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Okay so. First of all, I think it has become clear that I love any Fuba content and they are so versatile that almost any sort of scenario can work wonderfully. So I had a bit of a hard time deciding which one I wanted for this. So. In order to keep a little bit of consistency to my screaming, I decided to follow my headcanon suit of events which is : Rishan realizes things just before they leave Bai Qiao Village and Ba Ye starts connecting dots after the life-death Zhang trap but while there is some tension happening, neither of them has made a move yet.

In that “timeline”, I think there could be 2 key moments that play a role in the first kiss situation : Fo Ye and Xin Yue’s wedding at the mansion and the battle of Changsha at the end of the drama.

During the wedding, they are all very giggly, tipsy and clearly relaxed enough that any sort of formalities are dropped etc. You can see that by how Rishan and Ba Ye are having a great time making sure that Fo Ye gets drunk and the state of their clothes (and yes, I keep maintaining that Rishan was the one that put Ba Ye’s scarf like that).

Maybe after they leave Fo Ye, they decide to continue with the celebration. But seeing how most of the guests are passed out in the room, they decide to snatch a few more bottles and go to a more secluded place. The giggles and flirts do nothing but increase. I mean. It’s probably the most relaxed time they might have had since the beginning of the story, so they want to make it count?

And now I’m a bit torn bc, on the one hand, they could very much get a tiiiiny little bit drunk and then just go for a full (albeit clumsy) make out session OR, they are *this* close to kissing but either they get interrupted or have a sudden spur of “oh shit what am I doing???”.

In any case, the result is somehow similar : the next morning they won’t talk about it and pretend it never happened. Bc 1)they are morons and can’t read the signals that hey, this attraction is very much mutual and 2)the situation in Changsha keeps getting worse by the second and that’s definitely not the best time to start anything romantic.

With that I’m going to add that scene when Fo Ye goes to where Ba Ye, Huo Jinxi, Xie Ye and Er Ye are playing Mahjong. Because, BECAUSE. That’s the moment Ba Ye says “I’m leaving tonight” and Rishan, instead of entering the place with Fo Ye, he stays at the car. And yeah, I’m totally going with the “Ba Ye told Rishan the news yesterday and they are both sad and perhaps a bit heartbroken and scared and would rather avoid each other” scenario. MOVING ON.

Anywho. The battle of Changsha happens and when all hope seems lost the Old Gates come to the rescue and Rishan is relieved but then realizes that Ba Ye is *there* and this man cannot shoot to save his life and if he was already stressed before you can imagine how terrified he is right now.