the second half of episode 45: awkward lotus pier visit, oh boy
i love how wangxian walk along the pier shoulder to shoulder, looking stiff and apprehensive, like they have to force their legs to move
and how they then face jiang cheng looking like a disgraced kid and the boyfriend his parents hate. wwx’s expression is so raw, he’s not trying to hide how sad and scared he is to be there, and lwj looks like he’s about five seconds away from either murdering someone or bursting into tears.
the first jc obstacle safely passed, there’s a small diversion in the form of sizhui talking with wen ning, and lwj gets to be a little panicked about that bomb exploding on him at a really bad time.
but luckily wwx is too caught up in his own lotus pier panic to question him.
and then they have to face jc again!
the way wwx slips his foot off the step, the way he looks to the side like a kid caught doing something he shouldn’t, and meanwhile lan zhan has found his courage and is staring jc down like ‘fuck you, too, are you really going to make hanguang-jun and his protege wait outside?’
yes.
