There were two pressing questions about Situ. Let me see if I can answer them.

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1. How are Dr. Situ WeiLian and Shen ZhiHeng related?

They’re half-brothers. Same father, different mothers.

Situ Wei Lian’s real name is SHEN ZhiQian.

From Episode 4.

Shen met Mr. Mo for the first time. Mr. Mo asked Shen who he was looking for. Shen answered, “My brother, Shen Zhi Qian.”

Situ Wei Lian is his new name, his alias. He could have changed his name because:

a. he (or his mother) wanted to dissociate from the Shens after his mother massacred the Shen family.
b. he wanted to hide from his half-brother.
c. he needed to change his identity anyway to hide the fact that he wasn’t dying like a normal person.

From Episode 16.

Shen and Mi Lan visited his gravesite. Shen opened his coffin and found the Blood Amber stone in it. When he touched it, he had a vision of that terrible night when Situ’s mother massacred the Shen family. His father ordered his wife and son not to come near him but little Shen ZhiQian aka Situ cried out, “Father!”

If Situ wasn’t his real son, then that was the perfect time for him to reject the boy and say something like, “Don’t call me father! I’m not your father!” But he didn’t deny their relationship.

2. Is Situ vampire?

Yes. Shen was turned into a “vampire” by Situ’s mother Wei Qui, but Situ was a “vampire” from birth. Because Situ was BORN a vampire, he technically had more years of practice at being a vampire than his older half-brother, Shen.

a. Shen suspected his brother of killing the hikers.

I told @GB, there was a newspaper report of two incidents involving wild animals attacking locals. Shen was informed of incidents by his editor/manager.

From Episode 3.

Editor: The attacks occurred on the rock mountain outside the city. The victims were all hikers. I went to investigate it right after hearing the news. I accidentally met the police who were searching the mountain, but after a long search they found nothing. After the newspaper report, the wild animal seemed to disappear and hasn’t been seen since. The police think that since the wild animal disappeared, there’s no need to continue the investigation or cause unnecessary panic. They simply let the matter drop, but I think the truth is out there. They just don’t want to find it.

See that? The first news report about the attack wasn’t fake by Shen. 🙂

Shen then inquired about the victims.

Editor: They were all dead. There are three of them, and they all died from severe blood loss. One who was in good health got a high fever and was delirious for days.
Shen: What did he say?
Editor: He kept shouting for help, saying a ghost was going to eat him.
Shen: (thinking loudly) Excessive blood loss and an attempt to eat them. An attempt to eat them? (quietly) Could it be him?

He suspected his brother Shen ZhiQian of killing the men for blood.

The editor showed him a picture, saying that it couldn’t have a wild animal, like a leopard, that killed the men.

Editor: Could it have attacked humans because it was starving in the cold winter? That doesn’t add up. If it was a leopard, the bodies wouldn’t be intact.

Of course. A starving wild animal wouldn’t have stopped at just sucking the blood of its prey, it would have eaten its flesh, too.

b. Situ’s reaction to the fake news showed his guilt.

In Episode 4, Shen ordered his editor to add another article in the newspaper about a “beast” that bites humans and sucks blood. (This is the fake news @GB remembered.)

This time around, Shen wanted the article to say that a dead body was left in the morgue, awaiting an autopsy. Shen did this fake news as a ploy to get his brother out.

Sure enough, when Situ heard about it from his coworkers in the hospital, he worried that Shen had surrendered to his vampire tendencies and killed somebody for blood.

To me, this was a giveaway that Situ had done the killing in the FIRST report of wild animal attack. Why? Because when the news report came out, it didn’t enter his head to worry about Shen or suspect Shen of being involved in the attack. He knew all along who the real killer was: he, himself.

In contrast, the SECOND news report agitated him because he knew that if he hadn’t done the killing, then somebody else was roaming around town and sucking blood. The only other vampire in town was Shen.

c. Lastly, in Episode 21, Situ’s action in the mine proved that he was a vampire.

When he got injured, he was too weak to run. He had to be given a piggy-back ride by Li YingLiang’s assistant, Li GuiSheng (lol. he’s another Li but they aren’t related). But he and LiGuiSheng (LGS) got separated from the others when a cave collapsed.

Then, LGS became aware that Situ was breathing heavily behind him. He turned to look and saw that Situ’s mouth was dangerously close to his neck. He then grabbed his pistol and started shooting. He accidentally shot the light, but kept shooting in the dark. Unfortunately for him, all his bullets missed the target.

Situ reappeared right in front of his face.

LGS: So, you’re the same as them.
Situ: Were you trying to kill me just now? Luckily, I avoided your attack. If not, you would’ve shot me. Speak. Who sent you here? Was it Chi Shanying or Li YingLiang?
LGS: It has nothing to do with them. I disliked you long ago. I’m here just to kill you.

Situ then lunged forward. It was lights out for LGS, both literally and metaphorically.

When Shen and company found them, Situ was no longer weak and incapacitated. He obviously regained his health after he had sucked on LGS’s blood.

Note here: In this cdrama, the word “vampire” was never used – or at least, the subber didn’t use the Chinese term. (I’m not Chinese.)

Here’s the conversation in Ep 14 between Mr. Mo and Mi Lan. Mi Lan was recovering from her injury after escaping the train.

Mo: Shen Zhiheng told me that you’ve sacrificed a lot for him. This injury is also because of him.
ML: It wasn’t sacrificing. Half of Mr. Shen’s life is mine. So I have to be responsible for it.
Mo: (smiling) But do you know what kind of person he is?
ML: Mr. Mo. It doesn’t matter what he is. Whether he’s a cat, a dog, an immortal, or a monster…
Shen: (walking in)
ML: it’s enough to know that he’s my Mr. Shen. (smiling)

Mr. Shen was either referred to as an “immortal” or a “monster.”

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I’ll try to make time tomorrow to write about the title, “Snow Fall.” I must write about “The Princess Royal” first.