SPOILER it is likely that they Killed the gay

SPOILERIt could be said that their relationship was entirely platonic, but it could be equally said that Xiao Xuan loved Qu Lan Xin, but only could process it if she forced herself to believe Qu Lan Xin was a boy, and Qu Lan Xin was also in love with Xiao Xuan, and thought Xiao Xuan loved her for who she was, but as we see at the end it's not true, and Xiao Xuan can't live with loving another woman and kills herself. It's also likely that Qu Lan Xin is gender queer in some way. I want to be happy that there was lesbian representation, but we're really past killing our gays. Even in China, though there has been some backsliding. Furthermore, it is likely that the producers were already thinking about how to slide things past the censors, whether or not the producers intended Under the Skin to be more than a bromance or not.Other than that, I like how Shen Yi is coming into his stride and Du Cheng is starting to let him grow on him.

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