Time slows down after Yao Shen asks his ill-advised question. He doesn't know what made him blurt that out, but clearly he couldn't have been of sound mind.
Being near Xin Hulei is completely disconcerting.
In a way, it's to be expected. He was one of Xin Hulei's biggest fans in his early teen years, and then when they finally met Xin Hulei singlehandedly ruined his chances of making it big in the entertainment industry.
Now Yao Shen has been given a second chance, but Xin Hulei is his costar -- it's normal for him to be confused between their somewhat friendly working relationship and all the hurt and indignation he's been feeling for the past years.
To say nothing of the confusion of having slept with him despite hating his guts.
Yao Shen's decisions are puzzling even to himself.
