#then my weird headcanon will say yes they're a romantic cp

[lilianhuas]

When I started reading the DMBJ book series many years ago, initially it was to help my Mandarin lessons & classes.

Then watching the various productions never once imagining this series would hook me in. It did this in two ways: 1) they’re so much fun and fascinating to read/watch. 2) …PingXie. I know dmbj is not a danmei in genre, but those two are really fascinating. (HeiHua is too, but that’s another story).

One of the highlight moments of the series that is engraved in my mind is this piece here in the finale part of the series: 大结局 when Wu Xie believes Xiao Ge has died:

““I saw Xiao Ge, his faced buried in the clothes. I stumbled and my body stiffened. At that moment, my mind went blank.

I couldn’t describe that emptiness in my heart. Suddenly I just did not know what I should do.

Xiao Ge died? What a joke. He really is dead? This must be the ultimate joke.

“Wake up, we’re home,” I patted his face. Inexplicably, I felt a bit funny.

“I know,” Pangzi said. His voice was very low.

At that moment, my hands began shaking uncontrollably. I looked at my hands and realised I couldn’t feel any sorrow.

My heart screamed. My fricking God, Xiao Ge is really dead. Men You Ping is really dead! There was such a possibility in this world: That Mèn yóu píng could actually die.

This ancient mansion of the Zhang family was truly powerful. I thought Ghostman was only giving us a scare, but everything turned out shockingly true. Mèn yóu píng was always incredible – like a miracle. His death suddenly made people realise that the world had become extremely real and cruel. Couldn’t all miracles be eternal? Still, there was no such thing as a miracle. Everything was a coincidence, and now the coincidence was no longer around.

After a while, I began to feel a shade of sadness. I felt that my instincts would collapse soon, but I could still sense that discomfort as my emotions tightened up. I was aware that I must not let my emotions take the better of me. If I subdued to this sadness, I might die here. The feeling in my heart was strange. It wasn’t just sadness. I didn’t know if people could comprehend this complexity.””

And I’m sold, though it’s just a personal viewpoint. What added to it was when I saw it on screen was in Reunion Season 1 episode 6; when Long Ge’s Wu Xie loses his mind thinking Xiao Ge’s dead.