Chapter 152 Deviation (Comic Forum)...
157L:
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158L:
If it really is Grandma, no, how could it be…
159L:
My point in analyzing this is that this is Grandma, and given how Grandma treats Yanju, it's impossible for Yanju to genuinely not care.
From the moment Grandma walked into the office, Yanju was stunned, as if from a dream (let's call it a dream for now).
She knew this was an illusion, and there was something wrong with it. Her first action was to reach out and touch her grandmother, but after discovering that her hand had been passed right through it, she looked down at her own hands in disbelief.
She couldn't touch it.
So Yanju then walked behind his grandmother, wanting to gently hug her even though he couldn't touch her.
160L:
Then I noticed that my grandmother was gazing longingly at Yanlan's photo.
161L:
Hahaha, my tears just started flowing instantly, waa ...
162L:
I knew the knife was being replaced, but I didn't expect there to be another knife inside after disassembling it.
163L:
Yanju: Grandma...? Grandma!
Dan Fengyang: (Ignoring) Lanlan is so cute
164L:
Yanju's expression vanished in an instant. When she said "I don't care," it sounded so natural. It's unimaginable how many times Yanju had said it to become so natural.
165L:
Because I've gotten used to it.
I'm used to not being favored.
Both Yanju and Yanlan grew up with their grandmother when they were young, and it has been like that since they were little.
166L:
Waaaaaah, I don't understand! Why don't they favor my wife?!
No favoritism, even just treating everyone equally is fine.
167L:
Going back upstairs, Geminis can never be fair to everyone.
168L:
Why is my wife not on the side that gets treated equally?
169L:
Geminis can't treat everyone equally, isn't it just because there's no reason? (bitter smile)
170L:
Even just thinking about Yanju makes one feel so wronged that they would burst into tears.
Why? But why?
171L:
My wife doesn't even have the right to feel wronged; she's not favored and doesn't even have a name.
Lanlan, Lan, what a thoughtful name.
172L:
Okay, okay, is that how it's going to be done?
Right?
Damn it, you old scoundrel, you better not sleep tonight, I'm going to assassinate you.
173L:
Assassination +1
Honey, don't pay attention to these lousy people, I love you so much! The whole world loves you (kisses)
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562L:
It's me again. Next, I'll be dismantling Yan Ju and Wen Ying.
This relationship between former friends has been analyzed in a previous forum post, and it belongs to the category of "severed ties" written as "断交" (severed ties) but read as "藕断丝连" (unbroken but still connected).
The two illusionary targets carefully chosen by Jin Tong were both aimed at piercing Yan Ju's heart. In Jin Tong's judgment, this scenario, like the previous ones, was extremely damaging to Yan Ju.
What is the first scene?
It is a hellish story where Yanju finally sees his grandmother again in a dream after many years and wants to interact with her, but his grandmother is looking at Yanlan's photos.
Therefore, the seemingly simple scene of Wen Ying walking out of the classroom with a blank expression and brushing past Director Yan could not possibly be that simple.
I still have to praise the old thief. Although she was unethical in her plot, every scene in every panel was meticulous and not sloppy.
[Screenshot of the classroom.jpg]
Yanju kept looking at a corner of the classroom near the window.
I zoomed in on the screenshot, cropped out this specific area, and then restored the image.
This corner has two single tables. You can tell the tables have been moved and are now very close together, with barely a gap between them.
One table was empty, while on the other lay an open notebook. Surprisingly, the contents of the notebook were clear even when enlarged.
The old scoundrel had this planned all along, didn't he? :)
[Notebook screenshot.jpg]
I also bought you a small cake.
"I won't eat it."
"Your favorite matcha-flavored mini cake"
"Wen Ying, you can't keep doing this."
"I held back, Yan*."
The characters following "彦" are blurred due to tear stains.
How hot is Yan Ju's name that the old thief is so wary of us?
Returning to the scene, from the notebook and its contents, we can see that this was not a common scene during Yanju's school days, but rather a specific day.
The day was nothing special; they were reading and passing notes.
Wen Ying did something wrong; she bought a small cake to apologize to Director Yan.
Why is it so painful for Director Yan?
It all depends on what Wen Ying does wrong.
564L:
Although it's unclear what Wen Ying did wrong, judging from the word "hold back," it doesn't seem like a good thing.
