Thread by @wonwoncity

“let me explain in detail why tonight's two episodes are so great, it's a legend portrayal of a two-sided crush. they portrayed complex emotions that many novels weren’t able to capture.

the emphasis on the relationship between sang zhi and duan jiaxu differs on

#hiddenlove 🩹

both sides of this 窗户纸*. sang zhi believes that the biggest obstacle is the age difference. they first met when she was only 14, and she's afraid that in duan jiaxu’s eyes, she'll always be a little kid, a younger sister. she feels that duan jiaxu will never love her. so,

after reuniting when she is in college, the words she said the most were, "I'm all grown up, I'm an adult." she’s stubborn and persistent.

in jiaxu’s eyes, his heart beat for the adult sang zhi is much more complicated than just the age difference. his father caused a

fatal accident while driving under the influence of alcohol. since high school, he's been working to earn money for compensation, and the daughter of the victim has persistently harassed him for all these years. his youth came to a sudden halt when it should have blossomed, and

he constantly faces financial difficulties and a bruised ego. during college, it was the innocent and kind-hearted princess sang zhi who brought him warmth, and when they met again after starting work, she had become beautiful, strong, and brave, even protecting him. faced with

sang zhi, duan jiaxu feels inferior. his love for her is like reaching out his hand and then pulling it back, a contradiction between uncontrollable admiration and "can I really do it?"

however, everything crumbled when sang zhi cried on his shoulder.

she told him that there's someone she really likes, but that person doesn't like her back. suddenly, duan jiaxu sees the heartbreak and pain of sang zhi loving someone else, and he wonders why that person couldn't be him. if it were him, he wouldn't let her suffer like this.

that was why he said to the sleeping sang zhi, "gege is doing better now, I've paid off my debts, and my personality isn't bad, right?" duan jiaxu’s love for sang zhi gives him confidence and courage, so he dares to cautiously and nervously confirm whether sang zhi's crush

is actually him. sang zhi has the happiest family and the most nurturing love. although she has silently loved duan jiaxu for many years, this love is neither inferior nor pitiful. duan jiaxu understands this very well, which is why in the preview, when a friend asks him why he

doesn't directly tell sang zhi even though he knows she likes him, he replies, "no, I want to court her. my girl always thinks that I won't like her." this 窗户纸* is no longer an obstacle but an expression of emotions. duan jiaxu hopes that sang zhi understands that he loves her

not because she loves him, but because she is sang zhi. he loves sang zhi specifically. that is why I say that hidden love is really doing a great job with the romantic storyline. the emotional logic is smooth and nuanced, it’s definitely not impulsive or artificial sweetness.”

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