S1 had additional Xiang Liu scenes:
- the heart to heart talk about Xiao Liu being frustrated about allowing herself to rely on anyone, after Shiqi let her down
- Xiang Liu stopping Xiao Liu from letting more blood into the medicine for the Chenrong army, and her delight hugging him when they learnt the medicine is ready to be collected
- the boat ride with Xiang Liu disguised as a woman
etc.
However, it also omits scenes from the novel which have a level of intimacy, as well as Xiao Yao's feelings regarding him. Among them:
- the consistent transference of air from him to her during their extended underwater date after the love bug was transferred to him. We get a massive bubble instead which required no mouth-to-mouth action.
- the 37 years under the ocean. The novel gives Xiao Yao's POV during that time as she gradually recovers, and describes that during those times when he healed her, he embraced her tightly and she could feel him all over. Once, after the healing, he continued to cuddle her in his arms and told her he hoped she won't hate him after she awoke (since her body has changed).
- Xiao Yao buried herself in Furball's neck as she wept copious silent tears, knowing Xiang Liu did not want to see her after she woke up
- After Zhuan Xu (Cang Xuan) recovered from his addiction, Xiao Yao brought Jing diving, but when she tried to transfer air to him (she had the fish amethyst, while he didnt), he refused, almost drowning before they went back up. When asked why, he replied "刚才你眼睛里没有我。 Just now I was not in your eyes".
etc.
With this precedence, I am not hopeful that we will get more intimate scenes between them in S2... Please prove me wrong!