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history3_trappedThe episode opens with Tang Yi meeting with Chen Wen Hao. Chen Wen Hao talks about how it was loyalty (to Tang Guo Dong, although we don't learn this until a later scene) which kept him in jail for 24 years. Tang Yi accuses Chen Wen Hao of bribing Ah-De to act for him, Chen Wen Hao responds by accusing Tang Yi of not keeping to their agreement, and finally Tang Yi pretty blatantly threatens him with revenge.
In a flashback, we see Chen Wen Hao and Tang Guo Dong running from pursuers. They're obviously close friends. There's a time jump to a later flashback and they're now by a river, talking about how Tang Guo Dong is on the point of being sent to jail. Chen Wen Hao says that Xin Tian Meng wouldn't survive without him, and offers to take the fall, and his place in jail. He asks Tang Guo Dong to take care of his girlfriend and says, "you can't let her know."
Back in the present, Chen Wen Hao gives Jack a meaningful look.
Meanwhile, Meng Shao Fei is searching through police records to find more information about Li Li Zhen's connection to Tang Guo Dong. He finds a secret compartment in Li Li Zhen's music/puzzle box, which conceals a birth certificate of someone with the same birth date as Tang Yi. Deng deng deng!
Meng Shao Fei's phone has died while he's out investigating, and Tang Yi is repeatedly trying to contact him, getting more and more angry/concerned. Awwwww, he's fallen SO HARD. The next morning finds him looking hilariously self-conscious and uncomfortable as he walks into the police station to find out his whereabouts. Blabbermouth Zhao Zi tells him Meng Shao Fei has the day off. Then he goes home to pine and Zuo Hong Ye notices and asks him if him and Meng Shao Fei are fighting, which is pretty cute. (Tang Yi, you know where he lives... why not go to his flat??)
Jack turns up at the police station and gives Jun Wei the eyes of death until he takes his arm from around Zhao Zi and scurries off. Jack asks Zhao Zi where Meng Shao Fei is, and Zhao Zi looks adorably disappointed that Jack is seemingly there on Tang Yi's business and not his own. They flirt about bento and Zhao Zi puts his arm around Jack first, which is adorable - he's obviously not too put off by the unwise kabedon.
"You're worried about me?" / "Why can't I be?" ♥♥♥
Zhao Zi might not be quite ready to tell Jack he likes him back just yet, but he's also hanging onto Jack's coat and looking at him with hearts in his eyes. And also, this is such good acting from Kenny here! His little satisfied smiles at Jack's pursuit of him, his physicality, his mix of shyness and boldness. So good!
Next, Jack goes off to meet with Chen Wen Hao, not looking happy about it. Chen Wen Hao flatters him and tries to bribe him into spying on Tang Yi for him. The scene ends ambiguously, implying that Jack might be considering it but trying to drive a harder bargain.
Back at the police station, Captain Shi and Huang Yi Qi are teasing Zhao Zi about his bento lunch box (assuming the cook is his girlfriend and not a handsome redhead of questionable morals) when they find out that Ah-De is dead. The captain goes to confront Ah-Zhi, and we learn that Ah-Zhi murdered Ah-De to cover up that Ah-Zhi has been mixed up in the mob and has been selling confiscated drugs, and Captain Shi knew about it and has been covering up for him. (I'd forgotten about this bit! Nooooooo Captain Shi.)
That night, Meng Shao Fei finally rocks up at Tang Yi's. He plugs in his phone and sees the multiple texts and missed calls and voicemails. He's playing back Tang Yi's worried voicemails when Tang Yi walks in and gets increasingly flustered and embarrassed. It's SO CUTE.
Meng Shao Fei has this stunned and pleased look as he listens to the messages, and it honestly melted me.
Meng Shao Fei is about to tell him about finding his birth certificate and what he's discovered when Tang Yi's phone goes, and he charges off looking furious. He and Meng Shao Fei run into a dramatic kidnapping scene with Zuo Hong Ye tied up and terrified, a ranting Xin Tian Meng gang member, and Chen Wen Hao. Chen Wen Hao claims that Tang Guo Dong stole his girlfriend and killed his child. Everyone points guns at everyone else, and then Meng Shao Fei tries to save Tang Yi from being shot by yelling at Chen Wen Hao that Tang Yi is his son!
