Last week was all about giving Tian Xing the chance to spend some quality time with Le Si. This week it’s Xiao Lu’s turn for a little one-on-one time with our leading lady and it comes as no surprise to anyone that Le Si finds herself falling for Tian Xing’s sweeter half.
You know, I’m really trying to find something more to talk about than the budding romance between Xiao Lu and Le Si but quite honestly, that’s really the only thing to talk about this week. We picked up where we left off last week, with Tian Xing tying Le Si’s shoe before heading home and while that one gesture of kindness kept Tian Xing in the forefront of Le Si’s thoughts for all of three seconds, the rest of this episode was all about Xiao Lu.
First we have Xiao Lu, the poor and lonely bachelor whose barren apartment invokes all kinds of feelings of sympathy from Le Si. Using these feelings as an excuse to spend some quality time with Xiao Lu is fine with me when it comes to providing us will an endless supply of cuteness. Watching Xiao Lu dig through the bag of goodies Le Si brought for him was adorable, as was the cupcake baking scene. Though honestly, the mom in me cringed during their food fight as all I could think about was how awful of a mess they were making and who would ultimately have to clean it up. Giant mess aside, I did enjoy watching Xiao Lu and Le Si bond in that moment but not nearly as much as I enjoyed their moment at the amusement park.
Someone please tell me I’m not crazy when I say that Xiao Lu’s birthday celebration for Le Si was one of the sweetest, most adorable acts of love, ever! I know that to pull off such a meaningful event for Le Si, Xiao Lu had to go a little bit creeper and read through her diary but the result was a birthday surprise Le Si will never forget, so I’d say it was worth it. On top of that, Le Si has enough common sense to realize that planning an event that includes an endless fireworks display and a fake blizzard has to cost quite a bit, so now maybe she’ll believe Xiao Lu when he says he isn’t actually poor, which would be good because it would be nice to believe Le Si was actually falling for Xiao Lu out of love and not just sympathy. I’m still not convinced this isn’t actually the basis for Le Si’s feelings for Xiao Lu but maybe this grand event will help push her further from sympathy and more towards actual affection.
The good news is, if Xiao Lu’s birthday surprise doesn’t help Le Si figure out her feelings for him, having him suddenly become deathly ill ought to do the trick. I love how the smallest things in dramas produce the most dramatic events and in this case, multiple run-ins with a couple of water guns is enough to land Xiao Lu in bed with a fever for two days. Poor thing! It’s a good thing he’s got Le Si there to nurse him back to health. Nothing makes a person feel better faster than having someone shove a thermometer in your mouth every five minutes and forcing you to eat nasty soup. Oh poor Xiao Lu! No matter how ridiculous the circumstances surrounding his sudden illness were, he really was miserable and really don’t know how he put up with Le Si’s puttering around as graciously as he did. I would have been much less pleasant, had I been in his shoes, but I suppose that’s why he’s the hero of this story and I’m just an observer. Then again, having the girl he likes constantly fretting over him and trying her best to take care of him, has to make Xiao Lu feel good in a different way so I suppose he’s willing to put up with much more than he might have otherwise. It’s just lucky for Xiao Lu that Uncle Fu decided to take a couple of days off at such a critical moment, otherwise he might have been stuck with Uncle Fu nursing him back to health and that wouldn’t have produced anywhere near the number of heart flutters that I got while watching Le Si and Xiao Lu.
By the time Xiao Lu is on the mend, he and Le Si have come to admit (in their own shy way) their feelings for each other and while it make seem like a shock to Miao Miao, it’s not at all surprising to anyone else. We all knew it was only a matter of time before Le Si gave into her growing feelings for Xiao Lu but I have to admit, I wasn’t really expecting her to fall for him this early in the game. We’re only five episodes in and already Xiao Lu and Le Si are admitting their feelings and holding hands which makes me think that a whole lot more of this drama is going to be about Tian Xing trying to steal Le Si from himself. It’s pretty obvious Tian Xing can’t live as Xiao Lu forever so at some point he’s going to have to let his sweet alter-ego go but he’s not going to be able to do that while she’s in love with Xiao Lu and I’m quite anxious to see how Tian Xing goes about wooing a girl who’s fallen for “someone else.” Next week’s preview makes it seems like we’re finally getting to the meat of this story but you know how previews go, they like to make things look a whole lot more exciting than they really are, so we’ll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, you can tell me what you thought of this week’s episode by leaving me a comment below!
