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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's](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) 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's](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) 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 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.

Veil of Shadows (月鳞绮纪): Episode 16