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I love this
i always believed that second-chance romance would only work if there was an "eye for an eye" (shen haoming finally stepping into the shoes that xu yan once wore)
not out of "revenge" per se, but for him to be able to fully empathise
to me, real grovelling is about feeling the very pain he once caused & the only way remorse becomes transformation
that's why I think the last part of episode 26 was very necessary to move the story for shen haoming's redemption!
many viewers were wondering why xu yan and shen haoming ended up back at square one, following a "mere" call from steve, even though xu yan already had prior knowledge about jinda's three-month evaluation with mr baraikin.
did she really believe that shen haoming hired those paparazzi? or was it just a wake up call to remind her that the knot in their hearts was never truly untangled.
why wasn't she able to believe in haoming's sincerity? from xu yan’s perspective, the first time haoming approached her again was out of corporate interest, for her to help him with acting like a couple for the collaboration with the baraikins. so even when his attitude began to change, even when he helped her sincerely, showed her affection she still interpreted it as yet another performance for him... all in the pursuit of profit
bringing back to her monologue in episode 14, "I feel like I'm now the boy who cried wolf. I've lied too many times, so when I finally speak the truth, nobody believes me"
back then, shen haoming accused xu yan as someone who only acted for personal gain and dismissed her genuine love as manipulation
so the boomerang has returned and shen haoming was now the one being doubted. only through this reversal can he understand the helplessness and despair xu yan felt.
when she once asked him in heartbreak, "so everything you've done for me was fake?"
now, in episode 26, when he asks the same question,
"so everything that happened between us during this period was fake?"
he's also forced to confront the same pain of being doubted when he was finally being sincere.
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if they continued to question the intent behind every gesture, their reconciliation will always be temporary & the crack will deepen with every argument until it becomes irreparable. true reconciliation only begins when both of them stop calculating and start seeing (not just each other but also) themselves clearly.
so when xu yan finally says, "I also want to know what kind of person you are. unfortunately, I've never seen you clearly"
it's her realisation that true affection cannot be built on strategy or intention alone but must be felt, proven & believed.
only when both hearts let go of their defense, only when they stop asking "what's the motive?" and start believing "this is love" can they finally meet in the middle; not as two players in a game of gains but as two people who have truly and finally seen each other
https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/1977227645814497735?s=46
not out of "revenge" per se, but for him to be able to fully empathise
to me, real grovelling is about feeling the very pain he once caused & the only way remorse becomes transformation
that's why I think the last part of episode 26 was very necessary to move the story for shen haoming's redemption!
many viewers were wondering why xu yan and shen haoming ended up back at square one, following a "mere" call from steve, even though xu yan already had prior knowledge about jinda's three-month evaluation with mr baraikin.
did she really believe that shen haoming hired those paparazzi? or was it just a wake up call to remind her that the knot in their hearts was never truly untangled.
why wasn't she able to believe in haoming's sincerity? from xu yan’s perspective, the first time haoming approached her again was out of corporate interest, for her to help him with acting like a couple for the collaboration with the baraikins. so even when his attitude began to change, even when he helped her sincerely, showed her affection she still interpreted it as yet another performance for him... all in the pursuit of profit
bringing back to her monologue in episode 14, "I feel like I'm now the boy who cried wolf. I've lied too many times, so when I finally speak the truth, nobody believes me"
back then, shen haoming accused xu yan as someone who only acted for personal gain and dismissed her genuine love as manipulation
so the boomerang has returned and shen haoming was now the one being doubted. only through this reversal can he understand the helplessness and despair xu yan felt.
when she once asked him in heartbreak, "so everything you've done for me was fake?"
now, in episode 26, when he asks the same question,
"so everything that happened between us during this period was fake?"
he's also forced to confront the same pain of being doubted when he was finally being sincere.
•
if they continued to question the intent behind every gesture, their reconciliation will always be temporary & the crack will deepen with every argument until it becomes irreparable. true reconciliation only begins when both of them stop calculating and start seeing (not just each other but also) themselves clearly.
so when xu yan finally says, "I also want to know what kind of person you are. unfortunately, I've never seen you clearly"
it's her realisation that true affection cannot be built on strategy or intention alone but must be felt, proven & believed.
only when both hearts let go of their defense, only when they stop asking "what's the motive?" and start believing "this is love" can they finally meet in the middle; not as two players in a game of gains but as two people who have truly and finally seen each other
https://x.com/wonwoncity/status/1977227645814497735?s=46
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