I love how these two things, her phone and plane ticket, are linked to each other. Weiwei is too proud to accept both from Nai but in the end, these two items become instrumental in resolving her hesitation to be indebted to him, and reuniting her with Nai.

In the previous episode, she told XiaoLing that it would have been awkward if Nai were to buy her a phone. This attitude was in keeping with her personality online. She loathes to accept freebies and she isn’t a freeloader. When Naihe gave her a generous bridal gift on their wedding, she didn’t have much to give him in return so she promised to make up for the discrepancy. The hairpin she gave him in Episode 16 was the fulfillment of that promise as much as it was a declaration of her affection for Nai. He was doing things atypical of him and adapting to her lifestyle (i.e., her friends and their eating habits) because she was his girlfriend. Teary-eyed, she was happy that he chose her.

As for Nai, he saw the hairpin Hair-Wei as a gift that binds. He was “pinned” to Weiwei by Weiwei.

Thus, Weiwei ends up working as a tutor to buy herself a replacement phone. When she finally earns the money, she quickly goes to the store.  She knows exactly what she wants: the same model as Nai’s phone. When asked for the color, she also orders the same color as Nai’s, gold.

Her first thought after purchasing it is “I finally got a phone. Now I can APPEASE DaShen.” (I like the Netflix’s version better here)

BTW, I’m going to start using DaShen for “Lord” now.

For a second, she experiences buyer’s remorse when she realizes that Nai might tease her for getting a similar phone.

True that. Nai is too cool to wear “couple clothes,” isn’t he? But she decides to say it’s nothing more than a coincidence if he brings it up.

Thrilled with her hard-earned purchase, she wonders what she’s going to text DaShen. She wants it meaningful since it’s her first text on her phone.

I find it interesting that instead of sending the usual sappy messages like “I love you” or “I miss you”, she scams him. I guess for her, attack is indeed the best form of defense. She anticipated Nai to mock her for getting an identical phone, so UNCONSCIOUSLY she’s attacking him as a defense.

She imitates the scam texts Erxi would receive on her phone. She writes, “As part of Hong Kong Guis Group’s 20th anniversary celebration, a sweepstakes is held to give back to society. Your cell phone number has won the third prize, a laptop. Pay 1000 RMB for tax and processing fee, and we’ll deliver the prize to you.”

She thinks she’s being devious when she adds her bank card number to make her scam more convincing.

She wants DaShen to delete the text since it’s obviously a spam so she can then, in turn, scold him for ignoring HER text.

It’s not just a scam, it’s an entrapment, Weiwei style.

You can see her practically salivating at dinner time at the prospect of acting outraged and aggrieved. She imagines herself rushing to bedroom to confront Nai.

WW: I texted you, but you ignored me.
Nai: Text?
WW: From this cellphone. Did you delete it?
Nai: Sorry, Weiwei, I thought it was a scam.

But as she’s giggling at her fantasy, a text is sent to her new phone. It’s from her bank, saying, “Hello, Bei Weiwei. Xiao Nai has wired 1,000 RMB to your account ending in 2540 via China Merchants Bank.”

Just like in her fantasy, she rushes to confront Nai, but her actual conversation with Nai is nothing like her imaginary one.

WW: You actually wired me money? I was playing with you!
Nai: I know you were playing with me.

WW: How did you know it was me.
Nai: I checked the cellphone location and it’s in your city.
WW: What? Do you always check the location, when you get a scam text?
Nai: Not really, but the bank account you gave me looked familiar so I checked it. Weiwei, this is a terrible con job. You didn’t even leave an account name.

WW: I believe you’ve only seen my bank card once, and you remember the number? That’s amazing!

Nai: You’re too kind, Ms. Bei. You didn’t even leave an account name. Your scam shows your skills are not also bad. (I think he was being conciliatory here.)

WW: You knew it was me, yet you wired the money?

Nai: Buy a plane ticket.

Nai: Weiwei, “Flowers along the field paths have bloomed, take your time to return.”

I mentioned the poetry in another post here and I wrote this comment to @oli.

>Given his take-charge character and his earlier complaint to his friend that he’s stuck in a relationship limbo, “What can I do? I have no official title and we haven’t been dating that long. What do you want me to do?” I expected Nai to be impatient and demand that Weiwei return right away. Instead he tells her to take her time to return and to enjoy the flowers along the field paths.

To me, his parting words finally break through her wall of self-reliance. His offer to buy her ticket isn’t meant to be an imposition on her. She doesn’t have to feel burdened by his gift. Sure, he’s giving her the money to buy the ticket but he’s willing to wait for her to return. She isn’t going to owe him or be indebted to him. In fact, HE’s the one who’s going to feel GRATEFUL if she’s to use the money to buy the ticket and return home to him.

To me, that’s the REAL impact of his words, Flowers along the field paths have bloomed. Take your time to return and enjoy the flowers along the way.

He’ll wait for her.

To me, she realizes that her pride is the one that’s keeping them separate: her pride or her refusal to ever feel obligated to him. Erxi is right all along that they don’t have to spend this time apart when they can easily be together at the same place. But it’s Nai who convinces her to change her mind.

The Chinese “Hello” = “Flowers along the field paths have bloomed. Take your time to return and enjoy the flowers along the way.”