I found an analysis on weibo is so detail oriented (there are many intensive discussions on wb) , thx 茄子味的零食authorize me translate roughly which I wanna share with y’all her thought.

It starts from Phap entered into boss’s office

Maze saw Phap coming in but didn’t stop him at first, Neung is company’s working partner and also his elder bo, and now it’s there private interaction moment (giving b-day present), if the coming staff is Kuea or orders, Maze will keep the distance frm Neung, but Phap knows their relationship so there is no action for Maze at this moment.

What did Phap see when he enter the door? Both of them are well-dressed people in suits and leather shoes, with hands clasping and smiling faces. Wearing an employee ID card and rarely wearing a black shirt, he seems to be out of tune with their world.

But today is the boss's birthday, and he's here to give gift. During the candlelight dinner yesterday, he said the gift was prepared but the paint was not dried yet, just waiting for the delivery on next day, so he still smile and tell Maze: this is the gift for you.

When Maze heard this and realize he didn't come to me to discuss business stuff

In Maze's mind, his priority in office should be like this:

Working Partner's business > own company's business > worker partner's private business > own private business.

Obviously, Phap's ranking was not high when boss is at his company. This can also be seen from the attitude of Maze dealing with his personal affairs with Phap the previous few times. Whether it's Than sending cookies or Phap stealing a kiss, Maze will choose to stop Phap's private emotions first. In fact, for Maze, it's just to deal with his own private emotions and to be switch on his business mode.

But for Phap, things started to go wrong from here.

First of all, he couldn't understand that every time when Maze is in office or working , he was like a different person. The world of Phap's feelings is integral and coherent. As he is a painter, his emotions and his work (painting) are inseparable, and even his working space and private space are inseparable. For Maze, being relaxed and free at home and being smart and capable outside are coherent and not contradictory. In fact, for most of us ordinary people, we live the life of Maze, and we have clear boundaries between public and private.

Plus Phap has always had a strong competitive mind with Nueng.

From the beginning, Phap was curious about the relationship between Maze and Nueng. After falling in love with Maze, it gradually developed into a childish comparison game, whether it is a real person or a standee. And Nueng, who found out the other side's hostility towards him and Phap’s ambiguous relationship with his younger brother, chose to respond by constantly stimulating Phap with words.

Lastly, Phap had two quarrels with Maze before about Maze's attitude towards Nueng. The first time happened after the little biscuit incident, Phap said some rude words (content related to Neung), and they part on bad terms ; the second time was next to the hotel bedroom door, Phap stepped back and tried to get the same brother title as “Phi” Nueng, but it was unsuccessful. In addition, at the hospital of the ep8 , although Phap assist to solve the relationship between Maze and Nueng, it also caused his own insecurities.

These antecedents accumulated to the outbreak of this birthday gift incident.

And the worst thing is, in every quarrel, only Phap himself knows the reason, and Maze has always been in a state of confusion. Phap chose to hide all his jealousy, inferiority complex, anger and pain,  only showed Maze his gentle, delicate and cheerful side, so Maze asked twice in the corridor: Are you really angry?

He couldn't understand why the casual Phap would get entangled in the name of “phi”. There are not the only differences between the two parties' rational and emotional thinking styles, but also the fact that the two people seem to be in harmony, but they have not fully opened themselves up and understood the hidden dangers buried by the other party.

The beginning of love may be due to curiosity, excitement, hormones, adrenaline, etc., but to love, you still need  honesty, understanding, and tolerance.

So back to the office scene, Phap's mix feeling of loss, low self-esteem, jealousy, etc. for Maze, it's just his brother and the people he likes are in the same room. Then there is Nueng.

Nueng made it very clear on the phone with Maze. He knew that Phap love Maze and was jealous of him. He also saw that Maze treat Phap differently, so he took the opportunity to do sth to stimulate their relationship

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The way he adopts is that since he wants to play, he must stimulate it to the max. First, he stops Maze from kicking Phap out and shows her generosity, and then praised Phap verbally, while her expression was full of contempt.

All the information was successfully received by Phap, which made him even more angry, so he added another sentence after admitting he make the handmade gifts

“I think my gift is worth a lot than something bought with $” Why would Phap say this? Any special meaning apart from handmade?