565L:
But while Director Yan was angry, Wen Ying didn't actually think she had done anything wrong.
She was still explaining.
She bought a small cake to apologize and appease Director Yan because Director Yan was angry.
I'm very familiar with this reply format.
566L:
Due to space limitations, I will continue.
To understand the significance of this scene for Yan Ju, we need to look at what came before: the conversation between Yan Ju and Wen Ying at the underground altar of the Mithril Merchant Guild.
[Screenshot of Yan Ju and Wen Ying's conversation.jpg]
Wen Ying asked in a questioning tone, "Why did you suddenly break off our friendship?" "I thought we were the same."
Yan Ju's tone was calm, "That's your path. I won't interfere with other people's personal choices."
In conclusion, their beliefs were different, and the reason they broke off their friendship was because of this difference.
Wen Ying felt it didn't matter and wasn't important, but Yan Ju felt it was very important.
They were childhood friends.
So, the scene Jin Tong chose, this day, is, unsurprisingly, the day Yan Ju makes up his mind to part ways with his friend.
So, the knife.
567L:
! ? ? ?
568L:
The day when childhood friends, friends I still find myself drawn to upon seeing again years later, parted ways completely due to differing beliefs...
Jin Tong really knows how to pick people; it would be too easy for Yan Ju to just make a move on him so decisively.
569L:
I remember there was an analysis in that previous featured post that said both Yanju and Wenying knew the real reason for their falling out.
570L:
Yes, so this wasn't just the day Yanju made up his mind to part ways with his friend.
That was also the day when Yanju finally understood that his friend had chosen his beliefs over himself.
Yan Ju was abandoned by Wen Ying.
It wasn't Yan Ju who let go first, but Wen Ying.
571L:
I'm so sad I can't even cry anymore; my heart is aching with each beat.
572L:
I would rather Wen Ying and my wife had never parted ways than things are like this now.
573L:
Yanju wasn't born with such an open mind, never showing his emotions.
So that's what Yanju was like when he was young.
She likes matcha-flavored mini cakes, she also passes notes with her friends in class, she gets sulky, and has many cute little emotions.
574L:
The past that can never be returned to
575L:
Just thinking about it makes me think it's a great knife.
It's hard to imagine how Yanju felt when these two combined illusions appeared in front of him and he said, "I don't care."
576L:
It turned out to be not only a knife, but a knife coated with poison (he was delirious).
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Yan Shi: ...
Yan Shi awkwardly left the post and clicked "dislike".
To be honest, the two scenes that the guy with the golden eyes picked were pretty ordinary, so where did all these extraneous additions come from?
She scrolled through the homepage post list, selectively ignoring posts like "I want absolute fairness in this world," which were obviously meant to be followed by microscopic, haphazard analysis and then tears. Instead, she clicked on a post with a rational analysis.
【The Twin Fates of Yanju and Yanlan】
1L Original Poster:
The new update has a lot of plot material. I think the entanglement between Yanju and Yanlan is deeper than I imagined, and the foreshadowing was planted very early on.
I've decided to create a separate analysis post to share my thoughts.
2L:
Is it about "absolute fairness"?
3L:
No one expected that the idea of absolute fairness would come from Yanlan in the future.
The plot was completely reversed, I was stunned.
4L:
It resolved many of the inexplicable points from earlier, such as Lin Cai's suspected split personality, her extraordinary combat abilities, and her obsession with Yan Lan.
It's the katana. I was planning to happily finish reading the update and go to sleep, but now I can't sleep at all.
5L:
"The Curse of the Laws" is a great comic, with beautiful artwork, a well-developed plot, and well-rounded characters. It's my fault that I cried and couldn't sleep while reading it. It's not that the scene modeling was too detailed, resulting in numerous sharp moments; it's not that the foreshadowing was too ingenious, resulting in numerous sharp moments; it's not that the characters' motivations were too detailed and realistic, resulting in numerous sharp moments. It's all my fault! It's my fault for crying so easily, waaaaaaah!
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63L Original Poster:
Regarding this "absolute fairness," I'll start from the beginning, which is about Director Yan and Yanlan's grandmother, Shan Fengyang.
In the new update, there's something Guan Yunji said that really caught my attention.
