please come tl;dr at me about Shen Wei

[extrapenguin]

I need to figure out stuff about Ye Zun, and [spoilers], but also stuff about Shen Wei! Since having other people say things about the thing is in general a productive way for me to acquire thoughts, I now invite your opinions on Shen Wei and secrecy. He's trying to tell Zhao Yunlan the absolute minimum to protect him and also the timeline, yes, but in a divergent scenario where he was unavoidably associated with Zhao Yunlan, how much would he tell? What do you think is the core of the (over)protectiveness and secrecy? What is the root of his nondisclosure?

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[trobadora]

I mean, if you don't want plot to intrude, ignore this, but one reason for the secrets has to be that early-days Zhao Yunlan isn't yet the guy he's going to become, and he's just starting to move away from "arrest all Dixingren", right? So surely Shen Wei would want to make sure they're on the same page about that first? I mean, if he's willing to date the Envoy that's a big thing, but not the same as being able to empathise with the random Dixingren on the street ...

[extrapenguin]

The dating thing kicks off after the Butler Wu bit, because only then does Zhao Yunlan have the inclination to summon the Envoy and add a personal question to the end. Some on-the-same-page feelers could still happen, though. I'll also have to mull on how wary/horny/touch-starved Shen Wei would be. So many considerations!