more
she would hope you’d give her more.”
His interview: “At first, I pushed, she pulled. No
problem. Now that she slowly starts to trust me, she pushed, I pulled.” When he says pull, think along the
lines of ‘retract’. There’s a difference.
Her interview: “I feel like our rhythm is completely
off.”
Putting her hands to her face, she’s possibly crying. Most
likely crying. Kimi finally takes into account her feelings.
Kimi’s interview: “When I accelerated, I woke up. She
can’t handle this atmosphere. I knew I needed to apologize to her with my utmost
sincerity.”
Kimi pulls the car aside and Xu Lu monotonously asks: So we’re getting off the car now?
Kimi: I need to talk
to you. Where’s my hidden
camera? ):
Unbuckling her seatbelt, Xu Lu faces him directly: Tell me. I’m listenning. She can get a little scary…
Kimi bites down his lower lip, wavering on how to start
explaining.
In his interview: “Today, I might have scared her – Laughs sheepishly – What should I do? I don’t know what to do with you,
Kimi. He’s asking this too innocently that I can’t help but give way a little.
I don’t like how soft my soft spot is. There’s too much to explain. I can’t
get out of this with one or two words. (But then again) This isn’t the problem
of how many words I need to explain myself.”
Kimi: I finished
the soup.
I THINK I spot a teensy smile that tried to reveal itself
but she controlled her regained controlled of her angry expression again.
Kimi continues speaking
as Xu Lu has no other reaction but a nod: It was pretty good.
Xu Lu: So what
happened just now? Why did you accelerate?
Kimi stretches
out the tension in his body: I was very tired. I wasn’t driving that fast.
Xu Lu’s interview: “The two of us aren’t on the same
channel. He’s always adapting to me so now I want to use my own method to treat
him well but he doesn’t seem to like it. I think we need to fine-tune both our
emotions.”
Kimi: You’re not
too happy today. I WONDER
WHY.
Xu Lu tells an
obvious lie: No. I’m fine. You were very serious at work.
Kimi: Mad?
Xu Lu: No. I’m
happy.
Kimi: My work
attitude, do you not like it?
Xu Lu: No.
Everyone has their approach towards work. Nothing much to not like about it.
Kimi: Today was
inevitable. There was apparently two or three crews simultaneously booked/fighting
for that same set. You guys also didn’t make it at lunch hour. So he knew she was supposed to
come today? Everyone already finished eating and was getting back to
work. Then there wasn’t enough time. I could only choose to neglect the party –
He’s smiling at her and grabbing her hand
– who I can console later.
Xu Lu: I’m not
the type to initiate to ask how you’ve been lately. If you want to tell me then
you’d tell me. If you don’t then you won’t tell me.
In her interview: “My view on love is that it’s a
process from not knowing to understanding that person. I need to first understand
you; consider whether we’re suitable.” It’s like she’s going back to square one with their relationship.
In his interview: When a problem arises between a
couple, you need to be active. When you know it’s your own fault, you need to
actively resolve it. Don’t keep it to yourself. Don’t passively handle it.
Back to their conversation, Xu Lu continues to lie: No. I’m fine. It’s normal. You need to face
it and solve it.
Kimi agrees.
Xu Lu changes the
topic now: Is work going smoothly lately?
Kimi: I think
it’s been pretty good.
Then Kimi
suddenly acts like a little boy in love and says: Everyone at the set said to
you “Thank you, Kimi’s wife.”
Xu Lu: As long as
you’re happy then it’s fine.
Xu Lu’s interview: “I really need to understand him
(more), to feel his feelings. I need to think what sort of approach I should
using to express my love.” Aw,
why is this breaking my heart a little?
Kimi’s interview: “It’s only after the whole ordeal I
realize what I did so wrong today. I need to plan this right… I have another
broadcast. This one should be a happier; it’s at an amusement park. As long as there’s no roller
coasters… So I think she won’t be mad anymore.”
Kimi and Xu Lu arrive at the set and meet the director.
Kimi introduces
Xu Lu: She’s my girlfriend and my manager/helper (for today).
Director is all
smiles: I’ve seen your segment before. Huang Zhang couple, right?
So off Kimi goes to discuss the contents of the show with
the director while Xu Lu buys two coffees for them. She buys hers last and sits
obediently on the side watching Kimi at work. Her face screams boredom.
