When last we left our useless rich guy and tall caretaker, everything was great until the caretaker was taken hostage.
Suddenly this show has too many guns aimed everywhere
Cousin gets Zi Xiang to the rooftop and babbles about his dad and that time they nearly drowned. He gives Zi Xiang a gun and a choice. Cousin will shoot Shao Peng unless Zi Xiang shoots him first. One of them will die.
Zi Xiang aims the gun at himself. Which is what Shao Peng told Cousin Zi Xiang would do.
Shao Peng frantically grabs the gun from Zi Xiang. Zi Xiang knows Cousin was behind everything, but since nothing succeeded, he’ll act like it never happened.
Cousin is frustrated Zi Xiang wouldn’t compete so he could destroy him. As he walks away, he sees Shao Peng and Zi Xiang’s loving embrace. Take that!
Cousin tells Black Hoodie that the gun didn’t have bullets. That’s something.
Our second couple finally gets back to where they started
They’re at their bar. Xin Jia gets drunk trying to get Feng Jie drunk, then confesses his love in their hotel room. To the shock of no one, Feng Jie admits he lied about who did what that first night. We get some intense kissing.
Shao Peng wakes up and finds Zi Xiang sleeping in the closet. He puts him on his lap and, one-handed, manipulates Zi Xiang’s hand to make signs together. The message, that they’ll have a long time together, is as sweet as how it’s communicated.
Zi Xiang’s Dad wants Shao Peng’s Dad’s help breaking their sons up
Shao Peng’s dad refuses and offers tea instead. Zi Xiang’s dad won’t allow the relationship because he’s giving his son the best life, wife, work, etc. Shao Peng’s dad says they give their children life, but they can’t control them, what they want is their choice.
Zi Xiang’s Dad knocks the tea over and leaves.
Zi Xiang overhears and understands his dad loves him. Shao Peng’s dad understands that’s not what Zi Xiang needs.
Life goes on
Feng Jie asks Xin Jia to be his assistant in America. The cousin helps Jessica get a job at Shu He’s company. She wants that dinner.
Shao Peng and Zi Xiang sign across the street from each other. Zi Xiang never needed to hear Shao Peng say he loves him, everything he does for him makes him know he loves him.
Shao Peng signs that it’s the same for him, he can’t hear but sees that Zi Xiang loves him.
They walk across the street to each other and kiss in the middle of the road.
There are some sweet-spicy extras after the credits
I think we all worried about a last-minute white truck of doom when we saw our lovers in the street. But this isn’t that kind of show. It’s the kind of show where mobsters are ridiculous and unthreatening because love is more important.
The end of the cousin/criminal arc makes as much sense as the beginning. Bullets or not, he belongs in jail. But that would make Zi Xiang sad and we don’t want him sad. What’s more important is the look the cousin gives our lovers as he walks away. He didn’t die but he’s the loser.
The point is that love wins, not that crime be even a smidge realistic.
So the cousin can have the business, but it’s nothing compared to what Zi Xiang and Shao Peng have. Their love is the far better prize.
The throat-touching scene from earlier and the signing together scene in this episode are all-time favorites for showing love and intimacy.
Shao Peng’s parents get it about love. I loved Shao Peng’s father’s calm, reasonable handling of Zi Xiang’s dad who, thankfully, doesn’t get an unearned redemption. He may love his son, but he’s short-sighted and narcissistic. He doesn’t get to win anything.
Jessica is figuring love out. She’s going to have that dinner with Shu He, leading to epic romance or sismance, either is great. Feng Jie and Xin Jia get their silly happily ever after too. Maybe in America? I’m not sure and it doesn’t matter.
I’d watch Shao Peng and Zi Xiang do laundry as long as it brought them closer together. The plot was never that important.
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