I am a little confused by all of the reviews and discussion threads calling this a great 'green flag' romance. You could easily take the scenes of them alone together thru ep8, add some different background music and turn this into a predation suspense thriller. During his pursuit, he is constantly invading her personal space even though she is clearly uncomfortable, when she first goes to visit him at his school and he begins making moves on her, she interrupts saying she better book a hotel room before they are gone – he counters with wanting her to stay with him and that '..nothing will happen..' (says every predator ever). This is on top of him being ill and her having her debut international tournament quickly coming up where getting sick at this time would be a disaster. And I found his constant stares more predatory than romantic...especially considering he is 6 years older than her. The writers almost seemed to realize this as they added numerous scenes where people vouched for what a good guy he is.
In the overall context of the series, I have no issue with their romance even though I found it a bit cringe...but I certainly would not hold it up as a prime example of Green Flag. If you want that, check out Yusen's pursuit of Xiguang in Shine On Me.
I had finished Shine On Me right before starting this one and much preferred it. The 'pursuit' in that was ideal where I found it rather cringe in this one (while what he does for Yin Guo is fine, his staring and the way he constantly invades her personal space while she is obviously very uncomfortable gave me much more of a predator vibe than one of romance).
In the overall context of the series, I have no issue with their romance even though I found it a bit cringe...but I certainly would not hold it up as a prime example of Green Flag. If you want that, check out Yusen's pursuit of Xiguang in Shine On Me.