Resumo do episódio 6 de The Silence of the Monster
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Sui Yi checked He Chufeng’s WeChat Moments, but his feed contained no posts. After work, she found herself without a key to their apartment and waited outside until He Chufeng arrived home. That evening, he thoughtfully provided her with a new house key. Meanwhile, Luo Bin met a female childhood friend, a beauty blogger, at a popular instagrammable restaurant. She expressed a desire for them to be a couple, noting their mothers' close relationship.
However, Luo Bin gently declined, stating that if they were meant to be together, it would have happened in childhood. His friend remarked that he didn't have a family to support, to which Luo Bin replied that he had himself to support. During their meal, Luo Bin’s friend noticed a man staring at them. This man was Wang Wenxin, an exhibition commentator whom Luo Bin had encountered earlier that morning.
Wang Wenxin approached Luo Bin with an unusual request: he wanted Luo Bin to appraise his fiancée, believing she was an alien. Luo Bin, who typically appraised only objects, was surprised by this peculiar demand. The next morning, Luo Bin was awakened by He Chufeng knocking on his door, informing him that Wang Wenxin was downstairs. Wang Wenxin persistently insisted on the appraisal.
He explained that he and his fiancée, Olive, were about to marry, and he desperately needed to understand who she truly was and if she loved him before they committed to a lifetime together. Luo Bin, recalling his own mother's words about marrying for her son's sake despite lacking affection for her husband, sympathized with Wang Wenxin’s plea and reluctantly agreed to take the case with his partner, He Chufeng.
Wang Wenxin recounted meeting Olive three years prior at an Interstellar Team discussion event. She was quietly sipping an iced Americano, just like him, by the window. Despite his usually reserved nature, he found the courage to speak about his belief in parallel worlds and how people might suddenly disappear into them, eventually returning. Olive approached him, resonating with his ideas. She declared them "the same kind," sharing interests like black coffee, high-collar sweaters, and aliens.
He felt she offered him unconditional time, encouragement, trust, and support, giving his existence meaning. However, after their engagement, Olive changed dramatically: she stopped discussing parallel worlds, no longer drank coffee, ceased wearing high-collar sweaters, and began buying clothes she previously disliked. Wang Wenxin believed she was no longer the woman he knew and must be an alien. Luo Bin and He Chufeng then visited Wang Wenxin’s home.
Wang Wenxin demonstrated his meticulous attention to quality of life, revealing he handled all household chores and cooking, even preparing Olive's lunch in a thermos for her job at an art store near a primary school. He Chufeng observed that Wang Wenxin seemed to dote on Olive. The couple slept in separate rooms, with Olive's room being locked. Upon leaving, Wang Wenxin seemed hesitant to reveal Olive's real name, promising to send it later.
He Chufeng then told Luo Bin that the results of the check he requested were ready and asked him to come see them, but then left, stating he had to go. Luo Bin, left to track Olive alone, was frustrated and asked what he was supposed to do. Luo Bin followed Olive to a restaurant. She quickly noticed him, confronting him about why he was trailing her since the third-floor elevator.
Caught off guard, Luo Bin frantically messaged He Chufeng and Sui Yi for help, claiming his friends were just running late. He Chufeng and Sui Yi arrived, quickly fabricating a story where they pretended to be a couple having an argument, with Luo Bin as a friend who had been stood up for a blind date.
A child in the restaurant called Sui Yi "Madam" but He Chufeng "Brother," prompting He Chufeng to quip that children often speak the truth, much to Sui Yi's annoyance.
During a restroom break for Sui Yi to clean her dress, Luo Bin and He Chufeng discussed their assessment that Olive seemed to have medical training and exhibited severe mysophobia, like wiping her hands with wet tissues after trying on clothes, avoiding germ-prone surfaces, using a medical grip on her steak knife, and having clean, unadorned nails, even tying her belt with a surgical knot.
They noted this was curious as Wang Wenxin had never mentioned her working in the medical field. Sui Yi, confused about the situation but playing along, later shared her observations from the restroom: she had seen Olive change out of her "good-looking clothes," remove her lipstick, and wash her hands using a meticulous seven-step method. That evening, Olive returned home, appearing distant and cold towards Wang Wenxin when he offered her dinner.
Later, as Luo Bin meticulously attempted to parallel park, taking an unusually long time to achieve perfect alignment, He Chufeng and Sui Yi walked away. Sui Yi asked if Luo Bin had always been so particular. He Chufeng confirmed it, recalling their first day of high school when Luo Bin's precise bicycle parking blocked his way, causing them both to be late and subsequently punished. This shared experience marked the beginning of their friendship.
He also mentioned that his younger sister, He Chunian, used to pick him up after school. Sui Yi then pressed He Chufeng with several questions, inquiring about when he learned lock-picking, when he moved to Chaonuan, and, crucially, the whereabouts of his sister. He Chufeng's demeanor instantly shifted, and he curtly told Sui Yi that her questions were annoying and she should not pry into his private affairs. Luo Bin later received an astonishing 12.
5GB of data from Wang Wenxin, all just for Olive's real name. He discovered her birth name was Li Yun, a very common name, with no fewer than five people named Li Yun in their community. Luo Bin wondered why someone named Li Yun would choose an English name like Olive, speculating if she perhaps harbored affection for Popeye.
He Chufeng then revealed the results of the analysis on the lock he had handled at the art museum, confirming it contained psilocybin, a hallucinogen found in mushrooms that causes sensory distortions and spatial disorientation. This explained his earlier hallucination. Reflecting on He Chufeng's sudden mood swings, Sui Yi found him unpredictable.
Meanwhile, at the office, a colleague suggested Sui Yi might have feelings for He Chufeng or Luo Bin, given her sneezing whenever she was around them, interpreting it as a "signal" from destiny. Sui Yi, however, dismissed it as a simple allergy or cold.
Later, Luo Bin told Sui Yi that despite being frequently sent on blind dates by his mother, he has never been in love, believing in love at first sight and refusing to pursue relationships where initial feelings are absent. He confessed that he does it to keep his mother happy. He Chufeng contacted Meng Ziyang, the curator, expressing his desire to purchase the "magpie lock."
Meng Ziyang indicated he would set a high price for the lock, cautioning He Chufeng not to be surprised, as it held sentimental value as a family heirloom despite being a modern imitation.
