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.)
Seems like their issue's gonna be resolved soon but what the author did, not focusing on the other info in the ID, was intentional since the focus instead was on what MC said afterwards, but if it was a nothingburger, that's just ... triggering the other for nothing. I did wonder what MC's age is seeing as she's a director and a leader in the community--she'd at least be late 20s imo.
I think her age was shown early on and it is certainly older than she looks or act. Oh right it was just her birthday.
Xiaoen is 27, she says so when she asks for a birthday cake from Xingyuan. I'd imagine Xingyuan is about 19, out of school and just drifting around for a while with her family pushing her to go to college. In this case, the age gap would certainly not be insurmountable but I could understand Xiaoen being a bit shocked about finding out that her crush is a teenager. As a 28 year old myself, I'd certainly have second thoughts in that kind of situation