#but also i'm biased because i clocked my boy fu ligong as autistic and it was an incredibly autistic move

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I’m mad about people’s takes again so here’s a rant about my boy Fu Ligong

FOLKS

Fu Ligong pines for over a decade and is never given an indication that the feelings were mutual prior to his confession, even after they start dating

Zheng Zeshou doesn’t believe in love until Ligong changes their relationship. A relationship that Zeshou is clearly desperate to keep.

Zeshou as a whole is reckless and he jumps headfirst into their relationship in an equally impulsive way. (half of the audience was questioning his 180 too ffs)

Ligong is desperate to make sure Zeshou is happy and stomping down his own feelings to make that happen comes naturally at this point.

Zeshou is new to their relationship, is newly open to the idea of love at all, is still openly skeptical of long term relationships and their ability to work out, and, once again, is known to jump into things without fully thinking about them

Therefore, Ligong thinks Zeshou will be just fine with going back to being friends, because losing Ligong was his biggest fear. And not only does his familial situation become less complicated, presumably he can now breathe a sigh of relief now that the idea of breaking up or divorcing isn’t circling around in his head. Their relationship can go back to being solid and simple like it was before Ligong complicated it.

Zeshou would never agree to break up because of his father, but Zeshou is also stubborn when it comes to his father. Ligong would likely feel doubt if he were to admit the reason he wanted to break up. Zeshou would absolutely double down on their relationship and refuse to break up, but how much of that is Zeshou being stubborn and scared?

Yeah Fu Ligong was wrong. But he didn’t just pull his decision out of thin air. He knows Zheng Zeshou better than anyone, and while I don’t necessarily think he doubted Zeshou’s feelings, he doubted where they came from, how intense they were, and how long they could last. Being the only one in love, and the only one suffering, is so familiar to him that he naturally wanted to go back to that. And he genuinely thought he could.

Like I genuinely would argue that the breakup wasn’t useless and just for drama. The two did need to meet in the middle on where they stood. Ligong is the one who screwed up, yes, but neither one would feel like they were on completely solid ground until they had this proof.

Zeshou needed to realize that getting your heart broken doesn’t stop your feelings, and as a result, he let go of the crushing fear of being left behind because things change. He’s not stuck in a pattern of trying to keep things the same or trying to be utterly perfect so that everything keeps moving smoothly with Ligong. Notice how he’s open about talking about his doubts over the marriage? I don’t think he’d be so eager to propose or communicate his doubts outside of hypotheticals if things had stayed like they were.

And Ligong needed to realize that Zeshou wasn’t just jumping into their relationship because of fear and a natural inclination to go all out. Zeshou loves him on purpose. Because he wants to.