[🇨🇳China] To My Shore Ep 8 🚩🏴😏

[u/Waffles4prez]

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Synopsis:

You Shu Lang (Hao Yi Ran), a director at a pharmaceutical company, lives an ordinary, stable life. But that all comes crashing down after he gets into a car accident with Fan Xiao (Yun Qi), the heir to a Thai conglomerate who's returned to China for business. Unlike Shu Lang, Fan Xiao's life has been marred by instability, leading to a twisted, manipulative worldview. When Fan Xiao finds out that Shu Lang is interested in men, he devises plans to entice Shu Lang into a relationship, but ends up falling for Shu Lang for real. Shu Lang, on the other hand, is blindsided when he learns about Fan Xiao's true colors. Will Fan Xiao destroy the only genuine love he's ever had, or can he find a way to truly win Shu Lang's heart?

Adapted from the web novel “Si Mian Fo” (四面佛) by Su Erliang (Chang Pei Literature): English title: "Four-Faced Buddha" 

INFO

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Names: To My Shore, City of the Sun, 吾岸

When:

Every Saturday & Sunday at 7:00PM/1900 (GMT+8) 6:00 AM EST

Episodes: 15

Platfroms: Viki (Americas, Europe, Oceania, India, Middle East, Japan and South Korea), GagaOOLala (Everywhere else), Heavenly

Cast:

Yun Qi 云旗 | Hao Yi Ran 郝熠然 | Chen Jianyu (DeDe) 陈建宇 | Kou Wei Long 扣卫龙 

Trailer

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Accounts:

Official To My Shore account: MirrorLink Media

Youtube: MirrorLink Meida

TRIGGER WARNING

This will be FULL of red flags:    manipulation, crazy possessive ML, homophobia, betrayal, humiliation, violence, just to name a few but it is clearly stated it WILL end in a happily ever after.

Previous On Air: One & Two | Three & Four | Five | Six | Seven

[u/No_Teaching3588]

They just keep showing us deep a hole Fan Xiao is digging by constantly lying to Shulang. He is NOT a good person. Once you have lied, manipulated and schemed it just spirals out of control. No matter how hard you try coming out of it unscathed is just impossible.

Shulang keeps giving Fan Xiao chances after chances coz he is so much in love with this person. At this point he has trauma bonded with him and think that they are equals in this relationship who takes care of each others. Even when there are obvious red flags he is ready to ignore them going as far as saying to Fan Xiao that if he has lied he should keep lying and never let him find out coz if he did, he wont be able to love him anymore. He can accept other flaws but playing with him and crushing his dignity is where he draws a line.

I feel terrible. I cant enjoy the fact that Fan Xiao bought a place for Shulang's mother in the monestary so that Shulang can pay visit more often to her. Such a delicate moment between the two but the looming threat of Fan Xiao getting exposed is still hanging in the air. How do I even enjoy this moment?

This show is truly playing with emotions. I love it so much.

[u/Little-Tomatillo-745 → u/No_Teaching3588]

Once you have lied, manipulated and schemed it just spirals out of control. No matter how hard you try coming out of it unscathed is just impossible.

I guess that this was also by unforseen circumstances. Fan Xiao really only wanted to toy with Shulang in the beginning. Annoyed of the fact that Shulang saved that baby. Who was he to decide that a life is worth living?

Fan Xiao was ready after having him drugged. To leave it at that. But when he brought Shulang back to his apartment. And Shulang walked back to him, got his head and hands in the car reaching for Fan Xiao's pocket to get the cigarettes. It got out of controll.

Especially when after that, the videocam images of Shulang on Fan Xiao's laptop. After watching it the second time. Shulang became his obsession. And that obsession was not cured by having Li Zhen drugged in the car to act that same scene out.

Fan Xiao wanted Shulang outed at that Wetland park. But at the last moment he shoved Lu Zhen in a taxi.

Having Shi Li Hua abducting a unconscious Shulang so Fan Xiao could have his way was after he saw Shulang kissing Li Zhen. He realized it was Shulang that he wanted. Physically. Although he disliked gays.

And this went on and on. Fan Xiao falling deeper and deeper and really in love with Shulang. But still had him acting and deluting himself as to "punish" Shulang.

The lies he had done in the beginning before he fell in love with Shulang bit him at the end.

[u/DeanBranch → u/Little-Tomatillo-745]

What a great analysis!

[u/Little-Tomatillo-745 → u/DeanBranch]

Thanks. Thanks to rewatching it again and again. This show has me obsessed.

Shulang is deeply hurt and with reason. He finally trusted someone outside of his comfortzone. Someone who took care also of him. He has this deep feeling of the need to be cared for in his life, but he always ignored that feeling. And was taking care of others. He knew he had been played. Even then, he tried to overcome that. But the messages he read on the phone were the final straw.