Two more episodes to go!

1. Situ Mo’s moodiness

She accidentally pokes her ear when Gu WeiYi surprises her. (Who cleans his ears in the living room? Yuck! Cleaning ears, like cleaning noses, should be done in the privacy of the bathroom so hands can be washed afterwards.)

WY: Are you going to sleep in the living?
Mo: (pokes her ear) Ouch!
WY: (sitting quickly by her side) What’s wrong?
Mo: The cotton bud poked into my ear.
WY: Let me see.
Mo: Is it bleeding?
WY: It’s not bleeding. Is it still painful?

lol. And then he remembers that her ears were very sensitive, according to her friends. He blows on her ear.

Mo: What are you doing?
WY: Just testing it.
Mo: Want kind of test? Crazy.
WY: I want to check if your eardrum is broken.

lol. By blowing on the ear? No, Gu WeiYi. That’s a bad fib.

Mo: Are you sure?
WY: Sleep in my room.
Mo: No. I’ll sleep in the living room.
WY: Go.
Mo: I told you. There’s no need.
WY: (exhales) Situ Mo. (seriously) I wanted to ask you a question for so long…

STM suddenly sits still and eyes him warily.

WY: I heard you had a good temper. But why are you always finding trouble with me.
Mo: (suddenly changes her tune): Alright. I’ll sleep in your room.

I don’t understand the subs clearly. I interpreted it to me that he was wondering why Situ Mo was always finding FAULT with him. If she was a supposedly even-tempered girl (didn’t her mom say so?), then why was she always taking him to task or scolding him.

It’s possible that there was still unresolved resentment after the flower fiasco during the graduation photo day. But lately, STM had been cranky with him.

2. Studying the reproductive system

I had to laugh that the picture of the uterus showed a contraceptive device, that is to say, an Intrauterine Device or IUD.

I agree with him. Why do these books have to describe ovaries as almond and the uterus as a pear? It’s not as if he’s going to perform surgery on her to look for these body parts when they

He was grossed out.

3. Their First “Couple Spat”

They’re at cross-purposes. He thinks she’s always critical of him in whatever he does and wants him to apologize for everything. She thinks he’s insensitive when she’s feeling down and wants her to be intimate with him.

WY: Why did you come home so early? I was going to pick you up.
Mo: Mmm.

He brings her slippers over to her and puts them on for her.

If I were her, I’d appreciate his thoughtfulness and say thank you. Like Prince Charming!

WY: What’s wrong? Tired? Why did you call me on the phone?
Mo: You were busy on the phone for so long. Who called you? I couldn’t even get you.

She sounded sulky. Remember now. She gets insecure when she can’t reach him on the phone. This is the fifth incident already. First time was when they started dating and she expected him to text her and ask if she got to her office alright. Second time was when she was with the Actor and she thought he wasn’t going to pick her up. Third time was on vacation. He was on a flight home and she waited for him to text her back. She’d texted him multiple times, “I’m home, what about you?” “Are you home yet?” “The plane is so slow.”

Fourth time was on her return home and he wasn’t answering her call because he was skateboarding to meet her. And this is the fifth time.

He did return her call but she was already in a meeting.

WY: Zhou Lei.

He doesn’t tell her about HIS phone call. The Math Guy was worrying about the exams while he was unconcerned about the results. He picks up Situ Mo.

Mo: What’s the matter?

He hugs her. And she hugs him back.

Mo: (repeating herself) What’s wrong?
WY: The Harvard Open Class says hugging is important.
Mo: Harvard Open Class?
WY: The importance of touching, sleep and love.
Mo: So you’re hugging me because you wanted to…

She JUMPS to conclusion. She thinks that this is his ploy to begin a make-out session.

WY: What?
Mo: Get off me.
WY: What’s wrong?

He doesn’t get her sudden change of mood. But he follows her as she stomps out of there.

WY: What made you angry?
Mo: Think about it yourself.
WY: Because of this?

He leans in to kiss her. He thinks that she’s upset because of last night’s fiasco.

Frankly, I think Situ Mo was being unreasonable. He isn’t a mind-reader so how would he know what made her angry? He wasn’t at her office so he had no idea of her boss’ duplicity. And when he asked her, she didn’t want to answer.

To me, it’s unreasonable of her to make him guess, only to get mad at him if he guessed wrongly. The mature way of handling this is opening up to him and telling him straight what was bugging her that she came home early and in a sulky mood.

Moreover, telling him “Think about it yourself!” which is similar to telling him,“You should know!” are such a passive-aggressive way of punishing Gu WeiYi for her disappointment at her workplace.

She dodges him and heads to her bedroom. Accident ensures.

Mo: Gu WeiYi. Can’t you think of something else?
WY: What else? Say it directly. I don’t understand.

Mo: Don’t regret it if I tell you point-blank.

He stands up and crosses his arm. Now he gets defensive too.

WY: Why should I regret it?

Mo: (getting up on the chair to face him eye-to-eye) You know I’m angry. Why are you still trying to do THAT with me?
WY: So that’s what you think of me?

He’s angry (and insulted) that Situ Mo is accusing him of being an insensitive, horny, and sex-starved boyfriend. The irony here is that if he was truly an insensitive, horny, sex-starved BF, then he wouldn’t have been studying the whole morning about Human Sexuality. He read up on the subject because he had HER in mind. He didn’t want to fail HER again like last night.

Mo: Mmmm.
WY: Forget it then.

He leaves the room and she tries to kick her with her long legs. lol.

Mo: Go to hell.