(Neung: Really? Let me take a look to their worth then )

Plant ,It is the epitome of Phap's garden; Eggshells represent the small animals(yes Teriyaki and her siblings) in Phap's family and the only remaining family members in the world; Painting is Phap's instinct and the starting point of PhapMaze encounter. This childish gift encapsulates all that Phap can open to Maze, all that Phap has inherited from Dad, all that Maze has gone through in it.

Now, it didn't even have a chance to fully show itself, and it smashed directly to the ground.

Nueng said he want to see how valuable it was, but the actual action was not meant to be seen at all—after he grabbed the gift, the tendency of his movements was to throw it out, and there was no intention of getting closer to his body.

If the gift falls in front of him, it can be explained that it was not held firmly when it was brought, but it all fell behind him, and it can only be explained that it was thrown away on purpose.

It is also from this sentence that Nueng is not just speaking to Phap.

Neung’s POV: "Let me see what’s going on with both of you." He kicked off the war.

"OOPS, SORRY." The non-native English speaker speaks this with arrogance.

Maze, who has been out of the situation, may not realize the turbulent undercurrent between Phap and Nueng at this moment. He held Phap's hand either to comfort him or to be afraid of Phap's impulsiveness, but his choice to defend Nueng at the moment aroused Phap's disgust, and he immediately distanced himself from Maze.

Phap said it didn't matter, everyone could hear that he was trying to be calm, and he squatted down to pack his things

The same pair of shoes, it represents Phap, and feeling happy yesterday, but unwilling and aggrieved today.

Nueng is still fanning the flames.

“No matter how much the thing worth, if the receiver doesn’t want it. Worth means nothing”

Maze didn't understand why his brother suddenly mentioned this, and was stunned for a while. Right next to the two tall figures standing, Phap, whose height was not inferior to them, was crouching small at this time, which was a stark contrast.

Neung: “It ‘s better to tell him directly how you feel”

This sentence is a classic pun. Contacting with the above, what Phap heard was that Nueng felt that Maze also dislike his own gift, and asked him to quickly reject it. Phap's heart was battered.

What Maze heard was the phone call from yesterday, and Nueng asked him to express his feelings. Therefore, Maze showed a hesitant expression here, and his eyes completely followed Phap.

Phap stood up. At this time, he still had a trace of reason, still had the last trust in Maze, and was still trying to treat Maze and Nueng separately. Or in other words, even if he is rejected, what he wants to hear is Maze's own thoughts, so he said: let Maze decide, it’s none of your business (Here he called Maze instead of boss )

Nueng added a final fire to this. “I just taught him to be brave enough to admit his feelings”

Here Nueng used the word my brother/nong he also stabbed Phap hard in the chest.

Phap couldn't stand the provocation any longer, especially facing the fear of losing Maze at the same time, so he turned all the negativity into a fist and smashed Nueng's face hard.

Nueng is of course seeking benevolence, while Maze is confused on both sides. He had never encountered such an Shuraba (修羅場) in his more than 20 years of life. He had never been able to understand why Phap was so hostile, nor could he understand why his brother was forcing himself to confess while being so high on Phap, but he could not have enough time to think about it, the scene was out of control, and he could only protect the more seriously injured one first—of course, the physical injury.

At this time, the elder brother still felt that the fire was not strong enough

Neung: It’s ok Maze, I may say sth to hurt his feeling,

In fact, Neung doesn't need to say anything, just seeing Maze standing with you and on your side to protect you is enough to make Phap collapse.

After verbally adding fire, Phap scuffled with him again and was punched. Now both of them are on the hook.

Maze didn't know how to intervene the whole time, neither did he try to stop Phap, nor did he try to protect Nueng, he seemed to be hesitating, not knowing whether he should stand for family or love.But in fact, this hesitation is already obvious, and from the perspective of work, Maze should protect his brother, because Nueng's face is to be sold for money, he is a famous actor. But when Phap was about to rush up to continue the fight, Maze finally couldn't help it. He first separated the two, and then, with Phap's unbelievable eyes, he pushed him out again with an accusation.

Among all quarrels between PhapMaze , Phap only care about one point from beginning to to the end, and that was

【Is it possible that I will never be as good as P'Nueng]

What he actually wants to ask is, is that I never can be so close to your heart? I never can meet your standards? Is it impossible to to rely on each other ,to live together with you?

Is it true that you do not recognize me as your partner?

If Maze's consideration for Phap is simply "getting to know me", "living more regularly" and "dressing up well", Phap will probably work hard to achieve it, and he is indeed working hard with actions, but when he finds that the standard is actually "becoming another person" … he couldn't accept it.