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I do agree with a lot of what you mentioned this week. The whole kitchen, cake-making scene always makes me cringe. I can’t stand people playing with food in any way besides eating it. It really seems more wasteful than fun to me. Also, I am disappointed that Le Si is not a bit more critical about the whole thing between Tian Xing and Xiao Lu. She starts off questioning things like how Tian Xing would know she was at the warehouse and why Xiao Lu suddenly has a lot of money to give her a birthday surprise, but she never really thinks it through. From the previews, I really hope that Tian Xing doesn’t get any more greedier than he is becoming. He is already deceiving everyone with two personalities so I think it’s foolish for him to try to make Le Si fall in love with both sides of him. Le Si would definitely not see both of him every again once she realizes the truth about him. That’s how I predict. I was wondering, with so many more episodes to go, where will the plot take us?
That really is the big question here, isn’t it? Le Si has already fallen for Xiao Lu so there’s not much to happen there. She’s also started to think of Tian Xing but not enough to keep her from favoring Xiao Lu. There really isn’t much else going on this story to provide any sort of sub-plot so really the only thing we can focus on is the relationships between Le Si and Xiao Lu/Tian Xing. I could see them throwing in some sort of trouble for OZ, probably brought on by Lance, to try to make things “interesting” but really, all any of us really cares about is the Xiao Lu/Tian Xing/Le Si love triangle, which is still weird since Xiao Lu/Tian Xing are the same person. If Tian Xing does decided to “make” Le Si fall for him, would it even work? I’m pretty sure you can’t actually make a person fall in love with you so I can see this becoming an obstacle for Tian Xing that he didn’t expect. Of course if this follows typical drama tropes, Le Si will slowly be persuaded by Tian Xing’s efforts and then she’ll be conflicted about who she really loves. It’ll probably be about that time that she learns the truth about the “two” of them and then we’ll have several episodes where she won’t have anything to do with either one but, in true drama fashion, she’ll eventually end up forgiving “them” and they’ll find some sort of “happily ever after.” The question is, which version of Tian Xing will he be in the end? Will he be more like his original self, will he be more like Xiao Lu or will he find a way to balance out the two and become a better version of both? I think this is what I’m most curious about… How will these adventures change Tian Xing and will he a better person for it in the end?
What Tian Xing should do is to ask himself who he really is. Is the real him Tian Xing or is it Xiao Lu? I have a feeling that his real self is more towards Xiao Lu, but he has to keep up a Tian Xing act. When he was portraying Xiao Lu, he doesn’t seem to be too uncomfortable about it or even bothered by it (except the fact that Le Si fell in love with Xiao Lu, but what did he expect? Xiao Lu is sweeter.) Before he makes a decision on who Le Si should love, he needs to come to terms on who he believes he is. Anyway, he is Tian Xing and he has to go back to his real identity anyway. He could also quit working with Lance and work at Oz (assuming things have cooled down after Le Si finds out the truth). It’s not like he needs the money. He has so many choices because he’s rich. It makes no sense to pursue Le Si with both his “personalities.” Eventually, he’ll have to man up and pick the official him. Of course, he can blend his personalities together later on, but at least, he should focus on one person, not two people to pursue Le Si. I’d be frustrated too as a woman. Maybe we can laugh about it later, but right now, it’s not that funny.
I think you’re absolutely right. Tian Xing really does need to take some time to figure out who he is before he starts dragging others into his personal conflict. Tying Le Si up in all of this is really quite mean as she’s going to be the one who gets hurt the most, once the truth comes out. If Tian Xing really cares about Le Si, he should be spending his time trying to decide what he wants to do with his own life before he even begins to start thinking about pursuing a life with someone else.
Frankly, I’m weary about what Tian Xing’s goals are. At first, I thought he wanted to take over Oz. Then, I thought he wanted to save Oz from going out of business. Thirdly, now, I think he just wants to get the girl and forget about Oz for the moment. What does he really plan on doing? He has to answer to that as well. What will he do when his vacation time is up?
Those are all really good questions and I’m no closer to having an answer than you are. What is Tian Xing’s motive in all of this? If he’s trying to go back and find his passion for what he does, then he should be focusing on that. If he no longer cares about anything but making Le Si fall for him then he needs to just stop everything he’s doing and go back to his own company. I get that he’s lonely and I also am convinced he really likes Le Si but he can’t keep up this act of his for much longer. The deeper he goes in this act of his, the harder it’s going to be to get out and really, I don’t think it’s really helping him achieve anything. If he was trying to regain his focus, I’m pretty sure he’s lost that focus now that he’s fallen for Le Si. Really, he should just make Xiao Lu disappear and try to win Le Si’s heart on his own; there would be far fewer complications if he did and I think everyone would end up much happier in the end.