Gun attaches himself to relationships pretty easily as what his mother told Nian Nian. Team Solo became his family when he struggled to find his own identify – who he was as a person and what he wanted to do in life. He gave his entire inheritance to this team who provided him home (his crazy money spending goes way way back!). When things went south, however, he dropped this team in a heartbeat. He didn’t even think twice.

When the truth was revealed on his ten-year feud with Solo, I had wondered what the big deal was with it that Gun couldn’t let go of it?

So Solo called it quits to look after his child, then Appledog and Solo broke up, I guess this meant Appledog wanted out of the group too(? I’m not too sure of this bit). Anyways Solo leaving the group freaked Gun out and he announced retirement on his dream national championship stage. He quit everything he had bet his life on because he couldn’t handle relationships going south. To him, it’s always been one for all, all for one mindset. He is bitter all these years because Team Solo was everything he had and it broke just like that; that one person he looked up to and gave him dreams, Solo, had disappointed him, broke him.

Fast forward to his first romantic relationship – this was yet another relationship he easily opened up his heart to. Based from what happened a decade ago, I think I can see now why he had given up on his relationship with Nian Nian fast. It got too complicated to deal with. And the person Nian Nian cared for didn’t approve of him; he had been berated and looked down upon. His conversation with Mama Tong made him think that he might not really be the right person for her. He must have thought this was just another failed relationship he had involved himself with.

This is why I really loved that Nian Nian had the best girlfriend ever in Ya Ya and that this awesome girlfriend gave Gun a piece of her mind. He’s been selfish all this time, calling quits so easily whenever things go south. Gun’s strong feelings for Nian Nian and Ya Ya’s push resulted to Gun taking on bigger responsibilities now of protecting his and Nian Nian’s happiness.

Okay that gif was from ep 37 which was I haven’t seen yet, but I needed to post this long essay now before I lost my thoughts again. That short Team Solo clip is one of my favourites ever and a must gif, so there you go! 😬

Really I think the reason for breaking the team was way too immature. I mean i get solo’s decision for leaving only. He had to take care of a child and they worked tirelessly in which it could be difficult to look after his kid alone. But Gun’s reaction was pretty childish and solo and appledog breakong up doesn’t necessarily mean that they can’t work together too. Even if all of this was reasonable, carrying the grudge for 10 years wasn’t. Also, it wasn’t really deliberately Solo’s mistake. I found it weird that only Solo and Appledog apologized while I consider Gun at fault too. These three need to apologize to Mi and All. But well the story did hit it right on the fact that they were young and ambitious and hyper that is why they took this step. Other than that I guess we shouldn’t even take this show that seriously lol. The story as a whole is a little childish. What they do get completely right is the struggle of a new age career or a lesser know career. The careers that don’t span upto a lifetime and don’t get as much respect from the society are considered useless by many. It is also very well portrayed that Tong Nians parents aren’t willing to let her to date him because he has such a career. I have seen that in reali life too but Mi Shaofei’s struggle hits the closest to home. Being no longer that good in a career which you used to be great in or thought so and also knowing that if you don’t continue you’d probably get worse. That is why ep 29 was my favorite of the show. This is the only thing the show gets completely right. The rest is good fluff too but isn’t all that sensible.

@13infamyss

I’m sorry but I got to disagree with you on this one. Yes, Gun is someone who throws himself 1000% into a relationship(not just the romantic one), gives his all, expects the other party(ies) to do the same but he does not drop them in a heartbeat.

In fact, he cannot let go and I don’t mean his grudge. He was and still is in a love-hate relationship with Solo all these years. He’s so emotionally and personally invested in the group and Solo that he took Solo’s departure as a rejection of himself. If he didn’t set up KK Group and channel all the pent up hurt and energy, he would have probably gone down the road of self destruction.

I’m not sure but I think Gun either has an issue of self esteem or a need to be accepted and loved. Maybe both. Being part of Team Solo and an elite player gave him the kind of recognition and acceptance he craved for. Without it, he was lost. His self worth now hung upon leading Team KK to world championship.

When Tong Nian’s mother confronted him, he found nothing within to defend himself. At that time, he only knew he liked her but not how much he loved her. That wasn’t enough to dismiss the self doubts that he deserved her and was capable of making her happy. As someone who doesn’t know how to be happy for over 10 years, it’s not surprising that he chose noble idiocy because he can just continue to punish himself. His biggest flaw is that he doesn’t realize it’s not just him who’s hurting but Nian Nian. The same goes for Solo, Appledog and gang.

I haven’t watched episode 36. But based on episode 35, I thought Gun held a grudge against Solo, not because of the disband (due to Solo finding out he has a kid). But because of Solo’s “disappareance” , lack of support, lack of engagement etc AFTER the disband. I thought Gun felt abandoned, lonely. But well, it’s still not 100% clear to me.