As he pondered over these freakish and irrational contradictions, Yang Jingshen started to recall some other important points that he had previously kept in his memory. One of the most noteworthy of these facts would be the inexplicable affection held by the second male lead Jiang Yixing towards the novel protagonist.
Sure– the novel depicted their relationship as something like childhood sweethearts -at least on the part of the second male lead-, who had to sorrowfully separate due to circumstances out of their control, and who would later miraculously meet once they were all grown up. In other words, Guo Ying was the white moonlight in the heart of Jiang Yixing.