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I have brainrot disease that makes me think of Lin Ling every time I see the word Powerpoint, but obvs he's the PPT king so this is an AU where Nice switches with Lin Ling instead 🫡

ft my sister's drawing too bc I begged her to color it for me bc she's better than me 😗 thanks @pekky03

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not a thought behind those eyes...

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cilantro?? 😭

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THEY'RE THE CUTEST EVER 😭😭😭

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I'M SO EXCITED but also why is there so many guns pointed at me I'm scared

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headcanon that anytime Cheng Xiaoshi goes out to eat and he knows the food will be good he takes a ton of photos before the meal so that he can come back and eat this meal again anytime he once while only paying for it once. He’s got photo albums full of photos of the same restaurant at different angles. Lu Guang calls him an idiot for it but he’s honestly mad jealous.

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your initial opinions + if you think he'll be an antagonist, a friend, or something in between!

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Okay guys I messed up I forgot there was really no more questions to ask 😰 I think the general consensus is that the stabbing and onward is all brand new and I don't have any arguments on that (they don't even dive much anyways) so just for you guys

a final bonus poll 🥳

like, you'd think seeing that it was possible would give him some hope, he looks terrified 😭

also I couldn't think of a lot of good theories so it was mostly jokes but I am soo curious

I don't even have much to add tbh. Just look...

Cheng Xiaoshi blames himself for Emma's death and convinces Lu Guang to let him try to save her. He can't control everything cxs does, but surely this wasn't his end goal?

I know that if cxs didn't go he would always wonder if he could've helped, especially since it went so well with Xu Shanshan, so perhaps it was another lesson. But he really doesn't try too hard to stop him from going and this just seems like an easy and traumatic way to ruin an otherwise successful night 😭

I think potentially Lu Guang was curious to see if something could happen. But even then, it still doesn't make any sense why he seems so horrified when it seemed like Emma was going to live

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click down here for my thoughts!

Okay. Now this one specifically REAAAALLYYY depends on what you think happened the first time we see cxs possess Xu Shanshan, since we know that she was only targeted because of what happened then. So looking at the results of that...

Only 28 votes? Where did you all go 😭 (ps thanks for being here though, love you guys) And okay, part of me just wanted to point out that without my vote this would be a 4 way tie which is real crazy. But secondly I also wanted to say that the majority, me included, ultimately thought that this dive was different in some sort of significant way, which would mean by default that this dive is very likely new.

That being said though, Lu Guang is awfully calm in these episodes 🤔

Don't get me wrong, we see some nervousness out of him too

but it's mostly where it concerns his own part of the plan, where he has to lock the killer in the photo development room. For the rest he's mostly wearing a neutral expression. Now, I've seen some angst posts about Lu Guang having to lock Cheng Xiaoshi with a killer in the same room we've seen him die in, which is sooo good very delicious angst ofc... But look at him!!

he's so pleased with this plan 😭 I mean, tbf, what else do you do? Cheng Xiaoshi was right when he said the mysterious phone call sounded like a response, and otherwise one of their friends is dead + cxs would've set this all up for nothing. But I've mentioned before how very extremely calm Lu Guang is during most of this murder case. Chen Bin even points out how mature and level headed he is

In fact, the only time we see him freak out is when cxs dove into Liu Min's photo alone. In the alleyway where cxs chased down who he thought was the killer, lg mentions that taking on a killer head on would be very dangerous. But sure, he's fine locking him into the room!

I don't know what to even say that it means, but it's all very s u s p i c i o u s, right?

"but if none of the rest of it happened, how exactly would thi—"

okay listen I don't know 😭 We know that Lu Guang is just mature and chill like that (whether it's natural or he's just seen so much in past dives that nothing affects him anymore) so this easily could be his genuine first reaction. Or maybe he's seen other versions of Cheng Xiaoshi do crazy stuff similar enough to this before. Or something

Hmm kinda wanna add that as an option 🤔 ...well I almost did but I decided against it 😔 if enough people vote "nope!" and/or someone asks for it, I might make a bonus poll asking specifically about Lu Guang's calmness and if he's just used to crazy cxs plans somehow

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A bit of a simpler question this week 😗

pls share your thoughts if you have any! Mine are under here as always!

