I watched it because of the high ratings but unfortunately I didn't like it and I'm dropping it. :/ I felt the…
I think you missed the reason she started to persue him in the beginning. Yes she thought he was handsome even more so because he looked like her idol from the real world. But the reason she started was to become the FL of the story, because she believed that was the only way to get out. She even tells Qing Fang in the beginning when he asks her if she really actually likes Situ that he's more her end game than anything. It takes a while before she actually starts to love him and distinguish the difference between him and Tian Xing, and acting as if he's actually a real person and you can tell when that moment happens.
The only similarity is that she goes into a book and she's trying to play the role to get home. But instead of shoving the ML at the FL of the story she's trying to make him fall in love with her to become the FL. Everything else is singular :) it's worth a watch:)
can tell when that moment
happens.