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We never get to see very much of Cong Bo's apartment, and when we do, it's almost entirely from angles facing the desk head-on. However, when Ya Qing busts in and uses his computer to dox SID, we're treated to a few more exciting Action Angles that show parts of his apartment that don't appear in regular shots.

Of note:

Wooden door. It's not his front door, because his front door does not have a charming little window. Maybe that's his bathroom? Or another way outside?

Cactus friend. Pretty little pink-flowering cactus in a pretty little pink pot. Matches his personality.

Ceiling ropes and orange ... cart? Both of these things are found on the edges of shots in the SID front room, further cementing my "Cong Bo's apartment is the back room of SID" theory.

Wall art. I feel mildly insane, because I am certain I've seen that framed smudgy black-and-white print before in the series, but I can't find it. It does, however, look exactly like all the other smudgy black-and-white found all over the SID walls, so it's got to be from the same set. (I swear, I'm going to post this and, like two seconds later, I'm going to find a shot with that print in it.)

The photo wall. We've seen this once before, behind Cong Bo when he opens the door to some very annoying visitors. A quait little retro touch for a paparazzo who seems to rely entirely on digital media. (Also, I'm having slight trouble picturing where exactly his front door is in relation to everything, but never mind that.)

I figured out why the armchairs in Zhao Yunlan’s office look familiar! It’s because one of them is in Shen Wei’s office too. I’d say he’s really hitting hard on the matching decor thing but no, those chairs are there before he ever sees Shen Wei’s office. That’s just fate, baby.

Then I thought briefly the couch in Shen Wei’s office might be the same one upstairs in the SID loft -- but no, the upstairs couch is the same couch Zhao Yunlan has in his apartment.

Okay, get out the red string and pushpins again, because I think Cong Bo’s apartment is actually the backmost room of the SID building.

The building obviously curves on around past the lab, but we barely get to see back that way. Mostly we get to see how the bathroom is located back there, but there’s also one scene that shows how the hallway curves around the lab (and implies SID has a back entrance), and that’s when Growl Changcheng and Cute Shuzhi are bringing in the taxi driver. That’s as far back as the camera ever takes us in SID.

When Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan show up at Cong Bo’s apartment, we get one brief shot of them at his front door. His apartment door opens onto an interior space that has brick walls and parquet floors exactly like SID has -- and I mean exactly. It also looks like the end of a hallway, to the point where I bet if you kept walking around the back of the SID lab, that’s where you’d end up.

The underlying features Cong Bo’s apartment itself are identical to the SID decor: brick walls, parquet floors, exposed pipework, dark green door trim, concrete window frames, thick-paned frosted windows. His desk and book cage are both also found in the SID main room.

Cong Bo’s apartment is pretty darn nice. He may be a dirtbag, but he’s a dirtbag whose dirtbaggery pays for some high-ass ceilings.

Of note:

The 1st/2nd table. Of the three times this table shows up in the series, the most memorable is in Zhao Yunlan’s apartment, but Cong Bo’s got one too.

The book cage. Is he afraid they’re going to run away?

Building wall art. That trio of the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and [some building too out-of-focus for me to identify] is 100% something I have seen on sale as a set at Bed Bath & Beyond.

Tall black and white thing in the corner. What is that thing? My initial guesses were air purifier or speaker, but I don’t think either of those are right. Is it art?

The desk. He apparently shops for office furniture at the same place SID does. (...Actually, a lot of things seem the same as SID’s. Hold on, this is going to need its own second post.)