Some viewers are willing to defend Xiang Liu especially because they are aware of his hidden feelings behind the scenes. But Xiao Yao is not aware of the same feelings, his weak side and his affected self-esteem. Between them there is an abyss and Xiang Liu knows it and that's why he decided to keep his love hidden.
He initially tortured her, dared to use her without her permission as her medicine by biting her neck whenever she wanted without taking into account her feelings. He intentionally causes her pain and endangers her life by dropping her from high places and breaking her bones for no reason other than she was irritated. It's logicall if she doesn't completely trust him. How could she see that he developed feelings for her? Should she develop a mind-reading ability? I apologize if I generalize wrongly but women easily get carried away by bad boy fantasies and quickly proceed to demonize (reference to what I read in Chinese forums, Reddit, YouTube) the female lead, who, like Xiang Liu, has conflicts with feelings.
Yes, I'm aware that Xiang Liu is a well-written character and I like him for that reason, but there's no need to pretend that he has a heart of gold or want to sugarcoat his actions. Why do it if a good character and a good person do not necessarily have to be related? We must not deny reality.
None of the main characters is free from having gray morals and are affected by betrayal, loneliness, fear, etc. So why do you guys just take Xiang Liu's side without seeing the bigger picture? Internal misogyny maybe? Funny that feminists say that we men are ONLY the problem. Lol.
With that mentality that some of you have (blaming women), I wouldn't be surprised if you fall into the hands of a toxic man and then can't leave him.
He initially tortured her, dared to use her without her permission as her medicine by biting her neck whenever she wanted without taking into account her feelings. He intentionally causes her pain and endangers her life by dropping her from high places and breaking her bones for no reason other than she was irritated. It's logicall if she doesn't completely trust him. How could she see that he developed feelings for her? Should she develop a mind-reading ability? I apologize if I generalize wrongly but women easily get carried away by bad boy fantasies and quickly proceed to demonize (reference to what I read in Chinese forums, Reddit, YouTube) the female lead, who, like Xiang Liu, has conflicts with feelings.
Yes, I'm aware that Xiang Liu is a well-written character and I like him for that reason, but there's no need to pretend that he has a heart of gold or want to sugarcoat his actions. Why do it if a good character and a good person do not necessarily have to be related? We must not deny reality.
None of the main characters is free from having gray morals and are affected by betrayal, loneliness, fear, etc. So why do you guys just take Xiang Liu's side without seeing the bigger picture? Internal misogyny maybe? Funny that feminists say that we men are ONLY the problem. Lol.
With that mentality that some of you have (blaming women), I wouldn't be surprised if you fall into the hands of a toxic man and then can't leave him.