Recapper note: I'm away this weekend, so episode 9 will go up on Weds 5th. Also, apologies for the lack of pretty in this post, I'm battling a semi-dead laptop which is making including gifs and pics quite tricky.
In a flashback, we see Chen Wen Hao and Tang Guo Dong running from pursuers. They're obviously close friends. There's a time jump to a later flashback and they're now by a river, talking about how Tang Guo Dong is on the point of being sent to jail. Chen Wen Hao says that Xin Tian Meng wouldn't survive without him, and offers to take the fall, and his place in jail. He asks Tang Guo Dong to take care of his girlfriend and says, "you can't let her know."
Back in the present, Chen Wen Hao gives Jack a meaningful look.
Meanwhile, Meng Shao Fei is searching through police records to find more information about Li Li Zhen's connection to Tang Guo Dong. He finds a secret compartment in Li Li Zhen's music/puzzle box, which conceals a birth certificate of someone with the same birth date as Tang Yi. Deng deng deng!
Meng Shao Fei's phone has died while he's out investigating, and Tang Yi is repeatedly trying to contact him, getting more and more angry/concerned. Awwwww, he's fallen SO HARD. The next morning finds him looking hilariously self-conscious and uncomfortable as he walks into the police station to find out his whereabouts. Blabbermouth Zhao Zi tells him Meng Shao Fei has the day off. Then he goes home to pine and Zuo Hong Ye notices and asks him if him and Meng Shao Fei are fighting, which is pretty cute. (Tang Yi, you know where he lives... why not go to his flat??)
Jack turns up at the police station and gives Jun Wei the eyes of death until he takes his arm from around Zhao Zi and scurries off. Jack asks Zhao Zi where Meng Shao Fei is, and Zhao Zi looks adorably disappointed that Jack is seemingly there on Tang Yi's business and not his own. They flirt about bento and Zhao Zi puts his arm around Jack first, which is adorable - he's obviously not too put off by the unwise kabedon.
"You're worried about me?" / "Why can't I be?" ♥♥♥
Zhao Zi might not be quite ready to tell Jack he likes him back just yet, but he's also hanging onto Jack's coat and looking at him with hearts in his eyes. And also, this is such good acting from Kenny here! His little satisfied smiles at Jack's pursuit of him, his physicality, his mix of shyness and boldness. So good!
Next, Jack goes off to meet with Chen Wen Hao, not looking happy about it. Chen Wen Hao flatters him and tries to bribe him into spying on Tang Yi for him. The scene ends ambiguously, implying that Jack might be considering it but trying to drive a harder bargain.
Back at the police station, Captain Shi and Huang Yi Qi are teasing Zhao Zi about his bento lunch box (assuming the cook is his girlfriend and not a handsome redhead of questionable morals) when they find out that Ah-De is dead. The captain goes to confront Ah-Zhi, and we learn that Ah-Zhi murdered Ah-De to cover up that Ah-Zhi has been mixed up in the mob and has been selling confiscated drugs, and Captain Shi knew about it and has been covering up for him. (I'd forgotten about this bit! Nooooooo Captain Shi.)
That night, Meng Shao Fei finally rocks up at Tang Yi's. He plugs in his phone and sees the multiple texts and missed calls and voicemails. He's playing back Tang Yi's worried voicemails when Tang Yi walks in and gets increasingly flustered and embarrassed. It's SO CUTE.
Meng Shao Fei has this stunned and pleased look as he listens to the messages, and it honestly melted me.
Meng Shao Fei is about to tell him about finding his birth certificate and what he's discovered when Tang Yi's phone goes, and he charges off looking furious. He and Meng Shao Fei run into a dramatic kidnapping scene with Zuo Hong Ye tied up and terrified, a ranting Xin Tian Meng gang member, and Chen Wen Hao. Chen Wen Hao claims that Tang Guo Dong stole his girlfriend and killed his child. Everyone points guns at everyone else, and then Meng Shao Fei tries to save Tang Yi from being shot by yelling at Chen Wen Hao that Tang Yi is his son!
Recapper note: I'm away this weekend, so episode 9 will go up on Weds 5th. Also, apologies for the lack of pretty in this post, I'm battling a semi-dead laptop which is making including gifs and pics quite tricky.