Xu Lu’s interview: “When he was discussing his work
with the director, I was on the side not knowing what to do.”
This time Kimi finally looks over warmly at her. The editing
is so drama-esque. Luckily she catches his stare. I see a little tiny smile
appear. After a while, Xu Lu decides to leave. We’re not given a reason.
Kimi begins
filming and tells the staff: I brought my girlfriend today as my manager.
He looks around and calls her name but there’s no response. What goes around comes around.
In Kimi’s interview: “When she disappeared, I was
scared. Worried. I was afraid she was really angry.”
The interview segment seems to be over and Xu Lu still isn’t
back. He goes out to look for her but no luck there. On a side note, Kimi looks
so tired and he’s been coughing for a while now.
While he’s walking with the emcee to the filming location,
he’s still searching for Xu Lu. He reveals to the emcee that his girlfriend
still isn’t here. The emcee is nice and notifies the crew to wait for Xu Lu.
Sitting in the cart, Kimi’s head is angled towards the
entrance, completely ignoring the emcee seated right beside him.
Poor Kimi is coughing so much.
Xu Lu finally appears! She looks terribly apologetic. Kimi guides her to the seat right beside him and naturally
puts his arm around her shoulder. He’s shocked to see that she was away not
because she was angry but because she was worried about his wellbeing: she went
to buy medicine.
Kimi’s interview: “It was for medicine.” Look at that big smile.
Are these
interviews done at different times? Why are his clothes different?
We rewind and see Xu Lu asking countless pedestrians for
directions to a pharmacy.
In her interview she expresses how this was her way
of caring for him.
In his interview: “Meticulous, caring, and
considerate. Warm. Really heart-warming.”
Kimi and Xu Lu continue to apologize to the staff members. Despite
Kimi apologizing on her behalf, Xu Lu
insists on taking the blame: Sorry, it has nothing to do with Kimi. It’s all
because of me. Sorry.
Kimi quickly comforts her again reassuring her everything is
okay.
Meanwhile the emcee
can’t handle the two lovebirds anymore: I need to get off the car. Lol.
Too bad
for the emcee because the two won’t stop flirting anytime soon.
Xu Lu: Do you
want medicine now?
Kimi: I took it
already.
Xu Lu: Have more.
Um. I don’t think that’s how
medicine works.
Kimi laughs at her naivety too.
Flirting onslaught escalates: She helps him drink water; he
looks lovingly at her. He plays with her hand; she notices his thumb is long.
She starts touching him claiming its massaging; he loves her touching him. Finally
it’s selfie time. Emcee, how
about I trade spots with you, lol.
Kimi finally pays
some due attention to him by teasing him: You’re so quiet.
So the emcee tries to speak up now by practicing his script
to which Kimi pays absolutely no attention to. He only has eyes for Xu Lu. Sorry
emcee maybe in your next life you’d have a chance. I like how she’s holding her
forehead at the sweet awkwardness when the emcee glares at the both of them for
ignoring him. Meanwhile Kimi’s trying to console the emcee again, the emcee just
wants to know whether single people like him can charge couples like them for
being overly sweet. LOL.
The threat gets completed ignored minutes later as Xu Lu and
Kimi continue to take couple selfies.
Emcee: Okay!
Enough pictures!
The emcee then proceeds to call to arrest the love birds. He
begs over and over again to please arrest them over the fake phone call.
The actual filming finally takes place and Kimi’s fans have
gathered around the merry go round. His biggest fan is of course Xu Lu. Kimi’s
taking the “manner legs” to a whole new level as he almost does a split to accommodate
for the emcees short stature.
During the whole filming, Kimi is still coughing. Xu Lu
casts a worried glance at him.
Kimi has a mission to do for this filming: draw his
signature eyeliner on the female contestant while riding the merry go round. I do not want to be that fan. However,
it seems that Xu Lu might want to be that fan as captions around her says she’s
jealous.
Kimi really does put in his best efforts as he climbs over
the horse to reach over to the girl. Please don’t make her ugly. Kimi even stands on the horse now. Xu Lu’s worried for him as she yells
out: Be careful.
In her interview: “I was quite worried about him but
seeing a guy this diligent at word makes me feel he’s – shakes head – handsome. Handsome. Handsome.”
