I can you where you’re coming from, but at that time Yuri was definitely not romantically attracted to Xinlu and even less sexually. He was more fascinated that someone could be as beautiful as Xinlu. And in some way, admiring someone’s beauty doesn’t have to be sexual or romantic, it can just be a a passing realization.
The fck you mean by FL equivalent . You seem pretty angry for these pairs. But they're the end game according to the novel. So anyhow they will end up together. If you are angry about the plot. Please drop the story cause it will be more annoying for you later on
I get that Yuri can come off as predatory-adjacent but also, let's remember that he never thought of Xinlu sexually, nor did he ever dream of being his boyfriend. He just liked how Xinlu looked because he had never seen anyone so strikingly beautiful before. There’s a big difference between finding someone attractive and “I’d fuck that.” Admiring someone’s appearance, even a kid, doesn’t automatically make you a creep. There’s nothing inherently wrong with thinking young people are cute, adorable, or even beautiful.
Yuri also had literally every opportunity to make a move if he wanted to. He was in contact with Xinlu’s older brother, and when Xinlu almost drowned as a child and later asked who saved him, Yuri specifically asked the brother not to tell him it was him. He barely thought about Xinlu at all during those years. On top of that, Yuri knew Xinlu was pining after Taeui, yet he never did anything to pressure him into liking him back, or acted like “I saved you, so you owe me.”
Yuri had girlfriends he genuinely loved before this setting. He’s not a lust-driven person, and even when Xinlu confesses later, he still doesn’t see himself as a potential romantic partner. He never wanted to be Xinlu’s boyfriend, never thought sexually about him, and never crossed moral or physical boundaries. Calling it a child pornography is crazy
me when i don’t read a story. like omg media literacy is out the window. everybody else made good points so i’m not gonna bring them up, but i’d like to add that xinlu in both his relationships with taeui and now Yuri HE has been the predator in his relationships. In this story alone he beat Yuri and is possessive over him and sexually assaults him. Yuri has legitimately never had sexual thoughts about Xinlu. Nor did he ever interact with him when he is a child. You are making legit fiction in ur head and I advise u to reread this
Chud
How high do you have to be to think that xinlu is the good guy and yuri is the bad guy between the 2 of them lol
Ikr and this mf doesnt even read good bl and be yapping shit
He's a raigebaiter idk how ppl still fall for ts n try to explain stuff to him gng
I don't think so. Some people are just dumb
I don't think so. He's petty serious about it.
are you on drugs
Accidentally liked comment, meant to dislike. Also, Yuri only thought that Xinlu’s face looked nice, but never had the romantic or sexual interest in him. He even later points out that he had never planned to reach out to him despite having a connection with his older (meaning that he was literally just one call alway if he wanted to).
They saw each other once when they were younger, yuri thought xinlu’s face looked nice. Then that was it. The next time they had seen each other was in Berlin i think (after the incident of xinlu’s blindness).
The FL-equivalent is a fucking pedo. Like literally, that bastard is grossest pos there is. He was a grown adult sexualizing a child. He would be horrible enough if this was the first time he met Xinlu because he's still would be a goddamn 40 Yr old coming on to a young man who is not even properly out of his teens. But he's far beyond that, he's a fucking monster. He's been making up child porn about that boy in head since back before that kid was still young enough to qualify for child prices on tickets. Why the fuck have they stuck Xinlu with this rotten fucker that deserves to be yeeted out into space far away from all civilization? Give Taeui back to Xinlu and pair this irredeemable creep with that Riegrow bitch, the other irredeemable creep. Xinlu and Taeui were far too good and likeable as characters to have had their stories derailed and soiled by these pieces of trash.