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Okay maybe a lot

Ur not the only one lol. I'm doing my best to ignore it, and pretend that it was a admiration thing, rather than love thing

same ..

Go look it up or ask GPT/Gemini... but if you’re too lazy to look into it yourself, I’ll do the digging for you.
In the context of the story, calling it “first love” makes sense because the feelings that emerged were a form of deep admiration (platonic/aesthetic attraction) for Xinlu’s beauty and the memorable moment when Yuri saved his life, not sexual desire.
There are several reasons why readers often misunderstand characters like this:

- Generalizing the concept of love: Many readers treat romantic love, aesthetic appreciation, and sexual desire as if they’re all the same thing. But they can exist separately.

- Not paying attention to the details: Some readers are quick to label a character based only on the characters’ ages or certain keywords like “first love,” without paying attention to the internal narration, emotional boundaries, and the character’s POV throughout the story.

- The way modern romance portrays love: Since a lot of modern romance connects “love” with physical desire, readers sometimes forget that in literature, “first love” can also represent pure admiration, aesthetic appreciation, or even a pivotal experience that leaves a deep impression on someone without any sexual desire involved.

As long as the story consistently shows that there was no sexual desire or sexual behavior toward the character while he was a child, interpreting those feelings as pedophilia is a misunderstanding of the character and the context of the story.

It’s really not that complicated... You’re literally reading the story from Yuri’s POV, yet it’s honestly sad that some of you still can’t understand something this simple

I do not care if it's sexual or not. Calling a kid who was 13 your first love when you were 25 at that time is fucking weird. You can find someone beautiful and still be reasonable lmfao. The first love in this context could be platonic but clearly Yuri thought of it as both, which makes it weird bc he likes the same kid he did before. Idc if it doesn't show sexual desire or not. We could have lived with him js finding xinlu beautiful as a kid like we can think for anyone and moved on.

right like they genuinely need to stop with that

Yuri clearly went on with his everyday life normally after saving Xinlu. He didn’t spend years thinking about that child, he didn’t go looking for him, and he simply continued living his life as usual. Seriously, you’re really bad at this. You’re honestly so fucking dumb... Maybe you should stick to reading simpler stories. You can’t even understand the characters properly.

In literature, first love can also be about pure admiration, appreciating someone’s beauty, or even a meaningful moment that leaves a deep impression on someone without any sexual desire at all (especially since this story is based on a novel). People really seem to forget that love isn’t always tied to physical desire.

Since young Xinlu and adult Xinlu were still just as beautiful as Yuri remembered, Yuri’s feelings toward adult Xinlu at first were purely platonic. It wasn’t until Xinlu kissed him at the hotel that Yuri started questioning his own sexual orientation.

You seriously need to open your eyes and actually read the story properly, dumbass.

Stop? Hell nooo. You’re the one who needs to be more thoughtful when reading and actually do your own research instead of telling people to stop and forcing your own interpretation on them.