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\# Veil of Shadows || 月鳞绮纪

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\# Episode 16 - The Light

Okay, so, who is \[Chi Wen\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odvbso0/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)?

He is a lying liar who lies. At least that is how I would describe the character, we currently know as \[Chi Wen\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odvbso0/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button).

When \[Lu Wuyi\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrpg3l/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) calls out the name \["Ji Ling"\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrok88/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button), I had to wonder where the name for the puppet came from. Is his name actually \[Ji Ling\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrok88/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)? I think we've all been aware from the very start that \[Ji Ling\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrok88/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)'s character and personality are a part of our "Lofty Dragon Deity's" identity, but what about the name?

\# "Stay"

While watching the episode, it felt like second nature to assume that "\[Chi Wen\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odvbso0/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)" told \[Lu Wuyi\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrpg3l/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) to stay in order to keep her safe. But, with \[\*Veil of Shadows\*\](https://mydramalist.com/761731-the-resurrection-painted-skin) being, well, veiled in shadows, we know it's never that simple.

During my first watch, I made a note:

\>That tear indicates that it's not for her own safety. He is most likely telling her to stay because of a secret he wants to keep hidden.

But when I was editing, I realised the significance of the flashback, and the reason for the tear.

\*\*One:\*\* the fact that he could use the spell on her means that she truly trusts (trusted?) him.

\*\*Two:\*\* She most likely never will again.

\# Don't Hate Me

\[Wangyan\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrqj48/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)'s last words to \[Shiguang\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrog87/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) were so powerful.

I find the juxtaposition between the previous scene and the current one very poignant.

We went from a couple parting to another coming together.  

When going through my notes for this write-up, I came across something that I find much funnier than it probably actually is.

\>iQIYI makes better fake frost. But that's okay.

\# Be Brave

\[You Chi\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odroigx/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)'s \[dad \](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/oerxi4m/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)sacrificing himself is both heartbreaking, unsurprising, and forboding. In other words:

Prepare for more sacrifices. How many? I do not know.

Also, I can't imagine why the Veil of Shadows set caught fire near the end of production... no idea...

\# Cause and Effect

When \[Shiguang\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrog87/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) finds out that the flood dragon tribe was annihilated because the hunters were looking for him, \[Joseph Zeng\](https://mydramalist.com/people/12634-zeng-joseph) does something with his voice. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to put it in the video, but the way that his voice breaks is heartbreaking. It reminds me of the way \[Tian Jia Rui\](https://mydramalist.com/people/123067-tian-jia-rui) used his voice near the end of the pupper arc.

Also, another "funny" quote from my notes:

\>I can't believe this story still makes sense to me.

\# In the Shadows of the Moonlight

If \[Whu Zhiqi\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odwoip8/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) and \[Xiao Wei\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odrocxa/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button)'s fates are anything to go by. \[Han Ba\](https://www.reddit.com/r/CDramaFlashCards/comments/1s9xexp/comment/odwon47/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button) might not be gracing our screens for a particularly long time.

If you get the reference with "In the Shadows of the Moonlight", you know what drama this line of storytelling is currently giving me flashbacks to.

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