The heroine, Lili, was just released from the psychiatric hospital at the beginning of the story. The family she lived in from childhood to adulthood was often accompanied by domestic violence. Her father's lack of family responsibility neglected her from childhood to adulthood, and her hysterical mother almost suffocated her. of doting. She has always had masochistic behavior, needles and iodine, her long-term stress relief. After coming out of the psychiatric hospital, she found a job as a secretary. His boss, a well-known perfectionist lawyer. Merry, he has had relationships with many women, but he does not dare to face every relationship. He always hides in the corner, hoping that others will help him end a relationship.
One of the most classic scenes in the film is a woman who came to Edward and asked her to inform him that she was looking for him. Lili was taking a call from a salesman, but even though she hated the call, she didn't know how to say no. "Submissive." The woman said to Li Li with a look of contempt, and before Li Li could connect her boss, she shouted "Edward!" Edward Gray, her boss, was like a timid mouse at the moment at the door. After observing quietly, he didn't dare to come forward to reject this woman he didn't want to face.
They are actually one kind of people. In Edward's words, I'm shy. He set up a mousetrap, but after catching the mouse, he let it go. He likes a person but dare not face it head-on. He only observes, studies, and helps her secretly.
Lili has many bad habits, such as working hours, shaking her legs, sniffing her nose, playing with her hair, and wearing "evil" clothes. Often hunched over, his voice was as small as a mosquito humming. Edward knew that he had been helping her overcome, until six months later, Lili's gorgeous transformation, a very standard white-collar look. It's just the way he helped - palms and hips, that made Lili develop a kind of love and dependence.
She's often in the bathtub reading books like: How to Get Him Off the Heart, Showing You His Little Quirks. Edward has quirks, his quirk is SM, he has been suppressing himself, doing everything to strive for perfection. He had many women, but he didn't dare to face them. Until he met Lili and fell in love with Lili, he would rather choose to ejaculate on Lili's shirt than enter. He was always giving himself the last shred of reason to retreat.
He was still watching Lili secretly, until he realized that he couldn't control himself, and chose to let Lili leave. "It will be a good record that you have worked with me," he repeated his initial interview with Lili. But the last sentence changed from you being hired to you can leave, I can't keep you.
I don't know, Edward, what kind of hurt this shy and autistic man has experienced, he always dare not face his love. Always try and test again and again.
Lili was about to get married, but the night she put on her wedding dress, she ran to Edward's office and met him who was doing sit-ups and confessed to him. But Edward said, I can't believe it. Then said to her, put your hands on the table, don't leave, wait for me. This was another round of testing, and he was watching her from outside. He called her fiancé, who tried to convince her and even rape her, but she resolutely rejected him and drove him away. Her relatives and friends rushed over to persuade her, but she kept this posture and waited for him. She went on a hunger strike for three days and three nights, and even became incontinent. Finally he called and went in. She lost her mind, but she still didn't raise her hand and picked up the phone with her mouth. At this moment, Edward was really moved and said to the empty phone, "I like you" , Lili. The movie ends with a big reunion, they get married, and after a half-month honeymoon, Edward is back at work.
All the heroine's belief is that he, Edward, now has him and is his wife.
Edward, the man who is afraid of being hurt, keeps shrinking in his own protective shell. He needs love, so he repeatedly tests the woman who claims to love him. He needs all the unreserved love of others to give him strength. Many people dare not express their feelings, dare not take the initiative to pursue or refuse, they are indecisive and punish themselves with perfectionism. The partner they need may not be another perfect existence like themselves, but just a brave and indifferent existence. A woman who gives love without reservation.
"Who said love must be expressed in a gentle way?" Maybe every man or woman who is shy to the point of autism, they have had a neglected growth experience, they have not received all the love, they will also hide own love, refuse or dare not accept the love of others. If you fall in love, please have no reservations, even in an alternative way, they just want to get the specific appearance of love.
PS: At the end of the film, Lili confessed to Edward during the hunger strike interview - In one way or another I've always suffered. I didn't know why exactly. But I do know that I'm not so scared of suffering now . I feel more than I've ever felt and I've found someone to feel with. To play with. To love in a way that feels right for me. I hope he knows that I can see that he suffers too. And that I want to love him.
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