As I was getting at last week, I find it very interesting that Lu Guang made sure Qiao Ling took Cheng Xiaoshi's phone away

although tbf, it's also very likely that he just knows cxs. But considering that Cheng Xiaoshi nearly immediately got onto his laptop it wasn't a very effective plan... maybe he should've told Qiao Ling to just keep a really close eye on him too or smth. Although cxs is pretty crafty, so maybe that wouldn't have done much either 😰

Everything else kinda does point to it being totally unexpected though. Lu Guang was pretty calm and level headed following Xu Shanshan's mysterious disappearance, but clearly panics when he spots Cheng Xiaoshi near Liu Min's car, racing out of the police station and calling Qiao Ling. When Cheng Xiaoshi comes back we see a rare moment of him losing his cool

(ps woah looking back you know what this scene reminded me of?

he's so scared of losing Cheng Xiaoshi *sob*)

he also has his face mysteriously hidden while Cheng Xiaoshi explains their powers to Qiao Ling

which I don't know what that's about but it's interesting to notice him looking real angsty over there. I imagine he's just internally panicking over the whole thing going so crazy

and last but not least, the look on his face when they tell him they weren't sure that it was Liu Min

he was so calm and confident at the beginning of this episode too, probably just wanted to help the police catch him as fast as possible and then being forced to watch it all slip through his fingers in an instant because of what Cheng Xiaoshi changed

Okay last thing before I leave sorry for all the yapping TT-TT ↑that all being said I do think it's possible that it has happened before and perhaps Lu Guang was trying to avoid something else. So I still thought the question was worth asking 🤔 and I like other people's opinions on things ^^

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aaand we're back!

the opinion you have on this are kinda dependent on your thoughts for the last poll, but I do think there are other clues that point to something interesting 🤔 but anyway, without further ado:

*Quick note:* If you think that this mission was changed bc cxs and lg's conversation with Captian Xiao, count that as other factors! If you think that convo went down about the same, but that cxs didn't run into the alley last time, then that's cxs changing something. Okay thanks :D

As always, my thoughts below!

Alright, now as I've already said... yeah, this poll greatly depends on whether or not you think Liu Min was out to get people in the past timeline(s). And if cxs and lg got involved. Cuz there's obviously no reason for cxs to be chasing after a suspect that he has no idea about, and there really isn't much to it beyond that...

Although I do wanna point out that Cheng Xiaoshi runs out in the middle of the conversation:

But that Lu Guang seems to have shared the full message anyways

I really noticed this in the English dub, so I mean. idk if I count that as the definite intention. But still. In the og, Dong Yi's voice fades out completely so you really hear what he was saying before Xu Shanshan ran away from him. But in the english dub, you can still hear him talking, and he's still at the beginning of the message and talking about how he can't stay in the city.

Now, I'm no expert on Chinese talking speed, word length, or if you wanna argue that maybe the length of Cheng Xiaoshi's thoughts is meant to cover the majority of Dong Yi's message and it just appears shorter in the show because creative liberties and episode length or something... but I mean. It very much does not seem like Dong Yi got that far into what he was meant to say.

Ooohhhh nooooo, if only there was someone who could have already heard the message some other time...

(side note, this is my favorite picture of Lu Guang's reaction to cxs' dumb ideas 😅 Just look at him. So funny)

This would ofc imply that this mission has happened before, and that it went a bit more smoothly last time.

However, after that...

Does anyone else feel like Lu Guang is crazy calm about this whole thing? He gets mad when Cheng Xiaoshi runs, but he doesn't seem all that stressed about him being in the alley (he's not totally uncaring ofc, but just not that... surprised? By it all? idk, maybe I'm reading too much into it. But the Doudou part seemed more tense than this scene, even after Lu Guang points out that if it was the killer this would be a much more dangerous situation that that was.)

