I must have underestimate what I let myself in for in this drama. I still have 26 of these to do?? Oh my goodness!! Tell me if I forgot something, okay?

1. Her “brothers-in-law” have her back.

I just like the guys galvanize into action to defend their sis-in-law. Friend #1 is a keyboard warrior (really!) fighting everybody in the chatroom, and Friend #3 calls up hubby to report him of the cyber-bullying. When he arrives at the dorm, the friends are up in arms. He watches the clip stoically. Friend #2 suggests hacking the post but Nai says to leave it be. “We’ll solve this civilly.” When asked how, he simply slams closes his laptop and says, “Wait for him to log on tomorrow.”

lol. How come that sounds like a death threat?

2. The meet-cute

Of course, we’re expecting this: the meet-cute. Oh! The thrill of young love!

She spots him and they lock glances. Accidentally on her part. Not-so-accidentally on Mr. Big Planner’s part.

It’s cute how she suddenly makes a U-turn and hightails it out of there. I don’t know why she’s flustered about seeing him. Sure, she has a crush on him but then so does rest of the school population. She doesn’t need to sashay in front of him but neither does she have to shy away.

Ugh! The frustration of young love!

As for him, now that he knows who she is, thanks to Friend #1, it’s easier to keep tabs of her class schedule and her whereabouts. That’s why he’s coming out of the woodworks (or bushes). But seeing her sudden U-turn should be a confirmation that she knows OF him and isn’t indifferent to him.

3. The duel

Weiwei asks why the Master is suddenly challenging Zenshui WuXiang to a combat. According to the guys, if they don’t teach Zhenshui a lesson for what he did, Naihe won’t be able to hold his head up in the gaming world. At the very least, he needs to strip off two levels from Zhenshui (Who determines that??). Although losing a battle doesn’t decrease a gamer’s level, a losing in a combat or face-off does.

Apparently, Naihe issued a challenge yesterday and Zhenshui hasn’t accepted the challenge. Weiwei quickly says that although both he and Naie have the best equipment, fighting Naihe is suicide for him. For an advanced player like him, dropping one level will take it forever for him to recover, not to mention two.

But the guys says that Naihe has left him no choice but to battle because of the generous terms. “Yixiao Naihe challenged him to two rounds of combat. But Zhenshui only needs to win one round to be considered the winner. And if he wins, Naihe will never mention the video again. On top of that, Naihe will give up two pieces of his gear. If Zhenshui doesn’t take on the challenge (with the generous terms), then how is he still a man? Losing is much better (or honorable) than not showing-up.”

It’s an excellent ploy of Nai. He makes a direct challenge to Zhenshui’s pride and “manhood” and who can ignore that?

It’s funny how Nai’s buddies are taking bets on how long it will take Naihe to finish off his opponent. They’re supremely confident about their friend’s skill because they have witnessed it first-hand and have been on the receiving end of it.

While they gleefully gloat at the easy defeat of Zhenshui as “How tedious, unexciting, and anti-climatic,” the fangirls of Zhenshui are denouncing the match as “ganging up” “bullying” and “winning without honor.”

To make it even more embarrassing for Zhenshui, his wife The Moon Face, declares in a single breath that he’s a hero to her win or lose, then admits to Nai that Zhenshui is no match for him so he should have given two of his weapons before the match as he promised.

I don’t know which one is more damaging to his manly ego: that he lost so badly or that his girlfriend demands that the opponent play with a handicap just to even the playing field.

Then, to top that, Nai calmly says that he did…did handicap the game by leaving out the weapons as he said.

Boom!

For the next round then Nai says he’ll fight with just with one hand. But Zhenshui says that it isn’t necessary and that he’ll leave behind some equipment too. See that? He wants a fair fight, too.

He gets a drubbing again and he graciously accepts the terms of his defeat. He’ll drop down two levels and he’ll delete the offending video right away.

4. “The missus is still around.”

Nai’s friends are surprised at his bravado; he didn’t make any contingency plans should unexpected events happened. What if he failed to defeat Zhenshui, would he let him get away with the video? He answers them, “If I lose, then I lose. The missus is still around.” And he smiles at Weiwei.

