This was a complex story that was rated something like 8.5 on Douban books. I picked up the audiobook bc it sounded…
I have chosen to just drop at this point. The actor or director really made the ML into caricature and its grown tired. I probably would've liked the ML if he had been portrayed like Fan Xian from JOL but the actors comedic timing is just off and as you said, he has no character development and the story is almost done. Honestly, both Amai and Yizhi are on some clown shit that it isn't funny anymore.
Where in the world are you from?
I'm from Aotearoa, New Zealand.