im guessing its kind of an age difference or smth cause she saw the paper and then yelled. anyways, Xingyuan :((((((
I'm pretty sure she just caught herself lusting over the ID photo and had a gay panic. You guys are overthinking it.
(If the author wanted to convey that this was over an age gap, they would have focused on the age or birthdate on the ID.)
I'd laugh and groan if it turns out one of them is like 25 and the other is 20, and we're supposed to take that as some scandalous situation.
I could see it being that kind of gap and Xiaoen getting overly flustered by it, without it being presented as truly scandalous. That is, Xiaoen has a tendency to overthink things and there's already a serious power difference between the two, so she might just be overreacting.
Personally, I think that would be a good way to handle this type of plot line, because it lets you get a lot of the same drama, without needing the actual moral issues that an adult dating a minor would entail.
Fair, I just wish Xiaoen was able to confront Xingyuan properly. Seeing Xingyuan self-destruct more because of Xiaoen's cowardice hurts, especially with the "pervert" misunderstanding that feels like the author is forcing the drama (in my opinion).
Also if it's as "Heavensrun" is saying and there's no gap but instead it's just Xiaoen's gay panic over the photo, that would make her cowardice and the domino effect from it even worse. Edit: Mostly I'd say worse as in Xiaoen isn't realizing at all how Xingyuan might at the very least be feeling rejected by her. I know Xiaoen has her own emotions to deal with, however I do feel that communication would be best for everyone involved here.
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