When Phap decides to love you, he will change it for you; but if your so-called standard is actually looking for a replacement, the proud artist would rather lose.

However, Maze's affirmation pushed him into the abyss.

Maze:”Yes, you are not like P Neung “

From Maze's POV, he would feel that everything happened inexplicably.

I treat you as my boyfriend on probation period, why do you always want to be my brother? P Neung is my family member. I won't upgrade him to be my life partner. There are totally different at all.

Of course you are not like him!

“The first time I saw you, you were covered in paint. The first time we cooperated, you splashed paint all over the customer's face. You changed the plan temporarily when I take you to see the client , you punched the supplier for the first time on a business trip.

But it was also the first time someone draw him, the first time to play football with elementary school students on the beach, the first time to be buried in the beach, the first time to kiss sticky on the beach, the first time to play electric games with a child, It was the first time that I could not resist the temptation even though I was arguing and getting angry with you. And it was the first time I fed chickens.”

Maze has never seen such a gentle person. He loves cockroaches, squids, and geckos. He will save a person who is not pleasing to his eye. He has a lot of stories to comfort him, to stand behind him, to give him a hug, to push him at the right time and encourage him move forward.

The debt has not been paid off, but many memories have been created.

Nueng can't do that.

Whether or not Maze understands Phap's question (and we think he still doesn't), all he says is this: "You just won't be like him."

Phap decided to pack up his belongings and leave. In this case, Maze was afraid that he would hurt Nueng, so he took a few steps back to protect his brother. But Phap didn't look up, didn't care.

Seeing that the gifts that belonged to him were scattered like this, and the sweet guy was silent, Maze finally felt a little guilty.

Maze looked at Phap's back. Although he didn't say a word, he could still feel that he was more puzzled and sad than angry.

Turning around to deal with the current situation, Brother Money Tree was punched in the face by his own people, and he had to apologize quickly.

Neung: “Don’t blame him, Maze, its my fault”

Neung finally said something we would like to hear from his mouth, he admitted that he was deliberately provoking Phap

Our Maze only realize until now that what happened just now was actually provoked by Nueng. In other words, if Nueng didn't take the initiative to admit it, Maze didn't think in the direction of provocation when he heard what Nueng said before. He thought Neung want him to confess quickly only by saying that he didn't need gifts because direct communication is the greatest gift, so he doesn’t understand why Nueng "Accidentally" messing up Phap's gift can lead to a fight.

(Maze: What are you talking about? P Neung )

Remember Nay said Boss Maze know nothing about love

Notes from 茄子 

What has always attracted me to this show is the collision of two very different souls, a very typical romance story. There are many love stories that like to describe such a relationship. First, love can really make people's minds hot, and the sparks generated between different people are enough to set off fireworks.

But when the passion fades, how do you deal with the real difference? Differences in thinking styles can create more misunderstandings than passion can make up for.

Phap in paint with love is a typical feeling type. He can understand the sincerity of Maze's arrogance, and he can also notice Maze's preferences, so he can become his perfect man. His emotions are easily infected, which is a double-edged sword. He can draw works that directly touch people's hearts, but it also makes him prone to self-doubt and behavior beyond common sense.

Maze is a typical rational thinker. He completely separates his private life from his work and controls his own life. He can take responsibility for the whole company (including helping employees with children), or he can reduce the profit of the partner in order to maximize the profit. He may be a little inhuman, but he's definitely changing. Although he often frets, Maze is actually a generally stable person who occasionally loses his temper.

When these two people are willing to accommodate each other, Phap can also accept wearing a suit for Maze, and Maze can accept wearing Phap's suit, everything is beautiful, but the two people are stubborn, one doesn't want to talk, the other doesn't want to ask more. It is quite normal for some audiences to think that Phap is too hypocritical and Maze is too coldblood. This is the main contradiction of this show.

Regarding to the last scene of last part in ep9, there is a very complete description of Phap's feelings, but Maze's confusion is not shown much, and it will feel that Maze is obsessed with Nueng, and the bias is very serious meanwhile Nueng is addicted to being a villain, and constantly dances ballet accurately on Phap's minefield, which makes audiences hate this part so much.

In fact, Nueng didn't know, and Maze didn't mention it. Phap has confessed to Maze several times. Now only Maze has not expressed his feeling to Phap. I hope Maze thinks about it carefully, how to express himself in words, if not, just make a Powerpoint, and Maze is good at this ^^

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