And then when they get the strange message and call from Xu Shanshan's phone

Cuz this is a stressful and confusing situation, and it'd be even more so if you know it's a major change from what it's supposed to be. But Lu Guang is very quick to contact the police, connects the event to the article that was written about Xu Shanshan, then runs off by himself to go to the police station

He even tells Qiao Ling to take Cheng Xiaoshi's phone away before he goes...

I'm gonna stop there for now cuz that'll come back up in next week's poll 😅

But what I'm getting at is,, he knew the full message, but he also seems to know how to navigate a lot of what should be very new to him. First watch through it def is believable that Lu Guang is just really dependable in emergencies, so it could still be that lol. But second watch through it does feel like it could be suspiciouuussss 👀

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slight change for this post! Instead of posting if a dive has occurred before, I thought it might be helpful to ask about this first:

cuz I've seen some differing opinions, and this situation obviously affects all the dives moving forward. So I think it's worth getting an opinion on this before we move on!

...although I'm kinda struggling to phrase this question, haha. (By "this serial killer" I do mean someone who is more or less killing the same people that they did in this timeline, even if the Li twins aren't involved the same way)

this question doesn't really feel like enough,, so I might have other questions about liu min and/or the twins... reasons below:

I think it was confirmed in an interview that Lu Guang "killing" Vein caused some things

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I don't think I've seen any full translations of this though, so idk if it was any clearer, but this is vague enough to cause a lot of questions.

Like, what does the creator mean by "Emma's ending"? Was she not murdered in the first time around? Totally possible ofc, but would it start there or earlier? Because Li Tianchen's appearance probably wouldn't affect Liu Min's motives, and I mean, there are probably other hitmen he could've hired that weren't ltc, right?

But on that topic, it's awfully convenient that Liu Xiao is kinda the one who inspired Li Tianchen in the first place, and then his "opportunity to become a hunter" happened to be in the form of Liu Xiao's own family. Obviously they don't seem too close, but we already know that Liu Xiao is a mastermind manipulator, so it's totally possible that he manipulated the scenario that led to Liu Min hiring a hitman (getting him financially cut-off and/or sensitive to online bullies or smth), which worked to keep ltc close enough for him to swoop in later at the end of s2??

Excuse my ramblings, I hope I make sense. But essentially, I don't think ltc's appearance had anything to do with Liu Min's wanting to kill Emma, so how was it different the first time around? Furthermore, as the tweet above says, how on earth did Lu Guang's actions with Vein influence an event that already should've happened?

Sooo many questions could be asked about this, and while I want to ask each one, I figured I'd stick to just the simple and most straightforward one: does lg have any prior knowledge of these killings (through the news or through getting involved). But if anyone else wants to share their thoughts to any of these questions, PLEASE feel free

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Doudou's mission! Feel free to share your thoughts, don't forget to check out mine down here!

okay, I know what you're gonna say:

not only is this mission specifically named, but Lu Guang also seems to know what he's doing

from him telling Qiao Ling that taking a break would be better in the long run to Lu Guang knowing what happens when Cheng Xiaoshi goes into security footage, he's got this all figured out and down easy atp

But while that may be true of the events in episode 6, episode 7 Lu Guang is waaaayyy more stressed out

now tbf, he does have reason to be, I'm sure watching your partner be drugged wouldn't be that easy, even if you knew it was gonna happen. And we can see that by the end when cxs is giving his "beware, evildoer!" speech, Lu Guang is significantly calmer and doesn't really seem surprised or worried about anything

BUT back when cxs was sneaking around he definitely was tense

now, could be just the simple fact that he's basically watching cxs live out a scary movie, but I do wonder if perhaps this particular mission has gone badly before. I can't think of any ways that would directly lead back to Cheng Xiaoshi dying due to this, but it certainly would not be a great time for anyone's mental health (especially given that the earthquake mission came right before this). Could also be possible that it hasn't gone badly before, but it easily could, since it is a pretty precarious situation.

