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I did not watch all episodes properly and skipped some scenes, as I'm waiting for the entirety to be released before I watch it properly, but from what I've already seen... I'm honestly not surprised at all, as I experienced something similar in my late teens/early twenties.

I was in love with my first (semi-unrequited) love and in the early years, I was so laser-focused on him that I unintentionally ignored everyone else. At that time, I also had a really close friend, we were always together for years and mutual friends always kind of joked that we would eventually start dating (we laughed it off every time). I viewed him as a friend/brother and communicated this to him. He knew I loved someone else and he never told me he was in love with me (on the contrary, he talked about being interested in someone else) but then, seemingly randomly, he told me years later that if I had been open to it, he would have married me back then. It took me completely by surprise because he never said anything and I viewed all our interactions as friendship. Whatever didn't fit, I labeled as "nah, I am imagining it", or it was forgotten pretty fast because I was so focused on my first love. So yeah, Chen Yi was dense. I was too. 😅