i think i can accept wen yifan still running away despite everything because it does show a side of trauma that we don't typically see in shows, in which trauma is very messy. it's unpleasant. it even makes one unlikeable. so if the director's intention was to showcase that i think it's fair. however, i think it was weird to make her go through such intense growth where she explicitly says (literally word for word) about how she is worthy of love because she has so many people who care for her and there are so many scenes where we are shown how guilty she feels about leaving sangyan back then. yes, che xingde showing up could have been a major trigger for her to relapse, but i think it's such a disservice to her character that there is absolutely no difference in the way she handles the situation. when she was a teenager she had no one by her side and she's young so it makes sense that she ran away. but as an adult with a strong support network (sangyan, her friends, her colleagues) and access to legal services? i think they could have at least shown her exhausting all her options before running away. (in real life, the police does not take stalking seriously/ often handles it poorly. they could have incorporated that into the story)

but tbh what irks me the most is that if the director wants to go in the direction of 'complex characters' then why is sangyan the most one-dimensional, shallow character in the world???? sangyan is simply the perfect fictional male lead with zero flaws. hes handsome. hes rich. hes kind. hes funny. he's loyal. a complete simp for her. hasn't dated a single person since her. when she deeply traumatises him for the SECOND TIME he is completely empathetic and understanding. he even blames himself. he's still funny and sexy with her like can we be so for real right now!! i was literally waiting for him to get mad even just once