Nik

I feel like every major character in the story, except the FL, has had some sort of growth or redemption arc as the plot progressed. Just hear me out.

We started with YCX being someone who loved having control. He never listened to YPJ when it came to boundaries. He even tried to cage her like one of his birds. But over time, as he began to understand what love really meant, he changed. Now, if she asks for space, he gives it to her.

Xue Ting went in the opposite direction. His character started off as someone innocent who genuinely wanted to help and save his country. Now, he openly attacks YCX because of YPJ and his own wounded pride. Basically, he has become the YCX we saw at the beginning of the series, only worse.

Ziyi went from being a bully (which hasn't changed much) and someone who was in love with YCX to now siding with Xue Ting. I really hope she doesn't fall for him because, even though they're equally toxic, she has already been hurt by her father. She deserves better.

YCX's father also got a small redemption arc. He went from trying to kill YPJ to being willing to let her live for the sake of his son.

YPJ's father went from trying to kill her to doing everything in his power to become Father of the Year.

I could list many more examples, but through all of this, I don't see much growth in YPJ's character.

She's still hot and cold towards YCX. She told him to leave her alone, and he did. Then she went chasing after him herself. She was literally leaving with her mother. She could have done so without involving YCX, but instead, she sent him a gift, which led to them meeting, and then came the attack.

I understand that she was traumatized after her mother's death. She had only a button in her hand, and YCX was the first person who came to mind. But after everything YCX did for her while she was in a coma and during her amnesia, shouldn't that have at least made her question whether he was really the one who harmed her mother?

She could easily forgive XT, but she couldn't even give YCX a small chance to explain himself?

Also, for most of the series she was always hanging outside YCX’s office. So weren’t there so many men with the same uniforms and buttons?

I was hoping that after the amnesia arc, once she regained both her old and new memories, she would try to find out who was actually behind everything or, at the very least, ask YCX for an explanation. But no. She seems willing to do everything except consider the possibility that YCX might actually be a good person.

There are only a couple of episodes left, so whether we get a HE or an SE, I feel like the ending is going to be rushed.