Someone asked: Why would Mi Yu accept Tan when she clearly likes Ji and has zero interest in Tan?

It’s been highly frustrating to watch, but there is a simple, realistic, and deeply psychological reason: Mi Yu is trapped in a Subconscious Survival Loop.

1. The Trauma Script
Mi Yu has been emotionally traumatized. When that happens, the brain doesn't care about "happiness"—it only cares about Safety.

Her subconscious has entered Self-Protection Mode. It treats a potential relationship with Ji like a threat because the stakes are too high. If she loves him and it fails, the trauma repeats. To her subconscious, "Safety" means blocking the event before it can even start.

2. The "Un-Thought" Process (The Garbage Truck Energy)
This isn't a logical choice; it’s an automatic reflex. We saw it when she chased that garbage truck in the rain for a hearing aid.

The Reflex: "I must sacrifice myself to be the Savior/Fixer, or I am not safe."
She is smart and resourceful for everyone except herself. She would rather dig through trash in a monsoon than deal with her own internal mess.

3. The Deception of "Letting Loose"
When Mi Yu accepted the trip/date with Tan, she told herself: "I thought I could just let loose... relying on my most instinctual impulses to accept the man beside me."

She tried to turn her brain off and use Tan as a "safe" reward. But as she realized: "I can't deceive myself." When Tan leaned in for a kiss, her subconscious didn't flash back to a "logical" reason to stay with him. It flashed back to the accidental "lips-touch" with Ji. Her body literally rejected the "safe" choice (Tan) because her heart had already claimed the "risky" choice (Ji).

4. Self-Protection = Self-Sabotage
The tragedy of the subconscious is that it isn’t logical. In an attempt to protect herself from the possibility of pain with Ji, she led herself directly into the certainty of misery with Tan.

She did foolish things in the name of safety, which is the literal definition of self-sabotage.

Conclusion: Choosing the Person, Not the Shield
While everyone else in Mi Yu's life benefits from her self-sacrificing nature, Ji is the only one who finds it concerning. He doesn't want her to be a "fixer"; he wants her to be a person.

By pushing Tan away and running toward Ji in today's episode, she is finally doing the hardest thing for a trauma survivor: She is choosing the "Risky Joy" over the "Safe Lie." She’s finally stopped chasing the garbage truck. - Now I hope we can really grow from here in business and relationships