Just like the thing with young boys and the school beauty, most boys have a vague affection for the school beauty, which doesn't rise to the level of love, and as they separate and go to different schools, that affection gradually fades away.
Dang Yang might feel this way about himself, it's just he hasn't figured it out yet.
Feelings are very complex—the majority of the time, people can't tell their own feelings apart, can't distinguish whether it's like or gratitude or being moved.
When Dang Yang heard An Yue say she had once been infatuated with Dang Feng, his face darkened... Even though it was only in the past, he was still very upset.
From start to finish, the one he loved, liked, had affection for was only An Yue.
But An Yue's first affection was not for him, it was for his older brother.
He was very jealous.
Furiously jealous.
Jealous of his own brother.