The friends interpreted his remark to mean that if he loses, then Weiwei is still there to continue the fight. According to them, “Weiwei’s even tougher than NaiHe. She always goes first when they attack monsters. And NaiHe just sponges off his wife.”

But that isn’t what Nai means. He means that it doesn’t matter if he loses because he’ll still have his wife at his side. Remember what he said at their wedding? He said that having her at his side is enough. She’s all that he needs.

lol.

I think Weiwei understands what he’s referring to. Observe how Weiwei looks away and closes her eyes. Another OMG-I-can’t-believe-he-said-that moment.

Note: I think this is the first time he calls her “missus.”

5. “A drop in the bucket”

Still euphoric about Nai’s win, the guys brag about what they would have done if Zhenshui didn’t delete the video. “Hack his computer” “Delete his account” and “Steal his wife.”

Weiwei’s appalled at their suggestions but they protest, saying that compared to Nai, they’re only a drop in the ocean. Meaning, their plots are nothing compared to Nai’s schemes. Nai then takes her away from the guys before they say more controversial things.

6. “Let you handle this matter”

Naihe then brings her to a scenic overlook to explain about his duel with Zhengshui. He tells her that he didn’t mean to interfere in her management of her affairs. “I should have let you handle this matter but it caught the attention of too many players. I thought it was best to get it done quickly.”

At her laptop, Weiwei expresses surprise that he’s explaining his actions to her. He doesn’t do that.

There are plenty of ways to interpret what he said but to me, he’s telling her two things:

a. Contrary to what his buddies assumed, he didn’t challenge Zhengshui to teach him a lesson so he could hold his head up high in the game world. As far as he was concerned, if he lost, he lost. His “manhood” wasn’t threatened in any way because his wife was still there. (Hahaha. Just ignore the sexual undertones of that statement.) He challenged Zhengshui to stop the chattering decisively.

b. More importantly, he’s simply reassuring her that he meant her no harm or insult. He didn’t step because he doesn’t trust her ability to fix it on her own. When fighting monsters, for instance, he lets her precede him. He believes in her ability to cope and handle difficult situations on her own. However, as this matter of videotape was fast getting out of hand, he decided to squash it once and for all.

He wants her to know that his intervention wasn’t intended to be a slight on her character or her competence.

I think there’s also an unspoken promise here that next time he’ll consult with her rather than take unilateral action on his own.

That’s my take on it.

7. Daydreaming

I think this scene is a cute transitional moment.

In the library, Weiwei daydreams about Naihe because she’s fast falling in love with his character in the game. She replays in her head when he first asked her to “couple” with him in the game

and told her that she was all that he needed.

She sketches his character but she can’t draw his face because she doesn’t know how he looks like in real life. He’s a mystery guy.

Similarly, in another part of town, Nai is daydreaming about Weiwei.

He recalls when he met her at the track earlier that morning and she ran away like a squirrel. This tells him that he has to change maneuvers because she’s scared of him. He can’t just “accidentally” meet her again.

He looks up her schedule (I think it’s hers!) and begins plotting. See? As his friends said, their cunning was only “a drop in the bucket” or insignificant when compared to Nai’s devious skills.

8. The Lord’s Return

I think this is funny when Erxi and Weiwei watch Nai’s return to the campus. He’s greeted by a foolish girl handing out a note to him. He just sidesteps the girl. Erxi cringes for the girl while Weiwei is inspired by his coldness.

Sigh. This scene reminds me of that opening scene in kdrama, “Mischievous Kiss.” I don’t know why girls do this. Is this a thing?

I remember when my boys were in 5th ~ 6th grade, I had to check the pants pockets for love notes before doing the laundry.  I had learned my lesson well when I forgot to check and the ink ran and stained the pants.

But this was in grade school, not college! 

@agdr03, When I asked one of my sons about these notes, he said that whenever he got a note passed it in class, he’d slipped it in his pocket, instead of sending it back and risking getting caught by the teacher. Thus, a love note found in his pockets didn’t mean reciprocity. It meant he didn’t want to take the trouble of reading its contents and passing it back. lol. My son, the cool heart-breaker.

9. The basketball challenge

And just when Nai thinks that he’s done with duels online, he faces another challenge on the basketball court.