I... think the Zhu Hong thing was him genuinely being helpless and trying to not hurt her but using totally the wrong way to do it. Which, okay, so he could have handled that better. :)
The father thing I get SO SO MUCH, but then I'm the confrontational type. And I think his problem is, he isn't indifferent, and he can't pretend to be because this goes too deep. But at least, he actually tries to stay out of his father's way. It's only when Zhao Xinci makes his unwelcome, uninvited appearances that ZYL gets 'bratty'.
I do admit the Asian context, I can't speak to, but to me as a Westerner he read totally as someone who is deeply hurt but hell he's not going to back down and play the good son. And it's what I would do.
But then again, taking his age in the show to be 28 means he's only 1 year older than me
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Date: 2019-05-12 05:36 pm (UTC)The father thing I get SO SO MUCH, but then I'm the confrontational type. And I think his problem is, he isn't indifferent, and he can't pretend to be because this goes too deep. But at least, he actually tries to stay out of his father's way. It's only when Zhao Xinci makes his unwelcome, uninvited appearances that ZYL gets 'bratty'.
I do admit the Asian context, I can't speak to, but to me as a Westerner he read totally as someone who is deeply hurt but hell he's not going to back down and play the good son. And it's what I would do.
But then again, taking his age in the show to be 28 means he's only 1 year older than me
LOL well we all know guys mature more slowly!