No. She’s taking out her frustration from work and her boss on Gu WeiYi. That’s not fair.

4. The Silent Treatment

Ugh. Her silent treatment of Gu WeiYi is another thing that I dislike in this episode. It’s passive-aggressive.

He’s ready to overlook her bad temper earlier. He knows he gets easily frightened so he gives the spoilers of the movie she’s watching…like he normally does.

WY: There’s a temple in the building. (she side-eyes him but he doesn’t see it) The girl with the white top is the mastermind.

She bangs her bowl on the table to show her displeasure. Dear, use words!! You’re not a cavewoman. She turns off the tv then gets up.

WY: Hey! You haven’t cleaned it yet.

Again, here I admire GWY for his patience with her. If the roles here were reversed, and it was a guy banging a bowl to signal his displeasure then leaving a dirty bowl for the girl to clean up, we’d all think that he was a boor.

5. His-and-hers arguments

Mo: I worked so hard to complete the artwork. But it didn’t show my name and he got mad with me.

Sigh. See? Why couldn’t she have said this to him when he asked her what was wrong? She easily told Shan Shan what was bugging.

WY: I didn’t get mad at her. I just asked her what’s going on. I’ve already asked 100 times. But she kept quiet.
Mo: Look at his attitude. Why should I tell him?

Now, she blames HIS attitude.

WY: If she refused to tell, *what for I show her my tolerance?

This is subbed awkwardly. I think WY means, if she refuses to say anything, then what’s the point of being patient and waiting for her to open up? If she doesn’t want to say, then she doesn’t want to say it.

Mo: I don’t care. Anyway, I’ve had enough. (says in a louder voice, intending WY to hear from his room) If he doesn’t apologize to me, I’m not going to talk to him.
WY: Why should I apologize? I didn’t do anything wrong. The unconditional apologies when there’s a dispute is unreasonable.

An unconditional apology is accepting blame. It doesn’t matter whether he thinks he’s been wrong or it’s her fault. Attribution of “right” and “wrong” is irrelevant. What matters is that their relationship is restored so they can move forward together.

Mo: Let’s have a cold war. I’ll never be afraid.
WY: I’m not going to apologize anyway.

6. Biting

Is this cultural? Is this acceptable behavior? I saw Guigui biting Xiao Nai, too, when she got mad at him for not paying attention to her.

I don’t think this is cute. How would we like the reverse action, that is, if Gu WeiYi bit her instead?

At least in Love O2O, Xiao Nai showed instantly that he didn’t like being bitten.

7.  Reconciliation and one spoiled brat

The nice thing about GWY is that he’ll do anything for her. STM is the lucky one in this relationship.

WY: Situ Mo.
Mo: What’s wrong?
WY: Why did you just knock on my door?
Mo: I didn’t.
WY: You did.
Mo: (opening the door to him) I didn’t knock on your door.
WY: I heard it clearly. You knocked on my door.

He’s lying of course.

Mo: Don’t scare me.
WY: Maybe I misheard it.

He leaves her. She gets scared and goes after him. He turns on TV to watch a haunted show. She sits beside him but she’s scared to watch. GWY turns off the volume.

Mo: Why is there suddenly no sound?
WY: I don’t know.
Mo: (she peeks) Gu WeiYi. Don’t scare me. Because I’m really going to cry.
WY: I’m kidding with you.

STM hides in her blanket. He moves beside her.

WY: I’m so sorry.

Here we go. “Unconditional apology” in 3…2…1.

WY: It’s all my fault. Don’t be angry. (pokes her)
Mo: Don’t touch me!

He pulls hand away and sits up straight. Aww. This guy is so hen-pecked.

WY: You’re not crying, are you?
Mo: (doesn’t respond)
WY: Don’t cry.
Mo: I’m not crying.
WY: Okay. Alright then.

She glares at him. He offers an arm.

WY: Why don’t you bite me?

She does. She sees her bite mark and then blames him.

Mo: (wailing) Why are you so silly? You should run away.

Then, why are you even sillier? YOU bit him. Ugh! She blows hot and cold one minute to the next. I wouldn’t want such a dramatic girl like her for my sons. I thank the lord that they’re dating sensible and mature girls.

He hugs her.

WY: What happened today?
Mo: I was shortlisted in a designing competition. But the company didn’t put my name on the artwork.

There! That’s what any mature person would have done: communicate her worries instead of bottling them up and playing a stupid guessing-game.

WY: What’s the name of this competition?
Mo: Golden Pin Advertising Design Contest. Why are you asking that?
WY: I can hack into their website and change all the artworks to your name.
Mo: Insane.
WY: It’s easy. And I can keep them from knowing
Mo: No need.
WY: (pulling her to him again) I’ll listen to you then.

There are many reasons I dislike this episode and they all had something to do with Situ Mo’s behavior. I’m sure that, at the end of the series, many fangirls will wish for a Gu WeiYi of their own because they want a guy like him who’ll tolerate their bullshit like GWY did with STM’s. 

That’s why I want to expose STM’s ugly behavior in this episode. When they watch this episode with uncritical eyes, they may view STM as an enviable heroine and will want to emulate her.  They’ll end up with an tarnished expectation of love, such as tolerating passive aggression and refusing to say “I’m sorry” because the guy will sooner or later CONCEDE.

If fangirls want to find a really nice guy like Gu WeiYi, then it behooves them to first work on their good nature, and become an equally nice girl DESERVING of such a nice guy.

Personally, I think this particular episode should come with a warning: Don’t try Situ Mo’s antics at home.