But you cannot convince me he was expecting THIS to happen

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welcome back!!

as always, feel free to add your thoughts! mine will be below ↓

okay, obviously, this one was specifically mentioned in the bridon arc... or was it?

I just noticed Cheng Xiaoshi says "Mr. Ouyang" (well, I think in chinese he called him Master Ouyang but whatevs) instead of like. Idk. Master Siwen? Idk what that means. He not only physically possessed the other two he listed, but I would assume he's closer to Master Siwen anyway since he's the one who gave him the fighting lessons and not his father in law? I mean, not that it really matters either way, cuz we can still tell which mission he's referencing... but just. consider. or something.

But anyways. Other than that, I do think Lu Guang acted a little strangely this episode, but I can't say what it is for sure.

For one, this. Obviously Qiao Ling's just a boss and could beat both of them any day of the week, but I think it adds to the comedy to imagine Lu Guang's thoughts here. If everything leading up to this mission is the same, maybe he's hoping to not lose as quickly? Or maybe he lasted longer originally, but still took this chance as a rematch, only to get too stuck in his head and lost even faster? Or maybe the lead up to the mission is different and now he's sitting there wondering how he ended up having to play too? Or if they potentially met the Ouyang/Siwen family another way last time maybe he's just wondering what on earth this mission Qiao Ling has for them is? Should he be trying to win or lose here?? What is even happening rn???

But after that,, he doesn't even take a peek into this photo before saying Cheng Xiaoshi would have to go look. So maybe he does already know exactly what's going down. Yep you gotta go in there and get beat up them's the rules clap clap lets go byeeeee

Next, he was awfully pedantic about when exactly Cheng Xiaoshi took the last step. Maybe there's something I'm missing there, but I don't see why it would've changed anything for him to arrive a few seconds earlier. I mean. They can see him already. Possibly there's some timing thing that Master Ouyang would begrudge him over idk. I can't tell if that's a point for him having done this whole thing before or not, or maybe he is that specific in other missions and we just don't really see it as much who am I to know

I also like his reaction to cxs in the fight not listening to his directions well. WHY are you losing have you never been in a fight before? Nope he kinda hasn't, especially not with a master martial artist lol. Did he forget where in the timeline they were or does he think his directions are really that helpful? idk. Still funny

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this poll is the closest any of mine have ever been 👀 usually the one that was in the lead on day 1 stays that way so this is kinda fun

the earthquake mission: part 1!

hello! To be fully honest, when I had the idea for these polls I was fully intended to go mission by mission, NOT by episode, but a lot does happen, so... I figured I might as well split this into 2 and have this question as a bit of a bonus poll

aka how stressed do you think Lu Guang was in ep 3 specifically 🤔

Screenshots + my thoughts below!

I added the part about playing in the game really just cuz, as we know, the reason Chen Xiao played at all was cuz the flash went off when he took a picture

Lu Guang does seem annoyed by this, but otherwise is pretty calm.

If Lu Guang was expecting it, it seems like it would be fairly easy to avoid the later mess of having Cheng Xiaoshi play at all if he had just said something about turning the flash off before then

but we also know that the basketball game really wasn't that big a deal anyways? So maybe he didn't see the point in having this part play out any differently/worrying about him playing in the game at all??

And idk, seems like if Lu Guang knew that Cheng Xiaoshi was going to play, he probably knew that Cheng Xiaoshi was going to want to win (plus going off what I already said about the game not really mattering) but he does have more of a reaction to that

Going of his reactions isn't exactly an exact science though. Hard to tell what if he's going through the motions or getting swept up in the same emotions that he felt at the time, so it could always go either way of course

although I do wonder if he does get surprised for realsies anyways, considering that for all cxs knew this was going to be a really big deal and he still let the match turn out the way it did. Kinda makes me wonder if there's any other missions that did happen in previous timelines that lg may have omitted for some reason or another that may have then manifested in this change (like cxs listens to lg .5% less in this timeline or something and for some reason and even just that small amount is what gets the game scores even closer and now they win) but I have 0 evidence for that ofc so. Just something to consider maybe idk.

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