His fans yell out
loudly: Qiao Ren Liang, I love you!
Not losing to his fans, Xu
Lu shouts in her unique voice: Kimi, fighting (add oil)! Kimi, fighting!
And the fans follow her lead now, lol. However, she still
beats them with her loudness/pitch.
His interview: “She yelled. I heard. She was very
enthusiastic.” (He uses an
expression I’m not too familiar with and if I were to directly translate it he
directly compares her yelling to injecting chicken blood, which is sometimes
used to mock someone for being overly enthusiastic. Since he said that with a goofy
smile, he meant to lovingly tease her)
There’s a scene of her feeding him water which is followed
by her interview: “When I work, it’s usually other people that care for
me so I never had a chance to take care of others. This is my first time.” How lucky.
Kimi tries to
help her (help him): Let me close this (water bottle) first.
Xu Lu refuses the
help: Let me do this. Let me do this! You go work. You go work!
Kimi: Do you even
have enough hands?
Xu Lu: I have
hands! You go work. You go work!
Kimi laughs at her stubbornness.
In his interview: “Actually I quite enjoyed getting
this flu, that way I can let her take care of me.”
Xu Lu’s interview: “I think what I’m capable of doing
for him isn’t much. The most I can do is help him carry his water, wipe his
sweat.”
Kimi’s interview: “Before, when I was concentrating
on work I made her misunderstand. I don’t think she misunderstood.
This sort of thing (i.e. his attitude towards his ambitions),
she’ll see it sooner or later. I just didn’t think she’d see it this soon.
Xu Lu’s interview: “I thought first love is all fairytale-like
but in reality in every relationship there will be times we clash or times of
large emotional fluctuations, just things that I can’t imagine.
Kimi’s interview: “When two people get along, their
steps, their pace, and their rhythm can’t always be in sync, so someone has to
compromise. It’s like dancing. When I step forward, she should step back and
when I step back, she should step forward. What happened today, I think, was
worth it.
It's pretty but when did they film this scene?
And then there’s a host segment. Think WGM with Park Mi Sun
and her crew.
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Please don’t tell me they cancelled this episode the first
time around to include the host’s commentary. This was a waste of my time. They
didn’t talk about anything substantial. One of the guy’s comment made me go lol
with how absurdly confident he sounds. He claims, “Girls want very little.”
Depends. LOL. I don’t mean being materialistic in particular but I think girls
demand quite a bit when it comes to emotion. I think most girls would want
someone considerate and it’s common to think that consideration for a girl is
best seen in the little things that guys do. But heck, noticing little things
is much harder than noticing large things. Sorry, I digressed but my point is
girls can demand a lot on things guys may not care about and this imbalance is
what happened this episode. Xu Lu wanted him to be ecstatic to see her appear
at his work place, sort of like an angel suddenly appearing in a battlefield,
but the reaction she got was stale.
I really didn’t like Kimi in the beginning of this segment.
Man, was he a drama queen. I was uncomfortable with that segment of him
flipping through the script with that ugly expression on. At the very least can’t he just spend a minute explaining his
situation? A simple explanation could have done so much. However, during one of
his interview, he asked whether Xu Lu could accept that side of him too because
that’s his raw self, and that resonated with me. I’m taken aback at how serious
he’s handling this relationship. Kimi is showing us a real side of him, a side
that isn’t favoured by the public, and him earnestly asking whether she can
accept this side made it feel like their relationship got all too real all of a
sudden. I’m not used to this solemnity in my Flustered couple.
I wonder whether this change in mood is because of the
remarks Chinese netizens’ made on them being too fairy-tale like (i.e. fake)
that they injected such a harsh reality into them. I know the netizens there
have been touting Ruby Lin and Ren Zhong for portraying such a realistic couple but in my eyes, they’re portraying two strangers that are still trying to be
comfortable with each other, they’re not portraying a couple yet. I hope this whole
obsession with being “realistic” doesn’t last too long. Can’t I just be
superficial and only want the fluffy?
Edit: The show really is trying to be a "reality" show. They added
another new segment where non-celebrities (i.e. you or me) can get selected onto
the show to find their one and only. I find this segment much better than the
host commentary but still mediocre.
P.S I didn’t have time to watch the whole show so there’s no
comments on the other couples.
P.P.S Where’s my preview?
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