
I think he's touching jian more now bc he's aware of jian's feelings and doesn't want him to run away or hide any of his feelings. Before he didn't really let Jian touch him bc he thought it was annoying, but now he realizes why Jian was touching him so much. But then again it could just be using wishful thinking lol.

I think the same! It's very sad to see them come this far but know that in the present they're back to how they interacted in the first place. I guess they lost all the progress they made when Jian Yi disappeared. :(
I don't want to ruin everyone's happiness but I can't get past the fact they are so close now (remember how Xix wouldn't even touch him before?) but they aren't like that in the present. What the hell happened. Maybe it's bc of the way Jian left?