{"id":3407,"date":"2015-05-18T09:07:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T21:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.juliaandtania.com\/blog\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2019-12-31T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T03:41:06","slug":"murphys-law-of-love-2015-episode-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juliaandtania.com\/blog\/?p=3407","title":{"rendered":"Murphy&#8217;s Law of Love (2015), Episode 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> and <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> finally meet face to face in Episode 9 outside <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em>&#8216;s apartment (<em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> had turned up worried about <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> being alone on the day that his mother left him many years ago when he was a child), but there&#8217;s not a lot of drama or tension between <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em>, <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> and <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> yet. <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> still won&#8217;t hear her out or even be in the same place as her for very long; whilst <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> handles <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em>&#8216;s return with understanding. She even goes as far as introducing herself with a geniune smile during their second encounter at the cycle polo game.<\/p>\n<p>From the looks of things, <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em>&#8216;s return into <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em>&#8216;s life is not impacting the relationship between him and <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em>. Before <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> had come back, <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> assured <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> that if a person (i.e. <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em>) were to appear before them that his feelings for <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> would not change. It looks true enough with the cold dismissive way <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> is reacting to <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> and how he quickly come out of his thoughts about his ex to have <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> back being the centre of his attention and preoccupation.<\/p>\n<p>In Episode 8 when he meets her face to face for the first time since she left him at his friend&#8217;s wedding, he was in his thoughts momentarily when he and a <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> was travelling back from the wedding, but he was back to focusing on every action of acceptance and word of appreciation <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> sent his way.<\/p>\n<p>In Episode 9, it&#8217;s the same thing. After another surprise encounter at a cafe (one which he and <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> used to go to together), he was momentarily in his thoughts before he switched his focus to <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> and he was back to his old self, playing around with her, trying to pull down <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em>&#8216;s wall and get her to be more comfortable around him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em>&#8216;s assurance, his focus on <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> despite his ex being back might be a kind of hint from the writers that maybe we won&#8217;t see <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> sway between <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> and <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em>. But then, he still hasn&#8217;t learned of the accident a year ago. If the series reveals that the car accident wasn&#8217;t actually serious and it wasn&#8217;t behind the reason <em>He Zhi Yu<\/em> disappeared a year ago, swaying between past and present loves might still be instore. We&#8217;ll have to wait and see. With <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> being so rational as well as already being well aware of <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em>&#8216;s present feelings over the situation (through her chat with <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em>&#8216;s online identity, <em>Wayne<\/em>, on her blog), it might not be a too dramatic affair even if the series did go down that road.<\/p>\n<p>But for now, <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em>&#8216;s attention and focus is still very much on <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em>. In Episode 9, <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> Seems to be mighty preoccupied with taking food and drink from <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em>. Not only must he take it, he must take a bite of\/drink it before handing it back to her. First it was her cup of coffee then her ice cream.<\/p>\n<p>When they were out earlier in the day, <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> had gone to get his cup of coffee after <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> made a comment about buying only one coffee for herself. When she came back, he was drinking the cup she had been drinking. <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> timidly tells him that the cup in his hands was hers (and in not so many words questioning why he drank hers). He playfully retorts, &#8220;I don&#8217;t see your name on it.&#8221; The old <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> probably would not have had a bar of it, but the <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> now gives in (Ji Jia Wei&#8217;s making progress!). She lets him continue drinking hers whilst she moves to drink the one meant for him. <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> doesn&#8217;t let her do that either and takes that cup from her, too. He argues that the second cup was bought for him (so she couldn&#8217;t just drink his). He hands back the cup that was originally hers, but not before taking one last sip!<\/p>\n<p>With the ice cream, he and <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> start off eating their own ice creams. In the middle of eating, <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> makes a grab for <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em>&#8216;s ice cream, bent on eating hers. She does grab it back this time though to carry on eating what&#8217;s left of it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em>. We can&#8217;t help to think that he&#8217;s trying to see how comfortable she is with him by testing whether <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> is okay with eating what he&#8217;s taken a bite from and sipping a cup he&#8217;s sipped from. Either that, or he really wants to kiss her and is settling for an &#8216;indirect kiss&#8217;. :oP :oP. The writers are pretty good with these <em>Ji Jia Wei<\/em> and <em>Guan Xiao Tong<\/em> scenes!<\/p>\n<p>Cool episode. 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