Not sure about coward. Anxious? Yes. Lihuan doesn't have the same experience as Yuyang, so he's not going to be as cautious, which probably makes Yuyang even more nervous. Someone who runs head on into things is more likely to create a mess with lots of collateral damage, and Yuyang doesn't want that for himself (who does?). Lihuan appears to have not thought things through, but his naive effort is endearing and sincere. I don't blame either one for how they're behaving. But if Yuyang gave in now even with all his personal issues (abandonment, homophobia trauma, etc.), then this story would be boring as fuck, like any other run of the mill Japanese BL manga.
maybe and i agree with some of your points. but tbh the story is dragging for too long without any development, many of us are tired with this push and pull situation, its already boring. if yuyang keep running in every chapters, then when does he face his own fear? we just need a proper conversation between the two, see if thats work out or not and we can move on to the new issues
How often has he really run though? From Lihuan specifically (after he decided he likes Lihuan too)? Because before he just rejected him and after that he was just more willing to hang out with and just get to know him. I think it feels like a push and pull, but really isn't it more like we've known them for too long in the friendship sense, and now that we're finally in the romantic phase, they're still not together? And there hasn't really been many opportunities for Yuyang to face his fear, a fear that was only introduced a few chapters ago. And Lihuan has already told Yuyang that he's not gay, so I think that Yuyang has everything he needs to know (I mean, I would reject based on that alone). But a conversation is always best for getting your worries out there, so I agree with that. I think the next chapter will be about that. But I think this fear of a straight man loving a gay man (T_T) thing is going to be an issue for quite a while longer. If the manhua is dragging, I think it's cause it's now being interspersed with chapters about other couples, so we haven't seen a lot of movement for Yuyang and Lihuan due to that. I don't mind it, but looking back, I can see why it's annoying.
i already said this and im gonna say this again, yuyang is a coward if he run away again. Lihuan always the one who making extra effort from the beginning of the chapters just for yuyang to acknowledge his feelings. And the coward? zero effort given.