Guan Yunji said, "No one hates the sun. Everyone follows the sun and hopes that its light will fall on them."
Although we all say that the blazing sun in the comic is Yan Ju, the sun here is not; the sun here should be Shan Fengyang.
The information we can glean from the dialogue includes:
1. The blazing sun crown is a single-sided sun-sealing device.
2. Yan Ju is now protecting everything that Shan Fengyang used to protect.
Yanju's anchor point is absolute fairness, adhering to the principle that "all living beings are born equal, and nothing is determined by talent." Where does her anchor point come from?
Yanju's anchor point was already set when she was young, and it was completely different from the path pursued by her friend Wenying, leading to their falling out. So, her anchor point must have been formed even earlier, something she vaguely learned from her elders when she was young. Doesn't that make sense?
In other words, Director Yan adhered to absolute fairness because of Shan Fengyang.
This is also why she voluntarily entered the Otherworld and the Bureau of Alien Affairs, a mess that is indescribable.
64L:
Shan Fengyang doesn't uphold absolute fairness, does she? If she did, how could she be so unfair, failing to treat her juniors the same way?
65L:
Because they're too close?
That's just how people are; they're tolerant of strangers, but they reserve all their bad habits and tempers for their closest loved ones.
66L:
If Director Yan didn't experience absolute fairness from Shan Fengyang, why would she use that as a benchmark?
67L Original Poster:
I didn't say that Shan Fengyang adhered to absolute fairness; I only said that Director Yan adhered to absolute fairness because of Shan Fengyang.
Judging from the illusion presented by Jin Tong, we all know that Grandma favors Yan Lan, and Yan Lan still cherishes his grandmother.
Is it possible that Grandma was one of the few people who treated Yanju very well?
Although Yanju was cold-hearted as a child, he was still somewhat lively. He liked small cakes and would pass notes with his friends. Now, he is a completely indifferent tyrannical savior, a far cry from his former self.
68L:
I gasped, realizing what the original poster meant.
It's highly likely that Yanju didn't receive much kindness along his path of growth, which is why he lost all his "personal emotions" and became the person he is today.
But precisely because I haven't received much kindness, even the smallest act of kindness can be remembered for a very long time, so long that the memory is romanticized, and everything is romanticized.
It was romanticized to say that Grandma was originally a very kind person to Director Yan, that Grandma loved the world and pursued absolute fairness.
Therefore, Director Yan also loves this world. Director Yan upholds absolute fairness.
When Yanju discovered that her grandmother was looking at a photo of Yanlan, a photo in which Yanlan wasn't even in it, she must have been bewildered.
She might have remembered the truth before her memories were embellished, or she might not. Anyway, in the end she said...
"I don't care."
69L:
Surprisingly, a rational analysis post could reveal even more ruthless content...
70L:
(Walking carefully through shards of glass with a knife in his chest) (Finds a piece of candy) (Anticipatingly swallows it) (Spits out a mouthful of blood and shards of glass)
71L:
What good will it do you if I cry myself to death? Waaaaaah!
72L:
Honey, please stop being so indifferent. I do care, okay? I care on behalf of my wife.
I care that she is not favored, that she is always abandoned, and that she is alone, walking on an unknown path of destiny.
I care about everything.
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163L Original Poster:
Yanju's story is sharp, but Yanlan's isn't sweet either.
To continue with the topic of absolute fairness, in the future that Lin Cai recalls (perhaps we can call it the first time around), there is no Director Yan.
Yan Lan's failure to join the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs led him down a completely different path, causing the world to collapse, and ultimately Yan Lan sacrificed himself to uphold the law.
Where did Director Yan go?
Even if Director Yan hadn't joined the Bureau of Dissidents, given how corrupt the world is, Director Yan's anchor point is absolute fairness, so he should at least step in and do something about it.
Therefore, I personally believe that Director Yan has already passed away.
The biggest difference between the two worlds is that after Lin Cai restarted everything in the first playthrough and started the second playthrough, she used her abilities to make two wishes.
During that period, Yanlan was not in good condition, and it was very likely that Director Yan would refuse to serve as the director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs in order to take care of Yanlan.
It was precisely because of his absence from office that the world was on the verge of complete collapse.
Yanju perished while trying to stop the collapse, leaving Yanlan to walk alone in the world.
Yanlan is the root of all evil.
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