As I watch the drama, I feel that XYs love for Jing runs deep, to be so affected by him since the breakup. I know a lot of ppl argue that she only loves XL. I think XL does make her waver at the thought of “what if” but she opened her heart to Jing.
I feel like the part when she truly opens up to Jing was when she learns that he was willing to be with her even in death. In the novel, she refers to the “threads” a couple of times.
Earlier chapter:
“Since that connection and longing couldn’t be severed, then let it remain for fifteen years. After that fifteen years, whether the thread disappeared or became a web, no one knows.”
Scene with Jing being in a coma:
“Xiao Yao felt the shell around her heart shatter completely, all those threads that she tried to cut all those times finally weaved together into a web at last.”
So beautiful! I will say I was frustrated with the way Jing handled things - for a smart man he could have been more resolute with handling his family affairs (eg grandma and FFYY). I can see why ppl find him too indecisive and “weak” but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t deserve her. If you were Jing, how would you have handled the family drama - did he fall for the trap with the baby a little too easily?